Wu Sangui is a speculator who is not dead in the heart of the Yellow River, and he has the temperament of not seeing rabbits and not scattering eagles, but under duress, he has the psychology of a gambler who takes risks.

This was the case with the rebellion of the three feudatories in "history", and the same is true now when the anti-Qing Dynasty returned to the Ming Dynasty.

War is a continuation of politics.

Zhu Cihong ordered Lin Tao to change his tactics in northern Shaanxi, with the priority goal of capturing the state and county capitals. Lin Tao didn't feel that there was any difficulty in capturing the city, the reason why he didn't attack the city before was mainly because he couldn't defend it, and secondly, he was worried that some allies would eat too much and forget their original intentions. Now that he has the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Lin Tao naturally doesn't care about anything else, just concentrating on attacking the city.

While the annihilation of the enemy in a war is the way to go, the propaganda offensive brought about by the siege can create the illusion that the situation is in a good situation. Even if these cities have no ability to defend at all, and they are taken away by the Qing soldiers in the blink of an eye, the momentum has already risen.

Sun Shoufa in Hanzhong, Sun Shuang, the commander of the 3,000 headquarters of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Mountain Division in Tongguan, and Niu Chenghu, deputy commander of the 3rd Guards Division, all fought hard and prepared to attack Xi'an from the southeast and southwest.

Coupled with the efforts of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Fangliang, Chuang Ying finally decided to give up his identity as a traitor and join the ranks of the Ming officers and soldiers. This ensures the stability of Sun Shoufa and Lin Tao's back road, and may even become reinforcements for these two forces.

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"Lord Wang, if you don't move now, I'm afraid it will be too late in the future!" Yang Kun sent an envoy to the Manchu Qing Dynasty for Wu Sangui and begged Dolgon to send troops, but now he is also the vanguard of persuading Wu Sangui to oppose the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Sangui looked around at the henchmen under the seat, and said in a deep voice: "You all think so too? ”

Everyone's eyes were burning, and they made it clear that they wanted to be on the winner's side.

As Wu Sangui's generals and retainers, they have a prosperous relationship with the Wu family, and they will never have a bad heart for the Wu family.

Wu Sangui didn't do it for a long time, but he didn't have the idea of bargaining. What's more, his father Wu Xiang is still a hostage in Beijing. He fought together, and Wu Xiang's head was about to fall to the ground immediately, but this had to be thought through.

While he was thinking about it, his subordinates came in with another letter.

Wu Sangui glanced at the man, and flashed a trace of expectation: "Is it Jingzhong's reply?" ”

"Back to the prince, it's the lord's reply." The general stepped forward and said, "But it's not from Beijing." ”

"Oh?"

"It's from Jinan." The ministry will present the Epistles. Stand aside.

Wu Sangui unfolded the letter, and sure enough, he saw that it was his father's handwriting. Not only is the handwriting true, but there are also secret words agreed by the father and son, and there is no third person who knows the way, which shows that the father has really arrived in Jinan.

Wu Xiang's letter was followed by a cover letter from Zhu Cihong, to the effect that his father and son had arrived safely in Jinan, and asked him not to worry about the incident. Of course, the dignified Emperor and Prince Ming disdainfully used hostages to blackmail others. Zhu Cihong particularly emphasized that in case of any inconvenience to the King of Guangning, the imperial court would not obstruct the Wu family's stay.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui could only sigh: "Please invite Haoge to Yuebin Building tomorrow night for a gathering." ”

Yuebin Tower is in the city of Xi'an, which is closer to the city than Wu Sangui's camp. Haoge likes the hand-grabbed mutton there, and often asks his generals to go there to feast, and Wu Sangui is naturally one of the guests.

Wu Sangui wants to revolt anyway. Capture Haoge alive and dedicate the city of Xi'an. It is undoubtedly a great achievement. If Haoge is left alone, it is a question whether the Manchurians can control Xi'an under the counterattack.

Haoge didn't know about Wu Sangui's repetition, and only thought it was an ordinary small gathering. Wu Sangui also brought more than a dozen guards and horsemen as before, and there were not many people to follow. Halfway through the feast. Haoge suddenly felt the strength of the wine rising and was drowsy, and just as he was thinking about the end of this, Wu Sangui took the opportunity to attack and killed Haoge's Goshha. Wrap Hauge entered the Quang Ninh army camp.

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Dolgon was half-lying on the bed, covered with a splendid quilt, and said weakly: "Wu Sangui's thief bird!" Send someone to show the heads of all the children in his family! As for Hauge...... Don't let the news of his capture get out of the way, and we'll see about it later. ”

Suke Saha and the five white-collar workers who were standing on the side came out, leaving only a group of Fujin and maids to serve the prince, who was known for his intelligence.

Dolgon's eyes closed feebly, unable to understand why the tide had turned so far. He really wanted to know what Lu Dao Ji'er Harang was planning to do now, even if the Qing Dynasty had to withdraw from the Guanwai, this decision should not be made by him. He also wanted to use it in the Ming court, but Huang Taiji mainly left Jin merchants, and now they are also more than willing to do it.

The only ones that can be counted on are Abatai and Hong Chengchou.

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"This hollow phalanx is good." Yang Wunian held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the phalanx in front of him and pressed forward steadily.

Wang Jiakang stood beside Yang Wunian, smiling and looking at the new formation he had choreographed. Although the previous solid phalanx was not small, if the people in front of it did not die, the soldiers in the center of the array would be wasted. In that case, why don't you put these people in the middle alone and form a phalanx?

As the number of phalanxes increases, so does the area of contact with firepower, and the utilization rate of each fighter increases. is also a thousand headquarters, Wang Jiakang's third thousand headquarters can play the effect of two thousand headquarters.

Whether the tactics are properly used can be directly reflected in the results. Yang Wunian soon discovered that Wang Jiakang could not only defend, but also attack. He led his own troops to Wang Jiakang's war zone, and saw with his own eyes the remarkable effect of the hollow phalanx, and was very happy.

"That's how to make the most of every effort." Yang Wunian praised: "Your Highness asks us to fully explore new tactics and new tactics, and you can be regarded as giving me the face of the second battalion commander." ”

"The chief is overrated." Wang Jiakang said with a smile.

Yang Wunian said: "General Xiao and the first battalion have attacked Hong Chengchou's camp from the northwest. Let's follow the steps, focus on annihilating the vitality of the Dongyu, and slowly fight over! ”

"There are few people in Dongyu. with a coat but do not know how to practice it. Wang Jiakang said: "We can at least exchange three with them." ”

"One for three, don't plan to repay the merit." As a battalion officer, Yang Wunian's level is much higher than that of the thousand headquarters of Qian. He knew very well that it was by no means as easy as he imagined to replenish the troops now, and this time the second battalion used a large number of village warriors as auxiliaries in the offensive strategy, and sometimes even put into battle, which was limited to the relationship of few people.

Wang Jiakang knew that he was speechless, and he slapped and went over. Now the Qing army is becoming more and more unbeatable, and its morale has been almost exhausted. At the beginning, Manchurian Zhenyi was able to fight with the guard battalion to the death and not lose as much as 30% of the battle, but now it is a miracle to look at it. Today's Manchurian soldiers, even if they are genuine Manchurian Eight Banners, can withstand 20% casualties are very rare.

If the Manchurians learned any experience from the war, it was that they had fled after being fired by a volley of firearms in the past, and now they had rushed to a certain distance and saw that the Ming army had not yet fired, so they knew that the firepower of the Ming army would be more fierce if they rushed further in, and they often stopped there, or even fled without a fight.

As for Bao Yi, the smarter ones have been able to understand the orders of the Ming army, and know when to throw themselves to the ground, when to raise their hands and run away, and they are never willing to lose their lives in vain.

"If we continue to fight like this, the camp of the Eastern Captives will soon be breached." Yang Wunian said: "When the time comes, we will have to recover Beijing, I'm afraid there will be no time." You'll have to hurry up and compile this set of hollow warfare into a book. ”

"Yes." Wang Jiakang promised.

"All the instructors and staff officers in the battalion are at your disposal." Yang Wunian added.

The crown prince very much encouraged the officers to sum up their combat experience, and as long as they could write one, two, three, they would be engraved into a document and included it. This kind of literati's patent is particularly attractive to martial artists, and it is really an indescribable pleasure to see their articles become ink characters and be sent to their colleagues.

Yang Wunian hoped that this new tactic would leave an honor that could be written into the history of the war for his second battalion, but he was also worried that the combat mission of attacking Beijing would be too heavy and would affect the compilation of tactics. This happy entanglement made Yang Wunian in a state of excitement, and he couldn't wait to fight several times at night.

At the same time, Zhu Cihong was also suffering.

No matter how he calculates his troops, it is fanciful to want to encircle Beijing. At the beginning, Li Zicheng couldn't lead tens of thousands of troops to surround the city of Beijing, and he only had 20,000 people here, and only 50,000 including auxiliary soldiers, engineers, and laborers.

It is impossible for soldiers to be conjured out of thin air, and the hollow phalanx proposed by Wang Jiakang has alleviated the problem of lack of troops to a certain extent. However, in order to achieve results, a large number of new recruits are still needed.

"If the Northern Direct Front can't gather 50,000 elite soldiers, it won't be able to launch the Liberation Campaign." Zhu Cihong put forward his views at the meeting of the General Staff Headquarters: "We can only consolidate on the front line of Tianbao and prepare for a counterattack from the east. ”

You Shiwei said: "Your Highness, Xiao Donglou's Second Guard Battalion has sent a battle request, hoping that they can attack Tianjin Wei and force Abatai and Hong Chengchou to divide their troops from the current main battlefield. ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes fell on the sand table, and he found that the Qing army's troops in Tianjin were indeed relatively thin, and there was a tendency to move to the central battlefield. Although there is no conclusive intelligence to support it, this situation has already shown signs, and Zhu Cihong's sense of war is becoming more and more keen, which is enough to make decisions.

"Agree to Xiao Donglou's request." Zhu Cihong said: "At the same time, Shen Tingyang was ordered to send ships to support Tianjin, first of all, to ensure the logistics channel, and secondly, to carry out the transfer of recruits. Since he wants to take Tianjin, he has to defend it for me. As long as he can hold it, I will expand him into the 2nd Guards Division on the spot. ”

The Military Orders Department under the General Staff immediately dispatched personnel to convey the order.

There is no problem on Shen Tingyang's side, anyway, the Shandong Navy Division has been carrying out the transfer and supply work, and it is a familiar road. Moreover, Chen De has already captured Lushun, and the transportation pressure of the sailors has been greatly reduced. Many logistical supplies can be subcontracted to private shippers to expand the use of transportation capacity, so that Tianjin's transportation tasks can be guaranteed.

As for Xiao Donglou, after getting the military order, he set off overnight, looking impatient. (To be continued......)

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