Gao Yihuan and everyone in the hall were shocked when they heard the direction of the Hetao, and there was a change in the Tartars.

Although it was expected that Beijing might send troops to attack northern Shaanxi, it did not expect to come so quickly.

Now Gao Yihuan already knows that Duoduo marched into southern Henan, Geng Zhongming marched into Tongguan, and now there are Tartars in Hetao, it seems that he really angered the Qing court, and the Tartars actually divided their troops into so many ways to attack.

This time, the Qing army's counterattack will definitely be relatively fierce. Presumably, the Qing army in Jiangbei is also quickly returning to the battlefield in southern Henan.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, and said with some surprise: "The Tartar came so fast!" How many tartars can be found? ”

Zhou Dali clenched his fists and said: "Back to the king, the news from Gao Duwei is at least 20,000 people!" ”

20,000 tartars, say not too much, say no less. Gao Yihuan breathed a sigh of relief, the Qing army in Guanzhong had been purged, and 20,000 Tartars could not pose much of a threat to him.

"Did the Tartars go south?" Li Yan suddenly asked.

"Mr. Li, the Tatars are still in Hetao, and they haven't gone south, I don't know if they will wait for the follow-up people, or if they are going to go south after listening to the news of Guanzhong." Chow Tai Lee Road.

Gao Yihuan immediately ordered: "Order Gao Youcai, let him send scouts, continue to monitor the movements of the Tartars, and report to the Lone King quickly if there is any situation." ”

"Yes!" Zhou Dali saluted, and immediately turned around and walked out of the lobby.

At this time, Li Yan spoke: "King, the route of the Manchu Qing counterattack is now very clear, with a total of three routes, one route of 20,000 people to attack northern Shaanxi, one route of 30,000 people to attack Tongguan, and one route to attack southern Henan. ”

Gao Yihuan frowned, "This road of Tartar that appeared in the Hetao, can the Lone King fight an ambush?" ”

Hearing that there were only 20,000 Qing troops, Gao Yihuan wanted to eat this Qing army.

Li Yan said: "These three Qing troops, the Qing army that appeared outside Hetao and Tongguan, there are not many people, and the main force of the Qing army should want to eat southern Henan." If the main target of the Qing army was southern Henan, then the goal of the Qing army in Hetao and Tongguan might be to contain the king. The Manchus knew that the king led 100,000 main forces into Guanzhong, and it was unlikely that they would send 20,000 men to ambush the king. Moreover, the king has just occupied Guanzhong, and the people's hearts are not attached, and the Qing army is secretly connected, and there are not a few bettors on both sides. The situation in Guanzhong should not be full of Qing troops. ”

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly, "What does Mr. Li mean?" ”

Li Yan said: "The main force of the Qing army is now attacking southern Henan, and Duoduo and Azig can use at least 200,000 troops, and the situation in southern Henan is very dangerous. If the news of the fall of Yan'an has not yet spread, but the Qing army in Hetao has not been moving south, if they only contain our forces in Guanzhong and do not let us return to southern Henan, then the king will waste precious time. The Qing army that ambushed the Hetao depended on whether the other party would rush in, which was not under the control of the king, and the minister thought that he could not take the safety of southern Henan to take this risk. ”

Li Yan paused and said: "The minister thinks that in this battle, the king must make the Qing army realize that they cannot defeat the king, and the key is that the Qing army cannot achieve its goal, and it must ensure that Henan is not lost." ”

Gao Yihuan pondered for a while, if the Tartars of Hetao were not successful, then it would indeed be a waste of time for him to stay in Guanzhong.

Gao Yihuan doesn't like to leave the decision of victory or defeat in the hands of others, in contrast, he prefers to take the initiative and grasp the key points.

At this time, Gao Yihuan suddenly looked at Li Guo and asked, "General Li, the Lone King asked you to guard the front line of the Great Wall and prevent the Tartars from breaking the wall, can you do it?" ”

As soon as the Wei army occupied Guanzhong, many of the green battalion soldiers had just changed their banners, and the generals and non-commissioned officers had not been reorganized, and the morale of the army was not stable.

If Gao Yihuan went to the eastern front to face off with the main force of the Qing army, and the Qing army on the northern front got the news, they broke the wall and entered the pass, Gao Yihuan was worried that the army would be unstable and there would be repetition in the pass, so if he couldn't ambush, he hoped to block the Qing army from the direction of Hetao outside the Great Wall.

Moreover, after the beginning of spring, the people of Guanzhong will start farming, and if the Qing army comes in, it will undoubtedly affect production.

Gao Yihuan has a lot of food in his hands, but it also costs a lot, and he needs to use the grain to find Jiangnan in exchange for various materials, and he can't consume it casually.

Out of many considerations, Gao Yihuan did not want the Qing army to break through the wall, and wanted to block 20,000 Tartars in the north of the Great Wall.

This is conducive to the Wei army to show its strength and tell the people of Guanzhong that the Wei army has the ability to protect Guanzhong, and it is also conducive to Gao Yihuan's regime to gain a firm foothold.

Li Guo and Gao Yifeng and others glanced at each other, but they were a little unconfident, Li Guo was embarrassed: "The king, with the military strength of the ministers and others, he can only guarantee to hold Yan'an, and to hold the wall, I am afraid that there is a certain degree of difficulty." ”

Although the morale of the soldiers of the Shun line has been restored just after the defeat of Yan'an, the fear of the Qing army is not so easy to eliminate.

There are only two possibilities for the Tartars to come so quickly. First, it was the foreign soldiers who came, they were nomadic outside the pass, and they didn't need to prepare military rations to fight, and the enemy chieftain could drive the sheep south as soon as they greeted him, so the speed was extremely fast. Second, it was the Eight Banners of Beijing that came, and the cavalry was fast, and it didn't take long to make a direct detour through Mongolia. In both cases, the Tartars will not carry much baggage, as well as siege equipment, so as long as the walls are clear and only the city is defended, they can be able to fight without attacking.

Li Guo has been holding on to northern Shaanxi for a long time and has fought many times with the Qing army, so he has a certain understanding of the route of the Qing army's attack on northern Shaanxi.

The Qing army made a detour through Mongolia, but there were no supplies along the way, and when they reached northern Shaanxi, they ate more than half of the grain they carried.

If you can't get supplies after arriving in northern Shaanxi, you can only retreat in the end. When Li Guo defended northern Shaanxi, the Qing army's first attack was abandoned halfway, not only because of the problem of Duoduo on the southern road, but also because the Qing army was short of food and grass.

Therefore, as long as 30,000 Shun troops are strong and clear, hiding in the city, and guarding against 20,000 Tartars, Li Guo thinks that there is no problem, but if he guards the defense line of the Great Wall, it is indeed a little difficult, and Li Guo does not dare to fight this package.

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly when he heard this, but when Li Guo said this, he didn't pat his chest and respond immediately, which made him feel more relieved.

The generals of the Wei army did not know much about the terrain of northern Shaanxi, nor did they know how many fortresses, piers, and how to garrison troops along the Great Wall.

Therefore, except for Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others, it was difficult to find suitable candidates in the Wei army.

Gao Yihuan was silent for a moment, and then said: "The defense of the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi, King Gu doesn't understand, General Li has defended northern Shaanxi, how to defend it, is more familiar than others. King Gu allocated a batch of firearms and armor to you, and your three armies, plus Huang Bingzhong's 10,000 people, three B battalions, nine C battalions, plus two D battalions in Yulin and Suide, nearly 50,000 horses, were all controlled by General Li. How is General Li going to defend, whether to fight an ambush or not, the lone king just asked, but the Tartars can't rush through the front line of Yan'an, can this requirement be met? ”

The King of Wei provided firearms and armor, and there were nearly 10,000 elite Wei troops to mobilize, Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others glanced at each other, and immediately clenched their fists, "Your Majesty, the minister must not let the Tartars rush through the Yan'an line." ”

100,000 Wei troops entered Guanzhong, recruited more than 30,000 Green Battalion soldiers, more than 30,000 Shun troops, and increased the strength of the troops in Guanzhong to 160,000, and the strength of the entire Wei army reached 260,000, and the strength was already quite strong.

However, in the face of the Qing army's counterattack, Gao Yihuan still felt great pressure.

Seeing Li Guoying, Gao Yihuan nodded, and suddenly said loudly: "Has Huang Bingzhong come back?" ”

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