Wu Di nodded, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Shandong is already developing well right now!
In fact, Li Zicheng's army is no longer that important to him. The best result is always that both the bandits and the Manchus suffer losses.
A slightly worse result was that Li Zicheng was destroyed, but before he was destroyed, he severely damaged the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
This is also a good result!
The worst outcome is that Li Zicheng surrenders to the Qing Dynasty!
This possibility is not said to be impossible, but this possibility is indeed relatively small.
In order to prevent Li Zicheng from surrendering to the Manchus, Zhu Cihong still wanted to give Li Zicheng some hope. For example, he started to attack the Manchus.
Soon, Li Xi finished writing Zhu Cihong's decree, and the decree was quickly promulgated.
Lin Yi in front received Zhu Cixiang's order.
"Full progress?"
A trace of hesitation flashed in Lin Yi's eyes.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's decree... we might as well send out surprise troops and attack the capital directly!"
The adjutant Ning Zhi on the side pondered for a moment and said to Ji Yi in front of him.
"Then what?"
Lin Yi asked calmly towards Ning Zhi in front of him.
"Then?"
Ning Zhi was stunned for a moment, looking at Ji Yi in front of him with a puzzled look in his eyes.
"What then?"
"We can attack the city of Beijing. With just ten thousand of us, can we capture the city?"
Lin Yi looked at Ning Zhi in front of him and asked.
"cannot!"
Ning Zhi nodded.
"But we can put enough pressure on the Qing Dynasty! Duduo's 60,000 cavalry will definitely not be able to continue to advance westward. They will definitely choose to return for reinforcements. We can just withdraw when the time comes!"
Ning Zhi asked Lin Yi in front of him.
"If only it were that simple! If we really hit the bottom of the capital, we would be deep into the enemy's heartland, which would be extremely dangerous! What should we do when the Manchu and Qing Dynasty's highly mobile cavalry steals our retreat?
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There are not enough mountains and forests under the city of Beijing for you to disperse! When the time comes, the best result for us is to be gathered together and annihilated! Is a mere intruder worthy of our rescue?"
Lin Yi calmly spoke to Ning Zhi in front of him.
A thoughtful look flashed in Ning Zhi's eyes.
“Then what does His Royal Highness’s decree mean??”
Ning Zhi asked Lin Yi curiously.
“It’s easy!”
Lin Yi smiled slightly, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and he slowly said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked us to send troops for the purpose of training troops. The most important thing is to train troops. You don't think that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really wants to rescue Li Zicheng, right?
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Hearing Ji Yi's words, Ning Zhi was slightly stunned. A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he pondered for a moment. At this time, Ning Zhi looked at Ji Yi in front of him and said, "Could it be that..."
"That's right! The current situation has changed after half a year. At present, our First Guards Army has replenished its equipment after half a year of training.
And now the army has expanded to 20,000 people! The Second Guards Army has almost expanded to more than 15,000 people!"
Lin Yi smiled slightly, looked at Ning Zhi in front of him and said.
"The equipment has been in production for more than half a year and is basically completed. We still have 50,000 reserve troops in the rear who can be replenished at any time! At the moment, our military strength may still not be able to deal with the Qing troops from the front.
But I am not so afraid of them anymore! If you want to fight, you can fight! Therefore, the purpose of His Royal Highness sending troops is to stabilize Li Zicheng and the Manchu Qing Dynasty so that they will not take any drastic actions and continue to fight. In the end,
Losing both sides is the purpose of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
After hearing Ji Yi's words, Ning Zhi nodded thoughtfully.
"Then let's do it now..."
"Now that I have accumulated a certain amount of strength, let's fight there first! Fight wherever you can!"
Lin Yi smiled slightly and said to Ning Zhi in front of him.
"kindness!"
Soon, the two began to quickly formulate a battle plan. Something like this requires a lot of calculations and it takes two people a lot of time to do it.
Just when Lin Yi and Ning Zhi were formulating a battle plan.
At this time, the Second Army of the Prince's Guards was stationed.
"Hahahaha! Finally! It's finally our turn to play!"
Wang Ergou had an excited look in his eyes and said to Li Dashan who was standing beside him.
Li Dashan also had an excited look on his face.
"Yes! We have been waiting for this day for too long!"
After finishing speaking, Li Dashan had an excited look in his eyes and said to Wang Ergou in front of him: "The battle plan and intelligence of Daming Mansion are still there, right?"
"Here! How could this thing be lost?"
With a smile on his face, Wang Ergou said to Li Dashan in front of him.
"Haha! Okay!"
Li Dashan had a smile in his eyes.
"Just follow the previous plan! Let's go from Dongchang Mansion to Daming Mansion! Either we don't fight! Or we have a big one!"
Li Dashan's eyes showed excitement.
He looked at Wang Ergou in front of him and said: "In the past, the whole world only knew about the First Army of the Crown Prince's Guards! They didn't know about the Second Army of the Crown Prince's Guards! We must rely on this battle to make the world famous!"
"kindness!"
Wang Ergou nodded solemnly.
At this time, the two began to quickly plan their next route.
At this time, Li Zicheng's envoy had already arrived at Qingzhou Mansion after hurriedly running.
"Don't worry! There will definitely be some action on our side! We won't let Li Zicheng fight against the Manchus alone! Let him carry it on! He will receive the news soon!"
"Thank you, Prince Ming!"
When the envoy in front of him heard Zhu Cixiang's words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said respectfully to Zhu Cixiang in front of him.
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said nothing more.
And the next day.
The First Guards Army quickly moved northward.
Crossing the Yellow River directly, they stormed towards a county town controlled by the Green Camp to the north.
In just a few hours, a county town was captured. Soon, the First Army of the Prince's Guards captured several prefectures and counties in succession within one day.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty had to mobilize troops to defend the First Guards Army.
The First Guards Army did not advance rashly or attack the city rashly, but began to rest and reorganize the prefectures and counties it captured!
But the Second Guards Army made no sound.
"Why don't Li Dashan and the others make any sound??"
Zhu Cixiang frowned and asked the Jin Yiwei at the side.
"General Li's target seems to be... Daming Mansion!"
"Daming Mansion???"
Hearing this voice, Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment.
"He only has more than 10,000 people under his command, but he actually dares to attack Daming Mansion???"