The distance between Jinhua Mansion City and Longyou County is not far away, and the news can't be hidden for long at all, so it's better to put it out straightforwardly than to explain it when it can't be covered. So, after setting up a bureau to deceive Chen Jin and returning to Longyou County, Chen Wen did not hesitate to inform the whole army of the news of Cao Conglong's rebellion, and even Cao Conglong's house arrest of the officers' families was not hidden.

The army is fighting on the front line, the situation is very good, as long as the city of Quzhou is taken, there is no Qing army in the entire western and southern Zhejiang that can fight with the Ming army, plus the Qing army is facing Zheng Chenggong's offensive in the Fujian battlefield, and it has long been lacking in skills, if the luck is a little better, it is not a fool's dream to spend a month or two sweeping these prefectures.

By then......

But under such circumstances, the civil officials of the prison army personally appointed by His Royal Highness King Lu would risk the disapproval of the world to provoke internal strife in the only base of the Ming army in Zhejiang, if such a thing is not for the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, even Chen Wen is difficult to believe for a while, let alone those soldiers under his command who have been smashed under the combination of good situation and shocking bad news.

It's just that, in the days when the Zhou family sister tried to withdraw the army, batch after batch of messengers rushed to report to Chen Wen, and even a garrison from Tangxi County escaped from the county town controlled by the rebels, and these people all confirmed what the Zhou family sister said without exception.

However, the situation here has been extremely unfavorable to them, the specific situation of Jinhua Mansion is not yet clear, but the fact that the base area was seized is beyond doubt, plus Chen Jin, who was originally besieged by the Ming army in Quzhou, was able to get out of the predicament, and at this moment he is gathering a large army to try to follow.

Chen Wen had to rely on military discipline and his personal prestige to suppress the angry army, and divided the army into three, except for the battalion directly under Jinhua Town led by General Chen Guobao, who was about to quell the rebellion with him, Wu Dengke led the army to sit in Longyou County, Li Ruixin led the Nantang battalion to fight in the south of Longyou County, ready to pounce and attack the Qing army with the defenders, and Lou Jiye, as the chief of the general staff, returned to the Longyou Town camp before the Ming army crossed the river with his staff officers and heralds, and took advantage of the Ming army's water camp to dispatch in the center. Always try to hold out until he quells this Cao Conglong rebellion.

The offensive and defensive situation was different, from the control of Qujiang and Longyou County, the Ming and Qing armies were completely reversed, and the only thing to be thankful for was that he returned to Longyou County, which had a strong city to rely on, safe and sound, so as not to be forced to fight with the Qing army in the field when the army was uneasy.

However, in addition to the Qing army on the front line of Quzhou and Cao Conglong, who was in turmoil, there is also the question of how long the fortifications of Anhua Town can contain the Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou, which is the most important problem for the Ming army in the third line of operations.

As for now, there is no time to think about this, you must first settle inside, only by solving Cao Conglong's rebels first can you have a chance to hold on, otherwise it will be a dead end!

On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of Yongli, Chen Wen led the battalion directly under the town to carry three days of dry food from Longyou County to return to the division to quell the rebellion, the two places were separated by fifty or sixty miles, relying on the familiar roads and the livestock drawn from Longyou County, the rapid march had crossed the Xinyu River at night, and was temporarily stationed in a small village for rest.

The battalion directly under Jinhua Town is less than half of the number of soldiers in other war battalions, but it is a sparrow, although it is small, and it has all kinds of organs. The battalion not only had artillery, sappers and other troops, but also a cavalry team of up to 300 people, but the number of infantry was far lower than the normal establishment, only the strength of a bureau. The reason for the formation of such a ratio of troops is that Chen Wen never intended to use the battalion directly under the town as the main force in the field battle, but only as a supplementary force in the battle.

But now, the army needs to guard against the Qing army in the direction of Quzhou in Longyou, so Chen Wen can only transfer this force back to the division to quell the rebellion, fortunately, the level of his opponent is not very good, on the contrary, how to completely eliminate the opponents involved in the rebellion without hindering the support of the front-line war, but it needs to be well measured.

When the vanguard of the army approached this place, there were some Ding Zhuang holding weapons as a guard, but the cavalry of the Ming army surrounded the village with smoke and dust, and the gentleman in the village saw the situation clearly and instructed those Ding Zhuang who would collapse immediately if there was a little wind and grass to drop their weapons and completely give up their attempts to resist.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the army hastily set up an extremely simple camp and asked the trembling gentleman a few questions, and Chen Wen left the village with more than half of the cavalry and went to the predetermined ambush site, while the rest of the troops were sent out to attack the city early tomorrow morning under the command of the general Chen Guobao.

Early the next morning, the army under the command of Chen Guobao arrived at Tangxi County. The gates of Xicheng had not been opened since the beginning of the rebellion, and the Ming army, which had long known the outcome, did not attempt to send cavalry to seize the gates.

At the head of the city in Tangxi County, from the front of the city gate tower, the Ming infantry of the brigade has been neatly arrayed like knives and axes outside the range of the artillery at the head of the city, although the strength does not seem to be very much, but the cavalry that has spread in the distance still makes Ni Liangxu's cronies can't help but swallow the last bit of saliva in their dry mouths.

He had heard of the prestige of this Ming army many times before, but now seeing it with his own eyes still made him feel timid.

An army with a neat military formation does not necessarily mean that its combat effectiveness will be strong, but the military formation composed of an army with strong combat effectiveness is all uniform, and he still knows this truth. And with the beginning of training in imitation of Chen Wen's method, these days he was even more in awe of the Ming army marshal who he had only met once in Yushan Town, because he couldn't figure out how that marshal managed to make the soldiers still do their best to train and fight while enduring the harsh and complicated military discipline.

Is it just because of those military merits that have not been implemented, or the so-called slogan of rebuilding the Qi family's army, at least this discerning person's momentum and fighting spirit can not be seen at all among the recruits under his command, and even those original garrisons have little left, and the most terrible thing is that after thinking about it for more than half a month, the result is not only that he can't figure it out, but even the other Fubiao battalion officers in the city can't figure out what is going on.

At this moment, Ni Liangxu's close lieutenant has become the guard general of Tangxi County, responsible for commanding more than 200 defenders, including the original garrison and newly recruited soldiers. But he knew that the only thing he could rely on at the moment was the city wall.

The city wall of Tangxi county town is two zhang high, one zhang thick, the female wall is four feet high, in addition, there are moats on three sides in the northwest and south, and although the east is low, it is also closer to the city in the direction, and the Jinhua Ming army may be attacked from both sides at any time if it goes around there to attack the city, and it is too dangerous for the Jinhua Ming army that obviously does not have the whole division to come.

It's just that maybe it was a mistake from the beginning, and he shouldn't have come to this troubled water with that group of civil officials at all, isn't it good to stay honestly in Luochengyan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there is a city wall to rely on at this moment, I am afraid it will not last long.

However, Ni Liangxu's previous statement of two-sided betting in private still made him suppress these cranky thoughts for the time being, in the troubled times, if you want to survive, you must first prove your worth, and the more time he stays here, the more hope the other brothers of the Luo Chengyan Baitou Army who are sandwiched between Chen Wen and Cao Conglong will live. As for him personally, if the Ming army cannot successfully capture the city, then he will continue to hold on and wait for reinforcements; If it is really difficult to resist, as long as you find that you can't hold on, you can open the city and surrender, there is no need to bury that group of civil officials at all!

Thinking of this, the guards hurriedly called on the soldiers under his command who had just begun training for less than half a month to strictly guard their respective battlements, and those original garrisons with more combat experience were arranged to guard the county government, military camps and other key points in the city, after all, no one could guarantee that these people would open the city gate and let the Ming army in the fierce battle.

The magistrate of this county is already organizing the people to assist in the defense, and at the same time sending people to find those gentry and wealthy households who have been ordered by the governor of the Yamen army to organize the township brave, and the beacon fire has also been lit.

Recalculated, if the Ming army is attached to the siege of the city, five days, no, three days, as long as they can hold it for three days, their Luochengyan Baitou army will be earned. As for more, he didn't dare to hope too much. (To be continued.) )