The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 732 You Hit You, I Hit Mine

Zhang Jiayu cupped his hands and said: "The final general will obey the order."

He turned and retreated, but after only a moment, he quickly returned and said to Zhu Lin: "Your Majesty, just now General Li of the Quicken Battalion sent an urgent report, saying that the captives in the direction of Henan have changed.

"Aobai's tribe suddenly left Shangqiu, and nearly ten thousand people went to Luoyang. In addition, Wei Zhouyin and Kong Xigui transferred more than [-] defenders from Runing, Chenzhou, Xuzhou and other places, and they all gathered towards Luoyang."

Previously Li Dingguo led his troops to attack Xuzhou, and Dorgon sent Aobai to stop it.Unexpectedly, after the Ming army crossed the Huaihe River, they conquered most of Shandong with lightning speed.Ao Bai was worried about being surrounded by the main force of the Ming army, so he had to escape to Shangqiu, Henan.

Zhu Linmi frowned. Henan is located in the center of China, bordering Lu, Jin, Shaanxi, Chu, Nanzhi, and Beizhi. Province.Therefore, even though the former Jianlu emptied the troops in the Jiangbei provinces, they never moved Henan, which shows the importance of its strategic position.

But right now, almost all the Qing troops in Yujing are gathering towards the south bank of the Yellow River, leaving most of the Henan province empty, which must be wrong.

He then ordered Zhang Jiayu: "Call all the generals, and the chief envoy will discuss the matter."

"Yes!"

Not long after, the main generals of the Ming army in Jinan gathered together.

After Zhang Jiayu briefly talked about Jianlu's news, Zhao Shichao immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, from what the general has seen, the captives seem to be about to abandon Henan."

Gan Hui on the side nodded in agreement, "Our army suddenly attacked Jinan, and the front of the army was directed at Zhigu. Once we break through Beijing, Henan will be isolated, and the captive soldiers there will become turtles in the urn.

"Yes, the captives can only withdraw from the Henan defenders first."

Zhu Linmei pondered: "It's just that the captives should go north to Kaifeng and return to Beijing via Anyang. Why did they concentrate in the direction of Luoyang?"

After a long while, Zhang Jiayu said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Jiang Xiang is now confronting the captive He Luohui in the Linfen area. If the Henan bandit army passes through Puzhou City, crosses the Yellow River from Pujin, and enters Shanxi in the north, Jiang Xiang will be in danger. Yea!"

Zhu Linmi immediately looked at the map in front of her.

To the east of Pujin Ferry is the Hedong area of ​​Shanxi, which is in the southwest of Linfen.If 1 Qing troops suddenly appeared here, then Jiang Xiang would be attacked by the enemy. With the [-] troops in his hands, most of them were recruits, he might be defeated soon.

"So, Dorgon is planning to exchange Henan for Shanxi?"

Zhao Shichao shook his head and said, "General Zhang, if that's the case, could Dorgon have lost his head?

"The roads between Xi'an and Hanzhong have been dug by the captives themselves. As long as our army marches west from Jinan at this time, we can easily block the tens of thousands of bandits to the east of the Yangtze River."

"That's right." Huang Qishou continued, "Nanyang Mansion is about to be destroyed, and our army can go south to regain Henan in one fell swoop, but what is the plan of the captives..."

"Yuanzi is right!" Zhu Linmi measured the distance on the map and suddenly said, "Dorgon wants to delay time!
"He must have never expected our army to recover Shandong so quickly, and the captives in Beijing were not yet ready to defend, so he could only abandon his pawns to save the chariot and use He Luohui and Oboi's troops to lead me to Shanxi .

"Jinan is thousands of miles away from Linfen. It will take two months to march back and forth, and another half a month if the battle is added. By the time our army returns to Beijing, it will be after June at least. If we want to regain Henan , I'm afraid it will be delayed until August or September."

Hearing this, Deng Shan said in a rough voice: "Then we don't care about him, the army can just continue to go north, wait until the city of Beijing is broken, and then go back and take care of the Tartars in Shanxi slowly."

"This can't be the case." Zhang Jiayu hurriedly said, "Dorgon still has a second plan. If we ignore the war in Shanxi, Jiang Xiang will not be able to last long, and the land of Jin will be restored to Jianlu in a short time. Then they We must gather troops in the Datong area, and when our army attacks Beijing, we will harass it from the west, so that our army will fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy."

Gan Hui continued: "Even if we can divide our troops to block the captives from the direction of Datong, they can still take advantage of the emptiness to attack Shandong and cut off the food road behind me."

Deng Shan was taken aback for a moment, and then curled his lips and said: "Then it's not too late. Let's move west quickly, and deal with the tens of thousands of bandits first."

Gan Hui said regretfully, "This is the only way to go now. It's just that the captives have been given a respite for nearly half a year. When they receive their summer grain, the difficulty for us to regain Beijing will increase several times."

"Even Dorgon will lure Mobei soldiers to the south, or create a thousand miles of red land like Yangzhou to stop our army."

After Zhu Lin's words, all the generals showed signs of worry.Seeing that Beijing is right in front of them, they have to follow Jianlu in circles. In this way, I am afraid that the recovery of Beijing will have to wait until next year.

"That's why, we must not let Dorgon lead us by the nose!" Zhu Linmi looked around the crowd, "They beat theirs, we beat ours. When the food and grass arrive, our army will go north immediately to attack Zhigu!"

Zhang Jiayu thought, is it possible that His Majesty wants to take Beijing before Jiang Xiang's defeat?He hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it will take at least ten days for our army to complete the repairs and adjust the food and grass. If we want to return to Beijing quickly, there will be too little time..."

Zhu Linmei waved her hands and said with a smile: "I'm afraid everyone has forgotten that I have a third battalion in the Daming Field Army."

White pole army?Zhang Jiayu thought about it for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, Qin Zuoming's troops are still chasing and suppressing Wang Jincai's rebellious army in Baoqing. There are only more than 6000 white-armed troops in southern Shaanxi, and when the captives such as Aobai and Wei Zhouyin enter Jin, the Qing army in Shanxi is full. There are about [-], I am afraid that the white pole army will be difficult to deal with."

However, Zhu Linmei said with great confidence: "The current combat power of the Baigan Army is by no means inferior to that of the Dragon Guard Army when it was first established. This time, the 1 Han troops who surrendered from the north and the north of Henan Province have mediocre combat power, and He Luohui is the only one honored by the enemy. , There are more than [-] Jianzhou soldiers in the Obai Department.

"The 1 white pole army, plus [-] Sichuan troops from Wang Yingxiong's department, and [-] rebel troops from Jiang Xiang's department. If it's just to hold back the captives, it shouldn't be a problem."

The generals looked at each other, obviously feeling a little uneasy.Zhu Linming knew that this was all due to their habitual thinking. Previously, the White Pole Army fought fiercely with Hauge in northern Sichuan, and there were not many victories, which made everyone feel uncertain.

But the current Baigan army is all armed with flintlocks, and there are even more than a thousand new-style rifled guns.In addition, they still have dozens of cannons in their hands, [-]% of which have been improved for cavalry artillery.As for cotton armor, plate armor, binoculars, carriages and the like, there are everything.

In addition, most of the officers at all levels of the White Pole Army have taken turns to further their studies in the Military Academy. Although it has not been a long time, most of the modern military concepts have been introduced.

It can be said that even against the Longwei Army in the early years of Longwu, the current White Pole Army has at least a [-]% winning rate.

In addition, once there is a fight, the Baigan Army and several cities such as Linfen can rely on it, and Wang Yingxiong will support it behind it.Zhu Linmi believed that they could at least drag more than 4 Qing troops in Shanxi for two or three months, and that would be enough!

　Because it's cold in the late spring, it's really uncomfortable to catch a cold in the next misfortune, so I can only change it today.I hope everyone can forgive me, and the two updates will be resumed tomorrow.

　　
　
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