Chapter 596: Rush for quick success
When Haoge made up his mind to capture Fuzhou, Zheng Zhilong also made up his mind to leave the whirlpool of Fujian, which was no longer his lair, and even if he surrendered to the Manchus, Haoge could not give himself much benefit.
Compared with the temptation of self-reliance and becoming the emperor, the chips opened by the Manchus are much smaller, who doesn't know that the king of Minnan is just an expedient measure of the Manchus, once the two Guang are pacified, the position of the king of Minnan will not be able to sit for long.
If you want to continue to live well, you can either hand over your military power and go to the capital to retire, or you can sail back to sea to be a pirate.
For Zheng Zhilong, who has been enjoying it for decades, sailing out to sea is something that will only be done when there is no way to do it in the end, and now there is obviously a broad road in front of him, why don't he go, he has to go to a single-plank bridge.
Haoge sent him more than a dozen letters of surrender, all of which were offered at a higher price than one time without exception, and in the end, the price of the hereditary king of southern Fujian did not impress him, which made Haoge very angry.
This can be said to be the highest price ever offered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to a local warlord, even if Wu Sangui and others did not receive such an honor at the beginning.
Haoge, who felt humiliated, knew that he would not surrender if he didn't hurt this guy, and the most important thing was that the Zheng family had hundreds of large and small ships, and if the Zheng family surrendered, he could act as a land and water encirclement for Liangguang, and use the water power of the Zheng family to encircle Shen Youlong in Liangguang.
The Mongols used this trick to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty court and finally completed the great cause of unification.
Speaking of the Southern Song Dynasty, Haoge inevitably thought of the Australians, these people are the remnants of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is difficult to say whether they will intervene, but at least they have no intention of sending troops at this stage, but they just said from the documents sent by the imperial court that the five warships in Hong Kong disappeared on the same night. Along with the disappearance were the remnants of the Dashun Army.
What this news tells him is that Australians are likely to be involved, and they must be dealt with carefully and not sloppily.
It is said that it was for this reason that Dolgon did not go south, and let the troops be stationed in the old place, in order to prevent the Australians from going north.
However, in Hauge's opinion, this is the reason that Dolgon has found for himself, and Dolgon has been lost in the fighting spirit of the prosperous scene, and he is not the prince who was ambitious to enter the customs back then.
Although Dolgon did not dare to go south, Hauge was not afraid at all, as long as he unified Fujian. Immediately, he could wave his army south and complete the great cause of reunification.
As for the other Hauge didn't think much about it at this time, it can be said that he was a little anxious for quick success at this time, and dared to divide his troops to attack many places when the troops were insufficient and there were no reinforcements, which was quite dangerous, and he did not get a corresponding guarantee in terms of logistics.
If it were Dolgon, he would have prepared all the logistics, and he would not have done such a thing as dividing his forces to capture dozens of cities. At most, it will be relatively difficult to concentrate forces to capture one or two.
The difference between the two lies here, one knows how to use his brain, and the other only uses brute force to not think much, which is one of the main reasons why Hauge lost to Dorgon in history.
Dolgon, though, was at odds with Hauge. But he will still take care of the overall situation in big things, such as this time, he did go south to compete with Hauge for military merit, but when he knew that the Australians had unknown actions. Resolutely gave up going south, but the garrison stayed, which Hauge could not compare at all.
The Manchu Dolgon's powerful ministers can be said to be its luck. If there were no powerful ministers like Dolgon in the early stage, it would be difficult for the Manchus to stabilize the Central Plains, and naturally they would not be able to sit here.
Now Haoge is anxious to capture the whole of Fujian, and then directly move his army south from Fujian, although this idea is good, but he forgot that Shen Youlong's troops had contact with him, and the two thousand five hundred people dared to confront him hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention that his current strength is diluted more than ten times, and there is no advantage at all.
In the absence of any advantage, he was in a hurry to launch an attack on Liangguang, which was no different from seeking his own death, even Dolgon did not dare to attack without superior forces, and the reason why he dared to go south was entirely because his troops were equipped with Australian firearms, and he believed that there was not much gap between him and the Liangguang New Army.
Even so, he still had to use superior forces to confront Shen Youlong, which fully demonstrated the strength of the new army of Liangguang.
Although the combat effectiveness of the Liangguang New Army is not as strong as that of the Australians, it has also experienced several major battles, and it is difficult to deal with Zhang Xianzhong, and tens of thousands of troops successfully repelled Zhang Xianzhong's troops by cooperating with hundreds of Australians.
And the recent Battle of Nanjing, which also made Dolgon see his difference, when Hauge's strength was about 500,000 people, while the number of the new army was only 2,500 people, but he dared to fight against hundreds of thousands, which caused a sensation at the time, although Hauge finally entered the city of Nanjing, but the new army still successfully withdrew.
At that time, the new army was able to withdraw smoothly because of the help of the Australians, and it has to be said that the Australians gave great support to Liangguang, and in addition to the support in weapons and personnel training, the military Shanghai provided transportation assistance for warships.
If Hauge does not pay attention to the current situation and blindly launches a unified war against Fujian, it is very likely that he will fall into the trap of the enemy, take Zheng Zhilong as an example, he has 100,000 troops under his command, but according to the current data, there are only a handful of people who have been annihilated and captured, and it is very problematic where these people went.
Although the city of Fuzhou was attacked under the five strong attacks of Haoge, the people and troops in the city were withdrawn in the first time and sailed out to sea.
In fact, after Hauge attacked the area, he also felt that something was wrong, this was not at all what he imagined, he wanted to attack Fujian quickly, but now the situation has changed.
He basically didn't get any benefits from entering Fuzhou City, let alone anything else, and now he could only rest briefly again, and the troops continued to drive towards Quanzhou, where Zheng Zhilong's base camp was.
Haoge's mentality of quick success and quick profit will inevitably bring him a big blow, that's for sure, although Zheng Zhilong is ready to go to Annan for development, but before leaving, he will definitely give this guy a big lesson, let him know that Zheng Jiajun is not so easy to mess with, especially the Zheng family's strength at sea can be ranked first, except for Australians. (To be continued.) )
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