The second thing Ouyang Shuo did was to send people to contact the remnants of the Dashun Army.

Like the Daxi Army, after Li Zicheng's death, the remaining troops of the Dashun Army, led by Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi, Madam Gao and others, later joined forces with the Southern Ming to continue to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

The famous "Thirteen Kuidong Families" are mainly composed of the remaining troops of the Dashun Army.

Ouyang Shuo will temporarily deal with the four towns in Jiangbei without any pressure. I think as long as Gao Jie and others have some brains, they will not easily place bets and surrender to the Qing Dynasty before the end of the Yangzhou Battle.

With 200,000 Yiren Legion as the center, Ouyang Shuo joined forces with the four towns in Jiangbei, the Daxi Army and the remaining troops of the Dashun Army to form a united front that runs across the east and west, and launches a counterattack against the Qing Dynasty.

This caused Zhang Xianzhong and others to be wary. Ouyang Shuo did not even seek joint command power, but only contacted each other to use the troops for time and division of troops, and headed north at the same time.

The premise is that the Yi Ren Legion in the Battle of Yangzhou must prove itself.

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On the third day of the battle, Yangzhou City.

Guo Ziyi's troops were still rushing to Yangzhou City. The Duoduo army and the 100,000 Yiren Legion led by Di Chen had already arrived outside Yangzhou City and surrounded Yangzhou City.

After all, I still couldn't catch up.

Not only that, Di Chen seemed to have been foresighted and brought more than a hundred artillery pieces. Now, the Qing army did not have to wait for the Shenji Camp. As soon as it sieges the city, it started a war against Yangzhou City in amid fire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Because Di Chen, who is familiar with history, knows that Shi Kefa cannot surrender, Duoduo doesn't even need to surrender and directly ordered the siege.

Faced with artillery bombardment, Yangzhou's earthen city wall was overwhelmed and collapsed soon.

The city was full of people, but the situation was no longer supported.

However, in just one morning, Yangzhou City was declared to fall.

Liu Zhaoji died in battle, Yangzhou prefect Renmin Yu, He Gang and others died heroically, and Shi Kefa committed suicide...

History seems to be happening again.

The difference is that because the siege was unusually smooth, and with Di Chen dissuading it, the Qing army finally did not massacre the city, but began to prepare for city defense to deal with the arrival of Guo Ziyi's troops.

Di Chen is still very rational in this matter.

First, Guo Ziyi's troops were already on their way to Yangzhou, and massacre of the city at this time was tantamount to digging a grave. Second, although Di Chen was a child of a noble family, he was still a child of China, and was not really a heart-warming person.

Di Chen is still young, but he doesn't have a "copper and iron bone" like his grandfather.

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"It's a problem now!"

Upon learning that Yangzhou city had been destroyed, Guo Ziyi ordered the troops to stop and rest for the time being.

That night, the Central Army camp tent.

"The military advisor thought, what should we do next?" Guo Ziyi asked Jia Xu for advice.

Jia Xu said: "The city of Yangzhou is broken, and the four towns in Jiangbei may surrender to the Qing army at any time. The situation is very unfavorable to us and we must find a way to reverse it. It is just that our 130,000 troops will be defended by Yangzhou, and it is still possible to fight. Now that the Qing army is occupying Yangzhou, we suddenly change from defending the city to siege. It is difficult."

“…”

Guo Ziyi has a black line.

"Can the military advisor have a good idea?" Guo Ziyi asked with a gaze.

Jia Xu was calm and said, "Since you can't conquer, then just give up."

"Give up?" Guo Ziyi frowned, "What does military advisor mean? Does retreating to advance?"

Jia Xu nodded, "The Royal Fleet that accompanied him is a trump card. With the fleet accompanying him, our army can bypass Yangzhou City, go up against the Huaihe River, and take down the Huaihe River Basin."

The Huaihe River Basin is a barrier of the Yangtze River. Bypassing the main force of the Qing army, Guo Ziyi is indeed confident that he will recover the Jianghuai area in a short period of time. The question is, "What should I do if I get food and grass?"

"The main force of the Qing army arrived in Yangzhou so quickly, and the subsequent grain transport team was not so fast. As long as we acted quickly, we were very sure to intercept the enemy's food and grass for our own use." Jia Xu was really jealous, "As long as the first batch of food and grass is intercepted, the subsequent grain and grass can be raised on the spot."

When Guo Ziyi heard this, he nodded in admiration, but still couldn't explain his doubts. He then asked: "Even if the food and grass problem is solved, it is still very inappropriate to release 250,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou City. The enemy can go south and take Jianye directly, and can go north to pursue our army and trap our army in a passive manner."

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "It's okay for the enemy to stay in Yangzhou City. Once we leave the city, it's an opportunity for us, whether we go north or south."

"How to say it?"

"If the Qing army went south and took direct attack on Jianye. There were 40,000 Daxia imperial guards in Jianye City, and Liu Liang's left troops were there. Relying on the benefits of Jianye's mighty city, the enemy would not easily take down Jianye like attacking Yangzhou."

Unlike Yangzhou, a large number of artillery were also arranged at the top of Jianye City. The Qing army imagined to attack Yangzhou, and it was simply a delusion to take down Jianye through a morning of artillery bombardment.

Historically, Jianye surrendered without fighting. On the battle map, Ouyang Shuo personally took over Jianye. What trouble could Qian Qianyi and others do? There is no reason to surrender.

Guo Ziyi also agreed with Jia Xu's judgment.

"As long as Jianye holds on for a few days, our army can take advantage of the situation and move south. Not only can we take back Yangzhou, but also cooperate with Jianye's defenders to attack the Qing army from north to south. The situation of the war will naturally benefit me." Jia Xu explained.

Guo Ziyi nodded, "What if the Qing army went north?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "It is easier to go north. The northern territory is vast, especially the Jianghuai area. It is just occupied by the Qing army and its foundation is unstable. There are many anti-Qing forces. We can play hide-and-hide with the Qing army and attack them separately. When the king conquered the remaining troops of the Dashun army, it will be the time when the enemy is destroyed."

Hearing this, Guo Ziyi finally felt relieved.

Jia Xu continued, "One other advantage of our army circumventing Yangzhou City is to use force to suppress the Qing army before Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing and other three towns in Jiangbei surrendered to the Qing army."

"The military advisor is of great insight!"

Guo Ziyi stood up and bowed from afar, completely convinced.

Jia Xu gave in. As a strategist, when he set out from Jianye, Jia Xu was already thinking about various possibilities in his mind. The fall of Yangzhou City was naturally one of them.

Therefore, Jia Xu can come up with solutions in a short period of time.

This is the difference between top strategists and ordinary strategists. They always plan things first, make the worst plans, and never cram them.

The plan has been decided, and Guo Ziyi is also decisive.

That night, the army set off camp overnight and continued to go north. It was important to quietly bypass Yangzhou City before the Qing army reacted.

Of course, Guo Ziyi did not forget to write a letter overnight and reported the front-line battle report to Ouyang Shuo in detail.

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Just as Guo Ziyi's troops headed north overnight, news of the fall of Yangzhou began to spread.

Seeing that the Qing army was in great power, the people from all over the Nanming were in a state of great trouble. The generals of the four towns in Jiangbei began to fight Xiao Jiujiu, and Qian Qianyi and other civil officials no longer went to the Regent's Mansion to submit their greetings.
Chapter completed!