Chapter 136 The First Defeat of the Banned Eight Banners

"There are about 600,000 to 700,000 green troops in the country. Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangzhou are important tax areas for the Qing Dynasty, are also prone to maritime bandits, and are also important for coastal defense. They have the largest number of amphibious troops, with as many as 100,000."

"The Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camps are second, located in the northwest. There are more rebellions, and there are almost 80,000. Excluding those led by Wang Yizheng and those who have to stay at the key points of the frontier, we can mobilize about 30,000 at most."

"The Qing army in Huguang was the weakest, with less than 60,000 troops. After the tragic defeat in Yiling, more than 20,000 troops were mobilized to besiege Xingshan. The total number of defenders from all over the country was only about 10,000. That's two

Save it!"

Huang Li calculated on paper, his thoughts became clearer, his judgment of the situation became more accurate, and he decided on his battle plan to attack Huguang.

"The only thing to worry about is that the Eight Banners of Xi'an and the Green Camp of Gansu and Shaanxi are coming to cause trouble. If there are 40,000 to 50,000 troops, they cannot be underestimated. But it is not easy to raise enough food and grass and ensure the safety of the Jialing River waterway."

"If all our troops are dispatched, there will be thirty-five to six thousand. With the help of the navy, we can compete with the Eight Banners of Xi'an and the Green Camp of Gansu and Shaanxi. But if the timing is wrong, the attack on Huguang will be in vain."

"The Qing government will not fail to consider the issues of response and containment. There is a high probability that both sides will use troops at the same time, making it difficult for our troops to support each other."

Huang Li lowered his eyes, tapped his fingers on the table, and fell into deep thought.

Never take things for granted, never think too foolishly about the enemy, never think too little, and never immerse yourself in paper battle plans.

That is the principle set by the Ming army for itself, and it is also forced by the actual situation. Every battle is a matter of life and death, and every battle must be cautious and cautious, and allow for mistakes.

They are all remote places. With Huang Li's propaganda, the people heard that they would be given enough farmland and could be properly resettled. They were also worried that war would come again, so few moved to eastern Sichuan and settled around Chongqing.

Ganshaan Green.

Hao Yaoqi and Mao Lushan each led 10,000 troops and took advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack. The soldiers of the Four Banners rushed to fight, quickly collapsed, and fled on horseback.

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Only then did Li Laiheng realize that Huang Li had hidden his strength. He regretted it and ordered a temporary withdrawal of troops. That night, he went to the Dongtou Mountain camp to rest and recuperate.

Checking the strength of the troops, the Four Banners of the Forbidden Brigade have lost less than 2,000 men. They must have no horses and run slowly, so it is highly unlikely that they will be wiped out.

Stretching for dozens of miles from Dongtou Mountain, discarded swords, guns and armor can be seen everywhere along the road, as well as the bodies of dead people and horses.

"Bad horse, really a bad horse!" Mao Lushan took a captured war horse and stroked the horse's mane, concealing his happiness.

Hao Yaoqi smiled heartily, took off the telescope borrowed from the palace from behind his chest, carefully put it back into the box, carried it on his back, and then let out a long breath.

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"It's not yet the seventy-seventh day of the 17th month. It's less than a month before the Four Banners of Xi'an retreat to Guangyuan."

"Time, why is it always so tight? That damn sense of oppression. The worst thing is that we can celebrate the New Year and let the soldiers eat dumplings before going into battle."

Wei Caijun came over, interrupted Hao Yaoqi's thoughts with a smile, "The battle has been successful, and the Tatars have ten days and a half, if they dare to come back again, we can have a quiet year!"<

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The common people were not afraid of the cruelty and cruelty of the Qing army. On the contrary, Huang Li, in order to survive in the long term, could still maintain poor military discipline.

A little month

In the middle of the night, Wei Cai sneaked within two meters of the camp and, under the command of Ying Zeng and other officers, fired hundreds of small rockets at the enemy camp.

The Ming army cursed secretly, and moved their eyes to the map on the desk, looking down along the Jialing River. Shunqing, Baoning, Guangyuan, Lueyang, Huizhou...

On the 74th of the 17th month, Li Laiheng and Tu Hai followed the Four Banners of the Forbidden Brigade. They believed that their soldiers were elite and brave. They crossed the Luobo River before successively attacking Wei Cai's defenses at Huanglong Mountain, Dongtou Mountain, and Shiziya.

, stormed Waipingshan, the green gateway of Gansu and Shaanxi.

Hao Yaoqi nodded and said: "As expected by the Lord, the Four Banners Soldiers have also been like this. If the Qing army adopts a long-term siege strategy, our mission of gaining time will be completed."

The Ming army shook his head with a wry smile, wrote the bad letter at the slowest speed, and immediately sent someone to send it to Chongqing.

Eighty-seven months was not easy for Huang Li, who had plenty of food and grass and no steep mountains and green mountains to rely on. In fact, if the Qing army retreated, we could hold on for half a year.

You know, the Qing government not only used the Green Camp of the world military system as cannon fodder, but also disliked us very much.

Now that the troops and horses are in place, the counterattack is about to end. The Four Flags Soldiers will pay a heavy price for our arrogance and arrogance.

The Ming army had made up its mind and immediately took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to the small governor's office, saying that they would send troops northward before the year before and launch a counterattack before the Qing army was ready to retreat.

Hao Yaoqi had no objections and agreed reluctantly.

Wei Cai hoped to eliminate the threat from the north through at least one month of fighting. Then he would return to the army to rest and then attack Huguang.

Speaking of which, Wei Caijun only fought a few battles in the seventh year of Shunzhi when he was campaigning against Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi Province, such as defeating the enemy at Tongzidu and Kerao Prefecture, leading Batu to attack 20,000 cavalry and pursuing troops, and besieging Nanchang.

After the year, Wei Cai also sent a letter to the Government Affairs Office of the Prime Minister, and the proposal in it was approved.

Hao Yaoqi was looking at the map, smiled when he heard the words, raised his head and said: "It seems that there will be a battle after the new year. The Qing army may think that they can win in one battle, and they will celebrate the new year!"

"Send someone to report the news. I'm sorry to worry you." Mao Lushan patted the war horse, turned over, and said with a smile: "A certain family is going to gallop in an uncomfortable way. It's been a long time since I rode a horse at a gallop."

According to the principle of "poor support", the Qing government paid very high wages to the Green Camp soldiers. Horse soldiers were paid seven taels per month, fighting soldiers were paid one tael and seven taels per month, garrison soldiers were paid one tael per month, and rice was paid eight dou per month.

Li Laiheng and Tu Hai were about to cry, but then they realized that they had made a mistake and made a mistake of retreating alone.

Li Laiheng and Tu Hai were also panic-stricken and embarrassed. They were intercepted and killed by Huang Li all the way. They abandoned their helmets and armor and fled seventy or eighty miles away before they could barely stand still.

Tens of thousands of Qing troops gradually approached, and the pre-war atmosphere enveloped them, diluting the joy after the festival.

Before the plan to lure the enemy deeper was completed, Hao Yaoqi and Wei Cai, the commander of Maolu Mountain, held on to the danger. Trebuchets, thunderbolts, bird cannons, wooden cannons and other weapons were gradually added, and the frontline firepower was fully opened to give the arrogant Four Banners soldiers.

To hit head-on.

With a shout, Maolu Mountain rode away, and the rising sun shone a hazy edge under the men and horses.

With such qualifications, it is difficult to say that I am a seasoned and experienced veteran. I was able to reach a low-level official position mainly because of the influence of my brother Obai.

It was not until the Rebellion of the Eight Feudatories, when Tuhai was pacifying Chahar and recruiting Wang Fuchen to surrender, that he no longer had the capital for such famous generals.

"According to the speed of mobilizing men and horses, raising food and fodder, and building ships, in two months, even if we are not fully prepared, we will still be short of it. Damn it, we are stuck at the time when we are about to attack Huguang."

Wei Caijun chuckled, raised his eyes and looked around. What he heard was the cheers of the soldiers, and what he saw was a few figures running and chasing horses.

Hao Yaoqi and Wei Caijun commanded their troops, fought and advanced, and gradually gave up their surrounding positions and lured the four forbidden flags to the core position of Gansu, Shaanxi and Green.

It was less than a month before the occupation of Chongqing. The arsenal was working overtime and the weapons produced were barely enough to fight a medium-sized battle.

After cleaning up the defeated troops, the Four Banners of the Forbidden Brigade were determined to fight again, so they could only go to Yuan'an and wait for the troops from Mulima Camp and Huguang Green Camp to arrive.

The fire is blazing and the flames are soaring into the sky. The soldiers of the Four Banners will wake up from their sleep, running and jumping in the unstoppable fire, screaming, exclaiming, the sound of people shouting and horses neighing is inaudible, and the chaos is embarrassing.
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Lueyang and Huizhou are the shipbuilding centers in the lower reaches of the Jialing River, and Huizhou is an important place for grain storage and transportation. Being able to destroy those two important places will prevent the Qing army from moving south and buy precious time.

Mao Lushan said: "It's also like sitting in command, he directs, and you watch."

The four banners of the Forbidden Brigade were all cavalry, and they retreated very slowly. They arrived at Xingshan first. Thinking that they were well-equipped and their soldiers were brave, Wei Caijun waited for the Green Camp soldiers to arrive, and then launched a retreat first.

"I thought the Qing army was moving very slowly. It's going to make us have a bad year!" Yiguo Gong Mao Lushan read the latest reconnaissance information. He didn't have much progress, but he wasn't bored at all.

"That was such a painful experience! "Wu Mu's Suicide Note" is really powerful, and the guidance from the palace is also very important. If we follow this strategy of constantly resisting defense in the future, it is definitely possible that we will not achieve such a small result."<

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"The next time we go north to the Jialing River, we have enough troops. Two battalions of men and horses can't go head-to-head with the Xi'an Four Banners soldiers. That time we go out in full force, but it's just so complicated to just loot."

Huang Li's soldiers, who were in high spirits, picked up the trophies, talked, laughed, and boasted, rejoicing at the hearty little victory.

It was a peaceful battle for half a day. The soldiers of the Four Banners were killed, and those who died on the cliff were killed. There were thousands of casualties. He Busuo, the deputy governor of the red flag, Ada Hahafan Sangtu, the first class, and Surma, the eighth son of Li Laiheng.

They were all shot to death.

It is mainly for prisoners. After eight expeditions as auxiliary troops and one kill as a rear guard, you can obtain civilian status and enjoy the same preferential policies such as land allocation.

"Dream!" Mao Lushan laughed and scolded: "If you dare to retreat, we will be killed and we will celebrate the New Year crying!"

Let’s talk about Tu Hai. He was born in a writing style and was promoted all the way. He turned out to be a rookie who had never been in combat. He may have read a few military books, but he slightly lacked actual combat experience.

The work of relocating and resettling the people has basically begun. The number of people who have moved to Xingshan, Badong, Jianshi, Wushan, Xiaochang, Xiaoning, Yunyang and other places is less than 100,000. Including military dependents, more than 70

Wan.

Hao Yaoqi nodded with a smile and said: "Uncle Hao will take charge first, how about you command the first battle?"
Chapter completed!