Chapter 36: The Edict of King Qin
Although these 500 pro-army can definitely be better than one or two thousand new troops if they are used well, the total strength is only 500 people after all, and no matter how much they toss, it is only 500 pro-army, and these 500 pro-army are still on the way to Jinhua from Chuzhou, and it will take at least three or four days to reach Jinhua Mansion.
Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan's thousands of soldiers only need two or three days at most to arrive at Jinhua Mansion, which is also the reason why Zhu Dadian did not count this princess army before, and now that Princess Kunxing has mentioned this princess army, he and the civil and military officials present have ignited infinite hope and courage.
This kind of hope and courage mainly stems from a series of brilliant victories created by Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, after all, the imperial court volunteers have annihilated all the Eight Banners again and again, and Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan's soldiers and horses have collapsed without even seeing the shadow of the Eight Banners, so everyone naturally has a condescending feeling psychologically.
The princess of Jianguo said with confidence: "If Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan take tens of thousands of people south, then they will definitely ask Yue Guogong and General Ruan Shengping to come back, but he only has a few thousand remnants of the defeated army, then my army and I are waiting for him to come over in Jinhua Mansion!" ”
She had already sent a messenger to inform the pro-army to arrive in Jinhua as soon as possible day and night, but now the key is not how fast her pro-army can go, but that she can drag Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan for a few days.
And the speech of the princess of the prison country made the civil and military capital of the city full of confidence: "Your Highness is wise! ”
"Her Royal Highness the Princess!"
"With Her Royal Highness the Princess sitting in Jinhua, everything can be worry-free!"
As soon as the princess of Jianguo appeared, she stabilized the morale of the army, and the entire Jinhua Mansion also began the largest mobilization, Zhu Dadian very happily withdrew hundreds of soldiers and horses outside the city to the city, and armed thousands of new troops at the first time, and according to the plan formulated by Liu Yongxi, these new troops were incorporated into the original several battalions, and released the news that the princess's pro-army had arrived in Jinhua Mansion, so it was naturally foolproof.
And for Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan, they don't like the news that the princess's army has arrived in Jinhua Mansion, although they think that the combat effectiveness of this princess's army is strong, but the problem is that this is the home of the Jinhua small court, and even a few hundred more fresh troops are enough to change the situation of the battle in the case of defending the city, not to mention that this princess's army is said to have thousands of people.
Ruan Dacheng has always been known for his "knowing soldiers", and now he is naturally arguing that this news is extremely unbelievable: "Even if the Duke of Yue Guo has great skills, his men and horses have already been used on the river, how can he suddenly conjure up thousands of soldiers and horses, I think this so-called princess army is only seven or eight hundred people at most!" ”
Fang Guoan felt that Ruan Dacheng was right: "That's right, this so-called princess army can't have 3,000 people like Queen Zhang's army, at most 1,000 people, is the next step for us to speed up and attack Jinhua?" ”
Ruan Dacheng frowned tightly and said: "Be cautious, this has to be cautious, this princess army has never heard of before, and now Jinhua suddenly released such news, do you want to take advantage of our foothold to fight for poison?" Be careful! ”
Although Ruan Dacheng was ambitious before he went south, and he felt that everything was under control, he was only talking on paper after all, and after entering Jinhua Mansion, he found that whether it was the gentry, the powerful or the commoners, and the businessmen were full of hostility to their uninvited force, he suddenly became conservative.
Fang Guoan was originally ready to speed up his actions and enter the city before the arrival of the princess's army, but now that Ruan Dacheng said this, he became hesitant again: "Yuanhai, according to what you mean, Zhu Dadian is not an empty city plan?" ”
Ruan Dacheng was very pretentious: "Zhu Dadian can set up an empty city plan, but I, Ruan, am not a villager, he is so fearless, we have to be cautious, what kind of quality our team is, you know better than me!" ”
When it came to the quality of these thousands of soldiers and horses, Fang Guoan himself felt anxious.
Although the thousands of men and horses under his command are all regular troops of the Hongguang Dynasty, the process of the Qing army's southward movement this time is almost overwhelmed, and it has become a frightened bird, so it will go south in the name of "King Qin", but the morale of the troops is generally not high, and many officers and soldiers are completely unable to understand why they came to Jinhua to coerce the princess of the prison country.
In this case, if you really want to march forcibly all the way, maybe the troops will blow up the camp and scatter at any point, so although Fang Guoan felt that it was inappropriate, he still decided to fight steadily: "We have thousands of soldiers and horses in our hands, as long as we don't make mistakes, the princess of the prison country and Zhu Dadian will always give enough benefits!" ”
It's just that it is very difficult for the troops to speed up again after the marching speed slows down, not to mention that the officials and people along the way have adopted a hostile attitude towards this uninvited guest army, either the supplies cannot be received or the long road is spared, or the main road is directly damaged, so the journey that could have been completed in two or three days has taken four days.
However, the Jinhua Mansion got the most needed reinforcements, and the princess army who came from the state capital rushed into Jinhua City before Fang Guoan, and they had only been in the city for half an hour Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan had already arrived in the city, in addition to an unexpected reinforcement, that is, the honor battalion composed of recovered wounded soldiers.
Jinhua, as the most important logistics base of the Yue Ming Dynasty, naturally bears the responsibility of accommodating the seriously wounded and sick, and now more than 200 recovered and soon-to-be-recovered wounded and sick people have taken the initiative to join the elite force of the Jinhua garrison, and the princess of Jianguo attaches great importance to the honor camp, and deliberately makes the honor camp a large battalion of 600 people.
With these two battalion leaders and the thousands of new troops urgently mobilized during this time, Jinhua City is now calm and leisurely and has made plans to defend the city, while the Fang Guoan army outside the city has become uneasy when they look at the city wall, and they are becoming more and more uneasy, and there are even signs of bombing the camp.
The defenders and civil and military officials in the city didn't know what was going on, they only felt that the team outside the city under the banner of the Ming army seemed to be showing signs of instability, but after half an hour, they knew what was going on: "It was Zhang Niangniang and Yue Guogong who issued the edict of King Qin in Huzhou!" ”
"That's right, Zhang Niangniang and Yue Guogong call on the king of the world!"
"This is the real edict of King Qin!"
The Fang Guo'an Department outside the city went south to Jinhua under the banner of "King Qin" to prepare to coerce the princess and Zhu Dadian of the prison country, but they didn't expect that when they arrived at Jinhua City, the real King Qin's edict happened to be delivered.
Moreover, the gentry and heroes outside Jinhua City not only sent the edict into the city, but also copied many copies and passed it to Fang Guoan's camp and even read it aloud outside the camp, and Fang Guoan's subordinates became at a loss because of this edict of King Qin.
And Zhu Dadian was overjoyed: "The edict of Zhang Niangniang and Yue Guogong came just in time, and it can be said that it is better than three thousand Yue Jia!" ”