Chapter 56: Raid Battle
The person Chongzhen remembered was Du Xun, no, he shouted: "What about Du Xun?" Why didn't he persuade Zhang Biwu to immediately send troops to attack Dongyu? β
Wang Chengen replied: "Lord Wang, Du Xun replied that he is urging Zhang Biwu to hurry up and fight!" But Zhang Biwu said that he had a comprehensive plan to control the enemy, and he only needed to supervise the army for a while! I will definitely comfort my father's arms! β
Chongzhen was not satisfied after hearing this, because he knew that this was all an excuse, all a pretext, and he had heard too many statements like this over the years! But there is no way to sanction Zhang Biwu, and now Zhang Biwu is no longer the martial artist who can be arrested if he wants. So Chongzhen was even more angry, he felt that there was an emperor who was so tied and aggrieved like him!
Chongzhen said: "Immediately give me an order to severely reprimand Zhang Biwu, and let him immediately lead the troops to fight the Qing army to the death!" There is also a secret decree for Du Xun to secretly plan, and if necessary, to take Zhang Biwu's military power over, so that he can fight a decisive battle with the Qing army and make great achievements! β
Wang Chengen sighed in his heart when he heard this, although Du Xun was nominally known as a soldier, in fact, he didn't know soldiers at all, but was greedy for life and afraid of death, if he really let him replace Zhang Biwu to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, he would definitely help Zhang Biwu exonerate, so as to escape the fate of being appointed as the chief general to fight against the Qing soldiers.
As for Hou Fangxia being a son, he is famous in the army for not being successful enough to defeat him, so that the soldiers listen to him? Impossible! Although the soldiers care about the feelings of the marquis, they will not joke with their own net worth! Therefore, Du Xun and Hou Fangxia could not restrain Zhang Biwu.
Chongzhen just doesn't think about his subordinates, he only knows how to urge the war, and he only knows how to play a triumphant song in the morning. But it doesn't matter where the soldiers come from or where the pay comes from. How can a soldier use his life? If you let people do the work, you have to pay for it. Isn't it? What's more, you still have to do this kind of brainless work, and you have to have a lot of money!
Although the truth is so, but Emperor Chongzhen can't say it, and he can't listen to it, Wang Chengen can only shake his head and immediately go to do it according to Chongzhen's will.
Of course, not only Chongzhen's will, Princess Kunxing still misses Zhang Biwu very much, so she wants to ask someone to give Zhang Biwu a letter. She also knew that Zhang Biwu did not fight with the Qing army, and at the same time she didn't care about anything. I don't want to pay attention to it, I just want Zhang Biwu to return to her side soon, that's all.
So Princess Kunxing found Wang Chengen and asked Wang Chengen to help send her letter to Zhang Biwu no matter what.
Seeing this, Wang Chengen really couldn't refuse the princess's entrustment, and Wang Chengen agreed with a sigh.
So Chongzhen's decree and Princess Kunxing's letter were sent to Zhang Biwu. After Zhang Biwu listened to Chongzhen's holy decree, he did not listen to what Chongzhen said, and immediately went to a decisive battle with the Qing army. If the war starts now, with his men and horses, he can definitely only be sent to death!
Zhang Biwu now has heavy troops in his hands, and Chongzhen can't do anything, and as long as he wins the battle. Then all Chongzhen's anger would disappear, although his suspicions could not be dispelled. Having said that, how easy is it to dispel the suspicions of this suspicious emperor? It's better not to dispel. Do what you want! If you are not a loyal minister, you are not a loyal minister! It's really not worth working for Chongzhen!
What Zhang Biwu didn't expect was a letter from Princess Kunxing, and Princess Kunxing was in the letter. Let Zhang Biwu hurry up and go back to accompany her! Even if you give up the three armies, you have to go back to accompany her.
She's so bored, and her heart is so annoying. There are a lot of things I want to say to Zhang Biwu. also said that because Zhang Biwu was rescued several times because of her, the most important thing is that she is a beautiful princess, Zhang Biwu must not refuse the request of the beautiful princess! Otherwise, you will never ignore Zhang Biwu! How honored it is for Zhang Biwu to listen to her, and he will always listen to the beautiful princess in the future!
Zhang Biwu sighed, this willful and naΓ―ve princess, she really doesn't understand anything! When the expedition is out, the main general will forget his home, and he will focus on the three armies. And Zhang Biwu has done so much foreshadowing, just waiting for this moment! He will teach the Qing army a lesson! His purpose is about to be accomplished! Are you letting Zhang Biwu leave now? How does this work? Plus always listen to women? No! Zhang Biwu is not a strict wife! Not a wife slave!
Zhang Biwu read and read Princess Kunxing's letter again and again, he was thinking about how to answer Princess Kunxing, he didn't want to hurt Princess Kunxing's heart, and he was also very grateful to Princess Kunxing for helping him, he couldn't be ungrateful.
In the end, Zhang Biwu still couldn't think of how to reply to the letter, so he simply didn't reply.
Zhang Biwu immediately summoned all the main generals, and he was going to discuss with them how to defeat the Qing army.
Everyone was very happy, originally they thought that they would fight with the Qing army when they were in the territory of Nangong, but it has dragged on until now, and now it is about to start a battle! In this battle, they are no longer alone!
Hou Qi came to report: "Report!" The soldiers of the Eight Towns are now gathered in Miyun to prevent the Qing army from escaping! The soldiers of the Eight Towns meet us together! β
Lin Xiangfeng turned his gaze to Zhang Biwu and asked, "Do you really want to fight?" Is it bad to fight the Qing army in the Miyun area? Why do you have to start a war in the area of Baoding, Hebei? β
Many generals followed suit and asked, "Yes! We had already preached that we were going to fight to the death with the Qing army in Nangong, but we bluffed, and then we went all the way north. β
As soon as someone asks, more people will naturally ask questions, and they all want to know the reason.
Zhang Biwu put the strategy agreed with Xuan Jianhao before, so he ordered the whole army to retreat, and now he wants to tell the truth of the matter as it is.
"At the beginning, if we attack the Qing army in Nangong, the Qing army in Shandong will come, and the Qing army in Shandong will also come, and the Qing army in Nangong will also arrive, and then we will be in danger of being attacked from both sides! Moreover, the momentum of the Qing army is flourishing, and it cannot fight hard, but can only rely on outwitting. In addition, although Abatai is irritable, he can still be serious in major matters, and he does not make big mistakes, but he keeps making small mistakes. He must have been extremely cautious at first. β
"Besides, the main force of the Ming army under the command of Zhou Yanru is very afraid of the Qing army, and they dare not engage the Qing army in short combat, which is equivalent to putting us in the position of being besieged alone!"
"In the face of such a situation, it is not possible to fight with the Qing army! So we will go first to avoid the Qing army, wait until there is a favorable opportunity, and then fight with the Qing army. After avoiding the war, the Qing army's spirit had weakened, and they were determined to return to the north to enjoy the spoils they had looted and wanted to return to their families. The fighting spirit is weak! β
Lin Xiangfeng understood, took Zhang Biwu's words, and said: "The Tartars are bent on returning to the north, and their fighting spirit is not as good as before!" And while we're gone, we can raid to hit the Qing army! But why didn't you wait for the Qing army to attack them when they were about to reach Miyun? Isn't that bad? β
Zhang Biwu then replied: "It's very simple, when the Qing army crossed the Lugou Bridge and marched all the way north to the area of Shunde Mansion, they had very few precautions, and if they could ambush here, they would be able to suffer losses!" Moreover, there are volunteers in Shunde Prefecture, and every time the Qing army enters the country, they are afraid of the people of Shunde Prefecture, and their resistance is also the strongest. An ambush here is undoubtedly the best choice! β
"If the Qing army is let go and the Qing army is allowed to go to the Miyun area, because there are the officers and soldiers of the Eight Towns of the Ming Dynasty, they will of course be vigilant. The officers and soldiers of the eight towns are feared by everyone. β
"As long as the Qing army is close to Miyun, the way home will be paved, and the strong desire to go home will definitely turn into a strong fighting spirit! At that time, the Qing army was even more difficult to resist! One is a fierce beast that seeks to fight, and the other is a sheep that is afraid of fighting. When a war is fought together, it will be crushed at the first touch. This would have been a counterproductive force! β
"It's better to suddenly attack when the giant deer is defenseless against the enemy! Not to mention the total annihilation of the Qing army, at least it can beat them out of breath! As long as you can win a victory, then you can make the Ming army in the Miyun area resist and inflict heavy losses on the Qing army! Don't let the Tartars underestimate us anymore! β
When they heard what Zhang Biwu said, they nodded understandingly, thinking that Zhang Biwu's analysis was reasonable.
Zhang Biwu knew that there were still Lu Xiangsheng and Yao Dongzhao in the area of Shunde Mansion in Sanfu, and they had already trained 5,000 volunteers, and they had selected strong men to train them. Because people have suffered from the invasion of the Qing army for a long time, they are very willing to join in the volunteers, so that when the Qing army invades again, they will take on the important task of protecting their homes and defending the country.
Not only that, Bai Guangen is defeated again and again, he is very afraid, he wants to save face, he really wants to escape the punishment of the imperial court, now he has very few people, and it is difficult to do anything. Zhang Biwu found him and told him that he would be given a chance to break the enemy.
Not only that, Zhang Biwu also worked with Zhou Yuji to let Zhou Yuji also lead an army to support him, so that he could inflict heavy losses on the Qing army.
As long as the two armies of Bai Guangen and Zhou Yuji are obtained, even if there are not many people, only a few thousand people in total, plus 5,000 volunteers and brave people, and the people who spontaneously come to strengthen their momentum, then Zhang Biwu can have more than 20,000 people.
Although the Qing army had 100,000 horses, they were ambushed after all, and they were caught off guard, so the Ming army could defeat them well.
"There must be a shortage of teachers!" Zhang Biwu knew this, they couldn't encircle and annihilate the Qing army with few people, after all, the Qing army stretched for thirty miles, how could you surround thirty miles with few soldiers? And I am also afraid that once everyone in the Qing army is desperate and lives on the ground for death, then they will be in danger! What they want is not to completely annihilate the Qing army, but to achieve a big victory, and that is enough!
This is the beginning of this raid battle...... (To be continued......)