Chapter 149: Success or Failure
Zhu Linmiao nodded and asked Shi Lin to take a fire and burn the secret letter. It seems that in history, it was Li Chengdong who betrayed Fang Guoan, causing the latter to be killed by Bolo.
Now that this letter will no longer fall into Bolo's hands, if someone is sent to remind Fang Guoan to be cautious, his life should be safe. His pawn, which is placed behind the enemy's rear, may be of great use in the future.
Zhu Linmiao glanced at Li Chengdong again, this national scum who created the three massacres in Jiading and brutalized Longwu naturally couldn't keep him.
He was about to ask people to correct the Fa on the spot, when he heard Li Chengdong laugh wildly and said loudly: "This little brother has a way of fighting, and I Li admires it!" ”
"Who calls you a brother?" Zhu Linmiao frowned in disgust, turned his head and said, "Shi Lin, chop him up, and send his head back to Tianxing Mansion to show the public." ”
"Yes!"
"Wait!" Li Chengdong shouted vigorously, "I'm not afraid to tell you, Lord Bolobel has already waved his troops eastward, and the 100,000 army will be able to reach Fuzhou City in another month."
"The army carries 100 heavy artillery, and Zheng Zhilong's naval division attacks from the sea, and Fuzhou will be broken overnight!"
Fuzhou is the capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Tianxing Mansion, which is where the Ming court is located.
"Now that the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty is dead, when the Fuzhou Imperial Court is destroyed again, where can you live in the Qing Dynasty if you don't vote for me?
"You and I don't know each other. You are quite good at fighting, and Li can recommend you to Lord Belle in person. I think you are at most a guerrilla at the moment, and Li will ensure that you are a general. My Qing Army's salary is three times as high as you are now......"
"Shut him up." Zhu Linmiao said boredly.
Shi Lin immediately slapped Li Chengdong in the face twice, blood mixed with a few molars flew out, and the latter's head instantly swollen into a pig's head, and he couldn't make a sound again.
However, this scum has provided some useful information. Zhu Linmiao pointed to Li Chengdong's lieutenant not far away, "Bring him over." ”
Immediately, a soldier escorted the man to Zhu Linmiao.
"What's your name Luo?"
"Back to the adult, the little Luo Chengyao."
"Do you know the deployment of Bolo's march?"
"Yes, yes." Luo Chengyao immediately gave a detailed account of the deployment of the Qing army that he knew.
As Li Chengdong said, Boluo's main force has indeed set off from Jianning, planning to go south to Yanping Mansion for repairs first, and then move his troops westward to attack Fuzhou with Zheng Zhilong's naval division. Because there were many rivers in Fujian, the Qing army carried a large amount of baggage, and if they wanted to reach the city of Fuzhou, it should be after January.
However, the number of captives was not as exaggerated as Li Chengdong said, it should be around 40,000 people, and there were indeed more than 100 cannons, but there were at most more than a dozen heavy artillery.
In addition, Luo Chengyao also provided information on the troops of the Qing army, including the Bai Yin Dai Department of the Qing army's westward attack on Funing Mansion, as well as the troops that went south to Quanzhou, Xinghua and other state capitals. The end is to know everything, say everything, and be extremely cooperative.
Zhu Linmiao took the map, marked the march route of the Qing army's various units on it, and said to Luo Chengyao: "The scouts I sent to northern Fujian will return in the near future, and there is a slight discrepancy between what you said at that time, be careful of your head!" ”
He was just scaring Luo Chengyao, who immediately kowtowed like garlic, and said repeatedly: "Don't dare to say half a lie!" Ask the general to let go of the small way of life, and the villain will wear the guilt and make meritorious service. ”
Shi Lin on the side arched his hand and said, "My lord, what should I do with this fang?" As he spoke, he glanced at Li Chengdong.
"Cut down, take the head, and abandon the corpse in the wilderness." Although Zhu Linmiao felt that killing Li Chengdong like this was obviously too light to spare him, in order not to cause any extraneous branches, it was safer to march with a dead man.
"Yes!"
"Hmm, you dare to ......" Li Chengdong shouted a few times inarticulately, and in a moment, with the sound of a sharp blade cutting bones, a head rolled to the ground, and the souls of more than 100,000 innocent people in Jiading were comforted.
After the soldiers solemnly collected the bones of the Ming soldiers killed in the first battle just now, Zhu Linmiao immediately ordered the whole army to return to Changting.
Thinking about the information of the Qing army that Luo Chengyao said just now, he immediately unfolded the map, staring intently at the arrows that were scattered in all directions, representing the march routes of the various divisions of Jianyu, and couldn't help frowning.
Although the number of the Dragon Guards was relatively small, even with the Broken Battalion, it was only about 18,000 people, but Zhu Linwei believed that with advanced weapons and tactical systems, he could definitely carry Bolo's 40,000 Qing troops head-on.
But now, in addition to the main force going to Fuzhou, Jianyu also divided his troops to invade several state capitals in Fujian at the same time. If he leads his army to defend Fuzhou, it will inevitably lead to the fall of other parts of Fujian.
It is even more unfeasible to divide the troops to defend everywhere, the number of Dragon Guards is small, and it is easy to be eaten by the enemy's concentrated superior forces if they are too scattered.
Zhu Linmiao sighed, rubbed his temples, and looked at the location of Xianxia Pass on the map. Zheng Zhilong, this shameless thief! If he hadn't put the Qing army into Xianxia Pass, he would have been able to concentrate his forces on a decisive battle with Bolo outside the pass, how could there be such an uncomfortable situation today!
A long black line on the map represents Bolo's march route, stretching from Xianxia Pass all the way to Fuzhou.
Zhu Linmiao's eyes narrowed, and she felt that something was not right - this line, as if, was too long.
There are more than 800 miles along the way from Xianxia Pass to Tianxing Mansion.
How dare Bolo go so deep into enemy territory? Zhu Linmiao caught something in an instant, wouldn't Jian Yu commit a taboo in the army?!
Right! Exactly.
Bo Luo definitely didn't take the Ming army in his eyes, and he underestimated the enemy too much, so he didn't think there was anything about it. Even the Ming army was too timid to resist the Qing army, and did not think about whether the enemy would penetrate into this aspect at all.
Only Zhu Linmi, a descendant who is completely intimidated by Jianyu, can calmly see the problems here.
Not only is it lonely, but there is also a more deadly place! Zhu Linmiao's brain turned faster and faster, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth - Xianxia Pass!
It's Xianxia Pass. Although Zheng Zhilong released it to Bolo, this place will also become Bolo's death hole. Fujian is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea, and if you want to enter and exit Fujian, there is only Xianxia Pass in the north and Shanguan in the west.
Tens of thousands of Qing troops penetrated eight hundred miles, and all their supplies came from the north, and they had to enter Fujian through such a narrow pass.
In other words, if Xianxia Pass can be captured now, the Jianyu in Fujian will instantly change from the invading army to the turtle in the urn!
At that time, even if the Qing army in Fujian still has combat effectiveness, it will face the dilemma of running out of food. They had only two choices, one was to go north to recapture Xianxia Pass, and the other was to go west to capture Shanguan.
In fact, this is equivalent to only one choice, because even if you capture Shanguan, after leaving the pass, it will be Jiangxi, where it is now the world of the Ming Dynasty. Bolo also had to go north to capture Guangxin, and walk another seven or eight hundred miles before he could regain supplies in the direction of Huizhou.
Therefore, he had only one way to forcibly seize Xianxia Pass.
Zhu Linmiao whispered to herself: "Not only do I want to entertain you at Xianxia Pass, but Zhejiang also has to invite you to drink a pot!" ””