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Chapter 283 Come on, betray each other

The elders of the Nanjing Senate met for two hours, and even after three of them were kicked out because the meeting lasted too long or they were too emotional, the talks finally broke down.

There's no room for discussion.

People from Zhejiang must go back to protect Zhejiang.

Not only do they have to go back, but they have to go back quickly. After all, with the way the Jingnan Army is playing, it is only a matter of time before the unruly people in Zhejiang rise up.

The fact that they can still organize resistance now means that the unruly people are still unclear about the situation...

After all, the Jingnan Army were from other provinces.

These days, people from other provinces are second only to foreigners.

In this case, even if there are some rumors among the people, it will be difficult to break through the regional barriers in the short term, but it is still only a matter of time. When the unruly people in Zhejiang are sure that it is true, they will madly welcome these people from other provinces to bring them everything they dream of. Therefore, it is necessary to withdraw the militia, the new army, and the navy to Zhejiang as soon as possible to suppress them, and quickly repel the Jingnan Army to prevent the unruly people from reacting.

As for the rest...

How about love!
The house is on fire, who has time to care about anything else?

Zhejiang has fallen into its current situation because it relied on itself to be the safest place, so it sent out all the military forces it could, leaving the rear empty. Zhejiang has done this to help others, shouldn't others be understanding? It's just a withdrawal from the front line, not asking you to send troops south to save Zhejiang. Can't you spend more money and recruit more militia to fill the gap left by the withdrawal of the Zhejiang army? Especially in Nanzhili, Zhejiang is now resisting the Jingnan Army, and Jiangxi is blocking Li Zicheng, it's time for you to join.

However, Nanzhili is also in a difficult situation now!
Not to mention that the Jingnan Army might also land in Nanzhili...

The latter is in Hangzhou Bay. Is it difficult to go north and land in Jinshanwei?
More importantly, there is Yang Feng in Jiangbei!
Even if Yang Feng did not go south in person, Gao Jie would go south without hesitation at his word. This old bandit had committed many evil deeds and loved to burn, kill and loot. As long as Yang Feng loosened the rope, he would lead tens of thousands of his hungry wolves to rush straight to Nanjing and put the veterans into the clamp.

If Yang Feng went south, it would be the end of the world.

Southern Zhili is the most dangerous now.

Zhejiang at most had a group of wolves, Jiangxi at most had to face a tiger, but Nanzhili had to face a Tyrannosaurus Rex!
Of course, Jiangxi didn't think so. They thought they were blocking the tiger for the downstream, not for themselves. So before Fu Guan led the Jiangxi elders out, he left a very clear threat. If Zhejiang withdrew its troops, Jiangxi would negotiate with Li Zicheng. You want to sacrifice Jiangxi, then we'll break up. Aren't you going to withdraw your troops to deal with the Jingnan Army? Then we'll open up the Poyang Lake waterway, and you'll prepare to block Li Zicheng in Quzhou as well. Anyway, we're not Li Zicheng's main target. At most, we'll give him annual tribute. After all, Jiangxi has spent enough money on training militias and repairing fortresses in the past two years, and Li Zicheng doesn't need that much annual tribute.

The Elders Council was thus effectively disintegrated.

This is the inevitable result.

And in fact, even if they talk about unity and cooperation, it's useless.
Because the next day, the messenger from the Zhejiang Elderly Association arrived in Xingzi.

The Zhejiang militia was stationed in Xingzi.

The situation in northern Jiangxi was similar to the last time. Li Zicheng's main force attacked Jiujiang head-on and sent troops south to De'an, but was blocked by the Mahuiling fortress. He then sent troops to attack Jianchang and even sent out cavalry to harass Anyi, Fengxin and other places west of the Ganjiang River.

The Zhejiang militia, as the strongest field force, was stationed in Xingzi, ready to attack Li Zicheng from the flank at any time. At the same time, it used the water transportation of Poyang Lake to provide mobile reinforcements to other battlefields.

The battle situation had stabilized at this time.

Almost all of Li Zicheng's attacks failed. Although the coalition forces here were also unable to counterattack, it was also a fact that Li Zicheng could not break through their defense line. Li Zicheng only had an absolute advantage in cavalry, but facing the water network and mountainous terrain of Jiangxi, especially the fortresses filled with cannons, he could not use cavalry to hit the bastions after all.

But now it's all over.

You should know that Zhejiang militia is actually the militia of eastern Zhejiang, and the Zhejiang New Army is mainly based in Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou, so they are the most urgent now. For example, among the main generals, Huang Zongyan and Zheng Zunqian are from Yuyao and Kuaiji respectively, and the other generals are similar, most of them are from Jinhua, Ningbo and Shaoxing. Although there are other prefectures, these are the core. In the final analysis, Wen, Chu, Tai, Qu and Yan do not have much say in Zhejiang itself. To be more precise, the core of Zhejiang is actually the four prefectures of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and Shaoxing. Ningbo is a latecomer, and Jinhua is because it provides soldiers, and Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian are both from Jinhua Prefecture.

The capital cities of the first four prefectures were shared by two counties.

On the same level as the capital.

After receiving the recall order from the Zhejiang Elders Association, the Zhejiang militia led by Xu Du retreated as quickly as possible without any hesitation.

Not even notifying any friendly forces.

Of course, we can’t notify our friendly forces!
It was not that easy for them to withdraw to Zhejiang. If they wanted to withdraw quickly, they had to take the water route, that is, go down the Yangtze River at the fastest speed. But if you think about it, you will know that the garrisons of the various prefectures of Nanzhili along the way, including the navy on the Yangtze River, would not let them pass. Even if they did not take the Yangtze River, they could only go from Jiangxi to Quzhou, and all parts of Jiangxi would not let them pass. The only way was to be fast and let others not have time to react. So on the night of receiving the order, Xu Du recalled the front-line troops, who even abandoned some of the baggage and quickly withdrew to Xingzi. At the same time, all roads in Xingzi were blocked and they boarded the ship overnight. The baggage that was not easy to take away was also abandoned. Zhejiang did not lack this. By the next morning, the first batch of Zhejiang militias who boarded the ship had already set off.

The star is always blocked during this period.

This place could have been blocked off.

For the next whole day, all the Zhejiang militiamen, with a total strength of 30,000, boarded the ship...

They have no shortage of boats.

The warship of Huang Binqing, commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang Navy, was specifically responsible for transporting them.

Then the retreating army went downstream. When they passed Hukou, Hukou didn't even know the news of the Jingnan Army landing in Zhejiang. In fact, the Elders Council deliberately did not notify the front line. After all, they were also afraid of the collapse of morale. The Zhejiang militia passed Hukou unimpeded, entered the Yangtze River waterway and began to drift.

Jiujiang.

"The rebellion is like an egg hitting a rock!"

On the city wall, Wan Yuanji looked at the enemy troops outside the city who were retreating again with some pride.

At this time, the outside of the city was bloody.

Li Zicheng had been attacking this fortress with an army of 100,000 for half a month. The scale and technical content of this battle between the two sides could be said to be the highest in this era...

Both sides deployed no less than 200 heavy artillery pieces.

This is only for shells weighing more than five kilograms. Now, shells weighing more than five kilograms are considered heavy artillery, while shells weighing less than five kilograms are light artillery. In fact, the key is whether it can be towed by at most two horses in the wild. After all, five kilograms is considered a seven-pound artillery by European standards, and the barrel and frame weigh more than a thousand kilograms. Shells weighing more than twenty kilograms are considered giant artillery. There are dozens of cannons of this level. This number and tonnage of artillery have never been seen on the European battlefield, not to mention that both sides have nearly 200,000 soldiers participating in the war, and there are even warships on the water.

A real battle.

"It's a pity that such elite troops were brought here a few years late. If we had such elite troops before the fall of the capital, why would we be afraid of the Jianlu and the bandits?"

Du Yinxi also felt the same way.

Now it is not just the Jiangxi militia that are defending the city.

The successive battles caused heavy losses in the city, so Du Yinxi led his personal soldiers and the Changzhou militia into Jiujiang for reinforcement. As for the strongest remaining militia in Nanzhili, the Susong militia was transported by water to land in Jiangbei and fought with Li Zicheng's cavalry many times outside Xiaochibao.

There is victory and defeat for each other.

Li Zicheng's cavalry was not stronger than that of the Jianlu, but the combat effectiveness of the Susong militia was second only to that of the Zhejiang militia.

Wan Yuanji could only remain silent in response to Du Yinxi's sigh...

Of course, everyone knows it.

Can protecting your own wealth be the same as protecting the emperor's kingdom?

Can working for the emperor be the same as working for yourself? It's not that the Ming Dynasty couldn't build this level of elite troops. The militia training was still based on Qi Jiguang's military tactics, which were fifty or sixty years ago. Although there were no red cannons in Qi Jiguang's time, red cannons were also thirty years ago. His Majesty the Emperor wants to build such a legion, there is no technical problem, but the question is who will pay for the protection of the emperor's country? Moreover, if such an elite is really built to kill the Jianlu and the bandits, how can we raise the enemy and play with the bandits? Didn't the Ming Dynasty become so rotten until now because the Liaodong generals raised bandits for their own benefit?

In their silence, Wan Wanji saw Jie Xuan waving at him from below.

He looked at the latter in confusion.

The latter looked at him.

Du Yinxi smiled slightly.

"Jiren, let me take a look over there!"

He said.

After saying that, he turned and left.

Wanyuanji hurried downstairs, and Jie Xuan quickly handed him the letter signed by Fu Guan. Wanyuanji opened it, and just after taking a look, his whole body swayed. Jie Xuan quickly supported him, and at the same time looked at Du Yinxi's back vigilantly.

"The Xingzi Hometown Association just sent a message that Xudu blocked Xingzi last night and recalled all the troops on the front line. They have already boarded the ship and left. He left 500 people to blockade Xingzi. The Hometown Association also tried every means to send the message. The Zhejiang militia retreated, and it is estimated that the Nanzhi militia will retreat soon as well."

Jie Xuan said in a low voice.

"No, they will stick with us. Otherwise, if Li Zicheng goes there, they will be finished too."

Wan Wanji said.

"If they don't return to defend, Gao Jie will raid their house first without waiting for Li Zicheng."

Jie Xuan said.

"Well, what should we do?"

Wan Yuanji said somewhat at a loss.

In fact, he has limited abilities. He is just an ordinary civil servant. In history, he even had a mental breakdown when facing failure. He looked at the Qing army camp outside the city and insisted that it was empty. He was deceiving himself. At this moment, this situation was completely beyond his ability. He was confused and didn't know how to deal with it. Fortunately, he was like this. Usually, he relied on Jie Xuan, who was a real all-rounder who understood military, science, and philosophy. Wan Yuanji also trusted him unconditionally.

Of course, there is another point. His cousin Jie Chongxi is in charge of military affairs in the Jiangxi Elders Association.

"Let's retreat first, get out of Jiujiang, and let Li Zicheng go downstream!"

Jie Xuan said.

Wan Yuanji looked at him blankly.

Jie Xuan looked at Du Yinxi who had come back, and then he bowed to the latter, then gestured to Wanyuanji with a smile, and then walked up to the city wall. Wanyuanji followed like a zombie, and they were on the city wall. Although Du Yinxi was a little confused, he did not get the news that the Jingnan Army landed in Zhejiang. Both the elders and the Elders' Council in Nanzhili were a little slow to react on this issue. This is normal, after all, they don't even have a general elders' council. There is still an elders' council in each prefecture, and the elders have their own ulterior motives. It is normal for them to be slow to react.

"General, I just had some money and food matters, and I haven't come to see you yet. Please forgive me."

Jie Xuan then bowed to Du Yinxi.

"Zixuan, there's no need to be so polite."

Du Yinxi quickly helped him up.

But the next moment, the smile on Du Yinxi's face froze.

Because a flintlock pistol was pressed against his chest.

"What does Zixuan mean?"

Du Yinxi said with a sullen face.

Because of the angle, none of his personal soldiers could see this scene.

"General, you were the one who deceived the Zhao family in this way, and you made the Zhao family suffer. Today, I am just learning from you. If you hadn't deceived the Zhao family, Jiangxi wouldn't have fought with Li Zicheng until now."

Jie Xuan said with a smile.

Then he held Fu Guan's letter in front of Du Yinxi.

"General, the Zhejiang militia has already withdrawn. They are afraid that we will know, so Xudu has left 500 people behind to block the road leading out of Xingzi."

Jie Xuan said.

Du Yinxi snatched it away and looked at it in disbelief.

But then he looked up.

"The Zhejiang militia has left, but we are still here. Of the more than 100,000 troops from Jiujiang to De'an, only 30,000 have left. Can't we defend Jiujiang? Look at the dead bodies of the bandits outside. What is there to be afraid of? We all have homes behind us. Is there any place to retreat now?"

He roared at Jie Xuan angrily, and his saliva sprayed all over Jie Xuan's face.

Jie Xuan turned his head instinctively.

Almost at the same time, he blocked Yin Xi's hand and slapped him on the face, then pushed him hard.

Jie Xuan pulled the trigger instinctively.

The sudden sound of gunfire broke the silence, and the guards immediately drew their guns. The Jiangxi militiamen around them also looked at Jie Xuan in astonishment as he fell backwards. As for Du Yinxi, he covered his stomach and ran to the servants, and was quickly supported by two servants. However, Jie Xuan did not fall off the city wall. He was held by Wan Yuanji next to him, and Zhou Wu’s soldiers all looked at them in astonishment...

"Retreat, retreat!"

Du Yinxi shouted anxiously to his men in Wu dialect.

What the hell is the point of holding on!
This must have been ordered by Yang Feng.

It also means that Yang Feng will also attack the wealthy families in Jiangnan. Li Zicheng wants to rob their money, and Yang Feng also wants to rob their money. It will take time for Li Zicheng to get there, after all, there are a series of fortresses in the middle. But Yang Feng can get there unimpeded, and he may have crossed the river by now. It is meaningless to continue fighting with Li Zicheng here, and Yang Feng will have to be put in the clamps one by one in the end.

We must withdraw as quickly as possible and return to defend before he harms the south of the Yangtze River. Even if we cannot defeat Yang Feng, at least we can bargain with him.

As for Jiangxi...

"Capture him; he was the one who gave the order to fire at your Majesty."

Jie Xuan pointed at him and shouted.

(End of this chapter)