Dominate the Country

During the entire battle, the rocket unit behind the Fu Han Army did not fire a single rocket. When the two sides collided and the outcome was decided, the Fu Han Army did not pursue, but immediately retreated. The Qing Army quickly ordered the cavalry to launch a counterattack, and the artillery began to aim the muzzle at the Fu Han Army array.

Yongning fell into grief and lamentation after howling "too slow, too slow", but Hailancha was an old soldier. What he pursued on the battlefield was victory and results, not "fairness and justice". Moral gentleman, gentleman's war, etc., are of no use at all.

The Fu Han Army did not use rockets, but only used musketeers. Should the Qing Army do the same and put aside their advantages? Hailancha was not such a person. Before the Eight Banners New Army's team completely collapsed, he had already sent his personal soldiers to pass on orders to the artillery and cavalry on the battlefield.

As for Yongning next to him, Hailancha treated him as a decoration.

The number of the Eight Banners New Army of the Qing Dynasty was small. After the Battle of Northern Jiangsu, Feng Sheng'e and Hailancha were either transferred out or convicted. In order to consolidate the imperial power, Qianlong used the royal family to lead the army. From the first one to the four later, all of them were from the Aisin Gioro royal family. These people had at most served as Taiping generals before, or played a cover and gilded themselves on the front line. None of them were real materials! But they usually control the military power!

As for the battle, once the Eight Banners New Army Division-level organization was deployed, it must be led by a general-level figure. The new army general was directly the counselor of the army, hanging high. The real fighters were the commanders of the [brigades], regiments, and battalion officers.

"Report..." At this time, the messenger brought the news that the offensive in the north was blocked. In fact, the battalion in the north was blown up by the garrison troops. First came the shrapnel shells, then the rockets, and when they were close, there were also mortars and buckshot. A battalion of the Eight Banners New Army fell directly to the street.

On the western battlefield, facing the Qing cavalry riding on horses, the Fu Han Army opened fire with rockets that had been held back before. The landing point covered a position of 300 meters in front of the Fu Han Army's line of soldiers. Regardless of whether there were Qing cavalry rushing over, rockets fell to the ground one by one. Of course, rockets with a landing error of 100 to 200 meters away from the landing point of the Fu Han Army could not have a "barrage" effect. How could the closest rocket be 100 meters away from the landing point of the Fu Han Army? It can be said that the estimation of the maximum range of the landing error of 100 to 200 meters is unreliable. The heat waves raised by the continuous explosions burned the faces of the Fu Han Army soldiers like flames, and the sand and soil that were blown away by the wind and the shock wave made the Fu Han Army soldiers with their eyes closed "Puh..." non-stop.

I don't know how many soldiers closed their eyes and tilted their heads, and their mouths were covered with sand.

The momentum of the Qing army cavalry's charge came to an abrupt end with the landing and explosion of two waves of twelve rockets.

The remaining Qing army's artillery kept firing, but they just kept firing.

The Fu Han army troops who retreated safely from the battlefield were breathing heavily. Many people's faces were washed out by sweat. When they rubbed their hands, the black dust and sweat were mixed together, and everyone looked like a big cat. Especially the soldiers of the rocket unit!

"Your Highness. You can put your heart in your stomach. I will definitely be able to defend Yangliuqing Town."

Gao Jinghui patted his chest. The battle on the northern battlefield gave him great confidence, which was not as hard as the confrontation in the west. The battles fought on the northern battlefield were his favorite.

Shrinking and not coming out, this is how to fight a war. If you have few soldiers, you have to be a turtle. The 14th Brigade in the west played a frontal field battle with the Qing army. Although it killed a lot of new army flag soldiers, it also lost fifty or sixty people. Among them, less than half died on the spot! I feel so sorry for Gao Jinghui!

"It's not that simple." Chen Ming shook his head. It's only daytime now. At night, the Qing army pushed the artillery group closer and bombarded Yangliuqing Town with incendiary bombs. The effect would definitely be greater than the previous scene.

But Chen Ming was able to leave twelve cannons in Yangliuqing Town, which was already very powerful. If there were more, the large army would not have to fight Sanchakou.

Gao Jinghui certainly knew that the night was the biggest test for them, but he also understood the situation of the troops. They had already fought to the edge of Tianjin. It would be a pity not to fight Tianjin once. So no matter how great the pressure was, he had to hold on!

They didn't have time to dig the trenches, but the breastwork was very strong. Yangliuqing is a famous prosperous place in Tianjin. Even if it has declined now and the buildings are empty, the buildings will not grow a pair of legs with the departure of the owner.

Gao Jinghui and his troops demolished a lot of places, and the three consecutive breastworks were built with bricks and stones. And it gets higher and higher.

The semi-enclosed anti-artillery bunkers and artillery platforms are built with waist-thick wooden pillars and stone slabs at the bottom of the building. With the current firepower of the Qing army, as long as they are not hit by a 20-jin shell, the firepower of those 12-pound cannons and 10-jin shells is not a big threat.

"Your Highness, you think too highly of the Tartars. In this frontal field battle, I only have one regiment, and I am indeed no match for the Tartars now, but in defensive operations, I am not afraid of them." Gao Jinghui shouted that "defensive warfare" was the specialty of the Fu Han Army and would never fail, and then sent Chen Ming back to Caozhuang respectfully like a hot potato.

That night, the Qing army launched five waves of attacks on Yangliuqing. Dozens of cannons were dispersed in multiple artillery positions, and the fires ignited by arson bombs lit up the sky. The artillery of the Fuhan Army ignored the artillery group on the opposite side from the beginning, and used explosive shells and shotgun shells to greet the Qing soldiers who were rushing over. Moreover, Gao Jinghui also discovered that the troops attacking at night by the Qing army were not all the Eight Banners New Army as he thought. In fact, the Eight Banners New Army only accounted for a very small part of them. After capturing the prisoners and interrogating them, it turned out that they had only arrived in the evening. A arrived Zhili Green Camp.

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Dawn gradually broke, and the light blue sky was inlaid with a few remaining stars. The earth was hazy, like a silver-gray veil. The sky to the east has been slightly exposed, with a trace of red that seems to be soaked in blood.

The milky white mist filled the entire field, covering the fertile fields and the willows. A mess of willow green!

The cold wind can blow away the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke, but it cannot take away the desolation of Yangliuqing after the war.

Gao Jinghui was walking on a street. There were originally two, three-story or even higher buildings on both sides. Now most of them are dilapidated or turned into a pile of ruins. The scene after the fire was clearly visible, the smell of burning, and the white smoke rising from the black ruins.

If the person standing here was still a local who had lived in Yangliuqing for decades, his breathing might stop at this moment. Rows of tall buildings collapsed and destroyed one after another, and piles of huge rubble formed contiguous ruins. There was no trace of the original brilliance and splendor, leaving only infinite sorrow growing crazily in my heart. Yangliuqing was finished! The five words in capital letters will be imprinted on everyone’s heart.

The silence after the war was empty. Gao Jinghui has a deep understanding. The Qing army attacked five times in one night, and Yang Liuqing's gunfire stopped just before dawn. The pent-up spirit suddenly relaxed. Gao Jinghui's mind went blank. How could he not feel empty in his heart?

It's like after completing a difficult task arduously, you feel happy, but the first thing that comes to your heart must be emptiness. Because the most direct goal in life is gone!

"Report to Caozhuang, Yangliuqing is impregnable!"

No matter how heavy the cost of two hundred casualties in one night was, just looking at the bodies of the Qing soldiers thrown to death outside the ruins, through the thin morning mist, Gao Jinghui could clearly see the flags of the masses sandwiched among the corpses of the Green Camp soldiers. Soldier figure.

The Qing Dynasty's five attacks probably killed 3,000 people. Even if the Eight Banners New Army accounts for only one-quarter or one-fifth of them, the losses will be equivalent to a battalion.

What's more important is the morale of the Qing army. If Chen Ming was still in Yangliuqing, he would definitely have noticed that the morale of the New Eight Banners Army, which was still a touch of light red yesterday, has now completely turned to a thick white.

It was also this night that urgent reports were sent from Jinghai, Qingxian and other places. The Qing army's cavalry going south cut off all connections with various counties and important places. The current Fuhan Army, let alone transporting military supplies, has difficulty even if they want to maintain contact with each other on the ground.

Chen Ming was not surprised at all, it was normal. That's why he brought so much arms and rockets on his way north this time.

The function of a series of "beads" from Shandong to Tianjin has long been transformed from the military depot originally envisioned into a retreat point for troops. During the Battle of Cangzhou organized by Ying Lian and Shu Hede, Chen Ming saw this clearly, and his previous delusions completely disappeared. If you don't have enough troops and still want to play tricks, how can it be such a good thing!

Chen Ming put all this aside, "Since Yangliuqing withstood the Qing army's attack, let's attack the mouth of the Sancha River." The mouth of the Sancha River is to the north of Tianjin City.

It is not that you have to hit the mouth of the Sancha River to attack Tianjin City. Now that Chen Ming is in Caozhuang, he can directly attack the west side of Tianjin City along the south bank of the South Canal. But at that time he could only attack the west side.

Tianjin is an abacus city. The city is long from east to west and short from north to south. It is shaped like an abacus, so the locals call it that. The bearing surface on its west side is very narrow. .And to the north is the mouth of the Sancha River, and to the south is the "original ecology". The rivers and depressions are intertwined, and the army cannot launch an offensive at all.

Therefore, we must first hit the Sancha River mouth, which will at least be expanded by Tianjin's northern line.

After many days, more than 10,000 troops finally marched towards Tianjin after winning a great victory against the Qing army in the direction of Tianjin. "Contact the Navy and ask them to attack Dagukou and Beitang for me."

Chen Ming stayed outside Tianjin for several days. The naval forces at sea did not stand still. They actually landed the Marines and Army in Laoting County, Yongping Prefecture, and the troops moved from north to south. , has entered the Dabo area of ​​Zunhua Prefecture.

This team, with an exact number of only 4,700 people, faced the siege of three Qing armies. Lutai Town in front of them is located at the junction of Tianjin and Zunhua. It is not only stationed by a green battalion, but also a new Eight Banner Army. The Qing army and civilians in Zunhua were forming a group to press towards Dabo, and behind them were the Qing infantry and cavalry coming from Shanghai Customs, Linyu, and Ninghai. But there are not enough people. Because all the main forces in Tianjin area have gathered on the Tianjin battlefield.

These three Qing armies were no match for the Fuhan army in single-on-one combat, and they were unlikely to be their opponents together. The morale of the Zhili Qing army and Minyong was extremely low, and their combat effectiveness was low. The team in front of them, even though it is composed of two marine battalions, a regiment of the 1st garrison division remaining in Shandong, and a regiment of the Shandong garrison, is very complex in composition, but its combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated. Just one regiment of the 1st garrison division was very fierce, and it also carried some rockets.

The situation this army is facing now is not difficult, but it is not easy to break through. They must capture Lutai Town, pass through Hangu, that is, Changlu Hangu Salt Field, and then reach Beitang. Before they retreat to the sea or truly join Chen Ming, their military supplies will also be used up a little.

"Take Sanchahekou at the fastest speed and at all costs. Then we will go straight to Tianjin."

"The defense of Dagukou is very strong. Dagukou is used as a support in the north, and it is not a good thing. But they are completely different from Tianjin."

The Qing Dynasty has focused on Dagukou in recent years. Beitang, and even Junliangcheng, on the contrary, the city defense of Tianjin itself is still the same. Especially the west side and north city of Tianjin, not only are there old city walls, but there is not even a decent artillery fort.

If the Fu Han Army makes a fierce attack and rushes, first hits the Tianjin Qing Army at Sanchahekou, and then rushes to Tianjin City, will the Tianjin Qing Army be scared to death? Can they retreat to Junliangcheng? The Qing warships hiding in the Haihe River can also maneuver on the waterway. And most importantly, Hailancha really can't bite Yangliuqing, so there is no need for him to fight Yangliuqing to death. It is entirely possible to cross the Grand Canal and still threaten Chen Ming from behind.

Chen Ming's biggest hope now is to overthrow Tianjin, which can severely dampen the little morale left in the Qing Dynasty, and then fight with the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners New Army. After completing these two goals, if Dagukou cannot be captured, he will lead his troops to retreat to Cangzhou, and he will be happy.

His appetite is big, but it has not broken through the sky, judging from the little troops he has!

Now the real threat to the Qing Dynasty is not Chen Ming here, but the large number of troops gathered in Nanjing, where more than 100,000 local garrison troops are about to be assembled. From southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, northern Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi, Jiangxi and other places, teams are either by water or by sea, and they are all gathering in Nanjing at the fastest speed. Of course, the troops in northern Fujian, Jiangxi and Guangdong still have enough troops to stay behind, otherwise it would be very unpleasant if they were stabbed in the ass by the guys in central and southern Fujian when everyone was happy.

In addition to this army in Nanjing, there are troops in the Central Plains, that is, the Anhui side led by the Second Division. The morale of the Qing army in Anhui is extremely low now. Since the news of Qianlong's death was revealed, and Qianlong did not show up next, how long has it been, and the Second Division has already killed to the city of Luzhou. The Third Division also pressed in from the east, and there were also the Nianzi in Yingzhou, and the troops pressed in from Fengyang.

Now Guilin can't do anything on the Yellow River embankment in Anhui on a large scale. The actual control area of ​​the Qing army in Anhui has overwhelmed Fengyang, Lujiang and Shouzhou. These three cities are a triangle with sharp corners. Destruction is just around the corner!

Prepare to completely eliminate the Second Division of the Qing army in Anhui before the New Year, and there will be some time to make repairs after the New Year, and then join forces with the Henan team to push back northward in a big way. Taking advantage of the Qing army's retreat! How big the possibility is, how big the appetite is!

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Sanchahekou.

As the attacking troops deployed, the line of soldiers of the Fu Han army became thinner and thinner. A battalion actually only had two rows! God, on the Chinese battlefield, it was really unheard of for the Qing army to do this.

There were only three battalions of attacking troops, two or three hundred people on the horizontal surface, and the line of soldiers was directly stretched out for a mile. This undoubtedly slowed down the marching speed of the line of soldiers. With the current training level of the Fu Han army, the whole army had to stop and reorganize after walking a short distance.

The Qing army guarding the Sanchahekou bombarded fiercely with artillery. The Fu Han army suffered continuous losses, but no one fled, no one retreated, and even the formation did not waver.

They sang war songs, marched in step, passed through the Qing army's artillery blockade, and directly overwhelmed the front of the Qing army. Following behind them was the rocket unit, which moved in a large square with thin edges, only three columns. The banners released were two-thirds of the Fu Han Army in front.

The escort of this rocket unit alone was two battalions.

The Qing army's artillery bombarded the Fu Han Army at a crazy speed. Because everyone knew what kind of blow the Qing army would suffer when the Fu Han Army's box approached Sanli from the Sancha River Mouth. So Fu Seng'e happily sent out the cavalry in his hands.