Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 73 The main attack
  Liu Hongliang fled back to Jinan with the remaining soldiers and defeated generals.

Liu Fangliang was furious at his brother's defeat.

"You bastard, you ruined half of the 20,000 elites like this, and you still have the nerve to come back to see me? Someone, drag this bastard out and chop him up to enforce military law."

All the generals knelt down and begged Liu Hongliang for mercy, but Liu Fangliang refused.

Military advisor Gu Weiben stood up to stop him: "General, victory or defeat is a matter of military strategism. If King Chuang had raised his army and killed the generals every time he lost a battle, wouldn't he have killed all the generals? Let General Liu go and ask. Wouldn’t it be more correct to ask about the causes and consequences?”

After being explained like this, Liu Fangliang said angrily: "Since the military advisor is begging for mercy, I will spare your life. Come here, give me twenty sticks, and come back to report back."

Then he turned around and saluted Gu Weiben humbly: "I regret that I didn't listen to the military advisor, which is why I suffered this defeat. I apologize to the military advisor."

Gu Weiben ducked sideways: "General, you can't do this. Now let's listen to General Liu's explanation of the situation at that time, and we will make arrangements according to the situation."

Liu Hongliang was Liu Fangliang's biological brother. He couldn't be beaten with twenty army sticks, and the intention of execution would be over in one go. In the blink of an eye, Liu Hongliang entered the hall again in full swing.

Liu Fangliang snorted coldly: "Tell me the entire defeat. If you dare to conceal it or falsely claim credit, I will kill you for both crimes."

Liu Hongliang did not hide anything. He described the battle in detail, and then solemnly added: "Brother, I did not lose this defeat unjustly."

Gu Weiben frowned and nodded: "Yes, this battle failed, and the young general did not lose unfairly."

Liu Fangliang frowned: "Yes. The enemy has at least 30,000 soldiers, and they are well-equipped with armor and equipment, and their firearms are extremely sharp. They are all stronger and more powerful, and they also show that they are well-trained. So, it means that this time, Ming Dynasty is not a desperate move by Chongzhen's son. He has the capital to save his life, but he really has strong soldiers in his hands."

Gu Weiben also frowned: "According to General Hong's request for reinforcements, there are also 30,000 people outside Binzhou City, so the total is 60,000 troops. Add in the civilians, and the enemy is very powerful."

In this era, civilian husbands are the first to be pushed to the front line by the army to serve as cannon fodder during wartime. Therefore, when calculating the enemy's strength, civilian husbands must be included. This is a common practice.

"In this way, as our original intelligence said, Chongzhen could not even pay Guan Ning the 300,000 departure fee to King Qin. Beijing had no troops available, and the Ming Dynasty Building was about to collapse. Where did they get the money? Where did the soldiers come from?"

Liu Fangliang was in pain: "At first, our spies were all over the capital, but that King Ding suddenly started violent debt collection. As soon as he had money, he took control of Jin Yiwei and strictly investigated the spies. As a result, our spies could not Once he establishes himself in the capital, there will be no news from the capital in the future. There will be no more news. Who knows where he got the army from."

Gu Weiben joined the rogue army after that. Hearing the news, he couldn't help but frown: "The officials of the Ming Dynasty are famous for their corruption. The money he makes in Zhili officialdom is certainly better than what we get here. More. But I’m confused. Although he can torture officials and rich households, and if he has money, he can recruit troops, why doesn’t he cause public dissatisfaction?”

Gu Weiben was puzzled. Now both sides are fighting for money and fighting for the country, and they have adopted this fierce method of collecting money to support the army.

But here in the Chuang Army, the same method was torture and payment, but now the people in Shandong were boiling with resentment. The wealthy gentry, as well as the Ming officials who had surrendered, turned against the enemy one after another and organized riots, leaving the Chu army exhausted and exhausted.

So with the same method, in principle, his Chongzhen should not be much better.

There is still one hope for the Chuang Army. Everyone's spirits are high and they can barely maintain stability. Relatively speaking, the Ming Dynasty, which was already in turmoil and was about to collapse, should not need the peasant army to attack under such violent methods. Unrest should have broken out within them long ago.

But they did not expect that there was no intelligence that a riot broke out among them, overthrew the brutal emperor, and prepared to welcome the invading army to Lucheng. During this period of time, it seemed very calm and stable, and Li Yan and Li Guo fought consecutive battles, and suddenly the 6 tiger and wolf troops appeared to attack Shandong. What is this for? "General, no matter what the reason is, we should immediately send someone to inform Emperor Chuang of the situation and changes here, so that Emperor Chuang can pay attention to it and make preparations in advance."

Liu Fangdian nodded: "Now at King Chuang, a plague has broken out in the main army camp. Although we have received guidance from experts and the old gods are in charge, we still can't control it. Now our main force is no longer able to attack the Ming Dynasty. The old god has issued a death order not to allow other camps in various places to conduct personnel exchanges to prevent the spread of the plague. So now we have cut off news from Chuang Wang’s old camp. "

"That is to say, the Ming Dynasty to the west has reduced or no pressure, so they dare to bring out such an army to target us."

Liu Fangliang nodded: "You can say that."

"In this case, we will become a lone army."

When Gu Weiben said these words, it was obvious that he had no confidence in his heart.

Liu Fangliang frowned: "What's wrong with the lone army? I have 10 warriors in hand, and I'm still afraid of them?"

Gu Weiben also knew that what he just said was somewhat inappropriate. So he quickly changed the subject: "Facing the enemy's strong attack of 6 troops, my subordinates believe that Binzhou should be abandoned voluntarily, and General Hong should break out to Lijin, join our soldiers defending Lijin, defend the ferry, and block the Ming army from moving south. , encroaching on Shouguang’s footsteps.”

Liu Fangliang asked: "What's the next step?"

Gu Weiben grinned. I haven't thought about the next step yet. how could I know.

Liu Fangliang unintentionally gave him a look of contempt: "Sir, what do you mean, sir, are we giving up Binzhou and no longer rescuing? Are you afraid of the Ming army on the opposite side?"

Gu Weiben was silent and speechless.

"Even if we abandon Binzhou and General Hong joins Lijin's defenders, what if the enemy doesn't give up their strategic goal and encircles Lijin? Should we continue to abandon Lijin?"

This is a serious problem, and this is an acute problem.

Liu Fangliang stood up and began to put on his armor: "So I will not give up Binzhou. I must let him hold on and attract the Ming army. Then I will take the main force of 50,000 to annihilate the enemies in front of me who are blocking me from reinforcing Binzhou. Completely break it. The current stalemate on the battlefield.”

"What if the general cannot defeat the Ming army in front of him?"

What he said was a bit depressing.

Liu Fangliang laughed confidently: "There were 3 enemies, so I gathered all my strength to defeat my brother's army of 2. Sir, please note that it was a defeat, not an annihilation. This is enough to prove that the enemy on the opposite side can defeat the enemy with more numbers, but it does not The lack of a decisive victory shows that their combat effectiveness is not that terrible.

And this time I use my main force of 5 to attack in an all-out manner. I will definitely be able to win the battle. The Ming army attacking Binzhou must also be exhausted after such a long period of siege and consumption. I will use the victorious army to cooperate internally and externally to completely annihilate the last army of the Ming Dynasty. When King Chuang recovers, we will be able to capture the city of Beijing more easily. Please Chuang the dragon chair on the throne and become the emperor of this world with justifiable authority. . "

Gu Weiben faced the confident Liu Fangliang and stopped talking. But he muttered in his heart: "What if you fail? If you fail, you will not be able to stand in the whole of Shandong. Do I still need to follow you and flee back to Shaanxi?"

(End of this chapter)