Chapter 417: Battle of Xuzhou III

The war clouds shrouded the entire Xuzhou Plain, and the 70,000 troops of Abatai, except for 30,000 troops who were transferred to the forefront by Sun Degong and Ruilin, had already shrunk the defeated defenders in Yunlong Mountain back to the city according to the plan, and the battle was now concentrated on the western front of Xiao County, which was an important town in the southwest of Xuzhou and must be defended.

The order to send 50,000 green battalion soldiers to cross the river to support was already issued when the Ming army arrived in Shuanggou, Xuzhou City after more than 3,000 years, the city can directly accommodate 500,000 people, huge and abnormal, 20,000 cavalry of the blue flag are stationed in the city, and 20,000 people of the Han army flag are stationed in Xiao County.

In the second year of Shengwu, A.D. 1632, on the seventh day of the fourth month, everything was fine.

The 15th Company of the 71st Regiment of the 8th Division of the Dingwu Army Yan Chun took the lead in attacking the Qing army entrenched in Huangshi Village, fifteen miles southeast of Xuzhou City, and the two sides broke out fierce battles outside and inside the village, and the battle was slowly upgraded from the initial company-level combat unit to the entire battalion, and by the afternoon, the whole regiment of the 71st Regiment joined the battle.

At the same time, Huang Degong and Lou Xingye's headquarters also launched attacks on the Qing troops stationed in Shuanggongji and Chencun respectively.

After several battles with the Abatai Division, the experience gained, the Jiannu cavalry that ran away in the Xuzhou Plain was obviously not comparable to the Daishan two red flag cavalry in Huai'an, their combat effectiveness was stronger, and the flat land also greatly increased the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, although the rifle was amazing, but after all, it was necessary to shoot and reload, so the two sides did not take much advantage from beginning to end.

Therefore, Chen Cao ordered the front-line troops not to allow group defense, and ordered all units to take the division headquarters as the center, and all the divisional units were divided into the largest battalion combat units, and each battalion had a defensive range of three miles, and then echoed each other with a company as a unit, so that when facing the charge of the large group of cavalry, the head and tail could be taken care of.

In Chen Cao's command tent, all the important generals gathered together, and Song Che, as the commander of the Dingwu Army, was introducing the strategic deployment to Chen Cao at this moment.

"The Qing army did not engage in defending the city, they knew that our artillery was sharp, and defending the city could only be a dead end.

The plains on three sides of Xuzhou, important villages are arranged with heavy troops, and the three divisions of our army are divided into pieces in accordance with His Majesty's instructions, and all of them use companies as combat units to echo the battle.

A pioneer company of Yan Chun's department had already reached five miles southwest of Yunlong Mountain, only twenty miles away from Xuzhou City. ”

"They fought too fast, send an order to Yan Chun, let his troops not attack in a hurry, even if they go deep, it is not enough for their cavalry, You Shiwei, your cavalry troops must cover all units from the flanks, whether it is at the division level or at the company and platoon level."

You Shiwei nodded, and Chen Cao continued: "At present, we can't find out Abatai's intentions, what do you think?" ”

Huang Chunyao looked at Xu Fuyuan, the two looked at each other, and seemed to say something, and then Huang Chunyao spoke first: "Your Majesty, the easiest way is to use Yang Lian's infantry troops to advance, lure Abatai's cavalry out, and then intercept with the cavalry under General You's command, and the front troops will be the main force for a decisive battle, and the infantry and cavalry will be carried out simultaneously, which can not only attack the living force of Jiannu, but also clearly detect Abatai's strategic intentions, which kills two birds with one stone." ”

Before Chen Cao could look at Yang Lian Maha, he himself came out and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to go." ”

Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao again, and then nodded: "It's okay, just do it, act immediately." ”

...

In the small county of Dangshan, the Qing army stationed here only had 300 people in the Han army banner and a Niulu, and 500 people in the green battalion and one in the Manchurian supervision army.

By the time Liu Butang's troops arrived in Dangshan County, his forward troops were already digging trenches.

Liu Butang and Feng Zhongping inspected the situation of the trench together, Feng Zhongping's military rank was only a major general of the army, but Liu Butang was a first-class lieutenant general, and Liu Butang's qualifications were much higher than Feng Zhongping's, so the actual command of the Dangshan troops was Liu Butang.

"Lao Feng, I think we still have to arrange manpower by the Yellow River."

Liu Butang is older than Feng Zhongping, he can be called Lao Feng, but Feng Zhongping does not dare to call him 'Lao Liu', because he is still more humble and said: "The military gate is reasonable, to prevent Haoge's troops from entering the Yellow River by boat in Guide Mansion to advance eastward, if there are ships advancing eastward, our garrison by the Yellow River can directly block it." ”

"Dig more trenches, our artillery will be concentrated outside the city, and you will scatter around the county."

"The military gate is unwilling to defend the city?"

Liu Butang shook his head: "According to the city, it means giving up resistance, the cavalry of Haoge's troops will go around the city, and the follow-up infantry will come to delay us, you say, isn't this out of His Majesty's original intention of letting us come here?" ”

Feng Zhongping suddenly realized that he almost didn't understand the matter.

"What's more, Jinyiwei and Dongchang only knew the news of Haoge's eastward advance, and did not specifically find out how many people, before entering the city, I walked around the city, only found that Liu Village in the southwest of the city and Xujiawa in the northwest of the city are suitable for large troops to pass, our army dug a trench in the west of the city, and Haoge aided Xuzhou in the east, and decided not to spend more time in Dangshan."

Liu Butang carefully analyzed, after all, he was a top student in the first phase of Huangpu, Feng Zhongping said: "The defense of Liu Village and Xujiawa is handed over to me, and the military gate is in command in the west of the city, and it is necessary to support the two places in a timely manner." ”

Liu Butang nodded thoughtfully: "It will be arranged in this way, depending on the wartime situation." ”

In the evening of the next day, Liu Butang met the Jinyi Wei secret agent who was rescued by the reconnaissance company at the command headquarters, this person was covered in blood, seriously injured, and his breath was small, and it was a miracle that he could resist and survive until now.

"Tartar...... Sub-thief...... Public, non... Not... Not... Three... Ten... It... Count..."

After saying a difficult sentence, the secret agent immediately lost his breath, Liu Butang frowned, looked at the staff officers gathered around him, and then said: "Send a letter to Your Majesty immediately, there are no less than 300,000 people under Haoge, maybe more." ”

"Yes..."

...

The escaped Jinyiwei was not abused, but those who were caught were all dismembered by five horses after asking for a clear confession, and the death was so tragic that even the people with Dongchang were killed.

At this moment, the return to the German government, Haoge is arranging the military situation, this time to aid Xuzhou, he is a heavy army to press the border, carrying the Yu Wei who has just swept the northwest, carrying 50,000 soldiers with the yellow flag, 20,000 soldiers with the yellow flag, 10,000 soldiers with the white flag, 50,000 soldiers from the Mongolian Eight Banners, 150,000 soldiers from the Han Army Banner, 200,000 soldiers from the Green Battalion, a total of 480,000 soldiers, and nearly 400,000 soldiers with the military service, equivalent to millions of people.

There are more than 1,000 artillery pieces of various types and 500 Hongyi cannons.

Prince Su Haoge was full of spirits, at the beginning of the year in Gansu fought a big victory, the Ming Dynasty period of the Su Wang, Qingyang King and other northwest Zhujia vassal kings all down, should be killed, should be sent to Beijing to send Beijing, in short, is a big victory, now the security of the northwest provinces are all handed over to the Han officials to adopt.

He took this million people to aid Xuzhou, after all, this is a major event for the Aixin Jueluo family, and he didn't dare to be sloppy, of course, in the early Qing Dynasty, the unanimous foreign policy of the Manchurians was very traditional, and it was not as good as the eight kings in the early years of Kangxi.

"King Su, King Zheng's reinforcements have crossed the Yellow River and are crossing Chen Bing in Feiyun as planned."

He Luohui's luck was good, he did not die in Siwu Mountain like Ahsan Tan Tai, but after the defeat, he gathered the Boluo soldiers and horses who supported Shuyang and entered Xuzhou, and then went to Haoge in person according to Abatai's plan, but was left in Haoge's account to listen to it, after all, He Luo would fight with the Ming army several times, and knew the details of the Ming army, and it was a good thing to use it on his side.

Moreover, He Luohui's position is not low, but a deputy general, and it is not a problem to use the position of deputy general at all.

Haoge looked at the map, and then said: "Send someone to inform the sixth child, let their soldiers and horses enter Fengxian and station, and wait until our army enters the territory of Dangshan, let his men and horses set up a formation by the Yellow River, and shell the Ming army's military formation by the Yellow River." ”

He Luohui nodded: "Yes, but King Su, King Zheng's side is only firearms, and they are more than enough to defend the battle formation, if they attack, the last general is worried that they are not the opponent of the Ming army." ”

Haoge thought for a long time, then looked at the map behind him, and said slowly: "He Luohui, you said that if our army attacked Dangshan County in advance, and then advanced eastward from the Yellow River without the knowledge of the Ming army, all the way into the Xuzhou Plain, and then outflanked Dangshan with superior cavalry. ”

He Luohui pondered for a while, and then said: "King Su's plan is good, but after all, there is still the main force of the Ming army led by Chen Cao in front of Xuzhou. ”

"What you said is true, so I decided to send a message to my seventh uncle, asking him to block Chen Cao's main force as much as possible, and let this king eat the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of him first."

"King Su, this battle must not be a tug-of-war."

Hauge's department, not counting soldiers, just with the soldier's food is a big number, it is a place where Hauge's department crosses, basically 'eating in the wild', to put it bluntly, rob...

If the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed, it would be better to say that once it became a tug-of-war, not only the food of the Haoge troops, but also the Abatai in Xuzhou would fall into a situation of running out of food.

Hearing this, Haoge deeply agreed, and then said: "After the northern enclosure, those Han dogs did not obey my Qing Dynasty's education, and there were many escapees.

There are even voices within the Eight Banners that have withdrawn from Beijing, suggesting that the Beijing division of my Great Qing Dynasty be moved to Shengjing, the second uncle lost this battle in a mess, and how to deal with the two red flags is still a thorny problem, so there can be no mistakes here in Xuzhou. ”