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As for Nanjing, they finally received a reply from Zhu Youjian's department. They are now outside Suzhou.The decisive battle between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River has entered a hot stage, and the two sides have reached a situation where it is life and death.

Chapter 384: Thirteen of Jianghuai Great Battle

With the arrival of the Fujian navy, Hou Jin's plan to quickly cross the river was completely bankrupt. What Doduo has to do now is to quickly wipe out the Ming army in Jiangbei. The best result is to kill Zhu Youjian in Jiangbei.

Letting the civil strife and division of Ming Dynasty meet the new round of strategic needs of Hou Jin.

In the entire Jiangbei, most of the main cities were captured by the Jin soldiers, and the rest was Chuzhou directly opposite Nanjing.However, the intelligence showed that the Ming army had very few troops stationed in Chuzhou, so Duoduo's other mission was to wipe out the remaining forces in Jiangbei.

And the people who gathered in Yangzhou City and its surroundings and did not escape, all suffered.

Duoduo was furious. Except for the capture of a city in the First Battle of Yangzhou, all the expected results were not achieved.Not to mention that the smooth crossing of the river was not achieved, not even a single Shi Kefa persuaded him to surrender, on the contrary, he set up a role model for Daming who would rather die than surrender.

"Pass down the order, and the knife will not be sealed in Yangzhou Mansion for five days." Since the best result has not been achieved, let's grab some money.

The battle in Jiangbei has been fought for so long, Jin Bing has been gnawing his bones all the way, and he can't win people's hearts without seeing the meat.Later, Jinlilai relied on war wealth to develop its strength. It would be difficult to lead a team without money for a long time, and the whole Jiangnan can grab Yangzhou.

The merchants who surrendered in Yangzhou City before, in addition to saving their lives, their property was still robbed.

The massacre in Yangzhou City lasted for ten days from the beginning of the siege to the end, but the real massacre was around Yangzhou City.

Therefore, many people in later generations defended the Manchus, saying that there were not so many people in Yangzhou City.But I don’t know that whenever the Jianghuai war broke out, a large number of refugees would habitually gather in Yangzhou. However, Yangzhou has never been able to hold on. Shi Kefa’s inability to hold on for a day in history is because the business here is too developed.

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On the line from Langya Mountain to Xuyi in the north of Chuzhou, Ni Kan led the western army to search here for ten days. Duoduo firmly believed that Zhu Youjian and the army must be hiding somewhere here.

Judging from the geographical terrain, only here is the most suitable place to hide the army. You can rely on the mountains to flee and hold on, or you can go south to join the Nanjing defenders.

For this reason, Nikan did not even fight Hezhou, in order to find Zhu Youjian and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

From the beginning of the war, Jin Bing began to think that the emperor of Ming Dynasty would hide in Nanjing and command remotely.Then at the beginning of the game, Zhu Youjian actually took the main cavalry all the way to Linyi to meet the Lu Zhongjun, and even hit Hauge with a stick.

After Hauge woke up, he realized that his opponent was actually the Ming Emperor, so Jin Bing's entire tactical goal was directed at Zhu Youjian and his cavalry.

After finally persuading Liu Liangzuo to surrender, when he was about to take the bait to catch a big fish, the fish ate the bait before the net was spread out, and even dragged away the fishing rod.

Since then, the big fish has dived into the water and disappeared.This is really a slap in the face of the Eight Banners, and there is still a "crack".

However, what Nikan never expected was that Zhu Youjian was stationed outside Suzhou City at this moment, because Jin Shenghuan was the guard of the Jin soldiers in Suzhou City.

"How long can the grain and grass in Suzhou City last?" Zhu Youjian asked.

In the tent of the army commander, all senior generals including Jin Shengheng gathered together.Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and all the gold soldiers monitoring Jin Shengheng ate meat and drank alcohol in the city of Suzhou, and Jin Shengheng and his cronies were able to escape and come here.

"It's only enough for three days. The food in Suzhou City is kept for five days, and the Jin soldiers have very strict control over the Han army's food and grass." Jin Shengheng led less than [-] troops, which belonged to the same position in the Jin soldiers. He is not taken seriously, after all he is only Zuo Menggeng's subordinate.

"Our army only has enough left for five days, especially the horse feed is relatively expensive." Li Yan said immediately.

More than ten days have passed since the replenishment from Sihong. It is impossible for the army to carry too much food and grass for a long-distance march, especially since this is a mostly cavalry unit and it must be concealed.You can't drive the war horses outside to graze, so you need to carry all the food and grass.

"Have you found the food and grass hoarded by Jin Bing?" Zhu Youjian stared at Ji Biao and asked.

"I heard it a long time ago. Duoduo is very cunning. He hoards food and grass in three places, namely Yongcheng, Xiaoxian and your Xiayi. The three places are directly separated by a day's distance, and each has five thousand defenders." Ji Biao Point to the map and say.

"Yongcheng is the closest to us, let's attack Yongcheng first. The main problem is the transportation of grain and grass. Bring all the carriages..."

On New Year's Eve the next day, the entire land of Jianghuai was inaccessible, and some villages that had not been harmed by the Jin soldiers became places where no one managed them. The people stayed in the villages and did not dare to go out. Everyone was looking forward to the passing of this winter.

There has been no war near Suzhou for nearly a month. Early in the morning, a large group of cavalry dressed in the style of golden soldiers led a large number of carriages all the way around Suzhou City and headed northwest, but they didn't meet a single person.

"After the war is over, it may take ten years for these places to fully recover!" Li Yan sighed while sitting in the carriage, looking at the endless plain.

The fields on both sides of the road are all deserted, and there is no overgrown grass for the time being; most of the houses are abandoned, and some stray dogs can be seen running around among the ruins.

Obviously, these places were abandoned after the arrival of the Jin soldiers. This is the best proof of the destruction of the southern farming civilization by the northern barbarians.

"It takes at least one generation, 20 years." Zhu Youjian did not count according to the standard of 25 years for later generations. He thought it should be about 20 years in this era.

"Your Majesty, there are still thirty miles away from Yongcheng." Ji Biao rode to the window and reported something inside.

"The order goes on: the whole army rests and eats dry food on the spot, and all units are not allowed to light fires, and are not allowed to move around."

Large troops lighting fires and cooking on the plains?Unless you want to tell the enemy directly that you are coming, and the distance to the enemy should not be too close.If Zhu Youjian hadn't brought all the cavalry, this raid would have been impossible.

As soon as it got dark, Zhu Youjian's personal guard camp set off directly.Half an hour later, the main cavalry also dispatched. Half of the cavalry participated in the attack, and the other half of the cavalry had to control the entire outer battlefield within [-] miles around Yongcheng to ensure that no enemy was caught.

The Jin soldiers stationed in Yongcheng were the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. They never thought that they would be attacked by the Ming army here, because Yongcheng was the central stronghold of the Jin soldiers, sandwiched between Xiayi, Xiaoxian and Suzhou.

Although Hou Jin fought tough battles with soldiers this time, and all the previous siege battles were not too old to be cheap, but Dorgon still prepared some wine and meat for Jin soldiers during this year.

"Brothers, it has been hard work for several months, and it is not easy for everyone. Come, let's drink this bowl of wine together and we will eat mutton." Lu Guangzu, the guard of the Jin Bing, picked up the wine bowl and drank it happily in one gulp.

In terms of national strength, the post-gold is already empty.The productivity of the entire north has not recovered at all, and the Liaodong and Mongolian grasslands simply cannot support this kind of war for years.

If it wasn't for the Chinese New Year, these golden soldiers guarding food and grass would have no meat to eat, and what these people put most on the table tonight is nothing more than a large pile of vegetable buns.

Just as the battalions of the Golden Soldiers were hiding in their tents and eating and drinking, a group of black shadows had already swept over the sentries outside the camp, but these attackers abandoned the barracks and headed towards the grain stacks.

"It's not good, my lord, my lord. Someone is robbing food." A golden soldier scrambled into Lu Guangzu's banquet, stammering.

"What a big deal. Tonight is New Year's Eve. It's just a few hungry ghosts stealing some food. Don't make things difficult for them." Because some of Lu Guangzu's hungry soldiers were quietly stealing food.

Xuzhou City has not been defeated for so long, and the supply of golden soldiers outside Xuzhou City is limited, especially these defenders.

"No, there are a large number of thieves coming, there are two to three thousand people!" The soldier who reported the message saw a group of men in black, so he naturally thought it was a robbery by thieves.

"Damn it, you dare to take on me. Brothers, let's go teach them how to behave today. You, go and call for reinforcements, and you must wipe out these thieves." Lu Guangzu was very excited, and he was worried about making meritorious service in battle. Woolen cloth.

Lu Guangzu quickly put on his armor and ran out of the barracks. The soldier he had just assigned to call for reinforcements just came back on a horse. Behind the soldier were countless cavalrymen on horses and wearing Eight Banners clothes.

"Called reinforcements so soon?" Lu Guangzu was overjoyed at first, but then felt that there was something wrong with his words.

"General, the enemy is coming." The soldier who reported the message ran madly towards the pile of defenders, and all the defenders had no idea where the enemy was.

"Kill!" When the cavalry sabers of the brigade slashed at Jin Bing's neck, Jin Bing knew that the enemy was indeed coming.

Chapter 385: Fourteenth of Jianghuai Great Battle

Unlike the imaginary burning of grain and grass, the attack on Yongcheng did not even start the fire, and the Ming army immediately began to move grain and grass after they made an emergency landing on the defenders.

Lu Guangzu tremblingly watched one carriage after another drive to the side of the grain and hay stacks and then leave, and finally called all the grain carts in Yongcheng.

"Lu, General?" Zhu Youjian smoked a cigarette and leaned over to Lu Guangzu who was shivering from the cold.

"My lord, please forgive me! The younger one is just a warehouseman, he didn't do anything wrong..." Lu Guangzu knelt on the ground with a thud. He was not blind, and the number of cavalry attacking him alone was enough to tell that the leading general was by no means ordinary. people.

When a mobile encirclement composed of more than 1 torches surrounded 5000 people, Lu Guangzu directly took the lead in putting down his weapons and surrendering.Zhu Youjian took so many cavalry this trip to achieve this effect. If the defenders think that there is a chance to resist, there will be battle damage.