Yan Wogong was wearing a new Ming Dynasty official robe, a purple robe and a jade belt that symbolized the important officials of the third rank and above. He also wore a goldfish bag around his waist, which contained goldfish for inspection. This Yan made the emperor's father and regent in Beijing so angry that he vomited blood.
Gong has now become a legend among the people.
But when the emperor announced that he would conduct another Northern Expedition, he was very calm.
More than a month ago, he was a bachelor of the Inner Academy of the Qing Dynasty. He was the manager of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. He was also granted a hereditary title of first-class marquis by the Tatars. He even got an assistant leader of the world. This was a real lord, and he had three assistants.
Baiding, if you think about Qin Shubao, the hero of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, he could only seal 300 households.
Yan Wo Gong knew more details about the North and the South than the average Ming Dynasty official.
After he returned to the Ming Dynasty, he worked for a month as a minister of military affairs and a member of the Prime Minister's Office, where he had access to the most top-level intelligence.
Countless intelligence from all over the world was gathered into the central center, and Yan Wogong felt like he was looking through a fog, unable to see the truth, let alone make the most reasonable decisions based on it.
The information is always true or false, and some of the information is even delayed. Many of the information conflict with each other. Not only is it difficult for Yan Wogong to judge, but also for the great bachelors of the center, the great eunuchs, and even generals such as Wang Zhiren.
It's hard to decide sometimes.
However, the emperor was always able to make decisions decisively and quickly, and even planned and deployed in advance from a high position. The countless victories in the past year also proved that the emperor's judgments were very accurate every time.
People can't understand.
Although Mr. Yan sometimes thinks that this may be because the emperor pays more attention to intelligence collection and has established many intelligence departments, such as the East Factory with Jinyi Guards, the Ministry of War with Staff Division, the imperial camp with the Collection and Editing Office, Detective Division, Intelligence Division and Staff Division, etc.
Wait, the intelligence obtained by the emperor is more detailed, and his intelligence analysis ability is stronger, so the final decision made is more comprehensive and accurate.
But this is actually not complete enough. In his heart, Yan Wogong still believed that he was the wise emperor, an extraordinary person, and had superhuman acumen in military matters.
This was a martial emperor like Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Yu, the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty.
There may even be protection from the luck of the Ming Dynasty.
No one knows that Zhu Yihai is actually a prophet who knows five hundred years before and five hundred years after. Although all kinds of information are complicated and confusing, for him who knows the overall trend of the future, he knows the answer in advance and then in turn deduces the clues.
You will know which ones are true and which ones are false.
Then use these verified intelligence clues to fill in the details, and the fog will naturally be cleared.
Others are groping forward in the fog, but Zhu Yihai is completely different.
However, for Zhu Yihai, although this seems to be very wise and powerful, it also has some disadvantages, that is, everyone will inevitably doubt his decisions sometimes. After all, whether he was right in the past will always be right in the future, and what they have in hand is not completely or even
Wrong and contradictory information sometimes leads to completely different conclusions from Zhu Yihai's, so sometimes it is unavoidable to oppose the emperor.
Zhu Yihai clearly knew that he was right, but sometimes others found it difficult to believe or even unwilling to obey, which made him very painful.
"The Tatars' intentions are very clear now. They plan to attack with all their strength on the western front. They even want traitors like Wu Sangui to lead the Han soldiers as the vanguard, while the Eight Banners will follow step by step behind. In Huguang and Anhui on the middle line, and in Xuhuai and Jiangnan on the east line.
, then it is obviously necessary to keep it.”
"We cannot do what he wants, so we have to open up the eastern front battlefield. We must use some of our existing naval advantages to attack Xuhuai and Shandong by sea to contain the Tatar forces."
Yan Wogong asked, "Your Majesty, although the attack on Xi'an failed, the Western Front is not in bad shape now. He Zhen and other main forces have not been lost. After being ordered to return to Hanzhong to reorganize the army, relying on its safety and solidity, plus Xunyang, Sichuan East
Our officers and soldiers can build a line of defense to stop the Qing army from moving south."
"Shaanxi and Gansu have suffered from natural disasters in recent years and are now extremely corrupt. It is not easy for the Qing army to stabilize Shaanxi and Gansu. If they use Shaanxi and Gansu as their base camp to attack Hanzhong and Sichuan, they will not be able to get money and food to supplement their supplies, and they will not be able to support their large-scale deployment of troops.
If the Qing army wants to attack the Han from Shaanxi, it will not succeed."
Yan Wogong has a relatively clear understanding of the Tatars' arrangements and details. Guanzhong has been in uprising since the Tianqi period. It is already a poor place, and it has always been insufficiently self-sufficient in the peaceful years. It has been in chaos for twenty years, and all forces are involved.
There were chaotic wars where you came and I left. Now the population has dropped sharply and the land is seriously desolate.
Even if the Qing army stationed a large army on a regular basis, it would be difficult to supply supplies, let alone use it as a base to attack Hanzhong and Sichuan.
"I believe that the imperial court has now transferred officers and soldiers from Sichuan to Xunyang to reinforce Hanzhong. Therefore, as long as the supply of food and grass is guaranteed in the future, Hanzhong can be defended and the Qing army will not be able to pass."
In Yan Wogong's view, it would be difficult for the Qing army to seize Hanzhong and Sichuan under the current background.
Because the most critical thing in the war is money and food supplies, and now the Tatars do not have this strength, especially in the Guanzhong area. They have been fighting for twenty years. Last year they just experienced a wave of resistance against the Qing Dynasty. Even if He Zhen and the others were defeated,
But in many places in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, the situation has not yet calmed down.
Wu Sangui and his troops entered Guanzhong with tens of thousands of troops and could not supply food and grass. How could they attack Hanzhong and Sichuan again?
Although the Qing army still has tens of thousands of people in Huguang, the information they have now shows that no matter Luo Xiujin or Luck Dehun, they all have too much time to take care of themselves. Even the horses stationed in the Eight Banners are almost eaten up. They can hold Hubei.
A few big towns would be great, but how could there be any spare energy to cooperate with Wu Sangui?
"I can tell some dear friends that the actual situation on the Western Front is not optimistic. Just like He Zhen and the others will attack Xi'an. They seem to be huge and claim to be 100,000 troops, but in fact they are no match for the Qing army. Food and grass supplies
It is indeed a big problem, but as long as the Qing army attacks quickly, food and grass will not be a problem."
"Besides, you have ignored the biggest instability on the Western Front today, and that is Zhang Xianzhong."
All kinds of intelligence have shown that Zhang Xianzhong wants to abandon Chengdu and leave Sichuan, is determined to win over Hanzhong, and then fight back to Shaanxi and Gansu. Ma Ke, who is currently stationed in Hanzhong, is an old subordinate of Hong Chengchou and the Eighth General Soldier in the Songjin War.
One of them, who had served as the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, had some ability, but no principles. After the defeat of Songjin, the imperial court sent him to fight Li Zicheng, but he surrendered directly, became Count Dashun, and led troops to Sichuan.
He fought many battles with Zhang Xianzhong and finally suppressed Xiying.
Ma Ke was originally a Ming general who later surrendered. He fought many battles with Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan and the Ming army.
The most important thing is that the Tatars are now playing a dirty trick, directly naming Ma Ke as the King of Hanzhong to persuade him to surrender. Originally, the King of Hanzhong was given to He Zhen, but as a result, He Zhen was determined to attack Xi'an, and the Tatars began to recruit Ma Ke to surrender.
And Zhu Yihai knew that in history, Ma Ke was surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the end.
Judging from the current situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi, Ma Ke is very likely to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Although Zhu Yihai has also made many arrangements for this, the problem is that he is beyond his reach. He cannot even command people like He Zhen, Sun Shufa, Wu Dading, etc. Even Wang Guangen, who surrendered earlier, and the Ming army in Sichuan also had this problem.
Ma Ke, together with He Zhen and others, previously stated in the table that he is now also the chief military officer, but he is obviously very different from the Tatar Xu's King of Hanzhong, and it is impossible for Zhu Yihai to give such conditions of sealing the territory and splitting the soil to become the king.
Not to mention, the situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi is indeed that the Tatars still have the upper hand.
"Marco betrayed the enemy and surrendered to captivity? No way, right?"
Ma Shiying was a little surprised. Although the two have the same surname, Ma, they have nothing to do with each other. Ma Shiying is from Guizhou and Ma Ke is from Longyou. But after all, Ma Ke followed Cao Bianjiao in his early years and was known for his bravery and daring in battle. He was a general in the imperial court and surrendered at the time. There was nothing we could do about it. At that time, Li Zicheng was about to attack Beijing. Ma Ke followed the great scholar Li Jiantai to fight against Li Zicheng, who wanted no soldiers but no food.
In the end, they persisted until Beijing fell and Chongzhen committed suicide before surrendering.
Such a general, now that he has surrendered anyway, has no reason to rebel again.
"Everything is possible and nothing is absolute."
Zhu Yihai could only say to them, "I have received reliable news that Zhang Xianzhong is about to march to Hanzhong, and Ma Ke has secretly planned to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing court has secretly agreed to make him the King of Hanzhong. Although Qin Liangyu, Wang Guangen and others are rushing to Hanzhong , but now that Ma Ke, who stayed in Hanzhong, has been surrendered, we are just one step away."
This news shocked several people.
"If Ma Ke really surrenders to the Qing Dynasty, He Zhen and others may not be able to retreat back to Hanzhong, and even the doors of Sichuan and Yunyang will be opened wide," Ma Shiying couldn't help but sigh.
The situation was originally very good, but now it is in trouble.
"I plan to adjust the strategy on the western front, and quickly send someone to convey the order to He Zhen and others, asking them to retreat into the Zhongnan Mountains first, and not to fight with Ma Ke. Then I will order Qin Liangyu and other Ming troops in central Sichuan to let Zhang Xianzhong leave Sichuan and go north."
"Your Majesty, are we going to give up Hanzhong like this? This is a battleground for military strategists."
"I don't know that Hanzhong is important, but now that several forces are competing, we must try to preserve our strength. Let Zhang Xianzhong fight Ma Ke and the Tatars first,"
The armies of He Zhen, Sun Shoufa, and Wu Dading in Guanzhong have not yet begun to be formally reorganized, and they have suffered a new defeat. This army cannot compete with the Qing army in Hanzhong.
Similarly, the Ming army in Sichuan has just begun to reorganize, and it also has little combat effectiveness.
The most important thing is that Zhu Yihai now knows very well that whether it is He Zhen's coalition forces in Guanzhong or Qin Liangyu, Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Wang Xiang's armies in Sichuan, they are still self-respecting military leaders and will not really do anything. Listen to Zhu Yihai's transfer arrangements.
It is simply unrealistic to expect that such a group of military leaders can work together and cooperate with each other to defeat the Qing army.
It would be better to take a step back first, let Zhang Xianzhong leave Sichuan, let the Qing army enter Hanzhong, and let them fight between the two tigers first, while the Ming army took this opportunity to find a way to integrate these soldiers and horses in Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Zhu Yihai has planned to build several imperial camps first. Based on the Huguang camp and the newly built Sichuan-Shaanxi camp, he will expand them into Huguang camp, Sichuan-Guihang camp, Yunyang camp and Shaanxi-Gan camp. The four camps will initially have ten camps each. The first camp will be 5,000, and it will be expanded to 8,000 later.
These four camps are mainly composed of officers sent by the imperial camp and are stationed in Changsha, Chongqing, Yunyang and Gongchang.
The military leaders in Huguang, Sichuan and Shaanxi were not reliable. These military towns with the word "loyalty" had caused Zhu Yihai a lot of suffering before, but there was nothing he could do about it at the time.
But it must be changed as soon as possible.
Let Zhang Xianzhong and the Qing army fight first, and the Ming army will take the opportunity to reorganize and get involved by the way. The real battlefield should be placed on the eastern front where Zhu Yihai can directly command, on the Xuhuai battlefield.
"Ruan Qing, Ma Qing, during the three Northern Expeditions, we still have to rely on Zhejiang and Jiangsu for money and food."
