Chapter 118: Stay in Wuchang

On top of the feast, there is no need to mention the staggered chips.

Luo Rucai was half-drunk, which made Hongguang dance. Hongguang's face turned red and said, "But please die." ”

Luo Rucai laughed, so that he would not kill Hongguang, and after laughing, it would be as if it had never happened.

It's just a little episode at the banquet.

On top of the big banquet, he never talked about business, but after the big banquet, Luo Ru left Zhang Xuan behind.

Luo Rucai wet his face with warm water, then handed the towel in his hand to the maid next to him, and said, "By virtue of it, do you want to stay in Wuchang?" ”

Zhang Xuan's heart moved, and he said: "The child is only according to his father's orders. ”

Luo Rucai nodded, he said this today just to ventilate Zhang Xuan in advance. said: "After I prepare for the beginning of spring, I will slowly transfer Nanjing to the throne and become the emperor, but Wuchang is a dangerous place, and I have to leave heavy ministers to guard it, so I thought of you." You have to be prepared. ”

In fact, Cao Ying's foundation in the wide range of the lake is not stable.

A large area of land in the south is still in the hands of the officials and soldiers, and the west is the territory of the camp, but the north is because of Yuan Shizhong, which can be regarded as connected with Runing. But the problem is that the Dabie Mountains are separated by it, and even if they are connected, there is no difference between them and those who are not connected.

And Nanchang City is still in a silent offensive and defensive battle, Zhang Yingyuan is fighting under Nanchang City, the battle of attack and defense, has been experienced for three months, especially after Longwu ascended the throne, the first major event, was to order reinforcements from all over Nanchang, although for a time the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty sent out a decent army.

But there have already been sporadic troops on the periphery of the Nanchang battlefield.

Around Nanchang, there will be a big war to be fought.

Zhang Xuan estimated that Cao Ying had the greatest chance of winning this battle.

But no matter how big the chance of victory, it is necessary to contain Cao Ying's troops, and for a long time, the troops in Wuchang will not be too much, after all, Nanchang is lost, and it is likely to cut off the connection between Wuchang and Nanjing.

It's just that Wan Yuanji's wrist is also very hard, Zhang Xuan also read the battle report under Nanchang City, and found that there was no good way for a while, either to take people's lives to the death, or to besiege the city, Zhang Yingyuan chose to besiege the city, and it can't be said that it is wrong.

"The child knows." Zhang Xuan felt a sense of excitement in his heart.

Working under Luo Rucai, it is reassuring to feel at ease, but it lacks a feeling of pleasure, after all, even if Luo Rucai says to leave it alone, Zhang Xuan can't not report like Luo Rucai.

But staying in Wuchang is very different.

In Zhang Xuan's opinion, although the situation in Wuchang is a little unstable, after Luo Rucai left, it was not enough to go in, but there was more than enough to guard, after all, the south was licking its wounds, and it was not able to go north for a while, and the attention of the west was also in the north.

And Wuchang has

A big city, where there aren't millions of people in the city, is about the same.

A city with such a population also means that it is developed in many aspects, and it is much stronger than Runing. Let Zhang Xuan have a certain amount of time to trim.

"It's just that the situation in the north is unknown, won't Dad wait?" Zhang Xuan said.

Luo Rucai said: "I'm waiting for news now. What is being said now is nothing more than an intention. ”

"Yuan Shizhong has already sent people to watch the battle under Tongguan City, and once there is news, report it immediately."

Zhang Xuan understood that if Tongguan was fought, the camp would be won and the northwest land would be preserved. It shows that the Qing court will not go south in a big way before eliminating the camp, so Luo Rucai will return to Nanjing to ascend the throne with confidence. But if Li Zicheng is defeated, the northwest will not be reported and will be withdrawn to Xiangyang. Luo Rucai may be going westward and swallowing the six mansions of Huguang that broke into the camp.

The headquarters of the camp in Huguang is wrong.

From the end of Chongzhen's fifteenth year, to the present several years of recuperation. The area under the jurisdiction of the camp has also recovered a lot. And just as Li Zicheng is influential in Cao Ying, Luo Rucai is in the camp, it is not without influence, the upper echelons of the two sides have turned against each other, but the friendship below may not be broken.

Now that Li Zicheng is down, Luo Rucai's power is prosperous, even if he can't take the land of Chuang Yinghu without blood, he doesn't have much resolute resistance.

Just like Li Zicheng dared to fight Cao Ying, because he knew that after he killed Luo Rucai, there were certainly some diehards of Cao Ying, but more soldiers, and even middle-level officers, didn't care who he followed.

It's just that if that's the case, Luo Rucai won't be able to leave for a while.

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly in his heart: "You have to wait for the news, I already knew that the battle of Tongguan was doomed to defeat." I'm afraid that the matter of ascending the throne will be delayed, and more importantly, the first contact with the Qing court will not begin. ”

Li Zicheng was defeated, and after Luo Rucai annexed Li Zicheng's participation in the forces, he decided to fight with the Qing court.

Whether it is the Qing court to estimate the strength of Cao Ying, or Cao Ying to test the strength of the Qing court, only when they have been in contact with each other and have a bottom about each other can they decide the next strategy, whether to fight or peace.

The best way to get involved is war.

Yes, war.

A major war with the Qing court was inevitable.

Just a month or two later, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little excited.

No matter how much the strength of the Eight Banners was devalued by later generations, this era was the time when the Eight Banners were sharp, and it was definitely not comparable to the children of the Eight Banners who could not even ride horses in later generations.

Zhang Xuan was also a little worried about whether his carefully trained soldiers could achieve a one-to-one exchange with the Eight Banners on the battlefield. But as a general, the desire in his heart was beating vigorously. Isn't defeating the most powerful enemy the thing a general desires the most?

Under the city of Tongguan. Fierce battle again

Rise.

This time the night battle.

Countless torches were lit, shining under the city of Tongguan as if it were the white sun.

Dodor sat on his horse, his face solemn, his face illuminated by torches.

Since the defeat of the Dashun army in the first battle on the 23rd of the lunar month, Li Zicheng organized many counterattacks. One by one, they were blocked by the Qing army, and in the first month, the Qing army's Hongyi cannon arrived, which was on the hill that was contested that day, and the cannon was erected to bombard the city.

For a time, the morale of Tongguan City was extremely low.

Li Zicheng did not have many firearms, but none of them had a range above the Hongyi cannon, so he could only be beaten passively.

This situation is the most demoralizing.

Therefore, after Li Zicheng consulted with the generals, he finally decided to select the elite to attack the Qing army at night.

And not once, but after night, they all launched night attacks.

Several times in a row, soldiers on both sides fought fiercely at night.

I have to say that this put too much pressure on the Qing army.

The advantage of the Qing army is in organization, above firearms, but in one-on-one hand-to-hand combat, although the Qing army is not afraid of anything, but the elite of the camp is afraid of death. The two sides fought hand-to-hand in the field, and every time the Qing army had the upper hand and was able to thwart the offensive of the camp. But Duoduo's face was not good-looking.

It is because of the biggest shortcoming of the Qing army.

That is, there are too few elite eight banners of the Qing army, and in this critical decisive battle, unless it is the Han army that surrendered in Liaodong, it cannot be entrusted with important tasks. Most of the Han troops who surrendered in Liaodong also became the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty.

In the first battle of Tongguan, the Qing army was almost at full strength, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were over ten years old and under seventy years old, all of whom were conscripted.

Qing is a small country after all, even if there are not many elite soldiers in the hands of Duoduo, even if they can defeat Li Zicheng, but that kind of casualties also make Duoduo feel extremely distressed, and many people are Duoduo's minions who have been watching since childhood.

"The Han army that must be expanded." Duoduo secretly said in his heart: "Otherwise, there will be no big battle in the future." ”

After the first battle of a stone, the first battle of Tongguan, and the counterattack of tens of thousands of people in batches by Li Zicheng, after this battle, the upper magnates of the Manchu Qing Dynasty understood one thing, and they could not occupy the Central Plains only by relying on the soldiers of the Eight Banners. If you recruit rebels before, it is still to reduce the help of the army.

At the moment, Dodor was just thinking about it. His attention was still on the battlefield.

But seeing that the camp suddenly retreated, the Qing army did not dare to pursue, and the fierce battle of the night came to an end at this time.

But after a while, Tuhai sent someone to report and said, "Master, Liu Fangliang has retired." ”

Duoduo nodded and said, "Let the minions rest, there is still a fight during the day." ”

"Wow." The minions below saluted and slowly retreated, and the night was over.

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