The 834 storm is coming, and the Golden State is the first to go to war

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"Kill, kill, kill!"

The camp outside Xi'an stretches for dozens of miles, and at this time, a group of soldiers are practicing in the camp, and the sound of killing is shocking.

"Haha, yes, yes!"

Li Zicheng was wearing a dragon robe, and with the support of Liu Zongmin, Song Xiance, Li Guo and other generals, he inspected the military camp outside the city, looked at the soldiers who were training, and said with a smile.

"Strategist, how are the recruits you have recruited?"

As everyone walked, Li Zicheng suddenly opened his mouth and asked Song Xiance behind him.

"Back to the emperor, 130,000 people have been recruited, and the rest of the people are still recruiting, and the young people near Xi'an are almost recruited.

The subordinates had no choice but to send people to the surrounding states and counties to recruit new soldiers, and they could bring back almost five or six thousand people every day.

At this rate, in another week, 200,000 recruits could be in place. ”

Song Xiance replied respectfully.

"Hmm."

After Li Zicheng heard this, he nodded as he walked, and continued: "You have to speed up, and you must gather 200,000 new soldiers before my Eastern Expedition. ”

"Yes, Wechen remembered."

At this time, Li Zicheng commanded 150,000 horses, in addition to the 80,000 soldiers of the most elite lineage.

Among them, the 80,000 elites of the lineage, needless to say, are the most powerful people under Li Zicheng's command, and they are mainly divided into two parts.

Part of it was Li Zicheng's 50,000 war battalion based on his old battalion.

Of the 50,000 soldiers in the war camp, 20,000 were cavalry, which was the 20,000 cavalry that Li Zicheng collected from all the captured horses.

The other part is a firearms unit formed by Li Zicheng using the firearms he purchased from Li Zixiao and the firearms he captured from the Ming army.

At this time, Li Zicheng already had 15,000 musketeers, 5,000 artillerymen, and 10,000 grenadiers, baggage soldiers.

Equipped with more than 15,000 arquebuses and flintlock guns, of which arquebuses are the mainstay, and more than 200 artillery pieces are strong.

As for the other 150,000 horses, they were reorganized after Li Zixiao eliminated the old, weak, sick and disabled among them, and their combat power was much stronger than before.

After Li Zicheng asked Song Xiance to recruit 200,000 new soldiers, the number of troops under Li Zicheng's command will reach more than 400,000, which can be said to have reached the peak of the army's power.

After Li Zicheng captured Xi'an and became emperor, he did not stop the expedition of soldiers and horses under his command, but sent troops everywhere.

In less than a month, they completely occupied the entire Shaanxi, most of the northern part of Huguang and Gansu, as well as a small amount of territory in the western part of Henan and the western part of Shanxi.

Of course, if these recruited recruits do not go through a period of training, their combat power level will also be worrying.

But Li Zicheng didn't expect that these newly recruited recruits, how useful they were, they were completely used as cannon fodder.

Don't look at so many people under Li Zicheng's command, but in fact, the real main force is still the 80,000 elites under his command, and they have to rely on them to fight a tough battle.

"You each go back, get ready, ten days later, I will drive the expedition in person, all the way east, conquer the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and dominate the world."

In the end, Li Zicheng was heroic and excited, and announced to his generals.

"Long live my emperor and rule the world."

Just when Li Zicheng was preparing for the war and preparing to conquer the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zixiao's White Dragon Army on the Kaifeng side was not idle.

With Li Zixiao's order, Xu Wei in Luoyang, Liu Chong in Jinzhou, Qi Wei in Jinling, Luo Chao, Li Yan and others in the Wa Kingdom all returned to Kaifeng in the shortest possible time.

Immediately, Li Zixiao convened the generals, secretly discussed the next plan of action, and also began his deployment.

A few days later, Li Zixiao ordered Wei Hong to secretly assemble the main force of the White Dragon Army in Kaifeng.

Except for the soldiers who had just joined the army and had not yet fully trained, all of them were secretly assembled in a valley more than ten miles south of Kaifeng, with a force of 100,000 troops.

At the same time, he also asked Xu Wei to return to Luoyang, and asked him to arrange for the remaining guards in Luoyang and Ruzhou, and then gather the remaining troops of more than 60,000 people to stand by at any time.

At the same time, perhaps stimulated by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, who occupied Changsha and became emperor, took his men and horses to Sichuan.

Don't look at Li Zicheng as the emperor in Xi'an at this time, he is high-spirited and powerful, but in fact, Zhang Xianzhong, who is in the south, is not weak at this time.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong's army reached more than 200,000 people, and had already occupied most of the southern part of Hubei, the entire territory of Hunan, and part of the territory of Guangdong and the northwest of Guanxi.

This time, he personally led the main force of the Great Western Army into Sichuan, and quickly captured Kuizhou, Liangshan and other cities in Wanxian County, killed the commander-in-chief Cao Ying, and forced the Sichuan commander-in-chief Qin Liangyu to personally lead troops to the battle.

The domestic turmoil in the Ming Dynasty rose suddenly, and people from all walks of life were gearing up, and outside the pass, after the Tartar army was assembled, it did not start at Shanhaiguan first, but killed Jinzhou first.

At the beginning of July, Dolgon led 50,000 Qing troops to suddenly set out from Haizhou and raided Yongning City, which was controlled by the White Dragon Army at this time, and Yongning City was breached.

Two days later, the city of Fuzhou in the south was also breached by Dolgon's army, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the White Dragon Army died in the two cities.

In the following days, Dolgon led his army to recapture the northern and southern flood mouths one after another, and recaptured all the territories of several Tartar cities that Liu Chong had defeated Abatai and conquered to the north.

At the same time that Dolgon marched to the west of the Liaodong Peninsula, the 60,000-strong army led by Hauge also advanced from the east, recaptured the Huangdao Bone Fort and the Guifu Fort from the White Dragon Army, and approached the Red Mouth Fort.

Fortunately, the White Dragon Army garrisoned more troops in Hongzui Fort and built a fortress, which allowed Hauge's sneak attack to fail and temporarily blocked Hauge's army.

The two armies of Dorgon and Hauge were able to advance so quickly and conquer these castles one after another.

On the one hand, it was because they were taken by surprise, and on the other hand, because the White Dragon Army's defense focus had always been south of Hongzui Fort.

Before, even if Liu Chong defeated Abatai and captured Guifu Fort, Fuzhou and other castles, there were not many men and horses left to garrison, and it was normal for them to be broken by the Qing army.

Just when the Tartar army was attacking Jinzhou, Liu Chong was still in Kaifeng and did not return, and Zhou Dazhu was in charge of the Zhenliao Army and immediately issued a defensive order.

The reason why the Tartars attacked Jinzhou on a large scale at this time was that the intention was very obvious.

That is, before they are ready to enter the customs, completely solve the cancer of Golden State, so that they can enter the customs with peace of mind.

Since Jinzhou was captured by Li Zixiao's troops, it has become a nail that threatens the safety of the Tartars at all times.

Jinzhou has also become a thorn in the side of the Tartars, a thorn in the flesh, eager to get rid of it quickly, and sent troops to attack several times, but all of them returned.

But this time, the Tartars were determined, and Dolgon and Haug personally led the troops, advancing from east to west.

It only took them a week to recapture several castles that had been defeated by Abatai and captured by Liu Chong to the north, and forced the White Dragon Army back to the south of Hongzui Fort.

Boom Boom!

Red Beak Fort in the north of Golden State, on this day, the cannon roared to the sky, and the Tartar army led by Hauge killed here before Dolgon, and Hauge ordered the siege of the city.

The Han army that followed Hauge with yellow flags and carried more than 30 large-caliber artillery pieces and bombarded the Red Mouth Fort.

During his lifetime, Huang Taiji spent a lot of money to invite many red-haired ghost gunsmiths, and in the past two years, he did cast a lot of advanced artillery for the Tartars.

At this time, the performance of the artillery in the hands of the Tartars had at least reached the average level of the West at this time.

Originally, Liu Zhong set up three lines of defense in Jinzhou, the outermost group of fortresses of the Great and Small Black Mountains, Jinzhou, and finally the Jinzhou Canal.

And with the last time, Liu Zhong led the army to defeat Abatai and expanded the territory of the White Dragon Army on the Liaodong Peninsula to the north for dozens of miles.

Immediately, Liu Chong set out to build another line of defense in Hongzui Fort.

After more than half a year of construction, Hongzui Fort, which was originally a small castle, has been transformed into a large fortress that can accommodate three thousand White Dragon Army.

Around the Red Beak Fort, there are three other fortresses surrounding it, forming a fortress that blocks the continuation of the south.

This time, the Tartars couldn't even touch the big and small black mountains, so they were the first to be blocked by the Red Beak Fortress Group of the White Dragon Army.

Haug could not ignore such a group of fortresses, and if he wanted to continue south, he would have to take the Red Beak Fort.

There is no way, the Tartars have no naval division, and the fleet of the White Dragon Army has blocked the waters around Jinzhou, so it is impossible for the Tartars to attack from the sea, they can only go by land.

This made Liu Chong and Zhou Dazhu too comfortable in the defense of Jinzhou, and they were confident that the defense line of the fortress group built in the north of Jinzhou would never be broken through by the Tartars.

A large fortress group like the one built by the White Dragon Army, let alone in this era.

Even if you push back another two hundred years, in the First and Second World Wars, it was very difficult for more advanced artillery to collapse.

This time, Hauge came confidently with more than thirty large-caliber guns, but was deflated under the Red Beak Fort.

Hauge asked his subordinates to storm the Red Beak Fort for one day, losing more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and the breeches of more than 30 artillery pieces were red, but he still failed to capture any of the fortresses.

Perhaps, the only way to take such a large fortress at this time is to besiege it.

Only by besieging the fortress and cutting off the water supply to the defenders in the fortress can they defeat them.

But now, what the Tartars lack most is time, they can't delay too long in Jinzhou, and they are ready to march west at any time, seize Shanhaiguan, and enter the pass.

How can you delay here in Golden State for too long! They can only choose to storm the attack.

Fortunately, Hauge was not stupid, and he lost more than 1,000 men and horses in the day of storming Hongzui Fort, and he could see that it was impossible to storm the strange-shaped fortress in front of him.

Knowing that the attack could not be forced, Hauge decisively ordered to stop the attack, he didn't want to lose too many troops under the Red Mouth Fort.

Two days later, Dolgon also led his army to the Red Beak Fort, and after sending troops to test it, he also decisively gave up his plan to attack.

"What to do now, the kind of fortress they built is too strong for the artillery to bombard, and it is not advisable to storm it at all."

Hauge said impatiently.

Dolgon next to him had a solemn face, and at this time, the two of them also temporarily put aside their grievances and fought together.

"Now it seems that we can only attack by water."

After a few moments, Dorgon spoke.

"By water? You're talking lightweight.

Everyone knows this method, but the sea areas on both sides of the peninsula have all been blocked by the warships of the sailors under Li Zixiao.

As soon as our ships are launched, they will be bombarded by the guns of the opposing warships, how to go. ”

Hauge retorted when he heard Dolgon's words.

"This king has received definite news that Li Zixiao has sent troops to the Wa Kingdom before, and has transferred more than ninety percent of the warships on both sides of Jinzhou.

At this time, the warships of the 'White Snake Army' roaming the sea were not as many as before, and they couldn't block the sea so wide.

We can try to go over from the sea. ”

Dorgon continued.

"Is that really the case?" When Hauge heard this, he also came to his senses.

But then, the smile on Hauge's face disappeared again, and he said, "But now, we can't find enough boats to cross the sea!" ”

"No boats, let the soldiers cut down the wood, and make a raft, enough to help us drift through at night.

Now that it is summer, even if the soldiers are soaked in the sea for one night, it will not have much effect.

The only pity is that the soldiers who crossed the sea and headed for the sea will not be able to carry firearms.

However, this is nothing to our brave Qing warriors. ”

Dorgon gradually had an idea in his heart, and said with a smile on his face.

"Haha, if we can really go south by sea and drift to the southern coast of Jinzhou to land, we can kill the White Snake Army by surprise, and maybe we can take Jinzhou in one fell swoop."

Hauge also said excitedly.

"Then let's split up."

"Okay."

Immediately, Dorgon and Haug returned to their respective headquarters, selected warlike Tartar soldiers, and prepared to carry out their plan to attack the rear of Golden State by sea at night.

"Is there any news from Fort Redmouth?"

In Jinzhou City, Zhou Dazhu asked a general of the White Dragon Army.

"General Hui, since the Tartar army surrounded the Red Beak Fort three days ago, our contact with the defenders in the Red Beak Fort has been cut off.

However, inside the Red Beak Fort, green flares are raised during the day and bonfires are lit at night.

This is the contact information we have discussed in advance, which means that Hongzui Fort is still in the hands of our defenders and is absolutely safe. ”

The general of the White Dragon Army reported to Zhou Dazhu.

"Hmm. I have personally seen the fortress built by the Red Beak Fort, and it is not easy for the Tartars to storm it.

Now, what I'm worried about is that the Tartars are attacking us this time, and it will be menacing, and if they besiege the Red Beak Fort for a long time, it will be troublesome.

As long as the Tartars cut off the water source of the Red Beak Fort for half a month, Deng Feng and the others will be lost due to lack of water.

When the time comes, Deng Feng and the others can only forcibly break through.

And there are less than 5,000 of them, even if they are all equipped with flintlock pistols, and they want to break out of the encirclement of the 100,000 Tartar army, the hope is extremely slim! ”

Zhou Dazhu said worriedly.

"Yes, that's what the lowly is worried about."

"You go down, order five thousand men, and be ready to set off from the Great Black Mountain at any time.

Once the Tartars really besiege the Red Beak Fort, if Deng Feng and the others break through from the Red Beak Fort, you will do your best to meet them. ”

Zhou Dazhu commanded.

"Yes, General, my subordinates will go and prepare."

(End of chapter)