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Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh fish in troubled waters

It is not theoretically difficult for Yue Zhongqi to break the opponent's situation, but with his current force and the entire battle situation, he can play with few cards. The easiest thing is to concentrate his troops and attack Tangzhuang and take advantage of Zhu Yigui's chance to divide his troops and turn the enemy. Tangzhuang Ming army does not have much force in terms of military strength. As long as you take Tangzhuang and directly cut off Zhu Yigui's retreat, the Ming army, which was already insufficient supply, will not support it for long. By then, Zhu Yigui's desperate situation, his only choice is to return to Tangzhuang to fight the Qing army. By then, Yue Zhongqi does not need to fight with the other party, but just send troops to defend Tangzhuang to death and wait patiently for Zhu Yigui's troops to run out of ammunition and food.

But this tactic seems to be good, but is Tangzhuang so easy to fight? Don’t look at Yue Zhongqi’s sneak attack on Tangzhuang before and won a complete victory, but that kind of tactic cannot be copied, and there is no other way.

Zhu Yigui is not Gao Zhiguo. Since he could lead his troops so boldly, he naturally had prepared in Tangzhuang. Moreover, the information showed that the Ming army was not idle these days. The Yangtze River Navy not only mobilized a lot of supplies from Tangzhuang, but also thousands of reinforcements also landed in Tangzhuang.

With the equipment of the Ming army and the navy's warships, the possibility of Yue Zhongqi's success in attacking Tangzhuang again is extremely small. Not to mention capturing Tangzhuang, he may fall into Zhu Yigui's trap. With Yue Zhongqi's understanding of Zhu Yigui, even though he is now attacking all directions, Zhu Yigui must have one eye stared at himself in Jiangdu, and the other eye closely watched Tangzhuang.

Once he led his troops to Tangzhuang, maybe Zhu Yigui would return to the army quickly and then use Tangzhuang as bait to give himself a ruthless move to avenge his previous revenge.

But if you don’t do this, Yue Zhongqi has no good way. If you are conquering everywhere for your term, the pressure will increase in Jiangbei. By then, if you sit in the city of Kuang, Yue Zhongqi will have no choice but to have great ability. Although this tactic of surrounding the city with the countryside is simple, it will have a significant effect.

It is even more impossible to send troops to seek the enemy everywhere. If Yue Zhongqi replaced himself with Zhu Yigui, he would never let his opponent catch his tail. At that time, the Qing army that was attacking would be led by Zhu Yigui, and he would be a little tired of running. If he was careless, he would regret it.

After thinking for a long time, Yue Zhongqi finally decided to fight Tangzhuang, but fighting Tangzhuang is different from fighting Tangzhuang. Since this is the case, being led by the other party will definitely not work. Once the initiative on the battlefield is lost, it will be fatal to the leading general.

Yue Zhongqi attacked Tangzhuang as a vain, and the main purpose was to make Zhu Yigui return to the army. As long as he acted like he was taking Tangzhuang, he would not believe that Zhu Yigui would turn a blind eye and continue to attack everywhere. This plan was similar to siege Wei and rescue Zhao, attacking where he must save him, and transforming from passive to initiative, so as to take the initiative back from the other party.

At the same time, Yue Zhongqi was also prepared to turn the virtual into the real. If Zhu Yigui did not return to the army, he could also really fight Tangzhuang. As a general, he only knew how to fight according to military books. He was the lower one. He had rich combat experience and could adjust according to the changes in the battlefield. He was the middle one. He was the upper general who changed the virtual and real ones. In history, who was a famous general who fought according to the rules?

When Zhu Yigui learned that Yue Zhongqi was leading the army to fight and the target was Tangzhuang, he was immediately overjoyed. It seemed that his tactics had worked, not only forcing the Qing army to suspend the mobilization of troops, but also luring Yue Zhongqi out of the river.

"Come!" Zhu Yigui immediately ordered the troops scattered outside to gather as planned and then prepare to return to the army.

In fact, on the surface, Zhu Yigui divided his troops into two groups and attacked and plundered all directions, but in fact his real main force has not moved, but is stationed in a place between Jiangdu and Taizhou. As for the two armies on the surface, one was led by Huang Dian and marched westward, that is, Chuzhou. The number of this army was not more than 10,000, but only about 6,000, which was mainly used to attract the Qing army.

Zhu Yigui never thought that Chuzhou was not so easy to fight. At least until the main force of the Qing army in Jiangbei was completely solved, the battle in Chuzhou would not begin.

It was similar to Yue Zhongqi's thoughts. The main reason why Zhu Yigui did this was to compete for the initiative in the battlefield, turn passive into initiative, and thus turn the guest into the main. The initial goal has been achieved, and the next step depends on their own abilities. Zhu Yigui also knew in his heart what Yue Zhongqi's intention was to fight Tangzhuang. He did not expect to use Tangzhuang as bait to kill Yue Zhongqi's main force. Yue Zhongqi is not an ordinary person. Generals like Zhu Yigui suffered such a great loss in his hands. Do you not understand the risks of doing this?

In this way, the commanders of the two armies began to work around Tangzhuang, intending to use this to seize the initiative and give the other party a fatal blow.

The distance from Jiangdu to Tangzhuang is not far. If the marching is fast, it will only take two days at most. However, Yue Zhongqi just slowly advanced and sent a small group of troops to launch a tentative attack on Tangzhuang. As for Zhu Yigui, seeing the Qing army in this situation, he immediately understood Yue Zhongqi's plan. It is impossible to attract the Qing army in this situation, so he simply sent a small group of troops to fight. The two armies carefully tested each other in the middle of Jiangdu and Tangzhuang, and did not dare to advance without authorization.

For a time, a strange scene appeared on the battlefield in Jiangbei. The two main forces were more than 100 miles apart. Both sides were extremely cautious. However, the contact departments of the two forces continued to break out in small wars. The scouts and small troops on both sides continued to fight, several times a day, and even more than ten times a day, with each other casualties but no gains from each other.

"General Huang, can this be done?" In the area north of Zhen County, the 6,000 people from Huangdian were here. When they learned that the Qing army in Jiangdu was really transferred out by the Ming army, Huangdian began to return to the army, but when they arrived near Zhen County, they did not leave, but instead turned around and turned north.

"What's wrong?" Huang Dian glanced at the guerrilla general who was talking: "Mr. Zhu once had an order. I was fully responsible for this Lu army. How to march forward, I still want you to teach me?"

"This..." The guerrilla general of course knew the relationship between Huang Dian and Zhu Yigui. It would be no exaggeration to talk about their friendship, otherwise Zhu Yigui would not have handed over the troops to Huang Dian for responsibility.

However, the main forces of both armies are in the east, and Huangdian is going north, which is probably inappropriate? If Zhu Yigui blames him, he will violate the military order!

"No need to say nonsense, General Xiangbei will naturally have my reasons!" Huang Dian waved his hand and said directly. The guerrilla general didn't know that Zhu Yigui had specially talked to him about it once before Huang Dian set out, and gave Huang Dian the right to act cheaply. In other words, unless Zhu Yigui had direct orders, otherwise Huang Dian would choose whether Huang Dian would return to the army to meet with Zhu Yigui or act on his own.

If anyone in the world knows Zhu Yigui the best, even if Huang Dian cannot rank first, he will rank in the top three. He is very clear about Zhu Yigui's idea. So after judging the situation, Huang Dian felt that the convergence was not the best choice at the moment. Since the main force of the Qing army in Jiangdu has been mobilized, he can take this opportunity to stir up the earth in the hinterland of the Qing army.

This tactic was used as early as the Fujian Uprising and was familiar with it. Moreover, it only benefits but no harm for Zhu Yigui. Besides, Huang Dian is not a fool. He would not think that he could go directly to Yangzhou, but he could still take advantage of the situation. At this time, he would be a bastard if he had a advantage. When he thought of the tragic situation in Tangzhuang at that time, Huang Dian felt so angry that he was itchy.
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