The Battle of Martin was an encounter, with both sides using cavalry as their combat force, but Dorgon used a little trick to trick Sobieski.
Use professional words to describe it as "tactical skills". The relatively backward side will definitely suffer, just like when the Qing army faced off against the Ming army...
Even if the majestic King of the Qing Dynasty cannot defeat the Eastern barbarians who are numerous and good at using firearms, they must kill the Western barbarians, otherwise there will be no place for him in the vast world.
Dorgon was of course very happy to be able to win a big victory in a short period of time, but because he had seen strong winds and waves, he was not dazzled by the victory in front of him.
It is estimated that the number of enemies annihilated was between 60,000 and 80,000. Based on the prisoners' confessions and the total number of troops invested by the bandits in this battle, it is expected that more than half of the opponent's troops were defeated.
As long as they can't easily go south, Dorgon doesn't even want to think about chasing north, because Poland has already been there.
Dorgon would be satisfied if he could let the Qing emperor "help" the people of Moravia harvest crops.
If everything goes well, Master Wang can return to the court before winter.
The later you go, the less dependent you are on local food.
Since the crops in Moravia are growing well, there is really no need for the Qing soldiers to go home to eat...
Due to the obstruction of the Danube River, Dorgon was unable to lead his troops to visit Vienna, which was called a garden-like city.
I have to say, this is a small regret.
But as long as the king's army is not severely damaged, there will always be a chance for troops to attack the city in the future.
According to Tan Malai News, the two sides located outside Budapest seem to have not yet taken action.
The coaches of both sides are really patient, but Dorgon is more patient and has a bigger appetite.
In view of the fact that the main force of the Polish army has suffered heavy losses in Budapest and Martin, it will be difficult to recover in a short time.
The main force of the Holy Roman Empire was still contained under the city of Budapest, and had no time to take care of Moravia.
Dorgon then wrote a letter to Emperor Shunji and sent an additional 200,000 troops.
There is only one purpose, which is to move all the crops from Moravia to the Qing Dynasty...
There is no need to send elite troops this time, as long as they can ride horses.
Even if the food cannot be transported too much, it can be eaten halfway.
Moravia is within the empire, and all products can be consumed.
Dorgon's troops were first invincible in the hinterland of Poland, and then defeated the main force of the Polish army in Moravia.
When the good news reached the Holy Capital (Kharkov), Shunji was naturally overjoyed, and the civil servants and military generals also praised Prince Rui's achievements.
Only Hauge remained unsmiling, believing that Dorgon simply sent troops to catch up with the good times, or even luck, rather than having a unique vision.
Otherwise, we will definitely suffer a disastrous defeat...
As for dispatching 200,000 people to transport grain and provide food and drink, Shunji certainly agrees with it. Even if they harvest crops locally, the coolies will consume a lot of grain.
Moravia has ready-made food, so why not send someone there to have a feast?
Even if a grain of grain cannot be transported back in the end, it is still worthwhile to be able to feed 200,000 people on the other side's territory for nothing for a month.
In fact, eastern Moravia does not border the western part of the Qing Dynasty, but is separated by Ottoman territory.
However, they are less than five hundred miles apart, and the main force of the Austrian army in the northeast is now only concentrated in Wallachia (Romania).
The troops deployed in the northern region of the Qianshan Mountains of the East Carpa were very limited, and they turned a blind eye to the Qing army's cross-border behavior.
As long as they don't attack themselves, that's all. Why did the Qing army go to the west? The Austrian army pretended not to see it...
With the help of the Menggu tribes and Cossacks, as well as the livestock brought by the Western Expedition, the Qing army had no shortage of horses.
In addition to the 200,000 troops used to defend against Man Ming and Rakshasa, and the 50,000 troops who were alert to the movements of the Polish army.
After some brainstorming, Shunji mobilized 400,000 people to go to Moravia for the tooth ceremony.
It was twice as much as Dorgon expected in his letter. Because he heard that he could eat and drink at will, all departments became very active.
After the 400,000 locust army arrived at its destination, the situation in Moravia was as outlined by Prince Rui.
This is equivalent to 600,000 giant locusts suddenly appearing on the land of Moravia!
The crops and farmers suffered a devastating blow, and the agricultural taxes paid to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold could no longer be counted on.
Unlike Bohemia, which is mainly mountainous, Moravia is mostly plains and has no terrain advantage at all against the Qing cavalry.
It was as if the 600,000-strong army had entered an uninhabited territory and acted arbitrarily in the territory, including eating and taking. It could be said that they were extremely arrogant.
Leopold had already received the emergency letter, but his main force was contained in Budapest, and Sobieski had been defeated.
Foreign aid could not help, and he had no time to spare, so he could only mobilize troops from the mainland to rescue Moravia.
But when he thought that the number of Qing troops was said to have reached the same seven or eight million as his previous troops, Leopold hesitated again.
There is no doubt that the opponent is dominated by cavalry and has extremely strong maneuverability on the plains.
The reinforcements he sent were mainly infantry, and the maximum number of cavalry sent was 100,000, which was not yet elite.
Once the cavalry advances alone and is severely damaged by the opponent, it will be difficult for the infantry to reach the battlefield in time.
In this case, the chance of victory for one's side will be very low, and it may even suffer an unprecedented defeat.
It would take at least more than a month from gathering to setting off to reach the destination. By then, I am afraid that the Qing army would have already withdrawn from Moravia.
After thinking about it, Leopold could only choose to swallow his breath temporarily.
After defeating Hussein in Budapest, he would look for an opportunity to take revenge on the Qing army.
However, Hussein didn't seem to be in a hurry to relieve the Budapest defenders, and there was no sign of an active attack.
From summer to autumn, Schaumberg was anxious and had no choice.
The opponent just didn't take action, and the troops couldn't abandon the ready-made trenches to attack the enemy.
At first, neither Leopold nor Schaumberg knew what Hussein was waiting for, but after receiving an urgent letter from Moravia, they understood.
With a large number of Qing troops tossing back and forth in his own hinterland, Hussein had someone to rely on, and he could wait until his own side retreated before taking action.
Now it was Leopold's turn to be in a dilemma...
If we do not retreat, the Austrian army will not attack, and we will have to endure the Qing army's random looting of Moravia.
If we retreat, the Austrian army may take the opportunity to launch a full-line attack, and may also be flanked by the Qing army.
Leopold did not know when the Qing army would be able to withdraw from Moravia. If they did not leave until winter, there would probably be little left of Moravia, which would be no different from the empire that had been devastated by the European war.
After several discussions with Schaumberg and other senior generals, Leopold finally decided to hold on where he was, otherwise all the huge casualties he had suffered would be in vain.
The loss of just one Moravia would not be so devastating to the empire.
It's nothing more than changing from one enemy in front of you to two enemies. As long as Sobieski can make a comeback next spring, then victory will definitely belong to our side!
After defeating the Austrian army, he will join hands with Sobieski to let the Qing army understand who is the master of Europe!
Whether it is the Ottomans or the Qing army, they are veritable foreign invaders!
Now that the holy war has begun, we must persist at all costs until we win the final victory!
After Hussein received the letter that the Qing army had achieved a staged victory in the battle in Moravia, he asked his ministries to start digging trenches.
Since the other party wants to fight a protracted war, then he should accompany him to the end.
Not only trenches, but also temporary shelters must be built to survive the winter on the battlefield.
At the same time, be prepared with both hands. If the opponent suddenly retreats, your side must pursue it immediately.
Otherwise, just spend the New Year together outside Budapest!
Between the late summer of 1676 and the beginning of 1677, Leopold lost 100,000 men, and Moravia was ravaged by the Qing army.
Sobieski's Hussars suffered successive defeats in the battles in Budapest and Martin, and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties. The central and eastern parts of Poland were also sacked by the Qing army.
Due to the appropriate strategies and tactics, the Austrian army suffered less than 20,000 losses. However, it gave up the occupied southern part of Poland and the plan to move north to Warsaw came to an abrupt end.
With Dorgon's efforts, Shunji not only obtained no less than tens of thousands of livestock and more than 300,000 slaves from Poland and Moravia, but also obtained more than 100,000 shi of wheat.
The loss of troops was no more than 10,000, and both battle loss ratio and investment return were among the best in the industry.
This can be regarded as the biggest winner on the European battlefield in the past half year...
In order to make up for it, Leopold ordered 100,000 imperial troops to be stationed in Moravia, in the name of assisting in defense and at the same time helping the local area restore spring farming.
After the spring plowing is completed, these 100,000 troops will be sent south from the east bank of the Danube to reinforce Schaumberg's troops under the cover of the fleet.
Ensure that Schaumberg's troops have more than 400,000 troops, giving him a 1.5 times strength advantage over Hussein.
At the same time, let the four allies of Hanover, Bavaria, Brandenburg-Prussia, and Saxony once again increase their troops by 20,000.
Together with the original 170,000 men, the number of troops on the west bank of the Danube increased to 250,000.
The total strength of the anti-Austrian coalition reached 670,000. Even when Sobieski's troops did not rush to the battlefield to assist, they also formed a relative strength advantage over the Austrian army.
Ibrahim was not idle either, especially after seeing the endless trenches and thousands of tents dug by the enemy outside Budapest that Hussein sent people to take.
The Sultan became more aware of the seriousness of the problem. After losing Krakow, he did not allow the strategic city of Budapest to be lost again.
Sending additional troops became a matter of course. However, in the early stage, only 100,000 troops could be sent, including 30,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry.
However, it included a battalion of thirty-six new heavy artillery pieces imported from the Ming Empire, five hundred steam tanks, ten airships, as well as thousands of locally produced artillery pieces and thousands of tanks.
One hundred of the steam tanks are new models equipped with machine guns, and the rest are newly manufactured by the Ming Empire, but they are old versions.
The Ming Empire agreed to export at least two hundred new tanks equipped with machine guns to the Ottomans every year, with fifty tanks delivered every quarter.
If there is enough production capacity, the number may be increased to one hundred vehicles, which makes Ibrahim happy but also envious.
The Emperor of the Ming Empire agreed to export to his side two thousand new tanks of the old version and a small number of new tanks every year, which would inevitably double the combat effectiveness of the Austrian army.
In terms of heavy artillery, half a battalion, or eighteen guns, can be delivered per month, and up to 216 guns can be delivered throughout the year. The rate of fire is equivalent to that of ordinary heavy artillery that is ten times the number.
Moreover, due to the friendly relationship between the Ming Empire and the Ottomans, this unprecedented export of 500 tactical missiles made Ibrahim overjoyed.
Together with the 10,000 revolver muskets and 100,000 revolver rifles that will be delivered in four batches, it is expected that the Austrian army's combat effectiveness will increase after the summer.
Although these weapons were exchanged for war horses, nuts, blankets, oil, asphalt, refined oil, etc., Ibrahim believed that they were definitely worth the money.
Especially the last three things, they are inexhaustible on their own territory, so there is no need to worry about production.
Especially after the maritime transport capacity of the Ming Empire surpassed that of the Netherlands and ranked first in the world, it was no problem to cooperate with the Ottoman fleet, which was fourth in the world, to operate the route from the Persian Gulf to the Ming Empire.
The Ming Empire built a commercial shipbuilding base in Qingdao and Quanzhou respectively, each with as many as 60 shipyards, including 20 4,000-ton, 7,000-ton, and 10,000-ton shipyards each.
The examples are ready-made, namely level three ironclads, level four ironclads and level five ironclads.
Since there is no need to consider combat matters, the steel does not need to be the best.
Therefore, not only is the cost very low, but the construction speed is only 70% of the time of a warship of the same tonnage.
This means that every three years, more than 800,000 tons of merchant ships can be launched.
Although the total number of merchant ships in the Netherlands is nearly 6,000, the total tonnage is only about 3 million tons, with an average of only 500 tons per ship.
By the end of 1675, the total tonnage of merchant ships in the Ming Empire surpassed that of the Netherlands, and it became the dominant force in commercial shipping.
Even the Dutch shipbuilding industry is very developed and is very good at building wooden merchant ships.
However, due to the limited population of the country, a large number of foreign sailors had to be hired.
Coupled with the large amount of capital needed to build New Amsterdam in North America and digest the eastern part of England, the Netherlands could not go all out in the shipbuilding industry.
The Ming Empire faced the same problem. It would take two to three hundred years to digest Xianbelia, and building a railway across this area would also cost huge sums of money.
However, the Ming Empire had several ways to reduce the investment cost of this project. First, it used a large number of slave miners to mine newly discovered gold mines. Second, it increased the trade surplus by expanding exports.
For both of these, the Ming Empire was very experienced, so it did not affect the construction of shipbuilding bases and a large number of new steam-powered iron-clad merchant ships.
The construction cost of this kind of commercial ship is higher, but the hull will not grow maggots, has better resistance to wind and waves, and the average speed is faster. The advantages are very obvious.
Before construction could even begin, all one hundred and twenty new merchant ships were snapped up by maritime merchants. Not a single one was left, and double the number was booked.
This shows that the new type of merchant ship has emerged in the shipping market, and while being accepted by everyone, it has also opened up the future of the shipping industry...
