Chapter 156 Seven inches of the Snake

Before and after the Spring Festival, Xiao Tianjian was also as busy as the axle. On the one hand, he ordered Feng Weihan to go to the capital in disguise himself, sit in the capital, collect information from the court, and then send the message with a carrier pigeon to send the news back to Luoyang City as soon as possible, so that Xiao Tianjian can adjust the deployment in advance.

After learning about the predicament of the imperial court, Xiao Tianjian immediately laughed in Luoyang City. When Chongzhen did this, he could be said to have done another thankless business. Although he was forced to make peace with Jiannu, he also had the ambition to use the power of the officials and soldiers to destroy the Xing Tianjun in one fell swoop, but in the end, he was still a poor move and overestimated. He had the ability to control the officers and soldiers, and at the same time, he was not really prepared to mobilize the army. First of all, he had no money. When he gritted his teeth and had money, he did not have enough military food. When he raised enough military food, he gave Xing Tianjun a full opportunity to adjust.

After learning that the court delayed the news that their army was going south because of the food and salary problem, the staff led by Li Xin in the army even put forward a plan that could disintegrate the court's action.

The plan they put forward is very simple. It is to take advantage of the weakness that the court does not have enough military food in the north at present, give the court a seven-inch snake, simply directly choke the throat of the court, and immediately choose one or two points on the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal with the advantage of the army that has just been freed, and then launch a sudden attack to capture Beijing. A section of the Hangzhou Canal completely stuck the canal to prevent the transfer of grain from the south to the north. In this way, the court could not raise enough food. Not to mention that it went south, I'm afraid it won't take long. I'm afraid the Beijing Normal University will have no food to eat, and they have chosen the location of the attack. One is Jining Prefecture in Shandong, and the other This is Xuzhou.

At present, there are not many officers and soldiers in these two places, and they are very close to the control area of Xing Tianjun. Before Xiao Tianjian returned to the north, Liu Bao had already made a plan to attack these two places, which was only implemented. Therefore, no matter from which point of view, these two places are the same for Xing Tianjun now. It doesn't take much effort. It can even be said that it can solve the food problem of those officers and soldiers in the north once and for all, making them unable to go south against the soldiers of Xingtian.

This plan can be said to be extremely excellent. If Xiao Tianjian listens to their suggestions and implements, the possibility of success is very great. It can even cause a serious food shortage in the north within a few months, causing the entire imperial court to lose their combat effectiveness.

Therefore, once this combat plan was put forward, all the generals in the army expressed their support, but Xiao Tianjian refused to agree for a long time. In Xiao Tianjian's hand, he had already got an information about the situation of the officers and soldiers who would be transferred to the south this time.

"Liaodong General General Wu Sangui, Datong General General Wang Pu, Shanhaiguan General General Ma Ke..." These names are very familiar to Xiao Tianjian. Wu Sangui is needless to say, and the rest are not strange. In the Songjin War in history, these people have appeared, but at the time of the battle, they rushed to escape one after another. On the battlefield, only a few general officers such as Cao Wenjiao, Wang Tingchen and Qiu Minyang did not escape, and finally defended Songshan.

Xiao Tianjian can't figure out how Chongzhen chose people. Why did he choose these people to enter the customs to deal with him? If it is Cao Huanjiao and Yang Guozhu, he may also let them go because these two people are anti-retreating heroes, but for him, this list is really It's too powerful.

Needless to say, this Wu Sangui alone is very attractive to him. You should know that this guy is a super traitor who can be as famous as Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi in history. In Xiao Tianjian's original plan, one day when he goes north to attack Beijing, he will have the opportunity to fight with In this person's first battle, he will either take down this hust, or this hust he may be as clear as in the original history. In the end, there will be a war with him. If he doesn't kill this hushus, Xiao Tianjian feels that it is difficult to calm his hatred.

But he never expected that history had been disturbed by him, and he had the opportunity to meet this at this time.

The plan proposed by Li Xin and other staff members is indeed very feasible, and it is a very good plan, but it brings a very big problem, that is, as long as the Grand Canal is broken, there may be a large-scale food shortage problem in the whole Jingfu and Guanwai and even Shandong. Now his plan He did not immediately go north to get the capital. In his opinion, before going north to get the capital, Nan Zhili must take it, and then make a final blow to the capital, not giving the Ming Zhu family any room to maneuver, and at the same time, he was also ready to go north to fight against Jiannu.

Nowadays, overthrowing the Ming Dynasty has not been Xiao Tianjian's goal for a long time. In his opinion, the destruction of the Ming Dynasty is not a matter of consideration. The most important thing is to face the entry of Jiannu after taking the capital. He must learn from Li Zicheng's failed experience in history and prevent himself from losing Li Zicheng in the future. Dust, not only did not save China, but also became a historical sinner who led the bandits into the customs.

If he is stuck in the Grand Canal now, it is bound to cause the complete collapse of the whole Daming's defense system in the north. If it doesn't work well, it may attract Jiannu to go south to enter the customs before he is completely ready to fight against Jiannu, forcing him to lead the department before he captures Nanzhili. Go to the final uncertain confrontation with Jiannu. Once it fails, the whole China may fall into an eternal situation, and his efforts over the years may be in the end!

So although Li Xin's plan is very attractive and also has strong operability, Xiao Tianjian is not willing to take this move, because if it is not done well, it may be counterproductive to introduce Jiannu to the customs in advance. At this time, he still needs Daming's defense system in the north to continue to play a certain role. It gives him time to completely control the hinterland of the Central Plains and have a stable rear to support the final confrontation between him and Jiannu.

What's more, this time he had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Wu Sangui and lead his troops to go south. You should know that if this guy surrenders to Jiannu in the future, it is likely to cause disaster for the Han people. Once the tens of thousands of Guanning army under his command surrenders, it will become the vanguard of the Qing army to enter the customs, causing the harm caused. It's big, unimaginable.

So there is such an opportunity to meet Wu Sangui now. If you do well, you can take this opportunity to kill this guy in the hinterland of the Central Plains first, which is equivalent to completely solving a big traitor in the future and avoiding many troubles.

Therefore, after getting this information, Xiao Tianjian considered the plan proposed by Li Xin and other staff officers in detail for a long time, and finally decided on the plan.

The generals didn't understand that Xiao Tianjian vetoed such a good battle plan. For this reason, Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "Why is that? Is it possible that the officers and soldiers will go south this time? Are you afraid that they can do it? In my opinion, Xiao, there is no need for conspiracy. Since they want to fight to the death in advance, I will give them this opportunity to defeat them with dignity! Don't mention this matter again, just let them come! Now all we have to do is be prepared! Hoard supplies, give them a head-on blow, and let them come back!"

Xiao Tianjian can't tell his subordinates what may happen in the future. He tells them that he knows what has happened in history. He tells them that Wu Sangui, who came this time, will become a traitor and surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the future. What's more, he can't say some plans too early now. For example, it is possible to cut the canal. It will cause the complete collapse of the defense system established by the Northern Daming, which may cause the Jiannu army to knock south in advance, so that they have to fight with Jiannu in advance. This kind of thing is not easy to tell their subordinates for the time being.

However, Xiao Tianjian had some communication with Li Xin in private. After all, Li Xin is now his chief of staff. He needs Li Xin to understand many things so that he can tell Li Xin about some things to consider. After listening to Xiao Tianjian's ideas, Li Xin couldn't help but marvel at Xiao Tianjian's deep consideration.

When he set the battle plan for the attack on Jining Prefecture and Xuzhou with other staff officers, he only thought about how to stop the northern officers and troops from going south, but did not think about it more deeply. Now after listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, he knew that Xiao Tianjian not only considered the current war, but also had already taken the exam. Considering the future Northern Expedition, and the plan he proposed obviously conflicts with Xiao Tianjian's long-term plan, which is likely to cause an avalanche in the defense system of the north in advance. Therefore, after understanding Xiao Tianjian's idea, Li Xin immediately dispelled the idea of continuing to persuade Xiao Tianjian to listen to him and immediately nodded: "So that's it. I didn't expect that the lord had thought so far! I really admire the master! In this case, there is nothing to say about inferiority! Let's stop this plan!

However, Bei Zhi thought that it would be better for us to take the initiative to attack in advance as before. After a large number of officers and soldiers went south, they would enter our present control area to harm the people! At present, the main forces of each department have been transferred. Chen is stationed in Kaifeng, Weihui and Luoyang. Although there is still a shortage of materials, after all, we can go north first and continue to transfer materials in the rear!

In addition, we don't know which way the officers and soldiers will go south. It's better to take the initiative and force them to meet us according to our ideas! I don't know what the general is doing?"

After hearing this, Xiao Tianjian thought about it for a moment and immediately nodded and said, "You're right! It is expected that waiting for them to go south is equivalent to handing over the initiative to the court. We have to deal with it passively! It's better for us to take the initiative and force the court to go south according to our ideas, so that the initiative will be in our hands! Ha ha! I've only been focusing on logistics during this period, but I forgot this. It's a good time for you to remind me! Just do it according to your opinion! However, since we take the initiative to attack, we must always choose a place to attack, and we will save it, forcing the court to send troops according to our ideas. You might as well say, let's start somewhere first!"

As the two spoke, they walked to the front of the huge Daming hand-painted map hanging in the hall, stood in front of the map and began to observe.

"If the lord asks where to fight first, then as seen by the humble position, you still have to hit here first!" With that, Li Credit pointed to a point on the map.

"Jining Prefecture? Or is it Jining?" Xiao Tianjian couldn't help laughing.

(Chapter 3 is up! Brothers, let the reward be more fierce! Ha ha!)