Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 692 Invite Hengyang Fan to the West

The streets of Xicheng were crowded with Green Battalion soldiers wearing red-topped bamboo hats, rushing out like a school of fish in Shangshui.

They ran with their heads down, their expressions flustered, none of them turned their heads, their steps were hurried and chaotic, and they all wanted to escape from the city quickly.

As soon as Liu Qingtai left the city, he became sober, and he didn't know whether it was real or fake.

He rode a horse and rushed out of the west gate together with many Qing soldiers. He heard the cheers coming from the city. After a long distance, he turned his head and looked around. The King Lu's army in mandarin duck battle robes had already appeared at the top of the city.

Most of the Qing soldiers escaped from the city gate, but there are still sporadic green camp soldiers in the city.

At this moment, more than a dozen green battalion soldiers fled from the city gate in a panic. A group of Lu army musketeers chased after them.

Several Green Battalion soldiers were shot in the back and rushed forward to die immediately. One shot in the leg and fell down immediately, but was immediately set up again and fled in panic.

The Gaoyuan army outside the west city did not block it head-on. The strength of this green battalion is still very strong, and its quality is much higher than that of the Gaoyuan army. , but they would not let the green battalion soldiers escape. After they fled the city gate in a panic, the Gao Yuan army who had been on standby for a long time shouted to cover up and kill them.

There are tens of thousands of them, mixed with infantry and cavalry, chasing fiercely from behind, which is the best game for irregular troops like them.

The green battalion soldiers fled westward scrambling, and from time to time someone was chased and hacked to death by the cavalry. The cavalry lay down their corpses along the way. The cavalry in front chased and killed them.

The Qing soldiers fled desperately all the way. After running for seven or eight miles, they entered the rolling hills and were barely safe, but the Gaoyuan army still pursued them. Gao Yuan's army entered the western front, but was attacked from both sides, and there were so many prisoners, only a small number of them took a detour and were lucky enough to be delayed.

Liu Qingtai knew that there were bandits from Gaoyuan on the lower line of Gaozhuang, so he took a detour. He was glad that he ran fast and was not caught, but his situation was extremely miserable.

The hills are not conducive to riding horses, and he is not good at riding. One accidentally fell down and broke a leg. Now his face is pale, and his 1 horses are almost wiped out. By my side, those who hear it are sad, and those who see it cry.

Now he is enduring the pain and riding on the horse. He looked at the generals around him, who were also disheveled, and turned to them and said, "Don't be discouraged. This defeat is not our fault. Everyone cheer up and fight this battle." As long as the official is not dead, I will entrust King Gongshun to raise the flag for you!"

Liu Qingtai belonged to the Zhenghongqi of the Han army, and was able to speak in front of Kong Youde. The generals of the green battalion lifted their spirits when they heard this, and thanked them again and again, as if they really forgot the failure just now.

In fact, Liu Qingtai has no idea about his own fate. Duduo said that he would kill his whole family within a month of guarding. He was attacked by the bandit army and lost nearly ten thousand horses. Will he be beheaded by Duduo when he goes back? , it's really hard to say.

But he can't take care of that much now, he is worried that these generals of the green battalion will not dare to return to Yangzhou after seeing the heavy losses, and choose to abandon him on the spot, or kill the traitor who surrendered, so he made a promise first to stabilize them.

In the east of Nantong City, Zhang Mingzhen's banner appeared at the east gate, announcing that the city was officially restored.

This is the only city of Lu Jian Kingdom on land except for the Siming Mountain base in Zhejiang.

Lu Jianguo has always wanted to gain a foothold on land, but Siming Mountain has never been able to develop. After all, there are no sweet potatoes, corn and other crops in the mountainous area at this time as in later generations, and the problem of food cannot be solved. Starving to death is not bad, there is no spare energy to develop outward.

Taking Nantong is different now. Counting the land still under the control of the Gaoyuan Army, there is probably a mansion, which is incomparable with the land of several provinces held by the Longwu regime, but for small stalls, internal For the regime of the king of Lu, who had fewer contradictions, it was a gratifying event.

An Anmin notice was posted in the city. After the army took control of the situation, Zhang Mingzhen rode his horse into the city, and he felt a little excited.

At this time, he stopped at the gate of the city where the corpses were strewn across the field. This was one of the places where the battle was most intense. The gate opening and the streets on both sides were covered with corpses in various poses.

Ruan Jin and other generals came to welcome him. He was holding a cotton cloth on his face, only one eye was exposed, and the blood seeped out of the cotton cloth and was still dripping down.

He happily came to Zhang Mingzhen's horse and saluted with a bloody knife in his hand: "Master, I have harvested a lot. There are [-] shi of grain, as well as a lot of silver and copper coins. The most gratifying thing is that there are nearly [-] people in the city. Put on cotton armor, this battle is worth it!"

Zhang Mingzhen listened but did not answer, stared at his face for a while, and then said earnestly: "Ruan Jin, you are a general under the command of the governor, and your duty is to command and deploy operations. From now on, don't rush to fight in front of the battle, understand? ?”

Ruan Jin was stunned when he heard this, and quickly admitted his mistake: "The last general is in a hurry."

Zhang Mingzhen looked at him and said, "If there is another time, the governor will punish you."

"Yes, we will never know!" Ruan Jin clasped his fists and promised, although Zhang Mingzhen said a few words to him, he was even happier in his heart.

"Okay, let's go and see Yijia first!" Zhang Mingzhen said with a slight smile and waved his hand.

When a group of people came to a warehouse, they opened it to see that there were piles of cotton armor discarded in a mess. Zhang Mingzhen picked up one at random, but it was not a new one.

At this time, a person who put on a Hanfu, cut his braids, and held a turban was brought in. Without Zhang Mingzhen asking, he saluted and explained: "The little ones see the supervisor. A batch of them was shipped from Nanjing at the beginning of this year. The new armor replaced the old armor in Tongzhou camp, and all of them were piled up here, totaling [-] pieces."

It was almost five years since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the family property left by the Ming Dynasty is almost finished. The Qing Dynasty could not let the green battalion soldiers always wear the Ming Dynasty's armor, so this time they saw in Tongzhou all wearing red-topped bamboo hats Green Battalion.

Zhang Mingzhen threw down the cotton armor and asked casually, "How many of these armors are usable?"

"Report to the supervisor, [-]% can be used, [-]% can barely be used after repairing, and the remaining [-]% ​​is basically scrapped."

This batch of armor was originally the standard of the Ming army, and it can be used directly without modification. He can select elite equipment from the Gao Yuan army, gather a batch of good combat power to add to his command, and then set up a new army. In the Yuan army, it is worth cultivating, and the generals who obey the orders of the King of Lu will equip them, and gradually control this rebel army of more than [-] people.

Zhang Mingzhen then turned around and asked, "What's your name, and where did you work before?"

"The villain, Zeng Xing, is Nantong Master Bo."

"You organize people to clean up these armors, and repair everything that can be repaired. If it is done well, you will be spared the crime of being a barbarian. You are still the master of Nantong. If it is not good, the governor will punish you."

Zhang Mingzhen gave an order, and the man immediately knelt down to accept the order. Zhang Mingzhen immediately left the warehouse, and said to the people around him, "Go and see the wounded soldiers!"

As soon as the general heard the words, he was about to lead the way, but Zhao Shuxiang ran over in a hurry and said to Zhang Mingzhen: "Supervisor, I was ordered to hunt down the defeated army in a humble position, but I met an envoy from Shou County on the way. Duoduo has already broken through Shou County. The general led the remnants of the army to retreat to Rugao."

Zhang Mingzhen and others couldn't help being shocked when they heard this. Ding Keze's 5 people were defeated so quickly, and Duoduo came so quickly.

Seeing this, Zhang Huangyan immediately said: "Master Supervisor, there is no time to delay. I will leave for Wuchang immediately, and ask Hengyang Fan to send troops."

Zhang Mingzhen nodded, and said solemnly: "Then I will leave everything to Supervisor Zhang."

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