Chapter 30: The stubborn Luo Rucai

"Ahem---" A weak voice came out, and said: "Thank you Doctor Li, but please let me live for a month or two, I will die now, and it is not the right time to make a decision." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard it, he immediately knew that it was Luo Rucai's voice. Immediately turned his head and said, "Dad, you can rest for a long time." The boy then wrote a letter and asked the prince to come over. ”

"No, you don't." Luo Rucai leaned on Luo Yujiao, he could barely sit still, it seemed that the action just now had consumed the last bit of strength on Luo Rucai's body, and said, "Let him come over and do something, make a mess." ”

Although Luo Rucai's body is no longer good, his brain is still extremely clear.

Regarding the current situation, Luo Rucai has thought many times. In the end, it was decided not to let Luo Yulong come over.

First of all, where is the foundation of Great Xia? It is the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang, and part of Jiangxi. This is the basic plate of Great Xia.

Because when Luo Rucai was on the westward expedition, Luo Yulong was not idle, relying on Qian Qianyi, Ruan Dacheng and other civil officials supported a set of government systems and completed the logistics of supporting the westward expedition.

And in the prefectures and counties around Wuchang, the rule of Great Xia was only about occupation.

In other words, the loss of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River near Wuchang was certainly a huge blow to Great Xia, but it could not destroy the Great Xia regime. And now that the war is urgent, although Luo Rucai is sick, he has not lost control of the war report.

It's a tough time now.

Li Rugui's death was a huge blow to Luo Rucai, Li Rugui was the old brother who followed him. Now that Li Rugui's death has dealt a great blow to the morale of the army, Zhang Xuan has never recovered the situation in Zaoyang, and in this case, Luo Rucai is not too optimistic about the future situation.

This time in the battle of Xiangyang, it is difficult to say whether the outcome will be known.

However, the only thing Luo Rucai can be fortunate about is that even if the Qing army captures Xiangyang in this battle, it will not be able to go south.

This was determined by the overall situation of the Qing army.

The Qing army cleaned the entire north in a year and occupied an absolute advantage in the north. However, the chaotic situation in the entire north has not been alleviated much, and it is even said that there are more than 10,000, or even tens of thousands, of rebel forces in many places.

The Qing army used the army of Xiangyang, only the Manchurian Eight Banners, there are Zhengbai, inlaid white, and even with many other flags, the total number is about 70,000, plus the Han army flag, all ways to surrender the army, it can be said that the absolute main force of the entire Qing army.

It is even said that this Qing army was annihilated under the city of Xiangyang, and the Qing army could not even sit still in Beijing.

In the chaotic situation, Dolgon will not let the Qing army hang out for a long time.

In this battle, even if Xiangyang was defeated, the Qing army drank the Yangtze River at most, and after drinking the Yangtze River, there were still those who retreated.

But Luo Rucai would rather bear the responsibility for this failure than Luo Yulong, he is about to be a dead man. Fame doesn't matter anymore. And Luo Yulong is different, Luo Rucai understands very well that the so-called Great Xia Dynasty is just an empty shelf.

Luo Yulong still has too much to do. It must not be detrimental to reputation. Moreover, after calling Luo Yulong over, there are many victories and defeats for the time being, and Zhang Xuan is afraid that he will be excluded immediately. Without him, there is no two masters in the army, Luo Yulong is coming, and Zhang Xuan must give way.

And the big war is imminent, Zhang Xuan is a capable general. Although Zhang Xuan's performance was not a perfect score, he also stabilized the situation, and there were many risks in changing generals.

What's more, Luo Rucai didn't know that the news that he couldn't be a director would cause changes in his own way.

The best thing to do is to do it now, block the news, and maintain it until the end of the war.

Zhang Xuan didn't understand Luo Rucai's thoughts, but he had his own worries, if Luo Rucai died of illness in the army, he would not mourn here, after Luo Yulong knew, how could he be suspicious, in a sense, he was also in a place of suspicion.

Zhang Xuan said: "Dad, let's invite the prince to sit in Wuchang." ”

Luo Rucai coughed twice, and as soon as his brain turned, he figured out Zhang Xuan's worries, and said, "Don't worry, I won't be able to die for a while." The old lady just wants my life, and I won't give it. ”

Luo Yujiao also said: "Let my brother come." Luo Yujiao may not be as much as Zhang Xuan thought, but the current situation is that Luo Yujiao no longer wants to believe it, and she has to know that it is time to prepare for the future. And preparing for the future generations, Luo Yulong's son is not there, what are those words.

Luo Rucai pondered for a while and said: "It's okay, change Wuchang to Xijing, and order Yulong to lead the Zhejiang soldiers westward, sit in Wuchang, and rectify the logistics of the army." ”

Although Luo Rucai brought a lot of troops in Nanjing, with Nanjing as the center, under the control of Luo Yulong, there were still more than 100,000 troops, and at this moment, tens of thousands of troops could be transferred westward, and the Yangtze River waterway was here, and it was still very convenient to transport grain and grass materials.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, and talked to Luo Rucai for a while, and Luo Rucai fell asleep again.

Zhang Xuan: What is there to pay attention to.

First of all, Zhang Xuan was shocked. Zhang Yingyuan and Longwu were at war.

Although the battle was not fierce, Zhang Yingyuan specially showed that after the Ming army, there were many soldiers from Liangguang. Moreover, there were some armies converging in Ganzhou, and it seems that the Ming army had plans to attack Nanchang in two directions. Even Yueyang has moved.

Zhang Xuan had insufficient information in his hands, and he didn't know if this was a sign of Longwu's large-scale counteroffensive or a bluff. It's even partly bluffing, partly real.

However, Takamu's movements.

Effectively restraining the forces of Great Xia, Zhang Xuan still had the possibility of transferring troops from the south in his mind before, but now it would be good not to transfer troops to the south. With this information alone, Zhang Xuan felt that Luo Yulong had to go west. There is Luo Yulong guarding Wuchang. Zhang Xuan was more confident in his heart.

There is one more piece of news, but it is good news.

Yuan Shizhong sent Yuan Shimin from Runing to Suizhou.

The defense of Suizhou was greatly strengthened. Prepare to converge Suizhou people and horses to continue westward and join Cao Zongyu under Zaoyang City.

In this way, Zhang Xuan was much more at ease with the Zaoyang battlefield, even if Azig had three heads and six arms, it was impossible for him to advance eastward from Suizhou, and the gap in the defense line was also filled. Even Zhang Xuan felt that the army under Zaoyang City should be withdrawn to support Xiangyang.

However, Zhang Xuan immediately thought about it and gave up.

The reason is that Li Rugui has taught him too deep a lesson.

It can be said that Zhang Xuan's current strategic passivity is the sequelae of Li Rugui's death. Zaoyang is not Xiangyang after all, Xiangyang has a strong city to rely on, Zaoyang is weaker, or leave some more people to rest assured.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and immediately wrote a letter to Yuan Shizhong.

I feel that Yuan Shizhong sent troops to support, but he affirmed the situation of the battle of Xiangyang, and waited for changes to be delayed, and the really important place was the grain route of the Qing army.

And the Qing army marched thousands of miles, and the grain road was already restless. Zhang Xuan also suggested that Yuan Shizhong launch a large-scale counteroffensive in Henan to destroy the logistics system of the Qing army. In this way, the Qing army retreated without a fight.

After writing this letter, he immediately ordered Yuan Shizhong to counterattack in the name of Luo Rucai, and allowed him the governor of Henan to act cheaply.

Zhang Xuan didn't know too much about what Yuan Shizhong could do, but Henan was already chaotic enough, and this kind of chaos, with the collapse of the camp and the entry of the Qing army, became even more chaotic, and it was natural for him to fill in the fire again.

After dealing with these affairs, Zhang Xuan took out the report in Xiangyang City.

This is the most important thing in front of him, he took a cursory look, and felt that although Xiangyang City was besieged, it could be stabilized for a while, even if the Qing army besieged it on a large scale, it would not be able to be defeated in more than ten days, Zhang Xuan had time. Although Fancheng fell again, the Qing army gradually approached the wall of Xiangyang from the south of Xiangyang. But the waterway has not been cut off, and before Zhang Xuan returned to Yicheng, Luo Yujiao urgently transported a batch of supplies into Xiangyang City.

It's still in constant transportation.

Prepare for a protracted battle in Xiangyang City.

However, in the battle report, Zhang Xuan also discovered two big hidden dangers in Xiangyang City. It is also the key to Yang Chengzu's war with Duoduo, one is the problem of the Han waterway, and the other is the Da Xian Mountain, which is four miles south of Xiangyang City.