Eight hundred and thirty-ninth chapter Zhang Xianzhong founding the country
Although Sun Chuanting himself lacked confidence, he still wanted to encourage the soldiers of the Qin army. Before going to the expedition, Sun Chuanting swore an oath at the Guandi Temple in Xi'an. Naturally, he chose this place to protect the spirit of the "Martial Saint".
After the ceremony was over, Sun Chuanting immediately ordered the general troops, Ma Xu, and Qin Yiming to follow the Shaanxi governor Feng Shikong to lead a partial division of 20,000 troops. He himself commanded the general troops Bai Guangen, Gao Jie, Niu Chenghu and other troops, totaling 80,000 troops, to leave Shaanxi with a total of 100,000 troops.
At the same time, Sun Chuanting also urged Yu Zilian's Heiyun Army, Wu Shigong's Runing Army and Zuo Liangyu's troops to go north to jointly attack the Shun Army. Of course, even Sun Chuanting himself had no hope that the subsequent calls would be effective.
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But it must be said that Sun Chuanting was forced to leave the country due to the strict decree of the imperial court, and he did have a lot of luck. He believed that the defeat in Henan last time proved that the Qin army could still fight, just because
Failure was caused by accidental reasons.
Another factor is that Sun Chuanting happened to receive a secret report from Qiu Zhitao, who had faked the surrender of the Shun army and had an important position as minister of the military government of the Shun army. He said that when Li Zicheng led the army to meet the Qin army, he would fabricate the story of the Runing army going north to attack Taiyuan.
The intelligence forced Li Zicheng to retreat, and then he took advantage of the provocation and attacked from both inside and outside, defeating the Shun army in one fell swoop.
In addition, some Ming officials who were still resisting in Shanxi also sent people to Sun Chuanting to inquire about the date of departure and expressed their willingness to cooperate in the battle. It was under this situation that Sun Chuanting felt that he could try his luck.
But Sun Chuanting had no idea that his expedition would have no luck at all. When Sun Chuanting received the secret letter from Qiu Zhitao expressing his willingness to act as an internal agent, he was extremely happy. In addition to reporting it to the court, he also personally sent it to Qiu Zhitao.
He wrote a reply letter to contact him. However, the reply letter was intercepted by the patrolling Shunjun soldiers. When the letter was handed over to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng remained calm. He just guarded against it secretly, and Qiu Zhitao's plan was also
It immediately turned into a flower in the water and had no effect at all.
"Uncle Yongli! I'll leave the east and north to you." Wu Shigong said with a solemn salute.
"I will live up to my uncle's trust! I will do my best to protect Runing and return to Germany and peace." Xue Yongli returned the greeting solemnly.
On the 14th day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, when the Runing army returned and marched to Ruzhou, they were shocked to hear that the Qing army had entered the pass again. Then the Runing army learned the news that Li Zicheng had invaded Luo Rucai.
Unlike the imperial court, the Runing Army immediately judged that the fight between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai would greatly enhance Chuangying's strength. However, this also stemmed from Wu Shigong's impression of Li Zicheng in the last time and space. Because Wu Shigong vaguely remembered: Chuangying
The battalion will sweep through half of China until it captures Beijing. In other words, the war between Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai will definitely not cause any internal friction, and will subside quickly.
But as a result, Henan's northern and eastern defense lines immediately encountered great pressure. In order to ensure that Henan was no longer invaded, the Runing army could only divide its troops. Xue Yongli led three towns, including Pegasus Town, to northeastern Henan.
, and then merged with Yang Rusong's Huhou Town and Liang Hui's, Chen Yongfu's new town, with a total of more than 70,000 people, ready to be prepared for possible attacks by the Qing army from North Zhili or Shandong.
Wu Shigong will lead more than 10,000 troops directly under the Runing Army led by He Fei. They will then join the 10,000 newly mobilized recruits from Runing, combined with Zhang Biao's Xiongchui Town in Nanyang and Zhao Degong's Nanyang Independent Association's 5,000. Trading Bank Guard Six
More than 1,000 people, a total of 24,000 people; Xue Yong who marched into Lu'an attacked the town, Chang Meng's Lu'an garrison and trading company escorted 7,000 people, and the county's 5th battalion of Gezuo's village guard team collected more than 4,000 people, a total of 20,000 people
Five thousand people; the Independence Association led by Jiang Cheng in Junzhou has 7,000 people; the two regiments of the Gonzalez Marine Corps in Huanggang have nearly 5,000 people, as well as naval gunboats, etc., totaling more than 84,000 people.
Encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army centered in Xiangyang.
In addition, Runing and Guide mobilized nearly 20,000 new soldiers in addition to the original garrison troops. This mobilization squeezed out the last foundation of the Runing army, and even Zhao Ming also returned him to Germany.
More than 3,000 military households in the Wei army were mobilized.
The reason why the Runing Army still aimed its main force at Zhang Xianzhong after dividing its troops this time is because the threat from Zhang Xianzhong is immediate, while the threat from the Qing Army and Shun Army is only in the future, so the Runing Army can only solve the most urgent problem first.
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It can be seen from this that it is indeed difficult for the Four Battles in Henan to be the location of the royal industry. Although the transportation here is well connected, it is also easily besieged by enemy forces from all sides. Although the Runing Army has expanded to 150,000
At least 100,000 people were originally thought to be more than enough, but now that this situation has arisen, the number of troops has become a dilemma.
Particularly troublesome is the north.
Since the Shun Army needs to defeat the Heiyun Army in Henan Prefecture before entering Henan again, with the "wall" in front of it, the Runing Army can respond in time. However, the Qing Army entering the Pass is different.
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Xue Yongli's more than 70,000 troops seemed to be a lot, but to defend the Yellow River in Henan and the Grand Canal in Shandong, the troops could not be deployed at all. Moreover, facing hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, the Runing army could only concentrate its troops.
It is possible to divide troops to garrison each city.
What's even more unfavorable is that because the Runing Army is mainly infantry, its mobility is far worse than that of the Qing Army. If the Qing Army bypasses the decisive battle site prepared by the Runing Army Group, breaks into the hinterland of Henan, or even drives into Runing
, Guide, then the Runing army will be completely exhausted, and even be surrounded and ambushed by the Qing army while exhausted, and suffer unbearable damage.
This is why Wu Shigong told Xue Yongli: Just make sure to stay in Runing and Guide. It is really because of insufficient troops. But the Runing army cannot waste time and troops waiting for the Qing army to arrive, so
, Wu Shigong would use the fastest speed to eliminate Zhang Xianzhong's troops entrenched in Xiangyang, and then lead the main force northward to resist the Qing army's invasion of Henan together with Xue Yongli's troops.
In this military plan, Wu Shigong and others never considered crossing the Yellow River north, participating in the encirclement and suppression of the Shun Army, or going to the capital to serve the king, because with the change of the situation, the military strategy of the Runing Army suddenly changed to defending in the north and attacking in the south.
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At this time, the momentum of Zhang Xianzhong's troops also became more powerful. When Wu Shigong was waiting in Nanyang Mansion on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, preparing to join forces from Nanyang and Runing, he heard about Li Zicheng
The news about the founding of the People's Republic of China was also heard that Zhang Xianzhong was about to found the People's Republic of China in Xiangyang.
From the beginning of Chongzhen's reign, peasant armies from all walks of life have rebelled. They have been killed in battle, captured, surrendered, or merged with each other. Today, the only peasant armies in the world who have rebelled are Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. (Unfinished)
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