In late April, the Qing army on the southern route of the eastward march completed the confluence and faced the Ming army across the river from Qujiang. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the confluence, the Qing army camped more than ten miles in the first line of Jiangshan Port and the west of the Qujiang River, with deep ditches and high fortifications, all over the place. Communicate the north and south with a large number of pontoon bridges, traverse Changshan Port with several iron cables, and set up a large number of beacon towers on both sides of Changshan Port and Jiangshan Port to prevent the Ming army water camp from entering, which can be said to have done enough to use the Qujiang River to defend the posture.

From the head of the city in Quzhou, Chen Wen could vaguely see all kinds of defense facilities being built in the distance, completely turning the Qing army's companies and camps into "fortress groups" in formation.

The auxiliaries worked hard, and these masters who were forcibly brought from the countryside in the three western counties of Jiangxi, Fujian, and Quzhou used simple tools to dig the trenches inch by inch under the supervision and whipping of the Qing army, and the walls were too high a little bit, and the camp was gradually built completely, and even the antlers and other guards were carried and installed by them. In exchange for it, all they got was two meals of vegetable porridge with little soup and water a day and multigrain cakes the size of the bottom of a bowl.

Every day, the auxiliary soldiers who were tired, sick, or just tired and fainted were thrown down the Qujiang River by the Qing army, and the Qing army did not have the habit of wasting medicinal materials and energy on these consumables. Because of this, every day there will be auxiliary soldiers trying to try to escape from the control of the Qing army, going up the mountain and down the river, doing everything.

It's a pity that there are very few people who can succeed, because the company battalions designed by those Qing army officers who have been experienced in battle for a long time are not only guarding against the Ming army opposite, but also including the Qing soldiers and auxiliaries in the company camp.

"Furen, if this continues, it is still the people of our Han family who will suffer."

Sun Yu knew very well that during this time, Chen Wen was always looking for loopholes or other things that could be exploited, but he never had a clue. The pressure multiplied over time, and he didn't want to say these words, but standing on the head of the city and watching the Qing army on the other side of the Qujiang River throw the "corpse" that was still struggling or might struggle into the river, the anger and eagerness in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"I know, now, I need to wait for another chance."

According to the round-the-clock deduction of the General Staff Division, the main purpose and steps of the Qing army's actions have also been figured out by Chen Wen, such as the large-scale construction of company camps in Qujiang first, putting on a posture of stubborn defense, which has also been confirmed.

However, the Qing army, with the least number of troops on the eastern route, had to face the capital city of Chuzhou and a fortress slightly smaller than the fortress of Anhua Town; There are indeed a lot of Qing troops on the northern front, but the Anhua Town Fort has already carried out a new round of expansion from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, and it has already moved from the original simple fort to the category of duplex fort, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack; In the direction of Yanzhou, the Qing army is still cowering in Tonglu, looking at that, I don't know that I think it is the main direction of attack of the Ming army.

At present, the main force of Jiangxi has merged with the Fujian Green Battalion, and the Qing army has formed a group, but it has not waited for the opportunity to move, and there is not even the least harassment, but it is really strange to confront the Ming army across the river.

The only possibility is that the Qing army is waiting for an opportunity, and this opportunity must be able to form them to achieve a breakthrough at a point, otherwise if it continues like this, although the financial pressure is smaller than that of Chen Wen, Hong Chengchou may not be able to last so long. After all, the Manchu Qing Dynasty used troops on the eastern and western fronts in the overall situation, plus feeding those bannermen, green battalions, officials, and suppressing large and small anti-Qing uprisings in various places, which cost a lot, and Hong Chengchou would inevitably be attacked by the Manchu court if he never made progress.

The internal constraints were experienced by Chen Wen last year, but he had to gamble with Hong Chengchou on his luck and on whether the Manchu court would change its commander because of the long delay.

Through the fog of history, Chen Wen can see that the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty this year is far worse than in history, although it seems that there is only one more family, but Hong Chengchou did not serve as the southwest economic strategy, and the pressure on the southwest Ming army has plummeted; There is only one of the two feudatories in Guangdong now, and it will be much easier for Li Dingguo if he goes to Guangdong; And Zheng Chenggong's restless guy has occupied Zhangzhou, and there is a chance that the peace negotiation will not be staged again.

After thinking about it, Hong Chengchou was so anxious to launch an encirclement and suppression after he became the Southeast Economic Strategy, Chen Wen believed that that the dog traitor would not let him wait too long, and would definitely achieve a breakthrough at one point, and when he broke out, it was the moment when the field battle broke out!

And in Zhejiang, in the wilderness wave battle, there is no reason why Qi Jiajun will lose to anyone, even if it is just this improved copy in his hand!

"When Hong Chengchou is driven away, the three counties of Quzhou will still have to reduce or reduce taxes."

Chen Wen's optimism, or happiness in suffering, soon infected Sun Yu, making him laugh unconsciously.

"I will keep an eye on those officials and gentry, and I will not let those moths harm the people."

After chatting for a while, Sun Yu returned to Yamen, where he continued to supervise the preparation of guards by the officials in Quzhou, the liquidation of grain and silver, and the arrangement of refugees to go to the refugee camp in Tangxi.

At the same time, the Qing army company camp on the west bank of the Qujiang River, Li Benshen's commander's camp, and the generals of the Qing army units gathered here this time were also very busy.

After several times of being covered up by the generals as "playing Chen Wen'er" and fled, although the last time was really a bit embarrassing, the Qing army still achieved a confluence and built a large number of company camps on the west bank of the Qujiang River. According to Hong Chengchou's plan, this first step can be regarded as complete.

In fact, in the past, all the encirclement and suppression were dominated by the Qing army in Zhejiang, and at most some Qing troops from other provinces were transferred, such as Wang Jing, the general soldier of Su Song in the Battle of Zhoushan, Liu Guangbi, the governor of Jiangxi in the Battle of Shentangyuan, and Wang Zhigang, the general soldier of the right road in Fujian. On the contrary, there have been incidents in the southeastern provinces, but the Qing army in Zhejiang has always appeared as reinforcements. Because of him, the combat effectiveness and strength of the Qing army in Zhejiang can be regarded as the best in the four southeastern provinces, and it is natural that the other provinces will continue to rush to ensure the rule of the Manchu Qing in the southeast.

However, this encirclement and suppression is very different from the previous and future in history. Among the various departments of encirclement and suppression, it is true that the east and north roads are still Zhejiang green battalions, but the west road, as the main force, is all Qing troops from other provinces - three Fujian green battalions, two Jiangxi green battalions, one Jiangnan green battalion, and two Qing troops from the north form this army.

It's just that there are too many soldiers, and small groups are naturally inevitable. Needless to say, the Qing army on the northern front was almost all from Huang Degong's remaining lineage, and on the eastern front, there were two miscellaneous green battalions.

In the southern front, the coach Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and Hu Maozhen, the general of Huizhou, is the vanguard general of Gao Jie's department. Although the general soldiers and horses on the right side of Fujian are also from Huang Degong's account, they are not on the northern front, and they are naturally more familiar with Yang Minggao and Wang Zhigang, who are also in the Fujian Green Battalion, even if they are only flattened by Zheng Chenggong together and scared back by Chen Wen together, this is not a friendship; In the same way, Liu Guangbi and Yang Jie in Jiangxi should also be regarded as all the way, but Liu Guangbi's strength loss in the battle of Shentangyuan was too great, but Yang Jie had 3,000 Shanxi soldiers in his hands, and he would inevitably have more opportunities to make meritorious contributions in future battles, which made the relationship between the two quite delicate.

After calculation, only the two guerrillas in Fubiao, Henan Province are considered to be self-contained, and at the moment, the banquet in the big tent is also a table for two people, and the Henan dialect with open and closed mouths can be heard by the maid who is waiting next to him for a long time without even listening to a word.

"Ahem."

With a light cough, I saw that Li Benshen, who was the leader, waved his hand, and the maids and courtesans who were waiting in the big tent retreated one after another, and even the few personal soldiers brought in by the generals also retreated outside the tent. In an instant, only the main generals of the Qing army below Li Benshen were left in this entire big tent.

"After the plan of the boss, we have completed this first step, and the commander has already told the boss, and I hope that the monarchs can strictly guard against it, so that the traitor Chen Wen will not have an opportunity."

"Everyone is convinced of Hong Lao's strategy, and besides, Li Dashuai has an order, so we naturally have nothing to do."

"Exactly, exactly."

Hu Maozhen's echo immediately aroused the response of the generals, not to say anything like the shortest cannibalism, Li Benshen is the commander of Jingluo Zuozhen, Hong Chengchou's cronies, even if you don't look at Li Benshen's face, you have to look at Hong Chengchou's face, and the generals naturally know what to do.

"Then there will be Lao Zhujun."

Li Benshen said, snapped his fingers casually, and the group of courtesans came again, adding color to the banquet in the army. For a while, this Yingge Yan Dance was full of it, and only Li Benshen, who knew Hong Chengchou's plan most comprehensively, had not immediately entered the state of drinking and feasting.

"I hope Liu Zhiyuan and Shi Tingzhu can be as planned by the old man, hopefully." (To be continued.) )