Chapter 152: A Looming Crisis
Although Liu Ji asked the branch of Heibingtai to be set up in the capital, it was indeed a good way to contact Li Jinzhong, and let Li Jinzhong propose to the new emperor at the right time to let Jiang Chuan lead the troops to King Qin. Fastest updates
However, the premise of this method was that before that, Jiangchuan must pacify Liaodong, completely defeat the Manchu Qing state, and try to avoid fighting on two fronts.
But now he has only taken two cities of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Although there are not many cities in Liaodong, there are still more than a dozen. Of course, there was no need for Egawa to attack these cities one by one. As long as the Manchu capital Shengjing is broken, the remaining small cities will not be afraid, which means that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has gone.
However, with his current strength, he is still sure if he keeps the two existing cities, but if he wants to conquer Shengjing in a short period of time and sweep away the Manchu Qing, this is almost an unlikely goal.
Judging from the speed at which Li Zicheng is now marching, it will take more than a month at most to attack the capital, and at most two months. It is now late March, which means that Li Zicheng will come to the city by late May at the latest.
Even if the capital city is tall and strong, it will not take more than a month for Li Zicheng to capture it, or even less. Because when the time comes, there will definitely be those who are eager to protect themselves and want to submit to the new master, who are willing to give Li Zicheng an internal response. And there should be quite a few such people.
Once Li Zicheng captures the city of Beijing, he will inevitably set his sights on the key mountain customs that connects the inside and outside of the pass.
In the original history, Li Zicheng arrested Wu Sangui's Laozi, and his subordinates snatched Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan.
So in this specious time and space, it is impossible to predict whether Li Zicheng will do what he knows.
After Li Zicheng captures the capital, he will inevitably take Shanhaiguan in his hands in the fastest time. Whether it is to recruit Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, or to attack Shanhaiguan with heavy troops, this time will not exceed a month.
Therefore, after calculation, Jiang Chuan has at most four months left to pacify Liaodong, and then lead troops into the customs, not to mention competing with Li Zicheng for the capital, at least to control Shanhaiguan and Datong City.
Jiang Chuan was pacing back and forth on the ground, and his head was spinning rapidly. In the end, after thinking about it, the biggest hope is this upgrade of the system.
Hopefully, the new features and units will help you reverse this strategic disadvantage.
However, the system upgrade will take seven days to complete, and it is useless to be in a hurry now, so I can only do what needs to be done.
After making up his mind, Jiang Chuan sat back at the back of the desk, wrote hard, and began to write a reply to Liu Ji.
After writing it, I checked it, blew it with my mouth to let the ink dry, and then stuffed it into the envelope, sealed it with baking paint, and handed it to Liu Ji's personal soldier captain and said: "Send it back to the military advisor quickly, and let him quickly arrange it according to what I said in the letter." ”
The captain of the pro-soldier took the letter with both hands, cautiously stuffed it into his arms, hugged his fists, and said, "Lord, the last general will leave here." ”
Jiang Chuan nodded and said to the commander on duty next to him, "Bring him some meatloaf on the road." The matter is urgent, I won't leave you to eat, be careful all the way. ”
The commander on duty answered and went out to let people prepare meatloaf, and Liu Ji's personal captain said with gratitude in his eyes: "The last general thanks the lord for his kindness." ”
Jiang Chuan waved his hand and said sincerely: "You are all my brothers. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now. Hurry up and go. ”
The captain of the pro-soldier saluted again, and then went.
After Jiang Chuan sat back at the table, he thought about it and sent someone to call Ran Wu over.
"How's the city wall going? How long will it take to finish? Jiang Chuan asked.
"Back to the lord, the captain of the engineering battalion, Moban, said that now that the foundation has been formed, it will be completely completed in five days at most." Ran Wu said respectfully.
"Okay, tell Moban to dig me another moat around the city. Be as wide and deep as possible. If I don't have enough manpower, I'll send someone to him. There are not enough men in the army, so we can levy men and strengthen the city as soon as possible. Jiang Chuan said slowly in a deep voice.
"My lord, why are you so anxious? But did the Tartars send troops to take revenge? Ran Wu looked stunned and asked.
"This is a letter from Liaoyang just sent by the military advisor, look at it." Jiang Chuan picked up the letter in front of him and handed it over.
Ran Wu took the letter, and after reading it quickly, his face became solemn.
"The situation is changing so fast that we don't have time to slowly deploy and rectify. So prepare for both. Before we are ready to attack Shengjing, we must have enough self-protection. "Egawa Road.
"The last general understands, so he will notify Moban and personally supervise the progress of the project." Ran Wudao.
"What is the heart of the people in the city? Is there any trouble? Jiang Chuan nodded and asked again.
"Order in the city is fairly calm. Occasional disturbances are quickly cleared up by patrols. "Ran Wudao.
"Okay, increase the frequency of patrols. At the same time, the curfew starts today and is an hour earlier in the evening. The end of the morning was delayed by one hour. Anyone who takes to the streets during the curfew will be arrested without a valid reason. Jiang Chuan thought about it and said.
"The last will understand. But my lord, what to do with those villages outside Quang Ninh City? Ran Wu nodded in recognition of his order, and then continued to ask.
"Let the mountain armor do it, and bring 10,000 cavalry. Now there are not enough people on the side of the Civil Affairs Department, and it is too late to follow Liaoyang's methods. Let the shanjia clean up all the tartars, and the rest of the Han people will first gather together to organize spring ploughing, and the fields will not be divided for the time being, and they will be given food according to the head every day. Tell Shanjia that if something happens to these people, we will deal with him by military law. ”
Ran Wu was awe-inspiring, knowing that it was indeed because the situation was critical, so the lord was so urgent, bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order, and he will definitely convey the lord's meaning to Shanjia." ”
"Okay, you can arrange it quickly. Is there any news from the scout camp? Jiang Chuan asked again.
"The scouts in the scout camp have been placed two hundred miles away, and there is no sign of a Tartar army yet." Ran Wudao.
"I see, go ahead." Jiang Chuan waved his hand.
After Ran Wu left, Jiang Chuan thought about everything again and found that basically the things that needed to be arranged at the moment were arranged.
Although Li Zicheng's side made the general trend of the world a little unfavorable to him, at least it was not to the extent that it was imminent.
The most pressing pressure now comes from the Manchu side. As long as their throne is settled, in order to establish the prestige of the new monarch, they will definitely send a large army to recapture Liaoyang and Guanning as soon as possible.
Thinking of the possibilities after the system upgrade is completed, Jiang Chuan even has an urgent excitement.
He had a strong hunch that this system upgrade would bring him a lot of unexpected surprises.
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