Dolgon's impassioned rhetoric encouraged the generals in the tent, and then asked them to prepare for the attack, leaving Bolo alone to continue the discussion.

"Now that the Wei thieves occupy the south of Jin, control Huguan, Guguan and other places, and occupy the exit of Taihang, they can attack Beizhili with light cavalry in the coming year and destroy the Qizhuang Qitian of my Eight Banners. At the end of last year, the Wei thieves had already destroyed some of our estates, and if they attacked again during the harvest this year, even if Zhu Cihong was willing to borrow grain, we would not be able to survive the end of the year. ”

Bolo listened to Dolgon's words and nodded thoughtfully, "The regent's worries are not wrong, the high barbarian is thick-faced and dark-hearted, and in order to achieve his goal, he will burn all the good fields of his own people, not to mention our flag fields." If he occupies Jinnan, he will inevitably attack Hebei! ”

Bolo followed Duoduo to fight with the Wei army many times in Henan, and he had already seen the Wei army's strategy of burning fields, burning cities, and scorching earth many times.

Gao Yihuan is ostensibly for the people, but as long as the war needs, he will never spare any life, and this guy also has a characteristic, he will repay it, but he is very forbearing.

Before the Qing army invaded the south and forced him to burn the fields and cities, he was definitely not happy in his heart, but now he seized the opportunity and did not turn over as a serf to sing, and he could not take revenge.

Dolgon glanced at Bolo approvingly, "This king is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, and the imperial court consumed a lot last year, and there were wars in many places, and the granary of Huainan was lost. This year, the imperial court will definitely be short of food, and if the war drags on, I will lose if I don't fight. Therefore, this king can only find a decisive battle with Gao Manzi and fight with all his might, just like Taizu did in the first battle of Salhu, defeating the main force of the Wei thief, in order to completely disintegrate the attack of the Wei thief and reverse the general trend of the world! ”

Bolo has already understood what Dolgon meant, if this battle continues, people will definitely starve to death this year, and the Great Qing Kingdom will inevitably suffer a lot of vitality.

"Regent, the minister understands. We must win this battle, and we must win it big, otherwise even if we repel the Wei thieves and don't inflict heavy losses on them, after a few months of rest, the Wei thieves will come again, and we can't afford to spend it at all! Bolo said in a deep voice.

The current Qing army is not a nomadic regime, and if Dolgon wants to choose to retreat outside the pass, he will naturally not have such troubles, but he finally entered the pass, how can he give up easily.

Now the Qing army and the Western Wei are not only compared to the strength, but also the overall strength of the two sides, the Qing army is not lost to the Western Wei in terms of strength, but unfortunately the logistics are weak, so they can only find the Wei army for a decisive battle.

"This king really didn't misunderstand you!" Dolgon patted Bolo's shoulder, with a look of approval on his face, and then said: "After Kong Youde's death, this king reorganized the Han army and equipped them with the latest self-generated firearms and bronze cannons. They fought with the Ming army's Shenji battalion in Suqian, and defeated the Ming army's self-generated fire array head-on. This shows that the Western Wei Dynasty's gun array does have some advantages. This king looked at the previous battle reports, my Qing Dynasty's infantry was always beaten passively from a distance, suppressed by the Wei army's infantry army, and the cavalry advantage could not be played, so it could only passively rush into battle, and now I also have such an infantry army in the Qing Dynasty, which can use the infantry army to disrupt the Wei army's front, and then the cavalry will attack and compete with the Wei thieves. ”

After the Wei army used the self-made firearm, the Qing army began to vigorously imitate it, and with the help of Tang Ruowang and other Xiyi, they made a flintlock pistol.

However, despite the guidance of Xiyi, the flintlock pistols of the Qing army were still somewhat lacking compared with the self-generated firearms of the Western Wei Dynasty, and their craftsmen were inexperienced, and the production was somewhat rough, and the firing rate was not as high as that of the Wei army.

Before the southern expedition, the Qing army had been equipped with 4,500 self-made firearms, and more than 2,000 were captured in Suqian.

Dol Roll originally contradicted Huang Taiji and did not use the Han army very much, but he was very attentive to this firearms army and often watched their drills.

Speaking of this, Dolgon looked at Bolo and said solemnly: "You have been fighting against the Wei thieves on the front line, and you should be the one who knows the Wei thieves the most among our Manchurians." This king wants to hand over this army to you to command, and you can have confidence and play its useful role! ”

The Qing army has a strong cavalry, and the Wei army is dominated by the infantry army, every time the battle is the problem of the Qing army is how to disturb the Wei army's infantry formation, to create a chance for the cavalry to harvest, but the Wei army has many firearms, so that the Qing cavalry can not use the past method to ride and shoot the chaotic formation, the proud Manchurian heavy step, in front of the firearms can only eat the projectile.

In this way, the Qing army could not restrain the Wei army's infantry army, so Dolgon attached great importance to the firearms army, and felt that the addition of the firearms army would inevitably create opportunities for the Qing army.

When Bolo heard this, his heart was suddenly overjoyed, but his face was not shocked, and he saluted: "Tsk! The minister will not fail in his mission! ”

While the two were talking, the rumbling cannons outside the tent rang out, and it was a hundred red-clothed cannons, firing in unison, bombarding Yanmen Pass.

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In Taiyuan Mansion, Gao Yihuan received a lot of information about the war every day, and although the Wei army did not attack, it was actively making preparations.

With the passage of time into 1649, the Western Wei Dynasty had basically pacified some prefectures and counties in southern and central Jin, and sent officials to take over local government affairs to help the people return to their hometowns and prepare for spring ploughing.

At this time, Taiyuan City had been besieged for more than two months, and most of the food in the city had been consumed, and the Wei army had never attacked the city, making it clear that it wanted to encircle and send reinforcements.

This made Azig unable to calm down, and he judged that Dolgon should have come to the rescue, so he began to go out of the city often to attack the Wei army's defense line, wanting to make the Wei army unable to deal with Dolgon with peace of mind, intending to contain more Wei troops in Taiyuan, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the Ming army's battle of Jinzhou.

The Wei army realized that the decisive battle with the Qing army would be inevitable, and since a few months ago, it has continuously transported grain from Huguang and Sichuan, weapons and armor made in Xiangyang and Nanyang, and firearms made in Guanzhong to Hedong, which has been piled up in several warehouses.

The various units of the Wei army also moved frequently, and made up for the shortcomings, ran in and drilled, and prepared to meet the main force of Dolgon.

In order to guard against the Qing army, the main force of the Wei army has moved from the south of Taiyuan to the north of the city.

At this time, in the wilderness of the northern suburbs of Taiyuan, the big tents are one after another, spreading neatly and endlessly.

On the school ground, I saw a foot army of nearly 1,000 people, who were practicing, they were all wrapped in iron armor, and even their faces were beasts, which was Gao Yihuan's Iron Man Army.

This elite army, which was supposed to be Zheng Chenggong's guard, was first brought out by Gao Yihuan and seized the copyright.

Since the application of hydraulic forging technology, the production capacity of the workshops under the jurisdiction of the Western Wei Dynasty Ordnance Supervision has risen to a new level, and the manufacturing speed of armor and firearms has increased several times.

Inspired by this, Gao Yihuan also deliberately boiled a pot of boiling water, showed them the power of steam, and laid out a new research direction for the masters.

Of course, the explosion of productive forces requires many conditions, a huge market, and a highly developed commodity economy.

At this time, the Iron Man Army was swinging the horizontal knife in his hand in unison, cutting off the arm-thick wooden stake in front of him.

On the other side, the gunners of the Kesheng Army were taking turns to raise their guns and shoot, and the school field was filled with thick smoke.

At this time, several elites of the Wei army had all gathered in Hedong to prepare for a big battle, but Gao Yihuan was still not satisfied with this, and always hoped that the preparations could be more sufficient.

After all, the general trend of this war relationship is a great showdown between the two countries, a battle of rise and fall, and we must be cautious.

After Gao Yihuan and the generals watched on the school field for a while, they smiled and said to everyone: "We have won this battle, and Beijing can take it whenever it wants." If you lose, you can only honestly return to Guanzhong, and don't think about getting out of the customs for a few years. ”

"King, how can we fail if we are so well prepared. We will win this battle! Bai Wenxuan said.

"Hehe~ That's right! In this battle, the Han will win, and the Wei will win! Gao Yihuan was in high spirits, so he immediately said: "Let's go, go to the warehouse with Gu to have a look!" ”

When the group left the camp, they came to the Wei army's military warehouse, a towering warehouse, one after another, each four zhang high, which could hold thousands of stones of rice and grain, as well as thousands of weapons and armor.

Gao Yihuan and the generals walked between the warehouses, and from time to time asked the guards to take out rice bags, and broke them with war knives, leaking out white rice.

Gao Yihuan grabbed a handful, saw that these rice grains were round, smelled them again, and said with a smile, "It's Changde's rice." ”

"King, the military rations and equipment are basically fully allocated by the military department, and the army definitely doesn't have to worry about food." Xinghao laughed.

The Western Wei Dynasty holds two large granaries, and also grows corn and sweet potatoes, and it can be said that the Western Wei Dynasty is the most lacking in grain.

Gao Yihuan nodded with satisfaction, and at this time, a cavalryman galloped over, "King Qiqi, Jiang Xiang's envoy came to ask for help." ”

Gao Yihuan took the letter and looked at it, and there were four words in the center, "King Wei save me", and he smiled and said to the people around him: "Jiang Xiang told King Gu that if King Gu didn't save him again, he would die to King Gu." Lao Jiang is trying to blackmail the lonely king. This kind of tone shows that he can still insist on it! ”

Li Dingguo said: "King, since Jiang Xiang said so, then we can't be careless!" ”

After the Qing army made a detour to northern Jin, Gao Yihuan transferred Li Dingguo back to his side, and somehow, with Li Dingguo by his side, King Gao felt particularly secure.

Gao Yihuan frowned, "Okay, then you will go back to the camp with Gu, and we will discuss and discuss!" ”

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