Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 366 Qin Liangyu Takes Command (Seventh)

"You will be disappointed!"

Looking at the courtiers in front of him, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but slander.

Immediately afterwards, he convened a military meeting at the Grand Marshal's Mansion.

This time it was a military war, so naturally the more important thing was the military meeting of the Grand Marshal's Mansion rather than the court meeting of the Qianqing Palace.

Moreover, at such a meeting, Zhu Youjian no longer concealed military information, and directly asked Wu Mengming, the commander of Jinyiwei, to tell the exact departure time of the Qing army, the number of soldiers and horses, and other information.

"The 80 army, this Dorgon is really willing to spend his blood. I am afraid that more than half of the Han people in the north will be taken away. If these 80 people are wiped out, there will be no more soldiers inside and outside the Qing Dynasty. , even if there is, it will be difficult to have the scale of going south.”

Qin Liangyu, the Privy Councilor and Chief of Staff of the Generalissimo's Mansion, is a battle-tested veteran after all. After knowing the information, he didn't feel scared at first, but acted calmly. He even discovered the meaning of victory in this war while calming down.

"As Qin Aiqing said, the most important thing for us this time is not how many cities and territories we can defend, but whether we can eat up the 80. We have 60 elites, plus the guards and militias from all over the country are no less than a million If he has the appetite and strength, as long as he eats the 80 yuan, he will be a lion without claws, and it will be a breeze for us to succeed in the Northern Expedition in the future!"

When Zhu Youjian said this, Deputy Privy Envoy Wang Yingxiong and Minister of War Ruan Dayue nodded. They were not as clear about the military affairs as Ma Shiying and Li Yan, so they could only listen with their ears up. It was Wang Yingxiong who had just transferred from the southwest. Not long after returning home, after going through some battles, I still made some sincere suggestions:

"Having said that, I still have something to say to Your Majesty. The war in the Southwest is now raging. Our war with Jiannu cannot be delayed for long. Although we have enough money and food now, if it is delayed, it will cause Ming Dynasty to fall into a two-sided turnover. Difficult and difficult, once one party loses control, everything will fall into a bad situation, as happened in the 17th year of Chongzhen."

"What Wang Aiqing said is very true. Maybe this is the reason why Dorgon still insists on going south to conquer our Ming Dynasty again. He also wants to take advantage of the fire, just like Zhang Xianzhong! But some things can't be rushed. We must be flexible and maneuverable, focusing on mobile warfare combined with annihilation warfare, followed by city defense warfare."

Zhu Youjian asked Qin Liangyu to explain his thoughts after discussing with her.

Qin Liangyu stood up and said, "According to Your Majesty, since Jiannu is going south in three routes, with Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun as the main force to go to Henan, and Tan Tai and He Luohui as the partial teachers to go to Shandong and Huguang respectively, then we can Carry out concentrated fighting on the one side, and hit the main force, implement the policy of looking at two and fighting one;

The so-called watching two is to let the first army and the fourth army fight against the enemy in Huguang and Shandong, and increase the distance between the various armies of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties by voluntarily giving up and refusing to defend some cities, and then the third army and the second army Look for an opportunity to encircle Hong Chengchou's main force in the Henan area and annihilate it! "

"Hong Chengchou's commanding expedition this time, based on his own combat method and the current real purpose of building slaves, must be steady and steady, step by step, and strive to occupy more territory, rather than destroying Daming quickly. They no longer have as many Manchuria as before. Iron cavalry, it is impossible to quickly break through to Nanjing to destroy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, so Hong Chengchou will definitely rule every city he occupies, restore people's livelihood, appoint officials, etc., I am afraid that there will be a political and military struggle."

Qin Liangyu shared his analysis with Zhu Youjian.

"Therefore, as long as we widen the distance between the various armies of the Qing army and arrange the task of blocking and attacking aid, we will be able to find an opportunity to wipe out Hong Chengchou's troops. Hong Chengchou has always been cautious, so we may be able to lure him into the deep with a small defeat in the early stage. In addition, Such campaigns and annihilation battles require the support of Jin Yiwei's fast horses and the local people. At that time, Commander Wu must make arrangements. Fortunately, the road has been renovated now, and the governors of each theater have also strengthened some measures to facilitate reconnaissance and communication. When the time comes As long as there are no mistakes, we will definitely win this war! After all, we are defending our homeland, and the Manchus in the north have always been invaders!"

As Zhu Youjian spoke, he began to decree:
"As for the Grand Marshal's Mansion, except for Ruan Dayue who went to Zhenjiang to control the military food and military equipment from all over the country transported into Nanjing by waterway, Wang Yingxiong, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, stayed in the capital to temporarily lead the deployment and training of the guards and militia of the Ministry of War, and Qin Liangyu, the envoy of the Privy Council, sealed the town The general of the country, in charge of the four armies of the Guards, resisting the Qing army going south."

The post of general was established during the war, and Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Lan Yu all served as generals in the early Ming Dynasty.

And in "Answer to Yuan Jiehuan (Yuan Keli) Deng Fu" in the late Ming Dynasty, there was also a saying, "However, it is hard to blame with only three thousand generals."

Generally speaking, a title will be added in front of the general, so Zhu Youjian's designation of Qin Liangyu as the general of the country is not an act of imitating the Qing Dynasty.

The reason Zhu Youjian asked Qin Liangyu to be in command was because there were no other qualified veterans in the middle school besides Qin Liangyu, and only Qin Liangyu could convince Liu Fangliang, Zhou Yuji, Huang Degong and other Ming's chief officers who led heavy troops in the local area.

And after all, during the war, the four armies of the Guards still had to have a commander in name, and it was taboo to fight independently without one person coordinating all parties.

Although the actual commander has always been Zhu Youjian.

But he is the emperor after all, everything is cumbersome and he has no experience in coordinating 60 or even millions of troops. At most, he is strategic.

When this kind of actual commander-in-chief involves logistics, transportation, charging, intelligence collection and reconnaissance, he is not as good as Qin Liangyu, who has experienced countless battles from the Wanli period to the Chongzhen Dynasty.

When selecting the generals to lead the Western Expedition, Zhu Youjian did not send Qin Liangyu. First, he considered that Qin Liangyu was too old to travel long distances and the miasma in the Southwest subtropical jungle, and second, he was preparing for today.

Fortunately, Qin Liangyu is still in good health, and this time he was in command to resist the Qing army going south. Most of the time, it was just the commander-in-chief of the four armies of the Guards who fought on their own. It was just that Qin Liangyu was required to give orders in terms of unified dispatch.

Moreover, Zhu Youjian will always sit in the military center with Qin Liangyu at any time in the name of inspection.

Of course, Zhu Youjian would not assume that Chang Kaishen would not interfere with Qin Liangyu's command.

He just wants to provide Qin Liangyu with power protection from time to time.

The Second Army of the Guards in Yingtianfu began to assemble, preparing to cross the Yangtze River north to cooperate with the Third Army of the Guards. At the same time, the Ming Navy also began to gather in Songjiang Prefecture to go north to attack the Manchu Qing rule along the coast. district tasks.

Military orders from the Generalissimo's Mansion were also sent to various theaters one after another, ordering Zhou Yuji of the First Army of the Guards, Liu Fangliang of the Third Army, and Huang Degong of the Fourth Army to prepare for the enemy.

(End of this chapter)