In a panic, Liuzhou once again came to the good news, the Longwu army unbelievably defeated the Western Army again, when the Western Army attacked the most fiercely, several times on the Liuzhou city wall, but were beaten down by the Longwu Army, the last of which was also the most dangerous, the Western Army with the siege vehicle knocked down the city wall a big hole, a steady stream of rushing into the city, seeing that Liuzhou was about to be lost, Feng Shuangli, who commanded the battle, was shot by a cold arrow, fell off the horse and did not know life and death, the morale of the Western Army was severely defeated, and was driven out of the city by Emperor Longwu took the opportunity again, The gap in the wall was blocked with a knife cart to block the horse.

Feng Shuangli was seriously injured, had to be sent back to Qingyuan Mansion to raise generals, the Western Army also retreated thirty miles, Liuzhou City once again lifted the siege, the news reached Guilin, the court was jubilant, after defeating the Western Army twice in a row, everyone's confidence has increased a lot, thinking that the Longwu Army can fight with the Western Army, the radicals even proposed to take advantage of the victory to launch a counteroffensive, first to lay down the Qingyuan Mansion in the west of Liuzhou, and then all the way into Yunnan, the "rebel" Zhu Cihuan, Sun Kewang completely wiped out, but few people noticed that the Longwu Army in Liuzhou was exhausted, In fact, it is already very dangerous.

Among the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty, 99 out of 100 did not know how to fight, but most of them liked to talk about war on paper, find a few military books to read, and their understanding of war was still at the stage of a blind man touching an elephant...... All of them are sharp-toothed people, people who really understand military affairs can't argue with them, and Du Yinxi reminded them in public several times at the court meeting that the strength of the Western Army is strong and ± ↗ great, and if additional reinforcements are not sent, it will be a matter of time before Liuzhou is lost, but it will be attacked by a group of civilian officials. I was speechless every time.

In this atmosphere, the Longwu court decided to hold on to Guilin and Liuzhou. Fight with the Western Army to win or lose. Most of the officials of the Chuxun group were collectively silent about this, and only the military department controlled by Wen An was directly responsible. Unable to avoid the war in Guangxi, he made it clear that he could fight with the Western Army and was willing to make every effort to do a good job in all kinds of cooperation work.

Du Yinxi was very annoyed and went to the door to quarrel with Wen'an. Although he was born as a civilian official, he has been on the front line in Hubei all the year round, and after a few years of tempering, he has long become a military expert, and his actual level of command of the battle may be average, but his judgment on the general trend will not be wrong, and it is obviously a battle that cannot be won. Wen An just stared at his eyes and said that he could win, what was his intention?

He is a feudal official, and he is a big official in the local area, no one will raise the bar with him, and he is not good at quarreling or anything, but Wen An has practiced a sharp mouth in the Longwu court, and the official tone is one after another, but there is a yin and yang weird atmosphere that can choke people to death, and the momentum of blocking Yinxi is surging. In the end, he returned home, ran to the Li River and blew the wind for a day, and sat there motionless from morning to night, without even eating.

Staff member Zhang Qike stepped forward and persuaded: "Why should Ming Gong bother. Wen An's instigation to stick to Guilin was mostly due to Wang Kefan's instructions, and Ming Gong blindly dissuaded him. Being a wicked person with both ends of white is the most thankless. ”

Emperor Longwu wanted to hold on to Guilin and Liuzhou. Many civilian, military and military generals followed suit, because they couldn't persuade this kind of thing. It's a taboo for being an official...... Emperor Longwu doesn't listen to you, you are tantamount to spitting in vain, if Emperor Longwu listens to you, whether Guilin and Liuzhou can hold it can not be proven, whether you run to Guangzhou or Hangzhou, when you turn this matter out, you can be sure that you will be afraid of the enemy and run away, Chongzhen has been staying in Beijing and waiting for death, there are similar reasons.

"Seeking a sheep's tongue for the country, never for the body. Even though he died, he would not speak to anyone. Du Yinxi sighed for a long time, and then said: "If this thing of Yuntai is done, it may not be a bad thing, but it is not the right way after all...... His Majesty leaves Guilin now, how much he can save some vitality, and if he really asks for help from the Chu army when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he will inevitably be subject to Wuxun everywhere. ”

Zhang Qi smiled: "Subject to martial arts? There's nothing bad about it. Ming Gong hasn't understood it these days, how can the imperial court look like it can do things, if Wang Kefan monopolizes power, it may be a new atmosphere. ”

"If this is not the truth, if you deceive the lord with a guest, sooner or later you will have an accident. I have been friends with Yuntai for many years, how can I bear to watch him bear the infamy of being a rebellious minister and thief? Hey, the more vitality the court retains, the more worries he will have in the future, and when the world is peaceful, Yuntai may still have a chance to retire. "In the value concept of plugging Yinxi, after the husband has made meritorious contributions, his success and retirement are the most complete and ideal results, and the greatest happiness of the individual.

Speaking of this, it is not easy to pick up this Cheng dù, Zhang Qi smiled and did not say a word. He stayed in Hengyang for a few months a few days ago, and he had the deepest experience of the earth-shaking new changes there, and felt that Wang Kefan's plans were extremely ambitious, and it seemed that he wanted to completely change the operation mode of this society......

After Emperor Longwu made up his mind, he didn't care about the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and transferred all the war resources to Guangxi, and the garrison in Guangdong was almost empty, and the human, financial and material resources were even more scattered, preparing for a decisive battle with the Western Army.

The Western Army's actions were also very fast, Feng Shuangli stayed in Qingyuan Mansion to recuperate from his injuries, and Bai Wenxuan took 50,000 troops to Liuzhou, this time they did not rush to attack the city, but surrounded Liuzhou with deep ditches and high fortresses, and at the same time sent troops to collect food everywhere. Now is the time when the autumn grain is ripe, Bai Wenxuan quickly raised a large amount of grain, and the siege equipment was also built, and launched a fierce attack on Liuzhou......

When the Western army attacked Liuzhou, the Chu army was also attacking Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the provincial capital of Zhejiang, the city is very strong, the Chu army has blasted with black powder many times, has not been able to completely blow up the city wall, Wang Sheng did not go all out to attack, but maintained a fixed attack frequency, which can not only greatly reduce casualties, but also can continue to exert pressure on the Qing army in the city, and can also play a role in training...... The reorganization of the Chu army was very slow at the beginning, and gradually gained a certain amount of experience, Wang Kefan also found that the rebound of the officers was not large, and it was completely within the scope of bearing, so he accelerated the speed of the reorganization. Fighting a dozen enemies in Hangzhou is just right to train troops.

Before the Battle of Ningzhen was over, Wang Kefan had already begun to recruit new soldiers on a large scale. He trained in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, and after recovering Nanjing. In addition to replenishing the casualties, the Chu army expanded its strength even more by a large margin, and after two or three months of training, a large number of recruits were incorporated into the troops, and some excellent auxiliary soldiers were also turned into soldiers with higher salaries, and the number of soldiers increased instead of decreasing, and if we count the more than 20,000 veterans of Jiao Lian's department and the battalion that had just been incorporated into the regular establishment, it suddenly increased by more than 50,000 people.

As the territory occupied by the Chu army became larger and larger, it had to face the situation of fighting on several fronts. More than 100,000 troops are distributed in several provinces, and there are four places that are more important, and the troops are not rich anywhere.

Hangzhou was a battlefield where more than 20,000 Chu troops were commanded by Wang Sheng.

Hubei was a battlefield where about 50,000 people broke into the camp, commanded by Li Guo and Gao Yigong.

Hunan is a battlefield, and the Chu army has more than 10,000 troops. Commanded by Tan Xiao and Zhou Guodong.

The battle near Nanjing was over, and the main forces of the Chu army were assembled in this area, with more than 50,000 troops, except for a small number of defenders. Some of them were preparing to cross the river for the Northern Expedition, and some of them were preparing to go to Jiangxi to join up with the vanguard troops that had already set off. Attack Jiujiang Mansion under the control of the Qing army.

The vanguard troops that went to Jiangxi were the 8th, 9th, and 36th Divisions, and the 8th Division was born in the Ji'an Battalion. The 9th Division was born in the Dongguan Battalion, and the 10th Division was a recruit division. The troops of the 10th Division all came from the Nanzhili area. Wang Kefan hoped that the 10th Division could become a strong army that was good at fighting, so as to stimulate the anti-Qing enthusiasm in the Jiangnan region and let the Chu army take root in the south of the Yangtze River, so he selected a large number of backbones from the original Gongyi Battalion and Firearms Battalion to serve as officers in the 10th Division.

The name Chu Jun is already a little inappropriate, but it is customary, everyone uses this title, and Wang Kefan did not change to another name, but the title of "Northern Expeditionary Army" has already appeared on the regular text and the military flag of the army...... In the name of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the Chu army and other Ming officers and troops went farther and farther, and even the battle flags of each division were replaced with red and blackened black red, which was clearly different from other Ming armies.

The 8th, 9th, and 36th Divisions went to Jiangxi first to receive the Nanchang Mansion left by Jin Shenghuan and at the same time prepare for a large-scale attack on Jiujiang Mansion.

In the past few days, the Zheng family sailor and the Chu army sailor have blocked the river near Jiujiang, as long as Shi Fu's sailor dares to take his head, he will be hit with all kinds of sticks on the head, like a whack-a-mole and shrink back, relying on the cover of the fort on the shore to survive, if you want to completely solve Shi Fu's sailor, you have to get rid of his rat nest, Wang Kefan is ready to hit Jiujiang Mansion first, and completely control the territory of Jiangxi in his hands.

The Qing army in Jiujiang has more than 20,000 troops, far more than Hangzhou or Zhenjiang, as one of the important towns in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the Qing army in Jiujiang painstakingly operated, various defensive positions are very perfect, the Chu army needs to prepare for a period of time before launching an attack.

The first to go to war was the troops who crossed the river and the Northern Expedition.

After Tian Jianxiu's troops completed the reorganization, they participated in the battle of Zhenjiang and made their first contributions, Wang Kefan transferred two more divisions to him to form an army, with Tian Jianxiu as the commander, and crossed the river to the north. On the day the troops boarded the ship, Wang Kefan organized a ceremony to swear in the Northern Expedition, and swore to Tianming with the officers and men of the three armies on the Yangtze River that with the goal of recovering Beijing, the Qing prisoners must be expelled from the Guanwai.

The surface of the Yangtze River is so wide, the opposite bank is just full of fog and shadows, and the water surface seems to be boundless.

When the boat arrived at the center of the river, it caught up with a gust of wind and waves, and several recruits were seasick and vomited, which made Ding Zongwang so angry that he slapped a big neck stalk, and scolded non-stop.

"You're fucking southerners, why are you still seasick? Lao Tzu is a native of Henan, and he didn't take a boat for the first time until he was a teenager, and he didn't have any! ”

"Battalion commander, I've been seasick since I was a child, and I never take a ......boat when I go out," one soldier tried to explain to Ding Zongwang.

"You fuck, seasickness can still talk back!" Ding Zongwang raised his hand and was about to fight again, but Xiong Yuanzhong stopped him.

Ordering the soldiers to clean the cabin, Xiong Yuanzhong pulled Ding Zongwang onto the deck and handed him a cigarette made in Hunan: "What's the matter, Lao Ding, you have been very angry in the past two days, they are all new soldiers, they seem to be a seven-foot man, and they have never left their parents." ”

"Alas, I'm afraid that these pampered goods will not be used, and they will die in vain on the battlefield, and when the time comes, I will meet other people's fathers and mothers, can I say that this guy is looking for his own death? The two of us are now company commanders, if the battle is not fought well, people will say that the two of us are stupid and will not lead the troops......" Ding Zongwang and Xiong Yuanzhong took the initiative to apply for the 32nd Division composed of recruits, and they were promoted together, Xiong Yuanzhong was promoted from platoon commander to company deputy, and Ding Zongwang was promoted to company commander one more level because of his military exploits in conquering Zhenjiang, and the two happened to become partners.

When he had never done anything, he always thought very simply, and after he really became a company commander, Ding Zongwang knew that it was not easy to do, and it was much more difficult than the original platoon commander. On the one hand, the company commander has more people in charge and more things to do, and on the other hand, 90 percent of the people in this company are new recruits, and more than half of them have only undergone three months of basic training, and everything is messy, and Ding Zongwang feels very pressured.

"Everyone else is a new official with three fires, the two of us have such a group of fools, this time we have to make a big fool, damn, Lao Tzu still wants to be the battalion commander, if he loses the battle, he will withdraw the company commander, and he will not have the face to see those old brothers in the future."

"These recruits were transferred from Jiangxi, and they have been training for at least three months, which is already very good. If you go to see the Jiangnan recruits of the 36th Division, they don't stand or sit together, then the mud can't support the wall. In my opinion, although our company is not as good as the veterans, it is not much worse than the Zheng family's army, and it kills the Tartars like Jiangbei. ”

In order to reduce costs, it is impossible to train and sharpen for a long time, but directly throw them on the battlefield...... When it comes to one-on-one combat effectiveness, these recruits are definitely not as good as Zheng Chenggong's pirate soldiers, but fighting is not a group fight, and there are rarely one-on-one times.

The army of Tian Jianxiu's northern expedition across the river was not one-on-one with the Qing army, but contacted Li Laiheng and Zhang Nai, and the twisted army to the south and the north, and launched a two-sided attack on Luzhou Mansion in the southwest.

Kong Youde and Tan Tai retreated to Jianghuai, Li Laiheng's pressure increased sharply, in order to avoid being entangled by the Eight Banners cavalry, the Twist Army took the initiative to retreat very early, far away from the main force of the Eight Banners, in Kong Youde and Tan Tai's view, Li Laiheng is just an insignificant division, most of them have to return to Henan to fight guerrillas, since he ran so far, he will not pay attention to it for the time being.

No one expected that after Li Laiheng received the order, he turned back more than 400 miles in one day, and suddenly appeared under the city of Hefei (the capital of Luzhou Mansion is Hefei). (To be continued......)