Chapter 54: The Aftermath

Duoduo and Azig retreated to the left and right, sitting opposite each other.

"After this battle, Brother Jiu is not very happy." Dodor said.

Now the situation is clear. Military and political have always been mutually reinforcing. Dolgon's military victories gave him a firm political strength. Dolgon was also known as the regent of Uncle Huang's uncle after conquering Beijing.

And now, in the Battle of Xiangyang, although the Qing army suffered a lot of losses, most of the losses were surrendered troops.

To be honest, Duoduo wasn't too distressed. I only feel sorry for the more than 10,000 children of the Eight Banners. I'm afraid that in the inner city of Beijing, the city is full of crying.

It's just heartache. Dodor didn't care too much, either. What he was worried about was politically, and the battle of Xiangyang might affect Dorgon's position. Although it cannot be said that Dorgon's absolute authority cannot be shaken, Dorgon's opposition may have raised its opinion.

After all, Huang Taiji, as the second generation of the Manchu monarch, can be regarded as a contribution to the country, and Huang Taiji's diehard loyalty is naturally indispensable in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Even Dolgon had to admit that he had today's merits, inheriting the merits of Huang Taiji.

Duoduo had a hunch that Hauge's comeback was not far off.

Haoge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and has the support of many old ministers, although he was suppressed and idle by Dolgon because of the dispute with Dolgon for the throne before Shunzhi ascended the throne. But all the time trying to figure out how to make a comeback.

It's just that Dorgon has been suppressing Hauge.

I am afraid that the battle of Xiangyang will bring great passivity to Dolgon, and Hauge will not be able to suppress it.

"Don't worry about Beijing's affairs for now, Lao Jiu has the ability to deal with it." Azig said: "What about the current situation? ”

This shows that the two are different, although they are both brothers, but between each other, there are distant relatives. The relationship between Dorgon and Dorgon was much higher than that between Dorgon and Azig. The first thing that came to Dodor's mind about the battle of Xiangyang was Dorgon, and Azig never took Dolgon to heart.

Duoduo frowned slightly and said, "What should I do?" What else can be done in the current situation, withdraw the troops. ”

Azig said: "Now that the morale of the army is a little fluctuating, should we just go back?" ”

In Duoduo's pupils, a cold light flashed, and he said, "Of course you can't go back like this. There will always be a price to be paid for those Nikans. ”

After the two men discussed, the army headed north. And Yang Chengzu didn't dare to chase too closely, and after entering the Nanyang Basin, he was even more cautious. Nothing happened for a while.

Zhang Xuan looked at Yang Chengzu's battle report, nodded slightly, and said: "Let General Yang be careful, this tiger is going to eat people." ”

Zheng Lian agreed, and immediately drafted a document in Zhang Xuan's name, let Zhang Xuan look at it, and then give it to Yang Chengzu.

Now Zhang Xuan is so busy that he has to be like some big people, he rarely writes documents by hand, most of the letters are drafted by Zheng Lian, and the important ones are transcribed by Zhang Xuan. It's not important, Zhang Xuan is just drawing.

Zhang Xuan suddenly thought of something. said: "By the way, has Wei Guogong's side arranged it?" ”

Zheng Lian said: "Wei Guogong's side has already replied, and he is ready to retreat." ”

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, he understood very well that the reason why the Qing army retreated was because the back road was not smooth, of course, this was not smooth, if the Qing army was a small force, it would naturally be difficult to pass, but for hundreds of thousands of troops, it was unimpeded.

Zhang Xuan was afraid that Yuan Shizhong would lose too much, so he ordered a retreat and gave up temporarily. If you want to come, the Qing army will not stay in Henan for too long. After a long time, it will naturally retreat, and now there is no need to fight with the Qing army for a short time.

Anyway, it's a long time coming.

There will be time for revenge in the future.

Zhang Xuan immediately turned his attention to the eyes. There was a map in front of him, the map was very large, but the area shown was not too big, it was only a hundred miles around the center of Xiangyang City.

It is clearly marked with Xiangyang City, Fancheng, Da Xian Fort, Wanshan Fort and some forts along the river.

During this period of time, in addition to comforting the wounded, reorganizing the soldiers and horses, and taking care of civil affairs, Zhang Xuan put his mind on this map.

In fact, after the war, I don't know how many things were piled up in Xiangyang City, and in terms of the wounded, Zhang Xuan transferred licorice from Yicheng.

The little medicine boy in Xiangyang City is now a qualified doctor, and he may still lack something in the treatment of incurable diseases. But he is an expert at taking care of wounded soldiers and in charge of the wounded barracks, and he has been doing it for many years.

I have to say that compared with licorice, Eucommia's master, Li Zhengfang, his two apprentices are no longer simple Langzhong, with the characteristics of a technocrat.

There is licorice, and I am relieved in this regard.

Rectifying the soldiers and horses is not a urgent task now, after all, after the war, it is natural to let the soldiers relax for a period of time, Zhang Xuan's current rectification is just to count the shortages, replenish the recruits, reward and punish the merits, and sum up the lessons and lessons, these things are related to the officers, but they have little to do with the low-level non-commissioned officers.

As for the issue of civil affairs, it is of course a top priority, after all, it is about to enter the busy farming season, but among Zhang Xuan's entrainment, fortunately, there are Yao Qisheng and Hu Tang, and let them preside.

And the map in front of him is the Xiangyang city defense map in Zhang Xuan's heart.

With the two cities of Xiangfan, standing between the river, and then taking the Da Xian Mountain Fort as the largest, and then a series of fortresses, or built by the mountain, or built by the river, the Han River defense is tightly blocked. Zhang Xuan calculated that 70,000 soldiers were needed, and the artillery was not counted for a while, at least above 1,000.

At that time, Xiangyang will definitely be impregnable and indestructible.

In this battle, Zhang Xuan obviously felt that it was not good to have more people, and many times, he couldn't be sent to the battlefield at all, because the battlefield was so big that it couldn't accommodate it. And Zhang Xuan's city defense system has 70,000 soldiers, which is enough to defend Xiangyang.

But building this city defense system is a big problem.

Because at least a large city that is almost no less defensive than Xiangyang City should be built, that is, Fancheng.

Fancheng and Xiangyang are the feet of this city defense system. With one foot unstable, it is easy to let the Qing army do what it is doing today, and before it has fought much, it will cross the river. Plus a series of castles, with artillery. It's all about money.

If you don't belong to your home, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are.

A big war was fought, and the entire Hubei treasury was empty.

Even in Wuchang City, many of Zuo Liangyu's family properties were beaten to the ground.

Within a year or two, Wuchang's finances will need Jiangdong subsidies.

The Xia Dynasty's finances were tight, and it was certainly one of the difficulties to be able to make up for Xiangyang, but in Zhang Xuan's view, it was not the most important question, the most important question was who would be in charge of the project.

Zhang Xuan thought that he could do it himself, but Zhang Xuan definitely didn't want to go out, so with Luo Rucai's arrangement, he naturally wanted to return to the center and control the military power on behalf of Luo Yulong. Where can you sit in the town and believe in the repair of the city. Therefore, the people who serve as the guards of Xiangyang must be both civil and military.

Because to build such a large project, even if the Xia Dynasty has funds, it is extremely dependent on local money and efforts, and it cannot be managed by the people, and I am afraid that such a project will not be completed at all.

But now in the Xia Dynasty, there are a lot of generals, after all, the old brothers who followed Luo Rucai are still there, many people can use them, and there are many Wenchen, with the victory of Luo Rucai's westward expedition, the situation in Jiangnan has become more and more stable, and a large number of gentry are looking for ways to become officials in the Xia Dynasty.

After all, everyone can see the current situation.

Ming cannot be revived, and the world's name is between Xia and Qing.

Naturally, they want to maintain their current position. However, among these people, there are very few who can find a fight.

Just when Zhang Xuan was thinking about this matter, Lou Lei came over and said, "Guogong, General Wang Guangen is here." ”

Thinking of Wang Guangen, Zhang Xuan suddenly thought of Gao Doushu.

Wang Guangen is very knowledgeable, although He Hutou led the troops into Yunyang, but in fact, Wang Guangen's strength in Yunyang is far above He Hutou, listening to the battle of Xiangyang, the dust settled, and immediately went to the book, please enter the court to meet Luo Rucai. And Zhang Xuan naturally didn't mean not to allow it.

That's why Wang Guangen is on today's trip.

However, Zhang Xuan is more concerned about Gao Doushu, who can defend Yunyang and thwart Li Zicheng's five attacks, although he has the advantage of Yunyang's topography and Wang Guangen's ability, but Gao Doushu himself should not be underestimated.