Chapter 16: The Empress Crossing the River
Although the news that Empress Zhang was preparing to cross the river to the north has been circulating for a long time, and has been personally confirmed by Liu Yongxi, everyone thinks that Zhang Yan is only a woman after all, and she may not really have such courage and courage.
But the reason why Empress Zhang was able to become the queen of the prison country was naturally because she was not an ordinary woman, although she also knew that there were many crises after crossing the river, and the fact that she arrived at the Qiantang River in person was enough for the world to call her a virtuous and virtuous saint.
After all, there were also several calls for the imperial drive in the Hongguang Dynasty, but as soon as Emperor Hongguang heard the words "imperial drive and personal expedition", he felt terrified, and Empress Zhang was able to reach the south bank of the Qiantang River, which was only a river away from the first line.
Therefore, after the news that she was going to cross the river in person, even Shi Chaoli, the most favored minister, was taken aback: "Niangniang, you don't have to cross the river in person, right?" If you feel that the troops on the side of Yue Guogong are insufficient, just send troops over to support!"
Empress Zhang laughed: "Yue Guogong fought with Jianlu on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, how can I meditate on the south bank of the Qianjiang River, where is Yue Guogong, I am also there!" Inform the following, cross the river immediately, and whoever dares to be afraid of the tide of the Qianjiang River should stay!"
When it came to the surging tide of the Qianjiang River, Shi Chaoli was the first to tremble, but he knew that Empress Zhang had already made up her mind: "Weichen is willing to be the first to cross the river with Niangniang!"
"Life is a hero, death is also a ghost. So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong!"
When Empress Zhang crossed the river, she sang Li Qingzhao's quatrain, and announced her determination with dignity: "Since you have crossed to the east, unless you recover the Jingshi Palace, you will never go to the river!"
Although Shi Chaoli trembled with fright when he heard this, he was still the first to kneel down and support Queen Zhang: "Niangniang Shengming, Niangniang Shengming!"
"Niangniang Shengming, Niangniang Yingwu Shengming!"
"Niang Niang Shengming!"
"Niangniang Yingwu Shengming!"
Now there is a cheer on both sides of the river and Qiantang, whether it is a civil and military official or a Shengdou Xiaomin, they all feel that there is hope for Daming after hearing Empress Zhang's decision, and everyone no longer dislikes Zhang Yan as just a woman, but feels that there is finally hope for Daming, the queen of the prison like Zhang Yan.
After all, when compared with Emperor Hongguang, you know how heroic Empress Zhang is, and Empress Zhang did not cross the river alone, but brought three thousand elites.
Since Liu Yongxi's northern expedition, the Ming army in Zhejiang can be said to have done its best, and the regular army and the righteous army of all walks of life who crossed the Qiantang River were close to 30,000, plus the original tens of thousands of righteous troops on the north bank of the Qianjiang River to have the current situation of repeated hard battles with Bolo in muddy water.
Whether it is the Ming army or the Qing army, which is known as the "Yue National Army", is now fighting repeatedly in the water network area, suffering heavy casualties and exhaustion, whoever can put in the new force for the first time will have the opportunity to win this battle, and now Empress Zhang not only fell from the sky but also brought 3,000 elites from Jinhua.
Strictly speaking, at most half of these 3,000 people can be called elite, and they are the last garrison troops left by Liu Yongxi in Jinhua, and the remaining half of the troops are temporarily expanded based on this garrison army, but in the eyes of the Zhulu Righteous Army in Jiangbei, this is simply a divine soldier descending from heaven, and the Zhulu army, which was close to exhaustion, is now resurrected with full blood.
Xing Shengping originally ended in this battle with both defeats, and many of Gao Jie's old troops were already complaining bitterly, but as soon as Empress Zhang and the reinforcements crossed the river, he pointed in the direction of Empress Zhang and shouted: "This is the destiny of heaven!" The real Mandate of Heaven, although I and the generals have experienced a lot of ups and downs, but today the Mandate of Heaven is not in the Qing Kingdom, whether there can be a great wealth and nobility of the princes of Wandai depends on our performance!"
The generals below were also cheering, and even Mrs. Xing, who had always been at odds with Empress Zhang, now felt that Empress Zhang was the daughter of destiny, and she said to Li Xiangjun beside her: "Zhang Niangniang's crossing of the river this time is better than the elite of the ten battalions!"
Li Xiangjun was also very excited, and now she has become Queen Zhang's brainless fan: "Not only is one person defeating ten battalions of elite soldiers, but Niangniang alone is enough to reach ten thousand troops!" Destiny is in the future!"
If it were not for Li Xiangjun's efforts, the morale of the Vietnamese army would only be exhausted in one fell swoop, and it was precisely because of Li Xiangjun's continuous propaganda and encouragement that the Vietnamese army could have fought hard in muddy waters until now.
But there is a limit to spiritual encouragement after all, and now all the camps have a feeling of exhaustion, even Li Xiangjun himself feels that he can't hold it anymore, but now Queen Zhang, who is flying by boat, is resurrecting everyone with full blood, and Li Xiangjun is no exception: "The destiny of heaven is in Ming, Niangniang said it too well, unless you recover the Jingshi, you will never cross the river, and then I will be able to raft on the Qinhuai River!"
The sound of the Qinhuai River is a beautiful and painful memory for Li Xiangjun, but it will be the most glorious moment of Li Xiangjun's life to return to Nanjing with the army of Yue Guogong.
Empress Zhang herself didn't expect that her crossing of the river would set off such a craze, let alone Mrs. Xing and Li Xiangjun's evaluation of herself, she still had a red tide caused by excessive excitement on her face, although she may not be able to see her little man, but the two of them will soon live and die together.
That's right, the reason why she drove the expedition was because she wanted to be with her little man.
It's a pity that Liu Yongxi has already left the ferry at this moment, and launched an offensive with Xing Shengping, Fuding, Zhao Zhijie, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Huangyan and other generals: "Reinforcements have arrived, the military heart is available, and the rise and fall of the country is today!"
Although only half of the 3,000 reinforcements brought by Empress Zhang have now arrived on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, neither Liu Yongxi nor Xing Shengping nor other generals are willing to miss the opportunity to fall from the sky, Liu Yongxi has already waved the handsome flag himself: "Let Bo Luo know what a man of the Han family is today!"
Zhang Jie felt that something was wrong with the situation, although he didn't understand what was going on, but he always felt that the Ming army in front of him seemed to have changed, although he didn't understand what the Ming army had changed, but from the faint shouts of killing, it seemed that the Ming army had taken the wrong medicine, and actually chose to launch another offensive in such a hot weather.
When it comes to the offensive of the Ming army, Zhang Jie feels anxious, although there are rivers and lakes outside the pass, but he never thought that the water network area in the south of the Yangtze River would suppress the cavalry and archery skills of the Qing army to the extreme, not to mention their Han army, even the elite of Manchuria and Mongolia can only play six or seven percent or even less than fifty percent at most when they encounter this situation, and they are forced to fight hard in muddy water.
It's just that as soon as Zhang Jie thought of this, he heard the sound of running and shouting from outside.