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Chapter 188 The cool official Tian Wenjing

end of may.

The Second Army attacked Raozhou Prefecture.

Without considering the priority of attacking the heart, Zheng Dingrui chose to launch a strong attack.He planned to rely on the strong combat power of the Ming army to quickly attack Raozhou City.

But it is a pity that Zheng Dingrui, a veteran of the Ming Army who has always been calm, rarely encountered a problem this time.

Li Junxian, the commander-in-chief of Nanrui of the Puppet Qing Dynasty, was a real man, and the Raozhou camp was the only one among the camps in northern Jiangxi that had a staff general, with a full strength of three thousand. Fuliang camp was defeated by Zheng Dingrui, and now only Early two thousand.

But coupled with the two battalions at the front and rear of Nanrui Town headquarters, there are nearly 7000 people in total, plus the [-] Nanchang training troops, the entire Raozhou City has [-] troops.

There are nearly [-] defenders, half of whom are regular troops, and the other half are fully equipped with soldiers and armor.

Since ancient times, when attacking a city, it often takes ten times more troops to ensure the city is broken.In the past, the Ming army relied on the excellent military quality of the army, plus the power of artillery and sugar pills, and the last bit of psychological deterrence to break the city.

It can be said that if the advantages of firearms such as sugar and medicine are put aside, the Ming army's ability to attack difficult situations is actually not strong.

After all, none of the generals in the Ming army had ever fought serious battles. Even Yang Gong had only been a very brave general in the Puppet Qing Dynasty before.

Siege, that has never been touched.

Outside Raozhou City, the vanguard of the Second Army retreated like a tide.

Zheng Dingrui's face was as dark as water, and the deputy general on the side even said bitterly: "Damn it, it was just a little bit worse."

Not a moment later, Su Tianwei, who retreated from the vanguard, looked disheartened and knelt down on one knee: "Commander, let the general lead the brothers to charge again! Otherwise, the death of the brothers will not be worth it."

The vanguard of the siege was the elite main force of the First Town of the Second Army. After all, this battle was to attack Raozhou Prefecture. Together with Guangxin's Fourth Army, they would seize Nanchang, the center of Jiangxi, so they would naturally have elite troops.

Zheng Dingrui had just seen clearly that the Qing army was simply resisting too tenaciously, and his side did not have the upper hand, so of course it would not be able to attack, so he did not blame Su Tianwei and said: "This is not a fault of the war, you should retreat first! "

"Yes."

Su Tianwei was quite unwilling, but he still respectfully stepped down.

"When will the city-breaking cannon be delivered?" After he left, Zheng Dingrui asked, looking at the war-torn and charred Raozhou City in the distance.

The deputy general replied: "It will take about three days. The mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and the city-breaking cannon is too heavy."

City-busting cannons are said to be cannons, but in fact they are explosives.

The previous coffin bombing of the city was a success for the Ming army.

But the coffin is unlucky after all, and the important thing about the coffin explosive itself is not the coffin, but the good air tightness of the coffin.

After Zhu Yijiong officially proclaimed himself emperor, the Ming Dynasty was on the right track. The Arms Bureau had already produced similar large-scale sugar bombs based on the structure of the coffin.

After all, this thing is much easier to make than explosive bombs. There are no requirements for materials. The brittle the better, and there is no need to launch it.

Zhu Yijiong personally named it "City Breaking Cannon".

"Okay, then wait for another three days." Zheng Dingrui nodded, still able to calm down for the time being.

This Raozhou City is really too difficult to fight, just like a shrinking turtle.

Li Junxian not only strengthened the walls and cleared the country, but also completely ignored all provocations from the Ming army and only focused on defending the city.

The Ming army did not have city-breaking artillery, and relied solely on a few artillery pieces. The army was heaped with human lives. Even if Raozhou was captured, the Second Army would be crippled.

This is not in line with the Ming army's consistent tactics.

As for going around and hitting Nanchang directly.

Do you think there are very few war records in ancient times that directly bypassed one city to attack another?
Oh, Yang Gong is a weirdo, and he travels by water. This is called strategic transition.

The capture of Nanchang was a pure surprise, and neither Yang Gong nor Wang Qiqin expected it.It's just that Yang Gong didn't expect Nanchang to be so vulnerable, and Wang Qicheng didn't expect that the Ming army would attack from the Yangtze River along Poyang Lake and was caught off guard.

Raozhou City.

Li Junxian was patrolling the city. There was still fresh blood on his armor, and the sword in his hand was stained with blood. It was obvious that he had just experienced a personal fight.

All this blood was left on the bodies of the Ming soldiers who were killed by him.

Looking at the Ming army retreating outside the city, Li Junxian was not happy at all, but instead frowned.

Although his side won the Raozhou offensive and defensive battle just now, the losses it caused also frightened him.

Almost most of the corpses left at the top of the city were from the Qing army in Nanrui Town and Nanchang training army. On the contrary, there were very few Ming soldiers.

Even excluding the corpses of Ming soldiers who fell off the city wall, the battle loss ratio was almost two to one, or even three to one.

With [-] soldiers, he was still defending the city, but the losses were greater than those of the attackers.Can this battle really go on?
Even if we can keep fighting, what's the point?

The entire territory of southern Anhui has been lost, and Jiangxi has been surrounded by the puppet Ming Dynasty on three sides. Unless Mr. Long sends his troops south, it is only a matter of time before Jiangxi.

Shaking his head, Li Junxian didn't think about it anymore. He was just an ordinary military attache who just did his job well.

The Ming army retreated, and the Qing army also did not leave the city to pursue.

Both sides cleaned each other's battlefields and buried corpses to prevent the outbreak of plague.

……

The troops in Raozhou, Jiangxi temporarily stopped, but the north became lively.

When Yongzheng ascended the throne for the first time, he not only wanted to stabilize the situation, but also promoted and won over cronies to gain power as soon as possible.

Therefore, when the news of Longkodo's successive defeats and losses was sent to Beijing, Yongzheng was obviously furious, but he still calmly gave Longkodo promotions and titles, and even comforted him for a while in his reply.

Just like in the past, on the eve of the Northern Expedition, Zhu was still writing letters to Emperor Yuan Ting, flattering him like crazy...

Huaiqing Mansion.

Yang Zongyi, the former governor of Henan, was dismissed from office by Yongzheng's order a month ago. He was arrested and returned to Beijing to await trial. It is estimated that the end will not be too good.

All right!Yang Zongyi was simply tricked by Zhu Yijiong this time.

Historically, although Yang Zongyi was dismissed from office due to corruption, he was only dismissed from his position as governor of Henan, and Yongzheng did not severely punish him.

The final analysis is that Yongzheng had just ascended the throne and he did not dare to do anything wrong. He had to lay a solid foundation first, and by the way, he also made room for his cronies.

Tian Wenjing took over the governorship of Henan in the second year of Yongzheng's reign. Before that, Yongzheng sent someone to take charge of it for a year to clean up the mess in Henan.

But now, because Zhu Yijiong has made such a big fuss in the south, Liu Ruhan, the leader of the Bagua leader, actually has the illusion that "it's okay for me to have sex with me."Then this cult leader who had never rebelled in his life actually rebelled with a few of them.

And it really worked. Taking advantage of the Yellow River bursting and corrupt officials running rampant, Liu Ruhan responded to every call in Henan.

Although they were suppressed in the end, someone had to take the blame for this matter. The few imperial envoys who made money in front of them were originally the most suitable candidates, but who made them get kicked by Liu Ruhan.

Since the officials in Henan's various prefectures were not of high enough rank, Yang Zongyi, the governor of Henan, had to do it himself, and he also happened to make room for his close confidant Tian Wenjing.

As for other government officials, they will turn a blind eye for the time being.

After all, if you really expose all these people, you won't be taking the blame, but you will create a big case.

After all, Yongzheng had just ascended to power. Even if he had to be strong in order to stabilize people's hearts, unrest would occur if he was too strong.

On this day, Tian Wenjing led people to inspect the Wuzhi River Embankment under the bright sun.

"Yeah." Tian Wenjing nodded.

Tan Yingzhong, the new magistrate of Wuzhi County on the side, quickly stepped forward and complimented: "Master Fantai is loyal to the country, which is really admired by my subordinates!"

Tian Wenjing, however, had a cold face and did not give any face to him, saying: "Okay, Magistrate Tan, there is no need to say any unnecessary flattery. This Wuzhi River Embankment is a top priority for the imperial court, and there must be no carelessness, otherwise Don't blame me for turning my back on him."

When Tan Yingzhong heard this, he kept saying yes without any resentment.

Nonsense, who dares to be resentful?

This new chief envoy is really a living and cruel official of the Qing Dynasty!
Just a few days after arriving in Henan, he had already dealt with a number of corrupt officials (not all...). Tan Yingzhong's predecessor was arrested on the spot by this man in the government office, and was packed and sent to Beijing to meet Emperor Yongzheng.

The key is that the emperor really didn't blame him at all. Instead, the appointment letter for Tan Yingzhong from the Ministry of Civil Affairs came down with him. Otherwise, it would not be Tan Yingzhong's turn to be the magistrate of Wuzhi County.

After witnessing this kind of divine favor and cruel tactics, Tan Yingzhong naturally did not dare to say a word.

Seeing this, Tian Wenjing said nothing more.

He is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart.

Since the emperor put him forcefully in Henan, a province that suffered from war, at this time, there is no need to say more about what his intentions are.

After all, the emperor has just ascended to the throne, and he still has to consider the impact. There are many things that the emperor cannot personally order, so it is up to his ministers to do it for him.

Cruel officials?

So what about ruthless officials? At least when ruthless officials are in power, they are really at the height of their power, and they are full of glory, wealth, and endless enjoyment.

Only the evening scene is desolate.

(End of this chapter)