Before the decisive battle of Pingqing in the first year of Qiongyuan, the Daping army successively used two clever tricks - sending troops to the Mongolian steppe and crossing the sea to conquer Korea. And these two moves are completely on the blind spot of the Qing army, and even more on the most painful weakness of the Qing army. Forced to be helpless, the Qing army could only take the initiative to go out of the customs and start a decisive battle with the main force of the Daping Army arranged outside the Shanhai Pass.

It can be seen from this that Huang Taiji's last words that Huang Taiji repeatedly told Dolgon not to give up the city of Beijing were far-sighted. Suppose that if the Qing army and the Runing army were stalemate in Beijing at that time, because Beizhili had been emptied by the Dashun army and the Qing army, it would not be able to supply grain and grass supplies at all.

The Runing Army, which had no logistical support, faced the Qing army that had just looted a large number of supplies from the Guannei, and finally had no choice but to withdraw from Beizhili and retreat to the Yellow River and Taihang Mountain. At most, it is to rescue Xue Chenglin and Zhu Cihong, the former prince of the Ming Dynasty, who are in the outer city of the capital.

After that, the Runing army will be caught in a long-term tug-of-war with the Qing army on the northern front along the Yellow River, and there is no way to open a second front, let alone rescue the two cities of Ningyuan and Zhenyuan in Liaodong. As for the expedition to the Mongolian steppe and Korea? That's a complete fantasy.

Even in this way, the Runing Army could not let go of its hands and feet to attack the Dashun Army in Shaanxi, the Great Western Army in Sichuan, and the Hongguang Small Imperial Court in Jiangnan. The whole world will be completely in the midst of a warlord melee.

Of course, if in the decisive battle of the capital, the Runing army won a big victory or the Qing army won a big victory, the situation would be completely different. However, judging from the situation of the two armies at that time, the possibility of a stalemate between the two sides was the greatest.

However, due to the internal struggle for power and profit within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dolgon at that time had to order the entire army to withdraw to Liaodong. Although Dorgon has a thousand reasons and a thousand helplessness. However, judging from the results, this is the main reason for the Qing army to fall into strategic passivity.

But Dorgon's words are also very right, no matter how much idle chess and clever chess there are. In the end, it is necessary to see a real chapter on the frontal battlefield. So at the end of April, Dolgon took 75,000 soldiers and horses, together with 15,000 men drawn from Ningyuan and Zhenyuan, and secretly entered Shanhaiguan in early May.

And Duoduo led 15,000 soldiers and horses to the Yalu River, to enter Korea and fight against the marines. As for the 50,000 Manchurian and Mongolian troops led by Abatai. At the end of May, he was urgently recalled to Liaodong and was about to devote himself to a decisive battle with the Daping army.

At this time, there were 90,000 soldiers and horses in six towns led by Xue Yongli outside Shanhaiguan, and the first thing they would have to face was. The 140,000 troops of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan. In terms of troops, the Daping Army was at a disadvantage. However, because of more than half a year's training and newly manufactured weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of this main force has made a qualitative leap.

And behind this main force, there are 35,000 soldiers and horses led by Wu Shigong and nearly 200,000 auxiliaries. So really say who is strong and who is weak? That's hard to judge. Not to mention the 26,000 horsemen of Pegasus Town as the general reserve.

But all the deployments of the Qing army. There is a vulnerability that is not considered a vulnerability. Since Dolgon learned of the Korean emergency when Huang Ding arrived in Seoul, he did not know that Gonzalez's soldiers and horses would come after him. Therefore, the strength of the Daeping Army in Korea was undercounted by several thousand.

At the end of April and the beginning of May, after the second batch of marines of the naval division landed in Korea, the strength of the Daeping Army in Korea had reached 13,000 men. By the end of May, before the summer typhoon season, the third fleet of the Daeping Army rushed to bring troops, and the total strength of the North Korean army exceeded 20,000.

If in an ordinary battle. In fact, such a loophole is nothing, after all, Dorgon also sent more troops to Dord. And gave him the right to act cheaply. The 15,000 Qing army against the 20,000 marines of the naval division may not be enough to attack, but the defense should be more than enough.

However, such a loophole, once the war situation in the outside world suddenly changes, will inevitably be infinitely magnified, and even pose a fatal danger to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is also something that Dolgon did not expect before the war.

"Boom, boom, boom——!"

A round of shells landed on the ground in front of them, bouncing off and moving forward until they had jumped seven or eight times, and then gradually stopped beating. And on the ground, it stirred up a stream of dust.

"Rush ——!"

The soldiers of the Daping Army pushed a long row of carts and pushed forward quickly. It wasn't until fifty or sixty paces of charge that he stopped at the shrill whistle.

"Throwing ——!"

The officers of the Daping Army, who commanded the charge of the oar, immediately issued an order and threw hundreds of palm mines from the back of the lug. The palm thunder is the Ordnance Bureau of the Daping Army, which is shrunk and created according to the principle of 10,000 enemies, and has the appearance of a modern grenade, but it is filled with iron nails and fire oil, and the effect of the explosion is like an incendiary bomb.

There was another explosion in front of the cart, and flames rose on the ground. When the flames dissipated a little, the officers in command shouted another command: "Kill ——! ”

First, a platoon of musketeers jumped out from behind the cart and fired a volley ahead. When the musketeers finished firing, the axemen formed a three-person battle group and headed forward to cover the pikemen behind them.

"——!"

There was another sharp whistle, and the axe-gunners who were charging forward quickly stopped and ran back in the direction of the oar. They immediately circled behind the pikemen, who had already lined up, and began to line up in the back row. And the whole array of spears began to follow the drummer's drumming beating, step by step.

Wait until the entire phalanx of spears has charged some distance. The cavalry behind the carriage also blew the brass whistle. The soldiers who stayed by the oars immediately pulled the rooks through the passages, and the cavalry also lined up through the passages, and when they were in formation, they were ordered by the cavalry officer to kill in front of them.

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A group of officers of the Daping Army, led by Yang Rusong, all gathered around Xue Yongli and watched their troops exercise. They all looked nervous, for fear that something would slip through. It was not until the successful completion of the exercise subjects and the return of the troops from the exercises that the expressions of these officers relaxed.

"It looks like it's already gone!" Looking at the exercises of the Daping Army, Xue Yongli said with a serious expression.

Yang Rusong and other generals who accompanied Xue Yongli to watch the exercise immediately showed a smile on their faces. Xue Yongli's training requirements for the troops are quite strict, and he has never spoken of praise. And as long as there is a mistake, he has always scolded a dog in public, and never saves face for his subordinates. And today's Xue Yongli's words are actually a high praise. This made Yang Rusong and others, who had been grasping the training of the troops, very happy in their hearts.

"Master Li! It was past noon, and the light meal was ready. After you've eaten, leave! Yang Rusong said with a smile.

"No! Prepare some dry food for my retinue!" Xue Yongli said, "If you hurry up, you can still get to Xiao He." I'm going to see their night training tonight. These days, the spies arranged in front of Shanhaiguan reported that there was an abnormal movement in the Tartars, and a major war might be about to break out. You also need to be vigilant here to prevent the Tartar raid. Hey——! Time is too tight, in a few months, we will be able to train tens of thousands of soldiers. ”

"Yes! Li Ye! Yang Rusong immediately agreed, and then he pretended to be affectionate again, "But I'm not in a hurry for this moment." The meals have been prepared, and if you don't eat it, it's a waste, so let's enjoy it! ”

"Do you really want your lord to stay?" Xue Yongli squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Rusong with a smile and asked.

Yang Rusong was speechless when asked, followed by a smirk, and the officers around him also laughed. To be honest, Xue Yongli's stern attitude has always put a lot of pressure on his subordinates. So no one wanted Xue Yongli to stay in his army for a long time. On the contrary, Wu Shigong is a lot of talkers, so his relationship with the generals is relatively close.

"That's it!" Xue Yongli stopped everyone's laughter, and when he was sending dry food, he asked Yang Rusong in the end: "What other problems do you have in the training exercise?" ”

Yang Rusong thought for a while and replied, "It's too dangerous when you light the palm thunder." This thing is good, and the lethality is really great after throwing it out. However, it is difficult to grasp when it is lit, and if you are not careful, you can easily explode in your own hands if you are not careful to light the top of the fire rope. ”

Xue Yongli nodded and said, "The problem you mentioned has already appeared in many troops during training, so it has been reported to the Ordnance Institute." Your dad has promised: they are already improving and will come up with safer palm thunder in the next batch. But this time, there may be a month or two, so you can overcome it now! ”

"But we've burned more than a dozen sons in our town? Is training slow? Yang Rusong asked.

"There are always risks associated with training and fighting. Back then, we braved bullets in our heads for cavalry training. Don't spoil the kids. However, Xiao Xinzi has a craftsman there who has made a thrower, you can put the palm thunder on the dropper and ignite it, which is much safer, you send someone to go once and find a way to make a batch yourself. Xue Yongli said.

"No!" Yang Rusong immediately agreed, and then he smiled at Xue Yongli and said, "Master Li! It's hard training these days......! ”

With a wave of his hand, Xue Yongli stopped Yang Rusong from continuing to speak: "Stop!" It's like this everywhere! I'll write you a note, and in a moment you will send someone to the quartermaster and give you a hundred pigs to be beaten. ”

"Too little!" Yang Rusong immediately complained.

"Don't pretend to be aggrieved! You're a kid who can't act. No matter how much you talk, I will subtract fifty heads for you. Everywhere you go, people everywhere have this dead-faced face, and I don't know who you boys learned from. Xue Yongli scoffed.

"Haha——!" Laughter erupted immediately. (To be continued......)