Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

After conquering Chuzhou, Zheng Jun undertook a two-day brief renovation. www On the first day of the refurbishment, Zheng Kezang personally ordered the killing of the captured Qing troops in Chuzhou City, in order to punish them for the heinous crimes they committed under Lai'an City.In addition, under the intimidation of Zheng Jun, the Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the [-]th massacre buried more than a thousand wounded and sick Pao Ze alive.As for the captured senior officials of the Qing army such as Song Luo, they were escorted back to Yingtian, and they were executed outside Nanjing a few days later. However, this is already a story.

The brutality of Zheng Jun's revenge certainly deterred the surviving Qing army, so the subsequent repairs went quite smoothly.Zheng Jun first drew troops from the newly attached army that had suffered heavy casualties to fill the vacancies of each division, and then replenished the new army with newly captured Qing troops.

On July [-]th, Zheng Kezang ordered Xi Daping to lead two divisions of the Huben Army with more than [-] soldiers and horses to march towards the empty eastern Anhui area.The courageous Xi Daping decisively divided his troops into two groups and marched towards Luzhou and Fengyang respectively. The Qing troops in the counties along the way surrendered without fleeing, and the Zheng army was able to quickly sweep across the entire eastern and central Anhui, leaving only Luzhou The two isolated cities of Fengyang and Fengyang are still fighting stubbornly under the command of the full prefect.

While Xi Daping was advancing furiously all the way, two divisions of the Longxiang Army and [-] newly attached troops went up the river, heading straight for Hezhou, another key point of the Qing army along the Yangtze River.On July [-], the four divisions of the Jiangnan Zheng Army's Chizhou Daying Camp were also ordered to cross north, and two days later they successfully joined forces with the two divisions of the Longxiang Army at the foot of Hezhou City.

The Qing army guarding Hezhou City saw that the Zheng army was powerful, and had heard about the killing of the Zheng army after Chuzhou changed hands, so their morale was extremely low.Seeing that nothing could be done, Jin Min, the commander-in-chief of Wannan Town stationed in Hezhou, begged for surrender with Qian Yuping, the magistrate of Hezhou. Zheng Jun then captured Hezhou without bloodshed. Anqing left.

When news of success on the western front spread frequently, Zheng Kezang himself quietly led four divisions of the Xuanwu Army and more than [-] newly attached troops back to the city of Yangzhou.At this time, An Bulu in Huai'an City had received the news of Chuzhou's disastrous defeat, and understood the purpose of Zheng Jun's retreat to Gaoyou. The cautious An Bulu was still unable to decide whether to go out of the city to invite battle, because the Qing army on the northern front was still in a state of neither advancing nor retreating, which provided enough time for Zheng Kezang to solve Yangzhou first and liberate the besieging forces.

On July [-], Zheng Kezang, who once again came to the city of Yangzhou, ordered a general attack on Yangzhou.The four thousand newly attached troops launched a strong attack on the villages and forts on Shugang against the bullets of the Qing army's garrison troops.The Qing army also seemed to know that the last moment had come, so they resisted desperately.

"Commander, Hai Ni's soldiers and horses have already attacked the West Peak. The guerrilla Wang Hua and garrison Gao Kai's 280 people have all died for the country. Wang Zongzhen has personally supervised the troops to fight back, but the troops on the post are insufficient. Please come to the commander immediately. Send reinforcements."

Hearing the military envoy's report, Ma Qi's brows frown into the word Chuan.It's not that he doesn't know that guarding Yangzhou must guard Shugang, but up to now, the Zheng army has dispatched only some miscellaneous new attached troops, but he has forced himself to send reinforcements twice, although the reinforcements are only one at a time. Yingtou, but how many camptou are there in Yangzhou city?Ma Qi had to think about how he would defend Yangzhou City once the reserve team in the city was exhausted.

Seeing Ma Qi's expression, Jiangbei Admiral Huashan certainly understood what was going on, he thought for a while, and said: "Commander, no matter what, reinforcements will still be sent, and I think the new attached troops used by Zheng Jun are only With blood and bravery, if we can hold back today, it will take another three to five days for Zheng Jun to attack again."

Ma Qi nodded: "The army's words are very true, so let's take a strong battalion leader to go over."

Ma Qi glanced at the generals around him, and clicked: "Junmen, why don't you let Tibiao Zuoying go up?"

Hua Shan hesitated for a moment, and he turned to himself again, but looking at the faces of Zhang Rikang, the commander of Guide Town and other townsmen, he still agreed: "What are you talking about, Commander? It's all for the emperor. Serve me, just a battalion head, if the commander is transferred, he will be transferred."

Speaking of this, Huashan ordered: "Come here, order She Wu to send troops immediately, if there is any delay, I will definitely kill you!"

Ma Qi chuckled with satisfaction. Huashan really knows how to behave and do things. With a few words, he not only sold his own favor, but also gave a few soldiers from other towns, Fushan Town, Susong Town and other newly reorganized army commanders. They exerted due pressure, which made the expressions of these generals look extraordinarily dignified.

So Ma Qi hit the rails while it was hot: "Tell my sons and daughters, as long as you keep Shugang today, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and immediately promoted to one level!"

Under coercion and temptation, the Qing army really exploded with astonishing combat power, and finally drove the new attached army out of Shugang at sunset. However, the new attached army was a reasonable consumption of cannon fodder for the Zheng army. For the Qing army in Shugang, it was the elite of the army. It was used to compete with Zheng Jun for consumption. No matter what the exchange ratio was, it was extremely uneconomical.

"Just now, Mr. Wang reported the number of inspections. Today, a total of about 500 Haini people were killed and injured. Our army killed [-] people and injured [-] people. The two battalions are completely finished." Holding a thin sheet On the paper, Ma Qi, who returned to the governor's residence, looked solemn. "At this speed, if there is no reinforcement within ten days, Yangzhou will be in danger."

"An Bulu is a bastard with a corpse in his place." Jiang Ning's political envoy Lu Yan suddenly burst out and cursed at his superior. "As a nation, he has tens of thousands of powerful soldiers, and he actually sits back and watches Haini invade the north of Jiangsu and besiege Yangzhou. If he is lucky enough to escape this time, I will definitely go to Beijing to fight this bastard before the imperial court."

"Okay, Mr. Lu said something useful." Guo Qishan, the envoy of salt transportation in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, shook his head, obviously not agreeing with Lu Yi's words. "What's the use of complaining? Besides, it's hard for Mr. An. Haini has more than 5 troops. Excluding the soldiers and horses that besieged Yangzhou, there are at least [-] people waiting in the north of Jiangsu. Mr. An will not send troops to return If we can save the north of the Huaihe River, if we send troops, I am afraid that the front line of Xuzhou will not be saved either."

Lu Yan was still about to refute, when suddenly they heard the sound of teeth meeting in the hall, and they turned their heads to look, and saw E'an, the prefect of Yangzhou, trembling and shaking, looking extremely scared, Lu Yan immediately shuddered. The anger broke out: "My lord, you are seriously ill with a cold and fever, and it is embarrassing to show you here."

"No, it's not," E'an replied stammeringly. "Great, adults, something seems to be wrong, something is wrong."

Ma Qi was also extremely dissatisfied with the performance of this fellow clan, so he glared: "No, what's wrong, if you can't tell how ugly you are, don't blame the governor for taking off your official clothes now!"

"Governor, Your Excellency has learned a lesson," E'an replied in panic. "This, this sea under the city, the sea is reversed, why, why is it coming from the west." The words awakened the dreamer, and the civil and military present suddenly straightened up. Many people looked around in a daze, obviously surprised for a moment. Small. "It shouldn't be that Anhui, Anhui has fallen."

"Crack!" Ma Qi slammed the gavel hard. "Come on," several heavily armed Ghoshhas rushed in. "Come on, take off E'an's official clothes and put him in a prison for strict supervision." E'an was dragged away amidst howls, but the shadow brought by his words still lingered in everyone's hearts. I know that if the entire territory of Anhui falls, then Huai'an may not be able to persist, so Yangzhou will completely become an isolated city. "My lords, don't panic." Mazzie knew what he had to say. "I look at the Haini camp outside the city, and the flag of the false king of Xia is in sight. Obviously this is Haini's own team."

"That's right," Huashan immediately answered. "Didn't the Haini team go north? How could it be coming from the west again? I understand. My lords still remember the sea reversal ship going north a few days ago. It must be. The sea reversal ship carried troops across the canal. Come around, use this to mess with my mind and destroy my army's morale!"

"It must be so, it must be so." The people present were all smart people. Although they knew that Huashan's words had a huge loophole, but with E'an's lessons learned, who would point it out face to face without knowing the meaning, so There was a stunned voice in the hall, as if he had really seen through Ming Zheng's scheme.

"Since your lords have already understood Hai Ni's plot, let's all settle down." Ma Qi waved his hands weakly, and the crowd of civil and military soldiers began to disperse. "Please stop by Hua Junmen." Knowing that the two big men had something to discuss in secret, the crowd walked faster, and within a moment, only Ma Qi and Hua Shan were left in the hall. Seeing this, Ma Qi was also clouded. , immediately asked straightforwardly. "Junmen, can Yangzhou persist until the arrival of the emperor's reinforcements?"

"Difficult." Hua Shan replied without any concealment. "If we hadn't divided our troops into each city at the beginning, we would have been able to fight Hai Ni to the death now, but now we have been defeated by Hai Ni one by one. If I were An Bulu, I would not easily enter the army, so I'm afraid it won't work if I count on the north. Hua Shan looked at the haggard Ma Qi and sighed. "However, don't worry, Commander, the lower officials are deeply favored by the emperor, and will definitely stick to the responsibility of guarding the land. It is nothing more than dying with Yangzhou in the end. If this can shine through the history, it will be worth it."

Ma Qi knew that Hua Shan's words were insincere, but as a traitorous bannerman of the Han army in Ming Zheng's eyes, Hua Shan could only make such a choice, but this was not what he cared about, so he did not respond to Hua Shan's loyalty, but only Asked directly: "In this way, the fall of Yangzhou is certain? Is there no turning point?"

"Turning opportunity?" Hua Shan narrowed his eyes and thought about it. "unless?"

"Unless." Ma Qi asked hopefully. "Unless what?"

"Unless there is something wrong with Jiangnan"