“Both of you make sense, so allow me to make a decision.” As the place was about to blow up, Dodo decided to make a smart decision and call off the meeting.
When Di Chen heard that, his face was really dark as he stood up and left. He felt a little regret in his heart. If he knew that this would happen, he would have just chosen the South Ming camp and wiped out this arrogant group.
“Anyone not of the same race, I will definitely doubt!”
Through this matter, Di Chen felt like he had learned a lot.
…
After Di Chen left, Abatai said, “Do you really believe that player?”
Dodo smiled, “You were not there during the Battle of Yangzhou, so you would not know how skilled that player is. The 100 thousand elite troops he has under him is not something that you can easily make enemies with.”
Abatai was stunned and said, “So you’re saying?”
Dodo sat straight up, “the player army is strong, but our eight banner army is not weak. From tomorrow onward, with you as the vanguard, we will attack Jianye. I’ll lead the troops from close behind.”
Abatai was delighted, “How do we deal with that player force?”
“Let them defend Yangzhou. Our 150 thousand troops are enough to take down Jianye.” Dodo was really experienced. Although he was confident, he was not as overconfident as Abatai was.
Leaving Di Chen at Yangzhou meant that they did not need to worry about their backline.
“Wise decision!” Abatai praised.
…
After Di Chen learned of Dodo’s arrangement, he scolded, “Bastard!”
Defending Yangzhou was not an easy matter.
First, Yangzhou had a shortage of grain. Secondly. its city walls were broken, and thirdly, there was no way to defend. Fourthly, the place was unstable.
With these four points, no matter how confident Di Chen was, he did not believe he could stop Guo Ziyi’s forces with just 100 thousand troops. The moment Yangzhou was broken, no matter the result of the battle, he would have to leave early.
Dodo’s plan was really vicious; he wanted the player forces to take one another out. He would bring the Qing army main force down south to take down Jianye and claim all the credit.
In comparison, Abatai was really inexperienced.
Di Chen saw through his intentions, but there was no way he could oppose it. He only had 100 thousand troops and was in the Qing Dynasty camp. He could not control the field like Ouyang Shuo.
Looking at the Qing army going down south, a look of viciousness flashed across Di Chen’s eyes.
…
6th day of the Battle Map.
Just as the Qing army went down south, a huge cleansing occurred within Jianye City.
Ouyang Shuo used his name as Regent Prince to take down groups of people and imprison them.
For those more serious cases, all their fortunes would be confiscated and used as army resources.
To scare the officials, Ouyang Shuo even moved the 40 thousand Guards Legion Corps into the city to settle them down.
Qian Qianyi and the like were still contemplating about how to place their bets on both sides, and they had even written the letters of surrender. Who knew that in the blink of an eye, they would be in jail and all their plans would be for nothing.
They could only shout out powerlessly, “I’m framed. I’m framed.”
What a tremendous force.
The sudden storm made the already nervous Jianye even more terrified. Rumors rose up once more, and many rich families moved down further south to avoid the chaos.
At this very moment, the news of the Qing army going down south spread out.
This was like setting fire to a pot of oil as the entire Jianye exploded.
Numerous people escaped.
Weirdly, the Prince Regent Ouyang Shuo did not stop them and allowed the civilians to escape. He only brought three thousand Divine Martial Guards to visit Liu Liangzuo.
When Liu Liangzuo saw him, his face turned ashen white.
After Ouyang Shuo left, Li Jing, who had already returned to Jianye, had already taken charge of Liu Liangzuo’s forces. As for he himself, he brought his family and left Jianye.
No one knew what had happened in that short hour to make him give up power and flee.
Eye witnesses sneakily said, “The knife glow was really white, and the blood was really red.”
In the afternoon, Li Jing led the 50 thousand South Ming troops into the city.
Just as Di Chen had expected, the 40 thousand Great Xia Guards Legion Corps troops, the 50 thousand South Ming troops, along with Li Jing taking charge, made it almost impossible for Dodo to take down Jianye in a short amount of time.
Furthermore, after Li Jing’s persuasion, the 60 thousand Great Shun troops were moving toward Jianye.
Far away in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong had given a reply. As long as the South Ming army went up north, Great Xi would charge into Great Qing.
A huge net was enveloping Great Qing.
Maybe some people would ponder why in history the Qing army had won so easily. Why with Ouyang Shuo’s interference did everyone around seem to be Qing Dynasty enemies?
This was not hard to understand.
First, the Qing army itself, be it in terms of numbers or combat strength, did not have an advantage, especially at the start of the war where they were at an absolute disadvantage.
At the start, Dorgon just wanted to make use of the Ming Dynasty internal chaos to gain some benefits to get some resources and population.
The best outcome would be for them to take down the 16 states of Yanyun.
If at that time, someone told Dorgon that Great Qing could unify China, he would probably be scared silly and would not believe it.
Only after Li Zicheng forced Wu Sangui into a corner, and Dorgon took the chance to take down Shanhai Pass did his ambitions slowly rise.
Even so, he definitely did not have the courage to rule China.
When the Qing army destroyed Li Zicheng’s Great Shun regime in the north, the Ming Dynasty still had a large part of their land, and their overall soldier count was even higher than that of the Qing army.
Helplessly, even at that time, the Ming Dynasty was still busy with their internal conflict. For a throne, they fought to the death and gave the Qing army enough time to wipe out Great Shun.
Once Great Shun fell, the Qing army finally rose up.
Even so, the north and south sides were on equal footing, and no side had an absolute advantage.
South Ming, Great Xi, including the regimes that rose from them, were wiped out one by one by the Qing army in such a short time because they lacked a capable general.
Gao Jie and the other related generals could not be mentioned, while Shi Kefa was only skilled in name but was not talented.
This situation only changed when Ouyang Shuo appeared.
In terms of methods, Ouyang Shuo was a level higher than others; in terms of ability, the 200 thousand player forces were the biggest trump card. Along with Li Jing, Guo Ziyi, and other helpers, the entire situation was naturally different.
