The day after Hong Chengchou ordered, Liu Guangbi, who had been in charge of Jiangxi for several days, issued an order to attack before he arrived at the army.

Yongfeng County, after the Ming army evacuated last year, was occupied by the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army, which was an ally. A year later, the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army, which originally had nine thousand people, also increased its strength as it acquired the county town. The original two or three thousand people and more than a thousand soldiers have now expanded to more than ten thousand people and three thousand soldiers.

However, in front of the Qing army, where the cavalry still had an overwhelming advantage, their limited scouts could not even have the minimum warning. First, more than a thousand cavalry rushed to the city, and even after the army besieged the city, the Yang Wen and Yang Wu brothers stranded in the city immediately became turtles in the jar.

After the Qing army besieged the city, they did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, they surrounded them step by step, but released a large number of horse-snooping horses to the area north of this time.

To the north of Yongfeng County, the large hilly area is Yushan County where the Ming army is heavily stationed. The distance between the two is only forty or fifty miles. At the speed of the Ming army in Zhejiang, it is enough to keep the marching alert. One or two days are enough.

After Liu Guangbi arrived, he did not rush to attack the city. What was his intention? It was self-evident. However, after waiting for several days, the Ming army in Yushan County did not cross Jinshaxi and came to rescue Yongfeng County in large quantities. But if they were not aware of this, it would not be true, because according to the report of the Explosive Horse, the Ming army in Yushan County began to quickly shrink the defense line and called on the people to retreat to Changshan County. And they even stepped up all the time to strengthen the city defense.

With the intelligence leaked, Liu Guangbi finally waited for an order on the third day of May. The task of luring the enemy was cancelled. First, the Jiuxianshan rebel army of Yang Wen and Yang Wu brothers was eradicated to ensure that the food route in the rear was not threatened, and then he could rush to join the main force.

Yongfeng County was built during the Jiajing period. At this time, there were eight city gates. However, this county town that started from the ancient city of Enjiang did not occupy a large area. An Enjiang River passed through the city, making it even more narrow.

Once the order to attack the city was issued, Jiangxi raised its mark and launched a storm of overwhelming offensive. Since the old camp of the Jiuxian Mountain Rebel Army was on Jiuxian Mountain, the reinforcement of the Yongfeng County wall was already average. On weekdays, Yang Wu led some rebel troops to station. He had just taken the mountain to inspect a few days ago, but he was surrounded in the city.

Although the Qing army's attack on the city was hit hard in the Zhejiang battlefield, the expansion this year has mostly seen blood from the small rebels and the people who built villages to protect themselves, and the training of the Spanish phalanx has further improved their combat capabilities. Therefore, when the battle is together, the rebels who can bully the landlords' home guards on weekdays were attacked by the Qing army on the wall before they even finished a drum.

The subsequent battle can be said to be without any suspense. The Qing army of a large group entered the city and quickly destroyed the resistance of the rebels. Even the heads of Yang Wen and Yang Wu brothers were sent to Liu Guangbi not long after.

"I see clearly. Is this the thief Yang Wen and the Yang Wu brothers?"

A personal soldier, carrying a hair-tied head in one hand, strode to several gentry, and raised his hands forward, scaring them so much that they couldn't help but take a few steps back. I don't know if it was because the blood that was still dripping on them, or if the two pairs of eyes that were dying with their eyes would capture their souls.

The Yang brothers were originally from poverty, and they went to Jiuxian Mountain because they could not stand the double exploitation of Qing officials and gentry. Before the war last year, they also had many acts to attack the landlord class gentry. Later, they took over Yongfeng County from the Ming army. As their strength was further improved, they naturally became even worse.

Yongfeng County is in a gray area where the Ming army in Zhejiang and Qing army in Jiangxi. The people of Jiangxi are not very enthusiastic about resisting Qing Dynasty, but the Ming army cannot offend their allies for a few gentry. What's more, even if the Ming army in Zhejiang is not very friendly to the gentry class, they naturally put their hopes on the Qing army without hesitation.

Among the Jiuxian Mountain Rebel Army, the Yang brothers were in the same place. On weekdays, one was in the old camp and the other was in the county town. Only when Yang Wen went down the mountain to inspect the mountain were sent to the Qing army by several of their gentry who had been bullied on weekdays.

He looked at the two heads with fear, both of which were wide open. I thought that they had fought unyieldingly before their death. After swallowing a few saliva, the gentry in the head looked at each other and then came to Liu Guangbi and bowed.

"Report to Shuai Liu, it is the two thieves of the Yang family."

After saying that, the gentleman waved his hand and several servant-like figures carried two boxes of gold, silver and jewelry to Liu Guangbi.

"It is the duty of the official army to fight for the thief, but we really feel sorry for the work of a famous general like Liu Shuai, who is personally taking action. We are not respectful to the little thing, and I hope Liu Shuai will accept it with a smile."

It was so colorful that Liu Guangbi did not accept the compliments here, and he was even more dissatisfied with the feelings of these two boxes. He just replied coldly and the personal soldiers rushed up and took down the shocked gentry.

"I don't understand the truth, I can't understand the book, I've read it all into the dog's belly."

After spitting on the ground, Liu Guangbi said to the messenger beside him: "Tell the front camp and the back camp to do it cleanly and not leave a living thing in the city. Especially these families, they must be eradicated to avoid any scattered things coming out in the future to make things difficult for me."

The fat man who slaughtered the city was handed over to the front and rear camps responsible for siege. The generals of the other three battalions were naturally a little unsatisfied, but they did not dare to pick them out. However, this little thought did not escape Liu Guangbi's eyes, and it can even be said that this was the result he wanted.

"The Yongfeng County was handed over to the Second Battalion in the Front and Back to deal with it, which was their reward for capturing the city. Mr. Hong said that Zhejiang was prosperous and far superior to Jiangxi. The rebel Chen Wen occupied the eighth prefectures in eastern Zhejiang. After defeating it, he would always slaughter some cities to serve as a deterrent. At that time, whether they were given soup or meat depends on the achievements of the next battle."

With this statement, all the generals were relieved. Although they were defeated by the Ming army in Zhejiang two years ago and last year, in the past six months, by changing Western tactics, all their combat powers have been greatly improved. They also repeatedly fought with Wang Sheng, an official from the Jingliufu, to replicate the Ming army's spear formation and the Yuanyang formation, and their confidence was restored. According to the information, the overall strength of the Ming army was not as good as theirs, and they had to separate parts to guard various places, and fight less, and their chances of victory were naturally doubled.

"The last generals and others dare not have the high expectations of the boss and the general."

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"I respectfully send my husband to the war, and I wish you a victory in the flag and a success."

Last night, the information Chen Wen received was the military information sent by Li Ruixin about the Qing army's attack on Yongfeng County.

As the northbound troops entered Ningshao last month, the number of Ming troops on the Yushan line decreased. Now there are only three combat barracks and half a cavalry battalion. Even if the local garrison is added, the force is only more than 7,000. Faced with the military pressure of Guangxin Mansion, Li Ruixin, who smelled the wrong smell, simply did not think about going to rescue him. He directly ordered the shrinking of the defense line and strengthening the city defense.

Chen Wen knew very well that the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army and this friendly army were just a group of aliens in the eyes of the Zhejiang Mingjun Group, especially Zhang Zisheng's group of men. He felt that they refused to join Chen Wen's command and were for them to see the Jiangxi warriors.

Although the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army and the Zhejiang Ming Army were not friendly to gentry, their fundamental interests were different. One was the heroes who killed the rich and helped the poor, and the other was the armed forces of the landlord class, but the emerging military merits. When the landlord class first started, it was a world of difference between the Confucian gentry class for control of the land, the means of production.

The existence of differences and rescue will naturally not be so concerned, especially in the current situation. Dasu was defeated in Siming Mountain, and the Qing Dynasty lost the territory of two prefectures. However, Hong Chengchou just sent Jiangxi Tibiao to move a county town like Yongfeng and a rebel army entrenched there. Chen Wen could see the purpose of the purpose at a glance.

He summoned the civil and military officials in Jinhua Mansion City to discuss the matter overnight. On the next day, while the civil and military officials under his command were making great efforts, Chen Wen and the guards of Xiuguo Duke's Mansion were about to embark on a boat to Quzhou.

At the gate of Duke Xiuguo's mansion, Zhou Yueying lowered her eyebrows and said the words that a military wife should say, her affection was wrapped in the promised clichés, but the concerns in her eyes fell into Chen Wen's heart as much as they were.

"Take good care for yourself and the baby in your belly."

Nodding at Zhou Yueying, Chen Wen turned over to the horse. The cavalry team followed him and rushed to the Wujiang Wharf in the south of the city, leaving only the woman still looking at Chen Wen's far away back.

a long time.

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First he went down the Dongyang River, then went up the Qujiang River, and soon Chen Wen rushed to Quzhou Prefecture City.

Last year, Ma Xin and Hu Lai Jin, the threats of the Qing army mainly existed in Guangxin Prefecture, Jiangxi and Hangzhou Prefecture in Hangzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang, and Ning Shao was almost an intermediate area without any dangers. Therefore, Chen Wen gathered a large army on the western front to prepare for Hong Chengchou. Among them, Yushan County had the four camps of King Guards, Yiwu, Yushan and Iron Cavalry. As a backing and taking into account the direction of Fujian, there were Shentang Camps, which had been stationed in Yushan County.

After recapturing Ning Shao, the pressure on the northern line disappeared immediately, but we still had to assist in the defense of the newly occupied areas that were not very stable and maintain the military pressure on Hangzhou. Chen Wen could not transfer all the war barracks back. However, Nantang, Feixiong, and Chun'an, the three battalions who participated in the recapturing Ning Shao, and Lishui Battalion, which originally took into account the defense of Chuzhou and Wenzhou, had freed up their hands. In addition, the half of the Iron Cavalry Battalion that participated in the battle and the two thousand infantry that had been added after adjusting the number of garrisons, could finally get a 20,000 army out.

However, Chen Wen originally planned to fight Hong Chengchou in the autumn, and the newly occupied areas could complete a general transition. The newly trained soldiers could also serve as garrisons to supplement various places. The vacant battle camps and the planned newly built camps are enough to allow Chen Wen to have powerful troops that are no less than the Southeast Administration and Strategic Battalion. In terms of weapons and equipment, they can also achieve flying changes.

However, the plan was obviously unable to go as Huang Zongxi shouted back to Dalan Mountain, and there was no way to go. Since this was the case, he had to assemble the army as soon as possible to prevent the Qing army from separating the two places.

"How are Shentang Camp now ready?"

"If you go back to the general, be ready for battle at all times."

"Very good. Let's set off for Changshan County early tomorrow morning."

"I will obey the order."

"Where is Lishui Camp?"

"Lishui Camp is ready, just waiting for the command of the commander."

"That's also going to leave tomorrow, and follow the arrangements of the Staff Department in the order of the march."

"I will obey the order."

Feixiong Camp and the half of the Iron Cavalry Camp had already crossed Longyou, and Nantang Camp and Chun'an Camp came by boat. Among them, the first bureau that Nantang Camp had set out had crossed Quzhou and was preparing to disembark along the Changshan River because the wind direction was not suitable for the troops transport ship to continue to advance. As for the more than 2,000 infantry that set out in the end, they were still waiting to board the ship in Jinhua. It was only a few days before they arrived in Changshan County.

The Qing cavalry had an absolute advantage, and it was a bit dangerous to transport one battalion to Yushan County, so Chen Wencai made an order to gather in Changshan County later.

Li Ruixin was on the Yushan front line. Now in Quzhou Prefecture, only two battalions, Wu Dengke and An Youfu, issued military orders, but Chen Wen did not immediately ask them to return to the garrison to prepare. Instead, he had some words to say to them.

"You must have known about Liu Cheng's defection."

Chen Wen's tone was not inquiry, and Wu Dengke and An Youfu did not show any doubts about this matter. After getting along with each other for a long time, it can be seen that his character is generally true. However, Liu Cheng has always been very good to his superiors and subordinates, so they only spoke to him before.

He had a good personal relationship, and he did fight desperately during the Jinhua Defense War, but his desire to pursue power never changed, so he had this betrayal.

"When that guy comes to the Tartars, he will definitely betray some of the inside story of our army. From then on, he will be enemies but not friends. You are both my Chen Wen's confidants. If you can't bear to fight against the battlefield with your old friends, I can let you take charge of other fronts when fighting."

Chen Wen was really sincere in this question. These two generals were grown up by Chen Wen, and he knew all the temperaments and natures. With this question, it was actually not a test, and it was more about giving them a chance to show their attitudes in the defection of Liu Cheng. And their answers did not disappoint Chen Wen's trust in them.

"The General of the Mo was said in the courtyard of Governor Sun's house that he would never say anything. Now that he betrayed the General of the Great Commander and betrayed our Zhejiang King's Army group, he is our mortal enemy. The General of the Uncle will never be ruthless."

After Wu Dengke said this, he seemed to have become much more relaxed, while An Youfu obviously suppressed his stronger emotions. He only waited for this loud oath to vent his feelings.

"The traitor Liu Cheng dares to betray our Zhejiang King's Army. If the last general is blessed, he will kill this lieutenant to comfort the spirit of heaven who have died in battle over the years!"

If it were the time, Wu Dengke probably had already jumped out to kill this traitor alive, but after studying for many years, he had cultivated his energy for a long time, his temper was far less violent than that before. However, Chen Wen could still see his determination.

In contrast, An Youfu obviously hated this person very much and wanted his life with gritted teeth.

Although the casualties of the Ming army in Zhejiang have been greatly reduced due to victory in recent years, they have still paid countless lives. So far, there are only about 300 people who have come down from Dalan Mountain, some of whom have been injured and retired from active service.

Step by step, I have walked through the cracks and made it through the cracks. I have paid so much to achieve the current good situation. As he implied, Liu Cheng betrayed this group, not only betrayed the living comrades, but also betrayed the martyrs who died in battle. He seeks justice for the living and avenges the dead. The oath of the past has long melted into the blood, so naturally he cannot tolerate such traitors, even if they have had excellent personal relationships with each other.
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