golden scales

Wu Sangui can be regarded as a speculator who will not die until he reaches the Yellow River, and he has the temperament of not being a hawk when he sees a rabbit. However, he has the mentality of a desperate gambler when he has no choice but to take risks.

This is true of the San Francisco rebellion in "history", and it is also true of the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty.

War is a continuation of politics.

Zhu Cihong ordered Lin Tao to change his tactics in northern Shaanxi, and take the capture of prefectural and county capitals as his priority goal.Lin Tao didn't think there was any difficulty in capturing the city. The reason why he didn't attack the city before was mainly because he couldn't defend it, and secondly because he was worried that some allies would be too full and forget their original intentions.Now that there is an order from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lin Tao naturally doesn't care about other things and just concentrates on attacking the city.

Although annihilating the enemy's vital forces in war is the kingly way, the propaganda offensive brought about by the siege can create the illusion that the situation is good.Even though these cities had no defensive ability at all, and were taken away by the Qing soldiers in a blink of an eye, the momentum had already risen.

Sun Shoufa of Hanzhong, Sun Shuang of the [-]th Headquarters of the [-]th Headquarters of the [-]nd Battalion of the First Mountain Division in Tongguan, and Niu Chenghu, the deputy division commander of the [-]rd Guards Division, prepared to attack Xi'an from the southeast and southwest.

With the efforts of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang, Chuangying finally decided to give up his identity as a traitor and join the ranks of Ming officers and soldiers.This guaranteed the stability of Sun Shoufa and Lin Tao's retreat, and they might even become the reinforcements of these two troops.

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"My lord, if I don't move now, I'm afraid it will be too late in the future!" Yang Kun used to be Wu Sangui's envoy to the Qing Dynasty and asked Dorgon to send troops, but now he is also the vanguard in persuading Wu Sangui to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui looked around at all his confidants, and said in a deep voice, "You all think so too?"

Everyone's eyes were shining, and they expressed their hearts clearly: they hope to be on the side of the winner.

As Wu Sangui's family generals and retainers, they have a prosperous relationship with the Wu family, and they will never have any dissent towards the Wu family.

Wu Sangui didn't make a move for a long time, but he was thinking of bargaining.More importantly, his father Wu Xiang is still a hostage in Beijing.With his army together, Wu Xiang's head will fall to the ground immediately, but this has to be carefully considered.

While thinking about it, the subordinate came in with another letter.

Wu Sangui glanced at that person, with a flash of expectation: "Is it a reply from Jingzhong?"

"Reply to the prince, it's the master's reply." The general stepped forward and said: "But it didn't come from Beijing."

"Oh?"

"It's from Jinan." That department will submit a letter.Stand aside.

Wu Sangui opened the letter, and sure enough, he saw it was his father's handwriting.Not only is the handwriting true, but there is also a secret language agreed between the father and son, and no third person knows it. It can be seen that the father has really arrived in Jinan.

After Wu Xiang's letter, there was Zhu Cihong's attached letter, to the effect that he informed his father and son that they had arrived in Jinan safely, and asked him not to worry about the incident.Of course, the majestic Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty disdains to blackmail others with hostages.Zhu Cihong especially emphasized that if King Guangning is inconvenient, the court will not obstruct the Wu family from going or staying.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui could only let out a long sigh: "Please invite Hauge to Yuebin Building tomorrow night."

Yuebin Building is located in Xi'an City, which is closer to Mancheng than Wu Sangui's camp.Hauge likes the hand-caught mutton there, and often invites his generals to eat there, and Wu Sangui is naturally one of the guests.

Wu Sangui wants to revolt anyway.He captured Hauge alive and sacrificed the city of Xi'an.Undoubtedly a great achievement.If Hauge is left alone, it will be a question of whether the Manchurians can control Xi'an under the counterattack.

Hauge didn't know anything about Wu Sangui's repetitions, he just thought it was an ordinary gathering.Wu Sangui also brought about a dozen bodyguards and grooms as usual, but not many people followed.The banquet is half over.Hauge suddenly felt drunk and drowsy. Just as he was thinking of the end, Wu Sangui took the opportunity to attack and beheaded Hauge's Geshha.He threatened Hauge into the camp of the Guangning Army.

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Dorgon was half lying on the bed, covered with a beautiful quilt, and said weakly: "Wu Sangui, that thief! Send someone to show everyone in his family! As for Hauge...don't spread the news of his capture. Let’s have a look at it later.”

Sukesaha and Wubai, who were standing on the sidelines, came out leading the order, leaving only a group of Fujin with their maids to serve the prince who is known for his cleverness.

Dorgon closed his eyes weakly, unable to figure out why the situation had such a reversal.He really wanted to know what Jierhalang's plan was now, even if Daqing had to withdraw from the customs, this decision should not be made by him.He still wanted to use it in the Ming court, but Huang Taiji left mainly Shanxi merchants, and now they have more than enough energy.

The only ones who can count on are Abate and Hong Chengchou.

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"This kind of hollow phalanx is not bad." Yang Wunian held the binoculars and watched the phalanx in front of him steadily press forward.

Standing beside Yang Wunian, Wang Jiakang smiled and looked at the new formation he had compiled.Although the previous solid phalanx was quite powerful, if the people in front did not die, the soldiers in the center of the formation would be wasted.That being the case, why not single out these people in the middle and form a phalanx?

As the number of phalanxes increases, the firepower contact surface naturally increases, and the utilization rate of each soldier is enhanced.It is also a thousand headquarters, Wang Jiakang's third thousand headquarters can play the effect of two thousand headquarters.

Whether the tactics are used properly can be directly reflected in the results of the battle.Yang Wunian soon discovered that Wang Jiakang could not only defend, but also attack.He led his own soldiers to Wang Jiakang's battle zone, and was very happy to see the remarkable effect of the hollow phalanx.

"This is the best way to make full use of every ounce of strength." Yang Wunian praised: "Your Highness asked us to fully explore new tactics and new tactics. You are giving me the face of the second battalion commander."

"Sir, that's too much." Wang Jiakang said with a smile.

Yang Wunian said: "General Xiao and the [-]st Battalion have already attacked Hong Chengchou's camp from the northwest. Let's go step by step, focusing on annihilating the living forces of the eastern captives, and attack slowly!"

"There are few people in the Eastern Captives. They use the coats but don't know how to practice." Wang Jiakang said: "At least we can exchange three with them."

"If you change three, don't plan to repay your credit." As a battalion officer, Yang Wunian's level is much higher than that of Chief Qian of Qian Headquarters.He knew very well that it was not as easy to replenish soldiers as he imagined. This time, the Second Battalion's offensive strategy used a large number of rural soldiers as auxiliary soldiers, and sometimes they even went into battle. This was limited to the small number of people.

Wang Jiakang knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he slapped a haha ​​and walked away.Now the Qing army is getting more and more unbeatable, and its morale is almost exhausted.At the beginning, Manchuria Zhenyi was able to fight to the death with the guard battalion and suffered as much as [-]% of the battle damage without being defeated. Looking at it now, it is a miracle.Today's Manchurian soldiers, even the authentic Manchurian Eight Banners, can withstand [-]% of casualties, which is very rare.

If the Manchurians have learned any experience from the war, it is that they fled after being fired at by a volley of firecrackers. Now that they have rushed to a certain distance and see that the Ming army has not fired, they know that the firepower of the Ming army will be even stronger if they charge further in. Stop there, or even flee without a fight.

As for the dressing, those who are smarter can already understand the orders of the Ming army, know when to throw themselves to the ground, and when to raise their hands to flee, and are absolutely unwilling to lose their lives in vain.

"If the fight continues like this, the Donglu camp will be breached soon." Yang Wunian said, "We will have to recover Beijing by then, so I'm afraid we won't have much free time. You have to hurry up and compile this set of hollow tactics into a book." .”

"Yes." Wang Jiakang promised.

"All the trainers and staff officers in the battalion are at your disposal," Yang Wunian added.

The crown prince very much encouraged the officers to sum up their combat experience. As long as they could write one, two, three, they would be engraved and included.This kind of literati's patents is particularly attractive to warriors. It is really an unspeakable joy to see my articles sent to my colleagues in ink characters.

Yang Wunian hoped that this new tactic would leave his Second Battalion with the honor of being able to write in the history of the war. At the same time, he also worried that the combat mission of attacking Beijing would be too heavy, which would affect the writing of the tactic.This entanglement of happiness made Yang Wunian excited, wishing he could have several night battles every night.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong was also suffering.

No matter how he calculates the strength of the troops, it is whimsical to encircle Beijing.At the beginning Li Zicheng led tens of thousands of troops and could not encircle the city of Beijing. There were only [-] of them here, and only [-] including auxiliary soldiers, engineers, and laborers.

Soldiers cannot be created out of thin air. The hollow phalanx proposed by Wang Jiakang alleviated the problem of lack of troops to a certain extent.However, in order to achieve results, a large number of new recruits are still needed.

"If the northern direct front cannot gather [-] elite soldiers, the recovery campaign cannot be launched." Zhu Cihong put forward his opinion at the General Staff Meeting: "We can only consolidate on the front line of Tianbao and prepare for the counterattack of the eastern barbarians."

You Shiwei said: "Your Highness, Xiao Donglou's Second Guards Battalion sent a campaign request, hoping that they can attack Tianjin Guards and force Abate and Hong Chengchou to divide their troops from the current main battlefield."

Zhu Cihong's eyes fell on the sand table, and he found that the Qing army's troops in Tianjin were indeed relatively thin, and there was a tendency to move to the central battlefield.Although there is no conclusive intelligence support, this situation has already shown its signs, and Zhu Cihong's sense of war has become more acute, which is enough to make a decision.

"I agree with Xiao Donglou's request." Zhu Cilang said, "At the same time, Shen Tingyang was ordered to send ships to support Tianjin. Firstly, the logistics channel must be guaranteed, and secondly, recruits can be transferred. Since he wants to take Tianjin, he must hold it for me. As long as If he can hold it, I will expand him into the second guard division on the spot."

The military command under the General Staff immediately sent troops to convey the order.

There is no problem with Shen Tingyang. Anyway, the Shandong Navy has been carrying out transshipment and replenishment work, and it is familiar with the road.Moreover, Chen De has captured Lushun, and the transportation pressure of the navy has been greatly eased.Many logistics supplies can be subcontracted to private shippers for transportation, expanding the use of transportation capacity, and ensuring the transportation tasks in Tianjin.

As for Xiao Donglou, after receiving the military order, he set off overnight, looking impatient. (To be continued..)

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