Chapter 1089 Surprise Attack (8/18)

Twenty-fourth day of the campaign.

The regent Ouyang Shuo and three thousand Shenwuwei suddenly disappeared in Jianye without a trace.

At the same time, the alien lord Feng Prisonhuang, who had been invisible until now, suddenly stepped from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, replacing Ouyang Shuo, and began to lead the Jianye court, and was responsible for raising and supervising the transportation of food and grass for the frontline army.

Accompanying Feng Prisonhuang were only two thousand Luofengcheng soldiers.

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Twenty-fifth day of the campaign.

On the vast sea, the Great Xia Royal Fleet braved the waves.

On the top deck of the flagship Yuhuang, Ouyang Shuo bravely stood at the head of the tide, looked at the vast sea ahead, and asked, "How many days will it take for the fleet to reach the Bohai Sea?"

The Bohai Sea, formerly known as the Bohai Sea and the North Sea, is part of the Western Pacific Ocean and is the inland sea of ​​China, surrounded by land on three sides, between Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin.

Going to the Bohai Sea here is a pass.

The pass leans against Yanshan Mountain in the north and connects the Bohai Sea in the south, so it is named Shanhaiguan.

Zhou Yu replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the fleet is currently sailing with the wind. If it goes well, it will reach its destination the day after tomorrow at the latest."

"it is good!"

Ouyang Shuo looked excited, feeling a little bit of anticipation.

Shanhaiguan is known as "the first pass in the world". It was built during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, and it was the key place for the Qing army to enter the pass.

After the change of Dashun Army and Daxi Army, Ouyang Shuo immediately activated the emergency plan, went down the Yangtze River, joined the Royal Fleet, and entered the vast sea.

The purpose of Ouyang Shuo's trip was to capture Shanhaiguan and cut off the last retreat route of the Qing army.

Since Dorgon was calm and didn't want to fight the southern allied forces prematurely, Ouyang Shuo simply added fuel to the fire and forced Dorgon to make an early move.

After taking down Shanhaiguan, Ouyang Shuo didn't mind going outside the pass for a while.

Although the Qing Dynasty moved its capital to Yanjing a year ago, there are still many Manchu people living outside the Guan, in Shengjing, the old capital of the Qing Dynasty, and there are even royal blood outside the Guan, which can be called the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo did not believe that Dorgon was not in a hurry.

Even if Dorgon could hold his breath, those Manchu nobles and old people would never agree.

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Central Plains.

When Ouyang Shuo led his troops north, Li Jing and Guo Ziyi were not idle. After Li Jing led his troops to capture Kaifeng, he temporarily stopped going north and rested on the spot.

Guo Ziyi's department chose to rest in Jinan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for the army to rest and reorganize, the two of them invariably strengthened their control over the Nanming Army, letting some unstable or unfit generals stand aside, and promoting some capable generals.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, etc. are all brave men from the army, but there are many good generals and warriors under them, such as Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and other generals who lost power in internal struggles.

The benefits of these generals being promoted are obvious.

One is that they are not "outsiders" and will not arouse the resentment of Nanming soldiers. The second is that they are brave and good at fighting, and they have served as army commanders. They don't need to adapt and adjust, and they can quickly enter the state.

It is even said that the high positions of these generals actually boosted the morale of the Southern Ming Army.

As for the reasons for adjusting the generals, it is easy to find. The coalition forces have won many battles and victories, so naturally they should be rewarded according to their merits. The specific actions of Li and Guo have reflected their wisdom.

Instead of directly demoting or demoting those unqualified generals, they raised them high and promoted them to be the generals guarding the place. It seemed that they were promoted, but in fact they took the opportunity to remove them from the army.

Those generals who were "excluded" were also happy.

From their point of view, the occupied territory is already Nanming's territory, which naturally needs someone to guard it. It just so happened that they received a secret order from His Majesty the Emperor to give them priority in occupying the territory, so they followed suit and agreed.

Since it is the commander-in-chief, there must also be soldiers.

This is equally easy to do. Because of the withdrawal of the Qing army, the local militias were armed everywhere and became the best targets for reorganization. Bringing these militias together will also help stabilize the rear.

In addition to the militia, every time the army passes through a city, a large number of passionate young people sign up to join the army.

With these two points, why worry about having no soldiers.

It is even said that General Li and Guo Er also selected a group of truly passionate and skilled fighters from the militia to supplement the Nanming army, and at the same time eliminated some unqualified people in the army.

In this way, Second General Li and Guo not only completely controlled the Nanming Army and eliminated hidden dangers, but also further enhanced the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the Nanming Army, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

As for Emperor Hongguang, since he had a territory to take over, he didn't care about these details, and no matter how the Nanming army changed, it was still the army under Nanming's rule.

In this way, everyone is naturally happy.

Although the departure of the Dashun Army and the lack of cooperation of the Daxi Army did have a certain impact on the southern coalition forces, after this round of adjustments, the overall combat power of the coalition forces has not been greatly weakened.

This is the magic of editing.

If Dorgon misjudged the strength of the Southern Allied Forces due to this and chose to take the initiative to attack, at that time, whether it was the Central Route Army led by Li Jing or the East Route Army led by Guo Ziyi, they would bring great surprises to the Qing Army.

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Because of the busy reorganization of the army, in the next few days, the land in the north seemed a little calm, but the first riots broke out in Shaanxi in the west.

Twenty-sixth day of the campaign.

The 60,000 Dashun Army rushed all the way, finally entered the border of Shaanxi, and met the Daxi Army who was busy enclosing the land.

No nonsense, the two armies fought directly.

In the beginning, because the Dashun Army was concentrated in one place, while the Daxi Army was scattered in various places, in terms of local military strength, the Dashun Army had the upper hand and won several battles.

After the victory, the Dashun Army marched straight to Xi'an with great momentum and heroic spirit.

Upon receiving the news, Zhang Xianzhong, who was sitting in Xi'an, had also reacted and began to gather his troops. He said dissatisfiedly, "Hmph, a group of remnants of the Great Shun dare to act presumptuously in front of me."

If Li Zicheng was still alive, Zhang Xianzhong would naturally not think otherwise, he would probably give up Xi'an obediently, but what is left of the current Dashun Army? Just a bunch of remnants.

How could Zhang Xianzhong pay attention to these people.

If the Dashun Army adopts the tactic of advancing steadily and encroaching on Shaanxi bit by bit, relying on their influence and connections in Shaanxi, it is estimated that they will soon be able to gather a large army to compete with the Daxi Army.

In that way, it is still unknown who will win the game.

However, the Dashun army is too arrogant.

After a few victories, the generals of the Dashun Army were so proud that they didn't know who they were anymore, and without taking any rest at all, they went straight to Xi'an, fully exposing their marching intentions to Zhang Xianzhong's eyes.

Seeing this, Zhang Xianzhong began to quietly cast a net, waiting for the Dashun army to take the bait.