Xinye County, located at the junction of Henan and Chu, the center of the Nanxiang Basin, north of Wan, Luo, south of Jing, Xiang, since ancient times for the north and south of the intersection of the east and the west of the water and land transportation rush.

For more than 1,000 years, whenever the north and south contend, this place must be the place to rush, several destroyed and repaired, so although it is a small county, the city is quite strong, and it can be side by side with the capital of the inferior state capital.

Because this north-south passage between Chu and Henan was in the hands of the Qing army, the Qing army in Henan could go south at any time and raid Huguang, which made the Ming army in Huguang very passive in terms of strategy, and it was necessary to garrison heavy troops in Huguang, and more than 100,000 Ming troops did not dare to act rashly, and were pinned down here and could not support other battlefields.

Seizing Xinye, and even the entire Nanyang Basin, the Ming army can cut off the road of the Qing army south to Huguang, and then threaten Heluo, which not only liberates the Ming army in Huguang, but also makes the Ming army change from passive to active.

This is a key step in the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and the recovery of the two Huai is as important, so after the Ming army recovered Nanjing, it has been put on the agenda by the Ministry of War, it was originally to wait for next year in the trial, but the plan is not as good as the change, the Qing army entered the Kou this time, and strengthened Wang Yan's heart to seize Xinye and Nanyang, so he wrote a letter to Dai Zhifan to seize this place.

According to the plan of the military department, it was to take advantage of the main force of the Qing army to plunder in Huguang, and the Ming army would avoid the eyes and ears of the Qing army from the north of the barren Han River, intersperse with the direction of Xinye, and quickly seize Xinye and Nanyang, which could not only lock the Qing army in Huguang, but also force the Qing army in Henan to be threatened and not dare to move lightly, so that the Ming army could attack Lianghuai and shake the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Although the Ming and Qing dynasties have been at war in recent years, since the Qing army occupied Henan, Henan has also been stable for four years.

Compared with Shandong and other places where the rebels swarmed, Henan suffered heavy losses because of the scourge of several times in that year, and the people suffered heavy losses, and after Li Yan, who represented the local Haoqiang in Henan, was killed, Henan's Haoqiang also withdrew from the historical stage, and the contradiction of more people and less land in Henan was resolved, but gradually settled down.

After more than four years of no fighting, the local government even recovered a little, and the Qing army and the local government were a little slack.

Tan Tai and other Eight Banners surrendered troops, pretending to be the Qing army, this is no pressure at all, the Qing army's armor, the Ming army captured a lot, and Wang Yan did not ask the flag soldiers to cut their hair, they want to change back to the Qing army, it is a matter of changing a layer of skin.

At this time, the Eight Banners began to change their clothes and armor, but Dai Zhifan called Zhang and Tan to his side, asked the two of them to come over, and said in a low voice: "There are many imperial histories in the court who are dissatisfied with His Highness's kind treatment of you two, but you two can't be too careful, Your Highness has an explanation in my letter, let me tell you two that the military department has already sorted out the military number of a Guiyi battalion, just waiting for the two of you to make meritorious contributions and block the mouths of those imperial histories, and then officially organize the Eight Banners into an army and let the two of you command." ”

Zhang Cunren and Tan Tai were on the side of the Qing court, they were both high-ranking and powerful people, but at this time, they were like a little Luoluo, bowing down to listen to Dai Zhifan's words, there was a little gap in their hearts, but they had to show a burst of joy on their faces.

At this point, Zhang Cunren did a better job, while Tan Tai's smile on his face was a little stiff and unnatural.

Dai Zhifan noticed the faces of the two of them, in fact, he was not very relieved, and added: "If you make meritorious contributions this time, the court will definitely not be stingy with rewards." ”

Zhang and Tan's identities fluctuate very much, and they are also people who have seen the world, so they naturally won't be grateful for a battalion number, but Dai Zhifan's words revealed a lot of information, the first is that if they want to live well in the Ming Dynasty, they have to make meritorious contributions, otherwise their own imperial history will kill them, and second, as long as they make meritorious contributions, there will still be a chance to rise in the future.

Now it is impossible for the two of them to return to the Qing court, so they can only learn from Hong Chengchou and serve the Ming Dynasty well.

"Don't worry, we will use our lives!" At that moment, the two of them clasped their fists and saluted, not to mention, this is better than the Qing court, there is no need to kneel every time, they are more like individuals.

Dai Zhifan nodded when he saw this, and saw that the soldiers had finished changing their clothes and armor, and then said: "You two also go to prepare, and when you take Xinye, this town will celebrate your achievements!" ”

Not long after, a team of more than 1,000 people, with nearly 100 carts, broke away from the brigade and headed for Xinye.

When Dai Zhifan saw them go away, he ordered the sentry to investigate the two ends, and asked Liu Fangliang to lead thousands of men and horses, and after a short rest, he set off closely.

In late November, the Qing army began to plunder in Huguang, and the Qing cavalry blended into the no-man's land south of the Han River.

Almost all of the cavalry of the Qing army were taken into Huguang by Azig to plunder, and the 30,000 green battalion soldiers left behind were led by Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan. He divided 30,000 horses into three divisions, 10,000 people were placed at the mouth of the Baihe River near Xiangfan, monitoring the Ming army of Xiangfan, and guarding the main road to ensure the safety of Xinye, and the other 5,000 people were placed in Nanyang, and he led 15,000 people to guard Xinye.

The Qing army went south for a month, the Ming army hid in the city and did not dare to fight, he ordered Xu Erxian to be the outpost, guarding the main road for the Ming army to attack Xinye, and Xinye was very safe in his opinion.

At first, Shang Kexi's vigilance was still very strong, but as time went by, there was no trouble, and the materials looted by the Qing army would be transported every once in a while, which showed that Azig was also very smooth in the south, and Azig was smooth, so he was safer here, and he gradually slackened.

Xinye County, where the army lives and has nothing to do all day long, Shang Kexi can't help but linger on the joy of the bed, and hand over military affairs to his subordinates.

In the afternoon of this day, in the south of Xinye County, several soldiers leaned on the city gate, and the soldiers on the city wall also leaned together to nap in twos and threes, and a thousand general inspectors passed by from the city, and saw that the soldiers were like this, and they did not reprimand, they were just green camps, the treatment was relatively poor, and they just ate a mouthful of food, but they had to go to the war first, if they couldn't be lazy and slippery, then they had to go.

Mr. Qian walked down from the city and came to the door, he didn't care about the soldiers in the city, but the city gate was a land, and he still had to take care of it. As soon as Mr. Qian came, he kicked a napping soldier, "Damn, what did you do last night?" ”

There are more than a dozen people standing in the doorway, and they are barely cheering up when they hear the sound, but they don't think so, because the army is moving in, the military discipline of the green camp is poor, the merchants and the people dare not come, the city gate is deserted from morning to night, and there is no one who enters or exits, is it necessary to cheer up.

Outside the city gate, leaning on the city wall, a general who was basking in the sun, was squinting and napping, hearing the reprimand of the thousand general managers in the doorway, he hurriedly opened his eyes and shook his head, and suddenly found that a team of people came up on the official road in the distance, and he was suddenly happy in his heart.

This should be the looted materials transported in front of them, and when these materials arrive in Xinye, they can also sneak a little benefit from them.

There was oil and water, and the general manager immediately came to the spirit, hurriedly pressed the war knife, walked into the doorway, and said to the general manager who reprimanded the soldiers: "Mr. Qian, there are things to transport back, do you want to bring some people to help push the cart?" ”

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