Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 666 entanglement
The battle of Saerhu was really a bloody lesson. Yang Hao was so excited that he wanted to outflank the five roads. He was caught with a slap to death, but his fingers were broken one by one. The fighting power of Jiannu is deeply worrying. The 40 army is formed into a regiment and the outcome is known. Now Song Qingshu still wants to divide the troops?
But what Song Qingshu said next made the people present frowned even more in surprise.

"The army will be handed over to the General Staff Headquarters, and Mr. Sun Chuanting will be commanded by Mr. Sun on behalf of the commander. Liu Zongmin will be the military supervisor. Yingtian's [-]rd to [-]th divisions will be handed over to me. The commander himself will cross Taihu Lake and stop Jiannu from entering. Road to Zhejiang."

"Master..."

Sun Chuanting's frown deepened. The three divisions did not affect the combat effectiveness of the army. Especially the first hundred divisions of the Yingtian Volunteer Army were almost composed of workers, and their combat effectiveness was stronger. Yes, by nature loose.

It was hard for Sun Chuanting to imagine such a large-scale battle, but his coach led such a weak brigade to intercept hundreds of thousands of enemies.
Seeing everyone's doubts, Song Qingshu smiled easily, turned around with his fists in his arms, and explained: "I can't stop Jiannu just because I have three masters, but I still have two magic weapons." , One is money, the other is human heart! Mr. Chen, you go with me, Mr. Sun, you must block the army of founding slaves to the south of Taihu Lake, and buy at least seven days for me!"

"As ordered!"

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The decisive battle of the army is not about hooligans. Two groups of people make an appointment with each other to kill thousands of people with real swords and guns. The level battle ended in one day, but before that, it took countless days and nights to prepare, hold on, march, and attack.

After the first battle in Changzhou, Jiannu and the Ming army also fell into this kind of strategic anxiety. This time, Jiannu violated a big taboo of military strategists, and raised his army in anger, because the people in Changzhou burned the boats crossing the river and did not think of a way to cross the river quickly. , Instead, he turned around and attacked Changzhou, which was heading south, which gave the Ming army a chance.

In the next few days, I spent almost all of my time on the march. I didn't even stay in Changzhou for half the night. There was urgent news that Jiannu was going north. Sun Chuanting led the vanguard and chased and intercepted them. A small-scale fierce battle broke out, and Jiannu retreated again after a little attempt.

The battle in the next few days will be a bit of a joke. If you move forward, I will move forward. The army also retreated to the nearby strong fortress and could not hold on, just like two old urchins who met in the alley, one was about to go out from here, and the other just blocked him.

However, when the fighting in the south of the Yangtze River was in full swing, the whole world was constantly moving with it. On the 19th day of Ying Tian's recovery, Li Zicheng was wiped out in Huguang. The battlefield retreated slowly, and the army of Pingxi King Wu Sangui was still advancing along the Yangtze River as a vanguard. The insider reported that Wu Sangui's [-] Ningyuan cavalry had arrived at Huangzhou Prefecture and had just recovered Anqing. Scarface, who presided over the Dabie Mountain battle, had only ten in hand The strength of the division will not be delayed for long.

In the north, Zhang Haocai, Denglai Road, also rushed to pass the letter. The Eight Banners Garrison and Green Battalion soldiers in the Shandong area of ​​Gyeonggi Province have also begun to gather. At the end of the season, more than 4000 green battalions crossed the river in tank boats to attack Taiping. Of course, before these green battalions landed, they were either prisoners or water ghosts, but a dangerous signal came.

There is not much time left for the Ming army!

After chasing and blocking all the way, in nine days, the main force of the Ming army was blocked from Changzhou to Wuxi. The Ming army occupied Wuxi City, while Jiannu confronted it in Huishan, more than [-] miles away, one after another. The bad news made the staff headquarters even more nervous and anxious.

Wuxi government office.

"The general thought that if we attack and drag it on, once the Jiannu from the north go south and the Jiannu from Huguang go east, we will have no chance!"

Staring at the map, Lu Xiangsheng impatiently drew two huge arrows with a red pen, one pointing south and the other pointing west. At this time, Jiannu really has an extremely superior strategic initiative. The enemy is strong and we are weak, and Lu Xiangsheng is a mighty general. His strategy is similar to that of our army during the anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns in later generations. Before Jiannu had time to encircle, just kill them all at once, cut off his arm first, and then turn back to fight, the more he fought, the more brave he was!

"The risk is too great!"

As the actual commander, Sun Chuanting felt the pressure Song Qingshu has been carrying. More than 40 people are counting on you to live, and there are millions of people behind him who need your protection. Everything was lost, and the area around Huishan was surrounded by a red brush, but no matter what, Sun Chuanting couldn't make up his mind.

Jian Nu still has many decks of cards, but he only has this one.

Liu Zongmin was also inclined to launch a general attack, but after all, he was Song Qingshu's closest confidant, and Lu Xiangsheng was an outsider. Seeing the two supreme commanders at an impasse, he simply made peace with him.

"That's it, let's send a boat to Taihu Lake to ask the commander in chief. If the commander agrees, we will fight Jiannu here in Huishan. What do you think?"

"Too slow! The situation is three sides a day, and it takes four or five days to go back and forth to Taihu Lake to ask for instructions. Once there is a change in Jiangbei or Anqing falls, the army's morale will suffer serious turmoil! Now Marshal Song's most trusted people are here. I will advise , let's vote! I will support sending troops tomorrow!"

"I support continuing to persevere!"

Sun Chuanting was still hesitating, but Gu Yanwu, the deputy chief of staff, had already spoken, pressing his hands heavily on the table, and at the same time looked at Lu Xiangsheng quite proudly.

"The lower official has been in the navy, and only with General Shi Lang's navy, even if Jiannu gathers an army of one million, he can still stare blankly at the mouth of the Yangtze River. As for Anqing, it is the commander's headquarters, and the forts on both sides of the Yangtze River There are many bastions, and there are eight bastions, and Deputy Commander Xia has experienced many battles, unless Jiannu detours far away to Jiangxi, they will not be able to cross the Yangtze River within a few months."

"I also advocate persistence!"

"I, I think it's a decisive battle!"

More than a dozen military commanders with the right to discuss, chief of staff and chief of staff spoke one after another, and it was a tie. The key vote went to Sun Chuanting, who had been meditating all this time. Live and flow down.

These days, although there seems to be no big battles, small battles continue every day. Every day, hundreds of scout cavalry fight on the front line for hundreds of miles. The slave cavalry that has always made Song Qingshu afraid are also left behind for him I was deeply impressed, and even a few times, the Jiannu cavalry attacked the marching town, smashing six divisions back and forth. If it weren't for the constant caution, the artillery had been on the edge of the high ground for high mobility protection, and it would have suffered a big loss. up.

Sun Chuanting was really not sure if he wanted to bring these volunteer soldiers who had formed an army for less than a month to a decisive battle, not even [-]% sure, but if there was no fight, the situation in the Central Plains would indeed be very anxious.

"I will decide!" After hesitating for more than 3 minutes, Sun Chuanting raised his face as if it had been soaked in water, and opened his mouth under the nervous attention of everyone, but before he could make a decision, scouting cavalrymen outside the door Chang Zhang Dangxian came in hurriedly and knelt down on one knee.

"Report to the Deputy Commander, Lu Shuai, all the staff officers! Jiannu has withdrawn to the south!"

"What? Withdrew south!"

Impatiently rushing out of the city, a group of people hastily climbed up the nine-story tower, the highest in Wuxi, and looked out with binoculars. Everyone's face became extremely solemn, and Sun Chuanting was the first to shout loudly.

"Send an order to cancel all vacations! Follow up immediately!"

The Ming army gathered in Wuxi without even taking a break for half a day, surrounded by large flags, chased south wearily.

(End of this chapter)