Chapter 594: Where to Hide
The change of the Hong Kong garrison made Dorgon's army dare not move easily, and even the 300,000 troops transferred out stopped before crossing the Yellow River.
The five warships in the port of the Australians were missing, and the number of people in the barracks was also reduced by half, especially the number of the rest of the Dashun army, which made Dolgon even more uneasy.
The remainder of the Dashun Army had undergone two months of militarized training in Hong Kong, and they had memorized the use of Australian weapons, and it was not a problem to participate in the general combat effectiveness.
The Manchu army fought with the Dashun army, although there was a disparity in strength between the two sides, but the combat effectiveness was stronger than the ordinary Ming army, which is certain, and now that they have been trained by the Australians, the combat effectiveness is even more immeasurable, so Azig and Wu Sangui did not dare to go south easily.
Once the Australians transported the remnants of the Dashun army to the north, these tens of thousands of people could definitely inflict unlimited losses on the Manchus.
Now the most important thing is to find out where these people have gone, and the Manchu spies have sprinkled them like beans, but there is very little information to be recovered.
No useful information was received at all, the Australian warships disappeared as if for no reason, and even the ships of the Manchu sailors sailed out to the sea to look for them, but they did not find any traces.
If He Yu knew that the Manchu ships were looking for traces of Australian warships at sea, he would definitely laugh off his big teeth, can there be a difference between a steam engine ship and a manpower ship.
The gap between the two is very large, it is not a grade at all, and it is basically impossible to find the traces of Australian warships.
But Dorgon did not give up, he had to find the traces of the Australians, otherwise his army would be uneasy as it went south, and this uneasiness grew bigger and bigger in his heart, which made him even more convinced that his judgment was right, and the Australians must be involved in this incident.
After all, Liangguang is a force supported by Australia, and they will not sit idly by, and he thought about this possibility before attacking Liangguang. I thought that the Australians might be involved in this matter, but at that time there were not many garrisons in Hong Kong, and the rest of the Dashun Army had not been assembled in Hong Kong.
Knowing that it was a blink of an eye, these people were all gathered here, and Dolgon was a little dumbfounded, the Australians came too quickly, and they didn't even give themselves room to make other choices.
Now that the army is assembled and marching out, if it does not fight, it is not necessary to fight or face the possibility of being attacked by the emptiness of the rear.
If he doesn't fight, he will face not the impact of Haoge's big victory in the south, but also the impact of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in the south.
The impact of these two forces and public opinion will drag him to the bottom to a certain extent, and may even make him never turn over.
It is said that the Qing Dynasty has a great contribution to Dolgon's entry into the customs. But in fact, this is indeed the case, and now it is said that it must be Hauge who can unify the south of the Qing Dynasty.
This made Dolgon very dissatisfied, who is Hauge, this guy is his opponent, how can he let him snatch such a big credit.
The Manchu spies continued to search for and observe the movements of the Australians, and the new army in Liangguang seemed to be ready for a big battle, Shen Youlong had no fear of the arrival of the 300,000 army, and even encouraged the soldiers to kill more enemies on the front line. When they returned, they were invited to eat meat and drink wine.
It seems that Shen Youlong must have received some kind of guarantee, otherwise with his character, he would never talk to his subordinates so easily.
It's just that where will the Australians go, where will they hide their troops.
As a matter of fact, the five Australian warships set sail overnight and did not go north, but went south to Annam, and took on the task of transporting Li Zicheng's troops. Of course, Li Zicheng would not let the Australians work in vain, and gave a reward of two hundred taels of silver for each soldier transported.
In the face of such a high salary, He Yu has no reason to refuse not to do it, anyway, the warship is parked in the harbor. Transporting people can also earn some money to subsidize military spending and improve everyone's food.
It's just that Dolgon and Shen Yulong didn't know the true purpose of He Yu, and one thought that the Australian army had gone north. Hiding somewhere and waiting for his army to go south, the other thinks that Australia is going to help him deal with the Manchus.
The two of them made a mistake, that is, they misjudged that Australia would send troops, although He Yu promised Shen Yulong that Australia would interfere with Dolgon's southward movement, but he did not indicate when he would intervene, and it led to his wrong judgment that Australia had already acted.
In fact, He Yu had already asked the warship to transport Li Zicheng's people to Annan, and it would take another month to train according to normal, but since he heard the news that Zheng Zhilong was also going to Annan to develop, Li Zicheng couldn't sit still. ‘
Fundamentally speaking, they were all born recklessly, Li Zicheng knew Zheng Zhilong's greed, and he also knew the strength between them, and there was still a gap between Lao Li and Lao Zheng.
Not to mention anything else, take the ship as an example, the Zheng family has hundreds of search ships, but Li Zicheng has none of them.
In this case, they have an advantage in transporting migrants, and in terms of supplies, they can also procure them from other places, while Li Zicheng is completely dependent on the help of Australians.
So Lao Li was a little anxious, he didn't go to occupy the next piece of territory at this time, and when Zheng Zhilong's men and horses came over, he would have something to do.
It is said that one of Zheng Zhilong's previous subordinates, Zheng Cai has already laid dozens of cities there, and he is constantly expanding his territory, and he must lay a base before this.
Therefore, Dolgon, who did not know the cause, thought that the Australians had actually gone north and took the rest of the Dashun army north, but in fact they did not go north at all, but continued south to Annam.
As for going north, He Yu calculated the time, if the Manchu army wanted to come to the south, it would not be possible to walk for less than a month, and they did not dare to take a boat, and they could not even compare with the Zheng family in the sea competition, let alone deal with the Australians.
Australia is always strong at sea, especially an iron ship, which can be called a moving castle, and no one can beat such a warship.
Therefore, Dolgon would never be stupid enough to take a ship to transport troops south, although the waterway was indeed faster, but he did not dare to do so.
After all, most soldiers in the north don't understand the nature of water, and if they fall into the water, it will be called the heavens and the earth.
At this moment, five Australian warships have successfully transported people to Annan, and are ready to return home, in order to keep secrets, they chose to enter the port at night, this kind of secrecy measures also made Dolgon more uneasy, he did not know where the Australians transported people to hide, so he had to let Azig's troops continue to stand by, but Haug would not give him the opportunity to continue to stand by, just when he gave the order to stay put, Hauge launched an attack on Fuzhou City for the fifth time. (To be continued.) )