War was nothing to Sun Yuan and the Ningxiang Army. After a bloody battle with Jiannu, the strongest army in East Asia of his time, to tell the truth, Sun Yuanhe and his men no longer had any opponents on land in their eyes.

This time against Gao Jie, even though Gao Jie's army was the strongest army on the side of the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Yuan did not feel any nervousness.

In front of him, the scene when he saw Gao Jie in Fengyang appeared again, and the murderous situation when Gao Jie cut off the woman's chest with a knife.

I have to say that Gao Jiebu is one of the most fierce troops in this era, which can be seen from Li Chengdong's three slaughters in Jiading in the future

。

"Gao Jie, Gao Jie, it's been nine years since Fengyang said goodbye. Back then, my Sun Yuan suffered a loss under your hands, hehe, this time I should pay you back tenfold. Today, first annihilate your 3,000 forwards and kill your most powerful general, Li Chengdong. You probably didn't expect Sun Yuan, who was despised by you back then, to be like this now! The corners of Sun Yuan's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

This time, Sun Yuan dispatched the entire cavalry army of 3,000 people, and the 4,500 yuan battalion led by himself, plus auxiliary soldiers and horses, the total strength has exceeded 10,000. And Li Chengdong only has 3,000 forwards, so it can be said that this battle is a knife to kill chickens, and there is no difficulty at all.

In fact, the Ningxiang Army was stationed in various parts of Yangzhou on weekdays, and it was necessary to assemble in one place during the war. The reason why he came so quickly yesterday was not that he already knew that Hao Xiaoren had taken Taizhou, Taixing, and Jingjiang, but that Gao Jie's army had signs of attacking Rugao.

As for what Gao Jiejun did when he entered Jianghuai, he and the entire army and people in Yangzhou knew about it. This is a group of beast armies, leaving no grass behind wherever they go. Gao Jiejun was nominally the army of the imperial court, but what they did was worse than that of the thief army. After Li Zicheng captured a city, he would make some gestures to open a warehouse and release grain, and exempt the people from paying taxes for three years. This Gao Jie can't manage so much, Latin, grab food, and do all the evil things.

At the beginning, the people of Jianghuai were still very encouraged when they saw Gao Jie's army moving south. After all, it is an army of 100,000, and with him, he can at least resist the invasion of the thief army in the north. But as soon as Gao Jie arrived, they realized that this was a group of beasts. After seeing other places being plagued by Gao Jie, some county towns simply closed the city gates and organized the villagers to defend the city, treating Gao Jie's army as an enemy.

Yangzhou was an important town of salt industry in the Ming Dynasty and the economic pillar of the imperial court, and Gao Jie had the heart to occupy this earthly paradise. But Yangzhou City is purely a commercial city, although salt has great profits, but during the war grain is the most valuable hard currency. Among the prefectures and counties of Yangzhou, Rugao is the main grain producing area. Therefore, if Gao Jiejun wants to gain a foothold in Yangzhou, Rugao is imperative.

Therefore, a while ago, Gao Jie scouted and rode out, and the city of Rugao was also frightened three times a day, and the gentry and officials in the city fled to Nanjing, and even the Rugao Zhi County also fled directly with the seal, and even the officials were not appropriate, and the impostor's family also left Rugao in this situation.

Rugao became an empty city, which was exactly what Sun Yuan wanted.

General Sun is a person who has a advantage and does not take advantage of his grandson, since Rugaozhi County does not want this city, I want it. Immediately, he gathered the cavalry army and the Yuanzi battalion, marched into Rugao, appointed officials, posted notices to the people, and firmly controlled his hometown in his own hands

。 From this point of view, Sun Yuan was really grateful to Gao Jie, and he also thought of being with Hao Xiaoren.

After consolidating Rugao and pacifying the people, the scout brought another shocking news, and Gao Jie's forward was rerouted to Taizhou.

In fact, Gao Jie's idea of temporarily changing his mind to fight Taizhou was also correct. Attacking Rugao will certainly be able to gain real benefits, but if you take a historical city like Taizhou, a transportation hub between the Soviet Union and China, it will be of greater military and political significance. Moreover, Gao Jie probably didn't want to clash with Sun Yuan, the head snake, too early.

As for Sun Yuan, he couldn't afford to start a war with Gao Jie so early. Although Gao Jie is fierce, he is an officer of the Ming Dynasty like himself after all, and it is not appropriate for him to fight with his own people. As far as Sun Yuan knew, in two years at most, the Qing army would move south. Gao Jie's troops are also one of the few effective armies in Nanming, and with such a friendly army, the Ningxiang Army will also have more strength in the future battle with Jiannu.

Therefore, Gao Jie did not come to fight Rugao and went to take Taizhou instead, and Sun Yuan was too lazy to pay attention. When the time comes, Gao Jie occupies Taizhou, I occupy Rugao, everyone does not violate the river water, each has its own place, isn't it happy?

But at this time, Fu Shan hurriedly arrived with a messenger sent by Hao Xiaoren. It turned out that after Fu Shan knew the news that Hao Xiaoren had won the three cities in one go, he knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Nowadays, Yangzhou Sun, Gao, and Liu are all desperately grabbing turf, starting first to be strong, and then to suffer, one step behind, one step behind. Now, Sun Yuan must be persuaded to lead the army into the three cities as soon as possible to consolidate the city defense.

After hearing that Hao Xiaoren had easily taken the three places, Sun Yuan felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart. couldn't help but shout: "Hao Xiaoren, you have a certain heart!" ”

At this time, he made a big decision to defend Taizhou with all his might. Because if Taizhou falls into the hands of Gao Jie, Jingjiang and Taixing will inevitably be unprotected.

The current situation is that after Sun Yuan won Rugao, Taizhou, Taixing, and Jingjiang in one go, these four points have been connected, not only mastering the main grain-producing areas of Yangzhou Prefecture, but also mastering the ferries along the Yangtze River. This was the first time that Sun Yuan had obtained a territory that he could rule directly since he opened his teeth. Until now, there are really some big warlords, the meaning of big feudal towns. As for Nantong and Haimen, because the magistrates had the protection of the Ningxiang Army, they did not abandon their officials and escape. In addition, they have a good relationship with him on weekdays, Sun Yuan is really embarrassed to turn his face and drive them away directly. For a long time in the future, Sun Yuan will not be able to interfere in local civil affairs, intercepting taxes and using them as military funds.

Hehe, when the meat is eaten in the mouth, how can it be easily spit out.

Taizhou is the key to this

。

Gao Jie, I'm sorry, let's fight first.

"By the way, at the beginning, you took Rugao, and Hao Xiaoren won three more states and counties, if Mr. Huang knew about it but didn't know what to do with you." Fu Shan said with a smile.

Huang You has been in poor health in recent years, and he recuperates in Nantong and Suzhou on weekdays. He is upright, Sun Yuan and Hao Xiaoren made such a show, if he knew it, he didn't know what the situation would be.

Fu Shan: "Especially in the beginning, not only did you not punish Hao Xiaoren, but appointed him as the governor of Taizhou. ”

"Punish Hao Xiaoren, hehe." Sun Yuan smiled and said in his heart, it's too late for me to reward him! If he is punished, who will be willing to die for me in the future, we will be a big warlord, Huang You is too pedantic. In the troubled times, the court is a fart, and it is better to strengthen its own strength first. If I listen to the imperial court in everything, my Sun Yuan will not be played to death by the group of Donglin civil officials in Nanjing Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu: "Lord Qing, what do you think of Hao Xiaoren, who is worthy of a big responsibility?" ”

"He's just a little guy, and he's very useful."

Sun Yuandao: "Now, I also have a small piece of territory, and I can lead troops to fight, but I am not good at governing places." In the future, Yangzhou Town should also be divided between civil affairs and military administration. Qing Lord, are you interested in leading the local civil affairs? ”

"I'm not interested, I can't do it well, let Mr. Huang do it."

"Okay, let Brother Huang do this." Sun Yuan smiled and said, "Did I appoint Mr. Huang as the prefect of Yangzhou?" ”

Fu Shan: "It's still not necessary, if it's true, I'm afraid that Mr. Huang will die." ”

Sun Yuan was taken aback: "Then forget it, don't let him be the prefect, and still be a staff member in my curtain." ”

Fu Shan: "If Hao Xiaoren is allowed to be the prefect of Yangzhou, I don't know what he will look like if he will be grateful." ”

Both laughed at the same time.

As he was talking, one of the guards beside him whispered, "General, the enemy is coming!" ”

Sun Yuan and Fu Shan hurriedly put away their smiles while staring into the distance.

This time, Sun Yuan dispatched the main force of Yangzhou Town, killing chickens with a knife, what he wanted was to give Gao Jie a ruthless one and annihilate Li Chengdong's department

。

Afraid of alarming Li Chengdong and scaring away his three thousand cavalry, Sun Yuan withdrew all the scouts from yesterday afternoon.

It was still dark, but I saw a glimmer of light on the horizon in the distance. If nothing else, it should be Li Chengdong's army.

Sun Yuan: "It's a good time, order all armies to prepare." ”

How to fight this battle, Sun Yuan has already planned. Attack first with an infantry phalanx. If Li Chengdong's 3,000 cavalry did not want to die and dared to rush into battle, they would definitely hit their heads in front of the musket and spear phalanx.

If Li Chengdong saw that the Ningxiang army was strong and timid, he would inevitably be demoralized and chaotic if he turned his head and fled. Then, Tang Wenxing's cavalry army will follow and pursue the enemy who has lost his heart. Repairing Li Chengdong's garbage troops in the late Ming Dynasty, the cavalry army was relaxed and happy.

"Pre-war preparations."

"Pre-battle preparation!"

……

Everywhere there were the suppressed, excited voices of the officers.

All the riders of the cavalry corps stood up, opened their armor bags, and with the help of the horses, they put their cuirasses on their bodies. Then tighten the belt on the armor vigorously.

In order to tighten the belt on the armor, some horses even stretched out a foot and pedaled on the cavalry to facilitate the exertion.

Spears rose one by one, and musketeers flared their noses.

There was the sound of armor and the faint clangling of metal.

Bright iron light flashes one by one, forming a sea of metal, and the scene in front of people is bright.

In the distance, Li Chengdong's department advanced about a mile further, and the previous narrow line of firelight became thick and wide, and it was actually boundless, it was simply a torrent of torches, illuminating the sky in the distance transparently, and even the clouds on the horizon could be seen.

"That's not right!" Sun Yuan, Fu Shan, Tang Wenxing, and Jiang Wu all shouted in unison, and then looked at each other, and each saw a trace of doubt in each other's eyes.

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