No. 085 Rescue Qingyuan (3)

At the same time, the reinforcements also brought a large number of grain cloth that was extremely short of the army and people in the city, and a cart full of sackcloth bags of grain landed from a secret wharf outside the Beijiang River, and then transported into the city under the escort of the guards and pro-army, and finally under the command and dispatch of Wang Fuzhi, Chen Bangyan and others, in addition to ensuring the necessary military rations, the remaining bags and bags were distributed to the hands of the righteous people in the city, they gathered in the open space outside the official office of Qingyuan City, lined up to lead the grain, and spontaneously shouted long live in their mouths, looking at the yellow and clear rice in the bag, Some couldn't help but grab a handful and stuff it into their mouths, and then chewed it in a big gulp, until the sharp chaff tore the esophagus, and the pain was so painful that they stopped swallowing, and finally couldn't help but lose their voices in pain, I don't know if it was to cry excitedly to survive, or to cry painfully after the chaff stabbed the esophagus. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After entering the city, Zhu Youlang cared about the battle situation, and that night he summoned Chen Bangyan, Zhang Jiayu, Chen Zizhuang and others to inquire about the battle situation, Chen Bangyan reported in great detail, so that Zhu Youlang generally figured out the situation of the Qingyuan battle, after midnight, the horse report came, the Qing soldiers had withdrawn again, Zhu Youlang showed a look of surprise, and hurriedly sent someone to the city to observe and confirm, but in the night, looking at the city from the city, it was almost dark, only some beating lights and faint shouts in the distance, and it was not clear the direction and distance. After Zhu Youlang got the report, he decided to personally inspect the city tomorrow morning to decide on his next move.

There is a stupa at the root of the south city, the stupa is more than 200 feet high, it is the highest building in Qingyuan City, climb the stupa and look at the enemy camp, it is clear at a glance.

The weather is gloomy and gloomy for days, foggy, light rain falls from time to time, the sky is overcast, but today is a clear and sunny day, just after the beginning of the day, a round of red sun rose in the east, the red sun stayed on the horizon for a while, and then slowly rose to the sky, the fiery light dispelled the haze of fog, providing a broad vision for Zhu Youlang and others.

The Qing army did retreat, and retreated in a hurry, which can be seen from the chaotic baggage left on the ground, and also retreated quite far, and the Qing army is now stationed about ten to twenty miles southeast of the city.

Zhu Youlang climbed the heights and looked at it, and more than 10 miles away, the camp tents of the Qing army were densely layered, the military flags were unfurled, and the dust was flying, which could be seen clearly.

Since yesterday, although the base camp of the Qing army is in the south of the city, there are many Qing troops scattered in the north, east and west of the city.

Now, the east and northwest of the city are empty, and it has become an empty area, and it is obvious that the battle line of the Qing army has been shortened, and they have abandoned the situation of encirclement and concentrated their troops on the line southwest and southeast of the city.

Regarding this situation, Zhu Youlang and his ministers had the same opinion, and they all believed that the Ming reinforcements came from the north, and the Qing army was afraid of being attacked by the enemy, and the army was concentrated in the south, and the purpose was to protect the base camp outside the southern city. It's like two people fighting, one of them punches miss, and immediately retracts his fist and turns around to protect his chest and abdomen.

War trains people, there is no natural commander, even if Zhu Youlang is a traveler who is familiar with the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to conquer the world, in his previous life, he was just a pseudo-military fan, so he can only learn step by step in the war, mature step by step, as for how far he can grow in the end, it depends on the creation.

Returning to the Xingyuan Discussion Hall, Zhu Youlang convened Jiao Lian, Wu Jisi, Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang and others to discuss the battle plan. Several measures were decided at the meeting: First, send cavalry out to patrol the posts and restrict the activities of the Qing army's rear rangers. Second: the walls were cleared, so that the Qing army could not plunder the people's food to supplement the military supplies. Third: swear to the people the determination of the Son of Heaven to resist the war, calm the people's hearts, and so on.

In the following two days, the Qing army has not made a large-scale siege of the city, and there is no movement in the camp.

The cautious and resourceful Chen Bangyan advocated strictly guarding the city, waiting for the Qing army outside the city to run out of food and the army's morale was in turmoil, and then the whole army could be attacked with one blow, and the victory could be guaranteed.

His reason was that he had previously dissected the corpse of a Qing soldier, and saw that he had no coarse and fine grain in his abdomen, and only used black beans to feed horses to satisfy his hunger. When the time comes, it will be possible to wipe it out.

However, the heroic and brave Lu Shi couldn't sit still, and was eager to see the success, advocating an immediate attack to win a complete victory. On the grounds that "morale is high at the moment, if the battle is delayed for a long time, the morale will definitely decline, and it will be unfavorable to the army", he asked to personally lead the army to attack.

Unexpectedly, Wang Fuzhi, the envoy of the capital supervision army, also agreed, and said: "The soldiers have a thunderous saying, the proposal to attack is established, and it is better to go out early than late. ”

Wang Fuzhi's words won the approval of some people, especially the righteous army, and Chen Zizhuang, one of the three loyalists, strongly supported it, and he couldn't wait to leave the army as soon as possible, so as to be ashamed of his blood.

Everyone had different opinions, Zhu Youlang decided to compromise temporarily, and first tentatively sent 3,000 men and horses out of the city to get close to the Qing army camp to find fighters. On the third day, he retreated ten miles again, and on the fourth day it was still the same.

In the face of several challenges to their own side, the Qing army adopted an attitude of avoiding but not fighting, retreating again and again, closing the base and not coming out, and there was not a single battle in a few days. At this time, not only Chen Bangyan and Wu Jihei, but even Zhu Youlang, the actual commander of the whole army, also lost his original weight, and in addition, the army has won several big victories in a row in the past two months, which has produced a certain degree of underestimation of the enemy's mentality, and he began to feel that the Qing army is abnormal, and the cowardice is so cowardly, it must have reached the time when the oil is exhausted.

The psychology of the decision-making level is a reflection of the psychology of most of the Ming army and volunteers in the city, most of the guards and pro-army after successive victories, at this moment their confidence is extremely inflated, and they begin to despise the Qing army that once made them fearful, and feel that it is not Erer, and at the beginning of the siege of Qingyuan, the righteous army in the city is a mourning soldier, and the Qing army is a proud soldier.

ps: Woo woo, I can't complete the task, I'm sorry for the party, I'm sorry for the people, please don't shoot bricks!