Dominate the Country

When the Northern Expedition manifesto reached Henan, the Fu Han Army had already started the battle to attack Luoyang for many days. At the same time, the Second Division and the Fifth Division, which had completely defeated the Qing Army in Anhui, also crossed the Yellow River and advanced to Zezhou and Zhangde in northern Henan, as well as Damingfu in the southernmost part of Hebei.

The garrison troops in Shandong were divided into two, and all the way they cooperated with the Seventh Brigade of the Third Division to attack Baoding. Now the main forces of Wen Fu, Ying Lian and Shu Hede have gathered in Beijing and Baoding, and the total number of Qing troops left in southern Hebei is only 10,000. The other Shandong garrison troops joined the Fu Han Army in Cangzhou and headed north, obviously to open up the land transportation line from Shandong to Tianjin.

The Fu Han Army in Tianjin at this moment, the two-month "rest period" made them all full of energy.

At the end of last year, after learning that Chen Ming had left Tianjin, the Qing Army did not fail to muster up the courage to launch a fierce attack on Tianjin City, but it was in vain. Then the morale of the Qing Army was lost again. From December to the first month of the lunar calendar, the Qing army's offensive against Tianjin was always small-scale. The low-intensity confrontation and confrontation allowed the Fu Han army to enjoy a two-month "holiday"-like life.

At the end of the first month, with the melting of the floating ice in the Bohai Sea, the first batch of small-scale naval warships sailed into Caofeidian, bringing a large amount of military supplies and four battalions of reinforcements. As time enters February, the large area of ​​floating ice in the central Bohai Sea will soon melt, and the naval fleet will no longer need to take a long detour to travel between Caofeidian and Shandong, and sea transportation will be more convenient.

By the time Chen Ming led his troops to arrive, Caofeidian and the Dabo area on the shore had become a huge naval and land camp.

"Your Highness. People from all over the world are gathered here. People from Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Shandong, Lingnan, Jiangxi. In addition to the Guards Brigade, the Royal Guards Brigade, the Third Division, the Cavalry Brigade, the artillery regiments and other units that arrived with you this time, the number of troops has reached 32,000. The various units are part of the 1st and 2nd Divisions of the Shandong Army, part of the 1st Division of the Jiangsu Army, part of the 1st Division of the Fujian Army, and part of the 1st Division of the Guangdong Army..."

The troops gathered here are less than half of the original plan, and the military supplies and ammunition in stock are less than one-tenth of the original plan. And the enemy in front of him, the Beijing Banner of the Qing Dynasty plus the Eight Banners New Army, plus the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, plus a small part of the Green Camp and a part of the training army in Zhili, the total number is not known whether it is 200,000, but it is definitely more than 150,000. The Qing Dynasty has gathered all the forces it can gather.

In the area between Lutai Town and Qilihai between Tianjin and Dabo, the Qing Dynasty deployed no less than 30,000 infantry and cavalry. There were also Qing soldiers in Beitang and Dagukou. There were also 100,000 troops led by Agui between Tianjin City and Tongzhou.

In addition to the soldiers in the northwest, southwest and outside the pass, these teams were all the soldiers that the Qing Dynasty could mobilize at present. Even Baoding only left a few people to garrison. So there was no need to distinguish the elite and mediocre among them, nor to distinguish between the bannermen, Mongolians and Han people among them. The Qing Dynasty had reached the moment of life and death.

"Send a message to the logistics department to speed up the transportation. Speed ​​up. This governor wants them to send all the troops and military supplies to Caofeidian within one month." Chen Ming's face was flushed with blood. His grand plan was about to complete the most important step, and Chen Ming was a little excited now.

Although the troops he led in this battle were mostly non-main garrison troops, most of the musketeers still held old-fashioned bird guns. But so what? Isn't the Qing army also a mixture of elite and rubbish? The current Fu Han army still has an absolute advantage in artillery fire, and there are abundant and extremely sharp rockets.

Chen Ming never thought he would lose this battle, at most the casualties would be more severe.

As long as the logistics department can transport all the follow-up troops and military supplies by early March, Chen Ming can't wait.

"Beat the drums and go to the tent." He wants to sweep Lutai Town and Qilihai first! Communicate the direct connection between Caofeidian and Tianjin.

"The Grand Commander-in-Chief, the Grand Commander-in-Chief..."

"Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..."

The shouts of tens of thousands of people can be heard by the Qing soldiers in Lutai Town. Chen Ming's arrival made the Fu Han army, which was already full of morale, go one step further. The boiling 'morale' like red magma is rich in the endless light of the scorching sun.

If Chen Ming led his troops into Lutai Town immediately, he would find that as the morale of the Fu Han Army increased, the morale of the 30,000 Qing soldiers gathered in the area from Lutai Town to Qilihai was like a heavy blow, and they shook violently for a while and fell a lot.

Chen Ming's "prestige" was too great. This is the same as Napoleon's role in the French army in the Napoleonic War. When he appeared in front of the army, the morale of the French army could increase out of thin air, and the enemy opposite them would feel fear. This is an excellent commander's confidence in the army! As for the Qing army, even the prestigious Agui could not do this.

Chen Ming would not miss the great opportunity of the boiling morale of the army. He summoned the generals of various departments to have a simple discussion, and then the war would start the next day after he arrived. At that time, the news that Chen Ming arrived in Tianjin was estimated to have reached Beijing.

A horse galloped into Lutai Town and dismounted in front of Yonglang. He reported loudly: "Beizi, Chen Ni's cavalry has come out!"

"Is it Chen Ni's cavalry brigade, or the rebel bandits from Shandong?" Yonglang is a clan member of the Aixinjueluo family, and his ancestor is the famous Prime Minister Wang Minister Prince Yi Yinxiang of the Yongzheng Dynasty. His father was the seventh son of Yinxiang, and was given the title of Prince Xiyi. He himself was also granted the title of Viscount Gushanbei after Yongxuan officially ascended the throne.

"Master Bei, they are not Chen Ni's cavalry brigade, they are horse thieves from Shandong."

Yong Lang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although the Fuhan Army's cavalry brigade had only a small number of troops and a meager record, the battle was definitely fierce. On the other hand, the Shandong cavalry regiment, whose main force was originally in Cangzhou, later came to Caofeidian by boat, had fought against the Qing cavalry several times before, and was not very good. "Order Seng Ge to have his cavalry attack quickly!"

Yong Lang took out his Western pocket watch on the horse. The time was exactly 3:30 in the afternoon. It was at three o'clock that he received the news of Chen Ming's arrival. Only half an hour later, Chen Ni's cavalry came out. Yonglang felt very sad in his heart!

"Let Sengge be careful. Chen Ming has arrived, and Chen Ni's morale will definitely increase greatly. Don't suffer!"

After receiving the order, Seng Ge quickly led the cavalry out of Lutai Town. The strength of his troops is larger than that of the Shandong cavalry. In addition to more than 500 Beijing flag cavalry soldiers, there are also 1,600 or 700 Zhili cavalry. The total number of Shandong cavalry that arrived at Caofeidian was only three battalions. Some horses were damaged on the Qianlihai Road, and many horses were sick and unrecovered. So far, only a thousand cavalry have been able to go into battle.

The two sides have not fought once or twice. Sengge cannot say that he has won his opponent, but relying on his superior strength, he has always suppressed the Shandong cavalry in the Caofeidian area.

Before the Qing army went to battle, they were given a meal, one tael of silver each, white-flour steamed buns with palm-sized pieces of fat meat, and fragrant broth, which was enough to satisfy their needs.

This food is definitely good enough!

However, few of Sengge's troops showed their faces. Even the horse-armored soldiers of the Beijing banner all had sad faces. Some of them were crying while stuffing meat buns into their mouths. Because many people think that this meal is their last meal.

Wang Ping is another awesome name. It has the same name as General Wang who led the Shu Han Wudang Flying Army in history. He is Wang Jintai's nephew, and now he has the aura of the Manchu Army with the yellow flag. The Wang family originally belonged to the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. Wang Jintaigui was the governor of Zhili. The Han Army Banner greatly expanded its recruitment, and the Wang family was of course indispensable. But Wang Jintai's death was "heroic". He was captured by his men and surrendered, and then committed suicide. In order to reward the Wang family, the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty made the Wang family the Manchu army flag with a stroke of a pen.

If this was done ten years ago, it would really make the entire Wang family burst into tears. But now, this thing is a reminder.

A group of military attaches from the Green Camp also came to Wang Ping with mournful faces. The report from the horse scout said that the opponent was just a Shandong horse thief, but who can guarantee it? The cavalry brigade of the Fuhan Army - the horses may be dead, but also all the people? Even if all the people are dead, where is their equipment? This battle is not easy to win.

But at this time, the Green Camp soldiers who could still be retained by the Qing Dynasty in the ranks were all the elites of the Green Camp, and most of the leading soldiers had also been expanded into the Han Army Banner. And the Fuhan Army was merciless to any bannerman. How was the Han Army Flag different from the Manchu Army Flag and the Mongolian Army Flag? Even if they want to surrender, they are also afraid of the legendary "reform through labor".

"Master Wang, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Chen family has arrived in Tianjin, and the final battle is about to begin. Please show us the way, what should we do?"

"What should we do? Is that what we have the final say? Have a good meal and fight with Sengge. Be loyal to the emperor!"

"Really be loyal to the emperor in Beijing?"

"Master Wang, the person opposite is the prince of the Chen family." The Qing army was even frightened by Chen Ming.

Wang Ping looked at the three green camp generals beside him who had anxious faces but did not dare to speak, and smiled deeply: "How about we eat more food, and when we encounter the Fuhan Army later, can we run to the northeast?"

"Then...that's an escape from battle!" An officer with the rank of third-grade general had a troubled expression on his face. Fighting against Caofeidian is definitely very dangerous. Although they don't know how long it will take for the horses to be put into battle after being transported by sea, the officers believe that at least all the cavalrymen of the Fuhan Army's Cavalry Brigade will not become weak.

Several collisions between the Manchu and Qing cavalry and the cavalry brigade resulted in heavy losses. The Fuhan Army cavalry's wall-style collision tactics were extremely lethal in the front. Therefore, it is extremely dangerous to follow Sengge to Caofeidian. If they really encounter the Fuhan Army cavalry, they will have no chance of survival. But for such an unexpected escape, the officer couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while. The most important thing is, if you run away from battle today, can you still run away from battle tomorrow? He is no longer a Han, but a Bannerman. Even if you surrender, you will most likely be sent to reeducation through labor for ten or twenty years, so it would be better to die.

"If you run away in battle, just run away. If the sky falls, I will support you." Wang Ping shrugged nonchalantly and said to the generals with a smile, "Let the brothers eat quickly and leave after eating. No one will be here tonight." If you want to rest, you must run fifty miles away!”

After everyone had left, a young man who was mostly a soldier came out of the tent behind Wang Ping. The young man smiled very sweetly at Wang Ping!

The secret camp has been in action, although they have not been able to move the Qing army's feet. The Manchu Qing Dynasty at least had almost harvested the Han military power in the Zhili area. Teams like Wang Ping were all based in Henan before. He was brought to Damingfu from Henan by Agui, and then transferred to Lutai Town in Tianjin. As for why Wang Ping was able to gain the honor of being ‘trusted’ by the Manchus, it was naturally because of Wang Jintai.

It is a pity that even if the senior officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty turned into ghosts, they would not know how Wang Jintai died or what happened when Jinan City fell.

As for the Fuhan Army, Chen Ming always kept Wang Jintai's "contribution" in mind. People like Wang Ping are simply his 'own people'.

The collision between the cavalry teams from both sides started at about 4:20 minutes. There is not much distance between Dabo and Lutai Town. After exploring for a while, we soon met in Fengnan Town, north of Dabo. Not a single local citizen can be seen here, and the whole town is as dilapidated and desolate as an abandoned ghost town.

The Qing army also launched an attack on Dabo. The two sides had fought many times around this town in the past two months.

Both sides are very traditional Eastern cavalry.

However, the Eight Banners horse soldiers on the Manchu side have long lost the ability to ride and shoot like their ancestors. Many of them carry muskets instead of bows and arrows. As for the Fuhan Army, the soldiers of the Shandong Cavalry Regiment did not wear breastplates, but each of them had an extra holster on the saddle, which contained two loaded double-barreled handguns.

As soon as the two cavalry teams encountered each other, they immediately started fighting. The Qing army had more than 2,000 cavalry, while the Fuhan army only had 1,200 or 300 cavalry. However, the latter had two double-barrelled blunderbuss, and their confidence was already off the charts!

"Kill..." Sengge shouted without hesitation, swinging his sword. Yang Lei here also held a carbine in his hand and charged with a shout.

The horses on both sides didn't gallop for long. They had plenty of horsepower, so they had no choice but to kill.

The origins of this Beijing flag horse team under Seng Ge are complicated. They include Beijing bannermen recruited during the crisis of the Qing Dynasty, as well as horse soldiers from Xiaoqi camp, Hujun camp, etc., such as Zhenghongqi, Xianghongqi, Zhenglanqi, and Xiangbaiqi. All, except for the people who went up to the three flags, the remaining five flags are all included. These are all people with military flags!

There are twenty or thirty elites inside, and they must be very good at horseback riding skills. They must be able to ride on a horse and shoot arrows while running - this skill was common a hundred and twenty years ago, but now, it is an incredible real skill. A comment of "good at riding and shooting" must be given.

These twenty or thirty elites are all in Goshhari in Sengge. They are now scattered among the flag soldiers and cavalry. They each took out their bows and arrows, and some of them had already caught the arrows in their hands. However, a sudden change completely frustrated Sengge's plan.

He originally asked one part of Wang Ping's army to take the lead, and then Wang Ping led the rest of his troops to follow up. The men of the flag soldiers were the ones holding down the formation, or were the ones who used their strength at the critical moment. But what has Wang Ping done now? He led his thousands of cavalrymen to make a ninety-degree turn in front of the two armies and ran north.

He led the people and ran north.

Not only that, the remaining hundreds of horsemen from Wang Ping's army also swarmed and fled north, exposing the Manchurian flag horsemen of Sengge's headquarters in front of the already trotting Shandong cavalry.

"Wang Ping..."

Seng Ge's eyes were about to burst. At this time, Wang Ping was still in front of him. He could break Wang Ping's neck and peel off Wang Ping's belly to see if his heart and liver were blacker than coal! ! ! But he had no time. He didn't even have time to resent Wang Ping. "Charge, charge quickly..." The flag soldiers had to move.

Wang Ping led his team to escape before the battle. I wonder if the level of "turning in before the battle" is inferior to that of Guan Ning's army back then? Anyway, Seng Ge was severely cheated.

Zu's secret skill back then - turning in and betraying teammates before the formation, allowed Manqing to easily win big victories time and time again. But now this unique skill has "reappeared" in Wang Ping, and the person who fell into the pit is the winner of the year - the Manchu Eight Banners Army.

Is it tit for tat? Anyway, when the news later reached Chen Ming's ears, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Chen Han was very happy.

The Eight Banners soldiers who were pushed to the edge of the cliff by 'life and death' were still brave enough. In the original time and space, there were one crow and two crows. Let’s not mention the number of enemies killed by the Eight Banners soldiers, let alone the effect. Let’s just say that the courage to fight was still very high. At least they fought several battles with high casualty rates, which were much higher than those of the Han armies such as Green Camp.

The same goes for this current battle.

With a "peng" sound, the war horse under Sengge's crotch collided with a running Shandong cavalry horse. Both sides fell to the ground at the same time. However, the agile Shandong cavalry jumped away first and fell off the horse. Although they were seriously injured, they did not lose their lives. And what about Seng Ge? He knew he was dead when his whole body was knocked down by the tilted war horse. He couldn't lift his arm, and his right leg, which was pressed under him by the war horse, was in excruciating pain. It must have been broken. If he could survive on the battlefield like this, he was lucky to be alive.

But he was really unwilling to die like this...