Chapter 186 The ass sits crooked

Originally, Fang Guoan did not pay attention to the small place of Daye County at all. Although he also knew that Daye County produces copper and iron, the number of defenders placed here will certainly not be large, so he believes that he should be able to deal with Daye County. His main goal should be Ezhou, as long as he cooperates with Huangde. If the success of capturing Ezhou, then Wuchang Mansion is equivalent to opening the door, and Ding Qirui can attack Wuchang Mansion with a large army.

However, after Fang Guoan arrived in Daye County, he found that the matter was not as simple as he thought. Daye County is now full of soldiers in the whole city. Around the small county, there are digs and trenches and other royal guards everywhere, so Fang Guoan began to pay attention to Daye County.

After leading the troops to reach Daye County, Fang Guoan led his troops to tentatively launch several attacks on the county, but they were all defeated. After finding that the strength of the defenders was not weak, Fang Guoan then suppressed all the soldiers under his command and began to attack Daye County at the same time.

He Guofang, the guard of Daye Town, commanded the defenders to fight to the death. First, they fought with the officers and soldiers outside the city between the trenches and the wall. After consuming a lot of officials and soldiers, they withdrew into Daye County. Relying on the unsolid county wall, they fought to fight with Fang Guoan.

As a result, Fang Guo'an tried his best to attack Daye County for more than ten days in a row, but he failed to capture Daye County. On the contrary, he lost a lot of soldiers outside Daye County. Fang Guo'an was worried that the thief army rushed here from Wuchang Prefecture at this time, so without Ding Qirui's order, he took the initiative to start and withdrew Ning. State.

After Ding Qirui learned about it, he sighed. First, he sighed that the officers and soldiers were now weak, and second, he sighed that the people of the Xingtian Army were strong. The large-scale attack he finally organized only captured a few unimportant cities and recovered a few areas.

However, for the court, Ding Qirui's offensive is also a rare highlight in the battle against Xing Tianjun for so many years. Although there are not many places to recover on Ding Qirui's side, it is blowing all about. In each small county, Ding Qirui will immediately send someone to win against the capital, almost every other. They will report to the imperial court, and how they have won a "great victory" in Huguang.

However, from the victory report they sent to the Beijing Division, we can see some clues. Among these so-called great victories, the most beheadings are only one or two hundred. For the generals who have long been used to falsely reporting the results and killing good deeds, how much water is in this kind of battle merit can be imagined. It is estimated that most of the 200 thieves should also be the number of officers and soldiers, so it can't be called a great victory at all.

However, it is better to have a good news than no good news. More or less, it can comfort the government and the opposition and block the mouth of the crowd. Therefore, Chongzhen is still quite happy about this and gives rewards repeatedly.

But after April, this kind of victory came to an abrupt end, because Ding Qirui's three-way people and horses all hit their heads in front of the stabilized defense line of Xing Tianjun. Although Xing Tianjun paid a lot of price, they still successfully stopped Ding Qirui's people from continuing to march towards Wuchang Mansion. Soldier.

After April, the reinforcements mobilized by Luo Rucai and Zhao Weiguo (Zhao Er Lv) from Xiangyang, Yunyang and Jingzhou also began to arrive in Wuchang Prefecture one after another, and then these reinforcements were transferred from the Yangtze River to Huangzhou, Ezhou and Daye County, strengthening the defense of the eastern part of Wuchang. The power made Ding Qirui's hard-won offensive come to an end.

After more than two months of fierce battle, although Luo Rucai lost more than a dozen prefectures and counties that had been controlled by the Xingtian Army in the Guangdong Province, he still successfully guarded the Yangtze River and also kept the Wuchang Mansion. It can also be regarded as a pretty good job. It can even be said that it is better than Xiao Tianjian expected. Be better.

Ding Qirui, who personally sat in Jiujiang Mansion, got a news in mid-April. His face changed greatly. He immediately ordered all the troops to stop marching into Wuchang Mansion, and ordered Huang Degong to immediately lead his troops to withdraw from Macheng. Within ten days, he must lead his troops to Luzhou, and at the same time ordered Fang Guoan to lead the troops immediately. He went to Jiujiang and led his troops to sit in Jiujiang Prefecture, and he immediately led the remaining tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, boarded the ship downstream, and rushed back to Nanzhili.

When the officers and soldiers heard it, they knew that something big had happened. After a little insinuation, they knew that Nanzhili was probably in big trouble.

After solving the tens of thousands of troops of Sun Chuanding and Wu Sangui in the battle of Jindi River in Yanggu County, Xiao Tianjian completely stabilized the situation in the north of Xing Tianjun, and the officers temporarily lost the ability to continue to attack the control area of Xing Tianjun.

After this battle, Xiao Tianjian then ordered Liu Bao, Dongshanhu, He Yilong and other generals to withdraw their troops and horses from Jining and Xuzhou, and give up the continued offensive against Jining and Xuzhou. At the same time, he promoted Diao Zheng to the capital. In the future, he will be responsible for Zhangdefu, Damingfu, Weihuifu and other prefectures north of the Yellow River. The defense.

In this battle, the Xingtian Army surrendered nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers from the south. Some of these surrendered officers and soldiers were disassumed and moved to Henan for resettlement. They selected those who could be used, re-armed with the captured armor, and equipped all the officers, and put them under the command of Diao Zheng. Five barracks were expanded, enhancing Diao Zheng's The force, which makes it capable of guarding the territory of several prefectures north of the Yellow River, can at least ensure that once the officers and soldiers go south again, Diao Zheng can resist the attack of the officers and army with his strength.

After the news of Taiyuan's victory reached Xiao Tianjian's ears, of course, Xiao Tianjian was also overjoyed. After Taiyuan Mansion took it down, Shanxi basically became his bag, so he ordered to commend Yan Chongxi and his generals, and allow him to take a rest in Taiyuan Mansion to take an opportunity to attack Xinzhou in the future.

As for Wang Chengping, who has been responsible for monitoring the officers and soldiers of Xuanda University in Jinbei, Xiao Tianjian did not treat him badly. He officially promoted Wang Chengping to Dutong, so that after Yan Chongxi sent troops to take over the defense of Jinbei, he led his army to focus on the northern Shaanxi area, manage the northern Shaanxi area as soon as possible, and do a good job in the next step south. Preparations for Xi'an Prefecture.

Although Xiao Tianjian in Shaanxi is not in a hurry to get it now, it does not mean that Xiao Tianjian will leave Shaanxi to Li Zicheng to occupy in the future. Therefore, he needs Wang Chengping as an advance to operate and grow in the northern Shaanxi area first. On the one hand, when he needs to take Shaanxi in the future, he will go south from northern Shaanxi at any time. To cooperate with the capture of Shaanxi, on the other hand, he also needs Wang Chengping, a person who is good at commanding cavalry, to set up a stronger cavalry in northern Jin and northern Shaanxi to threaten the Mongolian tribes. Sooner or later, he will fight with Jiannu again. The Mongolian tribes have always been a problem to be solved. Wang Chengping is in this area. If the Mongolian tribes are contained, it will play a good role in dividing the Mongolians and Jiannu in the future. At least it can effectively threaten the safety of the Mongolian tribes, so that they cannot spare all their strength to help Jiannu deal with them.

And Li Lingfeng and Xiao Tianjian did not treat him badly. They also promoted him to the capital, stayed under the command of Yan Chongxi to obey his orders, sat in the north of Jin, and the cavalry under his command were also expanded, and will be used as the main cavalry in the north in the future.

In this way, Xiao Tianjian can put down the things in the north and focus all his energy on Nanzhili. Xiao Tianjian's generals also have their own opinions on continuing to attack Nanzhili according to the original plan.

And these ideas can be summed up in two. Some people think that since the main force of the Xingtian Army is now gathered in Jingfu, and now the officers and soldiers have been annihilated in the Jindi River War in Yanggu County. There are not many troops to adjust in the court now, and the morale of the officers and soldiers is also greatly damaged. It is better to take advantage of it. He was so sick that he simply transferred Liu Bao's soldiers and horses, cooperated with Yan Chongxi's troops in Shanxi, and then gathered a group of people and horses, directly waved his division to the north to attack the capital, and directly lifted the emperor Zhu Youjian sitting in the capital. Xiao Tianjian could ascend the throne and become the emperor. This is more convenient than attacking Nan Zhili first and then attacking the capital. Many people also need to save a lot of time. After overturning this Chongzhen, the government power in the south will not be a problem. At that time, if you go south, you can easily take down the whole world. Moreover, this idea has a market among Xiao Tianjian's subordinates, among which Luo Li and Li Shuanzhu are the supporters of this opinion. It is also the main force.

Other people think that it is not the right time to go north. After all, the Nanzhili in the south and the rich regions of Xing Tianjun in Zhejiang have not been able to control it. Now they brazenly go north to attack the capital. Although it may not be able to fight down, it is not necessarily a good thing for Xing Tianjun after the attack.

As long as Xing Tianjun beats the capital, it is not a big problem to overturn the current emperor. Unless Chongzhen abandons the south of the capital and escapes to Nanzhili, he can only be blocked by Xing Tianjun in the capital. Not many people doubt this, but what happens after the capital? Xing Tianjun is about to face pressure from both the north and the south. On the one hand, Xing Tianjun is about to face the Jiannu army in Liaodong. Although they are not afraid of Jiannu Army, they have to admit that the Jiannu Army is far stronger than the combat effectiveness of the Ming official army. After Xing Tianjun takes the capital, I'm afraid Jiannu will not easily sit back and admit Xing Tian. The legitimate status of the army may be because of the old resentment, and Xiao Tianjian will go south to compete for the world, so their Xing Tianjun must first solve the problem of building slaves.

For solving the problem of Jiannu, no one thinks that it can be completed in a short time. Daming exerted the strength of the whole country and made the country unpreservation now. It has been tossed around for a year or twenty years, but it has not been able to solve Jiannu. On the contrary, it has made Jiannu stronger and stronger. Therefore, once Xing Tianjun takes over, he will definitely The main combat forces are all put into the battlefield outside the customs. At that time, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty will not sit back and lose the world like this. They will definitely find a way to find trouble for the Xing Tianjun in the south. In that case, if the Xing Tianjun is not careful, it may be difficult to take care of the beginning and the end, and will eventually come to a failure.

For those who hold the second opinion, it is mainly a group of staff led by Li Xin. Of course, there are also some generals in the young faction such as Liu Yaoben and Li Dingguo. There is a good argument for this matter.

After listening to the opinions of Li Xin and others, veterans like Luo Li and Li Shuanzhu feel a little disdainful. In their opinion, although the Tart is very powerful in the legend, it is not that Xing Tianjun has not fought with them. The Tart is actually just an ordinary level. Their current strength has reached the capital. Even if the soldiers wave to the south, Xing Tianjun can completely deal with them.

But in the end, Xiao Tianjian still sat on Li Xin's side and decided to adopt the second opinion, first hit Nan Zhili and then seek to go north.