Chapter 784: This Jiangnan, this official is to be decided
When these people were talking, some people didn't understand!
"Hangzhou?" There are still people who don't quite understand at the moment. They jumped from Nanzhili to Zhejiang and from Jinling to Hangzhou. This person still couldn't turn around: "Hangzhou is nearly a thousand miles away from Jinling. If the rebel army
How is it possible to attack Hangzhou?
Moreover, they set out from Jiujiang and went all the way to Hangzhou, so it is impossible for their supply line to be maintained!"
But as soon as the man finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately changed his words: "No, the bandit army is in Xuancheng now. It is only three hundred miles from Xuancheng to Hangzhou. If they want to attack Hangzhou, ten days will be enough."
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At this time, more and more people thought and realized the seriousness: "This Li thieves are so cunning. They rushed all the way to Xuancheng from the south. We thought they were going to enter Jinling together from the south and the north, but we didn't expect them."
, this thief Li’s target is not our Jinling at all, but Hangzhou!”
"That is, although it is said that the supply line for Li Thief to attack Hangzhou is very long, don't forget that now that the Fujian Navy has been destroyed, the Jiangnan Navy can only defend the mouth of the Yangtze River. The bandit army can completely transport a large amount of ammunition and ammunition by sea.
The grain and grass will be transported to Hangzhou. In this way, after the rebel army arrives in Hangzhou, not only will they not have any logistical worries, but they will also receive smooth supplies!"
"Commander Yu is in danger. Once the rebels capture Hangzhou, Commander Yu's 50,000-strong army will be surrounded in southern Zhejiang. When faced with the Li thief and the Wang thief, they will definitely not be able to hold on!
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Just when Wang Yiqi and his subordinates were horrified, Li Chunjing had already led the Second Army to set off again, but this time it was not eastward, but southward as Wang Yiqi and the others expected, but the route was a bit slow.
slow.
After the main force of the Second Army began to turn south, its situation was immediately informed by the reconnaissance cavalry that continued to follow them, and they immediately reported to Wang Yiqi in Jinling City.
At this time, Wang Yiqi became even more confused. As expected, the rebel army went south. Looking at this posture, they were heading straight to Hangzhou. Once Hangzhou was captured by the rebel army, General Yu in southern Zhejiang would be in real danger.
There, Yu Dayou was leading nearly 10,000 bandit troops and more than 40,000 Jiangnan new troops to resist the king's thief's third army. This time they had no way to retreat, so even if the fight was very difficult,
Still struggling to support it.
At this time, if Li Thief's tens of thousands of troops marched straight into Zhejiang, captured Hangzhou and then turned south, Yu Dayou's fifty thousand troops would be unable to fly even if they had wings!
what to do?
Do you want to continue to stay in Jinling and sit idly by? But in this case, Yu Dayou's 50,000-strong army will be finished, and then Zhejiang will be finished. And after the two rebel armies merge, it goes without saying that almost the entire Jiangnan will also be finished.
Yes, by then it is estimated that their Ming army will only be able to defend Jinling City.
It's not enough to just sit back and do nothing, so why not take the initiative? But what if the bandits don't go to Hangzhou, but instead launch a sneak attack on Jinling City with a false shot?
He knew, however, that there were still fifteen thousand rebels in the north.
Wang Yiqi hesitated, and at this time he also deeply understood what Zhang Yue felt back then!
When Li Thief led his army to attack Yuezhou last year, the situation was almost the same. He didn't dare to take the initiative, and even less dared not rescue. It was almost a dilemma. And the final result was that Yuezhou fell and the situation in Hunan was completely destroyed overnight.
corrupt.
This thief Li is more difficult to deal with and more terrifying than Hao Bainian and Wang Chaohong among the thief army!
At this time, Li Chunjing naturally didn't know that his evaluation by the Ming army had already surpassed that of Hao Bainian. Even if he knew it, he would only give a wry smile at most.
If he had enough troops, enough guns, and smooth supplies, he would be willing to fight steadily and push forward like Hao Bainian. Who the hell would engage in these messy tactics? The risks here are very high, okay?
At this time, An Zichen also said with a smile: "Sir, I really didn't expect that you actually wanted to attack Hangzhou. It's so hard for you to hide it. The hypocritical Wang Yiqi definitely wouldn't have thought that we didn't go to Jinling, but
We are here to fight in Hangzhou!"
However, Li Chunjing said: "Who said that I must go to Hangzhou?"
"What, if we don't attack Hangzhou, then what are we going to do south?"
"I didn't say we won't attack Hangzhou. Whether we attack or not does not depend on me, but on what Wang Yiqi will do!"
"Besides, I have never thought about coming to Hangzhou before. I just made the last-minute decision last night!" Li Chunjing said with a smile.
"Isn't it a plan decided in advance?" After An Zichen heard this, his face changed instantly: "So, the Navy and the Third Army don't know about it either? The Navy didn't prepare the fleet to transport supplies in advance.
Already?"
Li Chunjing nodded: "Well, they definitely don't know now, but I sent someone to rush five hundred miles to deliver the message this morning. I think they will know in a few days!"
"Sir..." An Zichen's face turned extremely ugly instantly: "If we don't make arrangements in advance, then we won't be able to get supplies even if we go to Hangzhou. Then we will probably run out of ammunition and food after we arrive in Hangzhou.
ah!"
At this time, his voice could not help but rise, with a look of urgency on his face: "My lord, think twice, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Second Army, and the victory or defeat of the Jiangnan Strategy, all depend on your thoughts!"
Li Chunjing said disapprovingly: "Don't worry, if Wang Yiqi is not willing to sit back and wait for death, he will definitely send troops to intercept us. Then we will fight a decisive battle with them. Naturally, there is no need to go to Hangzhou, and the problem of insufficient supplies will be solved."
No longer exists!”
An Zichen said: "How could Wang Yiqi leave Jinling City? The Ming army will not easily leave the city to fight with us in the wild!"
The smile on Li Chunjing's face also faded at this time: "You know that our army is short of ammunition, I know it, but others don't, let alone Wang Yiqi!"
"If he doesn't want to watch the entire situation in Jiangnan deteriorate, and end up trapped in Jinling City, repeating what happened in Huguang last year, then he must come out and fight with me!"
After saying that, he turned around and looked at Jinling City: "This Jinling must be captured after all, but I am unwilling to storm a fortified city defended by a hundred thousand troops, so I can only let him come out on his own."
An Zichen said more truthfully: "What if Wang Yiqi just didn't lead his army out of the city!"
Li Chunjing said: "Then we can only attack Hangzhou reluctantly. Our army's ammunition reserves are still sufficient, and the defenders of Hangzhou are not strong. If Wang Yiqi stands still, we will capture Hangzhou.
It won’t take much ammunition to attack Hangzhou. After capturing Hangzhou, the ammunition will be enough to sustain us for a while, waiting for the navy to urgently dispatch supplies. As for the grain and grass, there is no need to worry, now that the autumn harvest has just passed, the entire Jiangnan is our granary!"
At this time, Li Chunjing took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "Whether he comes or not, this Jiangnan is decided by me!"
Seeing Li Chunjing like this, An Zichen knew that he could not stop him from taking another risk. Just like last year in the battle of Huguang, he could not stop him from running hundreds of kilometers to attack Yuezhou.
Now, all he can do is handle the logistical matters for Li Chunjing.
But he was also a little curious and didn't know what choice Wang Yiqi would make.
At the same time in Jinling City, Wang Yiqi was already a group of staff. The officials under his command had been discussing for a full hour, but they were still unable to come up with a way to save the current crisis.
Previously, they believed that as long as the bridgehead of Anqing was there, it would be enough to curb the actions of the puppet Tang rebels. Then they would defend Jinling from the fortified city. They did not dare to say that they would annihilate or severely damage the rebel army. They did not even think that they could defend Jiangnan.
But there should be no problem if you keep it for a year and a half.
But now it has only lasted for more than twenty days, a month has not arrived, and the bandits have not even reached Jinling City. However, the entire situation in Jiangnan has been completely ruined.
Hangzhou, to save or not to save? This is a difficult choice they face.
If this does not save Hangzhou, Hangzhou will definitely be destroyed. If it does, if all the troops are sent out, Jinling City may be captured by a sneak attack. If fewer troops are sent, it may be surrounded by the puppet Tang rebels for reinforcements.
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The Puppet Tang thief army really liked to encircle areas for reinforcements. In the past two years, the Ming army had always been on guard against this attack.
After discussing for a long time, a deputy general said: "I'm afraid it won't work for us to go directly overland to rescue Hangzhou. Now Xuancheng is in the hands of the enemy. If we go overland, whether we go to Dezhou or Liyang, we may be surrounded by the enemy for reinforcements.
, and it’s too late in time, but what if we take a boat and go around Taihu Lake through the waterway?”
Going by water?
As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted the attention of many people!
This is a feasible method, but a new problem arises. Even if you take the waterway, if you want to go to Hangzhou in the end, you will always have to pass through Huzhou first before arriving in Hangzhou.
Even if you can bypass Huzhou, if you want to go to Hangzhou, you will not be able to bypass the puppet Tang rebel army, because as long as you wait under the walls of Hangzhou, you can always wait for the Ming army to come to your door.
So someone quickly refuted that it was not appropriate to go to Hangzhou!
Now our only way is to go directly to the main force of the thieves and fight to the death. As long as we defeat the main force of Li's thieves in the decisive battle, all these problems will disappear.
But in a decisive battle, can they win in the decisive battle?
The Puppet Tang thief army has strong field combat capabilities. Many people present have experienced it. If it is a decisive battle in the field, without a four or five times strength advantage, it will be impossible to fight!
But the man quickly said: "Even if there is little hope, it is still better than sitting here and waiting for death. If we don't rescue Hangzhou, then the entire Jiangnan except Jinling City will probably fall into the hands of the thieves.
Even if we can still defend Jinling City by then, do you think we can still save our lives and property? Once Jiangnan is lost, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal will be cut off, and the world will be shaken by then. Even if we can still defend Jinling City,
What is the use of the city?
Moreover, Li's puppet Tang rebel army is divided into two groups, one going south to Hangzhou and one in Xuancheng. We may not have a chance! We go directly to Xuancheng, surround and annihilate it with an army of 100,000, and then face Li
The main force of thieves, one battle will determine the outcome!"