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Chapter 360 Tartars are the best at this kind of thing

October 17, [-]th year of Chongzhen, was also the fourth day after Zuo Liangyu was assassinated by Zhu Shuren's rebel general.In Nanyang County, the administrative seat of Nanyang Prefecture, Zhu Shuren himself had arrived in person and began to inspect and defend.

During this period of time, Zhu Shuren had a thorough understanding of the latest movements of Duduo and Azig, and the severe situation facing the Nanming army.

Therefore, when he was patrolling the city, his eyes were very solemn, and he could see that he was still struggling and hesitating repeatedly in his mind.

Nanyang is located in the basin and lacks water networks to defend. After the mountain pass on the edge of the basin was taken away by Azig, even if he wanted to order the troops to defend the various places, he would face the risk of being surrounded by the Qing army. This is really not true. A bargain.

Most of the accompanying ministers and staff did not dare to make random suggestions to the Governor these two days, but they all had an idea in their hearts, and it is estimated that the Governor will choose to abandon Nanyang Mansion again in the end, and withdraw the soft materials from the Han Dynasty. Water, confronting the Qing army across the Han River.

Zhu Shuren inspected the city wall twice without saying a word, and it can be seen that he inspected it very carefully, even carefully inspecting the texture of the bricks and the color of the rammed earth in every place.

When encountering the part where the bricks fell off, he also took out an iron awl that he carried with him today, and inserted it into the wall soil with his own hands to verify the tightness.

This posture can't help but make people wonder: Could it be that the governor really intends to stick to this Nanyang county?The imperial court urged him several times to send troops, and he returned to rescue Nanjing!
Now that Yangzhou has fallen, Nanjing City is relying on a Yangtze River to block Duoduo. Although the Yangtze River's natural moat can hold back for a long time, but it has been dragged on, just in case something happens!
Gu Yanwu, one of the aides, did not understand military strategy, but was just anxious, so he persuaded Zhu Shuren to make up his mind as soon as possible with the words of righteousness:
"My lord, your reputation of loyalty is known to everyone in the world, not to mention your father-in-law... What is more important is known to the world. You have taught the Shi Ge Department not to care about the gains and losses of a city or a place. How can things come to an end? , but the authorities are deluded?"

Zhu Shuren sighed faintly, but didn't explain much, he just said that Gu Yanwu didn't know soldiers, and he couldn't understand the complexity of this matter.

Gu Yanwu was so familiar with him that it was useless to talk, and people who were more distant from him were even more silent.

Fortunately, in today's defense patrol city, there is still a feudal official who came from far away, who followed Zhu Shuren, and it was Zhang Huangyan, the military commander of Sichuan.

Zhang Huangyan had been in Sichuan all along. When he was chasing and arresting Li Zicheng a while ago, Zhu Shuren dispatched people from the west to intercept him. Zhang Huangyan brought Fang Guoan and some members of the Kuidong Shisan family.

In the end, Zhang Huangyan was lucky. The troops he led, because they were the best at mountain warfare, happened to intercept Li Zicheng in Wollongong, Longzhong.

Although Li Zicheng threw himself into the fire in the end and was not captured alive, he only got a pile of burnt bones, but Song Xiance was also captured alive. With this credit, Zhang Huangyan will probably be able to accumulate enough qualifications and be promoted to a higher level this time. .

After Li Zicheng's death, because the defense in Sichuan was not urgent, but Huguang became more and more urgent because of Azig's southward movement, so Zhang Huangyan's troops stayed behind and did not leave.

His identity is closer, he is not afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he speaks out to remonstrate on his behalf: "Brother Ting Lin's words are not unreasonable, why don't you listen to him, you will understand."

Zhu Shuren waved his hand and told the others to retreat dozens of steps. Only Zhang Huangyan and Gu Yanwu were left by his side. Then he organized his thoughts, pointed at the city defense, and said eloquently:

"Only by fighting for peace can we achieve peace. If we only rely on showing weakness to seek peace, we will be pressed by the enemy every step of the way. At that time, we will have fewer troops to mobilize--

Why do you say that you must guard the Huai River if you guard the river since ancient times?It is because the Yangtze River is long and can be crossed everywhere, and the defensive side cannot fortify thousands of miles. There is always a void.

Therefore, the hub estuaries connecting the Jianghuai and Jianghan must be blocked to ensure that ships from the north cannot enter the Yangtze River through Hangou, Hanshui and other rivers.

Today we "guard the river must guard the Han" is also the same reason, even if we give up the whole territory of Nanyang Prefecture and surrender the Hanshui, we can ensure that there will be no mistakes for a long time, and Azig will not be allowed to cross the Hanshui all the time?What if things change over time and he catches a gap?
Li Zicheng's successful crossing was due to my deliberate design to release the water, but even if the water was not released, if the two armies were at a stalemate for a month, two months, or even longer, Li Zicheng himself might find a gap.As for the trespassers, they had already lost several battles before, and their morale was exhausted. They felt that they were caught by Li Dingguo only after they fell into the trap, and they were defeated by Cao Bianjiao.

And if it is the Eight Banners cavalry, even if they cross the river, we will immediately re-stabilize the Hanshui defense and prevent backup from stealing. With the terrifying ability of the Eight Banners cavalry to move to battle, they can completely rely on tens of thousands of soldiers without reinforcements or supplies. Horses run rampant in Jianghan's various prefectures.

If I don't have enough troops to stay in Jianghan, let alone keep Azig, it would be nice not to be completely messed up by him.

Back then, the soldiers and horses of the Tartars treated even the Great Wall as nothing. They entered the customs and robbed them casually, and no one could stop them and surround them to death.Even if I can deal with it myself, but after I leave, the partial divisions I leave behind may not have the ability, and General Cao Bianjiao may not be able to block this side alone. "

Zhang Huangyan is also a soldier. After being reminded by Zhu Shuren, he also realized that the Xiangyang Hanshui defense line is really not easy to defend——

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Wende defended Xiangyang City for seven years under the onslaught of the Mongolian army. However, during those seven years, Xiangyang City was completely surrounded by land.

For a long time, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty could only rely on the superiority of the navy to deliver military food and materials to the two cities of Xiangfan from the Hanshui River.In other words, at that time, the entire Jianghan Plain between the Han River and the Yangtze River in the Song Dynasty had been invaded by the Tartars. The land that the Southern Song Dynasty could actually control was mainly the land south of the Yangtze River in Wuchang and Ezhou.

Therefore, if you really plan to defend Xiangyang, you must be mentally prepared for the other lands on both sides of the Han River to be completely invaded. In the end, the Southern Dynasties could only rely on the Han River waterway to communicate with the defenders in the city, and the vast plains outside the city would be lost.

And Zhu Shuren has been operating in Huguang for many years, whether it is Jingzhou Mansion or Xiangyang Mansion, a large area of ​​fertile and rich land cannot be lost.

In this way, the choice is ready to come out - if he wants to completely defend the Han River, he must leave an isolated city north of the Han River. The boats that Zizi collected in the hinterland of Nanyang Prefecture entered the Han River from the Baihe River.In this way, as long as this point is guarded, the enemy can be prevented from crossing the river.

Just like defending Xiangyang, it is not to prevent enemy ships from entering the Han River from the upper reaches, but to "block the enemy's path along the Han River passing through Xiangyang and then into the Yangtze River" to ensure that there are no large numbers of enemy ships in the main stream of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times, the battle between the north and the south, several key nodes, all of them are based on this principle of war.Guarding Hefei is not to prevent the two banks of Feishui from falling, but to prevent enemy ships from entering the Yangtze River through Feishui from the Huaihe River.Keeping Huaiyin and Shouchun are also the same principle.

Under such circumstances, if the enemy coming from the north wanted to cross the river again, they would have to temporarily collect ships after arriving at the north bank of the Yangtze River. However, the defending side would obviously take away all civilian ships in advance to ensure that no boat could be found on the north bank.In that case, the Northern Army would have to build ships on the north bank of the river, and you would have to have facilities and shipyards to build ships. It would take a few months to get it right, and the fighters would be lost.

"So, Brother Xian intends to push the line of defense forward and let Nanyang County play the role of Xiangyang in the late Song Dynasty, so that the Tatars will go from 'ships can only enter the Han River but not the Yangtze River' to 'only enter the Baihe River' And unable to enter the Han River'.

As for the other vast areas in Nanyang Prefecture that are not dangerous to defend, they still have to be left to the Tartars. They only guard the most dangerous county and only ensure the strategic goal of breaking the Baihe River. The defenders here have to let the enemy siege? "

Zhu Shuren nodded: "That's right, that's what I thought, but the Manchu Tartars are more difficult to deal with than the Mengyuan Tartars back then. When the Mengyuan Tartars didn't return their cannons, Lu Wende could still defend them for so many years. After returning to the cannon, the Song army was quickly defeated.

Today's Manchu Tartars have red barbarian cannons. According to the military situation I have found, although Azig's route is far less valued by Dorgon than Duoduo's route, the red barbarian cannons equipped are not as good as There are many roads, but there are at least thirty or forty gates.

Don't underestimate the Tartars. The Tartars attach great importance to casting cannons. The number of Hongyi cannons in the whole country is probably more than two hundred!This is the figure before they entered the customs, and now we have to add the seized stocks left by the late emperor in Beijing!
And I need at least a supervisor who is not afraid of death, and some generals, to defend Nanyang County for a winter, and it may be longer.Only in this way will I have enough time to deal with Doduo all the way.

The water volume of the Baihe River is shallow and narrow, and its location is to the north. It may freeze during the twelfth lunar month. At that time, all foreign aid will be completely cut off in the city, and there will be no waterways available, and even news may not be sent out.If it is not a person with an extremely firm will, it is difficult to have such a firm determination. "

Having said all of this, Zhang Huangyan could tell that my cousin was worried, fearing that other people would be shaken if they were trapped in the isolated city this winter.

So what else can he say?I can only take the initiative to ask for a job: "Since that's the case, our brother, what else can we say? Let me sit in Nanyang City and be surrounded by Azig for a winter."

Zhu Shuren also knew Zhang Huangyan's loyalty.In history, Zhang Huangyan was able to echo Zheng Chenggong in fighting against the Qing Dynasty. He fought on the coast of the Zhoushan Islands for nearly 20 years without surrendering. What's more, the current emperor of Ming Dynasty has changed his cousin's father-in-law. Zhang Huangyan is even more motivated to be loyal to Daming to the end.

But Zhu Shuren still wanted to remind him a few words: "Things are not that simple. Of course you have the courage to fight to the end and never surrender.

But if the news is cut off, for example, in the first month, Azig sent someone to persuade you to surrender, telling you that the city of Nanjing has already been breached, and it will not help the overall situation if you keep defending it. You have been loyal to Daming to the last moment, and you can still play Do you want to hold down the morale of the army?
For another example, if Azig sent someone to report that because he cut off the connection between Nanyang County and the rear, he successfully spread false news, made the court mistakenly think that you had surrendered, and also dealt with your family members, you have to How to prevent morale instability?

The Tartars have been doing this kind of thing of intercepting scout messengers and spreading false news for more than ten years, starting from Yuan Chonghuan's time. They are very professional. "

Zhang Huangyan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and patted his chest: "In this way, it is more and more time for Brother Wei to guard this Nanyang County, my dear brother, you are embarrassed to send us to deliberately lure Brother Wei to speak out by yourself?
Among all the civil and military people in Huguang, besides me, who else can have such mutual trust with my virtuous brother and His Majesty?My relatives are the relatives of Xiandi, how can I believe that Xiandi and His Majesty will mistakenly think that I have surrendered to the enemy and deal with my family?Will Brother Xian deal with your own mother's natal family?

How can I believe that Duoduo can attack the city of Nanjing, as long as you bring Huguang's main force back to aid, my brother, you will surely defeat Duoduo. Brother Yu has this confidence. "

Zhu Shuren sighed: "Okay, we have determination and mutual trust, but we need to pay attention to some skills in order to defend this Nanyang County."

(End of this chapter)