"What? Dolgon again? ”

"Didn't you say you just left? It's not been a month, why is it here again? ”

"Dolgon is the regent, and there are many elite soldiers under the two white flags under his command, and the last time he came, he recruited a lot of counties in the eastern part of Jindong, and also beat Jiang Jianxun from Xinzhou to the west of Jinxi."

"Go and return, I'm afraid that the army will be more powerful, and the enemy will be strong!"

As soon as Wang Huan spoke, it was like throwing a stone on the calm water, causing countless ripples. As if they had been stabbed with sticks, the leaders of the rebels on Mazar suddenly became agitated and began to talk to each other with astonishment.

Wang Huan didn't shock them for long, and immediately threw out another blockbuster news, pushing their surprise index to a new high, and they were stunned.

"In addition, according to the detailed report in the direction of Daizhou, two days ago, the newly appointed Xuanda Governor of the Tartars, Tong Yangliang, led the Shandong soldiers from Baoding Mansion into Daizhou, captured the Yanmen Pass, and the leaders of the righteous army in the Daizhou area, Liu Qian, Gao Shan, and Zhang Huanchu, retreated to Ningwu, and now the line of the Great Wall has broken a big gap, and the Tatars besieging Datong and the Tartars of Taiyuan can come and go freely without hindrance." Wang Huan's tone was indifferent, as if he didn't realize how much damage his words had brought to everyone.

In order to match his own language, Wang Huan also traced with his hand on the zigzag icon representing the Great Wall of Shanxi on the map.

With his hand, the hearts of the leaders also rose and fell, and the sound of gasping cold air sounded faintly, and no one made a sound this time, because they were all frightened.

"Daizhou, Daizhou is broken?" Half a sound later, someone asked in a trembling voice, with a hint of fear.

Wang Huan squinted his eyes and looked at everyone, only to see these leaders of the rebel army, who had just been impassioned, all like frost-beaten eggplants, shrunk their heads and made a dumbfounded expression, losing their original dignity.

Wang Huan understands that this is not to say that these people are timid and afraid of death, but because the Great Wall from Ningwu to Daizhou is too important.

The Great Wall is like a separation wall, separating the two major towns in the northwest of the mountain, Datong and Taiyuan, except for the passes such as Ningwu Pass, Yanmen Pass, and the Reverse Horse Pass, the high Great Wall is built on the steep mountains of northern Shanxi, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the wall is thick, and even the woodcutter who fetches firewood can not find the loophole to drill into the past, let alone the huge army.

Therefore, Shanxi anyway, the Qing court mobilized reinforcements into Jin, and was restricted by the Great Wall falling into the hands of the righteous army, which was mainly divided into two directions, one was to attack Datong from Beizhili through Bauhinia Pass and Lingqiu, this way was the main force of the Qing army, and many princes and county kings besieging Datong passed from here. The second is from Baoding Mansion through Pingding Prefecture through the Guguan to take the Jingcheng Road to Taiyuan, this road is used by the Mongolian soldiers of Nikan to aid Taiyuan, because of the degree of attention of the Qing court and the strength of the righteous army, there are no soldiers full of eight banners here, only the Han army and the Mongols.

Therefore, the Great Wall is in the hands of the righteous army, which is equivalent to artificially dividing the Shanxi battlefield into two parts, one in the same place, one in Taiyuan and other places, and because Jiang Hao is in Datong, Datong has naturally become the main battlefield of the Qing court's heavy encirclement and suppression.

Therefore, the rebels in the south of Jin, the west of Jin and the southeast of Jin, life is very easy, basically except for the small forces of the Qing army in the state capitals and counties, there is no big army to suppress, rebellions in various places, mushrooms have sprung up everywhere, the anti-Qing tide is like spring thunder rolling non-stop, relying on the Great Wall to separate the main Qing army, just like a troublemaking child, the adults are worried about fighting with another adult who is making trouble in another room, across a wall, no one cares about the bear child next door.

Now the Great Wall is broken, which means that the Qing army in the same area can be divided into troops to come to the aid of Taiyuan, but at this time Dolgon personally came to conquer it, and the people with it will definitely not be less, and it is completely possible to divide some people and horses out of Yanmen Pass to Taiyuan, although there are many righteous troops in various places, but they know their own affairs, and the righteous army known as tens of thousands may actually be only a thousand people, among which there are fewer soldiers who have fought and killed people. Even the border military camp of Liu Qian, the former general of Daming Shanxi Town in Daizhou, was defeated and retreated, not to mention their pure civilian army.

When Wang Huan's two news came out, many people were dumbfounded, because of their own strength, their sources were not fast, and the Kuizhou Army secret agent team was very efficient during this period of time under the deployment of Chen Xiang and Jiang Li, and some of the news on the surface was transmitted very quickly.

"As soon as Daizhou is broken, the Tartars can go south along Xinzhou, and the cavalry will gallop, and it will only take three days to reach Taiyuan, so it's troublesome!" Yu Yin and Han Zhaoxuan also just heard the news, their hearts were beating suddenly, Han Zhaoxuan's mouth was not strong at this time, Yu Yin Wufu showed his true colors, frowned and calmed his face, and said slowly.

The rest of the leaders, either panicked, or annoyed, or simply did not know what to do, looked sideways and looked around.

At this moment, a calm and powerful voice sounded, driving the chaotic and panicked emotions out of everyone's minds at once.

"Everyone, don't panic! It's not a bad thing, it's still a good thing! Wang Huan slapped the long case with one hand, stood in the tent like a tiger, raised his eyebrows, and said loudly: "The Great Wall has opened, and the Tartars can go south, it is a good time to cut meat with a big knife!" ”

Everyone was confused by his words, and they didn't know why it was a good thing for the Tartar army to press over?

Li Tingyu and Li Dingguo, who were standing behind the big tent, and other Kuizhou generals, looked at each other, smiled at each other knowingly, their eyes were shining, and they looked at Wang Huan and waited for the following.

In the leader's pile, a strong man with a square face and a brocade robe stood up and said to Wang Huan: "We don't understand this, please make it clear to the Hou Ye, what is a big knife to cut meat?" ”

"Yes, Master Hou, the Tartar army is free of the Great Wall and can be killed at any time, how has it become a good thing?"

"The Tartar is fierce, I heard that it is as fierce as the heavenly soldiers and generals, although there are many of us, but we suffer from the lack of weapons and armor, how can we fight it?"

"That's right, Master Hou, I see that I have to plug the hole in Daizhou before the main force of the Tartars comes!"

"Yes, the Great Wall has been difficult and dangerous in ancient times, when the thieves attacked Beijing, in Ningwu Pass, Shanxi, the Shanxi general Zhou Yuji led 5,000 soldiers to block the 500,000 army, and persisted for a month, the thieves ambushed countless people, and finally the general Zhou soldiers had no help outside and no food inside before they hated to die in battle, which shows the danger of the Great Wall of Daizhou."

"That's right, that's right, I think we have to join forces and fight Daizhou together."

The noisy and shouting, the square-faced man's words nodded at once, and everyone recovered from the shock, and immediately made plans, eager to reoccupy the Great Wall and prevent the Qing army north of the Great Wall from moving south.

Wang Huan stood silent, and when the voices stopped slightly, he took his hand back, looked at them slowly, and said: "It's very good for you to be eager to fight, but if you fight Daizhou, I think it's extremely unwise." ”

The noise disappeared in a moment, and everyone looked at Wang Huan in astonishment, their eyes were full of confusion, and there seemed to be three words written on their faces, "Why?" ”

"Look, everyone, where is Daizhou? North of Taiyuan, south of Datong, just sandwiched between the two major towns, Heng Mountain and Wutai Mountain are like two big pincers, lock it firmly, if you want to attack it, you must set up a posture between the narrow Xinding Basin, the basin is not more than fifty miles wide from north to south, the space for maneuvering is small, once the Tartar is sandwiched from north to south, the enemy of Datong goes south, the enemy of Taiyuan goes north, in the middle, where to retreat? There is no way back, only to fight to the death! ”

Wang Huan's hand swiped around on the map, clearly describing the terrain of Daizhou, and when it came to the important points, he habitually flicked his fingers on the cloth: "Gentlemen, you fought to the death with the Tartar Eight Banners and the Mongolian soldiers, what are the odds of victory?" ”

"This ......" The square-faced strong man didn't know how to answer, and sat back in a daze.

The other rebel leaders looked at each other, and they all saw the word "weak heart" on each other's faces.

Fight against the legendary Eight Banners who are as fierce as wolves and as fierce as tigers? Forget it, let's just fight the Han army, and those savages outside the gate still have to be carried by the Jiang family or people who are waiting for the cool air.

Li Tingyu and Li Dingguo stood on the side, looking at the Shanxi heroes who were silent for a moment with contemptuous expressions, and shook their heads slightly, they knew that among the officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty, they did not know when they began to have a fear of the Houjin Jurchen soldiers, no matter when, no matter where, as long as they heard that the Eight Banners were coming, no matter whether there were many or few people, defending the city or fighting in the field, the heart was first gone, and then panicked and scattered, and the army could not be defeated, and they did not even have the courage to fight head-on.

If you don't have the courage, how can you fight?

Wang Huan silently glanced at the audience, and saw that everyone's mood was as low as a quail, his brows furrowed slightly, he clapped his hand, and said loudly: "The decisive battle with the Tartars is not at this time, the enemy is strong and I am weak, so we must try it slowly." Therefore, if we attack Daizhou, it is a strategy that is in the hands of the Tartars, and it is not advisable! ”

Han Zhaoxuan was silent for a while, talking about military affairs is not his forte, and he has never had a chance to speak, at this time everyone else was silent, he saw the opportunity, and immediately asked: "That's it, Master Hou, then what should we do?" You can't just wait and see, can you? ”

"Of course not!" Wang Huan said categorically: "Sit and watch the fighter pass, it is a mediocre general!" ”

Everyone in the seat looked at him calmly, their eyes were either hopeful or depressed, listening to him.

Wang Huan turned his hand around the map, and finally nailed it to a small dot like lightning, and said in a deep voice: "If the Tartars fight Datong, we will fight Taiyuan, surround Wei to save Zhao, and surround the point to send reinforcements!" ”

Wai Wei to save Zhao?

This is easy to understand, Pingyuan Jun used this method during the Warring States Period, and everyone immediately understood that attacking the enemy must be saved, which is the best policy, and it is indeed feasible. Taiyuan was governed by the Qing court in Shanxi Province, and the loss of it would mean the complete loss of Shanxi, which could be described as a political disaster, as if adding another fire to the anti-Qing Liaoyuan trend that swept the whole country, and could give the Han people in North China who were eager to try it extremely strong confidence, and at that time, the foundation of the Manchu Qing's northern rule would be on the verge of collapse.

Retreating outside the border, even if Houjin is unwilling, is also a way back that has to be considered.

Therefore, the Taiyuan Qing court will be saved, there is no doubt.

So what does it mean to encircle the point and send reinforcements? Everyone was confused, and the first time they heard this term, it was not written in the military book.

(End of chapter)