Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

When he traveled to the end of the Ming Dynasty and knew that he had arrived in the reign of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong was most worried about Li Zicheng and the Qing Dynasty.

According to Wu Shigong's poor and erroneous historical knowledge, we know that the final history of the Ming Dynasty is: first Li Zicheng invaded Beijing to overthrow the Ming Dynasty; then Li Zicheng robbed Wu Sangui's wife Chen Yuanyuan; The Manchus entered Shanhaiguan; finally, the Manchus established the Qing Dynasty.

But Wu Shigong is also very sure: the history of the Ming Dynasty where he lives must be different from the history of the original Ming Dynasty.Because of Wu Shigong's narcissistic judgment, his own Runing Army already has such great strength, so if the history has not changed, then no matter what, he will not miss his name in the history books - Wu Shigong.

Therefore, in order to keep one's own family and power, the easiest way is to cut off the above historical chain.But to solve the problem from the root, that is to completely eliminate the two major forces of Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing.

Therefore, killing Li Zicheng has always been very attractive to Wu Shigong.It's just that Li Zicheng had been active in Shaanxi before, and he didn't come to Henan, so Wu Shigong didn't have the opportunity to meet this great enemy.

But now, Li Zicheng appeared in front of him.No matter what, Wu Shigong couldn't hold back the urge to dispatch the main force.But in this way, it will also completely change the general strategy of the Runing Army to destroy the Peasant Army.

Originally, the Runing Army was going to use the strategy of constantly nibbling away until it established an absolute advantage, and finally wiped out the Peasant Army with one blow, but if Wu Shigong made such a change, it might become a steal.

You know, the current Li Zicheng is surrounded by the army of the peasant army.And with the current strength of the Runing Army, it is certainly impossible to swallow all the Peasant Army, so the best result after dispatching the main force is to eat away a little more of the Peasant Army.

But Wu Shigong really had such good luck.Is there Li Zicheng among the peasant army who cannibalized?In addition, after Wu Shigong mobilized the main force, would he still be able to catch the erratic peasant army?Also, when the main force is dispatched, can it really guarantee that its control area will not be invaded by peasant troops from other battalions?So no matter how you look at it, it seems like an adventure.

But in the end, Wu Shigong felt that the risk was worth taking.Although the chance of killing Li Zicheng this time is very slim, he has to try anyway.It's worth doing just to test the strength of Li Zicheng's peasant army.

For this reason, Wu Shigong will not use the Runing Army and Guide Army this time.With these two legions.Together with the militia, they can barely hold the outer line of defense of the Runing Army.And Wu Shigong will take all the three legions and the artillery regiment directly under the headquarters of Huhou Town, looking for opportunities to attack the peasant army.

As soon as a decision was made, Wu Shigong was going to send those sons of returning officials and gentry back to the German mansion, this time he wanted to be serious.Wu Shigong no longer has the leisure time to protect the sons of officials and gentry.

But Wu Shigong didn't expect that the children of officials and gentry would become even more enthusiastic when they heard that there was a big battle to be fought.They were led by Hou Fangyu.Collectively petitioned Wu Shigong to join the war.Even some of the more mature sons of officials and gentry were in the midst of such excitement, and it was hard for them to back down.

In desperation, Wu Shigong could only make three promises to them: tell Hou Fangyu and the others to obey his orders.Do not act at will.Moreover, Wu Shigong is also planning to use an infantry regiment to protect their safety.

after.Wu Shigong sent a messenger to report to the headquarters and the Zhou Xun Office.He wants to bring out all the more than 1 people from Huhou Town in Daying.Then enter Kaifeng Mansion from the north of Runing Mansion, and then go west, passing through Ruzhou to attack the east side of the peasant army.

"What's the matter, my lord? Is there anything going on in my hometown?" Zhou Xun asked strangely.

"I haven't heard of it. That's how your lord ordered it!" The soldiers who came to deliver the order also told Zhou Xun the truth.

"Crap!" Zhou Xun immediately cursed secretly.If it weren't for the superiority and inferiority, Zhou Xun might have scolded Wu Shigong: "Nonsense!".

According to the original combat mission of the Zhou Xunbu.He will lead the two legions, and on the basis of ensuring the safety of Ye County, he will support Ruzhou City and Nanyang Fucheng at any time, which may be attacked by the peasant army.And look for fighters to raid and eat away part of the peasant army.

Therefore, this kind of combat is limited and controllable, and the radius of the combat will not be very large. Zhou Xun is confident that he can successfully complete this combat mission.

But according to Wu Shigong's new order, the Nanyang Runing Army led by Zhou Xun must cooperate with Wu Shigong's Huhou Town to fight.However, there was no plan before the battle, and there was no prior contact, so it is easy to have loopholes caused by coordination mistakes.In case the Peasant Army finds a fighter, the Runing Army may not even reach the lowest goal before the war.Therefore, Zhou Xun resisted Wu Shigong's whim in his heart.

Not only Zhou Xun, but even Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli who stayed in Runing were a little puzzled.The information that Wu Shigong knew was also known to the civil and military officials who stayed in the headquarters.But all this information was expected before the war, and there was nothing surprising or dangerous about it.

But Wu Shigong suddenly came with an order for general mobilization, so Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli assembled troops according to Wu Shigong's order on the one hand;

Of course Wu Shigong couldn't tell why.So he could only explain to Deng Qifan and the others: he found a good opportunity to deal a blow to the peasant army, so he temporarily decided to use Huhou Town.

Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli were still not convinced by Wu Shigong's explanation.But due to Wu Shigong's high prestige in the army for a long time, in the end, Huhou Town set off from the Runing Army camp on time.

However, because it was a temporary mobilization, the speed of mobilization would definitely not be the fastest. When Huhou Town finished all preparations and marched to Wu Shigong's camp, nine days had passed.Therefore, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong led the Huhou Town, the personal army and the children of officials and gentry to officially set off.After five days of marching, on the [-]th, the main force of the Runing Army entered Ruzhou according to the predetermined route.

In order to cooperate with the actions of Wu Shigong's main force, Zhou Xunbu also carried out a series of feints.They kept approaching and retreating, using changes in rhythm to cause panic to the peasant army, and focused the peasant army's attention on themselves. (To be continued..)