Griffin Commander in the Late Ming Dynasty

The problem now is no longer that there are rebels under his rule, but that the rebels can easily wipe out an army of 500 well-equipped, well-trained soldiers with two cannons. So their threat to Yangzhou City is obvious.

It is very likely that the other party was not lying when he said he was going to attack the city!

"Come here, notify the guards to enter combat readiness. Everyone should be on guard on the city walls. If there is any disturbance, notify me immediately!"

"Yes, my lord!"

“As for You”

Chen Maotai glanced at the Jinyiwei guards kneeling on the ground and said, "Wait for impeachment!"

The moon was high in the sky, but the city of Yangzhou was not at peace at this moment.

Torches passed through the streets and alleys, and the clanging of armor and weapons made people feel extremely depressed, completely dispersing the original strong New Year atmosphere.

The doors of every household were closed, and teams of soldiers kept rushing towards the city wall.

"What happened?"

"I don't know. During the day, I saw a group of soldiers marching out of the city, and at night, there was this scene again..."

The common people at home were speculating about the current situation with great worry. The officers and soldiers who went out of the city to suppress the bandits had no need to explain the situation to the residents in the city, and the deputy commander had no obligation to issue official documents to inform the common people. The only county magistrate who could appease the people was still on his way, so the common people could only guess what they saw today.

"I heard earlier that the Tartars seemed to have moved south, and there has been no news since then. What do you think? Could it be that the Tartars are attacking us?"

When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and reacted violently, because if you think about it carefully, this is really possible!

You must know that since August last year, the Tatars have been running rampant in northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty, coming and going freely. The Ming government troops did not put up any effective resistance and were defeated one by one.

Although the Qing army had suffered a huge defeat in Jinan, this news never reached the south.

The main reason was that our Emperor Chongzhen abolished all the post stations across the country in order to save money for the court.

As a result, the speed of transmitting various types of information increased by more than several times. Even Texas had just received the news from Jinan City.

"Don't guess. I have a nephew who is on duty in the military camp. He told me that the bandit Li Zicheng has come out again. This time he has gathered a large number of people and is coming to Yangzhou aggressively!"

"Ah? There is such a thing. Why are they targeting us? What should we do?"

"What's so hard about this? We in Yangzhou are rich. What else can we do? Run!"

"How can you run? Where can you run? The city gates have been closed for a long time. No one is allowed to enter or leave without a warrant. If you wanted to run, you should have done so a long time ago. But now, you can't run even if you want to."

"Ah? What should I do?"

......

Such discussions were ongoing in the streets and alleys of Yangzhou City, and on the roof of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion in Yangzhou City, a figure was squatting on the beam.

"Rumors have basically started to spread in the city, but Commander, what's the point of us spending so much effort?"

"Of course it's useful~"

Jiang Han said to LTLX with a smile.

"Yangzhou City not only has ordinary people, refugees, officials, soldiers, but also quite a few large landowners and aristocratic families. These people are the backbone of Yangzhou City. Often, these soldiers fighting on the front line cannot decide whether the city can be defended or not."

"That is to say, Commander, you want to start with these people and take over this city. But, what does this have to do with spreading rumors? Besides, if we attack the city directly, won't the result be the same?"

LTLX means it cannot be understood.

"It's easy to destroy, but difficult to build. LTLX, we can take down this city. If we want, it's not difficult to blow down the walls of Yangzhou City. But what about after that? What we want after we take down is a Yangzhou with broken walls and ruins? How long will it take for such a Yangzhou to recover? We don't have much time to waste."

"So Commander, what do you mean...?"

"The purpose of the rumor is to use the tiger's skin to pull the flag. People always like to compromise. If I ask them to surrender and let bygones be bygones, they will definitely not be happy. But if I surround the city and rumors spread in the city that I want to chop them all up, they will accept surrender again. But as a small owner of the manor, I don't have any deterrent power, so naturally I can only come up with a more fierce name."

"Commander, do you mean to ask them to give Yangzhou City to you? But, how is this possible? We don't have that many people. Moreover, with only 500 people's weapons and equipment, it won't even be enough to bluff, right?"

"Don't worry, I've handed this matter over to SOP. I believe she will be able to handle it."

Jiang Han looked confidently at the Yangzhou city in the distance with blazing flames. "Little Li, although I don't know where you are now, please lend me your name for now!"

Volume 167: Chapter Chapter : I, Dorgon, am not made of clay!

The Qing army suffered a severe setback when attacking the city of Jinan.

In that catastrophic rout, more than 10,000 soldiers were lost out of the 50,000-man army, and most of the war horses were killed. If the cannons on the city walls had not been removed, they would have been unable to bring back any usable cannons.

Fortunately, the captured Prince De was still in their hands, and hundreds of thousands of civilians were also taken away by them. It can be said that they basically got what they wanted, but it was still an undoubted failure.

This battle not only dealt a severe blow to the Qing army, but was also a major setback for Dorgon himself.

Since the Qing army entered the pass, they have been shitting and pissing on the head of the Ming Dynasty. While shitting, they even had to borrow paper from the Ming emperor, and the emperor had to beg for peace. They all acted very bravely, but why did you, Dorgon, mess up all of a sudden?

There is no doubt that if Dorgon returned to his headquarters with such a record, he would be humiliated by his brothers so badly that he would not be able to raise his head. Such a defeat would undoubtedly be an insurmountable hurdle for him to get the position he wanted in the future.

For the Qing Dynasty, which was founded on archery and horsemanship, a prince who was defeated in a battle had almost lost all chances of becoming the crown prince.

However, this was not what Dorgon cared about most. What he cared about most was that there was a third-party force outside of Daming, and this force was very strong.

After the face-to-face contact, he realized that the other party could definitely not be the hidden force of the Ming Dynasty court, because the Ming Dynasty was not qualified.

Given the character of the Ming Emperor, if there really existed an army that could kill thousands of his own people in a matter of minutes, he would have pulled it out and sent it to Yanmen Pass long ago. How could he let it stay in the city of Jinan?

Moreover, if the army of Jinan City had such a secret force, they should have sent people to encircle and suppress it after their defeat and expand their victory, instead of allowing themselves to retreat.

Therefore, there must have been the involvement of a third-party force, and the capability of this third-party force was like a tiger among a flock of sheep to both the Ming and Qing dynasties.

If our own troops cannot defeat the enemy, then whoever's troops come will have the same result. That power... that power is beyond human power to contend with. It's simply... it's simply...

Dorgon was a little confused. He barely saw the enemy's appearance before his own people were slaughtered. After the battle, he had no idea who the enemy was or how many there were. All he got were more than 10,000 corpses of his own soldiers. Could this still be considered a battle?

How can we defeat such an enemy? Even more terrifying is, where are the bodies of our soldiers?

The panic in the army continued, and all the soldiers thought they had seen some kind of monster and said that the enemy was invincible.

Dorgon's mood did not last long, as a new accident interrupted his worries.

Although the information was transmitted with a delay, from the moment Dorgon's army appeared outside the city of Jinan, the failure of the court's plan to block the enemy in Dezhou was a foregone conclusion. The 800-mile rush could not be faked, and the battle report would completely expose their mistakes to the current emperor.

All the officials in Shandong turned pale when they learned that the Jiannu were attacking Jinan, because they knew that the city defense of Jinan was less than 500 men, and the city's fall was almost a foregone conclusion.

As a big city, the wealth contained in Jinan is unimaginable. The losses caused by the looting of such a big city by the Jiannu are unimaginable, not to mention that Prince De, a royal relative, was taken hostage by the Jiannu. With the emperor's temper, it was enough to make most of the people present not only lose their official hats, but also their heads.

But, as if there was always a way out, they received news that the Qing army had suffered a defeat in Jinan City and was retreating in a panic.

At first, everyone thought it was Fike Nius. Wasn't it too much to play such a joke on a dying person? They were already in their forties, and they were doing such things. Aren't they afraid that they would give birth to a son who would bite a lighter?

But soon, as the scouts in the army discovered that the Qing army had indeed suffered heavy losses and their retreat speed had slowed down a lot, everyone's spirits immediately changed.

After repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the intelligence, everyone present instantly came out of their mood of "it's all over, the battle has begun, just wait to die, there's no hope", and immediately began to prepare for the aftermath and consider how to expand the results of the battle.

Although I don't know how the 500-odd defenders defeated the 50,000 Qing troops, it is not important. What is important is that they won the battle under their own leadership.

The Qing army suffered a defeat and this delicious piece of fat meat was thrown into the hands of the hungry sharks in an instant. Everyone was fighting for this piece of cake with great pleasure.

Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, there were naturally many talented people, and there were naturally people whose thinking was not so narrow and rigid.

Their thinking is completely different. Instead of fighting for this piece of cake, why not make the cake bigger?

Since the Qing army has already suffered a defeat and incurred considerable losses, why don't we pursue the enemy and bring Prince De back?

We can't fight head-on, but if you want us to beat the defeated Jiannu with a kick, we not only have the courage to do so, but we are also very brave!

You dogs, you have come to this day!

And at this moment, Dorgon was facing such a situation.

"Master, a large number of Ming troops are chasing me from behind, there are tens of thousands of them!"

When Dorgon heard this battle report, he could hardly believe his ears. Chasing us? The Ming army? Are you kidding?

Dorgon knew very well that no one would joke about such an important military matter, but he was still overwhelmed by the absurdity of the matter.

"Ah, yes, it's only been three months, and I had forgotten that there are such ignorant people among the Ming dogs..."

Shaking his head, Dorgon reflected on his previous misconduct. It had only been a short time and he had already developed such a problem. It really shouldn't have happened, but... but...it was okay for the unknown enemy, but since when did this group of dog-like Ming troops dare to chase them in the wild?

This anger almost came from the inside out, rushing into Dorgon's heart like a ball of fire, and radiated from him to the hearts of every Qing soldier.

Ten thousand men, in the wild, chasing us?

The humiliation of being despised almost tortured them to the point of madness. All the grievances they had suffered in Jinan City suddenly flooded into their hearts and turned into raging anger. This anger urged them on, like a battering ram, to turn back and plunge into the pursuing Ming army camp.

Soon, three battle reports were placed on Chongzhen's desk. One was about the attack on Jinan City, one was about the great victory in Jinan and the defeat of the Jian Nu army, and the last one was about the defenders along the city going in pursuit and fighting the Qing army head-on in the wild. Then, 10,000 people were completely defeated by the other side, leaving less than 3,000 people.

All the civil and military officials in the court were as quiet as a chicken at this moment. Just by looking at the emperor's face, one could tell that he was in a very, very bad mood.

Kawen, it's so painful....qqun①⑥bar 77yiyi

Volume 168: Chapter Chapter : People with bad brains should not make plans

"Check the time. The patrol cycle of the city defense forces is fifteen minutes. Adding the time required for transfer, we have two minutes to find the owner of this house."

In the backyard of a mansion in Yangzhou City, four humanoids gathered here and used the built-in electronic timer to calculate the current time. HK416 began to tell them about their new mission.

"It is now 11:21pm, everyone prepare yourselves and keep time."

"Although I understand your desire to create an atmosphere, do we really need to lower our voices when speaking?"

"This is all for the mission!"

"Oh!"

Sop nodded, acknowledging this statement.

"But why does the house on my mission target seem different from yours?"

Looking at the electronic map, Gougou discovered that the house type marked with his Q-version avatar mission seemed to be a bit inconsistent with those of his teammates.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot, your task is another one, I'll send it to you right away"

Jiang Han quickly handed another task to sop.

"Destroy all targets in the mansion..."

Sop looked at his mission and read it word by word: "Great! I love destroying targets the most! Thank you, Commander."

Gougou really likes her mission. At the beginning, she was really distressed. If she was asked to capture hostages, she really didn't know how to hold back.

“It should be…it should be”

Jiang Han wiped the sweat from his forehead. Oh my god, he almost forgot about this. Letting the dog capture the hostages was not a Mao-style rescue.

Yes, after thinking about it for half the night, Jiang Han felt that there seemed to be no need for him to play any tricks with this group of people. Since they were about to overturn the table, why not do it thoroughly? This kind of vague scheme was like taking off pants to fart, which was a waste of time.

Since the gates of Jinan City are decided by these "big shots" in the city, why don't I just grab some people, put a gun to their heads and ask them to open the gates? He is plotting these conspiracies as if his brain is working well.

This truth comes from the conversation I had with HK416 an hour ago.

"First, spread rumors in the city, then cause conflicts between the upper echelons and the lower-level people in the city, and then negotiate with the upper echelons to trick them into opening the city gates and taking over the city defenses, dividing the chaotic situation in the city to stabilize it... Ah... Help me, why does this plan require so many steps to consider!"

Jiang Han scratched the back of his head, his whole brain starting to go into overdrive.

"Commander, when you first made the plan, didn't you think that there would be so many patches to be made during the planning process?"

Looking at the crazy Jiang Han, HK416 asked curiously.

"I didn't expect at first that there would be so many details to fill in. I only thought of five steps, but when I really started to implement them, I found that there were many more things to do under these five steps, such as how to hide spies, how to monitor the other party's actions, how to spread rumors in a semi-closed situation, how to arouse the people's resistance, and how to create those coincidences. There are too many things to consider..."

Jiang Han wrote and drew on the notebook in depression, constantly perfecting his ideas.

"What if one of the links goes wrong? For example, the rumor doesn't spread as widely as expected, or those masters don't receive the information you want to convey at all? Or, for example, the commander mentioned that Li... doesn't have such a high deterrent power in front of the rulers here. At that time, what will the commander do?"

HK416 asked softly, frowning.

"Hey?"

Jiang Han was stunned. He found that he seemed to have never thought about these questions. Damn it, wouldn't it be like he was just focusing on doing things without considering any follow-up measures? In that case, his plan would be further improved, but Jiang Han felt that something was wrong with all this, as if there was something he didn't grasp.

"The more complex and sophisticated a plan is, especially one with a big goal, the greater the possibility of failure, because it requires precise coordination of every link. Any missing point will lead to failure, and any missing link will lead to a huge difference. Only when all links are linked together can it succeed. However, the cost of doing so will be quite high, which is why no one usually uses conspiracies."

"The more you do, the more details you have to consider, and the greater the possibility of error. Therefore, conspiracies are very easy to crack."

Listening to HK416's words, Jiang Han was thoughtful.

"you mean....."

"The simpler the plan, the better. The key is how to successfully achieve the goal. The fewer steps, the higher the success rate. When the conditions you put forward are irresistible to them, then you are sure to win."

"I see, I understand!"

Jiang Han suddenly realized that he had been walking into a dead end, talking about the code of conduct with these people and spreading rumors and hints.