Chapter Eighty-Seven: Momentum Breaks

At this time, the army of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments had already been reorganized.

The First Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, under the jurisdiction of three infantry divisions and one cavalry division, with a total strength of more than 36,000 people, the army commander is Yan Chengfang, he is the commander of the original Jiangsu and Zhejiang First Division, from the commander of the clan soldiers, Lin Xiao's subordinates of thousands of households so step by step.

Qu Yuanju's Luzon Seventh Army was changed to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Second Army, and some recruits were included in it to make up for their battle losses.

The Twelfth Army from Luzon, the commander Chen Zhongzhen, was changed to the Third Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The Fourth Army, composed of veterans and recruits who returned from injury, was commanded by Yan Zhongyou.

The Fifth Army was newly formed, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 troops, and its commander, Hong Zhenghui.

At this time, the total number of troops had reached more than 170,000.

The troops were divided into two routes, and the offensive was launched to the west and south at the same time, of which the first and third armies advanced westward, and the fourth army cooperated with the navy to the south, and the second and fifth armies remained behind.

Mainly, the first, third, and fourth armies have basically completed the equipping of the second type of muskets, but the second and fifth armies have not, so these three armies will attack the main one.

The Fourth Army, with the help of the navy, quickly landed at the port of Fujian and launched an attack on Fujian from different directions at the same time.

The general army of Fujian has gathered troops to prepare for King Qin, and when he got the news that the military government of Jiangsu and Zhejiang had sent troops, he was busy hiding in a county town, but the city was easily broken and directly served in a pot.

This place is adjacent to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which has already been infiltrated by a large number of people, and now the main force has been annihilated, and the few remaining troops have completely lost their fighting spirit.

At this time, the most fierce resistance was some local landlords and gentry, who formed a village bravery, took out a large part of their property, and tried to defend the city to repel it, and there were also some smart people who wanted to negotiate terms with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments according to the city.

At the very least, the junta will ensure that the past is not to blame, especially those with bad reputations, which are the most positive.

If there was an ordinary change of dynasty, they could have escaped by colluding with the new government personnel and their control of the countryside, but if this trick had worked, then there would not have been so many landlords and gentry in the military governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang who had been tried.

Yan Zhongyou received the documents that the landlords tried to negotiate, and he couldn't help but sneer:

"I'm already at the end of my rope, how can I talk about the qualifications?"

He took the matter to the attention of the government, and soon received a reply from the cabinet:

"All the landlords and gentry who participated in the resistance were to be killed without mercy, and all the tenants who participated in the resistance were sentenced to one year of hard labor."

With this letter, Yan Zhongyou suddenly had the confidence to give the order to attack.

Although the landlords took out money and food to motivate the army and the townspeople, so that their morale was high, the huge gap between the two sides in terms of weapons and training could not be erased.

Under the No. 2 heavy artillery, all beings are equal.

Soon, the city was conquered, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies stepped into it with neat steps and captured the landlords and gentry who resisted.

Their property was also confiscated.

Soon, calm was restored throughout Fujian.

On the Jiangxi side, Yan Chengfang and Chen Zhongzhi were also like bamboos, easily sweeping the entire land.

Gao Yingxiang in Gandi, the combat effectiveness of his troops is stronger than those troops in Fujian who have not experienced too many wars, but it is just like that.

In the face of the swarming Jiangsu and Zhejiang army, he didn't dare to fight at all, after all, these generals who have been next to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military government for a long time know - don't fight with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang army, the opponent's firepower will crush you.

He could only send cavalry to fight and harass, but the cavalry division was not vegetarian, and after several battles, the cavalry suffered heavy losses, and his territory was also falling at an alarming rate.

Gao Yingxiang also thought of a way to launch an attack on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies on a rainy day.

Although the flintlock pistol has a much higher ignition rate than the arquebus in a humid environment, there is a great probability of dumb fire after all, and once it rains, it should not be used, or it cannot be used.

At this time, he was able to force the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies into hand-to-hand combat.

In Gao Yingxiang's impression, the musketeers were afraid of close combat, and once the enemy approached, they would collapse directly, so he was full of confidence in his plan.

The problem was that the First Army had already been reloaded with fire cap guns by this time, which had a very high success rate of ignition and was almost unaffected by bad weather.

So the unlucky King Chuang led his army to rush straight towards the first army in the rain.

In the first war, 130,000 troops were lost.

There is no way, since the previous battles, almost no one will go straight to the battle formation of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies head-on, and Gao Yingxiang this time is no different from really queuing up to be shot.

In the rain, the general's orders were not summoned, and it was even more difficult for the troops to be organized.

From battle to defeat, then to rout, and as the soldiers of the First Army put on their bayonets, and the cavalry of the cavalry division also brandished their sabers in pursuit, the rout became a rout again.

The decisive battle took place on the outskirts of the capital, and when Gao Yingxiang fled all the way back to his base camp of Ganzhou, he had only more than 20,000 people left, not that the rest of the soldiers had been killed, but that most of them had fled.

The cavalry of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies pursued and killed almost at the tail of the tail, and then cruised outside the city of Ganzhou to prevent the other party from escaping.

The army arrives and besieges the city.

In a few days, the city was broken.

Gao Yingxiang led his army to break through the siege, but failed, was surrounded on a small hill, and watched his subordinates continue to die in battle, he drew his sword and killed himself in despair.

Many of the courtiers who broke into the king's court, including his minister Niu Jinxing and others, were all captured alive.

The third army launched an offensive against Chen Qiyu in northern Jiangxi, and the Ming army was also difficult to resist, and soon the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies went straight to the city of Nanchang.

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In the darkness of the night, the torches flickered, converging into a long dragon that reflected the ruined walls.

The stacked corpses seem to tell the visitors of the cruelty of the fight here.

The sound of fighting in Nanchang City has basically stopped, and only in the governor's office in the center of the city, there are still gunshots.

Chen Qiyu sat in the mansion, listening to the roar of the "heavenly thunder" outside and the roar of the musket, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

The tide is over.

No matter how he can fight, it is difficult to defeat such a strong army.

The grenade blew the walls of the palace to shreds.

The soldiers of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang military government swarmed in through the breach, saw weapons all over the ground, and the Ming soldiers who raised their hands and shouted "willing to surrender" in their mouths, and then rushed into the palace and captured Chen Qiyu, the governor of Jiangxi in the imperial court.

Nanchang City was completely broken.

Nanchang is broken, and there is no room for resistance.

In less than a month, the rest of the provinces either surrendered or were captured.

(End of chapter)