[Chapter 660] Something went wrong in Liaodong!
【Today's first update is delivered!】
After Zhu Yilan left with his daughters, Xu Xingxia re-entered the research on Lei Mercury.
There is still no progress in the research on thunder mercury, and it seems that it has fallen into a dead bottleneck. However, the good news ahead is constantly being sent. In the face of the brutal White-clothed Army, the Northern Ming army has almost no ability to resist. The White-clothed Army has successfully controlled the entire Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, and all armies from all sides are compressing towards Zhili step by step toward the north. If there is no accident, the White-clothed Army will complete the encirclement of the capital in the near future.
At present, the military teams in the Northern Ming Dynasty are mainly concentrated in Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, Ji Town and other places, and the defense force in the south is very weak. The combat effectiveness of the three major battalions of the capital was not that Xu Xingxia despised them, but they really could not let Xu Xingxia pay enough attention. As long as the white-clothed army dispatched the Leopard Cavalry, they could kill them all. What's more, there were other troops to cooperate with the actions of the Leopard Cavalry. After the three major battalions of the capital were solved, the capital was almost unprepared.
However, at this moment, a slightly unexpected news came: the Jianzhou Jurchens conquered Chenyang! The Ming army commanded by Yang Hao was almost wiped out!
"This Yang Hao has replayed history!" Xu Xingxia frowned quietly.
According to the information sent by Xuanying Guard from Liaodong, the Ming army commanded by Liaodong Governor Yang Hao was suddenly attacked by Jianlu, and the 100,000 elite troops were almost destroyed. After Jianlu occupied Fushun and Tieling, he captured Chenyang with the momentum. Since the living forces of the Liaodong Ming army suffered a great blow, the Liaoyang City where the Liaodong Dusi was located would not last long. Once the Jianlu army arrived, Liaoyang would definitely be destroyed.
If Liaoyang falls, the Jianlu army will definitely march westward and attack Guangning Prefecture. With the current chaos in the Northern Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to send military teams to Liaodong. In other words, the entire Liaodong will eventually fall into the hands of Jianlu. Even at this time, Xu Xingxia sent the white-clothed army to advance eastward quickly, but it would not be able to stop the fall of Liaodong.
When Jianlu took action to sweep Liaodong, there must be cooperation from the Korqin tribe. The Korqin tribe has always had a good relationship with the Great Jin Kingdom and the two sides continued to marry. The location of the Korqin tribe is just north of Ji Town and northwest of Guangning Prefecture, which has a great deterrence to this area. Therefore, the Jianlu army advanced westward and would inevitably receive assistance from the Méng ancients. Perhaps, there are the Méng ancients in the current Jianlu army.
"Where is the Mastiff Cavalry currently?" Xu Xingxia suddenly asked.
"Reported to the fact that the adults and the Mastiff Cavalry is currently resting in Bayannur Grassland. The one on the front line is the Cavalry, which is located in the area of Halahetao." Staff Officer Liu Hanwu hurriedly answered.
Xu Xingxia looked at the map and nodded thoughtfully. At the beginning of the year, the Mastiff Cavalry successfully returned to Ningxia Town from the desert, but was chased by the Tatar Cavalry. The arrogant Tatar Cavalry tried to eat the Mastiff Cavalry in one breath. Their fate was naturally conceivable. At that time, tens of thousands of white-clothed cavalry gathered in Ningxia Town. The Tatar Cavalry rushed to the team of the White-clothed cavalry and almost wiped out the entire army.
Fortunately, the Tatar cavalry responded very quickly and immediately evacuated when they found that something was wrong. After they returned to the desert, the white-clothed army did not continue to chase. Then, the Mastiff Cavalry and the Xiao Cavalry conducted a positional shift. The Xiao Cavalry set out eastward and headed to the Halahetao to intimidate the Halashen tribe of the ancients.
The Leopard Cavalry Army was stationed in Bayannur grassland, preparing for war, and raising energy to prepare for the next Northern Expedition of the Tatars.
Xu Xingxia mentioned the Mastiff Cavalry, just to let the Mastiff Cavalry run another long-distance raid to support Liaodong when possible. Now it seems that it is impossible. The Mastiff Cavalry is still on the Bayannur Grassland, which is too far from the Liaodong front line. The Cavalry, who is used to steady and steady, is not suitable for long-distance raids, although it is on the prairie front line.
"How is the situation of the Halashen tribe?" Xu Xingxia pondered for a moment and asked again.
"They are still a little unwilling to give up and think that we cannot control the huge grassland. They are capturing Mizang with the cavalry!" Liu Hanwu answered briefly.
Xu Xingxia didn't say anything, and looked silently at the map on the wall. The ancients of the Halashen tribe also learned this trick, which was to catch Mizang with the White Army. They all knew that the White Army's muskets were powerful, and if they were head-on, they would definitely not be the opponent of the White Army. Therefore, they all adopted the strategy of guerrilla warfare and would never face the big troops of the White Army head-on, but instead tried to get involved with the White Army and sneak attacked the small and sporadic troops of the White Army.
The huge ancient grassland is the territory of the ancients after all, and they are very familiar with the terrain of the prairie. The White-Clothed Army and the Ancients will definitely suffer a loss when they capture Mi Zang. In addition, as the Sun and Moon Guns that equipped guns in front of them, it is indeed not suitable for pursuing the ancients. All of this gave the ancients a chance. If it were a head-on battle, the ancient cavalry of the Halashen tribe would have been completely wiped out. However, due to the capture of Mi Zang, it would take a lot of time for the White-Clothed Army to control the entire Halahetao. Perhaps, it would have to pay a considerable price.
At present, the White-Clothed Army has two troops invested in Halahetao, with about 15,000 troops. In terms of the number of troops, the White-Clothed Army is absolutely not superior. There are too many ancient cavalry of the Halashen tribe, and there are definitely 30,000 people. As long as the Ancient Cavalry does not confront the White-Clothed Army cavalry, the White-Clothed Army cavalry has almost no chance to catch the Ancient Cavalry. On the contrary, if you are not careful, you may be attacked by the Ancient Cavalry.
This is the most annoying thing about Xu Xingxia. Without a breech gun, it is really difficult to completely clean up these ancient cavalry. After all, it is the traditional territory of the ancient cavalry. When Han cavalry goes there, it is equivalent to destroying other people's belongings. Others must use twelve points of strength to resist. Besides, others don't meet you at all! Even if you have a large army, you will not have the opportunity to exert the power of the musket volley.
"Correfully monitor the situation in Liaodong." Xu Xingxia said slowly.
The situation in Liaodong really made Xu Xingxia a little unhappy. You, the wild boar skin, know how to seize the opportunity. At this critical moment, you launched a comprehensive attack on Liaodong. After the wild boar skin controlled Liaodong, you will definitely start a massacre. This guy is absolutely cruel and ruthless. All Han people in Liaodong will definitely suffer inhuman treatment.
If the wild boar skin takes all the territory of Liaodong for itself and implements effective rule, the white-clothed army will have to spend more time to clean up. Moreover, after the wild boar skin is cleaned up in the Liaodong area, it will definitely march into North Korea. With the current combat effectiveness of the Korean military team, it seems unlikely to block the attack of the wild boar skin!
"Order Chi Hu to speed up the march!" Xu Xingxia thought for a while and ordered decisively.
Since the Halashen tribe cannot go well, it is only possible to go to the Central Plains. Conquer Datong Town, conquer Xuanfu Town, conquer Jingdi, conquer Ji Town, and directly enter Liaodong. This is the simplest, most direct and most effective way. Of course, this is also the roughest way.
Datong Town, Tianchengwei Defense Zone.
Chi Hu stood on the side of the road, looking at his subordinates, and was moving eastward like a tide. On both sides of the road, there were the temporarily detained soldiers of the official army. This time, the Shooting Army comprehensively conquered Datong Town without spending much effort. In general, the battle situation was relatively smooth. The split of the Ming Dynasty made the morale of the Ming army even lower and the combat effectiveness became weaker. Many Ming army troops collapsed before they even started fighting.
Of course, this is also related to the strategy of the Ming army. Under the coercion of the White-Clothed Army, the Ming army obviously shrank its defense line. They voluntarily gave up Datong Town and retreated to the Xuanfu Town behind, preparing to fight the White-Clothed Army cavalry in Xuanfu Town. Intelligence shows that the elite of the Ming army were concentrated in various parts of Xuanfu Town, and there were signs of fighting with the White-Clothed Army to the end. A small team of commanders rushed over. The leader of the team reported to Chi Hu: "Master Commander, the Chairman's order is here!"
Chi Hu took the order, looked carefully, and handed it to Gao Meng next to him. This time, the Shooting Army was in concert with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. The two military teams were combined and the attack power was very strong. At present, the vanguard troops of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry have rushed to the city of Xuanfu Town.
After reading the order, Gao Meng said excitedly: "Hutou, we are going to do a big fight! Hey, we are going to be the first to take down the capital!"
Chi Hu said in a whisper: "It should be no big deal to conquer the capital. The main forces of the three major battalions of the capital should be almost done by Mao Shisan. The rest are all the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and have no combat power. However, Liaodong... According to the chairman's estimate, the war in Liaodong may be a bit difficult. This wild boar skin may have some combat power."
Gao Meng curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Liaodong? Wild boar skin Tarcunzi? It's no big deal, right? They are all just a group of barbarians. Well, even if the wild boar skin is really a bit powerful, is it better than Lin Danhan? Awesome than Mo Rigen?"
Chi Hu nodded and said with a smile: "I don't think it's a big deal. However, since the Chairman reminds us to be careful, we must be careful."
Gao Meng nodded and said in agreement: "The Chairman has never been wrong. Since he reminded us like this, he must have his reason. This wild boar skin may have some ability. However, it is absolutely impossible for him to stop us from regaining Liaodong."
Chi Hu waved his hand, and the two of them marched into the direction of the capital.
Behind them, a large number of cavalrymen of the sound shooting army and the tiger and leopard cavalry were like tides, constantly heading towards the direction of the capital.
Chapter completed!