Chapter 348: Soldiers are fast

Tiemo simply did not respond, and the Xuanfu army still stopped at Luzhou Mansion without moving, especially the two main forces of Lengshuiguan and Nijianghe, which were almost immobile. Strange to say, the peasant army on the opposite side is also very honest, and the two sides seem to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.

Nanjing also thought that Tiemo was dissatisfied with the price code, so he sent Fei Yang to Luzhou Mansion to talk to Tiemo in person. But Tiemo ran to the vicinity of the Nijiang River and didn't give Fei Yang a chance to meet at all. Fei Yang sighed when he stayed in Luzhou City, he could see it, and Tiemo didn't plan to talk about it at all. Under such circumstances, all the officials in Nanjing jointly signed a petition to impeach Tiemo for such wanton and reckless behavior, regardless of the safety of the people.

In the Luzhou Yamen, Ke Minxing and Fei Yang sat opposite each other, and the two seemed to talk about some things, but they didn't talk about any practical issues. Ke Minxing also knew in his heart that when he decided to introduce the tiger of Tiemo into Nanzhili, he was destined to be disliked by Nanzhili officialdom. Similarly, Ke Minxing also has some contempt for Fei Yang and the others, and their eyes are above the top, as if everything is in the palm of their hands, and now they haven't run over to ask others for help?

The soldiers and horses of Xuanfu and the Beijing camp did not move, and Tiemo even intrigued with the officialdom of Nanzhili, but the Liukou would not stop. After occupying the entire East and West Tianmu Mountain, resting for two days, and continuing to make some strength, Li Zizhi broke off his troops out of Tianmu Mountain, and he did not rush to attack Lin'an County, but took Zheng Guosong as the vanguard, went out of West Tianmu Mountain, and went straight to Huanghuaguan in the south. Huanghuaguan is a pass in the north of Yuqian, but it has been in disrepair for a long time, it has long been abandoned, Zheng Guosong broke the Huanghuaguan without much effort, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yu Qian.

After the peasant army attacked Tianmu Mountain, the Zhejiang side panicked, on the one hand, they asked for help from Nanjing, and on the other hand, they gathered all the soldiers and horses, and concentrated them in important places such as Hangzhou, Lin'an, Jiaxing, and Yuhang. The few soldiers and horses were transferred to Lin'an, what did Yu Qian do to resist thousands of peasant troops?

Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and it has not been a military disaster for too long. In the past, the Japanese were rampant, and they were only tossing along the coast, and they rarely reached the inside. However, the fear and pressure brought by the peasant army is unimaginable. Before the peasant army attacked the city, it was already in chaos in the city. First, Bao Guoxiao, the county magistrate, abandoned the city and fled, and then he inspected and surrendered to the enemy. When Zheng Guosong led the troops to come, he found that the city gate was actually open, and it turned out that there were evil ruffians in the city who took advantage of the chaos to loot and helped open the city gate.

Attacking Yu Qian, the whole process went smoothly, so Zheng Guosong couldn't believe it. By this time, Zheng Guosong also saw something. In the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, there are not necessarily elite soldiers who are good at fighting, but many soft eggs who are greedy for life and afraid of death. At the beginning, in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, if you want to attack a county town without killing or injuring some people, don't even think about it. After arriving in Jiangnan, without spending a single soldier, he actually took down a city that wanted to be rich.

Yu Qian held it in his hand, Li Zicheng was not polite, and directly ordered his subordinates to control the major shops, and then ordered Lu Weiliang and Li Yan to join forces and approach Lin'an County along the official road near East Tianmu Mountain. Lin'an, as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, is not only a small palace, but also a prosperous business. Porcelain and silk here have always been important industries in Zhejiang. In order to keep Lin'an, Zhejiang invested more than 14,000 troops here.

More than 10,000 people is already the limit of what the Zhejiang Metropolitan Command Division can come up with, after all, the place they have to consider is not only Lin'an, but Jiaxing and Hangzhou are more important than that.

Hangzhou, the city is shrouded in a thick haze, even if the warm sun shines on the ground, there is still not a trace of smile on the faces of passers-by. Zhejiang's Political Envoy Division, the Judicial Division, the Metropolitan Command Division, the Salt Transportation Division, and the Prefect's Yamen, many Zhejiang officials all came to the Political Envoy's Yamen. The current political envoy Du Fushan is in the prime of life, and he can be regarded as an official. But at this time, Du Fushan did not have the previous conversation and laughter.

Zhejiang, this is a blessed land in the south of the Yangtze River that is on par with Su Yang, and even above Su Yang. After serving in Zhejiang for three years, eighty percent of them can go to Beizhi to serve as an important position in the Sixth Department. This place in Zhejiang is a good place that you can't ask for. Wouldn't it be beautiful to stay for three or four years and go to Beijing with tens of millions of family fortunes? However, I never dreamed that this place in Zhejiang would be a place of trouble.

The commander made Bai Xuan say with a sad face: "Lord Du, right now, the Liukou have launched an attack on Lin'an, and Lin'an is constantly begging for reinforcements, what to do next, you have to be the master." ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Du Fushan's eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. When he entered Zhejiang, how to fight, Bai Xuan should be responsible, but now he came to ask him Du Fushan. Is Bai Xuan incompetent? Do you really not understand anything? Of course not, at the moment, whoever makes the decision is responsible, and officialdom has always been like this. When it's okay, everyone laughs haha, and when they really encounter something bad, they pull each other's skins and blame each other, thinking about how to take less responsibility.

Hmph, Bai Xuan, what a good idea. Du Fushan thought for a while, and sighed without a trace: "This official doesn't know anything about military affairs, so you can just make your own decisions about these things." ”

Bai Xuan could only secretly scold the old fox, and as for the others, they even turned bricks, in short, they would never cause this trouble. Bai Xuan didn't want to let everyone cover up the matter so easily, and said with a wry smile: "Everyone, at this moment, we are both prosperous and loss-oriented. If the city of Lin'an is broken, the Liukou will definitely enter Hangzhou eastward, and everyone has to think of a way. If something really goes wrong in Hangzhou, Bai will not be able to protect his head, and you will not have any benefit. ”

Speaking of which, Bai Xuan was already a bit threatening. Lin'an will definitely not be able to hold it, and if everyone can't work together, Hangzhou may not be able to keep it. If I am alone in my white responsibility, then if I am unhappy, I may drag everyone to hell together. Bai Xuan was not born in martial arts, but a hereditary, native of Hangzhou, and he was really not joking when he said this. In a hurry, Bai Xuan can do anything.

Du Fushan and the others frowned, everyone is hello and I am good on weekdays, but when it comes to the critical moment, they don't even care about the last face. I was angry, but I had to appease him, "Why should Commander Bai be angry, isn't it just to think of a safe way to gather everyone here today?" ”

Everyone quickly nodded yes, but if you want to talk about ideas, can you have a fart idea? In short, relying on these guards in Zhejiang, it must be no fun, everything depends on when the Beijing camp can rush to help. Wu Xin bowed his head and sighed, "I don't know what's going on in Nanjing, why the Beijing camp stopped in Wuhu and didn't go south for a long time." The same is true of the iron-clad Xuanfu border army. If these two armies went south, how could the rogues be so arrogant? ”

The matter between the Beijing camp and the Xuanfu army, Du Fushan knows a little about it. At this time, Nanjing was bargaining with those people, there was no movement, and eighty percent of them had not yet been negotiated, which would be bitter for Zhejiang. If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame Nanjing Sixth Division, you forced Xu Hongji too much at the beginning, and now Xu Hongji has seized the opportunity, how can he not fight back?

There is time to talk about it in Nanjing, but Du Fushan has no time to wait, if the rogue really tosses the vicinity of Hangzhou, his Du Fushan's official fortune will come to an end. Bowing his head and pondering for a moment, he looked at Wu Xin, the envoy next to him, "Lord Wu, you and Grandpa Xu are ancient friends, and this time I will trouble you to go to Wuhu." I hope that Grandpa Xu will be able to send troops as soon as possible to save the people of Zhejiang from fire and water in the face of millions of living beings in Zhejiang. ”

Wu Xin raised his head, his expression was very complicated. It's no problem to talk to Grandpa Xu, but what's the use of going empty-handed? Facing Wu Xin's eyes, Du Fushan understood in his heart, and hurriedly smiled: "Everyone, if Grandpa Xu leads the troops here, I have to say something, this official plans to give this year's income tax silver to Grandpa Xu for military expenses, what do you think?" ”

When everyone thought about it, it seemed that the deal was not a loss. As long as the rogues are repelled, it is worth giving one-third of the tax silver. Although there will be some dissatisfaction in Nanjing, it is not a big deal, and I believe that those people will understand it in the end.

Lin'an, as Bai Xuan expected, under the repeated attacks of the peasant army, this ancient city was in turmoil and would fall at any time. Li Yan and Lu Weiliang divided into two directions, north and south, and jointly attacked Lin'an City, and by the end of November, Liu Zongmin also brought this army of soldiers and horses to join the battle group.

On November 22 of the third year of Chongzhen, at the end of the year, Lin'an City, which had been held for four days, finally let out a painful groan. As the gates collapsed, the peasant army poured into the city like a tidal wave. The officers and soldiers defending the city resisted, but they were unable to recapture it, so they could only abandon the city and retreat in the direction of Yuhang. Lin'an garrison Wan Guoliang galloped wildly, bent on hiding in Yuhang County, but less than twenty miles after withdrawing from Lin'an, bad news came from behind.

A peasant army cavalry suddenly came from the northwest, and Wan Guoliang never thought that there were still cavalry, so he was caught off guard by this cavalry. The defeated army that escaped from Lin'an was cut off by the waist, and the situation was in chaos, seeing this situation, this defeated army collapsed even more, and even the basic formation could not be maintained, and one by one spread its legs and fled to the east.

It can be said that Li Zicheng is really able to endure it, since he entered Nanzhili, the cavalry of less than 3,000 people under his command has never shown up, and for a while, the people in Nanzhili have a kind of illusion, and they have always thought that Liukou can't afford to raise cavalry. As a result, Li Zicheng endured until the Battle of Lin'an, and then put this valuable cavalry into the battlefield. The cavalry rushed to kill, and the effect was remarkable, and Wan Guoliang and the thousands of remnants under his command rushed to the ground. And this is exactly what Li Zicheng wanted, he put the cavalry in, not to kill and injure the defenders in the city, but to make this defeated army his pioneer.

The mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are dense, and there are many rivers, so there are really not many places suitable for using cavalry, and the vicinity of Yuhang is a good place for cavalry to gallop. The defeated soldiers fled in front, and the cavalry pursued and killed in the rear, and Wan Guoliang couldn't think normally in order to escape for his life.

In this way, a defeated army rushed to Yuhang. The Yuhang guards didn't think much about it, and let go of the city gate to welcome the defeated soldiers in, but as soon as the city gate opened, it couldn't be closed. A large number of rogues galloped on horseback, and in the blink of an eye, they were killed under the city gates. Yuhang was in chaos, and Wan Guoliang could only turn around and cooperate with the defenders in the city to block this cavalry back.

Li Zicheng had been prepared for this for a long time, and as early as after taking Lin'an City, he ordered Li Yan not to rest and recuperate, and rushed to Yuhang non-stop. Li Yan was also powerful, stunned with a tired division, rushed to Yuhang in time, and took Yuhang County in one fell swoop while the city gate was not closed.

Poor Wan Guoliang fled to Yuhang, but he couldn't sit down and catch his breath, and was thrown out again. In one day, the peasant army went down to Lin'an and Yuhang, and the soldiers pointed directly at the city of Hangzhou, which shook the whole Zhejiang three times.

Holding Yuhang County, as long as Li Zicheng is willing, he can fight Hangzhou City at any time. However, Li Zicheng did not do this, and the next day, his general Tian Jianxiu actually led his troops eastward and launched a fierce attack on Deqing County in the northeast. Deqing has never been the focus of Zhejiang's soldiers and horses' defense, and no one will think that the exiles will fight Deqing if they leave Hangzhou alone. Because of various reasons, Deqing's defensive strength was weak and pitiful, and when Tian Jianxiu led his troops to kill suddenly, even the Deqing soldiers and civilians were stunned.

The result can be imagined, where the Deqing army and civilians can resist the attack of the peasant army. The peasant army, which was in high spirits, was led by Tian Jianxiu and stepped on the city in less than an hour.

When Deqing fell, Li Yan led 10,000 peasant troops to continue eastward along the road south of Deqing. At this time, the fool also understood what the rogue wanted to do. Liukou is going to give up Hangzhou and fight Jiaxing directly.

Jiaxing, at first glance, seems to be less important than Hangzhou, but all Zhejiang officials understand in their hearts what Jiaxing Mansion means to the whole of Zhejiang. Jiaxing, with Haining Yanguan Town, there are six salt farms in Zhejiang, as long as the main Jiaxing is guarded, the official salt in and out has to be said. There is not only official salt there, but also infinite wealth. Jiaxing Mansion, which is full of salt merchants, can there be no money?

To say rich, Jiaxing is no worse than Hangzhou, but the defensive strength there is far inferior to Hangzhou. Jiaxing Mansion, that place is notoriously easy to attack and difficult to defend.

Du Fushan, the political envoy of Zhejiang, could no longer sit still, and hurriedly sent people to ask for help, not to mention one-third of the tax silver at this time, even if he sent all the tax silver in the second half of this year and next year, he would not say a word.

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In Wuhu, in a simple and elegant room, the lights were bright, and Xu Hongji's father and daughter talked about it with a serious expression.

"Daddy, Liukou has now laid down Deqing, shouldn't we take action? If there is no action, Zhejiang is afraid that it will really be ruined, and the people have already begun to talk about it and are dissatisfied with us. ”

"Well, wait, as for the rumors, let them say it. As long as we can finally beat the rogues out, all this talk will disappear! ”

Xu Hongji is not in a hurry, he is just waiting. He has the same mind as Tiemo, and since some things have been done, they can't give up halfway.