Huang Taiji received the news that the Spanish Empire was sending troops from the special envoy sent by Marshal Mero a month ago.
In order to avoid being intercepted by the Ming Dynasty fleet at sea, this miniature mission took an armed merchant ship and deliberately went around the western coast of Kimchi Country.
Landing on the coast near Gaizhou, I met local officials and explained my purpose of coming. Then I took a carriage and went to Shenyang via Liaoyang, where I met the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji.
This process took twenty days. After Huang Taiji heard the news, he had to discuss it with the civil servants and generals, and make a final decision based on the intelligence sent by the agents stationed in the capital.
The Spanish Empire sent a powerful fleet composed of thousands of warships to attack the rich area of Manming Jiangnan. There is no doubt that it can greatly destroy the economy of Manming South and affect the tax revenue in the next few years.
This move was excellent news for the Qing Dynasty, and if the devil boy led his troops south to rescue, it would also give the Qing Dynasty's royal division an opportunity to enter the fortress to fight again.
Fan Wencheng said that the problem is that we must know whether the demon boy led the main force of Mingming North to rescue after the crisis in Jiangnan.
If the Demon Boy only sent a partial division to rescue, but the main force stationed in the Jifu area did not move at all, and the Qing Dynasty King's Division rashly attacked, they would probably have little chance of winning.
Who would have thought that the demon boy couldn't do such a thing?
That means he hasn’t suffered enough!
The Spaniards could loot Jiangnan, but they might not be able to directly occupy it, so they would not leave.
After the Spaniards left, Chongzhen could return to Nandu and continue to be his dog emperor.
It is clear that whether the main force in the north goes south lies in the importance of the Jiangnan region in the heart of the devil boy.
The special envoy said that he would send 100,000 troops this time, which would be enough to cleanse the entire southern region of Manming.
But Huang Taiji still didn't know the combat effectiveness of this temporary partner. The scale of such a troop dispatch was less than 40% of the Qing Dynasty King's Division.
Huang Taiji would rather see the Western Army defeat the Ming Army until they lose their armor and flee.
As a result, Jiangnan and even half of the south will be affected by the war.
By then, the demon boy who was stationed in the northern capital could no longer turn a blind eye and had to send the main force of his subordinates to the south to defend against the enemy.
Eight days later, news came from the capital that Jifu's Ming army was marching south.
In fact, the demon boy had left Beijing with his troops for half a month, but Xizuo had to verify this matter repeatedly before sending the information out of the customs.
Because the Ming army in the Jifu area often conducted routine field training, and they were away for seven to ten days.
If after sending out the intelligence, the Ming army came back, it would be a huge mistake.
If your own intelligence makes you lose your head, it is entirely your own fault, and no one will absolve yourself of the blame.
The craftsmen in the capital are all veterans and are familiar with the actions of the Ming army and will not make such low-level mistakes.
Only after it was confirmed that the Ming army had gone far this time did they send out the intelligence.
If the verification is correct, they can receive the reward.
Two months had passed since the Qing army received the order and began to assemble, until the troops actually arrived in the capital, and before the Spanish envoy set out to go north.
The cavalry can arrive at the foot of the capital as soon as possible, but the cavalry has no ability to attack fortresses and can only wait for the infantry and artillery to arrive before making further calculations.
Another question is whether to attack the capital or plunder other places in the Jifu area and then retreat.
The bloody lessons from the last time were still fresh in our minds, so Huang Taiji was very cautious about attacking the capital this time.
If there are still many Man Ming troops defending the city, and the Qing army is unable to conquer it in a short period of time, and then encounters the Demon Boy's squadron to come to the rescue, wouldn't this be a trap?
The most irritating thing is that the funeral money sent to the devil boy last time has not been returned yet!
According to the general content of the Devil Boy's Heavenly Book, Huang Taiji has already summed up a set of experiences.
If you don't fight easily, you won't lose your troops. If you don't lose your troops, you won't get angry.
If you don't get angry, you won't collapse halfway, so you can avoid letting Hauge or his young son inherit the throne.
In this battle, attacking the capital is the worst option. It is better to loot the surrounding areas. If you can escape unscathed, it will be considered a success.
In the past, the Qing army had several battles with the Ming and Japanese troops outside the Pass, but they failed to win and repeatedly lost troops and generals, which was completely outweighing the gains.
Now after opening up wasteland in the north and regaining the Khalkha region, the Qing Dynasty's national power is no longer what it used to be. If it can continue to operate for another three to five years, it will reach a higher level.
Huang Taiji didn't want to be disrupted by the Western Yi who came from afar before he was really ready to destroy the Ming Dynasty.
How do you feel ready?
First, there must be sufficient food.
Second, the military strength must be sufficient.
Third, ordnance must be sufficient.
Fourth, be patient.
For the first three things, the Qing Dynasty has basically reached the standard.
The military rations are enough to feed an army of 300,000 people for at least two years. If there is another bumper harvest this year, the government's food inventory will be even more abundant.
Huangtaiji has formed a standing army of more than 300,000 people. If there is no war, it can participate in spring plowing and autumn harvest.
After conquering the Khalkha tribe, the size of Tiechaodu's troops reached 200,000.
If stricter drawing standards are implemented, the number can be further increased.
There are 100,000 infantrymen and 20,000 artillery troops, not counting airship troops.
The number of red cannons has reached a thousand, the number of tanks equipped with light artillery has reached 3,000, and sixty-two airships have been built.
If they did not fight in the fortress and concentrated on managing outside the customs, the Qing Dynasty's national power could surpass that of the Liao Kingdom.
However, unlike the Qing Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom had the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but the Qing Dynasty did not, and even the western Liaoning region had not yet been obtained.
Since the devil boy was used to interfere, the Qing army not only failed to capture Liaoxi and Jifu, but also lost troops and horses one after another.
First, Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then the devil boy took the initiative to abandon the important town of Jinzhou.
It is equivalent to winning Liaoxi with great innocence, but at this time Liaoxi has been reduced to useless.
Send troops to occupy it, and then continue to attack Shanhaiguan.
Even if they conquered the first level in the world, the Qing army still had to fight again with the main force of the Ming Dynasty who had the ability to fight in the field.
After these years of changes, the key to the change in the situation is that the Ming Ming troops regained their ability to fight in the field.
If the Ming army can fight in the field, it means that when the Qing army attacks all the cities in western Liaoning, it will be attacked by Ming reinforcements.
Due to the special terrain of western Liaoning and the city being close to the seaside, Man Ming could use the fleet to carry the land division to land for reinforcements.
Cooperating with the cavalry from Shanhaiguan, the Qing King's division, which has been unable to attack for a long time, will be attacked from both sides.
In view of this, Huang Taiji just gave up attacking Liaoxi, and he didn't even try to seize Jinzhou, which the devil boy had given up.
Instead, all the people south of Gaizhou were sent to the hinterland to open up wasteland to prevent the people living in the peninsula from being plundered again after the barbarian navy landed.
During this battle in the fortress, Huang Taiji listened to the advice of his advisers and used troops to surround the capital as a feint attack. In fact, he sent out Tie Chaodu to plunder the Jifu area.
Before leaving, the demon boy ordered Tongzhou to be abandoned, which showed that he had reduced his troops and was determined to defend the capital.
There was no need for the Qing royal division to insist on attacking the city and sacrifice a large number of infantry and gunners in vain.
If the demon boy's subordinates do not return in a short period of time, Master Wang can withdraw from the pass if he grabs enough copies.
On the contrary, we have to fight with real swords and guns to see what progress the demon boy has made.
The battlefield chosen by Huang Taiji was the line between the Miao River and the Lugou River. If it went further north, it would be equivalent to letting the devil boy lead his troops into the city, and the meaning of siege and reinforcements would be lost.
What is slightly different from the actual situation is that Huang Taiji correctly judged the route of a certain new emperor's division and chose the battlefield well, but the Ming army went north along the canal.
There are a large number of warships in the canal to protect the army. They can not only provide artillery support, but also transport food and grass for the army, so that the cavalry, artillery, infantry, and chariots on the shore can go into battle lightly.
As the vanguard of the Menggu cavalry, there was nothing they could do against the Ming army that forcibly crossed the Miao River. Once they got close, they would be violently bombarded by the opponent.
The Menggu cavalry had become heavily armored and were not afraid of ordinary arrows and bullets, but that did not mean they were not afraid of artillery shells.
When encountering a fleet and a large number of tanks, they will still be beaten to the point of being turned upside down, with corpses strewn across the fields.
After trying a large-scale charge and losing thousands of people, they could only wait for Huang Taiji to lead the main force.
A certain new emperor did not bring many tanks with him when he went south, mainly because of the dense water network in the south, which made cavalry and chariots more troublesome.
When the squadron returned to the court, they learned that the capital was besieged, so they mobilized no less than 1,500 tanks from Shandong and Tianjin.
A large number of tanks were stored in these two places, not to defend the local needs, but to provide heavy weapons for the Ming army on expeditions to the North, Southeast Asia and other places.
The source of the wood is also very interesting. Zheng Zhiwan was previously responsible for transporting the vassal troops and horses to the north, while Zheng Zhipeng led the fleet to transport Xue Chengcai, Wang Guangen, Hui Dengxiang and others to Luzon.
Whether it was the feudal lord or the three chief military officers from the south, when they first arrived, they really had nothing to offer in return, so they all used thousand-year-old logs as payment.
Zheng Zhiwan and Zheng Zhipeng could not accept the result of the empty ship returning, so they loaded a lot of high-quality logs into each ship.
After it was shipped to the mainland, it was actually more than 30% cheaper than the market price, excluding the freight, which is quite popular.
The wealthy gentry's family built a house, and based on the principle of spending less and doing more, they were also willing to purchase these logs from afar.
The remaining unsold varieties and the leftover scraps from shipbuilding were selected and used by the local government to build tanks.
After the wooden frame is built, the outside is covered with a layer of iron plates, and a Franc machine is installed, and it's done.
It was these tanks that a certain new emperor obtained, so that his subordinates and Japanese infantry could be effectively protected.
As long as a large number of tanks are equipped to accompany the army, the infantry and artillery will gain a great sense of security, and the cavalry can also cooperate in combat.
More importantly, it is impossible for the braided heavy cavalry to rush down the tank formation, and they have not been successful in several previous battles.
This time, a certain new emperor also took an unusual approach and chose to place a long snake formation along the bank of the canal to meet the enemy.
There are tanks in front, battleships behind, artillery guarding the shore, infantry hiding behind the tanks, and cavalry guarding the two wings.
Huddle in the city, huddle again in the field!
This is called taking me as the master and sticking to the end!
I won't take shortcuts, I'll just walk along the canal. What can you do to me? ? ?
When Huang Taiji led the main force of the Qing Dynasty King's Division to the battlefield, they found that the devil boy had started to fight off the scoundrels again.
There are warships in the canal, and they probably carry no less than thousands of artillery pieces. Letting the Qing soldiers attack them is like hitting a stone with an egg.
Even if there are no battleships, the number of chariots accompanying the Ming army is as high as thousands.
More importantly, why does this force seem to be two or three times that of our own?
Hauge thought that since there were so many barbarians, the devil boy hired ordinary people to dress up in disguise.
There is no need to worry about the Qing Dynasty King's military strength, they are just a bunch of rabble.
Huang Taiji watched with a telescope for a long time and found that his march was orderly and his formation was in good order.
Therefore, the military appearance cannot be achieved by ordinary people's dress.
Moreover, the Japanese army accounted for nearly half of them. Did the Japanese country really have so many soldiers and horses?
Before, Master Wang attacked from all sides and plundered a lot of money and food from the surrounding areas.
If a war started just like this and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were lost, wouldn't all the money and food obtained be used as compensation?
It is inevitable that the gains outweigh the losses, so it is better to accept it as soon as possible.
Could it be that the special envoy from Xiyi was hired by the demon boy?
Pretend to lead his troops south, lure his own troops into the fortress, and then fight back?
There are so many circumstances intertwined that it is really impossible to tell the authenticity immediately.
Fight or retreat, Huang Taiji is riding a tiger and it's hard to get off!
Three hundred thousand versus six hundred thousand, and the opponent also has fleet cover. How easy is it to win?
Except for Hauge, the other flag owners had stern expressions and did not say anything about going to war, which showed that they also realized that the situation was a bit tricky.
Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Xifu, Gang Lin and other advisers could not persuade Huang Taiji to withdraw due to their status.
As a result, the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty watched helplessly as a certain new emperor led his troops to move towards Tongzhou little by little.
"Huang Ama, why don't the king's army seize Tongzhou first, use this city to block the barbarians and horses, and then send Tie Chaodu to rush into the formation, they will definitely defeat the barbarians!"
Seeing that Huang Ama was unmoved, Hauge came up with another plan, at least this plan was slightly better than his previous suggestion.
"Let me think twice!"
Huang Taiji also considered this method, but Tongzhou is too close to the capital. If the defenders of the capital are attracted to fight, what should Master Wang do then?
At the moment, we are not sure that we will eat the 6 or 7 million barbarians in front of us. If more than 100,000 people rush towards us along the canal, how can we win the battle?
300,000 royal troops fought against 700,000 to 800,000 barbarians and Japanese soldiers. The other side had the advantage of the canal fleet, and we only had iron to cross over. How easy was it to win?
Tongzhou is a fortified city, but the river will not freeze in the near future, and Manming warships can come and go freely. If the defenders in the city are separated from the main force of the Wang Division, the consequences will be disastrous.
If they had entered the fortress earlier to fight, Wang Shi might have been able to seize the opportunity.
Now that the demon boy's master has returned to the court and is well prepared, it will be difficult for Master Wang to take advantage of him.
If the identity of the Xiyi envoy is true, it would be wise to contact him later and set a time with the Xiyi Empire to jointly send troops.
The Qing Dynasty is responsible for attacking the north, and the Western Yi is responsible for attacking the south. Only by working in unison can we get twice the result with half the effort.
After learning the previous lesson, Huang Taiji did not want to lose his troops easily again, so he ordered the king's division to withdraw its troops and retreat.
Instead of withdrawing directly from the pass, they looted all the way and took all the people they could take away to the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty to open up wasteland and cultivate land.
If the demon boy really sent troops to chase him, Master Wang could actually cut off one of his arms.
Hauge also suggested sending people to sink the ship or fill in the canal, but Huang Taiji simply ignored it...
