Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 540 Massive Increase in Troops
I don't know how long he was in a coma, but Dorgon woke up faintly.

Looking around, Dorgon found that he was lying on the kang, and the kang was already so warm that it made people lazy and didn't want to move.

But it still felt like a big stone had been pressed against his chest.

Dorgon couldn't breathe under the pressure.

"Master, are you awake?" Cao Eryu came in with a basin of hot water.

"Where is this?" Dorgon snorted softly, struggling to sit up.

But just when he sat up a little bit, he fell heavily back onto the kang.

Only then did Dorgon realize that his two arms were limp, without any strength.

"Master, don't move." Cao Eryu hurried forward, "Don't break yourself."

Dorgon frowned, and asked, "Where are Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan, me, and Hou Fangyu?"

He Luohui said again: "The Eight Banners Mongolia is okay, more than five hundred riders died."

Even the well-informed Hong Chengchou and Hou Fangyu have no clue about this.

It seems that Dorgon has already thought of quitting.

Rao Dorgon had been mentally prepared for a long time, but after he really heard the news, he couldn't help being short of breath again, and his face flushed instantly.

"Heng Jiu." Dorgon turned his gaze to Hong Chengchou, "What's your opinion?"

Dorgon's eyes fell on He Luohui first, and asked, "How many casualties in total?"

"Call them in." Dorgon thought for a while, and then said, "Call He Luohui, Sukesaha, and Esen, all of them."

Therefore, if it is really possible to solve the difficulties in transporting food, supplies and troops, especially if the red cannons can be transported to the Liaodong battlefield in time, He Luohui and the others don't mind fighting another battle to save face.

There was silence in the room, and no one could answer Bai Yintu's question.

"The slave is ashamed." Ersen said hurriedly.

Once the land transportation exceeds a thousand miles, there can only be at most one bucket of rice left for a stone of rice.

This retreat is not only as simple as losing Liaodong, but North Korea will also be lost. Horqin Mongolian Ten Banners, the most staunch ally of the Qing Dynasty, will also be completely exposed to the Ming army.

"Master, the gentlemen and Hou Fangyu are waiting outside." Cao Eryu wiped Dorgon's feet with a hot towel and asked, "Do you want the slaves to call them in?"

Then the Qing Dynasty is not just as simple as losing a staunch ally from now on,
What is even more worrying is that the Ming army will be able to form a huge cavalry with the horses of the Horqin Department. When Ming has a huge cavalry, the end of the Qing Dynasty will come.

If it is transported by sea with ice sledges, it will really save time and effort.

Hong Chengchou had already reacted, turned his head and asked, "Xiandi Chaozong means ice luck, right?"

"Hou Fangyu, what nonsense are you talking about?" He Luohui scolded, "My navy in the Qing Dynasty is exhausted, how can we ensure the safety of the fleet if we go by sea?"

"My lord, all the [-] warriors of Manchuria in the Eight Banners died, and none of them came back alive." He Luohui showed an indescribable look of regret on his face. The Jurchens were really beaten this time.

"It's easy to say." He Luohui obviously didn't want to continue fighting in Liaodong.

Ersen on the other side went on to say: "Our Horqin banners have lost about a thousand riders."

While none of this will happen immediately, trends are trends.

Watching He Luohui go out, Dorgon signaled Cao Eryu to step forward and help him up.

Hong Chengchou understood what Dorgon meant, and that was to help him make up some reasons for withdrawing troops.

Of course, He Luohui and other Manchu generals were the most aggrieved in this defeat.

"Master?" Cao Eryu was anxious and heartbroken, "You can't get angry anymore."

"Ice sledge?" Dorgon finally looked better.

Hou Fangyu also came forward, helped Dorgon to sit up with Cao Eryu, and put a cushion on Dorgon's back so that Dorgon could lie as comfortably as possible.

Dorgon shook his head, forcibly suppressed his restless blood, and asked: "How many casualties are there in the Eight Banners Han army and the Eight Banners Mongolia?"

"Esen, thank you for being here." Dorgon sighed and said again, "If you were not there, the tens of thousands of troops and [-] coats of soldiers who went to Liaodong would have been wiped out."

And if the sea transportation does not encounter a typhoon, there will basically be more than nine buckets left for a stone of rice. How can this be compared?
Bai Yintu went on to say: "The dog emperor Chongzhen chose to fight our Qing soldiers in Liaodong because he wanted to bring down our Qing Dynasty due to the difficulty of land transportation. We cannot be fooled by this dog emperor Chongzhen."

Because of this, Chongzhen chose to fight this war of attrition with the Qing Dynasty in Liaodong.

He Luohui replied: "The Eight Banners Han army only fled back a total of more than 1 people. Even if the other [-] people did not die on the spot, they would probably die in the end."

Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief, and said quietly: "Everyone, my Qing soldiers have already lost the battle of Hunhe, but how I lost this battle, until now, I have not thought about it. You say, my Qing soldiers Where exactly did you lose?"

The loss of land transportation is really incomparable with that of sea transportation.

And the green camp will become more difficult to control, I am afraid I have to find a way.

Looking at the Manchu and Han ministers with different expressions, Dorgon was a little rejoiced and worried at the same time.

And once the Ming army defeats or even annexes the Ten Banners of the Horqin Division,

Yes, it is so difficult. This not only has extremely high requirements for the artillery, but also has extremely high requirements for the tacit understanding between the infantry and the artillery. All of this needs to be achieved through a lot of training or actual combat, and there is no shortcut.

But Hong Chengchou couldn't convince his "conscience", and said immediately: "Master, I am afraid that the Qing Dynasty has no retreat at all in the battle of Liaodong. Although the battle of Hunhe was defeated, it was just a small setback. Master can With more troops dispatched from Beijing to Liaodong, as long as there are enough troops, our Qing soldiers still have a chance to defeat the Ming army."

But in the battle of Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty had no way out.

"This matter is not difficult to solve." Hou Fangyu said suddenly, "My Qing Dynasty can also go by sea."

"Mr. Heng Jiu's lesson." Hou Fangyu nodded slightly, and said to Dorgon, "Master, it is already mid-October, and the North Sea has been frozen. Although the Ming Dynasty has the advantage of a navy, it can no longer enter the North Sea, so Our Qing soldiers can use the ice sledge to transfer grain and fodder to Liaodong, and even the army."

"That's right." Suksaha echoed, "Nanming can send troops to Liaodong or transfer grain and fodder by sea, which saves time and effort and the loss is extremely low. On the contrary, if we in the Qing Dynasty went to Liaodong to increase troops or transfer grain and fodder, it would be difficult because of the muddy roads. It is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also the loss is ten times or even a hundred times that of Nanming."

When Hong Chengchou heard the words, he immediately sighed softly.

Because of this, Jiannu's infantry and artillery failed to form a linkage, and were finally defeated by the Ming army one by one.

"My Qing Dynasty can send more troops to Liaodong, but wouldn't Nanming send more troops to Liaodong?"

"Hey." Cao Eryu bowed and left.

Some people may ask, is it so difficult to let the field artillery and tiger squat artillery follow the infantry forward?

In fact, the Ming army at this time has only mastered the most basic infantry coordination.

Soon, Hong Chengchou and the others walked in first.

"The slave has the same confusion as the master." Bai Yintu scratched his head and said, "Where did my Qing soldiers lose?"

It's just that these are all things in the future. What needs to be considered now is where does the battle of Liaodong go?
At that moment, Dorgon sighed and asked, "Let's talk about it. Should my Qing soldiers continue to fight, or should we withdraw our troops and let the Ming army control Liaodong and even the Liaoxi Corridor?"

At the moment Dorgon shouted: "I will pass on my will, and add another 200 Manchurian Banners, 50 Banners Han troops, plus [-] coated Nikan to Liaodong, and another [-] camel guns and [-] shi of military rations." Come."

What worries Dorgon is that after this defeat, the strength of the Jurchens has been greatly weakened, and what worries Dorgon even more is that the image of the Jurchens who are invincible in field battles has also been defeated by Hunhe. It was smashed, and in the future, the Outer Fan Mongolia, the Eight Banners Mongolia, and even the Eight Banners Han Army may no longer be as afraid of the Eight Banners Manchuria as before.

For example, in this Hunhe battle, the artillery of the Ming army was incapable of advancing with the infantry.

"If you talk about courage, our [-] warriors from the Eight Banners Manchuria can fight to the last on the battlefield without retreating half a step. If you talk about weapons, the camel guns and tiger squat guns of our green battalion are by no means inferior to Ming dogs. In terms of military strength, the number of infantry and cavalry troops of my Qing soldiers is several times that of Ming dogs, but why did they lose in the end? Why?"

If Chongzhen was here, he would definitely sneer. Weapons and equipment can be imitated, but the improvement of tactical thinking did not happen overnight. If the Qing army wants to evolve from an army with cold weapons to an army with firearms, there is still a long way to go!

"Hey!" He Luohui knelt down on one knee, and immediately got up to dispatch the messengers.

Fortunately, before going to Liaodong, he had already cut off all the threats of the clan, including his mother and compatriot, the fifteenth younger brother Doduo, who was also deprived of all military power, so even if he suffered such a big defeat in Liaodong, he would not be afraid. There will be clan nobles who will make a fuss about this and take the opportunity to seize his military power.

Immediately afterwards, He Luohui, Sukesaha, Esen and others also walked in.

Hearing this, He Luohui waited for the Manchu generals to say nothing more.

Dorgon sighed again when he heard the words.

The losses of the Eight Banners Han army were also so heavy.

After thinking about it, Dorgon really couldn't bear the consequences of losing Liaodong.

But this issue is obviously beyond the cognitive scope of Dorgon and the Manchu and Han ministers present.

After a long while, it was Hong Chengchou who said, "Master, the slaves thought that the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Eight Banners Han Army, and the Green Battalion did not cooperate well, and gave the Ming Army every opportunity to defeat them, resulting in the defeat of Hunhe."

Although Hong Chengchou didn't know the principle, he still had the basic understanding.

"Well said, but the cooperation is not tacit enough." Dorgon said, "But how should we cooperate?"

(End of this chapter)