With a clang, Li Laiheng pushed open the door and walked in. Li Guo, who was ill, was so distressed that Li Laiheng couldn't help but feel deeply worried and guilty for his adoptive father.
As mentioned before, wasn't the defeat of Huolu caused by his own slow use of troops?
Could it be that Li Zicheng's death and Li Guo's injury were due to destiny? They were all due to his own incompetence!
Li Guo struggled to get up. His eyes were bloodshot, his lips were dry and chapped, and even his voice was filled with a sense of twilight that Li Guo should not have at his age:
"Laiheng...Laiheng...it's just fine if you don't have anything to do."
"Father... Huolu was defeated all because I didn't have time to catch up... If Master Liu and I had taken a step faster and made decisions earlier, how could Dashun's country be at this point? Emperor Daxing and
Tens of thousands of old and capable soldiers died because of me, how can I see anyone again?"
At this time, the first thing Li Guo was worried about was whether Li Laiheng was okay. His deep love for licking the calf was so deep. Even a person with a heart of stone would not dare to say that he could ignore Li Guo's deep love, not to mention Li Laiheng's deep love for him.
He is not a completely heartless fool.
Under the clear moonlight, the generals followed him into the room. Liu Fangliang and Li Guo had always been the best pair of generals in the Dashun army. The relationship between the two of them was almost as deep as that between Li Guo and Li Zicheng, who were like brothers and fathers.
Relationship.
Therefore, Li Guo's current distressed appearance certainly made Liu Fangliang feel heartbroken and self-blame.
"To make up for it... the defeat of Huolu was not Laiheng's fault. It was my fault. How could I be so heartless and let him shoulder the responsibility alone? The late emperor passed away, and now the Dashun army is leaderless. To make up for it, you
Nothing will happen, you must stand up and lead the people!"
Li Guo coughed several more times, and everyone was silent. Gu Junen, who knew Li Guo's physical condition best, showed a look of intolerance. Jinghou's injury was too serious, and he was still able to support his sick body and the generals.
The reason for talking is because Li Guo himself has perseverance that far exceeds ordinary people's imagination.
To be honest, in Gu Junen's opinion, it would not be a strange thing for Li Guo to die suddenly at any time.
"The battle at Huolu has ended... cough, cough, cough... What we want to talk about now is the future, not yesterday. The captives are rampant, and the Ming court is also making many vague moves. Who belongs to the world? Now
It’s hard to say. At this time, it is meaningless and useless to talk about the past and whether the responsibility is right or wrong.”
Li Guo held Li Laiheng's hand, forced his eyelids up and said with a smile: "Laiheng will do well in the future, and we must pay careful attention to the overall situation of the Guanhe River. The Taihang and Yellow Rivers, the boundaries between the internal and external rivers and mountains, are the final bottom line of our Dashun Army.
We must not allow the captives to cross the river, causing the people of the Central Plains who have supported the Chuang Army and the Dashun Army to come to this day to suffer the consequences of the second suffering.
What's the current situation in Laiheng, Linqing, and Shandong?"
When Li Guo talked about the overall situation of the world, abundant energy returned to his body in an instant, and his originally dull eyes were instantly filled with the tenacious fire of life, making people believe that he was by no means a person who was struggling with life and death.
Injured people struggling to survive online.
The anxious hearts of the generals were also affected by this and settled down. Li Laiheng then ordered Gu Junen to get a map from the Army Joining Department and pointed to the map:
"After the Huolu Battle, because the old chief Taiji died suddenly in front of the battle, the Qing army did not immediately use its main force to pursue Dashun's retreating troops. Instead, they looted the Zhending Mansion, burned and looted, and committed all kinds of evil and waste.
It gave us valuable pursuit time and gave us a good opportunity to regroup and fight again.
Now the whole front line of the Hutuo River has been lost, and neither Zhending Prefecture nor Hejian Prefecture can be defended. After the rebellion in Jinan, Ma Bao withdrew his troops from Nanpi and moved to Shandong to suppress the rebels. After the Dezhou side heard the news, the local officials and gentry killed our officials.
When chaos broke out, the Qing troops were welcomed into the city. This was also the case in Shunde and Guangping prefectures in northern Zhili. As soon as the main force of our troops retreated, the officials and gentry started to cause chaos and chaos, and welcomed the barbarians into the city. The well-dressed gentry were so shameless.
Such a situation is also a great wonder in the world today."
After the Huolu Battle, the main force of the Dashun Army, one led by Niu Jinxing, Zhang Nai, and Dang Shousu, retreated to Zhangde Mansion, while the other was led by Li Guo, Gu Junen, Liu Tichun, Chen Yongfu, and Niu Chenghu
, retreated to Daming Prefecture. After that, all the rest of Northern Zhili were lost one after another. After the rebellion of the officials and gentry in Dezhou, even the gate of Shandong was no longer defended.
Although Ma Bao is now leading thousands of troops to put out fires and suppress the fire in Shandong, his one-man force is limited. Although he has contacted many local heroic armed forces who are inclined to the Dashun Dynasty, after all, they are still mainly stragglers. Once the main force of the Qing army attacks Shandong
, it may even happen that the Ming army from the southern capital joins forces with Pingshun and expeditions from the north to Xuzhou.
By then, under the attack of the Ming and Qing armies, even if Ma Bao has repeatedly demonstrated his super "fire captain" ability, whether Shandong can continue to stay under the banner of Dashun is already a question.
It's something that doesn't hold much hope.
"Jingxing Pass is the most important pass in Shanxi." Gu Junen also pointed out the military situation from the side and said, "After Jingxing Pass was captured by the Tatars, Taiyuan's flanks were no longer safe to defend. In the north, even if Datong and Yanmen were lost, anyway
There are also three smaller gates, Liangling Pass, Tianmen Pass, and Shiling Pass, which can be used for defense. However, after the front line of Jingxing and Guguan is lost in the east of Taiyuan, the Qing army can start from Pingding Prefecture.
Going straight to Taiyuan City, there is no city or pass along the way that can serve as a buffer. Therefore, the current situation in Shanxi is probably even worse than that in Shandong."
Datong and Yanmen have been lost, and now Jingxing and Guguan have been occupied by the Qing army after the Huolu War. Taiyuan City has indeed become a dangerous city that cannot be defended. Tian Jianxiu and Jiang Quan are trapped in Taiyuan, and even Mrs. Gao including
Many family members of Dashun's old camp, as well as civil and military officials from the imperial court, are still in Taiyuan City. Once Taiyuan is lost, the blow to the Shun army will be greater than the impact of the defeat of Huolu.
No wonder Niu Jinxing and Zhang Nai were unwilling to come to Daming Mansion, but were eager to reinforce Taiyuan.
Li Guo understood the importance of Taiyuan, and then said: "Yes, the siege of Taiyuan is now the first priority of the Dashun Army... Qi Weng and Shuangxi don't want to come to Daming Mansion for a good reason. Only after the siege of Taiyuan, we
Only then can we discuss the matter of proclaiming the emperor again. Therefore, in the past few days when Gu Junen persuaded me to inherit the throne, I felt that the timing was very unstable, the people's hearts were not stable, and the military situation was urgent. How could it be delayed by my false reputation?"
Both Liu Fangliang and Liu Tichun agreed with Li Guo's opinion, especially Liu Tichun, who was Yuan Zongdi's deputy general and had a good relationship with Tian Jianxiu and Zhang Nai. After the loss of the front line in northern Shanxi, northern Shaanxi guarded by Yuan Zongdi had become very
It was dangerous. If Taiyuan was lost again, northern Shaanxi, which had lost the Hedong fence, would be fully attacked by the Qing army. Therefore, Liu Tichun strongly agreed with Li Guo's opinion.
He immediately emphasized: "Yes! There is nothing more important than rescuing Taiyuan now. Since the late emperor's edict is still there, the throne of Dashun must be inherited by my brother. But the situation in Taiyuan is so critical, we really don't have time. I
It seems that we should quickly mobilize troops from all walks of life to reinforce Taiyuan as soon as possible - the Dashun Army still has many troops in the northwest. Luo Rucai, Xin Sizhong, Luo Dain, and Yang Chengzu are all in the Shaanxi-Gansu area. There is no war in the northwest now, so we should hurry up
Mobilize the northwest garrison to rescue Taiyuan City."
When Fang Yiren heard this, he narrowed his eyes. He suddenly mentioned the past events of the Song-Jin War and the Jingkang Disgrace:
"During the Jingkang period, when the Jin army went south, they first besieged Taiyuan. Taiyuan's terrain was dangerous and the city defenses were strong. The Jin army could not break through it overnight. On the contrary, Daojun, Emperor, Junchen and Song Qinzong hurriedly sent General Zhong's army to march west from Jingxing, Hebei, and the other two
Generals Yao Gu, the adoptive father of Yao Pingzhong, and Zhang Hao, the son of Zhang Xiaochun, went north from Changzhi and Fenzhou respectively. The three armies formed horns with each other and worked together to break the siege of Taiyuan.
As a result, the reinforcements were attacked by the Jin soldiers' carbine near Taiyuan City. Zhong's division was killed in the battle, and the Song army was almost completely wiped out.
After that, the Song Dynasty sent the famous prime minister Li Gangdu to lead the troops to relieve Qian, Zhe Keqiu, Zhang Sizheng, Fan Qiong and other troops to go north, planning to use the advantage of divided troops to encircle and annihilate the exhausted division that Yin Shu could go deep alone. In the end, because of the generals
They acted independently and did not coordinate with each other. They were like a piece of scattered sand. They were attacked by the Jin army again and almost the whole army was wiped out again.
After that, although there was a famous general in Taiyuan, Wang Zhen, who led the army and people of Taiyuan to hold on for more than 250 days, but in the end because the elite soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty had been completely wiped out in two operations to rescue Taiyuan City, they could only sit back and wait for death, and finally faced the defeat of the Jin Dynasty.