The Ming army captured Xianxialing, like a nail deep into the occupied area of the Qing army, Fujian, Zhejiang, and eastern Jiangxi, which were originally a whole territory, but now they cracked with a clatter.

The main force of the Chu army stood still in Raozhou Mansion, waiting for Tan Tai to respond, if he could really calm down and see death and not save him, Wang Kefan would not mind adjusting the battle plan, dividing his troops to march to the southeast, and taking Fujian and southern Zhejiang first, but judging from Tan Tai's movements a few days ago, this possibility is very small.

The most ideal result is to force Tan Tai to continue to divide his troops, and put his 100,000 troops in a long snake formation on the thousand-mile defense line of Jiangxi, Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, and show the soft belly, so that the Chu army can enter Nanzhili according to the original plan, and then move to Hangzhou and Suzhou, inflicting the heaviest blow to the Manchus.

In order to intensify the stimulation of Tan Tai, Wang Kefan decided to beat him again and launched an attack on Guangxin Mansion (Shangrao) in eastern Jiangxi.

The Qing army was defeated in the Battle of Nanchang, Tan Tai retreated to Jiujiang Prefecture, and most of Jiangxi was recovered by the Ming army, and the Qing army only controlled Jiujiang Mansion and Nankang Mansion close to the Yangtze River, as well as the eastern part of Guangxin Prefecture, including the three counties of Shangrao and Xing'an, Yongfeng, and Lead Mountain (Lead Mountain, a county in Jiangxi, lead is a polyphonic word here, pronounced yan does not pronounce qian. ）。

After Xianxialing changed hands, the connection between Guangxin Mansion and Zhejiang was cut off, and there was only a narrow passage left between Fujian and Fujian, which was semi-surrounded by the Ming army in Jiangxi, just like a lonely gopher poking out of its head on the whack-a-mole game machine, and the position of the station was so handsome that people couldn't help but want to smash it down.

Knock down a piece and eat a piece. Taking Guangxin Mansion will not only completely recover the eastern part of Jiangxi, but also pose a greater threat to Fujian and Zhejiang. In the long run, after the capture of Shangrao, Guixi County, which was controlled by the Chu army, became a safe rear, and the cash cow of Lengshuikeng Silver Mine had a cowshed to shelter from the wind and rain.

In addition to these benefits, there is also a big fish named Zhang Cunren in the upper ring city, which also attracts Wang Kefan's attention.

Zhang Cunren, a famous general of the Han Army in the early Qing Dynasty. All-round talent in civil and military affairs, a traitor with old qualifications. He turned out to be Ning Yuan's deputy general under Zu Dashou, and he had a personal relationship with Wu Sangui. Chongzhen surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with Zu Dashou in the Battle of Daling River in the fourth year, and since then he has fought for the Qing court all his life, and died of exhaustion in the post of the governor of Zhili.

This person was unknown when he was on the side of the Ming Dynasty, but after the Qing Dynasty, he dared to repeatedly admonish Huang Taiji. even had a heated argument with him on the spot in the court. In terms of things, he is simply an upright minister like Wei Zheng, and Huang Taiji appreciates him very much. In history, he and Bolo went south to Zhejiang, Fujian, and served as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang for several years. Soon he withdrew his governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the name of retiring from illness.

But it didn't take long for Dolgon to suddenly hang up. Immediately after the pro-government of Shunzhi, he used this old minister loyal to Huang Taiji, entrusted with the important task of the governor of Zhili, and became the "head of the Xinjiang ministers" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the specific official title was "the secretary of the military department, and the right deputy capital Yushi, the governor of Zhili, Shandong, Henan three provinces, the governor of Baoding Zhufu, the governor of Zijin Zhuguan, and the ...... of coastal defense". In the official history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhang Cunren was highly evaluated, "Taizong used all the generals, and in terms of entering the customs and exiting the collar, Qiao Fang's achievements were the most prominent, and Zhang Cunren was Yayan." He was compared with Meng Qiaofang, the governor of Shaanxi, and said that he was "well-versed in the public and political." In short, he is a very good guy.

Of course, the history compiled by the Manchus will tout their so-called famous generals, but objectively speaking, Zhang Cunren, who was born in Guanning Iron Cavalry, is indeed very good at fighting. When he was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai, Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai, Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan were all pressed to the point that they couldn't raise their heads, and Lu Wang Zhu Yihai lived on the boat every day when he was the worst, and became the famous "Son of the Sea", Zheng Chenggong could only hide on the big and small Kinmen Islands, and the upper mainland was beaten down once at a time, and Jie Chongxi and Fu Dingquan could only hide in the ravines to fight guerrillas most of the time.

(To mention, Zheng Chenggong was very weak when he first started his army, and later incorporated Shi Lang and an elite army under him, and killed Zheng Cai in Xiamen, and let Zheng Hongkui go home to pick up the child, and then developed step by step.) At that time, the situation in the southeast coastal area was very chaotic, and the relationship between Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai and Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, was also very complicated, there was a fierce struggle between each other, and there was also cooperation to resist the Qing Dynasty. ）

"The martial ministers of the Ming Dynasty, those who have not changed their rank and rank are appointed to the festival", Wen Guiwen, Wu Guiwu, Rao You can fight habitually, even if fierce generals like Juniper Du Taishi, Liu Ling and Liu Dadao, can only listen to Yang Hao's blind command, so that the corpse is on the battlefield. The Ming Dynasty had many drawbacks in governing the military with culture, and generals like Zhang Cunren and Meng Qiaofang who were born in border towns were extremely familiar with the military and people's livelihood, and had considerable political ability.

In this time and space, Zhang Cunren did not have such good official luck, because the Qing army failed to attack Guangdong, Tong Yangjia, who was born as a relative of the emperor, has always occupied the position of the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Zhang Cunren is only the governor of Fujian under him, and he just came to Guangxin Mansion a few days ago to command the battle in eastern Jiangxi, which happened to be in Shangrao City.

Zhang Cunren has long entered the Han army flag, which is the blue flag of Melle Zhangjing, and the Qing army under his command has more than 10,000 people, including 4,000 armored soldiers, including Jiangxi Green Battalion, Fujian Green Battalion and more than 1,000 Wuzhen Chaoha soldiers. These Wuzhen Chao Ha soldiers are the elite soldiers who have followed him for many years, and they are genuine Guan Ning Iron Cavalry, who are good at using muskets and artillery, and their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of other Wuzhen Chao Ha soldiers.

Guanning Iron Cavalry is a title given by later generations, and there is no record in the history books of the Ming Dynasty, generally referring to the troops of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, not all of them are cavalry. Zhang Cunren is a descendant of Zu Dashou, and his troops include cavalry, but more are firecrackers and artillerymen.

Compared with Wu Sangui, Zhang Cunren may not be a big fish, but in fact, he is not small, Wang Kefan has already started to lay a net while attacking Xianxia Pass, mobilizing the Ming army to form an encirclement of Guangxin Mansion.

Zhang Jiayu's Dongguan battalion and Wan Yuanji's troops cooperated to launch an attack on Leadshan County from Fuzhou and Jianchang, threatening the only communication channel between Shangrao and Fujian. Wang Sheng's troops were placed in the vicinity of Jinxian County, Jiangxi, to serve as a reserve to the west and to prevent Tan Tai from sending troops from Poyang Lake to support. The main force of the Chu army was eyeing Raozhou Prefecture in the north, and the troops of Tongcheng Ying, Zhenxiao Ying, Zhao Yinxuan and Chen Bangfu were in Xianxialing and Jiangshan County in the east.

These troops only formed an encirclement on the periphery, and the real main offensive force was Wang Jincai and Cao Zhijian.

Wang Jincai's troops were the largest battalion in the Chu army due to historical reasons, and although they had been streamlined and downsized, there were still more than 10,000 armored soldiers, and all of them were brought to Jiangxi this time. In the end, they are the old foundation of the Dashun Army, and their combat effectiveness is quite passable, and they can stay as much as possible when they are reorganized and join the Chu Army.

Cao Zhijian's troops were much smaller, with only more than 2,000 armored soldiers, some of whom were originally Niu Zhongxiao's subordinates. Cao Zhijian and Niu Zhongxiao were both from the Hunan official army, and the combat effectiveness of the troops was too poor, and many of them were eliminated when they were reorganized and joined the Chu army.

The two armies combined, there are a total of more than 13,000 armored soldiers, counting the auxiliaries and the long husband, the strength of nearly 30,000 troops, almost two and a half times that of Zhang Cunren, and other departments of the Chu army can still send support at any time, and the advantage in strength is very obvious. Cao Zhijian took the north road, and Wang Jincai took the south road and launched a pincer offensive against Shangrao.

Zhang Cunren is a veteran of the nine sides, he has seen a lot of winds and waves, and he has a lot of rules to deal with scheduling, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, the troops in his hands are limited, and he is left alone in Jiangxi, and he has just lost the wind when the war starts. In desperation, he could only shrink his forces while resisting steadily, using the rich water network around Shangrao to maneuver with the Ming army.

In just a few days, the Ming army successively captured Xing'an County and Leadshan County, and the red flag of the vanguard appeared under Shangrao City......

Tan Tai received the news of the loss of Xianxialing, he was shocked and angry, kicked over the table, and scolded Tong Yangjia in the direction of Fujian.

As a dignified general of the southern expedition, he shouldn't have lost his temper so much, but the Xianxia Ancient Road was too important, and the blow caused to him after the loss was too great, and he didn't know how to end it.

"What to do? Fujian may not be able to hold ......"

The battle is fought to this point, if the whole division of Tong Yangjia can be withdrawn to Zhejiang, it is the best result, from the map, in fact, there is still a way to avoid Xianxialing, take the water pass near Wenzhou to withdraw to Zhejiang. But that road is more difficult to walk than the Xianxia Ancient Road, not suitable for large troops to pass at all, if the Qing army leaves the fortified city, it can't run far away, it will be caught up by the Ming army, and then the whole army will be annihilated.

If you can't run, you can only resist.

Tan Tai got closer, ordered someone to give Tong Yangjia an order, immediately shrink the defensive line, all the troops moved closer to Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and if it was really not possible, they would close their doors and wait for reinforcements, such as Zhang Cunren of Guangxin Mansion, who would withdraw to Fujian as much as possible.

This is something that can't be helped, the place in Xianxialing is too narrow, the large army can't be deployed, and it's useless to send too many reinforcements, it's enough to have Zhou Lianggong there. In order to recapture the Xianxia Ancient Road, it is necessary to find a way from Zhejiang to continue to transfer troops from Anqing Mansion and Poyang Lake.

The Qing army's sailors rushed to Quzhou Mansion with reinforcements, and as soon as they entered the Qiantang River along the Yangtze River, they received Tan Taixin's order to return at full speed immediately after sending these reinforcements, and all kinds of preparations must be made on the way, and then 15,000 reinforcements will be sent to Zhejiang. (To be continued......)