Chapter 602: People's hearts float
The combined forces of Azig and Wu Sangui stayed in Tongzhou, not far from the capital, for several days, and stationed in Tongzhou, the purpose of which was to prevent the Australian army from suddenly attacking from the sea.
There is no doubt that the backstage of the two Guangxi is Australia, and at the same time, Zheng Zhilong also has a lot of dealings with Australians, that is, Li Zicheng, who has been in the deep mountains and old forests some time ago, suddenly arrived in Hong Kong, and even disappeared under the noses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty encirclement and suppression officials with tens of thousands of people, which can be said to be a slap in the face.
The information sent from Hong Kong was that the remnants of the Dashun Army had all disappeared, and the Australian warships entered and exited the port every night, and even if the Manchus wanted to send ships to track them, they could not do so, because the power of their ships was different, and it was impossible to track the Australian ships.
After several days of silence, Dolgon seemed to be unable to see what the Australians were trying to do, and none of the spies found out where the remnants of the disappeared Dashun Army had gone, and there was only one news reported back, that is, it had disappeared.
Gone, without a trace, this kind of thing annoyed Dolgon, even if the person in charge of intelligence gathering scolded him, because he just couldn't find it.
I can't find out what the problem is, but the news from the south has to let him wave his army south, Haoge has captured Fuzhou City, it is said that there are not many soldiers, and now he has captured most of Fujian, and is marching like Zheng Zhilong's other nest, Quanzhou has been an important trade town in Fujian since ancient times, and Haoge also knows the importance of taking here, so the army is directly compared to Quanzhou.
It's just that his actions in Fujian are not so pleasant for Dolgon, who has been questioned because of his refusal to send troops south, and this kind of questioning should not come from his opponents, but also from his own generals.
These generals watched Hauge make meritorious contributions in the South. It must have been itching to know if Dorgon's reluctance to send troops was really because there were too many comfortable days.
Therefore, Dolgon was under great pressure, and in order to find out whether the Australians would suddenly attack him from the sea, he made a new deployment, and stationed tens of thousands of green battalion troops in the coastal area, especially Tianjin, to prevent entry from here as a breakthrough.
It's just that the Australians are very weak. He waited for dozens of days, but there was no sign of anyone, not even on the surface of the sea, and this phenomenon made Dolgon wonder for the first time if he had misjudged whether the Australians would really come, or if their ship had not entered the northern seas at all.
In short, the restless old man, no matter what the Australians do, it is necessary to go south, and fighting south has become a major strategy of the Manchu Qing to unify the south. Even the little emperor of Shunzhi asked why Dolgon had not sent troops yet.
This is obviously the forces in the harem and those who support Hauge, and in order to suppress Dol, these people are also fighting hard.
So the army, which had stayed for a few days, went south, advanced at full speed, and must cross the Yangtze River before Haoge went south to Fujian.
Naturally, the soldiers had no complaints, for them. Being able to set up a military industry is equivalent to having the capital to be promoted, and the Eight Banners Army in this period is not as degenerate as later generations, only knowing how to eat and wait for death. The combat effectiveness is still quite good.
In particular, Dorgon's two white flags are trump card troops, and once he really faces the remnants of the Ming army in the south, there is really no one who is his opponent.
The army is advancing rapidly, and they must reach the south before Hauge can take Fujian, otherwise their advantage will not be obvious after Hauge moves south, especially since Hauge encounters too little resistance in Fujian. So it made Azig even more worried that he would not be able to catch up in time.
In Hong Kong, He Yu has secretly completed the transportation mission of Li Zicheng's army, and soon the power of Indochina will be broken, and it is said that the Zheng family has also sent a part of it to prepare in advance.
In any case, this is the outcome that Australia wants to see. In Indochina and Southeast Asia, it was not the natives who were most feared, but various diseases, especially malaria, which was quite feared in ancient times.
In order to prevent Li Zicheng and the other troops from being affected by this, Australia deliberately mobilized several containers of medicines from the country, all of which were drugs to prevent malaria and treat various diseases.
Drugs and weapons are indispensable weapons for foreign expansion, and they are also the main focus of Australia's current focus, and the country's investment in these two sectors is quite large, especially in the ******** of drug research, which is not related to the expansion of the problem, but through the health of the people themselves.
Of course, some of the medicines shipped from China were sold to Li Zicheng and others, and the other part was also stored in Hong Kong as strategic reserve materials; for next year's military operation, all kinds of work in the country have already been launched, and the reserve of various materials is already underway, especially in the purchase of grain, which has been carried out five months in advance.
Now that he is rolling south, it is indeed a headache for He Yu, and now he can't send troops, and he doesn't have the strength to teach Dolgon a lesson, so he can only adopt a deterrent strategy.
The main reason why Dolgon did not dare to go south was that he was afraid that He Yu would send troops to intervene, and he made up his mind to go south without movement for dozens of days.
The army has crossed the Yellow River and is marching towards Liangguang, and this time their target is Liangguang, and once Liangguang is captured, it can be said that Australia's interests in Hong Kong will also be affected.
Australia has invested a lot in Hong Kong, and there are also many gentry and former officials from all over the world, and now after receiving the news, everyone is anxious, after all, Guangzhou is too close to Hong Kong.
Once Dolgon's army conquers Guangzhou, it will be very dangerous for Hong Kong, so many people have been emigrating to Australia recently.
After all, Australia is far away from the Ming Dynasty, and the blow it has suffered is almost zero.
After all, these people are hiding in Hong Kong to avoid the scourge of war, and now that the scourge of war is approaching, they will naturally choose to leave, but this will inevitably have a certain impact on the local economy.
In order to solve this impact, He Yu must make a certain statement, the attitude of the military has always been an important factor in maintaining the stability of the people, so He Yu made a speech on the same day, for the Manchu south, Australia has reservations, or hope that the two sides sit down to negotiate, the two Guangxi are important partners of Australia, and hope that the Manchu government will pay attention to this issue.
Although there was no mention of sending troops in the speech, this sentence fully illustrates Australia's attitude. (To be continued.) )