In the vast North China Plain, the sweltering heat and wind this summer make people feel uncomfortable all over.
Oboi took off his armor, revealing his plush chest, and poured a bottle of sweet and sour juice into his mouth. Letting the juice drip down his beard, he wiped his chin and murmured, "Happy."
In fact, he was not happy at all.
Azig let him go south, but he was still restrained, making it difficult for him to let go.
"Yu Guozhen is in Dezhou. I will go directly to attack Dezhou. He does not have enough troops around him. As long as he is captured, the general trend of the world will be determined. Why should I give priority to attacking Qingxian or Cangzhou?"
Thinking of this, he felt extremely dissatisfied, but this did not mean that he would disobey Azig's order.
Although he thought he would not lose to Yu Guozhen, Yu Guozhen's terrible record still forced him to be cautious.
At least, he will not go to the city guarded by Yu Guozhen.
Looking at Tianjin Wei from a distance, Obai suddenly raised his eyebrows: "What is that?"
They took a detour and did not enter Tianjin Guard, but passing through Wu Sangui's rule, they naturally had to look for officials appointed by Wu Sangui to collect grain and reward rewards. Therefore, when he saw the people running in front of him, Obai was surprised, but not surprised.
¡° Surprisingly, Wu Sangui came to see him in person.
"At this time, the Southern Bandits are not preparing to attack the city. If you are not in Tianjin Guards to deal with it, how can you have time to look for me?" Obai asked Wu Sangui with some confusion.
"Obai Batulu, what are you going to do with so many people?" Wu Sangui asked with a smile.
"This is a military aircraft. Don't pass it on without permission!"
"Then let me guess Should we go to Cangzhou or Qingxian?"
Wu Sangui¡¯s words made Obai frown tightly. He didn¡¯t expect that his purpose could be seen through so easily.
Wu Sangui had been guarding Liaodong in the last few years of Chongzhen. Although the stability of his position relied on the support of Gao Qiqian, he did not do badly in Liaodong. His personal ability was among the generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty. It can be said to be top-notch. He looked at Obai with a smile, which made Obai feel extremely unhappy. He said in a rough voice: "You are wrong, I am going to attack Dezhou!"
"It's absolutely impossible, Batulu is deceiving me." Wu Sangui said.
"how you said that?"
"Although Batulu has not participated in many battles in the past few years, I know that you are not a reckless man. In this decisive battle with Yu Guozhen, Batulu must have thought about Yu Guozhen's military strategy beforehand. One of Yu Guozhen's favorite tactics . He uses himself as bait to lure the enemy to attack him, and then intercept him halfway."
Aobai nodded slightly involuntarily. Wu Sangui was right. Yu Guozhen used this trick to defeat Dorgon, using himself as bait.
"In this battle, Yu Guozhen was stationed in Dezhou, which was only two hundred miles away from Tianjin Guards. Although he did not intend to lure us to attack him, if our army really attacked Dezhou, he would not mind taking advantage of the situation and encircling him. I remember when Li Zicheng attacked Liaocheng and Gaojie Attacking Yanzhou? Yu Guozhen has obvious advantages in firearms. He has now completely eliminated pure infantry. Moreover, with barbed wire and trenches forming defenses, he can turn even a small city into an unbreakable fortress - Batu Lu, how many troops do you have to fill Texas?"
Ao Bai is not stupid, he naturally knows that what Wu Sangui said is true. This was the reason why he did not go against Azig's wishes and go to Qingxian or Cangzhou to take action instead of directly attacking Dezhou.
"What's more, Obai Batulu, you should be leading cavalry. It is difficult for cavalry to attack a city. The greatest advantage of cavalry is maneuverability. It can suddenly appear from an unexpected position and unexpected time of the enemy. Behind the enemy's flank. Attacking a city is a matter for infantry. As Batulu knows soldiers well and is good at fighting, of course he will not do such a thing of using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points."
"You said so much, just tell me what your plans are."
"With my wishes, Batulu will not attack Cangzhou and Qingxian." Wu Sangui's eyes flashed, this was the opportunity he was waiting for. Although he had many troops in his hands, he also knew in his heart that most of them were just idle troops and lacked an elite force. After so many years of fighting, Guan Ning's cavalry has been almost exhausted. The remaining part is his darling, and he will not invest in it unless it is absolutely necessary.
Therefore, in order to win this battle, he naturally turned his attention to Jianlu's Eight Banners cavalry.
"If Azig was here, he wouldn't have the guts to come up with this idea, but it was Obai who came, and Wu Sangui had dealt with him frequently. He knew that this person was the most brave among the Jianlu, and the most unconvinced of Yu Guozhen.
¡°Besides, he has been silent for several years, and he really needs a big credit.
"If you don't attack Cangzhou and Qingxian, what are you going to do? Attack Jinan Prefecture?" Obai suddenly became vigilant. If Wu Sangui really came up with such an idea, he would spit on him without hesitation.
"I sent people to attack Cangzhou." Wu Sangui's next words surprised Obai: "At the same time, I pretended to cross the river near Tianjin Wei and prepared for a counterattack. Under such circumstances, Tian Boguang's troops would not dare to return to the army for rescue. The only way The only one who came to Cangzhou's aid was Yu Guozhen, who came from Dezhou. He didn't want to sit back and watch Tian Boguang and Gu Jiaming's escape being cut off, so he had no choice but to go out of the city to rescue them."
"Then I'm going to attack Yu Guozhen on the way?" After hearing this, Obai couldn't help but perked up. This was a good plan. He was not sure about attacking Dezhou City, but using the mobility of the cavalry to fight Yu Guozhen in the field, he felt that, I still have some chance of winning. Even if he can't succeed, Yuan Biao can always do it after severely damaging Yu Guozhen's morale and leaving.
"No, no, although Yu Guozhen will put himself in danger on the battlefield, it does not mean that he is careless. On the contrary, if he sends troops to rescue, he will definitely consider his own safety, and as mentioned above The news he received that day was that Yu Guozhen's 20,000 reinforcements had arrived at the entrance of Qingdao, and should have reached Dezhou by now. There were sufficient troops, and he was highly vigilant. It was absolutely impossible to attack him halfway. However, if he After leaving Dezhou, the defense of Dezhou will inevitably be empty. At this time, if I send people pretending to be messengers conveying military information about victory or people fleeing the war, sneaking into the city, and suddenly seizing the city, Yu Guozhen will definitely be at a loss. At this time, he can only shrink across the board"
It must be admitted that Wu Sangui outlined a very good prospect, and Ao Bai's eyes lit up when he heard it. This was indeed much more certain than his hasty attack on Dezhou.
Yu Guozhen must be surrounded by strong soldiers. He is in Dezhou, so Texas is also protected by strong soldiers, so he will not worry about what will happen in Dezhou. But what if he leaves Dezhou?
"Yu Guozhen is cunning and unparalleled in the world. If you want to deal with him, you must be more cunning than him." Looking at Ao Bai's expression, Wu Sangui knew that he was not far from his goal. He sincerely advised: "Only this chain of tricks can defeat him." Only then can we avoid being seen through by him. Other than that, there is no other way. Batulu, in order to prepare for this battle, I have been planning since June. The young people in the territory have been almost completely mobilized by me. I want to come to Liaodong. The same is true for the land. Although the weather is getting colder, Yu Guozhen's troops are unable to make a surprise attack on Liaodong by sea. However, when the ice and snow are in the sky, it will be difficult to replenish the food and grass for the elite of the Qing Dynasty. Unlike Yu Guozhen, he can still transport it to Qingdao Port by sea, and then Transshipment by rail¡¡±
It can be said that Wu Sangui Xiaozhi used reason to move his emotions in order to make Ao Bai listen to his strategy. Wu Sangui has a clearer understanding of the current situation than others. For the Chinese army, victory in this battle was decisive, but there was still a chance for a comeback if they lost. For the Jianlu, they still had to retreat outside Liaodong. If they couldn't, they retreated to the north of the bitter cold land of white mountains and black waters. For Wu Sangui, this is not the case.
He had no way out, so for his own survival, he racked his brains to get Jianlu to put all his strength in and accompany him in this big gamble.
Just as he realized that there must be a deceit behind Nie Lin's abandonment of the Tianjin Guard, and just as he realized from Tian Boguang and Gu Jiaming's advance that they had not actually tried their best, he knew that Yu Guozhen also hoped that Jianlu would use all his main forces. In order to achieve this goal, Yu Guozhen also intentionally slowed down the advancement of the Chinese army.
But he had to bet, so he concealed his speculation.
"Yes, but your troops must be handed over to me to command!" Obai finally made up his mind.
"Of course!" Wu Sangui was immediately overjoyed. If he could capture Dezhou, he would control the center of Yu Guozhen's battle. There were mountains of military supplies there, and he could cut off Yu Guozhen's land supplies. Yu Guozhen had no choice but to retreat. Dorgon's army should have arrived by then. With Dorgon's military and strategic talents, of course he would not give up this opportunity to pursue. He would definitely push the battle line back to Shandong territory, using the maneuverability of the Manchu cavalry. Attacking various areas east of Shandong, relying on the enemy for food and seeking wealth from the enemy, was the most common tactic used by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Wu Sangui.
By then, the rhythm of the war will have entered their control. In the past three years, Yu Guozhen asked Zhang Bingwen to run Shandong. In addition to building a Jiqing Railway, he also built three vertical and three horizontal official roads. In addition, he promoted cotton from the United States, dug coal mines, and set up some industries nearby. This made Shandong Dongdong is developing very fast. Although the wealth is still far less than that of Xinxiang, it is no longer the poor situation it once was. When the Manchus and Wu Sangui captured Dezhou, they had the opportunity to enter the hinterland of Shandong and rob its population, craftsmen and wealth. It was equivalent to Yu Guozhen planting trees and they came to pick the fruits.
Jianlu and Wu Sangui were very happy about this kind of thing.
"I will send 60,000 troops to Batur"Ambassador, this is my reserve team, originally stationed in Wuqing. Wu Sangui paused for a moment and said, "This is my military talisman. Batulu can use these 60,000 troops to cover up his hiding place." Wherever I went, in order to ensure that the news would not leak out, I suggested slaughtering them. "
¡°The so-called massacre means killing everyone wherever you go. This is Obai¡¯s favorite method. He smiled ferociously and said, ¡°You don¡¯t have to tell me, I¡¯ll do it myself!¡±
¡°This will be a road of bloodshed,¡± Wu Sangui thought as he looked at Obai¡¯s back. (To be continued)
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