Bolo, who was in Xuzhou, didn't know that Sonny and Suke Saha had run away with the two battalions of Fengpei and Dingcao, and were still waiting for the two of them to come over and join in Xuzhou.In fact, Hong Chengchou's idea of gathering soldiers and horses in Xuzhou is not clever.To put it mildly, this is a stupid idea that is extremely unwise.Xin Sizhong, who is north of Xuzhou City, is actually just bluffing, and he doesn't really want to attack Xuzhou City.The plan of the Standing Committee of the Decision-making Committee was to leave Bolo in Xuzhou City and let the surrounding Qing troops move closer to Xuzhou, instead of running out of the battlefield and north of the Yellow River like Sonny and Suke Saha.Only when the main force of the Qing army is completely annihilated near Xuzhou and crosses the Yellow River in the future will there be no major obstacles to the occupation of the Central Plains.In this regard, Hong Chengchou is not as far away as Sony.Sonny ran away, and the Northern Front Attack Corps went to chase after him, but the Qingqi Camp of the Northwest Army did not pursue, but turned around and went south, and together with the Shangqiu Battalion, surrounded the Qing Army's Mangdang Battalion.The number and weapons occupied an absolute advantage, and the Qing army in the Mangdang battalion could not fly.Under the bombardment of hundreds of cannons, any barrier seemed weak, and it was soon hit by the cannons.The Qing army suffered numerous casualties, and the remaining 20,000 or so finally decided to break through and join the Huaibei camp in the south.Under the fire of countless cannons and muskets, breaking out of the camp and breaking through can be imagined, which is basically equivalent to death.The corpses of the Qing army were piled up in front of the line of muskets and artillery of the Northwest Army.Seeing that the soldiers of the Qingqi camp in the north had occupied the Qing army camp, Li Yan couldn't hold it back, drew his sword and waved it, and personally led the cavalry out of the line.Tens of thousands of cavalry soldiers swept away the smoke and dust in the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves was like rolling thunder, sweeping towards the remnants of the Qing army.The Qing army's Mangdang battalion was completely annihilated.At this time, the Huaibei camp of the Qing army had just fallen into a state of boredom.The Xiayi battalion of the Northwest Army slaughtered Xiaoshan with great momentum, not to attack Xiaoshan, but to attract them, and then to block them in the north, preventing them from saving the Mangdang battalion.It is no problem for the Qing army to hold Xiaoshan, but if you want to come out of the mountains and march north to save the Mangdang camp, it will be difficult to reach the blue sky in front of artillery, muskets, and strong crossbows.After destroying the Qing army's Mangdang camp, Li Yan led the Shangqiu camp to quickly move south, capture Yongcheng and Suxian, and then attack Huaibei to the north.The Northwest Army's Qingqi Camp moved south along the west bank of Weishan Lake, cutting off the connection between Xiaoshan and Xuzhou.It was not until the two main forces of the Northwest Army went south one after another, attacked in a pincer shape, and completely surrounded the Huaibei camp, did he think that he should give up the southwest mountains, and the whole army stuck to Xuzhou to wait for reinforcements, and it was too late.Even if they all retreat to Xuzhou City, will they have a way to live, I'm afraid it will still be a dead end.Hong Chengchou is very clear about this.The best way is to abandon Xuzhou, go east to Taierzhuang and Linyi, and withdraw to the north of the Yellow River.However, the Qing army had strict military laws and fled without a fight, and Dolgon would never spare them.This is the difference between Han officials and Manchu officials.Sony saw that the situation was wrong, and the first thing he wanted was to preserve the strength of the Qing Dynasty, not personal honor and disgrace.Hong Chengchou could only think about his own life, and he didn't dare to leave a step if he didn't leave.After the Northwest Army's three-way army encircled and eliminated the Qing army's Huaibei camp, Bolo understood that if he didn't leave, he would die.At this time, all the roads out of Xuzhou were blocked by the Northwest Army, and they couldn't go if they wanted to.The Northwest Army redeployed troops and sent generals, and besieged Xuzhou City like an iron bucket, but it was besieged but not attacked.The meaning of the Standing Committee of the Decision-making Committee is to use Xuzhou as a bait to continue to attract the Qing army to the rescue.Dolgon in Beijing will sooner or later learn of the news of the disastrous defeat on the Huaibei battlefield.If he is not convinced, he wants to save face and continue to send troops to cross the Henan, so that the Northwest Army can just wait for work and destroy him on this vast plain.The current Northwest Army is no longer the Northwest Army before leaving Tongguan.Wiped out most of the main forces of the Qing army, regardless of the advantages of one or the other, with this record alone, it has already shocked China.Looking at the world, there is no force that dares to compete with it.With the defeat of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Jianghuai, Shandong, Henan, a large number of Han troops and defenders in the cities defected to the Northwest Army, and these soldiers alone were no less than 200,000 people, which was difficult for the officers of the teaching brigade.Wang Shuo's army is not other armies, and the soldiers need to be thoughtful and disciplined.In particular, it is necessary to carry out the general policy of the people's soldiers, and the soldiers must have the ideological consciousness of caring for the people and not taking a stitch from the people.It is not an easy thing to become a non-commissioned officer of the Northwest Army.The non-commissioned officers are so strict, let alone the officers.For the soldiers who surrendered, whether they were Manchus or Han Chinese, they must first be screened.The troops who participated in the massacre of the Han people did not want to continue to be soldiers, so they went to the mountains in the northwest to mine.For those who have definite evidence to prove the heinous crimes, they are to be gathered together separately, and after the war is over, they are escorted to the place where they committed the crime, and a public trial meeting is held to correct the law on the spot, so as to avenge the victims.Officers who have taken refuge in the country must fill in their resumes clearly, and Hu Lianqi's spy organs will specially examine them, and only those who are not guilty of crimes and have command ability will take them in.If you take it in, you can't continue to be an officer, you have to go to a military academy to study, and if you are qualified, you will start again as a lowest-ranking officer.The other guilty and only know about surrendering, Shunfeng Cao, who is guilty, will either go to the teaching brigade to report to be the head soldier, or repatriate to his hometown and accept the supervision and reform of the local government.The civil officials who surrendered, thinking about reinstating themselves as before, and continuing to live in the fish and meat town, should do what they should do, and they don't even think about it.First of all, learn the most basic mathematics, physics and chemistry, as well as the history of the new generals, as well as all the new political theories and laws of the new government, and obtain the qualification certificate of civil affairs personnel, and then think of serving the government.No, if you fail the exam, you are not even qualified to be a general civil officer, so you should go home and do it.In the face of 200,000 surrendered soldiers and countless surrendered officials, not only Liang Min's government agencies were busy, but also Hu Lianqi.Hu Lianqi transferred almost all the public offices of his department, screened all the personnel, determined whether what the other party said was true or false, and had to classify and divide these surrendered personnel.It is inevitable that some of them will be wronged, and some will escape censorship by luck, but it is generally not bad, and things that are too detailed cannot be taken care of.The only one who got the benefit was Wang Shuo.The teaching brigade was not staffed, and a new second teaching brigade was established, and Shi Dazhu was exceptionally promoted to major general and political commissar of the second teaching brigade.Wang Shuo's drinking and boasting bull can finally be cashed in
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