The Mongolian general who faced off against Xia Wanchun was a Zasak, that is, the "ruling" of a banner. His name was Boljijin Celing (this is a common name for Mongolians, there are many Celings). He was a member of Khalkha, Mongolia and Chechnya. The warrior of the Khan tribe is also the son of Chechen Khan Shuolei, and of course he is the descendant of Genghis Khan!
He was a burly man who looked very much like Genghis Khan. He was riding a short horse, which made him look even bigger.
However, Ce Ling, who looks very good, is not good at fighting. He has only learned how to recite sutras, but he has never learned how to win a battle.
He was often bullied by 30 to 50 Cossacks in Khalkha Mongolia. Later, because his father supported Sunit Minister Tengjisi, he followed his brother Bemba and led 30,000 troops to fight Dodo. Of course, he was defeated miserably. Duduo was almost killed! Not long ago, I followed Benba south to Hetao and led his troops to fight against the black spearmen of King Zhu Cijiong on the sandy land of Hanhai. Needless to say, they were defeated again...
The more you lose this battle, the more you gain knowledge! Therefore, this Ce Ling has already seen that the Ming Dynasty black gun mule soldiers and Cossacks he met now are of the same level. The playing styles are similar. I don't like archery very much, but I like shooting black guns and charging. The black gun can hit both on and off the horse, it's hard and accurate! The charge is also very fierce, and ordinary Mongolian warriors cannot withstand it.
More than a hundred Cossacks placed on the grasslands and woodlands south of Lake Baikal are a large army! Without thousands of Mongolian warriors, no one would dare to fight!
And Ce Ling only had 1,000 Mongolian cavalry, how could he defeat more than a hundred black spearmen who were similar to Cossacks? And most of these Ming army black spearmen have backup!
Therefore, he does not dare to order his subordinates to attack now. Instead, he directs Buba, Chahun Dorji (the successor of Tushetu Khan), Wangshuke (the successor of Zasaktu Khan), etc. to the rear of the Mongolian army. People reported the enemy's situation while continuing to monitor.
Seeing thousands of Mongolians standing stupidly on the other side of the river, Xia Wanchun knew that Mongolia was playing tricks! He must be trying to use his more than 100 people to lure out the large group of people behind him!
"Let's fight and leave!" Xia Wanchun called the three platoon commanders under his hand, "Steak, I will bring you all the archers to take charge of the rear. Old Li, I will give you the musketeers, retreat three to five miles first. Land, and then find a place to set up an ambush. Zhao San, follow me with the lancers."
"Here!"
The three platoon leaders responded together, and then retreated one by one. The black lancers left first, then the lancers. Less than thirty horse archers were in charge of the rear, and they retreated like a gust of wind.
As soon as they retreated, Celing received another 2,000 reinforcements, led by his two brothers. Celing's father, Chechen Khan Shuolei, was very good at giving birth to sons, and the Zasaks of his 23 banners were all Shuolei's. son.
This time Shuolei sent his successor Buba to take Celing, Bater, Batu Erdeni, and 6,000 warriors from the Chechen Khan tribe to North Zhili. Now Celing, Bater, and Batu Erdenigo have come together.
Battelle and Batu Erdeni also brought some exciting news to Celing.
"The Great Khan has arrived in Tianjin!" Battelle said in countermeasures. "The Great Khan has issued an imperial edict that we must retain the Nanmanzi who have penetrated into Dacheng County no matter what! As long as we retain them, the army of the Nanmanzi Governor Shi Kefa can Will go north... As long as he dares to come, the Great Khan can annihilate him in one fell swoop!"
The current battlefield is located in Dacheng County of Shuntian Prefecture. Tianjin is in the northeast of Dacheng County. The distance between the two places is 120 miles.
It was a good move for Shunzhi to leave Beijing and settle in Tianjin, because Tianjin was the only way for the Ming army to go north to attack Beijing - without capturing Tianjin, the waterway to Beijing would be impassable. With waterways blocked, the troops attacking Beijing (a hundred thousand people, right?) would have trouble even eating!
Moreover, Beijing has been transformed into a strong fortress, and a large number of siege artillery must be used to break it!
This large-caliber artillery has a huge weight and is very difficult to transport by land.
In addition to blocking the throat of the Ming army heading north, attacking from Tianjin can quickly outflank the Ming army's flanks. The direct trip from Tianjin to the Daqing River is only 400 miles, and the cavalry's rapid march only takes three or four days.
Therefore, Shunzhi's plan was to attract Shi Kefa's main force near Dacheng County, and then send out elite cavalry to outflank Shi Kefa's retreat, turning him into Hong Chengchou's second.
Shunzhi, the elite cavalry in the eyes of the Mongol Khan, consists of more than 10,000 people from the Forward Battalion, Xiaoqi Battalion, Firearms Battalion (mounted infantry), and Qixue Battalion led by the internal ministers, plus the Zhao cavalry from Horqin Six Banners. The 15,000 Mongolian cavalry recruited by the Uda League amounted to less than 26,000 if only combat soldiers were included.
In addition, Tianjin Wei has 5,000 infantry battalions that have been mobilized, and they can also follow the elite troops of Shunzhi Khan to fight.
As for the other "Mongolian cavalry" seduced by Shunzhi, they were used as bait to attract Shi Kefa.
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Shi Kefa now moved to Wuqiao, where the Wuqiao mutiny took place. The once bustling and bustling county town was now desolate. Before Shi Kefa's army arrived, there were only a hundred households left in the city, which was just a village in the south of the Yangtze River.
A county government office with a thatched roof in "Wuqiao Village" is now where Governor Shi's army is located. He had been an official for half his life, and this was the first time he saw a thatched-roofed government office... It was really a new experience!
However, it was quite warm inside the thatched yamen. The windows were boarded up, a thick curtain was hung at the door, and there was a stove inside, so it was very comfortable.
Because the New Year is approaching and the battlefield is relatively calm, Shi Kefa has been relatively relaxed these two days. He handled a few military affairs this morning and had nothing to do after lunch, so he took out what he had done while attending a cram school in Nanjing. He was flipping through his notes, and when he was looking at it, a gust of cold wind suddenly hit his face. Shi Kefa hurriedly looked up and saw Gao Jie and Huang Degong coming in one after the other.
The two generals were enemies. Huang Degong thought he was the "direct ace" and couldn't stand Gao Jie, a no-name. As for Gao Jie, because his wife became Chongzhen's goddaughter (Xing was about the same age as Chongzhen, but a eldest daughter), he considered himself a relative of the emperor and looked down on Huang Degong. However, in the past few years, they have been working as underlings under Emperor Zhu, and the team has been transformed again and again. They also went to Nanjing to take extra classes and became classmates in the cram school. During the graduation exam, the two even handed each other cheat sheets, and they became much closer. Recently, He also married children and in-laws.
"Junmen," Gao Jie still had the same unruly temperament. He raised his hand to Shi Kefa, even as a salute, and then said, "Li Yuanbo (Li Yuanyin) urgently reports that a big fish has been caught!"
Huang Degong behaved more politely and said with cupped hands: "My subordinates have seen the military gate." Then he added, "Vice General Li encountered tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry from Dacheng County to Qingxian County, and they are fighting fiercely."
"Tens of thousands of Mongolians?" Shi Kefa was startled, "Is Li Yuanbo trapped in a tight siege?"
"No," Huang Degong shook his head, "The Mongols that Vice General Li encountered were very weak. They should be nomadic Mongolians who came from the grasslands. Although there were tens of thousands of them, they could not retain 1,500 mule soldiers. So Vice General Li was in Dacheng County. After encountering the enemy, they fought and fled, leading them to Qingxian. Qingxian is a large county located on the canal, and the county seat is intact enough to hold on."
Gao Jie said: "Governor, this is a rare opportunity. Let's head north quickly and fight hard to prevent these Mongols from coming to the Central Plains again!"
Shi Kefa thought for a while: "Qing County is more than 200 miles away from us, and only 120 miles away from Tianjin... Will the Donglu from Tianjin go south?"
"Don't be afraid," Huang Degong said, "Gao Prince Consort and I have 16 regiments, and there are also 2 divisions available, with a total of more than 60,000 people. There are also 800 mule soldiers and 4 artillery battalions that can be dispatched at any time, don't be afraid Can’t win.”
