Dorgon was assassinated, and the Qing Dynasty's political arena has been in serious turmoil recently. Ma Xu and others must pay attention, not to take it lightly, and to guard against major changes." Zhu Youjian has received reports from Liaodong one after another in the past few days, which makes Dorgon and others pay attention.
Ergon's death was a big deal!
"The Military Command has already sent a reply to Liaodong and has sent a division to Jinzhou to strengthen its military strength to prevent changes. According to the current military configuration, even if the Manchus are crazy, the situation is still controllable! In the past two years, through
Wang Er and his special forces fought across the border, and the Manchus' fresh troops were almost exhausted, and it was difficult for them to have the energy to make big moves." Huang Degong replied to the emperor confidently, he really did not regard the Manchus as a piece of cake now.
"Speaking of which, Wang Er and the others have been fighting across the border for some time, pushing back the restless forces of the Qing Dynasty. Looking at it now, it seems that it will be difficult to continue to use this method of fighting to have a big effect. Since
In this way, we will withdraw Wang Er and the others to the front line of Shenyang and rest for a while!" We still need to give the Manchu and Qing Dynasties some living space. Zhu Youji thought about it and felt that at this time, Wang Er and the others should not be allowed to stimulate the Manchu Qing.
Lest they act recklessly and make Ming Dynasty fall into a two-front war!
"The military command hall will issue a military order to Liaodong now, and let the special forces retreat to Shenyang to rest!"
"How is the war situation in the Central Plains now?"
"The Second Front Army and the Third Front Army have completed their supplies and are now preparing to cross the river! The First Front Army has surrounded Luoyang City and is ready to attack the city at any time!"
"What's going on in Shaanxi? Does Sun Chuanting really want to send reinforcements to Luoyang?"
"Sun Bu has been on standby in Shaanzhou. Depending on the situation, he may not come to Luoyang."
"Let's do this. Let the Second Front Army assemble in Yuncheng. Don't cross the river for the time being. Just keep an eye on the Shaanxi Army! The Third Front Army quickly crosses the river and joins the First Front Army in Luoyang. After Luoyang City is liberated, Cao Ruohai will be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Central Plains Theater and arrange
The two groups of soldiers and horses will first recover all other areas of the Central Plains except for a few prefectures and counties such as Shaanxi Province."
"Your Majesty, do you mean not to start the second phase of the Western Expedition for the time being?"
"It's too hasty to start the campaign to regain Sichuan and Shaanxi right now. We need to stabilize the Central Plains first before proceeding to the next phase of the war!"
"But the Central Plains is the land of the Four Wars. If the imperial court recovers Nanyang and Shangzhou, it will come into direct contact with the rebels in Nanzhi and Huguang. In this way, whether it uses troops against them or not, a large number of people will be restrained.
troops!"
"It doesn't matter, my idea is to start the second phase of the Western Expedition before the end of the year. To pacify the Central Plains first will also give Sun Chuanting an illusion, making him think that the imperial court's next strategy may not be to go all-out westward. The current strategy
The top priority is to expand another hundred thousand troops and horses as soon as possible. With another hundred thousand troops and horses, the imperial court's hands and feet will not be tied!"
The first phase of the Western Expedition was fought on the one hand to regain territory, and on the other hand to expand the source of troops. No matter how corrupt the Central Plains and Shanxi were, there were still troops that could be expanded. Zhu Youjian's plan was to expand seven more troops from the Central Plains and Shanxi.
Eighty thousand horses came to lay the foundation for peace in the world.
"Expand another 100,000 soldiers and horses? This will bring the total number of soldiers and horses in the imperial court to close to 500,000! It is not easy to feed so many soldiers and horses!" As the commander-in-chief of the country's soldiers and horses, Huang Degong must have felt that
The more the better. Even so, he was a little frightened by the total number.
"In the huge Ming Dynasty, half a million soldiers and horses is not too much. In my opinion, a total of seven or eight hundred thousand is reasonable. If it is less than this number, the country will have problems. If we don't spend so much military expenditure on raising troops, then
We have to spend more money to quell the chaos. With half a million soldiers and horses, the annual expenditure is only 30 to 40 million silver dollars. The imperial court can afford it!" Zhu Youjian still has some concerns about military expenditures.
I'm confident, the fiscal revenue has been getting better and better in the past few years, and it should be over 40 million this year. More than 20 million taels will be allocated as military expenses, plus the income subsidy from the uterine delivery system, it will be enough!
After deciding on a general strategy with Huang Degong and others, the Military Commandery Hall issued a military order to the front line, asking them to recover Luoyang City as soon as possible. In fact, Cao Ruohai on the frontline had already wanted to attack Luoyang City, but the Military Commandery Hall asked him to attack Luoyang City first.
After pressing it for a while, it was delayed until now that Luoyang City had not been recovered!
The main reason why the military commander asked the front line to suppress the offensive rhythm was that the military supplies from Mayou Liang and Ren Shuangyou would not be in place for a while. The military commander was afraid that the Battle of Luoyang would start too early and Cao Ruohai would be fighting alone.
Situation. If there are only enemies in the Central Plains, don't worry too much. The key is Tongguan. There are still 100,000 Qin troops on the Shaanzhou front line! Once they press to the Luoyang front line, the front army will have to face nearly 200,000 enemy troops.
.Forty thousand against two hundred thousand is too risky! Therefore, it is safer to wait until Ren Shuangyou and Mayu Liang's troops are ready to attack Luoyang City.
In terms of strategic design, the best situation now is that Sun Chuanting will also push the Qin army to Luoyang City, and directly fight a big battle on the front line of Shaanzhou and Luoyang with a total force of more than 300,000 from both sides, which will change the situation of the world in one fell swoop.
Be clear!
However, judging from Sun Chuanting's appearance, it is estimated that the idea of fighting a big battle will be difficult to realize. This old man's idea is probably to defend Guanzhong and Sichuan and Shaanxi! Everyone knows that Guanzhong is prosperous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Before he is sure, he will lose his family fortune.
Going to Luoyang to gamble is not a good thing!
The current situation is not the same as it was a few years ago. In the past few years, Sun Chuanting's family fortune was not included in Guanzhong. There were still people who were pressuring him to leave the Central Plains. But now he is completely his own boss, and any decision he makes will be to protect his own wealth.
As a premise!
On the tenth day of September in the twenty-fourth year of Chongzhen, the siege of Luoyang officially began. At the same time, Ren Shuangyou led a main force of 40,000 people to forcefully cross the Yellow River in the Mengjin area and head straight for Luoyang City!
After five days of hard fighting, the city of Luoyang was broken. The king of Zhou who was defending the city committed suicide with his sword after the city was broken! The other defenders and puppet officials in Luoyang City surrendered to Cao Ruohai under the leadership of Gao Mingheng.
The First Front Army and the Third Front Army of the Western Expedition successfully achieved their goal of joining forces in Luoyang City. Nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies pressed on the front line of Luoyang, and their momentum was like a rainbow!
"Shuangyou, in three days you will lead 20,000 troops south to recover Nanyang first! In this way, the entire Central Plains will basically return to the hands of the imperial court. We will rest for a while and wait for the new army trained by the imperial court to be in place.
Let’s move on to the next stage of the war!” As soon as the troops met, Cao Ruohai couldn’t wait to arrange the next stage of tasks for Ren Shuangyou! Time waits for no man, and there is still a lot of work for them to do next!
"Has the military command hall made a decision? Should we continue the western expedition or change the strategic direction?"
"After the Central Plains is stabilized, we will continue the Western Expedition. Now we mainly have to wait for the additional troops and horses to be in place!"
"Sun Chuanting gathered about 100,000 Qin troops in Tongguan and Shaanzhou, and built several strong fortifications and forts among them! The Western Expedition was not easy to fight!"
"The military command hall is studying the deployment. After you restore Nanyang, we will hold a meeting of former enemies in Luoyang to carefully study the tactical arrangements for the Western Expedition! Now, let's pacify the Central Plains first!"
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