387 Oath to the Northern Expedition
Dorgon finally sent reinforcements, and he had 100,000 attacks.
With 50,000 infantry and 50,000 elite cavalry, the Mongolian Eight Banners Army entrenched in Daming Prefecture was simply full of people!
When Sun Chuanting received the news, he was not only not panicked, but was so happy.
Because this entire strategy was formulated, he made great contributions to the formation of the entire strategy.
Originally, the meaning of Yongsheng Emperor Zhuyi was to kill Wu Sangui on the northern road. Qin Banghan's troops only needed to take Baodezhou to scare Shang Kexi, and he only needed to win over Sishui and Rongyang to scare Wu Sangui.
Because Zhu Qizhu was afraid that they would be beaten by the Eight Banners of the Meng and the Eight Banners of the Manchus.
Jiannu has always been very humble in wars. If they just move their hands and feet slightly on the edge of the territory, there will be no danger. After all, they can retreat once they find something wrong, and Jiannu can't even surround them.
If they venture deeper, they may be beaten by the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Banners and the Eight Banners. You should know that there are almost 100,000 cavalrymen, and it is still okay to deal with the Southwest Army and the Qin Army without chariots. Just the 20,000 Andong Army, the Anxi Army or the Annan Army, the Anbei Army will definitely not withstand the beatings of more than ten times the infantry and cavalry.
However, Sun Chuanting believed that Jiannu would not dare to do his best without being sure, and mobilized all the members of the Mongolian Eight Banners and Manchu Eight Banners to encircle and annihilate the North or Middle Army.
After all, there are many people, and they are even more afraid of being beaten up by them!
Besides, behind his middle army, there are 150,000 Southwest Army stationed in Luoyang, Nanyang and Runing. Even if Jiannu really launched all the men and horses of the Mongolian Eight Banners and Manchurian Eight Banners to fight, he was not afraid.
Therefore, when he heard that the Eight Banners of the Mongolian who were entrenched in Daming Prefecture were almost all out, he not only did not panic, but was so happy that he was so happy.
It's a good time, I'm afraid you won't come!
After receiving the news, he immediately ordered the Second Corps of the Southwest Army stationed in Luoyang to draw 40,000 troops into Gong County, the Third Corps of the Southwest Army stationed in Nanyang to draw 40,000 troops into Ye County, and the Fourth Corps of the Southwest Army stationed in Ruzhou and Runing to draw 40,000 troops into Jia County.
In this way, the three groups of men faintly formed a semicircle, enclosing Zhengzhou in the middle. As long as the Mongolian Eight Banners army dared to rush over, he would order the three groups of men to launch from the outside and encircle the Mongolian Eight Banners army in one fell swoop.
At that time, although it may not be possible to completely wipe out the Mongolian Eight Banners army, it is still no problem to hold them back. As long as the Mongolian Eight Banners army is dragged down, the eastern army will be able to advance all the way and head straight to the capital!
This is their strategy. Using the North Road and the Middle Road as bait, it attracts Jiannu reinforcements, and the East Road takes the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, seize Shandong in one fell swoop, and directly captures the capital.
Now, the Mongolian Eight Banners Army entrenched in Daming Prefecture has been mobilized, and their strategy is almost successful.
Just as Sun Chuanting was about to surround the army of the Eight Banners in Zhengzhou in one fell swoop, Ajige seemed to smell the danger and left 50,000 infantrymen of the Eight Banners directly in Kaifeng Prefecture City, and then led 50,000 elite cavalry to swing back and forth on the west side of Zhongmu City, but not close to Zhengzhou.
This time, not only did Sun Chuanting have a headache, but even Zhuqiu, who was far away in Pizhou, had a headache.
None of them expected that Jiannu would be so cautious.
You should know that Kaifeng is only more than 500 miles away from Yanzhou. At the speed of cavalry, it will only take a few days for infantry to arrive.
Pizhou is also more than 500 miles away from Yanzhou. If the Mongolian Eight Banners Army returns to help, the eastern army is likely to be blocked in Yanzhou!
What to do?
Outside Pizhou City, in the Ming army camp, in the tent of the commander, Zhu Qizhe frowned and stared at the map for a long time, then suddenly slapped the map and gritted his teeth and said, "No more, if Jiannu dares to order the Mongolian Eight Banners army to return to Yanzhou, we will give him a siege and fight for assistance, and eliminate the Mongolian Eight Banners army first!"
When Qi Jin, Ma Qiancheng, Ma Xianglin and other generals heard this, they all nodded slowly, and their faces were full of fearless expressions.
Just fight, whoever is afraid of whom!
Although the eastern army had only 120,000 troops, they were all elite among the elite. Even if Jiannu gathered all the troops together, he might not be able to do better than them.
Zhu Qizhu really doesn’t want to wait any longer because they have been waiting in Pizhou for nearly half a month.
The so-called "one-stop work will bring down again and the third one will bring down. If you wait any longer, your morale will be gone.
He looked at the map carefully again, then stood up and said loudly: "Tomorrow morning, we will set out and swear to the Northern Expedition. Ma Qiancheng, tomorrow you will lead 20,000 imperial guards on the Eastern Navy warship, land on the north shore of Dushan Lake, occupy Zou County in one fell swoop, prepare to attack Yanzhou Prefecture."
This time he tried his best to prepare for a decisive battle with Jiannu, so he mobilized all the naval warships. At this time, more than 300 tower ships and more than 1,000 wheel boats were on standby in Luoma Lake south of Pizhou, and could go north along the canal at any time to transport the army to Shandong and even northern Zhili.
This is also the reason why he is full of confidence. With the navy warships there, they can attack and defend and they are extremely flexible. Even if Jiannu plays any tricks, it will be useless.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered: "Li Wanxiong, Sun Hongliang, you will lead the Pingdong Army and the Pingxi Army to set off on the Beiyang Navy warship early tomorrow morning, land on the north shore of Zhaoyang Lake, and take Tengxian in one fell swoop."
When Li Wanxiong and Sun Hongliang heard this, they hurriedly bowed and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Zhu Qizhi then ordered: "Liu Zhonghe, Ai Tiezhu, you will lead the Pingnan Army and Pingbei Army to set off on the Nanyang Navy warship tomorrow morning, land on the north shore of Weishan Lake, and take down Yi County in one fell swoop."
When Liu Zhonghe and Ai Tiezhu heard this, they hurriedly bowed and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
These more than 300 tower ships and warships and more than 1,000 wheel boats can transport up to 60,000 people in a day, and the remaining 60,000 people will definitely not have time to set out tomorrow.
But it doesn't matter, they are sneak attacking. Whether it is Hong Chengchou of Jinan Prefecture or Ajige of Kaifeng Prefecture, it will take at least two days to lead the army to support Yanzhou.
Zhu Qizhi looked at the map again, and then ordered: "Qi Jin, Ma Xianglin, the morning after tomorrow you led the Qi family army and the Imperial Guards to set off on the Eastern Navy warship, forming a formation in the west of Jining City, ready to block the Jiannu cavalry."
When Qi Jin and Ma Xianglin heard this, they hurriedly bowed and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qizhi ordered: "Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, the morning after tomorrow, you will lead the Zhendong Army and the Zhenxi Army to set off on the Beiyang Navy warship and take down Jining City in one fell swoop."
When Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang heard this, they hurriedly bowed and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qizhi ordered: "Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, the morning after tomorrow, you will lead the Zhennan Army and the Zhenbei Army to set off on the Nanyang Navy warship, join the Imperial Guardian Army, and besiege Yanzhou City."
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Neng heard this and quickly bowed their hands and said in unison: "I will obey the order."
The next morning, just as dawned, 120,000 elite soldiers gathered outside Pizhou City, and thousands of warships were already parked densely on the nearby canal. Everything was ready and was about to go to war.
Zhu Qizhu ordered people to offer three sacrifices, and then knelt in front of the tablets of the ancestors and priests for sacrifice. Then he stood up and shouted: "Soldiers, how can Jiannu steal the rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty be stolen? Today, I swear to the northern expedition in front of the ancestors and priests, and I will definitely recover the rivers and mountains and unify the world!"
"Regain the rivers and mountains and unify the world!"
"Regain the rivers and mountains and unify the world!"
"Regain the rivers and mountains and unify the world!"
More than 100,000 soldiers yelled in unison three times, their blood was already boiling and their faces were flushed.
Chapter completed!