March 29 of the fourth year of Longwu (1648), Ji'an, Jiangxi

As the sun set, Liu Wuyuan, who was dressed in armor, stood at the battlement and looked at the army that was slowly withdrawing under the city, and breathed a long sigh of relief. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ten days ago, Jin Shenghuan personally led a large army, known as 200,000, from Nanchang to Ji'an by land and water.

On the question of choosing to go north or south first, Jin Shenghuan finally chose the latter after thinking about it again and again. I am going to pull out the nail in the south first, stabilize the rear and then go all out to the north.

It's a pity that it backfired, not only was this nail not quickly pulled out under Jin Shenghuan's thunderous attack, but it stabbed him with blood and bitterness. The army known as "200,000" surrounded Ji'an for more than ten days without progress.

"The golden thief has finally retreated again!" Next to Liu Wuyuan, a voice that sounded a little terrible remembered, "It's all because of the adults' effective command and good scheduling, and these thieves will get out of the way." There are adults here, it is really a blessing for my military and civilians in southern Gansu! ”

This kind of polite words should have sounded very comfortable, but Liu Wuyuan looked at the half of the face of the owner of the voice, but there were still bursts of chills from the bottom of his heart.

I saw that the person who spoke, his left eye was gone, the left half of his face was covered with twisted and terrifying scars, and a small piece of flesh was missing from the corners of his mouth, and he could see Sensen's white teeth when he didn't speak. Now he smiles more like a hellish ghost.

Liu Wuyuan forcibly suppressed the cold in his heart, and smiled casually on the surface: "Hu Junmen is serious, and he has returned the gold thief for many days, relying on the unity of my colleagues and the prosperity of the Qing Dynasty, and this official really does not dare to be greedy for merit."

The ghostly figure known as "Hu Junmen" is Hu Yousheng, the general soldier of the Manchu Southern Jiangxi Dynasty, although he is the same official as Liu Wuyuan, who is the governor of Southern Jiangxi, but he is very self-aware, knowing that his strategy and knowledge are not as good as Liu Wuyuan, so he simply let Liu Wuyuan decide everything, and completely put himself in the position of his subordinates.

After retiring all the surrounding personal soldiers, Liu Wuyuan asked again: "How is that thing arranged?"

"Don't worry, my lord, it has already been arranged." After Hu Yousheng finished speaking, he couldn't help but have some questions, "It's just that this trick of the adult is too much like taking eggs from the fire?" In case Jin Shenghuan smashes the pot and sinks the ship, won't I wait for the chicken to be stolen and lose the rice? ”

Hu Yousheng is vulgar and less literate, but he has always liked to be vassally elegant, and likes to use some allusions and idioms to raise his price.

Liu Wuyuan said disapprerovingly: "Jin Shenghuan is a person who is fierce and timid, indecisive, greedy for small profits and ignores the overall situation, and cherishes his body and suffers from gains and losses, so he is not worried. As for the risks, of course there are. But what if you don't take that risk right now? The enemy is strong and I am weak, if I don't think of any more ways, how can I hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court? ”

Hu Yousheng thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "Yes, my lord is right, the way to defend the city is to not carve a boat for a sword, but to open up more sources and reduce expenditure, so as to level the river."

Afterwards, the two returned to the city to discuss again, added details to the matter, and arranged them one by one.

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In the city, Liu and Hu negotiated secretly.

Outside the city, Jin Shenghuan was furious. The anger is not that Ji'an can't be attacked for a long time, but that Hao Yongzhong in the south repeats the same old tune.

Before this wave of troops to the south, Jin Shenghuan had already sent people to Ganzhou to contact Hao Yongzhong, inviting them to send troops to attack Ji'an from the north and south, and promised that after the matter was completed, the two sides could equally divide the land and seized income of Ji'an Prefecture. He thought that he was so low, and he couldn't bear the pain and give up, so he could persuade Hao Yongzhong to come.

But what was the result?

Hao Yongzhong was also polite when he replied for the first time, and the staff around him wrote a splendid article, praising Jin Shenghuan's righteous act of opposing the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Ming Dynasty to the sky. As for the invitation to send troops together, he did not explicitly refuse, but only used the excuse that "there was a shortage of soldiers and the battalion was not in order" and he could not send troops immediately.

Jin Shenghuan was not in a hurry, and when the soldiers came to Ji'an City, he sent people to go again, and the reply he got was that "the grain and grass are not ready".

In desperation, Jin Shenghuan had to attack first. After fighting for several days but unable to attack for a long time, he sent messengers to Ganzhou again. Just today, Hao Yongzhong's reply arrived.

This time, the reply was, "The old injury has recurred, and it is difficult to travel."

"Hao Yongzhong is a thief!" Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but flipped the lottery holder on the handsome case, and scolded, "Previously, with 20,000 people, Liu Wuyuan's 7,000 soldiers could not be contained, but he calmly went north to occupy Ji'an, I don't care about such incompetent ugly things, and then a few kind words let him send troops together, but I didn't expect him to be pushing, first the battalion was not organized, then the grain and grass were not complete, and now the old injury is recurring." There are such shameless bastards in the world! ”

The boss was furious, and the generals and staff in the tent cautiously spoke out to persuade each other.

Jin Shenghuan was angry for a while, but he was helpless. As for why Hao Yongzhong pushed back, how could he not know? That guy just wants to make a profit. But what can I do if I know it, Hao Yongzhong is not under his command, and it is natural that he does not listen to him.

When his mood calmed down a little, Jin Shenghuan looked around at the generals and staff in the middle of the tent, and finally said the idea that had been lingering in his heart for several days: "In view of the unfavorable war in Ji'an, this commander decided to transfer the Wuhou headquarters to the south, join forces with me, and attack together!" Wait to take Ji'an, cut off the heads of Liu Wuyuan and Hu Yousheng, and then take care of Hao Yongzhong's thief! ”

The Marquis of Jianwu, that is, Wang Deren, has now sent troops out of Jiujiang and downstream along the Yangtze River to attack Qizhou and other places.

As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion in the tent.

"Handsome! Never! One of them will be the first to come out and persuade loudly.

Everyone looked at it, but it was Guo Tiancai, who was named "Admiral Jiangxi Military Chief Officer" by Jin Shenghuan.

Jin Shenghuan was unhappy, and asked in a deep voice, "Why not?"

Guo Tiancai hurriedly said: "Jianwu Hou soldiers out of Jiujiang, like a bamboo, Yueyu class even under Luotian, Qishui, Huangmei, Guangji and other places, Qizhou, Macheng, Huang'an and other places heroes also compete to follow, hold high the banner of righteousness, our army has won the hearts of the people so far, just a momentum, expand the results, but how can you give up halfway?" Moreover, once the heavy troops in northern Jiangxi are withdrawn to the south, once the Tartars go south, how can our army resist? As for Liu Wuyuan in Ji'an, he has become a turtle in an urn, and the day when the grain and grass in the city are cut off is the time when he is headed. Why should our army slaughter chickens with knives and do it with all its might? Please think twice before you act! ”

Guo Tiancai has always advocated "north first, then south", at the beginning he even opposed Jin Shenghuan personally led a large army south to attack Ji'an, but he didn't expect that today Jin Shenghuan would transfer Wang Deren's troops to the south, of course he can't sit idly by.

If you want to talk about Guo Tiancai's persuasion, the truth is not difficult to understand. But today's Jin Shenghuan is difficult to listen to anymore.

Today's Jin Shenghuan is like a gambler, who may have vaguely known that he was wrong to walk into the casino, but after losing his eyes, how could he wake up so easily and stop gambling? Regrouping, making persistent efforts, and winning back what you have lost, this is the most genuine idea of such people.

What's more, at present, the people in Jin Shenghuan's army who insist on "first the south and then the north" are the mainstream, and they have been bleeding one after another under the small city of Ji'an, and they are also angry in their hearts, and they have already been as red as Jin Shenghuan.

Therefore, without Jin Shenghuan speaking in person, the rebuttal voices of other people have already completely drowned out Guo Tiancai. Although Guo Tiancai and a few other people who remain sober insist on it, how can they be the opponents of the majority?

Gamblers must be crazy, let alone gamblers who are picked up by a group of like-minded people around them? In the end, Jin Shenghuan was righteous and stern, and cut the Shuai case into two: "Ji'an, our army is determined to win!" There are dissenters, there is such a case! ”

Guo Tiancai could only retreat stupidly, only hoping that he could take Ji'an as soon as possible, so that there might be a glimmer of opportunity.

But that's not all.

Jin Shenghuan, who was still angry and righteous and stern just now, suddenly became compassionate and reasonable again: "I have been attacking Ji'an for several days, and the soldiers are tired, so I will temporarily rest and recuperate in the next two days, and I will attack again after I have enough strength."

After Guo Tiancai reacted, he almost vomited blood on the spot, this time he didn't even have the strength to persuade him, he just stood still, and his heart was filled with unprecedented panic and disappointment.

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Although Ji'an couldn't be attacked for a long time, Jin Shenghuan asked himself that he had unified the opinions of the army, so after his anger was gone, he slept peacefully this night.

It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and in the second half of the night, Jin Shenghuan was woken up by a huge wave of exclamations outside the tent. His good dreams were interrupted, and he scolded impatiently with sleepy eyes: "Who is making noise outside the tent?"

"Marshal, the big thing is not good, the Qing soldiers in the city have come out to rob the camp!"

"Camp robbery?" Jin Shenghuan was shocked into a cold sweat, and he didn't feel sleepy. He didn't even care about putting on his armor, so he picked up the weapon around him and ran out of the tent. When I looked around, I saw many fires in the camp, shouting and killing.

Immediately afterwards, the battalion commanders sent people to report that they had been attacked by the Qing army, and the number of opponents was ominous.

How dare the Qing army take the initiative to go out of the city and attack at night?

Before, the Qing army in the city had been cowering and being beaten, Jin Shenghuan didn't expect them to have such courage. Not only him, but most of the people in the army did not take the Qing army seriously at all. Perhaps it was for this reason that the vigilance was too lax, so that the Qing army could touch the front. But no matter what the reason, Jin Shenghuan and others paid the price for their paralysis and carelessness.

Suddenly attacked by the night, Jin Shenghuan was startled at first, and then became furious, and finally had a target to vent his grievances that had been attacking Ji'an for many days. scolded angrily: "Jumping beam clown! Dare to come and brush the handsome tiger whiskers! Good! When you come, leave the dog's head! ”

Later, the heralds were summoned, and the military orders were issued one after another.

Although the night attack of the Qing army had a surprising effect, its strength was limited after all. And Jin Shenghuanjun also reacted quickly after the initial panic and gradually controlled the situation.

In the end, after tossing in the middle of the night, at dawn, Jin Shenghuan's army finally knocked away all the Qing troops who came to attack the camp. There were casualties on both sides. (To be continued.) )