Fang Yuan effortlessly quelled the rebellion of Gao Ze and Li Benshen in Wuchang Mansion, and then he had no worries, and threw the Gao family army on the Wuchang battlefield, together with He Jin's fifth battalion of Gezuo and Zhang Ying's 5,000 special combat army, into the battle of encircling and annihilating Li Zicheng.

He only left 3,000 Xuanjia sergeants, and 3,000 brocade guards were stationed in Wuchang Mansion to guard.

Ten days later, Fang Yuan crossed the Yangtze River, went to Hanyang Mansion in person, joined Jing Jie, and personally commanded this campaign to pacify Li Zicheng.

Jing Jie reported to him that Li Zicheng's department had entered the junction of Hanyang and De'an, the legendary Yunmengze. As long as you pass through De'an Mansion, you can reach the territory of Henan Mansion.

Because the junction of Hanyang and De'an is densely covered with lakes and swamps, the marching speed of the army is very slow, and sometimes it is ten miles a day in rainy weather.

In addition, Zhao Quanzhong's Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was still constantly harassing the marching troops, but those who could not keep up with the large army of the invading army and were alone in the rear were all cut and surrounded, and brought back to Hanyang and Huangzhou for resettlement, at least 70,000 or 80,000 people.

There were as many as 10,000 soldiers who came to surrender with these family members, including the new post-battalion general Ren Jizhong. After Ren Jizhong, the general of the rear battalion system, was beaten by Liu Zongmin with fifty military sticks, and led the army across the river to surrender in a fit of anger.

The surrender of a high-ranking general of the five-battalion system was the first time since the beginning of the war, and it was a heavy blow to Li Zicheng's confidence and the morale of the army. When the Liukou brigade set out from Gangneung, there were 640,000 people, but now there are less than 400,000 people left who surrendered and those who fled.

The combat force used to have 180,000, but now after repeated losses, it surrendered, leaving only 120,000, and before the war began, nearly one-third of the soldiers and horses were lost.

Jing Jie reported to him the military situation ahead, and said, "Boss, the army is completely at the end of the road in Yunmengze, and you can collect the net and catch fish." ”

Fang Yuan looked at the terrain of the sand table, and clearly marked the length and width of Yunmengze, which was densely covered with lakes and swamps, was hundreds of miles, and the intrusive army was passing through it. If the army passes Yunmengze, it will be a horse and a flat river when it arrives in Henan.

Fang Yuan had been encircling, intercepting, and harassing the intruding army for so long, and he had tried his best, and it was finally time for this big game of chess to close, "Third brother, tell me the military plan for this decisive battle." ”

Jing Jie had already prepared for the military plan, and was busy with Fang Yuan in front of the sand table to report the plan for this military operation.

"Boss, if we want to encircle and annihilate Yun Mengze's breaking army, we can't disperse anymore, but we must combine the six roads into four roads. 30,000 people on the road to Hanyang, plus 5,000 special operations troops led by Zhang, set off from Hanyang City and broke into the rear camp of the army. ”

"Gan Hui, Bai Guangen's department has a total of 40,000, and then sent Zhao Quanzhong's 30,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry to support, with a total of 70,000 troops, stationed at Jinju Pass, and attacked the standard camp and front camp of the army Izumo Mengze."

"Feng Ting's 20,000 troops, plus a total of 60,000 troops from He Jin and Gao's army, advanced from Huangzhou Mansion to De'an Mansion and attacked Tian Jianxiu in the right camp."

"Li Yan's 20,000 sergeants and Jin Shenghuan and Xu Cheng's 30,000 Jiangxi troops converged in Anlu, combined 50,000 troops, and attacked Liu Fangliang who broke into the left camp of the army."

In Fang Yuan's opinion, Jing Jie's plan was almost flawless.

Li Zicheng's most powerful is of course the main force of 30,000 infantry and 40,000 elite cavalry of the standard battalion, a total of 70,000 people. And Jing Jie also sent 30,000 Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, the most elite of the Xuanjia Army, and 10,000 train battalions that restrained the cavalry to confront it, which can be said to be the tip of the needle.

And the commander of the battle on the northern front was Gan Hui, the commander of the Xuanjia Army, who won a hundred battles, Zhao Quanzhong, who was the most ferocious in cavalry combat, and Bai Guangen, who was the most daring among the Liukou generals, all of whom were fierce generals who were good at gnawing hard bones.

The outcome of this battle can determine the fate of Li Zicheng and Chuang Jun to the greatest extent.

Li Yan, Jin Shenghuan, Feng Ting, He Jin, and Gao Jiajun's troops were either recruits with little battlefield experience or newly defected rogues, and their combat strength was inferior. If they were to face the elite standard battalion of the Chuang army, it was estimated that they would lose more than they would win, and they could only make them attack the left and right battalions that were also inferior to the fighting power of the Chuang army.

In Yunmengze, it was not conducive to the movement of the cavalry, so the most elite cavalry of the invading army was unable to support the battle of the left and right battalions on a large scale in a hurry.

And the troops of Fang Yuan and Jing Jie have both the most courageous generals Zhang Ying and Hao Shaoqi, as well as the most elite special operations army.

As long as the left, right, and rear battalion defense lines are broken, what kind of military spirit and fighting spirit can Li Zicheng have in a standard battalion of 70,000? !

Seeing that Fang Yuan was silent and noncommittal about this military plan, Jing Jie asked, "Boss, what do you think?!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Third brother, the general will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside, it is you who command this decisive battle, I am just here to watch the battle, heh!" ”

Jing Jie was stunned, and then understood Fang Yuan's thoughts. Because his meritorious service was too great, Fang Yuan really couldn't find anything to reward him, so he could only reward him for the opportunity to command this decisive battle with Li Zicheng, which was also an opportunity to go down in history.

Fang Yuan continued, "Third child! This battle is under your command, and our army will definitely win. I only set one tone, which is to appease more and kill less. ”

Jing Jie answered softly, remembered something, and asked again, "Boss, for Li Zicheng and those generals who broke into the army, surrendered, captured alive, or killed?!" ”

Fang Yuan fell into contemplation, Li Zicheng, this person has a bold nature, remembers righteousness, was beaten into eighteen horsemen, and has never surrendered, which is much more upright than Zhang Xianzhong, the villain who repeatedly surrendered and rebelled.

What makes Fang Yuan even more sideways is that Li Zicheng is not ruthless, and he can even be said to be very benevolent.

In history, after Li Zicheng occupied the city of Beijing, he was able to spare the life of Zhu Cihong, the prince of Chongzhen, and even when he was defeated and retreated, he did not kill Zhu Cihong, which alone can prove Li Zicheng's benevolence and righteousness.

Dolgon, who was changed to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after catching Zhu Cihong, wanted to kill but did not dare to kill, and even made Zhou Kui report that Zhu Cihong was an imposter prince and used the excuse to kill him. Compared with the treacherous, obscene, and inferior deeds of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Dolgon, Li Zicheng's actions can truly be called heroic heroes.

Although Fang Yuan and Li Zicheng were opponents and had never even met, they did not have the slightest disgust for the leader of the peasant uprising, and even had some appreciation.

Facing Jing Jie's inquiry, Fang Yuan said lightly, "Li Zicheng, without affecting the battle situation, can be surrendered." If he insists on resisting, try to capture him alive! ”

"Liu Zongmin, this person has slaughtered three or four county towns in Huguang, and he has tens of thousands of people's blood debts on his hands, and he is not allowed to surrender!"

"The rest of the generals of the invading army, if you want to surrender, you can surrender!"

Jing Jie received Fang Yuan's instructions, thought about it, and said, "Boss, capture Li Zicheng alive, be the earl, reward 10,000 silver, and 3,000 acres of fertile land; Those who killed Li Zicheng were rewarded with 1,000 silver and 300 good fields. ”

Fang Yuan smiled slightly when he heard this, Jing Jieguo was thoughtful, knowing that he wanted to capture Li Zicheng alive, but the two armies were fighting, and it was impossible to pass the order in the whole army not to hurt Li Zicheng. Jing Jie deliberately captured Li Zicheng alive, and the reward gap for killing him was ten times, in fact, he was encouraging Li Zicheng to be captured alive in disguise, rather than being killed.

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Third brother, that's it!" I'm waiting for your good news in Wuchang Mansion! ”

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