Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 286 Yangzhou is in Danger
"That is to say, a group of cavalry disrupted the grain road?"

Li Zicheng's face was ugly, and he said with a serious face: "Why can't you catch it?"

"This group of cavalry is very special. All the food they rob is distributed, and unlike other Ming troops, they don't plunder the people, but blend in well..."

Tian Jianxiu said helplessly.

"That is to say, this cavalry is from Shaanxi."

Li Zicheng rubbed his eyes, this is the most difficult thing to deal with.

When Shaanxi soldiers entered Shaanxi, they spoke the same words, they did not plunder the villagers, and they even distributed food. Those shallow-skinned unscrupulous people naturally took them in willingly.

"Is there a shortage of food in the city?"

"Not much shortage." Tian Jianxiu said truthfully: "There is a lot of food in the warehouse. If we confront each other, the energy consumption will kill the Ming army. Once the Ming army loots, it will force the people to turn against us, which is beneficial to us."

"That's good!"

Li Zicheng heaved a sigh of relief when he finally heard the good news. Immediately, he understood the meaning of this sentence, narrowed his brown-green eyes, frowned and said:
"You disapprove of field warfare?"

"Your Majesty!" Tian Jianxiu's heart skipped a beat, and she said nervously:

"The food this year, plus the fact that there is no need for an expedition, is enough to support the army for three months. The snow is falling, and there is a white field outside Xi'an. Where can the Ming army get food?"

"At most one month, the Ming army will retreat without a fight."

"At that time, it will be another Ruzhou battle."

Hearing this battle, Li Zicheng smiled.

Sun Chuanting, who was famous all over the world, had to be defeated for hundreds of miles and died in Tongguan because of the heavy rain and the cut off of the logistics and food road.

The last Optimus Prime of the Ming court fell, and Beijing was like picking something out of a bag.

And if Zhu Yixi also fell, wouldn't Huguang, Sichuan and other places be like ripe fruits, letting oneself choose?
"No, it's different this time!"

Li Zicheng sighed, even though it was tempting, his rationality told him that it was difficult to replicate.

"Leaving aside the artillery outside Lantian Pass, just look at the city wall of Xi'an, can it be defended?"

"They don't have cannons in red!" Tian Jianxiu said cautiously.

"Maybe it's a back trick?"

Li Zicheng shook his head, his face full of determination: "Besides, we are not good at defending the city, brothers prefer field battles."

Tian Jianxiu was silent, and could only nod helplessly.

Even if a majestic city of Xi'an is placed in front of their eyes, few people use it smoothly.

The turnover of materials, the deployment of personnel, the response of the city defenders, the management and control of the civilians in the city, and the application of the major agencies in Xi'an City are almost all ignorant.

And once these arrive on the battlefield, they will immediately become loopholes, which will make the defense of the city fall short.

Today's Chuangjun no longer dares to gamble.

"That said!"

Li Zicheng changed his voice and continued: "But we can set up the military camp under the city, not just inside the city wall."

"In this way, if the more than [-] troops under the city cannot be broken, the city of Xi'an will be as stable as Mount Tai."

"In addition, send cavalry to cut off their food routes."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Tian Jianxiu praised.

So, on the ninth day of December, Zhu Yixi led an army of one hundred thousand and came mightily.

It was only more than [-] miles away from the city of Xi'an, and the two armies faced each other.

……

At the same time, the entire Huaihai region was extremely chaotic.

Gao Jie raided Shou County, with intentions versus unintentional, coupled with the news from the search department, he defeated Liu Liangzuo very smoothly and took in his army.

In an instant, his force expanded to [-] again, becoming an important point in the Jianghuai area.

It was too late to enjoy the honor, and Gao Jie, who had no time to enjoy the honor, did not listen to Ke Chuyu's advice to recharge his batteries and wait for the time. Instead, he waved his army and marched north.

That's right, he wants to regain Xuzhou and Suzhou areas, so as to strengthen himself.

His timing is also very clever.

At this time, Xu Dingguo, the general occupying Suzhou, has not stabilized his foundation and is appeasing the rout and reaping the fruits of victory.

On the other side, Azig led the Qing army and marched to the south with lightning speed, forcing Yangzhou and targeting Nanjing.

No one can take into account the direction of Xuzhou and Shouzhou.

The two places far away from the canal are in a stable state.

"Baihu, this Gao Jie has taken the wrong medicine and doesn't want to go east, why does he want to take revenge?"

It can be said that they are extremely dissatisfied with being forced to get involved in the search department and being coerced to go north.

Is this the attitude towards heroes?

Chu Yu looked inexplicable, and said in a deep voice: "Although this Gao Jie is rebellious, he still has brains."

Looking at the puzzled expressions of everyone, he explained softly: "He has been in the dark for a while, so he will not surrender easily, and he is even more reluctant to help the court against the enemy, so in the name of going north to revenge, expanding the territory is It must be."

"You can go to Lu'an, Anqing, and go to His Royal Highness King Yu!" said the subordinate.

"King Yu? He has nearly [-] troops, so how can he care about King Yu?"

Chu Yu sneered and said: "Gao Jie thinks that after the two towns are united, no matter whether it is the imperial court or the Manchu Qing, they will definitely win him over and over again, and they will have both ways, and it will be very happy!"

On the other hand, Gao Jie did exactly what Chu Yu said, thinking of merging the two towns to rule the roost.

Moreover, because his foundation is still shallow, he still wants to use war to establish his prestige, so as to control this embarrassing army.

"Hey, Duke Yi wants me to save Yangzhou, so die!"

With a cold snort, Gao Jie didn't take the Nanjing court's reward seriously, and he had bigger ambitions in his chest.

Even Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi were crowned kings in the Qing Dynasty, why can't I?

Like Gao Jie, Azig is also full of enthusiasm and high spirits.

From Huai'an down, Liankebaoying and Gaoyou surrendered after almost half a day's resistance, without any resistance at all.

The biggest difficulty was only the small city of Jiangdu, which resisted to the death for two consecutive days, and finally slaughtered the city, leaving no one behind.

Now, I thought it would deter the whole of Nanzhili.

Unexpectedly, Yangzhou City, which is only a few tens of miles away, is prepared to defend the city and resist.

For the Qing army with red cannons, no matter how strong the city wall is, it will only take a few days more effort.

The only thing that worried him was the freezing of the canal, which blocked the transportation of grain ships.

However, those Han troops were finally of some use.

"Shi Kefa? It's just a dead bone in a tomb."

Azig laughed wantonly, looking at the towering Yangzhou City, he didn't take it to heart at all.

"My lord is wise and mighty, capturing Emperor Ming alive is easy, the small Yangzhou city is just a threshold."

Shang Kexi had a friendship with him from the previous campaign in northern Shaanxi, so he couldn't help getting closer and flattering him.

"exactly!"

Azige said rather presumptuously: "When you enter Nanjing, the emperor will arrest you. I'll share it with some of your concubines. Don't say I won't take care of you when the time comes."

Shang Ke was delighted to hear the words, and flattered again.

(End of this chapter)