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Text Chapter 232 The dog-headed strategist¡¯s plan

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    In Yichang City, Li Shutai and Hong Shiqin were listening to the report of the failure of the "Special Forces". Although Li Shutai did not place much hope on the ambush at Yaqueling, the news of the annihilation of the entire army still made him sad for a long time.  He was an elite member of the Eight Banners, and half of them were the Han army flags he belonged to. He had trained them with his own hands. In order to give Yichang time to defend, he set up an ambush at Crow Ridge, and he made an unwilling sacrifice in exchange for time.

    Release Hong Shiqin, as Li Sutai's deputy, understands Li Sutai's mood at this time. Besides, the two people's family backgrounds are very similar. They are both families listed in "The Record of Traitors", and they can understand each other emotionally.

    Posted by Hong Shiqin knew that Li Shutai was much stronger and more capable than him. His father, Hong Chengchou, recommended that the two of them be appointed as the person in charge of Jingxiang this time. He could have been the top leader, but he was willing to be Li Shutai because of his self-awareness.  Tai's deputy.  Although this ambush failed to kill the Ming army generals, at least the minimum goal was achieved. Hong Shiqin asked himself that he could not do this.

    Posted "Sir, as the ancients said, those who are good at fighting will not lose when they encounter advantages and will not doubt the situation. Now that the Ming army is stationed in Crow Ridge, I want to know that the army is powerful. Only by accumulating small victories can we turn the tide of the war" Hong Shiqin said.  He was interrupted halfway by Li Sutai.

    Li Shutai sighed, "The best place to defend is Wuchang. But before we could wait for Wuchang, the city of Wuchang changed hands. Accumulating small victories is also a good strategy, but we are afraid of losing big for small! The Ming army has reached  There are 50,000 troops. Our army has only mobilized 40,000 troops, which is not as strong as the Ming army. You should prepare yourself tomorrow. When you return to Xiangyang, please immediately ask the court to mobilize troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi to reinforce Xiangyang. I don¡¯t think Yichang can hold it either.  It can consume the strength of the Ming army in the movement, and as long as it can be delayed, this battle will not be difficult to fight."

    Posted Hong Shiqin was stunned for a moment, "Sir, it's better for me to stay! The Ming army is forty miles away. Since Yichang can't last long, it's better for me to stay."

    Li Shutai smiled and said, "Shiqin, please don't open your mouth, sir. Shut up, sir. You and I have a good relationship. It makes me a little uncomfortable to say this. There is no need to argue, Shiqin. I stayed here to teach the Ming army a lesson, "The Record of Traitors"! Since  We are already traitors among the Han people, so let us continue to be traitors to the end!"

    Li Shutai studied the affairs of Xiangyang carefully with Hong Shiqin. After he sent Hong Shiqin away, he immediately called his close confidants, "Those people are almost hungry, right? Let out fifty first tomorrow, and then two at a time."  When the time comes to blast out of the city, everything must be done beautifully, just follow what I taught you before, and don¡¯t make any mistakes."

    Release: After discussing with Huang Degong, Huang Shiren and others, I decided to march to Yichang early tomorrow morning.  Before the army set off, Yin Shixun, who stayed in Jingzhou and was trapped in Jingzhou with Zhang Nai, suddenly returned to the Ming army camp.  I asked Yin Shixun to stay and help Zhang Nai trapped in Jingzhou. I was a little surprised that he came back so soon. Maybe something happened, but seeing Yin Shixun's face looking happy, it didn't look like there was bad news.

    When Yin Shixun saw the good news from Emperor Hongguang, all he got in Jingzhou was good news, and the destruction of Jingzhou city was just around the corner, so he came all the way to report to Emperor Hongguang. Although he could also report through other channels,  Yin Shixun still wanted to tell Emperor Hongguang face to face.

    Posted When I heard that Yan Yingyuan had annihilated all the 20,000 Manchu Qing cavalry who were harassing the south, I was so happy that I couldn¡¯t close my mouth. After learning about Yan Yingyuan¡¯s imitation method of annihilating the enemy, I even laughed so hard that my stomach ached, ¡°Yan Yingyuan also  What a crooked talent, yes, I should praise him greatly. Obai's 20,000 elite cavalry were wiped out. With the strength of the Tatars in Shandong, they are definitely no match for Li Dingguo. It seems that Li Dingguo will be at the forefront of the three-way Northern Expedition.  ah!"

    Posted "What the emperor said is that King Gui's middle route army encountered tenacious resistance. Although there were losses, the situation is not too ugly. I believe King Gui and the generals will be able to overcome the difficulties." Yin Shixun handed a memorial to Emperor Hongguang, "  This is a memorial from Nanjing. It was originally going to be sent directly to the emperor, but the minister happened to be here, so he came with it and presented it to the emperor."

    When I posted it, I saw that it was a memorial from Wang Duo, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. I opened the fire paint and took it out. It turned out that it was two things that were outside the country but related to the country. There was a big economic crisis in Europe, because in the past few years, the gold and silver in Europe  A large amount of money has flowed into Nanming, and conflicts among European countries have intensified. The current situation in Europe is very unoptimistic. Chinese merchants, goods and merchant ships have suffered losses. Another thing is that intelligence shows that foreign forces want to seize Malacca.  strait.

    Posted I looked at Wang Duo¡¯s memorial and thought that this might be considered an anti-Chinese incident!  Since the reform, a large amount of real money has indeed flowed into Nanming from Europe, which has had an impact on Europe's finances, but we can't take such drastic actions!  What happened in Europe happened at the wrong time. Now that I am on the Northern Expedition, I will definitely not be able to take care of this aspect. Why?What to do?

    I thought about it for a long time and wrote a reply to Wang Duo. The letter told him that trade with Europe is now starting to be reduced, but this line cannot be broken. The crisis in Europe must be temporary, and that market cannot be lost, at least.  You can continue to increase trade with France, or temporarily reduce profits.  In order to make up for the temporary loss of the European market, I asked Wang Duo to immediately speed up trade with the Americas. He has made a lot of money selling black slaves with Europe in the past few years. The black slave trade should be expanded. Besides, the Americas are rich in silver, and most of them are indigenous.  There is no difficulty in doing the business. Only after I finish the Northern Expedition can I be free to deal with external challenges. When fighting against foreign aggression, we must first settle down at home!

    After the army marched about ten miles out of Crow Ridge, they met some people who were fleeing. They were all skinny and skinny. They were caught by pioneer Huang Shiren's men and asked after questioning. They were the people who had run away from Yichang, and  A very important piece of information was obtained, that is, there is a shortage of grain and grass in Yichang, and the Tatars have begun to collect the surplus grain from ordinary people's homes in preparation for war.  Huang Shiren immediately reported the news to Emperor Hongguang.

    Posted that I received one after another reports from Huang Degong, saying that ordinary people were constantly running out from the direction of Yichang, and there were even dozens of Tatar soldiers. Of course, they were all Han troops among the Tatars. Everyone said that Yichang was short of food, and that the Qing army was getting worse every day.  Strictly guard against deserters, but there are deserters every day, and the same is true for the intelligence coming from the Tiandihui in Yichang City.

    Released Huang Shiren got this information and came to see Emperor Hongguang very itchy. "Your Majesty, it seems that the Yichang Tatar army is unstable and has no food and grass. The general is willing to march immediately to capture Yichang. Please grant your permission."

    Release Yin Shixun looked at the intelligence coming from Yichang. Of course Yin Shixun knew that the intelligence from the Tiandihui should be true, but he always decided that something was wrong. Take the deserters and the people who were fleeing, the timing of their appearance was too coincidental.  Yeah, I'm afraid there's some fraud involved.

    I heard Yin Shixun¡¯s suspicions. He felt the same as me. Although everything was true, he still felt uneasy. ¡°General Huang, please order your troops now fifty. You will lead the troops personally.¡±  Go inspect the terrain heading to Yichang, and don¡¯t let those cellars appear this time.¡±

    Posted by Huang Shiren thought that Emperor Hongguang would allow him to conquer Yichang in one go. He was overjoyed when he heard the word "call troops". But after hearing the word "call troops", he was immediately stunned and said, "Your Majesty! Fifty?" Seeing Emperor Hongguang  He was asked to set off immediately, but he did not dare to disobey the imperial edict, so he had to take fifty soldiers to inspect the terrain.

    Posted Since I found out that Li Shutai planned to ambush me in Crow Ridge, I have been very careful about this person. I can see that Li Shutai is familiar with military books and has a lot of strategies. It seems that this city of Yichang is not so easy to be faster.  Take it down.

    Posted that Huang Shiren led fifty soldiers to inspect the terrain. The Ming army had sent out scout horses to inspect the situation within ten miles in front of the army. Huang Shiren also walked ten miles away, and there was nothing unusual in the inspection. When he was about to go back, he had a sudden impulse.  , was about to take a look a few miles ahead. When he came to Xita Gorge, eight miles outside Yichang City, he shuddered in his heart. He saw that the terrain ahead was very complicated, with narrow roads and cliffs on both sides. According to the  In terms of military strategy, this place is more suitable for setting up an ambush than Crow Ridge. It is a dangerous place and a desperate place.

    Published Huang Shiren sent people to search this place. After finding nothing abnormal, he went back to report to Emperor Hongguang. As he walked, Huang Shiren thought, if the emperor had just promised him to march towards Yichang, would he be ambushed when he got to this place?

    After listening to Huang Shiren's reconnaissance results, and looking at Yin Shixun, Huang Degong and others, "Tatars will most likely set up an ambush in Xita Gorge, but I don't think Li Shutai will use such a clumsy strategy. He will definitely still  There is a follow-up."

    Released Yin Shixun nodded, "Your Majesty, I believe that the army cannot advance along the original march route. We would rather take a detour to the south of Yichang than take that dangerous step."

    Posted "I don't think so. After watching Li Shutai's battle at Crow Ridge, I can be sure that he is a man who likes to make dangerous moves. If we sacrifice the near and seek the far, it may be waste of haste and waste in haste. I do hope that he will fight in Xita.  An ambush was set up in the gorge, but I don¡¯t plan to take advantage of this trap now. After the army arrived at Xita Gorge, they set up camp three miles outside the canyon. Didn¡¯t Li Shutai say he was short of food? Let¡¯s see how long he can hold on.¡± I smiled.  Huang Shiren said, "General Huang, you lead 10,000 troops and capture Nanjinguan to the west of Yichang. There must be no mistake."

    Published When Huang Shiren heard that he was told to go around and attack Nanjinguan, it was also a good choice. "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the general will succeed immediately"

    I interrupted Huang Shiren with a smile, "I have a time limit. Aiqing must capture Nanjing Pass within twenty days. It doesn't matter if it's one less day, let alone one more day. It must be exactly on the twentieth day."  Take down Nanjinguan for me, do you listen?"

    Publish??Huang Shiren shouted, what kind of order is this?  I have never seen a battle that is calculated according to the time. We have to capture Nanjinguan in exactly twenty days. Isn¡¯t this embarrassing!

    Posted "Your Majesty! This this is too difficult. Your Majesty wants me to capture Nanjing Pass within a few days. It's no problem. I can issue a military order, but I must capture Nanjing Pass in twenty days. This  !" Huang Shiren is impatient, and if he is asked to fight slowly, he cannot afford to waste that time.  But his mouth was not as big as Emperor Hongguang's. When Emperor Hongguang changed his expression, Huang Shiren had no choice but to go to Nanjing Pass with this command arrow, wondering how he could capture Nanjing Pass in twenty days.

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