Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 705
On the school grounds, Wang Yan and his party finished their inspection. The Five Zhongjun Army had a full quota of 16, 10 guarding the eastern part of Sichuan, guarding against Haoge, and [-] forwards, fighting against the Qing soldiers in Hefei. The [-] troops in Wuchang, after more than three months The preparations, equipment, equipment, food and grass, under the rush of hundreds of thousands of civilians and various workshops, were barely ready, and the army only waited for Wang Yan's order before they could attack.

Of course, Wang Yan still wants to prepare more. This battle is related to the fate of the country. It is a battle of great powers, a battle of rise and fall, and he wants to be safe.

It is his basic strategy for this campaign to fortify the fortress, fight a slow battle, and be invincible first.

After watching the barracks, Wang Yan led everyone to the warehouse to check.

On the west side of Wuchang Wharf, there is a series of tall warehouses, one after another, each four feet high, which can hold thousands of shi of rice grain.

Wang Yan and all the officials walked between the high warehouses, asking the guards to take out the rice bags from time to time, breaking open them with sabers, and leaking out white rice bags.

Wang Yan picked it up, and seeing the round rice grains, Li Suiqiu said, "Your Highness, most of these are rice from Nanyang."

Wang Yan put down the rice, and then said to Li Sui: "It's June now, and the Jiangnan War will be in March. The summer and autumn harvests will be affected. There will inevitably be a large number of refugees. We must prepare early." "Don't worry, Your Highness, Huguang The summer harvest is about to come, and there are three crops a year in Nanyang. Chen Shenshi borrowed a million dollars in silver. Wuchang and Huangzhou have prepared 40 shi of rice grain, 20 pieces of cotton cloth, and a large number of military tents, which are enough to deal with it. Large-scale refugees." Li Suiqiu came one by one.

Wang Yan nodded silently, he had to be fully prepared to fight Jiangnan, and he had to rule Jiangnan. Li Suiqiu said that, and he was relieved a lot, probably it was time to send troops.

After a group of people turned around, they returned to Wuchang City.

At this time, more than a dozen cavalrymen with urgent flags on their backs galloped into Wuchang City. They crossed the street all the way and stopped in front of the Governor's Yamen. Holding the military newspaper in the round bamboo tube, he hurried into the Yamen, shouting: "Eight hundred miles, hurry up and beat the newspaper."

Wang Yan got the news and was already waiting in the hall. Not long after, the cavalry entered the hall, saluted and presented the military report, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness, General Dai has an urgent letter." Wang Yan hurriedly opened the military report and read it Look, Dai Zhifan was in a stalemate in Hefei. Duoduo led [-] troops to rescue Hefei. Dai Zhifan had to withdraw from the siege and retreat to the lower village of Jiming Mountain in the west of Hefei. He urgently asked Wang Yan to send troops to fight Duoduo.

The war went on for more than three months, and Wang Yan was recharging his energy while preparing supplies in Wuchang.

Now, the Ming army and the Qing army have been exhausted from fighting for a long time, and it is time for him to go out and pick the fruits.

After Wang Yan finished reading, he put down the general's report, stood up and said: "You wait to report back to Dai Zhifan, so that he can't fight and stick to the stronghold. Within half a month, the fan will definitely send troops to come."

After finishing speaking, he said to the soldiers around him: "Let the order go on, beat the drums and gather the generals, and order the army to pack up and prepare to set off. Then let Hao Yaoqi and Ma Jinzhong come to see this fan."

Because of the preparations for the battle, all the generals gathered in Wuchang. About half an hour later, the two generals Hao and Ma rushed to the lobby of the Governor's Mansion and saluted together: "My Highness!"

"Two generals, please stand up." Wang Yan raised his hand and went straight to the topic: "Duoduo divides his troops to rescue Hefei. Our vassal is going to raise troops in the near future, but there are two places where we must explain to you two. One is the Manchu Qing garrison in Henan There are heavy troops, and although the main battlefield is in the south of the Yangtze River this time, the direction of Henan has to be guarded, Hao Yaoqi, you must guard Xiangyang for the feudal clan."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, if King Liangshun brings one hundred thousand soldiers, he will eventually reject them. If Dorgon comes all over the country, please His Highness personally reject them!" Hao Yaoqi clasped his fists and said.

What he meant was that if the Manchu Qing sent [-] troops, he would be able to resist by himself, and Wang Yan would not need to worry about it, but if Dorgon sent all the troops of the whole country to attack, then he would have to rely on Wang Yan.

"Good!" Wang Yan exclaimed, emphasizing his courage, and then said loyally to Ma Jin: "Although Haoge is conquering Turpan and intends to make a truce with me, Bi Yidi has no faith at all. Edi, Ma Jinzhong, you have to keep your spirits up. If Hauge is allowed to sneak into Edi, the feudal clan will be defeated, do you know that?" ??? .”

Wang Yan looked at the two of them solemnly, and then said: "Very well, you two return to the station immediately, if the battle in the south of the Yangtze River is successful, this feudal clan will remember you two for a great contribution."

"No!" Both of them clasped their fists together, then stepped back out of the lobby.

One day later, the barracks near Wuchang were completely empty, and a hundred thousand troops marched mightily eastward. The cars were shining, the horses were flying, the flags were like clouds, and the helmets were like fire. The army stretched for more than [-] miles, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.

In June, the weather became hotter and hotter, and it was the time when the Eight Banners were dormant and the Ming army stretched out its hand.

Under the rule of Jiangning Mansion, Lishui County is located in the south of Jiangning City and west of Taiping Mansion. The location is irrelevant. Neither Longwu's central army nor Sun Shoufa's right-wing Ming army will pass through here.

It is such an insignificant place, but at this moment, the camp is full of wilderness, people are screaming, green flags are scattered all over the camp, countless green battalion soldiers wearing red-topped bamboo hats come and go, and there are thousands of covered eight banners haunting In the meantime.

At this time, a large tent covering an area of ​​several acres was full of generals in armor and swords hanging from their waists. In the center of the large tent stood a general who was Bo, who was newly promoted by Dorgon as the king of the county. lo.

Nowadays, most of the nobles in Manchuria and the veterans who are used to fighting have withered, and the rest are divided into two factions, so Dorgon had to promote the younger generation to train them, and Boluo and Nikan were both named county kings.

Boluo was wearing white armor, without a helmet, showing his shiny scalp and a braid. The eyes of many Qing army generals in the tent fell on the back of his head.

He looked at the map, and there was silence in the tent. After a long time, he suddenly turned around and said loudly: "It has been three months since the Southern Dynasty launched an offensive, and up to now, Zheng Ni on the eastern front has been blocked in Suzhou Prefecture. The bandit Wan is trapped in the east of Yangzhou, and the bandit Dai on the western front is occupied by the Prince Yu's enemy. The puppet emperor's soldiers must have been exhausted after fighting for three months. Following Governor Hong's policy, the king hid his troops in Lishui, waiting for the enemy to get tired. Now that the time is ripe, we will first defeat the false emperor and repeat the battle of Saarhu!"

After the chaotic response at the beginning of the war, the Manchu Qing gradually found a strategy to defend against the enemy. Hong Chengchou saw that the Ming army had come in four directions, but there were not many troops, so he gradually formulated a strategy of blocking three routes and fighting one route.

There were 15 Qing soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, 3 soldiers in Suzhou and Zhenjiang in the east to block Zheng Chenggong, 6 people on the front line of Yuhang in the Ningguo Prefecture to contain Sun Shoufa, [-] soldiers from Jinli against Longwu, and [-] people from Nanjing. All the [-] people under him were in ambush in Lishui County.

"Our [-] elite soldiers will definitely defeat the main force of the Ming army in one fell swoop if we rush forward like this. If the false emperor is captured, the other groups will surely collapse without fighting!" Tong Tulai echoed loudly.

(End of this chapter)