Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Beginning of the Collapse

It's just that this kind of war doesn't show Qu Neng's ability.

After all, such a war. Needless to say, Qu Neng, the bolt dog can also win if it is placed here. At least Qu couldn't imagine that the advantage was so big, how could he lose?

Now Song Sheng's retreat is different. Qu Neng wanted to pursue the enemy, followed all the way to Guanzhong, and finally won Guanzhong, which was the best result.

So, Qu Neng left the large army behind and brought a large group of cavalry to bite the tail in pursuit.

It's just that Song Sheng has prepared so many things in advance, how can he be caught up by Qu Neng.

Qu Neng pursued along the Wuding River, which was the poor bones of the Wuding River, like the Wuding River in the spring boudoir dream, and pursued all the way, encountering layers of sniping from the Southern Army on the way, using a lot of gunpowder. The gunpowder blew up the roads and even a large number of mines.

In the end, more than 10,000 were annihilated, and the army arrived at Yanshui Pass. I could only look at the Yellow River and sigh.

It is unlikely that the army will go straight to Guanzhong.

This is also caused by the geographical environment of northern Shaanxi.

Northern Shaanxi is famous for its thousands of ravines.

Many roads can only be walked along the river. Because you don't follow the river, these ravines are like a labyrinth, and it is very likely that the two sides will hear each other, but if you want to meet, you have to make a detour of dozens of miles.

The army in this case is very troublesome.

And it is convenient to follow the river. The river is flanked by plains that have been pounded out.

The reason why Yulin City is important. It is in the upper reaches of the Wuding River, from Yulin to the Yellow River there is a road connection, and to the south of Yanshui Pass, although there are mountains on both sides of the Yellow River, but the flat land is mostly connected, and can be connected to other rivers.

Song Sheng is stationed at this checkpoint, and Qu Neng will not be able to attack it for a while.

Qu Neng has also seen Song Sheng's tenacity.

What's more important is logistics.

Qu Neng had only chased for a few hundred miles before he felt uncomfortable.

The railway has just crossed the Yellow River, ignoring the fact that Yulin is hundreds of miles, let alone here. There are still many strong strongholds that have not yet surrendered at this moment. A large amount of logistics was transferred nearly thousands of miles from land, and the consumption was too great.

It is impossible for Qu Neng to reproduce the situation under Yulin City here. Although there can be a waterway connection, after all, the Northern Army now has the Yellow River Water Division. But at this time, the war was not a later generation, there was radio. Call the Yellow River Sailor by the Yellow River, and the Yellow River Sailor will come.

The port of the Yellow River Sailor is in Dongshengwei. After all, except for Dongshengwei, other places can't support a port at all.

If Qu Neng wants to inform the Yellow River Sailor, he needs to send someone to Dongshengwei to inform the Yellow River Sailor first, and then let the Yellow River Sailor come over, not to mention more than half a month.

Qu Nengdun troops here. There are various threats to the back. Once something happens and loses contact with the back, maybe Song Sheng will be able to win a big battle.

In the final analysis, the generals in the Hongwu period were all quite good, these generals didn't dare to say how powerful, but they were all above the level, Qu Neng didn't dare to sell such a big flaw to the other party. After thinking about it, Qu Neng still decided to withdraw a little first.

Instead of retreating to Yulin, it retreated to Mizhi. With Mizhi as the center, pacify the southern army in other places.

In Song Shengyi walked. In other places, the Yugoslav army actually did not have much determination to resist. Not to mention, most of the families of the guards are in the local area. Naturally, they all surrendered. Look at the book

In the Battle of Yulin, the total amount of troops invested by both sides was more than 300,000, which was no less than the Battle of Huaiqing last year. But the meaning is very different.

The Battle of Huaiqing is actually the end of the Battle of Hejian. Because after the Battle of Hejian, the Southern Army lost its military superiority over the north bank of the Yellow River. It was only in the Battle of Huaiqing that this expectation became a reality. And the battle of Yulin was the real start of the Northwest Raiders.

Is the victory or defeat of the Battle of Yulin just Yulin?

No, the beginning of the collapse of the entire Northwest.

Qu Neng's withdrawal is not the end, but the beginning. It's just accumulating strength and waiting for the next attack. Moreover, with the main artery of the railway, Beijing's manpower and material resources will continue to enter the northwest. There is an absolute material superiority in the northwest.

However, it was very difficult for the Southern Army to recover blood in the northwest. Don't say anything else. Song Sheng's defeat caused him to lose a lot of weapons, if he wanted to replenish them in the rear. It had to be transported from the Taiping Iron Works to the northwest through difficulties and dangers.

Minimum of one year.

A large number of weapons can be hit by trains from the Zunhua Iron Works, but they can reach the south bank of the Yellow River in a dozen days. Although the rest of the road was not built with a railway, it only took a dozen days to transport it to the front line.

One month to one year. The gap between these two sides is the cornerstone of the victory of the Northern Army.

Even with the addition of various other interference factors, Qu Neng also felt that in two or three months, Qu Neng would sweep Yulin, Fugu and other places, and the army would continue to move south and directly rush to Yan'an. Even if you encounter some difficulties, after about three or four battles, you will be able to capture Guanzhong.

But the premise of all this is that every battle organized by the Southern Army can be as tough as the Battle of Yulin.

But is it possible?

A lot of people feel it. The battle of Yulin was the beginning of a collapse.

The change of people's hearts precedes the battlefield.

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Xining, Meiyin.

As Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son-in-law, Queen Ma arranged before her death to let him go to a remote place. Zhu Yuanzhang is omniscient to Queen Ma, so naturally he will not disagree, this place is Xining, counting his fingers, he has been in Xining for five or six years.

How many five or six years are there in life?

Mei Yin never understood Queen Ma's arrangement to be grateful. He didn't understand why from the beginning. Let him be in a place of near exile. It sounds very powerful, but in fact, it can only manage a city in Xining City.

In his eyes, Xining City is a city, it is clearly a small town.

Even the newspapers didn't arrive in time. It will be delayed for a month or two, and the information that is fashionable in Nanjing has become outdated by the time it arrives at him.

He was very resentful at first. But after a long time, I will be at peace.

That's where he put his mind on it. Worry about a lot of time in Xining City. It's also kind of fun.

He's also quite talented. Otherwise, he would not have been selected by Zhu Yuanzhang as his son-in-law, he was in the small city of Xining, it was simply overkill, he naturally planned it in an orderly manner, and Xining opened up commerce and trade to Tibet in his hands. Let Xining become a place where merchants gather.

And the people lived well.

Unconsciously, Mei Yin's position in Xining has reached an unshakable point.

And at this time, the war between the North and the South broke out.

It dawned on him. I thought about a lot of things, and I was secretly grateful for Queen Ma's arrangement. Otherwise, it is unlikely that he will not stand in line, whether he is in Nanjing or Beijing, and once he takes sides, he will be involved in a storm. He wasn't sure if he would be able to get out of it.

But after a long time, he had other thoughts.

That's the opportunity.

People who have the ability want to do great things. Mei Yin is the same.

He wants to make great achievements in the world, but after a few years here, it is the best years of a minister. In the future, even if the war between the North and the South subsides, he will be able to return to the center of power, but will there still be a place for him in the center of power?

Mei Yin wasn't sure.

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer there.

How could he still have the status of the Hongwu period. In this way, Mei Yin wanted to contribute to the battle between the north and the south and stand on the side of the victor. Without him, only on the side of the victor can the fruits of success be shared.

But who is the winner.

Mei Yin hopes to be Beijing. The reason is simple, if Nanjing is the winner, he does not need to do anything. And how Beijing is the winner, he has room to intervene, and now he also feels that the heir chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang is not Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Xiongying.

This is a feeling, although there is no evidence, but Mei Yin is one of Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite sons-in-law, and he has a close relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang and has had a lot of contact. He has a judgment on Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

There should be nothing wrong with this judgment.

But in any case, Beijing did not show up

A sign of victory, he will not bet. After all, he is not only behind himself, but also his own family. But now he sensed the signal.

That, he felt, was a sign of victory. It is a turning point between strength and weakness. It's time for him to judge. If you don't do it, it's probably too late.

But where do you start?