Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 425 Choice
"However, Your Majesty, the three battalions in the east, north, and west of the city also set off beacon fires at the same time, saying that there was an enemy attack."

Zhao Shu had a solemn expression on his face.

The emperor also stopped at this time.

"How many people can you see clearly?"

"The night is dark, the moonlight is not clear, the horseshoes are constantly running, and there are not many figures to be distinguished!"

Zhao Shu said quickly.

The Beijing camp is divided into front, back, left, and middle, with five wings in total, and each of the four wings has about 5000 people.

The middle wing is basically under the direct command of the emperor, with about ten thousand people, and its main duty is to protect the emperor.

Therefore, this part can be regarded as guards, and is generally not included in the number of people in the Beijing camp.

At this time, the fourth battalion was attacked, and only the middle wing, the guard wing, could be rescued by troops.

"What do you think?"

The emperor came to the former enemy's marshal's mansion and asked.

"At present, it is impossible to distinguish which is the main force, or whether they are all the main force, so the opinion of the ministers is that the central wing will sit in Yangzhou City, and then wait for the opportunity to send your majesty to the canal."

Zhao Shu could only bite the bullet and say.

"It is impossible to have so many people in the Qing Dynasty."

Zhu Yixi rubbed his temples, and spoke directly.

"If the four camps want to make a surprise attack, they need at least the same number of people, 6 slaves, or 5 to [-] people going south?"

"Moreover, it is feasible to hide 2 people from Shanyang, but if it is [-] to [-], nearly half of the soldiers and horses, even if Li Jingwu is blind, he will see it."

The emperor's words instantly swept away the flustered emotions.

"What does your majesty mean, that Jiannu only raided one of the battalions, and the remaining three battalions are just suspicious formations?"

Lu Daqi frowned and said.

"That's right!" The emperor asked to open the defense map of Yangzhou: "Yangzhou City is only [-] miles long and wide. It is possible to attack the city at the same time, but there must be a sequence."

"Then they are trying to lure the snake out of the hole?" Feng Xianzong said.

"It is also possible to swallow a wing directly."

At this time, Zhao Shu also reacted: "As long as we can't rescue for a while, a certain wing under the surprise attack may be defeated."

"In this way, there will be loopholes in the defense of Yangzhou City."

"Most of the Qing army is cavalry. Once they cut off our water transportation and Yangzhou city has no food input, the army will collapse without fighting."

"Four strands of the Qing army, which one is the real one?"

The emperor showed a thoughtful look.

If it is in the daytime, everything can be seen at a glance under the monocular.

But it is at night, the fire is bright, and the beacon fire is the same, how can we see clearly?

"Maybe it's the east of the city!"

Lu Daqi said: "The north of the city is a canal. If the Qing army goes south here, they will definitely be discovered. The east of the city is the east of the canal, and it is the best way for Jiannu to go south."

"It may also be to confuse us."

Feng Xianzong shook his head and said: "West of the city, north of the city is impossible, so it can only be one of the south and east of the city."

At this time, the emperor suddenly showed a smile:
"If Jiannu wants to reach the east of the city, he must go through the south or north of the city. Only by fighting in these two places can he make the most of troubled waters and go to the west of the city."

"There is a canal in the north of the city, and it is impossible for Jiannu to go down the canal, so Jiannu attacked the south of the city—"

But at this time, Zhang Shenyan showed doubts: "Your Majesty, why can't it be the east of the city?"

At this moment, Zhao Shu came to his senses and said quickly:
"The difference between the four camps is almost the same, so the distance must be the shortest."

"And if you attack the east of the city, you have to walk two distances to the west of the city. There is no time, so naturally we can't bluff!"

Only then did Zhang Shenyan admire.

The emperor shook his head, the test turned out to be a sharp turn of the brain.

"Let the 7000 people in the middle wing rush to the south of the city to rescue the trapped army."

"As for the remaining 3000 people, we will guard Yangzhou City, and then mobilize some strong people to defend the city."

Zhu Yixi sighed, a little tired: "In this way, it is enough to deal with the cavalry attacking the city."

He did not expect that Man Qing would come so quickly.

At the same time, I didn't expect that these cavalry could still set up suspicious formations and learned how to use formations.

Don't look at what he said is so sure, but he is not fully sure.

If Li Jingwu was really blind, or was concealed by the Qing Dynasty, the capital camp would suffer heavy losses.

In this way, Yangzhou City will definitely not be able to defend.

At that time, the entire Huaihai defense line will be torn apart.

The Northern Expedition had to be postponed for several years.

Even, due to the shortage of war horses, the Northern Expedition will be more difficult.

"I implore Your Majesty to move—"

Suddenly, Zhang Shenyan knelt down with a serious expression on his face.

Zhao Shu, Feng Xianzong, Lu Daqi, Zhu Mou, etc. also knelt down and echoed.

Regarding this, Zhu Yixi frowned, and said, "The war has not yet ended. As the emperor and the commander-in-chief of an army, how can I flee without fighting?"

History kept telling him that the donkey cart emperor was scared away, and all the imperial troops who fought in the South and North were accounted for.

And Zhao Gou also fled first in every battle, thus losing the king's prestige, leading to a military coup, and losing his only son.

And once he escapes, it can be predicted that the Beijing camp will collapse, the Huaihai defense line will collapse, the monarch will no longer be, and the place will grow.

Can those local vassals bear it?

Catch the thief first and catch the king. This is a famous saying, and it is also a panacea.

Jiannu is well aware of its essence!

"I will never escape!"

The emperor gritted his teeth and showed an angry expression: "Unless the Beijing camp is defeated, I will never leave Yangzhou City."

Another meaning is that he will only escape when the Beijing camp collapses, so you go and get ready first.

None of the people present were top-notch, and they immediately understood the emperor's implication.

In response, everyone obeyed.

They really didn't have the guts to make preparations for forcible removal, or to resist the order.

The [-] troops went straight out of the south gate and headed for the camp in the south of the city without any hesitation.

As for why the other three battalions were besieged and the southern battalion was rescued alone, no one of the 7000 people dared to ask, they just obeyed.

What Jingying requires is obedience, and the Zhongyi, also known as the guard wing, runs through it all the way.

The military judge stared at him.

As long as the general dares to deviate a little bit, he will definitely let someone take it down.

By the time the reinforcements arrived in the south of the city, the huge barracks had been shattered, and a large number of cavalry kept sprinting back and forth as if they were mowing grass.

Only near the Chinese army, there are thousands of people, firmly forming a position, with spears everywhere, like a hedgehog.

Jiannu's cavalry continued to test and shoot arrows, weakening them little by little, as if they were hunting.

When the reinforcements arrived, the Qing army gathered in an instant, looking at the approaching reinforcements like a vicious tiger.

Zhang Changsheng looked at his colleagues looking desperate and the muskets discarded all over the floor, and he immediately understood.

At the moment of attacking the camp, many people forgot to bring gunpowder, or the gunpowder was insufficient, making the muskets become firesticks.

"preparation--"

The musketeers with sufficient ammunition and preparations revealed black holes one after another, facing the constantly attacking slave cavalry.

"ignition--"

(End of this chapter)