Chapter 45: The World Shakes

Since Cao Zongyu immediately decided to send troops, he broke several cities in Ruzhou.

That's it.

Several cities in Ruzhou were the hardest hit areas of the great war between the righteous army and the Ming army at the beginning, and most of the cities were empty, and most of the county towns were only hundreds, and more than thousands.

Therefore, Cao Zongyu has been like a bamboo, but most people don't think it's good.

Only the Battle of Longmen.

It was the first time since Cao Zongyu went north that he collided with the main force of the Qing army, and forcibly annihilated the tens of thousands of Qing troops. Killed several high-ranking generals of the Qing army. In just a few days.

It was also before the Qing army rushed to Luoyang.

This battle gave Prince Zheng Zilharang a dismount.

Prince Zheng could only settle the frightened bird in Luoyang City first, and after a few days in a hurry, Cao Zongyu also arranged the defense of the front line of Longmen.

Prince Zheng sent various units of the Han army to attack several times, but they were all overcome.

After all, Xia Jun still has the ability to defend the mountain.

Prince Zheng calmed down and immediately dispatched troops.

Starting from Zhengzhou all the way, he attacked Xiangcheng in a roundabout way and blocked Cao Zongyu's back road. And the other way out of the Guanzhong Wuguan, attack Nanyang, and attack on both sides.

As a result, the war in Henan became bigger and bigger.

The news reached Nanjing.

Zhang Xuan was also taken aback.

Regarding Cao Zongyu's ability, Zhang Xuan has always believed in it.

It's just that I never expected that the answer sheet given by Cao Zongyu was so powerful.

If you want to say that between the world, who is the closest to Zhang Xuan's military concept. That is Cao Zongyu. It's just that Zhang Xuan didn't expect that Cao Zongyu would give him a big surprise.

However, he also knew that the Qing army would definitely counterattack.

Immediately, Yuan Shizhong said: "Where have the reinforcements arrived?" ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "The Wuhan departments have entered Nanyang, and General Xu Du, as the vanguard, has arrived near Xiangcheng. ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly put his mind at ease and said, "After Xu Du is Brother Cao, he will definitely have no worries. I can rest assured. ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Your Majesty, now that the west road and the middle road have been launched, the minister thinks that there is no need to wait for May, and now he can send troops." ”

After Zhang Xuan heard this, he asked rhetorically, "What?" The people below can't wait? ”

Yuan Shizhong said: "Your Majesty is wise. Some of the people below can't wait, but the minister said so, not just for this. ”

"Your Majesty, the King of Tang attacked the city of Luoyang and shook the Central Plains. The longer it drags on, the more fully prepared he will be, and the greater the resistance to the north, I am afraid that Hong Chengchou will also use the strategy of clearing the wilderness. Yuan Shizhong said.

Zhang Xuan listened, and secretly said in his heart: "Not bad, and."

There's no need to wait any longer. ”

Zhang Xuan turned his head and asked Zhang Qian, "Shoufu, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Zhen's face was a little ugly, and after glancing at Yao Qisheng, Yao Qisheng's face was also ugly.

In the past six months, everything has been a war of importance, and all kinds of materials have been transported into the Yangtze River from the sea, the Ganjiang River, and the Xiangjiang River, and then transported to warehouses in other important places through the Yangtze River waterway.

But the preparation time is a little too short.

Three or four months. More than a hundred days. It's a long time, but it's also a short time to actually get started. Nanjing Manufacturing Bureau, Guangdong Manufacturing Bureau, and the newly established Wuchang Manufacturing Bureau.

In the various manufacturing bureaus, they are working three shifts at full capacity.

Such a movement is so big that it can't be concealed for a long time.

It's just that under such circumstances, can it support hundreds of thousands of troops to fight?

Now there are more than 200,000 troops in Nanyang, and more than 100,000 troops in Sichuan. In fact, it has already attacked with the whole army, almost it.

Difficult is not difficult, of course difficult.

It's just that Zhang Zhen is an old minister in Cao Ying's camp after all, and in other aspects, maybe Zhang Zhen is not capable, but deploying food and supporting the army is his forte.

He also has his own interpretation of the overall situation on the battlefield.

As Yuan Shi said, now it is already ready to be sent. If it's late, it's not good. Even if it is difficult on his side, it cannot be delayed.

Zhang Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers can't help with the front-line matters, but the affairs of the rear will be handed over to the ministers." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Okay. The order was given to Zheng Chenggong to attack Liaodong. He's been preparing for a year younger, and it's time to get ready. ”

Three days later, Zhang Xuan took the oath in Nanjing. The army crossed the Yangtze River, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi and others each led their headquarters to accompany them.

There were more than 200,000 people besieging Yangzhou City.

Hong Chengchou is also cunning.

Hong Chengchou took Yangzhou City as the middle, built a lot of cities, and stationed about 1,000 people. There are quite a few firearms and artillery on it, and they are firmly defended. Even if the Xia army did not pull up the artillery, it would not be able to conquer it.

Not to mention, the cavalry of the Qing army appeared suddenly, and with one blow, if not, rolled up the flag and left.

Although Zhang Xuan had tens of thousands of cavalry, he did not have an advantage in the face of the cavalry of the Qing army.

Therefore, between the Jianghuai and the Huai, Hong Chengchou operated a copper wall and an iron wall. Even if Zhang Xuan is the governor of the army, he can only make it difficult step by step. It's not too easy to do at first glance.

Zhang Xuan only needs to send a partial division, from Anqing out of Luzhou, to Fengyang, and back to Yangzhou.

It's just that the Qing army and the Han army are also tenacious.

Zhang Xuan's offensive was blocked, and he couldn't make a gap for a while.

However, Zheng Chenggong is very open in Liaodong.

Zheng Chenggong has been repeatedly frustrated in Liaodong, and in the past year, not only along the Qianshan Mountains, has been built

A continuous line of defense was used to prevent the Qing army from crossing thousands of mountains to attack.

This is the side of guarding, and in addition, many envoys were sent into the deep mountains and old forests in the northeast to recruit the Jurchen tribe.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty came from the Jurchens, not all Jurchen tribes were subordinated to the Eastern Emperor, and the rule of the Eastern Emperor over the Northeast was not directly ruled, and many of them were just fetters to rule.

Therefore, in the deep mountains and old forests, there are also many tribes that oppose Dongyu.

If no one challenged the Dongju in this area, they would probably have to surrender to the Dongju, but now Zheng Chenggong's manpower and material resources in the Xia Dynasty, under the call of Yinzi, recruited many tribes, and used these people to form cavalry, and used them to hold the strong and sharp, and used to attack the Qing army.

At least more than 10,000 people were recruited.

At this moment, under Zhang Xuan's order, Zheng Chenggong's troops were divided into three routes, Liang Huafeng attacked Lianshan Pass again, and Zheng Chenggong once again went north from Jinshanwei to Liaoyang. In addition, recruit a large army and enter the northern part of the northeast, that is, the area of Jilin, this way is only a partial division, so there is not much demand.

It's just a mess of the Qing army.

As a result, the battle of Qingxia broke out in an all-round way, and the war spread from Sichuan to Liaodong, with more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides, and fighting in four or five directions at the same time.

And under the city of Chengdu, Li Dingguo's attack on Chengdu City also fought quite fiercely.

For more than a month.

Li Dingguo was already ready to deploy more than 100 cannons to bombard Chengdu City.

Wu Sangui also did not hesitate to return the color with the cannon, and the cannons on both sides roared day by day. And at night, Wu Sangui often sent cavalry to harass the Xia army camp, if there was a flaw, he would attack directly, if there was no flaw, he would harass until dawn.

Wu Sangui's biggest achievement was to break through a battalion of the Xia army, capture a fort, and blow up more than ten cannons.

However, Li Dingguo is not easy to mess with.

He Hutou also brought his headquarters to join Li Dingguo, bringing a large number of baggage, and the logistics of the Xia army were smooth, from Wuchang to Chengdu City, all the way to the big ship.

Under the condition of sufficient logistical supplies, this small loss could not shake Li Dingguo's offensive at all. But Wu Sangui couldn't hold it anymore. A month of siege warfare. It is not so that the reserves in Chengdu City will be cut off, but the Chengdu city wall cannot support it.

After all, under the bombardment of more than 100 artillery pieces, the city wall of Chengdu is strong, but now several places are crumbling.

In the evening, Wu Sangui led the guards to inspect the city wall.

I saw that there were potholes on the city wall, and there were countless soldiers sitting on the ground, and they didn't get up when they saw Wu Sangui. It's just a pick.

When Wu Sangui saw this, he knew that the morale of the army was already very low. On weekdays, if Wu Sangui inspects, these will stand up. But now it's like seeing air.

If Wu Sangui decided to execute a few on weekdays, he would set an example. But now it doesn't work, and killing one of them may cause a mutiny.