Chapter 1168: Lu Xiangsheng's Decision

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Lu Xiangsheng was stunned by the scene in front of him, he couldn't imagine that the 40,000 Ming troops stationed outside the state city were actually under the attack of 15,000 Jiangning battalion soldiers, and they could not hold out for half a day, and they completely collapsed.

As a famous general of the former Ming Dynasty, to say that he doesn't want to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield and doesn't want to be famous, that's a lie, but Lu Xiangsheng's luck has not been very good, he once followed Su Tiancheng and won several battles, especially in the ninth year of Chongzhen, he hit the Houjin Tartar in the Gyeonggi area, which was a battle that he deserves to remember and be proud of forever, and then there was no such good luck, although he became the governor of Liaodong, he always belonged to a subordinate position, and important battles were undertaken by the Jiangning battalion, Lu Xiangsheng has always been a little strange, it is said that Su Tiancheng should be to preserve his strength, some key battles, will let other Ming troops rush to the front, but unfortunately Su Tiancheng is not like this, the key battles were almost all contracted by the Jiangning battalion, and the rest of the army is just a fighter, including the Liaodong border army led by Lu Xiangsheng.

Joining the Jiangning battalion, Lu Xiangsheng always felt a little aggrieved, this is a kind of unclear mind, seeing Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion, galloping vertically and horizontally, and occupied Fujian and Zhejiang without much effort, exterminated the 100,000 army led by Liu Zeqing, forced Liu Zeqing to commit suicide, and then began to rectify Fujian and Zhejiang, in just a few months, obvious results have been achieved, these achievements do not seem to have anything to do with him Lu Xiangsheng.

This expedition. Lu Xiangsheng held his breath, but he was faintly worried in his heart, after all, not long ago, he was still the general of the Ming army, and I don't know if Lu Dao will get Su Tiancheng's real trust, although every time he discusses the deployment of operations. He will participate, this time Su Tiancheng allocated the army of the three kings, including the 15,000 elite soldiers led by Li Dingguo, the total strength has reached 45,000 people, let him command, this is a huge trust.

Lu Xiangsheng finally got angry, and he was no longer aggrieved in his heart, but the idea of making meritorious contributions became stronger and stronger.

Unexpectedly, he led the army to the outside of the state city. What I saw was such a scene, the surrendered Ming army was standing together densely, waiting for the fall, part of the surrendered Ming army was cleaning up the battlefield, Li Dingguo took part of the soldiers, guarding outside the city wall, and the gate of the state city was open and not closed. Zhizhou wore official uniforms and brought many officials. Stand at the gate of the city.

What all this says, the fools understand.

Seeing Lu Xiangsheng coming, Li Dingguo hurriedly greeted him.

"My lord, the last general is waiting here, waiting for your orders."

Lu Xiangsheng let out a long sigh.

"General Li, you have done a miracle. In such a short period of time, he fought two great victories in a row, unprecedented in history, led 20,000 soldiers and completely wiped out 50,000 Ming troops. This official really admires it. ”

"My lord's words are serious, the last generals rely on the bravery of their brothers, and they are inseparable from the wisdom of His Royal Highness King De."

Lu Xiangsheng quickly became serious, and he remembered Su Tiancheng's arrangement.

"Okay, General Li, the victory is gratifying, but it's not the time to celebrate, His Royal Highness has an order, so that we and others can quickly make arrangements and annihilate the Ming army that came to reinforce, this official estimates that the news that Guangdezhou City is besieged must be spread out, this is close to Shuntianfu, Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang definitely don't dare to take it lightly, you and I quickly enter the state city, discuss, and see where the reinforced Ming army will come from to reinforce it."

The wing of the state office.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the map that was spread out, he didn't open his mouth for a long time, Li Dingguo stood aside, and he didn't dare to open his mouth easily, the reinforcements of the Ming army, it is very likely to come from two places, Changzhou Mansion or Ningguo Mansion, the judgment in this regard must be accurate, if there is a mistake, it is very likely to lose the fighter plane, so that the reinforced Ming army fled, although the territory of Guangdezhou is not large, but the direction is wrong, unless it is to fly over, it is impossible to exterminate the reinforced Ming army.

The news that the 50,000 Ming troops stationed in Guangdezhou were all annihilated could not be kept secret for a long time, and once the reinforced Ming army learned the news, they would retreat as quickly as possible.

To make an accurate judgment, you need to be wise, you need to make an accurate judgment of the battle situation, and you need to be determined.

Lu Xiangsheng understood very well that he didn't have to risk making a judgment and reported the situation here to Su Tiancheng, and Su Tiancheng would definitely make an analysis and decide the direction of the army's ambush, but Su Tiancheng's entrustment made Lu Xiangsheng completely understand that this was Su Tiancheng's request for him to make a decision, whether it was a right or wrong decision.

Su Tiancheng's trust is by no means ordinary, this is a complete affirmation of his ability to promote Lu Xiangsheng.

At such a critical moment, Lu Xiangsheng does need courage to make a decision, and he will not make a judgment casually, everything must have a sufficient basis, and he must be able to convince himself and Li Dingguo around him.

After muttering for a long time, Lu Xiangsheng spoke.

"General Li, according to your directness, do you think that the Ming army in Changzhou and Ningguofu will come to the rescue all the way."

Li Dingguo looked at Lu Xiangsheng seriously and shook his head vigorously.

"My lord, the last general really hasn't thought about such a major matter, and he doesn't dare to talk nonsense."

Lu Xiangsheng smiled, lowered his head and continued to look at the map, but his eyes were a little wandering, obviously not concentrating on the map.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Xiangsheng raised his head.

"General Li, order the army to rest on the spot for half a day, set off in the middle of the night, and set up an ambush in the direction of Guang'an."

Guang'an is close to Ningguofu, and Lu Xiangsheng's arrangement shows that the reinforced Ming army came from Ningguofu, which is Lu Xiangsheng's final judgment and decision.

Obedience to orders is the talent of a soldier, not to mention that the military discipline of the Jiangning battalion is particularly strict, Li Dingguo didn't say anything, didn't ask, turned around and prepared to go out to arrange.

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng spoke again.

"General Li, wait a minute, listen to the judgment of this officer."

Li Dingguo turned around again, looked at Lu Xiangsheng, and still didn't speak.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't care, everyone would be suspicious, the Ming army for reinforcements was not rushed from Changzhou Mansion.

"His Royal Highness has made a decision, first to attack Guangdezhou, now it seems that the deployment of this hand is very wise, although the territory of Guangdezhou is not large, but it is like the middle of a flat burden, now we have captured Guangdezhou, this flat shoulder is broken from the middle, it is difficult to make such a decision if you are not eloquent, this official is deeply admired Your Highness, the more you think about it, the more you feel that it is correct."

"Ningguo Mansion and Huizhou Mansion on the left, stationed 100,000 Ming troops, Changzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion on the right are also stationed 100,000 Ming troops, the contact of these 200,000 troops, because of the loss of Guangdezhou, can not contact each other, our army has since occupied the absolute initiative, marching towards Changzhou Mansion, and will soon be able to join the army led by Lord Hong, occupy Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang and Zhenjiang and other places, encircle Yingtianfu, attack towards Ningguofu, directly threaten the Ming army stationed in Ningguo Mansion and Huizhou Mansion, and consolidate the security of Zhejiang, Then, together with Lord Hong, he divided his troops and gradually surrounded Ying Tianfu. ”

"This official made the Ming army from the direction of Ningguofu to reinforce, there are a lot of considerations, I believe that the news that Lord Hong led the army to attack Suzhou Mansion, Qin Sande and Zhu Youxiang will soon know, but His Royal Highness made the decision to attack Guangdezhou, Qin Sande and others would never have thought of it, if the army launched an attack from the direction of Huizhou Mansion, according to the order to destroy the Ming army one by one, I believe that Qin Sande will have corresponding preparations, the Ming army of Ningguofu can be reinforced, and can also defend and resist on the spot, The Ming troops stationed in Guangdezhou and Changzhou can attack Zhejiang, and the deployment of His Highness will be chaotic. ”

"Qin Sande did not dare to mobilize the Ming army in Changzhou Mansion, there were not many Ming troops stationed in Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion, and the status was very important, it was one of the richest places in Nanzhili, and it was necessary to do its best to protect and defend it, so the Ming army stationed in Changzhou Mansion, even if it was to reinforce, it was to reinforce Suzhou, not to reinforce Guangdezhou, and the location here was not as good as Suzhou."

"The Ming army stationed in Ningguo Mansion can completely reinforce Guangdezhou, as for the Ming army in Huizhou Mansion, they can also take the opportunity to attack Zhejiang, this official really looks forward to such a situation, if Qin Sande and others make such a decision, it will be the time for the 200,000 army to completely collapse, and the 20,000 soldiers led by Lord Zhu and Lord Yang can completely exterminate the invading Ming army."

"The Ming army stationed in Ningguo Mansion will definitely reinforce Guangdezhou, Qin Sande does not dare to take risks, ignoring Guangdezhou, that is equivalent to preparing to abandon Ying Tianfu, such a responsibility Qin Sande can not bear, this official's judgment, the Ming army in Huizhou Mansion will not move for the time being, wait and see how the situation changes, if the reinforced Ming army also suffers a failure, the Ming army stationed in Huizhou Mansion is likely to quickly withdraw to Yingtianfu and focus on protecting Nanjing City."

"General Li, you and I are gambling with time, exterminating the Ming army in Guangdezhou, doing a very good job, walking ahead of time, Qin Sande in Nanjing, it is impossible to get the news soon, if the official expects it well, the Ming army stationed in Ningguo Mansion will soon set off according to the predetermined plan and come to reinforcements, so we must act quickly again, in order to keep it as secret as possible, rest during the day, set off at night, and rush to Guangning to set up an ambush."

Li Dingguo spoke.

"The adults analyze thoroughly, the last general admires, the last general will prepare, and the news of Guangdezhou will be blocked, and the length of time that can be blocked is how long it will take."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded and spoke again.

"It is true that the news needs to be blocked, but these judgments of this official are all thanks to the teachings of His Highness, if it weren't for His Highness's order to attack Guangdezhou, this official would not have thought of so much now." (To be continued......)