Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 248
In addition, since the First World War at the mouth of Dongting Lake, Luck Dehun has been in a slump, and all military affairs are handled by Tong Yanghe.

After this defeat, the Qing army has no possibility of defeating Wang Yan unless it sends troops into Chu. There were nearly 3000 soldiers in the green battalion, and the Ming army also won.

At this time, after Wang Yan cleared the battlefield, he and the Qing soldiers entered the fort. The distance between the two camps was only five li, and they confronted each other.

Wang Yan originally thought that the Qing soldiers would return to Wuchang after experiencing failure, so he would also have the opportunity to let the various ministries of the Ming army cultivate and quickly raise money and food, but he did not expect that the Qing soldiers did not return to Wuchang. But did not achieve their strategic goals.

In the Qing army, it wasn't that Tong Yanghe didn't want to retreat, but that he was not the commander of the army after all. Although he knew that Luck Dehun was over, he was still the commander of the army before the imperial order came down.

If the imperial court wanted to increase troops in Huguang, but he withdrew without authorization, Tong Yanghe would not dare to take this responsibility if the imperial court pursued it in the future. Besides, although the Qing army was defeated, its strength was still there, so it was not impossible to hold the camp. After the soldiers and horses returned to the camp, they immediately ordered all the troops to guard the villages tightly and not to leave lightly.

The Qing army sticks to the camp and does not come out. This is the result Wang Yan does not want to see the most. His financial resources do not allow tens of thousands of soldiers to spend with the Qing army like this.

The Ming army needs to recuperate, and the people of Yuezhou need to resume production, especially now that it is the planting season. If the farming season is missed, a catastrophe will inevitably occur in the fragile Yuezhou this year, so no matter what, Wang Yan urgently needs to drive the Qing soldiers back to Wuchang.

On the second day after the war, Wang Yan ordered the general Liu Fangliang to lead his troops to fight, while Tong Yanghe did not move.

On the third day, Liu Fangliang once again led his troops to yell in front of the Qing army stronghold, scolding Nurhachi and his sons all over the place, but the Qing army still did not fight. Bows and arrows fired back.

In the big tent of the Ming army, Wang Yanduan sat at the table to deal with military affairs. Liu Fangliang walked into the tent with a depressed face on his helmet, and knelt down on one knee and said, "Duke, Nalk Dehun is determined. To be a coward, no matter how much the general swears at you, you will not come out to fight."

Hearing this, Wang Yan couldn't help frowning. The Qing army didn't go to war, so he couldn't keep wasting like this, but a strong attack was obviously not enough. He has less than [-] soldiers and horses now, so he can't stand too many casualties.

"General Liu, please!" Wang Yan thought about the countermeasures, and comforted Liu Fangliang, "Since the Qing soldiers are unwilling to fight, the challenge is useless. General Liu has worked very hard these days, so he doesn't have to fight tomorrow. Rest well in camp."

Liu Fangliang heard the words, but smiled slightly, "Don't worry, the Duke of the country, the last general is not hard, the job of scolding the front of the battalion, General Li and General Gao rushed to do it."

"Oh?" Wang Yan couldn't help being puzzled after hearing this.

Liu Fangliang immediately explained: "The Duke of the state didn't know that, the brothers were chased too badly by the Qing soldiers before. From Beijing to Xi'an, and from Xi'an to Huguang, they were almost doomed by these grandsons. Now it's hard to beat them. Convinced, but dare not fight back when scolded, many brothers want to shake their prestige before going to the Qing army."

Hearing this, Wang Yan felt a little heavy just now, and couldn't help feeling a little more joyful. He looked at Liu Fangliang and smiled slightly, and then said: "In this case, in the next few days, Liu Jiangjun, General Li and General Gao will take turns to go to the Qing Dynasty. Fighting in front of the camp, but the Qing soldiers are cunning, General Liu must not relax his vigilance~"

"No~" Liu Fangliang happily agreed, and Wang Yan asked him to withdraw from the tent.

In the next few days, the generals of the Ming army took turns shouting and cursing in front of the Qing camp, beating drums and shouting every day, which made the Qing soldiers not very annoying, and the Manchurians had a bad temper. .

Seeing that the Qing army was so tolerant, Wang Yan couldn't help admiring him, and finally discussed with Du Yinxi, after much deliberation, the only feasible solution was to cut off his supply, so he dared to write all the letters and sent them to Yue state.

Three days later, Man Dazhuang led [-] sailors to Hukou, and Wang Yan then ordered Li Laiheng to lead [-] soldiers and horses to board the ship, and cooperate with Man Dazhuang to attack the Qing army's grain road.

The fleet set off at night, but they didn't want to be discovered by the Qing soldiers.The fort built by Luck Dehun played a role and sank two large ships. The Ming army lost more than 100 people and had to retreat from the Yangtze River.

The strategy of the Qing army blocking the river with red cannons and raiding the grain road was shattered.

Wang Yan was really worried for a while, but two days later, Gao Yigong, who had gone to fight, suddenly came to report, "Master Guo, the Qing camp has become an empty camp, and all the Qing soldiers have fled."

Wang Yan couldn't help being startled when he heard the words, and hurriedly mobilized his soldiers and horses to check, and sure enough, he saw that there was no trace of a Qing soldier in such a large Qing camp.

The camp of the Qing soldiers still had a lot of supplies that they hadn't taken away, and they obviously left in a hurry, which made Wang Yan and the others suddenly suspicious, and quickly sent sentry cavalry to Wuchang to investigate.

At this time, Wang Yan and the army were dismantling the Qing army camp and counting useful supplies, while waiting for the news from the sentry cavalry before making a decision.

Two days later, Zhou Zebin, who went to Wuchang to investigate the news, returned to the camp. Wang Yan followed to know that all the Qing soldiers had returned to Wuchang City, and the sentry cavalry also found out that there were large groups of Qing soldiers in Wuchang Mansion, Chengtian Mansion, Huangzhou Mansion, and De'an Mansion. , Crazy grabbing food.

When Wang Yan and Du Yinxi heard the news, they couldn't help wondering, the Qing army occupies a vast area, and there are rich lands in the south of the Yangtze River, so is there a shortage of food?

At this time, Wang Yan instinctively judged that something big might happen in the south of the Yangtze River, but he couldn't be sure, and he didn't know the extent of the Qing army's lack of food, so he didn't dare to rush into Wuchang.

The Ming army fought for a long time, and Wang Yan was also short of food and grass. Now that the Qing soldiers had retreated, he had achieved his goal of this battle.

Wang Yan immediately ordered the army to take over the camp, and the whole army returned to Yuezhou to rest.

More than 7 Ming troops, with a large number of trophies, weapons and armor, horse meat tents, more than 500 carts, and nearly [-] horses, returned to Yuezhou in a mighty manner.

Although the Ming army killed more than 5000 people in this battle, the harvest was equally huge. The soldiers wanted to return to Yuezhou, and the Duke immediately rewarded them for their merits and distributed their salaries, with joy written all over their faces.

On April [-]th, Wang Yan led the army back to the border of Yuezhou, but sentry cavalry reported that a Ming army had arrived in Yuezhou city, numbering no less than [-].

When Wang Yan heard the news, his face turned cold and he felt very unhappy. He brought a large army to the city, and he saw the flags waving on the city, the tents outside the city, and a big flag fluttering in the wind. He wrote: Governor He of Huguang, Daming.

In Wang Yan's army, a group of generals who had been reorganized from the Shunjun army, saw the big flag, and their faces darkened.

(End of this chapter)