504. Rushing to Shandong

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On the sixth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Wucheng in Huaxia, Kangxi continued to transfer three new troops of the Eight Banners and 2,500 new battalions of the Green Battalion into Korea, and at the same time transferred back the Eight Banners outside the Guanwai, which had suffered some losses, thus keeping the strength of the Qing army in Korea at about 10,000 people, which not only limited the scale of the war, but also made Korea a martial arts arena for the Qing army to test the changes in its combat effectiveness.

Since the horse team outside the Guanwai was transferred back, the Heilongjiang General Boding and the Jilin General Yang Fu had mobile troops, so the two then launched a clean-up campaign against Jilin and Heilongjiang, and they were really lured by them to rape and encircle and annihilate six or seven groups of Xia army's rangers outside the Guan, causing great losses to the Xia army.

But more importantly, the Qing army learned from some of the captured officers and soldiers of the Xia army who could not survive the torture that the Xia army was in Vladivostok, Wokowei and a number of summer camps near the temple street at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River??????

To be honest, even if the Qing army destroyed these camps for a while, it would be an extremely small loss for the Chinese side. It is important to know that the area outside the Kansai is vast and the coastline is long, and there are countless possibilities for re-infiltration from the eastern side of the sea6. Therefore, the Qing army was practically defenseless. If the Qing army blindly thought that the Xia army would make a comeback and still focused on these abandoned camps, then it would be good news for the Xia army to gain more than to lose.

"Hong Qing, what is the Privy Council's judgment on the Korean War?" Of course, due to the geographical distance and strict ruling hierarchy, Zheng Kezhang did not know the changes in Liaodong at this time, but although Liaodong was still out of Zheng Kezang's sight, the request of the South Korean side had already been transmitted to his imperial table through the two lines. "Should our army rush to the aid of nowhere?"

Obedient and listening, Hong Gongzhu, who had just become the privy envoy of the Privy Council after replacing Lin Sheng, who had been transferred to the Ministry of War, pondered slightly, and said to Zheng Kezang: "Saint, as far as the Privy Council knows, the Qing army in Korea is only five thousand, and it is not enough to conquer Kaesong and threaten Hanyang for the time being, so the North Korean side can actually hold on. ”

Hong Gongzhu is not attached to Zheng Kezang, but there is a big move in the Privy Council that is about to act, so the Xia army really has no additional strength to distract from the war with Korea: "In addition, according to the report of the Northern Naval Division to the Seogwipo Town Guard, the first batch of 800 ronins recruited from the Wa Kingdom is still in training, and it will take at least three months before they can be put into battle??????"

Zheng Kezhang interrupted: "When will the eight hundred ronins trained by the Daqushan Town Guard Mansion be delivered to the Zhou Fan and Cai Fan of Long Island?" ”

"It's going to take three months, too." Although he didn't know if he would be able to obtain the status of an inner domain in the future, Hong Gongzhu was still very concerned about the first batch of ronin mercenaries. "And it is reported that the clansmen sent by Zhou Hou and Cai Hou to train at the same time are quite unbearable, lest they will not be able to rule these widows well at that time."

"The people are unbearable? This doesn't matter, as long as Zhou Zhenghe and Cai Yuanshu can still retain some of their original skills. "Zheng Kezhang is not afraid that the Japanese will rebel against the guest, after all, one is unfamiliar with the place, and the other is a heavy logistics and is controlled in the hands of Huaxia, if some Japanese want to rebel, one finger will be pressed to death." Besides, the Japanese have always been afraid of power but not virtue, and there are huge ships and heavy artillery deterrence along the way, so there will be no messy thoughts in the future. ”

"That's what the Holy One said." Hong Gongzhu reported homeopathically. "It's just that Zhou and Cai Erfan also asked for a part of the Franc machine gun."

"Later, if there is still one in the warehouse, then each will allocate one big franc cannon and four small franc cannons." As compensation for depriving several people of their comfortable titles, Zheng Kezhang naturally would not be careful when he invested for the first time, not to mention that Zhou and Cai are also smart people, and most of the things they want have always been seized by Zheng Kezang, and Zheng Kezhang does not need to spend too much money at all. "In addition to this first batch of ronins, the second batch of drills will also be intensified, Yu Ping's side is very red-eyed, and he has already proposed to give Jin Lan and Lingyamen ten regiments of ronin."

Hong Gongzhu cursed secretly, Jin Lan and Lingyamen's Shence Army was nominally transferred by the Privy Council, but in fact, it was more often under the orders of the Governor Fanyang and the Yamen of the countries.

Since he was dissatisfied with Yu Ping, Hong Gongzhu deliberately stumbled on the other party: "Shengshang, the minister met Lin Shangshu yesterday, and Lord Lin has a lot of complaints about the military expenses of the Shence Army. ”

"Whether the military expenses of the Shence Army will go to the military department or the governor's yamen, I still have to weigh it." Zheng Kezhang knew the subtext of Hong Gongzhu very well, but he didn't expose it, just said lightly. "But the soldiers must be trained first, and colonization to the south is also a major policy of this dynasty, so the Privy Council still has to carry out the program at the same time."

"I understand." Hong Gongzhu nodded, and then asked. "Holy Lord, I heard that Batavia sent people to Penghu."

Since there were no formal diplomatic relations between the Taixi countries and China -- although the British East India Company and the United Dutch East India Company had independent diplomatic powers, they were not equal to China at the national level, and the Spanish province of Manila was only a subordinate local administrative body of the vice-king of New Spain, so it was impossible for the envoys sent by the above three parties to enjoy the same treatment as the four East Asian countries, and as for the two merchant houses in China of France and Denmark, they were more of a non-governmental commercial and trade organization - Therefore, Huaxia did not allow its merchant offices with consular rights to be established in the Da 6 port.

"That's right, but although the Dutch Hongyi intends to confirm the territorial division of the South and Western Oceans with our DPRK again, since the Hongyi are not my race, there is still a lot to be wary of." Zheng Kezang was already directly warning Hong Gongzhu not to meddle in the contradiction between the military department and the governor's yamen. "What's more, the situation in the West and the South Seas is complicated, and it is not only the Taixi Zhuyi who are hostile to our DPRK."

Hong Gongzhu, who wrapped himself in, broke out in a cold sweat for a while, and immediately responded: "The minister is confused, the minister will do it!" ”

"Don't say anything if you're confused." Zheng Kezhang only moved Hong Lei not long ago, and it was not good to move Hong Gongzhu again, so he seemed to wave his hand tolerantly. "There are priorities in the matter, and you may be able to put it aside for a while to help the Shence Army train the soldiers, but if that big thing goes wrong, Hong Qing, I won't say much??????

On the third day of the sixth month of the fourth year of Wucheng, the first and second divisions of the Xia Army Hussar Army, the Second Division of the Iron Cavalry Army, the Fourth Division of the Flying Cavalry Army and other cavalry units stationed in Nanyang suddenly marched north under the starry night, and appeared under the city of Zhengzhou in only three days, cutting off the connection between the Kaifeng defenders and the Qing army in Luoyang in one fell swoop, and quickly swept the surrounding states and counties, forming a posture that the main force of the Xia Army was about to go on a large-scale northern expedition.

In the face of snowflake letters for help from Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and other places, the Qing troops in Lunan and Hezhong immediately reacted.

On the seventh day of the sixth month, the Lunan Qing army marched westward from Xuzhou and Guide, and arrived near Lankao five days later, forming a corner with the Kaifeng defenders.

On the same day, the Qing army in Hezhong also went east from Xingyang and formed a flanking attack on the Xia army near Zhengzhou.

In view of the fact that the Qing army had been mobilized, the cavalry of the Xia army, which had taken away more than 3,000 households in Zhengzhou and Xuzhou, quickly retreated to the front line of Xuchang to wait for follow-up reinforcements.

On 18 June, the Qing army in Hezhong and the Qing army in southern Lunan joined forces in Zhengzhou, and then joined forces to march south and confront the Xia army across the Wen River. It was only at this time that Kangxi in Beijing had doubts about the Xia army's actions, but the Qing court could not judge the specific purpose of the Xia army's attack for a while, so it had to let the two armies form a confrontation on the Henan front.

On 22 June, Erkangtai, the deputy capital of the Qing army who remained in Huai'an, arrived in Beijing with a messenger horse.

Only then did the Qing court learn that the coastal provinces of China had requisitioned more than 800 large, medium, and small sea vessels for backup, and it was obvious that a new battle was imminent.

However, in the face of the Xia army's upcoming Deng 6 operation, the Qing court debated the judgment of Deng 6 points, and it was impossible to confirm whether the Xia army's target was Korea, Liaoxi, Denglai, and Gyeonggi. For this reason, the Qing court strengthened its vigilance along the Bohai Rim on the one hand, and on the other hand, notified the DPRK to shrink its forces in case of a surprise attack.

On 25 June and 26 June, the Northern Naval Division of the Xia Army sent a number of ships, including patrol ships and letter ships, into the Bohai Bay and shelled the Miaodao Islands and the beacons along the coast, which seemed to point out the direction for the Xia army's possible landing.

On June 27, the wolf finally arrived, but to the surprise of the Qing court, the Xia army was targeting southeast Lu.

On that day, more than 30,000 Xia troops successively ascended from Rizhao Bay, Langya Taiwan, Lingshan Bay, and Jiaozhou Bay6, and immediately swept Yizhou in Yanzhou Prefecture, Juzhou in Qingzhou Prefecture, Jiaozhou and Pingdu Prefecture in Laizhou Prefecture, and Laiyang in Dengzhou Prefecture.

Yanu, the governor of the eastern Qing Dynasty who was responsible for defending the territory, was defending against a possible attack by the Xia army in Laizhou Mansion at this time, and as a result, the Xia army had already ascended from behind. As a last resort, Yanu could only lead Fubiao and 5,000 Green Banner soldiers of the old battalion to march south from Laizhou Mansion to try to recover Pingdu and other places from the Xia army, but was defeated by the Xia army in a battle.

Yanu, who lost his armor, didn't even dare to enter Laizhou City, so he fled back to Jinan directly, but this made it difficult for the Laizhou prefect Wanguo Dynasty, who had no soldiers in his hands. In view of the fact that most of the soldiers and horses in the city were abandoned by Yanu in the Battle of Pingdu, the Wanguo Dynasty, who knew that he was incapable of defending the city, made a heart and personally slashed the gate leader of the white flag in the city, and then surrendered to the Xia army with the gentry in the city.

Seeing that Laizhou changed hands, Suji, the Denglai Haiphong Road of Manchuria, gathered more than 3,000 green battalions, township braves, and regimental training to defend the capital of Dengzhou and the swordfish water village outside the city. The Xia army, who came from afar, saw that the Qing army had been strictly defended, so they gave up the attack, but they methodically plundered the population and all supplies in the sight of the Qing army, leaving only a bare city of Dengzhou??????

It stands to reason that since Xia Jun's actions have been exposed, the Qing army should react immediately. However, the Xia army on the Xuchang front continued to increase its troops, and the total army strength had exceeded 15 divisions, so as to oppress the Qing army in Lunan and Hezhong did not dare to divide troops to save southeast Lu. As for the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in Gyeonggi, they didn't dare to act rashly, who knows if this is a double trap of the Xia army, in case, the main force rescued Shandong in the east, and as a result, the Xia army, which successfully transferred the tiger from the mountain, came to Deng 6 in the middle of the abdomen again, wouldn't the Qing court have to move the capital?

Therefore, the Qing court could only watch as the Xia army moved away more than 700,000 households and more than 500,000 people in Laizhou, Dengzhou, and Yanzhou. It was not until the end of July, after it was initially determined that it was impossible for the Xia army and naval division in the East China Sea wind period to climb from other places, that the Qing court hurriedly mobilized 50,000 troops from Beijing and Tianjin to Jinan.

On August 11, the Qing army recaptured the empty Laizhou Mansion; On August 15, the Qing army regained the empty Pingdu Prefecture and Laiyang County; On August 18, the Qing army regained the county town of Jimo, which was like a dead land??????