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Even if they go, it will probably be very dangerous.

They might even encounter an ambush by the Jizhou army, but even though they knew there was an ambush, they had no choice but to go.

This is an open conspiracy of the Jizhou army, and we are not afraid that they will be fooled.

The Manchu commander, with 25,000 soldiers and horses, cautiously headed towards Zhuozhou.

Along the way, they would rather move slower and send out a large number of scouts, and would not move forward until they were sure it was absolutely safe.

Unfortunately, the Qing army along the way also made the mistake of empiricism.

Last year, their allies made the same mistake.

It's a pity that there was no communication between them.

So they made the same mistake a second time.

They completely ignored the ambush point that could only hide about a hundred people.

Because in their experience, ambushing dozens or hundreds of people in a battle of tens of thousands of troops is completely useless.

And it was precisely because of this that they gradually fell into the encirclement of the Fucha army.

Small groups of Fucha troops on the periphery began to gradually merge.

Then, they gradually formed a siege from all directions.

Finally, when the Qing army was about to reach Zhuozhou City, the ambush was completed.

Fu Cha Chusheng commanded an army of 25,000 and attacked head-on.

In terms of numbers, both sides were equal, with each having 25,000 soldiers.

However, whether in terms of morale or mentality, the Fucha army had an absolute advantage.

Because last time, their numbers were even smaller than the opponent's, and they easily defeated the opponent.

What's more, the number of people on both sides is now greater, and they also have ambushed troops.

The Qing army had already been defeated once by the Fucha army, so when they met the Fucha army again, they were psychologically traumatized.

And when the two sides fought together, Fucha's army used the same trick again.

They probably disrupted the battlefield, and once the battlefield was in chaos, the Qing army would have difficulty distinguishing who were friendly forces and who were enemies.

Everyone around him looks the same.

At first, they can still judge by direction.

Those fighting alongside them in the same direction are friendly forces.

Going in the opposite direction of them was the Fucha Army.

But when the battle becomes chaotic, there are people everywhere, in every direction.

For a moment, it was difficult to distinguish between friend and foe.

The Fucha Army, on the other hand, was able to see clearly and easily distinguish between enemy and friendly forces.

And they used the same little trick again.

Many people in the army were shouting, we are defeated, let’s run for our lives!
The reinforcements from Daxia have arrived, everyone hurry and escape!
In short, under the shouting of more and more Fucha troops.

The Qing army, which was unable to distinguish the real from the fake, was really defeated.

So, what followed was a one-sided pursuit and massacre.

During the Qing army's rout, they were constantly attacked by ambushing troops from both sides.

These ambushed troops made their situation even worse.

In this battle, countless Qing soldiers were killed, and many of them were frightened so much that they had to drop their weapons and surrender.

The Qing army that finally broke out of the siege consisted of only two or three thousand people.

Of the 30,000 Qing troops, less than 10% managed to escape, and almost all of them were wiped out.

After the battle, Fu Cha Chusheng ordered his soldiers to take inventory of the battlefield.

After the final calculation, they found that the Fucha army suffered more than 5,000 casualties.

However, more than 11,000 Manchus were captured.

By this calculation, his troops increased instead of decreased, adding as many as 6,000 men.

His total military strength is nearly 50,000.

This great victory was somewhat unexpected for Fu Cha Chusheng.

So, the Qing army was so weak? It would break at the slightest touch?
It turns out that he is actually a military genius?

so smart?

However, when he thought of Jia Cong, Fu Cha Chusheng couldn't help but shudder.

I was just getting swelled up.

It’s not that I’m too powerful, it’s just that the Qing army is too incompetent.

If I were to face the Champion Marquis, I would surely die!

After realizing this, Fu Cha Chusheng calmed down immediately.

Next, Fu Cha Chusheng led the army and headed straight for Zhuozhou.

Soon, Jia Cong met Fu Cha Chusheng.

When Jia Cong learned the result of the battle from him, he couldn't help but look at Fu Cha Chusheng with admiration.

Although this guy looks useless and cowardly, he is really a good dog.

When it comes to biting the Qing Dynasty, they really spared no effort.

And it’s really useful.

As long as the Qing Dynasty cannot find a solution to the problem, Fu Chachu's tactics can be used continuously.

The two armies engaged each other, disrupting the battle situation, and I could not distinguish between friend and foe.

In this situation, how can the Qing Dynasty win?

Jia Cong really encouraged Fu Chachusheng.

Then he said to him, "Chusheng, you know your situation. You have been made an earl."

"Although you have made great contributions this time, it is almost impossible for you to be promoted to a higher position."

"However, I will ask for merit for you and strive to have His Majesty reward you with an earl's mansion in the capital."

"As for the merits of the soldiers under your command, I can assure you that there will be absolutely no deduction for their contributions!"

"This way, you can give an explanation to your soldiers, and they will follow you, the general, wholeheartedly in the future."

I have to say that Fucha Chusheng is really a good dog and very useful.

Therefore, after he made great contributions, Jia Cong was very happy to throw him a few bones.

As for whether he would rebel, Jia Cong didn't take it to heart.

Now, the Fucha Army is just as good as himself in killing the Qing Army.

Their hands are stained with too much blood of the Qing army.

Now the Qing Dynasty probably hates them even more than they hate themselves.

Therefore, even if they wanted to rebel, they would not have much chance.

Secondly, the Fucha Army won several battles against the Qing Army and was unstoppable and overwhelming.

In fact, it was not that their fighting power was really much better than that of the Qing army, but that they had the upper hand in momentum, and then they adopted rogue tactics.

This Fucha army is very strong when the wind is in their favor, but it will be easily defeated when the wind is against them.

It would only take Jia Cong a few minutes to deal with the Fucha Army.

Therefore, naturally there is no need to worry about his rebellion.

When Fu Cha was promoted to the rank of magistrate, he became even more grateful to Jia Cong after hearing Jia Cong's promise.

When Fucha was promoted to the rank of earl, he naturally knew how he came to be the earl.

He didn't expect to be promoted again for his meritorious service this time.

Jia Cong promised not to withhold the credit for the work of his soldiers. This alone was enough to make his soldiers loyal to him.

The word "fairness" is extremely rare in the military.

Even before he surrendered, it was difficult for him to achieve fairness within the Qing Dynasty.

It is easier for descendants of the Eight Banners to get promoted.

The children of the upper three banners are superior to those of the other five banners.

Even if those servants have made contributions, most of the credit goes to their masters.

You can only get promoted if your master is willing to promote you.

If your master is unwilling to promote you, no matter how many achievements you have made, it will be useless.

And this is what Fu Cha did when he was promoted to the position of Prime Minister.

He appointed people based on personal connections and promoted only his own slaves and cronies.

Now, if he can truly achieve fairness, then his position as a general will be unbreakable.

Next, Jia Cong ordered Fu Cha Chusheng to leave behind 20,000 troops and ordered him to lead the remaining troops to the four states to lift the siege of the four states.

Now the borders of the four states are in a stalemate.

And if Fucha Chusheng leads 20,000 troops back, he will definitely be able to break the stalemate.

The Fucha Army was very effective in dealing with the Qing Army.

The 20,000 Fucha troops left behind by Jia Cong were intended to be used for siege after breaking through the city gate.

The casualties in the attack were heavy, and Jia Cong was reluctant to use the Jizhou army to fill the loss of life.

Therefore, the Fucha Army is naturally the best choice.

Of course, the military merits gained from siege warfare are actually higher.

However, although Jia Cong promised Fu Cha Chusheng that he would not withhold their military merits, in fact, he only promised not to withhold the military merits of the soldiers below.

Naturally, Jia Cong would withhold some of the overall military merits of the Fucha Army.

For example, if everyone has made the same military achievements, the rewards and promotions that the Jizhou Army and the Fucha Army can obtain will naturally be different.

Jia Cong would not let Fuchajun notice anything wrong with this...

When the Qing troops on the wall of Zhuozhou saw more than 20,000 Fucha troops under their command, who were dressed in the same uniform and looked the same as them, their morale inevitably dropped sharply.

The appearance of this Fucha army means that they will no longer receive reinforcements.

Now there are only 15,000 soldiers left in the city, defending the city. Now this Zhuozhou city has become a dead city.

Although in terms of military strength, as long as they defend themselves strictly, they may not be unable to hold on.

But what they faced was not the ordinary Xia army, but the Jizhou army.

The Jizhou army’s cannons were extremely powerful.

Their city gates were simply unable to withstand the bombardment of artillery fire.

However, once the city is captured, their fate will be very miserable.

Therefore, the Qing army in Zhuozhou City also began to burn their boats and prepare for a desperate battle.

Next, they filled the doorway behind the city gate with huge stones.

Even if the Jizhou army destroyed the city gate, they would not be able to enter the city easily.

And then, as they expected, the Jizhou army began to bombard the city gate with cannons.

This time, it took a whole day of bombardment before the city gate was finally blasted open.

However, after breaking down the city gate, they still could not enter the city because the gate was blocked by huge rocks.

However, it will take time to blast open these huge rocks.

After all, the power of today's artillery shells is not as powerful as those in the future.

Seeing this scene, the generals of the Jizhou army couldn't help but frown.

This was the first time they had encountered such a difficult situation in all the years of conquering cities and territories.

And if they cannot handle this situation this time, all the cities they want to capture later will face the same situation.

At this time, Fucha Chuming, the deputy general of the Fucha Army, clasped his fists and said, "My Lord, I am willing to lead my troops to move the boulders and open up the passage."

Fu Cha Chu Ming was a servant of Fu Cha Chu Sheng. He was given the surname Fu Cha and was good at fighting. Usually, it was Fu Cha Chu Ming who commanded the battles.

And he naturally knew that the Marquis left behind 20,000 Fucha soldiers just to let them charge into battle.

Therefore, although he was very clear that moving the boulder would involve great danger and heavy casualties.

But he had to take the initiative to take on this task, because even if he didn't take the initiative, the general would let the Fucha Army do this task.

Therefore, it is better to take the initiative to stand up.

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "Give up the city gate. We have cannons. Why do we need to move huge rocks?"

"Come here, tell the cannons to turn around and fire at the city walls!"

When the generals heard Jia Cong's order, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, the back of the city gate was blocked by huge rocks.

But why do we have to bombard the city gates?

Can't we just bombard the city walls?
Although the city wall is a little harder to blow up, it is at least easier to blow open than the pile of rocks blocking the city gate!

But behind the city wall, they couldn't block it with stones.

The scope of the city wall was so wide that they had no way of predicting which part of the wall the Jizhou army would bombard.

And removing the stone blockage naturally takes time.

They can't prepare in advance.

However, bombarding the city wall was more difficult than Jia Cong had expected.

Otherwise, why have people used trees to hit the city gates when attacking cities since ancient times, but never used trees to hit the city walls?
For example, some large cities with strong walls may take more than a month to break through even with cannon fire.

Even if the opponent replenishes in time, it will be difficult to break through in a month.

Fortunately, the city walls of Zhuozhou City were not that strong.

The city walls here have been in disrepair for many years. It is likely that the Qing Dynasty has not repaired them since it occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

The gunners naturally found a place where there was already a crack, or even a hole in the wall, to bombard.

Therefore, within a day, the city wall became shaky and would probably collapse in the near future.

By the second day, the city wall will undoubtedly be breached.

After withdrawing his troops that day, Jia Cong quickly deployed his troops and set up numerous ambushes under the two city walls.

Jia Cong predicted that if nothing unexpected happened, the Qing troops in the city would probably raid and flee the city tonight.

The city walls will surely be breached tomorrow. If they stay in the city, they will undoubtedly be trapped in a jar and can only wait for death.

That night, as Jia Cong had expected, the people in the city began to quietly open their doors, preparing to break out.

Jia Cong guessed that the city gate they were most likely to raid was the north gate.

Although the north gate faces the four states of Jizhou, they still have to go around half a circle before they can escape successfully.

However, the defense of the north gate was relatively weak, which was beyond the expectations of the Jizhou army.

Therefore, the thinking of the Qing generals was completely correct.

However, Jia Cong anticipated their prediction.

The ambush outside the north gate was set by the Fucha Army.

During the day, Jia Cong did not ask Fu Cha's army to move the huge stones at the city gate, nor did he ask them to sacrifice their lives.

When the Fucha army heard the news, they were all grateful to Jia Cong.

Although they were surrendered soldiers, the Marquis treated them equally and did not deduct any of their military merits.

And now, they would not deliberately let them die in vain.

How could they not be grateful?

Well, if Jia Cong knew they would think this way, he would just say they were overthinking.

However, it is true that Jia Cong would not deliberately harm them and let them die.

It is said that after the Qing troops in Zhuozhou City secretly ran out, they did not alert the Jizhou army at the first time, and they were all overjoyed.

They began to retreat quickly.

As long as they took the Jili Road to the north first, and then turned south to escape under the cover of darkness, the Jizhou army would not be able to catch up with them after daybreak.

Soon, they broke out of the encirclement of the Jizhou army. Just as they breathed a sigh of relief and were about to mount their horses to escape, suddenly fires broke out all around them.

Suddenly, countless torches lit up around, making the scene as bright as day.

Tens of thousands of Xia troops surrounded them from all directions.

The Qing soldiers were shocked when they saw this.

At this time, the Xia army shouted that they would not be killed if they surrendered, and asked them to put down their weapons and squat on the ground to surrender.

But the Qing generals were so fierce that they would never surrender.

He hurriedly commanded his soldiers to charge forward.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Jizhou army had not yet attacked.

There was great chaos in his army.

The soldiers under his command actually began to kill each other.

And those soldiers who wielded knives to kill people obviously had it planned in advance.

The soldiers who were killed were obviously caught off guard.

As for the other soldiers, they were confused and didn't know who to help for a moment.

For a moment, the soldiers under his command were in chaos.

The Qing army generals, in anger, quickly figured out the whole thing.

They sneaked out, thinking they could do it without anyone noticing.

However, when they ran out, countless Fucha troops secretly sneaked into their army without them knowing.

You know, most of the soldiers of this era suffered from night blindness.

When they broke out at night, they had to hold on to the clothes of the soldiers in front of them in order to walk.

In the darkness, some soldiers lost their way and found their way back little by little.

Therefore, in the darkness, this damn Fucha army sneaked into their army.

Once they sneak in, it will be difficult to find them anymore.

After all, these Fucha troops were originally surrendered Qing troops.

This chaos must have been caused by the Fucha Army that had infiltrated the city.

Thinking of this, the Qing generals felt a chill in their hearts.

This time, their army is probably in great danger.

He didn't care about much else, so he led his personal soldiers and rushed forward desperately.

boom!
boom!boom!
At the beginning, Jia Cong did not order shooting or firing, because he was concerned about the Fucha Army that had infiltrated the Qing army.

But now, there is nothing to worry about.

Countless arrows and rifle bullets attacked like an overwhelming force.

If it were only bows and arrows, it would be fine. They were all wearing light helmets, so even if they were hit by arrows, they would not necessarily die.

But rifle bullets are different. They will kill you if you hit them or brush against them.

They couldn't even reach Xia Jun and fell down one after another.

The firepower of the Jizhou army made the Qing army terrified.

The Qing troops charging behind them gradually slowed down until they came to a complete stop.

The Qing troops behind who did not have time to charge also lost their fighting spirit all of a sudden.

Not to mention them, even the Fucha troops who had infiltrated the Qing army were terrified.

They put themselves in their shoes and thought that if it were them, they would also be just targets in the hands of the Jizhou army.

Thinking of this, they all took a deep breath.

Fortunately, they surrendered to Champion Hou early.

Fortunately, they are now teammates of the Jizhou Army instead of opponents.

If they continue to be enemies with the Jizhou army, they will die without knowing how they died.

Next, the Fucha army began to shout loudly that they would surrender and not be killed.

The remaining Qing troops finally collapsed completely, and they chose to drop their weapons and surrender.

This time, the number of Qing troops killed or wounded was only over 2,000.

There were nearly 13,000 people left, and all of them chose to surrender.

Next, Jia Cong ordered people to start cleaning up the battlefield.

Then, Jia Cong decided to add 3,000 soldiers to the Fucha Army from the 13,000 surrendered Qing prisoners, so that they could have a total of 50,000 troops.

The remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses will not be handed over to the Fucha army.

Jia Cong decided to hand over these ten thousand people to Jia Huan.

Jia Huan is also a talented guy. If we give him these ten thousand people, I believe he will be able to exert great fighting power.

And 50,000 Fucha troops are indeed a lot.

There will be continuous wars with the Qing Dynasty in the future, and it is impossible for Jia Cong to hand over all the surrendered Qing troops to Fu Cha Chusheng.

Once more than 100,000 Qing troops surrender to him, he will become too powerful to be shaken off.

At that time, we must be more wary of him.

Therefore, it would be better not to give him the opportunity to make it big.

Asking him to lead 50,000 people is already the limit.

And through Fu Chajun, Jia Cong also felt it.

The captured Qing troops were actually very useful.

If you recruit soldiers yourself, it will take nearly a year to train them before they can be put to use.

And what about these prisoners? They were plug-and-play, and no one would feel bad even if there were heavy casualties.

And they were used to great effect against the Qing troops.

Next, after cleaning up the battlefield, Jia Cong began to take over the entire Zhuozhou City.

The day before, cannons were used to continuously bombard the walls of Zhuozhou City.

The city wall was almost destroyed.

And now, we have to send people to repair the city wall.

The city wall was already on the verge of collapse, so Jia Cong simply ordered his men to tear it down and then repair it.

In fact, cement can be pushed out if it is used to repair the city wall.

Not only will it be more solid, but the construction time will also be greatly shortened.

However, cities in later generations did not have city walls.

In an era when firearms were prevalent, city walls were of no use other than hindering traffic.

Therefore, it is better not to use cement, so that it will be easier to dismantle when the time comes.

After recaptured Zhuozhou City, Jia Cong wrote a report and submitted it.

Next, he sent troops to continue to recapture the county towns within Zhuozhou.

While paying attention to the developments in the four states of Jizhou.

Soon, the situation on the borders of Jizhou and other four states was also reported.

The dispatch of the Fucha Army indeed yielded miraculous results.

After all, there were 20,000 soldiers and they were all dressed in Qing army uniforms.

The Qing army was originally divided into small units.

Fu Chachusheng also decisively split the army into small units.

After the two sides met, the Qing army would most likely mistake the Fucha army for their fellow villagers.

When fellow villagers met, they stabbed each other in the back. Those defenseless Qing soldiers died miserably.

Under the influence of the Fucha Army, the Qing army besieging the borders of the four states began to collapse from point to surface.

At present, about a quarter of the battle line has been occupied, and the Qing troops have either been completely annihilated or have begun to withdraw.

Fucha Chusheng, leading the Fucha Army and the freed-up Jizhou Army, had already provided support in other directions.

I believe that it won’t be long before the crisis on the borders of the four states will be resolved. (End of this chapter)