The approximately 80,000 elite troops of Dianzhong Army and Dianzuo Army did not go to Weihui Mansion and Kaizhou. Instead, they headed east from Yanjin County, took Changyuan and Dongming Counties, and rushed directly to the plains of southwestern Shandong.
Li Laiheng knew that fighter planes were fleeting, and time was always a crucial factor for him to consider.
Dorgon has already set off first. If the Dashun army really follows suit and chases to Kaizhou first, and then waits until Shandong confirms Dorgon's trace, then heads to Liaocheng or the plains of southwestern Shandong to intercept, I am afraid the day lilies will be cold.
But the Dashun Army rushed directly from Yanjin to southwestern Shandong, so another question must be considered: What if Dorgon's goal was not to leap into southwestern Shandong and kill Xuzhou? Then Li Laiheng was played by the enemy and completely suffered.
Got transferred to Dorgon.
"Prince Jin! We have passed Caozhou, and we are in front of Shuanghekou!"
Further south from Shuanghekou, the lakes and rivers in Shandong have been thawing and unsealing one after another. The Qing army's fighter opportunities have been missed. Even if Dorgon kills Xuzhou, even if he takes advantage of the Dashun army's defensive deployment mistakes,
If Xuzhou City is really captured, what will happen?
Li Laiheng could still deploy defenses along the Grand Canal and the Yellow River. Instead, he could surround nearly 100,000 Qing troops in the Xu and Huai areas. The Manchu tribes only had a few hundred thousand people in total and tens of thousands of Eight Banners elites. Once they were completely surrounded by the Shun army,
Xuzhou, then the fate of the Qing court is destined to be completely destroyed.
"Dorgon, what do you want?"
Liu Fangliang wears a long white cloak on top of his silver armor. He is holding a spear, which looks like the style of Zhao Zilong in the storytelling.
"Your Highness, from Caozhou to Xuzhou, everything in between is flat and safe. If we want to stop Dorgon, where should we stop him?"
Guo Junzhen has thought a lot about this issue. He said directly: "There is no danger to defend in southwest Shandong, and it is a suitable place for a decisive battle for large corps. If we want to take advantage of the geographical advantage, we can only choose to be near Weishan Lake in the north of Xuzhou
A battle."
During the Sui Dynasty, the Yisi River to the east of Yanzhou City merged and flowed southward, flooding into a large lake. A contiguous swamp area had been formed to the west of Jining, but at that time there was no huge swamp like Weishan Lake today.
Since the 10th year of Xining, Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River has changed its course and the breaches have gradually become more frequent. The Yellow River water flow has accelerated the formation of the lake area. In the 5th year of Emperor Zhangzong and Mingchang of the Jin Dynasty, the Yellow River breached in Yangwu, Henan, and entered Liangshanbo to divide the north and south. One branch of the Yellow River entered the Huaihe River from the Nanqing River.
, passes through Wenshang, Jiaxiang, Jining, merges with Sishui and then goes south to Huaihe River.
The floods of the Yellow River have caused great harm to the land in southwestern Shandong in all dynasties, and also brewed the vitality of prosperity. Since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Yanjing was established as the capital in order to "transport the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers to meet the needs of the capital, so it was abandoned in the Sui Dynasty.
The canal channel built with Luoyang as the center began to connect the north and south canals starting from the Yuan Dynasty. In the 26th year of the Yuan Dynasty and the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Huitong River and the Tonghui River were successively excavated.
At this time, the natural river channel of Sishui River was used as a canal between Jining and Xuzhou. In order to maintain the water depth for shipping, sluices were built on the Sishui River channel. The mountain water in the east of the river was stopped on the east bank, and Zhaoyang Lake and Dushan Lake began to form.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River continued to overflow, the Yellow River was weak, and the way out of the Surabaya River was blocked. Zhaoyang and Dushan continued to expand, and small connected lakes such as Chishan, Weishan, Lümeng, and Zhangzhuang appeared near Weishan."
In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, Liu Daxia built Huangling Gang and Taihang Embankment. All the yellow water flowing from the north came south, from Kaifeng to Xuzhou to seize Bian, and then to Huaiyin to seize Si. From Huaiyin to Henan Lankao Tongwaxiang breach, it moved north to seize the Daqing River.
It took more than 660 years to form the current Yellow River from Lijin, Shandong Province to the sea.
The Yellow River competes with the Si River and the Huaihe River. On the one hand, a large amount of silt is deposited to form the current Yellow River bed, which blocks the south flow of the Si River to the Huaihe River and causes long-term flood stasis. On the other hand, due to the combined effect of the Yellow River and the eastern rivers, the northern part of Xuzhou
The lake area continues to expand.
During the Jiajing period, Nanyang Xinhe was excavated, so that the transport route moved away from Sishui and moved from Zhaoyang Lake to the west to the east of the lake. Mountains and waters such as the Shahe River in the east were introduced into Dushan Lake, and water from the Xue River was introduced into Lümeng Lake. By the time of Longqing and Wanli, these lakes were connected together.
, forming the prototype of Weishan Lake.
In the 31st year of Wanli, the Yellow River breached Shanxian County and Caoxian County, "irrigated Zhaoyang Lake, entered Xia Town, and crossed the Yundao..." In the autumn of the following year, the Yellow River breached again in Fengxian County - this was the closest Yellow River breach to Li Laiheng.
This time the floodwater entered Zhaoyang Lake, passed through Lijia Port, and exited the town in the south. After several yellow water injections, the Xilu Lakes were connected to Wujia Lake in the west, and the big lake was finally fully formed.
Weishan Lake is the biggest symbol of the area in southwestern Shandong, eastern Henan and northern Anhui that is irrigated and ravaged by the Yellow River.
It brewed the vitality and fertile soil of the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, and also caused a cycle of disasters for decades or centuries to this land.
Weishan Lake was in sight in the distance. Li Laiheng could not see the location of the lake yet, but he had already developed a belief in his heart that Weishan Lake, which best symbolized natural and man-made disasters, would definitely be able to witness the most important decisive battle of the Shun Army.
"We can't stop and waste time when we cross Shuanghekou." Li Laiheng said, "Dorgon himself came to Xuzhou to die. He wanted to put the Qing army to death and survive, so we shouldn't give Dorgon a chance.
An opportunity to verify the art of war.”
Zhang Pili led the guards of the Yulin Army to raise a cloud of sand and dust. He gathered in Anxing, north of Caozhou, and finally received an urgent military intelligence report from Shandong.
"Urgent military information sent by Gu Kecheng, Shandong Economic and Strategic Envoy!"
There were still a few feathers stuck to the urgent letter in Zhang Pizhu's hand, indicating that it was a truly urgent military order.
"The Qing army broke through Juye two days ago. Except for the infantry of the front-line army who stayed behind to defend Azig, the rest of the Shandong armies have rushed southward at night. It is estimated that the Qing army is the smallest now, at least! It is estimated that the Qing army is the smallest now, at least it has been
When we arrived in Jinxiang, we were on the first line of Yutai!"
Zhang Pili repeatedly emphasized the progress of the Qing army's attack. If Dorgon had really arrived in Jinxiang and near Yutai, then he would be only a short distance away from Weishan Lake, and it would not even take a day.
The Qing army could pass through the Weishan Lake area and rush to Xuzhou.
Li Laiheng was surprised and happy in his heart. He was surprised that Dorgon moved so fast and the Qing army's assault was so decisive. What he was happy about was that Dorgon's actions were completely consistent with his speculation. This made Li Laiheng doubt his plans.
Military decision-making ability and stronger self-confidence.
Gu Junen's face turned pale: "Is it still a hundred miles from Yutai County to Weishan Lake? We can't stop Donglu anyway."
"Who is guarding Xuzhou?" Li Laiheng asked.
"It's Gu Kecheng."
"good."
Li Laiheng tightened his hand. Gu Kecheng was Liu Zongmin's deputy general and one of the important generals in the Dashun Army who was capable of taking charge of his own affairs. Moreover, Gu Kecheng was also the Shandong Economic and Strategic Envoy. If he personally garrisoned Xuzhou, he would definitely be able to stop Dorgon.
a period of time.
"Xuzhou City is located south of the Yellow River, with Weishan Lake in the north and Luliang Mountain in the south. The situation is dangerous. With the talent of valley managers, we will definitely be able to hold it for a while. We can't catch up with Dorgon now, so let him give him one or two
God, let him fight! Let him attack! The whole army obeys the order!"
Li Laiheng shook his cloak, turned around and shouted: "Don't rest, march eastward at full speed, light troops first, go all out to Xuzhou!"
As the general staff of the Military Academy, Gu Junen blurted out the marching plan he had drafted: "The Yulin Army of the Central Army and a division of Hao Yaoqi all pursued them and went to Xuzhou first. The rest of the troops took the southern route, first to Dingtao and took the road
Shanxian, follow and pursue, gather near Peixian to rest, and then join the battlefield of the decisive battle in Xuzhou."