Chapter 168 Pig teammates
After learning the news, Lan Yanzhen was stunned at first, then furious.
"Okay! What a bonito!"
Lan Yanzhen immediately understood what Zhang Fei wanted to do. This guy clearly used this method to hold him back. Because Zhang Fei had already seen his plans clearly, the risk was great whether it was attacking Xiamen or pursuing north. Moreover, the joint naval force was slightly stronger than that of the Penghu Navy. Once the naval battle failed, it would not only not have the effect of blocking himself, but it would even lead to the loss of Penghu Navy due to the defeat of the Penghu Navy, which would affect Taiwan's change of ownership.
Therefore, Zhang Fei knew that she could not directly block the Joint Navy's Navy and carried out guerrillas at sea in this way. If Lan Yanzhen went north regardless of everything, then the Penghu Navy could directly attack Xiamen without any worries, and even turn to Fuzhou, completely cutting off the United Navy's retreat, and even threatening the security of the Lan Li army's retreat.
Lan Yanzhen did not go north and continued to stalemate with the Penghu Navy in the Taiwan Strait. For Zhang Fei, his main task was to restrain the other party's joint navy and prevent Lan Yanzhen from attacking Wenzhou from the sea.
I thought I had set up a big net and waited for the big fish Zhang Fei to enter the net, but I never expected that Zhang Fei would break the situation in this way and even put myself in an embarrassing situation.
Now, Lan Yanzhen continues to stay in Pingtan, and is not going north, which can be said to be in a dilemma. A few days later, as expected, Zhang Fei came out of Penghu secretly again. This time he went to Xiamen, but Yunxiao, south of Xiamen. The Penghu Navy ran to Yunxiao and fired a firecracker like before attacking Xiamen. Then he turned around without hesitation, and slipped back to Penghu before Lan Yanzhen could react.
After hearing that the Penghu Navy went to Yunxiao this time, Lan Yanzhen couldn't sit still. You must know that Yunxiao went south to Nan'ao. Who can guarantee that Zhang Fei, the bastard, would not go to Nan'ao for trouble next time? You must know that Nan'ao is Lan Yanzhen's real nest. He can be indifferent to being attacked by Xiamen, but Lan Yanzhen in Nan'ao is absolutely not allowed to be destroyed.
The extremely angry Lan Yanzhen led the Joint Navy out of Pingtan and returned to Xiamen. He took the initiative to invite the Penghu Navy to fight with Kinmen. But at this time, Zhang Fei became a turtle. In addition to sending a small group of Clippers to cruise in the Taiwan Strait to harass, the main forces of the Penghu Navy avoided fighting, and even took the initiative to provoke Lan Yanzhen's Joint Navy to attract him to attack Penghu.
Lan Yanzhen will only attack Penghu in this situation if her brain is broken. Not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the Penghu Navy was only slightly worse than that of the Joint Navy he commanded, it is said that since the Ming army captured Taiwan, it has restored its previous comprehensive defense. Now Penghu is no longer Penghu that was half a year ago. The fortifications on the archipelago have curbed all the waterways, and the fortifications on the island, and thousands of troops are stationed. Not to mention capturing Penghu, the Joint Navy is not even sure of defeating the other side.
In this way, Lan Yanzhen could only rack her brains to attract Zhang Fei to take the initiative, trying to find a chance to fight at sea. But Zhang Fei was like a turtle with nowhere to mouth, hiding her head and limbs tightly, making him unable to speak.
Among them, Zhang Fei took advantage of the gap between Lan Yanzhen and Navy movement and led the warships out and then turned around, but Zhang Fei immediately returned to Penghu whenever there was a turmoil. Naval battle is not a land battle, and the sea is endless. In addition, due to the technological progress of the Ming army, the Penghu Navy has a slight advantage. As long as there is no close contact, Zhang Fei is determined to run Lan Yanzhen and can't do anything about him. More importantly, Zhang Fei is extremely careful every time after sending troops from Penghu. Not only will he send a lot of fast ships to cruise to prevent the rear route from being cut off, but he will never be too far from Penghu to ensure absolute safety.
In this way, when Lan Li was looking forward to the joint navy going north to assist the army in attacking Wenzhou, Lan Yanzhen's joint navy was used by Zhang Fei as a scoundrel... Oh, it should be said that the method of deeply understanding the essence of guerrilla tactical eight characters was dragged down, resulting in the delay in going north as planned.
At this time, the two sides had fought in the battle of Taishun for nearly half a month. Although the Taishun defenders suffered heavy casualties under Lan Li's multiple fierce attacks, the road from Taishun to Wenzhou was still firmly in the hands of the Ming army because the United Navy failed to go north as scheduled. In this way, Taishun was not an isolated city. With the horses in charge of the deployment in Wenzhou, Taishun could get human and material support from Wenzhou at any time. In addition, Yang Xu was quite disciplined in defending the city, and he did not seek merit but could firmly defend the city. Lan Li had no good idea for him for a while.
Fangshan, here is very close to Jinling City. Zhu Yicheng's army heading north is very powerful, and the Qing army dared not fight directly. Hearing that the army had already contracted its surrounding forces to Jinling, Su Song's main force still had not moved, as if he had no idea of northern aid at all, and even the expected action of cutting off the Ming army's retreat was not expected, which surprised Zhu Yicheng.
However, now that Zhu Yicheng is not worried that Su Song's Qing army will go north, because Dong Dashan's troops in Su Song have resumed their offensive against Suzhou, and the local rebels and navy have also gone north. If Shi Yide withdraws his troops back to Jinling at this time, Suzhou will fall directly to the Ming army. At that time, Shi Yide's army will be blocked in front and pursuers behind, and there will be only one fate.
In fact, Shi Yide, who was in Suzhou City, also knew that he had lost the best opportunity. If he had led his troops back to help a few days ago, he could still bring all the main forces back to Jinling and fight with the Ming army based on Jinling City. But now the time has passed, Su Song's Ming army has been closely linked, and the Ningbo Navy and Chongming Navy have also attacked Jiangyin. With Jiangyin's troops, Jiangyin could not block the opponent's attack. I am afraid that Jiangyin would fall.
As a result, Shi Yide hated Zhang Boxing, who was determined to move alone. If it weren't for Zhang Boxing's reluctance to let the army give up Suzhou, and even threatened his life and encouraged the people in the city to disturb him, how could his Shi Yide sit on the sidelines?
Just now, Zhang Boxing found himself and said that he would defeat the frontal Su Song thief as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the situation to go south to attack Ningbo directly, and use the strategy of surrounding Wei to save Zhao to resolve the dilemma of Jinling. He also said that as long as this happens, not only will Hangzhou and Ningbo be recovered, but there will be no place to bury him at that time. His teacher Yide is a hero of the Qing Dynasty. The court will definitely have a heavy reward, and it is no problem to be granted a title from a marquis and a title, and even can leave a name in history, etc.
These words sound like nothing to Shi Yide. Zhang Boxing is simply nonsense. His bullshit strategy is not as good as paper talks. Does he think that the rebels in Su Song in front of him are all made of paper? If he could defeat Dong Dashan's army, Shi Yide would have to be stalemate with the other party in Suzhou until now?
"Hateful! Damn!" Thinking of this, Shi Yide couldn't help but pat the handrail and curse.
Qian Dachang, who was sitting in the lower head, was also full of anger. If Shi Yide hadn't almost had a fight with Zhang Boxing just now, Zhang Boxing relied on his role as the governor of Jiangsu and a famous honest official in the world who had been praised by Kangxi in person, and he was also very prestigious among the people of Jiangsu, so he intervened in military affairs everywhere. Because of this, Zhang Boxing still refused to give up Suzhou until now, which led to the current situation and even said that ridiculous plan.
"Shishou, if this continues, our army will be guarding Kucheng. Once Jiangyin is taken down by the Ming army, our army will be the only way to retreat to Jiangbei. Shishou, you need to make plans early!" Looking at Shi Yide, Qian Dachang couldn't help but persuade him. In fact, he was also dissatisfied with Shi Yide. Although Zhang Boxing acts domineeringly, your Shi Yide is too soft. If Shi Yide decides to return to Jinling regardless of everything, what can he do with Zhang Boxing?
"Is this... this is God's will?" Shi Yide shook his head and sighed. Since the beginning of the battle of Susong, he had been defeated and fled, and he had been burdened with meritorious deeds. This is also the reason why Shi Yide has many concerns. With Zhang Boxing's status in front of Kangxi, he, a person who was guilty, could not speak at all. Once Zhang Boxing really died in Suzhou, his fate can be imagined.
"Be prepared to defend the enemy. I hope that Jinling can block the Ming army..." Shi Yide said in a heavy mood. He could not withdraw now. Instead of thinking too much about other things, it would be better to defend Suzhou and Changzhou. If Zhu Yicheng was frustrated in Jinling and retreated to Hangzhou, then the crisis on the front line of Susong will naturally be resolved. If Jinling is taken down, the worst result will be to destroy the city and die.
"This...I..." Hearing this, Qian Dachang opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just stood up and stomped his feet and turned around and left.
"Bo Zhang! You old man, I will definitely study your book!" In the Governor's Office, the Governor of Liangjiang, Gary, was sneering at the verge of cursing without regard for his identity. Since the news of Asu's defeat came, Gary was suddenly panicked. On the one hand, he asked Jiangbei for help, and on the other hand, he hurriedly sent someone to ask Su Song's Shi Yide to quickly return to the army to protect Jinling.
But after waiting around, Shi Yide's side had no movement at all, but finally waited for Zhu Yicheng's army. In the end, Shi Yide sent someone to send a letter to inform Gali Susong about the situation. After reading the letter, Gali was even more furious and hated Zhang Boxing to the core.
"This old man, I shouldn't have been rude back then, and now the disaster is coming..." He cursed Zhang Boxing, a teammate who was mate, and also scolded Shi Yide, who was hesitant, but it would be useless to scold him now. Zhu Yicheng's army has arrived in Fangshan, and the battle for Jinling is imminent. If he lost Jinling, he would not only lose half of the Qing Dynasty, but his crime was not enough. Once Jinling was lost, Kali would be killed by Kangxi's whole family.
Chapter completed!