Lord of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Qiang nodded, "It's not that serious. I've sent that young general Tang Dianfeng to garrison Xin'an County. Lin Chengcheng and He Jin are both in the same place at the moment, stationed in Jinyun County. I'm not afraid of their rebellion. The combined strength of the two of them However, there are more than 3000 people, three hundred households, and they are all their old battalion rogues plus most of the civilians and captured soldiers of the Qing army. But, alas, they did not rebel, but they made their own decisions and attacked the Qing army in the capital of Chuzhou gone."

"Ah, what should I do? Our army has just settled down, and the current situation is that the Qing army is encircling and suppressing other Nanming troops. Although we are surrounded on three sides, the Qing army has no time to take care of our army. It is just to recuperate, develop people's livelihood, and grow rapidly. When I was economically strong, it would not be appropriate to go to war with the Qing army again, these two disobeyed military orders, made their own decisions, and ruined your grand plan, sir, they really deserve to die."

Jin Sheng said bitterly.

Wei Wuji was also worried, and said anxiously: "My lord, the Qing army is also pressing down on Quzhou Prefecture. Zhang Cunzhe, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, personally sits in the town and guards the rear of Li Chengdong's army. If He Jin and Lin Chengcheng lead troops to provoke, our army will have to fight the Qing army. It is very likely that the Qing army’s misfortune was diverted from the Nanming Longwu Chaoting to our place. Now that we have just settled down, it is really not easy to talk lightly with the Qing army. How will this matter be settled?”

Jin Sheng said again: "My lord, there are refugees who need to be resettled. The gentry among the refugees are troublesome. Although the Jinhua Mansion has a lot of troops, they can only stabilize the mansion and no more troops can go out to fight."

Zhang Qiang really wanted to catch these two people and kill them to vent his anger, but they had already headed towards Chuzhou with their troops.

Chuzhou Prefecture, since the third year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1452), Chuzhou Prefecture has jurisdiction over 10 counties including Lishui, Songyang, Jinyun, Qingtian, Suichang, Qingyuan, Xuanping, Yunhe, Longquan, and Jingning.Governing Lishui County (Liandu District, Lishui City) After the Revolution of 1911, the Chuzhou Military Government Branch was established.

This prefecture is denser than the Jinhua and Taizhou prefectures occupied by Zhang Qiang. The roads are mostly mountain roads, rivers and streams, and it is difficult to walk, and the territory of ten counties, even if Zhang Qiang wants to defend against the Qing army. Order He Jin to take Jinyun County and block the Qing army's route from Chuzhou, so that when he attacks Taizhou Prefecture, the Qing army will cut off his waist and besiege Taizhou Prefecture in Xianju County.

Just summed up his own strength, just thinking about it, he did not want to attack the state capital, because it is not easy to defend, it is difficult to march, and there are too few generals under him to garrison every place in the important area. an army.

The bigger the territory won, the harder it is to digest, and the heavier the burden.

He has just won the Taizhou capital, and has not fully digested it. He is trying to stabilize the place, and his troops have already been scattered. If he marches into the Chuzhou capital again, his [-] troops sound like a lot. Once dispersed, he will be cleared. The danger of the army's defeating each one was that other prefectures would not be able to take it, and the Qing army counterattacked, and he even lost most of Taizhou or Jinhua.

He Jin and Lin Chengcheng will really find him a job.

"My lord, to save or not to save?" Wei Wuji asked.

"There are many mountains, many rivers, and long roads. It is not suitable for a large army to march, it is not good to garrison, and it is difficult to supply. If something happens, it is not appropriate to reinforce it." Jin Sheng lamented.

"Send troops." Zhang Qiang only hesitated for a moment before making up his mind.

Jin Sheng asked: "My lord, how do we arrange the troops of the two governments? Who will we bring to rescue them?"

"Zhao Siyang stayed behind and replaced Mi Chun to guard the place he was defending. Mi Chun led the personal guards and led Zhao Siyang's army of one thousand households and four hundred households to follow me. Wei Wuji, you need to cooperate with Lord Jin Sheng to guard the Jinhua Mansion for me. , Tang Dianfeng took over the defense of Jinyun County, Xin'an County, Wuyi County, Yongkang County, and four counties."

Jin Sheng frowned, "My lord, can a young man who has just joined the rebel army for a month be able to take on this important task? That is our waist. Once the enemy attacks from the side, can he handle it alone?"

Zhang Qiang said: "There is no way, we have no one in hand, Wei Wuji manages the military administration of Jinhua Mansion, you manage the civil affairs of Jinhua Mansion, Zhou Porridge manages the civil affairs of Taizhou Mansion, Du Ge manages the military affairs of Taizhou Mansion, Xuanyuan Longfei needs to help me Looking at Zhang Ying, looking at the seaside, there is no way to draw anyone out. We can only force him to go into battle. Wei Wuji, you have nothing to worry about over there. Jin Sheng, you also organized rebels to fight wars, so you should also worry about military affairs. Please remind Master Wei of this at the right time."

Jin Sheng nodded to Ying Yong, and worriedly said to Zhang Qiang: "Even if we don't have any barriers, if we take down Chuzhou Prefecture, it will be bordered by Wenzhou Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, and Quzhou Prefecture on three sides, and Chuzhou Prefecture will be surrounded by the Qing army on three sides." If there is no way to do anything, you can give up the state capital and retreat, and when the army grows stronger in the future, we can think of a way."

"Don't worry, I know that."

After finalizing the details in three days and resting for a few more days, Zhang Qiang took more than 4000 troops directly under him, and handed over a thousand households of the new cavalry unit to Hu Kui, and Mi Chun led Zhao Siyang's artillery battalion with a thousand households. , from Wuyi County to the west.

At the same time, in Songyang County, a troop of cavalry escorted a carriage on a rugged mountain road. In the distance, a fire dragon advanced rapidly along the mountain road. One hundred Han army flag cavalry led three hundred Mongolian cavalry in close pursuit. Keep an eye on the carriage team in front.

While in Tingzhou Prefecture, Li Chengdong took back the monocular copper telescope presented by the Portuguese, and said to the generals of the Qing army beside him: "Continue to intensify the attack on the city, and today we must take down the enemy's first city wall.

In the capital city of Chuzhou, Lishui County, He Jin and Lin Yangcheng looked at the towering city wall of Lishui County, looked at the retreating Jinhua rebel army, shook their heads, Lin Yangcheng looked ugly, the two looked at each other, Lin Yangcheng Said: "Brother He, why don't we withdraw our troops, don't be in a hurry."

He Jin clasped his hands, and said bitterly: "No, never, if we take down the capital city of Chuzhou, our status in the rebel army will no longer be that of bandits, and we will no longer be underestimated by others. I've had enough of those people. Qi, even a small soldier can justifiably give us a supercilious look, I will definitely not be a guard, I will be a titan."

Lin Chengcheng shook his head and advised, "Why bother? I don't think this army is anything special. I heard that He Yilong and Lao Huihui have established a base in Yingshan County and are fighting against the Qing army. Why don't we lead the army?" When the army went back, I thought how free and easy it was when the soldiers of the five battalions worked together to cross the north and the south, but now it's really not a good feeling to live under the fence."

Chapter 94 Chase

He Jin sneered, "Most of the Daming is now occupied by Tartars, the rebel army is running around, Li Chuang is missing, Zhang Xianzhong was strangled by Duoduo, and the rest are surrendered. We are in the best situation now, at least we haven’t been focused on by the Qing army. If we don’t take the opportunity to expand our territory and raise more troops, when the time comes, the Qing army will come and encircle us on all sides. Is there still a place for you and me?"

Lin Chengcheng said helplessly: "Since that's the case, I'll listen to you and hang out in this kid's team. When the Qing army comes, I will find a way. To be honest, I don't want to leave the army and be an idler. It is better to have power and money than to hide in fear all day long and be searched by people."

He Jin looked at the retreating Jinhua Rebel Army, and ordered the left and right, "Rest for a while, attack the city again, attack all night, and never give up until the city of Chuzhou is captured."

The soldiers responded loudly and retreated to the distant woods to rest. Some continued to build siege equipment.

A cavalry came galloping from a distance, Lin Chengcheng looked at the cavalry galloping in the distance, frowned, and murmured: "The scouts are spying on the movements of the Qing army in Songyang County. , the Qing army from Songyang County came out of the city to rescue Taizhou Fucheng?"

Sure enough, "My lord, a thousand soldiers from the Qing army in Songyang County are only twenty miles away from our army."

Another cavalryman galloped over, "My lord, more than [-] Qing soldiers from Qingtian County are here to help Fucheng."

It didn't take long for another cavalryman to gallop over, "My lord, 500 Qing troops from Yunhe County are here to help."

Lin Chengcheng turned his horse's head and said to He Jin, "Let's withdraw our troops. Two thousand Qing troops and two thousand civilians in the capital city of Chuzhou are enough for us. On this day, we have already lost our troops and lost our generals. We haven't even touched the city wall. We have lost 3000 troops, and the two of us together have only more than [-] troops. Now there are [-] Qing troops coming. It is not something we can resist. If we lose more troops, even if we flee back, we will die punished."

He Jin said to Lin Chengcheng: "Take your troops to block the Qing army in Songyang County, and leave the rest to me. We can't come here for nothing."

Seeing his resolute look, Lin Chengcheng said, "Okay, just fight this once. If you don't withdraw your troops, I will leave first."

Lin Chengcheng took more than 200 people from his headquarters to intercept the reinforcements from the Qing army from Songyang County.

He Jin asked the general beside him, "How many soldiers and horses do we have?" The general beside him said cautiously: "My lord, there are still one thousand troops, plus five hundred civilians."

He Jindao: "Gather the troops and prepare to attack the city. I will lead them personally. I will never withdraw my troops until the Taizhou capital is taken down."

The general said anxiously: "My lord, you can't, lose the troops, how do you let us survive in the rebel army?"

He Jin waved his hand resolutely, "Never compromise, and prepare to attack the city."

On the city wall, the prefect of the Qing army in Chuzhou and the magistrate of the county seat saw the movement of the Jinhua rebels from the city gate. The magistrate of Lishui said, "My lord, it looks like our reinforcements have arrived."

The Qing army on the side said: "Master Zhifu, it is better to let the last general lead the troops out of the city to fight the Ming army. They have fewer troops than us, and they have heard that our reinforcements have arrived. Their morale must be low. Go out of the city and fight back, which will help our army. Morale up."

The magistrate appointed by the Qing army said: "Okay,"

He Jin led his troops to attack the capital city of Chuzhou again.

At this time, Zhang Qiang's large army entered the mountain and marched towards Songyang County with difficulty.

The eight soldiers strenuously used the poles to carry the Fran machine gun forward, while the corporal shouted: "Be careful, watch your feet, and pay attention to your balance." Turning around, "Quickly, divide the things on the donkey, don't worry about it." Count on that beast,"

A donkey was stubbornly allowed to be beaten by the soldiers, but stood on the post road in the mountainside, blocking the marching team behind.

Zhang Qiang also rode a war horse and walked carefully on the post road halfway up the mountain. Less than one meter away from one side was a canyon tens of meters deep. Can a few cloud pines block your falling body?

It’s not that Zhang Qiang didn’t want to find a better way to go, but this time the troops were dispatched too hastily. He didn’t want to lose the troops formed by He Jin and Lin Yang. The important thing is not to lose two generals at this time. He still wants to focus on using them, which is better than the inexperienced subordinates who have been promoted by himself.

Perhaps in this land of two prefectures, under their own leadership, the subordinates are very capable, but when it comes to the experience of fighting the Qing army, the two of them are more reassuring. There is nothing to do with these two rebel generals who have almost become fine.

Zhang Qiang didn't want to give them too many troops because they still couldn't gain his trust, and he didn't want to give them elite troops because he couldn't allocate enough elite troops. Now that they are in a hurry to attack the state capital, they will definitely be prepared The full Qing army got out there and defeated them with superior forces, so I could only take shortcuts from the mountains to rescue them, and I couldn't help myself to take a detour to Jinyun County to rescue them by land or water.

He marched hard on the mountain road until evening.

Across the Ten Thousand Mountains, on the mountain road to the southwest of Songyang County, a group of soldiers with the banner of the Han Army and a group of soldiers of the Ming Army were in a bloody battle. A carriage escaped less than half a mile, and suddenly fell into chaos. When he was running forward with strength, he flew out of the car body, "Miss—" With a scream, the two women flew out of the sedan chair and fell on the mountain road, blood dripped from their foreheads immediately, staining their faces. Red face.

"Xiancui, let's go, leave me alone." The woman pushed away the maid who wanted to drag her.

A group of war horses broke away from the battle and rushed towards them, "Xian Cui, what's wrong, miss?"

"Hmm, miss, miss, she is bleeding." The maid cried and said to the cavalry on the horse.