"The old man underestimated this Yang Chao!"

Hong Chengchou's face was solemn, and the Bashan and Sanshun kings around him were all there, and they were also very low.

Hong Chengchou's plan to lure the enemy did not work, and the Ming army neither forcibly attacked Jiujiang nor attacked from behind.

Hong Chengchou's strategy, in fact, is not designed for people who don't know how to soldier, but specifically for those who know some combat experience, but it is half-baked people, the other party sees that he doesn't want them to land, he must force the landing, at that time as soon as he retreats, the other party will inevitably press step by step, and the result will be his Hong Chengchou's ambush.

However, the other party actually gave up landing on the shore, and at the same time gave up attacking Jiujiang, but captured the mouth of the lake and camped on the north bank. The other side did not sneak attack from the back of Lushan and still held firmly.

Then Yang Chao actually marched into Beijing again, which made the high-level officials of the Eight Banners in Beijing complain about Hong Chengchou, and even Dolgon began to suspect that it was useless to put Hong Chengchou in Jiangxi.

"This person is the fierce rival of my Eight Banners!"

Bashan sighed, he is a Manchurian, he knows very well the crampedness of Beijing at this time, Beijing is by no means unable to beat Yang Chao, but it can't be beaten at all, there are too few Manchurians.

"I want to take the world in the Qing Dynasty, and this person will be removed!"

Kong Youde said indignantly, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi both nodded, they also suffered heavy losses this time, especially Shang Kexi's defeat in the water battle, which made him unbelievable.

"How should I deal with it?"

Bashan asked carefully, he was really afraid that Hong Chengchou would let them go out and fight hard, King Sanshun didn't care, how many of their soldiers died, they all made up for it, but Bashan's Manbaqi was one less dead.

"What does Bashan really think?"

Hong Chengchou asked rhetorically.

Bashan said tentatively: "Why don't you retreat?" ”

Hong Chengchou asked, "Where to retreat?" ”

Bashan said: "If you don't retreat to Wuchang, you can also eat conveniently, now Jiujiang is already a lonely city, thanks to the supply of Huguang, and the waterway is cut off, only by land, ten loads of grain can only be sent to one load, the waste is too great." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "If you retreat to Wuchang." So what should Yang Chao do when he comes to fight Wuchang? ”

Bashan was silent, Yang Chao came to fight Jiujiang, and they gave up Jiujiang. Can you still give up fighting Wuchang?

Hong Chengchou said again: "If you retreat, you shouldn't retreat to Wuchang, you should retreat to Beijing." ”

Everyone else was thoughtful, they all understood Hong Chengchou's predicament, and to be honest, they still had some sympathy for this old scribe. As a traitor, he is too miserable, he is not trusted, but he holds a lot of power, he has to be careful every step of the way, and if he steps on the wrong step, it is an abyss.

If he withdraws his troops, he will naturally have to retreat to Beijing to surround the property of the Eight Banners nobles, and then the entire south will be ruined.

If you don't retreat, you have to fight Yang Chao to the death, and it's good to win. Lose or die.

"So it's hard to retreat, and it's hard not to retreat."

Hong Chengchou said, his expression was calm, and he didn't seem embarrassed at all.

King Sanshun couldn't help but wonder, with their understanding of Hong Chengchou, this person must have a success.

"What do you think?"

Kong Youde asked.

Hong Chengchou said: "This scripture slightly thinks that if you retreat, you will not retreat!" ”

Bashan sighed: "Hong Jingluo, you can say it clearly." ”

Hong Chengchou likes to say simple things complicated, but he still can't change it.

Hong Chengchou said: "This scripture slightly wants the four of you to retreat to Huguang, but not to Wuchang." Instead, go to Yuezhou! ”

"To Yuezhou?"

None of the four generals understood.

Hong Chengchou said: "That's right, go to Yueyang." You led the elite of your department to travel day and night, quietly rushed to Yueyang, and then struck with a thunderbolt. Defeat He Tengjiao, the whole of Hunan. The four of you need to march in January, fight in January, and return to Jiujiang after March, otherwise the old man will die! ”

Huguang is Hunan and Hubei, and was called Huguang Province in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Hu Guangcheng announced the political envoy department. Now because of the war, it is separated from Hunan and Hubei, He Tengjiao commands the entire Huguang in the name of the governor of Huguang, but the jurisdiction is actually only Hunan, and he appointed Du Yinxi as the governor of Hubei, which is basically a bare-bones commander.

But Du Yinxi was a powerful person, single-handedly recruited 300,000 Li Zicheng's peasant army near Jingzhou, and commanded them to besiege Jingzhou. He Tengjiao sent troops to Yuezhou, and the Qing army sent Le Kedehun to the rescue of General Pingnan, and He Tengjiao's soldiers and horses fled when they heard the wind, not only failed to enter Hubei north, but lost Yuezhou, the gateway to Hunan. Luckedhun's Hui army relieved the siege of Jingzhou, but there was no force to advance, and he could only hold Hubei.

Hong Chengchou asked King Sanshun and Bashan to lead the troops from Yuezhou to the south and eliminate the Ming army of He Tengjiao's department in the fastest time, so that the entire Huguang would be included in the territory of the Qing army, and it was a situation that threatened Yang Chao's flank.

And Hong Chengchou himself planned to stay in Jiujiang and delay the time with the 100,000 recruits recruited in the city, so whether the elite led by King Sanshun and Bashan could destroy the Hunan Ming army as soon as possible and immediately lead the troops back to Jiujiang was a matter of life and death for Hong Chengchou.

"Why bother to take such a risky move!"

Kong Youde sighed.

He knew very well that Hong Chengchou had entrusted his fate to them, if they could not defeat the Hunan Ming army as soon as possible.

If they can defeat the Hunan Ming army as soon as possible, it will be equivalent to liberating the troops of Luck Dehun, and they can connect with Jiujiang as a whole, and once again establish a strategic advantage over Jiangnan from the flank of Huguang and Yang Chao.

But this is a risky move, all bet on them to be able to defeat the Ming army quickly, and rush back before Yang Chao notices the attack on Jiujiang, not to mention that Hong Chengchou will be killed by Yang Chao, even the Qing court will not let Hong Chengchou go, because Hong Chengchou transferred troops into Hunan but did not rescue Beijing, this is a big crime, and if he succeeded in re-containing Yang Chao, naturally no one said anything, and it was a dead end if he failed, so this is a risky move.

Hong Chengchou said: "You just have to work hard. It was still possible to hold back the Ming army for three months. ”

"That's it!"

Kong Youde sighed, he has always admired Hong Chengchou's strategy, and even felt that it was Hong Chengchou, and if anyone else came, he was afraid that Yang Chao would be defeated long ago.

Bashan also admires, this old guy has two brushes, and he was not convinced in the past, but this time he is convinced, if the situation in Jiangnan is Bashan, I am afraid it will be ruined.

In this way, after Hong Chengchou failed to lure the enemy, he immediately sent the main force to quietly leave the city, but he began to prepare for a "counteroffensive" in Jiujiang.

Xie Fei saw Jiujiang in the camp in Jiangbei and actually started building ships.

"There must be a boat in the water war! Is Hong Chengchou planning to compete with our army for the benefit of the water war? ”

Xie Fei saw Hong Chengchou building a warship with great fanfare, and immediately sent a naval army to destroy it, but the Qing army was full of resilience, and if you destroyed it, he would continue to build it, and set up a water village by the river, and the cannons were fired.

It's just that the artillery fire of the Qing army is obviously not as good as that of the Ming army, and the water village was easily broken and burned with fire.

Hong Chengchou has only been quiet for a few days.

"My lord said, if the enemy doesn't move, I won't move, Hong Chengchou will definitely take the initiative to fight!"

Xie Fei resolutely carried out Yang Chao's orders, without compromising at all, and he was convinced that Yang Chao would be able to mobilize Hong Chengchou.

Nanking.

"The three-way army, Zhao Kangju went out of the Qing Dynasty and entered the Zhending Mansion, Li Wuliu entered the Daimyo Mansion, and Wang Pu entered the Hejian Mansion. The two states of the eight prefectures in the north were just divided by the Eight Banners. The Shuntian Mansion in front of the capital was occupied by two white flags, the two yellow flags were in Shunde Mansion, Quang Binh Mansion and Daimyo's Mansion, the blue flag was in Zhending Mansion, and the blue flag was in Hejian Mansion. Dolgon has a good plan, let these four flags block our army, and the two white flags hide in the rear to enjoy Qingfu! ”

The distribution of power in Beijing is already clear to Yang Chao.

Dolgon received the largest and fattest Shuntian Mansion under the two white flags, and the other state capitals were distributed to the other flags, which seemed fair, the two white flags even only occupied one province, but it was the closest to Beijing, and it was strategically in terms of security, with two white flags in Shuntianfu, Dolgon could control the city of Beijing.

At the same time, the two yellow flags and the blue flag, which were once led by Haoge, as well as the blue flag of the biggest political enemy at the moment, were placed at the forefront to guard the door for the two white flags, but in this way, can the eight flags still be concentric, if Yang Chao attacks these three flags, they will naturally resist desperately, especially at this time, Jilharang, who is holding heavy troops, will definitely desperately protect the Hejian Mansion occupied by the blue flag.

"But Ben Du doesn't really fight with these four flags, I want to see if the four flags will stop me desperately."

Yang Chao thought sinily in his heart, and continued to divide and disintegrate the Eight Banners forces.

"Tell Li Wuliu and Wang Pu, especially Wang Pu, that they are just holding back and letting Wang Pu nail Jierharang. Zhao Kang is the main force, but there is no need to attack the city for the time being, the cavalry advances lightly, and if there is no need, don't go to the manors of those slave owners. Make your debut in Suncheonfu as fast as possible! ”

Yang Chao hoped to see that when Zhao Kang's cavalry rushed forward in a posture of approaching Beijing City, the two yellow flags and the two blue flags stood by, and then Dolgon couldn't bear to breathe, the result of the internal fighting in the Eight Banners may not break out into a civil war, but it is very likely that he will finally be angry with Hong Chengchou, and the masters have a temper and whip the minions, isn't it normal.

If Yang Chao really pushed it over, the two yellow flags and the two blue flags would definitely resist desperately, because they wanted to protect their territory, but if Yang Chao did not attack the city and did not occupy the territory, they might not have the determination to fight.

At the same time, they have an excuse not to send troops, first of all, Zierharang can use an excuse to guard against Wang Pu, Zhenglan Banner can be an excuse to guard against Li Wuliu, and only one Zhenghuang Banner can also be used as an excuse to preserve strength and defend the city, as for the cavalry of the Yang family army to break through and bypass the city, this is not to blame them, who let them have insufficient troops in their hands, who let your two white flags of Dolgon not come to support, who asked you to transfer the Han army to the south.

Kill two birds with one stone, let the Eight Banners fight, let the Manchu and Han infighting, and divide and disintegrate.

To be honest, Yang Chao has always thought that Dolgon is a character, after all, he can seize the opportunity to fight bloodlessly, and even enter the city under the welcome of the Beijingers, which Huang Taiji has not done five times to enter the customs, but he is still too selfish, in fact, he can't be blamed, the Eight Banners system established by Nurhachi is inherently flawed, just like the Ming system established by Zhu Yuanzhang is flawed, didn't Huang Taiji also desperately strengthen the two yellow flags.

Therefore, it is understandable that Dorgon strengthened the two white flags, but the other flags naturally complained, and this could not be avoided.

This is a dead end, I know that I will be used by others, but I have to do it. (To be continued.) )