Emperor Taiji has given Dorgon the full responsibility for conquering the Manming North vassal state. Dorgon had previously set up his camp in the upper reaches of the Songhua River to supervise the shipbuilding situation.
After the built ships were completed and the infantry were carried down the river, Duo Ergun was not at ease and moved the camp north to the west bank of Xingkai Lake.
Although Xituku had previously been sent to lead three Jiala infantrymen to use naval warships to go east out of Blackwater to attack Fuguo. He also asked Bo Hui to lead a Jia La cavalry across the Asu River to raid Hui State.
However, given that the previous reconnaissance operations may have disturbed the soldiers and horses of the Manming vassal state, when the main force of the Qing army arrived, the other party may have already been prepared.
From Shenyang to the coast of Beidi, it will take two or three months to advance troops at the fastest speed.
In comparison, it was very convenient for the demon boy to help his vassal country from the sea.
Dorgon had to consider that if the other party increased its troops and strengthened its defenses, the number of men he sent would be too few.
Bor Hui only has 1,500 cavalry under his command, and he basically does not have the ability to attack difficult situations.
If the barbarians can't hold on, won't the unit's trip become a long-distance fishing and hunting?
A strong attack will inevitably cause huge casualties, and they can only survive the cold winter by hiding in the mountains.
For this reason, the restless Dorgon finally decided to send three more Menggu and one Han artillery team to reinforce Borhui's troops.
At the same time, he brought a large amount of food to prepare for emergencies.
We can't fail to defeat them and let the mighty Qing soldiers starve to death in the North, right? .
It was not until the New Year that Dorgon received the report that the fleet led by Xituku was blocked by the Manming fleet at the Blackwater outlet.
Then, after going through many difficulties and dangers, Bagala sent by Situku finally contacted Borhui's headquarters and reported the news of the failure of the attack on Fuguo.
Borhui was shocked and sent flying cavalry to report to Dorgon at the same time. Borhui stood still because there were too many dog barbarians on the opposite side.
If you don't take the initiative to attack your own troops, you will be lucky. If you have no choice but to retreat twenty miles, you will not be able to attack the barbarian vassal country in the short term.
We sent 4,500 troops and lost more than 4,000...
The weak barbarian vassal kingdom was actually able to fight like this. Isn't this bitch slave Xituku a loser?
However, Xituku's letter stated that the barbarians had sent additional troops here before their troops arrived at their destination.
After the troops landed, they were attacked by Zheng Zhilong's fleet, which resulted in heavy losses.
Come to think of it, only Zheng Zhilong can send tens of thousands of troops to a certain place overseas at one time, which is reasonable.
This trip down the river to raid the Barbarian vassal was a highly confidential matter, and very few people knew the inside story at the time.
Dorgon did not believe that the secret could be leaked in advance, judging from the situation reported by Xituku.
There are not many Manming warships at the Blackwater outlet, which shows that Goumanzi doesn't pay much attention to this place.
The fact that Zheng Zhilong's fleet was able to arrive in Fuguo as soon as possible shows that it was most likely stationed in Huiguo, so that it could quickly help Fuguo.
In addition, Bo Hui had previously reported that the barbarians were massively increasing their troops in Hui State. Combining what the two said before and after, this must be the case.
In view of this situation, should we continue to attack the Mingbei vassal state?
Of course we have to fight, even if we don't adopt a one-and-done strategy, we still have to feign an attack.
In this way, the soldiers and horses of Man Ming can be greatly restrained and the threat of barbarians to the Qing Dynasty and Liaodong area can be reduced.
According to Dorgon's speculation, if a Qing heavenly soldier appeared in the territory of the Manzi vassal state, at least five dog barbarians would be needed to defend it.
If he invested 10,000 Qing soldiers, the demon boy would have to rush to reinforce the 50,000 troops in the north to help his vassal king defend his territory.
You can also use the maneuverability of the Qing cavalry to fool the barbarians on the opposite side into thinking there are tens of thousands of them.
If the Ming vassal state can contain one hundred thousand dog barbarians by pretending to attack them, it will mean that there will be one hundred thousand less barbarians when the demon boy soldiers come to Liaodong.
Thinking of this, Dorgon sent three more Menggu cavalrymen later in the year.
Without seeking results, these subordinates only need to constantly harass the Manming vassal state.
He was unable to farm and hunt, and could only keep asking the devil boy for money, food, and soldiers!
Fuguo is relatively close to Huiguo. Once it is discovered that one of the country's garrison troops has been transferred, the Qing army can quickly launch an attack on it.
At worst, they could build more ships, and when the dog barbarians were slacking off, they would raid Fuguo again.
Maintaining tens of thousands of troops in the north was completely feasible for the Qing Dynasty.
Moreover, the consumption will be much smaller than that of Barbarian, so Dorgon believes that this transaction will be cost-effective no matter how it is done...
A certain new emperor was naturally very happy when the Ming army destroyed four thousand braided infantry in Fuguo and dozens of braided warships at the Blackwater outlet.
Huang Taiji played this move quite well. It seemed that he was not only concerned about his overseas territory, but also wanted to turn against his customers.
Even if you can defeat it, you will make money, but if you cannot defeat it, it will drag Ming into a protracted overseas war of attrition from which it cannot extricate itself.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has more than 20,000 troops stationed in Fuguo, and more than 60,000 troops are stationed in Huiguo, totaling nearly 90,000. The expenses are not much less than when they suppressed the bandits in the south.
A certain new emperor originally planned to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but he didn't expect that Huang Taiji would "increase expenditure and reduce expenditure"!
If we abandon Huiguo and Fuguo and withdraw our troops and horses, we can save money, but these two countries will be completely destroyed.
The pigtails might push even further and continue to attack Lu State or even Zhou State, which would be equivalent to a certain new emperor's previous efforts being in vain.
For reasons of face and lizi, overseas vassals could not protect themselves even if they did not want to.
Huang Taiji is going to play a brand new game, so just play with him and let's play it like a cockfight!
Besides, in the first game of chess, he made four thousand braided soldiers. If Huang Taiji didn't continue to bet, he would not be able to get back his money!
Will Huang Taiji continue to play?
A certain new emperor thinks it will, after all, the stakes there are too great.
After several losses, Huang Taiji would change tables to try his luck.
At the same time, I can also gain some experience for my group of disciples, just go overseas to farm wild monsters...
Especially Zheng Chenggong and Zheng Shengying, their families are good at naval warfare, so if they rashly let these two disciples fight on land, they might suffer a loss.
It is more appropriate to start leveling up from low-intensity landing operations. After initially mastering the essentials of amphibious operations, slowly shift the focus of learning to pure land warfare.
From Zheng Chenggong's private messages and battle reports, it seems that he played well, but the new emperor only gave a few words of encouragement and had no intention of rewarding or commending him.
There are actually four thousand soldiers who have achieved victory, but the number of pure braids among them is very small, and the majority are slave soldiers.
Not to mention, Yang Zhan, Luo Dai, and Tang Tong led the troops in the first battle, and Tang Tong's troops were used as bait in the second battle.
To put it into perspective, Tang Tong was the one who made the most contributions in the army, and the other three were just auxiliaries.
Moreover, the generals must be reminded to guard against arrogance and impetuosity. If one's side has more than 20,000 troops, he will defeat the other side's 4,500 troops.
It has an absolute advantage in terms of troops and firepower, and the first battle is a defensive battle. If you can't win, just wipe your neck.
A certain new emperor also expressed his understanding that the Fuguo garrison did not continue to pursue the remnants of the braid inland.
It is currently unclear how many braided soldiers are around, and whether reinforcements from the other side are still on the way.
If we go hundreds of miles inland and find nothing, and the braided reinforcements arrive at the capital of Fuguo at this juncture, that would be bad!
After the beginning of spring, what should be done? Zheng Chenggong's troops can continue to be stationed in Fuguo, while Yang Zhan, Tang Tong, and Luo Dai will obey Hong Chengchou's dispatch.
With the protection of soldiers and horses, the people of Fuguo can continue to farm and fish, but hunting will be affected to a certain extent.
But as long as fishing can continue, there will be no shortage of meat in Fuguo.
With such a large area of water, there is no problem in supplying seafood to 100,000 people.
A certain new emperor also didn't believe that the hundreds of pigtails who fled to the mountains could all survive the long winter. There would always be a hundred or so who froze to death, right?
It would be inappropriate to maintain tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Fuguo for a long time, but the only way to continue to maintain a certain scale of combat power is to reduce the number of troops and increase efficiency.
The method is very simple, let Zheng Chenggong and his uncle Zheng Zhiwan transport some war horses there to enhance the mobility of the local garrison.
Braids had lost all their tanks, leaving only pure infantry.
Without reinforcements, they could not defeat the hordes of Ming cavalry.
Transporting a thousand war horses to each of Fuguo and Huiguo should be enough in the early stage.
What if Huang Taiji massively increases his troops? Then just keep going!
This is how it is played in Beijing anyway, and there is no shame in insisting on this tactic overseas.
If you can't beat them, just settle down - this is my Ming Dynasty King's established tactic!
In the homeland, this tactic was used to survive the strategic counterattack, but it was just that the early stage was relatively miserable.
A certain new emperor believes that a tactic that can survive without surrendering is a good tactic!
These war horses were not given to the two vassal kings, but were specially used by the local garrison.
Once the time is right, Hong Chengchou can lead his army across the Wusuli River and attack Wu Sangui's second and fifth son from the northeast!
The key is to see whether Huang Taiji values the Ming Dynasty's overseas vassal states. After there is no hope of victory in Guannei and Liaodong, it may be possible to do so.
The Ming army's superiority in firepower and military strength was very obvious. The strategic initiative previously obtained by the Braided Army had been eroded away bit by bit by a certain new emperor's conciliatory tactics.
Mazarin had previously written that he would send another 10,000 French troops and 30,000 German mercenary prisoners.
Including those who arrived in Ming Dynasty in batches before, if the coefficients are in place, the French army will reach 30,000 troops, and the German army will reach 130,000.
After arming these foreign bastards to the teeth, especially equipped with a large number of steam tanks, a certain new emperor did not believe that Huang Taiji's heavy cavalry could defeat the 160,000 French and German coalition forces.
Through actual combat testing, the steam tank is a good thing. Although it is expensive to build, its lethality is also quite amazing.
In the "Battle of Thousand Mountains", an average steam tank was able to kill more than fifty pigtails.
Whether it is armored infantry or heavy cavalry, it will be cool to fight at the feet of the steam tank!
A certain new emperor's plan was to equip the troops with 2,000 steam tanks before the implementation of the Second Northern Expedition.
One costs two thousand taels of silver, and two thousand in total is four million taels. It's quite expensive, but it's worth every penny.
After receiving feedback from actual combat, the Academy of Sciences improved some shortcomings of the steam tank version 1.0.
The 2.0 version of the steam tank is equipped with dual steam engines. Even if one of the steam engines loses its temper, the tank can continue to move forward with the remaining one.
The crawler type with better passability is still in the research and development stage, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve mass production in a short time, but the locomotive type version is enough to deal with the braided heavy cavalry.
This thing is the natural enemy of the "Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry". It can turn all "Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry" into "big goose stewed in an iron pot"...
A certain new emperor originally didn't want to spend money to buy these large toys, but he found that the heavy cavalry in Huang Taiji's hands were really in groups.
If you don't have a large number of steam tanks, if you want to fight against the opponent, Ming Dynasty really doesn't have much chance of winning just by relying on those human tanks.
This thing is expensive, but it works really well. It can deal with the braided cavalry that rushes over like chopping melons and vegetables. It can be called a "land cruiser"!
Considering that this object is not a real tank, but an armored locomotive, the cost of two thousand taels of silver does not seem so high, and it seems to be a good value for money.
If one steam tank can kill twenty braids, the result of two thousand steam tanks is 40,000 braids, which is equivalent to wiping out about one-sixth of Huang Taiji's troops.
At best, steam tanks only have mechanical problems and can be repaired and used again.
Two thousand taels of silver is just a pension for ten soldiers. If too many people died in the war, it would be better to just spend the money to buy an armored locomotive!
Such a comparison made a certain new emperor feel much more comfortable...
If you dig deeper, this thing is the originator of Gundam~!
If we build a 3.0 version steam tank, we might be able to sell these second-hand version 2.0 steam tanks.
If you think about it this way, wouldn't it be like using it in vain, and can you still make a fortune?
Considering the overseas demand, it seems that this business is really possible!
We must make strategic partners realize that Ming and Steam are the best!
Judging from the map, if the main cavalry force of Huangtaiji is not severely damaged in the area south of Tieling, it will be difficult to defeat the enemy.
So after passing through the mountainous areas of northern Liaoning and entering the Songnen Plain, it was really difficult for the Ming Dynasty King's Division to move forward without the cover of steam tanks.
If Huang Taiji can cooperate, that would be great.
Otherwise, even if the Ming Dynasty King's division recaptures Shenyang, it will only be considered half of the work completed.
As long as Huangtaiji still controls the production area of Songnen Plain and has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, he may launch a counterattack at any time.
Now there is no need to wait for Huang Taiji to lose Shenyang before counterattack, this guy has already begun to plan to invade the overseas vassal states of Ming Dynasty.
If you don't care about the inside of the pass, you just make trouble outside the pass and in the north. It really doesn't let a certain new emperor worry about it for a day!
The winter has finally passed. What will be the situation of the Northern Territory after spring begins? It all depends on what the two sides will do next.
Fortunately, the previous efforts were not in vain. The food to support the people and soldiers of the Northern Territory did not need to be sourced from the mainland.
Except for the self-sufficient part of the grain produced in Dongfan, the rest can be transported to the north.
After occupying Luzon, all the food produced here can be supplied to the capital and exchanged for various commodities.
Now Huangtai Chicken and a certain new emperor have their own grain-producing areas, it depends on who can consume more energy than the other...
