The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 280 The Imminent Crisis

Although Liu Ji asked the branch of the Black Ice Platform in the capital to try to contact Li Jinzhong, it is indeed a good way to let Li Jinzhong propose to the new emperor at the right time to let Jiang Chuan lead troops to serve the king.

However, the premise of this method is that Jiangchuan must pacify Liaodong, completely defeat the Qing Dynasty, and try to avoid fighting on two fronts.

But right now, he has only won the two cities of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.Although there are not many cities in Liaodong, there are still more than a dozen.Of course, Jiang Chuan didn't need to attack these cities one by one.As long as Shengjing, the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is defeated, the remaining small towns will be nothing to fear, which means that the general situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is over.

However, with his current strength, if he can keep the two existing cities, he is still sure, but if he wants to conquer Shengjing in a short time and wipe out the Qing Dynasty, this is almost an impossible goal.

Judging from Li Zicheng's current marching speed, it will take at most one month or two months at most to attack the capital.It is now late March, that is to say, Li Zicheng will come to the city by late May at the latest.

Even if the capital city was tall and strong, it would take Li Zicheng no more than a month at most to capture it, or even less.Because at that time, there will definitely be those who are eager to protect themselves and want to submit to the new master who are willing to respond to Li Zicheng internally.And there should be many such people.

Once Li Zicheng captures the city of Beijing, he will definitely set his sights on Shanhaiguan, the key that connects the inside and outside of the pass.

In the original history, because Li Zicheng captured Wu Sangui's father and his concubine Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui descended to the Qing Dynasty in a rage, and was taken advantage of by Dorgon.

So in this specious time and space, it is impossible to predict whether Li Zicheng will do what he knows.

After Li Zicheng captured the capital, he would definitely take Shanhaiguan into his hands as soon as possible.Whether it is to recruit Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, or to attack Shanhaiguan with heavy troops, this time will not exceed one month.

So, after all the calculations, Jiang Chuan had at most four months left to pacify Liaodong, and then lead troops into the customs. Not to mention competing with Li Zicheng for the capital, at least he had to control Shanhaiguan and Datong City.

Jiang Chuan was pacing back and forth on the ground while turning his head rapidly.After much deliberation, the biggest hope lies in this upgrade of the system.

I hope that the new functions and units after the system upgrade is completed can help me reverse this strategic disadvantage.

However, the system upgrade will take another seven days to complete, so it's useless for me to be anxious now, I can only do what needs to be done well.

After making up his mind, Jiang Chuan sat back behind the desk and began to write a reply letter to Liu Ji.

After I finished writing, I checked it again, blew it with my mouth to let the ink dry, and then stuffed it into the envelope, sealed the opening with baking varnish, and handed it to Liu Ji's personal soldier captain, saying: "Send it back to the military division quickly, let him Quickly make arrangements as stated in my letter."

The captain of the personal army took the letter with both hands, stuffed it into his arms cautiously, and said: "My lord, I will take my leave now."

Jiang Chuan nodded and said to the commander on duty next to him: "Bring him some meatloaf on the way. It's urgent, so I won't let you eat. Be careful all the way."

The commander-in-chief on duty responded and went out to ask someone to prepare the meatloaf. Liu Ji's personal soldier captain said with gratitude in his eyes: "Thank you, my lord, Ende."

Jiang Chuan waved his hands and said sincerely: "You are all my brothers. Without you, I would not be who I am now. Hurry up."

The personal captain saluted again before leaving.

After Jiang Chuan sat back at the table, he thought about it and sent someone to call Ran Wu over.

"How is the repair of the city wall? How many days can it be completed?" Jiang Chuan asked.

"Returning to my lord, Captain Moban of the engineering battalion said that the foundation has been completed now, and it will be completely completed in five days at most." Ran Wu said respectfully.

"Okay, tell Moban to dig another moat for me around the city. Make it as wide and deep as possible. If there is not enough manpower, I will send him. If there is not enough manpower in the army, we can recruit civilians. In short It is necessary to strengthen the city as much as possible in the shortest time." Jiang Chuan said slowly.

"My lord, why are you so eager? But did the Tartars send troops to take revenge?" Ran Wu asked with a solemn expression.

"This is the letter just sent by the military division from Liaoyang, take a look." Jiang Chuan picked up the letter in front of him and handed it over.

Ran Wu took the letter, read it quickly, and his face became serious.

"The situation is changing too fast, and we don't have time to deploy and rectify slowly. So we have to prepare with both hands. Before we are ready to attack Shengjing, we must first have enough self-protection power." Jiang Chuan said.

"The general understands, so I will inform Mo Ban and personally supervise the progress of the project." Ran Wu said.

"How's the people in the city? Is there any trouble?" Jiang Chuan nodded and asked again.

"The order in the city is fairly calm. Occasionally, someone will make trouble and they will be quickly cleared up by the patrol team." Ran Wu said.

"Okay, increase the frequency of patrols. At the same time, from today onwards, the curfew will be moved forward by one hour at night, and it will end by one hour in the morning. Anyone who takes to the streets during the curfew period will be arrested if there is no valid reason." Jiang Chuan thought for a while and said again.

"The general understands. But my lord, what about the villages outside Guangning City?" Ran Wu nodded to accept the order and then asked again.

"Let Shanjia do this, and bring [-] cavalry. Now the Department of Civil Affairs is short of manpower, and it's too late to follow Liaoyang's method. First let Shanjia clean up those Tartars, and the rest Those Han people first gather together to organize spring plowing, the fields will not be divided for the time being, and they will be given daily food according to their heads. Tell Shanjia, if these people make trouble, we will deal with them according to military law."

Ran Wu was awe-inspiring, knowing that the lord was in such a hurry because the situation was indeed critical, he bowed and clasped his fists and said: "The general obeys orders, and must convey the lord's meaning to Shanjia."

"Okay, hurry up and make arrangements. Is there any news from the scout battalion?" Jiang Chuan asked again.

"The scouts of the scout battalion have been placed two hundred miles away, and we haven't found any sign of the Tartars sending troops yet." Ran Wu said.

"I see, you go." Jiang Chuan waved his hand.

After Ran Wu left, Jiang Chuan thought about everything carefully again, and found that basically everything that needs to be arranged at present has been arranged.

Although Li Zicheng's side made the general situation of the world a little unfavorable to him, at least it was not to the extent that it was imminent.

The most urgent pressure now comes from the Manchus.As soon as their surrender of the throne is settled, in order to establish the prestige of the new monarch, they will definitely dispatch an army as soon as possible to retake Liaoyang and Guanning.

Thinking of all the possibilities after the system upgrade is completed, Jiang Chuan even felt an urgent excitement.

He had a strong premonition that this system upgrade would bring him many unexpected surprises.

　The second one arrives.If nothing unexpected, there should be an update.Thank you "Zhutuan" for your reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)