Vow to die at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 204 The World Shakes ([-])

Compared to Yongli, Zhu Chenggong, Lu Wang, Li Taiping and others, Chen Chen was the first to hear the news of Jiang Ning's recovery.

When Chen Chen was still attacking Sizhou westward, news of Jiang Ning's recovery came.When Chen Chen heard the news of Jiang Ning's recovery, his mood was very complicated.There is both the joy of the security team's great success, and the fear of the headquarters' resurgence.

At the beginning, Chen Chen was in awe of Qiu Tianxing, who single-handedly pulled him out, and imitated Qiu Tianxing in everything, imitating his every word and deed.At that time, Chen Chen was extremely loyal to Qiu Tianxing.

It's just that the first battalion was released to Guangzhou, Henan Province to open up a base area. At that time, it was far away from the headquarters, and my heart gradually changed.It's just that Chen Chen's loyalty to Qiu Tianxing is still the same, but not as strong as before.

When Yingshan was attacked by the Tartars, the head of the regiment fled to Xinyang in a panic, and the regiment headquarters was almost controlled by Sun Zhi, the prestige of the regiment head and the regiment headquarters was greatly reduced.Not only Sun Zhi, but also Chen Chen and Li Taiping had a trace of ambition from then on.Weak stems are strong branches, and strong branches are the stems. Such thoughts flashed in Chen Chen's mind from time to time.Just to keep the overall situation in mind, in order not to let the Tartars take advantage of the infighting for the position of head, the camps maintained rational restraint.

Later, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren rebelled in Nanchang, Li Chengdong was in Guangdong anyway, and Remnant sent troops to Hunan again. The anti-Tartar forces in the south of the Yangtze River increased sharply, and morale rose sharply.Taking advantage of this shareholder wind and the opportunity to transfer to the south with the power of the Tartars from Hubei, the head of the regiment, Qiu Tianxing, decisively fled Xinyang alone, and used Yingshan's left-behind troops to start anew. flag.As a result, the regiment headquarters re-established its prestige, and all the battalions surrendered one after another. Sun Zhi even sent the regiment's senior officials to Anlu, the capital city.

The good times alone did not last long, and the successive defeats on the frontal battlefield made life extremely difficult for the security regiment in the battlefield behind enemy lines.After besieging Nanchang City, the Tartars finally withdrew their hands. Kong Youde led an army to invade Yunmeng, and after subduing Yunmeng, they went to Anlu City.At this moment, all the battalions set up reinforcements to rescue them, but they were defeated by Shang Kexi's reinforcements when the battle between Anlu City and Kong Youde's troops was fierce.In this battle, the regiment headquarters sat guarding the city and watched the battalions fail, which really chilled people's hearts.Later, when the battle was unfavorable, the regiment headquarters abandoned Anlu City, and led tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians into the Dabie Mountains, where they remained silent for two years.

However, the past two years have been a good time for the outside camps to thrive.The Fourth Battalion marched thousands of miles, abandoned the Tongbai base and entered Shaanxi, and went all the way north to jointly open up the bases of Tongzhou and Fuzhou with the Guanzhong uprising army.Later, following the east wind of Jiang Yu's Datong anyway, he led his troops into Shanxi and took root in Shanxi.Now it has the base of the semi-provincial land, and it is the banner bearer of the anti-Tartar forces in the north.

The situation in Shanxi affected Shandong. Tong Yangliang, the general soldier of Yizhou in Shandong, was transferred to the governor of Xuanda. On the way to take office, he brought Shandong's elite soldiers, and Shandong was also empty.However, Sun Zhi, who was forced by Ma Guozhu in Henan and couldn't survive, finally gave up the territory of Runing Mansion, led the remnant troops into Caozhou Mansion in Shandong, joined forces with Yuyuan Army and various teaching armies, and stirred up troubles in Caozhou Mansion.

The excellent situation opened up by the Second Battalion also made Chen Chen of the First Battalion unable to stand it any longer. He led his troops northward to join forces with the Second Battalion and attacked Henan Guide Mansion all the way. The mansion is well-known in Jiangnan Province.

The Tartars were short of troops, so they could only repeatedly mobilize troops from various places, and then concentrate superior troops to destroy the enemies one by one.Originally, the various anti-Tartar forces were not united with each other, and even fought with each other, which gave the Tartars a chance to eliminate them one by one.But now, the security regiment took advantage of the loopholes when the Tartars mobilized their troops.And every uprising by the security regiment was a response to the next uprising, which made the Tartars exhausted, and there was a feeling that the gangsters were inexhaustible.

These two years have been the most beautiful time for the camps that have been released outside. Although the camps are also in contact with each other, they are not convinced by anyone in their hearts, and they all think that they are the Zhengshuo of the security team.Even if the regiment headquarters regained contact with themselves, everyone thought that the regiment headquarters had entered the deep mountains, and they might disappear in the deep mountains in the future.

No one expected that the regiment headquarters would leave the mountain in September of the seventh year of Huaxing.As soon as he came out of the mountain, the regiment headquarters demonstrated its strong strength, conquering Lu'an Prefecture, Luzhou Prefecture, and now Jiangning Prefecture.Such a record made Chen Chen dizzy with shock, it was almost unbelievable.Although the head of the regiment wrote a letter to himself before sending troops to Jiangning Mansion, please send troops to Huai'an and Yangzhou to fight against the Tartars.I really did the same thing, but I never expected that not long after I entered Sizhou, the regiment headquarters went south to Jiangning City.what does that mean?It means that the regiment headquarters raised the banner of Zhengshuo for the third time, and it means that the regiment headquarters sitting in Jiangning has become a veritable center!
At this moment, Chen Chen felt mixed emotions.I have been imitating the head of the group for several years, and sometimes I am good at talking about some behaviors of the head, thinking that it might be better if I do it myself.But now he knows that the leader is the leader, an existence that he can never surpass.At this moment, Chen Chen finally corrected his posture and returned to the command of the regiment headquarters.

So, after surrounding the city of Sizhou, Chen Chen personally commanded soldiers and horses to attack violently.Before the siege, Chen Chen spread the news of Jiang Ning's recovery to the entire battalion, and the morale of the entire battalion immediately rose.At the same time, some loud regiments announced the news to the city with tin horns in unison, which immediately caused the morale of the Tartars in the city to drop.So Sizhou City was finally taken after several attacks by the first battalion.

After conquering Sizhou, the rest of the counties were naturally taken over smoothly.Taking advantage of the high morale in the army, Chen Chen mobilized [-] troops and approached Huai'an Mansion eastward, intending to cut off the canal.

When he learned that the regiment's bandits were about to cut off the water transportation when they came to Huai'an, Wu Weihua, the right servant of the household department of Gongshun Hou, the governor of Huai'an, the governor of the water transportation, was terrified.

Once the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is broken, the capital in the north will be in a situation where money and food will be scarce.Although the bandits took down Jiangning Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion, the imperial court still had rich places such as Changzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Songjiang Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, and Huai'an Mansion.If the canal is cut off, it will cost too much to go by land and the risk is too great to go by sea, then the capital will definitely be difficult to sustain.Nowadays, wars are raging all over the world, all places need money and food support, and the loss of taxes in the south of the Yangtze River is a result that the imperial court cannot afford.If it is really impossible to get tax support from Jiangnan, maybe the imperial court really has to retreat outside the pass.In this case, my own guilt is too great!

Therefore, Wu Weihua, the governor of water transport, conscripted almost all the green camp soldiers in Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou, plus more than [-] strong men apportioned to the landlords and gentry, to form an army of tens of thousands in an attempt to counterattack Sizhou and defend the canal.Now the governor of Water Transport has great powers, and he also serves as the governor of Lufeng, managing Fengyang Mansion, Luzhou Mansion, Yangzhou Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, Xuzhou Mansion, Chuzhou, Hezhou and other places.Now the headquarters of the security regiment has risen rapidly, and has taken Luzhou, Hezhou, and Chuzhou, plus Fengyang, which had been lost before, and the power of the Governor of Water Transport has shrunk greatly in his hands.Originally, the imperial court was going to replace Wu Weihua, but it happened that the regent suddenly collapsed, so the matter slowed down.Wu Weihua himself knew that his fate was in jeopardy. If the water transportation was cut off again, what awaited him would not only be death, but also the fate of the nine clans.Therefore, Wu Weihua wanted to fight to the death.

However, Wu Weihua's thinking was a bit simple. The tens of thousands of troops he gathered from all over the place could defend the city, but if they went out to fight in the field, how could they compare with the experienced battalion of soldiers.Sure enough, in Guirenji, Suining County, Xuzhou Prefecture, Wu Weihua's tens of thousands of troops were defeated by Chen Chen in one fell swoop. The green battalion soldiers and strong men surrendered with countless casualties, and Wu Weihua himself was killed in the rebellion army. Perhaps this was also a challenge for him. Good result.

At this moment, Yangzhou Mansion, Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion were empty, Qiu Tianxing took the opportunity to dispatch troops northward to take down Yangzhou Mansion, and Chen Chen also took advantage of the opportunity to attack Huai'an Mansion and Xuzhou Mansion.It was not until three months later that all the cities in the two mansions were completely annexed.As for Haizhou, which is adjacent to Huai'an Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture, it fell into the hands of Sun Zhi of the Second Battalion.

As a result, the north of the security regiment headquartered in Jiangning immediately settled down, and now Qiu Tianxing only had to deal with the enemies in the east and south.

(End of this chapter)