Early the next morning, Shi Kefa said goodbye to everyone and returned to Nanjing.
Although Wu Di and Shi Kefa had agreed yesterday to wait for Sun Chuanting to send troops, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and then wait for the opportunity to move. But they can't just stand still, otherwise Chen Yan in the court may not know what he will do to himself in front of the emperor.
Even if the eye drops are symbolic, they should be treated as such. Even if they win one or two small battles, they will be able to explain themselves to the court. Therefore, Wu Di immediately summoned the generals to discuss a military strategy for sending troops to quell the chaos.
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Shang Yi now basically understood clearly from the experience that Wu Di's troops are now distributed as follows: 25,000 people from Liu Liangzuo's department, 22,000 people from Huang Degong's department, 12,000 people from Liu Zeqing's department, and 4,000 people from Ma Ke's department.
The troops in the capital camp were 10,000, with Feng Yuanqing and Peng Shou each leading 5,000, Gao Junyuan's 5,000 troops, Xie Ke's 4,000 troops, and Cui Wenrong's 5,000 troops. In addition to Shang Yi's 8,000 troops, there were almost 100,000 troops.
Although Zuo Liangyu, who is stationed in Jiujiang, claims to have 300,000 troops, Shang Yi knows that this is just Zuo Liangyu's bluff. Zuo Liangyu only has 60,000 or 70,000 troops at most. Sun Chuanting's troops, who have not yet sent troops in Guanzhong, are about
There are also about 60,000 troops, which means that the total strength of the Ming army is only about 2,230,000. Among them, except for Shang Yi's tribe, only Sun Chuanting's tribe and Zuo Liangyu's tribe have certain combat effectiveness, and the rest
People and horses are basically just soy sauce goods.
On the opponent's side, Li Zicheng now claims to have an army of 500,000. Although it is a bit exaggerated, there are still more than 400,000 troops, and the elite troops among them are about 100,000. Zhang Xianzhong's army claims to have an army of 200,000, but
The actual number was only more than 100,000, and there were about 10,000 or 20,000 elite troops. Relatively speaking, Li Zicheng's Breaking Army had stronger combat effectiveness than Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army.
Although in terms of military strength, the Peasant Army has more than one force than the Ming Army, but in terms of elite troops, both sides are actually about the same. However, the Ming Army still attacks from both sides and has a certain advantage in terms of geographical location. Therefore, if the Ming Army really
If we can unite as one and be selfless, this battle will not be a winless one.
However, the command of the Peasant Army was much more unified than that of the Ming Army, namely Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. Moreover, after Li Zicheng recruited Luo Rucai and Ge, the men and horses of the Zuo Fifth Battalion, the orders were unified. The Ming Army was not only divided into Wu Di, Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liang.
The three Yu tribes, and the Wu Di tribe with the largest number of troops, are actually a piece of loose sand, dominated by the soy sauce party, and may fall apart at any time. Wu Di also knows this, so he does not have much confidence in this battle.
In fact, according to the system of the Ming Dynasty, formulating combat plans was a matter for civilian officials. All the generals had to do was obey orders and do whatever they were told. It's a pity that such good days are gone forever.
The military generals have now become uncles from grandsons. If they don't follow their own ideas, they will give up their jobs immediately. The court has to coax them to play because they are afraid of forcing the generals to go against the grain and miss the opportunity to fight.
After that, it was often civil servants who lost their heads unluckily. Therefore, Wu Zong gathered the military generals to discuss how you want to fight. Everyone has decided first, and I will not force you. And when it comes to the battlefield, no one will do their best.
But after listening to Wu Zong's words, none of the four general soldiers said anything, as if they didn't hear anything. They didn't speak, and naturally the other people didn't speak either. Shang Yi naturally waited and watched what happened.
Wu Di waited for a while, and when he saw that no one came to answer this question, he couldn't help but sweat a little, so he said: "Generals, is it possible that you don't have your own ideas?" As he spoke, his eyes swept over the four generals. Scanning back and forth, I was wondering if I should pick a name.
At this time, Liu Liangzuo saluted and said: "The governor is here. If you dare to go to the door and play with the axe, please tell me how to advance the army. We will just follow the order."
As soon as he spoke, the other three people immediately echoed: "Yes, yes! We all listen to the governor's words."
Wu Di sighed in his heart, this is what you asked me to say, so I won't be polite and said: "Okay, according to the governor's opinion, we should divide our troops into two groups, and march through Yingshan to capture Luotian. The other group marched from Changling Pass to capture Macheng, and then the two groups attacked together and entered Huangzhou Mansion. But I wonder which two generals are willing to take the initiative to ask for orders to send troops?"
This time, no one answered the call. Even Liu Liangzuo didn’t dare to ask Wu Di to send a general, because if he stepped forward at this time, wouldn’t he be asking for death? Wu Di could just go with the flow and say: Okay, then I’ll send you. Already.
At this time, Wu Di's eyes fell on Shang Yi, obviously hoping that he would take the initiative to ask for orders.
Of course Shang Yi understood Wu Di's intentions and knew that it was time for him to appear, so he immediately stood up and said: "Captain, the general has some humble opinions. Please give me some advice."
Wu Di nodded and said: "General Shang, I just said that there will be no visit."
Shang Yi said: "The governors are marching in two directions to capture Huangzhou Prefecture. If Li Thief hears this, he will definitely send troops to rescue him. Therefore, it is better to send another force to advance into Guangzhou and threaten De'an Prefecture, which will certainly contain Li Thief. , so that they dare not send troops to Huangzhou, but first save De'an Prefecture. After our army captures Huangzhou Prefecture, we will then attack the Li thieves from the north and the south, and we will definitely defeat them with one blow. I wonder what the governor thinks?"
Wu Di was silent after hearing this. In fact, according to his idea, he did not want to capture Huangzhou Prefecture at all. He just wanted to do some small things in the current border area between the two sides and find an opportunity to win one or two battles. Dealing with the imperial court was delayed until Sun Chuanting left the country. According to Shang Yi, it was tantamount to an all-out war with Li Zicheng. Although this idea was good, it was to hold off Li Zicheng's main force in Guangzhou, capture Huangzhou first, and then send troops north to attack from both sides. Once Li Zicheng is implemented properly, he is indeed expected to win a big victory. Although he cannot eliminate Li Zicheng in one fell swoop, he can regain the De'an Prefecture and Huangzhou Prefecture. However, if he loses, he will definitely be severely injured and unable to recover. Moreover, this The key point of the conception is whether the troops stationed in Guangzhou can hold back Li Zicheng's main force. And who dares to take on this task?
At this time, Shang Yi said again: "The general is willing to request an order to advance to Guangzhou. Please give me your instructions." Shang Yi knew in his heart that if he wanted to convince everyone, it was useless to talk about it. He had to show real achievements. Now that I have enough ammunition and can defend the city, even the Qing army has nothing to do against me. There is absolutely no problem in blocking Li Zixu's army. Moreover, this also shows the fighting power of the merchant army to the people and officials in the south, letting them know that the merchant army The army has the ability to protect them and establish a base and image here in the future. At the same time, it can use Gwangju as its temporary stronghold to gather food and supplies to avoid getting mixed up with other people.
After hearing this, Wu Di had several thoughts in his mind, and finally decided to take a gamble to see whether the combat effectiveness of Shang Yi's tribe was really as strong as the rumors. So he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will follow General Shang's command.
It was proposed that General Shang should lead the army and march towards Guangzhou."
Then he turned his attention to the four generals and said: "General Shang took the initiative to ask for orders to attack Guangzhou. So, those two generals dared to ask for orders to attack Huangzhou? I seem to remember that someone said yesterday, imagine General Shang asking for advice.
Where’s one or two?”
Huang Degong couldn't sit still at this time, because it was he who said this, so he immediately stood up and said: "Master, the general is incompetent. I would like to ask for an order to take the road to Yingshan and enter Luotian."
Wu Di nodded and said: "Okay, Shang General Yu Yong is a good general, and General Huang is full of courage. He is indeed my great general."
Liu Liangzuo couldn't hold back his anger. Before Wu Zong left the capital to supervise the division, he and Huang Degong were stationed in Anqing Mansion together. The two of them even defeated Zhang Xianzhong in Qianshan. Now that Huang Degong asked for a fight, he couldn't sit still and say nothing.
, so he bit the bullet and said: "The governor is not talented, but he is willing to ask for orders. March from Changling Pass to capture Macheng, and then join forces with General Huang to capture Huangzhou Mansion."
Wu Di also nodded and immediately ordered the three troops to attack separately. But he was worried that Shang Yi's troops were too few, so he sent Peng Rui and Xie Ke, a total of 9,000 troops, to Gui Shang Yi's command, and together they
Go and capture Guangzhou, and give Shang Yi full command and the power to act cheaply. This means that if anyone dares to disobey Shang Yi's orders, Shang Yi can kill them on the spot.
He also sent Liu Zeqing to lead the army to support Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong. Then Wu Di sent an order to Zuo Liangyu in Jiujiang, asking him to immediately lead the army westward to attack Zhang Xianzhong and contain Zhang Xianzhong's army. Regardless of whether Zhang Xianzhong listened or not,
This order still needs to be issued, so that if the march fails, we can find a reason for ourselves.
At the same time, in order to make the three groups of troops fight vigorously, Wu Di showed the sword of Shangfang and issued strict orders to the three groups of troops. They must fight bravely. Anyone who dares to fear the enemy without fighting or escape in front of the battle will be killed without mercy. Of course, after intimidation,
, Wu Di did not forget to give heavy rewards. Fortunately, there was enough money and food now, so he gave each of the three groups 5,000 shi of food and 20,000 silver to cover the settlement expenses of the soldiers. He also made a promise,
If you win this battle, you will definitely be given a heavy reward.
In short, after this period of coercion and inducement, the plan and distribution of the troops was finally completed. Shang Yi, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong immediately ordered to take their own grain, grass and silver, and then returned to their camps to prepare. However, Liu Liangzuo's troops were stationed in Lu'an.
Prefecture, and Huang Degong was stationed in Lujiang. When he came to Luzhou this time, he only brought a small number of troops. They must arrive at their own stations before sending troops. Shang Yi, Peng Shou and Xie Ke's troops were all stationed in Luzhou.
It is nearby, so troops can be dispatched immediately.
Early the next morning, Wu Di personally went out of the city to see off the three detachments. At the same time, he toasted to the generals who were going on the expedition one by one to show their good spirits. After the three detachments left, Wu Di also felt uneasy.
My mood returned to my own government office. The plan was drawn up and the soldiers were sent out. Now I could only leave it to fate.