4333 (the ninth year of Chongzhen), February 17th.
Su He stood in front of the Qin Army's camp and looked at the Qin Army soldiers with extremely high morale.
He waved the military flag and pointed to the north, shouting:
"Go out and overthrow the Ming Dynasty."
The three armies of the Qin Army, consisting of 120,000 regular troops and 50,000 garrison troops, set out from Kaifeng City and marched into Beizhili.
The Qin army will fight the Ming army in the final decisive battle concerning the fate of the two groups in the North Zhili region.
The outcome of this decisive battle will determine the final ownership of the land of China.
Boom, boom, boom.
Huge drums sounded, and the soldiers of the Qin army marched towards North Zhili with their rifles on their backs and the drums beating.
The Seventh Army was at the forefront as the vanguard, and the Third Army followed closely behind the First Army.
The guard center of the Praetorian Guards walked in the middle, followed by the garrison and logistics corps at the rear.
The logistics corps protects the young people recruited.
The young men pushed wheelbarrows to transport the Qin army's rations and ammunition.
The number of young men mobilized by the Qin army was more than twice the number of the Qin army.
It is a transportation team composed of a large number of young people.
By continuously transporting weapons and ammunition for the Qin army, the Qin army on the front line could use ammunition at will and destroy the Ming army's cities one after another.
Without a large number of young men, the Qin army could not quickly move from one place to another.
The war is all about logistics, and the Qin army's personnel and material mobilization capabilities far exceed those of the Ming army.
Su He rode a horse and followed the army.
He asked Yang Qianhe who was following him: "Your Military Intelligence Bureau has been paying attention to the movements of the Shuntian Mansion Ming Army.
How is the Ming army prepared now? "
Yang Qianhe immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the Ming army urgently summoned all the troops to serve the king in Shuntian Prefecture. All the northern prefectures, except Shandong and Beizhili, were attacked by our army and could not spare any troops to serve the king.
Only the governor of Shandong, Zhu Dadian, led 30,000 Shandong troops and horses, was the first to arrive at Shuntian Mansion.
They were previously stationed in Tongzhou, but now they are moving towards Tianjin, preparing to defend the east gate of Shuntian Prefecture together with the Tianjin Three Guards.
Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, led the remaining 40,000 Guanning troops from the Ningjin defense line and stationed them in Zhuzhou, guarding the south gate of Shuntian Prefecture with the three guards of Zhulu.
The Ming Dynasty dispatched Wang Pu, the commander-in-chief of Datong Town, to Xuanfu Town. He and Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanfu Town, gathered the Ming troops from the two towns to defend the north gate of Shuntian Prefecture.
The Ming army has produced a large number of Hongyi cannons in recent years, which were previously distributed to various cities.
Now Hongyi cannons are urgently transferred to several cities mainly guarded by the Ming army.
Mingjun has now given up on the weak city.
In addition to the capital, the defense is mainly focused on four places: Tianjin, Tongzhou, Xuanfu, and Zhuzhou.
Ming troops from Southern Zhili came to King Qin of Shuntian Prefecture one after another. The specific arrangements of these troops have not yet been reported back. "
Su He listened to Yang Qianhe's report, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.
The Ming army's defenders at Shuntian Prefecture now appear to be around 200,000, and the number of troops will not be much different.
The strength of the Qin army and the Ming army was almost one to one.
Even if the Qin army attacks the city, the Ming army will defend the city.
Su He is also confident that he can win Shuntian Mansion.
What he feared the most was the generosity of the Ming civil servants and the mobilization of nobles. Five to six million Ming troops were actually recruited to defend the city.
If there are enough troops to defend the city, it will be extremely difficult for the Qin army to attack.
Once Su He is in Shuntian Mansion, if the delay is too long, the world will inevitably change.
The strategic initiative now lies in the hands of the Qin army.
Suhe could choose to attack the weak points of the Ming army and gradually surround the capital.
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Li Dazhuang was very happy. He patted Zhuang Renyi on the shoulder.
"Your Second Division fought very well. It only took ten days to capture Dongming County, Kaizhou, Qingfeng County, and Nanle County.
Ahead is Daming Prefecture. When our Qin soldiers enter Beizhili, the first prefecture they encounter must be fought beautifully.
Your Majesty is watching from behind. If we fight this battle well, our army will be able to win the main attack mission.
In order to attack the main task, everyone showed me their strongest combat power.
Which unit has not shown its strength? When the war is over, personally write me a 5,000-word self-reflection letter. "
Li Dazhuang glanced at the military reporter who was writing something next to him.
The first important battle in Beizhili must be recorded in history.
Whether it is to compete for the main attack mission, or to leave a name in history.
He must show the best of the Seventh Army.
While saluting the military salute, Zhuang Renyi said firmly: "Commander, please rest assured, I will definitely show the strongest posture of the Seventh Army."
"I'm waiting for your good news, attack! Don't save ammunition, our army has a lot of ammunition now.
The Yellow River is about to open up, and more ammunition can be brought in by then. "
Zhuang Renyi came to the front line, and the Second Division of the Seventh Army was ready and ready to attack at any time.
"Zhao Walnut, let me storm the city wall of Daming Mansion. Your artillery regiment doesn't need to save ammunition.
Don't worry about the loss of artillery. Show the strongest side of the artillery regiment.
The sound of artillery was an order. When other troops heard the artillery regiment firing, they immediately rushed to the city wall of Daming Mansion.
We want to take down Daming Mansion with thunderous momentum. The Ming army heading north to Zhili will have their legs tremble when they hear the name of our First Army. "
The officers of the Second Division of the Seventh Army received the order from the division commander Zhuang Renyi and immediately began to prepare for the attack.
Zhao Walnut commanded the artillery regiment and immediately began to attack.
He looked at the artillery newly assigned to the artillery regiment above, a heavy artillery with a caliber of 150 mm.
The heavy steel gun weighed two tons, and the gun carriage was equipped with springs and four wheels.
It took three horses to drag it in order to keep up with the marching speed of the troops in the plain area.
There is basically no way to keep up with the marching speed of the troops on the mountain road, so we can only drag slowly.
The North Zhili area is flat and has a large number of fortified cities, so the King of Qin would equip their Seventh Army with such heavy artillery.
The 150 artillery roared first, and the thick shells hit the city wall of Daming Mansion directly.
The city walls of Damingfu were in disrepair for a long time, and cannonballs were directly embedded in the walls.
Then there was a violent explosion, and a heavy artillery shell blew a big hole in the wall of Damingfu.
Zhao Walnut was extremely happy when he saw this situation.
It only takes a while to attack, and the Damingfu city wall will definitely collapse.
The Qin Army's Second Division had just reached the halfway mark when soldiers pushed ladder trucks and prepared to set up ladders to attack the city.
They saw that the city wall of Daming Mansion had collapsed.
The Qin army looked excited. The city wall had collapsed and it would be very easy to capture the city.
All the Qin troops threw down the ladders, and with grenades in hand, they launched a fierce attack from where the city wall collapsed.
When the Ming army defenders of the Ming Dynasty saw the city wall collapse, they turned around and ran away.
Instead, the newly formed gentry regiment practiced armed training.
In order to protect their land and property from being robbed by thieves in yellow.
The gentry immediately organized a regiment to practice armed force, armed with simple matchlock guns, blocking the gaps in the city wall to resist the attack of the thieves in yellow.
The Ming army garrison in the city saw the gentry regiment training to block the gap. He immediately sent a large number of reinforcements and began to reinforce the gentry regiment training.
The Qin army and the Ming army fought fiercely at the gap where the city wall collapsed.
"Machine gun company, call the machine gun company over quickly."
The soldiers of the machine gun company quickly arrived at the gap in the city wall pushing the machine gun.
The machine gunner quickly deployed his machine gun and shouted to the front: "Get out of the way, everyone, get out of the way quickly."
When the Qin army heard the sound, they immediately moved out of the way of the collapsed city wall.
The two machine guns were aimed crosswise at the gap, and the machine gunner pulled the trigger.
The rattling sound continued, and the two fire snakes formed a cross shape and kept swinging left and right in the gap in the city wall.
The Ming army inside the city wall kept screaming.
Both machine guns fired a bullet chain, and the Qin army officers and soldiers continued to rush into the gap in the city wall.
The Qin army tore open the Ming army's defense line, and continued to expand their results, and soon defeated the Ming army near the city wall.
The Ming army's defense lines continued to lose, and the Qin army compressed its living space.
Most of the Ming army surrendered directly, but the gentry organized groups to practice armed forces. Relying on their familiarity with the city, they resisted and never surrendered.
Zhuang Renyi approached Damingfu City and looked at the soldiers of the garrison collecting the bodies of the fallen soldiers of the Qin Army and the Ming Army.
The Qin soldiers who were still alive were immediately carried by their companions and sent to the field hospital outside the city.
Whether they survive depends on luck.
But the soldiers of the Qin army were already much stronger than the soldiers of the Ming army. They at least had hope of survival.
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The Qin army marched very fast, captured all the prefectures and counties of Daming Prefecture, and immediately continued to attack Guangping Prefecture to the north.
In Handan County, Quang Binh Prefecture, Su He summoned all senior military officers.
He specially called Li Dazhuang, commander of the Seventh Army.
"Dazhuang, your Seventh Army encountered relatively strong resistance in Daming Mansion. Have the Ming armies from various places begun to support it?"
Su He looked at the battle reports from the front line and felt that the performance of the Ming army in Daming Prefecture was unusual.
Along the way, as long as the Qin army broke through the city wall, the Ming army basically put down their weapons, and no Ming army was found to resist desperately.
Neither the Tianxiong Army nor the Guan Ning Army tried their best to resist in Mengjin County.
Li Dazhuang said with a serious expression: "No Ming army came to support. The Ming court ordered the gentry from all over the country to recruit regiments to assist the Ming army in defending the city.
Gao Shiliang, a Jinshi of Daming Prefecture, gathered the gentry of Daming Prefecture and set up a regiment of 10,000 people to train troops and assist the Ming army in defending the city.
The Ming army in the city has collapsed, but these gentry regiments and armed forces are still resisting tenaciously.
We used machine guns and 75mm artillery to carve out a bloody path before completely wiping out this gentry regiment. "
“The Ming court has reached this point and released monsters like Tuan Lian Armed Forces.
Fortunately, the gentry in the Northern Zhili region are not too strong. "
Su He knew the reason for the change in the war situation in Daming Mansion.
The armed gentry regiment will definitely be stronger than the Ming army.
The gentry were part of the civil service group, and the regiment training and armed forces they organized would be supported by the civil service group.
It will not be hampered by the civilian clique like the Ming army.
The quality of the military households of the Ming army cannot be compared with that of the gentry's servants.
Most of the Ming army neglected training, and their strongest point could not be compared with the training of the gentry regiment.
The discipline, organization and freedom of the gentry regiment training arm were stronger than those of the Ming army.
The most important point is that the gentry are rich. If they really spend money, they can greatly enhance the strength of the regiment training and armed forces.
All the officers arrived at the governor's camp one after another.
Su He held a military meeting to arrange the Qin army's next troop dispatch plan.
He stood in front of a small sand table. He took out a few small flags, looked at Su Hu, Li Dazhuang and others and said:
“We formally divided our forces in Guangping Prefecture and sent out two troops to surround the capital.
The Seventh Army encircled the capital from the east. From Guangping Prefecture, it went northeast along the Yizhou and Cangzhou lines and captured Tianjin Guards.
Then go north from Tianjin and capture Jizhou northeast of the capital.
Cut off the road from Shanhaiguan direction to support Shuntian Prefecture of Ming Dynasty.
After capturing Jizhou, they attacked Tongzhou westward.
Lock the east gate of the capital.
The Third Army and the Imperial Guard, as the main force, attacked the place where heavy troops were gathered in North Zhili.
After we captured Shunde Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture, we launched an attack on Baoding Prefecture, an important town of the Ming Army.
After taking Baoding, the capital will be in the north.
Starting from Baoding, we captured Zhuzhou and locked the southern gate of the capital.
The mission of the Fourth Army was to attack Xia Xuanfu Town from Shanxi.
Starting from Xuanfu, we captured Changping Prefecture and blocked the north of the capital.
The Third Army, the Fourth Army, the Seventh Army, and the Imperial Guard blocked all sides of the capital and completely captured the capital of the Ming Dynasty. "
After Su He handed over the combat mission, he asked the officers: "Do you have any other questions to ask?"
When he spoke, he mainly looked at Li Dazhuang.
Because Su Hu and Qi Gangyi were with him, any problems between the two armies could be solved at any time.
Li Dazhuang knew that at this time, he must ask all the questions clearly.
Otherwise, it would take a very long time for the two armies to send messages to each other in the east and west directions of Beizhili.
"Your Majesty, when is the final deadline to capture Tongzhou?"
Li Dazhuang must ask this question clearly.
There are two difficulties in fighting with a limited time limit and without a limited time limit.
If the deadline is very tight, the Seventh Army will inevitably have to pay more casualties to improve combat efficiency.
Su He took out a small yellow flag and planted it directly above Tongzhou City.
“War is not a child’s play, and we don’t know what will happen on the battlefield.
I don’t set deadlines that are too tight.
Before this year, the Seventh Army wanted to capture Tongzhou City.
The Chinese army here also wants to capture Zhuzhou before this year.
This time we hit Ming Dynasty with a surprise attack.
If the Ming Dynasty is not solved this year, no matter how slow the reaction of the Ming Dynasty's civil servants and nobles is, they will still save themselves.
The gentry in the south also had the opportunity to join forces and concentrate all their efforts against us.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty has now allowed the gentry to organize regiments to train armed forces.
Every day that passes, the force of the gentry group training will become stronger.
It took us too long to conquer Beizhili, and then it would be very troublesome to attack the southeastern region. "
Su He set a very loose time. This was the longest time he had expected.
He didn't set a time limit too short. No one could tell what accidents would happen during the war.
The time for Suhe to settle was too short, and the Qin army became impatient and underestimated the enemy and advanced rashly.
This will expose too many flaws. If the Ming army seizes the flaw, it will give the Qin army a fatal blow.
All Su He's early efforts were in vain.
When Li Dazhuang heard this time, he showed a relaxed expression.
It’s late February, ten months to go.
The Seventh Army doesn't need ten months. If you give him five months, the Seventh Army can capture the capital.
This time was very generous, so generous that Li Dazhuang couldn't believe it.
He looked at King Qin Su He and said honestly: "Your Majesty, if you give our Seventh Army ten months, then other problems will no longer be a problem."
This brief military meeting ended quickly to determine the respective goals of the Qin army.
The Seventh Army once again separated from the main force from Handan County and attacked the Ming Army in the northeast direction.
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