When he traveled to the late Ming Dynasty and knew that he had reached the Chongzhen period, Wu Shigong was most worried about Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
According to Wu Shigong's pitiful and error-ridden historical knowledge, we know that the final history of the Ming Dynasty is: first, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing and overthrew the Ming Dynasty; then Li Zicheng robbed Wu Sangui's wife Chen Yuanyuan; then Wu Sangui became a beauty in anger and let go.
The Manchu and Qing dynasties entered Shanhaiguan; finally, the Manchu and Qing dynasties established the Qing Dynasty.
But Wu Shigong is also very sure: the history of the Ming Dynasty where he lived must be different from the original Ming Dynasty history. Because Wu Shigong judged very narcissistically that his Runing Army already had such great strength, so if history has not changed
, then no matter what, his name, Wu Shigong, will not be missed in the history books.
Therefore, in order to preserve one's own family and power, the easiest way is to cut off the above historical chain. To solve the problem from the root, that is to completely eliminate the two major forces of Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, killing Li Zicheng has always been a great temptation for Wu Shigong. However, Li Zicheng had been active in Shaanxi and did not come to Henan, so Wu Shigong had no chance to meet this big enemy.
But now, Li Zicheng appeared in front of him. Wu Shigong could not resist the urge to dispatch the main force. But this would completely change the Runing Army's overall strategy of annihilating the peasant army.
Originally, the Runing Army was planning to use the strategy of continuously encroaching until it established an absolute advantage and finally destroying the peasant army in one fell swoop. However, if Wu Shigong made such a change, it would most likely result in stealing a chicken but losing a handful of rice.
You must know that Li Zicheng is currently surrounded by a large army of peasant troops. And with the current strength of the Runing Army, it is certainly impossible to swallow up all the peasant troops, so the best result after dispatching the main force is that more
Cannibalize some of the peasant army.
But Wu Shigong really had such good luck. Was Li Zicheng among the peasant armies that were cannibalized? In addition, after Wu Shigong mobilized the main force, could he still catch the wandering peasant army? Also, after the main force was dispatched,
Can you really guarantee that your control area will not be invaded by peasant armies from other battalions? So no matter how you look at it, it seems like an adventure.
But in the end, Wu Shigong felt that the risk was still worth taking. Although the chance of killing Li Zicheng this time was very slim, he still had to try it anyway. Just to test the strength of Li Zicheng's peasant army, it was worth doing.
For this reason, Wu Shigong will not use the Runing Army and the Guide Army this time. With these two armies, combined with the militia, the outer defense line of the Runing Army can be barely held. Wu Shigong will use the three armies of his headquarters in Huhou Town and
Bring all the directly affiliated artillery regiments and look for opportunities to launch an attack on the peasant army.
As soon as the decision was made, Wu Shigong was ready to send the children of the officials and gentry who returned to Germany to return to Defu. This time he was going to take it seriously. Wu Shigong no longer had the spare time to protect the children of the officials and gentry.
However, Wu Shigong did not expect that the children of the officials and gentry would become even more enthusiastic when they heard that a big battle was about to be fought. Under the leadership of Hou Fangyu, they collectively asked Wu Shigong for orders to participate in this war. Even some more experienced officials
The gentlemen, all amidst the excitement of the crowd, found it difficult to retreat.
In desperation, Wu Shigong could only make three rules to them: Hou Fangyu and the others must obey his orders and not act at will. Moreover, Wu Shigong was also prepared to use an infantry regiment to protect their safety.
After that, Wu Shigong sent a messenger to report to the headquarters and the Zhouxing Office. He wanted to bring out all the more than 10,000 people in Huhou Town in the camp. Then he entered Kaifeng Prefecture from the north of Runing Prefecture, and then headed west, passing through Ruzhou
Attack the east side of the peasant army.
"Sir, what's going on? Is there something going on at home?" Zhou Xun asked strangely.
"I didn't hear that. That's what your Excellency ordered!" The soldier who came to deliver the order also told Zhou Xun the truth.
"Fuck!" Zhou Xun suddenly cursed secretly. If it weren't for his superiority and inferiority, Zhou Xun might have scolded Wu Shigong: "Nonsense!"
According to the original combat mission of the Zhou Patrol Department, he will lead two legions to support Ruzhou City and Nanyang Fucheng that may be attacked by the peasant army at any time on the basis of ensuring the security of Ye County. He will also look for fighter planes to raid and eat away part of the peasant army.
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Therefore, this kind of operation is limited and controllable, and the radius of the operation will not be very large. Zhou Xun is confident that he can successfully complete this operation mission.
However, according to Wu Shigong's new order, the Nanyang Runing Army led by Zhou Xun must cooperate with Wu Shigong's Huhou Town operation. However, there was no plan and no prior contact before the war, so it was easy for coordination errors to occur.
The loopholes formed. If the peasant army found a fighter plane, the Runing army might not even be able to achieve the minimum goal before the war. Therefore, Zhou Xun was very resistant to Wu Shigong's whim order in his heart.
Not only Zhou Xun, but also Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli who stayed in Runing were a little puzzled. The information that Wu Shigong knew was also known to the civil and military officials who stayed in the headquarters. But this information was all expected before the war, and there was nothing wrong with it.
Surprisingly, nothing dangerous happened.
But Wu Shigong suddenly came with an order for general mobilization, so Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli rallied the troops according to Wu Shigong's order; on the other hand, they sent fast horses to Wu Shigong to find out what new situation was happening?
Of course Wu Shigong couldn't explain the reason. So he could only explain to Deng Qifan and the others: He had found a good opportunity to deal a devastating blow to the peasant army, so he decided to use Huhou Town at the last minute.
Deng Qifan and Xue Yongli were still not convinced by Wu Shigong's explanation. However, because Wu Shigong had established a very high prestige in the army for a long time, in the end, Huhou Town set off from the Runing Army Camp on time.
However, because it was a temporary mobilization, the speed of mobilization would definitely not be the fastest. When Huhou Town prepared everything and marched to Wu Shigong's camp, nine days had passed. Therefore, on the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Chongzhen, Wu Shigong led the
Arriving at Huhou Town, the Guards Corps and the sons of officials and gentry officially set off. After five days of marching, on the 10th, the main force of the Runing Army entered Ruzhou according to the predetermined route.
In order to cooperate with the actions of Wu Shigong's main force, the Zhou Patrol Department also carried out a series of feints. They continued to approach and retreat, using changes in rhythm to cause panic to the peasant army, and focused their attention on their own.