I'm in the Red Mansion

Jia Huan quickly led three thousand cavalrymen and headed straight for the city gate.

He led a total of 8,000 soldiers to attack Youzhou City.

However, if eight thousand soldiers come together, the chances of being exposed will greatly increase.

Therefore, Jia Huan only led his 3,000 vanguard troops and headed straight for the city gate.

The remaining five thousand people followed at a distance of five miles.

They would just wait for the army in front to break through the city gate and then rush over.

The Qing troops on the city wall became panicked when they saw these three thousand cavalrymen.

They did not immediately recognize that this team was Xia Jun in disguise. After all, it was dusk, the light was poor, and the distance was far. They did not even think in this direction.

They only saw that 10,000 troops had gone out, but now only this many had returned, and everyone was injured.

It was obvious that we had suffered a defeat.

I didn't expect that we would suffer another defeat. Who knows, the Xia army might attack us at any time.

How could they not panic?

Jia Huan led three thousand soldiers and rushed directly across the suspension bridge and headed straight for the city gate.

Then he ordered his soldiers to shout: "Open the city gate quickly, we have an urgent matter to report to the general."

Jia Huan still wanted to trick the city gate into opening. This way, he could not only save time and effort, but also save some bullets.

However, the next moment, Jia Huan saw that the Qing soldiers guarding the city wall were actually confused when they heard what he said.

Obviously, they did not understand the Central Plains dialect.

I was careless. I should have found a few soldiers who could speak Tartar to make announcements.

But it’s too late to say this now.

Therefore, Jia Huan did not hesitate any more and raised his gun directly.

boom!
With one shot, a Qing soldier was knocked down.

And then, the one hundred Xia soldiers in front opened fire one after another.

The Manchu soldiers on the city wall fell down one after another.

The remaining people who were not hit were also frightened and dodged quickly.

At the same time, they were shouting in Tartar language. Although Jia Huan could not understand it, he could guess that they must be shouting that the people under the city were pretending to be Xia Jun and that Xia Jun was coming to kill them.

Jia Huan took advantage of the fact that the Qing soldiers on the city wall were suppressed and led fifty soldiers to the foot of the city quickly.

Then they smashed a big hole under the city gate, and placed several hundred kilograms of explosives prepared in advance underneath and sealed it.

Then light the fuse.

Next, they retreated quickly until they reached the suspension bridge, where they all dismounted and lay down.

On the city wall, the Qing Dynasty’s defending soldiers also guessed something.

After all, they also knew about gunpowder, but now they were powerless to do anything about it.

boom!
Accompanied by a loud explosion, the gate of Youzhou city collapsed to the ground.

The city gate was directly blown up.

"kill!"

Jia Huan led his 3,000 cavalrymen and charged directly into Youzhou City.

The Manchu garrison commander of Youzhou City also learned the news here.

When the defending general learned that the Xia army had only more than 3,000 soldiers, his face was immediately filled with murderous intent.

Xia Jun is really too rampant!

Now they still have 10,000 defenders in Youzhou City. How dare the Xia army, with only 3,000 people, come to attack the city?
Perhaps, the Xia army relied on the advantage of their muskets and thought they could still crush us?
What they don’t know is that the defenders in my Youzhou city have now also switched to Western flintlock rifles.

And train a group of soldiers who can shoot in three stages.

When the two armies meet, the Xia army will be greatly surprised, and all these 3,000 soldiers will be wiped out in my Youzhou city, letting them know how powerful we are.

Thinking of this, the Qing general of Youzhou City quickly gathered his troops and charged out directly.

Soon, the two armies came into close combat on the main road to Youzhou city.

Next, both sides deployed their battle formations and prepared to fight.

The Manchu soldiers took out their flintlock rifles, loaded bullets, formed up their formations, and slowly advanced.

Seeing this scene, Jia Huan was also shocked.

He did not expect that the Qing Dynasty also had muskets.

Fortunately, their muskets were still the old flintlock rifles.

It seems that the range is only a hundred steps.

The range of their rifles is as high as two hundred steps, which is twice that of the enemy.

Jia Huan ordered his soldiers to dismount, raise their rifles and prepare to shoot.

The main general of the Qing Dynasty saw that the muskets of the Xia army were different from the muskets on his side.

The barrel was much longer than the musket on his side, but he didn't take it too seriously.

The two sides are gradually getting closer.

It has to be said that the hot weapons warfare mode of this era is still very primitive and crude.

In later generations, we rarely see such scenes where both sides line up and fight with guns.

They all looked for cover, used fortifications, and fired cautiously.

Where could there be such a bold gunfight between two armies?
In this case, the kill rate is bound to increase greatly.

How could it take tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of bullets to kill an enemy?
Just a few bullets are enough to kill an enemy.

Soon, the distance between the two sides was about one hundred and ten steps.

If you go another ten steps forward, you will be within the effective killing range of the flintlock rifle.

Jia Huan, on the other hand, seized the distance, ordered the soldiers to stop early, and then decisively gave the order to shoot.

boom! boom! boom!
On the opposite side, Qing soldiers fell down in groups.

They also pulled the trigger, and the sound of gunfire continued.

The effective killing distance of a flintlock rifle is one hundred meters, but it does not mean that the range of a flintlock rifle is only one hundred meters.

In fact, the range of a flintlock rifle is approximately between 150 and 200 meters.

However, as long as the distance exceeds one hundred meters, the lethality will be greatly reduced.

The Xia army was all wearing light armor.

A weak crossbow cannot pierce a thin silk cloth from Lu.

Even if the bullets from the Qing Dynasty's flintlock rifles hit the Xia army, they could not cause any casualties. They were bounced off by the light armor or directly embedded in the light armor.

At most it's just a minor injury.

The soldiers on the Qing side fell down in large numbers.

Soon, the rows of Qing troops in front fell one after another.

But Xia Jun's shooting never stopped.

It seemed as if their firepower was endless.

The Qing Dynasty finally collapsed after suffering two to three thousand casualties.

There is no way we can fight this battle!

Our side suffered heavy casualties, while the other side was unharmed.

How can this be a fight between two sides?

This is clearly a one-sided massacre!

Youzhou was directly defeated.

The Youzhou garrison commander was still trying his best to restrain his soldiers, but how could he control them in such a short period of time?

In the end, he could only flee in embarrassment with his personal soldiers.

They didn't even have time to go home to take back their gold, silver, valuables and family.

Instead, they turned around, rode their horses straight to the South Gate, and fled out from the South Gate.

As the saying goes, don't chase a desperate enemy. Jia Huan stopped the soldiers who were about to chase and asked them to quickly occupy various places in Youzhou City.

In fact, Jia Huan was also scared out of his wits.

If the Qing Dynasty had not been frightened and defeated, the outcome would have been unknown if the battle had continued.

Because they were running out of bullets.

Jia Huan misjudged the bullet's killing efficiency.

At the beginning, I always felt that 300,000 bullets were a lot.

In reality, on the battlefield, 300,000 rounds of bullets are simply not enough.

There are three thousand gunmen, and each of them has only a hundred bullets.

Outside the city, each of them spent almost half of it.

It seems that I must ask the general for more bullets next time.

At this time, the 5,000 soldiers behind also rushed into the city.

Only at this point did Jia Huan finally feel relieved.

Youzhou City has been declared captured.

Jia Huan sent his personal soldiers to the Shunzhou battlefield to ask for credit.

On the one hand, a team of soldiers was assigned to repair the city gate, and on the other hand, various troops were sent to guard the city walls.

At this time, he followed his personal soldiers and went straight to the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, the City Lord's Mansion had already been captured by the army.

The lord of Youzhou City and the army all fled. When they attacked the city lord's mansion, they did not encounter any decent resistance at all.

At this time, in Youzhou city, the Xia army was beating drums and gongs to promote their cause in every street.

Daxia has recaptured Youzhou City. Please do not panic and do not take advantage of the chaos to do evil.

When the people of Daxia heard the news, many brave people actually walked out of their homes.

When they found that the Xia army did not beat or scold them, or even yell at them, they became bolder.

He walked out of the house cheering and even started to help Xia Jun with things.

They had long heard about the treatment of the people of Daxia in Jizhou City.

They had long been looking forward to the Xia army being able to recapture Youzhou City as soon as possible.

Now, they have finally waited for this day.

Outside Shunzhou City, Jia Cong received the news that Jia Huan had blew open the city gate and recaptured Youzhou City. He was overjoyed.

This strategy of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang was so successful.

And today, they also fought a battle with the reinforcements sent by Danzhou City.

The 10,000 reinforcements from Danzhou City were also completely annihilated by them.

Because here, there are as many as 7,000 rifles, and the firepower is even more intense than that of Jia Huan's side.

Now that Youzhou had been captured, the 10,000 defenders of Danzhou were also completely annihilated.

Then there is no need to continue the show.

After Guizhou and Ruzhou learned the news, they would definitely not send any more troops.

If that’s the case, we can take over Shunzhou City in one fell swoop tomorrow!

This happened a little faster than he expected.

We can even take over Tanzhou City in one fell swoop later.

But in this case, the military force is a little insufficient.

Because it is far from enough to just take these three cities, all the small counties in these three continents must also be taken.

Otherwise, these three state cities would be like a source without water and a tree without roots.

And now this opportunity is really too good. After thinking about it, Jia Cong decided to take over Tanzhou City.

Winter is coming soon.

The Qing Dynasty certainly cannot send reinforcements.

As for the other eleven of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, there is no need to worry.

However, Jia Cong, relying on the three states, could still use troops in winter.

After all, there is no need for long-range combat, the speed is fast, and there is no need to even camp in the wild.

And they conquered each city one by one, step by step.

In one winter day, occupy as many cities as possible in the three states.

By the time spring arrives tomorrow and the Qing Dynasty is able to send out a large army, it will be too late.

Jia Cong was certain that they would not dare to attack the city he was defending easily.

Early the next morning, Jia Cong did not let the soldiers continue to build siege equipment.

In fact, Jia Cong never thought of breaking into the city by climbing the city wall.

The purpose of manufacturing siege equipment is just to create pressure on Shunzhou City and attract reinforcements from other states so as to encircle and attack the city.

Now that he has decided to break into the city directly, there is no need to continue building siege equipment.

Next, Jia Cong pulled out three cannons and began bombarding the city gate of Shunzhou.

These three cannons were also built by Johann Adam Schall von Bell, with a range of about 500 meters.

This cannon can be placed directly outside the moat and bombarded in turns.

The Qing defenders on the city wall had no way of attacking at such a long distance and no way of destroying the three cannons.

The east gate of Shunzhou had long been blocked from the inside by Qing soldiers.

However, the shells were extremely powerful and the bombardment was continuous.

It took only a quarter of an hour to completely blow open the city gate.

Then, the Jizhou army swarmed in and went straight into the city.

At this time, the 20,000 Qing Dynasty defenders in Shunzhou City had completely lost their morale.

As the saying goes, one soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest.

In Shunzhou City, the chief general and the deputy general are both cowards. How can the soldiers under their command not be cowardly?
Therefore, these people offered no resistance at all.

In the end, their leader, Fu Cha Chusheng, led his men to surrender and demanded to meet with Marquis Guanjun.

Jia Cong found this person interesting, so he actually met Fu Cha Chusheng.

After seeing Jia Cong, Fu Cha Chusheng couldn't help but kneel on the ground.

"I, the sinner, have just ascended to heaven and am here to see the Marquis of Guanjun. I beg the Marquis of Guanjun to spare my life. I will do my best to repay the Marquis of Guanjun."

Jia Cong really despises such spineless people.

He couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Oh, I wonder what you are capable of? How can you repay me?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Cha Chusheng couldn't help but feel refreshed.

What he feared most was that Jia Cong would not give him a chance to speak, but would simply have him executed.

In this case, no matter how great his abilities are, he won't be able to display them.

As long as he was given the chance to speak, he was sure that he could save his life.

Fu Cha Chusheng said hurriedly: "My Lord, I can help you persuade all the garrisons in Shunzhou to surrender."

"It will allow the Marquis to take over the entire Shunzhou without having to use a single soldier."

Hearing this, Jia Cong's eyes lit up.

He was thinking about how to use his troops and how to occupy as many counties as possible in winter.

It is not convenient to march in winter. Even short-distance marches have many inconveniences.

Therefore, if this Fu Cha was promoted and could really allow him to take over the entire Shunzhou without a single soldier, then what would be wrong with sparing his life or even asking for a title for him?
Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but ask: "As a newly promoted Fucha, can you really do this? Do you dare to issue a military order?"

Fu Cha Chusheng said hurriedly: "My Lord, I have the guts to issue a military order. The garrisons of Shunzhou are all my family's servants. They dare not disobey me when I speak."

"Even if it's the cities in Youzhou and Danzhou, as long as I show up, I'm very confident that I can persuade them to surrender."

"Then you can lead these surrendered soldiers and generals to attack Danzhou and Youzhou."

"As long as their hands are stained with the blood of their compatriots, there will be no turning back. Moreover, we can also use them as cannon fodder to weaken their strength."

"Those who remain at the end will surely be elite troops. My Lord, you can break them up and assign them to different armies."

"After you have recovered the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, you can march eastward and directly destroy the Qing Empire."

"The criminals will surely serve as the general's vanguard and lead the way for him."

Good guy, Jia Cong exclaimed. Good guy.

This guy Fucha Chusheng is really a talented person, and he lives up to his name.

As expected, betrayers are the most hateful.

Of course, if the traitor is from an enemy country, that would be the best thing ever.

If this guy really has this ability, it would be a good idea to make use of him.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but say: "Fu Cha is just promoted, don't say these big words first, let's see how you act before we talk about theories."

"If you can really do what you promised, I will not only spare your life, but also ask His Majesty to promote you to a higher position."

Hearing this, Fu Cha Chu Sheng was overjoyed and kowtowed, saying, "Thank you very much, Lord, for not killing me. I will serve you with all my heart and soul until my death."

This guy is quite good at taking advantage of others.

Jia Cong waved his hand and ordered his men to take him away.

Next, Jia Cong ordered his men to successfully take over the entire Shunzhou.

Fu Cha had just been promoted and was full of energy.

On the second day, not only did Jia Cong go looking for him, but he also took the initiative to ask to see Jia Cong.

He took the initiative to lead troops and began to persuade people to surrender throughout Shunzhou.

In the entire Shunzhou, Jia Cong had previously captured eight cities, and now there are only seven cities left.

However, even if these seven cities are to be taken one by one, it will take some time.

And now, with the help of Fu Cha Chusheng, a traitor, they managed to capture the remaining seven cities within one day.

As Fucha Chusheng said, the defenders of these cities were all their family slaves.

How dare these servants disobey Fu Cha Chusheng's orders?
At this point, the entire Shunzhou territory was completely taken.

Of course, it was just a preliminary victory. If one wants to completely control Shunzhou and digest these territories thoroughly, it will still take some effort.

Seeing that Fu Cha Qiuhao had indeed fulfilled part of his promise, Jia Cong decisively appointed him as the General of the Eastern Expedition and ordered him to take charge of the surrendered troops.

In fact, although the title of General Zhengdong sounds impressive, he is just a general of a ragtag group and is not a top-notch general.

And Jia Cong ordered him to take charge of the surrendered troops, which really showed his great trust in him.

In fact, Jia Cong just didn't care much about him.

And Jia Cong was not completely unguarded against him.

When Fu Cha was first promoted, he was filled with gratitude for Jia Cong's trust in him.

Next, Fu Cha Chu Sheng must devote himself to the cause until his death.

He strongly requested Jia Cong to go north and directly take over the entire Danzhou.

Fu Chachu was promoted to vanguard officer and led an army of 20,000 to attack cities and plunder strongholds.

All Jia Cong needed to do was equip him with a few cannons to blast open the city gate.

After taking the city, it will be under the control of the Xia army, and he will continue to march northward until the entire Danzhou is taken.

Is this guy so proactive?

This guy is very afraid of himself and Xia Jun, but he is not afraid of his own compatriots.

While Jia Cong was deep in thought, several generals under his command all said it was impossible.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Fu Cha Qiuhao leads 20,000 soldiers under his command. Who knows if he will rebel again?

What if we turn around and deal with Xia Jun?
At this time, Fu Cha Chusheng did not argue, but looked at Jia Cong nervously.

After hesitating for a while, Jia Cong actually agreed to Fu Cha Chusheng's request.

This made Fu Cha Chusheng burst into tears with excitement.

He said loudly: "My parents gave me life, and my Lord knows me!"

"My life was given by my master. Just watch my actions."

It seemed that Jia Cong had completely conquered him, and at this moment Fu Cha Chusheng had already regarded himself as Jia Cong's servant.

……

After seven or eight days, Daxia suddenly launched an attack on Shunzhou, and the news of the fall of Youzhou and Shunzhou finally reached the Qing court.

Kang Mazi and other Qing officials were shocked and angry when they heard the news.

In the past few years, they have suffered heavy losses in battles with Daxia.

And this year, they finally purchased a large number of flintlock rifles, cannons and ammunition from the West.

After upgrading their weapons, they felt that they would be able to crush Da Xia again.

What they never expected was that Da Xia was still able to beat them.

Daxia's weapons have actually been updated and are more advanced than theirs.

This made them even more frightened.

Now, in just a few years, Daxia has recovered three of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

How many years will it take for them to recover the remaining thirteen states?
Even after Daxia regained the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, would it continue to attack the Qing Dynasty?

If Daxia really attacks, can they resist?
These thoughts made the Qing emperor and his ministers terrified.

They racked their brains for a solution.

It is no longer possible to just send troops to support.

The champion marquis of Da Xia is really too cunning.

He happened to choose this season, and now it is winter.

The Qing Dynasty was simply unable to send reinforcements.

Marching in winter, I am afraid that many soldiers will freeze to death on the way.

Even if they sent reinforcements, they were not sure of victory.

After thinking about it, I felt helpless, but there was nothing I could do.

Finally, they had to decide to send an envoy to Daxia.

Then they protested to Daxia, strongly condemned Daxia's banditry, and demanded that Daxia hand over the cities they occupied.

Although the Qing emperor and his subjects all knew that this kind of protest was actually useless.

But this is the best response strategy they can think of. Who told them that they are not as strong as others?

The moon is shining on the nine provinces, some are happy and some are sad. Some are drinking fine wine in the high building, and some are thinking about being outside.

At this time, the military situation in Jizhou was also reported to the imperial court.

In the court, Emperor Yonglong couldn't help but burst into laughter after learning the news.

Before Jia Cong attacked Shunzhou and Youzhou, he had actually reported it to Emperor Yonglong in advance.

Emperor Yonglong naturally had expectations in his heart.

But he never expected that Jia Cong would be so powerful and take over Shunzhou and Youzhou in such a short time.

And now they are preparing to attack Danzhou. It feels like it won’t take long before Danzhou can be taken down.

In this way, four of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun could be completely recovered.

It is not far from fully recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun! (End of this chapter)