Chapter 317： War in the north

Nanjing is busy preparing for enthronement, while Jiangbei is still raging.

In order to present Wu Changqing's enthronement ceremony, after Wu Changqing returned south, Li Shaobin prepared to let the army march around Huai'an to expand the territory.

The Qing court is now busy quelling the rebellion in Shanxi, and is unable to take care of these places. It is a good time for Wu Jun to regain lost ground.

For Wu Jun, the biggest problem in attacking these places is not the enemy defending the city, but his own logistics.

Liu Hansan in the south is still fighting against Zhu Yihai, so all kinds of military materials tend to be supplied to Liu Hansan first, and on their side, Wu Changqing's request is to take his time.

It's a good thing to be able to hit, but it doesn't matter if you can't.

However, Li Shaobin and his subordinates are not reconciled. Only when they are defeated will they have the merit, and they can get more rewards when they are divided among the officials.

Therefore, Wu Changqing did not give them hard indicators, but Li Shaobin gave him hard indicators.

That is, before Wu Changqing officially ascended the throne, all the places south of the Huai River must be recovered and given as a gift.

As for the logistical problems, find a solution by yourself.

Huai'an, Li Shaobin and many generals gathered for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"Let's talk about it, how to solve the logistics problem." Li Shaobin started first.

"Just eat at the enemy, and every time you capture a place, it's not normal to ask those merchants for some food."

Fang Ce said, this is what their old army used to do in the past.

"That's not good, the general warned us not to disturb the people."

Zhang Yingyuan said.

"Min, do those profiteers count as citizens? We don't have to persecute them. As long as a little hint, they should all be sensible."

Fang Ce was a little bit disdainful. Now Wu Jun's rule of the army is already too strict, there is no need for this at all.

As long as they don't rob all of those merchants, basically they won't cause any major problems.

"In special times, I'm afraid this can only be done. Moreover, we can also give them IOUs and pay them back when we have money."

Li Shaobin made a decision.

"We can also not bring artillery. Those cannons are too heavy and require a lot of people to assist in transportation. Without artillery, we can save a lot of logistics personnel and save a lot of food."

Xu Yuxian said.

A cannon of several thousand catties requires several horses and a dozen civilian men to transport, and the daily consumption of these horses and a dozen civilian men is not a small figure.

"How to attack the city without artillery?"

Li Shaobin asked, without the deterrence of artillery, it would be much more difficult to siege a city.

If too many soldiers were killed or injured, it would be even more uneconomical.

"We don’t need to attack. Now the southerners are panicking. I don’t think the Qing court’s will to fight will be too firm. As long as we do a little bit, we may be able to surrender, or cooperate with other generals who are willing to surrender. Or send the elite to lurk in ahead of time."

Xu Yuxian said that he found that Wu Jun didn't like to use tactics in marching battles. Basically, he attacked all the way.

This is mainly because Wu Jun is powerful and does not need to use tactics. Another reason is that the personal abilities of the senior generals of Wu Jun are relatively average, and they can't think of any good strategies.

Li Shaobin, Liu Hansan and others were just one hundred households before, and they hadn't even studied the military books. What strategies can they think of.

"Sounds great. You can use your abilities to overcome difficulties. I don't think about artillery and cavalry."

Li Shaobin thinks this plan is feasible, anyway, when there was no artillery in the past, those generals also had to attack the city. Not to mention that they still have a big killer like flintlock.

The general direction was set, and then Li Shaobin arranged specific actions.

He left 40,000 troops to garrison Huai'an. This bridgehead must not be lost, and heavy troops must be left to guard against the Qing court's army.

The remaining 40,000 troops were divided into two groups, of which 10,000 troops advanced eastward and attacked Yancheng and other places.

There are not many Qing troops stationed in these places, 10,000 people are enough.

Another army marched westward, with a total of 30,000 people, attacking Huainan, Chuzhou, Hefei and other places. In short, the place south of the Huai River is their goal.

Huainan, Chuzhou, and Hefei are all important cities. Even if the Qing army was defeated, it still left a large number of troops stationed in those places.

These places are more difficult to fight, so Li Shaobin arranged 30,000 elites.

The next day, the eastward army set off first, led by Tang Guozhen of the 21st Division.

The army ran into trouble after walking for less than a long time, and it started to rain heavily.

The whole area around Yancheng is low-lying, and the terrain is very low.

As long as it rains, the road will be muddy and low.

Going down in this kind of weather can be exhausting without fighting.

After three days of walking, Wu Jun only walked forty miles, which was a tortoise speed.

Jianyang, Wu Jun rested here temporarily to take shelter from the rain.

A civil official found Tang Guozhen and said, "Returning to the general, Yancheng defender Fan Yuchuan refused to surrender. He said that he would never surrender unless he was able to obtain the position of a division commander after he surrendered and at the same time continue to lead his soldiers into a single division. "

"There has never been a lack of madmen and stupid people in this world."

Tang Guozhen complained, he actually hoped that Fan Yuchuan could surrender directly, so that he could save a lot of effort.

However, this Fan Yuchuan was stubborn.

It's okay to ask for the teacher, and it doesn't matter if he is given the position of the teacher of a miscellaneous teacher.

However, it was too much for him to ask for a unique division.

Among the Wu army, none of the officers belonged to their own troops, and Wu Changqing could mobilize them at will. Recruitment and payment of wages have nothing to do with the generals who lead the troops.

The purpose of this is to prevent his officers from supporting themselves. It is Wu Changqing's bottom line that no officer can violate.

Fan Yuchuan wanted to preserve the independence of the army, and let Wu Changqing only provide military pay. Then he obeyed on the surface and continued to station in Yancheng to rule the king.

This is simply wishful thinking, let alone Wu Changqing will not agree, and none of the other generals will agree.

Therefore, Fan Yuchuan's request is basically tantamount to refusing to surrender.

In Tang Guozhen's view, those who continue to resist the powerful Wu Jun at this time are really sick in their brains.

Even the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Qing court were defeated. Why do those people think they can compete?

At this time, Fan Yuchuan of Yancheng was also worried.

Of course he also knew the power of Wu Jun, but he was unwilling to lose the power he currently possessed.

He is now the earth emperor of Yancheng. He has the final say. The Qing court doesn't care about him. Sometimes he will be paid and provided with supplies.

His request was only to make him loyal to the Qing court.

But Wu Jun wanted to deprive him of military power. Once you surrender Wu Jun, you will not be able to have an army loyal to you, and you will lose your greatest political capital.

To be an official in the Wu Jun, you need to fully obey orders and never think about living the life of the Tu Emperor. In short, the treatment is much worse than it is now.

For this reason, he rejected Wu Jun's surrender.

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