Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 365 The Royal Gift Formation
When Shen Wenzhong and Wang Xiang went south with regard to the disposal of the national treasures, the emperor had already given the opportunity personally.

It is not credible that the national treasure is available.

This is His Majesty's evaluation of the local governor. This kind of person belongs to the person who has been half-drenched in the water, but this kind of person is still waiting and watching. He must be forced to have no way out before he can board the ship. , but even if you get on a boat, you can only be wary of using it, and you can't really trust it.

The emperor's evaluation of Tu Guobao is that he is not even as good as people like Wu Shengzhao and Li Chengdong. He thinks that although these people have been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and then returned to the Ming Dynasty, and their hands have been stained with the blood of many people, these people are originally warlords and warriors. Strong enough, they dare not touch the majesty of the court lightly.

Tu Guobao is a person who is capable of literature and martial arts, is more greedy, and has a lot of scheming. This kind of person must be used with caution.Compared with Li Yuchun, who is confused, smart people like Tu Guobao need to be more careful, otherwise they will cause more damage.

"If you want me to say, why not just chop it up with a knife, or let them fight the Tartars and drive away the tigers and wolves, and let's sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"

At the military meeting in the right wing of the camp, it was Lu Xiangguan, the chief soldier of Zhongsu Town, who shouted these words. This brother of Lu Xiangsheng used to raise troops under the banner of a clan, and even fought near Nanjing, but although he was full of loyalty However, most of the righteous soldiers under his command are strong people, and if they encounter captive cavalry, it will be difficult to beat them.

Fortunately, Zhu Yihai responded to the Northern Expedition in time. Later, Zhu Yihai organized the rebels with the Zhongsu Camp and other local rebels with the Imperial Battalion, and organized it into a town of the Imperial Battalion. Today, Zhongsu Town has five thousand soldiers, both in terms of equipment and morale. Gao, especially among them were many Northern Expeditionary soldiers and many imperial camp generals and schools.

Lu Xiangguan's Zhongsu Camp, Jin Gongyu's Shence Camp, and Liu Mu's Warrior Camp have all been changed.

With strong soldiers and horses in hand, they are naturally full of vigor.

Facing Suzhou City, Lu Xiangguan, the commander-in-chief of Zhongsu Town, and Zhang Pengyi, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town, both believed that they should fight directly. Only Wang Meng, the commander-in-chief of Yongwei Town, Wang Xiang's sworn brother, was restrained. As for Zhou Hezhi of the Navy, Because the canal and Taihu Lake are frozen, most of his navy is now at sea. He only brought some officers and soldiers here, so he doesn't make many comments.

Shen Youlong, governor and governor of Jiangsu, Wu Yi, governor of water transportation, Gu Yanwu, Su Song's branch patrol, and Chen Zilong, governor of Jiangsu, did not speak indiscriminately.

Wang Xiang is not only the Marquis of Jingnan, but also the admiral of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He is also the admiral of the imperial camp of Su Song.

Wang Chuangzi has always won the trust of the emperor because of his achievements in Yuan Cong's first embrace of the emperor. Today, the admiral of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the admiral of the right wing of the imperial camp, and the title of Jingnanhou, he has grown from a brave defender to a high-ranking official today, relying on his unwavering loyalty to the emperor.

The deployment of the emperor has always been implemented without compromise. If there are conditions, it must be implemented, and if there are no conditions, it must overcome difficulties and create conditions.

Where the emperor let him be, he will be there.

It was this loyalty that made him firmly stand as one of the three generals under the emperor's command, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, and Wang Xiang. This ranking was unshakable.

"I, Wang Chuangzi, used to be a small school in the Yongwei Battalion. To be honest, I am not a famous general, nor have I read any military books, but I know that our Majesty has a strategy in mind. From Taizhou to Yanzhou, From Ningbo to Jiangning, His Majesty used his troops like a god, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Sun Wu is still alive, and he has not lost a battle so far."

"So, we will fight as Your Majesty tells us. I know that many of the generals present here are familiar with military books, and some of them have even experienced battles. But when it comes to the overall situation, I dare say that none of them is as good Your Majesty."

"Although my old king doesn't know much about military tactics, His Majesty has explained our tasks and strategies to me in detail, so it is quite clear. After all, our task is the [-] Manchurian Tazi soldiers, who are now divided into Three units, one stationed in Suzhou, one stationed in Songjiang and one stationed in Hangzhou.”

"And everyone also knows very well that this national treasure in Suzhou is not a person loyal to the Tartars. This guy is very slippery, and he has been secretly having an affair with us for a long time."

"As for the Songjiang side, to be honest, the Green Camp there has long been infiltrated and even controlled by us."

"Not to mention Hangzhou, the admirals and governors of Zhejiang, the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou, the deputy generals of Jiaxing, Haining, and Huzhou are all our people. You can change the flag at any time and become soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"Under such circumstances, it is relatively easy for us to come here from the right side. If we can't even complete this task, we can cut off our heads and give His Majesty a kick."

"Of course, don't be careless. Six thousand and eight Tartars are real Tartars. You have seen the Battle of Zhenjiang before. There was also the Battle of Xuzhou. Many people participated in it. Those Tartars really fought hard. They are still very fierce, and Tartars seldom surrender, so the focus of our battle this time is these three groups of Tartars."

Zhu Yihai's strategy for dealing with the Jiangnan Qing army is to lure the snake out of the hole first, and then ambush halfway.

How to lure the snake out of the hole is naturally to besiege the city to fight for aid, first to surround Jiangning, and then to encircle Suzhou.

This is to take the strategic initiative and lure them out of the city to fight.

Then it is to concentrate the main force and move to wipe out the enemy.

These are actually the three axes that the Tartars have always liked. They used to defeat the Ming army in the past. Look for opportunities to ambush and fight for aid in favorable terrain.

In the end, they can even use their high mobility to carry out raids for thousands of miles. They can pursue them for thousands of miles without giving them a chance to breathe until they are annihilated. Hangzhou.

These are the advantages and tricks of the Qing army.

But it's not unsolvable.

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Nian Army later found a method of attacking the Qing Army, that is, maneuvering against maneuvering, engaging in high-mobility and large-scale movement operations in a large range of several provinces, looking for weaknesses, avoiding the real and then emptying it. After finding an opportunity, concentrate the main force and focus on encirclement and annihilation.

Although the last cavalry group led by King Seng in the late Qing Dynasty defeated the Nian Army several times, they were eventually turned into mules and horses by the Nian Army's main force and found an opportunity to ambush and annihilate them.

The Qing army always liked to take the initiative in war, actively looking for opportunities, taking the initiative to attack, besieging cities to fight for aid, running thousands of miles, and even chasing after them.

So Zhu Yihai didn't defend the city at all at the beginning, because if you defend, there are loopholes everywhere, and there are loopholes everywhere, and you can't defend against it. It's better to stay in a group, gather the main force to keep moving, and use offense instead of defense.

When the main force of the Qing army returned to the north and Jiangnan was empty, the snowball continued.

The Qing army defended Hangzhou, and the Ming army attacked Suzhou. The Qing army defended Jiangning, and the Ming army attacked Yangzhou.

This is like playing chess. Through this continuous mobilization, the balance of forces on local battlefields is changed, so that the Ming army, whose overall strength is far weaker than that of the Qing army, always has an overwhelming advantage in each battlefield.

"Everyone, Kangkala of Suzhou is the weakest of the three Tartars, and the national treasure of Suzhou has already boarded our ship, so there is no rush to move here. This is an important bait."

"We have to use this Hetuo to catch Songjiang and Zhumala to catch Hangzhou."

"If the fish has not taken the bait, it will only scare the fish away. If the fish is frightened, it will not be easy to return to its old den."

Although Wang Xiang is young, he has the strong support of the governor Shen Wenzhong. The deputy admiral Zhang Mingbin also respects the coach. Shen Youlong and other local officials also expressed that they will fully cooperate with the arrangement of the imperial camp. The commander-in-chief can only obey the arrangement.

From then until the Chinese New Year, the Ming army only built siege equipment outside Suzhou City. It may be affected by the bad rain and snow, and the progress was very slow.

After Kangkala stared at the city with the Eight Banners for a while, he also relaxed.

Tu Guobao is full of energy and desperately strengthens the city's defenses, trains day and night, recruits craftsmen from all over the city to make equipment, defensive weapons, etc., and even snatches the pots from the people's homes to make swords and arrows.

The city of Suzhou was under martial law day and night, and the policy of restricting food supply was strictly enforced, which was almost a replica of when Hangzhou was besieged.

Fortunately, Tu Guobao is very loyal. Even if the common people can barely eat one thin meal a day, the green camp can only eat one thin meal a day, and the Fubiao family can only eat three meals a day, but they always guarantee the city's [-] meals. The Qing army had sufficient food supplies, and they could even always get some pigs, ducks and fish for them.

Tu Guobao even took the initiative to suggest that all the rest of the Han people in the city should be moved away, leaving only the [-] soldiers to garrison, so as to prevent those Han people with ulterior motives from secretly cooperating with others to create chaos.

During the New Year, Tu Guobao even bought a lot of wine for Man Bing, and sent in many big fat pigs.

This made Kangkala very satisfied. Although Songhang's reinforcements have not arrived for a long time, at least Suzhou City is as strong as an iron barrel under the protection of Tu Guobao.

Kangkala stopped patrolling the outer city every day, and returned to the safe and comfortable Mancheng to wait for reinforcements. While waiting, he even wrote multiple reports to Jiangning's manager, Yan Wogong, explaining The thieves came to attack with heavy troops, but under their insistence, the Ming army had no chance.

He also said that as soon as the reinforcements from Songhang arrived, he would attack the Ming army on the Suzhou side with a joint internal and external attack, and return to Jiangning City in one fell swoop, so that Yan Wo could persist.

He also played to Beijing, saying that although the king of Ming Lu was proud of himself for a while and proclaimed himself emperor rampantly, they would surely defeat the Ming army and regain Jiangnan in a short time.

These words are not exactly bragging, but he believes so deeply.

Songhang also has the elite of the Five Thousand and Eight Banners, and there are also capable soldiers such as the super brave Zheng Jiwu and the admiral Li Yuchun of Zhejiang. Even the prefect of Songjiang is the pro-son of Yan Wogong. A Green Battalion of the Qing Army that maintains a high combat effectiveness.

They not only regained Hangzhou, put down the rebellion in Western Zhejiang and Susong, and even captured Nanmingxing in Shaoxing in one fell swoop.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the west of Zhejiang alone, plus the Green Battalion on the Songjiang side, and the Eight Banners, there can be at least [-] soldiers, and no less than [-] in armor.

With so many soldiers, especially such an elite force going northward, the Ming army would naturally be vulnerable to a single blow.

If it weren't for the fear of scaring away the Ming army outside Suzhou, Kangkala even wanted to gather elites with Tu Guobao and launch a surprise attack to counterattack.But in the end, he forcibly suppressed his urge, and waited for the Songhang elite to arrive before making a move. By then, not only would he be able to defeat the Ming army, but he would also be able to annihilate them all in one fell swoop.

If we do it now, even if we win, we won't be able to wipe it all out.

He completely forgot that he was ambushed by the Ming army in Changzhou before, and was finally surrounded by fear in the city of Changzhou.

(End of this chapter)