Chapter 31 Integrity

The Qing army, who came from all walks of life, was now completely unsure of who the final winner of the Huzhou battle would be, so they deliberately opened their eyes, not only spreading the news of Liu Yongxi's victory and defeating the Qing army into Huzhou City, but even allowing Huzhou City to keep in touch with the outside.

The soldiers and civilians in Huzhou City originally had an extremely pessimistic feeling, and always felt that Huzhou City could not hold out for too long in the isolated situation, as long as the Qing army's red-coated artillery arrived, it would be the fate of breaking the city.

But now the whole army is like a chicken, and Zhang Boyi is even more gearing up: "I know that Yue Guogong will not give up on us, this time not only Yue Guogong led 30,000 troops to aid Huzhou, Zhang Niangniang is also a royal driver!" ”

Many of the Huzhou gentry present had never been very interested in Empress Zhang, and felt that her self-proclaimed queen of the prison country was a move to make her mind faint, but this time Empress Zhang's move to rescue Huzhou made these Huzhou gentry let go of all their prejudices: "Niangniang Shengming, sure enough, she is a virtuous and virtuous queen, and millions of soldiers and civilians in Huzhou are willing to support Niangniang!" ”

The leaders of the Huzhou Righteous Army present, whether it was Fei Hongji, Wei Geng or others, all had a pious look on their faces, and at this moment they all became a firm Empress Zhang's party, and since Zhang Boyi and Empress Zhang were their own relatives, they naturally struck while the iron was hot: "Niangniang is coming to Huzhou, this is a grand event for a thousand years, everyone should be prepared and expressed!" ”

Although Zhang Boyi said it more implicitly, everyone understood the meaning of his words, and Fei Hongji was the first to stand up: "General Zhang, please rest assured, as long as Niangniang comes to Huzhou, everything can be said, and we support it unconditionally!" ”

A month or two ago, Fei Hongji would definitely not say such a thing, but now in order to defend the mountains and rivers of the Han family and ensure that the millions of soldiers and civilians in Huzhou are foolproof, this group of scholars, including Fei Hongji, has given up all secondary principles, as long as Empress Zhang can come to Huzhou, there is no problem in letting them kneel on the ground and shout "Long live my emperor".

And Zhang Boyi also said confidently: "Since Zhang Niangniang and Yue Guogong have entered within fifty miles of Huzhou and won a big victory, then we naturally can't sit still, and we must prepare for a surprise victory!" ”

In the camp a few miles away, Duoduo was discussing the aftermath of this defeat with core figures such as Gushan Ezhen Bai Yin Tu and Li Shutai, the squire of the Criminal Department, although Jia Lae Zhen Wu Bai said that Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers were useless, but Li Shutai defended them instead: "It's not too late to wait for this battle to win and then slowly deal with these generals, it's not too late to rush now!" ”

Now six or seven out of ten Qing troops under Huzhou City are Hongguang Dynasty's generals and soldiers, Duoduo also feels that it is not suitable to deal with Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers now, otherwise many generals will be forced to the camp of Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yue, after all, Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers have no problems except for the disadvantage of the battle, and they do have a blood feud with Liu Yongxi.

But he was unwilling to put this matter down gently: "Li Shilang, Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers must be dealt with, I and the regent have high hopes for them, but when they encounter Jinhua thieves, they are about to collapse, worthy of the high hopes of me and the regent, not to mention that they directly threw down Wu Bai and caused the situation to be unimaginable, if I don't deal with them, how will the soldiers of the whole army view military law and military discipline!" ”

Since Nurhachi raised his army with seven hatreds, the Qing Dynasty's military law is notoriously harsh, and if he really wants to deal with Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers, even if they can survive, they will have to go to half their lives, but Gushan Ezhen Bai Yin Tu on the side deeply agrees: "What King Yu said is extremely true, all learn from Liu Liangzuo when he sees the enemy, who will dare to fight with the Jinhua thieves in the future?" ”

The Eight Banners Army lost this time were all subordinates of Bai Yintu, Gushan Ezhen, so he couldn't wait to break Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers into pieces: "Please also ask King Yu to correct these two thieves on the spot, so that someone can learn that they will be defeated when they see the enemy!" ”

Bai Yintu's words were too heavy, and Duoduo had to increase his tone: "Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers really have to deal with it strictly, so that everyone knows the outcome of leaving without a fight, but the biggest responsibility for this matter is still on me, I overestimated them and underestimated the Jinhua thieves, and finally caused so many soldiers to be killed and injured in the First World War, no matter how the regent handles it, I will bear it!" ”

It's just that everyone knows that the biggest responsibility is not on Duoduo, who would have thought that tens of thousands of troops fought with Jinhua thieves and didn't even stick to it for a day, the key problem is still in the regent's shaving order, if there is no shaving order, Liu Yongxi would not have the strength to sweep the whole of Zhejiang.

And there is actually no big problem with Duoduo's disposal, Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers must have no problem when they encounter ordinary rebels and have won many victories, who would have thought that they would be completely at a disadvantage as soon as they met Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yue, and even the Eight Banners were unable to hold the field in the Jinhua thief tide-like offensive, and the losses in this battle were actually not large.

According to preliminary statistics, the Eighth Banner Army lost more than 300 people, the Mongol soldiers of the outer domains lost more than 200 people, and the losses of Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers added up to only one or two thousand, which was completely within the range of the Qing army.

Therefore, as soon as Duoduo stood up and took all the responsibility, Li Shutai gave him steps: "It's just a small setback, the Eight Banners are intact, why should King Yu blame himself too much, the final winner of this battle is still my Qing Dynasty King!" ”

Although Gushan Ezhen worships Yin Tu and still has a belly of anger, but Duoduo stood up and took responsibility, he also had to give Duoduo face: "King Yu really doesn't need to blame himself, but Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers must not be spared, otherwise these generals will leave when they see the enemy, and we won't be able to fight this battle of Huzhou at all!" ”

Now Duoduo felt that he already knew how to deal with Yue Guogong and Liu Yongxi: "I will definitely not spare Liu Liangzuo and them, but I already know how to deal with Jinhua thieves!" ”

Bai Yintu is most concerned about this question: "King Yu, tell me how to deal with the Jinhua thief?" Liu Yongxi, this thief is so hateful! ”

Speaking of Liu Yongxi, Bai Yintu naturally has a stomach full of bitter water, the Eight Banners Army is invincible in the world, but this Yue Guogong is the nemesis of the Eight Banners Army, from Yangzhou contact to the present, I don't know how many defeats have been eaten in the hands of this Yue Guogong, and the loss of the Eight Banners warriors may have thousands of people, and there are not so many Eight Banner warriors lost in a stone and Tongguan.

Now that I heard that Duoduo had found a way to deal with Liu Yongxi, Bai Yintu naturally couldn't wait, and Duoduo said confidently: "Naturally defeat the Jinhua thieves in a dignified manner, the Jinhua thieves will only send a maximum of 30,000 people to Huzhou this time, and only half of the elites will be elite, and we have 100,000 people under Huzhou City, and 30,000 of the Eight Banners are amazing!" ”