Chapter 10: The Legacy (I)

Chen Kai and his entourage left by boat, and the guide immediately returned to his life. The letter was delivered to the case of Jiezhongxi, read it carefully, weighed the pros and cons, and nodded heavily after a long time.

"Chen Kai is reasonable."

As the letter was circulated, Fu Dingquan, Cao Dahao, Hong Guoyu, and Zhang Zisheng, who had just rushed back, all frowned and read the Chinese characters over and over again. But compared with Jie Chongxi, their confidence in this, or their motivation, is much inferior.

"The truth is right, it's just that now the people are busy clearing the wasteland and farming, and there are really not enough people."

This is a common opinion, and even Jie Chongxi sees it in his eyes. However, this time, Jiezhongxi was as firm as he rejected Chen Kai, and even explained to everyone: "What Chen Kai said in his letter is that the captives are brutal, and this doesn't really need to be said, we have seen it all these years." The Jiangxi captives have moved to Guangxin Mansion, and the local gentry and people have also been informed. Recently, there have been more and more small-scale encounters between us and the captive master, and they are becoming more and more frequent, but in the final analysis, the unknown terrain of the captive division is still being explored. But if we wait until the captive master understands the terrain situation, we can't hold it here, and the crops planted will be all the captive's. Even the gentry and the common people who followed us couldn't get any better. ”

The growth of plants and animals is cyclical, and since ancient times, they have been able to defend before they can be tun, which is specially pointed out by Chen Kai. Although Jie Chongxi and others have learned from Li Chengdong's past and may not be able to trust the Ming army in other provinces, they still understand the reason, and they are not the kind of fools who blindly assume that their remarks are definitely wrong.

The governor had made up his mind and reached a consensus with his assistants and Xunzhen, and the four great gangsters of Jiangxi began to work intensively to build and repair the fortifications.

The movement of the Qing army in the outside world, the Ming army in Jiangxi was led by civilian officials, and the prestige of Jiezhongxi was convinced by the towns, and there were fewer disturbances to the people, and Jiangxi was a province full of cultural flowers in the Ming Dynasty, with a strong Confucian atmosphere, and the gentry and the common people were more resistant to the captive teachers, so there were always local gentry and people who were willing to provide military intelligence and manpower and material support to the Ming army.

This is the basis of the people's will for the Ming army in Jiangxi to be able to defeat and fight again and again after repeated defeats, and now it can also be reflected in their grasp of the situation of the Qing army.

Wild wave warfare, don't think about it, when Wang Zhigang came in the first division of Shaowu, they were able to collapse without a fight, because of the few victories and more defeats over the years, they have not been able to cultivate many capable warriors, all with a bloody bravery. However, since it is possible to predict the general direction of the Qing army's advance, there can be a priority in the deployment, which is not a small relief for the current situation of manpower shortage.

Jiezhongxi was seizing the time to organize the people to build, repair and strengthen the fortress at the forefront of the Qing army's advance. Over there, the Qing army was not idle, as the contact between the two sides became more and more frequent, it was about half a month's effort, and the first large-scale attack and suppression operation since the Qing army entered Guangxin Mansion was officially launched.

Presiding over the attack of Guangxin Mansion was Liu Guangbi, the governor of Jiangxi, who was the banner man of the Han army with a blue flag, and had already begun to drive for the Manchu Qing Dynasty as early as Liaodong. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the governors and governors were mostly banner people, regardless of the Han army, Manchu and Mongolia, and for the generals, in fact, many key places were also used by the flag people, especially the Han army flag people, Liu Guangbi is one of the examples.

Jiangxi raised the standard, and at the same time entangled many green camps guarded by various prefectures and counties, and the Qing army found out that the governor of Jiangxi, Jie Chongxi, was stationed in the camp of Jianghu Mountain, and he was stunned.

In the early stage, the outer fortresses were swept away, and the local green battalion, which had contempt for the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in Jiangxi, consciously took over the work of such a pawn.

The army marched south, and the Ming army took the lead in abandoning the outermost two stockades, so the first to bear the brunt was a pass standing in the mountains.

As a result of the general information obtained in advance, the Ming army had gathered heavy troops and transferred a large number of guards. For the pass, although the wooden structure could not be turned into a rammed earth or masonry structure for a while, there were so many defensive facilities on the outside and inside that the Qing army's scalp was numb.

The pass stood between two mountains, and the mountain facing the Qing army was not too steep, but it was full of rocks and vegetation, and no one could say how many dangers were hidden in it. Beyond the wall, there are large plum blossom piles, which almost block the road to the pass. In this plum blossom pile, the land is also full of potholes, and the siege equipment is extremely difficult to approach. Under the wall, there was no moat, but there was a shallow trench between the Qing army and the pass. However, at this pass, the wooden structure really can't support anything like artillery, but the defenders on the wall and the Ming army behind the wall can be predicted to be quite a few, and there are a large number of people who can drive, at least in terms of manpower, they may not be able to take any advantage.

"Haven't the thieves been farming lately, how long has it been since they tossed such a thing?"

According to the intelligence half a month ago, this pass was just a wooden fence at that time, and some Ming troops were stationed, but it was just a storm to break through. Everything in front of him at this moment was beyond Liu Guangbi's expectations, so that at that moment he even thought about whether to temporarily withdraw the army, and the idea of coming from some artillery that could smash the wooden wall, but this thought was fleeting, and he didn't really care too much, he still persuaded and prepared step by step, until the drum attacked, but this time, the Ming army seemed to be more difficult than he expected.

The arrogance of the Qing army, coupled with the two stockades on the periphery played a role in shielding the military situation, the Qing army did not make any siege equipment such as lookouts and rushing cars, but only made some simple ladders to appear here.

The plum blossom pile seems to be flattering to the blind man, and the soldiers and auxiliaries of the Qing army held the blades and carried the ladders, and rushed towards the pass quickly, and were not hindered by the plum blossom pile. The Ming army had no artillery, so they watched them get closer. In less than a moment, the Qing army had already passed most of the distance, and gradually approached the range of the Ming archers, and their speed of action unconsciously began to be heavy.

At this time, they have approached the edge of the firing range, and the Jiangxi Qing army and the Jiangxi Ming army are old opponents, and they know each other's immaturity very well. With just a shout and a feigned acceleration, the first round of fire in the city unfolded as they expected.

This distance is absolutely not enough, the Ming army finished shooting, the interval between the bows and arrows, the more experienced Qing army officers quickly ordered, the siege of the Qing army rushed wildly, just hit a perfect time difference. But at this moment, with a scream, a Qing soldier carrying a ladder fell under his feet and stepped into a trap with bamboo sticks.

This kind of injury is nothing on the battlefield, but it came suddenly, and in just this moment, screams sounded one after another, and the Qing army's shock formation was even chaotic.

In fact, such a small measure is actually nothing, and with the rich experience of the Qing army, the grassroots officers leading the troops at the front can restore the momentum of the offensive as long as they make a slight adjustment. However, it was precisely at this time that it seemed to have been calculated, and the rain of arrows that were more dense than it was just now fell overwhelmingly.