Anti Qing

Chapter 114 Sudden
Li Zijing is very happy today. First, he has officially confirmed who the leader of Xiangyang is, and second, he has recruited a talent.

This talent is very important for farming in Xiangyang.

Today Li Zijing forcibly summoned everyone to unify the authority, but he didn't expect the theme to go very smoothly. By the way, he also set the tone for the future.

At the turn of spring and summer, farming in Xiangyang is the most important thing.

In addition, it is necessary to find out what is wrong with Gao Doushu in Yunyang, and what the Ming army in Junzhou has not moved at all.

Li Zijing was about to give up on this, when a former battalion sentry cavalry in black arrow uniform hurried in and handed over an urgent document.

Li Zijing received it and saw that it was Zhang Xian's report from Dengzhou.

Many people didn't know that Li Zijing's front battalion had taken Dengzhou back. They were all surprised when they heard that it was an urgent report from Dengzhou.

Gu Junen stood aside and explained with a smile.

"When General Zhi passed by Nanyang Mansion last month, he saw that there was no one in Dengzhou, so he left some troops to occupy it. It was also used as an outpost to gather the refugees and the defeated troops."

Everyone heard the words and talked a lot.

"The general is so courageous"

"Even I don't know what's going on in Dengzhou. Now that Dengzhou is an outpost, Xiangyang can be safe."

Li Zijing listened to their words, he didn't know whether it was a deliberate compliment or from the heart, but he was still very happy, after all, who doesn't want to listen to good words.

Li Zijing's face darkened after reading the urgent report, and everyone was anxious. When the urgent report was handed down, someone finished chanting, and the pot exploded all at once.

Zhang Xian said in the urgent report that in the middle of this month, an unknown number of Qing soldiers occupied Nanyang Fucheng, not far from the north of Dengzhou, with great fanfare.

The Qing army outside Nanyang Prefecture is now working day and night to build fortifications, and has begun to dig canals to irrigate the fields and resume planting.

Obviously, the Qing army also wanted to start farming in the Central Plains for a long-term plan.

In addition, there was the Suizhou Incident that occurred in the first month of this year. Now in the past two months, the consequences of this incident have begun to emerge one by one.

Hauge originally led his troops to attack Shandong, but in the first month he received an order from Dorgon and led his troops southward to the outskirts of Suizhou.

Due to Shi Kefa's coquettish maneuvers, except for some of the old generals who surrendered to the other three Jiangbei towns, [-]% of them surrendered to Hauge.

As a result, Hauge's troops increased greatly. He said that there would be an increase of 20 troops, and he led his troops to occupy the whole territory of Xuzhou and advance to Shouzhou within this month.

Stationed in Shouzhou is Liu Liangzuo, one of the four towns in Jiangbei.

Gao Jie, who had a strong army and a strong horse, served as a shield above his head, and the Dashun army was too busy to take care of themselves in Huguang, and Henan was in chaos, so they couldn't attack him for a while.

Shouzhou, this should be a safe place.

However, no one could have imagined that Dashun would win in Tongguan, and the situation of the whole world would suddenly change. The Qing army began to shift its focus to the northwest.

While increasing troops to the northwest, Dorgon once again rejected the Nanming Hongguang court's request for peace, and reprimanded its monarchs and ministers for being shameless and not recognizing the legitimacy of the Hongguang court.

Hauge left Shandong and went to Xuzhou to take over the senior generals. Liu Liangzuo, who was stationed in Shouzhou, suddenly became the front line.

Hearing the news that Hauge was going south with great fanfare, Liu Liangzuo was so frightened that he stumbled and fell to the ground from his horse. The first order he gave after getting up was to retreat south.

The Ming army of Liu Bu now didn't even want their hometown in Shouzhou. On the day they heard the news that Hauge was going south, they packed their bags and retreated to Luzhou.

Liu Liangzuo, who had retreated to Luzhou, was said to still feel unsafe and restless all day long. He was in the process of raising his tent and planning to run directly to Anqing Mansion, the southernmost part of the jurisdiction.

Anqing Mansion is not far to the west on the map, which is Wuchang where Zuo Liangyu's army is stationed.

It may be that the so-called 50 army on the left gave Liu Liangzuo a little sense of security.

Throughout this period of time, Shi Kefa's supervisor Huaiyang did not play any role in improving the situation.

Shi Kefa neither appeased the senior generals in time, nor stopped Liu Liangzuo from retreating southward, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River was still inevitably deteriorating.

Hauge was transferred to Xuzhou by accident. This is a situation that even Li Zijing did not expect, and it is something that has never happened in history.

This greatly increased the pressure on the four towns in Jiangbei, and Liu Liangzuo's retreat without a fight made the situation in Xuzhou and Shouzhou even more confusing.

In the tent of the Chinese army, there was a sudden silence.

Li Zijing looked at the silent crowd and asked in a deep voice.

"The situation in Xu Shou is changing now. The Qing army under Hauge may be coming to Xiangyang. If you have any opinions, you may wish to say something."

Niu Quan sighed.

"The current situation is getting more and more difficult. My Dashun needs to maintain stability as the best strategy. The most urgent task right now is to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness in Xiangyang."

"Reject the Ming army in the west, spy on the Qing captives in the east."

Most of the civil servants echoed the same voice, thinking that the Dashun Army in Huguang is currently on the weak side and will be enemies with the Ming and Qing armies at the same time.

The best way is to wait and see what happens.

Only when the Qing army and the Ming army fight, and the Huguang Shun army between the cracks, will there be a chance to turn defeat into victory, or to survive.

Even Liu Tichun had the same thoughts as Niu Quan this time.

"Xiangyang is very important to my Dashun, so we can't easily mobilize troops."

"In Xiangyang Prefecture, there are still many prefectures and counties in our Dashun, and a certain number of troops need to be stationed to guard against sneak attacks."

"If the Xiangyang Mansion is unstable, Bai Wang will have worries in the De'an Mansion. Once the morale of the front troops is shaken, Zuo Liangyu will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"At that time, the whole Huguang will be affected by the whole body."

Li Zijing looked at Liu Tichun, feeling a little disappointed.

It seemed that just one battle at Tongguan was not enough to bring back all of Dashun's original energy, and another battle was needed.

Li Zijing's thinking is different from everyone else's.

Historically, Zuo Liangyu would have died of illness at the end of March, but now it is late February.

In other words, there was only one month left before Zuo Liangyu died in Wuchang.

The Zuo Army claims to have an army of 50, but in fact it can only fight with that few people. The elite may not have as many people as the former battalion after the expansion of the army.

Once Zuo Liangyu died, the Zuo army was in disarray.

I had to use the time before and after Zuo Liangyu's death to make preparations. As soon as he died, I would immediately send troops to fight for Wuchang.

Once Wuchang is in hand, the situation in Huguang will be rewritten immediately.

It's just that I don't know what Gao Doushu of Yunyang is planning. With Gao Doushu's character, if he knew that he would send troops to Wuchang, he would definitely lead his troops to attack Wuchang.

Before fighting Wuchang, the Ming army in Yunyang must be dealt with.

Li Zijing was suffering from a headache, but at this time he ran into a cavalry from outside the tent, he was shocked when he saw the sentry cavalry in front of the camp, almost slipped and fell.

He stabilized his figure and shouted immediately.

"Report to General Zhi, Gucheng is under siege!"

"Gao Doushu recruited troops in Yunyang, claiming that he would take Xiangyang within a month. Wang Guangen suddenly led his troops to Gucheng in the early hours of yesterday, and the siege has lasted for a day."

"Dong Yunlin, Captain of Gucheng, only has [-] capital. He will fight hard for a day, and ask for reinforcements!"

(End of this chapter)