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"Between you and me, why bother to be courteous?" Zhu Youjian didn't look at Li Yan, but instead looked at his scrawny horse.

"Public affairs before private affairs, the emperor first." Li Yan said with a smile.

"The horse is thin and long-haired, but its butt is small, but its legs look long. How about it, does this horse back make you feel good when you ride it?"

"The emperor's horse has smooth fur and a big buttocks. It looks great when it twists and turns. It must be very soft on the horse's back!"

"Let's switch rides later."

"Hahaha." The two hugged each other and laughed.

Zhu Youjian said that he would change it if he said it was true, and Li Yan was not polite, he rode on Zhu Youjian's special mount and shook his butt desperately.

"How about it, have all the people in the Luzhong Army withdrawn?" In order to successfully withdraw Li Yan's subordinates, Zhu Youjian transferred a lot of carriages and medical staff from Huai'an Mansion.

"Ninety percent of those who can be brought out can return to the battlefield. These people only need to cultivate for a few months, and they can re-form an elite army of 5 people. And they are all veterans who have fought for two years." Li Yan did not He spoke for himself first, but emphasized his subordinates first.

"I have already arranged that all the wounded will be evacuated to the Jiangjunshan camp along with the hospital in Huai'an. This matter will be led by Li Nian, and by the way lead the recruit camp in Nanjing. After the wounded recover, they will be mixed with recruits from Nanjing.

Huaisi is about to fight a big battle, so it is not suitable for the wounded to be stranded.But I still have to use the uninjured soldiers under your command.I am short of manpower now, and I have wronged them. "

"You asked Li Nian to bring your Black Banner Army?" Li Yan was surprised, but he knew the significance of Zhu Youjian's Black Banner Army to the emperor, that is, the Yulin Army.

"Yeah, I think he is very suitable." Zhu Youjian really thinks that Li Nian is suitable, at least more suitable than Deng Zhirong.

"What about me? Let me guard the city." Li Yan looked at Zhu Youjian anxiously.

"Your ability is too poor, so just stay with me and be a little staff officer! Hehe." Zhu Youjian looked at Li Yan and smiled strangely.In terms of military command ability, I am afraid that no one can defeat Li Dingguo; in terms of military strategy, Zhu Youjian currently only believes in Li Yan and Zuo Maodi.

Zuo Maodi stayed in Sichuan to sit for him, and Jianghuai needed a big bull to control the battle.Rely on Shi Kefa and Ma Shiying?It's a big joke.Of course Zhu Youjian had to rely on Li Yan.

"Okay! My first suggestion: quickly withdraw Liu Liangzuo's cavalry and quickly withdraw to the south, this is not the battlefield for a decisive battle." Li Yan immediately entered the role as he spoke, his decision was accurate and ruthless.

"Go and tell General Liu personally that he will lead the whole army back here within three hours." Zhu Youjian said to Ji Biao without thinking.

"But the emperor's guard?" Ji Biao hesitated, and Zhu Youjian seldom sent him such tasks directly.This shows that things are very important, and people who can suppress them must be sent.But Ji Biao is Zhu Youjian's first guard after all, so he doesn't move easily.

"What are you afraid of, Li Yan, a scholar in white, is following me, and any thieves in black and white will have to let go."

"Hahaha." Li Yan hadn't heard his gang name for a long time, and the taste of this nickname changed completely from the emperor's mouth.

"After fighting with Jin Bing for more than two years, how do you feel?" Zhu Youjian didn't continue to ask the topic just now.

"In the battle in Yinan yesterday, the strength of the Jin soldiers was weakened a lot. If it wasn't for the fact that Lu Zhongjun was trapped for too long and took too much care, he could have eaten Chen De's 1 men."

"You mean to eat it easily?" Zhu Youjian was taken aback for a moment, he understood that Li Yan's so-called eating is definitely not a fight that hurts both sides.

Li Yan nodded and continued: "This can only explain one problem. Dorgon's military expansion is too fast. This so-called million-dollar army is a little fat, and their combat power has declined rapidly."

"This is normal. The elite of the Eight Banners are all veterans who have fought for many years, so they were all elite before entering the customs. But after entering the customs, their total strength was only 30 to [-], and now they suddenly increased to four times , it’s strange that the combat power doesn’t decline.” Zhu Youjian very much agrees with Li Yan’s analysis.

Regardless of whether it is Daming or Dashun, the surrendered troops remaining in the north are not truly elite, except for Wu Sangui's Guanning Army.The Guan Ning Army is now in Shaanxi, and the elites of other armies either died in battle or went south.

"Dorgon's calculations are too precise. The timing of his launch of the Huaisi War is just right. One is to sharpen the sword with our army left in Jiangbei; the other is to seize the opportunity to seize Jiangnan. When the main force from Sichuan comes over, These post-gold recruits will become veterans, and their combat power will greatly increase.

If we can't keep these people in Jianghuai, even if we win in the end, it will still be the pattern of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.In my opinion, this is not Dorgon's plan, but more like Hong Chengchou's or Fan Wencheng's plan. "

As Zhu Youjian listened, his back was already soaked with sweat.If he didn't rely on his advanced technology, according to the abilities of these people in the Nanjing Dynasty, it is estimated that in the end it can only be the pattern Li Yan said, and it is still in the best state.

This is a real master, Li Yan's level is even higher than Zuo Maodi.

"Jiangbei's military strength is not enough for a decisive battle, but it is just right to train the Jin soldiers. Now every time we fight a field battle with Hou Jin, it is actually the result that the enemy wants to see the most. Tell me, what should we do?"

In this situation, Zhu Youjian is unable to solve the problem, and the traverser does not rely on ability.Zhu Youjian insisted on saving Li Yan. Apart from brotherhood, the most important thing was to count on him to solve the Jianghuai problem.

"Defend to the core. Guard every city, every river, every town. Scorched earth resists gold, every inch of land must be defended." Li Yan said very seriously.

Zhu Youjian shook his body, why Li Yan's words were similar to the anti-Japanese strategy of a certain later generation.And the strategy of the later generations has been proven to be wrong.

"Shouldn't we try to preserve our strength and wait until the final battle with Jin Bing?" Zhu Youjian was really puzzled, but he didn't believe that Li Yan's strategy was aimless.

"Field battles are the sharpening stone of Jinbing, but defending the city is meaningless to Jinbing. What Dorgon wants to destroy is the main force of our army. As for the city, he can completely consume it with surrendered troops.

There are not many defenders on the riverside, so preserving our strength means giving up the whole of Jiangbei. What we lose is not only land, but also morale.

Besides, where can Jiangbei's army retreat?Huguang or Sichuan? Dorgon's strategic goal this time is to fight us decisively. No matter how he hides, he can't escape their cavalry.

Therefore, we use the army in Jiangbei to consume the combat power of the Jin soldiers. The skills of siege warfare they have learned will not help the future decisive battle. "

Li Yan's last words made Zhu Youjian feel enlightened. The Jin soldiers were not the Japanese army. They had not entered the age of firearms, and it was difficult to attack the city.In addition, the main city in Jiangbei was strengthened by Zhu Youjian, enough for Jin Bing to drink a pot.

As Li Yan said, what Jinbing learned from attacking these cities will hardly help in field battles in the future, and it is foreseeable that Jinbing will suffer huge casualties in the siege battle.

"If we all defend the city, what should we do with Liu Liangzuo's cavalry?" Zhu Youjian was in a dilemma.

At this time, Dorgon was sending people to deliver siege weapons to the Xubeng area. According to Dorgon's prediction, the city in the Huaisi area was not difficult to break through.

Both sides believed that their strategic judgment was correct.

Chapter 366: The Third Battle of Jianghuai

Any kind of deployment has weaknesses. Zhu Youjian has not yet found out which direction the Jin Bing's weakness lies in the three-way army. It will take a little time to verify.But the weakness of the Ming army is in the east, from Suqian, Huai'an to Yangzhou.

Regardless of whether it is Xuzhou or Fengyang, the imperial court has spent a lot of effort in building fortifications in the past two years, but they have not moved much around Huai'an.On the eastern front, only Suqian and Haizhou cities made some defensive constructions.

Judging from the deployment of troops, it seems that Hauge's route is also Houjin's weakness, with the smallest number of people.

From the point of view of the garrison officers, it is a reasonable arrangement for Ma Shiying to supervise Xuzhou and help guard Suzhou. Zhu Youjian believes that Xuzhou's defense is the strongest, and it is safe to withdraw when it is appropriate.

Huang Degong and Lu Jiude guarding Fengyang can be regarded as old partners, and they are veterans who Jiangbei can take out. With the cooperation of Jiancheng, Zhu Youjian couldn't find a more suitable person.

Li Yan had just withdrawn from Shandong, and now he didn't have enough people on hand, so he was not suitable to serve as a city guard.

Haizhou was handed over to the three Qian brothers, and they stationed themselves in Huai'an, while Shi Kefa was in charge of logistics and material allocation in Yangzhou.

As a mobile force and general reserve, Zhu Youjian gave Liu Liangzuo [-] cavalry and [-] local garrisons, which can support Xuzhou, Suzhou, and Haizhou at any time.

By the time Zhu Youjian finalized the final strategy, the Huaisi War had already started for a month.The Jin soldiers captured almost all the small cities on the outer line except the above-mentioned important cities, and the inner part had compressed the Ming army to half of the entire Jiangbei area.

The Jin soldiers came fiercely, and the whole Jiangnan people panicked for a while. A large number of wealthy people in the north of the Jiangnan fled to the south of the Yangtze River. Only the salt merchants still insisted on the line of Huai'an and Yangzhou.

According to the character of the former Chongzhen, under such a situation, the order of the world's army to serve the king will definitely be issued, ordering troops from all over the world to go to Nanjing to fight.But the current Zhu Youjian would not do this.

Zhu Youjian only did one extra thing, calling on wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River to donate money to collect supplies and military salaries for the Jiangbei defenders.As for the effect, it will take about a month to know.

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"How's the No.13 Army's battle?" When heavy snow covered the land of Huaisi, the war had already entered its third month.