Bad news came to Yulin one after another, and Yuan Zongdi's nerves were numb. His eyes were steady, and there was no trace of nervousness or panic in his face.
The surrounding soldiers were busy, some were delivering urgent military information, and some were taking out weapons and armor. A guard came over with a sword in both hands and asked hurriedly:
"Commander, the Fugu front line is in an emergency. The Qing army is on the verge of a breakthrough. Do you want to transfer us to the front line?"
Yuan Zongdi didn't seem to hear this sentence. He was still writing orders for mobilizing soldiers and horses from other states and counties quickly in his hand. His handwriting was steady and steady, giving people a strong sense of reliability.
Yuan Zongdi had never even attended a private school, nor had he received any elementary school education. However, he had heard many scribes and swordsmen and penmen explain the classics and history in the Dashun Army, and he was eager to learn and make progress. Of course, he could easily pick up the general pen and ink skills, even when it came to judging people.
As a first-rate scholar, when you see Yuan Zongdi's handwriting, you will probably think that this person must be a scholar from the right Kejia family.
He has lived in the position of commander-in-chief of the Fifth Battalion of Dashun for a long time, and his calm Qi-nurturing skills have reached a very high level. The disturbances outside did not interrupt Yuan Zongdi's own thinking. Every time he wrote,
It all means an efficient troop mobilization order. Even if the Fugu defense line is already shaky, Yuan Zongdi estimates the troop strength and is confident that he can mobilize the troops from the rear to the front before the enemy breaks through.
"Be calm. The more powerful the enemy is, the more you have to show your leisure time like Xie An, so as not to panic the morale of the army."
The guard couldn't understand what Marshal Yuan was talking about, so he smiled bitterly:
"The bastard Luo Rucai rebelled, and all of us were blindsided. Now the second master was ambushed by Yang thieves in Zhiluo, and the entire army was wiped out. Yansui's troops were stretched to the limit, and Ningxia Jiedushi Chen Zhilong took the opportunity to rebel again.
The forts between Yulin and Ningxia, from Yanchang Fort and Dingbian Camp to Longzhou City and Qingping Fort, were all captured by the traitor Chen Zhilong."
Chen Zhilong used to be the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty. His surrender to the Dashun regime had ulterior motives. In his own words, he was "borrowing his military power to wait for the right time." After the Qing army succeeded in successive offensives against Fugu, Chen Zhilong
Through the Mongolian channels of the Tumote tribe outside the border wall, he wrote secret letters to contact the Qing army and made an appointment to attack the Dashun army.
Yuan Zongdi finally put the pen aside, raised the paper, blew lightly and said:
"Luo Rucai only believed in one sentence in his life, thieves don't kill thieves. Anyone in the world can betray Dashun, but Luo Rucai is the only one who can't. He has either died in Xi'an, or he is under house arrest by Yang Thief and others. Yang Thief
He must be defrauding Cao Ying's old tribe in the name of Duke Nanyang.
As long as this matter is exposed, it will not be difficult to defeat Cao."
"Even if we can defeat the thieves, how can we resist the dog Tatars? Brother's thinking is too simple!"
Yuan Zongdao was wounded and tied with a white cloth. In several places, blood stains could be seen showing through the white cloth. He spoke with resentment and was extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Zongdi's leisurely appearance.
"Brother, Yansui originally only had 30,000 soldiers and horses. Now I am incompetent and have killed 10,000 elite soldiers. The remaining 20,000 people have to defend Yulin. In such a vast area as Yan'an, there is a sneak attack by Chen Zhilong of Ningxia behind and Cao Cao's soldiers in the south.
Our food supply has been cut off, and there are 80,000 Qing troops from the east coming in overwhelming numbers, how can you still sit still?"
Yuan Zongdao sighed and said: "My general is incompetent and I have exhausted all three armies. My eldest brother should kill me to relieve the resentment of the whole army. I just wish I could die on the battlefield against the Qing Dynasty... Otherwise, I would have killed myself long ago."
"Haha! Ridiculous."
Yuan Zongdi smiled and said:
"There are many forts in the Yansui area. Yulin and Yan'an are both dangerous fortresses operated by the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. They have not been breached by foreign enemies for many years. Mizhi is the hometown of the late emperor, and the people of Sangzi know that once the Shun army is defeated,
Regardless of whether it is the Tatars or the Ming army, they will definitely massacre the city in Mizhi, so the villagers contributed money and efforts and vowed to defend northern Shaanxi with us to the death.
I have the right location and good people, now it's all about the weather."
"Tianshi? What day?"
Yuan Zongdi pointed to the south and said:
"When the Kwantung reinforcements will regain Chang'an, this is the time of day. The time of day is something we cannot decide, so there is no need to worry in vain.
We have one month as the limit, using the two big cities of Yulin and Yan'an as fulcrums, and holding on to the two cities. After one month, if the reinforcements cannot arrive in Shaanxi to relieve the siege, we will gather troops to abandon the city to break out of the siege and try to move to Shanxi. Within one month, if
If the Dashun Army is able to attack Shaanxi, it must cooperate internally and externally. Not only can it turn defeat into victory, but it should also be able to give the menacing Tatar soldiers a considerable counterattack."
Seeing Yuan Zongdi's calm and leisurely look, everyone seemed to feel infected and relaxed.
In fact, Yuan Zongdi understands the current situation better than anyone else. He knows that Yansui is already standing on the edge of the cliff. Twenty thousand Dashun's old elites will be killed if they are not careful.
The risk of total annihilation.
But Yuan Zongdi also saw a glimmer of hope in the chaos. Not long ago, he received responses to his order to mobilize the former Ming surrender troops from various places.
Even Cao Wenzhao's old troops, like Sun Shoufa, who had a deep hatred for the rebels, led their old troops to Yulin to support the front line. During the battle of Yijun, Sun Shoufa captured and killed Dian Dengzi, Bu Zhanni and other rebel commanders by himself, killing them.
There are countless "thieves" who were promoted to the garrison due to their merits. They also fought with Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang. Gao Yingxiang abandoned his horse and ran away in a ditch. Sun Shoufa also abandoned his horse and jumped into the ditch to chase him. Finally, Gao Yingxiang was captured alive and was awarded the rank of general and promoted again.
As deputy commander-in-chief.
When Gao Jie, the mountain harrier, was recruited by the Ming army, it was Sun Shoufa who passed the news between the two camps as an envoy. Sun Huzi and Gao Jie had fought side by side for many years and had a deep relationship. Now that Gao Jie was killed in Huailai, his son Gao Yuanzhao was killed instead.
Comparing Li Zicheng's lenient treatment, how could Sun Shoufa still submit to Wu Sangui, who killed Gao Jie?
When Sun Shoufa was stationed at the camp, some Qing envoys and spies among the gentry used titles and gold and silver as bait in an attempt to appease Sun Huzi. But he remained unmoved and instead captured all the envoys and spies and escorted them to Yulin.
Execution can be used by the people of Qin, as can be seen from this.
When the enemy is approaching, not all the surrendered troops and generals will swarm to betray Dashun and serve as the vanguard of the dog Tatars, with their first priority being to attack fellow troops of the Shun army or to sacrifice their own flood lands.
Yuan Zongdi thanked Dorgon in his heart for his decision. If Chief Rui had not led Wu Sangui to attack Shaanxi, perhaps these old Qin soldiers would not be as active as Sun Shoufa in helping Dashun defend Yan'an.
Wu Sangui's murder of Sun Chuanting and others at the Huailai banquet was really despicable and shameless. He killed innocent people indiscriminately and almost slaughtered all the Qin army generals under Sun Chuanting's command. Who among these Qin army generals had no family members in Guanzhong?
Wu Jiu is in the frontier army?
The impact of the Huailai Incident was so bad and far-reaching that Wu Sangui was short-sighted and greedy for temporary gains. In fact, he had completely pushed the hearts of the three border troops in Shaanxi to the Dashun side.
Yuan Zongdi stood up and said with emotion: "Wu Sangui's conspiracy to assassinate Sun Chuanting is no longer tolerated by the Qin people. The Qing army sent Wu Sangui to enter the pass. This is like Xiang Yu using the Three Qin kings to suppress Guanzhong, which means he will exterminate himself from the elders of Shaanxi. The Qin army
Who can return to being the lackey of a murderer if he has a little bit of heart in his heart?"
He asked his soldiers to distribute the troop mobilization documents he had written one by one, and encouraged everyone not to be confused by the superficial pressure. The enemy seemed menacing, but the potential strength of the Dashun Army was actually even greater than their own.
Not fully aware yet.
Soon someone from Yan'an rushed into the commander's mansion. Yuan Zongdao knew this person: his name was Wang Yongqiang. He was originally the general of the Yan'an Prefecture garrison in the Ming Dynasty. After returning to Chengdu and Dashun, he has now reached the position of a mighty general.
Wang Yongqiang is from Wubao County, Shaanxi Province, and was born in the old Qin army. His hometown, Wubao, is on the edge of the Yellow River. At this time, it had been violently attacked by the Qing army. There were not many local defenders, but most of the residents took the initiative.
The city wall and the Shun army live and die together and work hard to defend it, so the city defense has not seen any major crisis so far.
Wang Yongqiang also came with a troop of troops to reinforce the front line, but what he wanted to say was another matter.
"Commander! I have urgent military information to report!"
Yuan Zongdi remained calm. After pouring tea for Wang Yongqiang, he said: "General Wang, sit down and have a cup of tea. Speak slowly and don't be in a hurry."
But Wang Yongqiang said angrily: "Commander, Marshal, my brother Wang Yongzhen has been appointed as the captain under Dong Xueli. He has important military information sent to him!"
"Huh?"
Yuan Zongdi was slightly surprised. Dong Xueli was originally the deputy general of Huamachi in Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty. After returning to Chengdu and Dashun, he first served as a mighty general. Later, because of his meritorious service in recruiting and surrendering generals, Li Zicheng had planned to promote Dong Xueli to the general of Ningxia Guoyi. It was just because the army left the border.
, this matter was shelved for now.
However, as far as Yuan Zongdi knew, the rebellion of Chen Zhilong, the military governor of Ningxia, was fully supported by Dong Xueli. Dong Xueli used military force to coerce the civil and military officials of Ningxia, and they all followed Chen Zhilong to defect to Dashun, which made Ningxia a town full of wars.
Completely rotten and irreparable.
Yuan Zongdi calmed down and decided not to question Wang Yongqiang's brother about his rebellion with Dong Xueli. Instead, he asked: "Dong Xueli has rebelled, and your brother's military intelligence in his army is an inside story related to Dong Xueli's department?"
Wang Yongqiang lowered his voice and said:
"After Chen Ni rebelled, he sent Dong Xueli to lead troops to attack the border forts. The Dong thieves now stationed troops in Longzhou City between Ningxia and Yulin, and sent people outside the border wall to collude with the captives, hoping to lure the Mongolian Tatars into the pass. Qin
When the soldiers heard about it, they were all very angry. The Qin soldiers had fought against the Taolu for generations. Which family did not have an uncle or a relative who died at the hands of the Taolu?
Originally, the Dong thief betrayed Dashun and tried to welcome the Tatars into Shaanxi, which was already unpopular. Now he has even hooked up with the captives. Who can tolerate it if he has a heart?"
"Then what?"
"Then...my brother Wang Yongzhen joined forces with several other officers to suddenly attack during the military meeting and hacked Dong Xueli to death!"