Because in the Chongzhen period, the size of the sailor's bird boat became larger, and the eight rocking oars on both sides of the ship were canceled, and only two large rocking oars at the stern were left.

Therefore, when Shuo Huang River goes up, even the speed of the wind is not fast.

The sailors also specifically determined that under the condition of a smooth wind, the bird boat could travel about 30 miles in half an hour at the fastest [speed of about 8 knots].

This speed is already the extreme value of the cruising speed.

If there is no wind, the speed is very slow just by the rocking of the oar.

In this way, the naval warship will be exposed to the muzzle of the Jiannu Hongyi cannon for a long time.

At that moment, Chongzhen instructed Zheng Sen: "Zheng Sen, didn't you prepare the three-color lantern of the water master?" Quickly signal the sailors to retreat to a safe distance and stop breaking in. ”

Zheng Sen hurriedly took the other two scholars to hang up the three-color lantern.

Seeing the three-color lantern hanging on the ninth peak, the sailor warship immediately turned around and retreated.

But it takes time to turn around, and for a while, it still can't get rid of the threat of Jiannu Hongyi cannons, so the cannon is still rumbling and blazing on the river, and from time to time there will be warships hit by cannons.

The Ming Army's sailors really suffered a lot this time.

To say the least, ten ships were lost.

……

Duoduo was also awakened by the sound of cannons, and hurriedly put on his clothes and got up.

Soon, He Luohui, Wa Xing'a and other generals with white flags arrived one after another.

Waxing'a was seriously injured in the battle of Yunlong Mountain, and he was recuperated for several months, and his injuries were finally healed, and he has been shouting for revenge for the past few days, threatening to rush Yunlong Mountain again.

Naturally, Duoduo ignored him, what revenge did he take revenge?

This king suffered such a big loss in Shanyang and didn't want to take revenge.

Duoduo can see that the Ming army is still very reluctant to defend the city.

Soon, Shi Tulai reported: "Master, it's the sailor of the Ming army who has arrived." ”

"Has the Ming Army Sailor arrived?" Duoduo looked at each other and asked, "How's it going?" Did you stop them? ”

"Master, don't worry." Shi Tu smiled and said, "Just now the slave went to the river to see, the fort we built is very strong, and the sailor warships of Minggou can't help us at all, just now in this artillery battle, our fort and red-coated cannon were unscathed, but Minggou's sailor warships were sunk by us several times, and then retreated in ashes." ”

"Good!" Duoduo said happily, "It seems that Hong Chengchou's method still works, even if there is the Yellow River, even if Minggou has the benefit of the sailor warship, he still can't enter the encirclement, and don't even think about sending a grain of grain in." ”

As he spoke, Dongfang revealed the white of the fish's belly, and then galloped over on a fast horse.

"Report the ......" was still far away, and the messenger on horseback roared loudly, "The army of the imperial father regent has arrived fifteen miles away, and Prince Yu will go to greet him immediately!" ”

After all, it was his own brother, and Dorgon only let Dorgon pick it up alone.

The rest of the county kings like Luo Luohun, Luck Dehui, and Gur Ma Hui didn't have this opportunity.

"Did the fourteenth brother march overnight?" Duoduo's expression froze, and he immediately shouted, "Waxing, light up the white flag of Bayala and go to the guard with this king." ”

"Huh!" Waxing Ah made a promise.

Soon, Dordor left the camp with a white flag.

At this time, the sky gradually brightened, and it could be clearly seen that outside the camp with white flags, short tender green shoots had grown in the ground, which was freshly planted spring wheat.

By the way, Jiannu is already running out of food.

The spring wheat that had just been planted was definitely not able to meet the military rations of Jiannu.

So for the next three months or nearly four months, we will have to rely on Beijing's supply.

[Note: The spring wheat growth period is about 100 days, sown in May, and harvested in September]

Dolgon took 30 Niu Lu 9,000 soldiers with yellow flags, plus 20,000 newly recruited Han soldiers, escorted 300,000 stone military rations along the canal all the way to the south, and took the waterway all the way to the territory of Yanzhou Prefecture.

However, after entering the Taizhuang Gate fifteen miles north of Xia Town, Dolgon decisively ordered the sailors to return, and then let more than 100,000 soldiers push chicken carts and wheelbarrows around Xia Town overnight to the south.

……

Looking at the endless queue of torches in Jiannu, especially seeing the hundreds of thousands of chicken carts and wheelbarrows pushed by the army's coats, the chief military officers of the ten towns under Huang Degong were eager to try one by one, and they all shouted that they would launch a sneak attack at night to rob Jiannu's military rations, and even if they couldn't grab it, they would burn the grain.

To tell the truth, Huang Shi'an and Tian Xiong, the general soldiers, were a little floating.

In last year's Xiazhen victory, they defeated the Yellow Banner, which is known as the strongest combat effectiveness among the Eight Banners of Jiannu, so they didn't take Jiannu seriously.

But Huang Degong's mind is still very clear.

Although there was a big victory in Xia Zhen last year, it was just Jiannu who was biased all the way, and he was able to win at that time, which had a lot to do with Jiannu's carelessness of the enemy, if Jiannu was not so light on the enemy, he would definitely not be able to win.

And it was still a defensive war, if it was a field battle, the Ming army was basically no different from sending it to death.

Besides, before Jiannu went south, Chongzhen also specially told him to let him just guard Xia Town, and he didn't have to worry about any other things, unless he had his will, it was strictly forbidden to send troops without authorization.

At that moment, Huang Degong said in a deep voice: "Pass my order, those who dare to fight without authorization will be decided!" ”

Huang Degong's generals soon spread throughout the army, and the general soldiers of the ten towns under his command could only dispel their thoughts.

At this time, Yang Ponu, who had been promoted to general, suddenly said: "Master Hou, I remember that the saint said that there are only 100,000 soldiers in total, right?" There are already more than 200,000 Jiannu troops outside Xuzhou, why are there so many Jiannu now? This queue can't be seen at a glance, and there must be more than 100,000 people, right? ”

"At least 150,000!" Huang Degong made a precise estimate.

Then he said: "However, these are not the real slaves of Jiannu, they are all covered by the army." ”

Yang Ponu said: "Master Hou, you can't all be coated with the army, right?" There has to be a real slave, right? According to half of it, how many real slaves have been transferred before and after? Isn't the city of Beijing empty? ”

"What do you mean?" Huang Degong Huo Ran turned his head and glared at Yang Ponu.

"Uh, huh?" Huang Degong reacted so much, but Yang Ponu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "It's not interesting, Master Hou, I want to say that Jiannu is really bold, and he is not afraid that we will attack his lair." ”

Yang Ponu really said it casually, but Huang Degong couldn't settle down anymore after hearing it.

Yes, if Jiannu really poured the country's troops to besiege Xuzhou and confront the Shengshang, wouldn't Beijing be empty? If at this time he led the border army of the Ten Towns and went north in the starry night?

Thinking of this, Huang Degong's heart could no longer be calm.

At that moment, Huang Degong said to Yang Ponu: "Yang Ponu, do you dare to go to Xuzhou?" ”

"Why don't you dare?" Yang Ponu said, "Don't look at Jiannu's siege of Xuzhou City, there are still nights and lurking troops within fifty miles around, but if you want to enter Xuzhou City, it will be a piece of cake." ”

"Good!" Huang Degong waved his hand and said, "Come here." ”

Huang Degong whispered a few words in Yang Ponu's ear.

Yang Ponu immediately said: "Mark the order!" ”

Then he turned around and walked away quickly.

……

In fact, it was Dorgon's ploy to lure the enemy.

In order to lure the Ming army to attack, Dolgon even transferred the bannermen with yellow flags.

Of course, if the Ming army really came out, they would find that the coated minions pushing the chicken cart and the wheelbarrow were actually not real coated minions, but the flagmen with yellow flags pretending to be them.

Seeing that the Ming army was unmoved, Dolgon sighed and said, "It's a pity that the Ming army refuses to come out." ”

"Master, this is actually the expected result." Hong Chengchou comforted Dolgon, "The Ming army has completely lost the courage to fight in the field since the Battle of Songshan, and it has not yet recovered, but it is precisely because the Ming army lacks the courage to fight in the field that our Qing soldiers were able to concentrate their forces to surround Xuzhou City, otherwise once the Ming army in Shandong, Xiazhen, Pizhou and even Huai'an Mansion went north, Beizhi and even Beijing would face a huge threat, and it would be troublesome at that time." ”

"Therefore, it is best to eradicate the Ming army in Xia Zhen first, and the Ming army will be a threat after all."

Dolgon frowned and said: "And if you don't take Xia Town, the canal will not be opened, and the sailor's boat can only go to the Taizhuang Gate, and then only rely on chicken buses and wheelbarrows to transport, this time there is no problem with the army coating, but the next time the grain is transported, there will be no army coating, and then you will have to make another trip." ”

This time he went south, and Dolgon also brought 150,000 coats with him.

The 150,000 coatings were specially brought to Xuzhou and Guide to farm the land.

In order to win the Battle of Xuzhou, Dolgon was really open-minded, not only transferred almost all the troops of the Qing court to the Xuzhou battlefield, but even more than 200,000 coats were almost all transferred to Xuzhou.

This is really the power of the country, that is, to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.

From this point, it can also be seen that Jiannu's national strength is actually really weak.

Fifty years have passed since the old slave raised his army, but when Jiannu encounters a decisive war, he still has to mobilize the country's troops to have a chance to win.

The battle of Sarhu was like this.

The same is true of the Songjin War.

The battle of Shanhaiguan was still the same.

When it came to Xuzhou, the battle was still the same.

That is, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners, or the cavalry and archery are strong enough, otherwise Jiannu is such a weak national strength, and I don't know how many times it has been flattened by the Ming Dynasty.

"Master, it's actually not a big deal."

Ning Wan said: "The Ming army in Shandong, Xiazhen, Pizhou and Huai'an Mansion did not have the courage to go north, how many years, what kind of cowardice the Ming army is, it can be said that everyone knows it." As for letting the minions run more errands, that's all right, for the sake of my Qing Dynasty, what is it to run a few more miles, and I'm willing to die. ”

"Just you can talk." Dorgon smiled and turned his gaze to the side of the road.

On both sides of the road are patches of cultivated land, which were obviously cultivated last year, but are still barren.

"Look, master, the fields here have been restored." Fan Wencheng said, "In this way, the harvest is guaranteed, otherwise this year's rations will be really tight." ”

The land is like this, it has to be cultivated and planted often to become cooked land, and the yield will be high.

After many years of abandonment, it was suddenly re-cultivated, similar to the raw land, and the yield was not high, and the cultivation technology of Jiannu was backward compared with the Ming Dynasty, so the yield was lower.

Dolgon was worried that the harvest would be too low.

But now, it seems that there is no need to worry.

At least five buckets per mu of harvest is still guaranteed, and there will be 150,000 stone of grain for planting 3 million mu.

"This should be the Ming army that has been tuned to the fields last year." Dolgon snorted lightly, and said with a smile, "In this case, don't we still have to thank the Ming army?" ”

While they were talking, a bayala reported that the ten kings had come to escort them with a white flag.

"Old Fifteen has arrived." Dolgon's face fell, and he said, "Don't intercede for him later, this time the king has to talk about him well, he is still so careless in his thirties." ”

"Huh." Hong Chengchou and the three of them brushed together and hit a thousand on horseback.

However, in his heart, he secretly said that the nine kings really favored the ten kings.

In contrast, Prince Ying's Vashun only returned in vain, and he was stripped of his princely title and demoted to the rank of county king.

This time, the Ten Kings suffered such a big defeat in Shanyang, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria alone lost nearly 4,000 people, but listening to the tone of the Nine Kings, he didn't seem to be too angry, and a careless sentence was enough to explain the problem.

Soon, Dodor arrived with hundreds of Bajala soldiers with white flags.

Dolgon's slap on his face was a scolding, and he scolded Dordor's blood.

Hong Chengchou and the three of them knew that Dolgon had something to say to Duoduo, so they excused themselves and left.

When there was no one else nearby, only two brothers left, Dolgon said: "Old fifteen, your prince's title will definitely not be kept, and you will be demoted to the title of county king, and you will be fined five hundred taels of silver." ”

"In addition, the white flag will also be taken away by ten bulls."

Speaking of this, Dorgon said, "Don't blame Brother Fourteen for being ruthless. ”

Duoduo sighed and said: "Fourteenth brother, it's good to be able to keep the king of the county, that is, me, if you want to replace someone else who has lost so many banners under Shanyang City, Fourteenth brother, I'm afraid you have to peel his skin." ”

After a pause, Dordor asked, "To whom did the ten oxen that we took from our banner go?" ”

"Who else? It can only be a red flag and a blue flag. Dolgon said, "Without the support of Daishan and Zilharang, let alone keeping the title of county king, you will even be deprived of your flag status." ”

Duoduo shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Brother Fourteen, I'm causing you trouble again. ”

"It's good to know." Dolgon snorted lightly and asked, "How did Sanyang fight this one?" ”

"Brother Fourteen, don't ask." Duoduo smiled bitterly and said, "I still feel that the lake is lost, and I always feel that I haven't fought seriously, but nearly 10,000 people have died in Qidingjia Baoyi. ”

Dolgon said, "That Yan Yingyuan, is it really as powerful as you say?" ”

"It's that powerful." Duoduo nodded solemnly and said, "I joined the army at the age of thirteen and have been fighting for more than twenty years now, and I have never met such a wicked person, so I don't know how his brain grows, and you can't imagine what means this guy will use against you." ”

Dorgon said, "There are such people in the world. ”

Duoduo said again: "Brother Fourteen, there is something I have to remind you. ”