The "Brave King" Duduo of the Qing Dynasty is here!
Of course the Brave King is brave!
The greatest warrior of the Qing Dynasty was actually Duduo, not Obai, but Duduo was the master and was not suitable to be compared with a group of slaves.
However, his bravery is recognized, you can tell it by looking at his appearance!
Duduo's appearance can only be described as "a strong back and a muscular face". At first glance, he looks like a brave general who has won all three armies, and looks very similar to his father Nurhachi.
There is also a hint of bravery in his character, and he will never consider using tactics to solve problems that can be solved with swords.
Therefore, he would not follow Azig's example and talk to the envoys of the Ming Dynasty about ceding territory. Zukefa was blasted away as soon as he saw him.
Not long after Zukfa was driven away, his Western Expedition Army of more than 50,000 people was assembled. Although the number was smaller than that of his opponent Azig, most of them were new soldiers, and the number of cavalry was far less. Azigh. But Duduo still did not hesitate, and with about 52,000 people, he left Shengjing and headed straight for Shanhaiguan.
Shanhaiguan has always been under his jurisdiction, and the defenders are also his people. When Duduo arrived with his army, Heluohui had gathered about 3,000 people and prepared a large amount of food and grass.
Duduo ordered his troops to rest for a day at Shanhaiguan Pass. On July 15th, he led a total of 53,000 people to leave Shanhaiguan Pass and headed for the northern passage of Jieshi Mountain, more than 100 miles away to the west.
There are passages on the north and south sides of Jieshi Mountain. The passage on the south leads to the sea and is wide and flat, which is conducive to the passage of large armies. But Dorgon's "Jianling Tomb" was built there, blocking half of the passage. Moreover, the terrain in this area is conducive to cavalry groups launching attacks, which is very disadvantageous for Duduo, who lacks Manchu cavalry soldiers. Duduo has only 10,000 old Manchus under his command, and more than 3,000 of them were organized into several forward battalions, becoming a "dragon" Cavalry", many of the remaining less than 7,000 people will serve as officers and officials. There are more than a dozen yamen at the state level below, and there are armies of fifty thousand or more people. They can't control them even if they don't have a thousand or a few hundred people!
Therefore, those who can really serve as cavalry soldiers are those with more than 5,000 yuan. There are also about 5,000 forward battalion dragoons (Obai brought 2,000 Sauron dragoons), totaling 10,000 cavalry.
The remaining 43,000 people are infantry and artillery, and most of them are infantry.
These infantry were divided into about 20 battalions (this was modeled after the new army of the Ming Dynasty). Each battalion was assigned a 300-man musketeer niulu, which was based on the musketeers of various firearms battalions under the Shengjing General Mansion. expanded. A total of 6,000 musketeers!
In addition to a musket niulu, each infantry battalion of Duduo's Eastern Army also had three musket niulu, a sword niulu, a bow and arrow niulu, and a guard niulu. .
On July 17, Azig's Western Army and Duduo's Eastern Army began to set up camp in the hilly area north of Jieshi Mountain.
There is a city mountain running east-west about 10 miles north of Jieshi Mountain. The 10 miles between Jieshi Mountain and Chengshan is the passage for the army.
However, this passage is not a flat plain, but there are two hills, Fengtuo Ridge and Jieshan Ridge, to the west of the passage. Both hills are relatively easy to climb, and there are many roads passing through them.
When Azig discovered that Duduo was heading north of Jieshi Mountain, he immediately sent troops to seize Chengshan, Fengtuo Ridge and Jieshan Ridge, plus a hilltop called Heifeng Mountain at the northern foot of Jieshi Mountain.
It can be regarded as completely occupying the favorable terrain!
In addition, he also left 20,000 troops with yellow flags, white flags and green flags in Jianling Castle, commanded by Tuhai, Suksaha and Shang Kexi, to prevent Duduo's army from suddenly turning to the south of Jieshi Mountain. At the same time, he was also prepared to attack Duduo's side and rear at the critical moment.
In other words, on the battlefield north of Jieshi Mountain, Azig deployed a total of nearly 60,000 troops, and they also occupied favorable terrain!
However, Azig cannot win by relying on defense alone, because time is not on his side, and the Ming Empire is watching behind him!
Who knows when the Kongdai cram school will end? Maybe the Ming army will launch an attack soon!
In addition, the 80,000 troops he brought to Jieshi Mountain were pieced together, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they all have their own agendas. Duduo is Dorgon's designated successor!
And Duduo's 50,000-strong army respects him, and Azig is unlikely to divide and disintegrate these armies.
Therefore, Azig cannot continue the long-term confrontation with Duduo in Jieshi Mountain, and must fight quickly.
And Duduo, the brave king, is not reckless. He can also assess the situation and know Azig's weaknesses.
Therefore, after driving to the west bank of Yanghe River northeast of Jieshi Mountain and about 11 or 12 miles away from Heifeng Mountain and Chengshan Mountain, we stopped advancing and started to set up camp.
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On a high slope at the northern foot of Jieshi Mountain, hundreds of soldiers wearing white armor and white flags were on guard. A tall, fat man stood on a high place, guarded by a group of civil and military officials from the Qing Dynasty. Holding the telescope, he looked at the battlefield under the setting sun.
This strong man is Azig!
In fact, he also has a brave temper. Apart from being a bit clumsier than Dodo, he is very similar to Dodo in other aspects and looks similar. He looks like a brother. However, Dorgon was different from the two brothers. He was not like Nurhachi, but like their mother and concubine Abahai.
Azig looked at the terrain in the distance, his eyes flashing constantly. Duduo's arrangement on the opposite side showed that he was going to rely on the Yanghe River to start the battle - a random arrangement made Azig very uncomfortable.
This level of fighting with troops is indeed Doduo's mastery!
Duduo's army was encamping. Looking from a distance, they could see countless soldiers busy on the east bank of the Yang River, either digging trenches and building forts or erecting fences.
The camp was densely packed, and it was obvious that it was a "bu camp" at a glance. This showed that Duduo's army was mainly infantry - in fact, Azige knew this even without looking at the camp.
Duduo's biggest disadvantage is that the troops on hand are not good enough. Most of them are farmers recruited temporarily. They are not the Eight Banners of Old Manchuria, but Han farmers who broke into Guandong.
Therefore, Azig did not take Duduo's infantry seriously.
What really worried him was the thousands of forward battalion cavalry and dozens of 3-pound cannons that Duduo had on hand. Those were Dorgon's trump card for Duduo to protect his family!
Among the dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty present, Jilharang was the second-largest figure after Dorgon. His expression was somewhat dignified. He pointed his riding crop at the taking shape of the Dodo camp and said to Azig: " Regent, if Duduo is allowed to build the camp, it will be difficult for us to defeat it... Even if we can succeed, the loss will be too great."
Azig said: "He chose a good place to set up camp. The width of the front is only 10 miles, maybe less than a little... Although we have many people, we can't spread it out very well!"
"Then put up a few more rows and send troops to occupy Chengshan and Heifeng Mountain, so that we can be invincible!" Jierhalang said, "In addition, the 20,000 troops placed in Jianling can attack Duduo's left Taking a roundabout route from the rear will expose him to enemies from both sides!"
Azig nodded: "Who can command Jianling's 20,000-strong army?"
Jilharang patted his chest and said, "Let me go! When the regent fires the cannon, I will personally lead the army to attack."
"Then who will command your troops with blue flags?"
"My brother Naudai can take command." Jierhalang said, "Let him lead the troops to Black Peak Mountain to suppress the formation!"
"That's fine!" Azig was of course a little annoyed. Jierhalang wanted to preserve his strength at this critical moment!
"Prince Regent," Wakda, who was holding the red flag, also said at this time, "Leave Chengshan to us who are holding the red flag to guard it!"
Azig also nodded: "Okay, okay, that's it!"
This Wakda became the leader (not the flag owner) of the Zhenghong Banner after Mandahai's death. This time, he took the place of the flag owner Chang Adai. Moreover, he has a very good relationship with Duduo. He once served as an official under General Shengjing's mansion, and he also fought with Duduo to fight against the Khalkha Mongolia. If Mandahai hadn't died last year, he would probably be with Duduo now!
Azig knew that the red flag and the blue flag were unreliable, so he could only grit his teeth and said: "Tomorrow, the soldiers and horses with the four flags of white, yellow, green and red will take the lead!"
