After a series of cane killings, the Cossack infantry finally restrained themselves and hid all the drinks in the camp, at least they did not dare to drink blatantly.

That night, Zhang Mingyang also brought healing medicine into the barracks, and personally gave medicine to the officers who were beaten with a cane, although this set of tricks to get close to the soldiers was old-fashioned, but it was very useful, and all the officers who were personally drugged by Zhang Mingyang showed a grateful look, and the resentment of being beaten by the cane also dissipated.

But...... The rapport didn't last long.

"You tell the general, what is the purpose of the drinks on this military list?!"

Zhang Mingyang's angry roar came from inside the main tent, causing the two guards standing guard outside to glance at each other, and they both saw a wry smile on each other's faces.

"Back to the brigade marshal, this is ...... This is ......" Zhao Dequan also knew that this was a bit excessive, he wanted to explain, but the words were stuck in his mouth and couldn't say it, because he found that no matter how he explained, he couldn't get through, so he could only give up his defense and shut his mouth.

There was no way, the Cossack infantry inherited the characteristics of the Cossacks who were addicted to alcohol, and the drinkers per capita, at the behest of the soldiers, also wanted to drink, so he added wine to the list of military quartermasters, hoping to get by.

But who knows, Zhang Mingyang actually looked at it so seriously, and directly picked out the wine.

Zhang Mingyang looked at Zhao Dequan angrily, he was directly angry, even the soldiers and horses of the Lu Wang family were not so outrageous.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Mingyang forcibly suppressed his anger, then gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Alcohol is not allowed in the army, if the general finds out, he will be severely punished according to military regulations, do you understand?" ”

"Whoa!"

Zhao Dequan bowed hard, then turned around and left, and after Zhao Dequan left, Zhang Mingyang also stood up, he held the list in his hand, thought for a moment, and shouted outside: "Come on, prepare horses, go to the county king's mansion." ”

……

"His Royal Highness the King of the County, Zuodu Governor Zhang Mingyang asks to see you."

In the backyard of the county king's mansion, Su Yan, who was sitting on the stone bench chatting with Aunt Zheng Cha, heard the report of the housekeeper Su Qian, and did not look back, saying, "Let him come over." ”

After Su Qian left, Aunt Zheng Cha stood up very visibly and said softly: "Husband, Zuo Dudu's request to see must be for important matters, and the concubine retired first." ”

"Go ahead." Su Yan nodded, then turned to look at the entrance of the backyard, waiting for Zhang Mingyang's arrival.

After a while, Zhang Mingyang was led to the backyard by Su Qian, and as soon as he saw Su Yan, Zhang Mingyang hugged his fists and saluted, greeted Su Yan, and then sat on the stone bench on the side under Su Yan's instructions.

"What is the matter with the arrival of Zuo Dudu today?" Su Yan asked.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the last general is here, and I want to report to you about the Qinglong Right Brigade." Zhang Mingyang pursed his lips and said.

Su Yan saw that his face was not good-looking, and asked curiously, "What happened?" ”

Zhang Mingyang did not answer directly, but handed the list of munitions that he had been holding in his hand to Su Yan, who took the crumpled list of munitions, unfolded it and read it, and his face suddenly showed an incredible expression.

"This, this is the list of quartermasters handed over to you by the Qinglong Right Brigade?" Su Yan asked in surprise.

"Exactly." Zhang Mingyang looked a little angry: "Your Highness, this Qinglong Right Brigade does not abide by military discipline, the whole brigade is addicted to alcohol, when the last general first arrived at the barracks, down to the privates, up to the generals are drinking, so how can the army go to the battlefield to fight?" ”

"It's, it shouldn't be." Su Yan said in wonder, it is not that there are no Cossack troops in his army, but why has he never heard of this problem.

Zhang Mingyang didn't answer, just looked at Su Yan and waited for his next answer.

Su Yan looked pensive, but his consciousness entered the system space and asked the system about the reason.

"System, why is the Cossack infantry so exaggerated?"

[The Cossack class inherited some of the characteristics of its prototype Cossacks, who were alcoholic and uninhibited, and were only suppressed when fighting under the host, and now that the host does not have direct command over them, they are revealed.] 】

"Uh......"

Su Yan's answer to the system was simply speechless, what kind of operation is this, increasing species diversity?

[Hosts need not worry about this, although they have inherited some of the characteristics of the Cossacks, they are still loyal and reliable system units, and their drunken behavior will not affect their performance in battle.] 】

Su Yan just wanted to say that you were farting, what is called drinking and making mistakes, so he didn't believe that the drunken Cossack infantry could suddenly sober up when they went to the battlefield.

However, the system said so, and he could only believe in the strength of the system unit, but Zhang Mingyang wanted to give him an explanation.

"Hmm......" Su Yan thought about it, and had an idea in his heart, and said: "Fame, it is indeed inappropriate to drink too much in the army, and this governor allows you to set up a gendarmerie in the Qinglong Right Brigade to picket military discipline and improve the atmosphere." ”

"What is the gendarmerie?" Zhang Mingyang heard the term gendarmerie for the first time, but combined with the picket discipline later, he could also guess the terms of reference of this gendarmerie.

Su Yan then introduced the functions and powers of the gendarmerie, and Zhang Mingyang immediately clarified the importance of the gendarmerie, which is the same as the imperial history of the court, and with their existence, the atmosphere in the army will definitely be new.

So, Zhang Mingyang, who "learned" from Su Yan's side, couldn't wait to form a gendarmerie in the army, but he was not worried about these alcoholic soldiers, so he asked dozens of people from his brother Zhang Mingzhen to be the basic members of the gendarmerie.

Not to mention anything else, soon after the gendarmerie was formed, a few Cossack infantrymen who were secretly drinking were caught, and after they were flogged in public, the deterrence of the gendarmerie was established, and the practice of secretly drinking in the army was cut off for a while.

On 20 July, after Zhang Mingyang became acquainted with the Qinglong Right Brigade, the army changed into light armor and embarked on the road to Jiangxi with a large amount of grain and grass and military supplies.

He followed the army and rode through the Jubaomen of Nanjing City, and after walking a few meters, he looked back at Zhang Mingzhen, his mother, wife and children, who were watching him leave on the side of the road, waved his hand to them, and then turned around and rode forward.

The army set out from Nanjing, marched west along the Yangtze River, and entered the Jiangxi boundary from Chizhou Mansion, but because it was a countercurrent, the sailors did not go out together.

At the same time that Zhang Mingyang led the army to aid Jiangxi, Yang Jie, the governor of the Qing Jiangxi Province who captured Fuzhou Mansion, went south along the Fuzhou River after Fuzhou was rectified, intending to take advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilate Lai Xun's troops in Jiangxi, but Lai Xun actively strengthened the city defense after withdrawing into Jianchang Mansion, collected materials to defend the city, and demolished the houses that were ten miles away from the city, vacated the shooting boundary, recruited troops to increase the strength in the local area, and defended Jianchang Mansion.

Therefore, after Yang Jiebing came to the city, he saw such a city with abundant materials and high morale, and the city of Jianchang Mansion was not large, but it became a favorable factor for the defenders, and it was more than enough to defend the gates of the city with the soldiers and horses under the command of Lai Xun.

What's more, the city of Jianchang was straddled between the mountains, and the Qing army could not bypass him and continue to advance downstream, so Yang Jie had only two choices:

The first is to storm Jianchang City, after conquering it, not only can he recover the entire territory of Jianchang, if the Fujian Ming army is empty, he can also take advantage of the situation to attack Shaowu Mansion and obtain greater merits.

The second is to return the same way, return to Fuzhou Mansion, move east to Guangxin Mansion, and cooperate with the Qing army of Guangxin Mansion to counterattack the Ming army Suding Yuan.

However, although the price paid for the first choice will be greater, the reward is not low, if he can really attack Fujian, it is not a problem to be promoted to the knighthood.

After thinking only for a moment, Yang Jie made a decision.

He ordered the whole army to set up camp outside the city of Jianchang, cut down trees, build a camp in the north of the city, and prepare for a long-term siege, and also ordered people to build a pontoon bridge in the narrowest part of the Xujiang River, so that the army could cross the Xujiang River, and station troops on Wugang Mountain, which directly faced the city of Jianchangfu, and build artillery positions to directly threaten the city.

The movements of the Qing army were soon discovered by Lai Xun, who was observing from the city wall, and he watched the Qing army build a pontoon bridge in the distance, but he was also powerless.

Although he had the intention to send people to attack and destroy the pontoon bridge, the pontoon bridge was behind the barracks of the Qing army, and the people he sent could not pass under the noses of the Qing army to destroy them.

However, this did not mean that he was powerless against the Qing army, because the Wannian Bridge across the Xujiang River was under his control, and from the Wannian Bridge he could directly cross the Xujiang River and reach the foot of Wugang Mountain.

When the pontoon bridge of the Qing army was about to be completed, he could also risk sending people to cross the river to the other side to destroy it.

……

The clock was fast approaching July 28.

After a full eight days of marching, the Qinglong Right Brigade entered Jiangxi under the leadership of Zhang Mingyang, and arrived at the city of Pengze County.

During the eight-day march, the soldiers of the Qinglong Right Brigade really gave Zhang Mingyang a big surprise.

Although they do not abide by military discipline, they are debauched on weekdays, and sometimes they like to drink secretly, but no one will be left behind when they march, and even complete the marching plan in advance - in Zhang Mingyang's view, it will take ten days to arrive in Jiangxi at the most optimistic, and the Qinglong Right Brigade arrived at the destination two days ahead of schedule.

Zhang Mingyang knew the truth of the speed of soldiers, and after taking Pengze County, he continued to lead his army westward, intending to take Jiujiang Mansion when the Qing army was empty in northern Jiangxi, so that the Ming army's naval division could build a base in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

Most of the Qing troops in Jiujiang followed Yang Jie, the governor of Jiangxi, down the south of Poyang Lake, and the defenders in the city were empty, but this did not allow the Jiujiang defenders to surrender when the Ming army attacked - the Qing army entered Jiangxi, and the Qing army regained the city anyway, and the atrocities against the local people after the Qing army regained the city made them dare not surrender easily.

Therefore, after learning the news of the fall of Pengze County, the Jiujiang defenders hurriedly sent several cavalry to ask for help from the provincial capital Nanchang, Jianchang Yang Jiebu and the approaching Qing army.

On July 30, the Ming army conquered Hukou County, Zhang Mingyang stood at the ferry port of Hukou County, looked at the acropolis of the Nanhuzui Inspection Division on the opposite bank, and ordered the boats to be collected and prepared to forcibly cross the river.

However, after the Qing army learned the news of the Ming army's attack, they hid all the ships before the arrival of the Ming army, or directly scuttled and burned them, and the Ming army only collected less than 100 ferries, which were completely unable to send the entire brigade to the other side.

In desperation, Zhang Mingyang had no choice but to change direction, he left two companies of soldiers and horses to garrison Hukou County, monitor the Qing army on the other side, and then waved his army south to attack Raozhou Mansion.

At the same time as the Ming army marched south, the military situation had already been sent to the table of Xia Yiju, the governor of Jiangxi, Xia Yiju did not dare to slack off, and immediately mobilized his subordinate Fubiao to prepare for war, ordered the provinces in the province to strengthen their vigilance, strengthen the city defense, and at the same time sent multiple scouts to find out the news of the Ming army.

At the beginning of August, the Ming army broke through Duchang County, and the troops approached the city of Raozhou, and then launched an artillery bombardment of the capital city of Raozhou.

The 12-pounder infantry howitzers and 4-inch mortars of the Qinglong Right Brigade showed their might in this battle, and the shells fired by the howitzers and mortars made arcs in the sky, directly over the wall and fell into the crowd, and then exploded.

Although there have been flowering bombs at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the expensive cost of flowering bombs, the war is still dominated by solid bullets, but the Ming army's flowering bombs are like no money smashed on the city wall, and the Qing army stationed on the city wall was soon blown up, and the ghosts cried wolf, and it was difficult to organize defense.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Ming artillery took the risk of pulling the infantry artillery to the front line and fired a salvo at the city gate, how could the city gate with iron on the surface withstand the wild bombardment of twelve guns, and collapsed in the rumbling cannon.

The Cossack infantry then charged the gates to the sound of a blazing attack horn - the Ming had unlocked the ring-mounted bayonets, so they were able to raise their rifles and engage the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.

Under the wave of Cossack infantry, the defenders of Raozhou City were almost crushed at the touch of a button, and it took the Ming army less than half a day to change the surname of Raozhou City.

After capturing Raozhou Mansion, Zhang Mingyang thought that he would see the scene of the local people eating pot pulp and welcoming him, but when he entered the city, he found that the doors and windows of the houses on both sides of the street were closed, and he could still peek into the frightened eyes of the civilians from time to time through the cracks in the doors and windows when he walked on the street.

They're scared.

Afraid of the Ming army.

Zhang Mingyang was a little incomprehensible, because in the past few years when he fought in Zhejiang, the people of Zhejiang maintained a welcoming attitude towards the Ming army, and they could be welcomed by the local people wherever they went, but after coming to Jiangxi, things changed.

Soon Zhang Mingyang knew the reason, and after inquiring about the surrendered prefect of Raozhou, he finally knew the reason, the melee between the Ming and Qing dynasties in Jiangxi made the people of Jiangxi miserable, and no matter which side won, the people would be plundered, so the people were full of fear of the army from their bones.

After figuring out the reason for the shortness of anger, Zhang Mingyang was silent for a long time, and finally asked the prefect of Raozhou to lead the officials to post a notice in the city to appease the people, and personally wrote a report and ordered someone to send it back to Nanjing.

At the same time, the Ming army broke Raozhou, and Jiangxi shook!

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