When Shen Wenzhong and Prime Minister Wang went south, the emperor had already personally given instructions on how to handle the national treasure.
The use of local national treasures is not trustworthy.
This is His Majesty the Emperor's evaluation of this local governor. This kind of person belongs to the kind of person who has been half-drowned into the water and is wet. However, this kind of person is still on the sidelines. He must be forced to have no way out before he can board the ship.
, but even if you get on the ship, you can only use it with caution, but you can't really trust it.
The emperor's evaluation of Tuguobao was that he was not even as good as people like Wu Shengzhao and Li Chengdong. He believed that although these people had been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and returned to the Ming Dynasty, and their hands were stained with the blood of many people, they were originally warlords and warriors. As long as the imperial power was strong,
Strong enough, they dare not touch the majesty of the imperial court.
Tu Guobao is a man who is talented in literature and martial arts, but also greedy and scheming. This kind of person must be used with caution. Compared with the confused Li Yuchun, smart people like Tu Guobao need to be more careful, otherwise they will cause damage.
Also big.
"If you ask me, why not just kill them with a knife, or let them fight the Tatars and drive the tigers to devour the wolves, while we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight?"
At the military meeting in the right wing of the camp, the person who shouted this was Lu Xiangguan, the commander-in-chief of Zhongsu Town. This Lu Xiangsheng’s brother originally raised a flag under a clan clan and even fought near Nanjing. However, although he was full of loyalty,
However, most of the rebel soldiers under his command are strong people, so if they encounter the cavalry, it will be difficult to lead them to the front.
Fortunately, Zhu Yihai's Northern Expedition was received and gathered in time. After that, Zhu Yihai's Yuying soldiers were reorganized with Zhongsuying and other local rebels, and they were organized into Yuying Town. Today, there are 5,000 soldiers in Zhongsu Town, both in terms of equipment and morale.
High, especially among them there are many Northern Expedition soldiers and many imperial camp generals.
The envoy Lu Xiangguan's Zhongsu Camp, Jin Gongyu's Shence Camp, Liu Mu's Warrior Camp, etc. all changed their appearance.
If you have strong soldiers and horses, you will naturally be full of vigor.
Facing Suzhou City, Lu Xiangguan, the commander-in-chief of Zhongsu Town, and Zhang Pengyi, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town, both believed that they should fight directly. Only Wang Meng, the sworn brother of Wang Xiang and the commander-in-chief of Yongwei Town, was restrained. As for Zhou Hezhi of the navy,
Because the canal and Taihu Lake are frozen, most of his naval forces are now at sea. He only brought some officers and soldiers here, so he didn't say much.
The governor and governor of Jiangsu Shen Youlong, the governor of water transportation Wu Yi, Su Song's sub-inspector Gu Yanwu, and the chief envoy of Jiangsu Chen Zilong did not speak carelessly.
The Wang Xiang was not only the Marquis of Jingnan, but also the Admiral of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He was also the Admiral of the imperial camp Su Songxingying, and the commander-in-chief of Su Song's side appointed by the emperor. As the governor and governor, Shen Youlong also had to cooperate.
Wang Chuangzi has always won the emperor's trust due to his role in supporting the emperor in the first place. From the guerrillas of the Yongwei camp, to the commander-in-chief of Haimen, to the commander-in-chief of Dinghai, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, and the admiral of Zhejiang, all the way to
Today's Admiral of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Admiral of the Right Wing of the Royal Camp, and the title of Marquis of Jingnan. His transformation from a brave guard who defeated the defeated soldiers to the current high-ranking official depends on his unwavering loyalty to the emperor.
The emperor's deployment has always been carried out without compromise. If there are conditions, we must do it. If there are no conditions, we must overcome difficulties and create conditions.
He would be wherever the emperor asked him to be.
It is precisely because of this loyalty that he has firmly established himself as one of the three generals under the emperor, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen, and Wang Xiang. This ranking is unshakable.
"I, Wang Chuangzi, used to be a military officer in the Yongwei Camp. To be honest, I am not a famous general, and I have never read any military books, but I know that our Majesty has a great strategy. From Taizhou to Yanzhou,
From Ningbo to Jiangning, His Majesty has used his troops like a god, and it is no exaggeration to say that Sun Wu was still alive, and he has never lost a battle so far."
"So, we will fight how your Majesty tells us to fight. I know that many of the generals here are familiar with military books, and some of them are even experienced in the battlefield. But when it comes to the overall situation, I dare say that none of them can compare.
Your Majesty."
"Although I, Mr. Wang, don't know much about military tactics, His Majesty has explained our mission and strategy to me in detail, so it is quite clear. In the final analysis, our mission is the 6,800 Manchurian Tatar soldiers. Now they are divided into
There are three branches, one stationed in Suzhou, one stationed in Songjiang and one stationed in Hangzhou."
"Everyone knows very well that this national treasure from Suzhou is not a person loyal to the Tatars. This guy is very slippery and has been having an affair with us secretly for a long time."
"As for the Songjiang side, to be honest, the Green Camp there has been infiltrated and even controlled by us for a long time."
"Not to mention Hangzhou, the admiral of Zhejiang, the governor of Zhejiang, the commander-in-chief of Hangzhou, the deputy general of Jiaxing, the deputy general of Haining, and the deputy general of Huzhou are all our people. They can change their flags at any time and become our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."
"Under such circumstances, it is actually relatively easy for our right wing to come here this time. If we can't even complete this task, we will cut off our heads and use them as footballs for His Majesty."
"Of course, you can't be careless. The six thousand and eight Tatars are real Tatars. Everyone has seen the Battle of Zhenjiang, and the Battle of Xuzhou. Many people also participated. Those Tatars really fought for their lives.
They are still very fierce, and Tatars rarely surrender, so the focus of our battle this time is these three groups of Tatars."
Zhu Yihai's strategy for dealing with the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River was to first lure the snake out of its hole and then ambush it halfway.
How to lure the snake out of its hole is naturally to besiege the city and mobilize reinforcements, first besiege Jiangning, and then besiege Suzhou.
This is to seize the strategic initiative and lure them out of the city to fight.
Then it is time to concentrate the main force and move to annihilate the enemy.
In fact, these are also the three-axe that the Tatars have always liked. They are their usual combos to defeat the Ming army. They first look for opportunities to raid and siege the city, then dig trenches and even build military camps. They block the siege for a long time, forcing the Ming army to come for reinforcements, and then again
Look for opportunities, ambush in favorable terrain, and call for reinforcements.
In the end, they can even use their high mobility to engage in thousands-mile raids. They can pursue thousands of miles without giving them a chance to breathe until they are annihilated. For example, they pursued Li Zicheng for thousands of miles after entering the customs. For example, after capturing Nanjing, they pursued the fleeing imperial court all the way.
Hangzhou.
These are the advantages and common tricks of the Qing army.
But it's not unsolvable.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the Nian Army later found a strategy to defeat the Qing Army, which was to use maneuver against maneuver and engage in high-mobility and large-scale mobile operations in a large area of several provinces, looking for weaknesses and avoiding the weak.
After finding an opportunity, concentrate the main force to encircle and annihilate it.
Although the last cavalry group of the late Qing Dynasty led by Monk King defeated the Nian Army several times, it was eventually transformed into the main force by the Nian Army's mules and horses, and they found the opportunity to ambush and annihilate them.
The Qing army always likes to take the initiative in war, proactively look for opportunities, take the initiative to attack, besiege cities for reinforcements, run thousands of miles to attack, and even pursue them to the end.
Therefore, Zhu Yihai did not defend the city at all at the beginning, because if you defend it, there will be flaws everywhere, loopholes everywhere, and it is impossible to defend against it. It is better to always stick together, gather the main force to keep moving, and mainly use offense to replace defense.
While the main force of the Qing army returned to the north and the south of the Yangtze River was empty, the snowball continued to snowball.
The Qing army defended Hangzhou, and the Ming army attacked Suzhou. The Qing army defended Jiangning, and the Ming army attacked Yangzhou, mainly against the guests.
This is like playing chess. Through this constant mobilization, the balance of forces on local battlefields is changed, so that the Ming army, whose overall strength is far weaker than the Qing army, always has an overwhelming advantage on each battlefield.
"Everyone, Kangkara in Suzhou is the weakest among the three Tatars, and Suzhou's national treasure is now on board our ship, so there is no rush to move here. This is an important bait."
"We have to use this to fish for Hetuo in Songjiang and Zhumala in Hangzhou."
"If you rush to pull the rod before the fish takes the bait, you will only scare the fish away. If the fish is frightened and returns to its nest, it will not be easy."
Although Wang Xiang is young, he has strong support from the governor of the capital, Shen Wenzhong. Deputy Admiral Zhang Mingbin also respects the coach. Shen Youlong and other local officials also expressed that they will fully cooperate with the imperial camp arrangements. Imperial camp officials such as Lu Xiangguan and Zhang Pengyi also The commander-in-chief could only follow the arrangements.
From then on until the Chinese New Year, the Ming army only built siege equipment outside Suzhou City. Perhaps due to the bad rain and snow weather, the progress was very slow.
After Kangkara and the Eight Banners watched the city for a while, they relaxed.
Tu Guobao was full of energy and worked hard to strengthen the city's defense, training day and night, recruiting craftsmen from all over the city to make instruments, defensive weapons, etc., and even took the pots from people's homes to make swords and arrows.
The city of Suzhou was under martial law day and night and strictly implemented a policy of restricting the supply of food, which was almost a replica of the time when Hangzhou was besieged.
Fortunately, Tu Guobao is very loyal. Even if the people can barely eat one meal a day, Luying can only eat one meal a day, and Fubiao's servants can only eat three meals a day, they still ensure that the city is full of 1,800 people. The Qing army had sufficient food supplies and could even always get them some supplies of pigs, ducks and fish.
Tu Guobao even took the initiative to suggest that all the remaining Han people in the city should be moved away, leaving only the 1800 Manchu soldiers stationed to prevent those Han people with ulterior motives from secretly and openly cooperating with others to cause chaos.
During the New Year, Tu Guobao even brought a lot of wine and many big fat pigs to the soldiers.
This made Kangkara very satisfied. Although reinforcements from Songhang had not yet arrived, at least Suzhou City was as strong as an iron barrel under the protection of Tu Guobao.
Kangkara no longer patrolled the outer city every day, and returned to the safe and comfortable city of Manchu to wait for reinforcements. While waiting, he also wrote multiple reports to Jiangning's Yan Wo Gong Company, explaining that The thieves came to attack with heavy troops, but with their persistence, the Ming army had no chance.
He also said that as soon as reinforcements from Songhang arrived, he would use combined internal and external attacks to defeat the Ming army in Suzhou, and then return to Jiangning City in one fell swoop, allowing Yan Wo to hold on.
They also reported to Beijing that although King Ming Lu was temporarily proud and proclaimed himself emperor, they would be able to defeat the Ming army and regain Jiangnan in a short time.
These words were not entirely bragging, but he believed them deeply.
Songhang also has five thousand and eight banner elites, as well as capable soldiers such as Zheng Jiwu, the super brave Duke, and Li Yuchun, the governor of Zhejiang. Even the prefect of Songjiang is the biological son of Duke Yan. The soldiers in western Zhejiang are the only ones who have always remained after the corruption of Jiangnan. A green battalion of the Qing army that maintained high combat effectiveness.
Not only did they regain Hangzhou, pacify western Zhejiang and Su Song's rebellion, they even captured Nan Ming's army in Shaoxing in one fell swoop.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers in western Zhejiang alone. Together with the Green Camp in Songjiang and the Eight Banners, there are at least 50,000 soldiers, no less than 30,000 in armor.
With so many soldiers, especially an elite group that is so capable of fighting, heading north, the Ming army would naturally be vulnerable to a single blow and be defeated.
If he hadn't been afraid of scaring away the Ming army outside Suzhou City, Kang Kara would have even thought of summoning elite troops with Tu Guobao to launch a surprise counterattack. But in the end, he forcibly suppressed his impulse and waited for the elite troops from Songhang to arrive before taking action.
, then not only can the Ming army be defeated, but they can also be wiped out in one fell swoop.
If we start now, even if we win, we still won't be able to annihilate them all. It will inevitably scare the enemy, which is a fly in the ointment.
He had completely forgotten that he was ambushed by the Ming army in Changzhou and was finally surrounded in Changzhou City in fear.