Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 296
Faced with the menacing arrival of the new army, the Qing government really wanted to strengthen the defenses of the guards along the way, but in the war a few months ago, several strongholds such as Gaizhou Guard, Haizhou Guard, and Zizai Prefecture had been destroyed.

Even Shengjing City doesn't have that much time and energy to rebuild, let alone these small strongholds.

Moreover, these strongholds are not big, and there are not many troops stationed. In addition, the defense facilities are destroyed, and blindly investing troops to defend them will only waste troops and will not have much effect.

However, these strongholds are located in the middle of Liaodong. If troops are not sent to garrison them, the Fuzhouwei and Jinzhouwei, which are relatively intact in the southeast corner of Liaodong, will be easily isolated.

If these outlying strongholds were occupied by the new army, then Shengjing City would become an isolated city.

At this time, the Qing court had been divided into two factions. One faction insisted on defending Shengjing City, while the other suggested abandoning Shengjing City and returning to the grassland.

The Manchus are nomadic people, and the vast grassland is the foundation, and only in this way can the full strength of the Eight Banners be brought into full play.

The new army is dominated by infantry, and the vast grasslands are filled with eight banners without a trace. No matter how capable Ren Xinjun is, there is no way to hold the eight banners.

At the beginning when Taizu raised his army, it was through this method that he devoured the power of Daming step by step, until Daming was no longer able to counterattack, then the capital Shenyangwei was established and the capital city Shengjing was established.

But the past is not the same as today. After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs once, it suffered huge losses. On the other hand, the new army became stronger and stronger, and the situation on both sides has undergone fundamental changes.

With the national power of Ming Dynasty, if it is exhausted in one position, Qing Dynasty cannot be its opponent.

Therefore, it is wise to voluntarily give up Shengjing City.

Many people understand this truth, but Shengjing City is the capital of the Qing Dynasty, so if it is abandoned like this, what is the face?How to be worthy of Taizong and Taizu?

Taizong's Zhaoling and Taizu's Fuling are both in Shengjing, are they all watching?Will future generations let Taizong and Taizu see such a cowardly side?

In the weak Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen did not choose to abandon the city and flee when the million troops arrived at the capital.

Has the current Qing Dynasty been reduced to such an extent that it is even worse than a ruined dynasty?

Faced with this questioning, those who suggested to evacuate Shengjing could only shut up.

After all, many of the people present are veterans who followed Taizu and Taizong. They fought all their lives and won countless honors. They all have their own great pride and consider themselves to be the golden generation of the Qing Dynasty.

They can lose in a war, and they can also abandon a few cities, but their dignity and pride do not allow them to abandon the capital, which is the most fundamental bottom line.

Then, someone thought of a compromise solution, that is, to evacuate the family members, women and children who have no combat effectiveness, and leave the city first, leaving some elite guards.

In this case, even if it fails, the Qing Dynasty will not be destroyed immediately, and there is still a way out, and it can make a comeback.

But if they did this, they would face the same problem as the Shengjing General He Luohui, who would evacuate some personnel before the war started.

This in itself is a sign of lack of self-confidence. From the bottom of my heart, I think that I can't hold Shengjing City, and I admit my defeat before fighting.

When the Qing court was still unable to make up its mind, the new army had already landed at Lushunkou, and successively occupied Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei, and the main force of the attack was the army of the four Jiangbei towns that had just been reorganized.

They were also like the original Dashun Army. After being reorganized, their entire mental outlook has undergone considerable changes, and their combat effectiveness has instantly improved.

In fact, in such a short period of time, the new army had no time to train them, and they didn't even change their clothes. They were just divided according to the establishment of the new army.

So why such a big change?The reason is simple, the mentality has changed.

It's like a group of people who can fight, but are commanded by a cowardly and incompetent person, no matter how powerful they are, they can't show their strength.

And a group of people who are not very capable of fighting, but behind them is a very powerful person, then they will not be far behind, and even have more confidence, it can be understood that it is not an exaggeration to fight against others.

The original Guanning army, Baigan soldiers, etc., as well as famous generals Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, were all capable of fighting, but they were all buried one after another. The main general died in battle and the army suffered heavy losses. Naturally, they belonged to the first situation.

The people from the four towns in Jiangbei belonged to the second situation. Their combat power could only be regarded as the five scumbags of the war, but behind them was Tangning, the king of light, who was in the sky, and they were the new army.

Even the once bullish Tartars were beaten out of the pass in embarrassment. With such a boss behind them, what do they have to be afraid of?

It is also a rare honor for a fox to pretend to be a tiger and to show off in front of the once invincible Qing army with the aura of the boss.

However, the Qing army felt that it was a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs.

After occupying Fuzhouwei, the army of the East Road went directly to the northeast, designated Liaoyouwei, and prepared to outflank along the border between Daming and Chaoxian County, and entered Nurgandusi, which was once controlled by Ming, and the birthplace of Jianzhou Jurchen land.

And Nurhaci is the leader of the Jianzhou Jurchen, and he also relied on the Jianzhou Jurchen to unify the various Jurchen ministries, and only then did he gather the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty and grow step by step.

Therefore, Nurgan Dusi is the real ancestral land of the Qing court and their last retreat.

Tangning wasn't sure if the Qing court would fight him in Shengjing City, but he had to make two-handed preparations. If he wanted to truly eradicate the hidden dangers of the Manchurians, he had to take back Nurgan Dusi and firmly control it. .

When the East Route Army outflanked to the northeast, the Central Route Army also successfully landed at the Liaohe Port, and then captured Gaizhouwei, Haizhouwei, and Zizai Prefecture according to the previous goal, and then approached Shengjing.

The West Route Army set out from Shanhaiguan a long time ago, and has now occupied Ningyuan and Jinzhou, because in the original peace treaty, the area around Guanning and Jinzhou was used as a buffer zone for both sides, and there were no garrisons from both sides.

Now that the new army is dispatched quickly, it is natural that this area will be taken back into the bag without any effort at the first time.

At this time, the new army was attacking Guangningwei. Guangningwei was originally an important military town in Ming Dynasty. It mainly controlled Monan Mongolia and suppressed the Jurchen ministries.

With the rapid rise of the Jurchen, the bullets could not be suppressed, and the Guangning Guard gradually lost its effect, but it could not conceal its important strategic position.

Therefore, after the Qing court retreated into Liaodong, it immediately strengthened the defense of Guangning Guard.

But helplessly, the new army's West Road Army has more than 15 people, and is equipped with more than [-] red cannons.

The Qing army is currently extremely short of artillery, so it can almost only passively withstand rounds of shelling from the new army, and the city walls are smashed and riddled with holes.

Then, the troops of the four Jiangbei towns who had joined hands with them to fight the new army launched an attack in a swarm.

When these people faced the new army at the beginning, they didn't see that it had such a strong will to fight.

Now, each of them seemed to be a different person, and they were so brave.

For a while, Guangningwei was in crisis.

(End of this chapter)