Chapter 158 Fighting Wisdom

Chen Xinjia has actually seen Sun Chuanting's report. For this Sun Chuanding, Chen Xinjia, like Yang Sichang, did not like Sun Chuanting at the beginning. He felt that this person was disobedient and dared to contradict and offend him, so when Chongzhen asked him, he immediately said, "Qi Zuo Sheng! This matter is not difficult to judge! Please think about it. If Xing Tianjun wants to attack the capital, what is the best thing to do first? From what Weichen saw, there is no doubt that they took Jining Prefecture first, cut off the canal transportation, and cut off the capital to get grain and salary from Nanzhili. In this way, the capital was in chaos! You don't need them to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. You just need to take down Jiningzhou and cut off the canal, and you can easily disintegrate most of the officers and soldiers! Why do you still need to work so hard?

So Weichen thought that it was true for the criminal thief to take Jiningzhou, and the number of troops in the north of the Yellow River was the suspect! He just wanted to confuse Sun Chuanting so that he did not dare to lead his troops to Jining Prefecture easily.

Of course, it is impossible not to prevent the criminal thief from taking advantage of this opportunity to send troops to the north. Therefore, Weichen thought that the troops in the area of Xuanda were not easy to be transferred to Funan, and to join the south with the soldiers and horses of the general officers of other roads, but to defend Xuanda, and at the same time send troops to rescue Taiyuan Prefecture. In addition, he ordered the soldiers and horses all the way to replace Sun Chuanting to Zhangdefu. Use troops, which can not only prevent the Xingtian thief from taking the opportunity to go north, but also delay some of the Xingtian thieves. As long as Sun Chuanding leads his troops to defeat the Xingtian thief army in Jiningzhou, and then swing his division eastward and go straight into Henan, he can make the Xingtian thief advance and retreat and lose his base, and finally be defeated!"

After listening to Chen Xinjia's words, Chongzhen unconsciously had a sense of cheerfulness. He felt that the Chen Xinjia recommended by Yang Sichang was actually quite discerning. From Chen Xinjia's words, he felt that what he said was very reasonable. If Xing Tianjun wanted to go north to attack the capital, then the best way was undoubtedly It is to cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal first, and the throat of the capital master first. It doesn't take too long. The capital and even the whole northern convenience will be in chaos because of the lack of food and salary. At that time, the Xingtian thief can completely go north and easily take the capital. Why bother? What's the plan to get rid of the tiger away from the mountain? It has not yet appeared in the north. Before the grain shortage at the bottom, how about spending a lot of effort to go to Beijing? Therefore, Chen Xinjia's words should be right. Sun Chuanting said that Xing Tianhe had signs of increasing troops in the north of the Yellow River. In fact, it should be that Xing Tianhe was using suspicious tactics to confuse Sun Chuanting, which made Sun Chuanting worry that Xing Tianhe would go north and dared not go to Jiningzhou.

In this way, the criminal thief can then mobilize heavy troops, attack Jiningzhou, and cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. In that case, the capital will be in danger!

And Chen Xinjia said that what he considered is also comprehensive. At the same time, he also talked about the situation of Shanxi and the defense of Funan. According to what Chen Xinjia said, it is really possible to defeat the Xingtian thieves!

So Chongzhen no longer hesitated. He immediately ordered Chen Xinjia to order Sun Chuanting in the name of the Ministry of War. After the reinforcements went south, he immediately divided the troops and led the main force to Jining Prefecture to defend Jining Prefecture, and defeated the Xingtian Thief Army in Jining Prefecture, and then marched east into Henan. In the shortest time, he asked for recovery first. Guidefu and Kaifengfu forced the Xingtian thieves to advance and retreat, and then sought to destroy them in one fell swoop.

And at this time, news came from Xuzhou that it was found that Xing Tianjun had the momentum to march into Xuzhou, so Chongzhen and Chen Xinjia strengthened their view. Xing Tianthief simply wanted to cut off the Grand Canal and get stuck in the throat of the capital. Instead of taking the opportunity to go north, he immediately sent an order to Sun Chuanting to order him to act immediately, so as to rush to Jiningzhou to fight against the Xing Tianjun. At the same time, he also ordered Ding Qirui to send troops quickly to strengthen the garrison of Xuzhou. He could not let the Xing Tianjun take advantage of the loop to seize Xuzhou. Anyway, in any of these two places As long as one is lost, the transportation of the Grand Canal will be immediately cut off, so both places must not be lost.

After receiving the order from the capital, Sun Chuanting thought about it and combined the news from Xuzhou, so he also began to feel that there might be something wrong with his judgment. No matter from any aspect, as long as Xing Tianjun captured Jiningzhou or Xuzhou, it would be of great benefit to them. Leaving the mountain and taking advantage of the situation to go north, it is likely to be a suspicious plan to send more troops in the north of the Yellow River, but he forgot the third article he had originally considered, that is, Xing Tianjun may take this opportunity to choose a place to fight with him, so on February 23, Sun Chuanting was in Wu Sangui and Marco, After Bai Guangen and others led his troops south to arrive at Shunde Mansion, in the camp outside Shunde Mansion, after meeting with the generals, after a strict order, these military generals were not allowed to retreat from the battle, and then left 11,000 soldiers led by Bai Guangen, who were responsible for defending Shunde Prefecture and Guangping Prefecture and strictly guarding the punishment. The army made a sneak attack in the north, and the rest of the soldiers and horses immediately followed him to pull out the camp. A total of more than 50,000 troops were gathered in four ways, with the Marco Department as the vanguard, and headed for Jining Prefecture.

At the same time, Wang Pu, the general soldier of Datong, also gathered nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses. Together with the seven thousand soldiers and horses of Xuanfu, Yang Guozhu, the general of Xuanfu, attacked in the direction of Shuozhou, including the supervision of 10,000 yuan in Luzhou, Nanzhili, and also mobilized 20,000 troops to help Xuzhou, while Ding Qirui, who was sitting in Nanzhili, also mobilized nearly five in Nanjing. Wan Dajun, taking advantage of the opportunity that the main force of the Xingtian Army went north and Huguang's troops were empty, began to go up the Yangtze River and attack the past towards the Huguang soldiers. Since then, it has also opened the prologue of the biggest duel between the Ming Dynasty and Xing Tianjun.

In contrast, in terms of the Xingtian Army, it is also prepared to deal with it. The armies in Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and other places have also been completely mobilized, including local reserve battalions and helping the people. They have also mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in all directions and are ready to fight. They have driven from various places to the areas responsible for defending each other, and the whole hinterland of China can be said to be full of war clouds.

At this time, the strength of the Xingtian Army is no longer at a complete disadvantage in the confrontation with the officers and soldiers as before. Its main force may not be as many as the officers and soldiers, but the auxiliary troops are far more than the officers and soldiers. Especially this time, it involves the officers and troops may attack the control area of the Xingtian Army, threatening to Gang. The land has just been acquired, and the lives of the people who have not been living for a long time. After receiving the mobilization order from the chief's safety, many people immediately responded, picked up weapons, agricultural tools or launched their wheelbicles, and joined the ranks of the war. No one wants the stable life they just got. , which was taken by the government and became the target of bullying by the government again. Therefore, after receiving the mobilization order, the people in various places were surging and joined the ranks of the opposition to the imperial court.

A large number of people rushed to the place where they were needed. Although they could not devote themselves to the battle, they could help the Xingtian Army transport supplies, strengthen the city defenses, dig trenches, build fortifications, and build offensive tools, defensive tools and other things. At least they have greatly supported the main force of the Xingtian Army. The action of people.

This is also the best embodiment of those who win the hearts of the people and win the world. By this time, the court has long lost the hearts of the people. In addition to following the vested interests of the court and helping the court, most of the people everywhere have betrayed the Ming Dynasty.

What Xing Tianjun can give them is a stable life, but what the court gives them is only endless taxes. There is a scale in the hearts of the people who is good or evil. They know who to help.

And especially the people in the area under the control of the Xingtian Army. They are all the beneficiaries of the Xingtian Army's rebellion. If it is not the Xing Tianjun, they will also bear the heavy exploitation of the government and court. They may starve to death, may be killed by the officers and soldiers, or they may become victims of bandits. However, because Xing Tianjun controlled their place of residence, exempted them from harsh and miscellaneous taxes, gave them grain, redistributed land, and gave them a safe life. Now that the court is coming to take away their hard-won hope, how can the people sit back and watch? After this truth is made clear, the people will naturally make their own choices, and all those who are powerful want to keep this hard-won life. Therefore, the mobilization order of Xing Tianjun has been issued, and people everywhere naturally respond and join the ranks of helping the war.

At the junction of the control area of the Xingtian Army and the control area of the government, a large number of people rushed to the station and city of the Xingtian Army. Under the command of the soldiers stationed by the Xingtian Army, they braved the cold and worked hard. They broke through the frozen land, surrounded the cities, military stations and other important places, and dug out densely. The trenches carried earth bags to strengthen countless wall walls, transported countless rolling wood and stones, and strengthened the defense of cities and military stations like ants moving. At the same time, a large number of people pushing unicycles pushed unicycles to transport all kinds of materials for the Xing Tianjun. They did whatever Xing Tianjun wanted them to do. Even some people close to the front line did not hesitate to tear down their doors and bed boards and send them to the military fortress garrisoned by the Xingtian Army for use as a shield for defense, and even set fire to their houses to complete the task of clearing the field.

Countless Xingtian soldiers have seen this scene. They are moved to be unable to do it. One by one, they have to fight with the officers and soldiers to the end. For nothing else, just for the sake of the support of these people, they feel that they can't be deserters. Even if they die, they must keep their territory and protect them. The people.

Xiao Tianjian left Luoyang City on February 13. By this time, the soldiers and horses to be mobilized have basically been mobilized to the designated position. This time, in the northeast of Henan, Xiao Tianjian gathered a total of 30,000 elite soldiers and horses from Liu Bao, Luo Li, Liu Yaoben and other departments. In addition, there were nearly 60,000 auxiliary soldiers. And help the people.

When he left Luoyang City, Liu Bao had already led his troops to launch an offensive against Jining Prefecture. First, after attacking Juye County, the soldiers pointed directly to Jining Prefecture. At the same time, in mid-February, Dongshanhu and He Yilong, who were in the town of Suzhou, began to gather troops in the east of Suzhou City, sting to attack Xuzhou. , and sent out a batch of scouts directly appeared along the coast of the Grand Canal. From time to time, they attacked the boat that landed and rested on the shore, which made Nan Zhili panic, and the Xuzhou guards even reported to Nanjing repeatedly.

In this way, the court also had to believe that Xing Tianjun really wanted to use troops against Xuzhou and Jiningzhou and wanted to cut off the canal transportation. Therefore, Xiao Tianjian's strategic feat in the early stage of this campaign has completely achieved its goal.