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Qin Mu paid tribute to Chongzhen in a big way, and even shouted loudly on the thief and the thief's text, what is the wind knows the strength of the grass, the board knows the loyal ministers, and seizes the commanding heights of morality, but these are not good just talking and not practicing.

Although Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ministry of War, did just that, not only issued a document to beg against thieves, but even carried out the oath meeting, and as a result, he immediately hid in Pukou to train troops after crossing the river.

However, Qin Mu knows very well that we can't compare with Shi Kefa, the Donglin Party has the guidance of public opinion, and people say that this is King Qin, that is King Qin, and besides, Shi Shangshu has crossed the river anyway, so we have to cross the river anyway.

Qin Mu originally intended to move the General Staff to Wuchang, the threats from Huguang and Jiangxi came from the north, and he took the General Staff to sit on the front line of Wuchang, so that he could calm the people's hearts and "the Son of Heaven guards the country"!

Second, it is conducive to commanding the war nearby, and in addition, Wuchang is relatively close to Jiujiang, which is also conducive to coordination with Jiujiang, or it is also conducive to controlling Jiujiang.

It's not that Qin Muxin is just Meng Ke, but everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and it will not be wrong to pay more attention.

In Wuchang, the northern town of Qin Mu, in addition to the General Staff and the General Supervision Department to accompany the north, the three political auxiliary officials Zhuge Min, Li Yuan, and Yang Shen must also follow the north, and now Gannan and Hunan are relatively stable; Jianghan Pingyuan occupied the country relatively late, and Jiangxi also needed to increase control in the north, and the "three cabinets" accompanied the north to Wuchang, which was also conducive to the handling of government affairs in the two places.

In terms of army arrangement, Changsha left Liu Meng to lead 15,000 men and horses to garrison.

Qin Mu led Ning Yuan and Su Jin to ride 15,000 steps, known as 50,000 to the outside world, and went north to "beg for thieves".

In this way, with Ling Zhan's 10,000 men and horses stationed in Jingzhou and Ma Yongzhen's 35,000 men and horses in Wuchang, the number of troops stationed on the Yangtze River in Huguang will reach 60,000.

In Jiujiang, Mengke also has 30,000 troops and 5,000 sailors.

Qin Mu commanded an army of 150,000. A total of 95,000 people are pressed along the Yangtze River, but now he is not a sailor, and is more of a ferryman and a logistical supply.

Liu Boquan has already sent people to look for more than 20 ship-building craftsmen from the coast, and has organized hundreds of local craftsmen to start building warships in Yuezhou, and this matter has been placed under the management of the General Armament Department.

On the ship heading north, Qin Mu, Sima An, He Liang and others gathered around the table, and several operational staff officers rolled out the Shili distribution map.

This can be seen from this Shili distribution map. Liaoxi and Liaodong were controlled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and claimed to have 300,000 troops, but according to intelligence confirmation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty currently had only 318 Niu Lu military establishments, and the actual number of each Niu Lu was around 200, and some were even less than 200 people.

According to this calculation, the Manchu Eight Banners actually had less than 70,000 troops. But it's all elite.

In addition, Mongolia attached to the Manchu Qing Dynasty also had a total of about 120 Niulu according to the Eight Banners military system, and the actual number of each Niulu was about 170 people, so the total strength of the Eight Banners Mongolia was about 20,000 to 25,000 people.

In addition, there are the Eight Banners of the Han Army. There are 157 cattle records, and the total number is probably between 20,000 and 30,000.

In this way, the total strength of the Manchu Qing was about 120,000.

Down is Wu Sangui, who occupies the area of Shanhaiguan, with about 40,000 troops. It's also more elite.

Li Zicheng's Dashun army now controls Longyou, Hexi Corridor, Hetao, Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, and most of Henan.

The southern boundary is so large that it starts from Nanyang in the west, and passes through Xinyang and Bozhou in the east, and Suqian has drawn an irregular curve, and the north of this curve has basically been controlled by the Dashun army.

Li Zicheng is known as having millions of soldiers. But the real combatable soldiers are estimated to be about 300,000, and these 300,000 combatable soldiers are still quite scattered.

Zhang Xianzhong controlled most of Sichuan as far east as Wuxia, with a claimed force of 500,000 troops. The estimate of a slight combat power is around 150,000.

The remnants of Shili in the south of the Ming Dynasty were very complicated, and Zuo Liangyu controlled the Xiangyang area, claiming to have 200,000 troops.

Huang Degong controlled the Luzhou area and had more than 100,000 troops.

There are also Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie, who fled to the Huainan area, both of which claim to have 300,000 soldiers, but because they have been wandering all the way, looting all the way, and holding the people hostage all the way as soldiers, it is difficult to determine how many troops there are for a while, but it is estimated that there should be more than 150,000 troops.

There is also Zheng Zhilong in Fujian, who has about 100,000 troops, most of whom are sailors.

In addition to the above-mentioned shili, Shi Kefa and Lu Zhenfei also each had twenty or thirty thousand troops, and the rest were almost negligible.

He Liang muttered: "After Li Zicheng captured the Beijing Division, Wu Sangui's supply of tens of thousands of horses and horses has been cut off, and it stands to reason that it is very likely that Li Zicheng will surrender. ”

Qin Mu smiled faintly and said: "Most of the things in the world do not come according to reason, Yanyun's affairs, the arrangements that should be made, I have asked Huang Lianshan to arrange in advance, and the rest are beyond our reach at present, just wait and see what happens." ”

Sima An took the tea from his son Sima Kai, put it on the table and said, "I'm afraid that the Sixth Department of Nanjing is busy supporting the new monarch at this time, do you really plan to stand by and watch?" ”

Because Qin Mu arranged intelligence personnel in advance, and when the intelligence personnel passed through the area occupied by the Dashun Army, they were under the banner of the Red Lady and were not hindered, and the exact news of the change in Beijing was known earlier than all parties.

Qin Mu rubbed his brows and said, "This bureau is too deep, and it may not be beneficial to us." ”

Sima An thought about it, and faintly realized that Qin Mu didn't grab this merit, probably because he didn't want to carry this burden, after all, he would have to stand on his own sooner or later.

Yang Shen said: "According to the distance and relatives, King Fu should be the first choice, but the six departments of Nanjing are controlled by Donglin, and there is a gap between Donglin and Fu Domain, and this matter will cause turmoil." ”

Sima Kai couldn't help but interject: "No matter who supports it, with the current situation, an adult is indispensable for a reward." ”

"Presumptuous!" Sima An immediately scolded, "Is it here that you have the right to speak?" ”

Sima Kai suddenly felt uncomfortable and bowed his head and retreated.

Qin Mu waved his hand and said, "This official expects that even if we want to stay out of the matter, we can't do it, and someone should come to the door soon."

Before Qin Mu finished speaking, it was not an outsider who came to the door first, but Yan Gaofei, who hurriedly entered the cabin and reported: "My lord, something happened." ”

"Say it quickly."

"The news of the fall of the Beijing division came, Zuo Liangyu's general Cao Chi led 5,000 people to defect to Yuan Zongdi, the left army was in an uproar, Zuo Liangyu scattered his wealth and silk to appease, only to stabilize the army's heart a little, but Yuan Zongdi took the opportunity to gather heavy troops to storm Dengzhou, and Changdeng, who was stationed in Dengzhou, was defeated, and 20,000 left troops were defeated.

Dengzhou was lost, Xinye's Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan were worried that Yuan Zongdi would cut off the back road, and hurriedly retreated, Yuan Zong's first road was in hot pursuit, and the left army fled no less than 10,000 people, when it came to Guyi Town, General Li Jiu led 5,000 cavalry to raid Yuan Zongdi's left flank around the red mud slope, and sent people to contact Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan to counterattack. The Dashun army was caught off guard, and the left flank was in chaos;

However, Zuo Mengeng and Jin Shenghuan, the two sons of bitches, not only did not lead the army to counterattack, but ignored General Li Jiu's 5,000 men and horses, and took the opportunity to escape and flee back to Xiangyang, causing our 5,000 men and horses to fall into a bitter battle and lose nearly 400 horsemen;

When retreating to Xiangyang City, Zuo Liangyu closed the door on the grounds that the chasing soldiers were coming, and Li Jiu had to lead the army west to the area of Niushou Mountain, and according to the news sent by the two of us who were hiding in the city, there were signs that Zuo Liangyu was very likely to abandon Xiangyang. ”

"Damn it!" Ning Yuan took the case and said angrily, "Zuo Liangyu, this son of a bitch, is really unreliable, if he believed me to seize Xiangyang, how could he be so passive today"

When Ning Yuan said this, he found that Qin Mu's expression was as usual, as if nothing had happened, and he couldn't help but hurriedly shut up.

Qin Mu's calmness surprised everyone, Sima An glanced at him and said, "If Zuo Liangyu really wants to abandon Xiangyang, I'm afraid that we will be too late, and we are really not as good as the sky." ”

Ning Yuan continued: "What's the use of talking about this now, my lord, if Zuo Liangyu, the dog mother, really gives up Xiangyang and goes south along the Han River, we will destroy this dog mother." ”

"If he really abandons guarding Xiangyang, it is unlikely that he will go south." Qin Mu took a sip of the teacup, and at the same time sorted out his thoughts before continuing: "Pass my order, let the army on the shore speed up the march, Jingzhou as soon as possible, in addition, order Su Jin to lead the remaining 5,000 cavalry to the north immediately, it is best to seize Xiangyang, if there is something wrong, then take Li Jiu south." ”

(To be continued......)