Chapter 400: Huai'an Ends the War

Outside Huai'an, Chen Cao was listening to an official document from Shuyang.

Chen Jiming listened to Li Yan's suggestion, divided the troops in Cui Town, and the troops of the two brigades he led galloped to Shuyang, and when he arrived on the second day, he happened to meet the Tartar troops who were digging trenches and fortifications, and the first fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and I don't know what Tan Tai thought, he actually took 30,000 horses out of the city and Chen Jiming to start a field battle in Liujiazhuang;

At the same time, Li Yan and Wu Quan, the deputy division commander, crossed the Shu River with a brigade of troops, made a detour to Siwu Mountain northwest of Shuyang, and set up an ambush there;

In the battle of Shuyang on the same day, Tan Tai launched a charge against Chen Jiming's department with 30,000 superior cavalry, after three hours of fierce fighting, Tan Tai led his troops to evacuate, only Shuyang battle, Chen Jiming's department killed more than 4,000 enemies, captured more than 300 people alive, and then Chen Jiming led his troops to continue to pursue Tan Tai who escaped. ”

Chen Cao said with a smile: "Tan Tai thought that our firearm was the flintlock pistol he used when he was in North Korea, so he naturally suffered a loss, and continued..."

"It's Your Majesty, when Tan Tai and the deputy generals He Luohui and Ah Shan led the troops to Siwu Mountain, Tan Tai took the lead in entering the official road in the mountain, but the soldiers of the 197th Regiment who were in ambush were discovered by Jiannu, and Li Yan and the regiment commander Chong Junxi had to order to blow up the entrance, and then concentrated their firepower to kill Tan Tai on the spot."

"Tan Tai is dead?"

The person who came nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guard who accompanied the army captured more than a dozen people alive, all of whom identified the dead body as Tan Tai, and since the end of the battle, they also captured Tan Tai's deputy Zhang Jing Tuanshan alive, and Tuanshan personally admitted that the deceased was indeed Tan Tai." ”

"Good..."

In addition, Liu Shun, the brigade commander who was ambushed outside the official road, led the 196th Regiment to charge Ashan who wanted to escape at the last moment of the spare ammunition, and the two sides launched a fierce white-knuckle battle, although in the end Chen Jiming's troops rushed to participate in the blocking, but there were still thousands of Tartars who took advantage of the chaos to break through the defense line of the 196th Regiment;

Fortunately, Liu Shun took the lead and personally killed the deputy general Ashan, who was also seriously injured and was being treated in Shuyang;

In addition, the deputy division commander Wu Quan intercepted the Tartar army that came from Xuzhou to reinforce at the exit of the official road, although the victory was achieved, but the 198th Regiment was almost completely annihilated, if it were not for the last 197th Regiment of Junxi to kill from the mountains and forests, I heard that Wu Quan was ready to kill himself.

In this battle, the 22nd Division suffered a total of more than 6,700 casualties, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and captured more than 2,000 people. ”

Chen Cao turned his head to look at Tang Kainian: "There is no shortage of cadres in the Longwu Army, Chen Jiming and Wu Quan have done a good job. ”

Tang Kainian arched his hand: "Don't dare, the minister knows that His Majesty trusts Li Yan, but he has only converted His Majesty's trust to the minister, if it weren't for Li Yan's strategy, I'm afraid there would be no victory." ”

"You can talk," Chen Cao snorted, and then said: "The 22nd Division fought well, and the military merits will be remembered and rewarded later." ”

After Chen Cao finished speaking, he said seriously: "From this point of view, Dai Shan is a man. ”

Huang Chunyao arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Dai Shan is trying to use himself as bait." ”

Chen Cao sneered: "It's a pity that I'm not a stupid fish;

He used Huai'an as bait, and then deployed heavy troops in Xuzhou, Dai Shan may not know how painful Tan Tai was hit by the full rifle division at that time, otherwise he would not have been so bold as to dare to leave himself here in Huai'an. ”

Song Che opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, now that our army is gathered in Huai'an, we only need Your Majesty's order to fire ten thousand cannons and blow Huai'an City into ruins directly." ”

Although Huai'an has a strong city wall, there are now 30 divisions of the Dingwu Army, the Longwu Army, and the Shenwu Army, as well as four divisions of the First Group Army, adding up to 34 divisions, and there are nearly 630,000 soldiers fighting in light of the army.

The Dingwu Army, which was fully rifle-equipped, plus the artillery of the headquarters, concentrated the artillery of the four armies, and Huai'an only needed half a day to turn into a ruin.

"There are no less than 30,000 people in the city now, and this battle is really not easy to fight." Xu Fuyuan interjected.

"As long as our army is under intense shelling, the Tartars will open the city and push the people out of the city, once the people escape, there will be arrows and muskets behind them, and yesterday's exploratory shelling, as far as I can see, at least hundreds of civilians will die in front of the city."

Chen Cao didn't speak, in fact, it was really not a problem to fight Huai'an, but the crux of the problem was indeed that there were still tens of thousands of people in the city: "The headquarters of the First Group Army surrounded the east of Huai'an, the Longwu Army went north to encircle the north of Huai'an, the Shenwu Army surrounded the west of Huai'an, the Dingwu Army was on the battlefield in the south, and the 50,000 people of Yang Lian Maha's Yang Lian Zhengong brothers stayed in the south and served as the main force of the charge at that time;

I want to let none of the 200,000 people in Daishan want to run out of Huai'an. ”

Huang Chunyao took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is thinking that if our army's Northern Expedition is always constrained by Jiannu using the people as a shield, the two-year plan formulated by Your Majesty to sweep the north will probably become longer and longer. ”

The crown prince was on the side, so he listened to him speak: "Father, my Ming people were harmed by Jiannu, isn't it right for the imperial army to avenge them?" ”

Chen Cao was stunned, the ministers of civil and military affairs present did not speak, Huang Chunyao was also stunned, and then arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan." ”

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"The Ming army has abandoned the tactics of encircling three and missing one, it seems that it is going to trap us, horses, how long can Huai'an's grain last?"

Li Yongfang looked at Dai Shan: "Back to the prince, if you don't count the Han people in the city, you can hold on for at least another month." ”

Yue Tuo spoke: "Ama, we have the Han dog in hand, and the Ming army throws a mouse trap, so that we can wait until the reinforcements of the seventh uncle arrive, as long as the army of the imperial court comes over, I can have a decisive battle with the Ming dog in Huai'an." ”

Dai Shan's initial plan was very good, but now he felt that the plan he chose in Huai'an was not too good, just because Huai'an was a major road for Cao Yun, and there were too many waterways around it, and their cavalry in the north could not play the greatest role here.

"If we had listened to Amin's advice at that time and chosen the battlefield on the Xuzhou Plain, our chances of winning this battle would have increased by at least 30%."

There were only seven or eight people present, all of whom were Dai Shan's henchmen and leading military officials in Huai'an, and they could say anything.

"Amma, it's useless to say these now, you can only send out at night to send a letter to the north, so that the imperial army can actively surround it, although our army can't work, but those people in the Han army banner are of great use, and besides, the firearms of the Ming dog can play the greatest role as we can't play on the plain."

Li Yongfang said: "Lord Wang, the Han people think that they still have to be kind..."

Dai Shan turned his head, and Yue Tuo was about to scold, but was stopped by Dai Shan waving his hand: "What do you think?" ”

"There are no less than 30,000 Han people in Huai'an City, although the minister is from the Han people, but he is dedicated to my Qing Dynasty, now we stick to Huai'an, for the great plan of the imperial court, but now the Ming army is besieging the city on all sides, obviously not wanting our army to break through and come out of a person, Chen Cao's purpose is obvious, that is, to annihilate our army;

Now it is indeed beneficial for us to use the Han people as a hostage, but in order to prevent Chen Caogou from jumping off the wall in a hurry, these Han people...

It's better to be kind..."

"Nonsense..."Yue Tuo couldn't help it: "Li Yongfang, you have to remember that your father-in-law is in Xuzhou, and you are my forehead of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Shut up..."Dai Shan reprimanded Yue Tuo: "You are becoming more and more presumptuous, this is the decisive battle of hundreds of thousands of people, you can't help but make random ideas here, the horse is loyal to me, even when the father and the emperor are also very appreciative, the name of the horse is what you call at will of the yellow-haired boy, and you don't hurry up to make amends to the horse." ”

Li Yongfang hurriedly smiled and waved his hand: "The prince must not bother the ministers, Baylor is also thinking about the current battle situation." ”

"Hmph..."Yue Tuo snorted coldly, and actually turned around and left the lobby.

Dai Shan was about to get angry, but Li Yongfang persuaded again: "Don't be angry, the prince is discussing the Huai'an battle situation right now, and he must start for the overall situation." ”

Li Yongfang had just stepped into his mansion, and after his son Li Shutai closed the door, he said angrily: "This Yue Tuo is really hateful..."

Li Yongfang glanced at his second son coldly, and then walked into the inner hall silently, and then spoke: "Hey... This battle... It's hard..."

"Dad, my eldest brother died unjustly..."

"Shut up..."Li Yongfang scolded: "Some words are just enough to say once, our Li family has no foundation in Manchuria, you must know this." ”

Li Yongfang's third son, Li Gangtai, was young and vigorous, and when he heard his father being scolded by Yue Tuo in the barracks, he was suddenly angry, and when he reflexively returned home, he heard Li Yongfang's words, and he was even more angry, and kicked open the door with one kick: "Dad, it's too much to deceive people... How much has our family contributed to Manchuria, that is, when Emperor Taizu was reincarnated, he also treated our family with courtesy, what kind of thing is he Yuetuo? ”

"Bastard..."

Li Yongfang had nine sons in his life, and when Fushun descended to the Qing Dynasty, he originally had three sons, namely the dead Li Yangeng, the second son Li Shutai, and the third son Li Gangtai, and the remaining six sons were born to Abatai's daughter, only these three sons would call Li Yongfang 'father' in private, and they were called Manchurian 'Amma' on weekdays.

Li Yongfang reprimanded the two sons one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "If I hear anything rebellious from your mouth again, beware that I can't spare you, get out..."

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Yue Tuo's close servant Ah Li Yan mysteriously entered Yue Tuo's big tent, and after saluting, he said: "Master, the slave just heard a news from the mouth of a guerrilla in the Han Army Banner. ”

Yue Tuo was reprimanded by Dai Shan during the day, and was angry: "It's better to be good news, otherwise it will make you look good." ”

"That guerrilla is the third son of the horse, the commander of General Li Gangtai, he said that General Li lost his temper in the camp in the evening, saying that the Li family made a lot of contributions to our Qing Dynasty, but was reprimanded by the master and the horse, and there was a lot of disrespect in his words."

Boom...

Yue Tuo gritted his teeth and smiled: "Okay, okay, you Li Yongfang can't clean up Ben Baylor, I can't clean up your son?" ”