Chapter 290 Dodo's Dilemma
Duoduo has 100,000 troops, and now there are nearly 90,000 people, distributed on the north bank of Lianjiang River to fight against more than 50,000 Ming troops.
At this time, the Ming Navy wiped out the Qing Dynasty's Fujian Navy at the mouth of the Minjiang River and occupied Mawei Port. It could threaten Fuzhou to the north and encircle Duoduo's retreat to the east, which put the Qing army in a relatively dangerous situation.
The ninety thousand Qing army and the fifty thousand Ming army were too close, almost under the noses of both sides. As soon as the Qing army made any moves, it immediately fell into the eyes of the Ming army.
If Duoduo was on the flat ground, he didn't care. The Qing soldiers rode their horses and slipped away. Zhao Zamao just saw it. What could he do?
But by chance, the Qing army carried the underwater camp. When his troops crossed the river, Zhao Zamao must have waved his big stick and rushed down excitedly.
By then, the Qing warriors will be fighting for the first time to cross the river and will inevitably be killed and defeated by Zhao Zamao.
In the Qing army camp, Duoduo sat behind the commander's case, covering his face with his hands, and was speechless for a long time.
Now it seems that Zhao Zamao chose Lianjiang as a battlefield because of his sinister intentions. From the very beginning, I fell into Zhao Zamao's trap.
It’s so damn! This Zhao Zamao is such a slut!
Duoduo greeted Zhao Ming many times in his heart. The Qing generals in the tent stood on both sides and peeked at Duoduo from time to time, but they did not dare to disturb Duoduo's contemplation.
Just now, Duoduo heard that the Fujian Navy was completely wiped out by the Ming army and was furious, which made the Qing generals feel scared.
In the past three years, the Qing army has been repeatedly harassed by Zhao Zamao from the sea, and for this reason it was forced to adopt a strategy of banning the sea and abandoning the land of hundreds of miles of coastal areas, but it still cannot solve the problem of Zhao Zamao.
To solve Zhao Zamao, banning the sea was just a defensive strategy, and the Qing army had to take the initiative to attack, and the attack required the navy.
Although the Qing army had already trained naval troops in Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake, Zhenjiang and other places, the results were not very good. The Qing army naval troops were blocked in the Yangtze River and did not dare to leave the Yangtze River estuary to fight Zhao Ming's navy.
This time, the Qing army invaded Fujian and surrendered the Zheng army, and obtained more than 20,000 naval forces, which immediately improved the Qing Dynasty's power at the sea.
The Regent Doergun in Beijing attached great importance to this. Duoduo also treated the newly formed Fujian Navy very favorably. His soldiers were treated second only to the Eight Banners soldiers. He spent a lot of money on them, hoping that they could serve the Qing Dynasty and destroy Zhao Zamao.
But who would have thought that the Fujian Navy, who was highly anticipated by the Qing Dynasty, was actually destroyed in one battle.
This really made Duoduo feel cold and angry.
However, after anger, Duoduo had to calm down and consider his situation.
After Duoduo was silent for a while, he finally wiped his face with both hands and exhaled a breath of turbid air.
"Prince, what should I do now?" Shen Yongzhong asked with courage.
Duoduo looked up at him, glanced at the many Qing generals in the tent again, and suddenly said seriously: "Don't panic, you have to wait. The navy is defeated, not because I am defeated. Now my main force in the Qing Dynasty is still there. If the navy is destroyed, I will regard it as if I have never recruited the navy before. My main force has not suffered any losses so far!"
Duoduo wanted to appease the generals, but obviously it did not work. Everyone cooperated to agree. How could the prince fail? However, a group of rude men couldn't hide anything in their hearts. Everything they thought was written on their faces. They said they believed Duoduo's words, but their faces were full of perfunctory expressions.
Duoduo glanced at them. The group of slaves were quarreling and doubting his words. His muscles twitched and he said with a calm face: "Hmph, now the barbarians defeated the navy and threatened Fuzhou and the king's retreat. This made me passive, but how could I shake the world's general trend after losing only 20,000 surrendered troops? Now I am under threat, but as long as the army retreats back to Fuzhou, the crisis can be resolved immediately. At that time, when Gong Adaya conquered Ruijin, captured the fake Tang King, and took advantage of the opportunity to capture Ganzhou, connect Fujian and Jiangxi into a piece, and more than 100,000 Qing soldiers will be freed. What can I do when I see Zhu Yihai and Zhao Zamao?"
After hearing Duoduo's words, everyone calmed down. Indeed, they just had to retreat to Fuzhou and wait for the Qing army on other battlefields to open up the situation. Even if they were lying in Fuzhou, they could use the general trend to defeat the Zhejiang army.
But then again, how should the army withdraw back to Fuzhou?
Shen Yongzhong asked: "Prince, the two armies are so close to each other. Once we move, Zhao Zamao will know. How could he let us withdraw calmly!"
Duoduo's cheeks were suffocating. This problem really stumped Duoduo. Zhao Zamao sent a navy army to attack the Qing army's navy. The strategic purpose was to surround the Qing army's retreat. Now that his goal has been achieved, he cannot ignore the movements of the Qing army.
At this time, in the Ming army camp, Zhao Zamao must have also received news that the Ming army had defeated the Qing Shui Division, and must have been discussing with his generals how to deal with this king.
Duoduo was thinking, now Zhao Zamao must be closely following the movements of the Qing army. I am afraid that the king would sneak away with tricks such as hanging sheep and bells, such as hungry horse hoof bells. Zhao Zamao would definitely be prepared and would not give me a chance.
Duoduo had a calm face, exhaled heavily, his expression was gloomy, and there was no solution for a while, but he knew in his heart that the Ming army navy had occupied the ponytail, and the food route might have been cut off, and he had no time to hesitate.
Five miles away, in the Ming army camp, Zhu Yihai, Zhao Ming and others surrounded the sand table. As Duoduo expected, he was discussing how to seize the opportunity and defeat Duoduo.
Zhu Yihai looked at the sand table and said in a deep voice: "If I want to rescue Your Majesty, I cannot let Duoduo escape back to Fuzhou."
Xia Wanchun, who was standing aside, said, "The only main force of the Qing army in Fujian is Duoduo. To defeat Duoduo and annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Fujian, there will be no longer Qing army blocking it in Fujian. Only then can the army rush to Ruijin County, Jiangxi Province to rescue Your Majesty. Therefore, in this battle, the main force of the Qing army must be annihilated."
The Ming army had a full plan, with only about 70,000 people. However, including the 10,000 Qing troops in Fuzhou, Duoduo's troops had a total of 10,000.
The 70,000 people wanted to annihilate 100,000 people, more than half of them were the elites in the Qing army, which made Wu Zhaosheng and others a little unconfident. The Adam's apple squirmed and said, "Can this be done?"
Xia Wanchun said: "The Marquis of Dinglu have led his army to ashore and are preparing to encircle the Qing army's retreat. Our fighter jets have arrived, and it is not impossible to annihilate the main force of the Qing army."
Zhao Ming looked at the sand table and said in a deep voice: "Yes! Let's see how Duoduo plays the cards now. Zheng's army cut off the grain route between Duoduo and Fuzhou and surrounded Duoduo's rear route. Duoduo will definitely react, otherwise the food and grass will be in a hurry and the Qing army will collapse on the whole line."
Zhao Ming paused and continued: "Duoduo should want to withdraw from Fuzhou now, but he knew that our army would not let him withdraw. He would either take a gamble or think of confusing us. Our army just needs to remember one thing, that we cannot withdraw from Duoduo, and we will win this battle!"
Zhu Yihai nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "It seems that there are only two possibilities right now. One is that Duoduo attacks us with all his might. We must withstand it. When Zheng Hongkui's troops arrive, they will defeat the Qing army in front and back. The other situation is that Duoduo will use a strategy to break through the siege, and this requires Zheng Hongkui to withstand it and support us to chase and kill us."
Chapter completed!