I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 251
Zhang Wenhuan prepared to cross the river south to attack Fengyang and force Yang Gong's First Army to fight a decisive battle with him.

Zheng Dingrui is far away in Jiujiang, so of course he doesn't know.

Similarly, Longkoduo was defeated in Jiujiang, his elite troops were wiped out, and his navy was completely destroyed.

Zhang Wenhuan, who is in Xuzhou, doesn't know either.

The distance between the two sides is so far, it can almost be said to be thousands of miles away.

There was no direct waterway, and it was a turbulent time at this time, so it could only be delivered by land, and it would not arrive within a month.

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Jianwu two years.

Next May.

Zheng Dingrui gathered [-] troops, marched up the river, and marched westward.

The Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army suffered heavy losses in the battle of Jiujiang.

It would be okay if the warships were simply burned, but all the military supplies carried by the key army were also lost.

The grain, grass, soldiers' armor, artillery and explosive ammunition of the [-]-strong army all fell into the hands of the Ming army.

Zheng Dingrui greatly alleviated the food gap on the front line simply by relying on the grain captured from the Qing army.

The Ming army sailed upstream to the west of the Yangtze River and reached Tianjia Town.

Tianjia Town (later affiliated to Wuxue, Hubei Province) is a strategic location in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is known as the "gateway to the two rivers and the throat of Jinling".

I saw that from Tianjia Town to Banbi Mountain, the Qing army had iron ropes hanging across it.

Zheng Dingrui waved his hand and ordered: "Go down and pull out these two Qing army strongholds."

The Ming army immediately sent out a sampan fleet to seize the beach and attack Banbi Mountain on the other side of Tianjia Town.

Including the sampans captured from the Qing navy, the number of sampans alone in the Ming army has reached an astonishing number, which is more than enough to carry the Western Expedition at least.

In the battle of Jiujiang, Longkoda's army was completely lost, and only about [-] remnants fled back.

The Qing army's garrison troops stationed in Tianjia Town and Banbi Mountain totaled only more than [-] soldiers, and they were all defeated soldiers from the Jiujiang War.

In order to check and balance, Qi Longko ordered the defenders of Tianjia Town and Banbi Mountain to be half Green Camp New Army and half Huai Army.

For Longkodo, these remnants are basically equivalent to abandoned sons. Not only are they useless if they are brought back, they may also disrupt Wuchang's military morale.

It would be better to divide the troops and station them along the road, and use the waste while driving out all the defeated soldiers.

Longkodo didn't expect these defeated soldiers to be able to defend Tianjia Town. His idea was very simple, just to cross the river with iron ropes to slightly delay the Ming army's advance and buy him time to defend Wuchang.

As always, Longkodo showed his strategic view of the overall situation.All places east of Wuchang, and even Huangzhou Prefecture, can be strategically abandoned, but Wuchang must not be lost.

At Banbi Mountain, more than a thousand Ming troops had just landed on sampans. Su Tianwei, the commander leading the attack, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, follow us to kill! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"

"Da Ming Wansheng!"

More than 1000 Ming troops quickly assembled and marched towards Banbi Mountain with loud shouts.

"Dudu da da da da..."

The Qing troops on the mountain did not sit still and waited for death, and immediately went down the mountain to stop the attack.

"Bang bang bang!"

Halfway up the mountain, as soon as the two armies engaged in battle, the Ming Army's artillery battalion took the lead in firing, although the distance was not within the standard effective range, and it was not even a three-stage salvo.

But in a real war, the most important thing to avoid is dogmatism. The battlefield is constantly changing, and it is impossible to follow the drill 100%.

The Ming army fired a round of fire, basically just to intimidate the Qing troops coming down the mountain. Only a few Qing soldiers who were really unlucky were shot by bullets.

Then... the Qing army collapsed at the first touch!
It was the Huai army of the Qing army that was the first to retreat.

These people are not stupid. They can follow Longkodo and take advantage of the chaos to break out. How can they not realize that they have become abandoned.

These Huai army troops also broke down the friendly army formations, and most of them were intentional. Only when the army became more chaotic could they escape.

Less than a quarter of an hour after the battle, these Qing troops descending the mountain did not even touch the Ming army, and the entire army was defeated.

When the gunners who stayed behind on the mountain saw that the friendly forces on the mountainside were defeated, they didn't even see how they were defeated. They immediately greased the soles of their feet and ran away.

The cannon didn't even fire a shot.Su Tianwei was confused, but he still seized the opportunity and decisively led his troops to charge into the mountain. At the same time, he slashed and killed the soldiers blocking the road and shouted: "Surrender without killing!"

Banbi Mountain was captured just like that, easier than expected.

The remaining Tianjia Town is even less of a concern.

The Ming army directly attacked in two directions. One way, they followed the same method, allowing the sampan fleet to land on the beach. The other way, they directly backed up the steep slope of Banbi Mountain and bombarded Tianjia Town on the other side.

"Boom boom boom!"

After a round of shelling, Tianjiazhen surrendered.

Within half a day, this strategic location was captured by the Ming army.

The Ming army quickly cleared the iron cables across the river, then took the surrendered prisoners and continued westward.

When the troops arrived in Qizhou County, the Ming army only sent troops to land. Before they could attack the city, Qizhou County surrendered without a fight.

The basket eats the slurry in the pot and welcomes Master Wang.

This is not surprising. There are no more defenders in Qizhou County than in Banbishan and Tianjia Town.

Longkodo knew that if Tianjia Town's defense line was forced, Qizhou County would definitely not be able to stop the Ming army. It would only serve as a delay at best, so there was no need to leave too many troops behind.

The defenders of Qizhou County did not disappoint Long Ke. When the [-]-strong army was destroyed in Jiujiang, only a thousand of them were able to defend the city with hammers?

Since Longkodo regards them as abandoned sons, it is understandable that they surrender. More importantly, they understand military affairs and know that Longkodo has become the end of the war in the battle of Jiujiang.

It is very likely that Wuchang cannot be saved.

What's more, they can be considered worthy of Commander Long. The Ming army only kidnapped the county magistrate and surrendered after the troops came to the city. It was much better than those who were ready to surrender at any time before the army arrived.

Zheng Dingrui only rested briefly in Qizhou County and established a grain road stronghold, and then continued to lead his army westward.

Arriving at the mouth of the source, Zheng Dingrui ordered a small boat to be sent to the source lake (Daye Lake), and Daye County was recovered along the way.

Although Daye is an important smelting town, there are actually only a thousand troops stationed here.

Although they are all elite soldiers drawn from the Hubei Army, to put it bluntly, the Hubei Army is all new recruits.The combat effectiveness may be stronger than that of the ordinary Green Camp, but it is also limited.

As a precaution, Zheng Dingrui directly dispatched three thousand generals and most of the town's troops to quickly take Daye County by waterway.

Daye County.

Shocked to hear that thousands of Ming troops wearing red armor and carrying sun and moon flags were attacking from Yuanhu Lake, the magistrate of Daye County, who already knew that Governor Long had defeated Jiujiang, was so frightened that he did not even dare to defend the city, so he disguised himself and abandoned the city and fled. .

He completely forgot that he still had a thousand soldiers and horses, and they were elite soldiers specially mobilized by Governor Long from the Hubei army.

Even the county magistrate ran away, and the entire Daye County instantly fell into chaos without a fight.

Seeing this, the thousand troops stationed in the Hubei army turned against each other on the spot without doing anything else.They also acted as a leading party, leading the attacking Ming army to control the government's smelting yard.

In less than half a month, Zheng Dingrui's Western Expeditionary Army broke through two counties.

Not only did they capture Tianjia Town, a strategic location along the Yangtze River, they also captured Daye County, an important smelting town.

If you include the time spent clearing the Hengjiang Iron Cable and establishing grain road strongholds, it can be said that the Ming Army did not fight a single battle.

If they are not marching, they are taking over the surrendered territory of the puppet Qing Dynasty.

The chain reaction brought about by the Battle of Jiujiang was too great.

Although Longkodo explicitly prohibited publicity of the details of the Jiujiang Battle, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the [-]-strong army went east to conquer the bandits, but only [-] came back.

The navy was almost completely wiped out.

Comparing the two, Longkodo seems to be better off telling the truth, because the more you hide this kind of thing, the more others will think about it.

But it's not bad. Even if Longkodo really tells the truth, others will probably think that he has something to hide, or whether he should vote for the king or the king.

These people surrendered not because Longkoduo was defeated badly, but because Longkoduo was defeated and the Ming Dynasty King's army marched westward.

It is said that those who know the current affairs are heroes, and good birds choose trees to roost in.

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