Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 579

On the battlefield, Jin Shenghuan, Xu Qiren and other generals rode over, and Sun Shoufa, Zhang Jiayu and others hurried up to greet them. Several Ming army generals looked around the battlefield and couldn't help sighing that this battle was fought happily.

Jin Shenghuan was in a very good mood. As the admiral of Jiangxi's military affairs and the nominal leader of the Gandi Ming Army, he had to take half of the credit for this battle.

"Where is Zhang's participation in politics? This battle was a complete victory, but starting from the south, who was the young general who broke into the enemy's line just now? This town will ask the supervisor for your credit." Jin Shenghuan shouted loudly.

Zhang Jiayu waved his hand, bowed and said: "Duzhen, I'm not busy, I can reward you for your merits later, now the army should march eastward, regain Raozhou, and even attack Anqing!"

Mandahai was defeated, and the defeated soldiers must go to Anqing. The Ming army can take the opportunity to occupy, one is to cut off the Duoduo food road, and the other is to threaten Jiangnan.

Hearing the words, Jin Shenghuan nodded, now is not the time to celebrate victory, Anqing is a place, hold the main road, if it can be won, the Ming army will completely take the initiative, he can encircle and wipe out Duoduo under the city of Wuchang if he goes west, and can go east. Enter Jinling and seize the credit for recovering the southern capital.

Jin Shenghuan only felt that the future was bright, and it was not impossible to surpass Wang Yan. He immediately waved his fist and said, "Well, send someone to inform Master Wan and Jiang Ge's department. The army should hurry up and pack up. Let's go straight to Anqing."

Sun Shoufa on the side nodded heavily and said: "Beat the dog in the water hard, and the general will send troops immediately."

Jinxian County, the government office lobby.

Wanji sat in the middle hall, Jiang Yueguang sat on the left, and the two were silent. There were more than 20 Jiangxi officials in the hall, but they were in a hurry. It was so messy that it gave people a headache.

"This is the first time Jiangxi has faced the attack of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers since the restoration of Jiangxi. Oh, there is no room for loss."

"To tell you the truth, not only the governor is worried, but I also have trouble sleeping and eating."

"Look at me, my mouth is full of bubbles, hurry up, why hasn't this news arrived yet?"

"This time, our Jiangxi army is fully invested. In case, I mean in case, in case there is a mistake, the consequences..."

Judging from the formulated plan, at this time the main force had already launched a war with the Qing soldiers. Although the Ming army had carefully planned before, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and there was never any certainty. There was no definite news about this, and many officials were restless.

Wanji was seated in the middle hall. He didn't lose his composure like the officials in the hall, but his whole body was like a piece of wood, motionless. Obviously, his thoughts had already flown to the battlefield hundreds of miles away.

If this victory is won, Jiangxi officials and soldiers will become the heroes who reversed the situation on the Eastern Front, but if they fail, there will be no troops in Jiangxi to resist the Jiangxi Qing army, so they have to pack up quickly and go to Hunan or southern Jiangxi Return.

When all the officials in the hall were anxious like ants on a hot pot, Song Kuiguang, the supervisor and commander, rushed in quickly outside the hall.

As soon as he entered the lobby, his lips moved when Wanji, who was sitting upright in the middle hall, suddenly got up and asked first, "Is there any news?"

Song Kuiguang's face was full of excitement, holding a military report tightly in his hand, he quickly handed it in and said: "Zhan, the battle report is back!"

As soon as these words were uttered, there was no sound in the hall, and the important officials cast their eyes all at once. Jiang Riguang was close, and took the battle report, but after taking it, he hesitated, but he didn't open it to read it. Passed it to Wanji.

After Wan Wanji settled down and took a look, a look of great joy gradually appeared on his face. Seeing this, Jiang Riguang asked anxiously, "How?"

Wanji was so excited that he stood up, and even changed his tone: "Great victory! The army has broken through the sea!"

These words spread to everyone's ears, and all the officials fell to the ground one after another, and sat down slowly, but Jiang Riguang hurriedly asked for the military report again, and read it impatiently.

"Sure enough, it was a great victory." Jiang Yueguang explained the situation while looking at it, "As planned, our army ambushed the vanguard of the Qing army in the west of the Xinjiang River, and killed the enemy general Jia Lazhangjing Liu Zhiyuan. The right army, together with the Wuwei Central Army, met the main force of the Qing army on the way to kill, and fought fiercely for an hour. Before the hour, Zhang Canzheng led [-] volunteers to the battlefield first. Before the hour, Jin Duzhen led [-] Wuwei left The army arrived, and our more than [-] troops fought fiercely with the Qing army on the Yuzhang Plain. They killed the enemy generals Bu Congshan, Zhang Wenbo, and Anmin, severely damaged Mandahai, and finally defeated the enemy. Now the army is chasing and killing the remnants of the enemy eastward, and recovering Rao State, pointing directly at Anqing."

"Beautiful!" Many officials in the hall exclaimed from the bottom of their hearts. They were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves. They circulated the military newspaper, and when someone received it, two lines of tears flowed out.

Since ancient times, literati and poets have been sentimental, which is different from the cheers of soldiers. The eyes of civil officials and aides are filled with tears, and when they are sour, they have to write poems and songs again.

For a long time thereafter, Jin Duzhen's song of breaking the captives, hearing that the officers and soldiers defeated the northern captives, and various poems pushed the prestige of Jin Shenghuan, Wanji, Jiang Yueguang and other Jiangxi officials to a new height.

Various folk picture books, novels, and librettos have also created many works around this battle. Of course, these are all later.

"Okay, that's great. This battle defeated the Jiangxi and Qing soldiers and wiped out the decline on the Eastern Front. It's very satisfying." Wu Zunzhou, the imperial censor, praised loudly.

Huang Keyuan was waiting for the victory of the Ming army in Jiangxi. He was more excited than anyone else, but he did not forget the mission that Du Yinxi had given him. If Anqing is occupied again, and the Yangtze River is strangled, the soldiers should immediately advance westward to break the siege of Wuchang, wipe out the Qing army's central route army in Hubei, and the situation of the world will immediately reverse."

After the excitement, all the officials in the hall listened to the words and slowly calmed down. After hearing Huang Keyuan's words, Huang Renlong, who was in charge of politics on the right, immediately stood up and said with a big laugh, "What about Wuchang? Now let's drive straight down and go straight to Jinling!"

Huang Renlong was obviously very excited. He glanced at all the officials in the hall, bowed, and said confidently: "Supervisor, cabinet, colleagues! The Qing army was defeated, and the main force was in Hubei. Now, Jinling is in sight, and the achievement of recovering the southern capital is within easy reach."

If this Jiangxi can conquer Jinling, the credit will be as high as the heavens. Immediately, officials echoed: "What Huang Canzheng said is true. We should take advantage of the momentum of breaking the bamboo to win the first achievement of restoring Ming! If Jinling is in our hands, we will ask the Holy Spirit Drive, tell the sacrifice to the Xiaoling Mausoleum, spread it to the world, the Central Plains will rise upon hearing the wind, the river goes to the north and the north, the mountains and Shaanxi to the west, and Qilu to the east, who else will serve the Qing court?"

Huang Keyuan heard this, but felt that it was not good. This was too eager for quick success, and if the threat from Hubei was not eliminated, how could he dare to go east to Jiangnan?Aren't you afraid of being ripped off?
"Everyone." Seeing that most of the people in the hall wanted to go east, Huang Keyuan hurriedly said, "The upper reaches are uncertain? How dare you go east?"

Jiang Yueguang said at this time: "It is safest to go west to Wuchang, Lianheng Yunxiang, and Huguang He's like-minded."

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