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Wu Zheng was in Zhenjiang City, and temporarily recruited thousands of young people.

Distribute swords, and let the three hundred followers serve as the backbone and receive one each.

This has an army of nearly 10,000 people.

Fighting a war, in a way, is actually quite simple.

Someone will do.

If there is a weapon, it is a force to be reckoned with.

If there is another commander who is enough to convince the people, then there is a basis for victory.

In fact, Wu Zheng is not like Shen Zhiyuan, and his understanding of the art of war is completely different.

Shen Zhiyuan is familiar with the art of war and believes that the essence of the art of war lies in "strategy", the so-called "soldier, treacherous".

When talking with Wu Zheng, Shen Zhiyuan's understanding of this sentence is that the way to use troops lies in strategy, as long as the strategy is used well, winning more with less is not a problem at all.

But Wu Zheng didn't understand it that way, he also read the book of war, Sun Tzu's Art of War thirteen articles, although not as familiar as Shen Zhiyuan, but Wu Zheng thought that he understood Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the essence of what he said was the word "potential".

Linking "soldiers, tricks" and "potential", Wu Zheng's understanding is that the way to use soldiers is to judge the situation, which is unpredictable, and this understanding can echo the sentence "soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent".

The understanding of the "plan" in the beginning of Sun Tzu's Art of War is that the word "plan" is not a strategy, but a calculation and overall planning, simply put, it is to calculate money, food, weapons and comprehensive strength.

This corresponds to the phrase "soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored".

At the same time, in the second combat chapter of "The Art of War", Sun Wu listed a calculated account book at the beginning. Sun Wu said: "Where the method of war, galloping thousands of cars, leather cars thousands of times, with 100,000 armor, thousands of miles of food, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the dedication of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then 100,000 teachers are raised." ”

This is the calculation, fighting a war is very expensive, it is very expensive, it is necessary to calculate the accounts repeatedly, otherwise it is easy to fail. It needs to be pragmatic, whether a battle is cost-effective or not, it must be listed clearly, send 100,000 soldiers and horses, win, and finally kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800, it is not cost-effective; Or send 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it is not cost-effective to run out of food and grass halfway through.

Wu Zheng has been accumulating strength and does not immediately go on a northern expedition, which is also the reason.

If you fight a prepared battle, you will win the battle if you don't fight.

For example, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition often ran out of food halfway through, and he had to withdraw his troops, which was extremely uneconomical.

It's not that Zhuge Liang can't settle accounts, Zhuge Liang is naturally very good at calculating, but he is not only calculating military accounts, but also a political account, Zhuge Liang needs the Northern Expedition, he wants to transform internal contradictions into external contradictions, even if he loses some money and food, this goal is achieved, and the battle is worth fighting.

Therefore, Wu Zheng admired the words of later generations, "In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are a piece of."

This also corresponds to what Sun Wu said in the Art of War, "Therefore, the victory of a good fighter is also without wisdom and fame, and there is no bravery".

It means that people who can really fight wars don't need to be resourceful or brave, and when the war hasn't started, they can settle the accounts clearly, and then just crush the past.

This has been well verified in the later generations of Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan is a "stupid man", although his diligence has made up for his clumsiness, but the world knows that Zeng Guofan has no talent since he was a child, whether it is military or Zhengzhi.

Zeng Guofan once said, "Fight a tough village and fight a dumb battle", which means that I don't need to use conspiracies and tricks, as long as I understand the situation through calculation and overall planning, and then slowly fight with you.

In fact, this is the essence of the great man's "On Protracted War", not seeking a quick victory, but only seeking a steady and steady battle, and if you can't win the war, then drag you to death.

At this time, Wu Zheng had people, weapons, righteousness, official positions, command ability, and sufficient grass-roots officers.

As a result, such a "miscellaneous army" composed of retinues, government soldiers, Beijing troops, and ordinary people brazenly advanced in the direction of Gaozi Town.

Gaozi Town is only a few dozen miles away from Longtan, and there are twice as many enemies there as Wu Zheng.

But Wu Zheng has calculated, the time, the place, the people are all in me, plus the momentum of the victory in the north of the Yangtze River, this battle will definitely be won!

……。

June 11, noon.

20,000 Beijing troops in the direction of Zhongshan launched a general attack in the direction of Longtan.

On the river north of Longtan, the 5,000 naval divisions, under the cover of naval guns, began to land.

The "miscellaneous army" that set out from Gaozi Town attacked the flank of Longtan.

As a result, the funeral overture of the 20,000 Qing troops in Longtan was played.

There is no suspense, this Qing army crossed the river from Yizhen with 40,000 people.

was stubbornly resisted by the benevolence of the prince of Xingguo, and it was already a tired army.

In the Zhongshan area, it was blocked by the Beijing army, and after several days of fierce fighting, it was already exhausted and its morale declined.

After that, the river was blocked by the dynasty's first water division, and the supply of grain, grass and materials was already scarce.

Now that he has encountered a three-sided attack, how can he still have the morale to fight?

After an afternoon of fierce fighting, by evening, the surviving Qing army was compressed within a radius of less than five miles, unable to move.

The three armies of the Ming army met victoriously.

Wu Zheng transferred the command to the commander of the Beijing army, and after ordering him to deal with the aftermath, Shi Shiran entered Beijing.

……。

Zhu Yujiao, the supervisor of the country, led the cabinet and hundreds of courtiers, as well as countless people who were looking forward to the arrival of the king of Huiji County to pay off their debts for the imperial court, and they all went out to the Taiping Gate to greet them.

Although the motive is not pure, if you want to say that the momentum is strong, I am afraid that the entire Yixing Dynasty will never be able to find a second one.

……。

To the Temple of Heaven.

Looking at the empty dragon chair on the steps.

Wu Zheng was in a trance, this dragon chair, he once dragged Zhu Yihai down from it, and later under his own support, Zhu Cihong was in a state of mind and sat on it.

However, in only two years, Zhu Cihong had to "retreat" for self-examination.

What does this mean, in addition to Zhu Cihong's faults, it also shows that this son is really not easy to sit.

The human heart is too complex, there are too many stakeholders, and the former supporters may become opponents overnight.

When Wu Zheng was touched, Zhu Yujiao, the supervisor of the country, took a seat, and her seat was on the lower left side of the dragon chair.

After the ministers saluted the prison state.

Zhu Yujiao waved her hand, and Zheng San read out the edict of the superintendent, ordering Wu Zheng, the king of Huiji County and the general, to temporarily lead the military and political affairs of the capital, lead the army to resist the enemy, clean up the court, and appease the people.

It's not an appointment, it's just a temporary errand, but it's too powerful.

From war to eating, drinking, and Lazar, as long as you want to take care of it, there is nothing you can't manage.

Wu Zheng immediately admonished, posthumously crowned the prince of Xingguo as the "King of Jiangdu", and the Ministry of Rites selected the nickname, and at the same time the deputy commander of the Jinyuan Water Division made Wang Yilin "Yi Zhenbo".

Zhu Yujiao agreed one by one.

After retiring from the dynasty, Wu Zheng asked Xia Wanchun, Liao Zhongping, Wang Yilin and other generals to wait outside the palace, and he went into the palace to meet the "retreat" and introspection of the Yixing Dynasty.

It's not that Wu Zheng still has to go in to see Zhu Cihong at this time, but that Wu Zheng wants to see Zhu Cihong.

Yes, just see.

It's not about going to meet a loser as a winner.

But Wu Zheng had doubts in his heart and needed to ask Zhu Cihong what happened during this farce.

For Wu Zheng, Zhu Cihong, who loves the stack, "retreated" so easily and voluntarily, which really surprised Wu Zheng.