Ming Zuo

Chapter 650 Fighting
After receiving Huang Taiji's order, Dorgon abandoned his plan to pursue Mangurtai and began to lead his army westward.

At the beginning of August, the two white flags arrived at Onanhewei.

After summoning the leaders of the Onan Riverguard to inquire, they found no trace of the Cossacks.

"Go to Hangai Mountain."

Dorgon was determined and made a decision immediately.

The two white flags marched westward along the Onan River, and after a month-long trek, they finally came to the territory of Tuxietu.

Dorgon was warmly received by Khan Gonpo of the Tuxietu Department.

"The blond-haired and blue-eyed barbarians you mentioned have not been found around here. However, there are indeed rumors from the brother tribes in the north that those people are vicious and difficult to deal with like a dog's skin plaster."

North?

Dorgon couldn't help hesitating.

When he came to the territory of Tatar Mongolia, he actually made a common-sense mistake.

People in this era seldom look to the extreme north.

For the Jurchens, the most important ones were the Mongolian tribes to the west.

Discovering the traces of the Cossacks in Muhewei, Dorgon thought that the Cossacks had invaded the territory of Tatar Mongolia.

It never occurred to him that the Cossacks came from the north and south, not from the west.

He ran all the way to Mount Hangai, but Gonpo told him that there were no Cossacks here.

"Are you really going north?"

Doduo was a little reluctant.

It has been a long time since the two white flags came out, and they have no news about what happened in Shenyang.

I'm afraid that after a long time, when we go back to Shenyang, there will be no place for their brothers.

Not to mention him, Dorgon was also caught in a dilemma.

At this time, Gonpo provided them with a step.

"Even if you want to go north, it's too late. There will be another month of white snow. By then, the grassland will be frozen and the roads will be difficult to walk. People will freeze to death."

This is a real trouble, and Dorgon and Duoduo have no way to deal with it.

Thinking of Huang Taiji's order, Dorgon finally made a decision.

"Since that's the case, we are going to return. Gunbu, you have to contact the surrounding tribes carefully, and check the traces of those barbarians. If you have any news, report it to Shengjing."

Dagonbu also knew that it was a matter of his own safety, so he dared not be careless.

"Leave this to me."

After the agreement, Dorgon and Duoduo led the army back without further delay.

After two months of trekking, I finally returned to Shenyang when the first snow fell.

"Those Cossacks should have come from farther north, because winter is coming, and the ministers are afraid that the army will be in danger, so they dare not move forward, and ask the Great Khan to punish them."

After returning, Dorgon took the initiative to plead guilty.

Huang Taiji is very easy-going.

"The northern land is vast and stretches thousands of miles. Just marching is already extremely difficult, let alone discovering potential enemies. There is only merit, how can there be any mistakes?"

Huang Taiji made a qualitative statement on the matter, which made Hauge very dissatisfied.

In his opinion, the Dorgon brothers just took a long trip.He failed to achieve an inch of merit, and consumed a lot of food and grass in vain.

If he took the opportunity to punish and suppress the two brothers, then Huang Taiji's power would be further consolidated.

How did he know that Huang Taiji's thoughts were more far-reaching.

After the last incident, Houjin's top executives suffered serious losses and their vitality was severely injured.

Now I can't stand any internal friction.

Huang Taiji had to unite the Dorgon brothers, so that Houjin could be united as one and not fall apart.

"The situation in Lushun is not very good. Although you have been traveling hard, I still want you to go there in person. Get rid of the Ming army in Lushun and strengthen our rear."

Dorgon quickly agreed.

"Chendi will go now, ten months should be enough."

Winter in Liaodong is coming again, and there is not much time to fight.

However, the situation of the Ming army in Lushun has already been grasped by the Houjin side.In Dorgon's mind, it shouldn't take long to take down Lushun.

Huang Taiji quickly reminded: "The Ming army in Lushun seems to have changed, so we must be careful."

Dorgon ran thousands of miles in vain, his heart was suffocating, and he wanted to make military achievements and suppress disharmonious voices of doubt, so he didn't take Huang Taiji's words seriously.

He rested in Shenyang for ten days, reorganized his soldiers and horses, and went south again with supplies and food.

With a move here, Shandong quickly got the news.

"Order Zhang Keda and Bai Dasheng to form a northbound fleet to support the defense of Lushun."

Zuo Menggeng didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately implemented the plan that had been agreed upon a long time ago.

The navy received an order to form a squadron of twenty large blessing ships, commanded by old partners Zhang Keda and Bai Dasheng.

Sailed away from Qingdao Port and entered Bohai Bay.

The weapons of this squadron are all newly remodeled naval guns.

Five of the Fuchuan were equipped with heavy artillery.

Because of the structure of Fuchuan, each ship can only be equipped with four heavy guns. Although the firepower is sparse, it has the advantage of range.

The remaining fifteen ships were equipped with light artillery, but they were enough to bully the Jurchens.

The Marine Corps sent a brigade of troops to follow in twenty troop carriers, under the personal command of Tang Wenhuan and Gu Erzhong.

This was the first battle of the Marine Corps, and the two of them were extremely nervous, so they had to be careful, for fear of any accidents.

Also above the sea.

The coast of Fujian in the south has begun to fill with smoke.

"Follow Hong Xu's boat, don't miss it. Grandma's Zheng Zhilong, how many fire boats have you prepared?"

At the mouth of the Zhangzhou River, Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch first clashed.

The two sides fought fiercely for the control of Zhangzhou Estuary.

Zheng Zhihu's fleet was led by Zheng Zhihu. As soon as they met with the Dutch, without saying a word, they released countless fireboats in the entire river bend.

The members of the Zheng family seemed like desperadoes, rowing desperately towards the Dutch fleet.

No way, money can turn ghosts around.

Zheng Zhilong's promise was too generous.

If you burn a Dutch warship, you can get a reward of two hundred taels; if you capture a Dutchman's head, you can get a reward of fifty taels of silver.

For these bounties, countless people are willing to risk their lives.

It was the first time Zuo Hua had seen such a battle. In order to avoid being accidentally injured by his own fire boat, he could only carefully follow Hong Xu's boat.

The waters of the Zhangzhou River Bend are narrow, and the Dutch fleet does not have much room to maneuver.

Facing Zheng's crazy attack, he had to retreat in embarrassment.

The small fleet led by Hong Xu pursued all the way, firing desperately, but did not cause any damage to the Dutch.

"See, how's the situation?"

Zuo Hua did not participate in the battle, but recorded battlefield data from the sidelines.

"The hit rate is not high, and the Dutchman's boat is good, Hong Xu can't catch up at all."

The staff officer at the top read everything and gave a bad answer.

In fact, Zuo Hua also took a rough look at how the battle was going, and couldn't help frowning.

"The sea is so evil. Whether the artillery can be fired accurately depends on luck."

Zheng's naval battle is like this, how will Shandong's navy fight in the future?
Zuo Hua fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)