Chapter 33 What are you doing in Fuzhou?
The Gongyi battalion's stay in the Fuzhou area caused some generals to be uneasy.
After entering Jiangxi, the Gongyi battalion has always been fighting and leaving, looking for the weak links of the Qing army, so that they can calmly switch to the battle and always take the initiative. However, after the Gongyi Battalion and the Fuzhou Volunteers joined forces, they had been in Fuzhou for about 20 days, and Jin Shenghuan continued to transfer troops and send generals, forming a huge encirclement, constantly squeezing into the middle, and the situation became dangerous again.
Fuzhou is located in the central part of Jiangxi Province, belongs to the art of war said "four battles", Gongyi battalion only occupies a few county seats, the city is still in the hands of the Qing army, Jin Shenghuan's 60,000 or 70,000 troops from several directions pressed over, undefended.
Lu Renqing and Teng Shuanglin were very worried about this and found Wang Kefan.
"Yuntai, we can't continue to stay in Fuzhou, we should move." Teng Shuanglin said: "Le'an County has been lost, and the Tartar striker is approaching Yihuang County, and if you don't leave, you will be closed and beaten by dogs!" ”
"Okay, I'm about to leave, just wait for the Jiejunmen to requisition ships." Wang Kefan is confident.
Lu Renqing asked, "Brother Yuntai, are you going to Poyang Lake or Jianchang Mansion?" ”
If you take a boat to the north of Fujiang River and enter Poyang Lake, of course, the world is open, but there are Qing army's sailors there, and Nanchang Mansion is still heavily guarded, and it is difficult for the Gongyi battalion to break through the Qing army's defense line. If you go upriver along the Fu River, it is Jianchang Mansion on the border with Fujian, can it be said that Wang Kefan wants to go to Fujian?
"No, I'm going back to Ji'an." Wang Kefan's ultimate goal is Tingzhou, it is impossible to go north, and directly entering Fujian will be startled, so he can only return to Ji'an Mansion to continue to mobilize the Qing army.
Teng Shuanglin and Lu Renqing glanced at each other, very incomprehensible.
"Yuntai, I have discussed with Brother Renqing, either go south to rescue Ganzhou as soon as possible, or go to Raozhou Mansion and jump to the east of Poyang Lake. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go back to Ji'an Mansion again......"
Teng Shuanglin's plan made sense, taking advantage of the fact that the encirclement of the Qing army had not yet closed, the Gongyi battalion went south to rescue Ganzhou, and it was much safer for itself. If you retreat to the next best, you can enter the Raozhou Mansion to the northeast, and join forces with the Raozhou guard general Pan Yongxi who has just gone anyway, and you can also temporarily avoid the edge of the Qing army.
And when you go to Ji'an Mansion, you are still surrounded by the Qing army, not to mention the risks along the way, even if you take Ji'an Mansion again. And certainly not - what's the point? Do you want to return to Huguang?
"The second dozen Ji'an Mansions are to mobilize the Qing army and make them scratch their heads." Wang Kefan's purpose is actually very simple, that is, to transfer the main force of the Qing army to the north through interspersed back and forth. Move west, the farther away from Tingzhou, the better.
Calculate the time. There is still about a month before the death of Longwu Diting Prefecture. Immediately to the sprint stage of Zuihou, the Qing army on the front line in Ganzhou has been transferred away 30,000 or 40,000 people, Wang Kefan patiently stayed in Fuzhou, just waiting for them to go north.
"Yuntai, it's not a long-term solution for us to run around like this."
Teng Shuanglin didn't understand Wang Kefan's intentions. But seeing that he had made up his mind, he didn't dare to persuade him more. When it comes to war, there is always a strategic purpose, and it goes back and forth like this. The troops will become more and more tired, and if they are not careful, they will be completely annihilated......
The generals of the Gongyi battalion couldn't guess Wang Kefan's intentions, and Jin Shenghuan couldn't guess either.
After the Gongyi battalion entered Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan couldn't figure out their reality at first, and once thought that it was a group of anti-Qing volunteers who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, but after suffering several big losses in a row, he finally figured out who the opponent was after many investigations.
Wang Kefan, this name he is very familiar with, but he didn't expect that a small general manager would become a rival opponent.
Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, Jin Shenghuan lost a few counties in a row, but it did not hurt his vitality, and the loss of Ji'an Mansion is not a big problem, anyway, Gao Jinku is a green camp in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he is not distressed when he dies...... However, the camp was robbed in the first battle of Fuhe, but Jin Shenghuan was hurt.
Not to mention the heavy casualties in this battle, the key is that there are too many armors lost, and it is easy to replenish when the swords and guns are gone, but the armor is expensive and difficult to make. The soldiers have no armor, and the combat effectiveness is not a level, although after the war gathered thousands of defeated soldiers, this army is basically useless.
More importantly, being so disturbed by the Gongyi battalion, smoke was rising everywhere in Jiangxi, and the anti-Qing volunteers rose one after another, and the situation was already somewhat uncontrollable.
According to Jin Shenghuan's original Jihua, he wanted to take the whole province of Jiangxi with his own troops and show his face in front of the Manchu master, if nothing else, this merit was enough for him to be promoted to admiral...... The battle situation in Jiangxi is now like this, which makes him very passive.
Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to postpone the attack on Ganzhou, and first make every effort to exterminate the henchman of the Gongyi Battalion.
The biggest headache for the Gongyi battalion is that it is uncertain, often from unexpected places, he thought that he was nine out of ten in the battle of Ji'an Mansion, but he did not expect the other party to be able to break through the strong city and easily jump out of the encirclement. This time besieged Fuzhou Mansion, Jin Shenghuan was careless, suffered another big loss by the Fuhe River, and became more cautious.
He mobilized heavy troops to support Nanchang Mansion, recruited tens of thousands of people to dig deep trenches to prevent the Gongyi battalion from entering the north of Jiangxi again, and transferred 20,000 horses from Ganzhou to Jianchang Mansion to block the southeast direction, and he himself took 20,000 or 30,000 main forces to kill Fuzhou Mansion from the southwest.
According to the style of the Gongyi battalion, it should soon be transferred to areas where the Qing army is weak, and Jin Shenghuan planned to force them out of Jiangxi, whether they went to Fujian or Zhejiang, and handed them over to Boluo's Eight Banners to deal with. However, the Gongyi battalion stayed in Fuzhou, which made Jin Shenghuan overjoyed, as long as he was given another two or three days, he could complete the encirclement of the Gongyi battalion, and he did not even have a chance to break through and escape.
This is obviously against common sense, what is Gongyi Ying doing in Fuzhou all the time at a huge risk?
At this time, his subordinates sent an astonishing piece of information, Wang Kefan sent a cavalry to Shaowu Mansion in Fujian Province to rescue Fu Guan's family, including Wang Kefan's father-in-law and mother-in-law.
"Ho, it's still an amorous seed!" Jin Shenghuan was inexplicable.
Although Fu Guan's status is valuable, he has already returned to his hometown, what is the use of Wang Kefan taking him into the army? In order to please women, Wang Kefan actually put the army in danger, and it seems that he is also an incompetent person who can't make a big deal!
I don't understand.
Regardless of him.
After entering the Fuzhou Mansion, Jin Shenghuan successively conquered Le'an County and Yihuang County, blocked the passage of the Gongyi Battalion to the south, and sent a group of men and horses to Guixi (now Yingtan City) to seal the east side of the Gongyi Battalion, and stepped up to the north to complete the encirclement of the northeast.
At this time, Jin Shenghuan was finally basically relieved, the northwest of the Gongyi battalion was the strong Nanchang Mansion, the west side of the Ganjiang River was dangerous, and there were also heavy guards, and there were the main forces of the Qing army on the east and south sides, so they could only flee to the northeast. (To be continued......)