Chapter 161 Opportunity in Anger

The night is as cool as water and the moonlight is as silver.

The people of the palace in Xuanwu Gate of Nandu came and went like they were shuttled and ran away. They had their legs thin. This was also impossible. Now the emperor and a group of important officials are waiting, paying attention to the situation ahead at all times, and the war report was passed to the Forbidden Palace like flowing water.

The Wenhua Palace was brightly lit, and the little emperor Xingwu wandered back and forth with anticipation on his face. He was born from time to time to ask if he had returned from the battle report. A group of important officials gathered together, all of whom were full of anxiety.

This is the first battle of the New Dynasty. The morale of the people has long been stirred up by the tide. The people below are all watching. No matter what the battle says, it will bring out the morale and prestige of the New Dynasty, otherwise it will be useless to say that the Zhongxing and Ming Dynasty will be in vain.

The battle seemed to be not going well in front of him. Yang Tinglin had killed several officers, and the report was immediately sent. Everyone in the front knew the emergency and trusted Yang Tinglin very much. Even the little emperor himself agreed with Yang Tinglin's actions. Under such a big battle, if there is a sluggish battle, those who are afraid of fighting should naturally be killed. Therefore, they did not even read the list of those who were killed, and they made a reply: "The things before the army have been entrusted to Yang Qing. As if I were to come in person, don't worry about it..."

No matter who is killed, I will just take it as my own kill. I will block you any consequences. The little emperor gave all the power to Yang Tinglin, which shows how high the expectations are and how prosperous the holy family is.

The battle situation was far less smooth than the imperial court expected.

According to the imperial court's expectations, the army should have completed crossing the river at this time and was driving the Mongolian flag to fight fiercely. But until now, the new army of the imperial court has not yet completed it. Huang Degong, the main force in the second stage, was all pressed on the south bank of the Yangtze River. According to this calculation, the first stage of war will take at least twice as long.

In this way, the supplies and other materials needed will not be passed, and the main force will not be passed. As the pioneer, the elite Beijing camp will have to curl up in a small area and be beaten up by the enemy. If the Beijing camp cannot withstand the beating, the entire Crossing River Battle will become an unprecedented laughing stock.

The strength of the Qing army was beyond the imagination of the monarchs and ministers, but at this time, it was useless to say anything, so I could only go down. As for how much combat power I could still be left after crossing the river, I really couldn't care about it. Whether the level in front of me could pass is still between the two, so I didn't have the chance to say anything in the future.

At this point, there is no hope for the second stage of the so-called crossing the river battle. As long as you can cross the river, it’s enough. After all, there is an invincible iron army like the Dead Army to take care of it.

Only at such a moment will everyone truly remember the coming of the army to the death and put the army to the death on the table, instead of deliberately erasing the influence of the army to the death as before.

According to the original plan, the king's army will be fully launched after crossing the river. At that time, the army to die can take action to restrain the flanks. Now it seems that if we really support it to that stage, there will probably be no few people left in the imperial army. Of course, it is still a matter of whether it can support it until that time.

If it goes well, it will take twice as long to cross the river. As for when it can be fully expanded after crossing the river, no one dares to guarantee it. According to the established plan, Yangzhou City can be won within ten days, but now it seems... the original plan should be thrown to the back of the neck, otherwise it will be a big joke.

Look at me between the king and the minister, and I look at you, and no one says anything.

The matter is obvious. Crossing the river is a bit reluctant, so why do you say to recover Huaiyang? During the process of crossing the river, the worst performer was the new army of the court, which stuck the vanguard and main force without any further ups and downs, which made the monarch and ministers in Wenhua Palace very embarrassed.

Everyone also saw that this war that was originally a good face for the court may have to be a shameful person. Face must be lost, but how much face can be lost and how much can it be preserved is the issue that should be considered at present.

If the vanity of the first battle against the Death Army was not fought with the Death Army, the Death Army would first attack from land and the King's Army would take the opportunity to cross the river. The situation would definitely be much better. But in this way, the King's Army of the court would completely become a vassal of the Death Army, which was really hard to swallow.

Although the war is still in a stalemate, the unfavorable situation of the King's Army is the lice on the bald head, which is obviously not working. At this time, it is best to let the dead army launch an attack early to relieve the King's Army's pressure.

Only by doing this can we save some of the face of the court.

In the past, he was afraid that the army to die would steal the first place, but he was afraid that Li Si would get the lead, so he sent one decree after another, asking Li Si to wait for the army of the court to launch before launching it. Now if he asked the army to die to attack quickly, it was clear that the court could not hold it back.

This kind of slapping oneself in the face is really embarrassing.

But the situation is better than that of others, and you have to do this if you don’t.

The idea of ​​letting the dead army launch an early launch, but the court's face fell under the soles of the shoes. The little Emperor Xingwu looked at the group of the ministers below and did not speak.

In fact, the meaning is already very obvious: for this shameful thing, you should hurry up and take the blame for the court, and then go to Li Si's side to take a walk...

The important officials below were all tied their heads and no one spoke. The little emperor's face turned red with anger.

In such matters, the officials of the Old East Palace could understand the emperor's thoughts and share the worries for the king. Liu Lishun took the initiative to stand up: "The battle between the river may last for a long time, and our army cannot be consumed in this way. Only order the dead army to attack from the flank..."

This is the situation, and you, Liu Lishun, do you, say this nonsense? But the little emperor understood what Lao Liu meant, and without waiting for Lao Liu to finish his words, he quickly took the verge: "Absolutely, the army fought fiercely in the Yangtze River, and the time was ripe. I ordered the army to fight together. The imperial court's orders will be conveyed by Liu Qing to the army to the army to fight, quickly, quickly..."

Liu Lishun's face turned pale and white, and he felt very aggrieved: Why did he put the blame on me? I haven't finished speaking yet..."

"The Lord, the battle ahead is very fierce, and the ministers and others dare not leave without permission. This matter should be done by a clan."

Everyone understood Liu Lishun's words.

Which clan has another clan? It must be the King of Tang.

The King of Tang is the emperor's uncle and is not a person in the court system. Even if he goes to the death army, he is not considered a loss of face to the court. It is a matter of private matters, so what does it have to do with the court?

The little emperor's eyes lit up, and he quickly corrected his order: "It is said that the King of Tang will enter the palace quickly!"

...

After taking a shower and having a good sleep, my spirits came up.

For the sake of the little troubles in the court, King Tang became a rabbit chased by a dog, and he couldn't even breathe. He ran over from Nandu in one breath, and the dust on his body could be half an inch thick.

Fortunately, the loyal Bo Li Si was also a red-faced man who looked at the relationship. When he heard that the court had issued an order, he immediately started attacking.

The King of Tang was 120 times willing to give the fighting power of the army to die. As long as Li Si gave this order, it would be a matter of time before he took Sizhou. He then took a shower and slept steadily, and his whole body was comfortable. Then he got up and took two bites of food.

"I said to Brothers Li, how are you fighting ahead? Should we go up and cheer up the brothers?" King Tang also wanted to see the style of going to the dead army to conquer Sizhou.

"What else can you do to get angry? What else can you do to cheer up?" Li Si laughed: "Sizhou has already come down, and I have already ordered the team to move eastward. If the King of Tang had this leisure, he would help An'an people stabilize the place."

"What? Is it done? So fast?" King Tang was really shocked.

It is something that the whole world knows that the army can fight to the death. Sizhou is not an amazing fortress, and it is expected that it is easy to conquer.

But this is too fast! How long has it been since the order was issued to attack? Before I could hear any noise, I actually took down Sizhou!

"I have to do it, and the army to die must do it!" King Tang stretched out his thumb and praised: "I guess I will have to attack for at least one day and a night. After sleeping, I have already lost one city. It can be considered as killing Hua Xiong with warm wine? It's really amazing!"

The progress of the army to die is so fast that it is amazing is unheard of. Although Sizhou is not big, it is a strong attack on the city.

Li Si just smiled, but it didn't mean it.

The key to the battle in Sizhou was to prepare and deterrent before the war. Before the army had moved, it had already discussed with the defenders of Sizhou. As long as the army went to the dead, they would press forward. The city would immediately raise the flag and revolt. To put it bluntly, it would be just a matter of going through the motions.

The facts are the same as agreed before.

The army went to the death to pull the formation away, and two rounds of cannons were fired. As soon as the arrows were densely filled with rain, the new army in Sizhou City immediately raised the banner of justice. While chasing the few Manchu soldiers around, they opened the city gate to welcome the death to enter. It was as simple as a performer, and no one believed it when he said it.

As for the most common situations in tough battles such as strong attacks, ants sticking to walls, etc., they have not happened before.

No matter how powerful the army is, it is impossible to break the city in an instant. The reason why it is so fast and smooth is entirely due to the new affiliated army in Sizhou.

"Okay, very good, then hurry up and go east. Yang Tinglin is almost vomiting blood when he fights. If the army to dies, it is possible that it will be a big mess..."

"Come on, King Tang, do you need to urge this kind of thing? As soon as Sizhou opened, the Huaiyang Army could not even hold back. Shi Dewei didn't even enter the city, and he didn't even have to rest. He had already killed him with his men..." Li Si said with a smile: "If you want to attack Yangzhou, Yang Tinglin may not have Shi Dewei's eagerness."

"Then I'll feel relieved."

"The court can rest assured..."

"Brother Li family. Are you sarcastic about the court? This is not what you should say as a minister." The Tang King smiled and said, "What the court did is not very authentic, but you have to think about my emperor's nephew. If he doesn't work hard to fight this battle, how will the new dynasty convince the public? Just talk about the battle in front of you. Even if you go to the death army as the main force, you have to give the credit to the court. First, you are loyal uncle and don't lack this popularity. Besides, my eldest nephew is also the king. Tell me, for thousands of years, the truth has always been with the king. Even if you are a minister, you have to endure a little grievance. Take a step back and say that the Emperor Daxing has entrusted his son to you, so you can't compete with the court, right?"

"You are also a person who knows the truth. You can say it with your conscience, am I a loyal minister? Am I right? " Li Si quickly seized this opportunity to complain. It would be too bad for him if he didn't express his loyal minister's difficulties at this time.

The King of Tang laughed, "Loyalty, you are the biggest loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty. Who is your loyal minister if you are not loyal?"

"The King of Tang is perfunctory!"

The Tang King said seriously: "If you want to talk about the past, I am also afraid that you were Wang Mang, who was reborn from Cao Cao in the world. If you don't care about you in your heart, you will be nonsense if you are not afraid of you usurping the rebellion!"

"But since you evacuated Jiangnan, I have understood that your loyal uncle may not really be as loyal as Grandpa Wu Mu, but he will not be thinking about the throne of my eldest nephew. Isn't this perfunctory to you?"

Li Si himself couldn't help but smile: "Grandpa Wu Mu is stupid and loyal. I can't learn it even if I want to. If I really build a Fengbo Pavilion for me, I can't stand it..."

"Haha, don't worry, my eldest nephew is not Song Gaozong, and there is no dog thief like Qin Hui in the court." The King of Tang said: "From my perspective, my eldest nephew, the emperor, really wants to cheer up the Dingjie. Just the people-based edict issued a while ago, it set a precedent for the national dynasty. After careful consideration, I really have the intention of revitalizing the Dingjie. If you put a long time of thirty or fifty years, you will definitely be able to rebuild our dynasty's prosperity!"

"The people-oriented thing... is hard to say, I can't say whether it's good or bad. Let's take a look. It's always good to have more ways to do it." Li Si didn't seem to want to get involved in this issue, and deliberately or unintentionally distracted the topic: "I'm talking about King Tang, what would you do if you were the commander of Manchu when we attack Huaiyang here?"

This question was about serious military affairs, and the King of Tang did not dare to neglect it. He thought about it carefully until he thought it was thorough, and then he said: "If I were a Manchu, I would definitely mobilize troops from Huaibei or even Shandong to strengthen the control of Jiangbei."

This is the most direct and effective way.

However, the Shandong Manchu forces and Dorgon's Beijing forces were not very harmonious. Even if they could come to reinforce, they would definitely make progress and retreat. Dorgon would not have expected this. There were also Shandong rebels who went south in Huaibei and the south, and this concern was not a big problem in a short period of time.

When Shi Kefa fought against Yangzhou, the Shandong rebel army was also afraid that Jiangbei would be unified by the Tartars, so they went south to try to reinforce, but were rejected by the Hongguang Dynasty. So until now, they were still stuck there. The main enemy facing the Xin Dynasty is the chess piece that Duoduo arranged to guard against the rebel army at that time.

As long as this Ziyi army was not eliminated, the Qing army in Shandong and Huaibei would not be able to let go.

"Or, mobilize troops from Xuzhou to reinforce. Of course, your loyal master is stuck in Sizhou now. I guess the Manchus will not dare to touch Xuzhou anymore. I can only find a way from Zaozhuang. Although there are other ways, it is a bit in a hurry after all."

"The Qing army near Zaozhuang rushed to the Huaiyang area, so wouldn't Xuzhou have no successor power?"

The Tang King's eyes lit up: "You Li Si, you are still trying to attack Xuzhou, but you also want to Guide. Although the new affiliated army of Guide has long been tormented by Duoduo, there is still some local forces. Once you attack Sizhou, the Tatars will definitely think that Xuzhou and Zaozhuang will be drawn, and they will definitely strengthen Xuzhou's defensive power..."

"Okay, since even the King of Tang said that Xuzhou is not easy to fight, then I won't fight. I'll go and touch Guide now, and I can't possibly get a piece of fat meat!" Li Si said with a smile, his expression as if he was joking.

"You said so misty. When did I say that you were going to attack Guide? Besides, is it your command or I command the army to die? Why am I a little dizzy?" The King of Tang was really confused: "What did you say about Guide but not Guide? Is it true or false? Brother Li, are you not kidding me? This army is not a joke..."

Guide and Yangzhou, one in the east and the other in the west, are clearly two completely opposite directions. What is Li Si's messing around?

The situation has been pulled apart, and I am about to advance to Yangzhou, why did it suddenly go to the west?

Fortunately, the King of Tang was not the kind of stupid person, so he soon realized that Li Si had another arrangement: "You Zhongsheng Bo did not tell me the truth. Brother Li, you must have something hidden from me. No, I will go to the front line if you say it, and see if it is your main force in the front. Why do I think there is something wrong with it?"

The more the King of Tang thought about it, the more something was wrong, and he immediately took someone out.

Li Si laughed loudly and shouted loudly from afar: "Don't be in a dangerous place to fight..."

"Get out, you loyal uncle, you are also foolish with me. I'll go and see it clearly before talking about it..." The King of Tang left.

Li Si was still shouting from behind: "Don't forget to help me get an imperial edict, haha..."

When the anxious King Tang chased the dead army, it was already midnight. He chased and inquired all the camps, and walked all the way, but he didn't see a few acquaintances at all.

The King of Tang and many of the people in the Death Army were familiar with each other, and they were not familiar with each other. They spent almost a day and two nights running back and forth, and found that there was only one battalion for the Death Army.

Only this battalion is Li Si's direct battalion, and if there weren't a few familiar team officials, they would have almost regarded this famous main battalion as a second-rate team.

When asked where the other Tiangan camps went, no one knew, or they knew that they didn't want to say it.

No matter what, on such a large battlefield, there are mostly second-rate troops in the army that go to death, and almost all the battalions of the earthly branches.
To be continued...