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Sima An proposed to use Su Jin and Yuan Zong's 20,000 cavalry to quickly intersperse and open a third front in Huaiyang. This was indeed a unique strategic idea, and it was immediately recognized by most of the civil and military personnel present.
But the risks involved are not small, because the so-called rapid insertion means that there are no logistical supplies and no other forces to coordinate;
Once you reach the enemy's rear, you have to rely on yourself for everything. Either you will be wiped out by the enemy, or you can break through the enemy's heart and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.
Hong Chengchou had at least 20,000 Manchu and Han cavalry in his hands. If we were talking about cavalry combat alone, Su Jin and the others were no match for him. This must be seen.
He Liang saw through Qin Mu's worries and quickly analyzed: "King Qin, although Hong Chengchou has a lot of cavalry, according to accurate information, they are all scattered in various places, and it is difficult to gather them together at the moment;
Furthermore, Ye Bu Sui has an intelligence network all over the south of the Yangtze River. It is difficult to hide every move of the enemy from our eyes and ears. With the support of Ye Bu Sui's intelligence, Su Jin and the others can use the speed of the cavalry to avoid the truth and attack the enemy. weakness; weakness
As for logistical supplies, fighting to support war can partially solve the problem. But now that the people in Jiangnan are unwilling to shave their heads and change clothes, and anti-Qing sentiments are rising, Su Jin and the others can easily get food and grass supplies from the people when they penetrate behind enemy lines. "
After Qin Mu heard this, he consulted others for their opinions. Seeing that no one objected, he immediately made a decision and said: "Okay, I will pass the king's order and let Su Jin and Yuan Zongdi attack immediately."
"Here!"
Later, Qin Mu sent Han Xiu, who was more familiar with the terrain of Jiangxi, with an army of 10,000 to reinforce Quzhou on the southern front. All that's left is to discuss how to attack Anqing.
Meng Ke originally had 40,000 troops in the Jiande area, and Liu Meng brought another 60,000. In addition to the 60,000 newly invested by Prime Minister Hui Deng and Jin Shenghuan, there were also 15,000 naval troops, for a total of nearly 180,000 troops. After the fortress, Liu Meng's 60,000 troops attacked Taihu and Qianshan in the north of the Yangtze River, advancing by land and water, and marched towards Anqing in a mighty manner.
Meng Ke had 40,000 troops and Hui Dengxiang had 60,000 troops, and a total of 100,000 troops marched to the south bank. Go east from Jiande.
Anqing must be breached as soon as possible, otherwise Su Jin and the others who penetrated behind enemy lines will be easily surrounded and suppressed by Hong Chengchou sooner or later, and Quzhou on the southern line is likely to be breached if it takes a long time.
Moreover, Luoyang is undergoing several flanking attacks. There are not many troops on the northern front. Once Duofeng, Haoge, Qiaobai and others break through and penetrate deeply, the consequences will be disastrous.
There is also the chaos in Sichuan. At present, Liu Yongzhi can only mobilize 5,000 troops into Sichuan. If it is delayed for a long time, the efforts made by Sichuan will probably be in vain.
Breakthrough in Anqing. Only in this way can we seize control of the Yangtze River waterway. Only in this way can the Qing troops in the north and south be separated. And then seal the victory.
Qin Mu followed Liu Meng's troops on the north bank and raised troops from Huangmei County in the north of Jiujiang. The 60,000-strong army was divided into five front, left, right and center armies, with Hu Shouliang leading 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard;
Qin Mu had only gone ten miles with the Chinese army, and then Hu Shouliang reported back. When Su Jin's 20,000 cavalrymen galloped past Susong County, fifty miles away, Huangyuan of Qingzhi County jumped away. The people in the city opened the city gates, and Hu Shouliang's 5,000 men and horses captured Susong without firing an arrow.
This is nothing surprising. Originally, the area from the north of Huangmei to Luzhou (Hefei) was controlled by Zuo Menggeng’s army. Now most of Zuo Menggeng’s troops have been transferred to the Central Plains by Duduo;
The Qing army had actually given up on the counties of Susong, Taihu, and Qianshan, and only the 20,000 horses left by Zuo Mengeng were stationed in Tongcheng further north.
By dusk. Hu Shouliang's forwards have successfully captured Taihu County.
As Qin Mu's Chinese army was mainly infantry, it was still more than a hundred miles away from Taihu County. According to the itinerary, it would take two days to arrive. There is nothing we can do about it. The distance on the map seems to be very short, but it often takes several days to walk on two legs.
At dusk when the army was encamped. Two to three hundred cavalry were chasing after them. The man in front was dressed in fiery red, like flying flames. After entering the camp, he went straight to Qin Mu's central tent.
"Red Lady?" Qin Mu was greatly surprised and went out to greet her and asked, "What's the matter with you? Why are you here if you're not at Wuyang Pass?"
The red lady was like a firecracker that was set off. No matter who the King of Qin was, she shouted back: "What else should I ask you? Why do you remove my military power? I led the army to fight Wuyang Pass in a bloody battle. Will it delay the military plan?" ? "Why do you remove my command?"
"Hey! Why did I relieve you of your command? What's going on?"
"Stop pretending! If it weren't for you, would Mr. Tian Jianxiu dare to relieve me of my command?"
The angry and aggrieved look on the red lady's face made Qin Mu want to laugh, but he held it back, otherwise this lawless commander might really be able to whip him. In front of the soldiers of the camp, the majestic King Qin's All face is lost.
"Ahem, this matter is indeed not an order from my king. Come with me into the tent and explain clearly what is going on."
"Just say it, I don't care anyway, you have to give me a few thousand more troops. Aunt Wuyangguan, I'm too lazy to go, so as not to be angry with Tian Jianxiu again, I will follow you on the eastern expedition."
The red lady carelessly threw the reins to Gui Santiao, and then followed Qin Mu into the tent.
Qin Mu found that he seemed to lose his temper quickly this time, unlike her previous personality, and couldn't help but be full of suspicion.
After entering the tent, he sat up and stared at the red lady with piercing eyes. The red lady shouted angrily: "What are you looking at? Didn't you relieve me of my command?"
"Is it really me? Huh?" Qin Mu asked without expression.
Seeing that the trick was seen through, the red lady turned her face away and did not dare to look at him. She said in an assertive manner: "Even if it wasn't you, I have been relieved of command anyway, so I am not running away from the battlefield."
"I don't know why you were relieved of command, but I know that when you saw that Wuyangguan was on the defensive, there might be no fighting for the time being, and you felt that it was boring. Tian Jianxiu happened to have relieved you of command, so you In the name of this, come to me and ask me to give you a few thousand more troops, so you can go directly to Jinling, right?"
"You..." The red lady didn't expect that he would take a look at her as soon as they met. She could no longer be strong and had a stern look on her face.
"What are you doing? We are marching and fighting. How can we allow you to act like this?"
"Why am I fooling around? Anyway, the thousands of troops in Wuyang Pass are no longer under my command. Who will be in the way of wherever I want to go? Why did Mr. Tian Jianxiu relieve me of my command? Do you think I don't know? Not even that. Because of... ... .."
The red lady finally couldn't say the last word "you".
"Let's take your soldiers and generals to settle down first, and then we'll talk about other things after they're settled." Qin Mu rubbed his forehead, not really thinking of how to deal with this aunt.
"I'll settle down first." The red lady seemed to be running away and quickly disappeared outside the tent.
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Boom! Zheng Zhibao's palm as big as a futon suddenly hit the table, causing the tea cup to jump. "What does Zhu Yujian mean? He gave Qin Mu the surname of the country and also made him the king of Liao. Brother, if you supported him, you only made him a prince. Now he still has It is simply unreasonable to want us to raise troops to attack Zhejiang! "
"Fifth brother, don't talk nonsense." Zheng Hongkui stopped him immediately.
"Let him seal whoever he wants. It doesn't matter what the fifth brother does." Zheng Zhilong, who was sitting at the top, waved his hand to stop the quarrel between the two. In fact, he was not very enthusiastic about supporting Zhu Yujian at the beginning, but he was The fourth brother Zheng Hongkui reluctantly agreed after much lobbying.
In his view, supporting Zhu Yujian is like doing business, and the purpose of doing business is profit. He invested his capital in Zhu Yujian, but he distributed the biggest "profit" to others, so the business would not be able to continue.
In fact, he had already made preparations. He took Hong Chengchou's parents and son into his house to support him, just to leave a way out for himself.
Seeing that his fourth brother Zheng Hongkui wanted to persuade him again, Zheng Zhilong said: "Fourth brother, there is no need to say more. Since the emperor asked us to expedition to the north, we must perform something. If nothing else, we must first defend Xianxia Ridge and Fenshui Pass before making any plans. Okay, fourth brother, go get ready first."
Zheng Hongkui fled back from Nanjing and was already very wary of the Qing army. Seeing what Zheng Zhilong said, he stopped trying to persuade him and left to prepare for the "Northern Expedition."
Zheng Zhilong asked people to find Hong Chengchou's son, wrote a letter to Hong Chengchou's son, and quietly sent someone to escort him to Nanjing.
When he went to court the next day, Zhu Yujian issued an order to arrest the family members of Fujian ministers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, such as Huang Xiyin, Huang Zhilin, Huang Wenhuan, Zhang Mingjun, Deng Yuhuai, Wu Zhiqi, Chen Beiqi, etc., to worship the flag.
Zheng Zhilong immediately stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, killing these people's family members will only make them more loyal to the Qing Dynasty. You can't kill them."
Huang Daozhou, a bachelor, went to Guangdong and recruited two thousand soldiers. However, the military affairs of the Longwu Dynasty were actually in the hands of the Zheng family. The two thousand soldiers he recruited did not even have swords. So far, they have only used poles. Hoes are jokingly called the shoulder pole army;
He had long been very dissatisfied with Zheng Zhilong, who had ulterior motives, and immediately came out to refute: "What Duke Ping Guo said is so ridiculous. Hong Chengchou, Huang Xiyin and others were favored by the country, but they were willing to be slaves and lackeys and harmed the people of Ming Dynasty. If they are not punished, , Why do you want to uphold the principles of the imperial court, and why do you blame the common people? What is the intention of Duke Ping to support Hong Chengchou's parents in his house?"
Huang Daozhou was not afraid and spit directly into Zheng Zhilong's face. Zheng Zhilong was furious and pushed Huang Daozhou away and said: "Your Majesty, I am devoted to the country. I support Hong Chengchou's parents in my house just to appease Hong Chengchou. If the Emperor wants If you ask for this, I will be willing to kill you."
Zhu Yujian has not yet received a report from Huguang. He wonders whether Qin Mu will honor him as emperor. According to the itinerary, it will take Zhu Guoying twenty days to come back at the earliest. But even if Qin Mu honors him as emperor and he is in Fujian, where can he come back? Have the ability to hold Zheng Zhilong accountable.
"Ping Guo Gong does not have to be like this. I am very relieved that Ping Guo Gong is dedicated to the country. In this case, I will not ask about the families of officials in the Qing Dynasty. We should all work together to discuss the plan of the Northern Expedition."
"emperor!"
"There is no need to say more, Academician Huang."
Huang Daozhou had no choice but to accept it in order to take care of the Northern Expedition plan.
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