The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 172 Confident Azig
The reason why Boluo decided to stay in Yanping to lure the enemy and let Azig lead the main force to attack Shanguan was also due to his own reasons.

Although Azig is just an ordinary Baylor on the surface at the moment, he was demoted several levels because he lied about killing Li Zicheng last year and called Emperor Shunzhi a "child" in front of the courtiers.

Before that, he was His Royal Highness the Prince of England, the younger brother of the current regent Dorgon!Even when Boluo saw him, he had to respectfully kneel down and salute.

The reason why His Royal Highness the Regent let Azig join the army to conquest Fujian this time was that he felt that the battle would be a sure win and that he would earn a share of the military exploits back home.It is estimated that after Fujian is pacified and the army returns to Shengjing, Azig will surely restore the title of Prince of England according to his meritorious service.

But at this time, because of Boluo's carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, his army went deep into the border of Fujian alone, and was cut off by the southerners, causing tens of thousands of troops to fall into desperation.

Therefore, in the current situation, even if everyone else dies in Fujian, we have to find a way to let Azig leave alive!

Fortunately, Azige fought with Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty in southern and northern wars since he was a child. He has seen many storms and waves, and he is very brave and good at fighting, and he is quite trusted by the soldiers.He commanded the main force and fought head-on. I believe that any Ming army would not be his opponent.

After Azige broke out of Shanguan and joined forces with Liu Guangbi, he would be able to obtain the supply of grain and grass from Quzhou, and then use Shaowu in western Fujian as a base to continue his great cause of conquest of Fujian.I believe that as long as you command carefully and don't make the mistake of advancing lightly, it will be easy to defeat the Nanren with an army of tens of thousands.

At that time, he, Boluo, may also have the opportunity to lead his troops west to join the main force. This great achievement in Pingmin is still his.

Azig held up Boluo's secret letter and continued to look down, and couldn't help smiling even more—the letter said that Ming Ting agreed to send [-] shi of rice to Boluo every four days until the peace talks ended.

When the two armies are at war, they will supply the enemy with food and grass as soon as they make peace.He sneered in his heart. He had fought in the Central Plains and had seen too many greedy, selfish and cowardly Nikan. He was afraid of the cunning and scheming of the southerners, but now it seems that they have lost even this last "advantage".

Such a court, such a southerner, how can they not perish?This colorful world in the Central Plains is definitely in my pocket!

He even imagined for a moment that when he got out of Shanguan, he would go to the imperial court and transfer the troops of Zhang Tianshou in Huizhou to the south.Boluo continued to lead the army to conquer Fujian, while he himself led the Huizhou soldiers to sweep Jiangxi.

At that time, with his illustrious military exploits in Fujian and Jiangxi, and taking the opportunity to expand his influence, he might be able to convince his elder brother regent to abolish the little boy Shunzhi, and then ascend to the throne himself.Maybe he can also lead the two flags, what a glory it is.

However, when Azig read the end of the letter, his complexion immediately darkened, and he cursed loudly: "This southern barbarian surnamed Zheng really doesn't know how to flatter him!"

The secret letter finally wrote: Zheng Zhilong reported that the gentry and people in Quanzhou refused to cooperate, and the progress of raising food was slow.He said that he might be given the post of governor of Fujian and Guangdong first, so that it would be convenient to collect food and grass for the army.As for the deployment of warships to encircle Fuzhou at sea, because the requisition of food costs too much manpower and there is a temporary shortage of sailors to go to sea, only [-] large ships and [-] small boats have to be dispatched to Fuzhou.After the food requisition is over, send a brigade of warships northward.

What Zheng Zhilong meant in his words was to take advantage of Boluo's need for him, and first appoint the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, otherwise he would not even think about food, grass, and warships.

Azige didn't know that Zheng Chenggong had returned to his hometown in Quanzhou some time ago. First, he bitterly remonstrated with Zheng Zhilong that he couldn't change his mind, so he followed what Zhu Linming taught him and told Zheng Zhilong that Boluo was just using him and had no intention of sealing him from Fujian. Governor of Guangdong.

Zheng Zhilong was very surprised when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked people to ask money to inquire in the Boluo army.Sure enough, after this investigation, we got the news that Boluo had already awarded Zhang Cunren the post of governor of Fujian, and Tong Yangjia the post of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zheng Zhilong, who learned the inside story, was very annoyed, so he temporarily withheld more than 4000 stone grains and grasses that were going to be sent to Boluo, and the fleet returned to Quanzhou Port halfway, and wrote to Boluo again, just waiting for him to compromise Besides.

Not to mention the delay of nearly ten days, Zong Boluo later swore that the governor of Fujian and Guangdong must belong to him, Zheng Zhilong. The seeds of suspicion had already been planted in the latter's heart, and various orders to Boluo began to work. Drag and drop.

"When Fujian is pacified, I will kill this barbarian!" Azig said through gritted teeth as he passed the secret letter to the deputy general beside him.

The messenger sent by Boluo had slowed down at this time, and said to Azig: "Master Belle, the general asked the servant to tell you that the first batch of nine hundred shi grains and grass brought by the southerners will be delivered soon." shipped to you."

"Okay!" Azig nodded, "So what if Zheng Zhilong's four or five thousand shi grains are missing? The Nanren will make up for us."

"Lord Belle," Tulai said with a frown after reading the secret letter, "We need to be cautious about the food and grass. Although the army has brought all the remaining food and grass, even if we save food, it can barely last for 20 days. For the purpose. Although there are southerners sending food, they cannot be relied on after all.”

"If Shanguan cannot be captured immediately," he glanced at Azig, "there will be no food and grass."

Although Azig felt that his 4-strong army could capture and defend Shanguan without much effort, he had learned from his early years when he accompanied Manggurtai in the conquest of Chahar that one point in a battle must be three points in the first place. Prepare.

He then ordered Zhuobutai, "Decree, from now on, the rations of all people will be halved..."

"No," Tulai hurriedly stopped, "We have been marching in a hurry for several days, and there is another big battle coming soon. It is not enough to send [-]% of the rations to the soldiers now, and it is not appropriate to reduce it."

Azig frowned, "Then what do you say?"

Tulai clasped his hands and said, "Several cavalry squads can be separated to collect food from Han villages."

Azig had no objection to the plundering of the southerners, but he had to keep his whereabouts secret in order to attack Shanguan by surprise.Therefore, since he left Yanping, he avoided big towns all the way and only chose mountain trails.

However, if they plundered along the way, the Ming army would definitely be alarmed. If the southerners sent a large force to defend Shanguan, with the danger of Shanguan, it would take a long time to capture it.

Seeing him shaking his head, Tulai hurriedly added: "We only took a small village, first surrounded the village with people and horses, ordered the Nanman to hand over the food, then slaughtered them all, and then set fire to ashes, we will not leak the news .”

Azig nodded, "It's the time when we're running out of food, and we probably won't be able to get much food, but it's better than nothing, so you can send someone to do it."

"Whoo!"

Not far away, Han Gushan, the general who had been listening to the conversation between the two, waited for Tulai to pull his horse to leave, hurriedly came up, respectfully saluted Azig, and said, "Master Baylor, there is a plan for this issue of food and grass." .”

"You said."

"My Lord Belle, we may use two-legged sheep as rations."

"Two-legged sheep?"

(End of this chapter)