Tianjin Wei, the Qing Emperor is here.

In the imperial study, Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty was walking around a long table covered with a large topographic map, almost feeling faint.

It’s not that you get dizzy by walking around in circles, but that you get dizzy by looking at the map.

Ancient Chinese maps did not have the rules of north, south, left, west, right and east (the Ming army already had this rule), and they were limited by surveying technology, so the drawings were not very accurate. Sometimes they looked like landscape paintings.

Like...

But this is not the most dizzying thing. The most dizzying thing for Shunzhi and a group of military strategists of the Qing Dynasty is that no one told him where Shi Kefa's main force was?

No one even knows whether Shi Kefa's army ever left Shandong Province?

This is because Shi Kefa sent out about 3,000 mule soldiers with black guns in the south of Beizhili. Half of them were concentrated under Li Yuanyin's command and pulled cannons to cause destruction, and the other half continued to fight black guns in platoon units... This is dozens of soldiers

Platoon! How do you let the Qing Dynasty's sentry cavalry survive? If they go out in a group of three or five people and encounter these gangs of gangsters, why don't they rush to death? Or if they go out in a group of thirty or fifty people and encounter a gangster

Platoon will also suffer heavy casualties!

Those gangsters who used black guns didn't come here in an upright manner. They either set up ambushes or carried out night attacks. No matter how good their martial arts skills are, they are still afraid of black guns!

If a group of one or two hundred people went out, it would be difficult to deal with Old Manchuria. If it were a group of Mongolian warriors who were eating fast and chanting Buddha, and met a group of 40 black spearmen, they would still be beaten to pieces!

And how old is Old Manchuria? How is it possible for half a group of people to go out to investigate? How many teams can be divided into? How much territory can be searched?

Therefore, Emperor Shunzhi now seems to have been blindfolded with a black cloth, and he has no idea of ​​his opponent's reality.

You don’t know anything, but you still want to use soldiers like a god?

Emperor Shunzhi was a military strategist who was familiar with "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and was also familiar with all the battles fought by Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Duduo, Azig, and Abatai... Thank you.

Thanks to their powerful reconnaissance and espionage, the Qing Heavenly Soldiers used to be able to know the situation on the battlefield very well, and there was no such thing as the current situation of being blind.

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", when encountering such a situation, there are military advisers who can figure it out...but here in the Qing Dynasty, who can figure it out?

Thinking of this, Emperor Shunzhi stopped and looked at a group of bachelors and ministers standing around him.

He looks like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang. He seems to be Sony! He looks most like Manchu Zhuge Liang.

"Sony!"

Sony quickly responded: "My slave is here."

"Please tell me, has Shi Kefa moved?"

"Count it?" Sony was stunned, why is it an arithmetic problem whether Shi Kefa moved or not?

"Yes, just do the math like Zhuge Liang did!" Shunzhi said.

Sony understood: "The emperor means to let the slaves guess?"

When your eyesight goes dark, you can only rely on guessing...

"Guess? You guessed it correctly?" Shunzhi was a little doubtful of Sony's ability.

"This... I can't guarantee this."

Sure enough, he is not Zhuge Liang of Manchuria!

Shunzhi sighed: "Then let's take a guess."

"Shi Kefa moved!" Sony said.

"Why?" Shunzhi asked.

"Because the elite cavalry of the Southern Army that the Mongols encountered in Dacheng did not break out and escape, but retreated to Qingxian County to defend themselves." Sony analyzed, "The combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry is very poor. With the strength of the Ming army's mule soldiers, it is impossible to escape."

Afraid of not being able to leave? Isn’t it because they didn’t leave just to attract the Mongols to besiege Qingxian County and create opportunities for Shi Kefa’s army to march north for a decisive battle?”

It seems...makes sense!

Emperor Shunzhi nodded and said to himself: Although you Sony is not Zhuge Liang of Manchuria, you are still Xu Yuanzhi of Manchuria!

"Then did Shi Kefa advance his troops all the way, or in several directions? Did he advance step by step, or did he advance rashly?"

Shunzhi raised a few more questions.

Sony, just keep guessing...

"I thought..." Sony said, "Shi Kefa must have divided his troops, because although the Mongols have poor combat power, they can run very fast. If they march all the way, they may not be able to get anything.

On the way north, as long as you can hit it along the way, you can gain a lot.

As for the speed of the advance, it should be very fast. It is impossible to move forward step by step...Although Shi Kefa liked to fight like this in the past, the Mongols are too difficult to catch. If he moves forward step by step, they will definitely escape."

Shunzhi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! Sony, you are indeed my Xu Yuanzhi!"

Shouldn't it be Zhuge Liang? Sony is a little disappointed. He works so hard, why is he still Xu Shu?

Shunzhi smiled and said: "If Shi Kefa advances rashly and disperses his troops...then we will win nine times out of ten! We must learn from Emperor Taizu. It doesn't matter which way he comes, I will only go one way!"

How to learn?

The bachelors and ministers present were all confused. Sony could only make a rough guess. He had no idea about his opponent's marching route and troop distribution. How could he go all the way? Where to go?

Shunzhi looked at the group of "fierce Guan Yu, fierce Zhang Fei" figures in front of him, "Which one of you wants to be the leader?"

No one answered because no one was sure.

Shunzhi was a little disappointed. It seemed that he didn't have people like Guan Yu or Zhang Fei under his command!

"Forget it, I'll go there myself!" Shunzhi was born as a calf and is not afraid of tigers. Opposite him were Shi Kefa, Huang Degong, and Gao Jie who all improved!

"Your Majesty, you are rich in wealth, how can you go to dangerous places in person?"

Immediately a loyal minister stood up. Shunzhi saw that the loyal minister was the veteran Aixinjueluo. Baiyintu, there are not many "Aixinjueluo" who can fight around Shunzhi now, so Baiyintu and his brother Gong Adai are also considered

Number one.

Moreover, since Shunzhi had the emperor's uncle, he began to miss Dorgon...so it was much more pleasing to the eye to see Baiyintu and Gong Adai who were attached to Dorgon.

"Good! You are indeed a warrior from my Aixinjueluo family!" Emperor Shunzhi praised, "Bayin Tu, since you have come forward, I will appoint you as the Pingman General, commanding the vanguard, firearms, brave cavalry, and cowardly Xue

The fourth battalion plus 2,000 Tianjin Guard infantry soldiers and Horqin Mongolian cavalry of 10,000 people will go south to seize Shi Kefa's retreat!"

Now Bai Yintu is a little dumbfounded, why do you talk so much!

Now that it's all right, we have to lead 20,000 people south to fight Shi Kefa decisively!

It would be fine if "Suo Yuanzhi" guessed correctly, but if he didn't guess correctly, Shi Kefa would bring the main force to attack Tianjin. Then wouldn't his more than 20,000 people be wiped out if he sent them there?

...

In this battle that took place in the south of Beizhili, Shunzhi was a "blind man" and relied entirely on Sony's guesswork to fight the battle. And his opponent Shi Kefa was not much stronger - Shi Kefa had a total of 4,000 black spearmen in his hands, so he could do it

There are too many things to do, and there is no time to investigate, so now he has to guess!

Then let’s guess together!

First of all, Shi Kefa did not guess that Shunzhi came to Tianjin. If he had guessed, why would he attack the Mongols? Dezhou is no longer surrounded, just concentrate on killing Shunzhi and win! Even if Shunzhi cannot be killed, if he surrounds Tianjin, he will still win.

Worried about not catching the big Manchurian fish?

But he was not a god, so how could he have guessed that Shunzhi would sneak to Tianjin Wei with so many people?

Secondly, did he ignore the existence of the Tianjin Guard Fortress. On the North Zhili side, the Qing army's fortresses were Beijing and Tianjin. Shi Kefa knew this. So he guessed that there might be a Qing army brigade on the Tianjin side that would be defeated.

The Mongols may also retreat to Tianjin.

Therefore, he asked Huang Degong to lead 8 infantry regiments, 1 cavalry battalion (black spearmen), and 2 artillery battalions (36 3-pound guns) to go north from the east of the canal to outflank the Tianjin Guards.

It is impossible to capture the Tianjin guards. Huang Degong only has more than 20,000 people at hand and does not have such strength. However, it is still possible to threaten Tianjin, prevent the Mongolian cavalry from retreating to Tianjin, and sweep the periphery of Tianjin by the way.

Therefore, in this big battle known as the "Battle of the River", there were two armies facing each other, each with more than 20,000 people... And the commanders of these two armies
Chapter completed!