"Xu Dingguo, Xu Dingguo...... should be killed, should be killed! He's damned ......"

Gu Yinxi took the military report, read it in three or two eyes, and was so angry that he scolded again and again. At this time, there was no one in the hall to persuade him to 'focus on the overall situation'.

Because this Xu Dingguo really deserves to be killed, very damned!

It's not that he was cowardly and avoided the war, and when he joined forces with Gao Jie to fight side by side with the Qing Dynasty, he suddenly picked his son and left, selling Gao Jie. How could Gao Jiejun be so miserably defeated?

How could the Ming Army's Northern Expedition have no chance of victory?

As long as Xu Dingguo and Gao Jie can block the Qing army in Liangxiang, and then Liu Zhaoji's soldiers and horses arrive, the battle of Gyeonggi will still be fought. But Xu Dingguo ......, and he ruined all this.

"Xu Dingguo, Xu Dingguo, greedy for life and afraid of death, vain the country's kindness, he vain the country's kindness......"

Hong Chengchou looked very excited. He attached so much importance to this Northern Expedition, and regarded it as his greatest hope of 'making meritorious contributions' again, shocking China, and leaving a good reputation behind him, but it was ruined by Xu Dingguo.

If Xu Dingguo hadn't fled first, would Gao Jie have been defeated so badly?

Liu Zhaoji has already led his army north, and he has already gone north.

If Xu Dingguo was in front of Hong Chengchou now, he would have eaten Xu Dingguo alive.

As long as the Ming army holds up in Liangxiang, and when Huang Degong raises troops to the east of Yanjing, won't this general trend return to the Ming side? After Cao Bianjiao's defeat, the Ming army was not without opportunities.

But it's too late to say anything now.

Xu Dingguo has fled. So after Cao Bianjiao was defeated, Gao Jie was defeated, and Liu Zhaoji was also defeated.

There will be no obstacle between Yanjing and Baoding, can the Qing army go straight to Baoding?

"It's not good, Lord Benbing, after the Qing Lu breaks the generals of Cao Gao, you can go straight to Baoding!" The anger in Du Yinxi's heart subsided for a while, and then he shouted violently.

"Yes, Baoding is in trouble." Hong Chengchou wanted to cry.

Cao Bianjiao's defeat made the Ming army under Baoding City also in great trouble.

The reason is very simple, even if Azig's army can't break through the camps of Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo, can't it cut off the logistics lines and retreat routes of the two armies? This is a trick that the Tartars have repeatedly used to deal with the Ming army.

However, Wang and Liu did not have much surplus food in the army.

Because the progress of the Northern Expedition army was too smooth, it reached the city of Yanjing in the first two months, so that the large amount of grain prepared in the rear was far less than enough to be quickly sent to the front of the army. It's barely possible in Ludong or northern Henan, but it's difficult to enter Beizhili.

But the Ming army was very happy to 'copy the house' along the way, and started with a large amount of money and food, not to mention the generals in the army, even Hong Chengchou didn't care about the grain in the rear.

Like the Daimyo, it was the rear base of the Great Army; It is really determined, the logistics base of the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, referring to Cao Bianjiao and them. There is also Hejian, which corresponds to the partial teacher Huang Degong. They all hoarded a large amount of grain and straw materials obtained along the way.

Originally, the people who accompanied the army were used to transport materials and ensure logistics. But now they are indeed transporting materials, but they are more transporting the 'spoils' of the Northern Expedition of various soldiers and horses.

As for Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo on the front line, the food carried by the army was not too much.

It will not be the same as when the Songjin War was only three days' food, but it will not be more than a month at most.

If Azig led the horse army to cut off all the grain routes,...... Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo are naturally in danger.

"This soldier can make people quickly inform General Huang (Huang Degong) and let him lead the reinforcement of Baoding." Du Yinxi shouted, "The Qing army's brigade and horse army have all returned, and the infantry army will not remain in Xuanda even if it is some distance." At the same time, the main force of the Northern Expedition has been frustrated, and General Huang will enter Yanjing alone, which will not help. Or quickly return south, and respond to the retreat of Wang and Liu's soldiers and horses and the remnants of the former army to the south. ”

If there are no soldiers and horses to respond, Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo's two soldiers and horses retreat alone, it's not that Du Yinxi looks down on them, they are under the great setback of the army and the great decline in morale, and they are only infantry troops, how can they escape the pursuit of the Qing cavalry?

Even compared to the military strength of the two sides, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not much worse.

"Blocking the soldiers is too arrogant and destroying the prestige of our army, right?" Opposition immediately rang out.

"Dong Weng, although General Xiao Cao made a mistake and caused our army to suffer a lot of losses, the strength of the Northern Expedition army is still there. The Mazhong Cheng Department of the Daimyo Mansion, the Zuo General Rong Department (Zuo Guangxian) of the General Office, and then the 30,000 imperial battalion soldiers of General Huang, plus the soldiers and horses of Baoding, the army is still no less than 100,000 people, and there is no shortage of money and food. At the same time, there are also a lot of soldiers and horses in southern Hebei, the Central Plains, and Qilu places, all of which have been collected, not to mention that another 30,000 or 20,000 people have been transferred. ……”

The Northern Expeditionary Army recovered Zhou County along the way, and it was impossible to leave it behind after taking it. It is necessary to leave a part of the soldiers and horses to suppress the local area in the short term, so as to cooperate with the officials sent by the Ming court to restore the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in the local area.

is like Qiu Zude in Qilu, with 3,000 battalions on hand, plus the garrisons of Yanzhou and Dongchang, the total strength is not 20,000 but 18,000. Who told Hong Chengchou that the recruitment of the Yuyuan Army did not succeed.

The same is true of the garrisons in eastern and northern Henan, and even more. Stilwell (Shi Kefa Yizi) is in Huaiqing.

Because Hong Chengchou wanted to guard against Duoduo taking advantage of the Yellow River troops, the army waved Huaiqing Mansion to copy the back road of the Northern Expedition army.

How could he pin the defense and hope of the entire Central Plains on the generals of the left battalion.

In this way, in the Central Plains, Qilu and southern Hebei regions, there are not as many as 50,000 soldiers and horses scattered out. So much so that the Northern Expeditionary force that can be used on the blade has shrunk a little.

Now the people in Hong Chengchou's curtain are staring at them. It's not that people are greedy for merit, but it's really a pity to let go of the current situation. Therefore, there are many people who advocate putting on a posture and fighting with the Manchus.

Even if it is no longer possible to advance Yanjing, then it is necessary to keep the south of the Yellow River, right?

The two armies fought in Baoding City!

The Tartars galloped hundreds of miles against the wind and snow to return to Yanjing, but they didn't believe that they were all made of steel and iron. The Ming army was not without the strength to fight. is to march to Yanjing, so isn't it also planned to defeat the Qing army's reinforcements outside the city......

Now the Ming army has seen Yanjing.

"This soldier clearly sees that the Qing Capture Horse Army has arrived, how far can the infantry army go? Jin Yiwei's previous information is no longer credible. Once a stalemate is formed in Baoding, it will be difficult to withdraw the troops at that time. Plug Yinxi shouted.

He felt that the Manchu infantry brigade was just behind and would not be far away.

After all, the vest soldiers of the Qing army are all braving the wind and snow to enter the army, and the infantry armor is not as expensive as the vest soldiers in the Tartars.

According to the information that Hong Chengchou has now obtained, the Eight Banners cavalry soldiers who appeared in the suburbs of Beijing were only 20,000 or 30,000 horse soldiers. Looking at it this way, even if the Manchus suffered losses in the previous war, they were still scratching the surface, because the main force of their infantry army did not participate in the war at all, and now everyone has a horse infantry army, and their strength is still very complete!

On the other hand, the Ming army, Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie, and Liu Zhaoji were all disabled, and the army was no less than 50,000 people. Xu Dingguo fled again, Huang Degong was in Bazhou, only Wang Tingchen and Liu Liangzuo were in Baoding, and Hong Chengchou was now only left with Zuo Guangxian, the chief soldier of the Governor Biao Division.

You can't help but take into account the possibility that the Qing army will be faster than the Ming army.

"When our army mobilizes troops and horses, who knows if the Qing captives' infantry will arrive first? What's more, it is difficult to say whether Xu Dingguo will betray the country and surrender to the country. Such a decisive battle with such a large army in Baoding is too risky. Xia Guan said an inappropriate word, if the story of the Songjin War was repeated, it would be in danger. ”

In his eagerness, he couldn't care about decency, and directly uncovered Hong Chengchou's scar, making his face look ugly.