Chapter Thirty-Eight: Turning Offensive to Defensive

The promise given by the princess of Jianguo is not a new trick, Empress Zhang once made the same promise and led the army to conquer Huzhou, but for the princess and the army around her, it was the most wanted thing, they chanted in unison and even called out the most fanatical slogan: "Long live!" Hooray! ”

"Long live the princess!"

"Long live Your Majesty the Princess!"

Although most of the officers and soldiers also knew that this crossing of the river would lead to a series of battles with Jianyu, and they might even die and die, the morale of the officers and soldiers was at an incredible level, and everyone felt that following the princess of the prison country to cross the river would be the most correct choice in their lives, and even some soldiers shouted the most daring and incredible slogan: "Long live Her Majesty!" ”

"Long live Your Majesty!"

"Her Majesty!"

Different from those gentlemen who watched the show at the head of the city, these martial artists did not care whether it was the emperor or the empress who sat on the dragon chair, in addition to caring about the mountains and rivers of the Han family and the clothes of the Han family, they were more concerned about their own personal and the future of this army, and the princess of the prison country who was riding on the horse held the horse whip and said loudly: "Now cross the river with me, in ten years you will either die in battle, or you will be the chief soldier, deputy chief soldier or governor and Taoist level figures, do you have the courage to cross the river with me!" ”

The princess of the prison country said this too much, now the princess of the prison country has more than four thousand people, and it is still growing in a snowball way, whether it is Ruan Dacheng or Fang Guoan, they are completely out of control of their troops.

Even if four or five thousand people only survive one-tenth of them, they are still four or five hundred positions at the level of chief soldiers, deputy chief soldiers, governors, and Taoists, but there may not be so many vacant positions in the entire Ming Dynasty, not to mention that under normal circumstances, these four thousand people can survive at least a thousand, and there must be many people who are just petty officers or even frustrated veterans after ten years.

But such a promise is exactly what the officers and soldiers want to hear the most, and the officers and soldiers have more or less heard some legendary stories about Empress Zhang and Yue Guogong.

It is said that when Yue Guogong and Empress Zhang went out of Beijing to cross to the south, there were only 100 soldiers and horses around them, but more than a year has passed, and there are more than 100,000 troops under the command of Empress Zhang and Yue Guogong, and the old man who went out of Beijing is at least a battalion officer and team officer as long as he does not make fatal mistakes, and a small person like Zhou Zhisheng is now commanding thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, such a precedent makes the promise of the princess of the prison country extremely credible.

Although Fang Guoan's department has been defeated repeatedly over the years, and the troops are getting fewer and fewer, but everyone thinks in their hearts that they can become the chief military officer and governor one day, so the promise of the princess of the prison country has triggered cheers one after another, and even made the sky almost overturned!

And the ministers on the city wall all felt that something was wrong, after all, even the slogan of "Long live Her Majesty the Empress" was shouted below, if Princess Kunxing really became the empress, then how should Empress Zhang and the Duke of Yue Guo arrange?

But the ministers only dare to say "inappropriate", a year ago, there may be many people who will die to admonish each other, they will never accept the absurd reality of the female emperor, but for more than a year, the situation in the world has undergone a drastic change, as long as the Han family can be preserved, everyone will naturally give up many principles that have been adhered to for decades.

What's more, the affairs of Empress Zhang, Princess Kunxing and Yue Guogong are the affairs of the emperor, and these courtiers should not be involved in it in the first place, and there are even a few scholars with particularly bright minds who suddenly have an idea, and feel that since the martial artists are persuaded to advance, they literati cannot be left behind.

After all, the princess of Jianguo is the eldest daughter of the first emperor, and the title of "Kunxing" has a deep meaning, and people with a heart quickly extended that the first emperor Chongzhen has seen the possibility of the heroine Zhongxing court, so he will title his eldest daughter "Princess Kunxing".

There are many similar arguments, but Zhu Dadian is the most calm: "Look where Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan are?" If it's still there, let them hurry up and ask the princess of the prison country to take the blame! ”

Whether it is the princess of the prison country or the empress of the prison country, Zhu Dadian is the number one founding hero of the Yue Ming small court, no one can erase his credit, and the current ending can make Jinhua Mansion avoid a bloody disaster It is a gratifying event.

And soon someone reported back the specific whereabouts of Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan: "Ruan Dacheng has run north, and Fang Guoan doesn't know what to do, I heard that Xiangguo asked him to come and ask the princess of the prison country to take the blame, he has rushed over!" ”

Although Zhu Dadian used to be an official in the same dynasty as Ruan Dacheng, he still did not have a correct understanding of Ruan Dacheng's ability to move, and he did not take Ruan Dacheng to the bottom of his heart: "This matter will be handed over to the princess of the prison country to deal with, I believe the princess can handle these things well!" ”

Although the martial artists were still cheering "Long live Her Majesty the Empress", Zhu Dadian did not think that these imperial family affairs would have any impact on his status, but instead took the edict of Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi and said: "Today, Her Royal Highness the princess of the prison country has the mandate of heaven, but my country also has the mandate of heaven, if there is no edict from Niangniang and the Duke of Yue, things will definitely not go so smoothly, and the weight of this edict of King Qin is better than three thousand Yuejia!" ”

This is the second time that Zhu Dadian has associated this edict of King Qin, which he seems to have a quasi-level, with the three thousand Yuejia, but although he feels that his evaluation has reached the limit, he still does not have a correct understanding of the true value of this edict.

If you evaluate this Qinwang edict from the perspective of the world's luck, "30,000 Yuejia" is a correct estimate, Jinhua and Chuzhou alone mobilized thousands of armor soldiers because of this Qinwang edict, plus the old Fang Guoan who accepted the inspiration of Qinwang's edict and revolted before the battle, there were 10,000 armor soldiers who followed the princess of the prison country to recruit in person.

The rest of the prefectures and counties, whether it is Shaoxing, Ningbo, Taizhou or Wenzhou, have all mobilized because of this edict of King Qin, and even Jiangxi and Nanzhili have killed many rebel armies because of this edict of King Qin.

However, the greatest impact of King Qin's edict was the Huzhou battlefield, before the number of troops or combat power, the Qing army had an advantage, the total strength of the defenders in Huzhou City was only 7,000 people, 8,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the reinforcements led by Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi were only 20,000 people, no matter which aspect was at a disadvantage.

However, after the edict of King Qin was issued, tens of thousands of rebels suddenly appeared in and around Huzhou Mansion, although in terms of combat effectiveness, three or five Niu Lu could wipe out these rebel armies who rushed to the army, but because Zhang Boyi and Liu Yongxi attracted the Qing army's field group one mile away, every action of these rebels made the Qing army anxious.

King Qin's edict also brought a chain reaction, at least 20 prefectures and counties even after receiving King Qin's edict suddenly anyway, there are more rebels suddenly rising, especially Songjiang Mansion and Suzhou Mansion anyway, which made Duoduo feel caught off guard, which are the two most elite prefectures in Nanzhili.

These prefectures and counties were not a big problem anyway, as long as two or three thousand Qing troops were enough to calm down the chaos, when there was a big commotion in Songzhou Mansion before, Li Shutai only used three hundred and eight banner soldiers and more than 1,000 new attached troops to quell the riots.

But now the main force of the field battle of Duoduo's department has poured out, and behind this series of uprisings and chaos there are also the black hands of Jinhua thieves, and several Qing troops that acted alone have suffered heavy losses, and even the Eight Banners Niulu has suffered a considerable blow.

This feeling of a fire in the backyard made Duoduo feel extremely uncomfortable, but now that it was difficult to ride a tiger, he could only insist on his opinion: "There are no more than a few hundred real gold thieves in Jiangnan Province, and the rest are cowards who come from the coercion, as long as Huzhou is victorious, Jiangnan can naturally be easily pacified!" ”

For Liu Yongxi, this edict of King Qin did play a killer role, although in the eyes of Zhu Dadian, this edict of King Qin was too concise and straightforward, considering that Yu Huang, the champion of the princess, was also in Liu Yongxi's camp, Zhu Dadian and many literati from Jinshi thought that the text of this edict of King Qin was not up to standard, at least not everyone's level.

But for Liu Yongxi, this edict of King Qin was not just written to those Jinshi ministers and masters, but to every son and daughter of the Han family, whether they were farmers, merchants, martial artists or even beggars, and could make everyone moved by the power of words.

Although a big man like Zhu Dadian may think that it is substandard because the content is too straightforward, this edict of King Qin can not only be read by everyone, but also move everyone and burst out with all the energy.

Although the Qing army conquered almost the entire south of the Yangtze River, the anti-Qing forces were only hidden, after all, more than ten years later, Zhang Huangyan's three battles into the Yangtze River were responded to at the same time, and the current anti-Qing forces will only be stronger and not weaker, as long as this force is used well, it can create miracles.

Therefore, he took the battle report and said: "Although I am also worried about Azig entering Zhejiang, but now we are more patient than Duoduo, and time is on our side for the time being!" ”

In the past few days, Duoduo dispatched the main force of the Eight Banners to try to start a decisive battle with Liu Yongxi, but the tactics of the Ming army suddenly changed, and instead used villages, barricades, rivers, hills, and lakes to form a solid defense line to block the attack of the main force of the Eight Banners.

Duoduo and the commander of the Qing army did not expect the Ming army's tactical transformation to be so keen, the previous attack on Liu Liangzuo and the Xu brothers was a field attack with a thunderous momentum, but now it has become a stable line of defense against Mount Tai, although the offensive of the Eight Banners is impressive, and the Ming army has captured more than a dozen villages in one go, but the Qing army's offensive was forced to slow down in front of the defense line, and it became a protracted and bitter battle, so Liu Yongxi will say "Time is on our side for the time being."

Even Mrs. Xing didn't expect Liu Yongxi to turn from offensive to defensive so quickly: "The husband said that time is on our side, is it pinning his hopes on the Zhulu Righteous Army in the north?" At the beginning, I thought that it was Meng Lang's move for my husband to send troops north, but I didn't expect it to be a stroke of genius! ”