Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 114 Blocking War

He is an official, and he is very different from those bitter hahas who plan food in the fields.

Han Guang felt that those mud-legged people were not as precious as his own life.

"No, I'm going to ask you to go, so you have to go." Tong Mengchun's attitude is very firm, a Han, Nanmanzi, who has the qualifications to bargain with his noble Eight Banners generals.

"However, it's okay if you really don't want to go." Suddenly Tong Mengchun changed the subject and looked at Han Guang with a smile on his face, but that smile seemed very permeating to him.

"That's really great, Master Tong, I will remember your kindness in the future." Han Guang thought that Tong Mengchun really wouldn't let him go, and danced happily.

Manchus have surnames but not surnames. For example, Tong Mengchun is Tong Jia’s family name, Tong Mengchun. Some Manchus with a high degree of Sinicization will fix the first character when naming their names. For example, Tong of Tong Mengchun, Tong Yangjia of his grandparents, Tong Yangxing.

The first character in these people's names is similar to the surnames of Han people, so Han Guang calls Tong Mengchun Master Tong instead of Master Tong Jia.

"If you don't want to go, stay here. You see, that place is a treasure land of geomantic omen. I'll ask the soldiers to dig a hole for you." Tong Mengchun said with an evil smile like an ogre, which scared Han Guang almost to the ground. fall.

Han Guang didn't expect Tong Mengchun to bury him alive. He was an official anyway, so what right did he have to do this to him.

However, Han Guang felt that Tong Mengchun didn't seem to be joking with him. He was a high-ranking Mandarin, and killing him was like killing a chicken.

"I'll go, I'll go now." Han Guang had no choice but to bite the bullet and was buried alive. Although Han Guang didn't know what it was like, he always felt that it would be better if he just had a knife in his neck.

Han Guang led his own battalion of beggar-like troops. Han Guang walked at the front of the team, just like the military dogs led by the locust army during World War II. .

In this way, the 7000 Banner Army, the [-] Green Battalion, and the [-] Xiangyong, these [-] people marched in the direction of Lankao in the southeast of Fengqiu under the guidance of Han Guang.

The 2 or [-] people were on the endless plain, and their tracks could not be covered at all, and it was impossible to live in a covered way. Just the smoke and dust they rolled up when they marched could be seen from several miles away.

After Tuanlian, a landlord in Yuanwu County, discovered them, he did not dare to act rashly. Instead, he sent people to Fengqiu to report to Governor Yue Qijie.

Yue Qijie was not surprised to hear that Qing troops were advancing in their direction.

He had been mentally prepared for this when Han Guang escaped a few days ago, but he didn't expect that their time was so stuck.

Yue Qijie estimated that in six hours at most, that is, twelve hours, Zhu Cihong's imperial boat would reach the river in the southeast of Fengqiu County.

If he did not block these Qing troops from the north bank of the Yellow River, they would definitely pose a threat to Zhu Cixiang's safety.

"Ji Guangxiu, send someone to tell the regiments in Yuanwu, Yangwu, and Yanjin counties to rush to the bank of the Yellow River immediately and stop the Qing army's attack at all costs."

"In addition, all the regiments in Fengqiu County will be summoned, and I will personally direct them."

In fact, Yue Qijie had far more manpower and material resources than Tong Mengchun's Qing army. Not to mention the tens of thousands of landlord regiments in each county training arms, there were thousands of bandits recruited and surrendered by him alone.

There are many deserters like Rogge among them. Their combat effectiveness is quite impressive, after all, they are from the frontier army of the imperial court.

Soon Yue Qijie assembled the armed forces under his direct command outside the city, Ji Guangxiu's five hundred volunteers, Rogge's fifty or so men, Fengqiu County's Landlord Regiment with 1 people, the Yellow River There are a total of 3000 people in the six larger villages on the north shore.

Compared with Tong Mengchun's people, the number is relatively small, but Yue Qijie only wants to stop them, not to win. Besides, there are three counties ahead, and more than 3 regiments and armed forces are blocking them.

But Yue Qijie didn't know that there were only more than 2 regiments training to stop the Qing army, because the Qing army had left the territory of Yuanwu County and came to Yangwu County when the news was passed just now.

The leader of the regiment training in Yangwu County is Li Chun, the leader of the Ligang regiment, because he is one of the largest landlords in Yangwu County and is enthusiastic about organizing regiment training.

Although there is no armor, they are equipped with decent weapons, not only spears and swords, but also shields and javelins.

The most special thing is Li Chun's personal soldiers. All 300 people are equipped with Liannu, which will cost a lot.

"Brothers, the governor wants us to block the Qing soldiers here. Behind us is the emperor's boat. For the sake of the court and the safety of the emperor, even if we die, we cannot let the Qing soldiers pass Yangwu."

According to Yue Qijie's instructions, Li Chun formed a formation on the north bank of the Yellow River, preparing to stop the Qing army. He is now mobilizing before the battle.

But after he said this, the soldiers in the regiment practiced mediocrely. The emperor was too far away for them. Many people had no impression of the emperor at all. Some even thought that the emperor was just a landlord's landlord.

"If you die in battle, you will be given ten taels of silver and five acres of land. If you kill a Qing soldier, you will be given five taels of silver and one acre of land." Seeing that it was useless, Li Chun had to offer rewards to encourage these people.

Sure enough, when they heard that there was a reward, the soldiers of the regiment cheered and jumped for joy, dispelling the fear of war, and looking forward to the early arrival of the Qing soldiers so that they could make a fortune.

In the narrow and densely populated Central Plains, land is the most precious wealth. Land has a price but no market here. You can definitely exchange land for gold and silver, but you may not be able to exchange gold and silver for land.

Although land annexation in North China is not particularly serious and most of them are homesteaders, no one does not want to live a better life. Besides, having more land is also a great guarantee for surviving the famine years.

Perhaps their eagerness to fight played a role, and Qing soldiers soon appeared in front of them.

Both sides set up their positions on the plains, and naturally there was no cover. When they discovered the Qing army, the Qing army also discovered them.

However, Tong Mengchun did not let the army be released from the marching state, but only sent a green battalion commander to lead his 3000 troops and Han Guang's 500 troops to deal with them.

The Green Battalion soldiers are mainly infantry from the original Ming Dynasty surrendered army and the Dashun surrendered army. They wore double-breasted cloth face armor in different colors, held long spears and broadswords, and walked slowly towards Tuanlian.

Seeing the strict formation of the green battalion soldiers, the regiment soldiers under Li Chun's command were a little scared. They doubted whether they could really fight against such a regular army.

(End of this chapter)