Chapter 1815
Who is Faster
Chapter 1815 Who is Faster
The subsequent actions of the coalition forces were also very smooth, and it took only a short time to take control of Dazheng Town without damage.Although there were a few large households in the town who were unable to escape in time, they did not dare to resort to forceful resistance after seeing the scale of the coalition forces attacking.As the rulers, the Manchus were unwilling to take the lead in resistance, and the Han people had no reason to resist.
After the Haihan army came to the gate, these big Manchu families expressed their willingness to exchange their family property for the opportunity to leave Dazheng Town safely. After all, they had heard about the recent actions of the coalition forces near the coast of Liaodong. , as long as the Manchus who take resistance measures are either killed or injured, and the population of the entire village and town will be transported away by Haihan after the battle.If these Manchus wanted to leave this place safely, they had no choice but to abandon their money, food and family property.
After Wang Tom received the report, he did not order the massacre of the Manchus here, but asked his subordinates to detain them in a centralized manner, and release them after the Haihan army evacuated from Dazheng Town, so as not to let the nearby Qing army take control of them. More instant information on the coalition.
As for the Han people in the town, the coalition forces will gather them and escort them to the seaside to board a ship, and transport them to Haihan's own control area for resettlement.Although the population of Dazheng Town is only over a thousand, Tom Wang doesn’t think sparrow meat is too small. If there are ten or eight such harvests in a month, it will greatly affect the population growth of Haihan’s colonies in the north. will be of great help.
Although Dazheng Town is not a rich place, after the coalition forces searched it, they still had some gains, barely able to subsidize the military expenditure of this operation.In addition, almost all the iron and bronze wares in the town were also looted, and these metal wares were transported back to be re-smelted, which would also be a considerable profit.
Until the coalition forces withdrew from this place, the Qing army did not appear again. It seems that the previous battles have made the Qing army dispel the idea of actively driving the coalition forces away from here.This made Simao, who took a breath, a little disappointed. He had hoped that the Qing army would fight back with blood, and then the coalition forces would teach them a profound lesson.
"Want to fight against the Qing army? Don't worry, there are still many opportunities in the future!" Wang Tom noticed that Simao's thoughts were still unfinished, and he took the initiative to comfort him: "Don't forget, we will return to North Korea to deal with the main force of the Qing army. !"
Simao sighed: "But by then, the strength of the Qing army will far exceed ours, right? Twenty times? Thirty or thirty times? Or more? Just thinking about it is very exciting, maybe we shouldn't Go back to North Korea, but continue to use this place as the main battlefield!"
There was a hint of worry in Simao's tone. Although he probably understood Haihan's strategic intention to let the Qing army enter North Korea, he was not very optimistic about whether the North Koreans could hold back the pace of the Qing army going south and prepare for the next step of the coalition forces. Action for more buffer time.If the strength of the Qing army was as high as about [-] as Haihan predicted, the disparity in strength would greatly limit the tactical options of the coalition forces.For example, a method of action such as staying away from the fleet and going deep into the inland will take great risks. The coalition forces may have to abandon most of their plans to fight on land, and can only adopt a more conservative response to control North Korea. several major rivers.
Wang Tom just laughed and said nothing. He and Qian Tiandun changed the original battle plan again and again. The main reason was mostly political factors, but it was inconvenient for him to explain these deep-seated reasons to Simao in detail.Although the revised battle plan has increased the risk of the operation a lot, the benefits that will be obtained from it have also increased, far exceeding Haihan's original plan.
Of course, before returning to the Korean peninsula, the coalition forces had to make full use of the status quo that the defense of the Qing Dynasty was empty, and repatriate as many Han people as possible from its rule to enrich their control area, and Dazheng Town is a series of The first stop in action.
The Qing army went to North Korea to burn, kill, and loot, while Haihan chose the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty to attack. In fact, part of the combat objectives of the two sides were the same, that is, to plunder the population, money and food in the target area.But to put it bluntly, the action resistance of the coalition forces is much smaller. After all, the coalition forces abducted all Han Chinese from the coast of Liaodong. It is far better than the situation of the Qing army in North Korea.
At present, except for the independent regiment of the coalition forces going north from the south, they are still stationed in North Korea, and almost all other troops participated in this operation commanded by Wang Tom.Even Jinzhou specially sent more than ten sailboats to Guanglu Island to wait for orders, and was responsible for transferring the captive population back.
If you want to compete in the efficiency of actions, the Qing Dynasty will naturally not be able to catch up with Shanghai Han, and Tom Wang hopes to use his country's strengths to overwhelm the Qing Dynasty in this battle for people.One day, Huang Taiji suddenly discovered that the speed at which he was stealing population from North Korea was not as fast as the speed at which his country's population was losing outwards during the same period. It must be a very interesting thing.
Due to the large number of people abducted from Dazheng Town, the coalition forces stayed here for an extra night, and it took two days to transfer all the population in this area to the sea.Of course, for this reason, the refugee camp on Guanglu Island had to work overtime to expand. Otherwise, even if Liu Shang, a local expert, was in command of the refugee reception, it would be difficult to cope with the sudden arrival of a large number of refugees.
After dealing with the Han refugees in Dazheng Town, the coalition forces went to sea again, heading to Zhuanghe, another place that the Portuguese fleet had visited before.There are many villages and towns in the Zhuanghe River Basin, but last time the Portuguese acted hastily and only attacked a settlement closest to the coast. This time, according to the confessions of local refugees, the coalition forces will attack the Zhuanghe and Xiaosi River Basins. mopping up.As long as they don't run into the large forces of the Qing army, Wang Tom optimistically estimates that the coalition forces can harvest at least [-] people in this area.
In order to prevent the Qing army from dispatching troops to the coast of Liaodong, the Haihan garrison in Jinzhou also began to move, and under the command of Chen Yixin, it began to exert pressure on the north.
On June [-]th, the Jinzhou garrison suddenly stepped out of the line of defense, and deployed artillery arrays that had not been used for a long time, and destroyed several Qing army fortresses with shelling that lasted for several hours.
Although the battle method of shelling the fortress is quite large, it consumes a lot of money. In half a day, it consumed one-third of the ammunition reserves of the Jinzhou defense line.However, the results obtained are in line with Haihan's expectations. The local Qing general Geng Zhongming thought that Haihan might seek to make a breakthrough in Jinzhou, Liaodong, while the Qing army was attacking the Korean peninsula. Command the soldiers and horses deployed nearby to gather in the direction of Jinzhou, in case the fortress line of defense that he took more than a year to gradually build is broken by the Haihan Army in one fell swoop.
In fact, the troops currently stationed near the Jinzhou defense line are not the elite of the Haihan Army, but the army troops transferred from the south last year.These troops are more than successful, but they do not yet have the strength to attack the Liaodong Peninsula alone.The purpose of making such a proactive gesture is to make the Qing army have no time to worry about the large-scale looting that is taking place on the Liaodong coast.For this reason, Chen Yixin did not hesitate to use a large amount of ammunition to create the illusion that Haihan intends to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, forcing the opponent to concentrate its forces on the front line of Jinzhou.
Of course, if such a situation makes the Qing army unable to hold back and want to pull out from behind its defense line to fight against each other, then Chen Yixin is also confident to use a large number of artillery to teach the opponent another profound lesson.However, Geng Zhongming showed restraint, and did not attack rashly, but only strengthened the garrison strength of his own defense line.As for the emergencies from all over the coast of Liaodong, Geng Zhongming can't take care of that much now. After all, his task is to guard the gate of Jinzhou, not the long coastline of the entire Liaodong Peninsula. Whether it is a plan or another purpose, as long as he is sure that the line of defense in front of him will not be breached by Hai Han, everything will be fine.
While Haihan was aggressively attacking the Liaodong Peninsula, the Qing army also advanced the front line in North Korea.After taking Longchuan in one fell swoop, the Qing army continued to march southward, advancing into the territory of Yanzhou.
Although Yanzhou has the word state in its name, it is actually not a big place. The level of city defense is almost the same as that of Longchuan, but the garrison is slightly larger, reaching more than a thousand people. When the Qing army had as many as 3000 people in the vanguard battalion, it still seemed a little weak.
The military commander stationed in Yanzhou is named Li Xun, but his origin has no direct relationship with the Lee family who currently rules North Korea.But Li Xun was also a ruthless man. When he received the news that the Qing army was crossing the river, he ordered the north and west gates to be blocked with bricks.The east side of Yanzhou City is built against the mountains, so there are only three gates in the north, west, and south. After the two gates are blocked, only the south gate is left to enter and exit.And Li Xun simply let the people in the city decide where to stay, until after nightfall last night, he ordered the remaining south gates to be blocked as well.The soldiers and civilians who stayed in the city now planned to live and die with the city.
The Qing army who attacked here came again according to the previous pattern of attacking Longchuan, hoping to take this small city as quickly as possible.But this time they failed to break through the city easily. The North Korean defenders in the city showed their attitude to the invaders outside the city with bows and arrows.Before the Qing army captured the top of the city, they had left more than 20 corpses outside the city.
The Qing general who led the troops did not stop there, and still fiercely sent two Niulu to continue to attack the city, but their preparations for the battle were too hasty, and after several siege ladders were put on the top of the city, the defenders threw wood and rolled stones It was smashed, and in the end I had to withdraw my troops before making plans.
After the defenders in the city repelled the first wave of the Qing army's offensive, their morale was greatly boosted. Li Xun ordered the demolition of the houses in the city near the city wall, and moved heavy objects such as masonry beams to the city wall to serve as wooden rolling stones.He also ordered people to kill pigs and sheep to reward the combatants.
But before sunset that day, Azig led an army of [-] people to the outside of Yanzhou City.After Li Xun saw the enemy army formation outside the city from the top of the city, he didn't make a sound for a long time.No matter how optimistic people are, after realizing the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, it may be difficult for them to have much confidence in defending this small city.
In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army attacked Yanzhou City again.This time, the vanguard battalion mainly composed of cavalry was not the main offensive force. Under the cover of trebuchets and bows and arrows, about [-] Qing troops attacked Yanzhou City from the west, and after a short stalemate, they attacked. The head of the city.In the hand-to-hand combat, the fighting power of the Korean army was obviously inferior to that of the Qing army. From launching an attack to breaking through the city defense, the Qing army took only a cup of tea.
Fortunately, Li Xun blocked the city gate from the inside the day before yesterday. Although the Qing army had already captured the top of the city and gained a firm foothold, it was still unable to quickly send troops into the city. Two rounds of arrows were fired, and the Qing army threw more than a dozen corpses on the top of the city.
But these casualties did not move Azig, who saw the hope of breaking the city, and swung his whip and dropped three more infantry soldiers on the battlefield.
When the Qing army on the top of the city exceeded a hundred, the defenders finally could no longer hold on to the line of defense and had to retreat into the city step by step.As more and more Qing troops climbed over the city wall and entered the city, the decline of the defenders gradually became apparent. Although Li Xun was brave, in this kind of war with thousands of people, personal force was basically unable to change the direction of the battle.After fighting for a while, Li Xun was injured and exhausted and captured, and then the defenders fell into a leaderless state, and were quickly suppressed by the Qing army separately.However, the Qing army soon discovered that Yanzhou was actually an empty city. The people in the city had already fled, and there was not much food left.
After Azig heard about the situation in the city, he was furious, and ordered Li Xun and more than a dozen defenders to be beheaded for public display.If it weren't for the fact that the army would need a lot of labor to continue its southern march, he even wanted to order all the captives in Yanzhou to be executed.
The time it took for the Qing army to attack Yanzhou far exceeded expectations, and the casualties also reached triple digits. It was the first slightly tricky battle they encountered after entering North Korea.But Huang Taiji demanded to continue to advance southward at the fastest speed, so after Azig ordered to deal with the captives here, he led his army to continue to advance, attacking Iron Mountain thirty miles away to the south.
Before sunset that day, Tieshan was taken away by the Qing army. There were still many people who had just escaped from Yanzhou in the north yesterday. Unexpectedly, they were only delayed for one day in Tieshan, and they still failed to escape the fate of captives.Although the North Korean army stationed at Tieshan resisted, due to their limited strength, they did not cause too much trouble to the Qing army. In the end, more than [-] defenders left the battlefield and fled to the nearby Xuanchuan.
Three days after the Qing army crossed the river, they captured three small cities. The speed of advance was not uncommon, but the population, money and food they obtained from North Korea were still inferior to what Haihan captured in Liaodong.
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The subsequent actions of the coalition forces were also very smooth, and it took only a short time to take control of Dazheng Town without damage.Although there were a few large households in the town who were unable to escape in time, they did not dare to resort to forceful resistance after seeing the scale of the coalition forces attacking.As the rulers, the Manchus were unwilling to take the lead in resistance, and the Han people had no reason to resist.
After the Haihan army came to the gate, these big Manchu families expressed their willingness to exchange their family property for the opportunity to leave Dazheng Town safely. After all, they had heard about the recent actions of the coalition forces near the coast of Liaodong. , as long as the Manchus who take resistance measures are either killed or injured, and the population of the entire village and town will be transported away by Haihan after the battle.If these Manchus wanted to leave this place safely, they had no choice but to abandon their money, food and family property.
After Wang Tom received the report, he did not order the massacre of the Manchus here, but asked his subordinates to detain them in a centralized manner, and release them after the Haihan army evacuated from Dazheng Town, so as not to let the nearby Qing army take control of them. More instant information on the coalition.
As for the Han people in the town, the coalition forces will gather them and escort them to the seaside to board a ship, and transport them to Haihan's own control area for resettlement.Although the population of Dazheng Town is only over a thousand, Tom Wang doesn’t think sparrow meat is too small. If there are ten or eight such harvests in a month, it will greatly affect the population growth of Haihan’s colonies in the north. will be of great help.
Although Dazheng Town is not a rich place, after the coalition forces searched it, they still had some gains, barely able to subsidize the military expenditure of this operation.In addition, almost all the iron and bronze wares in the town were also looted, and these metal wares were transported back to be re-smelted, which would also be a considerable profit.
Until the coalition forces withdrew from this place, the Qing army did not appear again. It seems that the previous battles have made the Qing army dispel the idea of actively driving the coalition forces away from here.This made Simao, who took a breath, a little disappointed. He had hoped that the Qing army would fight back with blood, and then the coalition forces would teach them a profound lesson.
"Want to fight against the Qing army? Don't worry, there are still many opportunities in the future!" Wang Tom noticed that Simao's thoughts were still unfinished, and he took the initiative to comfort him: "Don't forget, we will return to North Korea to deal with the main force of the Qing army. !"
Simao sighed: "But by then, the strength of the Qing army will far exceed ours, right? Twenty times? Thirty or thirty times? Or more? Just thinking about it is very exciting, maybe we shouldn't Go back to North Korea, but continue to use this place as the main battlefield!"
There was a hint of worry in Simao's tone. Although he probably understood Haihan's strategic intention to let the Qing army enter North Korea, he was not very optimistic about whether the North Koreans could hold back the pace of the Qing army going south and prepare for the next step of the coalition forces. Action for more buffer time.If the strength of the Qing army was as high as about [-] as Haihan predicted, the disparity in strength would greatly limit the tactical options of the coalition forces.For example, a method of action such as staying away from the fleet and going deep into the inland will take great risks. The coalition forces may have to abandon most of their plans to fight on land, and can only adopt a more conservative response to control North Korea. several major rivers.
Wang Tom just laughed and said nothing. He and Qian Tiandun changed the original battle plan again and again. The main reason was mostly political factors, but it was inconvenient for him to explain these deep-seated reasons to Simao in detail.Although the revised battle plan has increased the risk of the operation a lot, the benefits that will be obtained from it have also increased, far exceeding Haihan's original plan.
Of course, before returning to the Korean peninsula, the coalition forces had to make full use of the status quo that the defense of the Qing Dynasty was empty, and repatriate as many Han people as possible from its rule to enrich their control area, and Dazheng Town is a series of The first stop in action.
The Qing army went to North Korea to burn, kill, and loot, while Haihan chose the area ruled by the Qing Dynasty to attack. In fact, part of the combat objectives of the two sides were the same, that is, to plunder the population, money and food in the target area.But to put it bluntly, the action resistance of the coalition forces is much smaller. After all, the coalition forces abducted all Han Chinese from the coast of Liaodong. It is far better than the situation of the Qing army in North Korea.
At present, except for the independent regiment of the coalition forces going north from the south, they are still stationed in North Korea, and almost all other troops participated in this operation commanded by Wang Tom.Even Jinzhou specially sent more than ten sailboats to Guanglu Island to wait for orders, and was responsible for transferring the captive population back.
If you want to compete in the efficiency of actions, the Qing Dynasty will naturally not be able to catch up with Shanghai Han, and Tom Wang hopes to use his country's strengths to overwhelm the Qing Dynasty in this battle for people.One day, Huang Taiji suddenly discovered that the speed at which he was stealing population from North Korea was not as fast as the speed at which his country's population was losing outwards during the same period. It must be a very interesting thing.
Due to the large number of people abducted from Dazheng Town, the coalition forces stayed here for an extra night, and it took two days to transfer all the population in this area to the sea.Of course, for this reason, the refugee camp on Guanglu Island had to work overtime to expand. Otherwise, even if Liu Shang, a local expert, was in command of the refugee reception, it would be difficult to cope with the sudden arrival of a large number of refugees.
After dealing with the Han refugees in Dazheng Town, the coalition forces went to sea again, heading to Zhuanghe, another place that the Portuguese fleet had visited before.There are many villages and towns in the Zhuanghe River Basin, but last time the Portuguese acted hastily and only attacked a settlement closest to the coast. This time, according to the confessions of local refugees, the coalition forces will attack the Zhuanghe and Xiaosi River Basins. mopping up.As long as they don't run into the large forces of the Qing army, Wang Tom optimistically estimates that the coalition forces can harvest at least [-] people in this area.
In order to prevent the Qing army from dispatching troops to the coast of Liaodong, the Haihan garrison in Jinzhou also began to move, and under the command of Chen Yixin, it began to exert pressure on the north.
On June [-]th, the Jinzhou garrison suddenly stepped out of the line of defense, and deployed artillery arrays that had not been used for a long time, and destroyed several Qing army fortresses with shelling that lasted for several hours.
Although the battle method of shelling the fortress is quite large, it consumes a lot of money. In half a day, it consumed one-third of the ammunition reserves of the Jinzhou defense line.However, the results obtained are in line with Haihan's expectations. The local Qing general Geng Zhongming thought that Haihan might seek to make a breakthrough in Jinzhou, Liaodong, while the Qing army was attacking the Korean peninsula. Command the soldiers and horses deployed nearby to gather in the direction of Jinzhou, in case the fortress line of defense that he took more than a year to gradually build is broken by the Haihan Army in one fell swoop.
In fact, the troops currently stationed near the Jinzhou defense line are not the elite of the Haihan Army, but the army troops transferred from the south last year.These troops are more than successful, but they do not yet have the strength to attack the Liaodong Peninsula alone.The purpose of making such a proactive gesture is to make the Qing army have no time to worry about the large-scale looting that is taking place on the Liaodong coast.For this reason, Chen Yixin did not hesitate to use a large amount of ammunition to create the illusion that Haihan intends to attack the Liaodong Peninsula, forcing the opponent to concentrate its forces on the front line of Jinzhou.
Of course, if such a situation makes the Qing army unable to hold back and want to pull out from behind its defense line to fight against each other, then Chen Yixin is also confident to use a large number of artillery to teach the opponent another profound lesson.However, Geng Zhongming showed restraint, and did not attack rashly, but only strengthened the garrison strength of his own defense line.As for the emergencies from all over the coast of Liaodong, Geng Zhongming can't take care of that much now. After all, his task is to guard the gate of Jinzhou, not the long coastline of the entire Liaodong Peninsula. Whether it is a plan or another purpose, as long as he is sure that the line of defense in front of him will not be breached by Hai Han, everything will be fine.
While Haihan was aggressively attacking the Liaodong Peninsula, the Qing army also advanced the front line in North Korea.After taking Longchuan in one fell swoop, the Qing army continued to march southward, advancing into the territory of Yanzhou.
Although Yanzhou has the word state in its name, it is actually not a big place. The level of city defense is almost the same as that of Longchuan, but the garrison is slightly larger, reaching more than a thousand people. When the Qing army had as many as 3000 people in the vanguard battalion, it still seemed a little weak.
The military commander stationed in Yanzhou is named Li Xun, but his origin has no direct relationship with the Lee family who currently rules North Korea.But Li Xun was also a ruthless man. When he received the news that the Qing army was crossing the river, he ordered the north and west gates to be blocked with bricks.The east side of Yanzhou City is built against the mountains, so there are only three gates in the north, west, and south. After the two gates are blocked, only the south gate is left to enter and exit.And Li Xun simply let the people in the city decide where to stay, until after nightfall last night, he ordered the remaining south gates to be blocked as well.The soldiers and civilians who stayed in the city now planned to live and die with the city.
The Qing army who attacked here came again according to the previous pattern of attacking Longchuan, hoping to take this small city as quickly as possible.But this time they failed to break through the city easily. The North Korean defenders in the city showed their attitude to the invaders outside the city with bows and arrows.Before the Qing army captured the top of the city, they had left more than 20 corpses outside the city.
The Qing general who led the troops did not stop there, and still fiercely sent two Niulu to continue to attack the city, but their preparations for the battle were too hasty, and after several siege ladders were put on the top of the city, the defenders threw wood and rolled stones It was smashed, and in the end I had to withdraw my troops before making plans.
After the defenders in the city repelled the first wave of the Qing army's offensive, their morale was greatly boosted. Li Xun ordered the demolition of the houses in the city near the city wall, and moved heavy objects such as masonry beams to the city wall to serve as wooden rolling stones.He also ordered people to kill pigs and sheep to reward the combatants.
But before sunset that day, Azig led an army of [-] people to the outside of Yanzhou City.After Li Xun saw the enemy army formation outside the city from the top of the city, he didn't make a sound for a long time.No matter how optimistic people are, after realizing the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, it may be difficult for them to have much confidence in defending this small city.
In the early morning of the next day, the Qing army attacked Yanzhou City again.This time, the vanguard battalion mainly composed of cavalry was not the main offensive force. Under the cover of trebuchets and bows and arrows, about [-] Qing troops attacked Yanzhou City from the west, and after a short stalemate, they attacked. The head of the city.In the hand-to-hand combat, the fighting power of the Korean army was obviously inferior to that of the Qing army. From launching an attack to breaking through the city defense, the Qing army took only a cup of tea.
Fortunately, Li Xun blocked the city gate from the inside the day before yesterday. Although the Qing army had already captured the top of the city and gained a firm foothold, it was still unable to quickly send troops into the city. Two rounds of arrows were fired, and the Qing army threw more than a dozen corpses on the top of the city.
But these casualties did not move Azig, who saw the hope of breaking the city, and swung his whip and dropped three more infantry soldiers on the battlefield.
When the Qing army on the top of the city exceeded a hundred, the defenders finally could no longer hold on to the line of defense and had to retreat into the city step by step.As more and more Qing troops climbed over the city wall and entered the city, the decline of the defenders gradually became apparent. Although Li Xun was brave, in this kind of war with thousands of people, personal force was basically unable to change the direction of the battle.After fighting for a while, Li Xun was injured and exhausted and captured, and then the defenders fell into a leaderless state, and were quickly suppressed by the Qing army separately.However, the Qing army soon discovered that Yanzhou was actually an empty city. The people in the city had already fled, and there was not much food left.
After Azig heard about the situation in the city, he was furious, and ordered Li Xun and more than a dozen defenders to be beheaded for public display.If it weren't for the fact that the army would need a lot of labor to continue its southern march, he even wanted to order all the captives in Yanzhou to be executed.
The time it took for the Qing army to attack Yanzhou far exceeded expectations, and the casualties also reached triple digits. It was the first slightly tricky battle they encountered after entering North Korea.But Huang Taiji demanded to continue to advance southward at the fastest speed, so after Azig ordered to deal with the captives here, he led his army to continue to advance, attacking Iron Mountain thirty miles away to the south.
Before sunset that day, Tieshan was taken away by the Qing army. There were still many people who had just escaped from Yanzhou in the north yesterday. Unexpectedly, they were only delayed for one day in Tieshan, and they still failed to escape the fate of captives.Although the North Korean army stationed at Tieshan resisted, due to their limited strength, they did not cause too much trouble to the Qing army. In the end, more than [-] defenders left the battlefield and fled to the nearby Xuanchuan.
Three days after the Qing army crossed the river, they captured three small cities. The speed of advance was not uncommon, but the population, money and food they obtained from North Korea were still inferior to what Haihan captured in Liaodong.
(End of this chapter)