In fact, to this extent, the only two people who are most concerned about the situation of the Ming army in Songjin are Liu Ruyi and Hong Chengchou!
For Hong Chengchou, this battle must not be lost!
Otherwise, he will lose the favor of the Holy Family. According to the character of Emperor Chongzhen, it will be extremely difficult for him to recover again!
Hong Chengchou is actually an extremely conceited, aloof person, and also a very capable person!
In the past, in the northwest, he beat Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng to the ground with nowhere to hide, which proved his strength!
However, the land in Liaodong is completely different from that in the northwest!
In the Liaodong military system, generations of generals were almost exclusively supported by the Zu family and the Wu family!
Although Hong Chengchou is the governor of Jiliao, he is only a scholar after all. He has no headquarters, no confidants, and no arms. Without the support of his ancestors and the Wu family, it would be impossible to gain a foothold in the land of Liaodong!
This is no longer the era of Yuan Chonghuan!
The power of the imperial court in Liaodong is weakening day by day, but the Wu family and the ancestral family are gradually prospering! The imperial court must rely on the strength of the Wu family and the ancestral family to barely gain a foothold in Liaodong!
Yuan Chonghuan's method no longer works in this era!
However, when marching and fighting, the most important thing and the prerequisite for everything is to enforce orders and prohibitions!
But it is a pity that in this battle, Wu Sangui was motivated by selfishness. He did not want to make any effort and kept wandering, hoping to obtain the greatest self-interest in this mess!
As a result, Hong Chengchou's power as governor of Jiliao has been reduced by 70%!
Although in addition to Wu Sangui, the Ming Dynasty's army currently has six generals and a strength of 70,000 or 80,000 people, the most important thing for facing the Qing army on the frontal battlefield is cavalry!
Right now, the most elite cavalry in the Ming Dynasty is the Guan Ning cavalry under Wu Sangui. If he refuses to contribute, everything will be nonsense!
Wang Pu, Hu Dawei, Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingchen, Tang Tong, Ma Ke, including Liu Ruyi, although these seven people all have cavalry under their command, not to mention the Qing army, but Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry.
It’s also quite different!
Such cavalry may be able to exert some power in small-scale ambush battles, but if they want to fight on the entire frontal battlefield, to put it harshly, they will become cannon fodder of the Qing army!
This is not a disparagement, but a bloody reality!
At this time, Hong Chengchou naturally understood all this!
And Liu Ruyi has already said it plainly enough!
If he wanted Wu Sangui to move, Liu Ruyi didn't have the capital, so only Hong Chengchou had to speak!
But Hong Chengchou's strength alone obviously cannot allow Wu Sangui to really contribute. Only Hong Chengchou and Liu Ruyi can unite to force Wu Sangui to send troops from the overall situation, general trend, and righteousness!
After all, although the imperial court was weak, Wu Sangui was still a minister of the Ming Dynasty!
If the entire army were to mobilize, as long as Wu Sangui did not dare to openly rebel, he would definitely follow the army's actions!
To put it more bluntly, as long as this battle starts, the Ming army can maintain the current situation in Liaodong. Even if Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army is dead, what does it have to do with Hong Chengchou and Liu Ruyi?
"Hong Du, in this battle of Songjin, no one in the world can help us! It's just you and me! I, Liu Ruyi, can guarantee it with my head on my neck. If it really comes to the final step, I will
I will sacrifice my life to protect Governor Hong Zhou!" Liu Ruyi knelt down on one knee and kowtowed to Hong Chengchou vigorously!
Hong Chengchou's forehead was already covered with dense beads of sweat!
He thought that he was already the boldest person in the world, daring to take over the huge mess of Liaodong from Emperor Chongzhen, but unexpectedly, compared with Liu Ruyi, he was still three points behind!
No! Not more than seven points!
"Huh~~~~!" Hong Chengchou let out a deep sigh and stared closely into Liu Ruyi's eyes, "Liu Junmen, how sure are you of this matter?"
Liu Ruyi smiled softly and said, "Director Hong, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"
Hong Chengchou was startled. He never expected that Liu Ruyi would dare to joke with him at this critical moment!
"What about lies? What about truth?"
"Haha! The lie is that if the Ming Dynasty succeeds in this battle, it can guarantee the stability of Liaodong for five years or even ten years!" Liu Ruyi glanced at Hong Chengchou and said: "Is it true? Haha! Regardless of victory or defeat, I
Together with you and Hong Du, we are already in an invincible position..."
Hong Chengchou finally chose to cooperate with Liu Ruyi!
There is only one reason. In his heart, he is not a person who is willing to be lonely!
The biggest flaw of a civil servant leading an army is that he has no headquarters, no personal followers, and no one under his banner to cheer for him!
After suffering this hardship, coupled with Liu Ruyi's Chi Guoguo's analysis, Hong Chengchou began to have a little ambition in his heart. As long as Liu Ruyi said that after this battle, the balance of the situation between the Ming and Qing Dynasties could be maintained, he would definitely
, I must personally write to the emperor to organize and train the new army in Liaodong!
You must keep this most direct thing firmly in your hands!
However, at present, he and Liu Ruyi must work together to mend the broken ship under their feet and wade through this dangerous torrent!
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At this time, unlike Hong Chengchou, the 'splendid commander', who only kept talking, Liu Ruyi was under great pressure!
With five hundred years of experience in his past life and present life, Liu Ruyi understood deeply in his heart that the Ming army could never be defeated in the Battle of Songjin!
This is actually the simplest principle of geometric functions - one decreases and the other increases!
If the Ming army lost Liaodong and the Qing army swallowed up this fertile land that could breed miracles, the Ming army would have already lost by eight points if it tried to confront the Qing army again!
Even Liu Ruyi, even the Caishi Army, if it really reaches this situation, it will definitely be difficult to end it!
After all, this is not the future era, where tanks and airplanes are rampant. In this era, the cavalry is the absolute king after all!
The most terrifying thing is that once Songjin is defeated and the last 100,000 elites of the Ming army are lost, the entire Ming Dynasty will no longer have any soldiers left to fight!
But right now, what you need to know is that Li Zicheng is already sharpening his sword in Henan, and Zhang Xianzhong's saliva has dripped onto the very foundation of Xiangyang!
If one side collapses, the other side will collapse!
Although the building of the Ming Dynasty is about to collapse, the 300-year-old righteousness is still there. At the very least, it can barely maintain a delicate balance among all parties!
But if this big tree falls, no one knows what monsters and ghosts will jump out!
The Chinese nation is exhausted and can no longer withstand such torture!
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In the big tent, Huo Lang, Chun Wa, Xiao Liu'er, Pu Sheng, Xu Xianhui, and several generals under Liu Ruyi's command were all present!
"General, after these days of hard work, the craftsmen under our command have built a thousand mountain-opening mines and more than five hundred black powder bombs. If we throw away the black powder bombs required for fish bombing in the past few days, there may still be some left.
More than two hundred pills!" Huo Lang reported to Liu Ruyihui.
The black powder bullet is a reduced version of the mountain mine. Inside, only gunpowder is placed, and no complex iron pieces, iron sand and other anti-personnel items are placed. It is specially developed by craftsmen for frying fish!
Liu Ruyi nodded, "How much gunpowder do we have now?"
Huolang hurriedly said: "We can probably make five hundred mountain-opening mines, and the rest can only be used to make some fuses! Songshan, Tashan, Ningyuan, and Qiantun have already bought out all the gunpowder ingredients! If
If I want to make it again, I’m afraid I’ll have to buy it inside the customs!
Liu Ruyi shook his head, "No, we don't have so much time anymore! Huo Lang, please inform the craftsmen that all the gunpowder must be turned into mountain mines in the shortest possible time! It doesn't matter if it's simple.
The fishermen will be notified that they will not need to go to sea from tomorrow on for fish frying!"
"Eh? Yes!" Huo Lang nodded hurriedly.
Liu Ruyi then said to Chun Wa and the others: "You are all my brothers, Liu Ruyi. Now the war is coming, no one can slack off! Chun Wa, you will arrange all the preparations before the war!"
"Yes!" Chunwa quickly got out of the queue and kowtowed.
"Park Sheng!"
"The general is here!" Pu Sheng came out at the same time and knelt down on one knee.
"All the military supplies of the army are in your hands! Don't keep the stocks of marine fish for private purposes these days. Distribute them all to the brothers in the city. Wu Sangui will treat them equally!"
"yes!"
"Huh~~~!" Liu Ruyi breathed a long sigh of relief, "Let's go get ready! In the past few days, you must be very energetic for me!"
"yes!"
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The generals retreated one after another, and Liu Ruyi leaned on the soft couch tiredly, thinking carefully about the gains and losses in her heart!
'It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them!'
After all, Liaodong is the home court of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Ming army must first defeat the first part of the Qing army before it can have room for maneuver! Otherwise, according to the reaction ability of the Qing army, the Ming army is likely to fall into passivity!
However, Hauge personally led Huang Taiji's two yellow flags and had countless fierce generals under his command. This hard nut was not so easy to chew!
How can we get Wu Sangui to do his best?
"Why did you fall asleep here? It's so cold today. What should you do if you catch a cold?" While Liu Ruyi was thinking in a daze, a gust of fragrance suddenly came from around him, and Hai Lanzhu handed over a delicate
The blanket was carefully draped over Liu Ruyi.
Liu Ruyi couldn't help but open her eyes, smiled, held Hai Lanzhu in her arms, and said with a smile: "Maybe I'm too tired recently! Before I know it, I'm about to fall asleep!"
"You!" Hailanzhu's delicate jade fingers gently tapped Liu Ruyi's forehead, "You are so old, but you are still like a child! Don't your wives take care of you when you are at home?
"
Hai Lanzhu looked at Liu Ruyi with some amusement.
During these days, she already knew that Liu Ruyi's family already had two wives and several concubines, all of them beautiful girls like flowers and jade!
Hai Lanzhu is already in his early thirties and comes from a deep palace background. It is inevitable that he will worry about his future!
"Haha!" Liu Ruyi smiled, "Bamboo, orchids, and autumn chrysanthemums each have their own strengths! Sister Chen Fei, what's the matter? You suddenly don't have confidence in yourself?"
"You..." Hai Lanzhu pretended to hit Liu Ruyi, but when her little hand touched Liu Ruyi's body, it fell gently. She sighed, "I really don't know how good it is for me to meet you in this life."
, or bad! I know that although you have a nice mouth, your heart is very good! So, today, here, I want to ask you something! If one day, you don’t want me anymore, please give me
I have a small house, two meager meals, and let me spend the rest of my life alone, okay?"
"Sister Chen Fei, what you said not only insulted my personality, but also insulted my IQ!" Liu Ruyi gently patted Hailanzhu's "qiaotun", but her tone softened, "I know you Mongolians
But don’t worry, since you have become my woman, I will definitely love you from beginning to end! Don’t think about it! By the way, I have been working so hard these days, shouldn’t there be some movement in your stomach? "
Hai Lanzhu blushed, "This, it's only been a few days, how can it be so fast..."
Liu Ruyi smiled softly, "Don't worry, we have plenty of time, just keep working hard in the future!"
Hai Lanzhu nodded slightly, her pretty face buried in Liu Ruyi's arms obediently.
Liu Ruyi's heart suddenly moved, "Sister Chen Fei, how much do you know about Hauge?"