Liu Tichun said very dissatisfied: "You...you mean, do you want us to sit back and watch the fall of Taiyuan City? To speak like this is simply a traitor!"
Liu Tichun was so angry that he actually pulled out his sword directly in front of Li Guo's hospital bed and met Fang Yiren with his sword. All the generals were surprised, and Li Laiheng was even more furious. He rushed up to hold down Liu Tichun's hand and pulled the sword from his waist.
He stuffed the knife back into the scabbard and shouted angrily:
"Uncle Erhu! Leshan is the military advisor of the front camp and my secretary in charge. He is me and I am him. His opinion is my opinion and his certainty is my certainty. You want to kill me in front of my adoptive father.
You traitor, why not kill me first!"
Fang Yiren walked over directly, hugged Liu Li, and laughed and said: "General Erhu, General Liu, I just want to save Taiyuan, but I can't just sit back and watch Taiyuan fall, that's why I said this. If you use my strategy,
If Taiyuan is also lost, General Erhu can come and take the student's head at any time."
"Bah." Liu Tichun was held down by Li Laiheng with one hand, and he spat angrily and helplessly, "That stinking scholar said something beautiful!"
"Ahem... Erhu, Mr. Fang is a talented and learned man, and his words are worth listening to."
With Li Zicheng's last edict, in the eyes of the generals of Daming Mansion, although Li Guo has not officially proclaimed himself emperor, he is actually half-emperor.
Li Guo spoke with less authority and dignity than before. Even if Liu Tichun and Li Guo had a life-long friendship, and their relationship was very good, after all, half of the difference between monarch and minister existed, and Liu Tichun could not say anything more.
Fang Yiren spoke so eloquently:
"The terrain in the Taiyuan area is broken. If we mobilize troops from all walks of life to relieve the siege of Taiyuan, the troops on the Yellow River line will be weak. If the Qing army abandons Taiyuan and marches towards the Yellow River, the river defenses will most likely be unable to be defended.
At that time, the Qing army besieged Kaifeng. Do we have to rush back to Kaifeng from the vicinity of Taiyuan to rescue us? If we deploy troops thousands of miles away, we must miss the general.
Second, the broken terrain of Taiyuan would have easily given the Qing army an opportunity to ambush our reinforcements. What's more, the reinforcements came from Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan and other places, including the old Chuang army, the new Chu army, and the old Qin army.
The subordinates are not familiar with each other, and the military orders are different. When the time comes, several armies will undermine each other. The Marquis of Jing is seriously ill and may not be able to command on the battlefield. Among the commanders, whether they are Suihou, Cihou, Yihou, or Mianhou
, who has the prestige to unify the various ministries?
Isn't it possible to trap Dashun's entire army in a desperate situation, so that the Qing army can annihilate our army and create a great situation? To mobilize all the troops to relieve Taiyuan is really to bring about self-destruction."
Li Laiheng also nodded: "Will the Leshan strategy be implemented?"
Fang Yiren said calmly: "After understanding the situation just now, my colleagues believe that the only way now is to replace troops with food."
"Replacing troops with food?"
"Yes, food is used to replace troops. In the battle to capture the deer, although the Manchus killed a lot of our old soldiers, they actually didn't occupy much land. They only took more of the three prefectures of Zhending, Shunde, and Guangping in Northern Zhili, and
Dezhou is just one state in Shandong.
At present, the Qing army has at least 200,000 soldiers and horses. In fact, it is still trapped on the Yanbei front line in the Jin Dynasty. Xuzhou is still in the hands of Dashun, and water transportation to the south of the Yangtze River has been cut off for a long time. How much grain does everyone think Beijing still has? How much grain does the Qing army think it has?
There are 200,000 soldiers and horses. If people eat horses and chew them, how much food is needed?
Yuan Zongdi, the Marquis of Mian, still defended northern Shaanxi. Luo Rucai, Duke of Nanyang, led 30,000 soldiers from the northwest to go out to aid Taiyuan. Marquis Zhang Nai of Yi sent 10,000 troops from Zhangde Mansion to contain the flanks of the Qing army in Taiyuan, mobilized the rest of the main force, and was in Kaifeng.
The 50,000 Chu soldiers in Guojun Town in this area were enough to mobilize a large army to completely pacify Shandong and ensure that water transportation was cut off.
Judging from the Red Team's intelligence in the capital, long before the Huolu War, the food situation of the Qing army was already so dire that even the prince of Korea, who was a hostage in Beijing, could only eat old rice. Although the Qing army now
Although the battle was won, the food dilemma was still not solved. As long as the Dashun army continued to cut off water transportation, I can't think of three months' time, without a single soldier, the Qing army would be starved and collapse on its own."
Replace troops with food.
This is a crucial conclusion that Fang Yiren reached after he and Gu Junen discussed the world situation and military situation after arriving at Daming Mansion.
The Qing army seems to have formed an advantage in sweeping away the Central Plains after the Huolu War. However, as Fang Yiren said, from a food perspective, Dashun, which owns the granaries in Henan and Huguang, has a much greater advantage than the Qing army.
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The trapped beast now is by no means the Dashun Army, but precisely the Qing Army.
Gu Junen also said:
"Leshan's strategy is also our strategy, so the key point now is not Taiyuan, but the defense of the Yellow River and Shandong. The first is not to allow the Qing army to break through the Yellow River and kill crops after running through Dashun, cultivating, and military settlements.
Henan has been greatly restored; secondly, the Qing army cannot be allowed to occupy Shandong, open up water transportation to the south of the Yangtze River, and support the north.
Taiyuan is one of the most fortified cities in the world. During the Jingkang period, the Song army was able to hold on to Taiyuan for eight months. Today we don’t even need Taiyuan to hold on for that long. According to the calculations of the Military Affairs Department, as long as Taiyuan holds on for two months, we can
We can wait until the Qing army collapses in terms of food.
In two months, even if reinforcements from all over the world are not mobilized for rescue, it is expected that only a partial division will be used to contain the Qing army from attacking the city.
The remaining troops and horses mainly defend the Yellow River and prevent the Qing army from going south to herd horses. The key is to reinforce Shandong and intercept water transportation. Therefore, the key to victory in the world at present is not Taiyuan, but water transportation. Taiyuan is destroyed and Dashun is destroyed.
There are also northern Shaanxi, Xi'an, and Tongguan that can be defended, but if water transportation is cut off for another two or three months, the Qing army will be starved to death by us."
Both Fang Yiren and Gu Junen spoke eloquently, and it seemed that they had considered what they said for a long time. Especially since Gu Junen had a large number of personnel from the Army Department at his disposal, his strategy must have been through the Army Department collecting various materials and intelligence.
Decided by consensus.
These remarks really made the generals feel suddenly enlightened. Their vision was no longer limited to Taiyuan, but following the guidance of Fang Yiren and Gu Junen, they could reach across the Yellow River to the land of Qilu.
Gu Junen dipped his brush in red ink and drew the water transportation line clearly on the map and said:
"Marquis Jing, water transport has a direct bearing on the world. Defend Shandong and prevent the Qing army from opening up the grain roads south of the Yangtze River. This is the most important thing today.
This is an issue that neither the Yellow River river defense nor the survival of Taiyuan, combined, can compare with."
Li Laiheng carefully observed Li Guo's expression. He saw that there was no change in the expression on Li Guo's face, but his eyes flickered, and he seemed to have some intention.
Even Liu Tichun, who insisted on his own opinion, swallowed his saliva after listening to Fang Yiren and Gu Junen's analysis, and sighed: "The scholar has some skills..."
Hao Yaoqi chuckled: "Have General Erhu figured out Secretary Fang's methods?"
Fang Yiren responded with a sneer: "You still wanted to kill me yesterday when you were waving the flag?"
"Hahaha!" Hao Yaoqi's big palm like a cattail leaf slapped Fang Yiren on the back, making him almost unable to stand. "What did you say? What did you say? Why can't I remember this?"
Li Guo supported his chin with his hand and looked at the map. He still looked calm and calm. Then he suddenly said to Li Laiheng:
"What's your decision, Leghorn?"
Li Laiheng lowered his head and replied: "Leshan's decision is my decision."
Li Guo then took out the emergency and help documents sent by Tian Jianxiu, Niu Jinxing, Zhang Nai and others, put them all on the table, and said in a low voice:
"Yufeng asks for help, I have no choice but to rescue them. What's more, Qi Weng and Shuang Xi have already set off to rescue Taiyuan. If it is true as Secretary Fang said, the rescue of Taiyuan is a narrow escape and is surrounded by dangers. Then I have even more responsibility to rescue them. The deer is over.
With one army, how can Taiyuan defeat another army?
What's more, Tian Jianxiu and Zhang Nai, who are called comrades-in-arms of the late emperor and I, are actually not much different from our biological brothers and nephews, how can I sit back and watch their success or failure?"
At this time, Ma Chongxi's voice suddenly came from outside the door. He grabbed another urgent document and hurried into the room, saying anxiously:
"Military information is urgent. Military information is urgent. The Qing army is encircling Taiyuan. The Zhangde garrison has mobilized troops and horses to enter Shanxi. Zhang Nai sent a message saying that if the Daming Mansion garrison does not move, they will have to rescue the siege alone."