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Next, the troops from Zhuozhou and Yingzhou became more and more brave.

One city a day, five cities in five days. Wherever they went, they were unstoppable.

Its momentum is no less than that of Jia Cong's recovery of the four states.

These two armies also received frequent reports of victory every day.

This made everyone in the capital, from the emperor to his subjects, excited.

This also made them realize belatedly that it was not because Guanjun Hou was so powerful, but that the Qing army was no longer a match for their Great Xia.

You see, such a record is not something that Champion Hou can achieve alone.

But as long as one is a famous general of Da Xia, he can do this.

Even among the people, countless people were talking about it.

The value of the title of Champion Marquis also dropped a lot.

As a result, people in the court and the countryside, as well as in the fields, all felt that the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was in sight, and the public was very excited.

At this time, after Jia Cong learned the news, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

I'm afraid these two armies have already stepped into the Qing Dynasty's trap.

This was undoubtedly a strategy of feigning defeat by the Qing Dynasty in order to lure the enemy deep into its territory and disperse its forces.

The commanders of these two armies shouldn't be so greedy and reckless.

Why did Jia Cong dare to be so fierce at that time?

This is mainly because Jia Cong has a rifle with a range twice that of a flintlock rifle.

Jia Cong's Jizhou army was not afraid of the Qing cavalry or their surprise attacks.

Jia Cong's infantry regiment can teach them a lesson in minutes.

However, these two groups of Xia troops would certainly not be able to do this.

Jia Cong wanted to give them some advice, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up.

It is difficult to persuade the damned ghosts with kind words. If I really give them some advice, they will probably think that I am jealous of them.

Even after defeat, they would probably all resent Jia Cong.

In that case, just pretend you don't know.

Sure enough, it happened on the next day.

These two armies, which underestimated the enemy, marched northward in a mighty force.

Unexpectedly, on this day, they were ambushed by Qing cavalry.

In this ambush, the Qing Dynasty only used grenades to clear the way, and the attacking soldiers did not use flintlock rifles.

At present, flintlock rifles are only suitable for positional warfare and are not suitable for shooting on a bumpy horseback.

However, due to insufficient preparation, the two groups of Xia troops were not allowed to deploy their battle formations and conduct three-stage shooting.

In terms of cavalry combat, the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty was still invincible at this time.

Therefore, soon these two armies were declared defeated, and the killed ones abandoned their weapons and fled in all directions.

In the five counties they had originally occupied, Qing troops hiding among the people suddenly rushed out and killed them by surprise.

These ten county towns were soon lost.

Both armies suffered heavy casualties.

After finally gathering the remnants of the defeated troops, only 40,000 troops were left on one route, and 50,000 troops were left on the other route.

In one battle, more than half of their troops were lost.

After this great defeat, these two powerful generals from the early Yuan Dynasty and the Xia army under their command once again recalled the horror of the Qing army, and they began to panic about it again.

The Qing army even took the initiative to launch a counterattack, bravely invaded Daxia and occupied three cities of Daxia.

When this news reached the capital, it caused an uproar throughout the court.

It was not until this time that they finally woke up.

It turns out that it was Guanjun Hou who was too powerful, not that the Qing army became weak!
If it weren't for the Marquis of Guanjun in Daxia, let alone recovering four of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, even Daxia would have been invaded by the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, the peace faction jumped out again, mainly demanding peace with the Qing Dynasty.

The faces of the peace faction are really too ugly.

Even the retired emperor refused to agree and ordered the two armies to guard the place with all their might.

While urging Wei Tao's troops to intensify the attack, he ordered Jia Cong to declare war on the Qing Dynasty to resolve the crisis of the two armies.

In fact, at this time, Jia Cong had already sent out a large army.

The target was Zhuozhou, and the troops sent out were the Fucha Army led by Fucha Chusheng.

Jia Cong ordered all 40,000 Fucha troops to change into Qing army uniforms.

They didn't need to pretend because they were actually surrendered Qing troops and there was no way to tell the real from the fake.

Jia Cong did not send them out to deceive the city.

The difficulty of deceiving the city is really too high. I believe that the Qing defenders are not so stupid.

Jia Cong sent them to quietly pass through Zhuozhou and reach the southern border of Zhuozhou.

The defenders of Zhuozhou must be withdrawn.

And when they retreat, the 40,000 Fucha troops can take the opportunity to attack them.

These Fucha troops are simply indistinguishable.

It will definitely catch the Qing army off guard.

As for the Fucha Army themselves, they actually have their own way of distinction.

There were slight differences in the braids they wore when they were in battle.

If you pay attention, you can tell them apart at a glance.

But if you don't know about it in advance, you won't notice it at all.

I believe that by then, these Fucha troops will definitely cause them great trouble.

So, after receiving the imperial edict, Jia Cong decisively sent a large army to attack Zhuozhou.

Jia Cong's speed is not fast, but his advantage is that he takes steady steps.

Jia Cong's main purpose was actually to lure back the Qing army and save the two routes of the Xia army.

Then, it is the stage for Fucha Army to show its prowess.

The first group of troops led by Wei Tao, after holding out for another three days, were finally defeated by the Qing army that came to reinforce them and returned in defeat.

Fortunately, Wei Tao only lost 20,000 troops.

Although they were defeated, they did not panic. After returning, they defended the city tightly and did not allow the Qing army to attack.

Wei Tao was no match for the Qing army in field battles.

But he is quite capable in defending the city.

Well, in fact, most of the famous generals of Daxia are good at defending cities.

For example, Niu Jizong.

However, in field battles, there were very few who could compete with the Qing army.

In other words, the emergence of a champion marquis Jia Cong raised the overall level of the generals of Daxia.

When the news that Wei Tao had returned in defeat spread back to the capital, everyone in the court of Daxia could not help but sigh.

The Qing Dynasty is still the same Qing Dynasty.

Don’t touch the tiger’s butt.

All this depends on Champion Hou.

If the Champion Marquis makes another mistake, the current good situation will be ruined.

At this time, people began to blame these generals of the Yuanchu faction.

What do you think of these bastards who are always jealous of the champion?

Seeing how easily Guan Junhou defeated the Qing Dynasty, I felt that I could do it too.

Is this good now? They lost their weapons and returned in defeat. The originally good situation of Daxia was ruined by them!

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However, this battle gave the Qing Dynasty a boost of confidence.

In the past few years, they were completely subdued by Guan Jun Hou and suffered defeats one after another.

To the point that they became extremely terrified of the Champion Marquis.

Now, after several battles with the Xia army, they feel that they are back in action and have regained their confidence.

So, next, the Manchu Qing Dynasty sent troops to attack several states bordering Jia Cong's territory, trying to take back these four states.

The troops from Zhuozhou and Mozhou also retreated quickly, preparing to deal a heavy blow to Jia Cong.

Now even the troops in Zhuozhou are fighting with confidence.

The strength of Marquis Guanjun's troops lies in their powerful firearms, which have a longer range and greater lethality.

But they only needed to launch an attack with cavalry and not give their infantry a chance to deploy their formation, so they could catch them off guard.

Because of the three-pronged attack launched by Daxia on the Qing Dynasty, the area of ​​the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was in complete chaos.

At this time, everyone in the court of Daxia began to get nervous.

If the Champion Marquis were to fail because of this, then Da Xia would suffer a huge loss this time.

The peace faction in the court was already eager to try and had prepared in advance to seek peace with the Qing Dynasty.

At this time, they had already begun to study where the bottom line was, where they could cede to the Qing Dynasty, and where they absolutely could not give in.

At this time, Jia Cong followed the army south.

He would receive hundreds of messages a day, all delivered by carrier pigeons.

Carrier pigeons deliver messages quickly and can deliver messages within a day.

Today, the Qing Dynasty has launched a siege on the four states from all sides.

A full-scale attack was launched from all directions in Jizhou, Youzhou, Shunzhou and Danzhou.

Fortunately, they signed an agreement with Daxia not to harm civilians.

Prevent these Qing troops from massacring the civilians of Daxia.

Otherwise, the civilians of Daxia would be in trouble this time.

Of course, this treaty was also obtained because Jia Cong sent troops into the Qing territory and frightened them completely.

They bypassed the farmhouses and villages and launched a fierce attack on the county towns on the border of the four states.

They probably used this method to force Jia Cong to withdraw his troops and thus lift the siege of Zhuozhou.

Once Jia Cong withdrew his troops, the troops from Zhuozhou and Mozhou could also be withdrawn in time to launch a joint attack on Youzhou.

After receiving the news, Jia Cong couldn't help but sneer and had to say it.

The Qing Dynasty really has forgotten the pain once the wound has healed. Has it so quickly forgotten the fear of being dominated by itself?

This time, Jia Cong sent out Liu Xianglian's sharp blade army and Jia Huan's vanguard army.

In addition, Jia Cong left troops in various counties.

Jia Cong believed that he would be able to easily deal with the Qing Dynasty's attack.

Not only will he not withdraw his troops, but he will also capture Zhuozhou as soon as possible.

Next, Jia Cong even accelerated the pace of siege.

The cannons blasted open the city gates, and then the army poured into the city, killing indiscriminately and quickly occupying the county town.

Jia Cong's attack was so simple and unpretentious, yet very practical.

It looks exactly the same as the two armies of Daxia before, and in fact there is not much difference.

The only difference is that one was a Qing Dynasty strategy to lure the enemy deep into its territory, while the other was a real siege.

At the same time, the Qing army's attack on the four prefectures of Jizhou also began.

What the Qing army did not know was that although there were not many troops stationed in the counties around the four prefectures of Jizhou,

After all, Jia Cong didn't have that many soldiers and horses under his command. Last year, there were less than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

This year, it just rose to 200,000...

Well, two hundred thousand is actually a lot.

However, there are 70,000 new recruits who have not yet been trained and cannot go into battle.

This time, when attacking Zhuozhou, he brought out more than 60,000 soldiers and horses. Jia Cong did not evenly distribute the remaining soldiers and horses to the counties, so the number of people in the surrounding counties was really stretched.

However, Jia Cong was not idle during this period.

Jia Cong refurbished the grenade and turned it into a hand grenade.

More than 600 steel balls have been replaced in the grenades.

Once these more than 600 steel balls explode, the flying steel balls will become deadly weapons.

The damage caused by a grenade will increase exponentially.

The production of grenades has also been a busy process.

Each border city stores more than 5,000 grenades.

Therefore, the Qing troops that attacked the county town suffered a disaster all of a sudden.

The new type of grenades caused them heavy damage.

Blast them into fear.

Grenades naturally have weaknesses, but the main problem is that they are the ones defending the city.

As long as the Qing army wanted to attack the city, there was no way to avoid the damage from the enemy's grenades.

You can't let all the soldiers lie on the ground to attack the city, right?

Can't we let the soldiers disperse and attack the city in twos and threes?

This can reduce the damage caused by grenades, but the Xia army is not stupid. With fewer people attacking the city, they can just use bows and arrows to shoot them.

If you want to break into a city, you must surround it, use siege equipment, and launch intensive attacks.

And in this way, it is inevitable to be bombed by grenades.

The power of the grenade was too much for them to bear.

This puts them in a helpless vicious circle.

During this period, they were attacked.

Those who attacked them were naturally Liu Xianglian's sharp blade army and Jia Huan's vanguard army.

The Blade Legion is not suitable for frontal combat, but is best at sneak attacks and assassinations.

Jia Huan's vanguard was completely marked with Jia Huan's mark.

Habits such as taking advantage of opportunities, taking advantage of opportunities, and being like a venomous snake spitting out its core make them even more suitable for sneak attacks.

Although their forces were smaller, they could not launch attacks on all the Qing troops that harassed the borders of the four states.

But many Qing troops had already suffered.

This also made the other Qing troops completely frightened upon hearing the news.

The setbacks in the siege and the constant attacks on their troops made them regain their fear of the Jizhou army.

For a time, the Qing army's attacks in various places were thwarted, and they also had to guard against secret attacks by the Jizhou army.

For a moment, they were in a dilemma.

They have begun to have the idea of ​​retreating.

Jia Cong was also keeping a close eye on developments in various places.

When he learned about this situation, he was completely relieved.

Next, Jia Cong instructed Liu Xianglian and Jia Huan to be more careful.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

Now, both Liu Xianglian and Jia Huan have riflemen under their command, but they don’t have many bullets.

After all, the monthly production of bullets is stretched to the limit and is still too little.

The bullets they carry can only be used in emergencies and are not enough to be conventional weapons.

Therefore, if the Qing Dynasty was really determined to fight them to the death at this time.

Instead, they are going to become more dangerous.

Fortunately, the Qing army was also frightened at this time.

At this time, the wolf is afraid of both ends.

Therefore, Jia Cong ordered them to be extra careful and make the Qing troops retreat.

Because time is on my side, the firearms battalion can produce a batch of bullets every day.

The longer they delay, the stronger their fighting power will be.

The firearms battalion was located in Jizhou, so as long as the weapons were produced, they could be delivered to the Jizhou army on the same day.

In other words, the combat effectiveness of the Jizhou army is increasing day by day.

If they could hold out for a month, the Jizhou army would be confident that they could defeat the invading Qing army.

Let’s talk about Jia Cong’s side. They moved forward and occupied five cities in Zhuozhou one after another. Now they have arrived in front of Zhuozhou City and are preparing to launch an attack on Zhuozhou.

At this time, the Qing troops in Zhuozhou and Mozhou also retreated at a high speed.

At this time, they also realized the horror of the Jizhou army.

They were afraid that if they returned too slowly, Zhuozhou would be lost.

The most terrifying force in Daxia today is the Jizhou Army led by Marquis Guanjun.

Next, they must lock the Champion Marquis firmly in Yanyun.

We must not let him take Zhuozhou.

The area of ​​Zhuozhou is already bordering Daxia.

Once Zhuozhou is captured, if Daxia wants to provide assistance to Guanjun Hou, it can deliver the assistance directly through Zhuozhou, which greatly reduces the difficulty of support.

This was something the Qing Dynasty absolutely did not want to see.

The total number of Manchu troops in these two states was actually no more than 30,000.

What they didn't know was that they had already been targeted by the Fucha Army.

The Fucha army had been sneaking around day and night and had arrived many days ago. They had set up ambushes in the places where the soldiers had to pass, waiting for them to arrive.

Soon, they arrived at the first ambush point of the Fucha army and encountered the first ambush.

When the Fucha army rushed out, the Qing army was stunned.

How come suddenly a large group of their own Qing army rushed towards them? What was going on?

Could it be that they recognized the wrong person?
It took them a while to react.

damn it!
The one who rushed out must be the traitor Fu Cha Chusheng!

At that moment, the Qing commander ordered his soldiers to fight to the death.

Soon, the two armies clashed and fought in one place.

The two armies were equally brave, and for a moment, the battle was fierce and difficult to determine.

The Qing general was so angry that he almost vomited blood!

It would be fine if it was the Xia army fighting with them.

But now the ones fighting with them are their own compatriots!

They are actually killing each other!

The traitor Fu Cha Chusheng really deserves to be cut into pieces and go to the eighteenth level of hell after his death!
What made the Qing generals even more desperate was that when the battlefield became chaotic, their soldiers often could not recognize who the enemy was.

They were all Qing troops, wearing the same uniforms and looking the same. It would be impossible to tell which one was the enemy as long as they turned around.

The Fucha army, on the other hand, could quickly identify the enemy and friend by the subtle differences in the braids, and then continue to kill them.

The Fucha army was deliberately disrupting the battlefield.

Therefore, as the killing went on, the Qing army became confused and even started killing each other.

And the Fucha army took the opportunity to shout insidiously.

Oh no, the general is dead! The general is dead! Everyone, run away!

Soon, the Manchu army was in chaos, with some killing some and some fleeing.

The 30,000-strong Qing army was defeated and slaughtered.

In one battle, they lost two thousand soldiers and three thousand were captured.

In one battle, they lost five thousand soldiers.

However, Fucha Chusheng did not participate in this battle.

Although he formulated many combat strategies, he did not participate in the war.

This was only his first ambush site. He just wanted to let the ambushed army fight, take advantage of it, and then run away.

There was no thought of defeating the Qing army in one battle.

If he had known this earlier, he would have ambushed all 40,000 troops here and killed them in one battle until they collapsed completely.

After hearing the news, Fu Cha Chusheng was also shocked.

Is the Qing army’s combat effectiveness so weak?
He only ambushed 20,000 troops, but was able to defeat 30,000 Qing troops?
As expected, there is still a future in following the Marquis!

The troops under his command were all surrendered Qing troops.

These surrendered soldiers, after only a few months of training under the general's command, were able to easily defeat the Qing army.

As expected, there is no future in following the Qing Dynasty.

Little did they know that the Qing army was defeated entirely because of the shamelessness of the Fucha army.

Once the battle became chaotic, the Qing army could no longer tell who was the enemy and who was their teammate...

What's the point of this?

Fu Cha Chusheng smacked his lips, feeling somewhat helpless.

I'm using all my strength and you fall down. That's not fun.

Should we press on the victory and pursue the attack?
After thinking about it, Fu Cha Chusheng shook his head repeatedly.

It’s not right, it’s not right. Don’t pursue the enemy even if he is a desperate one.

What if they set an ambush as insidiously as I did?
Now that we have won a great victory, we must not take any risks.

When Fu Cha was first promoted, his military ability was actually mediocre.

Otherwise, he would not have surrendered so easily and decisively.

Therefore, he felt uneasy when he was asked to lead the troops to chase after them.

The only thing he could do was to engage in conspiracy and intrigue.

After thinking about it, Fu Cha Chusheng decided to lead the army and directly besiege Zhuozhou City together with the Marquis.

He just didn't believe that the Qing troops in Zhuozhou and Mozhou would dare not come to rescue.

This was an open conspiracy. Even though they knew there was a trap, they dared not not come to rescue and watched Zhuozhou fall.

And with Fu Cha's promotion, five thousand soldiers would march all the way to Jizhou City.

He personally led 35,000 troops to set up an ambush.

This time, we must set up ambushes on all sides and make sure to wipe out the remaining 25,000 Qing troops in one fell swoop.

Although Fucha Chusheng is usually timid and fearful, he is very good at bullying the weak, and he is best at fighting when the wind is favorable.

He is best at plotting intrigues.

So, next, Fu Chachu was promoted and began to break up the 35,000-strong army into small units.

The scattered ones are even teams of a hundred people or less.

In this way, there is no need to worry about being discovered by scouts. Fu Cha Chusheng learned this from Jia Cong.

His army could wait for the Qing army to arrive, then slowly join up and form a siege.

Soon, Fu Cha was promoted and everything was arranged properly.

Just waiting for the Qing army to arrive.

As for the Qing Dynasty, after suffering a defeat, they were a little confused.

I really didn't expect to meet the traitor Fucha Chusheng!
Next, they began to inquire about Fu Cha Chusheng's movements.

It was soon learned that Fu Chachu was promoted and was leading a large army straight to Zhuozhou City.

This made the Qing general terrified.

The location of Zhuozhou is really too important.

It must not fall into the hands of the Champion Marquis. (End of this chapter)