Among the three eastern cities that were attacked by the Qing army, Shenzhou, defended by Li Shiwei, and Wuqiang, defended by Ma Shiyao, were originally located between the north and south flows of the Hutuo River. In accordance with the principle of defending danger rather than defending the city, they built a
There are some small types, but the flat northern wilderness has very few favorable terrains for building castles. The Qing army's military strength is so strong that it can reach Shenzhou City in one fell swoop.
Because Jinzhou is close to Zhending, it seems that it is not a priority target for the Qing army to attack.
After Liu Fangliang arranged the defense of Jinzhou immediately, he rushed back to Zhending. He was covered in smoke and dust, and his face was covered with a heavy feeling of pressure.
"Leghorn!"
Liu Fangliang rushed into the commander's mansion without taking off his armor. The two most senior coaches of the Dashun Army in Beizhili finally met. Li Laiheng first held Liu Fangliang's hand, and then hugged Liu Fangliang and asked:
"Master Liu, how is the situation in Jinzhou? Can the Donglu troops be strong enough?"
"The main force of Donglu is on the Hutuo River. There is no doubt about it."
Liu Fangliang said as he walked. The armor on his body kept making clanging sounds as he walked, causing the commander's residence to be filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere:
"The Qing army used thousands of cavalry to forcefully rush across the Hutuo River. The so-called throwing whips to cut off the flow is not as powerful as the fine cavalry blocking the river!"
Everyone in the hall, including Li Laiheng, Fang Yiren, Gu Junen, and other generals of the Dashun Army, including Chen Yongfu, Gu Kecheng and others who were originally stationed in Huaibei and Shandong and were just transferred to Zhending by Li Laiheng, were all exposed.
Severe expression.
An indescribable silence and pressure spread invisibly.
Liu Fangliang's arrival was like a pebble dropped into a calm lake. What stirred up was not the waves, but the undercurrent surging before the turbulent waves.
Because Jinzhou has not received many attacks, it is difficult for Liu Fangliang to truly describe the first-hand situation on the front line to Li Laiheng and others. However, during this period, the large amount of military information sent from Shenzhou and Wuqiang is like mottled fragments.
, piece by piece is spliced together, and finally forms a terrifying iron cavalry scroll.
Many staff officers of the Military Joining Department, including Xu Du, were rushing on the map like crazy. Everyone forgot to eat and sleep. According to the military intelligence and battle reports sent from the front line, as well as Liu Fangliang's description of the Qing army's offensive, they used red and blue to
Two-color pen and ink mark the front lines of the Shun and Qing armies on the large map.
A huge arrow was pointing directly at the Hutuo River from the direction of Baoqing and Qingdu. Gu Junen pointed at the arrow and said:
"Shenzhou is the center of Dashun Army's entire northern Zhili defense line. It seems that the main force of the Qing army will attack Shenzhou... If Huang Taiji breaks through Shenzhou directly, he can indeed reach the Yellow River, but the Shun army will wait until reinforcements from Shanxi
, that is, it can attack from west to east, slowly squeeze the Qing army from the flanks, and completely cut off the Qing army's way back north.
The envoy, Liu Shuai, according to the calculations of the Military Affairs Department, the Qing army's attack on Shenzhou is indeed determined to win. Judging from the troops and ordnance invested by Huang Taiji, this is by no means a feint.
However, the total strength of the Qing army was nearly 200,000, and they could complete the two goals of besieging the city for reinforcements and seizing Zhending while storming Shenzhou."
"Seize Zhending?" Li Laiheng's eyelids twitched, he punched the table and said in a deep voice, "As long as I am still alive, there is no way that Huang Taiji will walk into Zhending City."
Fang Yiren narrowed his eyes and said: "No matter where the Qing army is attacking now, the ultimate goal must be Zhending. The only question is, for the Dashun army, whether it is more conducive to holding Zhending to defend Zhending, or is it more conducive to holding Zhending?
Would it be more conducive to defend the truth if we actively attack and rush to the aid of other cities?"
Fang Yiren's words obviously hit the core of the problem, and everyone can see the importance of Zhending and Jingxing to this decisive battle.
No matter what, true determination must never be lost.
But how to defend Zhending? The Military Department only calculated based on the strength of both sides. Judging from the military strength alone, the possibility of Li Laiheng and Liu Fangliang wanting to defend Zhending was too low.
Even if Hedgehog is determined and gathers all his troops to defend Zhending, he may not be able to hold it.
What's more, the three eastern cities of Jinzhou, Shenzhou, and Wuqiang are essentially at odds with Zhending. If the three eastern cities are lost, the Qing army can attack Zhending from all directions, and if Zhending's total
The reserve team will sit back and watch the Qing army wipe out all the Dashun garrison in the three eastern cities, and may even sit back and watch the Qing army massacre these three cities. What a terrible blow it will have to the morale of the Dashun army soldiers.
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Liu Fangliang insisted on his opinion: "In Shenzhou, Wuqiang is in crisis, and the Qing army blocks the river with thousands of cavalry. The momentum of the Donglu is now increasing several times every minute and every second, and it is higher than the last moment."
Know how many times.
Whether it is the Chuang Army in the past or the Dashun Army now, we have never been passively beaten. The stronger the enemy and the weaker we are, the more we must take the initiative to attack and seize the initiative, otherwise how can we talk about fighting opportunities?"
The opinions of all the generals were almost unanimous. The direct generals of the Dashun Army such as Hao Yaoqi and Gu Kecheng were all full of morale and high morale, even though they knew that this time the enemy might be the most that the Dashun Army had ever encountered.
The most terrifying and powerful enemy, and no one showed any signs of shrinking or fear.
Only Chen Yongfu, who came from a different background, expressed the only different opinion.
Chen Yongfu was a demoted general of the Ming Army, which indeed made him have a different mentality from others, but what made Chen Yongfu finally voice his objections was of course not fear, but the courage to hope that the Dashun Army could win the decisive battle.
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Chen Yongfu is an extremely cautious person, but he also knows what kind of war is taking place on both sides of the Hutuo River at this moment, the scale of this battle, the importance of this battle, and its significant impact on the world and all people
How can Chen Yongfu, who is fully aware of the importance of all this, continue to maintain his prudence and flexibility?
Prudence was the way to protect oneself in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty, and flexibility was the way to survive on the battlefield in troubled times. Li Laiheng's oath of breaking an arrow moved Chen Yongfu to some extent, and Li Zicheng's disregard of past grudges also made Chen Yongfu decide to fight for the Dashun Army, but let
He was able to make moves that were extremely difficult to do in the Ming army in the past, and it was also because of the atmosphere in Li Laiheng's army.
Li Laiheng was not a particularly brilliant commander, but he did have a temperament that accommodated his subordinates. Chen Yongfu knew that Li Laiheng often lacked heroic decisiveness at critical moments, but he also knew how tolerant Li Laiheng was to things like "opinions"
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He said bluntly:
"Jingxing is the Confucius Road of Jin and Zhao, and the real decision will determine the survival of Jingxing. Now that your majesty has commanded troops from Taiyuan, you can reach Jingxing in just a few days. As long as your majesty leaves Jingxingkou, the Dashun army will be at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
There will be a huge turnaround.
The Qing army went south, determined to win, and if Huang Taiji wanted to win in the Central Plains, he had to defeat the main force of the Dashun Army - at least kill more than half!
As long as the two armies of Shun and Qing have equal numbers of casualties, canal transportation has been cut off, Beijing has no food for the coming year, and Huang Taiji is trapped in the ground, his demise is not far away. Both monarchs are Yuan Cong in the Dashun army. I, Chen Yongfu, can't say it in the final analysis.
He's just an outsider,
But for the future of the Dashun Army, for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Dashun Army and the millions and tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, I, Chen Yongfu, must boldly say that our task is to guard Jingxingkou and wait for His Majesty to take over.
Before the soldiers arrive, no soldier can move lightly!
Once they leave the protection of the city wall and once the defenders are in the wilderness where there is no danger to defend, who can guarantee the integrity of Zhending and Jingxing? Suihou has the experience of besieging a city and raising reinforcements, so he should be more aware of this."