Huguangming's army defeated Haoge, recovered Yuezhou, and marched to Wuchang, shaking Chu and Jiangxi.This made Zhao Ming always have a glimmer of illusion, that is, the huge pressure faced by the Qing army in Huguang would make Mandahai forced to transfer troops to reinforce Wuchang and relieve the siege of Haoge.Even when Man Dahai appeared outside Wujin City, Zhao Ming would still have such an idea in his heart.At this time, Hu Weizong brought news that the Manchu Qing sent envoys south to negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, so Zhao Ming knew that he could no longer wait for Huguang and pinned his hopes on the outside, and he had to rely on himself.Wuxi City, the right capital of the governor.In the festival hall, Zhao Ming was wearing a python robe, wearing a black sand on his head, and a jade belt around his waist, sitting on the main seat quite majestically, and a group of staff members were sitting on both sides.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "There is news from the imperial court, the Manchu Qing sent envoys to the south, preparing to negotiate peace with the imperial court, and its fine work has been active in Changsha, frequently visiting He Tengjiao, Pang Tianshou and others.Now that the Manchu Qing still occupies seven points in the world, they still have an advantage, and Dolgon sent people to negotiate peace, is it true or false?
”Suddenly received such a news, so Zhao Ming couldn't say for a while.Many of the staff members in the festival hall were also a little surprised when they heard the news, they didn't expect the Manchu Qing to suddenly negotiate peace, and they couldn't help but whisper for a while.The staff of the Shuaifu discussed for a while, and Wang Jiaqin was uncertain and suspicious: "Dashuai, this is the Manchu Qing's delaying plan!"
”After saying that, he shook his head again and continued, "But it may also be true.Now that the Manchus are no longer able to destroy our dynasty, it seems reasonable for them to retreat to the second best place and seek to divide the north and the south. ”From a rational point of view, if the Manchus knew that they would accept it when they saw it, and while the Qing army still had the upper hand, it would be a good choice to reach a peace treaty favorable to the Manchus and realize the legitimate occupation of the north.Now that the Manchus are unable to destroy the Ming, it can be said that it is a wise move to recognize the Southern Ming court, force the Southern Ming to be a vassal, give up the claim to the northern territories, establish a northern dynasty, and enjoy the fruits of entering the customs.Xia Wanchun stood up and bowed his hand to everyone: "I thought this must be a delaying tactic."
Jiannu is greedy, Dolgon is cunning, like a hungry wolf, if they are not completely afraid, Jiannu is unlikely to seek peace.Besides, Jiannu sent an envoy south to negotiate peace, but Mandahai attacked Wujin again, this is not a delaying strategy, what is it?
”Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows, Xia Wanchun's words coincided with his thoughts, as long as the hungry wolf did not die, and was not injured to the point that he could not move, he would covet the lamb, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still strong and strong, how could he easily negotiate peace."
Xiao Yin's words are reasonable!"
Zhao Ming bowed his head approvingly, and then said: "If this is the case, the intention of the Manchu Qing Dynasty must be to pretend to negotiate peace, delay the imperial court's attack on Wuchang, and buy time for Mandahai to defeat Ben Shuai and return to Wuchang." ”Xia Wanchun said: "Now in the city of Wuchang, there are still 30,000 Qing troops, among which Haoge's Manchurian blue banner and the Han army with blue flags are all in the city.If Jiannu sent people to negotiate peace, it would definitely affect the front-line war, and the time to capture Wuchang would only be extended indefinitely. ”Zhao Ming glanced at Xia Wanchun and understood what he meant, in this case, it is no longer realistic to continue to imagine that Mandahai will withdraw from the siege of Wujin because of the Wuchang crisis, and the Qing army will definitely firmly implement the strategy of attacking Donghai Town first, eliminating the Ming army on the eastern front, and then returning to the west.Zhao Ming frowned and asked, "In this case, how should Ben Shuai deal with it now?"
”Xia Wanchun pondered for a moment, then saluted and said: "Xia Guan thinks that he should immediately send a letter to inform the court of the truth about Jiangnan, and let the court know that Jiannu is storming Changzhou and wants to break the eastern front first, and then return to the western front."
Secondly, Guogong should immediately increase his troops and march into Wuchang, hold on to Wuchang in an emergency, and withdraw his troops from Mandahai. ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, and after a moment of silence, he stood up, glanced at everyone, and finally threw himself at Chen Mingyu, "Then work hard Mr.
Chen to run again!"
”Chen Mingyu immediately stood up and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's go!"
”After speaking, Chen Mingyu gave up his hand and left, Zhao Ming waited for him to get out of the festival hall, then stood up and shouted in a deep voice, "Pass the order, each battalion is ready to pull out the camp and march westward to reinforce Wu into the city." ”"Whoa!"
Immediately the people stood up and saluted.Zhao Ming gave an order, and all battalions in Donghai Town immediately assembled, ready to risk reinforcing Wujin City.At this time, Zhao Ming had 80,000 soldiers in his hands, including 60,000 in the land division and 20,000 in the navy.Now there are 20,000 land divisions trapped in Wujin City, and more than 10,000 naval divisions want to defend the Yangtze River, operating in the East China Sea and Taiwan, protecting the shipping lanes, and Zhao Ming can use only 40,000 land divisions and 10,000 naval divisions, a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses.This time to reinforce Wujin, 50,000 soldiers and horses could not pour out, and it was also necessary to leave soldiers and horses to defend the Xicheng defense line, prevent the Qing army from taking advantage of the Ming army to rush to reinforce Wujin City, send cavalry to break through the Xicheng defense line, enter Susong, and outflank the Ming army.Therefore, after consulting with many soldiers and staff, Zhao Ming immediately decided to lead only 20,000 people in the Shence Chinese army, plus 6,000 sailors, to march west along the canal, reinforce Wujin City, and leave 24,000 land and water soldiers to continue to defend along the Xicheng Canal to ensure that Su Song is worry-free.On the eighth day of August, in Gaoqiao Town, Wuxi, at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Xicheng Canal, people and horses neighed, and ships and chariots gathered.On the canal, nearly 40 Ming warships and nearly 100 small boats loaded with food and military supplies covered the canal, and nearly 10,000 Ming troops on the bank pushed chariots and artillery wagons through the pontoon bridge.At this time, the fleet was dragged by the slender man, sailing westward, and the Ming soldiers on the left and right sides of the river, wearing fiery red armor and wide-brimmed saucer helmets, were like two long dragons, walking side by side.On the side of the road, Ma Shiao, Qian Qianyi and others brought Zhuangxing wine, and Zhao Ming picked up the wine glass and drank it all.Qian Qianyi took back the wine glass, handed it to Hedongjun, and then arched his hand: "I'll wait for the success of the national horse and break the captive soldiers!"
”This time, Zhao Ming led 26,000 reinforcements, plus the 20,000 defenders of Wujin City, the strength was less than 50,000, and the Qing army assembled in Changzhou had at least 100,000 people, twice the size of the Ming army.Therefore, Donghai Town's rescue of Wujin City this time was not optimistic, and everyone's expressions were a little heavy.Zhao Ming just bowed slightly, then turned over and rode on a miscellaneous horse, leading the cavalry into the army, 26,000 soldiers and horses, and marched westward.On the west bank of the Xicheng Canal, the Qing army sentry looked at the Ming army that crossed the river and marched westward, and immediately shouted the order for the leader, "Hurry, report to the prince quickly, Zhao Zamao led the troops westward." ”The scouts of the Qing army first passed the news to Geng Jimao, who was stationed dozens of miles west of the Xicheng Canal and monitored Donghai Town, and Geng Jimao was shocked when he heard that Zhao Ming led his troops across the river.
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