Chapter 268: Turning to Songjiang

However, as soon as Huang Degong retreated into the city of Suzhou, he received news from Lou Xingye that the Dongping Gate of Suzhou had been opened and the official army had entered the city.

After the two joined forces, they had no choice but to stick to the three streets of the governor's yamen with those new annexes who were unwilling to do so, and entangled with the officers and soldiers with their skilled street fighting skills.

Even after Song Che arrived, he fought a fierce street battle with You Shiwei and others in Suzhou City, and the casualties on both sides were above the same level, if it wasn't for Huang Chunyao and the Shenwu Army to arrive in time, Huang Degong's troops would be in danger of being wiped out.

"You Shiwei?"

Chen Cao then figured it out: "It turned out to be them..."

The prestige of the three brothers of the You family is a well-known name in Yulin, Shaanxi, and the Tusi who have been oppressing Qinghai and other places do not dare to make a time.

"Most of our army are new recruits, and it is reasonable that we can't stop them."

Although Chen Cao picked up the key points to comfort Huang Degong and the others, they still felt embarrassed.

"But after this battle, our army can become a division of a hundred battles," Chen Cao gave a definition, and the focus was to restore the confidence of such people: "Quickly arrange for people to rescue the fire point in the city, and except for the first division of the Shenwu Army and the Dingwu Army, the rest of the troops will rest in Suzhou and wait for my orders." ”

Chen Cao was also ready to rest for half a day, and before he arrived, the army in charge of You Shiwei's division had just withdrawn from Suzhou City, so he hurriedly brought Huang Chunyao to discuss countermeasures.

Looking at the map, Huang Chunyao also frowned: "If the enemy army has the attitude of running away with one shot, it will definitely not be able to catch up now." ”

Chen Cao also agrees with this point of view, the Shenwu Army does not have a full armament of horses, there are only horses to travel on behalf of the Dingwu Army, and the Shenwu Army is also a long-distance attack, after the siege of Suzhou is relieved, the whole army is resting in place, not to mention them, even Chen Cao is tired to death when he comes on horseback, and he can't come back without sleeping for a long day.

"If they don't attack Songjiang, if they want to continue south, it will be a no-man's land, and they can easily go to Hangzhou by way, and there are still more than 100,000 people in Zhejiang, which cannot be underestimated at all."

At this time, it is the first year of Chongzhen, naturally it is not comparable to the end of Chongzhen, the army of the country still has more than one million, even if it is unbearable, but this number is scary to say.

Chen Cao stared at the map and asked, "Do you think it is possible for You Shiwei to take a detour back to Qingpu through Qiandun?" ”

Huang Chunyao thought about it and shook his head: "The students thought it was unlikely, most of them were foot soldiers, and the only more than 5,000 cavalry was not enough to attack Qingpu, and the students had already asked the general Hong soldiers of the Shence Army to send people to help defend Qingpu before they came, if they attacked the city with 5,000 cavalry, it would be tantamount to asking for their own death;

Now there are only two roads, the first is to go south directly through the Wujiang River into Zhejiang, and go north after joining the soldiers and horses of the Zhejiang Dusi, but they must face the obstruction of the Tianxiong army in the direction of Jiaxing;

Second, it was from Pingwang all the way east, bypassing Dianshan Lake and directly entering Huating, fortunately, the students let Mr. Hong lead the troops first, and there should be no problem blocking them. ”

Chen Cao looked at Huang Chunyao with appreciation, and then patted him on the shoulder: "Yunsheng really makes me worry about doing things." ”

"Grandpa Miao praised, most of the students' skills were learned from Grandpa," he added: "But the ability to kill is your own." ”

After laughing, Chen Cao looked at Yuan Shizhong, who was the deputy chief of the Shenwu Army, and said: "Shizhong set off first with a division of men and horses, and you must follow behind You Shiwei, remember, the Yulin border army has good combat effectiveness, don't take the enemy lightly, you have only one task, that is, to track, and wait until I lead the army to come." ”

Yuan Shizhong clenched his fists: "Please rest assured..."

After arranging the pursuit mission, Chen Cao was still not at ease, so he asked: "Yunsheng, if you are You Shiwei and attack Huating and take Pingwang all the way, once you are surrounded by my army, what should you do?" ”

Huang Chunyao took a deep breath, then frowned and looked at the map, and said for a long time: "Jiashan has more than 50,000 Tianxiong troops, Huating has a Shence army, and our army is following closely to chase over. ”

Chen Cao also thought of this key, but he couldn't think of You Shiwei's thoughts.

Huang Chunyao then shook his head: "On the surface, as long as you attack Songjiang, it will be the road to self-destruction, and the students really can't figure out what You Shiwei wants to do now." ”

Chen Cao suddenly turned his head to look at Zhao Xin beside him: "Is there news from the capital?" ”

"My subordinates will send someone to investigate."

Chen Cao thought that if he could get the specific action plan of the imperial court for Songjiang from Zou Weilian, it would be a great thing, but it was dark in front of him, so he could only take one step at a time: "You Shiwei..."

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"Ahh

You Shiwei sneezed coldly, then wiped his nose and looked at the army that was resting: "I heard that Zuo Liangyu set a fire in Wu County and sent troops to loot?" ”

You Shilu nodded: "When he attacked, his corporal dared to fight hard, and I really couldn't stop it." ”

You Shiwei also agreed that if he killed Zuo Liangyu before the battle, it was estimated that his soldiers would defect to the battle, and his important goal had been achieved now, and it was not up to him to decide when the reinforcements from the south would arrive.

"The most important thing for our army now is to compare speed and time with Chen Wei's army," You Shiwei said, making people spread out the map: "If you attack Huating, it will be a dead end." ”

You Shigong also came over, looked at it carefully and said: "Shanghai County is Chen Cao's lair, it must be heavily defended, the last wave of spies who came back Yan and Huating stationed a lot of rebel soldiers and horses, and I heard that the local people in Songjiang were bewitched by Chen Cao, and they all admired Chen Cao's every move, if our army entered in a big way..."

You Shigong looked at You Shiwei with some meaning, You Shiwei frowned tightly, and then said: "Songjiang is full of water networks, the cavalry can't be spread, and the advantages of our army can't be brought into play. ”

You Shilu looked sideways and said: "Brother is right, Zuo Liangyu promised his subordinates the benefits when he attacked the city, all the acts of bandits, in this way, the combat effectiveness of the perennial poor guards is comparable to the old army of our border army, although the people of Songjiang are rebellious, but after all, they are also the people of the imperial court, these people do not care about this at all when they rob, and it is not a way to go on for a long time." ”

Originally, it was to discuss the specific trends before the war, but the three brothers finally talked about Zuo Liangyu's side, and You Shiwei made a summary after a long time: "Our army came from afar to belong to the guest army, and the left army headquarters has also been in Nanzhili for a long time, and is familiar with the geographical environment here, and now we have lost more than 5,000 people after several battles, all of them are old brothers brought from Yulin, and no matter how bad they are, we have to bring them back with all their needs;

We will try our best to restrain what the left army has done, and as for other things, we can leave them to Wei Guogong in the future, and now is the time to use them. ”

You Shigong raised his eyebrows, his brother's thoughts were all too familiar to him, and he immediately asked: "The main task of attacking Songjiang is handed over to them?" ”

You Shilu also reacted, and immediately smiled: "Second brother, it's better to let me suppress the formation." ”

You Shiwei shook his head: "Your qualifications are not enough...

Zuo Liangyu was born in the Liaodong Frontier Army, I don't know how much he has experienced in so many years, and he wants to let him enter a dead place like Songjiang willingly, if I don't personally suppress the formation, he will never agree, and maybe he will turn against you. ”

You Shiwei is ready to use his own identity and prestige to suppress Zuo Liangyu, a little-known general, besides, now Zuo Liangyu has an army of 30,000, and his own official position is still only a general of Ningguo, and he is also a subordinate in front of You Shiwei, the general of the border army, not to mention that there is a military order from Xu Hongji before he comes, so that he can control Zuo Liangyu's department.

As You Shiwei and others said in the discussion, they all saw that after entering Songjiang, it was a surrounded dead land, Zuo Liangyu was in Nanzhili, how could they not know the doorway in the middle, if You Shilu, a general, was allowed to control Zuo Liangyu, the treacherous and cunning Zuo Liangyu would definitely not be willing to die, even if there were countless gold and silver treasures in front of him.

Therefore, You Shiwei prepared to lead 5,000 cavalry by himself, supplemented by 10,000 foot soldiers, and cooperate with Zuo Liangyu's 30,000 men to attack Songjiang with 45,000 people, and cooperate with various captured firearms to fight the rebels in Songjiang.

The three brothers discussed the details carefully, and then summoned Zuo Liangyu, and then explained the next plan to Zuo Liangyu.

Although he knew that Songjiang's wealth in the past few years was second to none in Nanzhili, he was also a hundred unwilling to let him go to Songjiang alone, but in the end, You Shiwei, the general soldier, actually wanted to go in person, Zuo Liangyu suddenly felt that this deal was very cost-effective, even if he lost half of his troops, as long as he could get a large amount of gold and silver, he could also make a lot of money.

In addition to sending Zuo Liangyu away and letting him go down to prepare for the army, You Shiwei looked at the two brothers, You Shigong and You Shilu: "The chance of winning this trip to Songjiang is at most thirty percent, even if Zuo Liangyu is used as bait, I have to see if I can save most of the people to withdraw calmly, and you may be the focus of this march." ”

Jiading has the Tianxiong Army stationed all the way, and the composition of it is still the 30,000 Guangning border army brought back by Wang Xiaojie from Guangning, plus there are many veterans of the Dingwu Army as officers, and the combat effectiveness is naturally not comparable to the newly established Shence Army, Shenwu Army and Longwu Army.

And You Shiwei also heard the news early, the people who led the troops were the two foreign men of the original household department and the military department of the imperial court, both of whom were from civilian backgrounds, and in his opinion, the cumbersome power of the Chinese official to do things, his two brothers were likely to open a way out from the Jiading line.