Duduo understood that whipping Boluo and deposing Du and Wu would not solve the problem.

Therefore, he then summoned the commanders of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners to discuss matters.

Of course, the only ones left in the middle are Boluo, Zhenghongqi Mele Zhangjing O Luo Sechen.

"Bolo, please tell me first, what is the strength of Huang Degong from the south."

Listening to Duduo's inquiry, Boluo ignored the pain of the whiplash and gritted his teeth and said: "The enemies in the south are not only Huang Degong, but also the Ming army from Nanjing.

According to the Mongolian cavalry who invaded the town of Yangzijin, Huang Degong led no more than 30,000 troops this time.

The rest were the Ming army coming from Nanjing. This Ming army numbered at least 30,000. Everyone was wearing heavy armor and iron helmets, and they had many artillery pieces.

When I came back, I learned from many sources that this Ming army probably has more than 60 Hongyi cannons and one or two hundred tiger crouching cannons. It is extremely powerful!"

Hearing this, many people in the tent frowned, including Dodo.

Zhenghuang Banner Ang Bang Zhangjing Tulai couldn't help but said: "Bolo, don't you deliberately exaggerate the strength of the Ming army because of the defeat, right?

Sixty Hongyi cannons? Who would believe this?

King Gongshun, do you think it is possible for the Ming army to bring sixty Hongyi cannons to fight?"

Kong Youde did not want to offend Bolo, but war is not a child's play. Under the gaze of everyone, he thought for a while and said: "Normally speaking, it is impossible for the Ming army to bring so many Hongyi cannons to fight.

Not to mention the transportation problem, each of the Hongyi cannons is extremely valuable. In the past, the Ming Dynasty had never even been able to gather twenty Hongyi cannons like we did, let alone pull out 60 of them for field combat."

Bolo glared at Kong Youde angrily, "Is it true that I was bombarded by so many red barbarian cannons? General, all the Mongolian cavalry who came back with me can testify to this!"

The last sentence was said to Duduo.

Duduo said: "Nushan go out and ask those Mongolian cavalry."

"嗻."

After Nu Shan left, Kong Youde changed his words again: "General, there are big and small Hongyi cannons, and the ones we use are basically big cannons.

The Ming army may have used smaller Hongyi cannons, or it may be French guns."

As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that Kong Youde was afraid of taking responsibility for what he had said wrong before.

Bolo was unwilling to let him go, and snorted coldly: "Can the ordinary red barbarian cannon hit three miles away?!"

Kong Youde said nothing.

Nushan came back soon, gave a military salute to Duduo, and said: "General, according to what the Mongolian cavalry said, the Ming army does have a lot of red barbarian cannons, and even more squatting tiger cannons."

Tu Lai sneered, "They are all defeated soldiers. How do you know it wasn't Bolo who taught them so on the way?"

"Tulai!" Bolo's eyes turned red with anger.

"Okay." Duduo finally said, "I believe that Boluo will not tell lies on such a big matter. If he dares, I will behead him afterwards."

This is considered the last chance for Bolo.

Bolo realized that he had not lied and was not afraid.

Seeing this, everyone in the tent basically believed what Bolo said.

Han Dai, the Minister of War, said: "General, if the strength of the Ming army is really so strong, perhaps it would be safer for us to withdraw first."

"Are you kidding?" Tu Lai immediately objected, "We will be invincible after entering the pass, how can we retreat just because the Mongolian cavalry lost for a while?"

Zhenbaiyintu, who was on the forehead of Xianghuang Banner Gushan, also said: "This time, our Eight Banners Army and the green battalions, a total of hundreds of thousands of people, went south with the purpose of breaking through Nanjing and destroying the Southern Ming Dynasty.

It would be unseemly to retreat because of a small setback in Yangzhou.

If the matter spreads to the rear, I'm afraid those Ming Dynasty and hypocritical demoted generals will be ready to take action."

Han Dai snorted: "Then you can tell me how to fight this battle?"

Tu Lai said: "This is not simple. Thousands of soldiers and horses will be left in the north and west to guard the city, and the green camp troops will be concentrated in the south to attack the city.

We, the Eight Banners Army, are watching from the sidelines, waiting for the Ming army coming from the south to attack the Green Camp Army, then we will attack its flanks and we will definitely defeat them in one battle!"

"What about the east?" Han Dai asked.

"Let King Huaishun lead the navy to watch the east side. Who do I have to say?"

Han Dai was Nurhachi's nephew. He was very senior, but he had no military power in Manchuria.

Tu Lai was the son of Fei Yingdong, one of the five founding ministers of the People's Republic of China. He followed Nurhaci in the war in the first year of Tiancong and made countless military exploits for the Qing Dynasty in more than thirty years. Naturally, he was not afraid of Han Dai, the Jueluo clan who had no military power.

When Duduo heard this, he had already decided to fight the Ming army, but he still asked: "Bayintu, Ashan, what do you think?"

During Duduo's southern expedition, Xianghuang Banner and Zhenglan Banner dispatched almost all Niulu, and in addition, Zhenghuang Banner and Xianglan Banner dispatched half of Niulu.

The Qing Dynasty is still accustomed to respecting strength, so Duduo attaches great importance to the opinions of Baiyintu and Ashan.

Baiyintu said: "I think what Tu Lai said is feasible."

Ah Shan kept a low profile and nodded: "I think it's feasible."

Duduo stood up immediately and raised his voice: "Okay, then we will do what Tu Lai said and have a good fight with the Ming army in the south!

This Ming army is so elite that it must be the last support of the Ming Dynasty. As long as we defeat them, we can conquer the south of the Yangtze River!"

Now that Duduo has made a decision, everyone else can only follow orders no matter what they think.

Soon, the military camps of the Eight Banners of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Dynasties, as well as the Green Battalion, all moved according to Duduo's military orders...

When the Ming army led by Zhu Yuluo cleaned up the Yangzijin battlefield, had lunch, and came to the south of Yangzhou City, they found that the original camp site of Li Chengdong had been occupied by other Qing troops.

So they set up camp about five miles away and ordered three teams of Flying Eagles to investigate the surrounding situation.

Using drones for aerial reconnaissance, Zhu Yuluo, Huang Degong, Zeng Ying and other military commanders quickly grasped the layout of the Qing army around Yangzhou City.

Later, Zhu Yuluo used the walkie-talkie to hold a military meeting with several generals.

Dong Qiongying took the written military intelligence report and the walkie-talkie and explained it first.

“According to drone reconnaissance, the Qing army deployed five camps in the south of Yangzhou City, basically sealing off a large area from the ancient canal in the east to the west of Yangzhou City.

Three of the camps are less than three miles away from the south moat of Yangzhou City, and two are about four or five miles away from the south moat.

In addition, there are large camps in the north and west of Yangzhou City. In the east of the city, there is a Qing navy occupying the ancient canal and a camp on the east bank.

Finally, about five miles to the west of us, there is a very loosely arranged camp, which is full of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners troops."

After hearing this, Yang Zhan couldn't help but ask: "Does it mean that the people surrounding Yangzhou City are all Qing army green camps?"

Dong Qiongying said: "The one in the middle of the south of the city is the Han Army Banner Kong Youde Department, the ones in the Navy and the riverside camp in the east of the city are the Han Army Banner Geng Zhongming Department, and the rest of the besieged cities are all green camps.

However, there are only a few thousand green camp troops in the west and north of the city. They probably just want to intimidate the defenders in the city and prevent them from coming out from the west and north of the city.

In other words, the Qing army intended to attack Yangzhou City with the Green Camp Army in the south of the city, induce our army to send troops to attack the Green Camp Army, and then use the Eight Banners Army to attack our army's flanks."

Zeng Yingdao: "I have seen the aerial images of the Flying Eagles. The Eight Banners camp in Manchuria and Mongolia in the west is not arranged to hide, which means that it is not intended to hide from our investigation.

Because, even if we know they are here and choose to attack the Eight Banners Army first, we will still be threatened by several green camp troops in the south of the city."

Huang Degong said: "Our army has nearly 100,000 men. We only need to detach a partial division to deal with the enemies on the flanks, and then we can attack the enemies in the front with confidence."

Hearing this, Zhu Yulao finally spoke and said: "So, the question now is actually where should we attack mainly, the Green Camp in the south of the city or the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army in the west?"

This time, before Zeng Ying and others could answer, Hao Guangming said through the Bluetooth headset: "I think we should focus on attacking the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army. As for the Green Camp and the Han Army in the south of the city, a partial division of 10,000 people can handle it.

Because in the Green Camp in the south of the city, although there were many soldiers and horses of the Han Army Banner, their actual combat power was not as good as that of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, and their fighting will was even worse.

In addition, the Qing army in the south of the city also needs to worry about being attacked by Yangzhou defenders from behind."

As soon as Hao Guangming finished speaking about Huang Degong, Zeng Ying expressed similar opinions.

Liu Wenxiu, Yang Zhan, and Ai Nengqi all agreed after hearing this.

Hearing this, Zhu Yulao decided: "Okay, then we will focus on attacking the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners Army in the west!"
Chapter completed!