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Chapter 195 Yang Gong went crazy again
Outside Jiujiang City, Yang Gong rode a tall horse (don't worry about the horse's shoulder height, 1.4 meters is pretty good in this era) and slowly entered the city.

Zhu Yan, the prefect of Jiujiang, who had ordered to block (but failed) the Ming navy from entering Poyang Lake through Penglikou, was now groveling and respectfully welcoming the Ming king's troops into the city.

Nanchang is gone, and Nankang Mansion has also surrendered. What else can he do?

It is a joke to rely on less than [-] soldiers from the Wuning Camp to defend such a huge Jiujiang City.

Of course, he could also escape directly by boat across the river, but as long as he dared to grease the soles of his feet, the emperor would dare to chop off his head and ransack his home.

In that case, there's not much to say.

Not long ago, Zhu Yan had thought of sticking to Jiujiang and becoming a loyal minister who died for his country.Then, he was kidnapped by Wuning Camp Chief Jiang Hong.

After that, it was like this, especially when Yang Gong's horse came and knelt faster than Jiang Hong, who led the team to present the city. Those who didn't know thought it was him who led the surrender and presented the city.

Yang Gong originally just saw that Jiujiang, a strategic strategic point, could not be announced, so he planned to personally lead the army to a quick victory.

Nanchang City was handed over to the Fourth Army to divide its troops for defense.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he brought the army over, the city gate of Jiujiang opened.

It’s down now, why did you go there so early?

But Yang Gong couldn't get angry yet, because they had indeed demoted, even if it was done one second before the siege, it would have to be handled according to the normal demotion process.

This is the charter set by the Privy Council, and Emperor Zhu also approved it.

Zhu Chengxun's consideration is very simple, that is, to always leave a glimmer of hope for those officials who pretend to be honest.

Even if there is no way to make an emergency landing, the enemy can still work without any effort. Moreover, even if these pseudo-Qing officials are unwilling to surrender, then are the lowly officials below willing to be buried with the gentlemen above?

It doesn't mean that you can't control the situation at the bottom. The current Jiujiang City is a good example.

However, in this way, a lot of rat droppings will inevitably be mixed into the administrative system of the Ming court, but who said that they can't be killed after being surrendered?
Of course, you have to be careful about killing people. Zhu Yiling had previously deliberately attacked Wu Wai and wanted him to commit a major crime.In addition to feeling that Jin Yiwei has too little sense of existence, he also deliberately used the topic to play with it, preparing to learn the tradition of the old Zhu family - killing the donkey to remove the grinding wheel.

After all, demotion is the old pseudo-Qing bureaucracy, and I don’t feel safe using it!

Moreover, there are so many young scholars under Emperor Zhu, as well as the new scholars who will be born in autumn and next spring, all of them need official positions to fill the gaps.

However, if he was really talented or had a special status, Emperor Zhu wouldn't mind using it in an unusual way.

Someone named Yan once said: "As long as you use the right people, you can accomplish great things."

Jiujiang Fucheng surrendered on the battlefield. Although Yang Gong's trip was in vain, according to the procedure, he still had to write a detailed battle report and send it to Nanjing.

In fact, there is nothing to write about. The battle was not even finished, so I surrendered directly. I also wrote about who donated the city, and then which pseudo-Qing officials surrendered.

As soon as Jiujiang was reached, not a single inch of land in the entire northern Jiangxi belonged to the Qing court, and it was only a matter of time before the remaining central and southern Jiangxi.

After all, the essence of Jiangxi lies in the Poyang Lake Plain centered on Nanchang. The five major rivers in Jiangxi, the Meiguan Ancient Road, and the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Corridor are all in northern Jiangxi.

Southern Gansu is just difficult to fight, but in terms of economic strength and war potential, it is far inferior to northern Gansu.

The Ming army went south to Jiangxi this time. Although they were fully prepared, they marched in three directions. As a result, they failed to fight many decent battles.

The most brutal battle was when the Second Army attacked Raozhou City. Li Junxian resisted to the death and fought a street battle with the Ming army, which unexpectedly caused 300 casualties to the Ming army.

……

Jiujiang Prefecture, magistrate's office.

Yang Gong has stayed here for three days. Although he is a military general, as the commander of the First Army, he is in the strategic location of Jiujiang.

As soon as Jiujiang City has important military and political matters, it is natural to report to him until Jiujiang is officially on track.

this day.

An urgent military report was delivered to the Jiujiang magistrate's office.

"What? The Qing army is crossing the river to attack?"

Yang Gong looked shocked and quickly grabbed the military report from the opponent's hand to take a look.

This military report was not sent by Fu Yunsheng of Chizhou, but by the magistrate of Dongliu County.The content inside is also very general. It only says that the Qing army had more than [-] troops and crossed the river at Huangshiji.

It seems that they have gone north now, and it seems that they may be going to attack Chizhou, asking the frontline Ming army to return quickly for reinforcements.

Yang Gong stared at the military newspaper in silence for a while.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

Immediately some soldiers came in.

Yang Gong said: "Pass my military order and immediately summon all the generals in the army and Commander Tang of the Navy to come to the Yamen to discuss matters."

"Yes!"

The soldiers quickly retreated.

Within a moment, all the senior Ming army generals in Jiujiang City rushed to the prefect's Yamen on horseback.

There were not many members of the Communist Party, only the two town commanders, Navy Commander Tang Tongjiang.Including Yang Gong, there were only four people sitting around a table with a very abstract map of the map (as long as they could understand it anyway).

"Commander, Qing Gou actually dared to cross the river to die. The general thought that he would immediately lead his troops back to help and catch them off guard." Yang Shihai (promoted), the commander of the first town under Yang Gong, spoke up.

His words were full of contempt and disdain for the Qing army.Wang Zongtan, the commander of the second town, was calmer than him and said quickly: "No, I don't know how many Qinggou troops have arrived, and their specific whereabouts are uncertain. The military report from Dongliu County is too general. If our army rashly attacks now Go back and just make a fuss, what if you are ambushed by Qing Gou?"

"If I don't go back, will I let the Qing dogs run wild on my Ming Dynasty territory?"

"Our colleagues in the rear are not just for free. Besides, we must at least inform the other two generals in advance and gather heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. This is the best strategy for military strategy."

"Soldiers are extremely fast!!"

"But……"

"Okay, stop arguing!" Yang Gong suddenly slapped the table and scolded: "I didn't call you here to see you arguing!"

"Besides, who said that I called you here to discuss returning reinforcements?"

ah?Not returning the favor?
Why did you call them here, and why did you hold a meeting specifically after showing them the military report?

Both of them were dumbfounded.

On the side, Tang Tongjiang, who had never spoken, suddenly asked: "What does Yang Shuai mean?"

For some reason, Tang Tongjiang had a gut feeling that Marshal Yang Gong probably didn't hold anything back this time.

Then I thought about the fact that the other party actually called me, the "tool man" of the navy, into the meeting.

Yang Gong just pointed at a location on the map. The three of them looked along and saw a circle marked "Anqing Mansion".

"..."

"Yang Shuai wants to beat Anqing!?"

Tang Tongjiang's voice suddenly rose several levels, and he could no longer keep up with Yang Gong's brain circuit.

The Qing army crossed the river and raided their rear. Yang Gong didn't want to think about how to return reinforcements, and actually thought of Anqing Mansion, the base camp of the Qing army.

Ok!

This is indeed Yang Gong's style...what a ghost!

Yang Gong said: "Oh, since Qing Gou has crossed the river to attack my Chizhou, then I will also cross the river to attack his Anqing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Tongjiang frowned and said: "Anqing Mansion is the Qinggu headquarters. The situation in Chizhou is unknown at present. If we rush across the river to attack Anqing. If there are any setbacks and the logistics cannot be supplemented, the situation will be very unfavorable to us! "

In fact, what he wanted to say more was, what if the First Army cannot defeat it after crossing the river?
After all, the First Army only brought [-] soldiers and horses this time. No matter how powerful it was, it couldn't hold back Qing Dog's overwhelming numbers!
Yang Gong, however, did not take it seriously and said: "Since Qing Gou dared to cross the river to attack our rear this time, the main force must have come out. Otherwise, they would not have the courage. In this case, Anqing Mansion must be empty."

"We didn't expect that Qinggou would cross the river to attack at this time. Then Qinggou must not have expected that we would ignore Chizhou and attack Anqing instead."

"By then, our military will be able to seize the strategic initiative regardless of whether Qinggou moves or not."

"Qinggou returned to support, our army retreated, and the siege of Chizhou was easily solved."

"If Qing Gou doesn't return reinforcements, then I will take advantage of the situation and capture Anqing, and then come back to cooperate with friendly forces to encircle and destroy this Qing Gou crossing the river."

"Even if the Qinggu come back for reinforcements, our army doesn't have to retreat. If we can find an opportunity to eat them, even if we pay some price for it, it will be worth it!"

After hearing this, Tang Tongjiang was not easily persuaded. Instead, he asked, "What if Chizhou City was captured by Qing Gou before our army attacked Anqing?"

"Or maybe Qing Gou has deployed heavy troops in Anqing and is waiting for our army to fall into a trap. Then he will return to Anqing and attack from both front and rear. What should we do if our army is attacked from both sides?"

In this regard, Yang Gong simply said: "How can we not take any risks in a war? Moreover, His Majesty's original intention was for me to find an opportunity to fight decisively and severely damage the main force of Qinggu."

"Now, this opportunity has come."

Tang Tongjiang couldn't persuade him anymore.

His Majesty has moved out, and this is indeed His Majesty's will. Yang Gong is indeed the commander-in-chief of the army going south this time. In theory, all the three armies going south will be under his control.

And to be honest, looking at the several random battles that Yang Gong fought, this guy is not the kind to go crazy casually.

It's not like Yang Gong was a fool because he thought he had a long life, he obviously saw a glimmer of opportunity in it.

If Anqing can be captured, the state capital south of the Huaihe River in northern Anhui will be finished.

Even if Chizhou is really sacrificed...

Tang Tongjiang sighed and said no more.

Yang Shihai and Wang Zongtan were Yang Gong's direct subordinates, so naturally they had no objections.

three days later.

The first army was equipped with provisions, grass and baggage, and rode Tang Tongjiang's naval fleet down the river.

As for the Jiujiang city defense, Yang Gong sent people to entrust Huang Dian of Nanchang Prefecture to divide his troops to assist in the defense.

He also reported the military report of the Qing army crossing the river, and ordered his troops to suspend the offensive against southern Jiangxi.

Of course, we can't attack it anymore.

With the troops dispersed like this, it was a pity that Li Dengke, the commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi Province, had no idea.

If he had an idea... he would be dead, and the Qing army of Nangan Town, which had less than [-] soldiers, could be used as a substitute.

(End of this chapter)