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Qin Mu fought hard with Azig on the east bank of the water, and Wuchang City was not peaceful.

Zhuge Min, Li Yuan, and Yang Shen, the three "cabinet auxiliary ministers", plus Liu Boquan, the "head of the household", Bai Tie, the "imperial envoy of the left capital", Li Mingtang, Wu Jinxi, and a large number of people such as Wuchang prefect Li Mingtang, Wu Jinxi, and Du Yinxi entered the side hall of the Chu Wangfu and fiercely attacked Sima An and others.

Except for Li Mingtang, the prefect of Wuchang, who has a real official position, the others actually have no official position, but this is not important, in the system of Qin Mu, they do bear the corresponding real power.

For example, Liu Boquan, in fact, someone has already called him Hubu Shangshu behind his back.

The reason why these people reacted so strongly this time was because Qin Mu was trapped on the east bank of Jushui, and accidents could happen at any time, and they felt that Sima An, He Liang, Shao Hua and others, as the heads of the military, had an unshirkable responsibility.

Sima An and the others were speechless, this time Qin Mu crossed the General Staff and made such a huge battle, he himself took the risk first, this raw rice has been cooked and cooked, and the General Staff has to fully cooperate with his battle.

However, this inevitably made the administrative officials feel that this was a battle plan made up by Sima An and others, and the saliva in the sky almost drowned Sima An and a few people.

Sima An explained with difficulty: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and the adults have made such a deployment according to the battle situation, in order not to affect the battle situation, we can only try to cooperate."

"Cooperation? Sima An, today you have to make it clear, do you do this? You watched the adults in danger, did not dissuade them, and vigorously cooperated, what are your intentions? ”

He Liang weakly explained: "The battle report has come from the front, and the Lord has just defeated Azig and destroyed nearly 4,000 enemies."

"He Liang! Don't you know what I'm waiting for? It is good for adults to destroy 4,000 enemies, but their own casualties are more than 5,000 men and horses. Now Wu Sangui has joined forces with Azig. The total strength is nearly 50,000, and there are only more than 10,000 people left. ”

"It is impossible to withdraw, the Tartars are watching from the side, at this time the Azig crossing the river will definitely attack with all his strength, and our army will definitely be defeated"

"I don't care if you are defeated or not, you must immediately let the adults out of danger, and the Manchu Qing is menacing. has controlled the entire Central Plains, and it is by no means a battle that can be destroyed. Now that Nanjing has fallen, the emperor has been captured, the whole country is panicking, the people of Huguang and Jiangxi are all counting on the support of adults, if the adults have a mistake, the three armies will collapse, and the fall of Jiangxi and Huguang will not take many days, can you afford such a responsibility? ”

"Not bad. In any case, you must let the adults leave the Kagami mound immediately, immediately! ”

"Guys, listen to me." Sima An said with a deep sigh. "Your Excellency has made a solemn oath in front of the soldiers, and at this time your Excellency will never leave the temple. Please also think about it, adults have irreplaceable prestige in the hearts of soldiers, because adults do what they say. The soldiers also believed that following the Lord would win. As a result, the morale of our army has always been high, even at a disadvantage. I can fight to the end. If the adults left the army in danger at this time and left alone, this would definitely deal a fatal blow to the prestige of the adults, and it would be difficult for the officers and men of the three armies to use their lives like this in the future. When it really goes, I'm afraid that Huguang and Jiangxi will not be able to keep it. ”

"Sima An, according to what you mean, you just let the adults fall into danger?"

"Rest assured, I have made corresponding arrangements to ensure the safety of adults."

"How can you guarantee it? You have to make it clear. ”

"The General Staff ordered Liu Fangliang to lead 20,000 cavalry troops to quickly reinforce the adults, and Li Jiu's 3,000 men and horses can also rush to the west bank tomorrow morning, and also arranged for Zhu Yijin to lead people to the west bank to secretly respond, once the battle situation is unfavorable, immediately tie the adults across the west bank, and then escort them back to Wuchang by Zhu Yijin."

"Sima An, I'll believe you for the time being this time, in case an adult has a mistake, I have to look for you desperately."

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The situation in Wuchang, Qin Mu soon received a report from Yan Gaofei, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, fortunately, these subordinate officials are still rational and restrained, otherwise they would have been arguing over this matter, and the military and government would be paralyzed, so it would be strange if he was not completely annihilated.

It's just that Qin Mu doesn't have time to think about this, he got a victory by luck last time, and now the most difficult moment has just begun.

Although Azig suffered 3,800 casualties, after joining Wu Sangui, the total strength was still close to 50,000, and he was rushing towards the top of the wall with murderous spirit.

The actual casualties of the Qin army in the last war were more than those of the Tartars, reaching 5,200 people, but the casualties of the Qing army were real "death", because under the defeat, most of the wounded became prisoners, and the Qin army's own wounded could not be saved, where to save them, wait for death.

On the Qin army's side, many wounded soldiers will have the opportunity to return to the battlefield in the future and become the most precious veterans after being treated. In this way, the actual death toll of the Qin army is less than that of the Tartars.

It's just that these wounded soldiers can't be counted on at the moment, and Qin Mu only has 15,000 soldiers left in his hands, and in the face of Azig's troops of at least 47,000 people, the situation is extremely dangerous.

The fastest reinforcements will also take another day to arrive. And Azig and Wu Sangui will be killed after noon at most, and whether they can survive today will mean whether they live or die.

"How many more shotguns?" Qin Mu asked.

Zhang Cheng, who was in charge of the grain, grass and ordnance, immediately replied: "Back to my lord, each cannon is enough to fire nine cannons." ”

The shotguns at this point are actually small lead and iron balls, so there is not much of a concept. After loading the propellant, it is directly poured into the barrel of the gun and compacted and fired, so the firing range is very close, only about two or three hundred steps, but it can form a large barrage, which has terrifying lethality to the cavalry infantry in a dense formation.

Qin Mu originally had two Hongyi cannons, ten Furrang cannons, plus three red-coated cannons captured by Azig, and now has a total of fifteen cannons.

According to the range of the shot, the distance of two hundred paces is only enough to shoot one shot, and the enemy's enemy soldiers can rush in front of them, which is not possible.

Qin Mu then ordered: "Cao Taiping, you immediately take 8,000 men and horses to dig more trenches outside the chariot formation and 100 steps outside the small river in the east, and dig as fast as possible, so as to prevent the enemy's cavalry from rushing in directly." ”

"The last will obey." In less than half a day, Cao Taiping dared to slack off, and immediately led people to dig a trench.

Yue Zhongliang said: "My lord, I don't think Wu Sangui is necessarily determined to submit to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after today, why don't we send someone to contact him in the evening to see if we can fight for him to defect." ”

"You can give it a try, but this official thinks that there is not much hope, first of all, Wu Sangui is extremely hostile to the original Dashun army, we have already recruited Li Zicheng's department, and we want Wu Sangui to join him, it is difficult to do it for a while. What's more, Guan Ningjun's family members are now all under the control of the Tartars, and before the overall situation of the world is still unclear, it is unlikely that they will abandon their wives and children and turn against them. ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "My lord, Sun Tzu's Art of War has a saying, and there are five uses: there is a cause, there is an inner room, there is a counterpart, there is a death room, and there is a life room. Five of them are all up, and I don't know what to do. As the adults said, it is difficult to say that Wu Sangui is moved, but Azig has a brutal personality and is rude and unscrupulous. The last general thought about it, can we use the opportunity to make Azig suspicious of Wu Sangui, and then force Wu Sangui to defect. ”

Qin Mu thought for a while and nodded and said, "Su Jin's idea is on point, let's discuss it carefully, how to use it to achieve such an effect." ”

Cui Sheng immediately said: "My lord, we have thousands of wounded Tartars in our hands, and we can use them to fight back." ”

"Well, I'm afraid it won't work if you want to get immediate results just like this."

Liu Yongzhi then said: "Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men. Adult, the dead can be used in conjunction with the opposite, and the adult can reply to Wu Sangui and let the dead send it. ”

Qin Mu was quite moved when he heard this, and then asked, "Think about it, is there anything else you want to add?" ”

Su Jin groaned and said, "My lord, you can also use Mingma." ”

"What is Akama?"

"If the Qing army launches an attack in the afternoon, we can kill as many Tartars as possible, and kill as few as possible to the Guanning army, so that Azi has a preconceived suspicion, and when the subsequent counter-attack and death are carried out together, the possibility of Azig being deceived will inevitably increase."

"Well, this matter can also be considered, but the enemy is three times larger than mine, and under a rapid attack, we may not have a chance to do this."

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