Chapter 343: A long aftermath
"Win!"
Outside Zhangpu County, Fujian, the smoke of gunpowder dispersed, and you could faintly see the gap in the city wall in front of you, almost on the slope paved with corpses, the battle flag was fluttering left and right, and Shi Shibiao didn't care about the elusive sharpshooter of the other party, stepped out of the trench, and let out a sigh of relief.
"As long as a thousand more people are pressed, this city will be destroyed!"
He waved his hand and prepared to give an order, in the past four or five days, he led 40,000 troops to attack Zhangpu urgently, the other side only had a few thousand people's army, it seemed that the training was not complete, although there were guns, but it was difficult to exert power, so that he saw the hope of breaking through the city.
Since Li Shibi's rebellion, there has always been only a record of the government losing the city, if he Shi Shibiao takes this city, it will be invigorating the heart of the court, and it is also an echo of the Hunan War, of course, it is also a dazzling achievement of his.
Before he waved his arm, the call for an urgent report came into his ears, and Shi Shibiao thought to himself, could it be that the war situation in Hunan has been decided?
"Fan Zhitai Chen Xiantai is in a hurry, hurry back to Fuzhou!"
Back to the teacher!? Fuzhou!?
Shi Shibiao was stunned, where is this?
After receiving the urgent order, it turned out that the gunboats of the thief army attacked Fuzhou, and plundered in all directions, and there were traces of occupying Fuzhou.
"It must be a feint attack plan by the thief army and sailors, report to the model and control Chen Xiantai, just need to keep an eye on the coast, Zhangpu is related to the overall situation, please bear with them for a while!"
Shi Shibiao sneered in his heart, this trick couldn't deceive him, and he was now controlled by Yin Tebu, the minister of the Qin Mission, and Fan Shichong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and Chen Yingke, the governor of Fujian, couldn't control him.
Ignoring this order, he was about to organize a rapid attack, but the generals of Fujian and Zhejiang Governors and Fujian Fubiao came to leave. Fan Chen and the others couldn't control Shi Shibiu, but they could manage these generals, and Shi Shibi could only watch the retreat of more than 10,000 Fujian green battalions with burning eyes.
Less than 10,000 soldiers is not too fatal impact, Shi Shibiao stopped the offensive of the day, re-dispatched, busy for two days, and on the third day, the situation was put on again, and the urgent report came again, this time it was the order of Zhang Boxing, the governor of Liangjiang.
"Chongming!?"
Shi Shibiu's brain was also slightly dizzy, the thief army sailor was inevitably too rampant, six warships defeated the Jiangnan sailor in the ocean near Chongming, and they also put down thousands of foot teams from the ship to loot, it seems that they still want to enter the river mouth west!
Changzhou ...... Yangzhou ...... Jiangning ...... This line was strung together, and Shi Shibiao subconsciously thought that more than thirty or forty years ago, Taiwan's Zheng Jiaxing troops went north and almost broke through Nanjing, which is now Jiangning, when the Qing court was shaken and the Manchu Dynasty was panicked.
"No...... This is still a way to lure me back to my teacher, and I must not be deceived by it! ”
Shi Shibiao spoke bitterly in the big tent, persuading the generals of the Jiangnan Green Battalion, wanting them to stop for a few more days and leave after breaking Zhangpu.
The generals of the Jiangnan Green Battalion also had this thought, but when Yin Tebu's orders followed, they didn't pay attention to it, Yin Tebu's order was very strict, and he rushed to the front line of Jiangning within a time limit, and those who missed the deadline were killed!
"Unconscious!"
Shi Shibiao was so angry that he kicked down the book case and tore the map into snowflake pieces. How many soldiers can six ships carry!? That's a thousand people. Even if the sailor is broken, there is no shelter on the water, the thief army can come and go freely, as long as the city is guarded, let alone Jiangning, the thief army can't even cross Jiangyin! Zhang Boxing and Yin Tebu were too timid, and they panicked when they heard that the thief army was approaching Jiangkou, literati are literati, and they have always been misguided people!
For a moment, Shi Shibiao wanted to withhold this military order, press it for two days, and wait for the breakthrough of Zhangpu.
"Military Gate, the situation is not about the military, but about political affairs, Lord Yin Tebu must urgently issue an order, and you must also ...... the military gate."
Some of his subordinates persuaded him that it was Penghu General Lan Tingzhen who listened to his voice, Shi Shibiao was stunned for a moment, and had to admit that Lan Tingzhen was very right.
What is the imperial court more concerned about? Of course, it's not Zhangpu, but Jiangnan. Even if he fights back to Guangdong, the thief army and sailors will make a battle in the south of the Yangtze River, and no amount of credit can make up for this hole. Yin Tebu must express his determination to protect Jiangnan as soon as possible, and he Shi Shibi, although only in the direction of Fujian and Zhejiang, can drag Jiangnan back, Yin Tebu does not dare to kill him, Kangxi will definitely kill him.
"It's a pity...... The Huanglong Mansion is already in sight, but it has encountered twelve gold medal ......"
Shi Shibiao scratched angrily, and threw one last look at Zhangpu reluctantly.
"When the army of our imperial court plays in Hunan, the thief army and the sailor will collapse without a fight, and then Lord Qincha will definitely regret it!"
With such a thought, Shi Shibiao took more than 30,000 Jiangnan green camps to the north, and in Zhangpu City, Fang and Xin really cried with joy, and he also specially asked for a short gun, ready to give himself a shot when the city was broken, he didn't want to bear the reputation of the first official to lose his land in the new dynasty.
The next day, when I received news from Hunan, not only Fang Youxin cried again, but also the people who were sticking to Zhangpu also cried.
"We didn't lose, we didn't retreat, we just ......"
In the north of Guiyang City, the frightened Yinzhen turned his head to look at the south, muttering in his mouth.
"We're heading north!"
Garbi echoed hoarsely.
"Chenzhou is not conducive to the horse team to fight, the marshal is going to lure the thief army to Hengzhou and fight again!"
Liu Shiming, the governor of Ganzhou, couldn't bear to see Yinzhen's pale face, and offered a reason.
"That's right, that's right, fight again! Again...... War. ”
Yinzhen gasped, and his face was slightly bloody.
If the first few dozen days of this battle were the most high-spirited and energetic days in Yinzhen's life, then these few days were the most frightened and frightened times in Yinzhen's life, and it was ten times more miserable than being sent down by Kangxi ** years ago, and he didn't dare to think that after this war, Huang Ama would face him with what face.
His army of 100,000 was gone, and 100 of his general's cannons were lost. Four days ago, the rain was pouring down, and not only did the thief army not stop the artillery fire, but the infantry team also charged like a mad man, and the whole army collapsed.
Fortunately, the general had already felt it, so he dragged him down Luojia Mountain, ran north and ran wildly, and joined Liu Shiming's horse team. Seeing that Liu Shiming was still holding a team of 7,000 intact horses, Yinzhen couldn't wait to hug him and kiss him, thanking him for not fully following his orders. Relying on these 7,000 horses, the middle battalion of his army was able to "retreat calmly".
He calmly retreated, retreating to Guiyang in the middle of Huangcen Mountain. Garbi also escaped early, leaving Yue Chaolong and the entire army who were still fighting hard at the foot of Qingxi Mountain, and joined Yinzhen early with hundreds of guards.
In contrast, Yanxin was unlucky, he didn't have a large group of horses in his hands, so he had to retreat north through the steep southern section of Huangcen Mountain, and there was no news yet. Yinzhen still has the heart to wait for Yanxin in Guiyang, and everyone persuaded him that the Shaanxi-Gansu Green Camp was brave, how could he protect Yanxin, so Yinzhen ignored him anymore, and retreated to the north non-stop, heading straight to Hengzhou.
Everyone knows in their hearts, the end point is not Hengzhou, not even Changsha and Yuezhou, these more than 100,000 troops have collapsed, maybe they have to retreat to Jingzhou, and confront the thief army across the cave, just like the battle against Wu Sangui during the Ping San Domain.
"Changsha? Yuezhou? No, no, take Guiyang and take Yongzhou after preparation, flatten our defense line, and the land of Hunan will temporarily take Chenzhou as the northern boundary. ”
On 12 July, Li Xi said this to the generals of the Fourth Army who were blushing in the capital city of Chenzhou.
"Yulin Yingyang two armies, your vacation is over, send your subordinates who are still alive and kicking back to Guangxi and Fujian, stabilize the situation in person, and then return to the original place after the rest of the troops rest."
Then he said this in a tone of "everyone has had enough, hurry up and get down to business", which made his subordinates laugh even more.
"Heavenly King, we defeated tens of thousands of enemies in one battle, how can we take advantage of the situation to sweep Hunan!"
Xie Dingbei seemed to be drunk, and he shouted with a red face, which immediately attracted many people to respond.
"Swept!? I'd like to sweep it, but ......"
Li Xi patted his waist with a bitter expression.
"No money! Everyone had a good time fighting this battle, but did you know that this battle also wiped out all the money I had asked for from the merchants? How many Qing troops did we kill? In the early 20,000s, how many were caught? More than 50,000, a total of 80,000. More than one million dollars of silver were spent, and when converted, a Qing soldier was worth twenty taels of silver! Twenty taels, twenty taels of silver on the head, can also smash a person unconscious......"
Li Xi is like a housewife, babbling and calculating the accounts, Jia Hao, Wu Ya and other old subordinates look at each other and smile bitterly, they all love to settle accounts, and the opening is the number, but they don't want to be really infected by Li Shi.
Li Xian's complaint was not false, and the two armies of Yulin Yingyang were rushed into Hunan before, and the expenses along the way were staggering. Then the two armies were reequipped, more than 10,000 new guns, hundreds of new guns, and a large amount of additional military expenses. After the start of the war, tens of thousands of shells were fired, and even more than a million rounds of bullets were fired, and more than 1,000 people were killed in the battle, and 3,000 or 4,000 people were wounded, which was enough for him to suffer until the end of the year.
"Territory occupation is secondary, since this war, south of the Yangtze River, the Tartars should not dare to fight against our army again, this is all the great achievements of you leading my Yinghua boys, fighting bravely, and bloody battlefields!"
Everyone was slandering Li Tianwang and turning into Li Laocai, and when Li Xian said this, he suddenly felt that the situation was extremely high-spirited. That's right, this battle broke tens of thousands with 20,000, south of the Yangtze River, the Qing court had no courage to gather a large army to suppress it, and the new Yinghua Dynasty finally crossed the threshold of life and death, and there was a vast new world ahead.
"Heavenly King Wansheng!"
"Yinghua Wansheng!"
The generals shouted in unison, and this cheer spread from the big tent of the Chinese army, and the officers and men of the four armies responded in groups, and in a moment, the entire city of Chenzhou was immersed in a sea of cheers.
The lack of money was just a pretext, and Li Xian returned to his heart early on, took care of this post-war affair, and headed south. The aftermath of this battle was too long, and he had to deal with it before these aftermath rippled out of tune, compared to things like grabbing territory and population, it didn't matter at all.
The southbound road is paved by continuous cheers, back to Yingde Baicheng, the cheers are more like the tide of the sea, when Li Xi stepped out of the carriage, thousands of people knelt down and kowtowed, the mountain shouted long live, such a scorching tide of joy in the hearts of the people, even Li Shi, who has been deeply experienced, felt very unbearable.
"Ouch, what are you kneeling for, get up quickly!"
The corner of his eye swept to a certain place, Li Xian hurriedly rushed to the front of the crowd of warblers and swallows, his big and small daughters-in-law were all there, Yan Sanniang was close to June's big belly, and she was also kowtowing to him.
"Nonsense!? The child matters. ”
Pulling up Yan Sanniang, Li Xian blamed her, but her eyes were full of joy and apologies, she hadn't had time to go home in the past few months, but she really hurt her daughter-in-law.
"Yes, the child is important, you two children, I hope that the sky is about to break the hole."
Yan Sanniang dealt with it in a mess, but her eyes were staring deeply at her husband, if it weren't for the child in her belly, she really wanted to throw herself into his arms and hug him with all her strength, and the thousands of people around her didn't bother to care at all.
Someone did her on her behalf, Guan Xuan and An Jiuxiu sobbed and pounced, Li Xian hugged his arms one by one, and tried his best to suppress his urge to come alone on the spot, but the corners of his mouth were already grinning under his ears.
Sister Jiuxiu said...... Fourth brother, you have worked hard for so long, she has to treat her well. ”
Guan Xuan's big eyes flashed with crystal brilliance, and he said greasy words that made Li Yan's heart surge.
"I'm not talking about me, it's us!"
An Jiuxiu hurriedly clarified that Li Xi was about to float into the sky.
"Ah......h
Yan Sanniang let out a low sigh, Li Xian's eyes widened, and he carefully put his hand on her round belly, and then took a cool breath, moving!
Looking at Li Shi's startled appearance like a little husband, the three daughters-in-law, and even Pan Jinling, who was smiling with tears in the back, laughed and cheered straight into the sky, and it was difficult to disperse for a long time.
Yanjing, although it is the height of summer, the sky is extremely gloomy, at the gate of Changchun Garden, Zhang Tingyu and the steward eunuch of the Inner Court Office, plus Kangxi's personal guard Zhao Chang stood like a sculpture, and the faces of the three of them were also like the sky.
"Thousands of miles to expedite!"
The three people at the door were startled by this shout, their bodies jumped like springs, and a group of fast horses rolled in, and the knights holding signs in front of them were still shouting loudly. The imperial court can not rush from thousands of miles, at most only eight hundred miles, but this urgent report is obviously very important, and even Long Keduo, the commander of the Nine Gates, sent cavalry guards to open the way.
The knight who delivered the urgent news rushed to the gate like a whirlwind, rolled off his horse as literally, handed a letter to his hand, and collapsed to the ground.
Zhang Tingyu took the letter, his eyebrows fell, from Xining? Not the news he was waiting for.
Unconcernedly, he opened the letter and swept it roughly, Zhang Tingyu's body shook, and his eyebrows were raised high.
"Tseling Dundob led the army to disturb Tibet, Xi'an general Erlunt and the guard Seleng rushed forward, and were attacked in the Kukusel Ridge, Erlunte was killed in battle, and Seleng was executed."
"One hundred thousand urgent!"
Zhang Tingyu's heart was sinking heavily, and another urgent cry came from afar, almost repeating the scene just now, and another urgent report was handed over to Zhang Tingyu.
Jiang Ning from? It's not something he's waiting for.
"The thief army and the sailor disturbed the mouth of the river, and there was a tendency to attack Jiangning, and the Jiangnan sailor was half destroyed, and the thief was unstoppable."
It's nothing, it's just a subsection...... Zhang Tingyu suppressed the churning blood in his chest, squinted his eyes and looked ahead, the sound of flying horses' hooves sounded for the third time, and the smoke and dust covered the already oppressive sky. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Changchun Garden, this time it should be, I don't know whether it is happy or sad, and the emperor inside can bear it.
(To be continued)