Chapter 1088 Enclosure (7/18)

At the same time that the Central Route Army changed, Guo Ziyi, the East Route Army, also encountered the same trouble. There may be an explanation for the silence of the Dashun Army of the Central Route Army a few days ago.

The two Dashun armies withdrew from the barracks at the same time as if they had agreed with each other, and disappeared into the wilderness. It is foreseeable that a sudden storm will sweep across Shaanxi and even the entire northern land.

Overnight, the 120,000 Western Army "occupied the mountain as king" and were busy enclosing land in Shaanxi, completely disregarding the great cause of the Northern Expedition. The 60,000 Dashun Army was also "short-sighted" and followed in the footsteps of the Daxi Army.

The Southern Allied Forces were almost cut in half.

Affected by this, the 120,000 Nanming army also became unstable. If Li Jing hadn't had the foresight to disrupt and reorganize the soldiers of the four towns in Jiangbei when he was in Yangzhou, and at the same time install cronies, the consequences would be even more unimaginable.

The bait thrown by Dorgon successfully disrupted the Southern Allied Forces.

The vigorous Northern Expedition had not yet reached halfway, and was cast a deep shadow.

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Beijing Normal University, Yanjing.

After Dorgon finished reading the newspaper, a smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Azig on one side saw him, and said with a smile: "My lord, is it time for us to appear?" Leading his troops back to the capital, Azige felt very humiliated, and he couldn't wait to fight back.

"No!"

Dorgon suppressed his smile, and his expression suddenly became solemn, "Now is not the time. After the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army actually fight, when Li Jing can't clean up the situation, it will be a good opportunity for us to make a move."

The Qing army was very particular about when to attack.

Too early, and it is easy to expose the intention and reunite the newly dispersed southern coalition forces; too late, the pressure exerted by the Manchu nobles will only increase, and once it breaks out, it is unimaginable.

Among them, the right timing is a test of the commander's level.

Dorgon was obviously awake, and said in a deep voice: "The order continues, and all ministries must stand still. Without my order, no soldiers can be dispatched. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"yes!"

Azige is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he is full of awe for Dorgon.

"Those who achieve great things must be patient and able to withstand the pressure." Dorgon looked at the southern sky from a distance, with long eyes. His comprehension of Confucian classics is indeed admirable.

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In Jianye City, there was a person who had a very complicated mood recently and couldn't sleep well all night. This person is not Ouyang Shuo, the Prince Regent, but Emperor Hongguang, the nominal master of the Nanming regime.

No emperor is truly without ambition.

Since the end of the Jianye War and the beginning of the mighty Northern Expedition, Emperor Hongguang's heart became more and more fiery. He felt more and more that God was entrusting him with a sacred mission - "restore my great Ming Dynasty".

If there is no hope at all, so be it.

But when he really saw the dawn of the restoration of the country, Emperor Hongguang couldn't calm down anymore. Every victory on the front line made Hongguang Emperor very excited, because it meant that he was one step closer to his goal.

"Your Majesty, the situation is very good at the moment. The Qing army has been chased away and fled in all directions. The coalition army is invincible. They have won consecutive battles and will soon reach the city of Yanjing." The eunuch who reported said so.

Yanjing, the place where Emperor Hongguang dreamed about.

There are family businesses left by ancestors, prosperity far surpassing Jianye, and magnificent palaces...

Emperor Hongguang was immersed in happiness.

However, the successive news in the past few days made Emperor Hongguang very uneasy and dissatisfied, "How could this happen? Why did the Northern Expedition turn into an internal melee all of a sudden?"

Emperor Hongguang was very puzzled.

he hates.

He hated Zhang Xianzhong's greed, and even more hated the Dashun Army's ignorance of good and evil.

"A rebel is a rebel after all, and his nature is hard to change." Emperor Hongguang realized that he couldn't just let it go like this. He couldn't say that the Nanming army was fighting on the front line, so let two groups of rebellious officials and thieves follow behind to take advantage of it.

Therefore, Emperor Hongguang secretly issued a secret order to the generals of the Nanming army behind the back of the regent Ouyang Shuo: "In this Northern Expedition, the priority is to enclose the land, followed by the siege of the city. Occupy the northern territory as much as possible, and don't let the rebellious officials and thieves pick it up." It’s cheap, remember, remember.”

It was such a secret order that disturbed the Nanming Army and brought Li Jing and Guo Ziyi a lot of trouble. The generals of the Nanming Army felt that they had the support of His Majesty the Emperor, so their confidence in speaking naturally became stronger.

So, people's hearts are unpredictable.

In addition to issuing secret orders to the front line, Emperor Hongguang gradually became active in the court, using the civil servants close to him to start planning to take over the Northern Territory, gearing up.

It's just that Emperor Hongguang still had scruples about Ouyang Shuo, the regent, and he didn't make it too obvious.

In any case, the direction of the imperial court has been gradually changing, and it is also normal to send officials to take over the lost land, which is good for calming down the local turmoil.

Ouyang Shuo had no reason to interfere.

As a matter of fact, Ouyang Shuo did not interfere. From the beginning to the end, he just watched with cold eyes.

If it was Ouyang Shuo three years ago, he might still be a little emotional when encountering such difficult problems, but now, Ouyang Shuo has already cultivated a "hard heart", as immobile as a mountain.

Regent House.

The secret letter between Li Jing and Guo Ziyi had been delivered a day earlier.

In fact, long before the Northern Expedition, Jia Xu made various speculations about the Northern Expedition. Although Dorgon's strategy of retreating into advance was bold, it still did not break away from this category.

In response to this situation, there are naturally countermeasures.

"After all, it's still a bunch of mobs, it's useless." Ouyang Shuo shook his head in disappointment.

Historically, it was not without reason that the Qing Dynasty was able to dominate the world.

For such short-sighted regimes as Daxi, Dashun, and Nanming, they couldn't move their legs when they saw a little benefit, and they were busy fighting each other. How could they possibly win against the Qing Dynasty, which was like the rising sun.

Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo didn't really count on them all.

Before the start of the Northern Expedition, with Jia Xu's assistance, Ouyang Shuo formulated two battle plans. If the Daxi Army and the Dashun Army don't have any troubles, then it's easy to say, and they will fight all the way to Yanjing.

This is the best result.

With 450,000 southern allied troops under Li Jing's command and the entire world as a backing, no matter how well prepared Dorgon was, Ouyang Shuo was confident that he would besiege Yanjing and finally win this battle.

It is difficult to defend an isolated city, which is the law of using troops.

Another set of plans can also be said to be contingency plans. Ouyang Shuo couldn't expect too much from a rebel leader like Zhang Xianzhong.

At the critical moment, we have to rely on the Alien Legion.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo didn't count on it either. The imperial guards and Lie Yanjun alone could take down Yanjing. That's not self-confidence, but arrogance.

In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures must be used.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo looked at Feng Prison Huang on the opposite side, and said with a smile, "Jianye will leave it to you!"

"Don't worry!" Feng Prison Huang nodded.