Ferocious reputation!

After leading his troops across the Huaihe River, Zhu Guoqiang went straight to Tianchang. However, as soon as he arrived in Tianchang, the local gentry in Tianchang Magistrate County breathed a sigh of relief and secretly shouted that they no longer had to worry about the Donglu invading the territory, but they all immediately prepared food and grass.

, meat and vegetables, for fear that if you don’t serve them well, your head will be chopped off.

The magistrate of Taoyuan County who lost his life is a lesson for them. As for the general Huang Liangzuo and those deserters... they will be killed as long as they are killed, what does it have to do with them?

By the time Zhu Guoqiang led his troops to Tianchang County, the magistrate of Tianchang County had already prepared tens of thousands of kilograms of grain, twenty thousand kilograms of meat, ten thousand kilograms each of bacon, sausages, and salted fish, and even several thousand kilograms of wine. Even

He also invited prostitutes from local brothels to serve the military general.

In order to satisfy this mighty murderous prince, the local people put in a lot of effort. Naturally, Zhu Guoqiang accepted all of this with a smile, and just thanked the women in the brothel. For the big-head soldiers, especially those who had just

The sixth battalion of newly recruited troops immediately enjoyed a life as good as the Chinese New Year.

In the past, I was able to eat enough because of the mercy of the gentlemen. Now I am better. Not only is there enough white rice, but I can even eat a piece of meat as big as my palm.

Follow the prince and you will have meat to eat!

There was meat and fields, and in an instant, no one remembered Huang Liangzuo.

When more than 30,000 officers and soldiers were encamped in the wilderness outside Tianchang City and resting, Zhu Guoqiang, who was in the Chinese army's tent, was discussing the next plan to face the enemy with the generals of the ninth battalion under his command.

"Liuhe!"

He drew a circle on Liuhe County with a pencil, and then Zhu Guoqiang said.

"After two days of Tianchang rest, the entire army arrived at Liuhe. If my guess is correct, Abatai's offensive will only reach here at most. From a geographical point of view, as long as Liuhe County is in my hands, I can prevent him from crossing the river.

, and it can also prevent him from getting involved in Yangzhou. To the west, there are many mountains and rivers, which are not suitable for cavalry attacks, so at most he will go deep into the Jiangpu area. We can change the pursuit of the enemy here to the enemy, and wait for work!"

In the past few days, Zhu Guoqiang had calculated Abatai's marching route. This time he seemed to have gone deep into the river, but in fact, he had gone further than the invasion of the other world two years later.

Hundreds of miles, that time, he fought all the way to Haizhou, which was later known as Lianyungang.

"It stands to reason that if you go so far alone, you need to consider too many issues, such as logistics, etc. But for the slaves, they don't need to consider this issue at all, because they join the invaders just to plunder and fight to support the war.

, they feed on the people, they don’t need to consider logistics at all. However, they don’t need to consider logistics issues, but a month of day and night travel has long exhausted the war horses, so they also need to rest and recuperate, and more importantly.

Looting..."

Zhu Guoqiang drew a circle on the map with a pencil and continued.

"If the predictions are correct, after he captured Chuzhou, he would send troops to plunder Hezhou, Luzhou and other places. South Zhili was far richer than North Zhili. There were no less than a million households in the north of the Yangtze River.

, far more than the Northern Zhili. Moreover, it is winter now. Whose family does not have two or three stones of food for the winter? Loot people, food, and money. So next, the Jiannu will launch troops to plunder and rest at the same time. This is

Give us a chance! A chance to defeat the enemy in one battle!"

Then Zhu Guoqiang began to explain his plan. Chen Wudi and others did not have any objections to the prince's plan. At most, they could only add details.

"...Attack the weak with the strong, and take advantage of Jiannu to divide his troops to plunder, and eat several of his thousands-man troops like last time. In the end, Abatai will definitely lead his troops to fight me decisively. At this time, this is our opportunity.

Defeat the enemy in one battle! As long as we can severely damage Abatai in this battle, and then tie him down, Shi Kefa and others will definitely not miss the opportunity in the end. With an army of hundreds of thousands facing 20,000 defeated enemies, there should still be a chance to annihilate the lone army.

Even if Abatai cannot completely annihilate him, he will suffer heavy losses and may not even be robbed at all. The journey back thousands of miles will be extremely fatal for him. Even if Dorgon is protecting him in Hebei,

If you want to cross the river, I'm afraid..."

Suddenly, Zhu Guoqiang's words paused. In an instant, he finally figured out everything - Dorgon had no intention of crossing the river from beginning to end, or Huang Taiji had no plan to let Dorgon cross the river.

With Ergon covering the north bank, Abatai can calmly plunder on the south bank!

This Huang Taiji is really good at calculating!

"It's just a fool's errand to cross the river!"

Zhu Guoqiang sneered.

"No matter how many troops Abatai leads this time, these tens of thousands of troops, we must keep them in Southern Zhili. After this battle is successful, the slaves will not be able to recover for ten years!"

After guessing Huang Taiji's plan, Zhu Guoqiang became more confident. He trained a navy army in Taoyuan. The navy army was not large in size, but it was absolutely sure that Abatai would not be able to cross the Yellow River.

It’s the world of cannons.

Can Huang Taiji afford to lose 30,000 troops now?

After thinking about this, Zhu Guoqiang was even more eager to keep Abatai in Jiangbei and eat up these 30,000 troops, not only because of the crimes they committed, but more importantly, the losses.

After 30,000 troops, Huang Taiji has less than 100,000 troops left. It will be difficult to launch an offensive against Songjin next year. History may change here!

If the Ming Dynasty had not lost those hundreds of thousands of elites, perhaps history would have undergone fundamental changes.

Not only will it be difficult for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rise in the next ten or twenty years, but it will also be difficult for Li Zicheng! I am afraid it will also be difficult to seize the capital. After all, compared to history, the Ming Dynasty still has hundreds of thousands of elites and hundreds of thousands of troops.

, Li Zicheng’s desire to seize the capital is simply wishful thinking...

As for the food problem of the people in the Central Plains, there is no problem.

Although it’s the Little Ice Age right now!

But after all, they didn't have enough to eat, so they rebelled.

As long as the food problem is solved, everything will naturally become easier.

How to solve the problem of eating?

Potato!

Compared with sorghum, millet, and wheat, crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are crops with short production periods and drought resistance. With them, the food problem of the people will naturally be solved!

No big deal!

At this moment, Zhu Guoqiang was full of confidence in the future. It seemed that he saw the possibility of a battle to determine the outcome. As long as this battle was won, Chinese civilization would not be enslaved by barbarians and its development would not be interrupted...

At this moment, a messenger came outside the tent to report.

"Report, military orders are arriving at Supervisor Shibu Hall!"

Shi Bu Tang’s military mission?
Chapter completed!