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Chapter 262: Mediocre General

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    After thinking about it, after thinking about it, Monk Kong Youde finally decided to wait and see how the wind blows. This battle between the Chu Army and the Western Army is very important. It will not only determine the ownership of Huguang, but also the general trend of the world. Stay in Wuchang  There is still the possibility of fishing in troubled waters, and there is no chance of evacuating Wuchang.  Since he took the risk of staying in Wuchang, he had to take the opportunity to make terms and benefits with the Qing court. Monk Kong Youde was not interested in the illusory vassal territory. He just urged the Qing court to open up the three Yiyang Passes between Henan and Hubei and rebuild Wuchang.  supply lines.  They wrote a memorial to Dorgon, expressing their willingness to continue to defend Wuchang. However, the Chu army was invincible and the Western army had ulterior motives. If there were not enough supplies and reinforcements, Wuchang's fall would only be a matter of time. Wuchang should be abandoned as soon as possible.  Evacuate to Henan or Anhui.  The subtext of this letter is that if the supply line from Henan to Wuchang is not opened, we may retreat at any time and abandon Wuchang.  The memorial was sent to Beijing. Dorgon was so angry that he almost had another stroke. It was understandable that Wu Sangui had just surrendered to the Qing Dynasty a few years ago and was not yet mature. Monk Kong Youde was gratifying, but the Manchus had already surrendered to the old man after Mao Wenlong's death.  How come you dare to talk to your master like this when you regard him as half his own slave?  !     Non-my family, its heart must be different.  Dorgon felt that what the Han people said made sense.  Monk Kong Youde was pleased to ask for the opening of the supply line from Henan to Wuchang. It seemed that he was trying to hold on to Wuchang, but didn't he leave a way out for himself?  Dorgon can be sure that if there is an emergency, the two of them will withdraw to Henan without hesitation.  These two slaves are so abominable!  Dorgon immediately issued another imperial edict, and Babaili hurriedly told Monk Kong Youde that it was a good news, so that they could rest assured that the imperial court would soon send troops from Henan to open the passage into Hubei and send a steady stream of military supplies and reinforcements to Wuchang -  -Some things cannot be put on the table. No matter what little calculations Monk Kong Youde made secretly, their requests were reasonable and reasonable, and Dorgon had no reason to refuse.  While the Chu army was fighting fiercely with the Western army, it shouldn't be difficult to get through the three passes of Yiyang with a stab in the back, but the money and food supplies Kong Youde wanted gave Dorgon a headache.  The movement of the army cost millions. The money and military supplies raised for Wu Sangui and Tan Tai had already emptied the Qing court's financial resources. If this battle could not be ended within a short period of time, additional taxes would have to be levied on the food and wages needed for the next stage.  , and there was no more money and food to send to Wuchang. Dorgon thought about it repeatedly and finally decided to take action on the merchants.  Ordinary small businessmen and hawkers do not have much profit. Dorgon is eyeing the salt merchants in Jianghuai and Shanxi merchants in Shanxi.  The Qing government inherited the Ming Dynasty's salt monopoly policy. Through this policy, the salt merchants in the Jianghuai River made a fortune. They sold salt with their left hand and grain with their right hand. The bulk of the cargo in the water transportation belonged to these salt merchants. Behind their backs,  There were many princes and nobles as backers. After the Battle of Nanjing and the three subsequent Northern Expeditions, the Jianghuai salt merchants suffered heavy losses, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse. The salt merchants in northern Jiangsu still controlled the salt industry in the northern provinces, and for many years  With their rich savings, it would not be a big problem to get a sum of money out of them as long as they were willing to do it.  The Shanxi merchants in Shanxi are all profit-seeking and daring guys. Before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, as subjects of the Ming Dynasty, they smuggled grain, iron, etc. from the grasslands to the enemy country. Now they have become the subjects of the Qing Dynasty.  The people started a smuggling business with Nan Ming. Based on this crime alone, their homes could be ransacked for questioning.  Of course, it would be wrong to attack the salt merchants and Shanxi merchants now, just like keeping the pigs for the New Year, it would be a pity to kill them without fattening them, but Dorgon could no longer care about this.  Money and food were generally secured, and the remaining gaps were left following the old tradition of the Qing army for many years. Monk Kong Youde was ordered to "give food to the enemy". If there was no food to eat, he would rob the common people. Dorgon was transferred from Tan Tai's subordinates.  A group of Eight Banners soldiers went to Henan, and together with the local green camp in Henan, they assembled nearly 20,000 troops and prepared to attack the three passes of Yiyang.  When the imperial edict was sent to Wuchang, Monk Kong Youde was happy and worried at the same time.  It was certainly a happy event for the Qing government to open up the supply line to Wuchang, but it also ordered Monk Kong Youde and Kexi to send troops northward at the same time to capture Xiaogan and other places, and cooperate with the Qing army in Henan to attack the three passes of Yiyang. This request was reasonable and reasonable, and Monk Kong Youde and Kexi did not refuse it.  reason.  But we really don¡¯t dare to leave the city!  Not to mention the capture of Xiaogan, Shang Kexi took great risks every time he came from Hanyang to Wuchang. With the fall of Jiujiang and other places, the Qing navy was completely wiped out, and the Chu navy completely controlled the Yangtze River.  As well as tributaries such as the Han River, Shang Kexi had to sneak across the river at night every time he came to Wuchang. If he sent an army to march northward in a big way, once the Chu army took a boat and cut off their retreat, they would immediately be in a desperate situation.  There is also the order "provide food to the enemy", which is also the same.Drama, doesn¡¯t Dorgon know that we have been fighting in Huguang for more than a year. For more than a year, we have been losing food to the enemy. The people in Hubei have long robbed everything they can. Now I want to  Unless we defeat the Western Army or the Chu Army, we may still be able to grab some food from them, but if we have this ability, why should we ask for help from the rear?  "Let's take it one step at a time. The imperial court finally sent reinforcements. Once they think it can't be done, they will definitely withdraw. We might as well send some people out of the city to clear grass and valleys, and then repay him with a filial victory." Shang Kexi suggested lying about the military situation.  Although he didn't know that Tan Tai had done similar things, since Boluo marched into Fujian in the third year of Shunzhi, the Qing army had begun to kill heroes on a large scale and exaggerate the results of the war, so he didn't have any psychological burden when he made this suggestion.  "Just one Xiaogan victory is still not enough." Kong Youde pondered for a moment and shook his head resolutely: "No, we can't just report Xiaogan's victory, we should report Xiaogan's victory first, and then report Xiaogan's defeat. Just sayjust say me  After the army captured Xiaogan, they were attacked by the friendly army Li Dingguo. They were caught off guard and had to retreat to Wuchang. After Li Dingguo captured Xiaogan, he led an army of 50,000 and continued northward, intending to march into Henan and compete in the Central Plains. " "" Shang Ke was stunned.  After a moment, he suddenly slapped his thigh: "Brother Wang is so clever! The imperial court only sent 20,000 partial troops to rescue Wuchang because it wanted to restore water transportation. It was only a drop in the bucket. If the main force of the Western and Chu thieves were attracted, it would be even more difficult for us to escape in the future.  If it is known that the Western bandits are planning to march into Henan, the emperor and the regent will massively increase the number of troops and reverse the situation in Hubei! " "Yes, when the storm is in danger, if you make a wrong step, you will be doomed immediately. Those who save themselves, God will save them.  You and I, brothers, cannot sit back and wait for death. This small change is for the sake of the imperial court's overall interests. Hubei is the center of the world, and it can conquer the world. It must not fall into the hands of Western thieves. It is better for the imperial court to use its troops, money, and food here than to barely recover.  Water transport supports the hundreds of thousands of idlers in the capital. "Unlike Wu Sangui, who was on both ends of the spectrum, Monk Kong Youde had no intention of betraying the Qing government, but looking at Dorgon's overall strategic arrangement, the two of them were vaguely aware of it.  There was a tendency to be treated as an outcast, and he really couldn't bear to stay in Wuchang waiting to die.  Speaking of which, they have a clear conscience. They just hope that the Qing government will shift the focus of its strategic direction to Hubei. Just like the office politics of later generations, everyone feels that their own work is the most important, and everyone else is just fishing in the water.  In the eyes of Monk Kong Youde, Huguang is far more important than Jianghuai. If water transportation is cut off, just stop it. Anyway, it has been cut off for a year, and no one has starved to death in the capital. We have been holding on to Wuchang in Hubei this year.  Living is the real hard life.  In addition, they also have to consider their own future. When King Sanshun and Duke Shun went south to Huguang together, now only Kong Youde and Monk Kexi are left guarding Wuchang and Hanyang. Most of their subordinates who have followed them for many years also suffered casualties. They paid such a high price, but were finally killed.  The Western Army picked peaches, but they really couldn't accept it. They coaxed the court a little and asked Dorgon to send a large number of reinforcements, so that they could gain a foothold in Hubei and even establish their own vassal state.  The plan was finalized, and Monk Kong Youde was ready to send a troop around Xiaogan and put on a show to let the soldiers of the three armies know about the attack on Xiaogan. They could make up any lies in the future. Deep down in their hearts, they  The two were still somewhat afraid of the Qing court, and were not as unscrupulous as Wu Sangui.  Li Dingguo is attacking Jingzhou on the edge of the Yangtze River. The Xiaogan area is still under the control of the Chu army. After Monk Kong Youde prepared his troops, he waited for Li Dingguo to capture Jingzhou City and immediately sent troops to Xiaogan.  Unexpectedly, the resistance of the Chu army was unexpectedly tenacious. They held on to the city and repelled Li Dingguo's attacks several times with the cooperation of the navy. Without the cooperation of the navy, the Western army was unable to cut off the connection between Jingzhou and the outside of the city.  Although Li Dingguo's attack was sharp and he even entered Jingzhou City for a time, he was finally pushed back by the Chu army with a steady stream of reinforcements.  The war in Jingzhou fell into a stalemate for a while.  "Li Dingguo is as famous as Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu. I didn't expect it to be so useless. Alas! If Sun Kewang had come instead, I'm afraid he would have captured Jingzhou, right?" Kong Youde really hated Li Dingguo, a "mediocre general", and wished he could go into battle himself.  Directing the battle for him, in this time and space, Li Dingguo did not achieve a brilliant record of defeating two famous kings. In the eyes of outsiders, he was still slightly inferior to the most famous Sun Kewang.  "Don't be anxious, wait and see." Shang Kexi said he was not in a hurry, but in fact he was more anxious than Kong Youde. All their plans were based on the Western Army being able to defeat the Chu Army. If Li Dingguo couldn't even take Jingzhou  Come down, it is better to abandon Wuchang and Hanyang as soon as possible and escape for your life.
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