Lu Xiangsheng was very tired, physically and mentally exhausted.

Whether it is the original history or this time and space, there is a big debate about whether or not to negotiate peace this year.

But the war and the war were essentially over when the Qing army arrived in Beijing.

When the soldiers are in the city, they are still talking about making peace?

No matter how mentally retarded the Manchu monarchs and ministers were, they would never have imagined that the Manchus would be able to negotiate peace when they hit Beijing.

Historically, the core of the contradiction between Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Sichang, and Gao Qiqian is not the main battle and the main peace written in the "History of the Ming Dynasty", but the strategic policy is completely different!

Lu Xiangsheng belonged to the "main battle faction" and took the initiative to fight and wait for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy.

Gao Qiqian belongs to the "war-avoidance faction", hoarding heavy troops and passively defensive.

Yang Sichang belongs to the "stable war faction", divides troops to defend the city, and must avoid wave battles.

Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian both expected the Manchu Qing to leave after grabbing. The only difference is that Gao Qiqian didn't dare to fight at all, and Yang Sichang was willing to fight with full certainty.

In order to prevent Lu Xiangsheng from entering the wave war, Yang Sichang even deliberately delayed the supply of grain and grass.

"Inspector, the grain and grass are running out!"

"Send someone back to ask for food."

Lu Xiangsheng was not only fighting against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also fighting against the civilian and military generals around him.

Even if Yang Sichang is transferred out of Beijing, the situation will still not change.

Because Gao Qiqian was unwilling to fight in the field, the generals under Lu Xiangsheng were also unwilling to fight in the field. So, the former withheld grain and grass, and the latter violated the yang and yin, in order to force Lu Xiangsheng not to run around.

A general like Wang Pu, commanding 8,000 troops, is likely to retreat without a fight at a critical moment.

For the military generals of the border towns, even if the entire Nanzhili was robbed, as long as they were not beaten down by the Manchus. The people were burned and looted, and this had nothing to do with them, they just wanted to keep their troops.

Keeping the troops, even if they returned defeated, the emperor did not dare to punish them severely.

If you lose your troops, even if you win a big victory, you may lose your official position and go to prison for some reason.

Why, then, should we actively seek field warfare?

Following from a distance of two or three hundred miles, when the Manchus finished robbing and leaving, wouldn't it be good for them to "recover" the lost territory?

Lu Xiangsheng was inspecting the barracks when suddenly there was a commotion. He hurriedly rode over, and when he met the messenger halfway, he immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

"Supervisor, Li Chongzhen's department has made a fuss, saying that it has not been paid for two months. Recently, I have been reducing my meals, and I have complained that I can't eat enough. The messenger said.

Lu Xiangsheng sighed helplessly, and rode over to appease the troublemakers.

He is armed with the sword of Shang Fang, and the governor of the world is the king of soldiers and horses. But Gao Qiqian is the director, supervising the soldiers and horses of the world, Yang Sichang is not in Beijing, and the grain and grass are all controlled by Gao Qiqian.

If Lu Xiangsheng was really killed, it would never be framed by one or two people.

It's that the civilian and military generals who are responsible for leading the troops will harm him, and only when Lu Xiangsheng dies will everyone not have to fight a tough battle. Only when Lu Xiangsheng is dead, can he defend the city with peace of mind and wait for the Manchus to leave by themselves!

"Report !!!!"

Lu Xiangsheng had just calmed down the troublemakers, when suddenly a spy came to report: "Supervisor, the Tatar slaves are besieging Julu, and the Julu Zhixian sent someone to ask for help!" ”

"Probe!"

Lu Xiangsheng convened the generals to discuss the matter and said: "The slave army is outside Julu City, and it will go south tomorrow!" The army of Gao Jian Jun (Gao Qiqian) is in Linqing, and I have sent someone to ask him to join forces to kill the enemy! ”

"This is a strategy to lure the enemy to besiege the city and send reinforcements, and it should not be rash." Wang Pu said.

Li Chongzhen said: "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, the soldiers are short of food and salary, and their morale is low, how can they fight without sufficient food and salary?" ”

Li Guozhu sighed and said, "Let's wait for the troops of the High Supervision Army to join forces." ”

Hu Dawei and the other generals bowed their heads and were silent, obviously not agreeing to rescue the giant deer.

Lu Xiangsheng held Shang Fang's sword in his hand, and there was nothing he could do about these generals.

Because the generals were right, the Manchus must have come to the aid of the siege. Moreover, if the emperor did not send hungry soldiers, if he did not give sufficient food, the soldiers were likely to mutiny.

Forcibly order an attack, or kill someone, and there will be a mutiny immediately!

Lu Xiangsheng could only give up, waiting for food and grass while waiting for Gao Qi to sneak over and join forces.

Regarding the shortage of grain and grass, it is really not all about deliberately making things difficult for Gao Qiqian.

The Manchus wreaked havoc along the way, and the officers and soldiers could not collect grain on the spot, so they could only transport it from Beijing. They drove the Manchus southward, and the grain road dragged on longer and longer, and they were all about to reach the boundary of Shandong.

There is not much grain and grass, so Gao Qiqian naturally replenishes himself first, and throws the rest to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng just kept waiting, waiting for a little grain and grass, but Gao Qiqian was marching at a turtle speed. Linqing and Julu are only more than 100 miles, and the road is relatively flat, and the 40,000 troops who are high and diving have walked for ten days.

The two sides communicated through messengers and made an appointment to flank the Qing army from the north and south.

Gao Qiqian camped still, wanting Lu Xiangsheng to fight first. If Lu Xiangsheng wins, he will take advantage of the victory to pursue; If Lu Xiangsheng was defeated, he would retreat to Linqing.

Lu Xiangsheng was full of confidence and ready to attack together, but who knew that all the generals under his command did not move.

Those guys once again asked the soldiers to make trouble, and it was all the departments of Xuanda who made trouble together. If they do not give enough food, they will resolutely refuse to move forward.

Lu Xiangsheng was furious, sacrificed Shang Fang's sword, and killed more than 20 troublesome officers one after another.

He didn't dare to kill a high-ranking general, but a low-ranking officer didn't care.

Finally, after two days of rectification, the whole army set out.

The Qing army that entered the customs this time, how many troops there were, the Ming Dynasty has not yet figured it out. I only know that except for the artillery, the rest are cavalry, and the soldiers are divided into three routes to the south to plunder.

On the Julu side, there may be about 10,000 Manchu cavalry.

Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to kill, and a few miles to Julu County, he faced two thousand enemy horsemen.

"Just drive away, don't chase too far." Lu Xiangsheng sent cavalry in pursuit, and he had a total of 7,000 cavalry under his command.

The two thousand Manchu cavalry, who didn't seem to think about engaging in battle, immediately turned around and fled when they saw the Ming cavalry coming out. Moreover, all kinds of detours were running, the purpose was only to delay Lu Xiangsheng's advancing speed.

The sentinels had already discovered the Qing camp, but they did not dare to get too close.

Lu Xiangsheng led the army and approached cautiously. After dragging on for another half a day, I finally found that the situation was not good, the camp outside Julu City of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually empty, only thousands of grain and livestock were plundered, and even men and women were not captured!

This year's Tartar break is unlike anything we've ever done before.

In the first two or three months of the war, there was only constant destruction, and there was no wanton looting.

The battle intention was obvious, the Manchus lost the battle around Beijing, so they divided their forces to drag the Ming army to the south. The supply lines of the Ming army dragged on longer and longer, the contradictions between the various departments became more and more, the soldiers became more and more tired, and the Manchus waited for an opportunity to destroy the living forces.

Historically, Lu Xiangsheng had only 5,000 soldiers left, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty went to attack Lu Xiangsheng.

Now, Lu Xiangsheng has 24,000 people and 40,000 people. The Manchu Qing Dynasty suffered Lu Xiangsheng's loss, and went directly to fight high diving, leaving an empty camp to confuse Lu Xiangsheng.

"Director Gao is in danger, hurry up and go to the rescue!" Lu Xiangsheng stood in the empty camp and was shocked.

Those border town generals were overjoyed one by one.

They rescued Julu County, and also recaptured thousands of livestock, and recaptured a lot of grain and grass carried by the livestock.

It's all a feat!

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But he said that Gao Qiqian led the troops over and went directly to Jize County to station. At this time, Jize County, sandwiched between the Fuyang River and the Luo River, has two rivers to protect nature and is very safe.

This thing had never thought of fighting, otherwise, it would never have been possible to garrison in such a place that was advantageous to defend and not to attack.

Whatever you are afraid of, you will come.

Gao Qiqian and a small number of henchmen lived in the city, and the army camped outside the city - Julu County was not large, and it was impossible for 40,000 soldiers to be crammed into it, and there were countless grains and grasses, and only the defenders of the city would put the army in.

At noon that day, he was very drunk and was taking a nap in the city.

A eunuch ran in a panic: "Oh no, the slave army has crossed the river and is killing Jize!" ”

"How many?" Gao Qiqian asked in a panic.

"I don't know, I'm afraid there are twenty or thirty thousand cavalry!" The little eunuch replied.

Twenty or thirty thousand, this way of the Qing army, at most there can be more than 10,000 cavalry.

"Hurry up and let the army enter the city and refuse!"

The city gate of Jize County was soon opened, and the cavalry was the first to enter the city. Gradually, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves could be heard, and the 40,000 army suddenly panicked and rushed into the city.

"Close the gates!"

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"

Instead of firing arrows at the Manchu Qing, they fired arrows at the Ming army outside the city, and the city gate also began to kill each other.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and seeing that it was impossible to enter the city, the remaining soldiers immediately fled to the south.

Of the 40,000 troops, only more than 12,000 elites entered the city.

The remaining 28,000 men, more than half of whom were minfu and auxiliaries, were thus exposed to the Manchu butcher's knife.

The Qing soldiers chased and killed all the way, and after killing the Ming army outside the city, they went towards Guangping Mansion without looking back. They wanted to continue to loot grain and grass, continue to lure the Ming army south, and continue to drag the supply lines of the Ming army.

Gao Qiqian stood in the city tower, watching the Qing army move south, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, the Tatar slaves didn't besiege Jize." ”

Another day, Lu Xiangsheng brought troops to help, but was angrily reprimanded by Gao Qiqian for fearing the enemy.

The impeachment recital has been sent to the capital.

As for the content, the two of them jointly attacked the Manchu Qing West Road army, fought bravely with high diving, and Lu Xiangsheng was afraid of the enemy. As a result, it was impossible to form a joint offensive momentum, and a good opportunity to annihilate the enemy was missed, resulting in a great defeat for Gao Qiqian.

A few days later, Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng's generals connected in tandem, and soon made a mutiny.

Gao Qiqian issued a second impeachment note, accusing Lu Xiangsheng of being greedy for military rations and only caring about his own pacesetters, which led to the transformation of the soldiers of the Xuanda Border Army.

is still the same sentence, except for Lu Xiangsheng, no one wants to fight.

It didn't matter whether Lu Xiangsheng was killed or arrested and imprisoned. I just beg Lu Xiangsheng not to be the commander again, and if he continues to fight like this, all the soldiers and horses will be eaten up by the Qing army.

Truth be told, if you put aside selfishness, it's hard to tell who is right and who is wrong.

Lu Xiangsheng's strategic decision was definitely correct in the early stage. But now that it has dragged on to the later stage, the battle line is too long, and it is impossible to fight anymore, and if it continues to fight in the field, it has to be broken by the Qing army.

Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong army can withstand it, how can other troops withstand this kind of long-distance pursuit battle?

As a commander-in-chief of the whole army, such a situation cannot be messed up.

But you can't help but fight, you can't let the Manchu Qing burn, kill and loot, right?

Whoever sits in this seat has to be as entangled as Lu Xiangsheng. It's not to fight, it's not to fight.

Da Ming, there is no help.