Chapter 67 Internal Response

Liu Yongxi now knows nothing about this big drama that happened in Jingzhou, he has authorized Mrs. Xing to deal with this matter, and he has no time to pay attention to these trivial matters, and now his main energy is to send troops to Liyang.

Although Xing Shengping has organized a defensive line in the upper reaches and received the full support of Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng, the defense line organized by Xing Shengping is extremely fragile under the pressure of Azig's hundreds of thousands of troops, but now Liu Yongxi can only choose to believe that Xing Shengping can withstand the offensive of Azig's army.

However, the Liangshan defense line was still facing tremendous pressure from Nanjing, although with the help of Jin Sheng, Xing Shengping reorganized a defense line on the periphery of Nanjing, and half of the thirteen rebel armies and righteous division battalions deployed were expanded from the old units of the Yue Ming army, and their combat effectiveness was stronger than that of ordinary rebels and righteous divisions.

However, the thirteen infantry battalions that were not satisfied with the formation were not enough to deal with the tens of thousands of elite Qing troops of Duoduo and Haoge, and Liu Yongxi had to transfer four infantry battalions and one battalion of horse teams to the periphery of Nanjing.

But if Haoge and Duoduo went out to attack Xing Shengping and the defenders of Taiping Mansion from behind, then Liu Yongxi could only notify Xing Shengping to withdraw as soon as possible.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the actions of Duoduo and Hauge are completely out of sync with Azig, and the Qing army in Nanjing has already launched an offensive before Azig launches the offensive, and then Liu Yongxi will immediately send troops to the north, and the situation of the two Qing armies attacking Xing Shengping will become the situation in which the Qing army in Nanjing is attacked by the Ming army on both sides at the same time.

Although this is unlikely, in ancient times, when communication conditions were backward, this happened very often, and the commander did not know what he was doing wrong.

Fortunately, the news from Nanjing and other sources now says that although the Qing army will send troops to copy Xing Shengping, the main force will still remain near Nanjing, and the best chance for the Ming army to win in the southeast battlefield is to annihilate the main force of the Qing army before the arrival of the Azig army, otherwise the situation will completely deteriorate before the Azig army of 100,000 arrives in the southeast.

And under huge pressure, sending troops to Liyang has become a pretty good choice.

According to the battlefield reconnaissance and the intelligence summarized from various aspects, there are almost four or five thousand Gaojie's old troops in Liyang City, although at least one-third of the so-called four or five thousand Gaojie's old troops are recruits who have only joined the army in the last six months, but Gaojie's old department is Gaojie's old department, after experiencing the great victory in the Huzhou campaign, Mrs. Xing and Liu Yongxi's influence in Gaojie's old department is amazing, as long as Mrs. Xing goes to the next stop in the city, at least a few hundred people are willing to join Liu Yongxi.

If Liyang City is taken and the Qing army in the city is completely annihilated, the situation in Jiangnan will change again, and Liu Yongxi will have four or five thousand more soldiers who can fight, while the Qing army will lose seven or eight thousand people because of this, and even take this opportunity to annihilate the Qing army in Suzhou Mansion in one fell swoop.

The Ming army now occupies the initiative in Suzhou Prefecture, but this initiative cannot be transformed into a huge victory for the time being, but if Liyang City is firmly controlled by the Ming army, then the Qing army in Suzhou Mansion is in a situation where it is attacked on three or even four sides, and even if it cannot take Suzhou Mansion City, it can annihilate most of it.

So now the focus of the Ming army is on Liyang City: "Write another letter to Li Benshen, tell me that he is about to be dispatched, and let him get ready!"

Mrs. Xing, who was several years younger because of Liu Yongxi's love and nourishment, first offered a kiss mark before saying: "Husband, rest assured, this battle of Liyang will definitely be completed!"

With Liu Yongxi's order, tens of thousands of Yue Ming troops were mobilized, but the ones who really put into the Liyang battlefield were only a few thousand people in total, as Duoduo and Haoge expected.

As for Li Benshen, he was worried that there would be unexpected variables in this battle of Liyang, so he hadn't slept well these days.

Although the plans of Duoduo, Hauge and Hong Chengchou are almost seamless, and this is his best chance to make a comeback, he will always be awakened by sudden nightmares in his dreams, in which Li Benshen will always dream that the Han army in the city and Liu Yongxi should cooperate to take Liyang City, and someone gave him a knife in the back.

He thought about it day and night, but he never understood where he was on a business trip.

Although there are thousands of Gaojie's old departments in Liyang City, and Mrs. Xing's influence on these Gaojie's old departments is very great, what is even more infuriating is that there are more and more people who are now worried about Mrs. Xing's various benefits, but Li Chengdong, Gao Jinku, Liu Yongxi, and Mrs. Xing can be said to have an uncommon enmity, these two generals and their families are absolutely reliable, and Li Benshen's hundreds of personal soldiers are also definitely reliable.

As long as they don't have problems, those internal responses will not be able to help Liu Yongxi break through Liyang City, but Li Benshen always feels that there will be problems, he thought for a long time and finally said: "Invite Wu Shengzhao to come over!"

In addition to the hundreds of Eight Banner Army, Wu Shengzhao and the nearly 2,000 Green Battalion soldiers under his command can be said to be Li Benshen's biggest support for holding Liyang City, after all, the Eight Banner Army is an independent army, and there is very little communication with the new attached army, and Wu Shengzhao's Green Battalion is completely different, with them, they will never dare to act rashly.

And Wu Shengzhao and Liu Yongxi also have a hatred for the sky, so when it comes to Liu Yongxi, Wu Shengzhao is very excited: "This Liu thief is too hateful, if it weren't for Liu Xiaothief plotting against me in Yangzhou, I would be at least a commander or even a governor now!"

Li Benshen felt that Wu Shengzhao was exaggerating, although Wu Shengzhao made great efforts to pacify many righteous troops in the southern expedition, but he was a "newcomer" who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Beizhili after entering the customs in the first year of Shunzhi, and those old people in Liaodong could not be compared, and it was already the limit to be promoted to the position of commander, and he thought very highly of himself and never put those old people in Liaodong in his eyes, and he couldn't even be promoted to the governor with those old people in Liaodong as a hindrance.

It's just that Wu Shengzhao said this, Li Benshen was finally relieved a lot: "Wu Zongzhen doesn't have to blame himself too much, I was attached to Wang Shi in Yangzhou at the beginning, and I heard that Wu Zongbing and Liu Xiaobao's ambush soldiers were almost inseparable, and the reason for the defeat was that Liu Thief had too many soldiers and horses!"

This is Wu Shengzhao's big hate, he said indignantly: "That's right, it is because Linhuai Town used at least 10,000 people to deal with me 2,000 people, I had to retreat, but today is different, let's use ten ambush soldiers to deal with Liu Thief, no matter how many soldiers and horses Liu Thief sends, it is a dead end!"

Li Benshen was still very nervous: "But I'm afraid that there is a Jinhua thief in Liyang City, speaking of which is Xing's shamelessness, Liu Xiaothief is almost ten years younger than her, she can actually marry her, if Xing Pingbo knows about it, he will definitely die!"

Wu Shengzhao immediately said: "Li Dashuai, you can rest assured, with me, there should be no climate, no matter what movement, these two thousand soldiers will be killed and pacified as soon as possible, even if we can't solve it, there is still the Lord of the Eight Banners sitting behind, Liyang City is absolutely foolproof!"

With Wu Shengzhao's promise, Li Benshen was finally relieved, and he felt that he could get a good night's sleep.

Although two battalions of horse teams were established during the Linhuai Town period, the number of Yue Ming army horse teams was limited for a long time, and their combat effectiveness was limited, and they could never confront the Qing army horse team head-on, let alone challenge the most elite Eight Banners horse team in the Qing army, even after the integration of Gao Jie's remaining troops, but this situation was fundamentally changed after the Battle of Hangjiahu.

In the Battle of Hangzhou and the Battle of Huzhou, Duoduo's Qing army horse team suffered a nearly devastating blow, even the Qing army horse team that escaped by luck also lost most of the war horses in the operation, while the Ming army horse team captured tens of thousands of war horses, pack horses and mules and donkeys in one breath suddenly became angry, so this time the Ming army was able to invest hundreds of horseback teams as scouts at all costs.

Not only near Liyang and Yixing, but even near Nanjing, there were Ming army horse teams that infiltrated in, but the horse team was only the outpost of the Ming army, and at least thousands of the main forces of the Yue Ming army followed by also broke through the Qing army's defense line and attacked north and east at the same time, and the Qing army from all walks of life was in a hurry to Nanjing.

But the most important information for the Qing army is that in the Ming army's horse team, they saw the banner of "King Yue" and "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses", and the intelligence from different channels also showed that this time Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, led the army to conquer in person.

"It's coming!" Duoduo had never been so excited: "Liu Yongxi has about three hundred horses around him, and in addition to that, there are about ten battalions of horse infantry around him!"

For the Qing army, this is the real big fish, although the scale of the Ming army's mobilization is far smaller than the battle of Huzhou and the battle of Hangzhou, according to Duoduo's estimates, the total number of troops mobilized by the Ming army so far is only more than 10,000 people, and there are still tens of thousands of Ming troops standing still.

But for the Qing army, this is the real good news, and the most important target, since Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, has appeared, it is necessary to use the overwhelming power of Mount Tai to solve this most terrible enemy.

It's just that Prince Su Haoge felt that Duoduo was completely fussed, and he hadn't seen any big scenes in the Qing Dynasty, for the sake of just one Liu Yongxi, he mobilized the entire southeast troops, not only to be laughed at by those in Beijing, but even to be laughed at by future generations, but he was also very curious about how Liu Yongxi could die and struggle under such a net.

But no matter how Liu Yongxi tosses, he is already a dead end.

And at this moment, Azig also felt that Xing Shengping was a dead end: "30,000 people? Even if he really has 30,000 people, he will still die without a place to be buried, who said that this king has an army of 150,000 troops in the east this time!"

When it comes to the 150,000 army, Azig feels very spirited, in the history of the Qing Dynasty, only the Battle of Shanhaiguan invested 150,000 troops on a battlefield, but it was the result of the mobilization of the whole Qing Dynasty.

Now as long as Xing Shengping is dealt with in front of him, not only Duoduo and Haoge will bow to themselves, but even those nobles in the capital will still have to honestly obey their own arrangements, and he Azig is the best candidate for the position of regent.