Chapter 668: Interception
When the king of Lu was destroyed and Zhejiang was completely occupied by the Manchus, the most powerful force in the entire south was left in Liangguang, and there was no other force to compare.
As for the Mu Wangfu in Yunnan at this time, they are still waiting, although they have not surrendered to the Manchus, they are also observing the changes in the situation, from this point of view, they should want to seize the best opportunity to take sides. As for which side to stand on, it is said that there are still differences within Mu Wangfu.
After all, Mu Wangfu has guarded Yunnan for generations, and is deeply favored by the Ming Emperor, once surrendered, at least the situation in Yunnan can be stabilized, which is also the fundamental reason why the Manchu Qing has been persuading, of course, according to the trend of history, Mu Wangfu should assist King Gui to finally enter Burma, but because of the butterfly effect, this situation did not appear in the end, and the current situation is also not expected by the people who have crossed the public.
Mu Wangfu actually can't pose a threat to Liangguang at this time, the biggest threat is the Azig army and the Haoge army, once these two forces converge into one, then the crisis of the Australia-Guangzhou coalition army will increase, of course, in order to avoid this situation, we must speed up the progress at this time.
Azig must be eliminated on the spot before Haoge joins the border between Guangzhou, Lao Ah's troops are the most elite troops of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in order to make the operation of the Australian-Canton coalition army more advantageous, the Dabie Mountain Column has attacked the Manchu Qing troops who are transporting weapons and ammunition materials south.
The successful interception of the other party's supplies, this Qiao Yan and Zheng Sen's actions provided a great help, without the replenishment of weapons and ammunition, coupled with the erosion of rain, a lot of gunpowder of the Azig troops has become damp and cannot be used.
In this case, it can be said that it is very conducive to the operation of the Australia-Guangzhou coalition army, as long as the coalition forces have sufficient gunpowder, they can take down the opponent with the absolute minimum of troops.
Of course, in this situation, Azig naturally also felt that a crisis was coming towards him, and it can be said that if this crisis is not resolved, then he will most likely completely lose the opportunity to fight on the battlefield.
As for the best way to deal with it at this time, it is impossible to wait for Hauge's army to come to join the division. If he waited until Hauge's army came, he was afraid that he would not be far from being surrounded and annihilated.
Azig was very aware that he was very likely to be surrounded and annihilated, so he couldn't wait for anything at this time, he gave the order to assemble the military, close the battle line, take back the troops, and he had to retreat before Australia could react.
When the news that Azig was going to retreat was delivered to the headquarters of the expeditionary force, He Yu immediately gave operational instructions. Ask all the troops to encircle and annihilate the Azig troops.
Azig's army has more than 200,000 people, and the elite is tens of thousands at most, so as long as he defeats these tens of thousands of people, it can be said that he can easily defeat him.
Thirty miles away from Azig's main battalion, where Qiao Yan's troops had assembled, he had received the latest operational instructions, and the headquarters ordered them to launch a Jedi counterattack, and this time Azig's troops must not be allowed to escape back.
Qiao Yan, the headquarters ordered us to fight, and this time it seems that a hard battle is indispensable. After reading the telegram, Yu Shan said with palpitations.
Yes, a hard battle, Azig is no better than other troops. They are the most elite troops among the Eight Banners, and even if they don't have firearms, their combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to the others.
Qiao Yan replied with a frown, and then unfolded the military map.
Our orientation is here. To the left and to the right of Azig was Zheng Sen's troops, while the front direction was countered by the defenders of Shaoguan. Our mission is to keep the enemy in our pockets.
From the map pointed by Qiao Yan, it can be seen that the task this time is very heavy, and it can be said that it has basically determined whether the officers and soldiers of the first battalion can successfully complete the task.
If nothing else, we will meet the enemy here, where we are currently building our fortifications.
Qiao Yan pointed to the map while explaining, and said that he already knew clearly that if this battle was won, then the Manchu Qing Dynasty's living force would be wiped out by one-third, except for this number, it was a very important thing for Liangguang, if their living force could be eliminated, then Liangguang would be able to recover the territory south of the Yangtze River, and was planning.
Of course, the outcome of this war depends on how the Liangguang New Army led by Zheng Sen cooperates with the troops in the city.
Whether or not you have faith is one thing, but ability is another.
Yu Shan still believed in Qiao Xian's deployment very much, but he didn't trust the friendly Zheng Sen very much, but this guy didn't come out of the military academy for a long time, can he fight.
"You don't trust Zheng Sen, Qiao Yan can see Yu Shan's worries."
"Yes."
Yu Shan also said directly without ambiguity, after all, he had relatively little contact with Zheng Sen, and the other party had never been on the battlefield, how could he be trusted.
Senior Commander Zheng is a high-achieving student who graduated from the military academy, much taller than those of us who are halfway monks, and you can't let others know what you say, otherwise it will not be good in the ears of Senior Commander Zheng.
Qiao Yan admonished, after all, the distrust of friendly generals, this kind of words being heard by the other party will obviously affect the cooperation between the two sides, and it will also hurt the feelings between the two parties.
"I know, it's just that we really don't make another song, in case of each other."
Yu Shan said that keeping a hand is nothing more than making an emergency plan to deal with, he needs to leave an insurance for this battle, of course, this insurance is done by the first battalion.
Once Zheng Sen fails to resist the retreat of the other party, then the first battalion can be quickly replenished.
However, it is also very dangerous to do so, and at least half of the first battalion will have to come out to do so.
"Yu Shan, if you are asked to go over to support, can you do it?"
In Qiao Xian and Yu Shan's view, when the other party is defeated, they basically can't form combat effectiveness, and this kind of situation where they can't form combat effectiveness is actually an opportunity for them.
Moreover, in this case, they are facing the enemy in positions, and this war can basically be said to have a great certainty of victory.
However, the risk is also great, the big one is that it is very likely that the dog will jump off the wall, and in this case, it is very likely to break through the defense line.
"I'm 500 percent sure, but once I'm gone, the defense line on this side will fall into a weak link, can you hold it?"
Yu Shan replied in the affirmative, if he joined Zheng Sen's side to support, he would indeed be able to do it, but Qiao Xian was in danger.
"I have no problem, as long as the follow-up troops can be connected, the problem on my side is not big, if it is feasible, I will send this set of plans to the headquarters." (To be continued.) )