Duoduo knew why Hong Chengchou said that Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku were absolutely credible.

When Gao Jie died in Suizhou, Gao Jinku wanted to inherit the family business left by Gao Jie, and even wanted to get involved with Mrs. Xing, but in the end, Liu Yongxi was born out of thin air and inherited most of Gao Jie's inheritance.

And Li Chengdong and Liu Yongxi once had a honeymoon period, the two of them cooperated quite happily at that time, and the battle of Linhuai would not have been so miserable if Li Chengdong hadn't suddenly killed Liu Liangzuo, but the honeymoon period of the two was very short, and they quickly became rivals in order to compete for the inheritance left by Gao Jie.

At the most critical time of the Huzhou Campaign, Liu Yongxi suddenly pointed the finger at Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, accusing them of betraying Guo Hu and Yang Chengzu, and even claiming that anyone could let go of Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, and the result was that Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku's department suffered unprecedented heavy losses in the Huzhou Campaign, and they have not been able to recover until now.

There are so many old grievances Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku are naturally absolutely credible, but Duoduo is still a little worried: "After all, they are in charge of Gao Jie's old department, in case someone leaks the news......"

But Hong Chengchou said very confidently: "In case someone leaks the news, we have nothing to lose, after all, now that they are stationed in Liyang, can Liu Yongxi still pick up the ancestral graves of Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, but if it does, how can the three or five thousand people around Liu Yongxi be able to block the siege of tens of thousands of elites in the Qing Dynasty!"

Hong Chengchou and Hao Ge have already discussed the specific details, this will be an ambush battle that will determine the situation of the Jiangnan war, and the people dispatched are the elite of the Qing army in the true sense.

In terms of the scale of mobilized troops, although this campaign was smaller than the Battle of Huzhou, the old troops outside the Guanwai were far more than the Battle of Huzhou, and both Hao Ge and Hong Chengchou knew very well that the new annexed troops like Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers were not of great use, and although the new annexed troops would be used in the second stage, these new annexed troops knew almost nothing about the specific details.

And there is only one goal of this battle of Liyang, that is, to kill Liu Yongxi, the commander of the Ming army, at all costs, so Hong Chengchou and Haoge not only consider killing Liu Yongxi on the battlefield, but also have prepared several assassins to prepare to deal with the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses on Liu Yongxi's most unexpected occasion.

Hong Chengchou even mentioned the change in Suizhou: "Does King Yu still remember the change in Suizhou?" At that time, if Gao Jie hadn't died, Wang Shi would definitely have killed and injured thousands more people in Jiangnan, and if Xu Dingguo could survive at that time, Wang Shi wouldn't have to work as hard in Jiangnan as he does now!"

Duoduo was finally completely persuaded by Hong Chengchou and Haoge: "Okay, then do what you want, anyway, this ambush will not work, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops of the British king upstream, and the situation will not be so bad!"

It was just that Dodor's unconsciously clenched fists revealed his nervousness.

The reason why he, Hao Ge and Hong Chengchou chose such a risky plan was entirely because the situation was getting worse and worse, especially after the loss of Songjiang Mansion, the Ming army both cut off the Yangtze River and controlled Taihu Lake, and the Qing army in Songjiang Mansion was repeatedly asked for more troops by the enemy, but Duoduo was afraid of the loss of Nanjing and did not dare to send too many troops to support Suzhou.

And now he finally has an excuse to support Su [3Q Chinese] Prefecture: "Now we can send a large army to Suzhou Mansion, so that Liu Yongxi feels that our elite is constantly rushing to Suzhou, so that this Yue king can jump into our trap with peace of mind!"

And Hauge also added: "This must be no problem, I have also thought about the ambush, I have to let Li Shutai do it, this kind of thing is still handled by the Han people!"

Although Li Shuitai is almost completely Manchurianized, he has Han blood in him after all, and there is also a tradition of Han people who love to engage in intrigue and trickery, and Haoge feels that there will be no problem if this matter is handed over to Li Shutai.

Liyang was arguably a vital fortress on the outskirts of Nanjing, and the presence of hundreds of Eight Banners and thousands of Gaojie troops now made the city a truly impregnable fortress.

But this was not the front line of the periphery of Nanjing, the battle lines of the two sides were roughly along the border between Huzhou and Yingtianfu and Changzhou, and the Qing army even controlled a small half of Guangdezhou, so the Qing army in the city was trying to recover by all means.

For Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, this is a rather painful memory, originally Li Chengdong had nearly 10,000 troops, and Gao Jinku also had six or seven thousand soldiers and horses, Yang Chengzu and Guo Hu's old troops were almost all swallowed up by them, but now the two of them combined with less than 4,000 soldiers and horses, and this is the result of Duoduo and the Manchurian nobles taking a special look at them and trying every means to replenish their troops.

Therefore, they were particularly enthusiastic about the ambush of Liu Yongxi, and racked their brains to help Li Shutai check and fill in the omissions: "The biggest problem is that we can't win the trust of Liu Xiaothief, we have to find a suitable person!"

Li Shutai has already made arrangements for this: "You definitely can't do it, but Li Benshen wrote a letter to the past, and Liu Yongxi and Mrs. Xing will definitely fly!"

Li Benshen? Li Chengdong excitedly swung his fist hard: "This thing can work!"

Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and he is the strongest and most senior among Gao Jie's generals, so Gao Jie was elected to lead the whole army after his death.

But both Liu Yongxi and the Qing Dynasty were wary of him because of this, and Li Benshen was put under house arrest by Duoduo in the Battle of Huzhou, and the generals were also controlled by Liu Liangzuo and other Qing generals.

But also because of this incident, in the eyes of the Yue Ming court, Li Benshen's value suddenly doubled, and it is said that he is trying his best to win Li Benshen anyway.

And Li Benshen wrote a letter to the past at this time and expressed his willingness to lead thousands of Gao Jie's remaining troops to Liyang City anyway, promising to let Liu Yongxi come to the front line in person, so Gao Jinku also said: "If Li Benshen is willing to come forward, then this matter will become the majority, but the question is that Li Benshen is willing to come forward?" ”

Li Shutai said confidently: "Li Benshen has always been unable to bear loneliness, King Yu and King Su have already negotiated terms with him, and his hatred for Liu Xiaothief is not inferior to you!"

If there was no Liu Yongxi, Li Benshen would have been able to inherit the family business left by Gao Jie with confidence, but Liu Yongxi was born and took away everything from him, and it is no wonder that Li Benshen does not hate Liu Yongxi to the core.

So he and the Manchurian aristocracy can be said to be on the same page, and he has been under house arrest, and even if this thing fails, there is nothing to lose.

With Li Benshen's participation, this matter became the majority, but Li Chengdong immediately raised a crucial detail question: "My subordinates and Gao Jinku's subordinates are all the rest of Gao Jie, so they are naturally invincible to deal with the thieves and bandits, but it is a little inconvenient to deal with the Jinhua thieves, it is better to transfer a trustworthy army and horses!"

Li Chengdong's words are already very polite, after all, there are too many troops under Liu Yongxi's command from Gao Jie's old department, especially the Tianmen Marquis and Anhui Governor Xing Shengping's department are completely Gao Jie's old department, since everyone is from the same source, they naturally have incense, not to mention that Liu Yongxi has slept with Mrs. Xing into a family, the result is that Gao Jie's old department ran to Liu Yongxi's army in groups, no matter what methods Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku used to stop it, it was ineffective.

Especially after the strong rise of Yue Ming, Gao Jie's old department ran even harder, and Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku's department lost nearly 10,000 people in the previous battle of Huzhou, most of whom knelt on the ground as soon as they saw Mrs. Xing, so Li Chengdong felt that he couldn't bury himself in it when digging a pit, and he had to have a trustworthy soldier and horse town.

Li Shutai immediately asked: "Aren't there hundreds of Eight Banners in Liyang City?" Can't they still hold the scene? ”

Li Chengdong shook his head again and again: "No, they really can't do it, they must have the Han army, and it is best not to be the soldiers and horses of the Han Eight Banners and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming!"

The Eight Banners of the Han Army and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's soldiers and horses are all the "old people of Liaodong" in the Qing Dynasty, enjoying special treatment, and the rest of Gao Jie naturally can't urinate in a pot, and Li Shutai is also as good as a stream: "What General Li said is very true, I think about it, there is really such a soldier, and he and Liu Xiaothief are also as deep as the sea!"

Gao Jinku immediately thought of the Xu brothers: "Li Shilang is talking about the Xu brothers?" They really can't do it, by the way, Liu Liangzuo can't do it either, Liu Zeqing is a little better, but he is not Liu Yongxi's opponent, and Liu Zeqing's men are only two or three thousand remnants of the defeated army!"

Although the Xu brothers and Liu Liangzuo have a deep hatred with Liu Yongxi, their performance in the battle of Huzhou is too poor, almost a touch of collapse, although Liu Zeqing's performance is much better, but it is also Liu Yongxi's defeated generals, and the thousands of defeated soldiers under Liu Zeqing's command are now in Jiangbei, and they will not be able to transfer for a while.

Li Shutai was already prepared: "The Xu brothers, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeqing are not good, but Wu Shengzhao must be fine, he almost had a draw with Linhuai Town at the beginning!"

Wu Shengzhao? Gao Jinku and Li Chengdong both had an impression of this name, after all, the Qing army that first fought Liu Yongxi on the outskirts of Yangzhou was this Wu Shengzhao, and although Liu Yongxi had some gains at that time, Wu Shengzhao's losses were not too big.

This Wu Shengzhao not only surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the first year of Shunzhi, but also his troops were still the backbone of the Ming army that fought with the Qing army in Liaodong, and more importantly, because of the Battle of Yangzhou, there was an inextricable blood feud between Wu Shengzhao and Liu Yongxi.

Several of Wu Shengzhao's relatives and many old subordinates were folded in Liu Yongxi's hands, not to mention the great loss of strength, which also affected his promotion, so Wu Shengzhao has been clamoring to fight Liu Yongxi again, and more importantly, Wu Shengzhao's department has not participated in the battle of Huzhou, and its strength is particularly intact, even if it meets Liu Yongxi's personal expedition, it can fight for dozens of rounds.

Therefore, Li Chengdong felt that this was indeed the best candidate: "Just Wu Shengzhao, there is Li Benshen and Wu Shengzhao, plus the King of Yu and the King of Su are pro-conquest, and it is guaranteed that Liu Xiaothief will go and never return!"