In the middle of the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Zhenyuan, the weather was freezing. It was the coldest time of the year. In the past, at this time, large-scale trade and long-distance travel had long been cut off, and everyone would stay in towns and villages to spend the New Year. Waiting for the ice and snow to melt and the early spring to arrive.
Therefore, most of the wars took place in winter, because after the wars were fought, it was almost time for spring plowing.
The labor force at this time was not very sufficient, and most of the young men became soldiers.
When spring plowing comes, they also need to be able to disarm and return to the fields.
As for Zhuozhou, which was guarding the second pass of Yanjing City and was temporarily called the second pass, the situation changed even further in the middle of the first month.
First of all, Daishan and others were originally going to attack Baoding Pass, but they were caught off guard by the enemy.
In fact, it wasn't that he was caught off guard. Daishan had already been prepared. It was just that the situation was like that at that time.
The fighting power of Yanyun's Sixteenth Cavalry is stronger than that of the Eight Banners soldiers.
After all, Xiao Zheng spent several years, promoted several famous generals, and spent a lot of money to create the Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun.
The entire Hebei Province's money, as well as the money he originally obtained from smuggling in Beiyan, the money from the court, and the money earned from doing business with wealthy merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, were able to raise such an elite cavalry.
It is already very difficult.
Of course, Xiao Zheng, as the youngest and most promising prince and a disciple of Prince Yong'an, the god of military affairs, is capable of both literary and military skills.
If you have the power in your hands, you will naturally not panic in your heart.
Especially with military power, even the treacherous prime minister Li Linfu, who covered the sky with his hands above the court, did not dare to touch the slightest interest of Yan King Xiao Zheng.
Li Linfu was naturally afraid of Prince Yong'an and Xiao Zheng, so the two of them joined forces to have someone, a reputation, and a reputation.
If you are really dissatisfied with him, you can kill him directly and no one will blame him.
Therefore, in order to appease King Yan Xiao Zheng, Li Linfu actually gave him a lot of benefits.
The Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun has such famous generals as Xiao Zheng, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, and Zhang Han, so it is certainly no small matter.
Daishan underestimated the enemy.
In other words, he is old and always wants to protect himself, so he concentrates his troops together.
They failed to take full advantage of the Eight Banners Cavalry.
In this case, it would be strange to be undefeated.
However, Zhuozhou soon welcomed a young general, Dorgon. Zhengbai Banner's 50,000-strong army rushed to Zhuozhou directly from the Beiyan Eight Banners camp behind Yanjing.
Bai Qi finally waited for the person he was waiting for.
There are several reasons why he chose to wait for a fighter opportunity instead of taking the city immediately while Zhuozhou's troops were relatively weak.
First, they defeated Daishan with a night attack and won their first victory, but they also lost a lot of men and horses. Then they continued to pursue Daishan to Zhuozhou, but they were also short of men and horses. At this time, if they attacked the city, they would win Zhuozhou. There will also be greater casualties.
Since ancient times, siege battles have been difficult to fight.
Secondly, the Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun needs to be repaired and in the best condition to face their second war. During this period, Bai Qi needs to find a fighter that can win the second war and directly cut off Murong Yin's line. arm.
Finally, since we are going to fight, we cannot rush to attack the city. Taking Zhuozhou is indeed beneficial, as it can panic Beiyan, but it is very likely that they will also welcome their crazy counterattack.
In this case, it is better to hold a steady hand, wait for their reinforcements to arrive, and then fight a battle on the road.
Battles in the wilderness are easier to fight than siege battles.
The Eight Banners of Beiyan are not the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry, and there is also a big gap in the individual strength between the two sides.
As for the Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry, it can be said that in the wilderness of Baoding, it was also a must-win skill on the battlefield that combined equestrianism and riding skills every day.
In addition to these factors, there is another one, which is waiting for news from Prince Daqian and Meng Yuan.
Let's say that with Xiao Zheng's fast people and fast horses, he has actually gotten some news.
For example, the battle in Shuozhou City.
Prince Daqian directly used the Daqian artillery to kill Meng Ge, the eldest prince of Meng Yuan, and killed nearly 60,000 Meng Yuan cavalry in one battle.
What a brilliant achievement this is!
Since the battle at the Anxi Protectorate, their focus has been on the big artillery.
Later, during the battle in Shuozhou City, Bai Qi and others immediately suggested that Xiao Zheng inquire about Daqian artillery. It would be best... that they themselves could build such a weapon.
It's really embarrassing.
Bai Qi felt that if he had such a weapon, the Beiyan Eight Banners would be nothing more than a mob.
Do we still need to wait for the fighter plane like this?
Just push it horizontally.
But, later on, Xiao Zheng did find out something useful.
For example, what the Daqian artillery looks like, how to use it, and some of its principles.
However, the process of how to forge the Daqian cannon and the detailed craftsmanship cannot be found out no matter how you inquire.
Daqian is now very strict in defense in this regard.
And a general who knows all the procedures and follows the rules is a loyal person.
Normally, he never leaves the house, his family is strictly protected, and his own information is even more top-secret.
Therefore, I can only rely on the little information I know and explore on my own.
Fortunately, after knowing this, Xiao Zheng and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At least.
This is not some magic, but a great creation.
When the Taoist priests were refining alchemy, they blew up the alchemy furnace, and then got some wonderful ideas to use that thing to make weapons.
Xiao Zheng had to admire his elder brother.
The story of Taoist priests blowing up the alchemy furnace while making alchemy has been around for a long time, but no one has combined this thing with weapons.
Only my eldest brother thought of it.
In other words, it was the hermit masters behind him who thought of it.
It is also possible that this thing was actually thought of by the hermit master after he blew up the alchemy furnace based on alchemy.
After Dorgon arrived in Zhuozhou, Bai Qi also got the report from the capital of Daqian.
There were several copies, and they were copied and copied, and finally they were shot into the city of Zhuozhou.
In the afternoon, the sky began to darken and light snow fell.
"Meng Yuan was defeated too quickly, wasn't it? Even Brother Meng died in Shuozhou City? Is this newspaper true or false? I feel like it is lying to us and affecting our morale." Dai Shan opened the door When I read the newspaper, I was speechless, even a little angry.
"Bai Qi must have bad intentions. He shot this thing into Zhuozhou just to disrupt our military morale!"
Dorgon looked at his younger brother next to him. After arriving in Zhuozhou, he felt that his younger brother seemed to be scared.
It is hard to imagine that the lawless Duduo in Beiyan would be afraid of one day.
What happened that night outside Baoding Pass?
So, as soon as he arrived at Baoding Pass, Duduo found him at night and directly stated that he wanted to return to Huanglong Mansion.
He even intentionally or unintentionally promoted the strength of Yanyun's Sixteenth Cavalry and expressed concern about the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Cavalry.
Dorgon thought of this and said in a deep voice: "It must be fake. You and I both know how strong the Meng Yuan cavalry are. Meng Yuan is invincible if he is less than ten thousand men!"
"I think Meng Yuan will definitely win a complete victory in the battle at Shuozhou."
"Otherwise, Meng Yuan would not have sent an envoy to tell us that we can unite to attack Datong Pass."
"Now, General Obai is attacking Datong Pass."
"As long as the Datong Pass is broken."
"The sixteen riders of Yanyun in front of us will definitely withdraw!"
Daishan tore up the Daqiandi newspaper and looked at Dorgon.
Even though he was leading troops outside now, he knew the situation in Yanjing very well, and even learned the exact news about Meng Yuan.
After three defeats in three battles and heavy damage, they retreated to Harlem...
But Dorgon's approach is correct for now.
Could it be that we really want to tell all the truth to the soldiers?
Tell them that the invincible Meng Yuan cavalry were defeated by the Daqian imperial army. Tell them that Daqian has a powerful weapon that can create a huge fire a hundred meters away and directly hit the Chinese army. Camp, unstoppable. Tell them that Meng Ge, the wolf king on the grassland, died under that weapon. Tell them that it is difficult for Meng Yuan to protect himself now. It is impossible for Meng Yuan to support Beiyan, let alone break in. Daqian burned, killed, looted, and obtained countless gold and silver money, as well as beautiful slaves?
It can be seen from the previous attack on Baoding Pass that the Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun is very powerful, and the soldiers are already slacking off and their morale is low.
If you really tell all this, what can you do to defend Zhuozhou?
If Yanjing cannot defend Zhuozhou, it will face Daqian's Sixteenth Cavalry of Yanyun. By then, Beiyan will surely perish as a result.
All glory and wealth will cease to exist.
Dorgon openly said that he would not admit it, but he couldn't help but feel helpless. Even if Meng Yuan did not lose so quickly, they would still be able to stop Daqian's Yanyun Sixteenth Cavalry, and they would also have the confidence to let Daqian defeat Daqian under the attrition war between the two sides. Qian is unable to go north, and may even be unable to defend the pass. In any case, we must let Prince Xiao Yi and King Yan Xiao Zheng of Daqian bow their heads.
But God was not good at it, or in other words, God really favored the Han people in the Central Plains too much.
He actually asked Prince Daqian to come up with a very powerful weapon and beat Meng Yuan back steadily.
Now I want to stick to Harlem.
Beiyan has not been able to achieve any benefits. On the contrary, it has to face the situation of defending Yanjing.
Now that the Beiyan reinforcements have arrived, they are still quite large. There are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of troops in Zhuozhou City.
Soon, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Zhang Han, Wang Ben and others discussed the battle plan.
"The siege is difficult, so let's lure them out." Bai Qi said loudly, pointing directly to the fields to the east of Zhuozhou on the map. "They have defended Zhuozhou, but without these passes, they may even directly attack Yanjing City to see if they can keep their composure!"
