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

Chapter 317
Guide Mansion.

Zhu Yijiong is also gathering troops, and he has no shortage of civilian men.Just from the "rebels" from all walks of life in Henan who have defected over these days, there are tens of thousands of young civilian men selected from them.

The extra hungry people were all moved to the south by Zhu Yijiong. The south had experienced wars and violent expropriations by the Manchus.Although there has been some recovery, some places are still underpopulated.

Not to mention anything else, just the Jiangbei and Huaibei areas were repeatedly plowed by the Manchu and Bagua cultivators, "officials" and bandits several times.

At present, these refugees can simply move to Huaibei and Jiangbei and register local households as residents.

It happens to be not far from Henan, so there won't be too many deaths during the migration, and there won't be big differences with the local people.

As for the young and strong men, they must first serve as civilian husbands for the army, and then they can be organized into households and people after the war is over.

However, the Ming army was in charge of the food and promised them that as long as the war was over, these young men who had been civilian husbands would receive tax exemptions.

"Your Majesty, the First Army is calling!"

Zhu Yijiong opened it and took a look. His face darkened at first, and then he smiled helplessly: "This Yang Gong is messing with me again!"

After that, Zhu Yijiong quickly summoned the civil and military officials and said: "My General Yang defeated a cavalry of 8000 people from the Puppet Qing Dynasty in Dongming County. Not only did he intercept a large number of war horses, but he is also preparing to directly attack the logistics and food roads of the Puppet Qing army. .”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.

After Zhu Zhaopeng, the prefect of Guide, committed suicide, the Shangqiu County magistrate who took the lead in opening the city gate to surrender was the first to react and praised: "Your Majesty's heavenly soldiers are worthy of being 'invincible'. Even if it is the eight thousand elite cavalry of the Puppet Qing Dynasty, it still has to be defeated." Defeated at the hands of our great soldiers."

However, Zhu Chengxun thought more and said: "Your Majesty, I think General Yang's strategy is feasible. The puppet Qing Dynasty has no regard for the sentiments of the people in Henan and Shandong and is still recruiting violently here. Its army must be very short of food. This is also in line with the situation in the north."

"We can order all the armies to hold back the puppet Qing army as much as possible, and even launch an appropriate attack. As long as General Yang cuts off the puppet Qing grain road, the 15 puppet Qing army will be in chaos. Our army will take the opportunity to launch a decisive battle at this time, and attack from the north and the south. , we will surely win in one battle!”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijiong shook his head and said: "No need, fight how you want. Since this battle will determine the ownership of the world, we can't just expect the Qing Dynasty to mess up the position."

He Xiangming held up his hands and said, "What your Majesty said is that even if the 15-strong Puppet Qing Tatar army comes, so what? You will capture that bitch Tatar Emperor Yongzheng for Your Majesty like a humble minister."

Guide and Kaifeng, both sides are busy preparing.

It was Yongzheng who took the lead and launched an attack on Guide Mansion.

This is normal. The Ming army was dispersed. Many troops were concentrated in Shandong, and some went to sneak attack on the Manchu and Qing grain roads.

The entire guide army has only more than [-] regular troops, and there are tens of thousands of "rebels" who defected from other prefectures in Henan. These rebels have almost no fighting strength, and will consume Zhu Yijiong's military rations.

But it is obvious that Yongzheng was more short of food than Zhu Yijiong.

15 Qing troops dispatched troops from Kaifeng, marched southward along the Huiji River, passed through Chenliu and Qixian, and marched into Suizhou.

The Ming army quickly received the news, and Zhu Yijiong made a prompt decision.A military order goes down.The Ming army in Suizhou immediately abandoned the city and retreated.

Not only did the Suizhou Ming Army retreat, but the Ningling Ming Army also retreated, covering a distance of more than 100 miles.

This was the established plan of the Ming army. Suizhou and Ningling would definitely not be able to stop the 15 Manchu Qing army.

Moreover, if they insist on defending Suizhou and Ningling, the strength of the Ming army will be dispersed, and even defeat will damage the morale of Guide Mansion.

It would be better to concentrate our forces.

Yongzheng traveled south unimpeded, and the grain road stretched from Kaifeng to Guide, nearly three hundred miles.

This distance was of course no problem for the Ming army, but it was undoubtedly a heavy pressure for the Manchus and Henan, which was still full of bandits and hungry people.

In particular, military rations were mainly transported from the other side of the Yellow River, and there was not much food and grass in Kaifeng.

The war broke out!
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Twenty thousand Ming troops marched westward from Dongming County.

Five thousand temporarily formed cavalry arrived in Changyuan County first.

The magistrate of Changyuan County was greatly shocked, because these were [-] Ming Army cavalry, and he had long heard that the Ming Army did not have many cavalry.

Could this be the main force of the Ming army?

A cavalryman rushed forward and loudly persuaded him to surrender: "Listen to the defenders of Changyuan County. Open the city and surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be too late when the city is defeated!" He persuaded him to surrender three times in a row and gave it directly to the magistrate of Changyuan County. Terrified.

The county magistrate was still hesitating, but suddenly he found that even his close followers looked at him differently.

This is actually the psychological effect of Magistrate Changyuan.

Regardless of the Qing soldiers, the cronies and followers were simply hoping that the magistrate would surrender so that everyone would not have to die.

The magistrate of Changyuan County did not know the truth and quickly issued an order: "Hurry... open the city gate quickly to welcome Wang Shi's heavenly soldiers into the city!"

I'm afraid that if it's too late, these people will rise up and kill me to dedicate the city.

The followers didn't notice and hurriedly ran to deliver the order.

In a short time, by the time the Ming army infantry arrived, Changyuan County had already surrendered.

Yang Gong only took away all the grain stored in the Changyuan County official's warehouse, and cut off the pigtails of all the county officials. He did not even dismiss the county soldiers, and then continued to march westward without stopping.

Twenty thousand Ming troops quickly entered the territory under the jurisdiction of Wei Hui Mansion (Ji County), which was already in Henan.

Until this moment, Kaifeng Mansion was still unaware.

Those Manchu and Qing counties either didn't know that the Ming army was coming, or they knew about it and didn't tell them at all.

Because the situation has become increasingly clear now. If they were not right under the eyes of the Manchu Qing court, they would have surrendered long ago.

But even if they don't surrender, it doesn't prevent them from looking at the situation neutrally.

If the Ming army comes, they will surrender. If the Ming army does not come, they will continue to be upright officials.

As for the intelligence of the Ming army, as long as the court does not ask, then they will not take the initiative to tell it. They will not help each other and just sit back and watch the changes in the world situation.

However, in the opinion of some knowledgeable people (those who are aware of current affairs), even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty won this battle, as long as the Nanming Emperor did not lose too miserably.

If it waits for a year or two, the Manchu Qing court itself will collapse first if the situation in Beidi is as bad as this.

Yongzheng's chances of winning were actually very small.

Yang Gong marched quickly and quickly captured Fengqiu.

From here, it is very close to Yanjin County, the transfer point of the Manchu and Qing grain roads, and Kaifeng Prefecture on the other side of the Yellow River.

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Yanjin County.

Historically, this was the burial place of Chen Yucheng, the British king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

In later generations, this was a major grain-producing county, known as the "Hometown of Peanuts."

"How is it possible... How could the puppet Ming army come here? Could it be that the emperor's army has been defeated?" Fang Yanqing, the magistrate of Yanjin County, looked at the army outside the city with disbelief.

This county magistrate was promoted after Tian Wenjing swept through the officialdom of Henan Province. He had no other abilities. It was purely because this guy was from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty and he knew how to stand in line.

Zhou Xie, the Qing army guard who stayed behind, said: "It is absolutely impossible. Even if the emperor's 15-strong army is defeated, it will not be defeated so quickly, and we will not be left without any news."

Fang Yanqing was stunned: "Where did that come from?"

Zhou Xie looked ugly: "No matter where you come from, you must defend Yanjin County. You and I are the Eight Banners (Han). Once the false rebels break the city, others can surrender, but we cannot surrender. Even if we surrender , even if you don’t die, you can’t escape the fate of hard labor, and even your wife, children, and children in Beijing can’t be saved!”

Hearing this, Fang Yanqing nodded repeatedly: "Yes... yes, please do your best, General Zhou, and be sure to defend this city!"

Zhou Xie replied: "Don't worry, sir. The general will definitely defend to the end. Please also make arrangements for food and grass, and although it is useless, it is best to try to send people to Yangwu and Weihui Fucheng to report. This lonely city is definitely a defense." It won’t last long!”

Fang Yanqing said: "What the general said is that I will immediately select dead soldiers to go to the emperor's army for help!"

(End of this chapter)