Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

After hearing the report from the messenger sent by Yu Zilian for help, Wu Shigong and Li Lu's expressions became even more ugly.Li Lu asked, "Brother-in-law! Look...!"

Wu Shigong raised his hand to interrupt Li Lu's questioning, then frowned and wandered back and forth in the big tent, starting to think deeply.

According to the information obtained so far: the Qing army completely wiped out two Ming armies with 1 to [-] troops in Shunde Prefecture, and surrounded more than [-] Ruzhou troops in Cheng'an County.

First of all, of course Wu Shigong had to estimate the strength of the Qing army.Through the interrogation of those defeated soldiers, the figure obtained is that the Qing army is about 5.This reassured Wu Shigong a little, and he was full of plans. Counting the partial divisions of the Qing army, it would be [-] soldiers and horses at most!

You must know that in the past, the Runing Army had obtained various information from the refugees, and the total number of the Qing Army had never been less than [-].If it is really the [-] Qing army that surrounds the Ruzhou army, Wu Shigong doesn't need to hesitate anymore, and he won't go to rescue the Ruzhou army, just turn around and run away!Only when you are mentally disabled will you use your own [-] soldiers to fight.

Of course, Wu Shigong didn't even know that this estimate was not accurate, as the Qing army was only in the early [-]s.Otherwise, he would be more at ease.

Then is it worth saving?Wu Shigong thought about it and thought it was worth it.It wasn't that Wu Shigong wanted to turn enemies into friends with Yu Zilian, and it wasn't because of any fellowship. The main reason was: Wu Shigong still needed the Ruzhou Army to be well preserved and stationed in Ruzhou to protect the Runing Army from wind and rain.

Besides, the Ruzhou Army has been infiltrated too much by the Shanchuan Division and the Military Intelligence Bureau. If Wu Shigong orders a rebellion, it is very likely that their entire army will join the Runing Army. Wu Shigong already regards the Ruzhou Army as his own.

After that is whether there is enough time?I learned from the messenger: It has been five or six days since the Ruzhou Army was besieged, and it will take five or six days to rush there by myself. So can the Ruzhou Army survive these ten days? [

Wu Shigong did some calculations, and found that the possibility of the Ruzhou army holding up was very high.Before.Through the report of the spy who broke into the Ruzhou Army, Wu Shigong learned that the Ruzhou Army was learning from the Runing Army in an all-round way, and Wu Shigong also had absolute confidence in the local defense of the Runing Army.In addition, I learned from the messenger that the camp of the Ruzhou Army has been built into an earthen city.So Wu Shigong still chose to trust the Ruzhou Army.

The last is the most important question-whether it can beat the Qing army that surrounded the Ruzhou army?

There are four possibilities:

The first possibility is: when he arrived, the Ruzhou army had already repulsed the Qing army or the Qing army retreated on its own.This is probably the best.At least his own Runing Army will not be in any danger;

The second possibility is: when I arrived, the Qing army spent a lot of money and just captured the Ruzhou army camp or the Ruzhou army was still fighting fiercely with the Qing army.This one is probably the best.The Runing Army can take the opportunity to fight the tired soldiers and try to wipe out part of the Qing army.

The third possibility is: the Qing army besieges but does not attack, and the siege points to attack the support army first.Then, after the first battle with the Qing army, the Runing army immediately camped and defended on the spot, and echoed with the Ruzhou army.Turn this battle into a stalemate, restrain the main force of the Qing army, and wait for the arrival of other Ming armies.However, because of this possibility, the Runing Army must be careful on the way to rescue.You must not be caught in an ambush by the Qing army, otherwise, you will end up harming yourself instead of saving others.

The fourth possibility is: the Qing army defeated the Ruzhou army in a quick battle, and then the whole army went all out to deal with the supporting army of itself, so he also fought the Qing army after the first battle.Camp on the spot for defense, or become a turtle and hedgehog!Although this kind of possibility is the most dangerous, but Wu Shigong did some calculations, and it is not a problem to support it for [-] days to a month.

After weighing repeatedly, Wu Shigong found that the risk for himself was not that great.After all, the Runing Army's expedition this time is only to consume part of the Qing army.It's not about annihilating the Qing army.If it is to rescue, it can also achieve the purpose of this expedition.

So Wu Shigong immediately ended his contemplation, raised his head and gave an order: "The whole army should prepare immediately and drive to Cheng'an County. Pay attention! Keep fighting during the march and march, ready to fight at any time! Send more scouts to the front, back, left, and right to prevent the Tartars from ambush !"

Li Lu on the side immediately turned pale with shock: "Brother-in-law, are you really going to save Yu Yushi? Do you really want to fight the Tartars? The frontier army of [-] to [-] was defeated, and we only have two Wan!"

"War is not just about counting heads. I am leading the Runing Army." Wu Shigong replied confidently and proudly.

Zhou Junwu, who was sitting behind the big case, had been observing Wu Shigong until he heard Wu Shigong's words, he immediately stood up and saluted Wu Shigong: "Brother Chang Jing, today I know why my teacher likes you so much, the student is willing to help you!" Leading the horse and falling..."

"Okay, okay!" Wu Shigong immediately raised his hand to stop Zhou Junwu's nasty words, "Want to fight with me? I will never stop, so follow! Come on! Prepare a pair of armor and a horse for Mr. Zhou !"

On December 11, 21th year of Chongzhen, in the camp of the Ruzhou Army in Cheng'an County.

"Aren't you very happy now? We ate ashes for five or six days and came here exhausted, but you are here leisurely basking in the sun and watching our jokes?" Wu Shigong scolded Yu Zilian. [

Although the Runing Army was careful in every possible way, nothing happened on the way to Cheng'an County, not even a Qing army spies showed up, so they came to Cheng'an County safely.

And after the Qing army retreated, Yu Zilian was so frightened that he didn't dare to wander around anymore. He stayed in his camp and repaired the fortifications every day until the arrival of the Runing army.

The trip was in vain for no reason, so when he saw Yu Zilian, Wu Shigong couldn't help but explode.Although he also knew that Yu Zilian was not teasing him, Wu Shigong still vented his anger on Yu Zilian, anyway, he didn't scold him for nothing.

Yu Zilian's face was blue and red, and he knew that he was wrong, but he couldn't tell.Zuo Yin on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Mr. Bing Wu! Mr. Li! It's really not that my lord lied about the military situation! A few days ago, there were Tartars besieging us, but they all retreated later, and we didn't have time to chase back the people who asked for help."

"What about the Tartars? Yu Zilian ate all of it for you?" Wu Shigong was still furious.

Yu Zilian couldn't bear it all of a sudden, and he replied: "Wu Shigong! Don't bully me too much! I sincerely thank Mr. Li for helping me, but I didn't ask you to come!"

"Yo! You've got a temper? You haven't seen me, so you don't know which bed you're hiding in and crying in." Wu Shigong said contemptuously.

"Bah! You spout shit like a soldier, I don't have the same knowledge as you!" Yu Zilian's words seemed quite weak because of his fault.

"Don't say a word! Don't say a word!" Li Lu hurriedly persuaded him, "But Mr. Yu! Where is the tartar now?"

Yu Zilian couldn't help but blushed, muttered a few times, and finally replied reluctantly: "I don't know where, I only know that they left for four or five days, and they are going north!" Because Yu Zilian Lian was afraid of losing cavalry again, so the Ruzhou Army did not send spies to follow and scout the retreating Qing army.

"Are you a pig?" Wu Shigong, who understood Yu Zilian's meaning, was furious again, "I don't know how to send spies to investigate? And it's going north? Are you blind? Can you tell the difference between east, west, and north? "

Wu Shigong's yelling and cursing also annoyed Yu Zilian: "Why can't I tell? Your barking mouth is too stinky! You grew up eating shit?"

Wu Shigong was annoyed even more by Yu Zilian's retort: ​​"How dare you talk back? You still don't believe it when you say you are a pig! Our Runing army came from the north, and we didn't meet a single hair of a Tartar on the way. That Tartar Where did the sons go? Maybe they know invisibility?"

"It's indeed Xiangbei. The whole army can testify for me! I can't tell you, you bastard!"

At this moment, Zhou Junwu, who had been listening to the quarrel between the two, suddenly said: "Will the Tartars go to the capital? It's because they went astray with the two generals, Wu and Li."

Zhou Junwu's words immediately reminded everyone of this possibility, and everyone's expressions changed immediately.

Although they are all in the north, Hejian Mansion is in the northeast direction, and the road from Cheng'an to the capital is two roads away.If the Qing army really went to attack the capital, it would be really big.At least the Ruzhou Army and the Runing Army who did not entangle the Qing Army were all charged with crimes.

"My lords! Now is not the time to speak out, we need to help each other out, let's make a plan first!" Zuo Yin quickly smoothed things over.

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After Wu Shigong's Runing Army rushed to Cheng'an County, they still failed to catch the Qing Army's whereabouts, but instead noticed that the Qing Army might be heading for Beijing.So Wu Shigong and Yu Zilian immediately put aside their prejudices and urgently formulated a plan to rescue the capital.

Wu Shigong dispatched a cavalry association to strengthen the Ruzhou Army, and let the Ruzhou Army rush to the capital day and night for rescue, while Wu Shigong's Runing Army followed the Ruzhou Army far away because they wanted to avoid suspicion.

In case the Ruzhou army encounters the Qing army, they will immediately defend on the spot, and wait for the Runing army to approach, and finally join forces to fight the Qing army.

As soon as the plan was formulated, Yu Zilian led the Ruzhou Army and the Cavalry Association to set off in a hurry.

But after a few days of hasty marching, they still didn't find any trace of the Qing army.Even the spies of the Qing army did not show up.This made the two of them at a loss again: Where did the Qing army go?

Neither Wu Shigong nor Yu Zilian knew that the Qing army led by Dorgon just made a feint. He rushed towards the capital first, attracting all the Ming troops to the capital, and then he made another sharp turn and headed towards the southeast. go.

Of course, Dorgon didn't know that there were more Wu Shigong's Runing Army on the battlefield, but his feint did deceive both the Runing Army and the Ruzhou Army.Dorgon's current goal is actually Jinan.