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Chapter 331 Aziger vs Hong Chengchou
On August 3000th, the second year of Chengshun of the Great Chu Empire, the Chu army captured Jiujiang City. Shi Kefa led his army to break through, but was intercepted by the Chu army. Less than [-] people fled to Hukou, and the Ming defenders of Jiujiang City were more than [-] , ten does not save one.

On August [-]th, the Ming army retreated voluntarily in Xingzi City, Nankang Prefecture. The [-]th Division of the Chu Army rushed to Xingzi City the next day. Hundreds of officials, gentry, and remnants of the city opened their doors to offer the city.

On August [-], the First Cavalry Brigade of the Chu Army intercepted more than [-] deserters from the original Xingzi City about ten miles northwest of De'an City. On the [-]th, the Seventh Division of the Chu Army arrived. The Ming army surrendered after hundreds of casualties.

On August [-]th, the Chu army crossed the river and arrived at De'an City. About [-] defenders in the city were defeated and fled. The Chu army cavalry pursued them and killed many prisoners.

And here, the Chu army has basically conquered most of the Jiujiang defense line built by the Ming court Shi Kefa, leaving only the lake mouth on the east bank of Poyang Lake to support independently.

At the same time, Nanchang in Jiangxi Province was also panicked, because the defenders in Nanchang were not even as good as De'an, which was captured by the Chu army before.

Because in order to block the Chu army on the front line of Jiujiang, the Ming army not only mobilized troops under the governor of Anlu, Shi Kefa, but also the governor of Jiangxi, the governor of Nanjiang and even the governor of Yingtian.

In this way, the Jiujiang front line was able to gather a Ming army of [-] to [-] people.

However, after the three battles of Jiujiang, Xingzicheng, and De'an, more than 4 people in the Ming army have been wiped out, and the remaining main force is also in Hukou.

As for Nanchang, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the front line, it was still a rear city a few days ago, and there were not many troops stationed at all.

So that after the disastrous defeat of the Ming army on the front line, Nanchang City was also reduced to a fish on a sticky board.

In response to this, the civil and military officials of the Ming court and even the gentry in Nanchang City panicked. After the news that Jiujiang was captured and Dehua also fell spread to Nanchang, a large number of dignitaries and gentry in the city began to flee in panic.

It's just that there are always only a few people who can escape. On the one hand, even if many people escape, they don't know where they can escape. On the other hand, the Chu army came too fast.

De'an is only seventy or eighty kilometers away from Nanchang. This distance is about three days for the normal marching speed of the Chu army.

Not to mention that when Xingzi City was attacked before, because a large number of officials and gentry fled with money and food, and they fled directly by boat, the Chu army couldn't chase after them, which led to the loss of a large amount of gold and silver materials.

This time, the Chu army learned smartly. In order to prevent the officials and gentry in Nanchang from fleeing with a lot of money, the Great Chu Empire ended up with less harvest. Therefore, after discussing with Huang Xiangbin, Wang Xiazi and Huang Xiangbin decided to let the first cavalry brigade go south first. , arrived in Nanchang first.

Even the Seventh Division lent some mules and horses to the First Cavalry Brigade so that they could speed up their journey southward.

It's not for attacking Nanchang, it's purely for the purpose of killing Nanchang first, and then blocking the road, so that those officials and gentry will not run away with money.

The money and food in Nanchang City, especially the money and food of those officials and dignitaries, have long been regarded by the Chu army as their own trophies, regardless of whether they are raiding the houses of recalcitrants, or taxing gentry or even evaluating food collection, although The methods are different, but in the end the money and food will always fall into the hands of the Chu army.

Under such circumstances, the Great Chu Empire naturally did not allow them to run away with money and food.

If they were taken away by them, the officials and gentry in other cities would follow suit. Before the Chu army arrived, they would all have money and food. Who would the Chu army ask for money and food?
Is it possible to ask those ordinary people who are suffering for money and food?
The tax department of the Great Chu Empire didn’t even bother to deal with those bitter hahahas, because after working for a long time, the tax collected in the end was not even enough for their tax officials’ salaries... It was purely a loss-making business .

As an institution that makes money for the empire, the tax department has never done business at a loss.

If the money-collector still loses money, then it’s okay, what will the hundreds of thousands of screaming troops eat and drink?
Therefore, the Chu army does not allow these officials and gentry to run away with money!

It's okay for people to run, and Chu Jun doesn't bother to care about you, but if you want to run with money and food, that's not enough.

Under such circumstances, the First Cavalry Brigade took the lead and traveled day and night, giving full play to the advantage of the maneuverability of one rider and two horses, and it took only two days to kill Nancheng City.

Then amidst the panic in the city, Nanchang City was directly blocked.

In order to prevent people from running through the waterway, that is, the Ganjiang River, Wang Xiazi pulled his own cavalry guns to the riverside and temporarily used them as river defense forts. Whenever he found a ship trying to leave the wharf of Nanchang City, he opened fire directly.

After the [-]st Cavalry Brigade went south and blocked Nanchang City, the [-]th Division came slowly and prepared to attack the city.

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When the Chu army was attacking the city in northern Jiangxi, Hong Chengchou finally met Dongyao in Beizhili.

Hong Chengchou led his army all the way, and finally arrived in the Baoding area of ​​Beizhili in mid-August. At this time, Hong Chengchou actually brought only a part of the troops.

Hong Chengchou led his army to the north, and the nominal commander had more than 4 troops.

But many troops are still behind.

Especially Wu Sangui's troops walked slowly along the way, and they are still in the area of ​​Daming Mansion at the southernmost tip of Beizhili. According to Wu Sangui's actions along the way, it is estimated that before Dongyao retreats, don't expect to see him The real army arrived in Baoding and Shuntian.

On the contrary, the thousands of people sent by Zuo Liangyu were more conscientious. Although they didn't listen to Hong Chengchou's words very much, they followed suit anyway.

In addition, there are several other Ming armies led by the deputy commanders. Due to the stationing from far to near, the speed of message transmission, the speed of marching and many other issues, they are still behind for the time being. Hong Chengchou just asked them to lead the troops quickly. Go to Baoding and meet yourself.

As for when exactly, that is unknown, even if many reinforcements go smoothly all the way, it is estimated that they will not arrive until after September.

At present, the only ones who really followed Hong Chengchou to Baoding are the 5000 pacesetters directly under his headquarters and the more than [-] people from Zuo Liangyu's department, which together are estimated to be more than [-] people.

However, even the arrival of the Ming army with only 5000 people gave the Ming court great confidence. At least Chongzhen and a group of cabinet leaders finally did not have to worry about it every day.

You must know that in the past one or two months, the Eastern captivity after entering the customs has been rampant!
In July, under the leadership of Azige, the East Captives first conquered Changping, and then successively conquered the counties of Dingxing, Ansu, Baodi, Dong'an, Xiongxian, Shunyi, Rongcheng, and Wen'an. The whole city was beaten again...

Wherever the Eastern captives passed by, the local Ming troops either fled or resisted and were killed, almost powerless to fight back!
Even Cao Pichang, the general soldier, was taken prisoner.

More than [-] people and livestock were looted in the East!
Such a rampant captivity to the east naturally made the emperors and ministers of the Ming court panic so much that in the last one or two months, the Ming court's capital did not even care about the war to encircle and suppress the thieves and Chu thieves in the south, and directly sent Hong Chengchou and other ministries of the Central Plains The army was transferred to the north.

In fact, Hong Chengchou was not the only one who received the imperial decree to dispatch troops for reinforcements, even Wang Jiazhen received the imperial decree to dispatch troops to the north, but the distance was too far, and at that time the Chu army had already marched eastward, and Wang Jiazhen had no way to dispatch reinforcements It's just going north, the only way is to send troops to the nearby Henan and Fengyang directions for reinforcements.

Chongzhen was under the iron hoof of Dongyao, and after more than a month of fear, he saw Hong Chengchou finally lead his troops to Baoding. In just three days, he issued twelve imperial edicts urging Hong Chengchou to send troops to fight against Dongyao.

On the most day, Chongzhen issued eight imperial edicts to him in one breath... because the imperial edicts were issued so intensively that the imperial envoys who came to deliver the edicts all came with several imperial edicts to read out together!

After reading an imperial decree, Hong Chengchou and the others breathed a sigh of relief before receiving the decree. The imperial envoy took out another imperial decree and read it out...

Under such heavy pressure, Hong Chengchou's troops, who had been traveling all the way, set out again on the third day after arriving in Baoding after a two-day rest to expel Dongcap.

Hong Chengchou led an army of more than 1 troops to continue northward, and the Dongyao who were looting quickly reacted!

Azige saw that he had gained quite a lot from entering the customs this time. In addition, the southern Ming army led by Hong Chengchou and the Ming army on the front line of Shanhaiguan also sent troops one after another. If he continued to stay in Beizhili, he might encounter accidents.

Especially after they entered the customs, they plundered a lot, and it was not easy to transport these people, livestock, and a large amount of money, food and materials out of the fortress.

Immediately decided to gather all the troops and horses and prepare to leave the customs!
Azig planned to leave, which also relieved many generals of the Ming army who came to reinforce him one after another!
Although they had to reinforce them because of Chongzhen's order, they really didn't have the guts to fight Dongyao. It would be nice if they could hold on to a few strong fortresses. If they ran out to play field battles with Dongyao, they wouldn't die fast enough. .

Even Hong Chengchou didn't think about rushing to fight Dongyao.

Since Dongyao took the initiative to retreat, he was also happy to relax, and it would be good to follow Dongyao to regain the lost ground.

There is no need to fight hard, and the credit is there.

But Hong Chengchou and other Ming court generals didn't want to fight, they just wanted to send Dongyao out of the country, and even wanted to help Dongyao transport those captured people, livestock, and a lot of money, food and materials.

However, Azige, the captive general, has some ideas.

This way of entering the customs was not a challenge for the Eastern exile army led by Azig. It seemed that they had won battles one after another, but in fact they failed to kill many Ming troops in the end.

Because the Ming army basically ran away before Dongyao was killed...they didn't give Dongyao a chance at all.

Now, he was about to lead his army out of the pass, so Azig also thought about setting up an ambush, killing the carbine, and launching a wave of Ming troops, adding another thick stroke to his credit book.

Azige looked at the surrounding and Zhiming troops one by one, and finally set his sights on Hong Chengchou's troops.

This Hong Chengchou's subordinate is the Central Plains Ming army, and the Ming army in the Central Plains region, they all know that it is much easier and less risky to fight Hong Chengchou than to fight the Guanning army who came over from Shanhaiguan.

Azig's idea is very simple: catch a weak chicken Ming army and kill the carbine, earn a wave of credit and get out of the customs.

So, on a sunny day with a sunny day, when Azig settled the rest of the Dongbu soldiers and let them continue to escort the spoils to the Great Wall, he himself quietly led tens of thousands of Dongbu soldiers and suddenly killed a Returning his carbine, he went directly to the front of Hong Chengchou's troops.

This frightened Hong Chengchou half to death, and he almost couldn't hold back and rode alone...

After a long time, I remembered that my army still carried more than [-] field cannons, and then I felt a little more at ease.

then……

Azig saw that Hong Chengchou's troops pulled out more than [-] field cannons and began to bombard his army!
Watching this scene, Azig couldn't help but utter a swear word, but the Dongyao language is ugly and ugly, so it's not easy to describe or translate it directly, but it can be barely described in transliterated Spanish: Madfak!

"These southern barbarians actually brought out the Hongyi Cannon, and there are so many of them!"

(End of this chapter)