Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After considering the troops to be used, Wu Shigong began to consider how the Runing Army should act.And this consideration is a bit complicated, both military and political influence must be considered.

The first is that Zhou Junwu and Zhou Shen.There is nothing wrong with him himself, but this person represents Xuan Mo, governor of Henan Province.If Wu Shigong didn't send troops this time, he would offend Xuan Mo to the death.Besides, the Runing Army was going to fight the Peasant Rebel Army in the first place, but the Runing Army's expedition was nothing more than to satisfy Xuanmo's representative - Zhou Junwu.

The train of thought is clear. After concentrating all the troops in Ye County, they should go north along Ruzhou for about [-] miles.If the peasant rebel army was still standing still at that time, then attack the peasant rebel army from the flank.

If the peasant rebels really go south to Nanyang, they will occupy favorable terrain and build a series of fortifications to resist section by section.

The Runing Army will not go to a decisive battle with the 50 to [-] peasant rebels.Because that is the most stupid way of fighting, even if it is a big victory, how many peasant rebels can be wiped out?It was nothing more than being entangled by a group of cannon fodder, allowing the main force of the peasant rebel army to escape smoothly.And as long as it is a big battle, the Runing Army's own casualties must be quite large.

The Runing Army is going to carry out a series of small harassment and surprise battles to completely entangle the peasant rebel army and put them in a dilemma.Because the Runing Army is not far from Ye County, Luojia Town Daying and Longan Village bases, and there is also a large amount of food and grass stored there, so it is completely possible to fight for a long time with smooth logistics.

And as long as they entangle the peasant rebel army for about a month, not to mention other Ming troops will rush over, even the peasant rebel army can't support their own food and grass, and they will completely collapse without fighting.

If the peasant rebel army wants to get out of this predicament, there are only two ways: one is not to entangle with the Runing Army, and turn around and go to other places. Then the Runing Army finally managed to clear the door for themselves.The tranquility of the area under his control can be regarded as preserved; the other is to actively attack the Runing Army, but at that time, the Runing Army had fortifications and sharp firearms, and that kind of combat fell into the routine of the Runing Army, which is completely acceptable. Win battles with minimal losses.

If the peasant rebel army advances eastward to Henan Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, then the Runing Army can immediately follow and attack.You must know that not all the peasant rebels are soldiers, and there are many old and weak women and children in their ranks.And these old and weak women and children are basically at the tail of the peasant rebel army.

If the Runing Army concentrated elite cavalry to attack those old and weak women and children at this time, it would be a massacre, after eating pieces of meat from the tail one by one.In the end, the peasant rebel army will also collapse.

Then there is the peasant rebel army attacking Luoyang, Kaifeng and other large cities along the Yellow River.Then the Runing Army at that time would stand still for a short period of time, waiting quietly for the peasant rebel army to be wiped out under these cities and lose their morale.When the time is right, the Runing army will immediately attack the peasant rebel army besieging the city and completely defeat them.

Of course, this plan may not necessarily be implemented.Because the peasant rebel army at that time did not threaten the area controlled by the Runing Army after all.And the danger of the Runing Army's long-distance attack is also very high, and it is also necessary to guard against the peasant rebel army's encirclement and reinforcements.So there is no absolute certainty.It is absolutely impossible for the Runing Army to carry out this plan.

But these are ideal conditions. After all, the war is not carried out according to the plan made by oneself.What if tens of thousands of berserkers who appeared in the last battle of Ruzhou appeared in the peasant rebel army?Then the Runing Army, which has only more than 6000 horses, may not be able to stop it, so it is necessary to arrange a retreat in advance.

The first route of retreat is for the main force of the Runing Army to withdraw to the headquarters of the Runing Army. Then it will be in a situation of internal combat, and it can support the various places of the Runing Army's defense line at any time.Strive to keep the tranquility of the area controlled by the Runing Army.

The second route of retreat is to focus on defending Yexian County, Luojia Town Daying and Longyan Town bases in Nanyang when the situation is absolutely unfavorable; the line in the northern mountainous area of ​​Runing Prefecture; The iron triangle of the county seat; there is also the line of Runing Prefecture City and the Runing Army Camp.

And if this is the case, Guide Mansion, including most of the city, will be completely abandoned.The southern part of Runing Prefecture will also be completely abandoned.However, these areas kept are the key areas of industries and mining owned by the Runing Army, as long as they survive.Then the Runing Army will not be injured.

Fortunately, it is winter now, and all the crops in the fields have been harvested. As long as all the serfs in Tuntian Mountain Villa in the south of Runing Prefecture are withdrawn, the peasant rebels will trample on those abandoned areas repeatedly, and at most they will lose some houses.As for the post-disaster reconstruction problem, it is not a big problem. The current Runing Army is not short of labor!

And as long as the city of Runing Mansion is kept, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the whole territory of Runing Mansion can be barely kept safe.The Runing Army went out to fight and kept the Runing Mansion City. At that time, the imperial court and Henan Governor Xuan Mo would not be able to accuse the Runing Army of their crimes.

As for the Grand Canal and Fengyang, the central capital, behind them, at that time, they can only ask for their own blessings.Anyway, there are heavy troops stationed there, and it will be a headache for them to fight against the peasant rebel army!

Of course, there is also the worst ending, that is, the second escape route cannot be kept, so there is no other idea.All Wu Shigong's efforts to go to Henan were in vain.Or take the whole family to flee to the south, it is a day to live one more day in this chaotic world at the end of Ming Dynasty.

But since this is planned, it is necessary to prepare for the worst.Anyway, Guide Mansion prefect and Zhao Ming were there to worry about, and there was also a certain amount of troops there.And the southern part of Runing Mansion has to make preparations early.

The first thing is to convince Guan Kesong, the prefect of Runing Prefecture.But that shouldn't be a problem.In tomorrow's discussion, the momentum of the peasant rebel army will be louder; the attitude of the governor sent by Zhou Shen to threaten the Runing army to march is more serious.As long as the safety of Runing Prefecture and the city officials can be preserved in the end, Guan Kesong probably won't have any objections.

As for the evacuation of personnel and food and supplies, anyway, let Deng Qifan and other civil officials arrange it tomorrow, and those who can evacuate to the Runing Army Camp will be evacuated as much as possible. The fortress is a standard Dazhuangzi.In addition to the two county towns there, as long as the two militia groups and the village and road guards are stationed there, they can always support for a period of time, waiting for the rescue of the main force of the Runing Army.

As for the local people, it has to be arranged by Guan Kesong.But the time is tight, and the arrangement must be completed within one month.Fortunately, the Runing Army also has a plan for this kind of emergency. Anyway, according to the plan when the time comes, if anyone is disobedient, it will be dealt with by military law.

As for the time for all the troops to gather in Ye County, Wu Shigong estimated that, plus the time for delivering the transfer order, it would be about ten days in total.But now Wu Shigong also knew that the peasant rebel army had just entered Henan, and their movements were not so fast. They could reach the vicinity of Ye County in ten days at most, and it was still too late.

From the beginning to the end, Wu Shigong never considered whether Xuan Mo, governor of Henan, would stop the peasant rebel army on Lu's line.Because the strength of the two sides is too different.Xuan Mo must be well aware of this, otherwise he would not have sent Zhou Junwu to Wu Shigong to send a letter for help.

If Xuan Mo was wiser, he would definitely withdraw to Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities, otherwise, facing him would be to sacrifice his life for the country.

After thinking about everything, Wu Shigong immediately felt relaxed.He raised his head and stretched his waist.Suddenly, he found that there was another person in the study. It turned out that Mei Yun had also come to the study to deliver snacks.

Wu Shigong smiled at Mei Yun and asked, "Why are you here?"

Mei Yun also smiled at Wu Shigong, but before she could answer, Qiong Niang answered for Mei Yun: "Sister Mei also made some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for the master. Seeing that the master is doing business, she has been waiting by the side." It's on."

"Oh?" Wu Shigong looked at the small table with a smile, then went to the small table and picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake placed on the small table, took a big bite and chewed, and said vaguely: "It's delicious!"

Hearing Wu Shigong's praise, Mei Yun and Qiongniang also laughed.While eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Wu Shigong thought about his plan from beginning to end, and felt that there was nothing missing.So the plan was finalized.

But for some reason, Wu Shigong always felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it, maybe he was suspicious.So Wu Shigong also put this trace of uneasiness behind him.

When Wu Shigong finished eating and the two wives wanted to clean up, Wu Shigong smiled and asked them to stop, and let the servant girls come to clean up tomorrow.Then he hugged them left and right and went back to the room with them.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Wu Shigong's sixth sense.His entire plan was thoughtful and well analyzed, but at this moment he was completely shrouded in the fog of war.

Because there is a major error in the basic basis of Wu Shigong's inference.In Wu Shigong's thinking, since the peasant rebel army was united, they must act in unison.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a pain in the ass to separate and combine?

But Wu Shigong didn't know about the Xingyang Conference at all, nor did he know about the differences between the two factions within the Peasant Rebel Army.So it's not that the peasant rebellion army is in pain, but Wu Shigong's Runing army is in pain.

All the marching routes of the peasant rebel army that Wu Shigong analyzed tonight were correct, but Wu Shigong did not need to do multiple-choice questions at all, because the peasant rebel army also divided up and walked all the routes.

There are three roads that threaten the area controlled by the Runing Army: one crosses the river from Shanzhou, goes north to Pingyang, Shanxi, and crosses the Yellow River again from Huaiqing, Henan, and enters Guide Mansion in the south; the other is from Wuguan to Xiangyang, Huguang via Nanyang , threatening the southwest of Ye County and Runing Mansion; all the way was to attack Henan County from the east of Lushi County, threatening the west of Guide Mansion and the north of Runing Mansion.

The Runing Army immediately faced a whole army.But the only one who can deal with these three groups of peasant rebels is the main force of the Runing Army! (To be continued..)