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Chapter 759 Jia Liu's Crab Offensive

How to fight, how to fight, the generals expressed their opinions one after another, some said that they should attack in an all-round way, and some said that they should attack in a focused manner.

The overall tendency is to support the "straight attack on the Yellow Dragon", which has been accomplished in one battle, that is, there are more generals who have directed their troops to directly attack Wuchang.

Representatives include General Wan Chaoxing of Jingzhou, Ruilin, Deputy Commander of Rehe, and Zhang Dabiao, General Soldier of Sichuan.

The reason why Wan Chaoxing and the others wanted to go straight to Huanglong was that they believed that the Qing army had a great advantage in terms of military strength.

According to intelligence, although the Xinghan Army has six major armies in Hubei, and some local troops, the total strength has reached nearly 10. However, whether it is the quality of the soldiers or the combat effectiveness, the Xinghan Army is more powerful than the Xinghan Army. As far as the Qing army is concerned, there are actually a lot of deficiencies.

Zhang Dabiao analyzed that among the 10 troops of the Xinghan Army, only [-] to [-] can actually fight, and their Seventh Army and Ninth Army were actually formed and surrendered by their own troops. Therefore, as long as Mr. Jia is determined to fight, the The two armies can completely announce the change of flag anyway, shaking the morale of the Xinghan army.

You can also stab the Xinghan army at a critical moment, just like dealing with Fengsheng at the beginning.

No matter what actions these two armies take, it will be a fatal blow to the Xinghan army. If they fail to end the war before the Spring Festival, the whole army will have a good New Year's Eve dinner in Wuchang.

Deputy Governor Ruilin also believed that once the fighting started, the Qing army might make significant progress.

After all, the fundamental reason why the former Xinghan army won a series of battles was not how capable the Xinghan army was, but how incompetent the Qing army was.

This incompetence is mainly concentrated "inside".

It is the release of water within the Qing army that led to the current situation. Once the Qing army no longer releases water, it is really going to head-to-head with the Xinghan army for a strategic decisive battle. The Xinghan army lacking a stable base is actually at a disadvantage.

In contrast to the Qing army, the arrival of the Eight Banners in Beijing made the main force of the Qing army gathered around Xiangyang reach more than [-] people for the first time.

Among them are Sauron's elite soldiers who have never been on the battlefield, and the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Battalion who rushed from Shaanxi.

The size of the troops is even more impressive than when the Feng Scale was in place, and at least a quarter of the troops are really capable of fighting.

In terms of personnel equipment and ordnance logistics, the advantages of the Qing army are also obvious.

So the situation is completely decisive.

There is no need to tie your own hands and feet.

If Wuchang is really won, the remnants of the Xinghan Army will have to negotiate peace.

But how to fight still needs to be decided by the general Wang Jia Liu.

The subordinates may have doubts about the military command ability of Jia Liu, the leading brother, but it is undeniable that Jia Liu is the top strategic genius of this era.

After carefully studying the map and combining the military dynamics of the two sides, Jia Liu proposed the concept of a key offensive - "crab offensive".

He believes that although the Xinghan Army now has three provinces, the core areas are one around Wuchang and the other around Jiujiang.

That is to say, these two places gathered a heavy group of Xinghan Army. As long as these two groups of Xinghan Army are disintegrated, the Xinghan Army in other places will not be a concern.

Therefore, it is necessary to "plow the court and sweep the holes, and effectively capture them."

The specific strategy is to first concentrate on recovering Jingzhou, eliminate the power of Xinghan army west of Wuchang, and ensure the connection with Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Immediately after taking Jingzhou, Wuchang was captured, and the political and military command center of the Xinghan Army was destroyed, in order to "shake its morale, disintegrate its intention, and weaken its position".

Secondly, the Qing army in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River will also launch a counterattack in Anqing to contain the Xinghan Army Group in Jiangxi, making it impossible for them to return to Wuchang.

The deployment of the "Crab Offensive" was unanimously agreed by the participating generals, who all praised Mr. Jia for using troops like a god, and he is a martial artist in the world.

"Wuchang is a big city and the political center of Huguang. The Xinghan army must defend it after it has been acquired. In this way, Wuchang is a heavy burden for the Xinghan army. As long as we fight a few battles, not only Wuchang To return to our hands, Yuezhou, Changsha, Jiujiang, and Nanchang will also return to our hands!"

Jia Liu is very confident.

The specific use of troops is a three-way march.

Huguang admiral Zu Yingyuan's department is on the left;
Admiral Wang Deyong of Shaanxi-Gansu is on the right;
Jia Liuqin led the main force of the Eight Banners Army with [-] troops in the middle.

The three-way soldiers and horses are the main force in the middle, which is called the biggest fist.

The two roads on the left and right are pincers, so the situation looks like a crab waving its double pincers towards Wuchang.

Of course, relying solely on military offensives is definitely not the best policy. Jia Liu also proposed political offensives, and for the first time proposed the "Three Love Principles", that is, patriotism, love for the people, and love for the enemy.

"Loving the country" means loving the Qing Dynasty, "loving the people" means loving the people, and "loving the enemy" means treating the enemy prisoners well.

"The enemy's captives and those who come and return, our army must treat them kindly, and we must not kill the captives. We must properly arrange for the enemy who is willing to surrender, and those who do not want to continue to join the army must be given travel expenses and sent back to their hometowns."

Jia Liu hopes to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Xinghan Army at the political level, so as to reduce the loss of personnel and property.

The political effects of preferential treatment of captives have been proved by history.

After the meeting, a general Wang Xingyuan military meeting will be held.

This meeting was not only attended by the generals of the Gongjinhui, but also other officials of the Qing army who were on the expedition this time, such as the Minister of the Interior, Niu Lunbao, the Minister of Administration of the Protectorate, Urshibalan, and the governor of Hubei, Zheng Dajin.

Before the official general military discussion, Ji Yun quietly made a small report, saying that Zhang Dabiao, the general of Sichuan, had a grudge against the prince at the meeting just now, and extremely despised the prince, saying that the prince is too naive, which is not the action of a minister.

Jia Liuhe put up his new composition of "The Prince's Training Song" for the new army's military song, and asked Ji Yun, "Do you know what makes me come to where I am today?"

Ji Yun thought for a while: "Regard dignity as nothing?"

"shallow!"

Jia Liu was displeased, and told Ji Yun that he was able to get to where he is today because of his open mind and good attitude of being able to accept all criticisms.

"Good medicine tastes bitter. Some words sound harsh, but the harsher they are, the more right they say."

Jia Liu admitted that his unrealistic illusions about the peace talks were wrong, so of course he would not hold grudges because his subordinates pointed out his mistakes.

"Clean up and prepare to fight with me personally."

"Your Majesty wants to conquest himself?"

Ji Yun was stunned.

"When I left Beijing, I said that every soldier in the Qing Dynasty should be Yue Wumu, and everyone should serve the country loyally, so of course this king has to lead the way."

Jia Liu is not bragging that he wants to personally conquer, but really wants to personally command the battle of Zhongxiang.

In order to prove to the world that his invincible Batulu is not in vain, Jia Liu asked Ji Yun to go to Zhongxiang to have a secret talk with Qiu Ba, a general of the Xinghan Army, and was willing to exchange 10 taels for the other party to retreat voluntarily.

This is called a dress man.

In this way, not only can Zhongxiang be captured without a single soldier, but it can also be used to create momentum for himself as a great general in publicity, dispelling all rumors that he would not fight, and even accusations of passive indifference.

However, Qiu Ba, an anti-Qing member of the civil society, was a bit stubborn, and refused to take the money to leave. Instead, he yelled at the messenger that he wanted to use the head of the Great General Wang of the Qing Dynasty as a ball for kicking.

This made Jia Liu very unhappy, and lost his temper: "If you can't buy Qiu Ba, just buy Zhang San Li Si below. I don't believe that my king's money can't be spent!"

　To tell you the truth, since the sun has passed and now for ten days, I have been lacking in energy, my head is like a paste, and I have no interest in women.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)