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"ah!"
Qin Mu's overreaction scared Yun Qiaoer into screaming, and then Niu Wanshan appeared at supersonic speed, followed by Li Shi and other guards running at sub-intermediate speed.
"Sir, are you okay?" Li Shi and others were still looking around cautiously.
"It's okay, it's okay, you can just step back." Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Qin Daguan was still very satisfied with the reaction of Niu Wanshan and others.
Well, let’s just think of it this time as a surprise inspection of the security work by this girl Qiao’er... Well, don’t make it look like "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", which... .. .Next time you hear shouting, come again...
When Niu Wanshan and the others retreated, Qin Mu immediately pulled over a certain troublemaker and taught him a lesson with a fierce expression: "You girl, why are you so sneaky?"
Yun Qiaoer answered innocently: "When I saw the young master looking sad, I wanted to make him happy. Who knew you were so scared? It scared me to death."
"Okay, okay, I was wrong." Qin Mu felt that he had indeed overreacted, but he was not like Cao Cao, who would draw a sword and kill people in his dreams, "Girl, are you coming to see me for anything?"
"Sister Xiangjun and Sister Xiaowan said they would take me to the Yellow Crane Tower. Young Master, you should go too."
"No, sir, I can't get away. You can go on your own."
"Young Master is so busy every day, and you don't even have time for the Dragon Boat Festival. You must be exhausted. Young Master, come with us, can't you just rest for a long time?"
Yun Qiaoer begged dryly. Qin Mu had to deal with military and government affairs during the day, meet with various people, and personally train the soldiers of the 300 training camp. From morning to night, Qiaoer had no time to spare, so Qiaoer didn't even have time to see him. There are so few of them, and I feel like I have become a stranger to him.
Qin Mu rubbed his little head and said, "I really don't have time today, Qiao'er, you go play. I'll make time to play with you for a few days next time."
Qiaoer's little face fell, and she immediately got into his arms, and stayed close for a while before reluctantly leaving. This made the officials of Qin suddenly feel that they were deeply in debt, as if they had become the most indebted people in the world.
He breathed a sigh of relief and walked quickly to the side hall where the General Staff was located. He pondered silently in front of the sand table. No one else dared to disturb him. Only Sima An came up and asked, "Sir, are you still worried about Xiangyang?"
Qin Mu nodded and replied: "Mr. Sima, I always felt that we made something wrong before. But for the time being, we couldn't grasp the point."
Hearing this, the hall immediately fell silent. Sima An said unexpectedly: "Sir, my subordinates also have some ideas and are about to discuss them with you."
"Oh? You said."
"Sir, I think it would be better for us to give up on Xiangyang for now..."
An idea flashed in Qin Mu's mind, and he couldn't help but clenched his fist and said, "Yes, Xiangyang... Xiangyang. Mr. Sima, please continue."
"First, we are eyeing Xiangyang and will contain Yuan Zongdi's large number of troops. Doing so is tantamount to helping the Manchu Tatars. It is better to temporarily abandon the plan to attack Xiangyang and let Yuan Zongdi lead the elite right battalion of the Dashun Army. Go north, hoping that Li Zicheng can fight with the Tatars and lose both sides. "
"Well, what about the second one?" Qin Mu's eyebrows stretched unconsciously.
"Second. If the enemy goes south, from a strategic point of view, it would be a big mistake to enter the hinterland of the Central Plains to attack Xiangyang. The wisest way is to attack Huaiyang first and go straight to Nanjing, so that both military and political achievements can be achieved. best results;
The soldiers in the four towns of Huaiyang are unreliable. From our point of view, once Huaiyang is lost, Jiujiang will be threatened first. At this time, we have heavy troops in Xiangyang, so the battle line is too long. Once Jiujiang is in crisis, I'm afraid it's too late to save him. "
Qin Mu smiled mockingly to himself. He had been obsessed with seizing the strategic location of Xiangyang before. Not only was the strategic direction wrong, but his strategic thinking was also lagging behind, falling into a strategic thinking mode of the cold weapon era.
Xiangyang is a good gateway town to Jinghu, but it is isolated in the north of the Yangtze River. If it is a cold weapon combat mode, Xiangyang can contain and consume a large number of enemy troops due to its high city walls and thick walls;
But now the Tatars also have Hongyi artillery. It can be said that the combat mode has entered the era of hot weapons. Under the fierce bombardment of artillery fire, even dangerous passes like Tongguan cannot be defended. How can Xiangyang, which is isolated in the north of the Yangtze River, be an exception
By then, Xiangyang will not only fail to become a bridgehead to block the enemy, but may become a huge tomb.
When the combat power is weak, it is extremely stupid to care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool; it seems that we have to use Taizu's mobile warfare. It doesn't matter even if Huguang and Jiangxi are destroyed. The population of Manchu Tatars It is limited. As long as a large number of the enemy's vital forces can be eliminated, the final victory can be achieved.
After thinking about this, Qin Mu immediately said: "What Mr. Sima said is absolutely true. Let's do this. He immediately ordered Su Jin to withdraw. At the same time, he sent people to Xiangyang to talk to Yuan Zongdi. In order to show his sincerity, even the Jingmen's troops were required." Just reduce it and leave a thousand men and horses. At this time, Yuan Zongdi is eager to go north to reinforce Li Zicheng and has no time to go south, so leaving a thousand men and horses is enough."
"Yes, sir."
"Li Shi, ask Dongfang Sheng, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department, and Gan Nan of the Supervision Department to see me."
"yes."
Dongfang Sheng is thirty-two years old. He is not handsome in appearance, but he is thoughtful and wise. Gannan is even younger, only twenty-three years old, but he appears to be very mature and is a good hand in propaganda and agitation.
"My lord, what are your orders?" The two of them bowed to Qin Mu together.
"Excuse me." Qin Mu said seriously: "This time I want to give you an important task. You each select a hundred people and then disperse them to Henan, Zhili, Shandong and other places to organize operations behind enemy lines. This It is an extremely arduous task. Once you get behind enemy lines, you have to rely on yourself for everything. It can be said that you have a narrow escape. I will give you a chance to choose now. If you don't want to go, please raise it immediately. I don't blame you. "
"My subordinates are willing to go." They both replied at the same time without any hesitation.
Qin Mu was very satisfied and continued: "Your current task is to disperse and lurk first and organize local forces. In the future, once the Qing Manchu Tatars move south in a large scale, you will carry out guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, destroy the enemy's food routes, and attack the enemy's A small group of troops hunts down the fake officials sent by the enemy. In a word, they do everything possible to cause destruction behind enemy lines and make the enemy unable to live in peace;
Remember, your goal is not to occupy many cities. You must remain flexible. Only in this way can you have a chance to survive. Another point that is also very important is to publicize our policies to the local people, win their support, and integrate ourselves into the general public. "
"I will obey your orders."
"Go ahead, I will ask Ye Busu to cooperate with you as much as possible."
The "Ye Bu Shu" that Qin Mu referred to was the original bachelor's home. Huang Lianshan's personnel sent to the north had successfully received some Ming army spies a while ago. These military spies were originally called "Ye Bu Shu".
In order to downplay the "Jingyiwei" character of the bachelor's home and make his officials less disgusted, Qin Mu simply changed the name of the bachelor's home to "Ye Bu Shu" to make it sound more like a pure military spy.
After listening to Qin Mu's arrangement, Sima An, He Liang and others couldn't help but secretly applaud. Most of Henan, Zhili, and Shandong are still under the control of the Dashun Army. However, due to the defeat of Li Zicheng's main force, these places are facing another attack. With the possibility of changing hands, the morale of the military and the people is very unstable. At this time, it is not difficult to send elite soldiers and generals to hide in these places, and it is not difficult to organize some capable small groups.
When necessary in the future, they will be able to bloom everywhere behind the enemy's rear, causing the enemy to be overwhelmed and distracted. This will effectively cooperate with frontal battlefield operations.
Naturally, they were very supportive of such a thing.
Qin Mu then asked about the situation in Nanjing, and Sima An replied: "On May 18th, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Ma Shiying all received the title of Dongge University and were allowed to work in the cabinet. On the 21st Jiang Yueguang and Wang Duogu were also selected as Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, and they were given the title of Dongge University Bachelor. Soon, Chen Zizhuang was promoted to Minister of Rites, Xu Xu was promoted to Shao Zhanshi, and Huang Daozhou was promoted to Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Personnel. He was also promoted to Minister of Rites."
After hearing this, Qin Mu glanced at Zhu Yousong. The people mentioned by Sima An, except Ma Shiying and Wang Duo, were almost all members of the Donglin Party. At least they were inextricably linked to the Donglin Party. .
From Zhu Yousong's perspective, after he ascended the throne, he did not start from his own likes and dislikes, and suppressed the Donglin Party vigorously, which fully showed that he took the overall situation into consideration and was quite broad-minded.
Sima An smiled lightly and said: "Sincerity Uncle Liu Kongzhao is vigorously recommending Ruan Dacheng to the court."
Upon hearing the name Ruan Dacheng, Qin Mu couldn't help but smile coldly and said: "It seems that Nanjing is in trouble again."
***(To be continued...)
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