From Xiangyin to Changsha, the Ming army took the Xiangjiang River by water.

The Xiangjiang River is a large tributary of the Dongting Lake system of the Yangtze River and the mother river of Changsha Province.

When they re-embarked on the waterway, the soldiers were very happy.

After all, like grain, grass, and baggage, there is no need to rely on people and horses to pull them. And it's not too comfortable for a big guy like artillery to be able to transport it by ship.

After the bloody battle of Xiangyin, the Ming army reached Changsha Mansion smoothly without any resistance.

Before this, Zhu Youlang had already scattered the sentries to reconnoiter to see if Hu Quancai had made any name for himself.

However, what made him a little disappointed was that Wang Henian did not rush to meet him immediately.

According to the past practice, Wang Henian should have sneaked out of the city to meet them.

Isn't there something wrong in the middle?

No matter what happened, it was impossible for Zhu Youlang to wait.

The soldiers are fast.

According to the previous plan, the Ming army would first form a siege of Changsha by water, and then focus on attacking one or two city gates.

The circumference of Changsha city wall is 8.7 kilometers, and there are 13 city gates in total: North Gate (Xiangchun Gate), Xinghan Gate, Jingwu Gate, Xiaowu Gate, Liuyang Gate, Huangdao Gate (South Gate), Xuegong Gate, Xiaoxi Gate, Taiping Gate, Daxi Gate, Fuxing Gate, Chaozong Gate and Tongtai Gate.

If the existing strength of the Ming army is fully attacked, it will not be able to do it.

Again, it's important to get to the point and focus on one or two gates.

Changsha and Wuchang are very similar to each other in a way, with the former having the Xiangjiang River and the latter having the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the first thing the Ming army needed to do was to find a dock where the water division army could dock.

When Zhu Youlang was worried about this, the chamberlain Han Miao came to report that Wang Henian had come to see him.

Zhu Youlang couldn't help but be overjoyed, thank God that the New Year of the King had finally arrived.

The two hadn't seen each other for a month, but Zhu Youlang was a little surprised when he saw Wang Henian again.

It's really Wang Henian's bald head style that he is not used to.

"Your Majesty, if the minister is late, please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime."

Zhu Youlang waved his hand when he heard the words and said, "It's okay." Wang Qing, come and tell me what the situation is in Changsha City now? ”

Wang Henian hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, now Hong Chengchou and the two thieves have arrived in Changsha. They joined forces with Hu Quancai, and there are about 100,000 thieves in Changsha today. As for the traitor Lu Guisheng who is also in the city now, he should have revealed a lot of information about our army to the eastern captives. ”

Hearing the name Lu Guisheng, Zhu Youlang hated the root of his teeth.

He couldn't forget the tragic situation in Baling City.

Not to mention that you, Lu Guisheng, have joined the enemy, and you have done such a thing that people and gods are angry about.

If Zhu Youlang doesn't do it for Tianxingdao, how can he be worthy of the soldiers who died tragically?

"According to the minister's opinion, Changsha City is now heavily guarded, and it may not be easy to attack it if it is forced. It's better to be able to outwit it. ”

"How to outwit?"

"Your Majesty, look, this is a map of Changsha City drawn by the minister."

Zhu Youlang took the map and unfolded it, and he could clearly see that Changsha City was a rectangular city.

The Xiangjiang River is on the west side of Changsha City, and Orange Island is located in the center of the Xiangjiang River.

That is to say, Changsha City only faces the river, which is fundamentally different from Wuchang City.

If Zhu Youlang wants to attack one of Xiaoximen, Taipingmen, Daximen, Fuxingmen, Chaozongmen, and Tongtaimen, he really needs to find a suitable dock to dock the sailor's warship.

But if the main direction of attack of the Ming army is the other three city gates, it is completely possible to take the land route!

Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo discussed, and absorbed Wang Henian's suggestions, and finally set the main direction of attack in Beicheng.

In this way, their main direction of attack is the North Gate and the Xinghan Gate.

As for the naval warships, they can also cooperate with the attack on a series of gates in the west city.

Most of these city gates are water gates, and the soldiers don't need to get off the ship when they really fight.

"Your Majesty, the minister has one more thing to say."

Wang Henian arched his hand and said very respectfully.

"Wang Qing's family, please speak."

Zhu Youlang now appreciates Wang Henian more and more.

What others dare not do, Wang Henian dares to do.

What others don't want to do, Wang Henian is willing to do.

This is the capable and loyal cadre and minister that Zhu Youlang needs.

"Recently, there have been frequent movements of troops and horses in Changsha Mansion, and the minister feels that something is not right."

"Oh?"

Zhu Youlang pondered for a moment and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It stands to reason that there are so many soldiers in Changsha City, and the city should be full of soldiers. However, the minister found that the number of soldiers in the city did not increase significantly. ”

Zhu Youlang nodded and said: "This is indeed a little strange, could it be that Hong Chengchou feels that the key to the battle of Changsha is not to defend the city?" ”

Zhu Youlang felt that this might be related to Lu Guisheng's defection to the enemy.

The one or two thousand people that Lu Guisheng brought with him were not the point, but the intelligence of the Ming army that he had.

For example, the tried and tested tactic of shelling up the city, or the tactic of a hot air balloon surprise attack.

Lu Guisheng will definitely tell Hu Quancai these things without reservation, and Hu Quancai will naturally tell Hong Chengchou.

With Hong Chengchou's cunning and cunning, it is impossible not to take advantage of it.

Zhu Youlang faintly felt that this time Hong Chengchou would not be as simple as defending Changsha.

But now it's too hard to guess what the old fox is trying to guess what kind of wishful thinking this old fox is doing.

I can only take one step at a time, and see the move.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youlang decided to divide the troops.

Some of the soldiers disembarked a few miles north of Changsha. The other part continued to advance slowly along the Xiangjiang River, preparing to cooperate with the attack on Xicheng.

Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou, Zhu Youlang has always wanted to fight with him, and now he has finally waited for the opportunity.

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"Hong Jingluo, the lower officials have already arranged it according to your orders. As long as the thieves enter the encirclement as planned, we will be able to wipe them out. ”

Hu Quancai patted his ass, and the stars splashed everywhere.

But he didn't care at all, Hong Chengchou's method was really good.

Once the Ming army takes a wrong step, it will make a wrong step.

And the Qing army can use its own way to govern its own people.

Is there anything more cool in the world?

"Yongli Xiao'er would never have thought that we would dare to fight him outside the city."

The more Hu Quancai spoke, the more energetic he felt.

"If you can capture Yongli alive and send someone to escort him to the Jingshi Sacrifice Prisoner, then Your Majesty's last heart knot will be opened."

Ao Bai also felt that Hong Chengchou's arrangement was very good.

"Siege the city, defend the city, defend the city, and siege the city. It's just these things back and forth, it's so boring. It's still a refreshing field battle, and it's a real thing! ”

Several bigwigs were discussing, and naturally there was no room for Gao Tianjue and Zhou Peigong to speak.

The two stood with their hands tied, not daring to say a word.

"In fact, this strategy is also gambling, betting that this battle can inflict heavy damage on the Ming army, and even annihilate its main force. This scripture is to beat Yongli to a slump and prove to the emperor that the world's luck is still on the side of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hong Chengchou said eloquently.

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