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The Manchurian and Mongolian Special Action Team was the implementation of the policy of "following the stream with the color of the Qing army and threatened Jiangning with reinforcements from Jiangxi Province" by Li Zhicui, the censor of Jiangxi. The purpose of the Tartars is not to attack Nanjing, but to attack Nanzhili and capture Anqing.

The news of King Yanping's defeat in Nanjing had been passed to Nanchang by the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department in Jiangnan, and at the same time, news had also been sent from Anqing. After learning of the defeat of the Zheng Army in Nanjing, Prince Yue Le of Qing'an immediately led the charge. Green battalion soldiers from several northern provinces rushed to Nanjing by boats from Anqing Water Camp. Anqing handed over the responsibility of 3000 Henan Green Camps under the command of Gushan Echenba Yubudash.

The defeat of Zheng Jun forced Zhou Shixiang to convene the generals for an emergency military meeting. Soldier Dong Changqing suggested that the main force of the Northern Expedition should immediately attack Huizhou from Raozhou, Jiangxi, and then go straight to Nanjing City via Ningguofu and Taipingfu, and attack Nanjing before the army of Shunzhi arrived.

Dong Changqing believed that as long as Nanjing was captured, Nanjing could be used as a base, and then troops were sent to capture Zhenjiang, integrate the anti-Qing forces in the south of the Yangtze River, and confront the Shunzhi army across the river. If the Qing army crosses the river, it will fight decisively with the Qing army with the main force. If it wins, the Qing army will be stunned and unable to fight again; if it loses, the Northern Expedition Army will retreat to Nanjing, unable to hold fast like the Qing army. In this way, there is a strong city of Nanjing to rely on and reinforcements to come. The Qing army will be trapped under the city. After a long time, it will become a laboring division. At that time, it will be attacked from both inside and outside, and the time for the Tatars to give their heads is not far away.

Dong Changqing's proposal is very adventurous, and it may even be possible to capture and kill Shunzhi, the Tartar Chieftain in one fell swoop, so the generals were very excited to hear it, but a practical problem was placed in front of everyone. Ningguo and Taipingfu are mostly hilly areas, which are inconvenient for large troops to march, especially in the west of Nanjing. More than a thousand soldiers and horses can easily pass through, but an army of tens of thousands of people, together with baggage and civilians, is difficult to pass quickly, let alone in Nanjing. Expand west.

Nanjing is a strong city again. The Qing army in the city has just defeated the Zheng army, and the morale is high. It is impossible to be as frightened as the Zheng army's troops approaching the city, thinking that the end is coming. In addition, Yue Le brought green battalion soldiers from several northern provinces to Nanjing from Anqing. Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that the defending troops in Nanjing may be more than the Northern Expedition Army. In addition, the Qing army has seized a large number of artillery and ordnance from the Zheng Army, making the Taiping Army Siege difficulty increased sharply. If the siege of the city fails, wouldn't the Northern Expedition Army become a lonely army, become a labored division, and repeat the defeat of the Zheng Army?

Li Zhicui and Gui Yongzhi resolutely opposed Dong Changqing's adventurous strategy. They believed that since ancient times, Nanjing must first seize its upper reaches, and the two important towns in the upper reaches of Nanjing, Jiujiang and Anqing, are battlegrounds. Only by gaining control of Anqing and Jiujiang can we consider attacking Nanjing in the lower reaches, otherwise it is easy to be attacked.

Gui Yongzhi even persuaded Zhou Shixiang not to rush to attack Nanjing, but to stabilize Jiangxi, take Fujian and Zhejiang in the east and occupy the whole territory of Hunan in the west, cooperate with the loyal camp to conquer Wuchang, completely recover Huguang, and then concentrate troops to enter Guizhou, in one fell swoop. Solve the Yunnan-Guizhou Doni and Wu Sangui Corps, so that you can integrate the Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Hunan provinces, confront the Qing court across the river, slow down the plan, and recover Sichuan with the army. Occupy Hanzhong to recover Shaanxi and Gansu; the 1st Army goes down from the upper reaches to the south of the Yangtze River, so that the Qing court will not care about the beginning and the end, Gu Dong will lose the west, and Gu Xi will lose the east. No matter which way the east and west roads succeed, it will be a fatal blow to the Qing court.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich in wealth, and Shaanxi and Gansu are the origins of elite soldiers. Gui Yongzhi's strategy is to force the Qing court to take the lead. No matter which one you choose to protect or lose, the Qing court's rule in the north will be shaken. It's just that this strategy takes a long time to implement, and it can't be done without three or two years, and there is still something to worry about in the middle, especially the Qing army trapped in Yungui is the largest heavy army group in the Qing court. There are 20,000 people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, and Wu Sangui's subordinates are also strong generals.

The current strength of the Taiping Army is to successfully annihilate the Yungui Qing Army, and the price paid will be too great for Zhou Shixiang to bear. And the most important thing is that if Gui Yongzhi's strategy is adopted, the initiative of the war will be transferred to the hands of the Qing army at the beginning, because Shunzhi of Tartar has already conquered and conquered Nanjing, so it is impossible for Shunzhi to sit back and watch. The Taiping army stabilized Jiangxi, sought Fujian and Zhejiang, and let the Dhoni army be trapped in the southwest without asking.

It is almost certain that after Shunzhi arrives in Jiangnan, he will definitely march towards Jiangxi, taking advantage of the limelight of defeating Zheng Jun to force Zhou Shixiang to concentrate his main force to fight him decisively, and Zhou Shixiang must fight because he cannot give up Jiangxi. Whether from a political point of view or from a military point of view, Jiangxi must not be abandoned lightly, otherwise the military will be shaken, and those surrendered generals and officials who surrendered will also be shaken, just like Li Zicheng, who surrendered after a big defeat in the past. Almost all North Korean officials and generals rebelled.

At the same time, if Jiangxi is abandoned, the Taiping army will also lose its strategic depth. Guangdong will face the pressure of the Qing army, and will return to the situation when the Qing army invaded the southwest. At that time, Zhou Shixiang decided to go west to Guangxi, in order to prevent the southwest Qing army from entering Guangdong and Guangxi. Even worse, if Zhou Shixiang decides to start a battle in Jiangxi and Shunzhi, he will definitely mobilize the main force of the field armies in Hunan and Guangxi, which will inevitably weaken the strength of the Hunan-Guizhou and Guizhou-Guizhou defense lines, and the pressure on the Qing army in the southwest will be greatly reduced. It is very likely to take the opportunity. Breaking through the blockade, when the two Qing troops attacked from the front and back, the life of the Taiping Army was not easy.

Zhou Shixiang will never give up the initiative in the war. He must take the offensive to contain and disturb the Qing army, and even more to seize Nanjing, not only because Nanjing is close at hand, but because the political significance of recovering Nanjing is extremely high. The impact on people's hearts is too great to be added. Once Nanjing is recaptured by the Ming army, not to mention those in the Taiping army who demoted their officers and generals, even those Han officials and Han generals in the Qing court, I am afraid they will have to re-evaluate the general situation of the world. At that time, it was not Zhou Shixiang who was worried about the internal instability, but Shunzhi, the Tartar chief, had to think about how to keep the interior at the same time.

Since the day he became a human being, Zhou Shixiang has been plotting to pick up the fruit of Nanjing's defeat in the army. Today, the fruit is in front of us. Although the fruit is full of sharp spikes now, as long as you grit your teeth and stretch out your hand to pick it, you will always be able to endure the pain. Take it off, so how can he give up.

It depends on Zhou Shixiang's decision. Nanjing must be captured. The theme of the meeting is no longer whether to fight Nanjing, but how to fight Nanjing!

Military officer Guo Xiong took out the map and gave the military's staff advice. The military staff agreed that only by taking the Yangtze River waterway can there be a chance to capture Nanjing, but this chance has changed from the original 70% to the current 50%. The reason why the army lowered the probability of success in capturing Nanjing was the reinforcements brought to Nanjing by Prince Yue Le of Qing'an.

Guo Xiong gave specific data. If you take the land route of Huizhou, Ningguo, and Taiping, if all the four main towns arrive, it will take 20 days at the earliest. This also excludes the interception of the local Qing army in the middle, and the establishment of The Qing army in Nanjing huddled in the city like a fool, and let the Taiping army sway to march down the city of Nanjing. If the Qing army in Nanjing went out of the city to intercept and occupy the favorable geographical location, then the military department was not optimistic about whether it could repel the Qing army and reach the city of Nanjing before the arrival of the Tatar chief army.

In addition, going overland will also be a great test for the logistics of the Northern Expedition. After all, Zhou Shixiang issued a strict order that the Northern Expedition Army was not allowed to loot the people's food and grass, which greatly increased the logistical pressure of the military. The closer the Northern Expedition Army was to Nanjing, the longer the food and grass transportation line. Under the circumstance that the food and grass are transported purely by manpower, it is obviously a very expensive and extremely difficult project to ensure the supply of front-line food and grass.

"Take the waterway and win Anqing!"

Zhou Shixiang made up his mind that the land route was too slow and the unpredictable risks were too great, so he would take the water route. King Yanping went up against the wind, and he went down with the wind.

But when the generals heard the commander's unquestionable order, they looked at each other in dismay. The waterway was fast and steady, and they were able to transport all the troops, horses, food and grass at one time, but the question was where did the Taiping Army come from the navy?

Jiujiang had the water battalion of the former Qing army, but after Chen Yuan, the general of Jiujiang, escaped, the water battalion in Jiujiang also disbanded. Don't even think about building a Yangtze River navy that belongs to the Taiping Army.

Without the navy, how to capture Anqing? That Anqing is across the river!

All the generals were confused, but Li Zhicui's eyes lit up and asked, "Could it be that the commander wants to recruit the gang of water bandits in Poyang Lake?"

After the Taiping army marched north to attack Ganzhou, the Poyang Lake water bandits joined forces to revolt, claiming to be 18, and the momentum was very loud. There were 10 to 20 thousand soldiers in each village. The state canonized generals and military commanders are all majestic, and the governors and governors below have a large group. However, after the Taiping army captured Nanchang, Raozhou, and Jiujiang, these water bandits with Fuming as their banner did not come to surrender, nor did they send personnel to contact the Taiping army, and they only enjoyed themselves in the lake. The Taiping Army was busy occupying various prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, and they didn't care about these people for a while.

Li Zhicui thought that the commander wanted to recruit the Poyang Lake water bandits~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and then let these water bandits enter the river to attack the Qing army water camp in Anqing, so that the Taiping army could attack Nanjing by water, but Zhou Shixiang shook his head and said: " What is the use of a gang of water bandits, pointing at them and willing to serve, the day lily is cold."

"What does the commander mean?" Li Zhicui was puzzled. He didn't include those navy bandits, where would he get the navy masters?

Zhou Shi is relative to all the people. Zhang Huangyan, the minister of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, is taking the navy of the West Marquis Zhang Mingzhen to the south of the Yangtze River. Although the navy of the Zhejiang army is not as strong as the Zheng army, it is not weak. If the naval forces can get in touch with them, let the Zhejiang army attack Anqing, and then cooperate with the Taiping army to attack Nanjing along the river, then the waterway will naturally be unimpeded.

The generals didn’t know much about the Zhejiang Army, so Zhou Shixiang asked General Guo Xiong to give a brief account of the activities and strength of the Zhejiang Army. Hearing that the Zhejiang Army was operating in Ningguo and Wuhu, the generals immediately began to discuss it. , If the Zhejiang army is really willing to cooperate with the Taiping army to capture Anqing, then it will have a great chance to attack Nanjing. During the heated discussion, the Ministry of Military Intelligence sent an urgent report. Zhou Shixiang opened it and saw that his heart was completely cold. The letter only said one thing, that is, the Zhejiang army disintegrated in Tongling, and Zhang Huangyan, the minister of military affairs. The remnants abandoned the ship and went ashore to the Yinghuo Mountains. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.