Henan Battlefield.

Due to the fierce offensive of the divisions of the Datong Army after the beginning of spring, Dolgon did not dare to underestimate the enemy like Duoduo.

He adopted the usual tactics of the Manchu Qing Dynasty: let you come as many times as you want, and I will go all the way!

Dorgon took the initiative to shrink his defenses, allowing his troops to defend the important city. He personally led more than 60,000 Eight Banner Army and more than 30,000 troops and generals, intending to break through the Datong Army.

Nurhachi likes to fight like this, and Huang Taiji likes to fight like this.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty often sent 100,000 or 200,000 troops, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a total of tens of thousands of troops. So the Manchu Qing gathered heavy troops, quickly rushed to intersperse, and took advantage of the loopholes that were difficult for the various departments of the Ming Dynasty to coordinate and cooperate, and took advantage of the loopholes to annihilate one of them with superior forces.

Generally speaking, as long as the Ming army is annihilated along the way, the rest of the roads will fall into panic, or simply have border generals to flee with their troops.

If annihilating one way doesn't work, then annihilate two or three ways!

And this time the Datong army attacked Henan, and the troops were divided into six routes, how could Dolgon not use the old routine?

Zhao Han handed over the command of Shandong to Fei Ruhe, and his imperial driver moved to Bozhou to establish the general headquarters.

At this moment, Li Zheng's third division had broken through Yucheng, and Xiao Zongxian's fourth division had broken through Luyi. Zhao Han's territory Bozhou and Suzhou were "empty", deliberately attracting the enemy army from Guide to attack, and once they came, they could let the third and fourth divisions return to the army to make dumplings.

It's a pity that the Qing army in Guide Mansion was very cowardly, and even sat back and watched the fall of Yucheng and Luyi, and only nested in Guide Mansion City to defend it.

This is to conscientiously implement Dolgon's strategic plan, surrender troops and surrender generals do not go out to fight, secondary counties can also be avoided, just defend the strategic city. Hold on, waiting for Dorgon to break through in other places.

Where is Dorgon's main force?

Zhao Han is not clear for the time being, anyway, it is definitely not on the side of Guide Mansion.

If the plan to lure the enemy fails, then take the initiative to attack!

The remaining peasant soldiers were stationed in Yucheng and Luyi, the third division attacked Xiayi in the south, and the fourth division attacked Zhecheng in the north. also won in one fell swoop, and the Qing army seemed to really don't want these county seats, but just defended the city of Defu wholeheartedly. Even on the side of Yongcheng County, Zhao Han sent more than 1,000 peasant soldiers to take it.

Guide to the city of Defu, that is, Shangqiu.

Zhao Han's headquarters, the third division, and the fourth division, joined outside Shangqiu City, intending to storm the city. Shangqiu is a nail, if it is not pulled out, the East Road army on the Henan battlefield will be pinned down here and unable to move.

The accompanying female official reported: "Your Majesty, Hou Fangyu and his uncle ask to see you." ”

"Bring them in."

Zhao Han is studying the whereabouts of Dolgon's main force, although the scouts are widely spread, and Henan is hiding the details of the Datong army, but there is too much messy information, and it is difficult to find Dolgon for a while.

As the commander-in-chief of the Henan battlefield, Zhao Han could only issue a military order: Jiang Liang's fifth division would abandon Shenqiu and Xiangcheng, which had already been captured, and withdraw to Yingzhou to guard against possible Dolgon. Jiang Dashan's Sixth Division, stationed in Yuncheng, was not allowed to advance and continued to explore Dolgon's movements.

Since Dolgon wanted to gather a large army to break through the road, then Zhao Han would defend the city safely, and the lord would return to the direction of Defu.

It's a big deal to advance steadily, just by consuming grain and grass, you can drag Dolgon to death!

Hou Fangyu brought his fifth uncle Hou Yu in and greeted him.

Zhao Han asked, "How are the villages in Guide Province?" ”

Hou Shu replied: "Your Majesty, this year's war ended, and the puppet Qing Dynasty wantonly plundered the countryside in Guide Mansion. Regardless of the gentry and civilians, each household must provide food, and if they can't hand over the food, they will kill people. After the grain was transported to the city, the people and gentry were expelled from the city, and only the army was left in the city, and even many people in the city were expelled. My Hou family's money and food have been robbed by those Tartars, and there is not much left! ”

Mao Yuanyi said: "Your Majesty, the pseudo-Qing Dynasty is doing this because of the iron determination to store grain and defend the city. ”

Zhao Han was disgusted by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the entire Guide Mansion was full of people who had been robbed of food. Before the arrival of the Datong army, the local people had starved to death countless times, and a large number of hungry people were waiting for Zhao Han to allocate food for relief.

However, there is no need to worry about the lack of people, and recruiting hungry people to transport baggage is also a form of relief.

The moat outside Shangqiu City also allows the hungry people to fill it, and a few pieces of bread can be distributed every day. Zhao Han couldn't get more food, and he still had to keep the military food to consume with the Manchus.

Everyone was discussing the military situation, and someone came to report: "Your Majesty, tens of thousands of righteous soldiers have come from outside the camp, saying that they will kill the Tartars with the Datong army!" ”

Zhao Han was relieved and had a headache.

The relief is because the people's hearts are available, and the headache is because of the consumption of military rations. These rebels, in fact, can be regarded as hungry people, who have little combat effectiveness in battle, but they have a good appetite for food.

If Henan is like this, the righteous army and the hungry people will be able to eat Zhao Han down.

But you can't help it, at least you have to give some food to hang your life.

Zhao Han said to Hou Fangyu's uncle and nephew: "The Hou clan is the Great Family of Defu, and these rebels are temporarily coordinated and commanded by you. 3,000 young men were selected as auxiliaries, and the rest were all turned into civilian husbands, and they were really weak...... Let them lie down and receive the porridge. ”

Zhao Han also said to the officials Cao, Hucao, and Caicao who accompanied the army: "Let the officials, missionary officers, and peasant associations hurry over and directly preside over the division of fields in Yongcheng County." The hungry people here were also transferred to Yongcheng County and settled in the fields. Also, rush the food, and bring some more food! ”

……

The Manchu commander of the Guide Mansion has a literature and a martial arts.

The text is Tong Yangjia, that is, Tong Yang's cousin.

Tong is a Jurchen, and his surname is "Tong Jia". At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he settled in the Ming Dynasty to do business, and when he reached Tong Yangxing, he became a double agent of the Ming Dynasty and the Jurchens. Eventually, the Ju clan took refuge in Nurhachi.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty cast artillery over the years, and Tong Yangxing was fully responsible.

As for Tong Yangjia, he was the first governor of Liangguang in history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Wu Wei Sun Dingliao, during the Battle of the Daling River, served as the deputy general of the Ming Dynasty. Surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, has been the official Han army banner deputy commander, this time with two thousand Han army flags, suppressed Shangqiu's surrendered troops and surrendered generals to defend the city together.

Among the generals who defended the city, the most powerful was Zhao Zhilong.

This person is the hereditary Xin Chengbo of the Ming Dynasty, the tenth generation of nobles. Historically, he descended to the Qing Dynasty with Qian Qianyi and others in Nanjing.

But in this time and space, when the Datong army attacked Fengyang, Zhao Zhilong fled to Henan with his troops and became one of the many forces in Henan. Later, Li Zicheng was lowered, and then the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu and other generals under his command.

In addition, there are also generals in the city such as Sun Xigui who are from Liaodong.

Except for Sun Dingliao's Eight Banners of the Han Army, the rest were a group of rabble. But the army was 30,000, the army was sufficient, and it was more than enough to defend the city.

Dolgon thinks that he can hold for half a year, and the troops and generals here are much more reliable than those guys in Shandong.

Take Zhao Zhilong, who is the strongest, for example, this product has made people angry in Fengyang, and he has long been on the blacklist of the Datong Imperial Court. After he fled with his troops, his family property was confiscated, his land was divided, and those who did not escape were sent to mine.

Although Zhao Zhilong is also surnamed Zhao, he is a mortal enemy with Zhao Han!

"Fire ...... A lot of artillery! ”

Sun Dingliao stood on the city tower, looking out dumbfounded.

Two divisions, fifty artillery pieces, plus three siege guns!

Fifty-three cannons are swinged, and the guards in the city are going crazy, how can there be such a bully?

Although Zhao Han didn't have much food, he had a lot of silver, and he had enough energy to make firearms. There are four artillery factories, one in Guangdong, one in Jiangxi, one in Hunan, and one in Jiangsu.

In comparison, the Manchus were poor ghosts.

Although the Manchus were able to cast their own cannons, more than half of the artillery was snatched from the Ming Dynasty or brought by Kong Youde and other generals.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Fifty-three guns, one after the other, were fired and aimed at the same wall.

The cannonball came down, and it didn't stop halfway.

Tong Yangjia's cousin was specially cast for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He knew how terrifying this was, and he couldn't even imagine how the enemy could move so many artillery pieces to attack the city.

"It's dead, it's dead......" Tong Yangjia turned pale and muttered to himself.

The city wall of Shangqiu is slightly thinner than the Jining city wall, with a thickness of 10 meters at the bottom and a thickness of 6.7 meters at the top.

Fifty-three artillery shells, three of which were still siege artillery, burst into cracks in just one day.

Tong Yangjia saw that the morale of the defenders was low, and hurriedly summoned the generals: "Don't panic, the wall of Shangqiu is thick, and it will not collapse so easily." The regent of the imperial father, Wang Zhiyong, used Taizu's tactics of 'let him come a few ways, and I will only go all the way'. The Southern Barbarian puppet army attacked on the six roads of Henan, and the troops were scattered, and they would be broken by the regents. We only need to hold on for a few more days, and the regent will come to the rescue, and then the Nanban puppet army will definitely be defeated! ”

Everyone was speechless.

After a moment of silence, Sun Dingliao suddenly said, "Lead the troops to attack at night." The enemy army is so strong that it is impossible to win during the day, and the only way to attack is at night. You don't need to bring too many soldiers to attack at night, just pick a thousand dead soldiers. The success of the attack on the camp is the best, and the failure of the attack on the camp is only the loss of a thousand soldiers. ”

"Who's going?" Sun Xigui asked.

Tong Yangjia glanced at the generals: "The generals can recommend themselves, if the enemy artillery is allowed to bombard the city all the time, I am afraid that the city wall has not collapsed, and the army's heart will be shaken." ”

The generals looked at each other, and someone proposed: "Flower horse Liu is brave, you can attack the camp." ”

Liu Liangzuo stood up suddenly: "Why should I go?" ”

Historically, when Nanjing was a small court, Liu Liangzuo was Gao Jie's general, and later led 100,000 troops to the Qing Dynasty. On the 81st day of Jiangyin, Liu Liangzuo besieged the city, and he was the executioner who killed Yan Yingyuan and others.

This goods has not yet been invested in Gao Jie's command, and it belongs to Mu Wenshou's generals, and Zhao Zhilong and other generals will guard Fengyang together.

A few years ago, when the Datong Army sent troops to northern Anhui, Zhao Zhilong and Liu Liangzuo worked together to trap and kill the general soldier Mou Wenshou, and then fled to Henan with the troops to seize territory.

As for Liu Liangzuo's younger brother Liu Liangchen, he had already surrendered to the Manchus as early as the Battle of the Daling River.

"I also think General Liu is suitable."

"Yes, General Liu, nicknamed Huama Liu, is proficient in cavalry warfare, and he must have the ability to rob the camp."

“……”

One person proposed, and everyone agreed, and Liu Liangzuo was always recommended as the main general of the night attack.