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Chapter 352: No War on the Eastern Front

Hubei.

After the victory in the Battle of Dangyang, the Xinghan Army expanded rapidly, and with the votes of the local party, it not only governed the fourth infantry division, but also organized a brigade of local fishermen, with a total strength of more than [-].

In order not to be threatened by the Qing army pursuing from the direction of Sichuan, in June, the Xinghan Army suddenly returned with two divisions to attack Nanjin Pass in Yichang Prefecture. It had just led a battalion of more than [-] troops to Chengdu here. The deputy Wang Fu was caught off guard and rushed to the battle, but was defeated and fled to Huangling Temple, losing countless armaments.

Shu Jing'an, the right deputy general of Dingxi who led the main force of Sichuan's pursuit of soldiers and horses to Xintankou, Badong, first heard of the defeat of Dangyang and then of Nanjinguan. Order the main force of the whole army to stop advancing, and send scouts to investigate the details of the troops used by the bandits before making a decision.

Rumors circulated in the army that General Shu refused to use his life because his son fell into the hands of the bandits.The previous defeat at Yunmen in Chongqing had a lot to do with this incident.

This matter was somehow found out by Ding Yizhen, the supervisory censor of Sichuan, and immediately wrote a letter to expose the matter to the court.

After the Xinghan army defended Nanjin Pass with a brigade of more than [-] soldiers, the main force began to storm Yichang City under the command of commander Gu Shidao to ensure that the next attack on Jingzhou would not be flanked by the Qing army.

There were not many Qing troops in Yichang, only thousands of battalions of Ding Xiangyong assembled by Zhifu Songhui. Song Zhifu knew that he could not resist the attack of the Xinghan army, so he had to ask Jingzhou General Shang Jianbao for help.

Since Shang Jianbao was defeated in the first battle of Dangyang, he had been frightened by the Xinghan army. He could hold on to Jingzhou, but he had no courage to lead troops to rescue Yichang.

There were no defenders inside and no reinforcements outside. Although Song Hui, the prefect of Yichang, was determined to serve the country with his death, Yichang City was captured by the Xinghan Army on the third day of July.

After the Xinghan army entered the city, Song Hui, wearing court uniform, sat upright in the lobby of the yamen. Seeing the rebels rushing in, he scolded him angrily, but was killed on the spot by the angry Xinghan soldiers.

After Gu Shidao entered the city, he said that although Song Hui was a traitor, the people of Yichang said he was a good official, and ordered people to wrap him in a blanket and bury him in the yamen, so that he would not damage his body.

Hundreds of captured camp soldiers and township warriors in the city joined the Xinghan Army, and then the Xinghan Army opened the treasury and distributed more than [-] taels of silver from the memory bank to various ministries as rewards, also known as opening grain depots. scattered to the poor in the city.

He even posted a bulletin, and painted the slogan "Being the soul of China, not being a slave to the Tartars" with lime water all over the streets and alleys of the city, calling on the people of Yichang to join the Xinghan Army to "expel the Tartars and restore China."

The posters posted all use the year number of Yongli in the former Ming Dynasty.

This is also the first time that the Xinghan army has called for the restoration of Ming Dynasty politically after they rushed into Huguang.

Wang Angnian, a schoolmaster in Yichang Prefecture, was nearly [-] years old. He heard that Yijun broke through the city and hung himself on a beam, but the rope broke due to the heavy load. He was persuaded by the students and survived.

Tied up in front of the commander of the Xinghan Army, everyone thought that the old scholar wanted to die, but they didn't expect that he would cut his long braids with a knife, knelt in front of Gu Shidao, touched the Confucian shirt he was wearing, and cried: "The country will perish. After a hundred years, I will finally see the clothes of the Han family!"

After that, he looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hu people have no national fortune for a hundred years. Today, the Han family has heroes, and the Han family can be rebuilt!"

The fall of Yichang completely opened up the waterway for the Xinghan army to enter Jingzhou.

On the eighth day of the seventh lunar month, Gu Shidao issued a call to action, ordering [-] people from the water and land divisions to go eastward to Jiangling along the Yangtze River and blow the horn to attack Jingzhou.

The land of Jingzhou can help Chengdu at the top, and Jiangning and Hangzhou at the bottom. It is also a confidant of Hubei.

In order to defend Jingzhou City, the governor of Huguang, Chen Huizu, not only sent people to rush to Dingxi right deputy general Shu Jingan, asking him to rush for help, but also put together all the battalions, flood soldiers and brave capitals from all over the country who could arrive in Huguang. Transferred to Jingzhou, even the government officials were sent there, and more than [-] people were assembled.

Just who to lead this army and horses has become a big problem.

General Shang Jianbao of Jingzhou was completely incompetent and cowardly as a mouse is definitely not to be expected. However, Huguang has no generals available. Governor Zheng Dajin of Hubei suggested that the deputy general Zheng Tai be promoted to the commander-in-chief to command the reinforcements.

However, Chen Huizu rejected the proposal because Zheng Tai was not the person he promoted. Finally, under the suggestion of his staff, he invited the 80-year-old veteran Meng Yingrui to preside over the overall situation.

Three generations of Meng Yingrui's ancestors and grandchildren are all famous generals, and Meng Yingrui has repeatedly made military exploits. Appreciated by famous ministers such as the Academy Affairs Team.

60 years of military service, well-known.

After the call-up order arrived at Meng's house, Meng Yingrui's descendants advised him not to go out of the mountain, because Huguang had been at peace for a long time, the Eight Banners soldiers were unusable, and the battalion soldiers were also rotten. The imperial court has been fighting for a hundred years, and it can be said that all of them are elite soldiers. Judging from the current situation, the strength of the Xinghan army is obviously superior to that of the Qing army.

And the ancestor is already 80 years old, there is no reason in the world for an 80-year-old man to go out in armor!

"My ancestors Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, ​​and Meng Yi were role models for all Chinese civil servants and military generals. As a descendant, how can I lose the reputation of my ancestors! Today the court is in trouble and traitors are rampant. Although I am eighty years old, how can I just sit idly by? Zhusun, put on armor for me!"

Regardless of the dissuasion of his descendants, Meng Yingrui was ordered by the governor of Huguang to start his journey again.

It's just that Meng Yingrui is 80 years old after all, so the governor of Huguang Chen Huizu assigned him another deputy, the second son of the famous minister Yue Zhongqi and the commander-in-chief of Huguang Township Yue Wei.

The bandits of Xinghan came out of Jinchuan from a young age. General Yue had gone to Jinchuan in those days. Although the general is not here now, Father Hu has no dog!

Huguang has given up all its resources to help Jingzhou.

Under the urging of General Feng Sheng of Dingxi, Shu Jingan did not dare to delay in Badong any longer, and personally led the main force to attack Yichang City, and ordered Ma Dayuan, Vice General of Chongqing, Zu Yingyuan, Vice General of Jinchuan, and Wang Fu, Vice General of Chengdu, to cross the mountains by land Ling reinforcements Jingzhou.

War is imminent.

Shandong, Linqing.

Just two days after the Sauron soldiers and the Mongolian cavalry arrived from outside the border, the imperial censor Asiha felt restless. He accused Prime Minister Jia Liu of Shandong Military Affairs of patronizing the encirclement but didn't know how to attack. The Puritans attacked.

However, he was repeatedly rejected by Jia Liu, saying that the time to attack the city had not yet come, and that at present the main method is to induce surrender.

Zhili chief envoy, Tianjin governor Xu Ji and others also believed that the hot weather was not suitable for attacking the city. Now that the work of recruiting the prime minister and ministers to surrender is progressing smoothly, it is better to wait until autumn before attacking the city.

When Ah Siha was indignant, Jia Liu personally received the Yan Jiren brothers who had come to surrender from the city. In addition to asking for the title of Qianjun for the Yan brothers, they also selected 400 people from the [-] people brought out of the city by the two brothers to enrich their lives. Chang Weijun, thus having the effect of "using bandits to control bandits".

"My lord, all the Yan brothers have come to cast their votes. Except for the cavalry, the religious bandits in Linqing City can still see the battle, and the rest are nothing to worry about."

Fan Wei's freshly shaved head was shiny, and he was wearing the clothes of a seventh-rank official, looking very energetic.

"The time has not yet come, not yet."

Jia Liu was still talking prematurely, and when he was asking Fan Wei if there was any way he could talk about coming to Wu Sanniang, a secret letter arrived from Jingling.

It was Liu Heyi's letter.

The letter said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry organized a group of people to survey the underground palace of Emperor Sheng Zuren a few days ago. It seems that they are preparing for the opening of the underground palace. If the emperor really decides to open the underground palace, then Jia Liu, the director of the management committee, will I have to rush back immediately to preside over the overall situation.

After putting down the letter, Jia Liu frowned slightly and fell silent.

　My grandfather is Zhu Yuanzhang, and my father is the prince Zhu Biao, so I will be the grandson!I want to be emperor!

　　Because only in this way can I spend my whole life fooling around.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)