Cutting 1719

Chapter 78 Surrender
The next day, Ning Yu returned to the city of Daye with two battalions of troops. This battle not only completely collapsed the Qing army in Huangzhou Prefecture, but also suffered very limited casualties, with less than a hundred casualties. A large amount of materials and weapons, although most of them are shotguns and long knives for the Qing army's own use, can also solve Ning Yu's urgent needs. The word banner.

In order to force the defenders of Daye City to surrender, Ning Yu ordered all the captured Qing army flags to be piled up under the city, and sent soldiers to shout loudly.

"The Qing army in Huangzhou Prefecture has been wiped out. I hope General Xu will surrender as soon as possible."

After shouting for nearly an hour, Xu Mingyuan appeared from behind the city wall. His face was pale and flushed abnormally, and his body was slightly weak. some injuries.

Looking at the flags piled up under the city, Xu Mingyuan could vaguely see a big "Zheng" character, and felt a little more credible in his heart. After all, no matter what tricks the Fuhan army played, they couldn't cover up one point, that is, the reinforcements Not yet.

Xu Mingyuan hesitated in his heart. He really wanted to stick to it and be loyal to Emperor Kangxi, but his Qing soldiers quit. They were all from Xingguo, and their willingness to come to Daye to fight was the result of many rewards. , but not to mention the heavy casualties now, the rest of the people have to live and die with Daye City, how willing is this?
In addition to the fact that the soldiers have no fighting spirit, the people in Daye City are actually unwilling to support Xu Mingyuan to continue fighting. Whether you are a citizen of the Qing Dynasty or a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you must pay food and taxes, and you will not get other benefits. , so naturally he doesn't want the flames of war to burn on his own head.

Many people surrounded Xu Mingyuan, with the hope of survival in their eyes, they desperately hoped that Xu Mingyuan would stop here and surrender.

"General Xu, my family is still waiting for me to support them in Xingguo. Please forgive me!" A 40-year-old Mr. Qian knelt beside Xu Mingyuan, and many green battalion soldiers were looking eagerly at him. Xu Mingyuan.

As long as people have a chance to live, they will definitely seize it and never give up.The same is true for Xu Mingyuan. From the bottom of his heart, he is still unwilling to die like this.

"Send people down and tell the rebels to tell the Fuhan army that I, Xu Mingyuan, are willing to give up Daye City, and hope that they will stop killing innocent people indiscriminately."

Having said these words, it seemed that Xu Mingyuan had exhausted all his strength. He held on to the handle of the knife with all his strength, and wanted to end it, but finally let go of his hand powerlessly.

Just after Ning Yu accepted Xu Mingyuan's surrender, the good news came one after another. According to the news from Deng Fang ahead, the last few hundred remnants led by Zheng Rong directly crashed into the trap set by Deng Fang. Of the hundred soldiers of the Qing army, except for Zheng Rong and others who were killed, the rest have surrendered.And the second division is also progressing very smoothly, from south to north, the entire Huangzhou Mansion has been brought under its banner.

So far, all of Ningyu's plans have been successfully realized. Not only has the key strategic location Daye been won, but the Huangzhou defenders have also been wiped out. It can be said that all Wuchang and Huangzhou prefectures in the southeastern part of Hubei have been collected In the bag, the current territory of the Fuhan Army almost includes three whole prefectures, namely Hanyang Mansion, Wuchang Mansion and Huangzhou Mansion.

With the complete victory of the Fuhan Army, the entire Huguang and surrounding Jiangxi, Anhui, and Sichuan have shown a situation where people's hearts are moving. There are even many hidden non-government anti-Qing organizations that have blossomed one after another. Baihedao, hidden in Xiangyang Mansion, also began to send people to contact the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, expressing their willingness to join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty, hoping that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can support a batch of weapons.

Ning Yu was a bit curious at first, wondering if the person who came to contact him would be the former Young Master Chen, but when he actually saw the person who came, he found out that it was not, so he was a little disappointed now, and just talked with the envoy lightly, It was sent to the political affairs hall to deal with it.

Now, with the continuous victories of the Fuhan Army, the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is also expanding. Except for the prefect of Hanyang, the original three prefects have already surrendered to the Fuhan Army, and the other two prefects committed suicide as the city was destroyed. Most of the government officials also fled. As for the officials below the county level, most of them fled dead. Therefore, there is still a lack of many officials to fill the gap. It is also often night clothes and food, sleepless nights.

But even so, after Ning Yu came back with a big victory, the teacher Cui Wancai also found time to meet him and talked about the teacher-student friendship.

With the busyness of these days, Cui Wancai became more and more pale, with a little more gray hair on his head, but his mental state was very high.

"Now the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is located in Wuchang, and it's also for the purpose of radiating the overall situation. Although the fellow villagers in Hanyang are considerate, they are not in the center after all. Therefore, as soon as they are free, the Metropolitan Governor's Office starts to patrol the counties and townships lightly. It is also to stabilize people's hearts and stabilize the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion."

Cui Wancai took a sip of the camellia tea, and continued: "This year, the autumn grains of all the prefectures have been intercepted by us in Wuchang, so this winter can be passed safely. The focus now lies in the response of the Qing court. We caught the Qing court by surprise before, but when the Qing court reacted, I am afraid that it was a real massing of troops."

Ning Yu looked a little dignified. Of course he knew what he was going to face next, and said in a low voice: "Man Pi is currently in Xiangyang to gather the Qing troops from other prefectures and counties in Hubei, and it has been delayed for some time. With more than 1 horses, there may be more than 3 Qing troops on the Xiangyang side. If we add the Qing troops from Hunan, we may have more than 6 Qing troops to face at the same time."

"The key point is that the Qing army in Anhui and Jiangxi has 4 to 5000 people in total. If we attack together, with our current strength of only more than [-] people, it is difficult to really resist, so we can only learn from the old slaves. Law."

Cui Wancai's eyes lit up, "The old slave's tactics? You mean to let him come and go. I'll go all the way?"

"That's right, it's going to be winter now, and there are still two months before the 60th year of Kangxi. If Man Pi still wants to keep his head, he must launch an offensive in the last two months. It would be good if the Qing army in Hunan was assembled, so what we really need to face is the Hubei Qing army from the west and the Hunan Qing army from the south, a total of more than 6 people, I am still confident that I can swallow it!"

"When this battle is over, no matter how much old Kangxi wants to pretend to be dead, he will have to look us straight!"

(End of this chapter)