Chapter 125: The First Battle

Lingbi County South.

A big war has just ended.

Turai coughed heavily, feeling that his body was not as good as it had been.

He had just returned from Sichuan with Haoge, and he wanted to rest in Beijing for a while. It's just that the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty can be described as stormy, and Turai was one of the senior generals of the Qing Dynasty. I feel that at this time, it is impossible to stay behind.

He followed Duoduo south, and because Turai was a veteran, after breaking through the Yellow River, Duoduo took him as the vanguard.

Turai lived up to expectations.

It was dozens of miles away from the Duoduo army and encountered the main force of the Xia army.

Since the Qing army moved south, Yuan Shizhong sent troops without waiting for orders from the rear.

Yuan Shizhong put all the cavalry under Jin Shenghuan, and there were about seven or eight thousand cavalry.

Turai and Yuan Shizhong fought in the south of Lingbi City, and there were about 20,000 cavalry on both sides of the war. A fierce battle, about half a day.

Jin Shenghuan is certainly a brave general, but it does not mean that he does not admit one thing, in terms of cavalry warfare, he is not Tulai's opponent. Moreover, the cavalry of the Xia army is scarce, which is less than 10,000 cavalry. It is already all the cavalry in Yuan Shizhong's department.

And the number of cavalry of the Qing army was far higher than that of the Xia army.

Jin Shenghuan saw that the battle situation was unfavorable, so he took the initiative to retreat.

However, Turai did not dare to go deeper. After all, Jin Shenghuan still has some ability. It is also an active retreat. In this position, it has been separated from the Qing army, and there are many others, and it is not far from Lingbi County. There was a battalion of summer troops.

Turai said: "Go down with the order, retreat twenty miles and encamp, and go to report to the king." ”

After nightfall, Thurai's messenger came to the army of Dordor.

Duoduo listened to the letter, sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: "I'm afraid the battlefield can't be delayed south of the Yellow River for too long. ”

The Lianghuai defense line is where Great Xia strives to operate. The defense was so strong that almost every county town had garrisons, as many as a battalion and as few as a sentry.

There are artillery pieces of all sizes.

Coupled with Zhang Pu's politics, many things have been done in place. Each county town is led by the county order, the regiment is trained, by the elite soldiers as the backbone, with the people, the people as vassals, plus there are artillery walls as barriers.

As long as the whole body is united, even if the Qing army attacks the city with all its might, it will not be a day or two.

And there are many such cities, and even cities that are much stronger than ordinary county seats.

If Duoduo is not avoiding the real or imaginary, it is just a cavalry. It seems that he is going south to assault, but there are so many hidden dangers left behind the surface, and Duoduo does not dare to go south too much.

Not to mention attacking the left side of Hongze Lake.

He deeply felt one thing, that is, the Xia army and the Ming army were completely different.

For the Ming army, the original battle of the breach swept across the entire Shandong and Hebei. It was as if Dodor had entered a no-man's land. It's just that to deal with Xia Jun, he doesn't dare to use such a method.

"Give the order to Tulai, and tell him to be careful not to go any further south." ”

"Yes." Someone immediately agreed.

Dordor then ordered a letter to be sent to Dorgon, which contained no other meaning, so that Dolgon could be urged to hurry south.

And at this moment, in Jin Shenghuan's army, Yuan Shizhong also arrived.

"Humble to see grandpa." Jin Shenghuan knelt down and said: "The subordinates were unfavorable in the first battle, and they fell into the prestige of the grandfather, and asked the grandfather to punish him." ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Only the general dares to fight, but it is only a small setback. What is it? Hurry up, please. ”

"Thank you, Grandpa." Jin Shenghuan then got up.

"Huchen," Yuan Shizhong said, "You have fought with Dongyu, so tell me, how to deal with it now?" ”

Jin Shenghuan thought of the battlefield for a moment, and the Qing army rode back and forth. Jin Shenghuan said: "The last general thinks that it is not easy to fight with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

"The last general is not a cowardice. It's just that the number of cavalry in our army is not much, and the cavalry of the Eastern Capture is very elite, and the last general thinks that the chance of winning a battle with the Qing army on the plain is probably six to four points, the enemy is six, and we are four. ”

The inferiority of infantry and cavalry over field combat. It's a person who can figure it out.

Cavalry is a clutch soldier, and the ability to freely choose the battlefield. It's simply unlimited, this is the most terrifying place, on a battle line of hundreds of miles, almost anywhere can be attacked.

Yuan Shizhong said: "Huchen's words are exactly what I want. Before the army goes north, stability should be the main thing. It was only necessary to restrict the Qing army from continuing southward. After His Majesty goes north, he will make plans. ”

Yuan Shizhong adhered to this idea and ordered all counties to stick to it. And gathered 50,000 soldiers from Huaixi Town, and slowly went north. An army of 50,000 is like a hedgehog, and the hedgehogs are gathered together.

Slowly north.

Although the march was slow, it was much safer, and no matter how powerful Duoduo was, it was impossible to swallow this army in one bite, and it was also unlikely that Yuan Shizhong's troops would be left alone.

After all, not all of the Duoduo troops were cavalry.

Yuan Shizhong fell from a distance like this. Nor did Duoduo dare to go south.

After the two discussed, Yuan Shizhong was anxious about the general arrangement, and after Yuan Shizhong did all this, he looked at Jin Shenghuan again, but saw that Jin Shenghuan's face was a little wrong, and asked, "Does Huchen have any doubts?" ”

Jin Shenghuan said: "Grandpa, I have always had one thing that I can't figure out. ”

"What?" Yuan Shizhong said.

Jin Shenghuan said: "Just now, the last general has been wondering, how did Duoduo cross the Yellow River so easily? ”

After hearing this, Yuan Shizhong also had some doubts in his heart, and said: "Yes, the defense of the Yellow River in Xuzhou is also very tight. ”

In the battle of Xuzhou, Yuan Shizhong, as a reinforcement, also participated.

The details of this battle do not need to be mentioned for the time being, but the layout of the defense of the Yellow River after the war, Yuan Shizhong was very clear

Chu's.

Although the city of Xuzhou is strong, the defense line in this area of Xuzhou is built on the Xuzhou section of the Yellow River.

I don't dare to be an impregnable wall, but it is by no means easy to break.

Now Duoduo came over easily.

What's going on in there?

Yuan Shizhong thought for a moment and said, "Maybe there are some loopholes in the Yellow River defense line, or maybe the Qing army is bypassing from upstream." ”

After all, in Henan, south of the Yellow River, the Qing army still has a lot of garrisons. It is also very possible to bypass it from upstream.

Jin Shenghuan may have been a little puzzled in his heart, but he didn't want to refute Yuan Shizhong, and said: "Grandpa is wise." ”

This one thing is not on the table.

The news of this battle soon reached Luo Yulong's ears.

At this time, Luo Yulong was almost in Huai'an City.

On the Huai'an wharf, a large group of people lined up to greet them.

The momentum is huge, and the gongs and drums are noisy. A group of people lined up, headed by Zhang Yingyuan, and a large number of generals greeted them outside.

Seeing Luo Yulong get off the boat, the group knelt down in unison and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

The sound was like a tsunami of the mountains, and the tiles were almost blown away.

Luo Yulong was dressed in gold armor, riding on a tall horse, a ray of sunlight shone on Luo Yulong's body, and the whole person seemed to be covered with gold edges, just like a gold-armored god.

Luo Yulong said: "Zhu Qing is flat. ”

Luo Yulong's voice couldn't travel far, but many eunuchs shouted vigorously: "Zhu Qing is flat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Yingyuan got up and said.

Kneeling on the ground, many generals followed Li Yingyuan and got up.

Luo Yulong looked at Zhang Yingyuan and said, "Uncle Zhang seems to have lost weight. ”

Zhang Yingyuan said: "I was reprimanded by His Majesty the previous time, and the last general did not dare to practice quietly without closing the door, so that he would go to the battlefield again one day." ”

When Luo Yulong was in Nanjing before, he talked about Zhang Yingyuan. Zhang Yingyuan naturally couldn't help but express something.

After Luo Yulong heard this, he smiled lightly and said, "Uncle Zhang, get on the horse, and take a look at Huai'an City with me." Luo Yulong looked back at Gao Jie. said: "Also meet the heroes and heroes under the command of King Huai." ”

Zhang Yingyuan's face changed slightly, his gaze turned to Gao Jie, his gaze avoided slightly, and said: "Since Your Majesty has this heart, the minister dares to disobey his orders." ”

To be honest, Zhang Yingyuan did not have a good relationship with Gao Jie's subordinates. Not bad at all. It's very bad.

There's a reason for that, too.

Gao Jie gave up his power in the army, and not all the generals under Gao Jie were satisfied.

In fact, there are also objections in Gao Jie's army. These dissenting people, in the face of Zhang Yingyuan's arrival, are not too welcome, Zhang Yingyuan and these people have a good face, and they have fought a few times in private.

A dragon crossing the river, a bowing snake. It can be said that the fight is not fun.