"Oh!" Xian Guoan seemed to be stunned for a moment, and focused his eyes on Daniel Zhang's face, waiting for him to continue to explain.

"The puppet clan went out of Burma and entered Yunnan, with great fanfare in Tengchong, and blocked our army in Gaoligong Mountain for more than a month, his reputation has been spread, and his goal has basically been achieved, how can he risk a decisive battle with our army again?" Daniel Zhang pursed the corners of his mouth, with a hint of lightness, and he didn't know whether it was Zhu Yongxing or the line Guoan, "But the pseudo-sect obviously still has some illusions, if our army retreats, he can even more hype about defeating our army." Therefore, temporarily stay in Tengchong and do not move, in order to watch the wind. ”

"Zhang Dudu is saying that when our army arrived in Tengchong, it only got an empty city, and the puppet clan had already fled with the remnants of the puppet Ming army?" Xian Guoan blinked, seemed to understand Daniel Zhang's analysis, just thought for a moment, he shook his head again, and said: "Even so, our army still has to drive to Tengchong, and then we can withdraw our troops and return." ”

Daniel Zhang sighed softly, nodded helplessly, and said, "What the line commander said is extremely true, our army must occupy Tengchong in order to be considered complete. ”

Tengchong is a small city on the border, and if there is no Ming clan left behind, it is not a strategic goal at all, and it has no value. But for the Qing army, not occupying this place would declare the failure of the military operation.

Even if an empty city is captured, this army, which is a mixture of the Gan Shaanxi Green Battalion and the Han army, can legitimately return to the army. If the Daming clan can't be caught, it can naturally be said that Zhu Yongxing and the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty are afraid of the military might of the Qing army, and they flee to the border and are not allowed to chase deeply.

But if they retire now, Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan are likely to be punished by Kunming. The danger has been broken, the distance is not far, and the puppet Ming clan is still in Tengchong, there is no good reason for Kunming to believe that it is necessary to withdraw the army. In other words, the Ming army's continuous abandonment of danger and retreat forced Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan to advance, advance, and advance again.

If there is only one Qing army, maybe the situation will be better, who wouldn't deceive the upper and lower tricks? However, they belong to two branches, and Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan are not in agreement, and neither wants to leave any handle for fearing the enemy and making false reports and deception, so that the other party can bite back in the future.

The difficulties are very large, such as the rainy season, road transportation, injuries and diseases, etc., but it can be seen from the orders from Kunming that Kunming does not think that this cannot be overcome. Moreover, the order also said that capturing or forcing the puppet Ming clan to flee in panic was very important for the implementation of the policy of combining suppression and appeasement in Yunnan, which could stabilize Yunnan in the fastest possible time.

It goes without saying that this military operation of the Qing army has been overshadowed by strong political colors, and if the demagogic pseudo-Ming clan is allowed to continue to stay in Tengchong, it will have an extremely bad impact, and it will invisibly block the choice of Daniel Zhang and Xian Guoan to retreat halfway.

This was most likely the idea of the Manchurian generals in Kunming, and Daniel Zhang was dissatisfied with this, feeling that the Manchurian generals had exaggerated the role of the puppet Ming clan and were insensitive to the difficulties of the front-line soldiers. But he did not have the courage to disobey orders, and trusted his own judgment more. That is, the remnants of the puppet Ming army are just playing a conspiracy to force them to retreat, and then they will use Tengchong as an excuse to publicize the victory. Well, I can only go to Tengchong for a while, stay for a few days and then retire. In this way, everyone's mouths are blocked, whether it is from Kunming or from the pseudo-Ming side.

As for Line Guoan, it is similar to Daniel Zhang's thoughts, and he also knows that it is impossible to withdraw troops now. Not only the pressure from Kunming, but also the guy Daniel Zhang is staring, and he can't give people a handle. Now that the goal of victory has been lowered to occupying Tengchong and driving out the pseudo-sect clan, although the road is more difficult, it is not an impossible task. Recovering Tengchong, the pseudo-Ming sect was panicked outside the border, well, this can be regarded as a great achievement.

The two celebrities had decided on a plan, and in a rare unanimity, they made a seemingly ingenious decision. Since the puppet Ming army will definitely not defend Tengchong, and the puppet Ming clan has basically achieved its goal, let alone risking their lives, then the whole army will go forward to occupy an empty city, which is a bit of a fuss and wasted energy. Sending an elite to Tengchong to take a turn and stay in the city for two days did not achieve the same goal.

Of course, this decision was also made on the basis of realistic circumstances. The Qing army has been fighting abroad for more than a month, and all kinds of unfavorable factors have been added up, there are many wounded and sick, and many auxiliaries and civilians have escaped, and the road is difficult, and the slow advance of the whole army is really a headache.

Although most of them went to Tengchong to make a turn, but this is also a battle achievement, Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan did not want to be left behind, so they could only send troops together. The final result was that the Ganshan Green Battalion and the Han Army each sent 3,000 elites, and brought about seven days' worth of food to symbolically occupy Tengchong. The Qing army's brigade stopped at Gudong to rest, and just in case, Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan sent two more troops, a Qing army of 2,000 people, to the horse station to ensure the retreat of the forward and support the battle as soon as possible; The other Qing army was also more than 2,000 people, searching and suppressing the Qushi in the east, forming two prominent points with the horse station, and each other was horns.

In fact, these 6,000 forwards plus 4,000 reinforcements from ahead are already more than half of the main force of the Qing army. There were only more than 3,000 Qing soldiers left in Gudong, and there were thousands of wounded and sick, and tens of thousands of auxiliaries and civilians. In this way, from the Qing army's attack on Gray Slope to the present, even the company has been killed in battle to the point of being wounded and sick, and has lost one-third of its troops. Moreover, the physical strength of the Qing soldiers is very depleted, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are tired, and they should indeed stop and have a good rest.

The arrangement of Daniel Zhang and Line Guoan can also be regarded as painstaking, which not only combines the fatigue of the current army, but also achieves the goal of occupying Tengchong. Their conjectures are also well-founded, but they ignore one point, which they would never have imagined. That is, Zhu Yongxing is not really a Ming clan, his thoughts and ideas are different from everyone at that time, how can he speculate with common sense?

If you change to any real royal family, the first consideration is your own safety, even if you can make some inspiring moves, you will never have the vision and sense of urgency of Zhu Yongxing, let alone his bravery and gambler spirit.

As Daniel Zhang said, Zhu Yongxing's goal has basically been achieved. As a disciple of the clan, he has already behaved very well, and he is fierce enough, even if he retreats south to the border, it will not damage his reputation, and even protect him to reach the border safely to rest, which is exactly what most of the Ming army generals want. After all, such a clan representing the imperial court is the hope of the current Ming Zhongxing and the hope of the big guys.

But Zhu Yongxing felt that it was not enough, and he still lacked so much substantive merit. The Ming army waited for work, and there was the ancient city of Tengchong in hand, taking advantage of the fatigue of the Qing army, it was a pity to retreat without a fight.

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