Chapter 605: Strange Soldiers vs. Cavalry
The art of war has cloud soldiers who are not tired of deceit and treachery, and He Yu used the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao, not really to start a decisive battle with the Manchu Qing.
Fighting outside the gates, where the geographical environment is unfamiliar, logistics and maintenance are difficult to replenish, not to mention, the number of other soldiers is not as many as he said, 3,000 people, how can all the people in the Expeditionary Force Operations Command combined, there are not 3,000 people at present, and saying that there are so many people is nothing more than to scare Zahad.
The well-equipped Australian army, if there are really 3,000 people entering the Guanwai, it will definitely be too lethal for the Manchus, and the weapons research workshop secretly established by Dolgon in the Shengjing City outside the Guan, as well as most of the looted gold and silver treasures.
During this period, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was always ready to withdraw from the Guanwai, originally wanting to enter the customs to make a profit, but with the change of the situation, they had to make changes.
Now it seems that change is necessary, the garrison outside the customs is indispensable, this Australian is sharp at sea, and the ship is strong and run, the Manchu Shimizu division is not its opponent at all, it is not easy to defeat them.
The Manchus conquered the world on horseback, and had a natural love for cavalry, and even once thought that only cavalry was the most powerful, until the Australians came out and they abused Hauge with weapons, they knew that cavalry may not have an advantage.
Fighting on the plains, the cavalry would become a moving target for the Australians, and the convex strafing of the machine guns could directly knock them into a blur.
Fighting outside the customs is not the strong point of the Australians, but the power of the machine gun, Dolgon still knows, obviously the Australians' move is to save Zhao by encircling Wei, so that he can stop attacking Liangguang.
The army has been mobilized, and if you don't fight, how to give an explanation to the soldiers, even the imperial court will be meaningful, so you have to send 50,000 people out of the pass.
Among these more than 50,000 people, there are only a few thousand people who can really fight, but in fact, the Manchu Eight Banners Army is only a few hundred thousand, which seems to be a lot. But the Central Plains is too big, and in order to fully control the situation, it is almost certain that there must be Eight Banners in charge.
Another important reason is that the Manchu army has experienced several major battles at present, and the damage is serious, and the number of people has long been not as large as before, so it needs to be restored.
On the one hand, it is necessary to send people out of the customs, and on the other hand, to send people to continue negotiations, it is necessary to stabilize the Australians, and it is said that the Australians can do anything. If the Australians are really determined to leave with one vote, then there is nothing they can do, and it is impossible to pursue Australia proper.
Not to mention that the pursuit is a difficult matter, but they don't know where the Australian mainland is, so how can they go to the Australians to retaliate, so they still keep negotiating.
As long as the Australians do not enter the border, it is okay to agree to some conditions, and this is what Dorgon asked Zahad, but it is impossible to withdraw the army.
In Dolgon's opinion. It is estimated that it is not so easy for the Australians to attack Shengjing, the distance on the road is too far, and the Australians are not so fast, but they forget that the magic of the Australians is by surprise. The speed is always beyond their expectations.
Although the horses ran fast, the elite of the Manchu Qing Dynasty only had a few thousand cavalry, and most of the rest were infantry, and these walked on two legs. You can't tell people to run as fast as horses, so you're a lot behind them in terms of speed.
In addition, the speed of the steamship was indeed not what they imagined, and the army responsible for entering Shengjing had already arrived at Yingkou at this time. It is not at all as prosperous as it was in later generations, and Australian warships docked without even encountering a resisting enemy.
From this point, it can be seen that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has indeed made a lot of efforts to unify the Central Plains, and just taking a little time out of the troops outside the pass can prove that their troops are indeed insufficient.
Although the five warships did not carry 3,000 people, there were still 1,000 people, and there were recruits and veterans for more than 1,000 people, and the main purpose of coming here this time was not to fight, but the most important thing was to deter, and it was more than 100 kilometers away from Shengjing, and if you just walked on your legs, I am afraid that you would have to walk for about ten days, and it was necessary to ensure that you would not be attacked.
The distance is too far, logistics support is a big problem, this is difficult to solve, but fortunately, not long after the landing, the Australian army encountered the Manchu cavalry patrolling, and when they saw a group of colorful Australian soldiers, their first reaction was pirates and pirates.
It's just that the pirates don't usually come here, and the pirates don't come often, and the two sides didn't even talk to each other, so the Australians moved directly, tied up a team of people who were patrolling, and found two people for them to go back to deliver the letter.
In order to let these two people see the strength of the Australians, the officer at the head even used artillery to cover up, which scared these two guys to the point of urinating.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the power of this artillery is not what they can imagine, the Australians sell 26-pound guns, which is very different from the 56-pound guns they use, and the range is also longer, this is certain.
This is also why the advantage of Australian warships at sea is obviously different from that of the Dutch Zheng family, the difference lies in the superiority of artillery, and these two advantages determine the supremacy of the Australians at sea.
What the Australian officer said to the patrol light cavalry, let them go back and tell the local garrison general as to why they had not yet marched, the Australians said that it was time to attack as soon as the follow-up troops arrived, although this statement was a bit far-fetched, but it also at least showed a problem, the Australians were indeed outside the customs.
The news was quickly delivered to Shengjing, and General Shengjing attached great importance to it, and originally didn't take it to heart, but now that he heard such news, he had to admire that Australia's speed was indeed fast enough, and it would be really difficult to say if it hit Shengjing.
In fact, Dolgon had already sent someone to inform the general who stayed behind in Shengjing, but he didn't expect the other party to come so fast, this speed was a bit fast, and people couldn't believe it, but fortunately, the cavalry urgently mobilized from the pass was about to arrive, and he didn't have to be afraid as soon as the cavalry arrived.
Now you can only guard the city gate, do not let the Australian soldiers attack in, otherwise you have ten heads are not enough to cut off, this Australian is said to be very fierce, say to fight, dozens of patrol soldiers let two back, which makes General Sheng Jing more sure that he needs to deal with it well,
At this time, the Australian army that landed on the shore did not set up camp on the shore, which was too dangerous, so they brought all the prisoners back to the cabin and waited for the results of the negotiations on He Yu's side. (To be continued.) )