Enemies are usually very cunning!
Of course, there are stupid enemies, but Qing Emperor Amadorgun is certainly not stupid. Not only is he not stupid, but he is also more cunning than ordinary enemies.
So he never thought about going to Liaocheng to fight Zhu Cixiang!
Although he has 90,000 elite troops on hand, as well as 48 3-pound cannons and 48 one-pound cannons, he is definitely capable of fighting Zhu Cixiang's Northern Expeditionary Army.
But what about after the First World War? If the Qing Dynasty is defeated, it will be gone... If the Qing Dynasty is defeated, is it okay to kill ten thousand enemies and damage five thousand to ourselves?
Definitely not!
Zhu Cihong had more than 100 million Han people, and Dorgon's real Manchurian company included hundreds of thousands of old, weak, women and children at most. How could Dorgon endure a ten-to-five exchange?
Even if you have Zhengluqi cannon fodder, you can't die like this! The current Zhenglv Banner is also a "noble soldier", and it takes only 100,000 to enclose so much land. If he is dead, where will Dorgon go to enclose the land again? He can't take back the land that was given to Zhenglvqi Zhonglie's family, right? If we really do this, will the new Green Flag warriors still be willing to sacrifice their lives?
"Nikan, Boluo, Mandahai," Huang Ama returned to Zhengzhou City and walked among them. Dorgon summoned Nikan, Bolo and Mandahai to him again and began to give instructions face-to-face. "We now have heavenly soldiers who can defeat the Southern Army. But the defeat now is different from the past. Instead of killing 10,000 enemies and damaging hundreds of ourselves. The Southern soldiers are not so weak... If we are south of the Huaihe River Fighting, one-to-one exchange of lives is not sure.
But being in the north and being in winter is really good for us! But being able to exchange one life for two or three lives is incredible. "
Not to mention, Dorgon still has a very accurate understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Ming army - the small-scale competition between the Qing army and the Ming army has not stopped in the past two years, and Dorgon has mastered many skills. Information, you would be stupid if you didn’t know.
Even the vassal troops in Beiliu Town are well fed now, have good armor, and sometimes even pull sidecars into battle.
Encountering this kind of troops, the soldiers with the green flag will not take advantage! Even if you drag a pound of cannon, it won't work.
A pound of cannon can indeed destroy a sidecar, but the Ming army also has a pound of cannon!
Moreover, the shield of the sidecar can be removed, and when combined with sand and soil, it can quickly become a simple fortification. Coupled with the one-pound cannons, firecrackers, bows, arrows, and spears for defense, the Qing army would not be able to attack at all!
"Huang Ama," Nikan shook his head, "You can't fight a life-changing battle of one to two or one to three!"
"Then what should we do?" Bolo asked, "Huang Ama, we can't go around Nanming's troops, right?"
"Of course we have to go around!" Dorgon smiled, "Those with four legs have to compete with those with two legs... Not only are the troops in Nanming missing two legs, some of them are even pulling carts! When the canal wasn't frozen, they could still move by relying on the water. Now it's freezing and snowy, and even those pulling carts can't move at all!"
Man Dahai had already raised his thumb, "How tall! Huang Ama is so tall... Let's compete with them and walk a thousand or two thousand miles first."
"After walking a thousand or two thousand miles, they will collapse!" Dorgon stroked his beard and smiled, "Nikan, Bolo, Mandahai, which of you three stays in Zhengzhou to watch Zhang Xianzhong, who is willing to lead the team to fight with Zhang Xianzhong?" Ming Kou is using his strength?"
Nikan had been dealing with Zhang Xianzhong for the past two months, so he wanted to do his best, so he said to Dorgon: "Huang Ama, please stay!"
"Okay!" Dorgon nodded, "Then Bolo and Mandahai, you two will divide your troops into two groups, attack Huaibei one way, attack Jinan all the way... Remember, if you don't attack a fortified city, you won't fight the enemy. When the army fights decisively, don't plunder too many people and supplies. If you have too many things, you won't be able to move fast."
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Dongchang Mansion, Liaocheng.
The roar of artillery exploded into smoke billowing inside and outside Liaocheng where the Qing army was defending. Dozens of 12-pound Hongyi cannons and 24-pound mortar artillery formed two artillery positions. The artillerymen in the winter were so tired that they were sweating profusely. They all went into battle bare-chested, loading rounds of iron bullets and explosive bullets. It enters the barrel of the cannon and is fired out like lightning.
The cannons deployed outside Liaocheng were all transported by water, and they were not field artillery (they did not need to be moved frequently after deployment) and did not require too many oxen and horses to pull them. Therefore, there is not much restriction in terms of caliber and quantity - the only restriction is the gunner.
In order to break through the fortified city in the north, Zhu Cixi ordered the formation of two artillery regiments directly under the Grand Marshal's Mansion-the First and Second Siege Artillery Regiments!
These two regiments are equipped with a total of 6 companies of 12-pound Hongyi artillery and 6 companies of 24-pound mortars. If necessary, 24-pound and 36-pound heavy artillery can be mobilized from various coastal defense fortresses!
Although Zhu Cixiang brought in a lot of heavy artillery to break through Liaocheng, the bombardment for several days did not completely destroy the walls of Liaocheng.
This was actually his own fault - Duduo learned how to build city walls with sandbags! After Duduo learned it, he taught it to the soldiers of Nine Banners.
Therefore, the current Qing army will also use sandbags to build a fortress, and will also deliberately pile up a slope... let alone the 12-pound cannon, even if it pulls in a 36-pound gun, it may not be able to hit the slope with sandbags. of city walls.
However, a large number of 12-pounders were still able to use intensive firepower to suppress the Qing artillery mounted on the walls of Liaocheng, making the Qing gunners unable to even raise their heads. Under the cover of the 12-pounder cannon, a group of "migrant workers" who were good at digging trenches from the four towns of Shandong Province went to the "Moat Lake" near Liaocheng to dig "parallel trenches" and used sandbags to build a mortar for the 24-pounder cannon. Artillery bunkers used.
Before the lake outside Liaocheng froze, the Ming army's 24-pound mortar can blast huge bombs into the small city of Liaocheng, which was crowded with officers, soldiers and their families!
Kong Youde, King Dingnan of the Qing Dynasty and one of the three banner lords of the Zhenglu Banner, was kneeling in the ancestral hall of Dingnan Prince's Mansion in Liaocheng City, facing a portrait of Confucius with an angry look and a sword and "Confucius, the most holy ancestor of our ancestors" of the memorial tablet, with words in his mouth.
"My ancestors bless you! My ancestors bless you, the unworthy descendant Kong Youde, so that his artillery fire will not hurt you! Bless Nankou's artillery fire from hitting my palace, the most holy teacher of Namo Kong, the most holy teacher of Namo... .”
OK, Confucius now has one more function - avoiding cannons! I don’t know who started it, but they said that as long as you enshrine a tablet of Confucius at home and recite “Namo’s Holy Master” every day, you can protect your home from being hit by endless falling bombs!
This thing is really a little bit efficacious! Anyway, Kong Youde believed it. Since the Ming army started shelling, he would kowtow and burn incense in the ancestral hall in the mansion every day and recite "Namo's Holy Master". So far, his palace has only experienced one misfiring bomb... This is clearly the blessing of his ancestors in heaven!
The rumbling sound of artillery suddenly stopped again. Kong Youde, who was wearing a long artillery mandarin jacket and kneeling on the futon, sighed deeply - it seemed that he had escaped another disaster, and his ancestors were still reliable!
Just when he was about to kowtow a few more times to the throne of the most holy teacher Confucius, the voice that frightened him the most faintly suddenly sounded in his ears: "Blessed by Saint Kong...invulnerable!" Invulnerable..."
Kong Youde trembled at that time - this was the slogan of the Qufu training army before launching an attack!
As soon as they shouted, there was a high probability that they were going to attack the city!
The reason why the Dingnan Palace was able to survive the bombardment of the Ming army these days was entirely due to the blessing of Saint Kong. But now, the real Confucius soldiers are coming... Confucius has a spirit in heaven, so he must protect his descendants!
It's over now!
Kong Youde burst into tears at the thought of the end... While he was crying, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and then he heard the shouting of Sun Zhixian, the governor of Shandong.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your relatives have attacked the city. Come out and take charge of the situation!"
It was really the Qufu army that was coming... Kong Youde burst into tears, startling Sun Zhixian who had just entered.
"Prince, what are you..." Seeing Kong Youde's cowardly look, Sun Zhixian's heart skipped a beat.
This is the end! But fortunately... Sun Zhixian thought again: I had defected to the Ming Dynasty when I was on a mission to Nanjing last time, and now I am an internal collaborator!
