At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

As for the Battle of Jingzhou...

That's because He Tengjiao and his gang are selling their teammates too hard.

Although so many disastrous defeats made people have to despise Shunjun, but in his heart, Obai knew that Shunjun's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

What's more, even if the Shunjun army is in trouble, we, the Qing Dynasty, are like this, so we still have to be on the safe side.

This lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, and our Qing Dynasty can no longer afford to lose, so we must pay attention to our opponents no matter how weak they are!

If we lose again, our Qing Dynasty will really be doomed!

Therefore, even if you can underestimate your opponent strategically, you must also pay attention to your enemy tactically!

"What Shaobao said is that the Qing Dynasty has indeed reached a stage of crisis."

Luo Tuo said solemnly: "At this time, the less we can be careless."

"Now Guangdong and Guangxi have long been occupied by the traitor Sun Kewang. Even Huguang and Jiangnan have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Yunnan and Guizhou, which our army fought hard to defeat, are also controlled by the traitor Wu Sangui."

"If we are defeated by Nanyang again, Henan is lost, and the capital and Shaanxi and Gansu are shaken, then we will not be able to explain to the court at all!"

As Luotuo spoke, the generals of the Eight Banners also nodded continuously.

I, the Qing Dynasty, really can’t afford to lose, so now I have to cheer up no matter what!

Oboi looked at the expressions of the generals and heaved a sigh of relief.

"I have decided to leave Dulan to take three thousand people back to the Eight Banners to guard Xi'an, and then I will dispatch the Eight Banners from Xi'an to accompany me on the expedition."

"I have arranged for 10,000 soldiers and horses from the General Army King Zhiding to be stationed in the Boryeong area, and Hanzhong will be left to you, Ild."

"As for Longyou and Gansu, I am going to let you, Wang Jinbao, lead the troops to guard them."

"All the rest of the soldiers and horses from Shaanxi and Gansu will accompany me to fight!" Obai said solemnly.

Obai's arrangement has a relatively capable Qing army stationed in northern Sichuan, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, and Gansu.

Generals Dulan, Wang Zhiding, Yild, and Wang Jinbao respectively led their troops to guard the place.

A total of 40,000 armored soldiers stayed in Shaanxi and Gansu, which was enough to ensure the stability of the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu.

Of course, this presupposes that Wu Sangui will not take action.

Dulan and Wang Jinbao are indeed enough to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.

But once Wu Sangui makes the Northern Expedition, it will be a big question whether Baoning's Wang Zhiding and Hanzhong's Yild can temporarily block the Pingxi King.

But now, Obai has no other choice.

If he left more troops and horses, even if he blocked Wu Sangui, he and his remaining troops would still be unable to defeat Li Laiheng.

So in this situation of caring about the head but not the body, and caring about the body but not the head.

Obai could only choose to think about his head first and try his best to defeat Li Laiheng and resolve the siege of Nanyang.

I can only hope that Wu Sangui's movements can be slowed down a little more, so that we in the Qing Dynasty can take a breath.

"In the past, Jiang Quan was in Shaanxi, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were in Jiangxi, Li Chengdong was in Guangdong, Wang Yongqiang was in Shaanxi, Ding Guodong and Milayin were in Gansu. These rebels all rebelled against our Qing Dynasty!"

Ao Bai said seriously: "Li Guo and Gao Yigong are in Huguang, and Zhu Yihai and Zheng Chenggong are in Fujian."

"At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in a difficult situation and was in a dilemma. But in the end, God blessed the Qing Dynasty. Our Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers were able to exterminate and expel these bandits one by one!"

"Now, Sun Kewang is in Jiangnan, Li Laiheng is in Henan, Wu Sangui is in Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zheng Chenggong is in Fujian."

"Just like old times!"

He spoke solemnly, then changed the topic and sneered: "But in the past, we were able to eliminate these rebels one by one, and now we, the Qing Dynasty, can also eliminate people like Sun Kewang one by one!"

"As long as I am united and united, there will be no obstacle that I cannot overcome!"

"What Shaobao said is absolutely true!" a group of Qing generals shouted in unison, seemingly confident.

Now it seems that there is no difference between the Qing Dynasty and the King of Jin.

From a territorial point of view, although Jiangnan was lost and almost all of Huguang was lost, nothing happened in places like Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi.

It's just that things are different now. Not to mention that Wu Sangui's strength is far superior to Jiang Yu, Jin Shenghuan and others, and Zheng Chenggong's wings are far from what they were back then.

Just a giant Sun Kewang would make it difficult for the Qing Dynasty to resist.

But having said that, Oboi can only say this, in short, the arrow is on the string and must be fired!

First go to Nanyang and defeat Li Laiheng.

As long as we can defeat the imminent intruder, then our Qing Dynasty can breathe a sigh of relief.

If we can take Jingxiang and then move south to Huguang, we will completely cut off Sun Kewang from his base in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Then the situation in the Qing Dynasty can be reversed.

Anyway, let the war begin!

"Please give orders from Shaobao. We are willing to lead our troops to assist Shaobao and help the world!" A group of Qing army generals spoke one after another and asked Ao Bai to fight with great enthusiasm.

"Okay!" Obai stared at the map and said slowly: "In this battle, our army will not only defeat Li Laiheng, but also win a great victory, a complete victory!"

"For me, the Qing Dynasty, small defeats and small victories are of no use now. I, the Qing Dynasty, can still bear small defeats, and small victories are of no help. Only big victories and big defeats can determine the situation in the world!"

"If this battle can be won, then there is still hope for the whole world!"

"If there is a big defeat, then the fate is with the thieves but not the Qing, and our Eight Banners will have no choice but to retreat outside the pass!"

Oboi said in a deep voice: "Therefore, I decided to make a desperate move and fight to the death with Li Laiheng and the other mermaids!"

"Please rest assured, Shaobao, we are willing to fight to the death for the Qing Dynasty!" A group of generals hurriedly patted their chests.

"Hmm -!" Obai nodded.

"I know you all want to leave Shangluo and enter Nanyang Mansion to fight to the death with the intruders."

"It's just that using troops like this is too much for stability."

"Our army is advancing in a majestic formation. As long as Li Laiheng is on guard, he can take his time whether he fights a decisive battle with our army or retreats to Xiangyang."

"If we cannot defeat the main force of the rebellion in one fell swoop in this battle, once Wu Sangui of Yunnan and Guizhou makes any changes, our army will be in a dead end in Shaanxi and Gansu."

"And Sun Kewang from Jiangnan is already powerful. If I can't fight this person as soon as possible, I'm afraid I will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later!"

"So I decided to take them by surprise and attack them unprepared! Kill the old bandits in the hands of Li Laiheng and others in one fell swoop!"

After hearing what Ao Bai said, all the generals looked at each other in shock.

Ao Shaobao was unwilling to take the nearest Shangluo passage and fight the intruders in an upright manner. So where should the army march from?

"Shaobao, where else can the army go if they don't take the Shangluo Passage? Is it possible that they have to leave Tongguan, pass through Luoyang, and then go south to Nanyang?"

"It's just that if the army travels long distances and delays for a long time, I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience."

"If Jia Hanfu cannot defend Nanyang during this period, the situation of our army will be bad." Luo Tuo said worriedly.

There are two main roads from Xi'an to Nanyang.

One is through Lantian and Shangzhou, leaving Wuguan and arriving at Neixiang, Henan. Once here, it is close to Nanyang. The other one is to leave Tongguan and arrive at Luoyang via Hongnong, Mianchi and other places.

Then go south from Luoyang to Ruzhou Prefecture, and then pass through Lushan Mountain and Luyang Pass to enter the Nanyang Basin.

Compared with Shangluo Passage, the distance of the second road is really too far.

If the Qing army took the Shangluo Passage out of the mountains, they would reach the Nanyang Basin, but taking another route would require a long detour.

No matter from which perspective, Shangluo Passage is much easier to walk than the second road.

If you take the Shangluo Passage from Xi'an, you only need to walk six to seven hundred miles to enter the Nanyang Basin.

As for the other road, the distance from Xi'an to Luoyang is more than 700 miles, and then goes south across four to five hundred miles, passing through the entire Henan Province to reach Nanyang.

The gap is really quite big.

"The Shangluo Passage is indeed close enough and is the best route for troops to enter, but we know this, and the intruders will also know it!" Obai said seriously: "Because of this, the intruders will definitely be on guard!"

"According to Jia Hanfu's military report, Neixiang had already been captured by intruders as early as the initial siege of Nanyang."

"If our army leaves Shangluo and goes to Nanyang, I'm afraid we have to pull out the inner country to reach Nanyang."

"If Li Laiheng and others get the news and lead the main force to march westward, with Neixiang as the core, the intruders will be able to block our army at the exit of Shangluo Passage and fight!"

"Once this happens, our army's situation will be greatly unfavorable!"

The faces of the Qing generals changed when they heard this. Although the Xixiakou area is still under the control of the Qing army.

The entire Shangluo passage is relatively smooth, but Neixiang, the first important town after leaving Shangluo, has been captured by the Shun army.

Once Li Laiheng led his troops here and blocked the Qing army's road, the Qing army who was blocked at the exit would be in a dilemma.

Should we pull out the nail in Neixiang or not?

If you don't pull it out, there will be worries about the future.

The heavy troops of the Shun army are here, and they might be able to directly cut off the Qing army's food route.

If it were pulled out, the Qing army relieving the siege of Nanyang would have to start an siege.

"But Shaobao, having said that, Henan has been corrupted. If our army leaves Tongguan and then goes thousands of miles to Nanyang, I'm afraid the situation will be even more unfavorable!"

Luo Tuo said worriedly: "Don't you hear the old story of Sun Chuanting? In the past, his Jiaxian County had run out of food, and our army had to continue southward from Jiaxian County to Nanyang."

"With such a long supply line, even if Xi'an has food, I'm afraid it won't be able to support the army for a long time."

"That's right." Dulan said solemnly: "As the saying goes, if you transport food thousands of miles, you won't save even one out of ten. The road out of Tongguan is hundreds of miles longer."

"Even if the army is not afraid of hard work, the difficulty of transporting grain and grass will increase exponentially."

"And Henan was already in ruins, and now it has been stirred up by intruders and is surrounded by war and corruption."

"Once our army's food and grass supply fails, is it possible that our Eight Banners will have to feed the people in Henan like Sun Chuanting?"

As soon as this statement came out, all the generals agreed.

Henan has been in ruins for a long time, and now there is war everywhere, making it difficult to supply the army.

Of course, if they burn, kill and loot, judging from the current situation in Henan, they can still keep the Qing army well fed.

After all, Sun Chuanting had Li Zicheng to clear the country, but most of Henan is still under the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

No one organized the people to stand up and clear the country.

And the generals have no psychological burden. They are used to killing, wounding and looting. Who should be killed without killing?

Killing the common people in the area controlled by the enemy is called killing the traitorous people. Killing the common people in the area controlled by one's own can be called killing the rebellious people.

We, the people of the Qing Dynasty, should also donate generously and contribute the food in their bowls when the country is in crisis.

It's just that the Qing army went to fight and to relieve the siege.

If they disperse as soon as they enter Henan, they will burn, kill and loot everywhere.

How is this fight going?

Ao Bai smiled when he heard this and said: "The main force of our army does not go to Henan, but to Shangluo."

"what?"

The generals of the Qing army were immediately confused when they heard this. What did Ao Shaobao mean?

Just now we were saying that the Shangluo Passage was not good, why are we now saying that the main force is going to Henan?

"Shaobao, my subordinates are not very talented and have little knowledge. Please speak clearly, Shaobao." Luo Tuo said quickly.

Oboi said solemnly: "Nowadays, if we take the Shangluo Passage, we will easily be blocked by intruders in the inner countryside, and if we take the Henan route to transport food thousands of miles away, it will not only delay the movement for a long time, but also lengthen our army's supply line, making it difficult for our army to last long. "

"In this case, I decided to take two paths together!"

"Let's go together?" The generals were stunned when they heard this.

"Our army can dispatch more than 50,000 elite armored soldiers in total." Obai said slowly: "I have decided to let Luo Dutong, under my banner, lead more than 40,000 troops through the Shangluo Passage and march towards Nanyang with great fanfare!"

"And I myself selected 10,000 fine cavalry, just like the old days of Luck Dehun, they stopped all the way out of Henan and rushed to Nanyang for thousands of miles!"

"Let the intruder be carelessly defeated by the iron cavalry of my Eight Banner Heavenly Soldiers again!"

As soon as these words came out, all the generals opened their eyes wide and were shocked by Obai's decision.

"Wonderful! This is a brilliant plan, Shao Bao!" Du Lan said excitedly: "In the past, the intruders repeatedly underestimated the marching speed of our Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, and were beaten to pieces by our Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers."

"Shaobao's advance of troops like this will definitely cause the intruders to be defeated by their carelessness just like they did more than ten years ago!"

The Eight Banners soldiers have the strongest mobility in this era. In addition to their own physical fitness, they are equipped with the best horses and mules in the world, so they can obtain the strongest mobility in this era.

During the Battle of Shanhaiguan in the past, Dorgon led his troops to march 200 miles a day until they reached Shanhaiguan. Only then was he able to enter the battlefield at the most critical moment.

After Li Zicheng abandoned Xi'an, he was overtaken by Azig nine times in a row. In the end, he was defeated because he underestimated the mobility of the Qing army, which caused the hatred of Jiugong Mountain.

During the Shunzhi period, the Qing cavalry once set an astonishing record of marching 360 miles in five consecutive days.

Although the quality of the Eight Banners soldiers has dropped a lot now, the Eight Banners soldiers at this time still have strong combat power, and their mobility can also be maintained at a high level.

The distance from Xi'an to Nanyang is more than 1,300 miles.

But if you can select 10,000 fine cavalry, each person can have many horses.

Then this distance can only be reached in a few days!

If planned well, the Qing army's mobility will be used again.

It may not be possible to create another Battle of Jingzhou in Nanyang!

In the past, Luck Dehun defeated 100,000 Shun troops with 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers as the core.

Nowadays, Obai's ten thousand elite cavalry may not be able to defeat Li Laiheng and others' tens of thousands of armors!

"The main force of the army is heading towards Shangluo, and thousands of fine cavalry are heading out of Henan."

Oboi said slowly: "There is a saying in the art of war: use the right combination to win by surprise!"

"Our army thinks it's upright, but Shangluo's troops are called the main force but are actually pretenders."

"In the past, a surprise attack of five thousand and eight banners could defeat a hundred thousand intruders. Now I can attack with ten thousand cavalry and defeat the intruders!" (End of Chapter)