Chapter 19: Again in person
In the eyes of these Han officials and generals, the regent Dolgon was born with Duoduo and Azig, and the British king's aid to Zhejiang was a major event related to the fortunes of the country.
Not to mention that Duoduo and Azig led the two most important field armies of the Qing Dynasty, just the situation after they pacified Jiangnan and Huguang was enough to make the regent Dolgon be extra wary of them, not to mention that there were many conflicts and contradictions in the history of the three brothers, Jiangnan was Duoduo's territory, and Azig would definitely be in a hurry to intervene in Duoduo.
It's just that Zhang Cunren, Zhang Jie, Tian Xiong, and other Han officials and generals don't understand this reason, they are bent on helping Manchuria conquer the world, Tian Xiong said: "It is unprecedented for Wang Shinan to encounter this setback, no matter whether the regent nods or not, we have to send someone to Jiangxi as soon as possible to inform the British king to prepare as soon as possible!"
His statement is more slippery and acceptable to Bolo, so Bolo agreed: "Yes, you have to inform the king of England as soon as possible to get ready, and quickly withdraw the troops and horses from Jiaxing!"
Now although there are nearly 20,000 Qing troops in the entire city of Hangzhou, the total number of the Eight Banners Army and the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domains is only more than 2,000 people, and the main force of the Eight Banners has become the banner of the Han Army.
On the one hand, multiple envoys were sent to ask for support, while on the other hand, an army of nearly 3,000 people was withdrawn from Jiaxing, which relieved the Ming army in Jiaxing.
Chen Yuan was only relieved, he was the first to inform Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, of the great change at the same time, that he had just gotten the information, the Qing army in Nanjing was preparing to mobilize tens of thousands of troops to rescue Hangzhou's Boluo Division, although Jiaxing had repelled the Qing army's offensive from Hangzhou, but thousands of Qing troops made Chen Yuan panic, not to mention tens of thousands of Qing troops, Chen Yuan hoped to get the greatest support.
Chen Yuan's letter for help and Zhang Boyi's letter for help from Huzhou arrived in Liu Yongxi's hands almost at the same time, Zhang Boyi's statement was consistent with Chen Yuan's, although there were many righteous troops including Jin Sheng in Nanzhili, but the real threat to the Qing army was Liu Yongxi's department, which was called the "Jinhua thief" by the Qing army, so a new battle was close at hand.
Although Chen Yuan and Zhang Boyi are both known as 10,000 people, Liu Yongxi knows very well that his core army is only five or six battalions, plus the Ming army and the righteous army that have been incorporated to make up the scale of nearly 10,000 people, and the real core force available is five or six thousand people, although it can hold out for ten days and eight days in front of the absolutely superior Qing army, it will definitely not last.
Liu Yongxi didn't expect the situation to develop like this, he handed the letter to Empress Zhang: "Fortunately, Niangniang crossed the river in time, otherwise the Qing army in Nanjing would go south, and we would probably be in a panic!"
Empress Zhang took the letter between Chen Yuan and Zhang Boyi: "How can Xiao Xi say so exaggeratedly, how can I, as the queen of the prison country, watch the soldiers fight desperately on the north bank of the Qianjiang River, while I am watching the fire on the south bank of the Qianjiang River!"
In front of outsiders, Queen Zhang called Liu Yongxi "Yue Guogong", but now with Liu Yongxi, Zhang Yan is called "Xiaoxi", although she doesn't give Liu Yongxi face at all, but Liu Yongxi's heart is sweet.
But after reading these two letters, Empress Zhang couldn't help but worry: "How many troops does this southbound Qing army have?" Zhang Boyi is not the one who makes a fuss about anything!"
Although Empress Zhang does not understand military affairs, and is not familiar with Chen Yuan, who was born in Gao Jie's old department, Zhang Boyi is her distant relative, and has always been calm and reliable, and will never ask Liu Yongxi for full support as a last resort, and Liu Yongxi immediately replied: "Now the whole city has been mobilized near Nanjing, and the so-called 150,000 army has entered Zhejiang, I estimate that 150,000 will definitely not be, but 50,000 or 60,000 will always have!"
As soon as Liu Yongxi's words fell, Mrs. Xing opened her mouth and said: "Li Benshen, Guo Hu, and Yang Chengzu should be killed!"
The people she said were all Gao Jie's old department, and when she was in Gao Jie's camp, these people didn't trouble Mrs. Xing, and after they defected to Duoduo, the Qing army easily conquered the entire Jiangnan, and now they have become the main force of the Qing army to aid Zhejiang.
When Duoduo set off from Guide, the total strength was only 80,000, but after the more than 40,000 Qing troops in Boluo's department suffered heavy losses, Duoduo was still able to send at least 50,000 or 60,000 troops to aid Zhejiang, which was naturally the credit of Li Benshen, Guo Hu, and Yang Chengzu, but Liu Yongxi didn't see it that way: "The key is that although Bolo was beaten, he couldn't beat Duoduo, so Duoduo would send so many cats and dogs to die, but it's a pity that Duoduo didn't know that we had just broken the Boluo army, otherwise we would never be so bold!"
But Liu Yongxi said this just to cheer everyone up, although he had just broken the Boluo army, but Liu Yongxi also had to admit that the two sides had fought a confrontation before, if it wasn't for Queen Zhang personally crossing the river to break the deadlock, Bolo would have staked all the capital in his hands, and it was still unknown who would have died.
And although Bolo suffered a big defeat, but the Ming army could not take Hangzhou City in a short period of time, after all, Bolo's more than 30 red-coated cannons are not vegetarian, not to mention that Bolo has at least one or two thousand fresh troops in his hands, and the current Ming army can only ask for hardships to attack Hangzhou.
Now the situation has become bad, Hangzhou has Boluo's army to hold on, while Jiaxing and Huzhou have Duoduo's multiple heavy army groups going south, although it is mainly the old department of the four towns in Jiangbei, but the main force of the Qing army led by Duoduo will not be absent, but Empress Zhang has already made up her mind: "Since Jiahu is the decisive battlefield, then the palace and Yue Guogong will go to the battlefield together to fight with Jianyu!"
This is said beautifully, the civil and military officials present are all praised, and everyone also has a very lucky idea, this battle of Qianjiang can be won because of Empress Zhang's crossing of the river, if she goes to the battlefield in person, she may be able to create another miracle, and now the main force is used to besiege Hangzhou City, the new force that can be used for maneuver is very limited, and Empress Zhang just has a new force to create miracles, with this new force, the situation may be completely different.
Only Mrs. Xing felt that Empress Zhang was too showy: "It is naturally a good thing for Niangniang and the Duke of Yue to go to the battlefield, but since the royal drive is in person, it is foolproof, I don't know if the Duke of Yue can lead tens of thousands of soldiers to go out with Niangniang?" ”