Of course, the ships on the Wishui, Xifeishui, and Beifeishui were all left by the Zhongdu Remaining Department to the Qing army under the orders of the Generalissimo's Mansion, with the purpose of facilitating their crossing to the south of the Huaihe River.

Luuring the Qing army to cross the Huaihe River was one of the two decisive battle plans formulated by the Generalissimo's army and guards based on Zhu Cihong's orders.

Another plan is to conduct a decisive battle on the north bank of Hongze Lake - Huang Degong is now leading his troops to retreat along the Bianhe River towards Hongze Lake according to the order. On the same day that Hauge arrived in Mengcheng, his troops had already retreated to Hongze

County area. If you retreat further south, you will enter the boundary of Sizhou. At this time, the Huaihe River makes a big bend in the Sizhou area, forming Sizhou surrounded by water on three sides (the west and south sides face the Huaihe River, and the east side faces the flood

The topography of the city (Zehu Lake) has many streams and water networks throughout the territory. Sizhou City has been rebuilt as a fortress and is extremely strong.

As long as Huang Degong's troops retreat into Sizhou, it will be basically foolproof... If Hauge follows, he will be almost done. At that time, Zhu Cixiang will lead his army across Huaihe, go around behind Hauge, and block it

Get into his retreat and force him to fight decisively.

However, this plan did not seem to work. Hauge just sent three or two thousand cavalry to drive Huang Degong away and ignored him. In Hauge's view, Huang Degong was covering Gao Jie's flanks, while Gao Jie's front was facing Duo Jie.

Ergon, the confidant of the Duduo brothers, Duoluobelenikan. If Huang Degong is defeated, Gao Jie may have to run away again.

In this way, Pizhou, Suqian, Suining, Taoyuan, Muyang, Qushan (Haizhou Administrative Office), Ganyu and other prefectures and counties will fall into the hands of Duduo... In this way, Dorgon and Duduo will be too

So proud!

So after Huang Degong ran away, Hauge called back his cavalry, and then the whole army camped step by step along the swirling water and advanced southward.

That's right, the Qing troops along Hauge's route have set up strongholds every twenty miles since they occupied Bozhou, and they still set up strongholds along the vortex. Each stronghold will leave behind the Eight Banners soldiers, Han troops and Green Camp soldiers.

Some garrison troops were stationed in Bozhou, Suqian, Taihe, Yingzhou, Mengcheng and other prefectures and counties, and prefectural and county officials were dispatched.

Since Hauge did not pursue and fight Huang Degong, the plan to lure him to the north of Hongze Lake and beat him up also failed.

In this way, the Generalissimo's Mansion could only hope to successfully lure the enemy across the Huaihe River. Therefore, it ordered the Zhongdu Remaining Department to leave some ships for the Qing army when they abandoned the Huaibei territory.

And this operation was actually redundant. Because Hauge and Obai had made preparations to cross the Huaihe River from the beginning. If they had not had this intention, Zhu Chunchen, Hou Xun, and Li Yan would not have been able to use troops at all.

It is possible to trick characters like Hao Ge and Obai into crossing the Yellow River.

Of course, the reason why Hauge and Obai dared to cross the Huaihe River was based on something. In addition to the absolute superiority of the cavalry and the powerful "war supervision ability" of the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, they also relied on a powerful artillery!

Since the Nurhaci era, the Manchus have attached great importance to firearms, especially the Hongyi cannon! After they entered the customs and moved their capital to Beijing, they experienced many sieges and sieges, and naturally they always felt that their firepower was insufficient.

Therefore, Dorgon repeatedly ordered the Han armies of all banners to go all out to cast Hongyi cannons, and also tried every means to recruit craftsmen who were good at forging and directly incorporated them into the Eight Banners Han Army. In addition, Dorgon also collected many red cannons from Shanhaiguan and Xuanfu Town.

Yi cannon.

Therefore, by the second year of Chongde, the Han armies of the eight banners had one or two Hongyi Cannon Niulu.

The Eight Banners Han troops who followed Hauge southward came from five banners: Zhenglan, Xianglan, Zhenghong, Zhenghuang and Xianghuang. They were equipped with a total of four Hongyi cannon Niulu, and a total of forty red cannons.

Yi cannon!

These cannons can not only siege cities, but can also be set up on the banks of large rivers to block waterways, and can also be used in field battles!

Therefore, in the view of Duduo and Obai, crossing the river may not be easy, but crossing the Huaihe River is not a problem.

Moreover, they also planned to build a pontoon bridge on the Huaihe River, build artillery forts on both sides of the pontoon bridge, and deploy red cannons to block the waterway and prevent the Ming navy from destroying the pontoon bridge.

In this way, they can advance and retreat freely after crossing the Huaihe River. Even if they cannot win completely, they can still return with plenty of plunder...

If Hauge can plunder Huainan and return, and Duduo is stuck in the quagmire of Shandong, which has little oil and water, then Dorgon's prestige will be severely compromised!

...

Mengcheng County Government Office, the headquarters of General Jingyuan of the Qing Dynasty.

A muscular man in his forties, with upside-down eyebrows and a Chinese character face, and a mouth and nose that were larger than the average person, quickly walked into the lobby with thatched roof.

I saw him running up to Hauge, who was wearing only a coat and fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan. He slapped him respectfully and said, "Shang Ke is happy to say hello to the prince."

The visitor turned out to be King Zhishun. The Han army under the Xianglan Banner was well established in Mount Ezhen, and he was the commander-in-chief of the Henan Army. It was gratifying.

Hauge laughed: "Yuanji, get up, get up, you and I are both princes, we are about the same age, there is no need for this."

His words were polite, but he did not get up from the bamboo couch to help the prince.

Shang Ke was happy but did not dare to show even the slightest dissatisfaction. He stood up and said with a smile: "How can I compare with you? You are General Jingyuan!"

The "general" of the Qing Dynasty was a temporary assignment, but he was just a "big official". As long as he left Beijing, no matter what official he was, he would be inferior to the general when he met him.

Now in the entire Qing Dynasty, there are only four people with the rank of general, including Dingguo General Duduo, Jingyuan General Hauge, Fuyuan General Azige and Pingxi General Wu Sangui.

"Isn't he just a temporary general?" Hauge smiled and pointed to a chair beside him, "Sit down, sit down... Come here, please take the place of King Zhishun Kuanzhang, and he will be crowned.

Tea!"

Seeing Haug's easy-going look, Shang Kexi didn't dare to refute his face. He put on thin casual clothes and just sat there waiting for Haug to ask questions.

"Yuanji," Hauge asked with a smile, "how is the situation ahead?"

"Your Majesty..." Shang Ke suddenly stood up happily.

Haug smiled and pressed his hand slightly, gesturing for him to sit down.

Shang Kexi sat down again, and then said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the Southern Army has set up defenses in Huaiyuan County. It is a four-cornered fort with four blunderbuss platforms. General cannons are arranged on the blunderbuss platforms... The terrain of Huaiyuan County

It was a dangerous place, and the city was built between the angle between Wuoshui and the Huaihe River. Therefore, my subordinates did not attack by force. After testing it, they ordered people to dig trenches between Wuoshui and the Huaihe River to seal off Huaiyuan City."

"This is called a bastion," Haug said. "Duduo suffered a big loss from this kind of castle in Shandong... and now he is still squatting outside Qufu City and can't get in!"

"It's really hard to fight." Shang Kexi said, "My subordinates have been firing the Hongyi cannon for several hours, but it seems to be of no use."

"This kind of city must be attacked by infantry!" Hauge waved his cattail leaf fan, "Or it's a siege. Cannons are of limited use..." At this moment, he suddenly noticed Shang Kexi smiling from the corner of his eye, as if he was up to something good.

, "King Zhishun, what good things are you hiding from me?"

"Haha, Your Majesty has a keen eye," Shang Ke smiled happily, "To be honest with Your Majesty, I even sent someone to cross the Huaihe River!"

"It's passed?" Hauge raised his eyelids.

"It's over!" Shang Ke smiled happily, "With the cover of the Hongyi cannon, the Nanmanzi warships can't get close at all.

And the southern barbarians on the other side of the river did not dare to fight with us in the field! So the cavalry sent by my subordinates went all the way south, and they all went around outside Fengyang Fucheng, and found that Fengyang Fucheng is not that fortress!"

"Oh?" Hauge finally cheered up, "Is Fengyang Fucheng still the same as before?"

"It's the same as usual," Shang Ke said happily, "it's shabby, not strong, and not a fortress... If we gather twenty or thirty red barbarian cannons, we will definitely be able to knock down the city wall."

"Haha," Hauge laughed, "The Southern Barbarian general Zhu Chunchen is really a fool! The most important city, Fengyang City, has not been properly repaired."

He was just talking nonsense, how big is Fengyang City! How much work would it take to convert it into a fortress?
Chapter completed!