Chapter 66: The Capture of Yueyang (Part II)

Yueyang City. After Zhou Wenbin, the www.biquge.info of Pen, Qu, and Pavilion led his troops to seize control of the North Gate, the Zheng Jiajun who followed closely entered the city without much effort.

When Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Shun of the Qing Dynasty, heard that Zheng Jiajun had entered the city, he was so frightened that he immediately fled from the West Gate with his henchmen, and he didn't even dare to resist decently.

As soon as Shen Yongzhong fled, few of the unled Qinglu battalion army dared to resist, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

Successfully controlled the four city gates, and completely brought Yueyang under the jurisdiction of the Zheng family's army, more than a dozen soldiers were busy posting notices at the city gates, government offices, academies and other places, and hundreds of soldiers with loud voices were still shouting along the streets to tell the people.

Zheng Jiajun is here, everyone don't have to be afraid. As long as everyone abides by the law, Zheng Jiajun will not disturb the people.

Hearing that it was the Zheng family army led by the surname of the country that occupied Yueyang, the people were somewhat relieved.

At noon, the sporadic ruffians in Yueyang City who wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob and steal were suppressed.

When there were no more screams, the people lowered the wooden planks that had been nailed to the door and walked out of the house cautiously.

saw that Zheng Jiajun was really as disciplined as rumored, and he did not commit any offense against the people.

Now the people are completely relieved, no longer afraid and panicked, and continue their daily life and work.

In the Yueyang Mansion, Zheng Chenggong flipped through the household registration, field books and other documents.

After a cursory flip, Zheng Chenggong said to Yao Qisheng, "In the past few years, the Huguang area has been fighting for many years, and the people have suffered greatly. Although it is not empty, more than half of the registered population is afraid that it has already suffered misfortune. Xizhi, send the students of the School of Political Science and Law to gather the displaced people, be good at pioneering the wilderness, and recuperate! ”

Yao Qisheng got up and drank, "Yes, my subordinates will draft it and ask Minister Zeng to escort the students over as soon as possible." ”

Zheng Chenggong put down the paperwork, looked at the map placed in the lobby, and said: "Xizhi, there are thousands of miles of fields in Huguang, but you want to send troops to capture the surrounding counties to consolidate their land?" ”

Yao Qisheng thought for a while and said, "Not for the time being, General, our army only led 70,000 soldiers and horses in this battle, and if we capture the surrounding counties, it will only disperse our soldiers and horses, which is not conducive to defeating the Qing army." As long as our army can defeat the Qing army, the counties of Huguang will surrender when they hear the wind. Now, the general only needs to send troops to garrison the critical places! ”

"Xi Zhi has a point!"

As soon as Zheng Chenggong finished speaking, he saw Zhou Quanbin come in, and hurriedly asked, "Bangxian, have the post-war casualties been counted?" ”

Zhou Quanbin bowed his hand and drank: "General Hui, our army's attack on Yueyang this time went smoothly, with only 39 casualties and 83 serious injuries. The Qing soldiers suffered more than 340 casualties, and 3,687 were taken prisoner. Shen Yongzhong, the puppet of the Qing Dynasty, fled from the West Gate with more than 4,000 green battalion troops, that is, the spies reported that they fled towards Changsha! ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "Well, the situation is good now, and it's time to chase after the victory." Bang Xian, you can lead your men to attack Changsha! ”

Zhou Quanbin hesitated for a moment before saying: "General, our army has been marching for hundreds of miles for days, and now the soldiers are very tired, can you rest for two days before attacking Changsha!" ”

Yao Qisheng also persuaded: "Yes, the general is very tired now, so let's rest for two days before leaving!" ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he pondered for a while and said, "Well, after two days of rest, you will lead your subordinates to attack Changsha!" ”

"Yes!"

Guiyang Mansion Yanei,

"What? Hankou was captured by the Zheng army, and our army's grain and grass have been robbed! Hong Chengchou raised his head suddenly, and asked with difficulty in a slightly hoarse voice.

For a while, everyone in the big tent was frightened and silent, and Luo Tuo, who reported back, said cautiously: "According to the spies' report, Zheng Jiajun smuggled across the Yangtze River at night, and then designed to blow up Hankou Town. After capturing Hankou, the Zheng army did not stop to kill Yueyang, and the Zheng army would succeed in a sneak attack if there was no defense! My lord, please let the troops be sent as soon as possible, otherwise Changsha will be difficult to hold! ”

"Yueyang has also been captured!"

After two bad news in a row, Hong Chengchou was even more weak when he heard it, and collapsed on his seat.

The house leak happened to rain overnight!

Hong Chengchou sighed: "Reinforcements, reinforcements, where did the reinforcements come from." Most of the main forces of the Qing army led by General An Yuan Jingkou were damaged, and now they are slightly insufficient to defend Huguang and Jiangxi. There are still reinforcements to send! ”

Hong Chengchou put down the battle report sent by him, rubbed his temples and pondered: "The timing of Zheng Mingyan's dispatch of troops is so coincidental, it directly hit the seven inches of my Great Qing Dynasty. I'm afraid it's calculated early in the morning. Even the three-way army I designed was used by him to confuse our army. will attack Hankou and Yueyang so smoothly! How do you face the crisis at hand? ”

"Roto, where is Zheng Haikou's army now?" Hong Chengchou concealed the anxiety in his heart, and asked in a calm voice.

"Your Excellency! According to the battle report received by Shicai, Zheng Haikou's army is still resting in Yueyang, but his subordinates think that Zheng Haikou will definitely send troops to attack Changsha in the next three days! Roto said with a little anxiety.

"I hope that Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, can stop Zheng Haikou in Changsha for a while! Roto, is there any situation on General An Yuanjingkou's side? Hong Chengchou asked.

"After the fierce battle between our army and the Great Western Army, Li Dingguo led his troops to retreat to Kunming! General An Yuan Jingkou led his army in Simao Town, preparing to regroup and send troops to attack Li Dingguo again, which was bound to exterminate the Great Western Army. Roto said with a slight hesitation.

"Nonsense, what kind of Great Western Army do you care about at this time, it is a big deal to tighten Gangui first! Let General An Yuan Jingkou lead a part of his troops and horses to hold Chongqing, and send Wu Sangui, the king of Pingnan, to lead the remaining soldiers and horses to join our army. Hong Chengchou drank.

"Yes, my subordinates will send someone to deliver a message to General An Yuan Jingkou!" Roto hurriedly drank.

At this time, it is impossible to let Wu Sangui rush to Changsha to help, I only hope that Shen Yongzhong can hold on for a long time, so that Wu Sangui can rush over as soon as possible, so that our army still has the strength to fight with the Zheng family's army.

Once Wu Sangui doesn't catch up, the southwest land will only belong to Zheng Jiajun's pocket, and half of the southern country will also fall into the hands of Zheng Mingyan.

At that time, Zheng Chenggong can really say that he has entered the sea, and no one can suppress this person, even the Qing Dynasty is afraid......

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to think about it anymore, and sent three waves of messengers to urge Wu Sangui to lead troops to come to the rescue. (To be continued.) )