Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1177 The Battle of the Three Kings ([-])

Wang Yan was high-spirited, and the generals behind him laughed loudly, but after laughing, everyone looked at the ancient capitals of several dynasties in China. The overall supporting facilities are also extremely complete. There are many Urn City, enemy tower, horse face, and archery tower. Moreover, there are [-] Qing soldiers in the city.

Such a big city, apart from Nanjing, few in the world can stand shoulder to shoulder with it.

The city of Luoyang has a perimeter of more than 20 miles. If it is really necessary to attack by force, according to the Art of War, the Ming army may need an army of 20 to conquer Luoyang City in a short time.

Seeing that Wang Yan was full of confidence, Li Guo asked while pulling the reins: "What is your highness's plan to take down this Luoyang City? So that the ranks have a bottom line in their minds."

When he was a thief, Chongzhen followed Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng into Luoyang for eight years, but was defeated by the army. In the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was already at the end of its strength. Luo Tai and others surrendered, and King Fu was unpopular, so Luoyang was broken.

In his opinion, with the strength of the Qing army in Luoyang, the fight might not be easy.

Although the generals agreed with Wang Yan, but after careful consideration, it seems that they did not come up with a strategy to break through the city quickly. Could it be that there is an internal response in the city?
In the situation at this time, although the Ming army has a huge advantage, the Qing army seems to have not yet reached the point where thousands of people pushed down the wall and beat the drum by thousands of people.

The last straw that crushed the Qing army has not yet appeared, and the Qing army seems to be able to fight.

If the Ming army can defeat the main force of the Qing army in the Central Plains, then the entire north will surely surrender.Now the Qing army still has nearly 30 troops, and the Manchurian and Liaodong Han generals also have a large number of troops. It seems unlikely that they will surrender without a fight.

So when everyone heard Li Guo's question, they all looked at the King of Chu, wanting to hear how His Highness would defeat the enemy.

Wang Yan looked at the majestic Luoyang City, but said with a smile: "The thing about the battle formation is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses. The attack on the city is the bottom, and the heart is the top. Now our dynasty is internally stable, the national power is strong, and the supplies are abundant. There is no rush to attack Luoyang. But Dorgon can't do it anymore. Now he has Shanxi in doubt, Hebei's people are in turmoil, and his money and food are exhausted. Outside, there is an army of lonely kings pressing down on the border. Defeat the lonely king, resolve the threat in the south, and calmly put down the Shanxi rebellion!"

As Wang Yan said, he raised his whip and drew half a circle around Luoyang, and said with a smile: "But the lonely king will not let him do what he wants, as long as Dorgon's army enters Luoyang, this king will be on the banks of the Yishui River, still Yique, Wan'an Mountain, and Longmenguan set up strongholds to delay time. While taking advantage of the money, food and materials of the dynasty to kill the Qing army, they waited for the East Route Army to capture Xuzhou, outflank the Kaifeng Hulao, and trap the main force of the Qing army in the river. Luo, and then join forces with the Qing to fight in the field, and defeat its main force in one battle, then Luoyang can go down without a fight!"

Li Guo and others understood what Wang Yan meant. After the main force of the Qing army was led to Heluo, the Ming army took advantage of its resources and national power to deliberately delay the decisive battle. After Xuzhou outflanked them, another 30 people fought against the Manchus.

As long as the Ming army wins the battle and defeats the main force of the Qing army, the Qing army in Luoyang City will only have two ways to surrender and flee the city, and the Ming army will not have to attack Luoyang City.

When he told these words to the generals around him, everyone felt that this battle was not difficult to fight, and that the Ming Dynasty was crushed by national power.

Everyone nodded, but Li Dingguo reminded: "The key to your Highness's strategy is the word "steady". Someone harassed our army's supply road and forced our army to fight!"

Wang Yan nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Dingguo is right, so the lonely king chose to set up strongholds along Yique, Wan'an Mountain, and Longmen Pass. In addition, the Liang Road is guarded by Heng Chong's horse army, which must ensure the safety of the army. supply!"

Wang Shixiu, Zhao Shenkuan, Tan Tai and other horse generals immediately clasped their fists together, "Don't worry, Your Highness, we will ensure that the grain road is unblocked, and Qingqi will not be allowed to approach the grain road."

Wang Yan nodded in satisfaction, and at this moment, behind the hillside where they were, countless Ming troops began to appear in the wilderness.

On the city wall, Shang Kexi, who was spying on Wang Yan and his party, suddenly heard exclamations from around him. He hurriedly put down the binoculars, only to see a blurry figure appearing in the distance. wilderness.

At this time, all he could see was that there was a sea of ​​people within his line of sight, coming like a tide, which was not enough to describe the strength of the Ming army.

The Qing army on the city stood on the top of the city, looking around, as far as the eye can see, there are all disc helmets moving, and the Ming army is like a billowing red cloud.

In the sea of ​​people, the flags of the various ministries of the Ming army were hunting in the cold wind, like spears in the forest, reflecting cold light, like the sparkling sea surface, Luoyang City seemed to be submerged by sea water.

The 14 Ming army is rolling like a tide. With so many people, there is nothing worthy of their fear. Not to mention Luoyang City, even the Yellow River can be waded across.

Wang Yan only left Hao Yaoqi with a rate of 1 people, and then summoned more than 2 government soldiers to defend the direction of Hanzhong. The elite army in Hubei can be said to have come out in full force.

The army moved forward slowly, overwhelming the Qing army at the top of the city with their momentum alone. Each of them clenched their weapons, looked outside the city, and then looked at the comrades around them, trying to find safety from them. Feeling nervous, but seeing panic on everyone's face.

The Ming army was like a red blanket, covering the wilderness south of Luoyang City.

The leading cavalry walked to the back of the hillside where Wang Yan was stationed, and suddenly waved his hand, and the forward squirming carpet stopped.

There were so many people, but there was no sound, only the creaking of soldiers stepping on the snow, and the snorting of war horses.

Shang Kexi looked at the scene in front of him, his heart sank, but the Ming army did not stay in the city for a long time, and after showing their faces for a while, they retreated to the village.

The Qing army in the city was startled by the Ming army, and hurriedly prepared for defense. They collected artillery stones, made artillery vehicles, arrows, and gunpowder, and sent troops to the city wall to strengthen patrols day and night. In addition to the deployment of troops in the city, and counting the number of enemy towers, archery towers, horse faces, and artillery on the city, there were no raids on the city, and no siege operations were even carried out.

Shang Kexi sent people out of the city to investigate, and found that the Ming army had set up a long camp with their backs on Wan'an Mountain, and it seemed that they had no intention of attacking Luoyang.

At the end of February, the main force of the Qing army that Wang Yan was waiting for finally entered Heluo.

When Dorgon heard that the Ming army was coming to Luoyang, he personally led an army of [-] troops from Taiyuan Starry Night to the south. In less than eight days, he arrived at Huaiqing Mansion on the opposite bank of Luoyang, and then crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin to the outside of Luoyang.

When he learned that the Ming army went down the mountain and did not attack Luoyang, Dorgon saw Wang Yan's intentions at a glance. However, he was already on the verge of riding a tiger, so he could only mobilize elites to seek a battle with Wang Yan and defeat the enemy quickly.

Dorgon immediately ordered Doni, who was stationed in Kaifeng, to leave 1 people to guard Kaifeng, lead 2 people, and then dispatched [-] people from Hulao Pass to Luoyang to find the Ming army for a decisive battle.

In this way, together with the 14 Qing army in Luoyang City, the troops seeking a decisive battle were gathered under Luoyang City, and the number reached 5000, which was equal to the strength of the Ming army.

At the same time, in order to help the Qing Dynasty win the war and maintain the current three-point situation, Meng Qiaofang, king of Jin Guoyongping, also led 5 troops, and Hauge dispatched another [-] from Taiyuan, a total of [-] people, and rushed to Luoyang in two routes to participate in the battle .

So far, the two warring parties are basically in place. The Ming Dynasty Chu Wang Yan led 14 people to fight against the 19 coalition forces of the Manchu Qing Regent Dorgon and Jin Yongping King.

This war, which is related to the direction of the world, will break out in the heart of China.

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