The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 186

Zhu Linmei sighed softly, "It's just that this method can only be used as an aid, but it can't give much hope."

Zhang Jiayu carefully wrote down what he said just now, and then asked: "My lord, if you want to transfer the troops stationed in Yanping and Shaowu to hinder Azig, you may need to send them to the Ministry of War for recruitment first."

"No need," Zhu Linmei shook her head and said, "The late emperor asked me to restrain all the Ming troops in Fujing, and the edict has not yet been withdrawn, so I will use this to transfer the troops."

"Yes!"

"If Boluo is betting on Shanguan, then he should also pay attention to the west side of Shanguan."

Back then, when Boluo went south from Zhejiang, he sent 2 people to invade Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi by detour, intending to control Shanguan from the Jiangxi side and completely block Fujing from the outside world.

Previously, Yang Tinglin had led his troops to Guangxin to deploy defenses, but no major movement has been heard so far, which means that at least there was no advantage from Jianlu over there.Zhu Linmi continued to instruct Zhang Jiayu: "Send another letter to Yang Tinglin's Yangge department, and ask him to stop Liu Guangbi's army in the north of Guangxin.

"If Liu Guangbi passes through Shanguan to deliver food to Azig, it will have a negative impact on our battle situation." He hesitated for a moment, then continued, "I would like to add one more thing. If he has spare strength in the battle, it is best to send troops to increase the number of soldiers." Fangshan Pass."

"Yes!"

"Okay, let's do the rest first, you arrange these two things first." Zhu Linmi patted Zhang Jiayu's shoulder, turned and mounted the horse, "The rest depends on how we block Azig It was eaten in Shaowu. This must be a tough battle."

"Stuck in Shaowu?" Zhang Jiayu was stunned for a moment, but seeing that Zhu Lin had already driven away, he could only say to himself, "The Jian captives have gone west for ten days. No matter how fast our army marches, I'm afraid we can only chase them as far as we can. Jiangxi has wiped out the enemy. Or did your Highness miscalculate the mileage?"

After more than half a day of fighting, the soldiers of the Dragon Guards and the Polu Camp were quite tired, so Zhu Linmi ordered the soldiers to use the Qing army's ready-made camp to make some repairs.

However, all the senior officers and the company commanders of the three engineering companies still could not rest. After receiving Zhu Linmi's order, they all rushed to the central army tent in the former Boluo to participate in the army's combat meeting.

"Your Highness, it will take more than 20 days for the army to travel from Nanping to Shanguan." Deng Shan was impatient, and when he saw that people were almost here, he hurriedly said, "The captive army has already traveled half the distance, we should break out of camp as soon as possible and march all the way quickly Only then can..."

He thought for a while, then suddenly said in frustration, "I can't catch up...it's okay, let's go back to our hometown in Jiangxi to clean up the thieves!"

"I am afraid that the people of Jiangxi will be tortured again if we build slaves and enter the territory of Jiangxi." Gu Yanwu sighed, "Besides, if Azig leaves behind heavy troops to defend Shanguan, we will have to pay a lot if we want to take the pass. cost."

Zhu Linmi sat down at the head, but didn't speak, and only ordered Shi Lin and a few soldiers to spread out the huge military map on the table.

"Your Highness, I have a way. Maybe we can get to Shanguan before Azig." Zhen Zhen had been bowing his head in thought before, but suddenly he jumped up and said this sentence, which immediately attracted everyone in the tent gaze.

"Oh? Please tell me, General Zhen." Zhu Linmei also said with great interest.

Zhen Zhen pointed to the newly laid map on the table, "From Nanping to Shanguan, although the straight line is only less than [-] miles, but along the way, you have to bypass Jianxi, Chongyang, Futun and these streams. tributaries, so the actual distance may have to be doubled.”

Zhu Linmi looked at Zhen Zhen and nodded approvingly, which made Yu Shura more energetic.

She continued: "Azig went deep into the host country to fight, and he couldn't get a boat at all. He was leading northern soldiers and he was not used to walking by water, so he had to go around the river.

"But we are different. There are very few people in Jiangxi who are not used to boats. Your Highness will call for civilian boats in the name of the imperial court. Our army will travel along the river by boat, which is much faster than walking. We will definitely be able to reach Guangze before Jiannu! "

Guangguang is the gate of Shanguan, only tens of miles away from Shanguan, disembarking at the ferry of Guangguang, it is almost to Shanguan.

All the generals in the tent kept nodding their heads when they heard the words.

"General Zhen has a good plan."

"Jade Shura's method is feasible."

"General Zhen's method can speed up the march," only Zhang Jiayu shook his head slightly, "but it is not easy to implement.

"Azige's troops arrived at Shanguan, and the time to attack the pass may not exceed twelve or three days. To be on the safe side, it is best for our army to arrive in about ten days.

"And if you want to travel westward by boat, you must first conscript ships. Yanping has been corrupted by Jiannu looting recently. How can you find thousands of boats in a short time? Besides, our army is now in the lower reaches of Jianxi River. If we go by water Therefore, we should first go south and enter the Futun River by detour, and then go west. It’s okay to detour, but the current at the confluence of the two rivers is very fast, and sailing is extremely dangerous.”

Shi Lang also thought of something, interjected: "Also, even if boats can be obtained in time, they must be fishermen's boats, how to carry luggage and cannons?"

Zhen Zhen couldn't help but sat back on the chair in frustration, and said sadly, "What should I do?"

Zhu Linmei smiled and said: "The solution is actually ready-made, but everyone didn't pay much attention to our engineering company in the past, so they didn't think about it."

He glanced at Zhen Zhen again, "General Zhen's approach was more than half correct just now. The Jian captives are all northern soldiers, and they are not familiar with water warfare. He was blocked by the river and had to go around, but we walked in a straight line."

"Straight line?" Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

"Usually speaking, from Nanping to Guangze, head north first, bypass Jianxi, and then go northwest. But tomorrow we will go straight west, without detours along the way."

"But the west side is the lower reaches of Futun Creek, how to cross the river?"

Zhu Linmei looked at Chen Yi and motioned, "Okay, let me explain it to you in detail."

"Yes!"

……

Fan Shaozu didn't even know how he escaped from the siege of the Ming army.All he knew was that he had been hit by a sword in his arm, and there were only three of the dozens of personal guards around him, and all of them were wounded.

"General, where are we going now?" A guard asked him.

"Go south," Fan Shaozu gritted his teeth, "pretend to be a refugee, get out of Fujian from Shanghang, and then go to Zhejiang by boat from Guangdong."

The guard was about to respond, when he suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "General, there is a Ming army!"

Cao Hongzu didn't know how he got here all the way, he didn't even know where he was right now.He only knew that he had changed three horses along the way, and only a dozen or so personal guards were still following him from the [-]-strong army.

"General, what should we do now?" A guard asked him.

"You idiot Jiang Zhengxi!" Cao Hongzu said angrily, "He actually said that Jianlu was defeated. Damn it, I was surrounded by at least [-] to [-] soldiers last night! We will return to Tianxing Mansion immediately, I want to join him!"

Just as he was feeling angry, he turned his head and saw several Jian captives under the hills not far away. His heart trembled, and he said loudly: "Go quickly, the captives are here!"

So the two groups of people turned around almost at the same time, desperately fleeing in opposite directions.

(End of this chapter)