Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Anhui Governor Jiang He got the news that the Camp of Loyalty was going north, and then rushed to Jinsha, thousands of miles away, nine days have passed.

This means that when Zhou Shixiang received the urgent delivery, the "big bandits" headed by the Zhongzheng Camp had already set off.

He couldn't stop this.

The cross-sea battle meeting ended in haste, and the northward trip of the loyal camp broke Zhou Shixiang's plan to block Manchuria in Beijing, forcing Zhou Shixiang to give up the sea-crossing battle plan and the military's original plan to go north. He must make a decision now, otherwise, the situation of the northern war will change dramatically.

When the Loyalty Camp went north, the most direct impact was on the Henan battle. The Qing army in Henan will definitely give up the confrontation with the Wu army in Kaizheng because the loyal camp is going north, and the entire line will shrink back to the north of the Yellow River to prevent the hundreds of thousands of "big bandits" from blocking the loyal camp.

Compared with the last heavy army group of the Qing army in the hands of Ao Bai, Zhou Shixiang did not think that the loyalty camp could beat the Qing army. This has nothing to do with the number of troops. The intelligence of the Ministry of Military Intelligence is clearly placed on Zhou Shixiang's desk. The old foundation of the loyalty camp, that is, the elite who can fight will never exceed 30,000. The rest were young men and prisoners from the Green Camp who had been coerced by them after they left Kuidong. These people lacked both equipment and money, and were completely used as cannon fodder by the veteran generals and local bandits. Fighting against the wind and waving flags and shouting is still acceptable. If you really want to meet the Eight Banners of Manchuria who are red-eyed for defending Beijing, I am afraid that it may not have the effect of many people, but there is a danger of collapse at any time.

On the other hand, once the Qing army shrinks back to the north of the Yellow River, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning army will not miss this great opportunity, they will definitely drive straight in and break the Yellow River defense line at once. No matter how well Aobai can fight, it is absolutely impossible to win two major battles that will determine the fate of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the same time.

He can't be separated, and he doesn't have this strength.

Regardless of whether the Loyalty Camp wins or loses, Wu Sangui will definitely benefit in the end. As long as Aobai is defeated, there is no need for Wu Sangui's troops to come under the city, and Manqing himself will pack all the goods in the Beijing capital and exit Shanhaiguan.

In the eyes of others, this is a grand event to expel the Tartars and restore China, but in the eyes of Zhou Shixiang, it is a poisonous recipe that has been ruined for eternity.

To cut weeds, we need to remove the roots. If the roots are not removed, they will grow into poisonous weeds in the future.

"How could Li Laiheng and the others have such great courage to go north? Do they think they can really win Beijing?"

Zhou Shixiang was sulking, and now, he can only be sulking. After all, Zhongzhen Camp is not his Taiping Army, and Shun Wang Li Laiheng is not under his control. Loyalty Camp wants to go north, what can he do? Could it be that he would scold Li Laiheng in the name of Emperor Dingwu?

It was not in Zhou Shixiang's mind that the Zhongzhen Camp went north, but in the eyes of the world, they were the vanguards of fighting the Tartars. Since the Battle of Jiangbei last year, the Taiping army did not take advantage of the victory to attack the Qing army north to recover the old capital, but instead sent troops to capture Guizhou occupied by Wu Sangui, which indirectly led to the death of the Taishang Emperor Yongli. No one dared to discuss this matter in the courtroom on the bright side, but there was a lot of whispers underneath. The reason why there was no impeachment of Zhou Shixiang for not advancing is entirely because his sword was hard enough and his hand was long enough. Some of the "backbone" were either stripped of their official uniforms and sent to prison, or they were put on a ship that was sent to Annan. The rest were seen, who would dare to perform the trick of "cheating the court stick" since the mid-Ming Dynasty.

However, even though Zhou Shi had absolute control over the court and the locality, attacked the gentry and old officials through major cases such as debt settlement and confederation, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zheng Sen's father and son's counter-intelligence, he won the golden mansion, but he still has no right to it. The rest of the anti-Qing forces made integration. The King of Jin, who was far away, did not talk about him. The power of King Shun, who was in front of him, was beyond the control of Zhou Shixiang.

For a long time, Zhou Shixiang, who stood high on the banner of anti-Qing and supported the king of Tang to gain righteousness, gave the world the impression that he was a hero who killed Tartars, a hero like Yue Wumu, so he could temporarily reach a truce with the Qing court. Agreement, but can not prevent others from attacking the Qing army. In that case, it will have a great impact on his image and prestige.

Now Zhou Shixiang's mood is like a mute eating yellow lotus. He can't tell if he is suffering. He can't figure out how the loyal camp, which has no ability to attack fortifications, chooses to go north. You must know that their advantage lies in field maneuvering, or in roaming, and attacking fortifications is their weakness. Not to mention the Beijing capital, the big cities in Henan, such as Kaifeng, Nanyang, Luoyang and other cities, are enough to make them look at the city and sigh.

Yes, back then, when Li Zicheng was there, the army broke through many big cities, but which time was not a lot of hard work and painstaking efforts. Which place didn't become a white land after the army was stationed for a period of time! Even the capital city of Beijing was not created by Chuangjun himself, but because the inner door of the city should open the door to lead to its fall!

Are Li Laiheng and the others going to die?

Courting death is not the method of courting death. Aobai can let them reach Beijing? Will the Manchu dignitaries in Beijing become their inner counselors? Can Wu Sangui make the readily available Beijing City fly from his own hands to the Zhongzheng Camp?

Zhou Shixiang dared to assert that from the moment they made their decision ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ in the north of the Zhongzheng Camp was destined to be a road with no return.

"Commander, King Shun and the others can't do anything about it, they think they are just begging for a living."

Xu Yingyuan, who had just transported a batch of money and grain from Zhejiang to Siming, could see the original intention of the desperate move of the Zhongzhen Camp to the north. They just wanted to survive.

Zhou Shixiang was silent, but Xu Yingyuan was telling the truth. In order to limit the scourge of the loyal camp and the local bandits, he did not fully support Li Laiheng, which caused the hundreds of thousands of horses in the loyal camp to often run out of food. An army does not even have basic food and grass security, and the heart of the soldiers is panic, and the officials are also panic. Perhaps, the loyalty camp is desperate to go north, and it is really hungry.

"King Shun and the others have no food and grass to go north."

Xu Yingyuan glanced at Dong Changqing and shook his head slightly: "When the army swept across the Central Plains back then, there was no food or grass."

Xu Yingyuan didn't say this, but Zhou Shixiang was even more worried when he said this. The fact is that the Zhongzhen Camp wanted to go north to try their luck because they had no food. If they wanted to stick to the capital, they had to first ensure that they had enough food to support them. So where does the food come from? The answer is obvious. Apart from looting all the way, Zhou Shixiang couldn't think of the second possibility.

Zhou Shixiang shuddered at the thought that another thousand-mile-long no-man's land might appear.

He must have something to decide.

"Go on, change the sea crossing operation to the northward operation, and target Liaodong! All three towns of the Lu division, Donghai division, and Yangtze river division are transferred, and this commander will go out in person."

This order made Dong Changqing hesitate: "Commander, the grain and grass are not ready, and the Jinsha has not been reorganized. Is it a little urgent to go north in a hurry?"