In the Longping County Government Hall, Prince Hauge of the Qing Dynasty and Shuosu continued his previous topic.
I only heard his suggestion: "Since we entered the customs, we have captured a lot of Ming Dynasty artillery, but they have been handed over to King Gongshun's men for use. How can we successfully confront Lu Xiangsheng and take advantage of the firecrackers and artillery to plunder his position? Our Eight Banners heavy armor infantry will cooperate and attack the enemy's formation at any time."
He added: "We will then use our Mongol banner warriors to attack the Lu tribe on both wings with cavalry and fire, making them unable to look at each other. As long as their formation is slightly disordered, they can find an opening to rush in and completely defeat them."
Dororao Yubeile Abatai interjected: "Indeed, what Prince Su said is absolutely true."
He was very supportive of Hauge's tactics, and continued: "Our army still needs to divide its forces and raid south to induce him to follow. However, our army's various units should not be separated too far. When a suitable place is found,
So I used one part to stick to Lu Xiangsheng, thinking that when the army gathers, if we can encircle Lu's tribe, as long as we concentrate our elites, break out with all our strength, and defeat one part of it, the Ming army will definitely scramble for their lives. Lu Xiangsheng is not in our pocket. ! "
Yibai, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhengbai Banner, promptly added: "Our army will also separate several groups of guerrillas to monitor the surrounding Ming troops so that they will not dare to rescue Lu Xiangsheng."
"Is there something else that needs more attention?"
Rao Yubeile Abatai added: "Our army divides its forces to raid south. The captives, wealth, silk and grain must be stored in a centralized manner and guarded by a large army, so as not to be like Gaoyang, who took the captives through hard work but used them to support the enemy."
Everyone was silent, and Haug stared. Although what Abatai said was right, it made him feel very unhappy. After a long time, Dorgon said thoughtfully:
"It seems that when fighting Lu Xiangsheng's tribe, we must avoid his sharp edges and be cautious. Our armies will advance separately, and we must be diligent in liaison. If we encounter Lu's tribe, we must avoid it. We must not let it damage our army again, just like it did when we were working hard. It’s useless, maybe we don’t need to surround him, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is afraid that he will be punished.”
He made up his mind, looked around at everyone in the hall and said: "I must get rid of Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others as a warning to others. This matter should be done sooner rather than later. This general is determined to choose an appropriate time and terrain when the army moves south. ,
Gather tens of thousands of elite soldiers and use the power of thunder to wipe out Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Cheng's tribes. What do you think? "
He glanced at everyone with bright eyes.
Hauge, Abatai, Tan Tai, Holborn and others all stood up and spoke impassionedly, agreeing with the views of the ordered general.
Anyway, even if the army attacks Lu Xiangsheng, Zhang Cheng and others in the future, the main force cannot be them, so why not?
Most of the Eight Banner Mongolian banner leaders who entered the customs this time were lured as new vassals to rob together. Naturally, they had no room to interfere in such important strategic and tactical matters.
However, when Hauge faced Dorgon's aggressive attitude and saw his desire for power getting stronger and stronger, he couldn't help feeling a little unhappy and looked thoughtful.
Seeing that all the generals in the hall agreed with his opinion, Dorgon showed a proud look on his face, and finally said loudly: "Everyone, please act according to the policy agreed upon today. I will send a message to General Wu and ask him to lead his troops." Come join us and lure Lu Xiangsheng."
At this time, Yue Tuo, as General Yangwu, was in charge of the right wing of the Qing troops who invaded.
However, a few years ago, because of his arrogance and rudeness in front of Huang Taiji, Yue Tuo was deprived of his position as Baylor, demoted to Beizi, and fined five thousand taels of silver.
Although Huang Taiji resumed his position as Baylor years ago, Yue Tuo is much more stable than before. In addition, as Yue Tuo is Baylor, his title is two ranks lower than Dorgon. The Qing troops who invaded this time, In fact, he respected Dorgon.
Therefore, in this military meeting, although Yue Tuo, the commander of the right-wing army, was not present, Dorgon still dared to make a decision directly, almost as if he ordered Yue Tuo to execute it.
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Zhang Cheng led his troops, together with Lu Xiangsheng's Supervisory Biao Battalion, as the Chinese Army. They headed southeast from Zhending, crossed Jinzhou, turned south in Shulu County, passed through the Baichikou Inspection Division, passed through Xinhe County, and continued Southbound.
Along the way, everything was dilapidated, there were almost no pedestrians on the official road, and the villages and forts encountered were all filled with smoke and had been looted and nothing could be used.
On both sides of the official road, there are dead willow branches. From time to time, you will see the corpses of some civilians hanging on them. Even on the official road or in the ditches on both sides, there are occasionally corpses of civilians, all of which look hideous.
At first, there would be sergeants from the army coming out to remove the bodies of the civilians and bury them. But along the way, they encountered too many things, and gradually they became a little numb...
The soldiers all looked into the distance. There were many plains in southern Hebei, and there were more fertile fields on both sides of the official road. Some village forts were erected near the official road. At this time, most of them were covered with sparse thick smoke.
These villages and forts have long been looted. Now, only the sentries of the two armies will occasionally take shelter from the wind and snow. Especially the Qing army's sentries often burn some dilapidated houses before leaving, causing Thick smoke billows.
As Zhang Cheng rode his horse on the official road, he always felt that someone was hiding in the weeds on both sides of the official road and between the fields. At first, he thought it was the Qing army's sentry cavalry, who was lurking and watching, and sent out fine cavalry to patrol.
Only then did he realize that they were all fleeing common people hiding among them, all of them were sallow and thin, shivering. Zhang Cheng could not lead them on the march, and he had no extra grain to help them, so he had to tell them to look for a big city nearby to avoid the Qing army.
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On this day, the army was stationed in Sutian Village, ten miles south of Xinhe County.
The camp is close to an unknown small river. The village is extremely dilapidated. Almost all the houses have been destroyed. Very few are intact, but there are two wells that can still be used.
Since arriving here from Zhending, we have only encountered some small groups of Qing army sentries along the way. They all ran away as soon as they met each other. As for the Qing army, they never encountered a large group again.
Presumably they were all wreaking havoc in Jinan, so after turning south from Shulu, Lu Xiangsheng accelerated his march.
However, due to lack of food and pay, the army could only eat half full for breakfast every day. At dinner, they basically cooked porridge with wild vegetables, grass roots, tree bark and a small amount of grains to satisfy their hunger.
At first, the soldiers could bear it, but as time went by, the morale of the soldiers began to waver. Some people began to sigh and curse the traitorous ministers in the court who were in power and ruined the country and the people.
On the night of the camp, Lu Xiangsheng's Supervisor Camp was stationed in Sutian Village. He and Yang Tinglin were both handling military affairs on an earthen kang. The soldiers had already used wood to heat the earthen kang.
Yang Tinglin originally came to Lu Xiangshengjun with full enthusiasm and wanted to help him, but since he joined the army to praise painting, he has been unable to do anything.
Now, he knows more things than when he was an official in Beijing, and he is more disappointed and dissatisfied with the court. He often asks himself in his heart: "Is the Ming Dynasty really going to end?"
