"Why can't we defeat them...there are too many Qing captives..."
Wu Yingqi held up his telescope, with a livid face, and stared blankly at the Qing army's vehicle barrier in front of him - this was the last of the four vehicle barriers placed by the Qing army outside Zhuxian Town, which had not yet been captured by Wu Zhoujun. The base was built.
If this chariot fortress is breached by Wu Yingqi's army, then the Qing army's major stronghold in Kaifeng Prefecture will probably be Kaifeng Prefecture.
This vehicle fortress occupies a large area and can hold tens of thousands of troops inside! But the barriers on all sides were thin and low, as if they could be knocked over with a kick. But such a thin and low barrier can offset most of the power of artillery shells and sugar mines. No matter how many solid shells Wu Yingqi's men fired or how many bombs filled with sugar and explosives they threw, they seemed to be unable to do anything against this thin, low barrier.
It seems that the only way to overcome this barrier is to let the heavily armored Zhou army warriors rush in and kill or expel all the defenders inside!
But the problem is that the number of Qing captives is extremely large, and they are well-organized, and they have backup to rely on.
They seemed to always be able to send their force before the Zhou warriors won the victory, and enter the chariot barracks along a channel composed of a trench and two fences under the control of the Qing army on the north side of the chariot barracks. Then the Zhou soldiers who were exhausted from the battle were driven out.
Wu Yingqi also thought about cutting off the channel used by the Qing army to support the car base, but the Qing army's cavalry was guarding not far behind their car base. Once they saw that Wu and Zhou's troops wanted to make a detour, they would immediately send out several times the number. The cavalry attacked.
Although the combat effectiveness of these Eight Banners cavalry is not very strong, a casual charge of the four-legged cavalry is enough for the two-legged infantry to drink a pot!
Moreover, the number of these Eight Banners cavalry was extremely large, and they were overwhelming when they charged forward.
And if Wu Yingqi sent a mixed infantry and cavalry brigade to go around and engage in a confrontation, they would be bombarded by the Qing army's Weiyuan general artillery, Zimu artillery, and general artillery placed in the car barriers. At the same time, the Qing army's infantry would rely on those Channels composed of trenches and fences were deployed to cooperate with the chariots and cavalry on both wings to confront the Wu and Zhou troops.
Wu Yingqi and others also considered using a large detour tactic to force the Qing army to abandon the car fortress. However, when the 40,000-step cavalry led by Wu Guogui and Ma Bao detoured towards the rear of the Qing army, they found that the Qing army had already moved north of Zhuxian Town. Dozens of villages in the area have been converted into fortifications - this area has been flooded frequently in the past few decades, so most of the villages have built flood defense embankments. When there are no floods, these flood embankments are just low but very strong. The wall!
Tens of thousands of cavalry and a considerable number of infantry from the Qing army are now scattered among these villages. Although there are not many troops in each village, there are only about two thousand infantry and cavalry.
But if a village is attacked, the infantry and cavalry in the remaining villages will quickly gather reinforcements.
Feeling helpless, Wu Guogui and Ma Bao temporarily retreated to Zhuxian Town.
Therefore, in the past few days, although Wu Yingqi, Liu Xuanchu, Wu Guogui, Ma Bao, Wu Shicong and others tried their best, they still could not defeat the Qing army on the battlefield north of Zhuxian Town.
While the Wu and Zhou troops were invincible, their casualties and ammunition consumption inevitably increased.
Looking at another wave of attacks that he had carefully organized, after breaking into the Qing army's car base, he once again fell short due to lack of stamina, and was driven out by the Qing army who fought back desperately. Looking at the battlefield shrouded in night, everywhere They were all exhausted soldiers of Wu Zhou Army. Wu Yingqi could only sigh: "Ming Jin withdraws his troops...return to Zhuxian Town first!"
After giving the order to withdraw his troops, he returned to Zhuxian Town with his own soldiers with a heavy heart. As soon as he walked into the lobby of his Chinese army, he saw Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong with a somewhat unfamiliar face and wearing a helmet on their heads. A middle-aged man wearing a hood to cover his bald head was waiting there.
Just when Wu Yingqi was about to ask a question, the middle-aged man stepped forward, bowed, and said with a smile: "The Qing Emperor's envoy Zhou Peigong has met General Wu!"
It turned out that the visitor was Zhou Peigong.
"Kangxi's envoy?" Wu Yingqi snorted coldly, "After the war has reached this point, does Kang Mazi still want to sue for peace?"
Zhou Peigong laughed and said: "The war has been going on so far, isn't it the time to make peace? It's been eight days... we can already tell the winner! We haven't been able to win until now. Losing means that if we continue to fight, both sides will suffer losses.”
"Kangxi can't afford to die, right?" Wu Yingqi sneered and sat down on an imperial chair. He then ordered Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong to sit down, but did not invite Zhou Peigong to sit down.
Wu Yingqi said again: "This great general is not afraid of death! In Zhuxian Town alone, I have 100,000 people, of whom no less than 10,000 are capable of serving as soldiers...I am in Nanyang and Runing , Ruzhou has a population of no less than 1.5 million, and among them there are no less than 100,000 strong men who can join the army! I am not afraid of risking one's life!"
"General," Zhou Peigong said with a smile, "the Zhou Dynasty is not as afraid of losing people as the Qing Dynasty... But if you continue to consume like this, you will still lose, General!"
"Haha," Wu Yingqi seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke, "How could I lose? How could I lose? I sent troops from Xiangyang Prefecture, and now they are almost reaching the Yellow River!"
Zhou Peigong shook his head, "General, the victory or defeat mentioned by the minister is the victory or defeat of the general himself, not the victory or defeat of your great Zhou Kingdom."
"What do you want to say?" Wu Yingqi squinted his eyes, his face darkened, and a face that looked very similar to Wu Sangui was already filled with murderous intent.
But Zhou Peigong didn't care at all, and still smiled and said: "General, I think the general can only truly win when he becomes the president!"
"Damn it!" Wu Yingqi immediately became angry, "Here comes someone! Drag this guy named Zhou out and behead him!"
"General, wait!"
"General, don't kill him yet!"
Liu Xuanchu and Wang Shirong spoke together... Of course they had to help Zhou Peigong!
Zhou Peigong came to use the "tactic of ceding territory to seek peace." The two countries were at war, so they didn't want to cede territory to seek peace!
And... both of them felt that Wu Yingqi really wanted to be the president, so there was a high probability that he would not actually kill Zhou Peigong.
So they have to do this favor and make their position clear!
As expected, Wu Yingqi listened to the advice, and with a wave of his hand, he told the soldiers who really wanted to capture Zhou Peigong to kill him to retreat, and then looked at Zhou Peigong coldly.
Zhou Peigong still looked confident and said with a smile: "In the battle of Zhuxian Town, both sides have suffered losses...Now that the two tigers of the Qing Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty are fighting fiercely, Nanming may not be happy in time! And the general led The soldiers have been fighting for so many years. You should know whether you can reach Beijing this time.
If an army of 100,000 fights hard for several months, suffers heavy losses in the end, and gains nothing because of Nan Ming's attack...will anyone still support you then? It's better to just say hello and get over it.
I won’t hide it from you anymore, let’s buy it for the same price! You take over the three prefectures and four prefectures including Nanyang Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Xuzhou, Kaifeng Prefecture, Ruzhou, Henan Prefecture and Shaanxi Prefecture, and then make peace with the Qing Dynasty and return in triumph.
If the general can win this step, everyone in the Zhou army, including the president, will definitely look at the general with admiration. "
Wu Yingqi was moved, because the conditions offered by Zhou Pei were indeed good!
Now Wu Yingqi only captured Nanyang, Runing, Ruzhou, and Xuzhou, and Zhou Peigong added Luoyang, Kaifeng, and Shaanzhou to him. Luoyang Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion are big mansions. Even if Kangxi moved part of the population, there would still be more than a million people left on the land of the two mansions.
And Shaanzhou is a battleground for military strategists... right at the gate of Tongmen!
After capturing Shaanzhou, plus Nanyang and Hanzhong that were already in Wu Zhou's hands, Wu Zhou would be able to capture the land of Shaanxi and Gansu when the Ming and Qing dynasties fought in the future.
If Wu Yingqi can bring back such results, his father Wu Sangui will definitely be very satisfied!
Thinking of this, Wu Yingqi no longer sat on the ground and raised the price, but laughed and said: "Okay, if Kangxi is willing to withdraw his troops and return to the north of the Yellow River, then the general will follow this condition and spare his death!"
