Chapter 468: Ten Days Without Sealing the Sword
Duoduo was furious, his face was gloomy as if it was going to rain, and the evil aura that emanated made all the generals tremble, especially the few who had lost the battle.
The 45,000 warriors of the Eight Banners, plus more than 50,000 green battalion soldiers, attacked the small city defended by only more than 10,000 Ming troops, and it took a full five days, but they still did not defeat it, but suffered heavy losses, which made Duoduo not angry.
The trap of the gap caused more than 400 Zhenman Eight Banner soldiers to lose their lives, and if it weren't for the fact that Li Shutai was seriously injured in both eyes, Duoduo really wanted to order him to be pushed out and beheaded.
A fire in the trench of the Ming army cut off the way for Kong Youde's Han military banner to attack, and also made the more than 1,000 Han army banner soldiers who attacked the city never returned......
Ben expected the Outer Mongolian cavalry to be able to destroy the fleet that the Ming army received, who would have thought that the Outer Mongolian cavalry would lose more than 600 people, but he didn't even see the Ming army's ship hair, and the Bellenikan who led the troops had been relieved of his military power by order of Duoduo and given twenty lashes.
The front and back added up to the loss of more than 2,000 Eight Banner soldiers alone, not counting the Green Battalion soldiers who died during the siege, such a big loss has not been seen for several years, that is, in the last Songjin Battle, the Eight Banners soldiers added up to thousands of casualties.
It would be good if they could capture Sizhou and kill all the soldiers and civilians inside, but under the response of that fleet, the Ming army and people in the city actually left along the river, leaving the Qing army with only an empty city.
Duoduo could imagine the anger of his brother, the regent Dorgon, if the news of the war reached Beijing.
According to Zhang Tianlu, the surrendered general, Jin Shenghuan, the defender in Sizhou City, was the next general soldier under Chen Yue, the Marquis of Pingnan, and he only had a battalion of 3,000 descendants, but the others were some miscellaneous troops, which made Duoduo even more unacceptable.
Thinking of Chen Yue, Duoduo thought of the return of the Qing army to plunder the Ming Dynasty two years ago, he was ordered to take three thousand cavalry to break the queen, who knew that he was caught up by the Ming army in Panshan, and he easily defeated the troops of the Ming general Tang Tong and Bai Guangen at that time, who knew that Chen Yue, who was reinforced, was caught off guard, and ran into a head in front of the Xishan army's car formation, because the rugged mountain road was not conducive to the cavalry, and he was afraid of falling into the siege of the Ming army. I didn't expect to encounter this Chen Yue's army again today, and new hatred and old hatred suddenly surged into my heart.
We must quickly capture Yangzhou, break the southern army of the puppet Ming Ping, and kill Chen Yue and this Jin Shenghuan! Duoduo gritted his teeth and let out a cry in his heart.
Looking at the angry look on Duoduo's face, the other Eight Banner generals were silent, and they lowered their heads one by one and didn't dare to speak. The battle is like this, no wonder the prince is angry. Since Duoduo was named Prince Yu in the first year of Chongde, he led the army to conquer Mongolia, fight Korea, and conquer the Ming Dynasty, and established a high majesty in the hearts of the generals by virtue of his outstanding achievements. As soon as he got angry, basically no one dared to say anything.
No, there are also uninteresting ones. Bellebolo stepped forward and offered his advice to Dรณrd.
"Fifteenth uncle, the siege of the small city of Sizhou has been so troublesome, Yangzhou is the nest of the puppet Ming Jiangbei governor, there are sixty or seventy thousand troops in the city, and it is not easy to rush down. The last general thought that our army should change its plan to abandon Yangzhou to attack Fengyang Mansion, pass through Chuzhou, cross the river at Pukou and attack Nanjing. โ
Before he finished speaking, Bolo saw Duoduo staring at him with a pair of red eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to say the words that followed.
"Joke! When did I become so afraid of the weak Ming army. Bolo, you are also a Baylor, I love the members of the Xinjueluo family, I didn't expect you to be less daring than a rabbit! โ
Duoduo stared at Bolo, sarcastically at his nephew, who was about his age.
Bolo's face turned red all of a sudden, he was the son of Abatai, the third son of the old slave, the cousin of the current Shunzhi Emperor, his status was extremely valuable, and he was insulted by Duoduo on this occasion, in front of the Manchu Han and Mongolian generals, which made him a little unable to step down.
"Uncle Fifteen!" Bolo exclaimed dissatisfied.
"Call me official!" Duoduo coldly rebuked.
"General," Bolo changed his words to the official position of Duoduo, the title of Duoduo is Prince Yu, and now he is leading the army to defeat Ming with the official position of the general of Dingguo.
"General, the art of war is cloudy, the lord can't raise a division out of anger, and he can't be discouraged and cause war, we know that Yangzhou is difficult to attack, so why do we have to go to attack the city. Fengyang is the puppet Ming capital, the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhu family emperor, from Fengyang south can reach the Yangtze River in a few days, across the Yangtze River is Nanjing. Our army attacked Fengyang and took Nanjing directly, I don't believe that Chen Yue, the puppet of Ming Pingnan, with tens of thousands of troops, shrank in Yangzhou City and did not move?
As long as the Ming army comes out of Yangzhou City, we can attack halfway, they leave the tall city wall, can they still defeat our Eight Banners in the field? This is a plan to lure the snake out of the hole! โ
Bolo spoke eloquently, the more fluent he spoke, and his sentences exuded a strong sense of confidence. The other generals nodded yes.
"General, what Bolo said makes sense!" The other Menghan generals did not dare to intervene, and Beleni took the lead in echoing Boluo Dao by virtue of his identity as a member of the Xinjueluo family.
"Shut up, you defeated general!" Dodor scolded, causing Nikan to step aside.
Duoduo closed his eyes and pondered, what Bolo said may not be unreasonable, from the perspective of Sizhou, Yangzhou must be very difficult to bite, if the main focus is on attacking Yangzhou, it will be protracted for a long time, once the time is delayed, it is very likely that the great achievement of destroying the Ming will be taken away by the Western Route Army Azig.
Azig has to deal with the inescapable thieves, and he has to destroy hundreds of thousands of Ming troops along the Yangtze River along the way, if he is allowed to take Nanjing first, he will not become a joke.
But if you give up Yangzhou and don't fight, wouldn't it mean that the dignified Eight Banners soldiers are afraid of the Pingnan Army, which is a great damage to morale. Once the fear is formed, it will be difficult to fight in the future.
What to do? Duoduo struggled inwardly, hesitated.
The generals in the tent all looked at Duoduo with blank eyes, and saw that his face changed sharply, and it was clear that he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle. Bolo looked at Duoduo expectantly, hoping that he would take his advice.
Eventually, Dord's heart settled and his face calmed.
"Ladies and gentlemen, General Ben has decided that the original plan to attack Yangzhou will remain unchanged."
"Ahh Duoduo's words caused Bolo to exclaim, full of disappointment.
"The Battle of Fushun, the Battle of Sarhu, the Battle of Kaitie, the Battle of Liaoshen, the Battle of Guangning, and the Battle of Songjin, the countless victories of our Eight Banners in the face of the Ming Army created the powerful military might of our Qing Dynasty, so that where my Eight Banners arrived, the Ming Army fled one after another.
In the face of a strong enemy, our Eight Banners have never flinched. The Pingnan Army is nothing more than a Ming army that has been established for less than a year, and it is only by relying on strong city walls that it can fight against us. If we are still afraid of such an army, how can we sweep the entire Ming Dynasty and dominate the world! โ
Duoduo's words were sonorous and powerful, so that everyone listened to it and felt excited, yes, my Eight Banners have always been invincible against the Ming army, when did they fear the enemy, many people suddenly felt ashamed of their inner cowardice.
"However, small Yangzhou can't use my 100,000 troops at all, Bolo, since you propose to attack Fengyang, I will give you a partial division to go south. The others rushed to Yangzhou with me, broke through Yangzhou City, and destroyed the Pingnan Army. After the city of Yangzhou was broken, Ren Er and others plundered the whole city, and did not seal the knife for ten days! โ