Chapter 750: The Great War in the Central Plains (4)

It was already July 16 when Zhu Hongsan rushed to Anshan Lake, and the night in July was already relatively cold at the end of the Ming Dynasty due to the influence of the Xiaoice River. Zhu Hongsan ordered the fleet to sail to Ansan Lake and anchor more than 600 meters from the shore to prevent the Qing army from setting fire with rockets on the shore, and then Zhu Hongsan had his Praetorian Guard Division stationed on the shore of Ansan Lake.

Zhu Hongsan stood by the lake with a single coat on, looking at the more than 200 transport ships in the lake, this is the material supply of the whole army for half a year, and according to the Manchu temperament, he must come to sneak attack. But now that the best place for a sneak attack has passed, does the Manchu Qing want to wait until he arrives in Liaocheng before making a move?

"Li Chengen, what's the news from Jinyiwei?" Zhu Hongsan asked Li Chengen beside him.

"Back to the emperor, the news from Jinyiwei that the Manchu cavalry Yue Lebu is still in the Daimyo's Mansion, and Jierharang in Jinan has not moved!"

The more Zhu Hongsan thought about it, the more wrong he became, he was now less than two days away from Liaocheng, if the Manchu cavalry was still staying in the Daimyo's mansion, he couldn't catch up in time anyway, it must be something happened to Jinyiwei.

Zhu Hongsan looked at Ansan Lake at sunset, the water surface was very calm, except for the noise of the troops on his side, there were no people in a radius of ten miles, and there was not even a single water bird.

Zhu Hongsan knew that the end of the Ming Dynasty had caused a lot of damage to Shandong, but it was still too quiet now.

Zhu Hongsan pointed to a hill more than ten meters high by the lake and asked, "What kind of mountain is that?" ”

Li Chengen replied after looking back and asking: "Emperor, that is Ansan on the shore of Ansan Lake, there are two big towns around Ansan Lake, one is Liangshanji, and the other is Ansan Town, both of which are more than 20 miles away from here, and the minions have already sent Ti to ride, and it is estimated that there will be a reply before dark!" ”

Zhu Hongsan nodded, the perennial battle made Zhu Hongsan's nerves very sensitive, and he felt that there must be something wrong here in Anshan Lake. Although the water surface of Ansan Lake is not large, it cannot be that there is no family, not a single water bird, this is not a human-eating Henan, there should still be people in the dilapidation.

Zhu Hongsan pointed to Anshan and said to Han Sanqiang: "Sanqiang, send a regiment to which hill to station, and arrange double posts tonight!" Zhu Hongsan looked at the sky, it should be a sunny day tonight, after all, autumn has arrived, and there are very few rainy days.

"And the order for all the soldiers to untie their sleeping clothes, put their weapons in a convenient place, and get their artillery ready, I feel that something is going to happen tonight!"

After Han Sanqiang received the order, he hurried down to make arrangements, and Zhu Hongsan then asked Li Chengen: "Where are Li Yuanyin's cavalry?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I arrived in Yuncheng half a month ago, and now Chen Po is stationed on the edge of Yuncheng!"

Zhu Hongsan thought for a while and said, "Order someone to send an order to Li Yuanyin and let him lead the team here!" Zhu Hongsan felt that the atmosphere was not right, he was still a little overbearing, although the Praetorian Guard Division could fight, but the number was too small, only 15,000 people, and the Qing army on the opposite side was 50,000 people. Zhu Hongsan made up his mind not to use his own life as bait, after all, there is only one small life. So he was going to transfer Li Yuanyin to his side, and then go to Liaocheng with great fanfare, forcing Yue Le to fight a decisive battle with him.

What Zhu Hongsan didn't know was that his every move was clearly seen by Yue Le, because Yue Le's 150,000 cavalry was not far from Zhu Hongsan and was stationed in Ansan Town, north of Ansan Lake.

Yue Le is the grandson of Nurhachi, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and the fourth son of Abatai, the king of Rao Yumin. In the third year of Shunzhi, Yue Le, who was only twenty-one years old, followed Prince Su Haoge to conquer Zhang Xianzhong, who was entrenched in Sichuan. In the war, Yue Le showed his strong military ability, not only fought very heroically, but also was quite strategic, and finally exterminated Zhang Xianzhong, the king of Daxi.

Of course, this merit is nothing in the early Manchu Dynasty, that is, a good figure in the third generation of the royal family, and there is still some gap between the most capable Haoge of the third generation of the emperor. Yue Le's battle of fame was the battle of the three feudal clans during the Kangxi period, at this time the Manchu royal family had entered the stage of green and yellow, a large number of princes and sons were idle every day, and they could not go out at all, and Wu Sangui waved the banner of driving out the Tartars, and some Han generals did not dare to use it. After thinking about it again, Emperor Kangxi decided to reactivate Yue Le, named him the general of Dingyuan Pingkou, and led his army to defeat Wu Sangui.

After a strict deployment of the battle plan, Yue Le attacked Jiangxi first, cutting off the connection between Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, and after occupying Jiangxi, Yue Le led a large army to attack Hunan. After Wu Sangui died, the victory of the Qing army was just around the corner, Kangxi transferred Yue Le back to the capital, and personally greeted and rewarded him, it can be said that the war in the early years of Kangxi was supported by Yue Le.

However, now Yue Leke does not have the title of prince later, he is just a king of Doro County, and he has not emerged in the war, so he can only be regarded as a junior.

Yue Le had led his army to the Daimyo's Mansion as early as May, and he had received an order from Zilharang to do everything possible to destroy the Ming army's supply fleet, so that the Ming army could retreat.

Yue Le was very dissatisfied after receiving the order of Zilharang, he followed Duoduo and Haoge to fight in all directions, and the Ming army has always been surrounded and annihilated, where is it like now, and he does not dare to make a move, only dare to sneak attack the supply fleet.

Although Yue Le didn't look down on Ji'erharang's orders, Yue Le knew that Ji'erharang had fought all his life and had extremely rich experience in warfare, so he must have his reasons for being so cautious. Therefore, after Yue Le learned that Emperor Nanming had left Suqian, he immediately sent a large number of scouts to find out the movements of the Ming army.

Here I have to talk about Zhu Hongsan's cavalry team, Zhu Hongsan spent a lot of money on this cavalry, but the cavalry is a technical branch, and it is not something that money can buy, although the cavalry of the Ming army has the teaching of Spanish instructors and the old foundation of Li Chengdong.

Spanish instructors are good at training soldiers, but there is no strategy in Western wars, from ancient Rome to Napoleon, they are both sides of the sword, when you kill all Lao Tzu will win, or Hannibal's battle of Cannae with a simple pocket formation cannot be regarded as a classic by Western military books for thousands of years, so Spanish instructors will not and do not understand the set of oriental strategy. As for Li Chengdong's old rogue background, all the officials were purged by Zhu Hongsan, either going home to become a public servant, or sending you to the west with a cup of poisonous wine. How to march the cavalry, how to send scouts, and how many miles the cavalry has to go when the army marches, no one taught Li Yuanyin at all.

So Li Yuanyin rushed into Shandong with 50,000 cavalry, he thought that his march was very hidden day and night, but he didn't know that as soon as he crossed the giant field, he was targeted by Yue Le's Mongolian cavalry.

On the other hand, on Yue Le's side, although the older generation of generals are dead, the skeleton of the army is still there, and how to march, how to investigate, and how to set up camps are all good hands. This was especially true of the 100,000 Mongol cavalry, who often sent a third of their cavalry as scouts on the march in order to ensure that they had information on the battlefield.

Yue Le was overjoyed when he learned that the Southern Ming Emperor had also followed the canal ships north, and Zilharang's established strategy was to burn the supply ships of the Ming army, so that the Ming army would retreat in the face of difficulties, and give the Manchus time to breathe. But when Yue Le learned that Emperor Nanming was also coming, he wanted to capture this emperor, wouldn't that be better?

Yue Le opened the map and saw that the canal between Jining Mansion and Dongchang Mansion was narrow, and the Ming army must have been well defended, although Yue Le had not fought with the Ming army, but he heard that the weapons were powerful, and it seemed that he should not clash head-on with the Ming army, and it was better to pick a suitable location.

Yue Le, like Zhu Hongsan, chose the decisive battle location at Anshan Lake. Yue Le's reason is also very simple, the water surface of Anshan Lake is wide, the Ming army must think that they are all cavalry, can not attack water targets, and at the same time west of Anshan Lake is the flat East Henan Plain, this place is too suitable for cavalry combat, in case the war is unfavorable, you can use the cavalry to escape.

Yue Le said to Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi: "King Pingxi, you take your own headquarters of men and horses, this king will hand over the 20,000 cavalry from Shaanxi to you, your task is to go to Yuncheng, you must stop the Ming cavalry reinforcements, if you let go of a soldier, this king will want your head!" ”

Wu Sangui arched his hand and said with a big grin: "Please rest assured, those southern barbarians can play cavalry, they are just farmers on horseback, just let the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Sect of the last general teach them what cavalry is!" ”

"King Pingxi, don't take the enemy lightly, although the Ming army doesn't practice horsemanship, but their firearms are very powerful, you don't take it lightly, you know?"

Although Yue Le was young, only twenty-seven years old, he had followed Duoduo and Haoge to fight for many years, and Wu Sangui also knew how capable the young general in front of him was. So when he heard Yue Le reprimanding him, he quickly stood up and apologized.

"Please rest assured, the last general will definitely guarantee that the Ming army will not rush over and kill a single soldier!"

Yue Le nodded, and said to his lieutenant general Aobai: "Aobai, you take 30,000 cavalry, sneak into Shouzhang, don't leak the news along the way, and wait for the king's order!" ”

Ao Bai is Huang Taiji's henchman, and he has been fighting with Haoge after entering the customs. However, Hauge was unlucky enough to be executed by Dolgon, and Aobai was also deeply affected as Hauge's people, but after Dolgon's death, the spring of Aobai came. Emperor Shunzhi liked this loyal general very much, and this time he was sent to assist Yue Le to lead the cavalry.

Ao Bai didn't like to say much, and after listening to Yue Le's arrangement, he stood up and arched his hand, indicating that he knew.

After Yue Ledu made arrangements, he took the main force of 70,000 cavalry and left the Daimyo's Mansion in the middle of the night. However, although the cavalry was gone, the barracks were not demolished. In order to set up a suspicious array, Yue Le also left thousands of Han military flags here to pretend to be fine, and the Jinyi Wei secret agents of the Daimyo's Mansion did not dare to approach the military camp, so they had no choice but to send Zhu Hongsan the news that everything was normal.

Yue Le led the army day and night, and implemented a fifty-mile battlefield blockade, that is, scouts were sent to listen to the news within fifty miles of the army. In this way, he quietly came to Ansan Town, north of Ansan Lake, and occupied this place after killing all the more than 500 residents here, waiting for Zhu Hongsan's arrival. ()

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