Chapter 537 Wu Sangui's anger Ningyuan City was filled with a terrifying atmosphere.Some of the soldiers of the Guanning Army who fled back to Ningyuan City brought back a series of news.Some people say that Quan Xu personally led the whole family army of more than 100,000 people to attack in an attempt to suppress the Guanning army.It is also said that the imperial court decided to settle accounts after the autumn, eradicate the generals of Liaoxi, and eliminate the Guanning army.In Ningyuan City, the eyes of many Guan Ning army generals wandered, Zu Dashou's face was pale, his fists were clenched tightly, and his facial muscles twitched one after another, like an angry lion.To be honest, this Guan Ningjun mutiny was not Zu Dashou's idea, if he was the mastermind, he would definitely control the scale and scope, and he would not be so annoying.This is just Guan Ningxin's lower-level generals are dissatisfied, it doesn't matter who instructs it, the important thing is that he must carry this black cauldron.Miscalculated, completely miscalculated.Even if the troops mutinied, the reaction of the imperial court, he had always calculated in his heart, after all, this is not the first time, the Guan Ning army will always mutiny from time to time, either to make trouble with military salaries, or to make trouble, in short, as long as it doesn't go well, they will use this trick to deal with the court.It's just that he didn't expect that the imperial court's reaction would be so drastic, and it directly ordered the Liaodong New Army to directly cross Liaoxi and then quell the rebellion.What Zu Dashou didn't expect was that in the face of the Liaodong New Army, the Guanning Army actually had no resistance at all.Almost all the Guanning troops faced the Liaodong New Army, almost all of them surrendered to the wind, and they were able to throw down their subordinates and the materials of the people, food, and armor, and run to Ningyuan City, which was considered conscientious.The combat effectiveness of the new army in Liaodong is strong, and he knows that although there is a great victory in the Battle of Guangning, Zu Dashou believes that Jiannu is actually like that.The Guanning army just doesn't have the general knowledge of Jiannu, and it really fights, that is, half a catty against eight taels, it's unbelievable to say, the most elite of the Guanning army doesn't collect at night, or small-scale cavalry sentry, and fights against Jiannu, winning more and losing less.As long as the number of people exceeds 1,000, the Guan Ning army will lose more and win less, and the more people there are, the worse the defeat.But he never expected that Quan Xu would not fight this Jiannu, but ran to pinch Guan Ningjun.It's just that this kind of crop that is regarded as a crop planted in their own fields by others, and they come to harvest it once when they are in a good mood, which is really uncomfortable!"
Zu Shuai, Young Marshal Wu has arrived!"
The report of the pro-soldier pulled Zu Dashou out of his thoughts.Zu Dashou raised his head, a little surprised: "Uncle Chang arrived so soon?"
Please!
”With the sound of heavy footsteps, Wu Sangui was dressed in bright silver armor and stepped in: "Uncle, I'm here!"
”"So fast?
In just two days, arriving in Ningyuan from Shanhaiguan, he must have suffered a lot, right?
Why be in such a hurry!
”Zu Dashou really likes this nephew, talented, brave and good at fighting, knows how to advance and retreat, knows what to do, this is a talent who is one in a million."
Quan Xu is violent, the comer is not good, now the whole family army is destroying the city and pulling out the village, invincible, treating my Guan Ning army as nothing, my heart is in danger, naturally I dare not slack off!"
Wu Sangui looked at Zu Dashou and said, "How is the situation now?"
”"What else, it's very bad, dozens of Tuntian forts have been stripped naked, people and animals have been captured, it can be said that there are no chickens and dogs, no grass is grown, more than 20,000 military households have been robbed, and more than 10,000 soldiers have been captured" Wu Sangui's expression was a little gloomy: "Isn't that a heavy loss?"
”"Not only is it a heavy loss, but now, our Guan Ning army can be said to be a great loss of vitality!"
Zu Dashou said indignantly: "The ordnance, armor, and gunpowder that have been accumulated for many years have all been snatched away by Quan Xu!"
If it weren't for the imperial court to transfer Da Le and Da Bi, as well as six thousand elite iron cavalry, why would our Guanning army be powerless to resist in the face of the whole family army?
”If these six thousand elite cavalry are here, it is estimated that they will send six or seven thousand more war horses to Quan Xu.When it came to Quan Xu, Wu Sangui was so angry that he was itching at all.As a young general, a rookie in Liaoxi Jiangmen, he met Qin Chengzu for the first time when he entered the customs, and was disgraced by Quan Xu, although now, Qin Chengzu did not nominally submit to Quan Xu.But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Ming Dynasty now has three strong armies, the Liaodong New Army, that is, the whole family army ranks first and the strongest, followed by Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army, and the third can be ranked to the Denglai Army under Qin Chengzu.Although Qin Chengzu's Denglai New Army is inconspicuous and rarely shows its face in normal times, this is the only army that can maintain a high offensive posture in front of Jiannu.Of course, in terms of equipment, the Denglai New Army, like the Whole Family Army and the Tianxiong Army, is equipped with a large number of firearms, and those firearms and artillery are all produced by Quanji.It is not difficult to make associations, fortunately, Qin Chengzu is now very low-key, he was slowly promoted from the original general soldier of Denglai Town to the general army of Shandong, and became the general soldier of a province, and the army has also expanded from more than 8,000 people to more than 15,000 people.Wu Sangui can now be sure that Qin Chengzu is Quan Xu's person, but he can't get evidence, in fact, if it weren't for Qin Chengzu who took refuge in Quan Xu, how could a large number of Quan Xu's factories and shipyards be placed in Denglai If it weren't for Quan Xu's white body at the beginning, he would have dared to put the Guan Ning army defeated, and Yuan Chonghuan's death was associated with Quan Xu, which is precisely the most incomprehensible place.The two nephews complained about Quan Xu for a while.Zu Dashou looked at Wu Sangui solemnly and said, "Uncle, what do you say we should do now?"
”"The whole family army led by Quan Xu is only cavalry, and the cavalry is not good at attacking cities, which means that they are good at field battles and not good at attacking fortifications!"
Wu Sangui looked at Zu Dashou and said: "First, we must strictly control the cities to avoid the spread of rumors, and secondly, replace the key positions of the city gate with our most loyal people, so as to avoid Quanxu taking the city in chaos, and now the autumn harvest will be immediately, in this case, Quanxu will definitely return to Liaodong, as long as we hold on for a month, he will definitely go back."
In the meantime, put pressure on our allies, it's time for them to get to work!
”Wu Sangui can explain the coping method in a few short sentences, which can be said to be very comprehensive and very specific.Liaoxi Jiangmen's biggest ally is the unspoken rules.In the past ten years since the Guanning army became an army, it has eaten more than 7 million taels of military salaries from the imperial court every year, but in fact, as much as more than 20 million taels of silver have been withheld by the ministers.It can be said that all the ministers are allies of the Guan Ning army.Every time Chongzhen wanted to propose to withhold Liao's salary, he was blocked back by the ministers, and Chongzhen could only embezzle hundreds of thousands of taels of silver here, and embezzle hundreds of thousands of taels there.Now that the opening has been opened, if Guan Ningjun doesn't make trouble, there will actually be no good end.Quan Xu didn't know Wu Sangui's way to deal with it, he didn't actually have any intentions for Ning Yuan City, but took a fancy to the soldiers of the Guan Ning Army.In conscience, the Guanning Army is indeed one of the strong armies in the late Ming Dynasty, well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of the Ming Army.This is a good piece of steel, Quan Xu naturally doesn't want to build slaves cheaply, although 30,000 or 40,000 people were captured from the Guanning Army, as well as a large amount of food and equipment, these captured Guanning Army soldiers did not stay at all, but were directly pulled to the Liao Army Military Academy in Jinzhou.As for the officers of the Guanning Army, Quan Xu will no longer be retained from above the general banner, but will be disposed of on the spot and sent to the basic unit of the railway engineering for labor reform.These officers selected from the Guanning army had nothing to do with Zu Dashou, they were trained by the whole family army, and they were ready to strengthen it for three months as a garrison force to attack Qiongzhou Capital.When the Spaniards trained Zheng Zhilong's troops, Quan Xu shattered the illusions of the Spaniards with a hard-fought fighting style and told them that the Spanish phalanx was outdated.These prisoners of the Guanning Army will be intensively trained for three months, and then the whole family army Annan Army will be formed, and the Qiongzhou Mansion, which is now Hainan Province, will be used as a training ground for actual combat.Once Zheng Zhilong's troops were completely defeated, these Annan legions would use Hainan Island as a base to attack the Indochina Peninsula, and Quan Xu's strategy for the Ming Dynasty was to encircle them on three sides.Although Liaodong, Taiwan, Hainan, Annam, and Luzon have not yet set up a brigade or above establishment for the time being, in the future, Quanxu plans to continue to expand the current 26 brigades of the Quanjia Army, with each division having four brigades under its jurisdiction, forming 17 to 19 divisions.In this way, the size of the whole family army will reach 500,000 to 600,000 people, and at that time, it will be possible to almost engage in a unified war.Just when Wu Sangui began to clear the wilderness and was about to fight with the whole family army, Quan Xu directly led the main force of the whole family army to sweep Tainingwei.This is the real purpose of Quanxu, Tainingwei is located in the middle reaches of the Daling River, and the southern edge of the Mongolian Koerqin is connected to the north, which means that Quanxu directly cut off the border road between the Guanning Army and Jiannu.The Guanning Army's sphere of influence will be separated by the entire family army.At this time, Emperor Chongzhen's holy decree finally arrived in Liaodong, Quan Xu has basically completed his strategic purpose, in just half a month, Quan Xu swept away the leaves in the autumn wind, from the Guanning Army controlled the western Liaoxi region, captured more than 30,000 soldiers of the Guanning Army, military households and civilians, a total of more than 67,500 people.There are hundreds of thousands of grains and cattle and sheep of all kinds, which can be said to be a lot of money, but the key is that the whole family army suffered less than 200 casualties in half a month in this battle.Killing pigs is not so easy.When Zu Dashou knew that Quan Xu had taken the Taining Acropolis, he let out a long sigh: "Did he get it?"
"No, absolutely not, before our people retreated, they burned everything that should be burned with a torch!"
”At this moment, the pro-soldiers crawled over and crawled: "Zu Shuai, the commander of Liaodong is asking to see you outside the city!"
”In this battle, the Guan Ning army was eaten by Quan Xu by nearly one-third of it, a little more than one-half, close to a small half of its strength.Zu Dashou's face became as ugly as he wanted.Still, what should come is still coming.When Wu Sangui heard Quan Xu's request to see him, a smug look appeared on his face, and he made a gesture to Zu Dashou to wipe his neck: "Uncle, do you want to?"
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