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Chapter 723 Resettlement of Refugees
In May, the Qing Army's Central Route Army broke Zhenyuan Pass and entered Ningxia Mansion. Soon after, the West Route Qing Army under the leadership of Sony shot a feint shot in Ganzhou, and then entered through the border wall of Zhenfan County in Liangzhou Prefecture. close.

More than [-] Qing armies from the two routes crossed the Yongliang area. Officials from various prefectures and counties summoned the strong people to defend the city and implement the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness.

With the defense line of the Great Wall already broken, the Wei army concentrated its forces to block the Qing army entering the pass. However, because the Qing army did not fight with the large Wei army, the effect was not obvious.

At the end of May, many counties in Gansu were captured by the Qing army, and the people suffered heavy casualties. An influential Muslim leader in Gansu launched a Muslim fight, and was defeated by Oboi in Liangzhou. Tens of thousands of rebels suffered heavy losses. The leader Mi Layin After being killed in battle, Ding Guodong led thousands of remnants into Ganzhou and joined Wei General Hu Dawei.

Tartar cavalry plundered across the territory of Gansu, countless urgent beacons rose into the sky, and the cavalry who reported the news galloped on the official road, bringing together the military situation that occurred in various places to Xi'an.

The goal of the Qing army's invasion this time was to bleed the Western Wei Dynasty, create panic and refugees, and it would be best to create a Li Zicheng in the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty.

The Tartars burned, killed and looted in Yongliang, causing the people of Yongliang to flee to Guanzhong one after another.

Although the land in Gansu is barren and sparsely populated, there are still tens of thousands of people who pass through the continuous Longshan Mountains and enter Sili from Xiaoguan.

On Xiaoguan, Li Yan and several officials stood on the city wall and saw refugees supporting the old and the young crowding the official road. He turned his head and said to the several officials standing behind him: "In the land of Yongliang, the folk customs are strong. There are often local tyrants who incite the people to fight against the vassal government and refuse the vassal government to check the land. These tyrants have a lot of influence among the people of Yongliang. When you resettle the refugees, you must pay attention to disrupting these refugees and moving them to various places for resettlement , can't let them gather together."

"Yes, Cabinet!" Several civil servants bowed.

Li Yan turned his head and said to a Xuanyi guard next to him: "Wang Zhanglu, tens of thousands of refugees gather together, and if there is anything wrong, it is easy to cause big problems. Now is a special period, there must be no chaos in Guanzhong, monitor the refugees, It is up to you, Xuan Yiwei, to prevent people with malicious intentions from inciting refugees."

Wang's surname Zhang Lvyin smiled pitifully: "Don't worry, the Ministry, the king has already explained that Xuan Yiwei will make disobedient people disappear suddenly."

Li Yan frowned slightly when he heard the words, but Xuanyiwei directly pledged his allegiance to the King of Wei, which was equivalent to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. Can't say much more.

Li Yan actually disliked Xuanyiwei, a secret service agency that broke the rules and was unfettered.

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Xi'an, in the lobby of the Mansion of the Five Armies, there is a huge sand table in the middle, on which is the geography of mountains and rivers in the northwest, cities and rivers.

According to the content of the military report, the two soldiers were using two small flags, green and black, on the sand table to mark the distribution of the troops of the Wei army and the Qing army.

At this time, around the sand table, a group of generals of the Wei army stood, as well as several military officials participating in the discussion.

After staying in northern Shaanxi for a few days, Gao Yihuan had secretly returned to Xi'an to command the entire campaign.

At this time, an official of the Ministry of War pointed to the sand table and said: "On May [-], Obai went south from Ningxia Mansion and entered Pingliang Mansion. back."

The essence of Guanzhong is in the Weihe Plain, which is also the place where the Wei army must die.

Gao Yihuan stared at the sand table and asked, "Where is the Obai Army now?"

"Report to Your Majesty!" The official pointed to the sand table and said, "After Oboi was blocked in Pingliang Mansion, his soldiers and horses entered Lanzhou Mansion westward, and they should be planning to join forces with Sony who broke through from Liangzhou, and then searched for an opportunity to enter Sili. "

In the land of Gansu, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the people are poor. With the Wei army guarding the big city and the strong walls and clear fields, the Qing army could not loot much, nor could it cause much damage to the Wei army.

If the Qing army wanted to hit the morale of the people in the Western Wei Dynasty, it still had to enter Sili, rush into the Weihe Plain, and even approach the city of Xi'an.

This is just like when Huang Taiji entered the Kou Pass and marched to Beijing, which brought a major blow to the Ming Dynasty and completely changed the offensive and defensive positions.

If the Qing army came to Xi'an, firstly, Guanzhong would suffer heavy losses, secondly, the prestige of the Western Wei Dynasty would be severely damaged, and finally, the Qing army would find that their strategy of looting Guanzhong was very successful, and they would definitely come back next year.

Therefore, Gao Yihuan's bottom line is that the Qing army cannot enter Sili, and cannot come to Xi'an to beat him in the face.

At this time, he heard the report from the Ministry of War, so he looked at the generals in the five-army governor's mansion and asked, "How did the generals arrange it?"

Li Dingguo said: "The ministers judged that after Obai and Sony joined forces, it is very likely that they will look for an opportunity to enter the Weihe Plain again."

Speaking of which, Li Dingguo pointed to the sand table and said: "Guanzhong is well-shaped and has the foundation of a king. It borders the Yellow River to the east, Longshan Mountain to the west, Qinling Mountains to the south, and plateaus to the north. There are dangers on all sides. Obai and Sony's army are in the west of Guanzhong. There are only three ways for them to enter Guanzhong. The first is to detour to the north of Longshan Mountain and enter Guanzhong from Qingyang Mansion. The second is to go through the pass of Longshan Mountain, attack Xiaoguan, and enter Guanzhong. The third is , is to detour Longyou, from the south of Longshan, attack Qinzhou, enter Fengxiang, and enter Guanzhong. We have heavy troops stationed at the passes of these three roads. Most of the Tartars are horse troops, and they lack siege equipment and artillery. Can't get in."

Gao Yihuan frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked: "It's all a defensive strategy. Is there any way to kill one of their troops, or force them out!"

Li Dingguo shook his head, "Your Majesty, the Qing army's tactics have changed this time. If they don't fight the main force of our army, they will take advantage of the horse army's advantage and run around. Our army has mostly infantry, and we can't catch up with them. The troops are too scattered, afraid of being eaten by the Qing army. At present, we can only deploy defenses along the Longshan line to prevent the Tatars from breaking into Sili. At the same time, let Zhao Dudu go south from the direction of Ningxia, and Hu Dudu go east from the direction of Ganzhou Press down, fight steadily, and slowly squeeze the space for the Qing army to move."

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo paused, and then said: "I believe that there are only two possibilities for the Tartars to retreat at the moment. The first is that Huang Dudu succeeded in raiding Pujin Pass, and the Qing government asked the Tartars to retreat. The second possibility is that the Tartars retreated. Son, the food and grass were exhausted, the looting was limited, and they could not break into the pass, so they had no choice but to retreat. As for the annihilation of the Tartars, I thought that they would have a chance only when they tried to break into Sili again. Now the Tartar cavalry are wandering around. There's absolutely no opportunity to catch it."

After hearing this, Gao Yihuan looked a little dignified. He originally thought that the Western Wei army was already very powerful, but he didn't want to face the current situation, but there was not much he could do.

His current situation is really similar to that of Chongzhen when Huang Taiji entered the Kou Pass.

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