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Chapter 58 Thousands of Cavalry Attack
Seeing that the meeting seemed to have a result, Zhu Yijiong immediately made a decision: "What Yang Qing said is reasonable. What I want in the Ming Dynasty is to completely destroy it, or at least cripple the main force of the Qing army in Fujian, making it unable to fight again. Again." How can we miss the overall situation just for the sake of gaining or losing one city or one place?"

What this means is that the original plan remains unchanged, continuing to encircle without attacking, and to lure Lu Youlong's main force of the Qing army to attack.

Yang Gong breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said, "The supervisor of the country is wise!"

Chen Fushou was a little reluctant, but since Zhu Yijiong had made a decision, as a minister, he naturally couldn't object anymore, so he had to accept it along with Yang Gong.

However, what Chen Fushou didn't know was that in this pre-war meeting, it seemed that Zhu Yijiong was hesitant and changed his mind before the battle, but in fact, he was deliberately testing the generals.

The basic strategy of besieging the city and attacking from both sides has long been decided. Even Zheng Dingrui and Zhang Yue have led their troops to set off first. Zhu Yijiong is not Kangxi in his later years, so how could he waver at this time.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and no matter how it changes, the overall strategic direction will not change.

Unless Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, led the Quanzhou government on the spot to surrender.

As the commander of the Sixth Town, Chen Fushou was a new general who took office. After all, he was a little too impatient. As soon as he heard that Zhu Yijiong had the idea of ​​relenting, he couldn't wait to propose attacking Quanzhou City to earn some merit for himself.

This attack on Quanzhou Prefecture seems mature and prudent, but it is too short-sighted and limited to the immediate advantage of one city.Perhaps, it is also because Chen Fushou himself is from Quanzhou and has a different attachment to the city of Quanzhou.

In contrast, Yang Gong's vision is broader and even adventurous, which is in line with his usual character.From the time when he took the risk to assassinate Ouyang Kai, the commander-in-chief of Taiwan, and then defected before the battle, to when he later dared to chase Du Junying, who was ten times more powerful than the enemy with one man and hundreds of soldiers.

The commander of the fifth town, Liu Guoji, did not speak. Although he had no special performance, he made no big mistakes and was relatively calm in character.It's not enough to be entrusted with important responsibilities, but you can be a general who sticks to your goals.

There is also the commander of the Seventh Town, Wang Zongtan. This guy is a Qing soldier commander who was directly recruited from the original Zhangzhou Town. Those Qing soldiers in Zhangzhou Town are all obedient, but at least they can accept it.

His current performance can be considered fair and steady, somewhat similar to Liu Guoji. It may be that as a newly promoted general, he does not dare to speak carelessly, and further observation is needed.

It's a pity that Zhu Yijiong's Ming Dynasty is not only scarce in troops, but also in need of generals who can fight well.

It seems that every town has a commander, but in fact most of them are taller than the short ones. Only Yang Gong can barely look at him.

Chen Fushou was still regretting that he could not take advantage of the situation to seize Quanzhou City, but he had no idea that he only participated in a regular pre-war meeting, which basically sealed his impression in King Zhu's mind.

The Ming army in Quanzhou Prefecture here is still preparing for reinforcements for the siege and dividing their forces to attack.

The first year of Ming Dynasty Yonghe, mid-October.

In Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Governor Lu Youlong finally couldn't bear it and wanted to send troops.

In fact, Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou, sent him letters asking for help one after another, which annoyed him.

Moreover, Wang Daocheng was afraid that Lu Youlong, the governor, would not come to rescue him, so he specifically claimed in his letter asking for help that the rebels had an army of [-] and were as powerful as a rainbow.If help does not come quickly, I am afraid that he, the prefect of Quanzhou, will have no choice but to remain loyal to the emperor when the city is destroyed.

Good guy, this is not asking for help!A direct threat.

If Wang Daocheng really died in Quanzhou City, he, the governor, would still be responsible even if he turned around and wiped out all the rebels in Fujian.

Lu Youlong had no choice but to order the troops to be sent out. Fearing that it would be too late, he specifically ordered the cavalry battalion to set off first, followed closely by the central army.

The cavalry battalion is said to be a cavalry battalion, but it is actually a group of mounted infantry, and it is also temporary.Although Lu Youlong was not familiar with military affairs, he was still good at talking about war on paper, and he knew that cavalry was a magical weapon on the battlefield.

What should I do if I don’t have a pure cavalry army here?
It doesn't matter, those personal battalions around General Qian are just cavalry.

On the grounds of coordinating combat power, Lu Youlong directly ordered that the personal cavalry of these general soldiers, as well as the small-scale cavalry in Fu Biao and Du Biao, be integrated into a temporary cavalry battalion for unified command and mobilization.

Two generals had just clicked in front of them, and they had the imperial edict and righteousness in hand. Although Lu Youlong's hand made the senior generals in the four towns feel disgusted, they could only break his teeth and swallow it.

If he wasn't afraid of going too far, Lu Youlong would even want to recruit the horses of those general soldiers.

The temporary general in charge of the cavalry battalion was the former Fuzhou deputy general Xu Zuozhu. This man was a Wu Jinshi and had served as Kangxi's bodyguard. He had a good background and a profound background.

He was also courageous and resourceful. When he was a general in Fujian, he cared for his soldiers and ran the army strictly. When the Zhu Ni rebellion broke out in Taiwan, he volunteered to be a pioneer in countering the rebellion.

However, he was rejected by Governor Manbao, who ordered him to assist the governor in transporting grain and grass, stabilizing logistics, and staying in Fuzhou.

Now, the original counter-rebellion army has been completely destroyed. Although Lu Youlong hates Manbao, he is also sincerely glad that Manbao did not allow Xu Zuozhu to go to Taiwan.

Now he is one of the few brave generals under his command. He has a clean background and has the style of a famous general, so he is just right to lead the cavalry battalion.

The cavalry battalion, numbering in the thousands, set off south along the official road first. Lu Youlong lingered in Xinghua Prefecture for another two days before he officially led an army of [-] southward.

The extra ones were the rural warriors recruited by Lu Youlong to train. Although the gentry of Xinghua Prefecture were unwilling to respond to Lu Youlong's order to help him recruit troops and train the army, they were afraid of refuting the governor's face.

In addition, there is the emperor's imperial edict, so the right to gain advantage is too general.

Fortunately, in the end everyone donated some money, food and silver, and Lu Youlong worked hard back and forth to get some together.

After all, almost thousands of Tuanlian Xiangyong were recruited and specially organized into a town.In addition, Fu Biao and Du Biao's troops and horses gathered together an army of [-]. Externally, it was said that an army of [-] went south to fight against thieves.

Ha ha.

This is strange. The rebels in the eyes of the Qing court did not falsely report their military strength. Wang Daocheng, the prefect of Quanzhou in the Qing court, helped them falsely report their military strength. The officers and soldiers of the Qing court who suppressed the rebellion also falsely reported their military strength.

On the day that Lu Youlong personally led the [-] Qing troops to set off, the vanguard Qianqi led by Xu Zuozhu also successfully arrived at the first stop of Quanzhou Prefecture, Hui'an County.

Theoretically, the cavalry can travel hundreds of miles a day, and it can actually be reached from Xinghua Prefecture to Hui'an County in one day, but who said this is Fujian, and they are the type of mounted infantry, and they ride Southwest horses. Strictly speaking, Neither are suitable for cavalry combat.

However, in Fujian, a province full of mountains and river valleys, where cavalry is almost non-existent, these thousands of cavalry are not to say invincible, but they are still shocking enough.

After seeing the arrival of more than a thousand cavalry led by Xu Zuozhu, the Hui'an County magistrate did not dare to neglect at all and hurriedly took his subordinates out of the city to greet them in person.

　In ancient times, horse-producing areas were mainly divided into four places, northeast, north of the Great Wall, northwest, and southwest, with the southwest being the worst.

　　
　
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