After burning down the warehouse of the primary school in Nanjing City, Zhao Ming ordered his soldiers to besiege Nanjing City with deep trenches.By the middle of September, the food in Nanjing had become tight, and the Ming army outside the city had gradually recovered its strength after resting in the siege.In mid-September, Zhao Ming received a letter from Hong Chengchou, which made Zhao Ming furious, and ordered all Ming troops to prepare for a head-on blow to Wu Sangui.Zhao Ming has been fighting the Qing Dynasty for many years, and in the past ten years, he has entered the Yangtze River twice, three Northern Expeditions, and worked hard to defeat the Manchu Dynasty, but in Hong Chengchou's text, he has become a villain who steals the fruits of victory, a treacherous person, and Wu Sangui has become a hero who supports justice.Not to mention anything else, let's just say that in the battle of Jiangbei that year, Zhao Ming lost more than 30,000 elites at once, and he almost got into it.This point can actually be compared with Wu Sangui, who opened and closed the wolf, and Hong Chengchou, who gave advice to the Qing army.In that year, Zhao Ming's Northern Expedition used a strategy to split the Manchu Qing into the East and the West, and he was supposed to take advantage of the situation to destroy the Qing, but because of the Nanyang affairs, his troops and energy were restrained.When Zhao Ming came back to his senses, Wu Sangui preempted Zhao Ming, launched a rebellion, destroyed the Western Qing Dynasty, and picked Zhao Ming's peaches.This time, Zhao Ming sent 300,000 troops to the Northern Expedition to destroy Azig, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was beaten by Zhao Ming to only Henan alone, but Wu Sangui took advantage of the civil strife in Nanjing and Zhao Ming returned to the division to quell the rebellion and annexed Henan.Zhao Ming was picked by Wu Sangui again.Again and again, it was already tolerable and unbearable, but Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou got cheap and behaved, but instead slandered Zhao Ming as a villain who stole the fruits of the anti-Qing Dynasty, and designated Zhao Ming as a national thief, which was too shameless.Although people who are really knowledgeable know that Hong Chengchou's prose is completely reversed black and white, but ordinary people, listening to the wind is rain, and there are many people who say it, once public opinion is created, it is difficult to distinguish between black and white, and it is impossible to tell if it is reasonable.Although rumors are not credible, they are very powerful.There is no doubt that Hong Chengchou's letter has dealt a big blow to Zhao Ming's reputation.This is so angry that the regent can't eat, if he sees two thieves, he will definitely scold, "Hao Shou Horseman, gray old thief, I have never seen such a brazen person." ”Zhao Ming was angry, dispatched troops, set up a net, and waited for Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou to rush in.Although the city of Nanjing is known as 150,000 rebels, the real elite soldiers are less than 30,000, and the soldiers and horses who can fight field battles with the Ming army are even less pitiful.Zhu Yihai could only rely on the thick walls of Nanjing City and the wide moat to barely confront Zhao Ming.Therefore, as long as the defenders of Nanjing are trapped, there is not much threat to Zhao Ming, and Zhao Ming can calmly arrange troops and clean up Wu Sangui.However, Zhao Ming made proper arrangements, and the soldiers and horses in Jiangbei waited for many days, but they did not see Wu Sangui's army coming.The scouts reported that the Zhou army marched to the Xiangcheng area at the junction of Henan and Nanzhili.At this time, Zhao Ming had already crossed the Yangtze River and came to Hefei, preparing to put Wu Sangui's army into Jiangbei, and let the Zhou army cross the Huai River, and then give Wu Sangui a pot of stew, which has relieved the hatred in his heart.Hefei City, in the palace festival hall.Zhao Ming stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands, frowning, and the generals behind him were reporting to Zhao Ming."
Your Royal Highness, the scouts went to the area of Shouzhou to investigate, but did not find the Zhou army, so they immediately went to Yingzhou, until they entered Xiangcheng, Henan, and found the forward of the Zhou army."
Li Yuanyin clenched his fists and said.Zhao Ming frowned slightly, "Stop at Xiangcheng?"
How many people are there?
”Li Yuanyin said in a deep voice: "There are only more than 10,000 people, but they are all over the flag, looking at the bluff!"
”The muscles at the corners of Zhao Ming's mouth pulled back, and he walked quickly to the map, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Old fox!
”After speaking, Zhao Ming turned around and said to everyone: "The text is just Hong Chengchou's bluff.Lone estimates that Wu Sangui should have pounced on Xuzhou!
”When the generals heard the words, they were shocked, Xuzhou is an important town in the north and south, if Xuzhou is lost, the Ming Dynasty and Shandong, Hebei land contact will be broken.In the north, the Ming army has just recovered, and the remnants of the local Manchu Qing have not yet been liquidated, and the gentry and people have not yet been attached.In addition, after Zhao Ming recovered the north, he distributed the northern land to the army, as well as the gentry and merchants in the south, and the foundation of his rule was still unstable.If Wu Sangui captures Xuzhou, then Shandong and Hebei are very likely to fall into the hands of the Zhou army.At this time, everyone was saying a word, but the curtain suddenly raised, and Wang Shuang hurriedly entered the tent, "Your Highness, the governor of Xuzhou is in an emergency." ”Zhao Ming's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he asked, "But what about Wu Sangui going to Xuzhou?"
”Wang Shuangxing saluted and said: "Your Highness is wise, Wang Dudu did find the main force of the Zhou army, passed through the uninhabited area of Kaifeng, and pounced on Xuzhou. ”Zhao Ming asked, "How many soldiers and horses are there?"
”Wang Shuangdao: "There are about 200,000, half of them are well-equipped!"
”"Your Highness, it seems that Wu Sangui's intention is to take Xuzhou, seize Shandong and Hebei, control the entire north, and then fight against the Ming Dynasty while His Highness has not yet pacified Nanjing!"
Joined the army Zhang Jiayu Road.This possibility, among the several situations that Zhao Ming thought of before, did not surprise him.After considering that Wu Sangui might intervene in his pacification of the Nanjing coup, Zhao Ming and his subordinates joined the army, and analyzed Wu Sangui's possible moves, and roughly got four possibilities.In the first case, Wu Sangui had not yet finished his Western Expedition, or had just ended his Western Expedition, and he was unable to intervene in the war of the Ming Dynasty, so he chose to recuperate in Guanzhong and bury his head in development.In this case, Zhao Ming was most happy to see that when Zhao Ming put down the rebellion, he could find an excuse to start a war with Wu Sangui and complete the great cause of reunification on the grounds that Wu Sangui had taken in the Manchu prince Bolehe and others.In the second case, Wu Sangui led a large army and went straight to Nanjing to relieve Zhu Yihai.This is also a situation that Zhao Ming is more willing to see, because Zhao Ming can just surround the point and send reinforcements, destroy Wu Sangui's main force, and lay the foundation for the future destruction of Zhou.The third scenario is similar to the fourth, except that the direction of the troops is different.One is to send troops to Xuzhou to attack Shandong and Hebei, and the other is to go south to Xiangyang and enter Huguang.In both cases, Wu Sangui avoided Zhao Ming's main force, avoided the real and attacked the weak, and attacked the weak points.Among the four situations, Zhao Ming is the least willing to see them, these two situations.In the land of Hebei and Shandong, Zhao Ming has just received it, and the foundation is not very stable, and there are many towns in Huguang Domain, and Zhao Ming also does not have much control.However, considering that fighting a war is to make the enemy uncomfortable, Wu Sangui is very likely to adopt the third or fourth strategy, so Zhao Ming has already made preparations.When Zhao Ming learned that Nanjing might change, he ordered Tang Tong and Qu Shiyun, who were guarding Liangguang, to lead their troops into Huguang.After Zhu Yihai's rebellion, Tang Tong immediately united the towns, took Changsha, Wuchang, and Xiangyang, and then garrisoned Xiangyang and Jingzhou to defend against the threat of the Qing army in Guanzhong and Sichuan.In Hebei, Shandong, and Xuzhou, Zhao Ming also left a fairly strong army to suppress the localities and prevent the Zhou army from taking advantage of the situation and taking away the fruits of his resistance to the Qing Dynasty.Zhao Ming stood in front of the map, staring at the situation in front of him, Nanjing was not peaceful, Wu Sangui attacked Xuzhou, presumably Jiang Xiang's army also entered Hebei.At the moment, should we calm Nanjing first, or deal with Wu Sangui and Jiang Xiang first?
Zhao Ming stood in front of the map, and ~~~~~~ groaned for a while (asking for recommendations, subscriptions, monthly passes, book lists) ()