Chapter 187 To the South

With Xiao Tianjian's words, the dispute in the army immediately stopped abruptly. They argued, but in the end, they still had to listen to Xiao Tianjian's intention. Isn't Xing Tianjun all this way to the current step according to Xiao Tianjian's idea? Therefore, Xiao Tianjian is the lord of everyone, and his will can determine the will of all people.

What's more, at this time, Luo Rucai also sent someone to send the urgent news of the lake advertisement. Ding Qirui's soldiers from Nanzhili and Zhejiang and Jiangxi invaded Huguang and tried to restore Huguang for the court. Although the progress was not very good under the desperate resistance of the Xingtian army who stayed in Huguang, for Luo Rucai and the army stationed in Huguang. For the generals, the pressure was also very great, especially after the news that Yang Kunshan died in the Yangtze River in the water battle of the Yangtze River, the military generals who fought the Beijing Division first had nothing to say.

Everyone knows the importance of Huguang to them. Earlier, when they failed to take Huguang, Xing Tianjun had always been in a state of food shortage, and every soldier was always troubled by the difficulty of raising grain. However, after winning Huguang last year, in just one year, the logistics of Xing Tianjun was at least The food problem has eased a lot. This time, so many people have been mobilized to go north at the same time, and the logistics department still meets their demand for military food.

If they beat the capital, then everyone knows that the Xingtian army must mobilize all the elites to go north. Huguang can be said to be their granary. Once Huguang is not guaranteed, even if they beat the capital, they will be affected by the shortage of grain.

So at this time, the army's opinion that they wanted to fight the capital first suddenly stopped. Basically, the military generals unified their opinions.

Now that the opinions have been unified, the next question is how to fight. This time, most of the main force of the Xingtian Army has moved north to the north to the north of northern Henan. If it attacks Nanzhili according to last year's established plan, a large number of soldiers and horses will be transferred back to the Wuchang area to gather again, and then The advantage of attacking south along the first line of the Yangtze River is that it is very convenient to obtain grain supplies and other materials from Huguang, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it will take a long time to prepare. Without two or three months of preparation, it is impossible to take action.

So after careful discussion, Xiao Tianjian, Li Xin and other staff members of the staff changed the plan made last year and made a new adjustment. This plan is very simple, that is, to start the army directly from Henan, gather in the area of Suzhou, and then the soldiers began to attack directly in the direction of Nanjing, as for the supplement of grain. As for the problem, Xing Tianjun mainly relies on the capture along the way to solve it. In this way, the pressure on logistics supplies is much less, and it is also more convenient to replenish all kinds of ammunition materials.

The generals also agreed with this plan. After all, they are now going south with the power of great victory, and they are strong. There is no big problem in fighting towards Nanjing.

So after the end of the battle against Sun Chuanting, Xiao Tianjian quickly made corresponding adjustments to his subordinates. Liu Bao suspended his offensive against Jining and turned to a defensive position in the areas of Juye, Dingtao, Shanxian and Chengwu. First, he digested and absorbed the newly occupied territory in this area, and then plotted to infiltrate the hinterland of Shandong. The troops that restrained the officers and soldiers in Shandong went south to respond to Nanzhili.

The elite troops who participated in this battle began to gather towards the area of Suzhou, leaving Diao Zheng's troops stationed in the north of the Yellow River to resist the offensive of the northern officers and soldiers against the Xingtian Army. At the beginning of April, the troops gathered in the area of Damingfu began to start in batches. , marching in the direction of Suzhou.

In fact, after so many years of operation, Xing Tianjun did not only control the whole territory of Henan. After continuous expansion, now Xing Tianjun has controlled a considerable area in the northwest of Nanzhili as early as 12 years before Chongzhen. At this time, Suzhou and Bozhou under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Prefecture Hou has long been included in the pocket of the Xingtian Army and has become the bridgehead of the Xingtian Army's attack towards Nanzhili. This time, the strategic pretification of the Xingtian Army is to take Suzhou as the starting point and form an offensive against Xuzhou. Therefore, to a large extent, it has blocked the army of the officers and troops of Nanzhili, making it unable to cooperate with the officers and troops going south in the north. Xing Tianjun formed a direct attack.

At present, the main general of the Xingtian Army stationed in Suzhou and Bozhou is the Dongshan Tiger Hanfang under Luo Rucai at the beginning, and it is the Ge Liyan He Yilong in the Fifth Battalion of the Revolution.

When Xiao Tianjian opened the seal at the beginning of last year, the Fifth Camp of Gezuo came back, and He Yilong devoted himself to Xiao Tianjian's work. After several mobilizations, the generals of the Fifth Camp of Revolution were also dispersed by Xiao Tianjian. Now it can be said that it is everywhere, so the Fifth Camp of Gezuo has become a thing of the past, and it is gone. The foundation of self-reliance in the Xing Tianjun, so this Ge Liyan He Yilong also changed his original fate and would not be killed by Li Zicheng again.

When Xiao Tianjian led his troops to the north, Xiao Tianjian integrated the South Korean army in Suzhou and Bozhou into a division, and promoted the South Korean side to the capital. He Yilong and another old general of the Xingtian army named Zhao Xi were deputy capitals and served as the deputy of the South Korean side. Now he firmly controls the area of Suzhou and Bozhou. In Xing Tianjun's hand, it was nailed into Nan Zhili's chest and abdomen like a wedge.

After Ding Qirui took office, he also sent officers and soldiers from Fengyang Prefecture and Luzhou Prefecture many times to fight back against the area of Suzhou and Bozhou. However, under the hearts of the people, although the officers and soldiers repeatedly attacked under the city of Bozhou and Suzhou, they finally returned without success under the fierce resistance and counterattack of Han and He Yilong, Zhao Xi and others. Up to now, the two nails of Suzhou and Bozhou have not been pulled out from the chest and abdomen of Nanzhili.

So this time, Suzhou has become a bridgehead where Xiao Tianjian wants to go south to Nanzhili. With the military order, people from all walks of life will drive from the northern part of Henan to Kaifeng and Guidefu in the direction of Suzhou. A large number of materials also began to pass through the military stations all over the country under the transportation of the military barracks and the soldiers and the soldiers. The tide-like transshipment went to Bozhou and Suzhou.

By this point, the government and the imperial court have already figured out the previous arrangements of the Xingtian Army, what to gather heavy troops to attack Xuzhou and Jining! In these two aspects, the Xingtian Army is completely using the suspicious tactics. In these two places, the limited number of people are constantly transferred, and with a large number of people recruited, they are disguised as the illusion that the Xingtian Army has gathered more than 100,000 horses in these two directions, which scared the court and local governments at a loss and put all the notes. Yili was placed in Jining and Xuzhou, which resulted in the ambush defeat of Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui in Yanggu County.

For Nan Zhili, Xuzhou is temporarily safe at present. With the destruction of Sun Chuanting and Wu Sangui's subordinates, Xingtian soldiers and helpers in Xuzhou quickly withdrew from Suzhou and Bozhou, and a large number of people were disbanded and returned home to continue farming. I went there. At the beginning, Fengyang Mansion was relieved.

However, as soon as the Fengyang magistrate was relieved for a few days, it was immediately brought up by the ensuing news. The Xing Tianjun, which had just withdrawn, began to gather again in the area of Suzhou and Bozhou, and a large number of soldiers and horses of the Xingtian army also began to enter Bozhou and Suzhou one after another, and all kinds of materials began to reinvade again. Among these two places, the officials of Fengyang Prefecture immediately knew that their unlucky days had come.

Xiao Tianjian arrived in the Suzhou camp on April 12. Before Xiao Tianjian arrived at the Suzhou camp, Liu Yaoben's guard had basically rushed to Suzhou and set up a camp on the south bank of the south of Suzhou, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up people and materials, and Xiao Tianjian arrived at the camp. At that time, Dongshan Hu Han Fang and Vice Du Tong He Yilong had already led the troops ready to take them.

The reason why Xiao Tianjian chose the starting point of the attack is that the Shuhe River has been in use since ancient times from the Sui Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty. It is a canal that connects the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Yangtze River that was opened by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. The River originates from the territory of Guide Prefecture and connects Hongze Lake. This time, Xing Tianjun attacked Nanjing from north to south. Without controlling the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a large number of materials have to be transferred from Henan to the front line. It is very difficult to transport on dry roads alone. It is necessary to mobilize too many people and soldiers to complete the replenishment of the soldiers, so the water transportation advantage of the Shuhe River is reflected.

A large number of materials can be gathered in the area of Guidefu, then loaded there, and directly transported down the stream to Suzhou for unloading, so that the required materials can be transported to the front line and replenished to the troops in a short time.

As a Xingtian Army close to the modern army, the demand for logistics naturally exceeds that of the old army. The large number of applications of hot weapons also increase the difficulty of logistics supplies. Soldiers can no longer fight with cold weapons. Their combat effectiveness depends largely on the output intensity of firepower. Once the ammunition is not available, it will have a great impact on the combat ability of Xing Tianjun, and may even make them lose their combat ability. Therefore, this is also the reason why Xing Tianjun often prepares for a long time when they organize a large-scale operation.

Fortunately, the implementation of the military station system has enabled Xing Tianjun to gradually build a logistics supply network, so that Xing Tianjun can quickly transfer all kinds of materials within a limited range and ensure the use of operations. This has enabled Xing Tianjun to continuously expand its territory in the past few years, and has been able to fight against officers and soldiers. In the war, it is one of the reasons for repeated victories.

(Today, I would like to thank the two brothers who don't drink the northwest wind and Fengmu Chunjiang. The first day of May is a good omen for me! Thank you very much!)