Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 271 Raid on Shanhai Pass

Man Dahai only led the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, and a small number of cavalry from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty entered the city of Ruzhou.The total remaining troops are less than 2.

It seems that Ruzhou is not safe enough. After confiscating some supplies in Ruzhou, he quickly withdrew to Kaifeng Mansion, preparing to rely on Jiancheng to resist the attack of the new army.

Dorgon, Daishan and others in the capital are naturally very concerned about the battle between Jierhalang and Mandahai, because the result is really important.

Dorgon also knew that some people like to falsely report their military achievements. If it is normal, they can turn a blind eye.

But not at this time, he needs to know the most real situation in order to make the most correct judgment.

Therefore, he also sent his cronies to follow the army, and immediately reported back as soon as there was important news.

Man Dahai and Jierhalang felt apprehensive because of the defeat, but they didn't dare to stop them.

Ji Erhalang also personally wrote the detailed process of the battle, and attached his own suggestions, and was rushed to the capital together with the latest battle report.

A few days later, Dorgon of the capital received a battle report that made him extremely angry.

After he took the battle report to the court to read and circulate it, it immediately caused an uproar, and both were defeated with such a heavy loss.

"The battle formation of the new army is really so powerful?" Prince Su Hauge still had some disbelief.

"Do you want to try?" Dorgon snorted coldly.

"If the regent has an order, the king will naturally not refuse." Hauge replied as if he didn't understand the meaning.

Dai Shan and other veterans quickly interrupted the topic, in case the two would fight at this critical moment.

"Prince Zheng's suggestion is debatable. Chuangjun is still those people, the remnant army left by Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin."

"But it's been less than three months since he joined the new army, and he was able to block the attack of my elite cavalry on the frontal battlefield. It can be seen that Tangning's formation is indeed not simple."

"The peasants who broke into the army can learn this formation so quickly, and I have nothing to do with the elite of the Qing Dynasty."

"The next time we face off, I will use the same tactics as the Qing Dynasty elite. In melee combat with the same tactics, I will not lose to anyone, even if Tangning leads the new army personally."

"The enemy's muskets are also equipped with sharp knives, which can be used for both long-distance combat and close combat. Didn't Prince Yu send some firearms from the new army before? One of them looks like a bird gun and is equipped with a sharp knife. We should Can be imitated."

"There is also that kind of barbed iron net, which is really good for building defenses. If a circle of iron nets like that is placed on the city walls, gates, etc., it can at least be worth [-] elite soldiers..."

In order to work out a way to deal with the new army, Dorgon also called Tang Ruowang and other missionaries who had served the Qing court together for discussion.

It was the first time that the missionary, who was quite knowledgeable about firearms, saw bayonets and barbed iron nets on firearms.

As for the formation of the new army, they also knew nothing about it.

In short, what the Qing army didn't know, these Western missionaries didn't know either, which made many people look down on these Western missionaries a lot.

However, the new army has proved the importance of muskets with knives through battle after battle, and also proved the practicality of iron nets.

Especially the horizontal line tactics, and the hollow phalanx tactics.

Since there is no way to get rid of it, we can only imitate the same tactics to deal with it.

Therefore, Dorgon personally presided over the formation and training of this formation, because there is no one who is familiar with this formation to teach, so he can only figure out the information obtained from the front line.

For Dorgon, he personally programmed this new formation, and he can take some rights into his own hands again.

Although many people knew of his thoughts and actions, there was no way to stop him.

Because most of the Zhenghong and Xianglan flags sent this time are more inclined to the imperial power faction, especially Jierhalang's Xianglan flag.

When fighting for the throne, Jierhalang's inlaid blue flag played a very important role, because whichever side he fell to, he could overwhelm the other side.

As a result, although Jierhalang did not explicitly support the Hauge faction, his attitude was more biased.

Dorgon saw that he did not have much advantage in competing for the throne, so he thought of a compromise plan and supported Shunzhi as emperor, and Jierhalang became the only one besides Dorgon who was named uncle. King's people.

Now, Prince Zheng and Xinyi's assistant uncle Jierhalang were defeated by the new army, and the main body was the new army composed of Chuangjun. Their prestige and strength have plummeted, which naturally reduces the pressure on the regent Dorgon. contain.

On the one hand, the Qing court was thinking of countermeasures to deal with the threat from the south, and on the other hand, it continued to struggle for power, but it did not know how many horses were rushing from the north for eight hundred miles to the direction of the capital.

Even if they switched to war horses, two horses ran away and died.

But even so, the orderly didn't dare to delay at all, because the matter was too important and urgent.

"Urgent report, urgent report..." Finally, after rushing into the capital, the orderly shouted loudly all the way holding the order flag, the speed of the horses did not slow down at all, and passers-by avoided in horror.

The messenger also knew that now that the Prince Regent is in power, it is not wrong to let the Prince of Intake take all important matters first, so he rushed directly to Prince Rui's mansion.

It happened that Dorgon was not in the palace, because he was busy mobilizing troops to train a new battle formation, so he didn't have so much time to stay in the palace.

Therefore, the guards of the palace brought the messengers to the military training ground, and only then did they see Dorgon in military uniform.

Seeing Dorgon, the messenger rushed over almost rolling and crawling. After kneeling on one knee, he wept and reported: "His Royal Highness, something is wrong. The enemy suddenly appeared in Shanhaiguan, facing a rock on the back of Shanhaiguan. Launch a violent attack."

"What?" Even the regent Dorgon, who was used to seeing all kinds of scenes, couldn't help being shocked when he heard the news this time. The degree of shock was even worse than Azig's defeat.

"Speak clearly." Dorgon shouted with an extremely serious expression.

Although the messenger was very tired and even a little shaky, he still hurriedly said: "Three days ago, a large number of enemies suddenly appeared behind Shanhaiguan and launched a violent raid on Shanhaiguan."

"The enemy has a new army, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army, and even white pole soldiers and wolf soldiers, with a strength of at least [-]."

"They have a lot of artillery, as well as the magic soldiers of the new army..."

The orderly explained the situation clearly intermittently, and then fell headlong to the ground.

Dorgon's face was gloomy. He finally understood Tangning's intention to deploy troops on a large scale. At first, he thought that Tangning was probably trying to steal the Qing's reinforcements.

Unexpectedly, Tangning's ambition was even bigger, and she went directly to Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan is known as the No. [-] pass in the world, but its main defense is to the north, and it was also to prevent the elites of the Qing Dynasty from going south.

However, the new army rushed from the back of Shanhaiguan, just like Li Zicheng attacked Wu Sangui, which weakened the role of Shanhaiguan a lot.

If the new army attacked Shanhaiguan from the north to the south, even if there were only a few thousand defenders in Shanhaiguan, it would be very difficult for [-] new troops to attack.

But if you attack from south to north, the result will be completely different.

No wonder the guard sent someone to rush to rescue immediately.

However, only [-] new troops attacked Shanhaiguan, so where did the other tens of thousands go?

According to the information obtained earlier, Tangning had gathered at least [-] troops.

(End of this chapter)