Abatai was on his horse, dizzy. He was supposed to stay in Shengjing, but because of Dolgon's unfavorable front, Zilharang insisted on bringing him over.

This time, Zilharang asked him to supervise the Manchurian and Mongolian army on the southern road, also because in the eighth year of Chongde and the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Abatai was ordered to enter the pass from the mouth of the Yellow Cliff, broke 88 cities, surrendered 6 cities, captured 360,000 prisoners, obtained 2,000 gold and 2,200,000 taels of silver, swept the entire North China and half of Shandong, and captured Zhu Yipai, the king of Minglu.

With such a remarkable record, coupled with his familiarity with the geography of North China and Shandong, Abatai is naturally the most suitable commander of the Southern Route Army.

However, Zilharang ignored Abatai's physical condition. The fifty-five-year-old Abatai is not old, but since he entered the customs, he has had the problem of not adapting to the water and soil, and his body is declining day by day, and now riding a horse has become a problem, not to mention leading troops to fight.

Fortunately, his two sons, Bo and To, and Bolo, have grown up, and their thirties are the golden age of generals. With these two people as his Chinese army, plus Sohai and Tulai are both strong generals who are old in battle, and he doesn't need to worry about ordinary affairs. Even the young Kupilon had fought the Battle of Songjin with the first emperor, and he was quite reliable.

"Amma, do you want to stop ahead?" Bolo looked at his father with some anxiety: "Or maybe the son will go and find you a carriage?" ”

Abatai squeezed out the word "Chuan" between his eyebrows, waved his hand, and said, "What does it look like to lead the troops in a carriage outside?" ”

"Amma, you're tired." Bolo Road.

"Hey, where is this?" Abatai shook his head and said, "The Ming Dynasty is vast. I don't know if I don't go there myself. Let's just lay down Shandong, which is a small part of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Bolo was a pillar of the new generation of Manchurian generals, whom Dolgon admired and became very close to. But now that Dorgon is out of power, it is only natural that he should go with his father on the expedition.

What's more, he also secretly threw himself at Zilharang.

Hearing his father say this, Bolo also hesitated a little, and said: "The population of the Ming Dynasty is too much, we can't manage so many people, we still have to let the Han people take care of it." In the future, these Han people will bite us back, and I am afraid it will be difficult to quit. ”

Abatai shook his head: "You don't understand the Han people. They have a saying that if you have milk, you are a mother. As long as you can get by. I don't care who the master is. The scary thing is that we are full of people......"

"Unaligned heart...... Bolo was slightly weak-hearted, wondering if his father was taking the opportunity to bet on both sides.

"The first Khan started with thirteen pairs of armor and swept all the tribes, how concerted are my people? It was the time of the first emperor. It's just a broken rule. I want to learn the Han system. The result? Each flag has its own careful thoughts. Dorgon took all his belongings and smashed them in the gate. It is the survival of the whole clan, but the two yellow flags and the two white flags still have to fight among themselves. ”

Bolo was silent, when he passed Baoding yesterday. The governor of Tianbao, Sukh Saha, still refused to properly supply grain and grass, and pushed back and forth, looking gloating. Fortunately, Abatai Yu Wei is still here, otherwise I really don't know how I will be bullied.

"Amma, we have passed the Tianbao line, and there is the Ming army's defense line in front, should we concentrate our forces?" Bolo seems to be asking for advice, but in fact he is advising.

After the Battle of Sarhu, both the Ming army and the Qing army knew the danger of dividing the troops, and they did not dare to divide the troops when they were idle. In the battle of Gaocheng, Zhu Cihong thought that the territory was narrow and there were no mountains and ravines, and he wanted to divide his troops to attack, but the result was a big disappointment.

However, if more than 100,000 troops marched forward and backward and along a route, it would be a test of the country's strength. During the Wanli Dynasty, the movement of the Ming army was all like this, and the prefectures and counties along the way had enough grain and grass supply. However, in the early years of Chongzhen, the prefectures and counties in the Jifu region could not even pay the grain and grass of the Qinwang guest army, which eventually led to the rout of the army to join the uprising of the exiles, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Liukou.

In the past ten years, Kisuke has been swept away by Manchu soldiers many times, and there is no way to recover his vitality. This time, the Manchus themselves also tasted bitterness, and any march route could not support the grain and grass of more than 100,000 horses and horses, so they could only be forced to divide their troops and go south by three routes from Baoding, Hejian, and Tianjin.

At this moment, the front Tanma has already collided with the village fort deployed by the Ming army, which means that the battle is about to begin. The small villages along the way have been empty, and it is obvious that the Ming army has fortified the wall and cleared the field in time, leaving no usable manpower and materials for the Qing army.

"The first Khan and the first emperor used troops, and it was necessary to detect the deployment of the enemy army in advance, buy the enemy guards, and install internal responses, so that they could win all battles." Abatai did not respond directly to his son's words, but sighed: "It is really not a good sign to launch a large army without knowing the depth of the enemy. ”

"There are three guards here, all of whom are newly emerging generals of the Ming Dynasty." Bo Luo said: "I heard that the Xiao Ziqi is the most difficult to deal with, and there is a battalion of soldiers under his command who are flying with two wings and flying tiger flags, and the martial arts even surpass the Zhushen warriors." ”

"That's all there is to it?" Abatai suddenly coughed violently, and only after a long time did he stop to catch his breath and said: "Go find Hong Chengchou, he has been a supervisor in the Ming Dynasty for twelve years, and he knows a little bit, see what he says." ”

Bolo nodded and whipped away.

Hong Chengchou soon rode over, and he did not become more noble because of his status as governor.

In fact, no matter how high the official position of the Han people is, they still have to be a head shorter in the face of the Manchurian magnates.

"Lord Wang," Hong Chengchou walked side by side with Abatai, "the front line is the Ming army's Zhencang." ”

"Exactly, that's why I want to discuss with Governor Hong how to play." Abatai said: "The governor has a prominent position in the Ming Dynasty, have you ever known the news of the three guards here?" ”

Hong Chengchou has paid attention to the guards here since the last defeat of Bahana and Shi Tingzhu, and it stands to reason that he commands three or four thousand men and horses, and he is so good at fighting, even if he is not a general with a seal, he should be the general soldier and the deputy chief soldier, and no matter how bad it is, he must be a general. But these three people are like jumping out of a crack in the stone, and they have no past experience.

He used some of his protégés who were still in the Ming Dynasty to investigate, but he also didn't get any useful news. only learned that Niu Chenghu and Zuo Guangxian were under the command of Tannin, and I felt more and more incredible. Niu and Zuo are both long-known and famous generals, ranking among the general soldiers, how can someone who can be above them be an unknown pawn?

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the old man can't recognize these young soldiers anymore." ”

Abatai nodded and said, "The Ming army's old skills are only fortresses, but it is nearly six hundred miles from the mountains to the sea, and I don't know where to start." ”

Manchuria's ability to attack fortifications was not strong, and the commonly used means were three kinds of city-drilling, forcible attack, and use. During the reign of Huang Taiji, a moat was developed to besiege the city and encircle the points to send reinforcements. It wasn't until Kong Youde brought the red-coated cannon that the Qing army had the ability to storm the city.

"The horse scouts I sent reported that there are many villages here, military forts dotted with them, and there are often people patrolling and sweeping, obviously waiting for the battle." Hong Chengchou's brows couldn't stretch either: "I'm afraid I still have to be patient and find a good place to start." ”

"Since there are three towns guarding the six hundred miles here, the combination of the towns must be the weakest, and you can start from there." Abatai said: "It costs a lot to build a military fort, and it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to build it all the way to Nanjing." As long as this layer of defense is broken, it will naturally be able to pull the defenders out and fight. ”

This is also the tactical habit of the Manchurians, first break the defense a little, and then pierce it like an awl, forcing the Ming army to abandon the defense line and come out for a field battle. Relying on their own strong soldiers and horses, the Ming army is definitely not its opponent.

Of course, more often than not, as long as one of the Ming troops retreats, the other friendly forces will flee one after another, and there is no will to fight at all.

During the Wanli period, the military generals of the Ming Dynasty were surprised that the Koreans were about to collapse in front of the weak Japanese army, how could they have thought that the Ming army thirty years later had also degenerated to such a point.

What is even more tragic is that the Ming army is not incompetent soldiers, but the generals are simply unwilling to fight.

Just like in the Battle of Songjin, Zu Dashou was determined to hold Jinzhou, and he did not let the Qing army succeed for two years. Especially in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, the Jinzhou Dongguan guard Wu Bashi surrendered the city, and the outer city of Jinzhou fell. There was less food left in the city than a month, and when he arrived in Zuihou, he even relied on eating corpses to hold on.

In the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties, more than ninety percent of the Ming army generals were cowardly and avoided the war, resulting in a major defeat. (To be continued......)

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