After considering the number of troops to be used, Wu Shigong began to consider how the Runing Army should act. This consideration was a bit complicated, as it had to take into account both military and political influences.
The first is Zhou Junwu Zhou Counselor. He doesn't have much to say, but this person represents Xuan Mo, the governor of Henan. If Wu Shigong doesn't send troops this time, he will offend Xuan Mo to death. Besides, the Runing army was originally
To fight a decisive battle with the peasant rebel army, the only thing is that the Runing army's expedition should satisfy Xuanmo's representative, Zhou Junwu.
Then the idea is clear. After all the troops are concentrated in Ye County, they should go north along Ruzhou for about 200 miles. If the peasant rebel army is still standing still at that time, then attack the peasant rebel army from the flank.
If the peasant rebel army really goes south to Nanyang, it will occupy favorable terrain and build a series of fortifications to resist section by section.
The Runing Army will not engage in any decisive battle with the three to five million peasant rebels. Because that is the stupidest way to fight. How many peasant rebels can be eliminated even if they win a big victory? It's nothing more than that.
Being entangled by a group of cannon fodder, the main force of the peasant rebel army was able to escape smoothly. And as long as it was a big battle, the Runing Army's own casualties would definitely be considerable.
The Runing Army is going to carry out a series of small harassment and assault battles to completely entangle the peasant rebels and put them in a dilemma. Because the Runing Army is not far from Ye County, the Luojia Town Camp and the Longyan Village Base, where there are also
There is a large amount of food and grass stored, so the logistics can be smooth for long-term operations.
As long as the peasant rebels are entangled for about a month, not to mention other Ming armies will come over, even the peasant rebels will not be able to support their own food and grass, and they will collapse without a fight.
If the peasant rebel army wants to get out of this predicament, there are only two ways: one is not to entangle with the Runing Army and turn around and go elsewhere. Then the Runing Army has finally managed to clear the door for itself and control the peace of the area.
It can be regarded as saved; the other is to take the initiative to attack the Runing Army, but at that time the Runing Army had fortifications and sharp firearms. That kind of combat fell into the routine of the Runing Army, and it could be done with very small losses.
Win the battle.
If the peasant rebel army marches eastward to Henan Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, then the Runing Army can immediately follow and attack. You know, not all the peasant rebel army are soldiers, there are many old, weak, women and children in their ranks. And these old people
Weak women and children are basically at the rear of the peasant rebel army.
If the Runing Army concentrated its elite cavalry to attack the old, weak, women and children at this time, it would be a massacre. After eating every piece of meat from the tail, the peasant rebel army would eventually collapse.
Then there will be the peasant rebel army attacking Luoyang, Kaifeng and other large cities along the Yellow River. Then the Runing Army at that time will stand still for a short time, waiting for the peasant rebel army to be demoralized by these cities. Wait until
When the time is right, the Runing Army will immediately attack the peasant rebels besieging the city and completely defeat them.
Of course, this plan may not necessarily be implemented. After all, the peasant rebel army at that time did not threaten the area controlled by the Runing Army, and the risk of the Runing Army's long-distance attack was also very high. We also had to be prepared for the peasant rebel army to encircle the point and provide reinforcements.
Therefore, without absolute certainty, it is absolutely impossible for the Runing Army to implement this plan.
But these are ideal conditions. After all, the war will not be carried out according to the plan made by oneself. What if there are tens of thousands of berserk warriors who appeared in the last battle of Ruzhou in the peasant rebel army? Then there are only 10,000.
The Runing Army, which has more than 6,000 troops, may not be able to stop it, so it is necessary to arrange an escape route in advance.
The first way to retreat is for the main force of the Runing Army to withdraw to the headquarters of the Runing Army. Then it will be in an internal fighting situation. It can support operations in various parts of the Runing Army's defense line at any time and strive to maintain the tranquility of the area controlled by the Runing Army.
The second retreat is to focus on defending the line of Nanyang Ye County, Luojia Town Daying and Longyan Town bases when the situation is absolutely unfavorable; the line of mountainous areas in the northern part of Runing Prefecture; Evil Tiger Village, Qianhusuo Fortress and Yu Zilian's
The iron triangle of the county seat; and the line of Runing Fucheng and Runing Army Camp.
In this case, Guide Prefecture, including most of the city, will be completely abandoned. The southern area of Runing Prefecture will also be completely abandoned. However, these areas that are preserved are key areas of industry and mining owned by the Runing Army.
As long as you get through it, the Runing Army will not be hurt.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and all the crops in the fields have been harvested. As long as all the serfs from the Tuntian Villa in the south of Runing Prefecture are withdrawn, the peasant rebels will repeatedly trample on those abandoned areas, and at most they will lose some houses. As for the aftermath of the disaster,
The problem of reconstruction is not big. The current Runing Army is not short of labor!
As long as Runing City is saved, according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the entire territory of Runing City can be regarded as barely safe. The Runing army immediately went out to fight and saved Runing City. At that time, the imperial court and Henan Governor Xuan Mo
We can't blame Runing Army either.
As for the Grand Canal and the central capital Fengyang behind them, they can only ask for their own blessings at that time. Anyway, there are heavy troops stationed there. Fighting against the peasant rebels will be a headache for them!
Of course, there is a worst-case outcome, that is, the second escape route cannot be secured, so there is no other idea. All efforts made by Wu Shigong to go to Henan are in vain. It is better to take the whole family to escape to the south.
One more day to live in these troubled times is just one day.
But since this plan has been made, then we must prepare for the worst. Anyway, Guide Prefecture and Zhao Ming are there to worry about, and there is also a certain amount of troops there. And the southern area of Runing Prefecture needs to be prepared early.
Ready.
The first thing is to persuade Guan Kesong, the governor of Runing Prefecture. But this should not be a big problem. In tomorrow's discussion, the momentum of the peasant rebel army should be made louder; the Zhou Counselor sent by the governor can be intimidated and the Runing army must go out.
The attitude is more serious. As long as the safety of Runing City and the officials in the city can be protected in the end, Guan Kesong probably won't have any objections.
As for the evacuation of personnel and food and supplies, let Deng Qifan and other civilian officials make arrangements tomorrow anyway. Those who can be evacuated to the Runing Army Camp will be evacuated as much as possible. Those who cannot be evacuated. Anyway, there are two more than 100 military bases built under the supervision of Jiang Foreman in the south of Runing Mansion.
The fortress is a standard Dazhuangzi. In addition to the two county towns there, as long as the two concentrated militia groups and those guarding the village and road protection teams are stationed, they can always sustain it for a while, waiting for the rescue of the main force of the Runing Army.
As for the local people, they have to rely on Guan Kesong to make arrangements. However, time is tight and the arrangements must be completed within a month. Fortunately, the Runing Army has already made plans for this kind of emergency, and they will follow the plans anyway.
, if anyone is disobedient, then let’s engage in military law.
As for the time it would take for all the troops to gather in Ye County, Wu Shigong estimated that, including the time for transferring orders, it would be about ten days in total. But now Wu Shigong also knew that the peasant rebels had just entered Henan, and their actions were not so fast.
It takes ten days at most to reach the vicinity of Ye County, which is still not enough time.
From the beginning to the end, Wu Shigong never considered whether Xuanmo, the governor of Henan, would block the peasant rebel army on the Lu family line. Because the strength of the two sides was so different. Xuanmo must have been well aware of this, otherwise he would
He will not send Zhou Junwu to Wu Shigong to deliver a letter asking for help.
If Xuan Mo was smarter, he would definitely retreat to Luoyang, Kaifeng and other big cities. Otherwise, those who faced him would have sacrificed their lives for the country.
After thinking about everything, Wu Shigong immediately relaxed. He raised his head and stretched. Suddenly, he found that there was an extra person in the study. It turned out that Mei Yun had also come to the study to deliver snacks.
Wu Shigong smiled at Mei Yun and asked, "Why are you here?"
Mei Yun also smiled at Wu Shigong, but before she could answer, Qiong Niang answered for Mei Yun: "Sister Mei also made some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes for me. Seeing that I was doing business, I kept waiting aside.
It’s here.”
"Oh?" Wu Shigong smiled and looked at the small table, then walked to the small table and picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus cake placed on the small table, took a big bite and chewed it, and said in a vague voice: "It's delicious!"
Hearing Wu Shigong's compliment, Mei Yun and Qiong Niang both laughed. While eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Wu Shigong thought over his plan from beginning to end and felt that there was nothing missing. So he finalized it.
Got this plan.
But for some reason, Wu Shigong always felt that something was wrong, but then he thought, maybe he was suspicious. So Wu Shigong put this uneasiness behind him.
When Wu Shigong finished eating and the two ladies were about to pack their things, Wu Shigong smiled and asked them to stop and let the maids come and pack tomorrow. Then he hugged them left and right and went back to the room.
In fact, Wu Shigong's sixth sense was indeed correct. His entire plan was very thoughtful and well analyzed, but at this time, he was completely shrouded in the fog of war.
Because there is a major mistake in the basic basis of Wu Shigong's inference. In Wu Shigong's thinking, since the peasant rebel armies are all united, they must act in unison. Otherwise, dividing and joining together will not be idle.
Does it hurt?
But Wu Shigong didn't know about the Xingyang Congress at all, nor did he know about the differences between the two factions within the Peasant Rebel Army. So it wasn't the Peasant Rebel Army that was in pain, but Wu Shigong's Runing Army.
All the marching routes of the peasant rebel army that Wu Shigong analyzed tonight were correct, but there was no need for Wu Shigong to do multiple-choice questions at all, because the peasant rebel army also divided its troops and took all the routes.
There are three routes that threaten the Runing Army-controlled area: one crosses the river from Shaanzhou, goes north to Pingyang, Shanxi, crosses the Yellow River again from Huaiqing area in Henan, and enters Guide Prefecture in the south;
, threatening Ye County and the southwest of Runing Prefecture; all the way from Lushi County to the east, attacking Henan counties, threatening the west of Guide Prefecture and the north of Runing Prefecture.
The Runing Army was immediately faced with an all-out attack. But the only one who could deal with these three groups of peasant rebels was the main force of the Runing Army! (To be continued.)