Chapter 328: Further North

In front of us is Longhua, this Yuan Dynasty called Longhua County is very desolate, the mountains and hills in the territory are undulating, the river valleys and ravines are vertical and horizontal, known as "eight mountains, one water and one field".

The area around Longhua is the terrain of the remnants of Yanshan, the altitude is getting higher and higher, the roads are rugged and difficult to travel, the physical strength is declining, and the advance speed of Dolgon and others is getting slower and slower

More than 100 miles ahead is the flattest one of the large ranches, this place was later called the Mulan Enclosure, and it was also the royal hunting garden of the Qing court in real history. The enclosure site is located at the intersection of the remaining veins of the Daxing'an Mountains, the Inner Mongolia Plateau and the remaining veins of Yanshan, adjacent to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the northwest, north and east respectively, and bordered by Fengning and Longhua in the southwest and south respectively, and is one of the main roads leading to Mongolia and the Northeast in the north.

Zhou Huchen is out of the customs, and out of the customs means that the cavalry's gallop is about to begin.

Getting rid of the most difficult mountain sections, the cavalry was powerful, and such an environment was even less difficult for Zhou Huchen's soldiers, who had repeatedly fought in the mountains, the city gates were opened, and the huge flow of people began to spread for a long time outside the Gubei Pass.

After many years, the humiliation of repeated invasions by foreign races was finally about to be released, and the cavalry was about to gallop away, and the foot soldiers sang war songs in neat formations, and the high and exciting voices resounded outside the Great Wall

is in a good mood, but Huang Degong, who is in a good mood, suddenly found that he was fooled, and the flickering was not light.

"Uncle, you are a hero, an old general who gallops on the battlefield, you must be in charge of the Chinese army!"

"weishenme is me, not you, just because I have the highest rank?"

Huang Degong understood that Zhou Huchen seemed to want him to lead the infantry in the rear to suppress the formation, and this pressure formation was too easy. Zhou Huchen and his army have many firearms, and the alien races outside this pass are all tribes, and there are few people in a tribe, even if a large tribe can have tens of thousands of cavalry, it is not a few, and it is impossible to avoid such a powerful infantry legion. Who dares to come to death! It was too boring to move forward slowly without fighting, and Huang Degong was unwilling.

"Here you have the highest official position, moreover, you are the oldest, the officers and men in the army are all convinced, and the front is full of hills and reckless grasslands, if you have three long and two short, how can I go back and explain, and you will personally sit in the rear, I can rest assured!"

Huang Degong is unwilling, unwilling: "Don't say I'm old." Who is my opponent in this army? After so many years of galloping, can I still die here? “

"Who would dare to fight you alone? As for whether you are dead or not, don't talk about it, you are safe in the Chinese army! I can't die, I'll confess when I go back! Zhou Huchen rolled his eyes.

That's true! No one dares to fight alone with Huang Degong, when it comes to prestige and commanding the army, it is indeed very suitable for him to sit in the back road.

"Bastard thing!" Huang Degong couldn't help but scold, but he had such qualifications, but he still had to respect Zhou Huchen's opinion. Because the plan is very secure: "Okay! I'll take charge of the rear, you can chase it, and remember to keep the cavalry scouts in touch. ”

Remember that it is nonsense to keep the cavalry scouts in touch, Zhou Huchen's army is the most standardized army. With such a big action, there is no need to be reminded by Huang Degong, Huang Degong is actually just expressing his unwillingness and helplessness.

Leaving a part of the cavalry, Zhou Huchen led nearly 30,000 cavalry to make a sensation.

No one was found along the way. No one noticed that the lightning seemed to cross the low mountains and ridges, and crossed the ravines. Zhou Huchen's cavalry finally let go.

The unblocked pursuit was too fast, and when Dolgon's men were less than a hundred miles away from the enclosure, the broken cavalry came with the news that the cavalry of the Ming army was only less than twenty miles away.

Twenty miles is not a distance at all for cavalry, and the Ming army is here in a blink of an eye!

The long battle, coupled with the problems of running, eating, and mental tension, also exacerbated the continuous consumption of physical strength, and Dolgon and the others were tired, and they always wanted to rest in place.

But the Ming cavalry was close at hand, and this endless pursuit made Dolgon physically and mentally exhausted, but he had to make a choice between life and death.

"Let the cavalry of Aobai and Korbi stop it! It's not far from the east, and it is estimated that the reinforcements of Kol will also arrive, so we will speed up and go north! "It's still old and strong, and in the current situation, this is the only right choice.

The most qualified to speak are there, Azig has been choosing to be silent, the reason why he did not participate in the opinion is because he knows the strength of these Ming troops, and the experience of repeated farts and urine has made him afraid of the Ming army. To block the attack is equivalent to sending them to death, and whoever goes is not the opponent of these Ming troops, Azig doesn't want to send them to death anyway.

"Prince Zheng has a point! Hopefully, this is a block from Zuihou. With a sigh, Dorgon agreed, and at the same time he was also looking forward to reinforcements, hoping that the Ming army would not go too deep.

Barely enough 10,000 cavalry, Ao Bai stayed where he was, and there were not many cavalry left around Dolgon, and with the little emperor Shunzhi and a group of nobles, Dolgon continued to flee north.

The most familiar with this area is still the Mongols, and the accompanying Aobai to block the Ming cavalry are the Gushan Ezhen Nahai of the Eight Banners and more than 2,000 Korbi Mongol cavalry.

Nahai means dog in Mongolian, and Nahai is the dog of Jianzhou people, a dog that can tear anyone.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of the Han Army were the three most important components of the military organization of Jianzhou. They were pro-Manchu troops, and their basic function was a professional military organization. Not only before entering the customs, the Eight Banners Mongolia undertook the mission of military conquest and fighting every time they marched and fought, even after entering the customs. In fact, whether it is the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of Mongolia or the Eight Banners of the Han Army, they are the most loyal lackeys of the rulers of Jianzhou.

The Gushan Ezhen of Nahai was subordinate to a certain banner owner in terms of identity, but had nothing to do with the banner owner in terms of position, and actually belonged to the professional officers of the Manchu rulers. Such a profession made Nahai completely dependent on the ruler of Jianzhou, who was actually no longer part of the Mongols.

The so-called Mongolian cavalry is actually not a professional soldier, following the establishment of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, Huang Taiji extended the establishment of the banner to the entire Mongolian region, and divided Mongolia into Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. The 24 departments of Inner Mongolia have been successively organized into 49 banners, and the main function of this flag is to manage the civil and administrative affairs of the banner. Later, a number of flags formed a "league" (the office designated by the imperial court), as the central supervision body for the flags, "can not interfere in the affairs of the flags, and has no right to issue decrees", "the head of the league is mainly the convener of the (flags) alliance". Forty-nine banners of Inner Mongolia, set up six leagues of Zhelimu, Zhuosuotu, Zhaowuda, Xilin Gol, Ulanqab and Yikezhao. Divide and rule was implemented through the alliance flag system, and the vast number of Mongols were fixed in their respective regions to facilitate rule and management.

There are also soldiers in the banners of Inner Mongolia, but in terms of their nature, they are close to militia. Although many banners in Inner Mongolia contributed a lot to the war of Qing unification or the maintenance of reunification, after the war, they produced and lived in a fixed area, which was different from the professional Eight Banner Army after entering the customs. Each banner in Inner Mongolia has a zhasak (flag chief), which is mostly hereditary, and the counterpart of Xiangshang is the administrative court and the garrison control general who deal with the affairs of ethnic minorities (mainly Mongolian). Among the Eight Banners, each flag has a flag owner (later known as the Dutong), which is directly responsible to the Central Military Department (Military Aircraft Department).

In fact, no matter how good the Mongolian cavalry is, it is also a miscellaneous army, and they are not at the same level as the Eight Banners soldiers in terms of combat effectiveness, otherwise there would be no Jianzhou people crisscrossing the entire vast Mongolian steppe. (To be continued......)