: Inside and Out

"Dodo's reaction is so fast."

It takes considerable courage and decisiveness to be able to shrink the entire strategic front in less than two days, give up half of the northern battlefield, and concentrate on attacking Nandu with all its strength.

Since Zhou Wenyuan took the initiative to cross the river with iron ropes, the Qing army's battlefield initiative has disappeared, and they are facing two options: going north or south.

If you go north, you have to break the blockade of the army to die and then tear a hole to break out of the encirclement. This task is not very difficult for the Qing army. The only thing worth worrying about is that the river surface is locked, and it is impossible to retreat north of the Yangtze River without major casualties. Duoduo didn't care much about the new army. As long as he tried to use the new army as cannon fodder, the main force could still cross the river and stalemate with the army to die.

However, the biggest flaw of such a strategic deployment is that it loses the previous achievements, and the remaining Qing troops in the entire Jiangnan must be wiped out one by one for the death.

If you go south, your only choice is to attack Nandu and take down the central city of Nanming regardless of losses or costs. This will not only completely destroy Jiangnan's resistance morale psychologically, but also allow the remaining half of the Ming Dynasty to fall into chaos without a leader, and then you can break it one by one.

This strategy is quite difficult to implement, especially if the strong opponent of the Death Army, who is behind the butt, must take down Nandu before the Death Army cleans up the new affiliated army in the northern half of the battlefield. Otherwise, it will be a difficult situation of being attacked from both sides.

In the past, the purge of Huaiyang was to open the lock of the Yangtze River. Seeing that the army had arrived at the city of Nandu, if the troops retreated to Jiangbei, the previous war would have no practical significance. What's more important is that they would face unprecedented political pressure. If the previous military achievements could not be saved, he, Duoduo, retreated over the Yangtze River, and Beijing would replace him. I wonder how many people were jealous of the fat errands like Jiangnan, who could not be fatter than that.

This kind of pressure cannot be endured and resolved at all. From a military perspective, it is risky to do so, but from a political perspective, it must be done.

In this way, the pressure faced by the army to die will be half as lighter, and various arrangements will be more calm and meticulous.

The strengthening of the left wing can already protect Zhou Wenyuan, who seems to be powerful, which makes the entire fraud strategy even more real and terrifying.

The newly surrendered officers of the new army took turns to join the battle and shouted: "Brothers, don't work hard for the Tartars, I'm ashamed of my ancestors."

"If you recognize the Tartars as your godfather, you will not be able to enter the ancestral tomb after your death."

"As long as you surrender anyway, the army to die will not treat everyone badly..."

"Everyone knows what Duoduo is doing. If you are a filial son and grandson of the Tartars, you will not have a good ending..."

"Everyone in the world knows that if you want to save your life, you will surrender——"

The new affiliated officer who surrendered here dared not do anything but tried his best and shouted in front of the formation.

Since last night, Kong Youde sent out his personal guards and officers, and infiltrated the new affiliated army opposite, looking for officers from various departments who were previously close to each other and discussing the matter of turning against each other in front of the front.

No matter whether Duoduo can conquer Nandu or not, at least the situation in front of him is bright and bright.

The combat power of the army to die was there. With the new army, there was definitely no hope of winning. Everyone joined the army to have a meal, not to die. On the Eastern Front, the battle was only in the middle of the night, 20,000 new army was sensational. Now the main forces of the army to die were gathered together, and there were probably not many tens of thousands of people, and if they continued to fight, they would become fools.

Want to run? The Yangtze River is locked, can you still fly with wings?

It was not a glorious thing to surrender to the Qing army, and I felt guilty in my heart. Who doesn’t know that this is a scandal of forgetting my ancestors and shameful ancestors?

"Brother, are there any acquaintances on the side of the Death Army?"

"Is that true, just the one I called out just now, did you see it? I used to be my old boss, old military leader..."

The new affiliated soldier hurried over and tried his best to flatter him, wishing to put his face on: "Brother, little brother, I will rely on you to take care of you in the future..."

The new army on the other end was also talking.

"If we fight hard, we can't fight the army to the death even if we have nine lives. But our butts are not clean. If we surrender to the army to the death, I wonder if it will end?"

"If you want to be a tough guy, you will be a good opportunity. If you defeat the Death Army, everyone in the world knows that you are a tough guy. But if you defeat the Death Army, what is this nonsense?" The veteran of Shanxi looked at everyone with his eyes squinted: "I am not a tough guy, nor do I want to be a tough guy, but I want to leave this life."

"But I heard that the troops who went to the death have been trying to kill us..."

"What a damn bad guy, you new recruits know how to have bird feathers." The veteran looked at the new recruits with a nervous look in disdain: "If you want to say that there is shit on your butt, Kong Youde is not one? He has wine and meat there. What are the concerns we have as soldiers?"

"King Shun? Did he also surrender to the dead army?"

"Shh--" The veteran made a ban gesture, indicating that everyone should not make any comments: "Don't look at Kong Youde's usual 5 or 6 people, he had already run over and surrendered. Of course, you new recruits don't know such top secret news. Brother, I see you young, and give you a clear way..."

"Brother, please tell me, brothers, thank you for your whole life."

The veteran lowered his voice and whispered: "Kong Youde's personal soldiers are now in our camp. The military leaders in the camp are ready to surrender to the dead army. When the war is launched, those who want to be tough will greet the dead army, and those who don't want to die will be more careful..."

I want to be a tough guy in front of the death army, unless I am really crazy. Even if I am really crazy, this is not the time when he is a hero.

Several Manchu braided soldiers walked by, and the new affiliated soldiers immediately pretended to be fine and dispersed like people. When the braided soldiers walked away, the veteran laughed and said, "Brothers who want to win a lottery will follow me, and wait for the dead army to kill them and capture these Manchu dogs..."

While they were talking, the medium-sized cannons of the death army were rushing in front of them, and all kinds of cannon fire began to bombard like a happy one. The musket team covered the flanks and fired alternately, watching the fork soldiers behind them rushing towards them like flying.

"Start up, brothers, let's get a prize first!" Several veterans rushed to the Manchu braided soldiers not far away to supervise the battle...

The army to die also showed all its strength, and the strong wind swept forward like a storm, instantly breaking through the defense line of the new affiliated army, and rushed forward without turning his head without stopping.

In battle, not to mention decent resistance, even sporadic battles are not common. The new affiliated army company is not even a problem of collapse at the touch. It is simply that the battle will immediately surrender as soon as it starts.

"Surrender, anyway, we have been ready for it anyway..."

"Surrender. If we surrender, we will not do things that will shame our ancestors."

"I haven't wanted to be a Tartar dog for a long time..."

The new affiliated army surrendered so quickly that it was jaw-dropping. Before they rushed to the front, they threw their weapons everywhere, and set up neatly to call for surrender. They were just preparing for it. It was obvious that they were surrendering.

Most of the soldiers who went to the death had never seen such a scene. The New Army basically surrendered in a group of institutions. A small team had enough postures. As soon as they ran to the front, hundreds of New Army soldiers threw away their weapons...

What else can you do if someone surrenders?

But everyone had the urgent orders of loyal uncle, and they didn't care about these new subordinates at all, nor did they have the time to pay attention to them, and continued to move forward with a fork.

Later, there were too many enemies who surrendered or were surrendering, and even became obstacles to progress, so we had to start to gather seriously.

How many new affiliated troops are coming here? It is still unclear yet, but the military supplies and fodders all over the ground are actually placed in front of you...

The battle was so smooth, as if the army had been arranged to change defenses long ago. The army to die had basically run away on the battlefield.

Most of the new affiliated troops on the front were already captured, and there were many scattered wings running around. Wherever the Sun and Moon Blood Flag went, few resistance occurred...

It turned out that the army to die was so powerful that it was so powerful that the enemy could subdue.

For the newly added recruits of the army to die, the significance of this battle is to make them realize the strength and invincibility of the army to die, and the little fear and concern that they already had in their hearts disappeared.

This is too simple. Just shout a few times and put one end of the fork, and the enemy who was afraid of being brave enough to surrender immediately...

After such a battle that was not entirely considered a battle, although the new recruits' tactics did not improve much, their morale suddenly increased. They rushed forward with screams, as if the Sun and Moon Blood Flag had already won with just one finger.

In this battle, Kong Youde performed particularly well. Most of the new affiliated troops he sent to contact were killed and then surrendered in an established manner. For these people, the army was prepared for the deaths, and the matters were done more appropriately, which was considered to be less trouble.

A rough estimate is that the number of new affiliated troops who surrendered in this battle alone would not be much worse. Although Duoduo still has a considerable number of new affiliated troops, it can no longer constitute any strategic purpose.

The matter of the prisoners of Zhou Wenyuan was still asked to go to the dead army to do the matter.

The common people who were not soldiers were wearing yellow military uniforms to die. They were already afraid of these prisoners, but when the battle flag was inserted, the prisoners gathered obediently, and were as gentle as a group of old sheep. The little fear in their hearts ran away cleanly, holding a fork and shouting loudly, driving the prisoners to their designated positions like sheep, which really looked a little bit like a group of old sheep.

If there were so many prisoners of these new affiliated troops, it would be a potential disaster to keep them, so they would simply not stop and learn from Bai Qikeng's surrendered soldiers in the past, killing them all, saving them all from this and that in the future. They could also let the people of the world see the means of the death army and shock all enemies with blood.

There are tens of thousands of people inside and outside. Although I have long known Zhou Wenyuan's viciousness, I never expected that it would reach such an outrageous level.

"No, these new affiliated troops were our enemies before, but now they have surrendered, so they cannot be killed." Li Si said: "If they kill them all, so many Han troops in the world who work hard for the Tartars will inevitably regard the new affiliated troops as a life-and-death enemy in the future..."

With Li Si's personal prestige, no one can do it as long as he rejected it. But Zhou Wenyuan is not Ding Yi, a brave man like Lu Jian. I don't know how many twists and turns in my heart are. When Ming beats Ming to kill, Li Si will definitely not be able to pass this level. As long as people are in the hands of the dead army, Zhou Wenyuan will have many ways to kill these tens of thousands of people.

Holding the newly surrendered prisoners with a fork, sending them to the front, letting them open the way for the army to die, and count as much as they die. Anyway, no one feels sorry. Doing so will not only maximize the value of these prisoners, but also offset the casualties of the army to die. It is definitely a good thing that can kill two birds with one stone without any harm.

To put it bluntly, it is to use prisoners as cannon fodder.

Didn't Duo do this all the time?

Li Si still shook his head slightly.

These prisoners do have combat effectiveness, and they cannot be used as cannon fodder, but if they do so, they will definitely not be able to exert their full value, and it is simply a waste.

If they really want to fight side by side with the army to die, they might be able to consider the few pitiful people under Kong Youde, because they have instigated more new army troops and can no longer go back, so they can only be tied to the chariot of the army to die.

But if these prisoners drive to the battlefield, they dare not say whether they will turn against each other again. They must have various ideas in their hearts. Everyone is a human being, and they are all trying to survive. They are newcomers. How can they stabilize them if they do this?

It’s not okay to kill, it’s not okay to be cannon fodder. What’s the use of captives coming here? It’s impossible to catch a group of ancestors back to pay their respects?

Captives naturally have the function of prisoners. In such a big battle, if you don’t need to leave the prisoners, Li Si’s head is really wrong.

There are many ways to use it, so naturally you need to choose the one with the most practical effect.

"It's time to see the truth in this battle. We must wipe out the Tatars alive to capture Duoduo." The power balance between enemy and us has undergone a fundamental change in this battle. As long as there is no major mistake, we are sure to win. The only thing we are pursuing is the size of the battle: "Each battalion is resting on the spot to prepare for the war, the horse stent battalion has made every effort to detect, and the big and small movements will be reported to me immediately."

"yes!"

Morale is like a rainbow.

How arrogant the Qing army was when sweeping across the Central Plains; how arrogant Duoduo was when he surrounded Yangzhou. Today, it was finally time for the decisive battle, and it was time for the Tartars to taste the feeling of the iron barrel encirclement.

"In the past thirty years, Hedong and thirty years, Hexi is poking and poking, and it's time for us to go to the death to show our might."

"What thirty years have you used for so long? It's only been a few days since we came from Yangzhou? This is called the quick report in front of us."

When the army was overwhelmed with confidence in the death, the right-wing Huaiyang Army led the commander Shi Dewei to come and galloped like a wind.

He jumped off his horse and knelt in front of Li Si on one knee: "My family's Shishi's spirit in the sky has longed for today. The decisive battle is coming. Huaiyang Army begs to fight the first battle to wash away the hatred of Yangzhou and to avenge the revenge of my supervisor. The loyal Boss must not trample on my Huaiyang Jianer's blood and sincerity..."

Li Si raised his head to the sky, as if he was trying hard to find the cloud belonging to Shi Kefa.

Since the beginning of the Nandu War, Shi Dewei requested the first battle several times, but was rejected by Li Si. It is easy to imagine that his enthusiasm was imaginable.

Li Si just looked at the sky and said after a long time: "Shi Gong's loyalty and righteousness are all forever, and we all look up to you. Today, Shi Gong's remaining troops are still sincere. How dare Li Si reject it? During the decisive battle, the Huai Yang Army was the vanguard..."

"Xie Zhongcheng Bo Chengxuan." Shi Dewei was also a strong and powerful man. Hearing what Li Si said, tears in his eyes flowed down at that time.

"This battle is a decisive battle for Jiangnan, with advancement and retreat. Whether it is your Huaiyang Army or my army to die, if you hesitate and fail to forward, military law will be dealt with."

Shi Dewei was so excited by Li Si that his blood was about to burst out: "In the first battle, I, Huaiyang man, must personally capture the Duoduo dog thief, and use the thief's neck blood to pay tribute to the spirit of the governor in heaven..."
To be continued...