Chapter 414: Clever Abatai

"It's not appropriate to use people on behalf of others," Abatai shook his head: "He forced the king's son-in-law before the battle, so he was defeated, thinking that the king's son-in-law was the first Han officer to surrender to my Qing Dynasty, and the king did this, and the king did not agree with it at all, it seems that the king wants to ask His Majesty for the eldest daughter of the king." ”

Sun Degong seemed to understand something, immediately kowtowed, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, the little one also thinks that it is not too appropriate for Prince Li to do this." ”

Abatai nodded and smiled: "You go down and set it up, and wait for the king's order." ”

"Yes..."

It's not that Abatai is smart, but these words came from Wang Shi, a Han staff member he was looking for in Beijing, Wang Shi was also a member of the Guozijian of the former Chongzhen Dynasty recommended by Gu Linsheng, and he had a good personal relationship with Gu Linsheng.

When Sun Degong left, Wang Shi turned out from behind the screen and arched his hand towards Abatai: "Lord, as long as Sun Degong passes on the words, then the prince's side will be clean, and everything will be borne by Prince Li." ”

Abatai looked at the king and said with a smile: "It seems that it is not wrong for Ama to reuse you Han people during his lifetime, and you Han people have more ghost ideas for these things." ”

Wang Shi didn't care, but saluted and said: "The students are driven by the prince, so they naturally want to think about the prince. ”

Also, Li Yongfang's surrender to Cheng before the battle is a great event, and Daishan also defeated Huai'an, if he wins, he can still say the past, but now even Daishan has rumors that he was captured, then this person who is behind the pot will become himself, he is just a county king, once he is punished, he may become Baylor or Beizi, and he may have to pay for it.

If it weren't for Wang Shi's plan after learning the news, Abatai would be in a state of anxiety now.

"You are very good, he will end the battle with the Ming Kingdom in the future, and this king will promote you to be a squire in front of His Majesty."

Wang Shi was overjoyed when he heard this, and his body lowered even more: "Student Xie Wang Ye cultivated, but now Wang Ye has taken out the matter of surrendering his forehead, and now the war in Xuzhou is even tighter." ”

Abatai also has this feeling, he was ordered to go south to support Daishan with 70,000 people stationed in Xuzhou, did not wait for Daishan's letter of help but waited for Daishan Huai'an to be defeated and captured, the news of the defeat of the two red flags, after Huai'an changed hands, it is equivalent to Nanzhili completely fell into the hands of the Ming army, and if the Ming army wants to go on a northern expedition, his own Xuzhou is the top priority.

"According to what Mr. said, how should this Xuzhou be law-abiding?"

Wang Shi's eyes rolled, and he immediately told the manuscript that had been prepared a long time ago: "Xuzhou is the place of four wars, if you want to defend it, the Ming army has sharp firearms, if our army's artillery and muskets are insufficient, it is not suitable for defending the city; However, the Manchurian cavalry is best at cavalry field warfare, although there are many waterways in the Xuzhou Plain, but the north and south banks, especially the surrounding areas outside the city are plains, our army will put the rangers a little farther, as long as the Ming army is lured into the Xuzhou Plain, you can use the cavalry to scatter all the Ming army, even if they have muskets and artillery, it is not the opponent of my Qing Dynasty iron cavalry;

Tens of thousands of cavalry charged without scruples on the plain, even when the king of heaven came, he would be knocked to the ground by the galloping war horse. ”

"Ahh

Abatai kept nodding: "Mr. Wang's words really made this king's mind suddenly brighten, fortunately this king has Mr. Wang's help, otherwise this Xuzhou really has no way to guard." ”

Wang Shi was also secretly happy for a while, and then continued to say with a straight face: "The prince should not be too careless, the sharpness of the firearms of the Ming army is already an indisputable thing, but fortunately, our Qing Dynasty's iron cavalry is not a bad seed, hiss...

Before the start of the first battle in Xuzhou, the student suggested that the prince should tell everyone in Beijing about the importance of Xuzhou and the seriousness of the loss, on the other hand, send someone to immediately go west to contact King Su's team, I heard that King Su had captured Luoyang, as long as King Su's army entered Xuzhou from the line of Guide, the situation of dumplings would be able to make dumplings and all the Ming troops who tried to attack Xuzhou would remain in Xuzhou;

After all, the Xuzhou Plain is very large, once the Ming army is broken through the formation by our army and scattered, then our army will undoubtedly win this battle. ”

"Good..."

Abatai stood up and patted Wang Shi on the shoulder: "Your idea is right, really impress this king, the second idiot, actually chose to implement this kind of plan in Huai'an, a place where the waterways are connected, if he chooses to be in Xuzhou, it will not end in a fiasco, Mr. Wang, please write an excerpt for this king, this king will tell His Majesty that the plan is known, and write a letter to the family, and this king will send someone to Luoyang to Haoge to know." ”

Wang Shi asked tentatively: "King Su has hundreds of thousands of troops, does it take His Majesty to make an order to mobilize him?" ”

Abatai glanced at the king and shook his head: "You don't understand my nephew, he doesn't know the importance of it, you just write." ”

While Abatai was intensively arranging the battlefield in Xuzhou, Chen Cao's forward department had just passed the Panshi Mountain and entered the territory of Xuzhou.

"Report," Jinyi Wei rode his horse to Chen Cao's horse: "Your Majesty, the vanguard regiment has entered the territory of Xuzhou, less than five miles away from Shuanggou. ”

Chen Cao stopped his war horse and looked at the people around him: "What do you say, what is Abatai's statement?" ”

Who knows?

Huang Chunyao continued: "Your Majesty, Xuzhou is the land of the four wars, and its value is very important. ”

Song Che was next to him, and he also spoke: "Passing by Xuzhou several times, Xuzhou City is next to the canal, the wharf on the east side is only two miles away from Xuzhou City, the cavalry can be said to be instantaneous, and Xuzhou City has been repaired by successive dynasties since it was built in the pre-Qin period, the city wall is tall, the city is deep and the wall is thick, if you want to attack Xuzhou, you must have our army's field artillery in turn, in addition, you may need to use explosives to succeed." ”

"No..."Huang Chunyao shook his head: "In the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Yellow River burst its banks and flooded Xuzhou for three years..."

Chen Cao then remembered that there seemed to be such a thing: "The root of the city wall has been soaked for three years, and the cannon should have some effect, as for the explosives, it depends on what Abatai means. ”

"The Xuzhou Plain is wide, Your Majesty, if it is a field battle, beware of the cavalry troops of Jiannu."

Huang Chunyao's reminder is not unreasonable, but now everyone including Chen Cao has a big heart, after all, even a prince as big as Dai Shan has been captured, and Xuzhou, which is garrisoned by 70,000 people, is not in his eyes.

"The troops of the Dingwu Army are not people who eat and wait for death, it's time for them to move their hands and feet, under the dense rain of bullets, no one and horses can survive," he said and looked at Song Che on the side: "How about Shixiu, are you sure?" ”

Song Che has rarely fought big battles since he took over the Dingwu Army, especially the Shenwu Army has produced a Li Xuanjun from Guangdong, and now every brother army wants to find an opportunity to reproduce Li Xuanjun's exploits, even if he can't capture more than 100,000 people, it is not impossible to capture 100,000 people.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Abatai doesn't have three heads and six arms yet, and besides, isn't there You Shiwei's 50,000 cavalry behind our army, plus the 50,000 foot soldiers of the Yang Lian brothers?"

The casualties of You Shiwei's troops in Suqian were directly replenished from the surrendered Green Battalion soldiers, but there were only about 45,000 cavalry soldiers left, and the remaining 50,000 people were all surplus troops with the army, equivalent to reserve cavalry.

"No matter what this battle is, we must take Xuzhou, with Xuzhou in hand, we will have a lot more opportunities to fight with Huang Taiji."

Chen Cao looked ahead and muttered.

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Shuanggou, the name of the place, because the Yellow River was diverted to Xuzhou after the embankment burst here, and then the local organization of Xuzhou here to dig two drainage ditches, is named Shuanggou.

On the opposite side of Shuanggou, 3,000 green battalion firearms troops with flintlock pistols were all hiding in the trench, Sun Degong's eldest son Sun Youguang was commanding this unit as a general at the moment, and there were 2,000 Han army banner cavalry waiting behind him.

"Listen to it, Ben will reiterate again, don't take the enemy lightly, don't shoot in a panic, you must listen to orders, and whoever kills one enemy will be rewarded with ten taels of snowflakes and silver, if you win this battle, the whole army will be rewarded, if you dare to retreat and run away, the general's knife is waiting for you to open blood."

Yan Chun's 8th Division walked in front, and there were 50,000 foot soldiers of the Yang Lian brothers on both wings, but it was just that there were too many troops scattered and too open to concentrate.

The 11th Company of the 72nd Regiment, as the first pioneer company, was already reconnoitring the terrain outside Shuanggou at this moment, and the company commander went out with the instructor, and before the two of them made the next step, one of the 3,000 Green Battalion musketeers who received a rich reward could not bear the reward of ten taels of silver, and released the first shot first.

The shot hit the instructor of the 11th Company, who fell in response, and then a fierce burst of gunfire erupted from the trench, and the first exchange of fire between the two sides began outside the double ditch.

By the time Chen Cao arrived outside Shuanggou, the fighting had just stopped.

"A company of the 72nd Regiment was ambushed by the Qing army and suffered heavy casualties, they were very clever enough to dig trench fortifications outside the double ditch, and then cover them with leaves, and the 11th Company was caught off guard just before they reconnoitred their trench position."

After listening to the report, Chen Cao looked at Zhao Xin and said: "Go and ask Yan Chun, if a small double ditch is blocking the footsteps of our army, if he can't beat it, let Tang Yannian go in person." ”

Tang Yannian was short-tempered, he was next to him, and when he heard this, he was about to have a seizure, when the military political commissar touched his shoulder: "What are you panicking, you are old Tang, and the situation of the Dingwu Army is very bad." ”

Yan Chun, who learned the emperor's words, was ashamed, so he ordered the 72nd Regiment to press, and the two sides launched a large-scale artillery battle inside and outside Shuanggou, and in the afternoon, Chen Cao received a return from the front.

"The Qing army withdrew from Shuanggou and was embarrassed."