614, the golden drum slowly beats the dragon (2)
Zu Dashou napping is already a habit, he has lowered Jianyu, but he has never been effective, which is a little different from Hong Chengchou's active advice for Jianyu.
Hong Chengchou ignored Ning Wan's cynicism, and just waited for Dolgon to decide. Fan Wencheng glanced at Ning Wan and me cautiously, and I was a little strange today.
Thinking about it carefully, he must have seen Hong Chengchou, Chen Mingxia and other latecomers soar one by one, and he was quite unwilling in his heart. When the old slave was Hachi, they started to work for Jianyu!
In addition, if it is against the Manchu nobles, I will inevitably swallow my anger and dare not fight, and I will only face a few people who are also Han Chinese, and I have no scruples about Ning Wan.
"If Mr. Ning has anything to say, just say it."
"According to Governor Hong's strategy, we can only abandon Wu Sangui, sit back and watch Yu Guozhen seize Zhongjing, and concentrate all the limited forces in the coastal area to prevent Yu Guozhen from attacking Liaodong. However, there is one thing that Inspector Hong is afraid he does not know. ”
Ning Wan I am called Hong Chengchou by having an official position in the Ming Dynasty, and the insidious inside is well known to everyone, Hong Chengchou can't help but defend: "I am now in the Qing Dynasty, and I am no longer a supervisor!" ”
After Ning Wan, I suddenly realized: "Oh, since Lord Hong is from the Qing Dynasty, why don't you know the grain I have collected from Zhongjing in the past year in the Qing Dynasty?" In the past year, Zhongjing paid 410,000 stone of grain, 720,000 silver dollars in taxes, 20,000 horses of silk, and 60,000 horses of cotton cloth...... Half of the taxes of the Qing Dynasty depended on Zhongjing, and this was still the suffering of the plague in Zhongjing. The result of not being injured, and being intercepted by Wu Sangui for most of it! ”
Hong Chengchou felt a pang in his heart, he just thought about Yu Guozhen's tactics, and really didn't think of the significance of Zhongjing to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This did not only mean that the Manchus controlled a large piece of territory, but also a lot of wealth! Even after the withering after the war and the plague, the Jingshi is still prosperous for Jianyu!
What's more, Kyoshi is close to the east of the mountain. Bordering the west of the mountain, the goods from Xinxiang to the east were endless, and the bold merchants to the west of the mountain came one after another, and new potatoes, corn and other crops were rapidly promoted, which made Jingshi a great source of wealth for Jianyu!
"Lord Hong's move to abandon the Beijing Master was originally intended to be a strong man and break his wrist, but Yu Guozhen was insatiable. If he gets the Jingshi, won't he fight Liaodong's idea? Then he divided his troops into two ways. All the way out of Shanhaiguan. All the way from the sea to find an opportunity to land, under the attack from both sides, how can Liaodong defend? ”
Hong Chengchou was silent, Ning Wan I did catch one of his big loopholes.
"What Mr. Ning said, what Mr. Ning said is!" Dorgon nodded repeatedly, feeling that what I had said had touched his heart deeply.
"His Royal Highness ordered Wu Sangui to seize Tianjin Wei, for what. Isn't it just to push the war to the place controlled by Yu Guozhen? After Ning finished, I said: "If you don't save Wu Sangui, let him defeat himself." Xianguo and Mongolia will also be born with a heart of danger. When Yu Guozhen comes to attack me again, who can help me? ”
"Therefore, if I don't save Wu Sangui and let Yu Guozhen capture Zhongjing, I will lose and lose power. On the contrary, saving Wu Sangui is not, there are three major opportunities for victory. First, if the enemy is outside the country, it can be because of the food of the enemy, so as not to exhaust us; Second, if we storm the east of Shandong, Yu Guozhen will save it, in this case, he will not divide too many troops to attack Liaodong, our army can advance and retreat, but Yu Guozhen must win; Third, I don't know if you have ever seen Yu Guozhen's Art of War, but I have read it, and one of them impressed me deeply, 'What is battlefield advantage?' That is to engage the enemy of one's choice at the time of one's choosing, on the battlefield of one's choosing,' that is, to control the initiative of the war. If we take the initiative to attack, Yu Guozhen will lose the initiative on the battlefield, which will definitely make him extremely uncomfortable. ”
"Having said so much, there is one more thing, in Shandong's east, can we fight? The momentum of our army is not enough to defend, let alone attack the enemy? ”
Hong Chengchou's counterattack seemed to be in Ning Wan's expectations, Ning Wan raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were cold: "At this moment, this battle is in the east of Shandong, there is still a chance to win, if you wait for Yu Guozhen to complete all the layouts and the 100,000 troops are in place, then there is really no chance of victory." ”
"You say." Dolgon was focused.
"Yu Guozhen's troops in the east of the mountain at the moment are 10,000, plus the troops he transported to Tamluo Island, it is only 30,000, Wu Sangui has an army of nearly 200,000, and my Qing Dynasty can still use an army of 100,000, 300,000 to attack its 30,000, with more strikes and less, if this can't win, then there is no need to fight, wait for Yu Guozhen to destroy my Qing Dynasty."
Even Dolgon, too, was convinced of this.
Yu Guozhen is famous for fighting less and more, but it does not mean that he has always been able to fight more with less, this time Wu Sangui captured Tianjin Wei, relying on the advantage of numbers, regardless of casualties, forcing Yu Guozhen's troops to retreat.
"Plus, it's mid-August, mid-August! According to the usual weather, it will freeze in November, and the sea area north of the east of the mountain will not be easy to navigate. Yu Guozhen only mobilized 20,000 horses at this time, and by the time 100,000 people arrived, the sea ice had already ended, and if he really wanted to land in our Liaodong, there would only be no return! "Ning Wan, I finally threw out a reason that everyone had to nod.
If Yu Guozhen wants to attack Shengjing, it is obvious that he will not only send one or two thousand people, in that case, it is a big deal to temporarily give Shengjing to him and cut off his connection with the sea. Therefore, as long as they attack fiercely and fight quickly in the east of the mountain, Yu Guozhen has no time to care about anything else!
"August is the time when the grass is dry and the horses are fattened, and the war horses have been raising fat for a year, which is suitable for use. I am a Qing Dynasty iron horse, rampant in the world, this is the battle of national fortune, when the Mongolian tribes are levied, thinking that the rangers are ......"
Seeing Dorgon's expression, I knew that I had moved him, so I ended my words impassionedly. He knew that all he needed was strategic advice, and as for how to implement it, Dorgon would always trust the Manchus and not the Han.
"Do you have any other opinions?" Seeing that after Ning finished speaking, everyone was silent, and Dolgon asked again.
"As Lord Hong said, coastal defense should not be careless, fortunately, there are only so many ports suitable for landing in Liaodong, so be more vigilant." Chen Mingxia coughed: "The minister is not talented, I am willing to draft a document for His Royal Highness to boost the morale of the people!" ”
Ning Wan I was suddenly angry in my heart, in the past, the Manchurians had something like a text, and they had always been handed over to him, but Chen Mingxia has robbed him of his work everywhere since he surrendered, and the outline of this attack on Yu Guozhen was proposed by him, and this text should of course be written by him, Chen Mingxia jumped out at this time to grab the fruit, it was really shameless!
However, in front of so many people, Ning Wan I did not have a seizure, he was no longer an impulsive teenager, and the depression during the Huang Taiji period made him learn to forbear.
"If that's the case, then ......" Dolgon had just said this, when suddenly the sound of hurried footsteps outside the hall and the sound of iron armor crashing came, and then, a person knelt at the door of the hall: "Master, the slave has an emergency military situation!" ”
Dolgon's brows furrowed, "Say! ”
"Wu Sangui's 800-mile emergency document has arrived, and on August 8, Yu Guozhen's department has arrived in Jinan Mansion by train, and several counties of Dongguang, Nanpi, and Yanshan, Wu Sangui's strength has not been caught, and he is currently gathering troops to hold on to Cangzhou!"
"Sure enough!" Dolgon's spirits perked up when he heard this, and Yu Guozhen really didn't wait for the troops to be mobilized before he suddenly moved!
The more ruthless Yu Guozhen's subordinates are, it means that the more correct my judgment is Ning Wan, Yu Guozhen's idea is indeed to recover the Beijing division first, and then after the ice melts in the spring of the next year, he will attack Liaodong from Shanhaiguan and the sea at the same time!
Still, Dorgon wanted to make sure.
"Has Yu Guozhen himself arrived, and which other generals have arrived?" He asked again.
"Yu Guozhen himself is in Texas, and among the generals under him, Tian Boguang, Qi Niu, Gu Jiaming, etc. are all in battle!"
"What about Wang Haoran?" Dorgon asked again.
Since Wang Haoran flooded the three armies, Yu Guozhen's subordinates have one more general who makes the enemy have to be careful. Moreover, Wang Haoran used many strange soldiers, so Dolgon was a little worried about this person.
"Wang Haoran's banner has never appeared, and the Hou Jun of Zhennan said that Wang Haoran is still guarding Xuzhou in preparation for the Ming Kingdom!"
After the last Jinling small court connived at the three towns of Jiangbei to attack the east of the mountain, Wang Haoran has been guarding Xuzhou, Huaibei military affairs, in his hands, and the south is facing him is Huang Degong, who is the only one left in the four towns of Jiangbei, and it is also the last pillar of the Ming Dynasty.
"Summoning the princes and the great baile." Dorgon said sharply: "Pass the decree, beat the drum and gather the flag!" ”
Hong Chengchou sighed slightly, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others can participate in the next thing, but they can only retreat.
Chen Mingxia stayed in the hall triumphantly, and when he saw the rest of the Hanchen being screened out, he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart. But he didn't know that before I left the hall, I looked at him again with cold eyes.
The military report sent by Wu Sangui was actually a briefing, and in order to exaggerate the critical situation, he did not tell the whole truth. In fact, on 8 August, Yu Guozhen's army took a military column to Jinan Prefecture, and the army did not stop after getting off the bus, and went directly to Dezhou. Spent a day in Texas, joined the fleet heading north along the canal, and arrived at Dongguang by boat. Upon learning of this news, Wu Sangui's troops took the initiative to evacuate Nanpi without fighting, while the other Huaxia army marched north from Fuping Town and stormed Yanshan. Wu Sangui's team of more than 1,000 people guarding Yanshan only escaped less than 30 people, and the rest were all wiped out.
After recovering the counties, Yu Guozhen's two armies jointly commanded Cangzhou, but he did not rush to attack the city, but asked the captives to bring a message to persuade the defenders to surrender.
For Wu Sangui, it is extremely sad now, he has nearly 200,000 soldiers in his hands, and after the war started, hundreds of thousands of people were transferred, and it was the autumn harvest at this time, which had a great impact on this year's harvest. And these forces were not enough for him to have the confidence to win, Cangzhou City he originally wanted to give up, but the Huaxia army advanced too fast, and his retreat order had just been given, and it had already been bitten.
If he doesn't save Cangzhou, it means that nearly 20,000 elites will be wiped out by Yu Guozhen, and it is very likely that he will surrender directly.
Therefore, he immediately asked Dolgon for help, and at the same time, he personally led the main force out of the capital and went south along the canal.
"Yu Guozhen, let Lao Tzu see, I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, how much skill do you have!" (To be continued)