Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1731 Northern and Southern Dynasties?

"Wait, the purpose of this batch of goods has changed, so don't take them to Jiaozhou Port." Off the coast of Guanhekou, the envoy from the Denglai Security Command read out Liao Xiaoyao's latest order.

Originally, according to Liao Xiaoyao's plan, all the seized ships and supplies were pulled to the nearest Jiaozhou Port for disposal.Among them, the military supplies were selected, some were stored in the warehouse, and some were allocated to the [-]th Division of the Denglai New Army.

However, after Liao Xiaoyao received the official document handed over by Ma Wenqiang, the captain of the Southern Exploration Team, he immediately changed his mind. He planned to sort out all kinds of weapons, ammunition, and military supplies in it, and ship them to Chongmingsha in a unified way, and then use the inland river The shallow-water gunboats were quickly sent to the Huguang area, and handed over to the Shun army to support them in fighting the Qing army. Of course, non-military supplies, such as wool, spices, opium, gems, sandalwood, etc., were still transported back to Jiaozhou port. After registering and making a book, then find a way to slowly auction off the funds. You must know that the government of the Denglai Pioneering Team is currently burdened with a lot of debts, and cash is very much needed.

The southward transportation of military supplies was a decision made by the Denglai Security Command, so the staff officer produced a series of documents, which finally convinced the squadron commander Liu Fubo that this was the truth.After confirming the authenticity of the order, Major Liu Fubo was also unambiguous, and immediately ordered the dispatch of two armed transport ships to escort the three captured ships—two ships from the Dutch East India Company (one of which was just taken from Guanhe Estuary) Unfortunately captured when rushing out at night), one ship came from the British East India Company, with a total tonnage of nearly 2 tons, and the condition was still in good condition—full load of cargo went south to Chongmingsha.

After the cargo is loaded and unloaded in Chongmingsha, the three ships will continue to go south to Dinghai Port, Ningbo, where they will be repaired and maintained. All expenses will be paid by the Bank of Taiwan, because the three ships have basically been determined at a price of 1 yuan. Sold to the bank to compensate them for the sacrifices they have made for the government over the years.As for the two armed transport ships, they will pull two ships of food in Ningbo and then go north and return to Denglai to ensure that they will not run empty.

"The situation is really changing rapidly." Standing in front of the captain's cabin on the third floor of the stern deck of the "Cadiz Rock", Major Liu Fubo said with emotion: "That's fine, the weapons brought in by the Dutch, Portuguese, and British They are mixed, of different sizes, and of very different quality. There are old-fashioned matchlock guns and new-style flintlock guns, and there are both brand-new ones and old ones that are [-]% to [-]% new. If such complicated equipment is directly thrown to the new For the fourth division of the army, the future logistics will be a nightmare for them. It is better to sell half of these things and give them to the Shun army as favors. They are now fighting for days, and the loss of military resources and equipment is huge. As long as it is not so challenging, our own troops should use the uniform equipment produced by ourselves."

Liu Fubo had reviewed the latest battle report from the front line before, but overall it seemed that he was still confused and had no clue.First of all, in the area of ​​Sichuan where the war broke out the earliest and where the battle was most intense, more than 5 troops from Liu Zhonggui's troops in the left camp of the Shun Army led more than 1 people from Zhang Neng's troops in the Zhongying camp to support Sichuan. In the area of ​​Qu County and Qu County, they defeated various Qing armies one after another and occupied a large area of ​​land. For a while, their prestige was so high that all the ministries under Wu Sangui's command fled away one after another as if they were mourning.Now, Liu Zhonggui has moved his base camp to Quxian County, and organized an elite army to besiege Nanchong County, the city of Shunqing Prefecture, in order to break the fortified city where the Qing army was stationed.

On the other hand, Zhang Neng, a veteran of the Central Battalion, led more than [-] troops to the south and entered the Chongqing government. Another Qing army.After two victories in two battles, he won several cities in a row, and now sits in Fuzhou and enters Ba County.

Zhang Neng's series of battles since he entered the Chongqing government can be said to have been fought very skillfully, which fully demonstrated his experience in using troops.This kind of ability is indeed not the style of Liu Zhonggui, who is so fiery and used to fighting the enemy upright and winning, but it works equally well. So far, he has occupied less than half of the Chongqing government, but he only has [-] More than five thousand soldiers and horses are indeed powerful.

However, the tens of thousands of troops of the Shun Army were so noisy in Sichuan. Many local forces, such as chieftains, etc., who were originally frightened by Wu Sangui's prestige and tucked their tails, emerged one after another, or ran rampant in prefectures and counties, domineering, or Simply kill the officials and rebel, and become the tyrant.For example, the former site of the famous Bozhou Xuanweisi in the Ming Dynasty is now in chaos. Many officials of the Wu family were killed and expelled, and the government orders did not leave the county.The army also collapsed under the attack of the natives, and the whole situation was almost completely out of control for a while, and it gradually spread to the north of Guizhou. The territory Wu Sangui spent a lot of money on a few years ago is now facing violent turmoil , This is undoubtedly quite a nightmare for the already battered Wu Group.

The situation in Dongchuan is so chaotic, it may not be a bad thing for the Dashun Zuoying Group, which is on the offensive.At least, at present, they and the chieftains are almost inseparable from each other, and sometimes they even communicate with each other and exchange information. Our common enemy is always Wu Sangui's military and political clique.Before overthrowing this behemoth, everyone still has a basis for cooperation, especially now that the Qing troops from Shaanxi and Gansu have begun to move south continuously, and this is even more so when they reinforce Sichuan.

At the end of last year, Qing general Zhao Liangdong, who was training troops in Hanzhong, led [-] new troops to the south and entered Baoning Prefecture, where he fought with the second generals of the Zhang family (Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun, the Mesozoic generals Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun from Zuoying) who entered the palace. They fought several times, each winning and losing.During the battle, Zhao Liangdong keenly discovered that Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun had a core force of more than [-] people, which was well-equipped and well-trained. In particular, they were equipped with more than [-] light army artillery, which made Zhao Liangdong almost see Drooling - In the previous few battles, Zhao Liangdong's new army was unable to hold back at critical moments, leading to a rout. The main reason was that they suffered from the enemy's fierce artillery fire.

However, Zhao Liangdong's new army is different from the old army. They are already professional soldiers, and their performance on the battlefield is indeed far better than others, except for the suspected new army controlled by Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun.Therefore, relying on the support of the local gentry and officials, Zhao Liangdong slowly gathered the green battalions of the Qing army in various places, gathered a large number of troops, and concentrated their operations. Finally, he slightly curbed the momentum of the Shun army's triumphant advance in Baoning Prefecture, and saved Baoning for the Qing court. The half of the mansion has done a great job.

However, if Zhao Liangdong wanted to expel the forces of Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun from Baoning Mansion, he would have many practical difficulties, the most important of which was undoubtedly the lack of troops.You know, before he entered Baoning Mansion, Erzhang had already conquered the city and conquered the territory here, and recruited rebels. Taking advantage of Wu Sangui's bedridden and local people's panic, and under the banner of national righteousness, he was very recruited. The officers and soldiers of the Wu army who were panicked were missing.

Now, the number of troops under Er Zhang's command has exceeded 5000. Correspondingly, Zhang Neng has more than [-] troops. Liu Zhonggui's main force is called "[-]", but only half of them can fight. All of them were rout soldiers who were housed or strong men from Sichuan who were simply forced to recruit—and these two guys are still recruiting strong men from various counties to join the army. The number of troops is about to expand further. It's really not easy.

Zhao Liangdong reckoned that if he wanted to organize several large-scale offensives in the area of ​​Baoning Mansion and drive the Shun Army out of this relatively critical mansion, he would not be able to rely on himself alone. He had to start from Wu Sangui or Shaanxi-Gansu Get reinforcements there.It is probably impossible for Wu Sangui's side. The eldest son Wu Yinglin is weak and has no assertiveness. The generals are arrogant and do not listen to orders.As for the Shaanxi-Gansu direction, Gansu had to be on guard against the return of Qinghai. Recently, Shaanxi was seriously threatened by the troops of He Zhen and his son who rushed down from the Shangluo Mountains.

His own strength was insufficient, and he couldn't find enough reinforcements in the short term, so Zhao Liangdong had given up on the idea of ​​defeating the tens of thousands of people in Erzhang's army and recovering the whole of Baoning. The enemy's goal of continuing to advance westward is more realistic.

From the above battle situations, it can be seen that after Wu Sangui personally conquered Kuizhou Mansion and fell ill, which caused the entire army to retreat, the situation in Sichuan began to uncontrollably collapse.Now that the Shun army is attacking the city, the chieftain is rebelling and claiming hegemony, and the Qing army has entered Sichuan from Hanzhong, the Sichuan foundation that Wu has been operating for many years is at risk of being destroyed. How can this not make Wu Sangui such a heroic mission feel sad?

According to the current situation of the war, if there is no major change in the situation, it is highly probable that Sichuan will be divided up by Shunjun Zuoying and the Manchu Qing court.No matter who wins or loses later, it has nothing to do with their Wu family. Sichuan, a rich land of abundance, seems to be changing hands!

The above information was collected and sorted out through various channels by various diplomatic and commercial organizations stationed in Shun Country on the East Coast.The senior intelligence analysts of the Gendarmerie Command once carefully analyzed the most original data, and then revised many contradictory parts of the intelligence, and finally wrote such a report, which is basically the same as the facts.

Major Liu Fubo is the commander of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk Squadron and an undoubted senior official of the Far East San Francisco, so he naturally has the authority to view those materials, so he has a very clear understanding of the current chaos in Hubei and Sichuan. Xiaoyao increased his understanding of the supply of weapons and ordnance in the Shun Kingdom—isn’t it blood transfusion? The Qing people not only bought a lot of weapons through overseas trade, but also hired many officers and technicians. This has a great impact on the output and quality of weapons in the country As well as the improvement of the army's combat effectiveness, it is very critical.And the people of the Qing Dynasty were like this. In addition to continuing to help train the Silver Spear Effectiveness Army and some other elite troops on the east bank, the supply of weapons and military supplies has always been an indispensable part.

You must know that in order to cooperate with Shaanxi-Gansu's efforts to restore the situation in Sichuan, the Qing army in Xiangyang Daying has been active in recent months, and supplies have been dispatched one after another. It looks like they are about to fight.Naturally, Li Laiheng, the emperor of Shunguo, could not be ignorant of this. While deploying elite troops from the middle and rear battalions to the front line of the Yangtze River, he also ordered the military workshops in Changsha, Hengyang, and Baling to operate at full capacity, and use the eastern Some of the hydraulic machine tools sold by the Anren people produced all kinds of equipment at full capacity to supply the front line, and their determination to deal with the war was quite firm.

Li Laiheng is confident, relying on the middle battalion, rear battalion, and front battalion (the general in charge of the front battalion was originally Gao Yigong, and after his death, he called the army to Li Guo, so now Li Laiheng controls all the troops in the fifth battalion. The third battalion is already an absolute advantage), the right battalion (the general of the right battalion is Yuan Zongdi, a veteran general in the Li Zicheng era, and the right battalion passed to his son Yuan Bao after his death) [-] to [-] troops (if any Necessary, it can be expanded at any time), no matter what, the Yangtze River defense line can be kept in order.

And the situation on the battlefield was exactly as Li Laiheng expected.There are countless rivers, swamps, and forests between the Shun and Qing control areas, making walking very inconvenient.And even if they crossed these obstacles, they often entered the enemy's fortification area, and it was almost impossible to chew down those strong and abnormal castles one by one.Therefore, don't look at the Xiangyang Camp of the Qing Dynasty facing the Yuezhou General Administration District of the Shun Kingdom, but in a real fight, the respective fronts of the two sides will not change for a while, and it is often because countless people are killed and injured that they barely gnaw down on the other side. A fortress, this business is so bad that no one wants to do it.

Li Laiheng knew very well that the Xiangyang camp of the Qing Dynasty, which had been dormant for many years, mobilized a large number of troops to invade the south this time and attack the control areas of the front camp, right camp and middle camp of the Shun army. More than [-] experienced veterans on the battlefield are not allowed to enter Sichuan for support.Otherwise, once Xiangyang failed to contain the main force of Dashun, causing a large number of people to cross mountains and enter Sichuan, then Wu Sangui, Zhao Liangdong and the others might really be doomed.And once the entire territory of Sichuan falls, Shunguo, who has taken such a dose of Dabu Pills, may no longer be able to restrain them. Even if their strength is greatly enhanced, they will dominate the south and rule against "My Great Qing" across the river. possible things!

Therefore, Li Laiheng still has some psychological preparations for the scale and intensity of the frontline battle in Hubei. This can be seen from the fact that he brought out all the soldiers with silver guns, this battle may not be too easy.If possible, it is also reasonable to ask for the help of the Eastern Army, because this can obviously effectively reduce their casualties.

(End of this chapter)