The wind rises at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 246 Turning to Attack (6k)

Chongzhen 11th year, December [-]th.

Only one night had passed since the battle of Jiazhuang ended.

Jiazhuang's village was in a mess, with corpses piled up everywhere, dead and wounded.

In the middle of the night, the wind and snow had stopped, but although there was no snow falling, the air was still cold, and the upper layer of the blood deposited on the ground had already condensed into ice.

Inside and outside the village, there are dense crowds of people who are cleaning the battlefield, beheading, collecting the remains, and searching for all usable objects.

Farther outside the village, a large number of rangers galloped across the fields as a warning.

In the northern suburbs of Jiazhuang, the Shaanxi Ming army camp was heavily guarded at this time.

In just one night's work, three huge fortresses connected to each other have been erected close to the original Ming army camp in Jiazhuang.

Outside the camp, objects such as horse refusals were put down in many places, and a few rather tall and simple watchtowers were even built.

At this time, Sun Chuanting was standing on a watchtower built by Zhongying. He was holding on to the railing with one hand and the telescope set up on the edge of the watchtower with the other hand.

Staring at the western suburbs of Jiazhuang, where the Qing army camp was constantly mobilizing troops, Sun Chuanting frowned.

In the battle of Jiazhuang yesterday, although the Qing army retreated, they still had the upper hand in terms of numbers and strength.

Sun Chuanting has always been cautious. Like Yang Sichang, he does not agree with Lu Xiangsheng's proposition.

The time has not come, not the time for a decisive battle.

Although there is a certain chance of winning, it is not enough to take risks.

Although there is a huge difference in combat power between the Jiannu and the bandits, there are many things in common between the two.

The establishment of slaves entering the customs and the wandering bandits are all for the purpose of plundering food, grass, gold and silver. Appropriate changes in the way of dealing with the bandits can restrict the establishment of slaves entering the bandits.

Under the current situation and situation, the best way is to focus on defense and promote peace through war.

And now the crisis of the rogue bandits in the pass seems to have disintegrated, but in fact it is an undercurrent.

If the defeat of the north damages the foundation of the country, both internal and external, the danger of overthrow is in a blink of an eye.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish.

The issue of slavery has been a problem for a long time, and now there are many problems inside the country and above the temple.

There are many things that affect the whole body, so it should be done slowly, and should not be rushed.

At the beginning of Zhending, he had already persuaded Lu Xiangsheng, but it was a pity that Lu Xiangsheng still couldn't listen to it and endured it.

Sun Chuanting felt helpless, originally he was angry with Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiang promoted him to be the governor of Xuanda, an important minister in charge of the world's soldiers and horses.

Once Lu Xiangsheng is really defeated, it will further boost the momentum of the Qing army and greatly reduce the morale of soldiers and horses everywhere.

But after a long conversation with Lu Xiangsheng in the tent last night, he also understood why Lu Xiangsheng made such a choice.

Lu Xiangsheng is too upright, he seems to have all kinds of choices, but in fact he has already entered a desperate situation.

Yang Sichang pressed on every step of the way, killing every step of the way, leaving no room for Lu Xiangsheng to turn around.

Perhaps after the quarrel between the two in Shunyi Daying, Yang Sichang never thought of leaving a way for Lu Xiangsheng to survive.

Because Lu Xiangsheng tried his best to fight, if Lu Xiangsheng was not eliminated, then it would be impossible to carry out the peace negotiation.

Yang Sichang's thoughts are very clear to Sun Chuanting.

In fact, there wasn't much wrong with his thinking, he negotiated a peace as soon as he wanted, and was even willing to bear the infamy.

Sun Chuanting even admired this point.

I would like to exchange my own reputation for the stability of the country.

But Yang Sichang was still inexperienced after all, and he had too little dealings with the northern captives and slaves.

At present, if the slaves are established and invaded Beizhili, if they are not allowed to suffer certain losses, they will return with such a big victory.

The slaves are ambitious, and when they see that they are weak and deceitful, how can they negotiate a peace again, I am afraid that their appetite is greater, and they will stop thinking about those peace negotiations.

Negotiating peace and opening the market, when the time comes, you still need to exchange horses, gold and silver, so there is no joy in robbing them.

It is easier to get things that can be rescued, so why negotiate a peace? Anyway, if you want something, just go south and grab it.

The enemy is currently fighting among himself, and the way to bring disaster consumes all the power of the country.

Sun Chuanting slightly exerted his hand on the railing. The reason why Lu Xiangsheng chose to enter Jiazhuang was because Gao Qiqian was not far away.

Gao Qiqian is in charge of the elite soldiers in Shanhaiguan, Ningyuan and other towns, with a total strength of nearly 3 soldiers.

If Gao Qi is willing to mobilize soldiers from all over the country to come to aid, instead of mobilizing the entire army, he only needs to mobilize the troops of Guanning and Ningzhen to protect the flanks, then it is really unknown who will win the battle of Jiazhuang...

However, Gao Qiqian retreated eastward to Linqing directly after receiving the letter asking for help.

A killing intent flashed in Sun Chuanting's eyes, and his first reaction was Yang Sichang's instruction.

But he denied this idea in the next moment. He didn't know much about Yang Sichang, but he didn't think that a person like Yang Sichang would be unable to distinguish between right and wrong.

Yang Sichang's various methods really wanted to put Lu Xiangsheng to death, but they did not want Lu Xiangsheng to die on the battlefield, but wanted Lu Xiangsheng to die in court.

What he wants is for Lu Xiang to be promoted and resigned, and to be imprisoned for his crimes.

Therefore, all the means used so far have been to cut off food and pay, with the purpose of preventing Lu Xiangsheng from going to war.

Yang Sichang lives in Beijing, and it is difficult to receive information quickly even if he travels from south to north even if it is eight hundred miles to expedite.

I am afraid that Yang Sichang has not received the news that Lu Xiangsheng went south to Jiazhuang to fight the Qing army.

At most, he heard that Lu Xiangsheng insisted on going his own way and marched all the way to Shunde Mansion, while Gao Qiqian was south of Shunde Mansion.

Everything Yang Sichang did was to ensure that the elites of the towns were not lost as much as possible. Even if the city fell and the land was lost and the people suffered, the main force of the army was still there.

Lu Xiangsheng led the three towns of Datong, Xuanfu, and Shanxi. Nine thousand elites entered Jiazhuang and were surrounded by the Qing army.

If Yang Sichang was really there, for the sake of the nine thousand elites, Yang Sichang would have to bite the bullet and send troops to help.

Gao Qiqian didn't care about it this season, it was definitely not because of Yang Sichang, it was probably Gao Qiqian's own thoughts.

Because Gao Qiqian earned some credit for the previous counter-insurgency, he gained a reputation as a soldier in the court, so as a supervising army, he was able to control the army.

But how Gao Qiqian got the credit, how could Sun Chuanting not know.

Zhibing?

I'm afraid they don't even know how to set up a camp, they don't even know how to arrange troops, they don't know anything about the golden drums in battle.

Sun Chuanting turned his head slightly and looked to the side.

Chen Wang was still wearing fish scale armor and a net scarf as usual, standing aside with lowered eyebrows and bowed head.

Seeing Chen Wang standing quietly beside him, Sun Chuanting narrowed his eyes subconsciously, as if he wanted to see him more clearly.

"Being superior to everyone, everyone must be wrong..."

Sun Chuanting turned his head back and stopped looking at Chen Wang.

He had some doubts about Chen Wang.

Part of these suspicions were due to Hong Chengchou's reminder to him, and part of them were due to Chen Wang's previous actions.

Chen Wang made some changes in Hanzhong Mansion. Although he didn't know the details, he also heard some related rumors.

Sun Chuanting still remembered that when Chen Wang talked with him, he talked about the difference between a good soldier and a strong one.

The last thing to say is that, with the heart of the public, one should defend the home and the country, save the people from the fire and water, and relieve the people from hanging upside down.

At that time, he looked into Chen Wang's eyes, and he could tell that everything Chen Wang said came from his heart.

only……

Save the people from the fire and water, and save the people from the upside down, but these two sentences will inevitably make people disagree...

But now regarding Chen Wang, Sun Chuanting had dispelled all doubts in his heart.

If Chen Wang really has other ideas, he wants to take advantage of the internal and external difficulties and turmoil of the country to separate one side.

Then the weaker the country, the more powerful it should be.

The reason why he led the army to Jiazhuang in time was because Chen Wang insisted on rushing to help, and even used his official position as a guarantee.

It is said that Gao Qiqian will never rush to help Lu Xiangsheng, if they don't rush to help Lu Xiangsheng, then Lu Xiangsheng will be defeated and Jiazhuang will be defeated, and the situation will be completely out of hand.

Sun Chuanting did not continue to look at Chen Wang, but turned to Cao Wenzhao who was standing on the other side.

On the watchtower, there were only Chen Wang, Cao Wenzhao and him, a total of three people.

He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao were not on the watchtower.

Cao Bianjiao led the cavalry to guard outside, while He Renlong was directing the cleaning of the battlefield in Jiazhuang and was responsible for the security of the camp.

Chen Wang also noticed Sun Chuanting's eyes, but he didn't raise his head, he just looked at his nose and heart, and still stood there.

The result of Jiazhuang's first battle was reversed. Lu Xiangsheng did not die in Jiazhuang as in history, and it also made it impossible for the subsequent development to be like history.

Now Chen Wang doesn't have a bottom line in his heart, everything in the future is unknown, and there are no traces to follow as in the past.

Chen Wang's heart was in a mess, intertwined and messy, like a mess.

The original plan was just to follow Sun Chuanting around the Northland as part of King Qin's army, to test the new artillery and the power of the sea oath gun, to see if there was any difference between them and the Qing army. How many deficiencies are there.

But everything that is happening right now has completely deviated from his original plan.

It's really that the plan can't keep up with the changes...

"Jiannu has mobilized troops and horses for a long time, but he has not yet launched an attack."

After the battle in Jiazhuang ended yesterday, Jiannu has been in a state of silence. They didn't even send a single harassing army, but drew up their defenses.

Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment, he had many thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't make sure, so he simply threw the question to Cao Wenzhao.

"Wen Zhao, what do you think is Jian Nu's next plan?"

Chen Wang raised his head and turned to look at Cao Wenzhao. He also thought about Sun Chuanting's question.

Historically, after the Wuyin Incident, after the Qing army defeated Xuan Dajun in Jiazhuang, after a brief rest, they immediately pursued the victory and attacked Guangping and Daming prefectures in one go. Wanton looting.

But now in the battle of Jiazhuang, the Qing army has not completed their strategic intentions, and there is too little information about how the Qing army will act afterwards, so it is impossible to infer.

"Jiannu is now constantly mobilizing troops to the west, and the west is the capital city of Shunde Prefecture. Will they attack the capital city of Shunde Prefecture?"

When Cao Wenzhao heard Sun Chuanting's question, he didn't rush to answer, but thought for a moment before speaking.

"The general will remember that Liu Shijue and Li Yougong of Xuanzhen are both stationed in the prefectural city of Shunde Mansion."

"Looking at the many invasions of Jiannu, every time a strong city or a city with sufficient defenders, if there is no siege cannon to break through the wall, they will all abandon it and not attack. Jiannu marching westward should not attack. The city of Shunde Prefecture."

"and……"

Cao Wenzhao paused for a while, then frowned.

"In the battle of Jiazhuang, the outcome was not decided. The soldiers of Xuanfu, Datong, and Shanxi towns fought tenaciously. Therefore, Jiazhuang suffered heavy casualties, and I am afraid that the casualties among the Jiannu army were not small."

"As Director Lu said, the population of slaves is small, there are only hundreds of thousands of slaves, and only tens of thousands of soldiers. There are many real barbarians in the army. The Mongols and Jiang Ding have different ideas, and they are strong outside and dry in the middle."

"Current casualties, I am afraid that the Jiannu army has been slandered, and the leader of the Jiannu army is probably unwilling to fight our army again."

"If Jiannu really has the will to fight, today is the best time to attack. I waited to march all the way, and the soldiers will be exhausted. It is the time when the combat power is weakest, but Jiannu did not launch an attack, which is enough to show his intentions. It is no longer in Jiazhuang."

In a few words, Cao Wenzhao already conjectured the current movements of the Qing army in close agreement.

The situation that Chen Wang originally felt shrouded in fog became much clearer in an instant.

But this also made Chen Wang perceive the gap between him and Cao Wenzhao.

Although he has ideas that are ahead of this era and military-related knowledge, he still lacks experience on the battlefield and lacks strategic vision.

Cao Wenzhao saw these things, but he did not see them.

When I was in Hanzhong Mansion, the reason why I was able to predict the enemy's opportunity first was also because I knew the history, so I knew the trend of the general trend in advance, and moved according to the trend.

It's like sailing a boat among the turbulent mountains and rivers. Knowing the direction of the current, you can naturally steer the boat as if walking on flat ground.

But if you don't know the direction of the water flow, then if you go the wrong way, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

As Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles.

This sentence is actually very important whether it is placed in ancient and modern times, or in China and foreign countries, and in various fields.

Chen Wang looked sideways slightly, glanced at the Qing army camp in the distance where soldiers and horses were constantly being mobilized, and then glanced at his own camp that was silent.

He set up a military judge in the army as a supervisor, and set up the same position in the guard.

There are not many internal problems. In many cases, you only need to read the submitted reports to know the situation below. You can count as a confidant.

But on the side of "knowing the enemy", very little has been done.

After leaving the Hanzhong Mansion, almost nothing is known about the rest of the places, between the town mansions, and above the court halls, the situation of the slaves and the northern captives.

It can only be speculated by relying on the prophet of history in my mind.

But right now, more and more things are being changed, more and more things are unpredictable, and he is gradually losing this advantage.

Chen Wang looked at Cao Wenzhao, who was talking with his head down, and he had already analyzed the situation clearly in a few words, and then glanced at Sun Chuanting, who was standing in front of him holding the binoculars.

Whether it is Cao Wenzhao or Sun Chuanting, they are all figures listed above in Qing History.

Such a character is the top group among hundreds of millions of people, and his mind and intelligence are far beyond ordinary people.

I have the advantage of being a prophet, and I almost failed to pass the many checkpoints.

If it weren't for Cao Wenzhao's suggestion, it would be impossible to get to where we are today.

Whether it is the officials above the temple or the local government, there are indeed some people who are just pretending to be numbers, and some of them are people who make their way to the top by virtue of their family background.

But more, they stand out from the thousands of troops in the scientific examination field by relying on their real talents and knowledge. If they are not talented, how can they be high school scholars?

If you really treat these people as fools, you are undoubtedly the real fools.

The reason why today's Ming Dynasty has come to this point is not because there are no capable people in the court, but precisely because there are too many capable people.

It's just that these capable people are not thinking about the country or the people.

But for themselves, for their clan...

The most fundamental reason for the collapse of the Ming Dynasty was the flaws in the system in the early days of the founding of the country, as well as the civil and military imbalance caused by the civil fortress.

This caused the big ship of Daming to deviate from the correct route shortly after it started.

Chen Wang calmed down and suppressed the fear of the unknown in his heart.

Since he came to this world and chose to embark on this path, many things are destined to change.

It's just the difference between later and earlier.

Even if the advantage over the event prophet is lost, it can start from other places and establish new advantages.

Learn what you don’t understand, ask what you don’t understand, keep learning and improving, and one day, you may or may not have the same vision as Cao Wenzhao.

In terms of knowing the enemy, Chen Wang also had another idea in his mind at this time.

During the Wanli Aid Korea campaign, a lot of information passed by Jin Yiwei made the battle favorable to the Ming army.

During World War I and World War II, the intelligence passed between spies often even played a role in changing the direction of the battle.

Maybe now is also the time to set up a department dedicated to intelligence collection...

A rush of footsteps from far to near, from bottom to top, interrupted Cao Wenzhao's words and also interrupted Chen Wang's thoughts.

An orderly wearing light armor and carrying a blue flag has already been identified and boarded the watchtower.

"After investigation, the battle of Jiazhuang resulted in the casualties of battalions in each town. Please take a look."

"read."

Sun Chuanting turned around, looked at the messenger, and raised his hand.

The messenger was slightly taken aback, then slowly unfolded the document in his hand, and read as ordered.

"The Battle of Jiazhuang... There were 49 people in Xuanfu Town, and 510 people were lost."

"There are two thousand nine hundred and three people in Shanxi Town, and one thousand two hundred and three people are lost."

"There are 120 seven people in Datong Town, and 410 people were lost in the battle."

"There are 680 people in the Supervision Battalion, and 430 and eight people were lost."

"In the battle of Jiazhuang, a total of 560 people were lost..."

At the end of the reading, the voice of the messenger was trembling.

Jia Zhuang's tragedy was obvious to all. When they arrived, they all watched Jia Zhuang's fierce battle.

The blood in the village was so bloody that there was almost no place to stand, and there were dead and wounded soldiers everywhere.

More than 500 people were killed, almost [-]% of them.

But with such casualties, Xuanda and Shanxi's soldiers have not yet collapsed, and the army has been dispersed, but they are still fighting.

"A total of 470 levels of enemy heads have been captured..."

The latter are all gains, the first level is only 470 level 470, but it is naturally impossible for the Qing army killed in battle to be only [-] people.

The Qing army retreated on their own initiative, they were the attackers, and almost all the remains of many dead soldiers were taken away by them.

These 470 second-level heads were not taken away by them. There were so many of them that they did not take away. The casualties of the Qing army may not be small.

Back then in Zhending, the Qing army fled in a hurry, and naturally took away fewer corpses, so although it was not as tragic as Jiazhuang, the harvest was similar to Jiazhuang.

Sun Chuanting raised his hand, stopped the messenger, and interrupted the report, he already had a guess in his mind.

"Judging from the intensity of the battlefield and the capture of the first level, Jiannu should have suffered heavy casualties. Naturally, it is impossible for them to attack the fortified city again. Then they will never attack Shunde Mansion again..."

"Jianu came here for plunder, and now that he has suffered heavy losses, he must want to make up for it."

"Slave Master Jian will naturally also be responsible for the battle of Jiazhuang. If he goes back here, his status will inevitably be lost. In order to protect his status, he must also respond..."

Sun Chuanting looked at Cao Wenzhao, although he didn't talk, but Sun Chuanting felt that Cao Wenzhao must have thought of the same thing as him.

"Our army is now in Jiazhuang, cutting off Jiannu's way to the north. Jiannu is actually trapped in Shunde Mansion now."

Cao Wenzhao also spoke out at the right time, adding.

Sun Chuanting squinted his eyes, he felt that he had already established the context of Jiannu, and the trend of Jiannu gradually appeared in front of his eyes.

Different routes appeared and disappeared before his eyes, and different plans appeared in his mind, but were rejected again.

Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting chatted from time to time, telling the locations of the battalions and towns, and exchanging reports from the Qing troops in various places.

Chen Wang stood aside, and his thoughts followed Cao Wenzhao and Sun Chuanting's. As he learned more and more, he gradually followed their thinking.

Just as Chen Wang was thinking, Sun Chuanting turned his head slowly, looked in his direction, and asked suddenly.

"Chen Wang, if you become the master of slavery, what will you do next?"

"What if I become a slave master?"

Chen Wang was slightly taken aback. He didn't think about what he would do if he were the chief general of the Qing army. What he thought about was what actions the Qing army would take and what actions should be taken to counter it.

Sun Chuanting's question made Chen Wang look at the entire battle situation in Beizhili from another perspective.

Cities and cities appeared in front of Chen Wang's eyes, and roads were gradually laid out in front of his eyes.

"If my slave master will..."

The distribution of battalions in each town and the marching routes of the Qing army were all constantly blending in Chen Wang's mind.

Chen Wang turned his head and turned to the direction facing the Qing army camp.

The first thing that popped up in his mind was the name of a city - Jinan!
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