Chapter 4 Fighting Against the Water

Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian both felt that Liu Yongxi seemed to be too careless, but Empress Zhang had already handed over the position of "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses" to Liu Yongxi, and the sincerity of the Bofu has a certain foundation in Zhejiang for a hundred years, and Zhang Huangyan has a battalion of veterans around him, if it can be combined with the chess pieces laid by the Chengyi Bofu, it will definitely receive unexpected results.

No matter how high Xie Sanbin's reputation is, he is just a powerful gentleman, looking at Liu Yongxi's confident appearance, he knows that he should have already made arrangements: "It is naturally a good thing to be able to pacify Ningbo Mansion, but is it not prudent to divide troops now!"

Although Liu Yongxi was ready to send troops to Jiangshang with the main force to annihilate the Qing army that went south, but he, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, made a decision to divide the troops, and the strength of Fujiang with Wang Sun Fan alone was as many as five battalions and 2,000 people, although there were many newly recruited troops, but the backbone of the veteran soldiers was at least 1,000 people.

In addition to the first battalion led by Zhang Huangyan and the fifth battalion led by Zhang Sunfan, Liu Yongxi sent several troops and horses to respond to Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Yanzhou at the same time, and even prepared to attack Nanzhili in multiple ways.

These soldiers and horses are as little as one battalion, and at most three battalions or even five battalions, plus the minimum number of troops left behind in Jinhua, Chuzhou, and Quzhou, the army led by Liu Yongxi is only 10,000 soldiers and horses, which is only a slight advantage compared with the Qing army in Nandu, and if you consider that Bolo may cross the Qiantang River in a big way at any time, it is even more at an absolute disadvantage.

This is the most worrying problem of Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian at the moment, but Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "Although the righteous division is known as the elite, the total strength is only 20,000, there are still 40,000 or 50,000 people along the Boluo Road, and there are as many as 100,000 soldiers under the command of Nanjing Duoduo, not to mention that there are 100,000 prisoners under the Azig department in the upper reaches.

What Liu Yongxi said is the truth that Zhu Dadian and Zhang Guowei, the two cabinet ministers, know, and the biggest problem in Jinhua now is not that Empress Zhang and Princess Kunxing, who are in charge of the country, are both women, but that the actual control of the prefectures and counties is less than 30, and even if the mobilized recruits are counted, the available soldiers are only more than 20,000 people, and in this situation, we must rely on the strength of friendly troops on all roads.

Zhang Guowei has served as a secretary of the military department, although it can be said that he has fought countless defeats in this term of secretary of the military department, but he has indeed experienced it: "What is the chance of winning the battle of the Jiang Shang of Yue Guogong this time?" ”

Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "Without a seventy percent chance of winning, how dare I send troops to Jiangshang?" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yongxi himself smiled: "Now I am not only responsible for myself, but also responsible for my family!"

Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian both thought that Liu Yongxi was talking about women such as Princess Kunxing, Mrs. Xing and Li Xiangjun, and immediately laughed: "That's good, it seems that Jinhua's gentle nest has not worn out the fighting spirit of Yue Guogong!"

But they didn't know that Liu Yongxi's "family" also included Empress Zhang, and he even felt that the person he was most sorry for was Empress Zhang, so he had to return victoriously and peacefully.

And for Tian Xiong, the chief soldier of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Yongxi's strategy for using troops made him almost laugh out loud: "Bolobel gave thousands of instructions, but I didn't expect that this Duke of Yue Guo was purely a parallel commodity in the use of soldiers!"

I heard that this Yue Guogong is only seventeen or eighteen years old this year, and he is just a milky child, and his strategy is similar to that of an eight- or nine-year-old doll.

However, Liu Yongxi divided his troops before launching the offensive, and according to the information that Tian Xiong had obtained, he may have divided into nearly ten lines of soldiers and horses, ranging from three to five hundred people all the way, and at most more than a thousand people.

Although Liu Yongxi's subordinates are all the remnants of Gao Jie, Tian Xiong's subordinates not only have the remnants of Huang Degong, but also have the real Eight Banners powerhouse, and Bolobele's 40,000 troops can cross the Qiantang River at any time to rush to support, not to mention that one Liu Yongxi or ten Liu Yongxi can only be wiped out.

As soon as he thought of this, Tian Xiong felt that he should cross the river as soon as possible, but Zhang Jing Haning, who was really in charge of this southern expedition, felt that he should be more cautious: "This road thief is the most insidious different from other roads, and we must guard against them and have a back-up move!"

Tian Xiong couldn't control his excitement, after all, he had sold Emperor Hongguang and Huang Degong and there was no turning back, and now he was thinking about how to make contributions under Boluo.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, the limit of the martial arts is only the military generals like Huang Degong and Gao Jie, but the military generals of the Qing Dynasty not only have the opportunity to be the governor of a province, but even have the opportunity to be the real governor and governor, depending on whether the credit they have made is enough: "Lord Zhang Jing, what we really have to guard against now is not to scare the Ming thief away, if the Ming thief is scared back to Jinhua Mansion, I am afraid it will be trouble!"

This is what Tian Xiong is most worried about at the moment, he has 5,000 elites in his hands and no problem how to deal with Liu Yongxi, but scaring Liu Yongxi back to Jinhua Mansion is the real big problem, after all, Jinhua Mansion is Liu Yongxi's real home field, and Liu Yongxi seems to have a lot of troops left behind in Jinhua, and it will be even more difficult to deal with after the merger.

Jiama Zhangjing Haning has experienced a hundred battles, and as soon as Tian Xiong said this, he immediately came over: "Then how can we keep this group of thieves?" ”

Tian Xiong has extraordinary confidence in the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners: "That's naturally a battle against the water!"

It's just that Haning didn't understand what it meant to "fight against the water", Tian Xiong took a long time to explain it clearly, and this Jiama Zhangjing felt that it was a good idea: "Then we will rely on the Qiantang River and wait for the Ming thief to attack!"

Although he knew that Tian Xiong must have deliberately exposed his flaws, Tian Xiong's posture of fighting against the water still scared Liu Yongxi a lot, but since Tian Xiong took the initiative Liu Yongxi unceremoniously sent troops to Zhuji, and although Shaoxing Mansion and Shanyin County had been cleared, he did not hesitate to attach Empress Zhang and Princess Kunxing when he saw Liu Yongxi's righteous division advancing northward, but although Shaoxing Mansion had changed banners again, it still had a wait-and-see attitude.

Not only Shaoxing Mansion has a wait-and-see attitude, but the whole Zhejiang also has a wait-and-see attitude, but a thunderbolt of news suddenly came from Nanjing from Hangzhou!

The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty has ordered that "all civil, military, military and civilians everywhere should be ordered to shave their hair, and if they do not obey, they should be engaged in military law", and soon more definite news has come: "Now there is a family at home and abroad, the king is still the father, and the people are also the son; Father and son are one, how can they be different? If you don't draw one, you will end up with two hearts. …… Since then, the capital has been limited to ten days inside and outside the capital, and the provinces and localities in the province have also been limited to ten days since the ministry, and they are ordered to shave their hair. Those who obey are the people of our country; Those who hesitate will be guilty of a felony as those who disobey their fate. If you avoid reluctance to make money, you will never take out a light loan!"