Soldiers are fast.

Wang Wuyi only led less than 1,500 cavalry to Wuchang directly, and did not stop along the way, even Jingzhou.

Others are still doing what they planned.

Fraudulently open Jingzhou and then go to Wuchang to join the division.

It is about 500 miles from Zhuan City to Wuchang, and if you travel day and night, you can reach it in three days.

There is an opportunity to seize Wuchang, after all, the news has not yet reached Wuchang, so as long as the Ming army is fast enough, it will be able to take this important town of the Yangtze River before Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, receives the news.

In this way, whether it is a fight or a talk, Wang Wu can take the initiative, and there is no need to be led by the nose by the Qing army because he is worried about the safety of the military and civilians in Maolu Mountain, thus losing the strategic initiative again.

Turg suggested that he take advantage of the "abnormal movement" of the Sichuan Green Camp to take the initiative to negotiate with the Qing court, so as to obtain the most favorable conditions for the Ming army.

The intentions are good, and they sound doable.

After all, as far as the Qing court was concerned, Wu Sangui was the biggest enemy.

Now there are Li Laiheng of Maolu Mountain in the thirteen families of Kuidong, as well as the remnants of Yuan and Hao, and the remnants of Yuan and Hao, which cannot pose a threat to the Qing court in terms of territory or the size of the troops.

Even people's hearts are no longer in the Ming, but in the Qing.

Therefore, if Wu Sangui did not make any changes, the Qing court could rest assured and boldly continue to suppress, and then try to deal with Wu Sangui.

But if Wu Sangui wants to make a move, the Qing court will have to consider continuing to use military power on the Ming army, and what they will use to deal with Wu Sangui's 100,000 iron cavalry.

The story of two mussels competing and the fisherman profiting.

200,000 soldiers and horses surrounded for nearly three years, not only failed to suppress the last Ming army, but buried 10,000 children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and called a Ming army to break out.

The Qing court, which received the news, estimated that it would have to take the abacus beads and calculate whether the strength of the Qing army could win two wars at the same time.

Obviously, the Qing army could only fight one war, and the opponent was certainly not the weakest Ming army.

Then, in order to deal with Wu Sangui, a fierce beast dozens of times more terrible than the Ming army, the Qing court is really likely to appease the rest of the Ming army and give it better treatment.

After all, Shunzhi had been working on the matter of "Lianshun Anti-Wu" before he died.

As long as Wang Wuzhen is willing to talk, the probability of success in the peace talks is at least 80%.

It is impossible for a governor, and it should be no problem to raise troops for one or two provinces.

Although this move will cause the banner of the Ming Dynasty to die down, it is extremely beneficial to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming army now needs too much territory and time to recuperate.

There are no strategic materials, and it is not enough to support them in one breath.

There will come a time when this breath will not come up.

The problem is that Wang Wu feels that Zheng Jiaolin's solo walk is also a good opportunity given to him by God.

It would be a pity not to use it.

Therefore, there was a talk between Qian Wentao and Yang Maoxun.

It's true, it's false.

The purpose of the talks was to cover the strategic intention of the surprise attack on Wuchang, or to allow Dong Xueli to scatter his attention more on Zheng Jiaolin, so that the eastern and southern lines of Maolu Mountain could be loosened without too much military pressure.

It is also possible to use the "peace talks" to slow down the military operations of the Qing army in Shaanxi on the northern front, so as to buy time for the Hu Shuai and them to readjust their deployment.

In addition, Qian Wentao analyzed that Zheng Jiaolin was "going alone", that is, he did not get Wu Sangui's instructions, so Wang Wu had to be prepared for Wu Sangui to refuse to rebel.

That is, Wu Sangui's decision was transmitted to Sichuan Green Camp, and Zheng Jiaolin did not dare to get Wuchang in his hands before he messed around.

In this way, no matter whether Wu Sangui is against it or not, he has enough confidence to talk to the Qing court.

Wu Sangui is opposed, and the Qing court will definitely satisfy Wang Wu's lion opening to the greatest extent.

Wu Sangui is not opposed, and Wang Wu can also bring the army and civilians out of the dead place of Maolu Mountain through "peace talks".

It's probably the truth of dancing on the eggs.

And time is tight.

There are only ten days, that is, the period when the news from Kunming is fed back to Padang.

In these ten days, Wang Wu must take Wuchang!

Because he wants a province, not one or two provinces.

This province can be half of Huguang, or Hubei, or Hunan.

Therefore, whether it is true or false, it is all Wuchang.

"Let's just take Wuchang with such a few people?"

Xu Deyi has no opinion on the long-distance attack on Wuchang, but thinks that only 1,500 people are afraid that he will not be able to control Wuchang City, after all, Wuchang City is the residence of the governor of Huguang, and there are thousands of defenders in the city.

"There may not be many soldiers in Wuchang City."

Wang Wu thought that the strength of the Wuchang garrison was limited, and the Wang Entai brothers, who took the initiative to participate in the Ming army in Xingshan before, had said that there was a civil uprising in Daye County, Wuchang Prefecture, and the scale was very large, and the noise was not small, so Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, was busy extinguishing the fire.

And the main force of the Huguang Green Battalion is all concentrated in Maolu Mountain, Zhang Changgeng wants to quickly extinguish the Minfu uprising, and it is definitely not possible to point to the battalion soldiers left behind in the place, so he will inevitably send out the Governor Biao Battalion directly under him.

In this way, how many defenders can there be in Wuchang City?

The Ming army came to the city by surprise, and there was the identity bonus of Manchurian soldiers, and the chance of breaking the city was at least six or seven percent.

The probability is worth Wang Wu's go.

If you can't take Wuchang, you will return to Jingzhou and wait for the opportunity.

Of course, this "opportunity" is Wu Sangui's refusal to rebel.

After hearing this, the generals had no objections, and each went down to prepare.

The long-distance attack on Wuchang is to bring all the war horses in the general, and one person and two horses are used in rotation, which can ensure that the Ming army still retains combat effectiveness after arriving in Wuchang City.

Over there, Qian Daotai came back and replied, saying that Yang Maoxun was willing to go to Yiling to discuss with Dong Xueli about appeasing the Ming army, and suggested that Wang Wu could give a letter to the auxiliary minister Ao Baixiu who was far away in Yanjing.

Because it is very likely that Ao Bai will contribute to this.

Wang Wu was stunned: "I arrested his brother and killed his nephew, and he was willing to talk to me?" ”

"It is precisely in this way that Ao Bai will actively promote peace talks!"

Qian Daotai gave an explanation that he didn't know the true face of this mountain, and only because he was in this mountain.

Mulima's defeat not only disgraced the Manchurian Eight Banners, but also made the Manchurian Eight Banners bring filial piety, and it is certain that when the news reached Yanjing, the people of the Manchurian Eight Banners would resent Aobai up and down.

This is by no means a good thing for Aobai, who is fighting with Sukh Saha.

Therefore, more than anyone else, Ao Bai wants to promote peace talks, and even makes unconditional concessions.

After hearing this, Wang Wu felt that it made sense, but he would not take the initiative to write to Aobai, and after thinking about it, he called Turge to talk about the matter, intending to ask him to write a letter to Aobai, and at the same time asked him and Yang Maoxun to jointly put pressure on Dong Xueli and strive to promote a truce in local areas.

That is, Dong Xueli stopped chasing, first turned back to deal with Zheng Jiaolin, and said that he was negotiating with the Ming army to suspend the attack on Maolu Mountain.

Turg said that there was no problem with both things, because if the peace talks were really successful, he Turg would not only return as a hero, but also be a great hero of the Qing Dynasty.

However, Turg raised a very important thing, that is, regardless of whether the peace talks were successful or not, the Ming army could not release any more people.

Including Jingxi General Mulima.

This is the second time that Turg has clearly revealed that he does not want the Ming army to release people again.

"Why?"

Wang Wu felt that this was not good, if Ao Bai was willing to agree to his conditions, he would have no reason to hold on to his own brother.

The appearance still needs to be done.

"With Mulima in hand, the general can sit back and relax in my Qing Dynasty."

Turg gave a meaningful smile.

It looks friendly and much kinder.

The feeling of a friend.