Pizhou slaughtered the city!

Although it was a hundred miles apart, the news still reached Qinghe at the first time, so that the originally prosperous Qinghe River immediately fell into depression, and the wharf was full of people who were eager to leave Qinghe, even if they had not been slaughtered here, but because they were located on land and water docks, the people here naturally knew how brutal those Qing soldiers were.

When the people fled south one after another, the atmosphere of the meeting was a little tense in the Economic and Strategic Envoy Office, and everyone's faces were suppressed with an inexplicable sadness and indignation.

“…… After the Qing captives entered the city, they immediately killed the whole city, and then killed the people around the city, tens of thousands of people were captured, tens of thousands of people were killed, and now, the Qing army is going all the way south, plundering the people along the way, killing countless people along the way......"

Compared with others, Shi Lei's expression seemed extremely calm, on the way south, he had witnessed too many similar tragic situations, and even almost fell into them several times, and it was precisely because of this that his voice seemed indifferent.

"Boom ......"

Suddenly slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, and at the same time as the sound of the teacup shattering sounded in the hall, Zhu Mingzhong roared angrily.

"Kill, if you don't kill all these Manchu miscellaneous pieces! How can we be worthy of the compatriots who died! ”

After this roar, Zhu Mingzhong only wanted to kill these Qing troops.

"After a strategy, the current Qing Lu is pointing directly at Suqian, and it is very likely that the people of Suqian will be plundered again,......"

Without waiting for Shi Lei to finish speaking, Zhu Mingzhong said in a deep voice almost immediately.

"All battalions immediately ordered troops and prepared to pull out, no matter what, we can't let this group of debris slaughter Suqian anymore! Send troops, send troops immediately! ”

"After a while, this matter must not be done!"

As soon as Zhu Mingzhong's words fell, just when the generals in the hall showed a look of eagerness to try, Zhu Daxian hurriedly stopped him.

"Not to mention the hasty mobilization of troops for the time being, it is a taboo for soldiers, today's slaughter of cities and plundering of the people along the way is aimed at provoking Jing Liu, if Jing Luo leads the troops early, is it just into his Gu?"

"What Senator Zhu said is extremely true, after a strategy, the city wall of my Qinghe River has been solidified, and it is reasonable to stick to the city according to ......"

Zhang Guojiu had just finished his voice on the side, and someone over there said.

"Besides, that Suqian was originally under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty still committed such atrocities against the people under his rule, so that when the time comes, it will definitely be pointed out by the people of the world......"

"How can the atrocities committed by the Qing captives be in Pizhou?"

Without any hesitation, Zhu Mingzhong immediately interrupted the words of others, and then reprimanded sharply.

"What about this Suqian under the rule of the Qing Dynasty? Could it be that there is the land of my Ming Dynasty, not the world of my Ming Dynasty, and not the people of my Ming Dynasty! Why did we wait for the army? ”

Asking everyone, Zhu Mingzhong got up and shouted,

"Zhu raised troops because he didn't want to be a slave of the Qing captives, in order to save the people of the world from fire and water, although this Suqian was under the rule of the Qing captives, but it was also the land of my Ming Dynasty, and the people were also the people of my Ming Dynasty, how could Zhu sit back and watch it be killed by the Qing captives!"

Maybe other people can't understand this, but for Zhu Mingzhong, the people of Suqian are his compatriots! Even if the people in the occupied area are obedient people, they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and as a general, he has the responsibility to protect these compatriots!

"Ke Jingluo, as a Jianghuai Jingluo, shouldn't you give priority to Jianghuai?"

The reason why Zhu Daxian spoke out against it was not because he was cruel and willing to sit back and watch the people of Suqian being killed, but because as a counselor of the Economic and Strategic Envoy Bureau, he had to take into account the overall situation.

"What Senator Zhu said is extremely true, after a strategy, and then the people of Suqian are afraid that they have fled after hearing the news, and now they want to come to Suqian is just an empty city, and please take it back their lives!"

When Qian Lei got up to salute, Zhu Daxian and others also got up, and they all stood in the hall to salute, which is an invisible pressure, and in the face of this pressure, many people will compromise.

"According to the information currently available, the people of Suqian are fleeing to the countryside or going north or south, and Suqian is almost an empty city......

Shi Lei's words did not make Zhu Mingzhong change his mind, he only had one thought in his heart, he must not let the Qing army slaughter the city again.

What is the difference between sitting back and watching the Qing army slaughter the city and ignoring it, and doing it directly?

Facing everyone's rebuttal, Zhu Mingzhong frowned and said.

"Hold on to the city, hold on to the city......"

Although the purpose of building the city wall was to hold on to the city, this was not Zhu Mingzhong's original intention. Just as Zhu Mingzhong was groaning, Zhang Jinsheng, who was sitting in the front row, noticed that Jing Liu's face was a little ugly, so he spoke directly.

"Jingluo, there is a sentence below, I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Jin Sheng, you and my brother, what's not to say!"

On that copper-colored face, two broom eyebrows pressed his eyes, and as he spoke, he looked at the crowd and said.

"Although the city is held on to the use of soldiers, if it cannot thwart the enemy's edge, how can it hold the city? Don't forget, the walls of Qinghe are just hastily built earthen cities! If you want to stop the capture and not frustrate its spirit, just defend it with the city, but only the dead city, if you have to defend the city, you have to frustrate its edge! ”

In this loyal army, Zhang Jinsheng's award experience is extremely old, and he is one of the few generals in the army who was born in the rear strength battalion, but he did not defect from the loyal army like Li Ziyuan, and because of this, Zhu Mingzhong can be said to have a lot of trust in him, and others also know this.

"Therefore, I thought that this city must be defended, and the soldiers must be released, so it is impossible to thwart its spirit first!"

Hearing Zhang Jinsheng say this, Zhang Xiaowu, who had been silent, turned his face and said with a smile:

"Hmph, isn't it tens of thousands of Qingqing? What's the big deal? When we were few and many enemies in Tongjimen, were we ever afraid of them? As for the use of soldiers, the head of the army should not be hasty, but didn't our loyal and righteous army wait for the day of the day? Marshal, as long as you give an order, my brothers in the loyal and righteous army will definitely kill the captives and leave no armor behind, and avenge the unjust death of the people in Pizhou! ”

In the Loyal and Righteous Army, the two brothers of the Zhang family are both the commanders of a battalion, but the personalities of the two of them happen to be two personalities, Zhang Xiaowu has a rough personality, and Zhang Xiaojie has a cautious personality.

"Isn't that just killing? What is there to be afraid of...... this captive?"

Compared with the civilian officials, these generals in the hall are all eager to try, for them, their idea is very simple, that is, the military life of the audience commander, as for the rest, it is not within the scope of their consideration.

The two completely different plans of the civil and military officials made the atmosphere in this hall suddenly seem a little strange, and just when Zhu Daxian was still ready to argue with reason, Zhu Mingzhong spoke.

"Sending troops to defend against the enemy has long been decided."

Feeling that the atmosphere in this hall was a little weird, Zhu Mingzhong continued.

"Defending the city is not Zhu's forte, Zhu believes that the best defense is to attack, the way to win, only the word attack, to attack as the defender is the best policy!"

Without waiting for Zhu Daxian to speak, Zhu Mingzhong stretched out his hand to stop him, and his voice paused for a moment, and his voice seemed very firm:

"Of course, this is not to say that we have to attack blindly, but to use the terrain to help me, this Suqian north, until Xuzhou, although only the Yellow River side of Luliang Mountain can barely be regarded as a mountain range, a hundred miles of land is where a horse and a flat river are located, but until Xuzhou, it is surrounded by the Yellow River, canals, Qingou and other rivers, these rivers have become a natural barrier, the map ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Mingzhong asked someone to bring out a map, which was almost equivalent to a child's painting, but it roughly outlined the terrain, and it could be seen that the terrain from Suqian to the north was surrounded by several rivers.

"Look, if it crosses Suqian, then only a hundred miles away Mu Shui can cut off the right wing, but between Suqian and Pizhou, between the two rivers is not more than ten miles wide, although the Qing Lu has cavalry, but the naval army is the strength of our army, the two rivers protect the flanks, even if the Qing Lu moves to ride finely, and can withstand my river ......"

Although he is not a professional soldier and has not received military education, in the era of information explosion in the future, Zhu Mingzhong can obtain military knowledge through various channels, and making full use of the terrain is the minimum knowledge, and what he needs now is to give full play to his advantages as much as possible.

"In addition, in this area, between Luoma Lake and the Yellow River, the widest is only more than ten miles, if it is a narrow place, how can it be used by hundreds of thousands of troops, as long as we set up a large camp here, when the time comes, we can force the Qing army to fight a decisive battle with us here, so that we can limit the opponent's troops to invest ......"

Listening to this plan, everyone was speechless for a while, and there was nothing wrong with this plan anyway. For Zhu Daxian and others, although they have never fought, they can see that the characteristic of this plan is to give full play to the strengths of the loyal and righteous army, and for Yu Shujie, Wang Dahu, Zhang Xiaowu and others, they have no other ideas at all, and they can't just obey. And, this plan, it does look good.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Mingzhong said again:

"If the big guys don't have any opinions, then let's implement this plan!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone say.

"After the omission, there are a few foolish opinions under the mark!"

Everyone turned their heads together, and it was Wang Dahu who spoke, he was Zhu Mingzhong's personal soldier and one of his most powerful henchmen. He looked like he was in his thirties, with a pair of bull's eyes above his slightly high cheekbones, and he looked not angry and arrogant.

"Jingluo, if you fight according to this strategy, in addition to the heavy armor soldiers, fire guns, pikemen will almost have to be transferred, and the rest will have to protect food, roads, and cities, and then this Qinghe will be empty. If the Qing Lu took advantage of the false copy of our back road, how would we deal with it at that time? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Qiwen, who was also born in a pro-soldier, asked coldly:

"Which way did they take to raid our camp? Let's keep an eye on this waterway! ”

Others' rebuttals, Wang Dahu lowered his head and said:

"This ...... I don't know under the mark, but I just thought of talking about it. ”

stared at the map, and then Zhu Mingzhong nodded and said:

"Dahu's suggestion is good, but I was negligent, this Qinghe is my loyal army, and there is no room for error at all, well, you can leave two spear battalions and one musket battalion to stay and brainstorm! As it should be, who else has any suggestions? ”

With someone to start, the next thing naturally continued to be made by someone to make suggestions, and in this case, a battle plan was slowly improved. During this period, Zhu Daxian, Qian Lei, and others also put forward some of their suggestions from the perspective of logistics, and Li Chengqian and Pan Ziqin, who were the commanders of the navy left and right, also expressed their views and put forward suggestions.

This may be the most important feature of the Loyal Army, which may not have had any famous generals, but before the war, it held a staff meeting that was characteristic of the 17th century by gathering together in this way, and finally gathered the strengths of all the people to formulate a battle plan that could draw on the strength of the army as much as possible.

“…… In this way, once the army is defeated, the Qing captives will definitely be defeated in a dilemma, and when the time comes, our army will naturally easily defeat the enemy! ”

Finally, after the last detail was perfected in everyone's words, everyone finally reached a consensus - send troops!

"If we fight like this, we can only play with a 60% chance of winning."

In the silence of the people, Zhu Daxian said slowly.

"This strategy, no matter what, I can't find a flaw, but it's just an abacus for us, although the temple counts more wins, but who knows, when the time comes, whether it will be carried out according to our plan or not, I don't know. Confidants don't know who they are, when the time comes, how Dasu will fight, we don't know! ”

"You mean, we should ask Dasu?"

Qian Lei joked with a smile.

"No need to ask, on this battlefield, intelligence is the most important, four stones!"

Turning his face to look at Shi Lei, Zhu Mingzhong admonished.

"Next, you have to go through all channels to get information about the Qing army, their marching routes, how their troops are arranged, and whether there are any secret routes in other places, all of which must be understood by detectives. As for the current plan, if it is feasible, it will work, and if it is not feasible, it can be planned again, the battlefield is unpredictable, and the plan is always just a plan! ”

Compared with the people of this era, Zhu Mingzhong's attention to intelligence can even reach an unbelievable level, so much so that even Shi Lei himself feels that Jingluo attaches too much importance to intelligence and strategy, but it also makes him realize how heavy the burden on his shoulders is.

"Subordinates obey!"

Finally, Zhu Mingzhong looked at them again and said.

"No matter what, before we can't figure out the enemy's situation, we only have half of the chance, but compared to the time when Tongjimen was at the beginning, our sixty percent grasp is already really rare, and the rest is how we grasp the opportunity!"

After saying this, Zhu Mingzhong looked at everyone and said.

"This battle is related to whether we can hold Jiangbei! When it comes to the future of my loyal army, do you have any suggestions? ”

After speaking, Zhu Mingzhong's eyes looked around at everyone, and when he said this, he only felt that his throat was a little astringent, and even his breathing became short, and after everyone did not object, he nodded, and then swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

"In that case, below, Ben Shuai will make the final deployment......"

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