Chapter 844 The emperor wants a decisive battle?
When Wu Keshan's third brother, Sonom, who was conferred the ban, was found in the tent of Sonom, he saw his elder brother Wu Keshan and a group of Mongolian princes discussing something. He knew Lang Tan. When Lang Tan's father Wu Bai and the Minister of Inner Luo Shi, He Luohui and others were imprisoned, he still said a few words to Wu Bai from his sister Bumubutai. Wu Bai was not executed by the emperor with He Luohui and others, and Lang Tan was quickly restored to his post, so he has always been very grateful to the Sonom brothers, Wu Bai, and Lang Tan.
Seeing that the eldest brother Wu Keshan and Esen, Ezier and others looked ugly, and the group of people were arguing something, Sonom broke out and asked Lang Tan in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
Esen is the Prince of Duluo Bingtu, the Left-wing Back Banner of Korqin, and Eqier is the Prince of Duluo, the Right-wing Front Banner. Together with Wu Keshan, the two are the princes and princes who are closest to the Qing Dynasty in the Twenty-Four Banners of Korqin.
"Three Beller, Dirksunny is defeated. The emperor wants the Mongolian army to move to the camp immediately. It is estimated that the battle will be held in the next two days."
Lang Tan whispered to Sonom's news of the defeat of Dirksuni, Duobi, Tong Guogang and other troops. Sonom was a little shocked after hearing this: "How can the Southern people fight so much?"
Sonom was surprised. Originally, Jidu, Yue Le, Roto and others were defeated, and they always felt that they were 108,000 miles away. In addition, the south was not conducive to cavalry fighting, so they thought that the Taiping bandits won the advantage of the territory. But now there were first defeats in Guazhou and then in Bianjiahekou. Although not all the defeated Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, there were thousands of people. In the past, these thousands of cavalry were pulled out alone and placed anywhere, and they were all independent troops, able to fight against the Ming army of more than 100,000, but now they were defeated in the blink of an eye, which was a bit incredible.
Lang Tan shook his head and said nothing because he didn't know what to say. He only knew that when Oboi reported the news, his master's hands were trembling. There was one thing he did not dare to say to Wu Keshan, and the Mongolian princes of Sonom, that was that the Deksuni army was wiped out and none of them ran out. This was not a big deal. What was wrong was that the Taiping gang killed all the prisoners, and tens of thousands of heads hung along the official road. According to the Manchu generals who saw with their own eyes, their feelings were even more scarier than seeing ghosts in broad daylight.
The defeat at Bianjiahekou has made Shunzhi in Yangzhou City no longer sit still. At present, except for the more than 20,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry brought by Oboi from Jiangbei Camp, there are only tens of thousands of Green Camp soldiers left. After the Taiping Army won the Bianjiahekou victory, it did not shrink and rest, but advanced step by step. At present, their main force has entered the Yizhenhekou area and is firmly in a decisive battle.
Shunzhi couldn't understand why the thief scholar dared to advance north without the advantage of military strength and wanted to fight to the death with the Qing army. Perhaps Sony's reason best explains the thief scholar's boldness, that is, they fought too smoothly since they crossed the river, so they were arrogant. This was a good thing for the Qing Dynasty, because those who underestimated the enemy would never be the final winner.
Shunzhi recognized Sony's statement, but it was also sad. In the past, more than a dozen Manzhou soldiers could chase thousands of Ming troops and kill them all the way, or rush to charge thousands of Green Camp soldiers. Now, they have become others arrogant and everything has turned the other way around. When they think of this, Shunzhi feels his chest is very blocked.
After receiving the news from Oboi, Shunzhi was lost at the time. In a trance, he seemed to feel that he had returned to the moment when he received news of Nikan's death in the Forbidden City eight years ago.
God can testify. Although Shunzhi was in a daze, he did not feel willing to retreat. Instead, he actually felt unwilling and unwilling to accept it. Since the thief scholar was about to fight, then let's fight. The decisive battle was inevitable. He was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He could not have frightened and fled back to Beijing when he lost two battles but still had an advantage. Perhaps, the myth of the thief scholar's undefeated will be broken in a few days.
Shunzhi adopted the suggestion of Sony and Oboi, mobilized all the troops and all the troops that could be transferred, Manzhou, Mongolian, Han army, and Green Camp. As long as all the people around Yangzhou were transferred, they would have a real battle with the bandit scholar in the south. Instead of the layers of defense measures taken after receiving the news of Guazhou's defeat at the beginning, the decision now seemed too stupid, and gave up its military strength and maneuverability advantages in vain, which led to the Bianjiahekou's defeat. After defeating again and again, it felt like someone was cut off from his body with a knife. No matter how strong this person was, he would eventually be cut off all his body. If he concentrated his heavy troops to attack him from the beginning, how many soldiers would the bandit scholar have to block the crazy attack of the Qing Dynasty.
Oboi reviewed his mistakes to Shunzhi, and Shunzhi forgave him. No matter what, Oboi is his loyal slave and the most capable slave. He also needs this slave to capture the thief scholar in front of him, and then cut him alive with a knife.
In addition to the princes and princes of Korqin, and other princes of the Outer Mongolian, dozens of people also came to Beile. The reason for the quarrel was that the people from Outer Mongolia asked the Qing Dynasty to replenish their money, grain and weapons before they could set sail to the south. Wu Keshan asked them to leave now and wait until they arrived in the south to replenish them. The two sides had a quarrel. Later, Ata, the princes of Dulbert's tribe, made a move from the middle and said that they would first divide things from Korqin and his tribe, and the princes of the outer vassals agreed to move camps and send troops.
After solving the problem of the outer Mongolian army's camp transfer, Wu Keshanfang remembered to ask Lang Tan where the main force of Taiping Kou is now. Lang Tan said that the main force of Taiping Kou is now gathering in the Gaomin Temple on the west bank of the canal, which is less than thirty miles away from Yangzhou City.
According to the report of the Dissertation, they saw the banner of the pseudo-Qi Governor of the Taiping Knights in Gaomin Temple, so they determined that the main forces of the Taiping Army were gathered there. Obai Reported that the area of Gaomin Temple is located at the corner of Yizhenhe and the Grand Canal, and the Taiping Knights gathered the main forces there, obviously to take the initiative to cross the Yizhen Hebei offender. All signs indicate that the navy of the Taiping Knights also moved towards the Yizhen River, and they even moved under the eyes of the Qing army on the shore.
Wu Keshan asked Lang Tan how many soldiers and horses were there in the Taiping gang in Gaomin Temple. Lang Tan hesitated and said a number he thought was safe.
"Fifty thousand? So many?"
After hearing Lang Tan's report on the Taiping gang's forces, Wu Keshan frowned. If his nephew asked their Mongolian soldiers to act as the main force in Gaomin Temple to fight against the Taiping gang, even if there was no chance of victory, the Mongolian army would only have 30,000 people together.
Seeing this, Lang Tan hurriedly said, "Don't worry, this time it's not the Mongolian army that went to fight alone, Oboi will lead the army to fight, and there are more than 30,000 battalions of soldiers who will also participate in the battle. In terms of military strength, we have a great advantage."
There was one thing Lang Tan said, that is, the main force of the Taiping Army reported by Oboi was only more than 30,000. He reported a little more, but he was afraid that these Outer Mongolian Army would be frightened when they heard that more than 30,000 Taiping Army could annihilate more than 30,000 Deksunny's more than 30,000 soldiers, would be frightened and retreated in the face of the battle. The Ming army in the south might not understand the background of these Outer Mongolian Army, but they said that they were as brave and good at fighting as the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia. However, Lang Tan knew that these people were just robbers riding on horseback, and their combat power and willpower were far less than Mongolian.
The reason why they were willing to be transferred to the Pass was completely a favorable reward from the Qing Dynasty. The father and grandfather who had received a lot of rewards back then and basically had no losses, so they entered the Pass enthusiastically. But to let them know that they were facing a strong army, a strong army that annihilated tens of thousands of Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, most of them would shrink. It is most suitable to bully the weak and fear the strong on them. Even the Korqin people like Wu Keshan may not be willing to fight for the Qing Dynasty until the last soldier.
"In this way, it's 100,000 to 50,000. Two to one?"
The Mongolian princes and princes were relieved. When they heard the news of the defeat in the south, they were really a little nervous. Now they heard that the Qing emperor was going to fight to the decisive battle, and their troops were doubled, and there were as many as 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry, so naturally there was nothing to be afraid of.
"Does the emperor want to fight to the decisive battle?"
Sonom confirmed again, and Lang Tan nodded, the intention of a decisive battle inside and outside Yangzhou, and even Taiping Kou, might have noticed that there was nothing to hide.
Chapter completed!