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Chapter 290 Restoration of Wuchang and Yichang

He Xuanjiao didn't care about the eyes of everyone, she threw herself into Zhu Yousong's arms and said angrily, "Your Majesty, you can't play like this next time, you'll scare me to death."

Zhu Yousong patted his shoulder, smiled and nodded...

So far, all the [-] Tartars, including the two princes of the Qing court, were killed in the area of ​​Jiujiang. Zhu Yousong killed the two kings with his bare hands, which became a legend.

Zhu Yousong ordered people to cut off the heads of Boluo and Nikan and put them away. At dawn, the Ming army occupied Jiujiang Mansion, and Zuo Keyong, covered in blood, brought Zuo Menggeng's head on a flying horse to see Zhu Yousong. , Zhu Yousong praised him a few words, and the battle in the city was over before the sun rose.

It was another half-night fierce battle, but the soldiers of the Ming army did not feel tired at all, and their faces were filled with joy.

So far, nearly [-] traitors in the city have disappeared.Of course not all were killed, only a large part of those who died under the hands of the Ming army, and some of them were quick-witted. Seeing the general situation, they became deserters, and some of those who escaped outside the city jumped the moat to escape. drowned.Those who didn't escape from the city took advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the cover of the night to drill into dog holes, pigpens, abandoned houses, and even latrines, just to save their lives.

They didn't dare to throw away their guns and knelt down to ask for surrender, because that would not save their lives, because someone had seen it with their own eyes, and many people threw down their weapons and surrendered, but Zhu Yousong ordered to kill them all and not allow them to surrender.It wasn't that Zhu Yousong couldn't tolerate the captives, Zhu Yousong made it clear that it was not the captives who were killed, but the traitors. To put it bluntly, it was all caused by them following Zuo Menggeng to shave their hair and change clothes.

Some were afraid of being found out, so they took off their melon caps and military uniforms from the Qing Dynasty and threw them away, wrapped their heads with cloth, some used knives to shave their own hair, and some shaved their heads to make them bald. DC, a few days later, there were more nondescript monks and Baotou people in Jiujiang area. After they got out of the city, they hid their names incognito, hid in deep mountains and old forests and dared not come out, and never dared to be traitors again.

So far, more than 30 traitors and [-] Tartars have been wiped out.

Zhu Yousong let out a sigh of relief, Zuo Liangyu and his son were finally settled.As for some remnants in Wuhan and Yichang, it is no longer a concern.

Zhu Yousong and He Xuanjiao got on the horse and went back to the temporary palace to rest, leaving the rest to the civil and military officials.

Yuan Jixian, He Tengjiao, Du Yinxi, etc. were busy writing Anmin's announcement, and after they were written, they ordered the soldiers to post them on the street. soldier.

Generals such as Zheng Hongkui, Zu Keyong, He Zhaoxiong, Zheng Cai, Luo Dai, and Daoxing commanded troops to repair the city defenses. The city walls that were blown down had to be repaired quickly, including the destroyed houses. People were injured and houses were damaged. Someone has to take care of it.

Some soldiers will be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, treating the wounded, taking care of the trophies, burying the corpses, and dealing with post-war affairs.

Three days later, Jiujiang City was restored to its original state.The people's hearts are stable and the order is in good order. Yuan Jixian also contributed to the stability of Jiujiang City so quickly. As the governor of Huguang, he once sat in Jiujiang.

When Zhu Yousong and his ministers were immersed in the joy of winning the Jiujiang Battle, scouts came to report that reinforcements from the Qing army had arrived in Daye City. They were soldiers from Wuchang and other places, and they were said to be from the Qing army. , In fact, there is not even a real Tartar, they are all tens of thousands of horses from Zuo Menggeng's old department, and it is still a traitor team to put it bluntly.

After Zhu Yousong understood clearly, he ordered Yuan Jixian, who knew the soldiers, to stay in Jiujiang and give him 1 horses.

Then Zhu Yousong personally led an army of [-] and immediately drove to Daye City.

Daye and today's Xianning area in Hubei Province are only three hundred miles away from Jiujiang, and the soldiers' front reached the outside of Dayeye City in only two days.

At this time, Daye City has become an empty city.

Zhu Yousong sent someone to understand and laughed.

This time the reinforcements came with less than 7 horses.These more than 6 people are the housekeeping force left behind when Zuo Liangyu rebelled a few months ago. Some are stationed in Wuchang, Jingmen, Jingzhou University, Dangyang, and Yichang.

These places can be said to be Zuo Liangyu's strategic rear. Before thinking about advancing, Zuo Liangyu thought about retreating. retreat.

After Zuo Liangyu died of illness in Jiujiang, the tens of thousands of generals in these places, of course, obeyed the young commander Zuo Menggeng, shaved their hair and changed clothes, and became traitors.

Of course, those soldiers with national backbone were excluded. At that time, because they didn't want to be traitors, they didn't want to shave their hair and armor and threw away their guns to become deserters.

Before Zuo Liangyu rebelled, there were nearly [-] troops left in these places, but after Zuo Liangyu died, there were only more than [-] people who followed Zuo Menggeng to surrender to the Qing army and became traitors.

These generals are of course the two generals stationed in Wuchang and Jingzhou as the main generals, and the deputy generals, generals, and guerrilla generals in several other places have to listen to them.

One of the two general officers is called Ding Kui and the other is called Zhao Jin.

The two general officers were shocked when they received Zuo Menggeng's request for help. Lord Hou and the young marshal took away 35 troops when they raised their troops. If you count the troops from Jiujiang, Dean, Hukou, Penghu and other places, the total strength Closer to 45.

Later, there were two princes of the Qing army and [-] Tartars to help out.With such a strong strength, they suffered consecutive defeats. In just a few months, they lost Pengze, Hukou, De'an and other places, and were trapped in Jiujiang, which was in danger.

I heard that when the imperial court was the largest, there were no more than one hundred thousand troops, how did this battle go!

Now let's go to the rescue, even if they have such strong strength, can they save tens of thousands of soldiers and horses?But not going is disobedience, and they dare not.

After receiving the order, the two chief military officers quickly rectified their troops, dispatched troops and dispatched generals, gathered all the troops from these places, and went out in full force.

The two chief military officers were at a loss, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under them were even more alarmed.Zuo Liangyu died of illness in Jiujiang, the news that Zuo Menggeng and the two princes of the Qing court were defeated spread like wildfire, and now they all know about it.

Therefore, those who are deserters every day along the way will get shorter as they go forward.When they arrived in Daye City, there were only about [-] people left.

Regarding the deserters every day, the two chief military officers had no choice but to take care of it, because it was extremely urgent to rush there to relieve the danger of Jiujiang!
But when they were about to leave Daye City for Jiujiang, the bad news came again. Jiujiang fell and nearly [-] Qing troops were wiped out. Their young commander Zuo Menggeng and the two princes of the Qing court all died in battle. .

This kind of sudden change has undoubtedly lost the target for their rescue team, and the imperial court will definitely deal with them next. After the two general officers discussed, Daye City, which is a tiny place, has no danger to defend, so they simply retreated to Wuchang. .

A few days later, the two general officers led the troops to Wuchang. They felt that the team was much shorter. After checking, there were only 5 horses left. There were many soldiers among them. Deserters.

The two chief military officers were even more panicked, because they had to report that the soldiers and horses of the imperial court had already arrived in Daye City, which was only more than 100 miles away from them.

In order not to be annihilated and punished by the court, the two gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

However, the 5 horsemen were not in the same mind. Some advocated surrendering to Zhang Xianzhong, and some advocated surrendering to Li Zicheng, but no one advocated surrendering to the Tartars and the Ming Dynasty, because neither of these two ways could save their lives.

The last two opinions could not be unified, and they refused to accept each other, and a fight broke out in Wuchang City. The commander-in-chief Ding Kui and the commander-in-chief Zhao Jin each led a team to fight.

After mutual casualties, Ding Kui took more than 2 people to Yichang and went to Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan, while Zhao Jin led more than 1 people out of Wuchang to Xiangyang, and went to Li Zicheng in Shaanxi.

As a result, Zhu Yousong took over Daye, Wuchang, Jingzhou, Jingmen, Yichang and other vast areas without bloodshed.

(PS: There is a temporary incident tonight, and this chapter is later, so I have to say sorry to everyone, please forgive me, thank you!)

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