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Although Zhu Shuren is very resourceful, but to be honest, he is not some kind of omniscient and omniscient.

So before he sent envoys back and forth this time to investigate, spy and scrutinize, he really didn't expect that there would be someone in the enemy camp who was so shameless, "concealed the crime for meritorious service", and could say that he was ordered to break out of the siege and ask for help when he fled the battle and gave up the commander. .

If it could be done like this, then Liu Feng and Mengda shouldn't have committed the crime of "not saving Guan Yu" back then——

It is completely possible to pretend to be rescued, and then report directly back to Chengdu, telling Liu Bei, "It's not that we didn't save Guan Yu, but after we went, Guan Yu knew that our soldiers were small and weak, and it was useless to save, so Guan Yu personally ordered us to be responsible. Chengdu pulls more reinforcements", so Liu Feng doesn't have to die?

It can only be said that those Tartars have too much desire to survive and gain merit, and their instincts for political infighting are too strong, and all their brains are spent on it.Watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to learn how to fight, they have already learned how to fight. Even the tricks that people in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" did not expect, they can learn from one instance and make progress.

But it is not too late for Zhu Shuren to figure out this contradiction within the enemy, and he still has time to seize the opportunity and make good use of it.

Zhu Shuren quickly judged that the forces in the enemy army who wanted to cover up and retreat were definitely not small, and there must be some who wanted to persist in fighting and fight a relatively good battle before withdrawing to save some face.The differences here can be put to good use.

First of all, the Ming army had to hurt the opponent on the frontal battlefield, which made the main combat faction even more frustrated!Make its voice authority within the Qing army further decline!
Secondly, as the deputy of the collocation, you can find a way to give the main and faction in the Qing army a little step down, so that they will not appear so cowardly when they want to insist on retreating. How to do it, I really have to thank Shang Shan and Li Chengdong for enlightening me just now Zhu Shuren:

The enemy is the best teacher. They have already said, "A defeat or retreat can be said to be ordered to break through and ask for help", so why can't we go further and say that it is "strategic transfer, reinforcement to the rear, rescue to prevent the enemy from circling the rear... "

Zhu Shuren's brain was running fast, and all kinds of historical allusions in his mind to find excuses for the retreating enemy to go down the stairs, went through like a movie flashback.

He quickly sorted out a few that seemed to be the most reliable: "Well... in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was mentioned that before the Battle of Chibi, Xu Shu saw through Pang Tong's serial timing and wanted to find a way to escape. Pang Tong taught him to spread rumors in the Cao camp, saying that Ma Teng in Xiliang attacked Cao Cao's rear, and then he could use the excuse to help Cao Cao resist Ma Teng and ran away...

Later, Zhuge Liang was so angry that Zhou Yu went to hang Xiaoxiao, Lu Su asked about the timing, and Luo Guanzhong used this tool man again. It seems that the Ma Teng type tool man is almost the standard configuration for this kind of situation..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Shuren went further to make up the investigation strategy. At the time of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, it seems that there is no ready-made Ma Teng-shaped meat shield that can pull hatred to find a way——

He can't say that Wu Sangui from Shaanxi is going to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty, right?Wu Sangui's remaining strength is not a threat at all.Even if it is said, the far water will not quench the near thirst, and it will not allow the Qing court to transfer troops from Huainan back to the defense.

However, if there is no horse-shaped meat shield pretending to harass the enemy's rear, or if there is one but it is too weak and too far away, Zhu Shuren can still help make one!

Thinking of this, Zhu Shuren ordered Gu Yanwu and several other military staff to bring the map, glanced at it casually, and found a goal:
"In the past few days, I have ordered Zhang Mingzhen to prepare. It is enough for Guazhoudu to let Zheng Xian's family's navy be responsible for the defense of the Yangtze River. The Shen family's water guard has another job to do.

Gu is going to plan a landing raid upstream from the mouth of the Huaihe River, to harass Huai'an Mansion, an important supply town in the rear of the enemy army, and to stop going south to supply the Qing army!And spring will start soon, once the spring rains continue and the Jianghuai road is muddy, if the canal is pinched, it will be enough for them to suffer for a long time. "

When Zhu Shuren said these words, the staff and generals beside him were shocked. Gu Yanwu usually doesn't care about the military, so he couldn't help but say:
"The prince intends to disregard the frontal enemy, and instead detour along the coast and attack Huai'an behind the enemy? How can this be possible? There were [-] to [-] Qing troops between the Jianghuai and the Huaihe River. This time Mandahai brought the main force of the two red flag cavalry from Henan to help , The Shandong Qing army in the north has also gone south, and at least more than [-] to [-] Qing troops have gathered in this area.

We go around the back and attack, and the enemy has a strong city to rely on, and can bite our army for a decisive field battle at any time. This is very dangerous! "

After Gu Yanwu finished speaking, Huang Fei, who came to Guazhoudu Daying to listen to it that day, also felt that this matter was too unreliable.He is also considered a long-standing veteran, no matter what his record is, he has very rich battlefield experience.

He didn't know much about Prince E's temperament before, he was afraid of offending people, so he always kept his words reticent, but today he seldom made a direct remonstrance: "Your Majesty, don't let the Tartars win a field battle because of our army's victory in the south of the Yangtze River. From then on, underestimate the field combat power of the Tartars!
In the battle of Jiangyin, it took more than half a month of planning and exhaustion before the enemy was able to make up the right time, place and people. This kind of opportunity is rare!If it was a field encounter where both sides were unprepared, the final general thought that the Tazi army was obviously stronger than our army.

Moreover, Zhang Junmen is going to detour from the sea to the mouth of the Huaihe River, and then land in Huai'an against the current. It is destined to be impossible to carry too many troops. Can there be 5 people?However, the Qing army can retreat from the land at any time. With the speed of the Qing army, it is not difficult to gather 8 or [-] people in one place. "

Zhu Shuren listened patiently and did not interrupt directly.He knew that this was also a process of building mutual trust with Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji, the Northern Returning generals who were newly under his command.

The more unfamiliar a general is with the leader, the less he dares to raise his opinion. Now that it is rare to dare to raise his opinion, he should be encouraged and cultivate his enthusiasm, and not let the other party be just an executor.Over time, the cohesion and command ability of the troops are as good as their arms, and they are of one heart and one mind.

Therefore, Zhu Shuren asked Huang Fei to finish his speech before he patted him on the shoulder in a pleasant manner: "Even Huang Junmen knew that Huai'an should not be attacked lightly, so naturally the Tartars would not be on guard, which shows that there is an opportunity to take advantage of this matter.

Moreover, whether Huai'an can be attacked or not depends not on the chance, but on whether the king's order is strict or not--this king did not say that Zhang Mingzhen must take Huai'an city if he wants to put all his eggs in one basket and issue a military order.
If it's just a feint attack, just try a sneak attack, and if you find no chance, just retreat. With the advantage of our navy and warships, can the Tartars keep him?I can't keep it!On the contrary, it can also take the opportunity to mobilize the Qing army outside Yangzhou City, which is trying to besiege, and pull out the enemy's greater weakness! "

The generals heard that this kind of harassment was not about making a military order to attack, but just a sneak attack to disperse the enemy's strength, so they didn't say anything more.

And one thing must be mentioned here, so that future generations will not understand: On the maps of later generations, Huai'an City is still quite far from the mouth of the Huaihe River, and ships going deep against the current may be blocked by people in the river (in fact, no Huaihe River enters the sea in later generations. The main stream is gone, only the artificially dug Subei Irrigation Canal enters the sea, and the natural main road of the Huaihe River has been silted up by the Yellow River)
But at the end of the Ming Dynasty, this risk did not exist at all.The main reason is that until the Yellow River returned to the North in the 1860s, during the hundreds of years of the confluence of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, the sediment of the Yellow River caused the land in Yancheng and other places in northern Jiangsu to grow a full one or two hundred miles wide into the Yellow Sea!

If you look at the maps of the late Ming Dynasty and modern maps, you will find that the modern Yancheng and the land east of the main urban area of ​​Funing were still under the sea in the Ming Dynasty, and no land grew.

At that time, Huai'an City was at least half as far from the coast as it is in modern times.The Huaihe River is also many times wider and deeper than the modern main irrigation canal in northern Jiangsu. It is impossible to block the river with small boats and artificial reefs.

After thinking about it for a while, Huang Fei also sincerely admired Prince E's foresight, using troops like quicksilver, penetrating into every hole, without showing any signs:

"...The general can rest assured that if this plan is successful, Jiannu's Huainan offensive should be retreated soon. However, in the past few days, Yangzhou city defense still needs to be careful.

Even if General Zhang plans to take the detour by sea today, calculating the distance, it will take at least three days to go to Suzhou to go to sea, then detour north for a few days, and then enter the Huaihe Estuary for a day's sneak attack. "

Zhu Shuren smiled indifferently: "Do you think it's slow?"

Huang Fei: "The last general dares to be too slow. It will not be easy to guard for another seven or eight days. It's just that you can't be careless."

Zhu Shuren patted him on the shoulder again: "Seven or eight days is actually just right—you think, even if Huai'an was stolen, would the Qing army dare to completely abandon the attack on Yangzhou and retreat to the north because of this? No, at most they will divide their troops to go save.

Because without Dorgon's permission, who would dare to say that this southern expedition should be completely terminated?None of the slave-building generals and Baylor on the opposite side can afford such a heavy decision-making responsibility!
And yesterday, Jian Nucai was just and completely convinced of the news of Duoduo's death, and counting the time, he should have written the urgent report form by now and sent it to Beijing to send it six hundred li urgently. For a journey of more than 2000 miles, it will take four days to get to Beijing, and four days to turn back, and there must be time for decision-making at both ends.

I estimate that within ten days, the Jiannu generals on the opposite side will be able to unify their determination and get rid of the crime of retreating.As for Huai'an, if it works in eight days, the time difference will be perfect. It happens that the enemy army is about to retreat and waits until the eve of shirking guilt and excuses. This will be the most chaotic time for the enemy army! "

Military excuses and steps will be in place in eight days!
Political exemptions and steps will be in place in ten days!
The time difference between these two wavering excuses is the perfect opportunity for the most chaotic and relaxed military spirit!
After hearing this, all the generals and staff shuddered.

There have been many resourceful and resourceful people since ancient times, but Zhuge, Xie An, and Yu Yunwen, who can say such accurate and quantitative analysis and deduction?Many of the calculations used by the ancients were generalized, and they did not know precise mathematical calculations.

"My lord's magic calculations are unparalleled in ancient and modern times. It's really lucky for the last general to be under the rule of the lord and lead him to make meritorious deeds!"

"If all my governors and teachers before the Ming Dynasty had strategized like you, the prince, how could the world be like this!"

"The last general waits here to prepare! At that time, we can take advantage of the enemy's retreat and kill the enemy's army!"

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After the conclusion of the strategy, there is naturally nothing to repeat in the next seven or eight days of garbage time.

It is nothing more than the siege attempts of the counties between Huaiyang and the occasional see-saw transfer of targets.

The Qing army attacked Yangzhou for several days, but they continued to be ashamed. All attempts failed. Every day, they continued to damage several Hongyi cannons, killed hundreds of elite soldiers, and injured thousands more.

Unable to capture Yangzhou, the Qing army also tried to shift their targets to Taixing, Haimen and other counties to gain some benefits. However, the Ming army's defense of the Yangtze River was very solid, and the navy could mobilize large sums of support troops to fight against the Qing army at any time.

Therefore, even if the cities of Taixing and Haimen counties are very dilapidated, the Qing army still can't get any benefits. The problem now is that the Qing army has a high probability of defeating the Ming army in field battles. As long as the Ming army has reinforcements , Into a war of attrition, the Qing army has no chance at all.

In other words, what if the gates or walls of Taixing and Haimen were breached?After the great victory in the south of the Yangtze River, coupled with Zhu Shuren's absolute prestige blessing, all the soldiers knew that the reinforcements would not abandon them. Now the morale of the Ming army is too high. go down.

And how many lives can the Qing army fill?Can you compete with the Ming army in this kind of street fighting and changing lives?Can you afford it?

I can't afford to change it at all!Originally, what the Qing army was counting on was always to "break a hole, and then the Ming army would scatter like birds and beasts, and even surrender upon hearing the wind." As long as the Ming army's fighting will does not collapse, the population of the Manchus will not be replaced by ten times!
In fact, Nikan also knew that with the death of Duo Duo, there was a high probability that the Qing army would eventually retire to rest, but since Dorgon's new order had not yet come, he was not good at slowing down his work, so he could only finish the last period of time.

His goal has also changed from rescuing Duoduo to "winning a victory before leaving, earning some face and career capital".

Although the ancients did not know the "peak-end law of user experience", they still have simple psychological common sense. They all know that when a major event ends, the winner or loser of the last one can greatly affect the tone of the entire layout.

Just like when a gambler plays at a poker table, if he wins a little in the last hand, he will be in a good mood for several days, and there is a high probability that he will come back next time.

As a result, many people in Majiao and Southeast Asia in later generations know that if they observe that the guests are about to leave, they will probably release the water without showing their whereabouts. Let's play" is more effective.

At this moment, Nikan is nothing more than this kind of red-eyed mentality, which is tightly controlled by Zhu Shuren.

Eight days passed quickly, and the time soon came to the 27th of the first month.

This day was already the second day after Dorgon's decree to allow the Qing army to retreat was issued from Beijing.It was only because of the distance of more than 2000 miles that this decree had to go on the road for two more days before it could be delivered to Nikan.

When Dorgon learned of the news that his mother's brother died in battle, he was also extremely sad. During the period, he swore all kinds of vicious curses on Zhu Shuren, and made many long-term plans.But these details are not listed for the time being, and we will discuss them later.

Just when Dorgon's will was halfway through, the "Huai'an Sneak Attack" that Zhu Shuren asked Zhang Mingzhen's navy to launch finally officially broke out.

After many days of detours, Zhang Mingzhen's troops first evaded Kong Youde's sentry and scouts from the Qing army navy, and then took advantage of the time after nightfall on the 26th to quietly sail into the mouth of the Huaihe River.
I made full use of the time difference throughout the night to rush on the road, and even played the banner of the Qing Army Navy along the way, because it was not too far from the entrance to the sea, so I didn't encounter interrogation.Recently, the Qing army had too many heavy ships from the rear coming to Huai'an, unloading the supplies needed by the troops, and then transporting them to the forefront of the battlefield through the Hangou Canal by small boats, so that the Qing army guarding the river mouth was not surprised.

This task can only be done by Zhang Mingzhen, Zheng Chenggong really can't do it,
In the final analysis, it is a matter of sailing experience and ship type. It is difficult for Fuchuan to sail even in the coastal waters of the Yellow Sea. It is even more impossible to enter the Huaihe River for a surprise attack and perfectly realize the transition between river and sea navigation. The sailors of the Zheng family have no experience in this area. , Even if you give them a sandboat, there is a high probability of running aground.

The amount of sediment brought by the seizure of the Huaihe River by the Yellow River was so amazing that there was a huge delta alluvial fan at the mouth of the Huaihe River in the late Ming Dynasty, and there were shallow sandbars everywhere. Anyone who was a little bit unfamiliar with the waterway would be stranded directly.

And Zhang Mingzhen has been with the Shen family for many years. It can be said that he has the most experience in navigating the Yellow Sea and the major rivers along the Yellow Sea. There is no comparison in this field.

Therefore, the Qing army never expected that someone could sneak into the mouth of the Huaihe River by navigating against the current in the dark—at least Kong Youde himself did not have this ability!Let Kong Youde come to open this route in the dark in the middle of the night, and Kong Youde himself will hit the rocks!

For things that the Qing army could not do by themselves, their guards were naturally lax, and Zhang Mingzhen's infiltration was more successful than ghosts.

Of course, it is impossible to directly infiltrate and deceive the city gate of Huai'an Mansion. What Zhang Mingzhen did in the end was to surprise the North Water Gate and East Water Gate of Huai'an City at the same time, and also occupied the two wharf towns outside the Water Gate. The Qing army defenders in these two small towns were dispersed, and the dock warehouse was temporarily occupied.

Huai'an City is also a hub of water transportation. The water gate and docks in the north of the city are on the Huaihe River, and the east of the city is on the Hangou Canal. Originally, the transshipment trade between the Huaihe River and the Grand Canal was done, so there are a lot of materials piled up in both places. , I usually don’t bother to transport them back to the city. They are unloaded from the big ship on one side of the pier, and change to a small boat on the other side to take the canal.

When Zhang Mingzhen's fleet came, they basically didn't carry much, and they didn't bring much supplies and rations. He knew that he was sure that the food would be used by the enemy.Occupying the two wharf towns outside Huai'an City, they immediately loaded all the valuable weapons, equipment, and ammunition supplies they found into their own fleet. It is true that they used the weapons, ammunition, and supplies of the Tartars to fight the Tartars.

The most valuable inventory was removed, and then the worthless military rations began to be moved. If the Tartars counterattacked and could not hold it, they would burn the things that were too late to be transported, anyway, they could not be used by the enemy.

Of course, the Qing army in Huai'an City really couldn't do anything about Zhang Mingzhen for a while.

The two water gate wharves were on fire, which in itself made the Qing soldiers panic. At first they thought it was a small group of bandits, and sent some troops from the west gate to try to quell the chaos.As a result, when we made a detour back to Beishuimen, we found that what we ran into was the elite of the Ming army, a formidable enemy who was difficult to deal with.

In addition, the Qing army in Huai'an City was originally a second-line force in the rear. They were ambushed by the prepared Ming army and were quickly defeated.

Overnight, Zhang Mingzhen killed the original defenders in two wharf towns and ambushed the enemies who retreated from the city. He easily wiped out thousands of second-line troops, and really won a big victory.

More importantly, he also robbed and burned a lot of military supplies that the Qing army was going to transport to the front line of Yangzhou, and Nikan Manda Hai Shangshan and others on the front line became more and more unable to continue.

Huai'an is only more than 200 miles away from Yangzhou. Naturally, this bad news was reported to the Yangzhou army by Pegasus overnight.

The logistics base was stolen. Although the city did not fall, all the wharf facilities and warehouses in the wharf town were burned, which greatly affected the morale of the Qing army.

Shang Shan, the retreating faction, jumped out almost immediately: "I said earlier that since I was convinced of the news of the prince's death, I should retreat immediately! Now that the southern barbarians are harassing the rear again, we can't wait any longer!"

Nikan didn't reap any benefits in the past few days, but he took another bite of the pot on his back. He was very depressed. At this moment, his prestige in the Qing army in Huainan was even lowered to the extreme.

Man Dahai, who also wanted to retreat, but with different motives from Shangshan, also involuntarily sided with Shangshan: "Third brother, if you feel that it is shameful to retreat like this, you should at least divide your troops and go back to Huai'an.

If you can encircle and annihilate the Ming army that attacked Huai'an and prevent them from fleeing to the sea again, it will be considered a credit, and you can explain it to the regent when you go back. If you hesitate, you will be too incompetent——I didn't think so , I just speculated that the prince might think so. "

Nikan's face turned blue and green, and finally he gritted his teeth: "You think you can catch up with the Ming army that attacked Huai'an, I won't stop you! Just don't return empty-handed then!

But the siege outside Yangzhou cannot be withdrawn!I believe the lord's will will come within two days!If the prince tells us to withdraw, I will withdraw the whole army! "

What Nikan thought was that in the next two days, as soon as Dorgon's order arrives, he will step down, and the final responsibility must be much smaller than "retreating completely without an order".In the situation where it is no longer possible to achieve partial victory, it is better to lose a little bit better than to lose face in disgrace.

But with his decision, it was obvious that he could no longer restrain the army. Man Dahai was almost equal to him, so he sneered at the moment and took the order, and brought his troops to express that he would return to Huai'an immediately.

Shang Shan and Li Chengdong also quickly stated that they were not avoiding the enemy and retreating, but actively seeking a battle. After hasty preparations, they went with Man Dahai——

No one can blame them for doing this, and even someone created public opinion in the Qing army camp that day, saying, "During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shaojun who returned to rescue Wuchao was the one who was truly courageous and responsible, and stayed in Guandu to attack Cao Cao's army." It’s just a decision made by a fool like Guo Tu.”

Wearing clothes, the rumor became more and more exaggerated, and soon became "I heard that Zhu Shuren will also follow the example of Cao thief this time. Cao Cao went to Wuchao to cook food in person.
If he could intercept the Ming army in Huai'an, he might be able to kill Zhu Shuren directly, just like how Yuan Shao could have killed the bandit Cao in Wuchao if he was willing to save Wuchao with all his strength."

Anyone with a little IQ can tell that this kind of rumor is nonsense, but the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was too popular among the generals of the Qing army, and everyone even recognized this statement for a while.

On the 28th day of the first lunar month, at least [-]% of the Qing army outside Yangzhou retreated, and in order to hurry, they also took away a large number of cavalry and warships.

Only Nikan's direct line troops remained, mainly attacking infantry and heavy artillery, and stayed outside Yangzhou City to wait for Dorgon's official order, planning to pack up and walk after it was clear that they would retreat.

The whole Qing army went up and down, and no one thought about the problem of "what if the Ming army, who had been cowarded in Yangzhou for so many days, suddenly opened the city gate to pursue and counterattack".

There is no way, the Ming army has been cowardly in Jiangbei for too long, and so far has not launched even a field chase and counterattack.The stereotype that the Ming army had no courage to take the initiative to pursue field battles has been engraved in the hearts of the generals of the Qing army.

Nikan clearly has to pay for this oversight.

Because just after the troops of Man Dahai Shangshan and Li Chengdong Kong Youde had all withdrawn, and only Nikan's direct troops were left in the whole camp, the gate of Yangzhou city, which had been closed for so long, suddenly opened that night. The Ming army in the direction of Zhoudu was also dispatched.

The Huangfei Department in the city, as well as the temporarily transferred Liu Zhaoji Department from Taixing, plus part of the Cao Bianjiao cavalry supported by Jiangnan, with several times the superior force, suddenly attacked the Qing army Jiangbei, which was almost purely left with attacking infantry and artillery. Camp, launched a sneak attack.

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PS: Although there is still an update today, there is a chapter of [-] words.So be it.