"Let's take a look, this is the relevant information of the recent battle between the Ming Dynasty officials and the Liukou Li Zicheng in Zao. "At the refresher training course for model corps-level commanders, Zheng Sen's secretary Liu De was distributing the information he had just gotten to everyone.www.biquge.info The Battle of Zhuxian Town, which originally decided the fate of the Central Plains, did not happen, but this decisive battle broke out between Zaoyang and Suizhou in advance. As a result, nothing has changed, and even the process has not changed much. Still Zuo Liangyu saw that Li Zicheng was powerful, so he proposed to take it step by step and advance slowly. However, as during the Battle of Jinzhou, the imperial court's financial resources were not enough to support such a method of warfare, so the official army had to advance rapidly in order to seek a decisive battle. Zuo Liangyu's opinion was naturally rejected.

Then, as soon as the two sides came into contact, Zuo Liangyu naturally moved in, and exposed the entire right side of the battlefield. Relying on his familiarity with the terrain, Zuo Liangyu ran better than the historical Battle of Zhuxian Town, although he was pursued by Hao Shaoqi and Li Yan, and also lost a lot of troops, but most of the auxiliaries he lost were not very valuable, and his core troops were basically preserved.

As soon as Zuo Liangyu ran, a chain reaction occurred in the entire Ming army, and before the breaking army could launch a full-scale attack, the array of the Ming army was in chaos. Of course, Li Zicheng would not let go of this opportunity, and immediately personally led the team to attack. Under the joint attack of Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, Luo Rucai and others, the Ming army quickly turned from chaos to rout. And then...... Two of the four general soldiers died, and those who ran away basically ran out with only some of their own family members. The rest of the army was lost.

"Why is this imperial army's army like this? With this virtue, one of our model soldiers can beat 10 of them. Yu Xin on the side said disdainfully.

"Hit ten?" Gan Hui also showed a look of disdain, "If I have a company under my command, I can easily beat more than a thousand of them; If I have a regiment under my command, fighting head-on, and the logistics and supplies can keep up, my more than 100,000 yuan will not be enough to fight. You said that everyone has two eyes, a nose and a mouth, is there anyone who has an extra hand, a leg or something, why is the difference so big? ”

"What kind of soldiers are they, how can they compare with us. This person is just different. Liu De also spoke, "Last time I was on Jeju Island, I saw a soldier who joined our army after escaping from Jinzhou, called Sha Zilong or something. This man was originally the family member of the same family, because he was good at martial arts, and he worked as an instructor there in Jeju Island for a while, teaching assassination techniques. According to him, when he was in the Ming army in the past, the army might not be able to drill once every half a month. It's like us, we practice almost every day. And why do we practice every day? That's because we eat well! Those Ming soldiers can't eat enough every day, and people like us don't like to eat meat. ”

"What do you say? The one we eat can be called meat? Chang Le on the side doesn't like to listen to it, he is the most veteran of these regimental commanders, he is from the authentic factory protection team, he has the most veterans under him, and he likes to boast of being the most capable on weekdays, but judging from the combat record, Chang Le is not wrong to say this, but his troops also have another not very good reputation: "squeamish". This is mainly due to the fact that the people in his troops have been living a good life longer than the other newly built units, so in the eyes of others, it is just a little more extravagant. Now when he heard Liu De say that some people don't like to eat meat, he reflexively thinks that this is talking about his soldiers.

"I heard that the meat we ate should have been taken from some horned whale meat and whale into the water, as well as corner fish, what kind of fish head and tail and the like, ground into powder in a hydraulic mill, and then mixed with sweet potato flour, salt and sea intestine grinding powder or something, and then cooked and stuffed into a porcelain jar and sealed, in addition to being convenient for transportation and storage, if you want to talk about the taste, you yourself say, does that thing smell meaty? Which of you would like to eat? Chang Le continued.

"That's not right." Liu De shook his head and said, "I still remember the first time you ate this thing, you were full of praise." ”

"The first time I ate it, it was delicious, but after eating too much, it was not as good as white rice." Chang Ledao.

"But eating this is more powerful than eating white rice, isn't it?" Liu Dedao, "If our people are like the Ming Army, the three of us may not be as heavy as the two of us, and we don't usually have to eat white rice, what strength can we have?" According to our drill strength, the Ming army will die. The team that may not be able to practice once a month is best said to be the best and the best, and it is the level that the recruits have just entered the recruit camp for about ten days, so of course they can't fight. ”

"Ten days in the boot camp? Those who are qualified to enter the new barracks are a lot better than them. Yu Xin was not happy to hear it.

"Okay, we're not reporting this today, but it's not to show off our superiority here." Zheng Sen suddenly spoke, "The question now is, what will happen to Li Zicheng after he wins, and where will they go." How we respond is the point. First of all, I would like to say that we must ensure the safety of Jiangnan with minimal investment. At least from Jiangxi downwards, it must not fall into the hands of Li Zicheng. ”

Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province was the largest porcelain production area at that time, and the porcelain produced here was one of the most important foreign trade commodities of the Zheng family, which could bring a lot of income to the Zheng family every year.

"Purely militarily speaking, it is not difficult for us to block Li Zicheng by transporting a regiment to Jiangxi, relying on the water system in this area." Gan Hui said.

"Of course, it is not difficult to solve it purely militarily, the problem is that our army cannot be moved at will in the land of the Ming Dynasty, unless we directly pull the flag, but that ......" Liu Dedao.

"It's about solving a small problem and creating a big problem." Zheng Sen said, "Such an idea is definitely not good. We can't openly invest too much in Jiangxi or even Huguang. And we didn't prepare for it. What else do we have today that can throw ourselves into this area without attracting attention? ”

"If we can invest in the past without attracting too much attention, it is only our river fleet." Gan Hui said, "Maybe the river flotilla with a part of the light cavalry can play a certain role." Relying on the Yangtze River, we can land and fight in many positions, and if Li Zicheng wants to go south, we can attack his rear road by such means. That might be a good way to restrain his movements. In fact, Li Zicheng's army is also limited in strength compared to the ordinary Ming army, and if the road is restless, their attack power will also be affected. ”

"Are you dizzy and regard Li Chuang as a Ming official, right?" Yu Xin laughed at Gan Hui, "Li Chuang is a rogue, what kind of back road does he have, and what kind of logistics supplies does he have?" He grabbed it wherever he went! What's the use of your way of harassing him? ”

"Not necessarily." Gan Hui retorted, "After Li Zicheng occupied the Xiangyang area, it seems that he has the intention of being a prisoner, and I heard that in the Xiangyang area, he is organizing people to Tuntian." If this is really the case, then the mobility of Li Zicheng's team will be greatly reduced, and if he really wants to go south, he can't ignore it. Hehe, if Li Zicheng really wants to be a coward, it will be interesting, it means that he has the intention of fighting for the world. ”

"If he really wants to be a coward or even fight for the world, then don't worry too much that he will go to Jiangnan immediately." Liu De said, "Xiangyang area, he also needs to take time to consolidate, and now Li Zicheng also controls part of Shaanxi and Henan, if he wants to be interested in the world, then he must first consolidate these areas and connect them together." Then I think that the first thing he should do should be to take or destroy Kaifeng, and then sweep away the Ming army in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and then recuperate for a few years, and then capture the Beijing division in one fell swoop. As for Jiangnan, most of them don't know our strength at all, so if they don't consider us, when the time comes, Jiangnan will only be able to pass on the news. ”

Liu De's view is actually to a large extent Zheng Sen's view. In the original history, whether it was Li Zicheng or Zhang Xianzhong, in fact, they were rarely able to really go deep into the south of the Yangtze River, and this was not without reason, the terrain of the water network in the south of the Yangtze River was indeed a big obstacle for the rogues who lacked logistical support.

"Li Zicheng fought this battle, although he won, but there should be losses." Yu Xin said, "And Li Zicheng didn't plunder in the Xiangyang area, so I don't think he will have the ability to go on a large-scale expedition at least before the summer harvest." In addition, Zuo Liangyu's strength has not suffered much loss, as long as we provide Zuo Liangyu with some support, Zuo Liangyu should still have the strength to block Li Zicheng from going east along the river. But Zuo Liangyu is a ......"

"Zuo Liangyu can't expect too much. It's up to us when it's critical. It's good that they don't pull us back. Zheng Sen finally said, "First, it is necessary to strengthen the intelligence work in the area controlled by Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng also needs to trade, and through trade with them, such as the salt and iron trade, he can learn as much information about them as possible. Second, we should use our relationship with Ma Shiying to get help as much as possible for us to openly intervene in the war situation. When necessary, you can participate in the war as an army under Ma Shiying. In short, in the area south of the Yangtze River, Li Zicheng or anyone else will never be allowed to enter casually. Third, let the river fleet enter a state of combat readiness, let our caravan hire other river ships as much as possible in the near future, and let our river fleet also free up some capacity and be prepared for contingencies. ”