Chapter 62: Between Shunqing and Qing

Li Zicheng first recounted the old feelings, and then wrote about his current predicament, and then used the reason that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. Ask Cao Ying to send troops to attack the Beijing division from the northeast of the mountain. As long as the Qing army returns to the division, the camp is willing to cut Henan Prefecture to Xie Caoying.

After Zhang Xuan saw it, his thoughts about Dolgon and Li Zicheng were like looking at the pattern in the palm of his hand.

Let's start with Dolgon.

After the battle of a stone, the situation of the Qing court was very good, and under the city of Baoding, all the baggage carried by the camp was intercepted, and it is said that there were as many as 60 million taels of silver alone.

It can be said that the camp was collected in Beijing and fell into the hands of the Qing court. It greatly eased the military spending of the Qing court.

Therefore, under such an advantage, the Qing court did not want Cao Ying to participate in the war in the north, and it was natural to write a letter to appease Cao Ying.

Of course, this reassurance is only a stopgap measure. In the future, after the camp is destroyed, what will the Qing court do is another matter.

What Li Zicheng said in his letter that the matter of cold lips and teeth may not be unreasonable.

On the other hand, Li Zicheng.

Although Li Zicheng was defeated and lost his army and land, it would be wrong to say that Li Zicheng did not have the strength to fight.

However, in the battle of a stone, Li Zicheng's troops suffered serious losses, and there were many sequelae, the biggest sequelae was that the official army surrendered and broke into the camp, and they defected one after another. Tang Tong and others first became part of the Qing army.

If it is said that before entering the customs, the total strength of the Qing army was only about 220,000, but in the past few months, the strength of the Qing army has been increasing every moment, and most of them have surrendered.

But even so, Li's million-strong army was not so easy to defeat.

It's just that after the big defeat, it will take time to regroup.

And Li Zicheng just didn't have time.

As long as Cao Ying goes north, no matter whether he can win the Qing army or not, as long as he entangles the Qing army for a period of time. It gave the camp a chance to breathe.

"What do you think I should do at this time?" Luo Rucai said: "Do you listen to Li Zicheng's troops in Shandong, or listen to Dongyu's watching?" ”

"We must not send troops to Shandong and go north too early." Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said: "The center of gravity of our army is in the south of the Yangtze River, thousands of miles away from Shandong, and the battle in the north, let's not talk about the victory or defeat for the time being, even if we win, Shandong belongs to me, but can we control it?" ”

"In my opinion, the whip is beyond the reach of the whip."

Zhang Xuan actually has some things that he hasn't said yet.

That's Gao Jie.

Gaojie is, after all, a semi-independent feudal town. It's okay to rely on him to resist the Qing army going south, but relying on him to go north to Shandong, even if he is obedient, he can win again, with Shandong half of the province in hand, and Huai'an Prefecture, such a big chassis

, is Gao Jie still willing to be Luo Rucai's heart?

If Gao Jie is transferred away because of this battle, it will be another troublesome matter.

Before seeing the benefits, the harm was seen first.

Now is not the time to go north.

Zhang Xuan didn't say this explicitly, but Luo Rucai could definitely think of it.

"Then ascend the throne and become emperor in Nanjing." Luo Rucai said: "Separate from the camp? ”

Zhang Xuan was about to say that this was a good practice, but he suddenly remembered Luo Yulong.

As far as he knew, those civil officials around Luo Yulong almost didn't want Luo Rucai to ascend the throne and become emperor. Since Luo Yulong came to find him and wanted to dissuade Luo Rucai from recruiting in person, naturally this idea was not in line with Luo Rucai's wishes. Then he changed his words and said: "This is not good, now the war in the north is urgent, if the two heroes hold each other, it will be forgotten, do not fight for the short length of this day, but if the rapid defeat, our army will sit and watch the success or failure, I am afraid that we will lose the opportunity." ”

"Yes, I'll think about it." Luo Rucai said: "You must not sit back and watch success or failure. ”

"Those who are based in the south of the Yangtze River must fight for the two Huai, and those who do not have two Huai are the Yangtze River. Those who are based in Jiangdong must not compete for the upstream, and if the upstream does not guard, the downstream will be trapped. Luo Rucai said: "This is what you persuaded me at the beginning. Before Li Zicheng initially decided to Beijing, I was not in a hurry, anyway, Li Zicheng swallowed such a large territory, for a while, he did not have the energy to go south, so it is not bad to repair for a few months, after all, the situation in Jiangnan this year is also quite bad, it can be said that the military and the people are in difficulty. ”

"But after the Tartars defeated Cao Ying, I felt that something was wrong." Luo Rucai sighed and said, "Lao Li is in the ditch this time. As long as the arrangements can be made and the troops are in place, they can generally win, and the number of victories and defeats is already there before the war, but it is difficult to defeat the war, especially those who know that they will lose the battle, whether it is me, Lao Li, or Huang Hu, they are not good at it. ”

"But now the battle between the camp and the Tartars is not a battle that must be lost, but a battle that must be fought." Luo Rucai said: "And the Tartars played a tailwind game, Lao Li wanted to turn the tables, but it was difficult." If Lao Li doesn't win a big battle, I guess he won't be able to stand in Xi'an. ”

Although Luo Rucai does not have Zhang Xuan's ability to predict, Luo Rucai's sense of war that he has fought for many years is much more sensitive, although the war in the north is still chaotic, and it is not clear who wins and who loses. He had already decided that Li Zicheng couldn't support it.

Zhang Xuan said: "So Dad, what do you mean? ”

"Expedition to the west, march to the west immediately." Luo Rucai said: "Before the end of the war in the north, take Wuchang, at least, you can't let Nanjing be watched all the time." ”

The sailors do not have an advantage, so that Nanjing's defense has always had a big hole.

From upstream, within a day or two, the army could assault the Yangtze River north of Nanjing.

"Dad, what about the sailor?" Zhang Xuan said.

Luo Rucai said: "Transfer Zheng Zhilong over." This one thing is also the reason why you came here immediately. ”

Zhang Xuan thought about it and found that this was also a way.

The Zheng family sailor is quite powerful, and what Cao Ying needs is not that the Zheng family sailor defeats Shen Tingyang, but that the Zheng family sailor can ensure that Shen Tingyang cannot attack the logistics, and Cao Ying has the ability to solve the affairs on land.

Between Zhang Xuan and Zheng Zhilong, it can be regarded as no fight or deal, at this time, it is also reasonable for Zhang Xuan to find a way to let Zheng Zhilong join the battlefield of the future Western Expedition.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and felt that this matter was not difficult to do, it was nothing more than Zheng's price.

Zheng Zhilong is a businessman, and since he is a businessman, there is no such thing as not doing business. And today's Cao Ying can be regarded as a wealthy and powerful man, and he is not afraid to negotiate conditions with the Zheng family.

Zhang Xuan also felt that it was imperative to go west. And it is Cao Ying's best choice now.

Although Cao Ying has such and such difficulties, he gritted his teeth, it is not impossible to overcome, it is nothing more than the scholars and doctors led by Qian Qianyi, who do not want to bear too much burden, Jiangnan is not without money, but does not want to pay.

There is a way to press it.

It's also a game.

Zhang Xuan remembered what Luo Yulong said again, and said, "Dad, your body and bones are important, how about letting the eldest brother come to this western expedition?" ”

"Him." Luo Rucai shook his head and said, "He can't." ”

"This time for the Western Expedition, I want to go all out and prepare to mobilize, you, Yang Chengzu, Li Rugui, Yuan Shizhong, Zheng Zhilong, and my Nanjing headquarters, I estimate the number of people to be more than 200,000. Knowing a son is better than a father. Luo Rucai sighed slightly and said, "The Jade Dragon can't command so many people. ”

"He's not even as good as you."

"Dad, you're joking." Zhang Xuan said

"I'm not joking." Luo Rucai said: "If you command more than 1,000 troops, you are not the opponent of the Jade Dragon, if you command more than 10,000 troops and you are the opponent of the Jade Dragon, but the strength is above 30,000, you will remain deadlocked, the more people above, the greater your chance of winning." ”

"Jade Dragon, just a general. Although there has been a lot of progress in this period of time, he is still a general, not a handsome talent. ”

"And you're handsome."

"These 200,000 horses are not something that the Jade Dragon can command. Not to mention that there are heroes like Zheng Zhilong. ”

Zhang Xuan listened to Luo Rucai's words, and was secretly happy in his heart. After all, Luo Rucai is a famous general in the world, he commented on himself like this, and his confidence in Zhang Xuan was also greatly encouraged, and he also had a little understanding of Luo Rucai's words. If the number of people on both sides is small, then it is still a purely military issue, but the greater the number of people, the less pure the problem becomes.

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