Chapter 577: Knife Test (I)
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The rainy season and spring ploughing overlap.
This is not the season to fight.
The Azig garrison in Hanzhong was blocked by the dangerous road of the Sword Pavilion and had to slow down the offensive. He could monitor both Wu Sangui's army and Huguang's army in Hanzhong, and was the center of the Qing court's garrison in the northwest.
Wu Sangui's influence is still going on anyway, so it's no wonder that Dolgon is eager to crush him.
Last winter, it was rumored that some Mongols in the steppe were becoming dishonest, and the Qing court had to station heavy troops in Gyeonggi. Empress Xiaozhuang summoned several princes of Modong Mongolia to Beijing to appease and instruct, and rewarded them with money.
Modong Mongolia was the most loyal ally of the Qing court in the steppe, and Horqin was the center of Modong Mongolia. Dolgon can toss as much as he wants on Da Yu'er, but if he abolishes Shunzhi and ascends to the throne himself, the backyard will definitely catch fire.
In March, it was drizzling in the south of the Yangtze River.
Suddenly the war came.
The General's Mansion sent orders to the ministries.
Zuo Ruobing went out of Xiangyang, joined forces with Jin Shenghuan's troops and horses to enter the Central Plains, and shouted the slogan of aiding Xichuan.
Li Laiheng handed over the city defense of Anqing to the government soldiers who had just been recruited, and led the army to attack the Luzhou capital.
At the same time, Feng Qin led 20,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river in Taizhou and other banks, and Yuan Qizhou landed in Haimen.6
Along the Yangtze River, the Ming army had three arrows, but all three of them looked like a bluff.
Urgent newspapers from all over the country rushed to Beijing City.
The Ming court sent troops in the spring, and Dolgon was completely unexpected. On the one hand, he ordered the defenders from all over the country to hold the city, and on the other hand, he mobilized troops and horses to support. From the current point of view, the Ming court invested the most troops in the Huguang battlefield, and it was very similar to wanting to fight Hanzhong with Wu Sangui.
Yangzhou Mansion.
Feng Qin personally led the army across the river, and after resting in Taixing for a day, he marched under the city of Taizhou, and at the same time, Yuan Qizhou led the army to attack Rugao.
This is exactly the same as the movement of the Ming army in Huaiyang last year, and the Qing soldiers stationed in Huai'an Mansion with red flags, the warriors of Ao Baidu, 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners, and 20,000 troops of Li Chengdong's troops went south.
It has rained for several days, and the roads in Huaiyang are a little muddy. The marching army was foggy in front and back, left and right, and Feng Qin could only see clearly dozens of miles away when he lifted the clairvoyant mirror.
The gunners walked in two parts, the flint guns on their backs were wrapped in a rainproof cover, and in the middle of the procession were more than 150 mule-drawn carts covered with tarpaulins.
Prior to this, there had never been a Ming army carrying so many iron cannons in the field, and Feng Qin's expression was as calm as the statue of the Heavenly Master in the Taoist temple, and his heart was stirred like the tide of the Qiantang River on August 15.
He only has 20,000 men, but he has more soldiers than many soldiers, and he wants to use this battle to completely change the way of warfare.
The army did not walk fast, and in the afternoon, the scout rushed to his horse and said, "Report, the pioneer is ten miles to Taizhou"
Feng Qin nodded slightly, and ordered: "Continue to explore, and we must find out the movement of the main force of the Qing army from Huai'an to the south."
Before the scout had gone far, he ordered again: "Order the vanguard not to stop under Taizhou City, and march to Gaoyou City." ”
Heading north in this foggy weather, he may meet the Qing soldiers going south at any time, and he is not afraid of accidents, and it can even be said that he is waiting for that moment.
Gaoyou is directly north of Yangzhou, guarding the road leading to Huai'an in Yangzhou, and he marches to Gaoyou, which is to force the Qing soldiers to come to the rescue.
Feng Qin hopes that God can make a little rain, but he is afraid of heavy rain. But how could things be so good, the next day after the army marched north through Taizhou, the weather suddenly became clear.
Overhead, there are white clouds in the southern sky, and the green grass under your feet is still hanging with water droplets.
The coachman's whip snapped, and the axle of the carriage occasionally sank into a puddle of mud.
On the third day after crossing Taizhou, the vanguard of the Ming army arrived at the foot of Gaoyou City.
Before Feng Qin could choose a location to set up camp, the scouts ran frantically towards the Chinese army.
The few cavalrymen seemed to be being chased by a swarm of hornets, and Feng Qin did not wait for them to tell him, he raised his clairvoyant mirror and saw the banner of the northern Qing Dynasty with yellow borders.
It's an unexpected encounter, but fortunately it's not a foggy day,
The flags of the Chinese army in the "array" and "array" waved, and the heralds galloped to the various departments.
The terrain outside Gaoyou City is flat, and there are scattered slopes overgrown with trees.
Feng Qin climbed to the top of a dirt slope, raised his clairvoyant mirror, and saw the Qing cavalry rushing on the left and right wings. The Qing soldiers also apparently showed traces of the Ming army.
The Ming army was divided into seven columns, like a horizontal ruler, standing in the direction of the faintly visible Qing cavalry.
The coachman drove the wagon half a mile behind the line-up of gunners, and the gunners lifted the black oilcloth bag from the wagon, and next to the cannon was a wooden box full of ammunition and iron balls.
Feng Qin waved his hand, and the herald behind him waved the flag.
The "reloading" gunners were busy, skillfully maneuvering the iron cannons.
He bit his lip, the bombardment distance of these iron cannons was only seven or eight miles at most, and only a hundred cannons could get the best attack effect.
The scouts of the Qing soldiers looked out more than ten miles from the Ming army.
Ao Bai didn't expect to meet the Ming army under Gaoyou City, and after receiving Li Chengdong's message, he would be suspicious.
He led a thousand cavalry to check with Li Chengdong, and saw the Ming army in the distance trying to move like ants.
Aobai's beard was like a needle pricked into his skin, he looked rude, but his mind was delicate, and he asked: "How did the Ming army come to such a northern place, do they want to attack Gaoyou?" ”
Li Chengdong said: "It should be right"
There were many Qing soldiers and cavalry, and the two looked at it for a while, and some scouts inquired clearly, and came back to say: "There are 20,000 Ming troops outside Gaoyou City, and they are fighting with the word "Feng"
Li Chengdong was surprised and said, "Feng Qin, that's the general army of the Ming Dynasty River Defense, how could he suddenly go north?" ”
Ao Bai's face was cloudy, he had heard of Feng Qin's name, but he didn't take Feng Qin seriously.
The Manchurians' contempt for the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty is deep-rooted, and you Beizi and Jia La's real only know if you lose for a while in person. Just like Boluo, who was stationed in Yangzhou Mansion, suffered a big loss in Hangzhou, and held Yangzhou for nearly two years, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, and not giving the Ming army a chance.
Li Chengdong pleaded: "The Ming army may have wanted to attack Gaoyou, but they didn't expect to meet us." The Ming army was not good at field warfare, and only needed cavalry to attack, and the Ming army collapsed without a fight. ”
Ao Bai pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let the cavalry outflank the cavalry on two wings first, and then make a decision after seeing the movement of the Ming army."
He has rich battlefield experience, and the Ming army's move is too strange to dare to act without authorization. Bolo can defeat the battle, Azig can defeat the battle, but he can never defeat the battle.
Hauge was dead, and after the defeat of the Duoduo army, the conflict between Shangsanqi and Dolgon became deeper and deeper, and he was able to go out to lead the troops to avoid trouble with the help of the Queen Mother. If he loses the battle in Huaiyang, it is equivalent to sending his rank to Dolgon
The two columns of cavalry were getting closer and closer to the Ming army in the clamour, and Ao Bai stepped forward to see that the Ming army was neatly lined up, and there was no chance to take advantage of it, and his heart began to hesitate again.
At this moment, he saw the Ming army's scorpion of gunners move forward, approaching his cavalry.