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"My lord uses his troops like a god. He has no strategy left behind. He is unmatched in ancient and modern times! The last general really admires him so much!"

"Nikan's reaction, the prevarication of Man Dahai Shangshan and others, and the time required for Dorgon's order to be issued, are all within the prince's budget! Planning a strategy and winning thousands of miles away, I am afraid that such a strategic plan will not be possible! "

"Even the specific deployment of the final assault on Jiannu's camp, the prince was able to observe from a distance in Yangzhou City, combined with the reports of the scouts, he pointed out the shortcomings of our army's tactics. The last general has been using troops for many years. I have never heard of such a situation. God man!"

After Nikan was smashed into meat by shells, when the three generals of the Ming army retreated to report back, when they saw Zhu Shuren, they naturally fell to the ground in admiration. .

Zhu Shuren naturally helped the generals up calmly: "It's nothing, General Huang, General Liu, this is the first time for you to fight with this king, right? From now on, you will be like the generals in Huguang. After following this king for a long time, you will get used to fighting repeatedly. Lian Jie."

Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji became more and more respectful: they were originally with the governor of the north, but after returning from the south, they were directly under the Ministry of War in the south of Zhili.If I knew that I had defected to the governor of Huguang a few years ago, I must have made great achievements in battle now.

Alas, this is fate, but fortunately it is not too late.

Now the heroes are gone, only the Tartars are left, and there are not many enemies left for the Ming generals to make meritorious deeds!You have to hold on tight to the prince's thigh!

(Note: This is the psychological activity of Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji, so of course they feel that there are not many enemies in the world, and they don't know whether Zhu Shuren will continue to expand the territory after the Tartars are wiped out)
Fortunately, whatever they thought, Zhu Shuren immediately followed suit.After some simple consolation, Zhu Shuren encouraged them to make persistent efforts:

"Two generals, taking advantage of Nikan's destruction is a good opportunity for our army to expand our results! To be honest, just before the decisive battle, I have ordered General Huang Degong of Hefei on the West Road to personally lead an army to attack Fengyang in the north!

When the Qing army in Shouxian County and Huai'an got the news that Nikan was killed in battle, his army was destroyed, and General Huang stormed Fengyang again, they would definitely worry that Fengyang would lose and the whole line would collapse, so they would shrink and retreat.These few days are a good opportunity for us to regain lost ground! "

When Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji heard the words, they immediately got bloody again and volunteered: "The last general is also willing to lead the army to Huai'an, and then follow General Huang Degong along the Huaihe River to take back the central capital!"

On the other hand, Zheng Chenggong, who has been in charge of supporting the waterway and following behind, happened to be there today. He was more cautious and knew Zhu Shuren well, so he was very careful.Zheng Chenggong pondered Zhu Shuren's wording carefully, then confirmed suspiciously:

"What the prince said just now is 'General Huang has been ordered to feign attack Fengyang in advance'? Why is it a feint attack? Where is the actual attack?"

After Zheng Chenggong pointed out the details, Huang, Liu and other generals also calmed down a little, and Bing raised the same doubts.

Zhu Shuren smiled indifferently: "Using troops must be done with restraint, and you must not be arrogant even after winning a battle. You must always calmly evaluate the strength of the enemy and yourself. This time we are like a lion fighting a rabbit, and we have made full use of the loopholes in the panic and uneven decision-making of the various ministries of the Tartars. Nikan was extinguished.

The Qing army still has at least 5 people on the Huainan battlefield, and they are heavily guarded. It is not so easy for us to succeed.Now that we need a strong attack, our army must gather at least 20 main forces, and with four times the number, we can have a greater certainty of attacking the Tartar fortress.

The army is exhausted from continuous battles, and the loss of supplies is huge. Shells, ammunition, ammunition and gunpowder have to be supplemented. Looking for 20 soldiers who are ready to use and can win battles?

Therefore, it is still not possible to recklessly fully recover Huainan, but to trick the enemy into disorderly defense, and then focus on recovering.In the hearts of the Tartars, Fengyang, the central capital, must have the greatest significance to my Ming Dynasty. If Huang Degong took the opportunity to feign an attack, it would definitely attract the left and right Qing troops to come for reinforcements.

Moreover, the Qing army has just been defeated, and many generals also intend to retreat a little bit to rest and regroup. If it is because our army attacked Fengyang, they moved closer to Fengyang, and finally caused accidents elsewhere, Dorgon would not blame them— —

It was Duduo and then Nikan who were responsible for the Huainan battlefield. Now Nikan has died and Dorgon's new appointment has not yet arrived. During this period of time, the generals in Huainan only need to choose safe, even if they retreat no guilt.

But if you choose to be radical, greedy for more things, want to protect everything big and small, but lose in the end, and don’t keep anything, then you will be held accountable and liquidated by Dorgon afterwards—if it’s you, do you choose to seek stability or seek radical? "

Zhu Shuren's incisive analysis immediately made the generals suddenly enlightened.

Indeed, when the main general was suddenly killed and annihilated by the Ming army again, Man Dahai and Shang Shan did not belong to each other, and there would definitely be a short-term command disorder.In this case, only by seeking stability can we achieve "not seeking merit, but seeking no fault".

The Ming army took advantage of the situation to attack Fengyang. Whether it was true or not, they went to save Fengyang and ensured that Fengyang would not be lost. There would be no guilt after the war.If you want to keep everything, go beyond your authority and do something fancy, and finally get rid of it, then you will be guilty!
Don't think that only the generals of the Ming army would put their personal career interests above the interests of the country, and the generals of the Qing army would do the same!
It's just that the Qing army was in the rising period of the national fortune, and everyone was able to win the battle. This contradiction between personal interests, small group interests, and national interests was covered up.And once the frontline situation enters a period of recession, all these contradictions will be exposed!

At this time, the vicious and keen enemies can catch it at the first time, and use it to amplify its consequences!Take advantage of his illness to kill him!
Both Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji were convinced, and asked sincerely with one voice: "Then according to the prince's opinion, we used Fengyang as a cover, but our army should..."

"Bring the map," Zhu Shuren waved his hand, and his staff naturally took the map, and Zhu Shuren pointed twice casually, "The real goal of our army is naturally to recover Huai'an and Shou County first——

Needless to say, the importance of Huai'an is the place where Hangou enters the Huaihe River, and it has been the key point of the canal since ancient times.Shouxian County is almost equally important. It is the key to the Huai River into the Feishui River. The Feishui River flows south from here, and then flows into Chaohu Lake through Hefei. From Chaohu Lake, it flows into the Yangtze River through Ruxushui and Ruxukou.

After mastering Huai'an and Shou County, all the hubs between the Jianghuai and Huaihe Rivers have been in my hands, and the deployment of "guarding the river must guard the Huaihe" has basically been achieved.Even if Fengyang between Huai'an and Shou County fails to recover, it will not affect the line of defense.

At that time, the Qing army would at best stockpile some ships in the tributaries on the north bank of the Huaihe River, and they could ferry north and south near Fengyang.

Ships coming from the north were stuck in the necks of Huai'an and Shouxian, and could not enter the water system south of the Huaihe River.Most of my Ming farms in Huainan can also be restored. The fields in Huainan to the east of Hangou and west of Feishui can be completely freed from worrying about the enemy's looting.

As long as the land between Han and Fei is close to the fortress of Jiancheng, not too remote, or can be sheltered by other branches of the water network, it can also be cultivated by the people, and the pressure on the military rations of the Huainan garrison will be much smaller. "

Zhu Shuren's explanation was actually a little redundant. All the people present had military literacy, and of course they knew the value of the transportation hubs of Shou County and Huai'an.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, the confrontation between the north and the south in Anhui was concentrated on the line of Feishui and Ruxushui.From the Battle of Shouchun to Hefei and Ruxukou, how many battles were fought for this river between the Jianghuai and Huaihe Rivers.

Later, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when the north and the south were divided, there was repeated see-saw in Shouchun.In the Later Zhou Dynasty at the end of the Five Dynasties, Zhou Shizong Chai Rong wanted to attack the fourteen prefectures of Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He fought for a total of three years. Shouzhou (Shouchun/Shouxian, a place) alone fought against the Southern Tang general Liu Renzhan. for two and a half years.Once Shouzhou changed hands, the remaining thirteen states would completely collapse within a few months.

It can be said that in the boundary of Anhui in later generations, there is only one road between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River, and in the boundary of Jiangsu in later generations, there is only one road in northern Jiangsu, the Huai-Yang River.Controlling these two roads is tantamount to controlling the north-south communication between Anhui and Jiangsu provinces respectively.

After the generals of the Ming army understood Prince E's thoughts, they were all excited, each accepted the task, and went to deploy the troops, feigning the main attack without mentioning it.

……

Zhu Shuren's side had just completed the deployment, and the Qing army's Mandahai, Shangshan, and Li Chengdong troops on the opposite side had just received the news of Nikan's destruction.

It can even be said that at this point in time, they only knew that Nikan's main force was mostly finished, and only a small number of troops broke out.But whether Nikan himself is dead or alive, they are still not sure.

It can only be said that the generals of the Qing army died too quickly and too frequently. They had just suffered a loss of "I don't know if Duoduo is dead or not" before, which caused confusion in the dispatch of troops and dragged on for a long time.Only a few days after Duduo's death was confirmed, Nikan did it again.

Wouldn't the command of the Qing army in Lianghuai be chaotic for another five or six days?
Of course, the Ming army would not give the Qing army time to react. Almost at the same time they learned of Nikan's defeat, Man Dahai and others received an urgent report from the Qing army in Fengyang:

"Two sons-in-law, Huang Degong of Hefei suddenly went north and rushed towards Fengyang with his main force. Dingyuan County between Fengyang and Hefei has been besieged by Huang Degong. It is not known whether the city is broken or not, and the news inside and outside the city has been cut off!
Huaiyuan and Linhuai counties around Fengyang also issued an emergency!The Ming army also shouted the slogan of "restore the capital, kill the traitors and false kings", the morale was extremely high, and it seemed that they were determined to win!Geng Zhongming, who stayed behind in Fengyang, is in a hurry to ask for help from all the disciples! "

Monk Man Dahai was startled, touched the slogan of the Ming army for a while, and immediately realized that the reliability of this matter should be very high——

Zhu Yousong, the puppet emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the king of Xiaofu, who had taken refuge in them before, is still under house arrest in Fengyang City.

In history, when the Qing army first arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, they were not in a hurry to kill the kings of the Ming Dynasty. They just wanted to keep the kings as pawns so that they could persuade more generals of the Ming Dynasty to surrender and break down the will to resist.After taking Nanjing and Hangzhou again, Dorgon felt that it was completely settled, and then Dorgon asked to take the nine princes of Zhu Ming, who were captured, to Beijing and behead them all.

Now that Nanjing has been unable to attack for a long time, the regime established by King Lu's ascension to the throne seems to be firmly established. Naturally, the Qing Dynasty is not in a hurry to kill King Fu, who once pretended to be a false emperor. Effect banner.

From the standpoint of Zhu Changhao and Zhu Shuren, if they can attack Fengyang successfully, besiege and kill them all, and kill Zhu Yousong to avoid future troubles, Dorgon will definitely think that Zhu Shuren's decision is too cost-effective Yes, the political significance is huge.

Although in fact, even if Zhu Shuren attacked Fengyang with all his strength, it is unlikely to get Zhu Yousong——

Once the war was in crisis, it was too easy for the Qing army to send some important figures away with cavalry before closing the encirclement.In particular, Zhu Yousong didn't have to stay to command the army, and this kind of mascot running away would not affect morale at all.

After Man Dahai and Shang Shan summed it up, they all felt that Fengyang should not be lost. Man Dahai was the first to propose:

"Prince Ying sent me to assist Huainan in order to try to rescue Prince Yu. In fact, after Prince Yu died, our troops should return to the west. It's just that we didn't get the order from the regent, so we decided to help the third brother (Nikan) fight a few more times. .

Now the third brother is also defeated, and Fengyang is in a hurry again. It is the capital of the Ming people. Once it is captured by the Ming army again, it will boost the morale of the gang of southern barbarians. Since no one has given me a military order, I will go back to rescue Fengyang , Waiting for the next instruction from the Regent or the Prince of England in Fengyang! "

When Shang Shan heard this, he immediately became interested. His main force had been severely injured in Jiangnan before, and many of the troops he led now were reassigned to him by Nikan after returning to Jiangbei.

Moreover, they have all suffered from the refueling tactics once, and they are unwilling to place orders and be defeated one by one anyway.

However, when the Qing army came to Huainan before, everything went too smoothly and it was too easy to get, so they didn't cherish it too much. The northern cavalry nomads didn't fully understand the importance of Huainan's water network nodes.

Under the support of various factors, Shang Shan also decided to go to Fengyang to stand by, leaving Li Chengdong and Kong Youde to decide for themselves whether to stop the Ming army in Huai'an or follow the main force to Fengyang for a decisive battle.

Kong Youde and Li Chengdong didn't know how many Ming troops marched northward on the Yangzhou battlefield, but they secretly thought that even Nikan could be destroyed so easily. If they stayed alone, they would have to bear the endless anger of the Ming army more and more. At this time, it is more important to preserve their vitality.

Under various similar considerations, the entire Lianghuai Qing army began to shrink and concentrate in Fengyang, trying to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army and beat the Ming army hard in defense.

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The day after Man Dahai and others made a decision and began to move troops, Dorgon's decree was sent to Huai'an.
Hearing that Man Dahai and others had left Huai'an, and that Nikan was dead or alive, the messenger had no choice but to turn back and go upstream along the Huai River, and finally caught up with the generals during the field march.

But even if the decree was delivered, so what?First of all, the direct recipient of this decree should be Nikan. When Dorgon sent it, he only knew that Dodo was dead, but he did not know that Nikan was also dead (and when Dorgon issued the order from Beijing, Nikan did Not dead yet, Nikan died on the way after the courier had been on the road for two days)
Therefore, even if it is delivered, the timeliness will be greatly reduced, and no instructions can be given for further new situations.

Of course, the major principles in Dorgon's order can still be used for reference. For example, Dorgon told Nikan that since Duoduo is dead, there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices, and he can "reduce the force as appropriate and wait for the opportunity. Aid from Yudi The armies in Huainan may also return to their old divisions depending on the situation."

The "shrinking as appropriate" that Dorgon said was of course intended to let the Qing army stop rushing to attack Yangzhou City, which is meaningless.But now that the situation has changed, Man Dahai and others can of course interpret it further, expanding the interpretation of "Don't attack Yangzhou" to "Huai'an can give up as appropriate."

Even if not everyone interprets it this way, as long as a considerable number of people choose to interpret it this way, even if the rest do not interpret it this way, they will be sold to their teammates and bear the anger of the Ming army alone. If they die, they may be accused of disobeying orders. The living comrades are responsible.

Then who wants to be taken advantage of?

Man Dahai and others naturally continued to reply to Dorgon, asking Dorgon to give instructions again under the circumstances that Nikan's life and death were unknown, and said that they had assembled to defend Fengyang, trying to beat Ming in a blocking battle. military.

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In the following seven or eight days of deduction of the Huainan battle situation, there were no details worth repeating, because neither side had an obvious bloody decisive battle, but it was mainly about sports.

Huang Degong on the road in Fengyang had really been cheating and pretending to advance in advance, and took a little risk—after Huang Degong went north from Hefei, he did not break through Dingyuan County immediately, after all, it still takes time to attack the city.He just besieged the city with divided troops, clamored for shelling, and then continued to march northward with the main force around the city with great fanfare.

In other words, Huang Degong left a nail behind him that could explode at any time, threatening his supply line.This kind of rash advance does not meet the precautions of military strategists under normal circumstances.

But since the attack on Fengyang was just a feint to mobilize the enemy, it didn't matter. Huang Degong didn't have to care about the logistical safety of the troops going to Fengyang.But if it's not safe, why not just retreat?Can't the acting be a little more exaggerated?
When the Qing army was mobilized.Around the fifth day of February, Shouxian County and Huai'an, which were empty of troops, were besieged and broken by the Ming army respectively.The main force of the Ming army concentrated more than ten times more troops than the Qing army defending the city, and focused on eradicating two small counties, and concentrated a lot of heavy artillery for attacking the fortifications.

Moreover, when the city was besieged, they did not completely siege the city. They chose to encircle the city with three occupants, and specially vacated the water gate near the Huaihe River in the north of the city, so that the Qing army's defenders could escape for their lives.

When there was a way to retreat, the Qing army's will to stick to it was naturally weaker. In the end, each of them expressed their intention to "break through the encirclement to help defend Fengyang", but were completely eradicated by the Ming army.

It was also at this time that Dorgon's next order came to Fengyang again. At this time, the Qing army also confirmed Nikan's death. Dorgon asked Shang Shanzan to take command of the Qing army in Huainan, and asked Man Dahai to go back and continue. Listen to Azig's command,

Then Dorgon will appoint Seventh Brother and Raoyu County King Abatai, who is now in charge of Shandong's defense, to take his two sons Yue Le and Boluo south to take over the original mission of Duduo and Nikan.As long as Shangshan persists until the arrival of the new prince's boss, he can hand over power.

After all, the two parts of the Qing army's reinforcements to Huainan were sent by Azig, Henan, and the Qing army from Shandong went south.

The Shandong Qing army was originally Abate's army. Now that the old Huainan Qing army of the Duoduo lineage has been almost wiped out, returning the command to Abate just prevents soldiers from knowing their generals and generals from knowing their soldiers. The subordinates are more handy.

For about ten days since then, the two sides have been engaged in sporadic see-sawing, finally confirming the confrontation demarcation line, and clearing out the remnant enemies in the encirclement of one's own side.

The Ming army did not make any further major moves, and only hoped that Huai'an and Huai'an could be fully stabilized first, and that the newly captured city would have time to re-strengthen its defenses, fortify its walls and clear its fields, and dispatch and optimize logistics deployment.

The entire territory of Huai'an Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture except for Fengyang County, other counties in Huainan, were basically recovered in this wave of backlash.The total recovered land area is equivalent to about one and a half prefectures.

On February [-]th, Nuerhachi's seventh son, Dorgon's seventh elder brother, Abatai, king of Raoyu County, finally arrived in Fengyang City, stabilizing the morale of the Lianghuai Qing army.

Abatai is 56 years old, and he only has two or three years of life left in history. Now he is not in good health, and he is not reused. It is just that he has a higher status and plays a role in stabilizing the Qing soldiers in Huaihuai and Huaihe. Heart.

The specific command work will naturally be handed over to Yue Le and Bo Luo gradually—the status of Yue Le and Bo Luo is only Baylor, and Shang Shan, who was leading the army here before, is already Bei Zi.It is not enough for Baylor to command Beizi for a long time and have absolute authority.With a prince under pressure, the situation is much better.

The Ming army on the opposite side also quickly grasped this information, knowing that Abate, Boluo and others had arrived.

Zhu Shuren also told Huang Degong very face-saving:
"Let's feint again tomorrow, and then retreat in an orderly manner, leaving some of the tatters accumulated over the past few days, which are too late to be transported and worthless, and set them on fire when they retreat.

It was treated as a hasty retreat, and it was too late to take away the supplies. Intimidated by the prestige of Prince Abate, he had to "defeat" and return to Hefei. "

When Huang Degong heard this, he was still a little unconvinced: "My lord! Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji have been following you during this period of time and have made great achievements frequently. The last general is your old subordinate. Why did you let the last general play such a false role? You can't favor one over another. !"

Zhu Shuren laughed and scolded: "Didn't you also command the battle to recover Shou County? This is not a small contribution. Besides, it is because you have been with the king for a long time and have a great reputation, so you can deceive the Tartars! How could the Tartars think of it?" , this king will use the most prestigious general under his command to make a feint!
As for giving Abatai a little sweetness, it is also for turning into a truce.Tartar has lost so many games, like a red-eyed gambler, at this time you say you don't play with him anymore, can he let it go?Always let him win a small game in the end before playing the poker table.

The imperial court has gained a lot, and it will take time to slowly digest the fruits of victory, so let's do this first. "

After hearing this, Huang Degong felt a lot more at ease, and immediately said that he would carry out the military order.

The next day, the Ming army prepared to attack Fengyang City with the final firepower, and then "retreated", and set fire to a pile of garbage that was inconvenient to take away from the camp.

The Qing army gave chase, but some vanguard cavalry were burned to death by the fire in the camp of the Ming army because they tried to rob property, and hundreds of people were burned and their armor was burned.

Seeing that the Ming army actually retreated in an orderly manner and was well prepared, the Qing army did not dare to pursue them.But this did not prevent them from boasting that they had won a great battle and captured countless captures after they returned to Fengyang City, and they also boasted the two major generals, Yue Le and Bo Luo, Lord Baylor to the sky.

It seems that the previous defeats were all due to the incompetence of Nikan and Shangshan. Once Yue Le and Boluo took over, they would immediately turn defeat into victory!

Both sides gained face. The Ming army gained significant military and logistical benefits, but the Qing army seemed to have retained its political capital, preventing the Ming army from succeeding in its plot to "intercept and kill the false emperor of the Qing Dynasty." Defensive standoff.

The Ming army really needs this time to slowly digest the fruits of victory and deepen the reform of the military system——

It has been a month and a half since Zhu Shuren was granted the title of prince of Hubei, general governor, and commander-in-chief of Chinese and foreign armies, but he hasn't had time to reform the old Ming army in Nanzhili.

The Tongling Copper Mine and Ma'anshan Iron Mine in Southern Zhili have not had time to carry out modern chemical industrial transformation like the Daye Iron Mine in Huguang. There are too many things to do.

It will take at least two or three years to upgrade the farms in Nanzhili and Jiangsu and Zhejiang to match the Huguang model.

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PS: There must be a period of strategic stalemate in the follow-up.If you don't like to read it and feel that you can counterattack, then I will try to hurry up and finish the follow-up farming strategy in a few chapters.

However, the timeline will also move forward relatively quickly. It is impossible to expect the full-scale Northern Expedition and strategic counter-offensive in the first or second year of Longwu.It is also not realistic, and the consumption of materials and armaments is too serious.

Let’s read everyone’s comments. Let’s reiterate that I’m not the kind of person who wants to make money. The grades of this kind of book are not worthy of me. Who the hell is going to spend more than 5000 yuan a month? Don’t do something. what's wrong.If it's [-] yuan a month like Huyou Liu Bei's, my Shuishui will be Shuishui.

If there are still people attacking me for farming water characters, I will briefly write the timeline to advance, so as not to be sprayed.