Mao Xiang got up and said: "Ziyang victory, Yanzhou no longer has the enemy to compete with our army, in Xiang's opinion, when the order General Chen Sheng led his troops to advance rapidly to the north, first, to reinforce Song An, Qian Qiaogong two generals, second, if you can defeat the Aobai Department, then it is logical to attack Jinan Mansion, as long as Jinan is conquered, Qingzhou, Laizhou, Dengzhou three mansions will become a lonely place, recovery is just around the corner. And even if the three generals Chen, Song, and Qian could not defeat the Aobai Department and stabilize the battle line in Jinan Mansion, then Yanzhou would be the thing in the prince's pocket, and if the Qing court came to negotiate, even if it was millions of yellow and white things, they would never return it. ”

Wu Zheng was speechless, he heard that Mao Xiang was fighting before alluding to himself and exchanged Xuzhou for silver.

However, Wu Zheng was happy at this time, after all, Ziyang was a great victory, and thought about it: "Chen Sheng's troops are advancing north, if the Qing army of Dongchang and Daimyo Erfu attacks eastward, Ziyang will be in danger." ”

Mao Xiang said: "Don't worry, the prince can rest assured, there are only 3,000 Qing troops in Dongchang Mansion, and there are more in the Daimyo Mansion, but there are only 6,000 people...... In this way, please go to the Daimyo's Mansion and his party. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The minister has several connections with the general army of the Daimyo Mansion, and now that the king is attacking north to Ziyang, it should be said that he has surrendered."

Wu Zheng asked, "Can you grasp it?" ”

"Sixty percent."

"Sixty percent is ready to try!" Wu Zheng pointed at Lu Jincai and said to Mao Xiang, "Lone asked him to bring some people to escort you all the way." ”

Mao Xiang hurriedly shook his hand and said, "There is no need to do this...... Xiang entered the Daimyo's Mansion with a white body, but he could avoid people's eyes and ears, and he would not be blocked from the door, and General Chen was going north, and the prince was going to Ziyang to sit in the town, how could he be without Lord Lu by his side? ”

Wu Zheng thought about it and it made sense, so he nodded and said: "You don't have to force it, if it doesn't work, return as soon as possible, there are thousands of rabble sitting alone in Ziyang, why be afraid?" ”

……。

However, compared with the Northern Expeditionary Army's rapid advance, Li Dingguo on the Runing Mansion side was in a predicament.

And not in general.

Li Dingguo only learned of the drastic changes when he arrived at the mall, and he reported the battle situation to Yongli on the one hand, hoping to adjust the established strategic goals, and on the other hand, he sent people to rescue in three ways.

Originally, he wanted to hold the mall, but the set goal could not be achieved, and the fruits that had been obtained could be kept, after all, the soldiers of the Great Western Army had already attacked Runing Mansion from Huguang.

But what Li Dingguo didn't expect was that Azig would brazenly attack the mall with a large army.

What he didn't expect was that Emperor Yongli, who was temporarily stationed in Yueyang, quickly went north to Wuchang Mansion, and issued six wills in a row along the way, making Li Dingguo step up his northern attack and capture Kaifeng in one fell swoop.

Isn't this a joke, let's not say that the supply line of the Great Western Army is long at this time, and Huguang behind him is almost "looted" by the Great Western Army, and more than 100,000 troops are running for 2,000 miles.

In fact, Li Dingguo's decision-making is very wise, he should stick to the mall, even if Azig is crazy to storm the city, it is also a war of attrition, the Great Western Army relies on the city wall, Azig wants to win quickly, it is simply impossible.

As long as the reinforcements arrive, it is not impossible for the Azig tribes to be divided and surrounded.

It's a pity that Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang's heart is similar to Chongzhen's, and he belongs to the list of "Ming Jun".

Typical ambition is sparse.

This may be a misnomer, but in fact, many times, good intentions will do bad things.

The emperor's personal presence at the front can boost morale, and if he is an emperor who is good at the army, he will be even more able to make decisions and command the army at the right time.

But did Zhu Youlang fight?

Although in this year of war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he also suffered a lot, when Zhang Xianzhong led the Great Western Army to invade Hunan, Zhu Youlang followed his father Guiduan King Zhu Changying to wander away, and finally the father and son were captured by the Great Western Army, and they really suffered a lot.

But he really doesn't have that military talent, you said to stay in the rear of Yueyang, eat and drink, even if it is to recruit some show girls, and wait for Li Dingguo to finish fighting.

Zhu Youlang is not good at this, he has to learn to do it himself, after hearing Li Dingguo's war report, he can't sit still, the holy drive is pro-conquest, and he has the heroism of the king's death.

The six holy decrees urged Li Dingguo to attack the north, which made Li Dingguo not listen to it, nor did he listen to it.

If the emperor is far away, then he will not be subject to the order of the foreign monarch.

But the emperor has already moved behind him, can he not listen?

If you don't listen, you will resist the decree and will be killed.

Li Dingguo didn't want to support Ming for a few years, but he had a bad reputation, so he reluctantly went out of the city to face Azig.

This is a disaster, which is completely different from the defeat and capture of Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing.

Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing were carelessly ambushed and defeated, saying that the 20,000 troops were wiped out before and after, but there were not many people who died, most of them were scattered and fled, and when the war ended, most of them could still be collected, and Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing were unfortunately captured, and the Qing army was not as good as five years ago, when the generals of the Ming army and the righteous army were captured and beheaded nine times out of ten, and now even Azig, who is known for his toughness, subconsciously did not dare to kill prisoners easily.

As long as they are exchanged after the war, of course, provided that the two will not be cleared during their captivity.

But Li Dingguo is different now, the west and north gates of the mall are surrounded by Azig and Sun Kewang, and the enemy army is extending to the east gate, that is to say, the only thing that can really communicate with the outside is the south gate.

At this time, he went out of the city to face the battle, not only to reduce the strength of the defense, but also to have a slight accident, that is, a series of defeats outside the city and inside the city.

Of course, Li Dingguo also has something wrong, he has 200 elephant soldiers, with the previous combat experience with the Qing army, the Qing cavalry war horse saw the elephant, the metropolis in situ with hooves to dig the ground, stopped, then, at this time in the city of 10,000 cavalry, there is hope to fight with the main force of Azig, as long as the battle is won, not only the siege of the mall can be solved, the emperor wants to attack Kaifeng Mansion, may not be a fantasy.

Out of this consideration, Li Dingguo set a strategy to face the battle.

Overnight, the cavalry detoured from the south gate to the west gate, cleaned up the west gate overnight, and when the cavalry was about to arrive at the city tower, the west gate was opened, and the elephant soldiers were sent out to frighten the enemy cavalry, and then the infantry army attacked with all their might.

In all fairness, there is nothing wrong with this tactic, and in fact, Li Dingguo's forces are only slightly inferior to Azig's.

If you gamble in the form of a decisive battle with the main force, there is nothing wrong with it.

But Li Dingguo didn't think about it because Bai Wenxuan and Ma Weixing were ambushed and defeated by the enemy twice, which had a great impact on the morale of the army, not to mention that there were still many soldiers in the army who were looking forward to the old lord Sun Kewang.

Moreover, Li Dingguo had already asked for help in three directions, and Fengyang and Luzhou were not far from Runing, so it would be not too late to wait for two or three more days, and it would not be too late to use this tactic to defeat the enemy when the reinforcements arrived.

In the end, although the strength of the two armies is almost the same, the enemy in front of them is not the Qing soldiers who are fighting in Liangguang, and the current Azig cavalry is a real full-flag cavalry, and its tactical skills and impromptu response are not the same.