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The Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty, Volume 10, Chapter 618: Murderous Intent Clouds (Part 2)

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    North of Dagukou.

    Azigelema was here, looking at the Haihe River flowing into the sea, and felt excited.  He put his hand on his chest and let out a long breath.

    At the beginning, it was on the south bank of this place that Dorgon suffered a defeat that greatly damaged the strength of the Manchus. The internal conflicts of the Manchus were about to intensify, and Dorgon poisoned Huang Taiji to death with lightning speed.  In the marching camp, and then relying on extremely brilliant tactics to win over the differences, the situation was controlled.  Since then, Dorgon has proved that he has the ability to be as good as Huang Taiji, whether it is military strategy or political strategy, he is handy.  .

    Strictly speaking, the strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time was increased rather than weakened compared to Huangtaiji.  Azig heard from those Han people that Yu Guozhen was in the south and used several data to judge a country's comprehensive national strength: per capita grain possession, per capita steel possession, per capita cement possession, per capita educational resource possession, average life expectancy, per capita doctor  numbers, infant mortality, etc.  According to almost all data, the Manchu Qing Dynasty made great progress during the seven years of Dorgon's rule.

    Although there has been no such data record before, Azig can understand this.

    "It's just that their progress is pitiful compared to the Chinese system, and even in some key data, it is far behind the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

    "Minsheng Express" once had a report, which quantitatively assessed the ability of various parallel forces in China to accept new things.  As a result of the evaluation, if the Huaxia system's ability to accept new things is calculated as one hundred points, then the ability of Li Zicheng's remaining Chuangjun system to accept new things is thirty-seven.  The Nanming regime's ability to accept new affairs was twenty-five, while the Manchu Qing's was only thirteen.

    Moreover, the evaluation of this number in the bulletin was: If there were not strong enemies from outside, the Manchus would instinctively oppose all technological progress. In order to prevent firearms from affecting their advantage in bows and arrows, they would even wish for all the muskets in the world to become  Burning fire sticks, there is no pressure from the outside world.  Their firearms troops will be quickly abandoned, but instead of forging swords into plowshares, they will hide them in dank corners and let them rot.

    This evaluation.  Of course Azig couldn't hear it. He just came to this place that once changed the history of Jianlu and looked south.  I couldn't help but sigh, wondering if this battle would decide the fate of the Manchus again.

    We will definitely do it, we will definitely win and take over the Central Plains

    While he was praying secretly, he saw a group of people coming slowly across the river. He looked at the other party and saw that it was the Chinese Army.  Azig frowned and thought of yesterday's encounter here. More than a thousand Chinese troops were building a pontoon bridge at the mouth of the Haihe River.  Preparing to cross the river here, detouring to Tianjin Guard, and cutting off Wu Sangui's retreat, he happened to meet his vanguard, and the two sides fought fiercely here for a long time.  In the end, although he drove the Chinese army back to the south bank, he suffered ten times the enemy's casualties.

    Then he saw someone in the group raising his hands to his forehead. Apparently, he was observing the situation on his side with a telescope.  Azig also raised the binoculars and saw a face that was too young.

    "Everyone in the Chinese army is young They are really full of vitality. In comparison, the Ming Dynasty is old and decrepit. It is really vulnerable." Azig thought to himself, and unknowingly, he also felt a little bit old about himself.  Go with emotion.

    "My lord, what are they doing?" Because after Huang Taiji's death, Azige sized up the situation and began to help Dorgon, so he is now also named the county king.  Beside him, a subordinate asked cautiously, with a vague look of worry on his face.

    "Hmmit seems to be pointing fingers, maybe you still want to be stronger than this"

    Just as he was talking about this, Azig suddenly heard a faint rumbling sound in the distance. Azig was suddenly surprised: "It's a steamship It seems that Gu Jiaming on the other side didn't give up and called in a warship."  !¡±

    The advantage of the Chinese army on the water is almost unsolvable. Although Jianlu was defeated repeatedly on land, he still had the courage to fight the Chinese army. But above the water, Jianlu had no courage to face the Chinese army.  No!

    "Kong has virtue, Kong has virtue!" Azig shouted.

    After a while, Kong Youde appeared in front of him, wiping his sweat: "Your Majesty, I am here. I wonder what your Majesty's orders are?"

    Azig heard the rumbling sound getting louder and louder. He used his telescope to look towards the place where the sound came from. He could already see the towering chimney of the steamship and the dazzling metallic luster in the sun - this was an ironclad ship of the Chinese Navy.  Although it was only a thin layer of iron armor covering the waterline, it was already a great deterrent to Jianlu: steel can actually float in the water!

    "The steamship of the Chinese Army is here. Are you ready?"

    "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we are stepping up our efforts over there. No matter what, we will not let enemy ships enter the river!"

    &nbsp"Tianjin Wei became the venue for the decisive battle. After knowing this, Azig's first thing to consider was how to reduce the Chinese army's advantage on the water.  The artillery on the steam warships of the Chinese Army has a greater range and power than the mobile artillery used by the army, and it can move freely in the water, but Jianlu cannot rush into the water.  Therefore, Azig estimated that the Chinese army might transfer the ship to Tianjin Wei, so he immediately arranged for Kong Youde to go and arrange it.

    "Hurry up and don't care about human life. If you don't want to part with your subordinates, just drive the people around you. Anyway, the Han people are like ants and they can't be killed no matter what!"

    Sen Leng¡¯s cruel words came out of Azig¡¯s mouth so naturally, as if the Han people in his mouth were really like ants.  Kong Youde himself was also a Han, but he did not have the slightest grudge. He had long known that his fate had long been separated from the Han people, and the honor and disgrace of the Han people no longer had anything to do with him. To a certain extent, the more humble the Han people were, the more he  position becomes more stable.

    Among the Chinese ethnic groups, there are endless people with lofty ideals, but there are also endless people like Kong Youde who are willing to be slaves of foreign races. Even if the Chinese nation is prosperous, there are always some who think that they are capable enough to serve as the governor of a province or even the ruler of a country. In order to realize their own goals.  "Ambition", he does not hesitate to betray the interests of the Chinese race, and is willing to be driven by a foreign race, even though he knows that people who are not from our race will have different hearts, and he knows that the other party's talk of glory and wealth is just to satisfy his hunger.  But all of them are happy with it, and they have to sell all of China to the other party.

    "I understand, I'll go right now!" Kong Youde hit him with a thousand words and performed the full ceremony. He was now moving like clouds and flowing water, and he didn't forget to imitate the "chirp" of those Manchus.  Then he turned and mounted his horse.  Dash away.

    It took the steamboat about ten more minutes to finally reach the mouth of the Haihe River.  Azig stepped back slightly at this time and looked at the fleet from a distance.  This was a fleet of one steamship and three sailing ships.  The smallest one was also bigger than the largest ship Azig had ever seen before.  The dense gun windows on the side of the ship made people shudder, Azig could imagine it.  What does it look like when this mobile arsenal is fully loaded with firepower?

    "One day, our Qing Dynasty will also have such warships. Without warships, we will not be able to fight Yu Guozhen at sea, and we will have to be passively beaten everywhere."

    Azig thought so in his heart, and then he saw the four ships starting to turn sideways, slowing down and slowly heading towards the mouth of the river.  Before entering the river mouth, they anchored and put down a sampan to join the Chinese army in the south.

    Azig felt a little regretful in his heart.  It would be great if these four ships of the Chinese Army crashed headlong into the Haihe River.

    Then, he heard a loud bang, and a cannon was fired from a ship. The cannonball landed only fifty feet away from Azige and others. The war horse under Azige was trained.  But when he heard this voice, he couldn't help snoring and started to stir uneasily.

    Azig¡¯s expression changed a little: ¡°Back off, then back out half a mile!¡±

    In order to prevent Yu Guozhen from sending his navy to land here, Azig set up a line of defense along the mouth of the Haihe River.  But now he realized that he had underestimated the range of the ship's heavy artillery. His defense line was actually within the opponent's range!

    Sure enough, after the opponent fired a test shot, they found that the distance was about the same. Suddenly, all the gun doors opened, and then began to bombard them indiscriminately, as if the shells didn't cost any money.

    Azig¡¯s order was issued in time. This round of artillery only caused him dozens of casualties. He retreated the defense line for half a mile and was considered to have left the dangerous place, but his mood became heavier and heavier.

    With this fleet, although it was difficult for the Confederate Army to cross the river, it also meant that he could not cross the river from here and bypass the Confederate Army's rear. Moreover, in order to prevent the Confederate Army from forcing a crossing under the cover of the gunboats, he had to retain the strength in his hands.  The next half is here.

    "Report the military information of this place to King Rui, and urge King Rui to march quickly"

    "Your Majesty, are we just going to stay here?" Obai was his lieutenant, and he was quite dissatisfied with his decision: "Swearing with the Southern bandit across the river? You can't drown the Southern bandit with your saliva!"

    "did you mean?"

    "I see that the southern bandits on the opposite side don't have many troops, and they seem unwilling to pay heavy casualties, so I don't expect him to cross the river here. How about I take a group of troops and go around Tianjin Guard to see if there is any chance?  "

    Aobai's opinion was not surprising to Azig. Aobai had always been loyal to Huang Taiji's family. After Dorgon came to power, he had few opportunities. At most, he was sent as an envoy to do some traveling.  Being unable to lead troops into battle means that you cannot make meritorious deeds and cannot expand your own strength.

    And now, it is a rare opportunity for him to follow Azig. If he can stand alone and achieve real military exploits, then what reason can Dorgon have to suppress him?

      In addition, Obai also hopes that he can give Yu Guozhen a severe blow and avenge his brother.  Among the brave generals who were called Baturu in Jianlu, Obai was one of the few who had never been directly defeated by the Chinese army. He was still a little proud in his heart. He always felt that the previous victories of the Chinese army were the result of trickery.  If there is a real fight, he will definitely seize the opportunity and give the Chinese army a heavy defeat.

    Azig pondered for a moment. Indeed, if the stalemate continues here, they will have no chance of defeating Yu Guozhen.  He and Dorgon shared the same view, that is, the Qing Dynasty should resolve this matter quickly rather than delay it for a long time. If it were delayed until the spring of next year, the transportation of military supplies for thousands of miles would be enough to bring down the Qing Dynasty.

    Yu Guozhen could transport grain on a large scale by sea. He was wealthy and was not afraid of losses during transportation, but the Manchu Qing could not afford losses.

    "Okay, Oboi, I'll give you 20,000 people, but don't go to Tianjin Guard. Instead, bypass Tianjin Guard and go south on your own to see if you can attack Qingxian or Cangzhou. If you have the chance, you can even go to Dezhou. It is said that  This is where Yu Guozhen himself lies!" Azig said.

    Obai was overjoyed and was about to leave, but Azig grabbed him again.

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