Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 734 This is a great victory!
The geographical situation of Tsinghua City is roughly that it faces the Majiang River in the east, while Gao Yushi is crossing the river in the north of Tsinghua City, and the next step is naturally to encircle the city to the west, and he only needs to give orders for this.

Originally, in his opinion, Thanh Hoa was the home of Zheng Jun. If Thanh Hoa was lost, there would be no point in fleeing south.But he underestimated people's desire to survive, and Zheng Jun chose to abandon the city and flee immediately after Ruan Youliao's collapse.

Since Gao Yushi had horses under his command, Ye Bushou of Jia Ding's escort team undertook most of the horse scouting missions. According to their report, there were still about [-] Zheng troops accompanying him.

Whether it was the chieftains or the surrendered generals of the Mo army under Gao Yushi's command, they all advised him to send troops to pursue him immediately, but he thought about it for a while, but rejected these suggestions.

He ordered all the ministries under his command to carry out the campaign with Tsinghua City as the center, and first wipe out all the defeated troops along the river defense line left by Zheng Jun before making other plans.

However, elimination does not mean that all the prisoners should not be killed. Zheng Jun, who is willing to surrender, still accepts the surrender according to the original method, as long as the weapons and armor are collected, and then they are centralized and guarded.

It’s not that Gao Pragmatism thinks that killing prisoners is ominous, but that he always regards people as strategic resources. Zheng’s hard losses in the battle of crossing the river are at most 1 people, which means that there are still about [-] defeated soldiers who can be captured. Captives, captives are very good labor resources. Even if they are not allowed to fight, they still have many uses. Wouldn't it be a waste to kill them?

Among other things, when the time comes, the Ha Tinh Iron Mine will not be dug by anyone?

Although Gao Yushi now regards Annan in the south as the first springboard for his Nanyang expansion, it is not impossible to take advantage of the opportunity that the north of the Ming Dynasty is about to enter the Little Ice Age to emigrate from the north.But the northern immigrants have to adapt to the weather in Annan, and it is hard to say whether there will be any changes in the country after immigrating thousands of miles to the "vassal state".

Therefore, using Annan's local workforce is at least the best choice for the transition period.

Of course, he must have known that "it is better to pursue the poor with the remaining courage, and not to be famous for being the overlord", so Zheng Jun, who fled south, did not stop chasing him, but he had to spend a few days to calm down Tsinghua first.

After all, he is not fighting bandits now, and the stability of the rear must be ensured. If there is a problem with the rear of the [-] army, it is no joke.

In fact, his combat thinking is very similar to Zeng Guofan's: he knows that he is not a military genius, and he doesn't think about fighting "fairy battles", so he honestly "makes a stronghold and fights stupid battles". Anyway, his strengths are " Internal affairs construction", as long as the war is fought like this, it will be able to win steadily - at least not lose!
Zeng Guofan is regarded as a model of an official. When Gao Yushi was a secretary, he also studied him very carefully. It was inevitable that he would look into it a little bit, and later, after inexplicably time-traveling, Gao Yushi set Zeng Guofan's fighting style as his commanding style when he might fight in the future.

Zeng Guofan's so-called "strengthen the stronghold and fight dumbly".Specifically, no matter who you are fighting with, go outside the city to survey the terrain first, choose a campsite, dig trenches, tie flower fences, and isolate yourself from the enemy.

When surveying the terrain, you usually find a place with mountains and rivers, which can not only prevent sneak attacks, but also ensure the supply of drinking water. Of course, you have to leave yourself a way out.

The trench is generally one foot deep and is used to prevent the opponent's infantry, and the soil dug for the trench must be moved to a farther place to prevent the enemy from backfilling the trench with the excavated soil.The flower fence should not only be high, but also have two or three layers, which is used to prevent the opponent's cavalry from attacking.

In this way, Zeng Guofan's stronghold was formed.

Once such a stockade is formed, in the era of cold weapons + muskets + a small number of red cannons, it can prevent sneak attacks and cavalry charges, and is destined to trap the enemy to death.

Of course, there is no enemy in the world who is stupid enough to sit and wait to die. Even if there is, don't expect the enemy to be stupid.Therefore, the enemy will definitely harass and attack to avoid the formation of this encirclement circle.

At this time, Zeng Guofan's strategic advantage of "building a stronghold" emerged.The Hunan army under him doesn't love to fight with you at all. When the enemy strikes, a row of muskets will fight back; as soon as the enemy retreats, the Hunan army will start digging trenches.

This cycle continued for a period of time. After the trench was dug, the Hunan Army simply nested in the stockade and could not come out.

The benefits are obvious.Because of the "hard stronghold", the Hunan Army has been in an invincible position, which can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating.In an invincible position, and not eager for success and offense, focusing on defense, the death rate of the Hunan Army will be very low every time they fight, and the morale of winning the battle will be high.

However, because the enemy is besieged and unable to obtain external supplies, it is consuming food, ammunition and soldiers every day, so it is impossible to win a protracted war.

Relying on digging ditches and fences to "build a stronghold", not attacking unless it is absolutely necessary, just defending, and besieging the enemy until they run out of ammunition and food, this is the so-called "fighting in a daze".Basically, once besieged by the Hunan Army, the final result is that they will run out of ammunition and food, lose their hearts, and surrender obediently. There is no second way to go.

And this style of play is suitable for high-practical commanders who think that their command ability is average, but they are good at logistics and supply operations, and can ensure sufficient material resources to besiege the enemy.

Originally, he planned to fight a silent battle under the city of Qinghua, but Zheng Jun fled south, which made his plan come to nothing.

Chase?The current situation does not seem to be impossible, but Gao Yushi is cautious and almost conservative in fighting wars. The so-called "think about victory, first think about defeat", what if the opponent sets up an ambush?
Didn't he become Cao Aman who chased after Dong Zhuo who abandoned Luoyang, but was defeated by Li Ru's ambush?
Although I look like a military man in his prime now, you must know that half of the people here are the former Mo Jun.

This kind of people has no problem following the so-called "Great Tomorrow Soldiers" who are highly pragmatic, and they dare not have any disagreements, but in case the "Great Tomorrow Soldiers" are actually defeated, then they run I'm afraid it's faster than wolf soldiers!

What's more, the other half of the wolf soldiers' main force is still with Cen Ling, and they will not be able to arrive in Tsinghua until tomorrow. If they pursue Zheng Jun now, the main force will only be Huang Zhiting's troops.

What is there to worry about in a winning situation?Zheng Jun lost Thanh Hoa, and his morale must be low. Hue and Guangnan further south are in the hands of Ruan Huang at the two ends of the first mouse. Now he will definitely not support Zheng Song. Even if Zheng Song flees south, he only has one Yi Ann—how can I make him turn the waves?

So don't be in a hurry, just fight steadily and slowly, just push it over slowly.

Zeng Guofan's command was lackluster, but who can deny that he was the first to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
Everyone wants to pay the least and gain the most, and everyone likes to get rich and get promoted to the third rank.But it is good to have this kind of good thing, but don’t be discouraged if you don’t have it.Most people still need to make persistent efforts, gain experience, skills and energy through the small advantages accumulated through each effort, in order to advance their abilities, increase their wealth, and consolidate and enhance their power.

It's good to complete all your achievements in one battle, but maintain an advantage in every battle, no matter how small the advantage is, pay attention to accumulation, accumulate small victories into big victories, and you can have the last laugh.

Besides, the battle of Tsinghua this time is not considered a small victory in any way - the enemy army destroyed in the battle across the river is estimated to be tens of thousands of people in all places, and it is estimated that more than [-] to [-] can be dealt with in the eradication of the remnants of the enemy. Wan, also drove away Zheng Song, and took down Qinghua City, the thief's nest.

How could this be Xiaosheng?After this battle, Zheng Song lost his old nest and at least half of his army. Only Nhe An was left in his actual control. Ruan Huang in the south would definitely be more afraid after hearing about it... This is a big victory, a big victory!

Gao Wushi gave an order, and the army entered the city cautiously. At the same time, he was already thinking about how to go to the imperial court.

Winning Thanh Hoa is not the same as winning Thang Long. Thang Long is theoretically the "territory of the Ming Dynasty".And Thanh Hoa is the hometown of Li Li, the founding emperor of the Li Dynasty. Who is Li Li?He was the chief culprit who relied on the Blue Mountain Uprising and finally forced Daming to withdraw from Annan!

Daming is called "Gangming" in later generations. What is Daming's concept of revenge?
"Is it possible to take revenge in nine lives? Even in a hundred lives!"

Beating up the traitors of the Li Dynasty and seizing Li Li's hometown, such a great achievement, if Gao Yushi could use this to gain something, would he still be Gao Yushi?

(End of this chapter)