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Zhu Shuren led an army of 24 troops and left Beijing on August [-]. After a short march of six or seven days, they passed the Yangtze River, Ruxushui, Chaohu Lake, and Feishui River, and arrived in Hefei on the first day of September.

His arrival, of course, greatly boosted the morale of the Ming Army in Luzhou Prefecture.Huang Degong, Huang Fei, Jin Shenghuan, Lin Chengcheng and other generals all spread their banners and marched out of the city to Feishui Wharf to meet them.

"The last general welcomes the prince!"

"Your Highness uses his troops like a god. With His Highness in command, the Huaibei Tartars will surely be wiped out!"

"Hey, in the army, you should be called the Great Governor, and etiquette cannot be dismissed."

After being admired by all the generals, Zhu Shuren calmly raised his hand to stop everyone's bragging, let the horse rein in and entered the city, and casually asked about the military situation:
"How is the battle on the front line, where did the Tartars go?"

Huang Degong has been in charge of the defense of the war zone around Hefei for many years, and of course he is responsible for reporting. He said in detail: "The Tartars have been attacking for more than half a month, and they began to try to encircle Shouxian ten days ago.

Our army followed the instructions of the prince before the battle, fortified the walls and cleared the field, and did not seek to fight for every inch of land for a while, so the frontline field soldiers and horses shrank into Shou County and let the Tartars encircle them.

Outside the city, only the Bagong Mountain Dazhai, which faces the city of Shou County across the Feishui River, is guarded by heavy troops.And it can pinch off the Feishui, preventing the Tartar troop and grain ships from sneaking into the Feishui from the Huaihe River.

Since the first year of Longwu's truce with the Tartars, in the past two and a half years, our army has steadily managed the city defense of Shouxian County and the construction of the Bagong Mountain Dazhai. Many forts have also been built on Bagong Mountain, and the firing angles of the artillery positions are also all the same. It has been precisely designed to completely cover the surface of the Feishui River.

There is also a large amount of food stored in the camps on the mountain, and a water diversion channel has been built to protect a key point for water intake from the Feishui River. If the Tartars want to attack the mountain, the difficulty will be no less than that of Shou County. It is absolutely impossible to cut off food and water. "

Huang Degong's explanation made Zhu Shuren feel a little unintuitive just listening to it. Fortunately, everyone was chatting on horseback, and they entered the city and arrived at Huang Degong's shogunate not long after.Huang Degong immediately asked for a map, pointing to supplement the explanation.

The reason why Shou County has been a battleground between the North and the South since ancient times is that this place is the estuary where the Huai River divides into Feishui.Feishui passes through Chaohu Lake and Ruxushui to communicate with the Yangtze River.

In the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, this is the only waterway that connects the Jianghuai River, and further down, you get the Hangou Canal between Yangzhou and Huai'an, which is almost entering the sea.

The city of Shou County is located on the south bank of the three-fork of Huaihe River and Feishui River (both in Huainan and Feinan), where the Huaihe River flows from southwest to northeast, and then forks into Feishui in the southeast direction.

Therefore, in order to completely cut off the Feishui River, troops had to be stationed on the east bank of the Sanchakou, that is, at the corner of Feibei in Huainan.

On the east bank of the Sanchakou, because of the high and rugged terrain, it is impossible to build a city. There is only Bagong Mountain, so you can only build a cottage.In other words, the reason why the Huaihe River diverged here was because it was blocked by Bagong Mountain.

This Bagong Mountain is also very famous in history—yes, it is the Bagong Mountain where the idiom "On Bagong Mountain, all the grass and trees are soldiers" was left behind during the Battle of Feishui in the Eastern Qin and Jin Dynasties.

Of course, the confrontation between the Ming and Qing armies in the Shouxian battlefield today is obviously different from the Feishui battle more than 1000 years ago.

Because during the Battle of Feishui, the former Qin army had already conquered Shou County, took the land on the west bank of the Feishui River estuary, and forced the Eastern Jin army to the point where only the east bank could defend, which led to the Eastern Jin Dynasty stationing its main force on Bagong Mountain and The gentle area on the south side of the mountain.

So in the final battle, Xie Xuan needed to send someone to talk to the Qin army, telling Fu Jian not to be too timid, to back off for a while, and to give up an open space on the west bank of Feishui River for the Jin army to cross the river.

But now, both Shou County and Bagong Mountain are in the hands of the Ming army. The Qing army can only create a larger encirclement circle, including Shou County and Bagong Mountain, trying to slowly nibble away.

But the Ming and Qing truces have been two and a half years. In the past two and a half years, Zhu Shuren devoted himself to farming, deducing the development direction of the war situation when the war resumes all the time.How could he operate these cutting-edge throat fortresses without spending any money?
Three years ago, Nanyang County, which Zhang Huang said was guarded, had made Azig miserable.Abatai Yuele and the others were just because they didn't participate in the first-line attack back then, and didn't suffer from this kind of hardship, so they somewhat underestimated the enemy.

But today, Shou County and Bagong Mountain, which have been armed by Zhu Shuren for two and a half years, are equipped with flower bomb fortresses and bastions, and the sophisticated cross-fire coverage design ensures that there are absolutely no dead ends, and it will definitely make Abatai collapse. tooth!
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"Abatai is old and ignorant. Don't you know how his younger brothers retreated under the Daming City in disgrace? He won't storm Shou County and Bagong Mountain, right?"

Zhu Shuren couldn't help but smile easily after understanding the frontier battle situation that happened before his arrival.

He wished that Abatai would make a strong attack and kill more people in the battle.

Impressed by Zhu Shuren's spirit, the shogunate was filled with a relaxed atmosphere. All the generals looked relaxed. Huang Degong held back a smile and said:

"As expected by the prince, Abatay was indeed more aggressive than other generals of the Qing army at first. But after knocking out a few teeth, he also calmed down.

From August 3000th, he tried to attack by force. First, he stormed Shouxian County. After fighting for four or five days, he lost troops and lost almost nothing. It is estimated that he lost two to three thousand people, and then turned around to attack Bagongshan Dazhai.

Regardless of the fact that there seems to be no continuous city wall on Bagong Mountain, there are only some small sections of walls and forts that block the mountain road.As a result, Abatai felt several times that he would see an opportunity if he fought again, but he became more and more tempted to be seduced. Within five or six days, the number of soldiers killed and injured was several percent higher than that in the storming of Shou County.

However, I heard that most of the casualties in the siege were the Han army flag and the newly built green battalions of the Tartars. It is a pity that those real Tartars did not use them to attack the city.We don't expect to kill the Han people in the north to make more military achievements. I hope that after their morale is low, they will find their way back in the future, knowing that the Tartars are just using them as cannon fodder, and it would be great if they would turn against me, Ming Dynasty, in the final battle. "

Zhu Shuren was not surprised by this result.During the reign of Chongzhen, the Han people in the north did have a harder life than those in the south. It is normal for them to have no affection for Ming Dynasty, or even only disgust.

It is impossible to expect that the situation in Daming will improve now, and if reforms and reforms are over, the green battalion will directly abandon the dark and turn to the bright.Especially in Dorgon's years of exhaustion, the green camp is a beneficiary class, which is equivalent to being promoted as an "assistant of the ruling class".

On the contrary, it is the ruled class who are purely oppressed, the poor Han people in the north who are not soldiers, and it is easier for Ming to win over them.

The green camp is already a group of people who have been carefully selected by the big waves and have the most potential for traitors.

He also said pragmatically: "For the time being, it is not the turn of the poor to win over the green battalion. At least in the Battle of the Huaihe River, this is impossible. If we want our Han people to die less in the civil war, first imagine how to put this series of decisive battles together. Play well and play beautifully.

When the northern Han people see that Qinggou has no future, they will naturally reflect again.It is still in the stage of stalemate, and it is too early to say these words.Let's continue to introduce what the Qing army did after they failed to attack Bagong Mountain. "

Huang Degong: "The Tartars stormed Bagong Mountain for several days, and after losing troops and generals, they seem to be inclined to change to a long-term siege, especially the Qing army scouts also detected information two days ago, knowing that your reinforcements are about to arrive in Hefei, my lord.
Abatai then surrounded Shou County, and divided the main force to take the land route and go south along the Feishui River to meet the prince, so as to prevent the Qing army encircled by Shou County from being attacked.

Looking at this posture, it is still the old-fashioned way to surround Shouxian County and Bagong Mountain, cut off the food and grass of the defenders, and hope that after a long time, my Hefei army will go to the rescue, and then we can fight the Hefei reinforcements in a field battle. "

Zhu Shuren showed a satisfied smile when he heard the words: "It seems that the Tartars still think that they are invincible in field battles? How did Duoduo die three years ago, have they forgotten?"

Huang Degong sorted out his language, and said tactfully: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to say it bluntly. Although Abatai's thinking is old-fashioned, but if you think about it, the Tartars really don't have any more choices. They have no choice. They can't go on. Always find a way to fight decisively, and try to severely damage my main force of Ming Dynasty.

And to be honest, there are still quite a few Tartar generals who are quite dissatisfied with the battle of Duduo's fall three years ago.
Later, after three battles of encirclement and attrition in Nanjing, Jinshan Temple, and Jiangyin, resulting in the loss of more than half of its soldiers and horses, and the extreme depletion of supplies and armaments, the prince finally wiped them out in field battles.

Therefore, those generals of the Qing army who did not participate in the battle of Jiangnan three years ago generally believed that this was a special case.It is believed that if the Qing army had not been exhausted in advance and lost more than half of its ammunition, but had fought a decisive field battle with Ming Dynasty from the very beginning, they would still have a good chance of winning. "

Zhu Shuren was taken aback for a moment, but then he was relieved. It turned out that Tartar thought so:

"If they are willing to think so, that would be the best. Alright, let them see this time, if the Qing army has not been cut off in advance and supplies are cut off in advance, and the combat power is complete, it can directly fight a decisive field battle with Daming. win!

How many people are there on Abate's journey?How far away are the other Qing troops from all walks of life, and roughly how many soldiers and horses are there? "

Zhu Shuren will not fight unprepared battles, even if he has the intention of a decisive battle, he must first find out the real situation of the enemy.He also got some information when he was in Nanjing, but after all, it is not as accurate as the real-time updated data from the front line in Hefei.

Huang Degong and others also quickly summarized the collected information and gave feedback:
The Qing army used no less than 40 troops in its southern expedition this time, with a total force of no less than [-] to [-]!However, it is also divided into four fronts.

Hauge, who fought against Wu Sangui in Tongguan in the far west, had the weakest troops, only [-] Mongolian soldiers, about one banner formation each, plus a Han army banner, and Shanxi Green Camp Jiang Yu as a strategic reserve.The total number of occupants does not exceed [-].

The second weakest is the Qing army in Huai'an Prefecture in the east, with only 5 to [-] people.

Originally, the Qing army had four groups of troops on the Huai'an battlefield before the war, namely Man Dahai stationed in Suqian, Geng Zhongming stationed in Pizhou, Shang Shan stationed in Xuzhou, and Kong Youde stationed in Haizhou (Lianyungang) ), these four roads add up to at least 8 people.

But at the beginning of the war, due to the adjustment of the strategic focus of the Qing army, the Huai'an road only defended but not attacked, so Shang Shan and Geng Zhongming were transferred westward. On the Huai'an battlefield, only Man Dahai was left in the army, and Kong Youde was left in the navy. , so the troops over there were also reduced by nearly half, and all were added to the Fengyang, Shouxian, and Hefei sides.

So much so that before this wave of dispatch, Abatai's troop strength was originally not much more than that of Azig, but after adding [-] new troops out of thin air, Abatai jumped to the absolute strongest among the four-way Qing army in one fell swoop. one of.

Azig's troops in Nanyang were less than 10,000. Abatai had 4+ troops in Fengyang, plus more than [-] reinforcements. The total strength was actually the same as that of the Ming army in the Hefei theater and Zhu Shuren. Reinforcements are about the same.

Huang Degong couldn't figure out the exact numbers, but basically the Ming and Qing sides had between 20 and 18 troops, and the difference would not exceed [-]-[-]%. Zhu Shuren now has [-] people, and the enemy on the opposite side is the least More than [-]% less than him, at most [-]% more than him.

Zhu Shuren stroked his beard and calculated: "It seems that the troops are evenly matched. Yes, it's a rare fair fight. What about the composition of the troops?"

Huang Degong: "Three of the eight banners are full, the two white banners directly under Dorgon and the Zhenglan banner of Abate, plus two Mongolian army banners, a total of 2 to [-] cavalry. There are also [-] Han army banners and green battalion soldiers. About one hundred thousand.

The two white flags were completely wiped out by our army three years ago, so they were rebuilt within the past two and a half years with the reserve soldiers of the two white flags in the rear and officers drawn from the two yellow flags.Those Mongolian army flags were also severely damaged at the beginning, and they were also replenished at the rear later. The combat power is estimated to have declined compared to when it was at its peak.

Dorgon has always liked to use his own troops to fight the main battlefield where it is easy to get credit, and let other troops fight the secondary battlefield to contain them.This time it is still the case.

A few days ago, some prisoners were caught in the scouting battle, and they all said that there were many people in the Qing court who opposed the resumption of the Southern Expedition this year, and some soldiers and horses were not in harmony. Dorgon could only rely on his direct line The troops won some battles first, proving that his decision-making was correct. "

After hearing the information, Zhu Shuren was completely relieved: From this point of view, winning this battle will not only severely damage the Qing army, but may even tear apart the ruling unity within the Qing court, and completely challenge Dorgon's promise , this is a good thing.

That being the case, he is more determined and ambitious to fight a beautiful battle, not only to win on the physical level, but also to win the good-looking, and to destroy the psychological advantages of the Tartars at the psychological level, making them self-doubt, self-reflection, and even ultimately Infighting!
After smoothing out his thoughts, Zhu Shuren sighed and made a decision: "Originally, I planned to use more tricks, adapt to the situation, consume what I can, and then plan a decisive battle.

But since the Tartars are so discordant, we must not only win, but also win so that the Tartars have no excuses at all!Because if it is still the same as three years ago, when Duo Duo died and the Tartars felt that 'this is bad luck, it is a special case under special circumstances', then Dorgon would still be able to maintain his policy, and the Tartars would still be willing. Throw resources into this pit.

Only when the Tartars see clearly: Even if they fight a tough battle with dignity, they will still be crushed by my Da Ming, then the Tartars will reflect on it - everything is Dorgon's decision to resume the war itself is a big mistake!
We will use our military victory to induce political infighting among the Tartars!Completely wiped out their fluke mentality!For this reason, even if thousands of soldiers died in battle... I'm afraid I can only bear it.

All sacrifices are for the sake of fewer sacrifices in the future.Sometimes you have to use intrigue and deception to be a human being, and sometimes you have to use a majestic teacher. The combination of the odd and the right can destroy the enemy's psychology! "

Cao Bianjiao brought by Zhu Shuren, and even Huang Degong and Huang Fei from Hefei are all deeply impressed.

These people are brave and fierce fighters, now that their weapons and equipment have been upgraded, and the morale of the troops has also risen to a higher level. They are confident that they can defeat the Tartars in a dignified battle!
it's time.

Zhu Shuren saw the attitude of the generals, so he ordered: "Reinforcement troops come from afar, and they will be stationed for three days. After three days, they will slowly march northward to camp, fight steadily, and send a letter of war to the Qing army surrounding Shou County, asking them to fight!"

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Three days passed by inattentively, and in a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of September. In the besieged camp of Shouxian County, which had been a little nervous for the past few days, Abatai, the commander of the Qing Army's Central Route Army, finally received Zhu Shuren's letter of challenge.

Abatai is the seventh son of Nuerhachi, Huang Taiji's elder brother, and he is very old now.

He is 58 years old this year, three years older than Huangtai Jihai. Historically, he should have died of illness in March this year. Now he has lived a few months longer than the butterfly effect. It may be because he is more important than the same period in history. Cool it.

But the natural limit of physiology cannot be violated. Even if Abate is still alive, he is already plagued by old and sick, and has been lying in bed and rarely gets up.In fact, his two sons, Yue Le and Bo Luo, were mainly concerned about military affairs.

In the last half month, Shang Shan and Geng Zhongming were transferred from the east to his command, but in fact, Yue Le and Bo Luo were in charge of each, and Abatai seldom asked about the details.

In addition to the two sons and other generals guarding one side, Abatai's men are also considered young rookies.Three years ago, the two white flags were completely annihilated. Later, the reserve forces were rebuilt, and many former second-line officers, as well as middle-aged generals who had transferred from civilian jobs to the military, got a chance to make their mark.

For example, when Jierhalang planned the personnel work for the establishment of the Two White Banners, he mainly recruited people from the Huanghuang Banner directly under the emperor to mix the sand.Therefore, middle-level generals such as Niu Gulu Yirden and Niu Gulu Ye Bilong, who were inlaid with yellow flags, were all transferred over.

The original civil servants of the Liangbaiqi transferred to the military, or the second-line generals became regulars, and there were Ekeqin, Bumbleshan, Suke Saha and others from the Tabai family. Anyway, these people escaped the destruction of Duoduo three years ago The two white flag elites who survived the battle.

In history, many of these people only became Zaifu ten or twenty years later, when Shunzhi was dead, but now they are only middle-level and high-level generals.

At this moment, Abatai received the war letter from the Ming army. Of course, he must pay attention to it, so he called all the main generals in the Shou County battlefield to discuss whether to go to the appointment for a decisive battle.

Yue Le and Bo Luo ranked first in the left and right classes, followed by Shang Shan and Geng Zhongming, followed by Yirden, Ye Bilong, E Keqin, Bumbleshan and Suke Saha.

"Zhu Shuren came down to fight and asked me to wait for a decisive battle in Shaopi in three days. How can we face the enemy?" Abate took the scroll sent by Zhu Shuren and shook it at the generals.

The generals did not know the content of the gauntlet in advance, and they were all shocked when they heard the words, it was like cold water splashed into a frying pan, and they cheated directly.

Yue Le: "What? Nan Manzi dared to take the initiative to invite me to a decisive battle in the Qing Dynasty? Or a field battle? Has Zhu Shuren, a scheming traitor, lost his mind? Could it be a fraud?"

Boluo: "The Southern Barbarians have an appointment to fight in Shaopi? The terrain is relatively tight, which is indeed not conducive to the deployment of the army, but why should our army listen to them? Isn't it okay to intercept halfway?"

The two main generals were the first to express their opinions, and the other generals also deeply agreed with this statement.

Everyone found it unbelievable, and after pondering for a while, Suksaha, who was relatively junior, deduced it in a deliberative tone:
"I don't know whether Nanmanzi is on the south or north bank of Shaoshui River? Could it be that he wants to repeat the battle of Feishui in the Qin, Eastern and Jin Dynasties? Let our army give up a piece of land on the north bank of Shaoshui River so that the Ming army can cross the river for a decisive battle?
That would be too whimsical to underestimate me!What a coward Fu Jian is. He claims to have millions of people under his command, but his hearts are not in harmony, and he will collapse as soon as he retreats!My Qing Dynasty is like the sun and the sky, and all people are united. Even if I retreat a little, I can turn back and kill anytime, anywhere!At that time, the Ming army will be halfway through and killed without leaving any armor! "

Suksaha's speech was also to gain performance opportunities.When he said this, he pointed to the map and asked.

Between Hefei and Shou County, there is a total of about [-] miles, and the whole journey is along the Feishui River.Not far from the west bank of Feishui River, there was originally a large swamp wetland. As early as in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Yin Sun Shuao, the order of the State of Chu, built the water conservancy project "Shaopi", and then the local swamps gradually turned into polders, and the low-lying areas were further dredged for use. store water.

Shaopi is an inverted triangle shape with a wide north and a narrow south. The northernmost point and the place closest to Feishui is only five or six miles wide. There is also a small river called Shaoshui. The water of Shaopi flows out of the lake from there and flows into Feishui. water.

The lake becomes narrower as it goes south, and the distance between the lake surface and Feishui is farther. To the southernmost tip of Shaopi, it is about 25 miles away from Feishui.

Zhu Shuren's army went north from Hefei to reinforce Shou County, while Abatai's army went south to meet Shou County from the south. Naturally, they would of course meet in the narrow strip between Feishui and Shaopi.

Of course, if Abateken backed down, he could also retreat his troops to the north of the north entrance of Shaopi, and put the Ming army into an open area to fight again, avoiding the narrow terrain with water on both sides.

In the same way, if the Ming army stayed tens of miles north of Hefei City and insisted not to go north, then the Qing army could also be sent further south to fight in a spacious area further south of the south entrance of Shaopi.

The Qing army has the advantage of cavalry, and it must be conscious that the wider the battlefield and the easier it is to turn around, the more advantageous it is.

However, the Ming army was good at formation warfare, and could force the enemy into a decisive battle in a space where there was no way to turn around, and it could also take advantage of it.

The choice between them depends on the urgency of the generals on both sides.

Suksaha also knew this, so he was inclined to let the Ming army cross Shaoshui, leave the narrowest north entrance of Shaopi, and put them in the open field north of Shaopi for a decisive battle if he agreed to the battle.

At that time, the Ming army will have to bear the disadvantage of a last stand.If they were defeated by the Qing army after crossing Shaoshui, it would be difficult to escape if they wanted to escape, and they would be driven directly to Shaoshui and drowned.

Of course, the Ming army must have the advantage of the navy, and there are warships that can advance along the Feishui River, which can more or less meet the army.And the Qing army had no ships at all on that battlefield,

Because Shou County and Bagong Mountain were still in the hands of the Ming army, the fort in the east of Shou County and the fort on Bagong Mountain could completely block the Huaihe-Feishui estuary, and it was impossible for the Qing army's ships to sail to the south through that point.

However, Suksaha's opinion was quickly refuted by Shang Shan who had suffered three years ago:

"Don't underestimate the enemy! Even if Zhu Shuren is trying to reproduce the battle of Feishui, our army can't just let the barbarians cross the river just because the Qing Dynasty is united!

The Nanmanzi played too skillfully and exquisitely at luring our army to retreat and pretending to cross the river to pursue them!In the Jiangyin decisive battle three years ago, Prince Yu's left-wing army fell for the Nanmanzi's tricks!
At that time, the Nanmanzi also made a plan to cross the river against our army's defenders on the east bank of the Hengtang River and threaten the prince's left flank.General Li felt at the time that it would be okay to retreat temporarily even if he was overwhelmed by the Ming army's musket fire across the river. Sooner or later, he could wait for the first batch of Ming army vanguards to cross the river before turning back and attacking halfway across the river.

But what happened?The Ming army was good at using cavalry artillery!It is very flexible and can be deployed at the front, where it can be pulled and fired immediately!In the end, our army wanted to counterattack, but was blocked by the Ming army's cavalry artillery and a kind of high-throwing curved artillery, which caused the Ming army to stand firm unexpectedly!

If it is still done like this now, I am afraid that the Ming army will repeat the old tricks!Zhu Shuren was not betting that the morale of our army would be as low as that of the former Qin army. He was betting that the field artillery deployed by the Ming army could consolidate the landing field formed after the retreat of our troops along the river!

Moreover, the Ming army still has the advantage of a navy on the Feishui battlefield. We have no ships and the enemy has ships. If the enemy's warships with cannons are directly inserted into Shaoshui to cover the Ming army crossing the river, it will be difficult for us to stop them, and we will only lose our pioneering position. machine. "

Shang Shan is not considered the smartest general in the Qing army, but after all, he was also the senior general who had the most experience in the series of battles three years ago and was still alive.As the saying goes, one learns one's wisdom through adversity. He has suffered so many defeats and knows the enemy very well. He is already regarded as the "living fossil that has suffered the most pitfalls" under Abate's command.

For his opinion, Abate also had to pay attention to it.Abatai coughed a few times, panted and clapped the board:
"Shang Shan, you don't have to lose your ambition and lose our army's prestige after losing too much. But what you said is indeed not unreasonable. The Ming army is good at deploying artillery flexibly and rushing forward. This method has not been used by our army so far. Can master.

Our army's artillery is mostly heavy and bulky. Except for the Francophone, the others cannot be quickly deployed at the front.The Ming army still had the advantage of being a navy, so leaving an extra river across the battlefield would be one more variable after all.

It is better for our army to go south in advance, cross the Shaoshui River first, and then go forward for dozens of miles, advance to the south entrance of Shaopi, and set up a formation to meet the Ming army in a relatively open area.Moreover, after our army crosses the Shaoshui River, we can send out auxiliary troops to fill the mouth of the Shaoshui River.

It is not necessary to completely block the water flow and cause flooding, but at least the mouth of the Shaoshui River must be narrowed and shallowed so that the gunboats cannot enter the Shaoshui River from the Feishui River.In this way, the artillery of the Ming army cannot appear behind our army, and our army can advance and retreat freely. "

Isn't the advantage of the Ming army that gunboats can pass where there is a river, and then rely on the artillery on the river to help suppress it?If the channel is temporarily filled, it will not be able to abolish this advantage of the Ming army!

Abatai felt that his consideration was to maximize the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, and chose the most suitable position for the northern cavalry.

The generals thought about it for a while, and the two sons actually thought of some risks, but they were very confident and didn't want to hurt their father's face, so they didn't say anything.

Among the other generals, only Ye Bilong, who was relatively the most prudent and conservative, raised a point: "King Rao (Abatai's title is the king of the county), if this is the case, wouldn't it bring our army into a situation of fighting to the death?

Our army was the first to cross the Shao River. If we could not rush into the open area south of the south entrance of Shaopi, but were blocked by the Ming army in the triangular area north of the south entrance of Shaopi, then there would be Feishui in the east and west in the west. Shaopi has Shaoshui in the north, and only in the direction of the Ming army on the south side can there be an open and flat land route to detour.

The Ming army blocked us in a land surrounded by water on three sides, trying to attack us violently, how to avoid it? "

As soon as Ye Bilong said this, none of the generals around him accused him of being wrong in logic, but except for Sukesaha, Erke and others who were in the same position as him, it was difficult to laugh out loud, or it was Shang Shan who The one who suffered a few times is relatively low-key.Others who are higher than Ye Bilong all burst into laughter:

"The Nanmanzi wanted to trap our army in a battlefield surrounded by water on three sides, so they encircled and wiped out our army? There is a twenty or thirty li wide front between the south entrance of Shaopi and Feishui. Can't our Eight Banners cavalry break through the encirclement directly? ?

The Nanmanzi wanted to block us, and they rushed northward temporarily, and it was impossible to set up camps, trenches, and tunnels at the south entrance of Shaopi in time.Still trying to prevent my Eight Banners from breaking through head-on on the plains? "

"You think the prince's plan is risky, so you can come up with a better way! Is this way more risky, or is it more risky to let the southern barbarians cross Shaoshui? There is no perfect strategy in the world, and there is always a trade-off when using troops. What do you think?" Taking everything, Zhu Shuren would not dare to come and fight us!"

The last opinion of the generals is not rough at all.

If Zhu Shuren didn't get a suitable fighter, he wouldn't be easily forced to fight by the Qing army.

Since going north from Hefei City, Zhu Shuren has walked extremely carefully during the last 120 miles. Basically, he has engraved Zeng Guofan's "strengthen the stronghold and fight dull battles". A camp, and then the company went north steadily.

The 120-mile road, if he is allowed to complete the whole journey, he can make a total of three camps in the middle.As soon as they found that something was wrong, they immediately retreated into the stockade and defended it.

Therefore, when he asked Abatai to fight decisively, Abate had to show some sincerity and blood, otherwise Zhu Shuren could avoid the battle by choosing a battlefield geography and fighting timing that were purely beneficial to the Qing army.

After weighing the balance, the generals of the Qing army finally decided to take the initiative to cross the Shaoshui south in advance at an appropriate time, and then fight a fair battle with the Ming army in the area between Shaopi and Feishui.