Chapter 68: Liyang
But in the eyes of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, King Azig seems to be a little floating now, and it seems that he doesn't take the regent and the princes and Baylor to the bottom of his heart, but this is a sensitive topic, and it is not something that they Han people can mix, if they say a few more words, they will be killed.
Therefore, Wu Sangui could only change his statement: "King Ying, you can't underestimate Xing Shengping, after all, this is a first-class famous general among the Jinhua thieves, and since we passed Anqing, Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng, the two thieves, have come out to attack us again, we have to be prepared!"
When it comes to Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng, the two Ming armies, Azig has a faint headache.
Although Wang Sunfan and Jin Sheng were not first-rate figures among the Jinhua thieves, and the soldiers and horses under his command were also second-rate troops among the Jinhua thieves, and they were not at all opponents of the 150,000 Qing soldiers, but Azig's troops killed Anqing all the way from Wuchang, and the rear supply line was too long.
Now even Wang Sun Fan, who suffered a heavy setback in Jiangxi, has regained his slaughter, and even recaptured two of the three county towns that were lost, and Jin Sheng is even more eyeing it, waiting for Azig to show a big flaw and kill it from Huizhou Mansion and Ningguo Mansion in a big way.
If it weren't for Duoduo and Haoge in Nanjing, who were anxiously waiting for Azig to save their lives, not to mention that Wang Sun Fan and Jin Sheng joined forces, or that there were ways to meet ten Wang Sun Fan and Jin Sheng Azig, but now Duoduo has stabbed a big disaster in Jiangnan, and he will send a messenger to ask for help every few days, and if the reinforcements are a few days late, maybe Duoduo and Hauge will be wiped out
Although this half-brother has always been uncompetitive, Azig can't watch Duoduo's entire army disappear and the imperial hegemony of the Great Qing Kingdom will be wiped out, so he will encounter the current situation of being often stabbed in the back.
But Azig is Azig after all, and he immediately named Shang Kexi's name: "Shang Kexi, Wang Sun Fan and Jin Sheng will be handed over to you to deal with!" Order the army to speed up its actions, as long as Xing Shengping is broken, everything can be solved! After we join forces with King Yu and King Su, there is no strong enemy in the world that we cannot deal with. ”
Speaking of this, Azig became more and more confident: "Tell the brothers below that as long as they take Xiliang Mountain, they will have as many prospects as they want, I will give them half a day, and they must take down Xiliang Mountain in half a day, if they can't take Xiliang Mountain in half a day, I will let them know what military law is like a mountain.!"
As soon as Li Benshen heard the news of the start of the Yue Ming army's operation, he had only slept well for two days, and he had insomnia again, and every time he would wake up early and never sleep again.
For Li Benshen, who has experienced a hundred battles, this is a very rare situation, and he feels that there will be big problems if he continues like this.
Obviously, the two princes Duoduo and Haoge have deployed everything, and countless nets have been laid with Liyang City as the core, no matter how powerful Liu Yongxi is, it is impossible to escape in the iron net, but why does he always wake up in a nightmare after insomnia and then can't sleep.
In the end, Li Benshen could only sigh very helplessly at night: "I don't know when Liu Xiaothief will be able to arrive in Liyang City?" When he arrives in Liyang City, he won't have to be as painful as he is now!"
According to the intelligence from the front, it will take Liu Yongxi at least two days to kill Liyang City, and if he moves slowly, it may take three or four days or even more, but Liu Yongxi has become a real nightmare in Li Benshen's heart, and when he thinks of Liu Yongxi, he will think of the countless miracles that Liu Yongxi has created in the past year or so.
Obviously, more than a year ago, Liu Yongxi was still a little sincere uncle in Nanjing, and no one took Liu Yongxi seriously, but for more than a year, he actually maintained a record of complete victories on the battlefield, no matter who he met, he was invincible, and Li Benshen deliberately reviewed Liu Yongxi's big and small battles over the past year, and found that the biggest pressure on Liu Yongxi for more than a year was actually Liu Zeqing's rice bucket.
As soon as he thought of these things, Li Benshen felt that even in the iron net of the Qing army, Liu Yongxi could not be captured, and maybe he would create a miracle, although the Ming side said that the destiny of heaven was in the Ming, but Li Benshen thought bitterly for most of the night but felt that it should be the destiny of Liu Cai.
It wasn't until shortly after dawn that Li Benshen finally slept for a while, but he didn't sleep long before he was woken up: "Dashuai is not good, not good!"
Now Li Benshen's mood is extremely anxious, and when he hears the eager shouts of several pro-soldiers, he feels that his whole body is wrong: "What's the hurry, you have to calm down when you encounter something, don't make a fuss, is it that Liu Yongxi has already hit our city gate, everything must be calm!"
Li Benshen just said this casually, but the expressions of these guards were very ugly, and they told Li Benshen very clearly: "Dashuai, Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, is under our Liyang City, and he has come!"
"So fast?"
Li Benshen was really frightened by the speed of action of Liu Yongxi and the Yue Ming army, according to his previous estimate with Duoduo and Haoge, even if the Yue Ming army maintained the fastest speed of action, it would take two days to reach the city of Liyang, and if the speed of action was a little slower, it would take at least three or four days, but now it was only one night that Liu Yongxi had already killed under the city of Liyang.
How did he come so quickly?
And more importantly, Prince Yu Duoduo and Prince Su Haoge miscalculated!
Although they have set up a heavy encirclement against Liu Yongxi and are ready to block all the back roads of Liu Yongxi, Liu Yongxi's speed is too fast, and now the iron net arranged by Prince Su and Prince Yu has a big flaw, and it is not good that the fish will die and the net will be broken.
Li Benshen was in a panic, he really couldn't figure out how Liu Yongxi and Yue Mingjun could come so quickly, so he could only force himself to calm down: "What are you afraid of, all this is within my expectations with King Yu and King Su, since King Yue is here, don't think about leaving, and he can't leave!"
Several pro-soldiers were relieved to hear Li Benshen's pretended calm answer, but the most uncalm person in the entire Liyang was Li Benshen, he hurriedly put on his armor and ran to the city: "Inform Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, the two generals, come over together, don't worry about Jinhua thieves, now Liyang City is as stable as gold, even if 100,000 Jinhua thieves come, they can defend it!"
It's just that after going to the city to meet with Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku, Li Benshen became more uneasy.
Looking out from the head of Liyang City, Liu Yongxi only had two hundred horses around him, and in addition, the Ming army arrived at Liyang City with only a few hundred horses and three or four thousand infantry, and the total strength added up to five thousand at most.
The defenders of Liyang City had almost seven or eight thousand people, including 5,000 people from Gao Jie's old army led by Li Benshen, nearly 2,000 green battalion soldiers led by Wu Shengzhao and several hundred Eight Banner Army responsible for the decisive victory, and the strength of the defenders was almost twice that of the Yue Ming army outside the city.
But things are not as simple as the numbers seem, the five thousand people of Gao Jie's old department led by Li Benshen have become a huge burden, they are emotionally more inclined to the Yue Ming army than the Great Qing Kingdom, and now many people in the city noticed that Liu Yongxi was next to Mrs. Xing and began to wave at her, and some even cheered openly.
Li Chengdong and Gao Jinku's faces became extremely ugly, these people waved at Mrs. Xing, and even openly cheered Gao Jie's old subordinates were his subordinates, and what was worse was that the officers lost control of the situation, not only did they not control it, but many officers also mixed in, and even the hundreds of personal soldiers led by Li Benshen showed signs of instability.
Li Benshen knew that the main reason was that the old Gao Jie department that had descended to the Qing Dynasty had been going downhill in the past few months, not only had they lost battles one after another, but the strength of the troops was getting weaker and weaker, while the old Gao Jie department that followed Mrs. Xing was developing better and better, and the soldiers below all felt that it was a fatal wrong choice to follow Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, and Gao Jinku to reduce the Qing.
This is also the main reason why Liu Yongxi dared to attack Liyang City with only four or five thousand foot riders, and now Mrs. Xing is shouting to her old subordinates under the city, and every word she says is cheering in the city, even if she can't understand what she says, there are people cheering there in the city.
Li Chengdong felt that the troops would definitely get out of control if they continued like this, so he immediately said to Li Benshen: "Li Benshen, now is the time to make up your mind!"
Gao Jinku also felt the same way, he even suspected that many of his subordinates would mutiniate after Mrs. Xing finished shouting, and Li Benshen also knew that the situation was already the most urgent moment: "Although they have been old brothers for many years, they really can't be soft anymore at this moment!"
Among the 5,000 people in Gao Jie's old department, there are only a few hundred people who really wave and even cheer at Mrs. Xing, but Li Chengdong, Gao Jinku's family and Li Benshen's cronies add up to a few hundred, and most of Gao Jie's old department is still silent.
But keeping silent is a very dangerous signal, Li Benshen feels that if these Liu Yongxi and Mrs. Xing are not suppressed now, the situation will be unimaginable, and at this time, Wu Shengzhao has already rushed over with more than 100 heavily armed green battalion soldiers: "Li Dashuai, I'm not late!"
Seeing Wu Shengzhao and his green battalion soldier Li Benshen finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the credible generals in Gao Jie's old department were now almost equal to the internal soldiers sent by Liu Yongxi and Mrs. Xing, and if they were not properly handled, all the officers and soldiers who were in silence would be coerced, and Wu Shengzhao came too timely at this time!
In fact, the reason why Duoduo and Haoge deployed Wu Shengzhao's nearly 2,000 green battalion soldiers in Liyang City was to hope that Wu Shengzhao could deal with it decisively at a critical time, after all, Wu Shengzhao's troops and horses had a deep blood feud with the Jinhua thieves, and Li Benshen immediately pinned all his hopes on Wu Shengzhao: "General Li Bing, there are Jinhua thieves in the city, and now they are responding to the Jinhua thieves outside the city and are even preparing to rebel!"
Wu Shengzhao said without hesitation: "Leave this matter to me, brothers, have you heard Li Dashuai's arrangement clearly?" ”
More and more green battalion soldiers rushed to the top of the city, but they said in unison: "Hear clearly!"
Wu Shengzhao asked again: "Then what should we do?" ”