From the end of the first month, when troops were dispatched from Jiangxi, in just half a month, the Northern Route Army led by Chen Wenqin swept Huangzhou, Wuchang and other prefectures and counties, and swept the three towns of Wuhan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Next, the troops were divided into two routes, Lou Jiye took a battalion of soldiers and the generals who came down this way and began to sweep the Han River Valley. With the persuasion and guarantee of surrender and the surrender of the generals, and at the same time the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangsu as the confidence, the green battalions of all prefectures and counties along the way are invincible. Soon, Hanyang Mansion, De'an Mansion, Anlu Mansion and even Xiangyang Mansion and Yunyang Mansion all heard the wind and fell.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs that year, it was able to sweep the world at a very fast speed, all of which were caused by the accumulation of prestige, prompting the Ming army and the Shun army to surrender a large number of Qing Dynasty and act as their pawns for the south and west. Now that the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has defeated the Manchurian Eight Banners three times, and has beheaded the only remaining veteran famous general of the Manchu Dynasty like Jierharang, this sense of fear soon spread among the vast number of green battalion soldiers.

Lou Jiye's westward advance was as smooth as a series of military operations after the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang defeated the famous king. At the same time, Chen Wen was not idle, first sent An Youfu to command the Yuyao Division to the south, and then waited for the follow-up local garrison to control the three towns of Wuhan, and he also took most of the Danyang Division to the southern area of Huguang.

An Youfu took the lead in sending troops, and the army pointed to the south of Anlu Mansion and the central and eastern parts of Jingzhou Mansion, and then turned south, playing the banner of King Qin's rebellion, passing through the west of Yuezhou Mansion, and advancing into Changde Mansion City, which was still under the control of the Ming army in the southwest. The Yuyao division attacked the western part of Dongting Lake, and Chen Wen led the army south, passing through the southern part of Wuchang Mansion and the eastern part of Yuezhou Mansion to Changsha.

As early as when Chen Wen attacked the three towns of Wuhan, Wu Dengke had already captured Changsha Mansion, which was slower than expected, and in the final analysis, the defending troops of the Ming army in the southwest had far stronger will to fight than the green battalion soldiers who had already lost their fears. However, after the capture of Changsha, the neighboring prefectures and counties no longer had the strength to fight a war, and the Yuzhang division and the four Ming divisions that followed up also went north to join Chen Wen and An Youfu after receiving Baoqing Mansion.

The army was assembled in Changde Mansion, which had been planned for a long time, and Sun Kewang couldn't wait for the internal strife and drained Huguang's troops, so that Chen Wen could capture the city so quickly.

However, to this day, not all of them are collected in Huguang Province. For them, as long as they ensure the feudal interests and ensure their status as local emperors, whether it is the Yuan, the Ming, or the Qing, anyone in power can get their goodwill, and they can even go out with the army and lead the troops to the king, as long as they do not change the land and return to the stream and infringe on the Tusi's privileges to the local people.

In other places, such as Chenzhou, Yongzhou, and Jingzhou in the southernmost part of Huguang, as well as the southern part of Hengyang Mansion and Guilin Mansion in Guangxi, the defenders had more than enough self-preservation and insufficient attack, so they could only sit and trap the locality, so Wu Dengke and Ma Xin ignored them, but chose to go north as soon as possible to join Chen Wen in order to welcome Sun Kewang's army.

The Chenzhou Mansion to the west of Changde Mansion is the gateway to Guizhou, and Sun Kewang tried his best to take the Chenzhou Mansion before his imaginary Nikan defeated Li Dingguo, in order to ensure the safety of Guizhou. As a result, Sun Kewang captured Chenzhou Mansion, and Li Dingguo also achieved a great victory in Hengyang, but the bomb planted by Sun Kewang before exploded, and Feng Shuangli and others did not join Li Dingguo, causing Tunqi to lead the army to escape from the encirclement planned by Li Dingguo, so that there was a fork in the road, which can be regarded as a report and a report.

The importance of Chenzhou Mansion is so important, Sun Kewang can not keep Baoqing, not keep Chenzhou, not keep Yongzhou, and even not keep Changde, but Chenzhou must be guarded, and its importance is even higher than Changsha Mansion.

In just one and a half months, the army divided its troops into several routes, swept the central and northern parts of Huguang Province, and now has completed the assembly in Changde Province. According to intelligence, Sun Kewang also rushed to Chenzhou non-stop, and now he has returned to the boundary of Guiyang Mansion.

Guizhou has always been regarded as forbidden by Sun Kewang, but out of Changde Mansion, once you enter the boundary of Chenzhou Mansion, you will also enter the mountainous area, Chen Wen is at a disadvantage in terms of strength compared to Sun Kewang, whether to enter Chenzhou and fight with it, or wait for Sun Kewang's arrival here, but it is also a choice.

"Chenzhou is Changde along the Yuanshui River, our army can't sit back and wait for Sun Kewang to come, in case he only takes Chenzhou as the bottom line, our army wants to march again, it is bound to pass through a large area of mountainous areas. However, if we can take Chenzhou before Sun Kewang arrives, then our army can completely fight a decisive battle with it in the river valley and basin in the south of Chenzhou Prefecture, and better give full play to the advantages of our army's troop allocation. ”

"Then let's continue to attack, let's solve the dirty things here as soon as possible, there are still many things to do, there is no time to spend it with Sun Kewang."

The army swept through the vast land of the lake, and now it has only been repaired for a few days in Changde and continues to march towards Chenzhou. However, compared with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies who were "racing" on the Huguang Plain, Sun Kewang's life was much more difficult, he withdrew his troops from the border between Yunnan and Guizhou, returned to Guiyang, and then rushed to Chenzhou. The army had been traveling to Yunnan for more than a month, and now it had to run farther, and with the continuous delivery of urgent documents, this army of more than 100,000 people could only march desperately on the mountain roads in Guizhou.

On May 12, after more than a month of trekking, Sun Kewang finally arrived at the border between Guizhou and Huguang, and the next road could use the river as part of the transport capacity, so as to rush to Chenzhou with a little light.

However, Chenzhou is now rushing over to the rescue, in a month's time, Chen Wen has already captured Chenzhou Mansion, and the army has even gathered in the Yuanzhou area in the south of Chenzhou, waiting for Sun Kewang to come to this opponent.

Chen Wen's banner is King Qin's rebellion, and it is naturally Sun Kewang's rebellion. However, in their opinion, they are actually here to grab land, and it is even very likely that they will continue to do their unfinished business, and Chen Wen does have this strength.

Of course, even if you don't mention these things that you don't have, Sun Kewang lost the southern part of Huguang for no reason, and the two armies have already exchanged troops, so there can be no peace at all. What's more, after a long delay, it is still very difficult to say what Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu in Yunnan have in mind, so it is still necessary to fight a decisive battle with this army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming, which is only one-third of them, as soon as possible, as long as the main force of this Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming army is solved, the future is still promising.

After a few days of repairs, the army of the Qin clan marched eastward. At this moment, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies have been stationed in Yuanzhou for some time, and it can be said that they have been recuperating for a long time, and wherever the army of the Qin Domain goes, there are countless cavalry watching, and even the battlefield is calculated by Chen Wen.

The Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies strategically fought fast and slow, relying on the marching speed beyond the times to seize the opportunity, Sun Kewang went to Yunnan with his laborers, and then hurried back, and the fatigue of the sergeants was not all relieved in these few days. However, the generals are unanimous and the military is also in favor of the military, not to mention that he is not without killer features.

With the continuous advancement of the army, the cavalry of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang continued to compress to the east, until it was more than 20 miles west of the city of Yuanzhou, and there were as many as 36 battalions. As for the reason why it was chosen here, it was because the main force of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang was in Yuanzhou Prefecture.

The city of Yuanzhou Prefecture is at the corner of the river from northwest to southeast and from southwest to northeast, and there are moats from north to east and west, which is quite advantageous to the defenders. This city was the handwriting of Wei Guogong, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, when he suppressed the riots in Chenzhou and Yuanzhou, and was built to suppress the rebellion, so it was naturally very strong. Later, in the successive dynasties, there were many repairs and heightenings, reinforcements, and even reached the scale of more than 5,000 meters in circumference, 10 meters high, 5 meters thick, and 736 cannon holes in the sixth year of Qianlong.

Sun Kewang knew very well that Chen Wen chose to set up camp here precisely because this place, known as the "gateway to Yunnan and Guizhou, the throat of Chu", is the gate connecting Guizhou and Huguang. If he occupies this place first, Sun Kewang will be like being grabbed by the throat, and then slowly die of suffocation.

"Chen Wen is cunning and wise, fierce and abnormal, and the generals he brought are all famous generals, and even the Eight Banners Army has been repeatedly defeated by him. This time for our Qin Wangfu is a life-and-death battle, fortunately, Chen Wentuo is big, only with more than 40,000 soldiers dared to go to our land to fight with us, this time he will die without a place to be buried! ”

Sun Kewang tried his best to boost morale, and this battle was indeed as life-and-death as he said, after all, with his current situation, it was when the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drums were broken and thousands of people were beaten, once there was a mistake, there would never be a few guys who wanted to take the throne by holding him under house arrest and plotting to usurp the throne.

As for the chain reaction brought about by this, whether it is Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, or Yongli, Kuidong generals, or his generals, he will be finished by then, let alone care about others.

"What the lord of the kingdom has said is very true, this is an unprecedentedly strong enemy, and we should do our best."

Bai Wenxuan echoed loudly, he himself was resistant to internal criminals, but he had no psychological pressure to fight with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies. And Sun Kewang also took him as the chief general of the Chinese army this time, responsible for regulating and controlling the whole army.

With Bai Wen choosing this head, the generals also echoed it. No more than an internal criminal, without the constraints of the idea of loyalty, the army of the Qin Domain, who was born in the "West Camp", was full of strength to fight with the "official army" of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, which "crossed the line", to see which one was more powerful.

"The people will be like this, and the lonely heart is very relieved. In that case, then assign tasks. Tomorrow's sunrise ranger will continue to test Chen Wen's hypocrisy, and if nothing else, he will send troops to fight him early the day after tomorrow. At that time, Bai Wenxuan was in charge of the central army, Ma Jinzhong was in charge of the left wing, Feng Shuangli was in charge of the right wing, and the lone family led the front army as a backing. In addition, Wu Dading and Zhang Sheng, the two of you choose 7,000 iron horsemen to make a detour to the back road and seize the city of Yuanzhou! ”

"The last general and others will obey the orders of the lord of the country!"

Yuanzhou Prefecture City is now where Chen Wen's camp is located, the grain and grass are all gathered here, the two armies are in a decisive battle, Chen Wen naturally wants to cross the water, then the back road camp is captured, the military spirit will be affected, and the chances of victory of the Qin army will be on a higher level.

Sun Kewang calculated clearly, and it was even more because they had been entrenched for many years and had a much better understanding of the geographical environment than the self-confidence of the newly arrived Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies.

The next day, the cavalry of the Qin army went out in all directions and launched a large-scale cavalry battle with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies on the west bank of the river. The Qin Domain has a strong army, which can be called the army of the country, and the number of cavalry is really a lot, compared with the cavalry of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies, it has an absolute advantage in numbers.

However, after years of fighting with the Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Eight Banners, as well as the northern green battalions that were good at cavalry and archery, the cavalry's combat effectiveness was not as fast as that of the infantry, but it was no longer what it used to be. On the west bank of the river, the number of cavalry of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang was obviously much smaller, but it was always pressing the cavalry of the Qin Domain.

"It seems that the damage caused by the fork in the road is not light."

In the city of Yuanzhou Prefecture on the east bank of the river, Chen Wen stood on a small building and held a telescope to look at the battlefield in the distance. He remembered that in the past, the cavalry of the Western Battalion was also outstanding among the rogues, although it was a long time, birth, old age, sickness and death, plus disability and battle damage, there would always be new forces to join. But now, the quality of the cavalry's individual soldiers looks like the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies a few years ago, whether it is personal martial arts, riding skills, or the coordination between cavalry, they all seem quite rusty and stiff, and it seems that their psychological quality has been affected to a certain extent.

"What the marshal said is very true, it seems that the wound from four years ago has not completely healed as before."

The battle of the fork in the road took place in the seventh year of Yongli, and it has been four years since then. During this period, Li Dingguo fought a lot of small battles in the Liangguang region, but except for the unsuccessful raid on Liuzhou, the Qin Domain only fought Changde once in the war, and it still ended in failure. In terms of troops, there are even more than before, but the new recruits cannot be compared with the veterans of the Western Battalion and those veterans of the reorganized Ming Army, and the combat effectiveness is reflected in the cavalry, and the decline is inevitable.

In contrast, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies have never stopped fighting against the Qing army in recent years, the southern green battalion, the northern green battalion, the eight banners of the Han army, the eight banners of Mongolia, and even the eight banners of Manchuria, have never stopped, and the eight banners of Manchuria alone have clashed three times, and have fought against opponents with strong combat effectiveness for a long time, and they can win repeatedly, coupled with the existence of the drill code, which makes more reasonable training popular. Under the advantages of one another, it is natural to be better at fighting than the current Qin cavalry.

"If the cavalry is like this, then we don't need to look any further. Let the scouts in front investigate more clearly, the key is to see if Sun Kewang has any new things to be serious. ”