Retreat to Yulangxi was just the beginning. Tens of thousands of troops entered Yushan County, trying to force the main force of the Ming army to fight to the death by besieging the city and fighting aid there.

The strong troops drawn by the Ganzhou Green Camp were trained in the Spanish phalanx, and the forces used on the main battlefield were nearly twice that of the main force of the Ming army. However, with the emergence of the grenadiers several years in advance and the first cry was released in the east. The Qing army's phalanx immediately turned into paper, and was torn to pieces before the minimum resistance was even enough.

Relying on the advantage of cavalry several times that of the Ming army, the defeated army retreated strongly over Yulangxi. However, not only the troops behind the palace, but almost all the auxiliary soldiers and the defeated soldiers who were completely unavailable, were thrown away all the supplies, food and fodder in the camp under the city. Before the fire could be ignited, the Ming army was driven over like a sheep driving before they could even ignite the fire.

If the army had no food, it would be scattered. If it weren't for the elite troops drawn from the North, if it weren't for the only one direction, if the Ming army hadn't been able to launch a pursuit while the cavalry was still at a disadvantage, I'm afraid the Qing army would have completely collapsed long ago.

But when they were walking back to Guangxin Mansion City, the people who had been dozens of miles along the way were killed by them half a year ago, and now they could not even find a target of robbery. For a moment, hunger, exhaustion, confusion, fear, pain, anger, etc., all the bad emotions echoed in the hearts of every Qing army.

Since the North was transferred to this point, he left his hometown, just to seek wealth and honor. As a result, he made great efforts and compiled a platoon of Luo Shizi formations and became the target of others. First, he jumped and shot, and then he shook the sky, causing the entire army to spread a rebellious mood of "It would be better to use the old tactics to fight the Ming army hard, maybe he could win."

Once such emotions are generated, they will inevitably need to be released. Hong Chengchou and the others dare not. Not only are they officials of the Southeast Administration, but more importantly, Hong Butcher was also a vicious demon who could stop her crying at night in Shaanxi. All these Qing soldiers grew up in this shadow, and their power is still there, so of course they dare not touch Hong Chengchou at all. However, the Jesuit monk was originally hostile to the generals, so he naturally became the punching bag of the Qing army.

"This red-haired and blue-eyed monster is not a good thing!"

"That's right, it's hard to say that guy is the Ming army's detailed work, and he specifically tricks us into practicing this broken formation and blowing them up."

"It must be so, I must not let him go."

"Yes, I killed this monster and avenge the villagers!"

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The public is angry and cannot be violated, and no one can blame the public. These principles can be understood by anyone. Yang Guozhong, Yang Taizhen, and Wang Zhen, Tumubao, are all like this.

More and more Qing army were mobilized, and the number of people was even increasing. There were many instigations from Qing army officers who were disliked by the Jesuit monks. And they were about to use this to vent their fears. James, a guy from Thailand, was a suitable candidate.

Soon, they came to the car that rushed to Hong Chengchou. James, as an aide, was naturally around Hong Chengchou for consultation, and they were going to pull this guy out and chop it into meat sauce now!

"What are you doing?"

With the sound coming, Hong Chengchou got off the carriage and appeared in front of the Qing soldiers who were causing trouble.

However, at this moment, this figure who once scared everyone was completely old-fashioned, and even older than before the army collapsed. It is hard to imagine that this shriveled old man was actually quite energetic not long ago, as if he had recovered his old strategy when he encircled and suppressed bandits.

The air was already discharged, and he was so breathless that he was overwhelmed by the military pressure of the Ming army, so he naturally looked very old. However, when Hong Chengchou spoke, the cold light from his vague eyes of the Qing army, even when he looked at the nearby Qing army, he seemed to have a substance, and immediately stopped the throats of these indignant Qing soldiers. Some of them swallowed unconsciously and subconsciously took a step back.

This was the momentum that had been cultivated by hundreds of thousands of people and millions of people. Even if it was just a person who had stepped into the coffin one by one, the thousands of Qing soldiers present were still shocked.

"I know what you want to say. If the square formation becomes a target, it must be a good thing done by this strange guy. So, if you kill him, you can vent your anger and die on the battlefield, you will be injustice. Yes, right?"

Hong Chengchou let out all the thoughts of these Qing soldiers without any effort, which made the scene even more silent. Especially those Qing soldiers who were consciously seen by Hong Chengchou, although most of the armor on their bodies had been thrown on the battlefield, they were still naked in front of this old manager.

However, the next moment, he changed his mind and even his voice suddenly became intense.

"Mr. Zhan is my assistant to Hong Chengchou. His method must be promoted in the army with my husband's consent. So do you also want to kill me, Hong, to pay tribute to those soldiers who died in battle?!"

Accumulating power is Hong Chengchou's only reliance now. And just like this, for these Qing troops in the Ganzhou-Shaanxi Green Camp, this pressure that had existed in their hearts since childhood or when they were young, suddenly became heavier as Hong Chengchou's volume increased, and for a moment they could not even speak.

"Since I don't want to kill me, Hong Chengchou, I will show you a way out. The cavalry of the traitor Chen Wen is far inferior to our army and cannot catch up for the time being. As long as our army returns to the city, he will not be able to do anything to our army with the easy defense and difficult attack city defense and bastion. Moreover, his thunder and lightning..."

Speaking of this, Hong Chengchou saw that some of the Qing troops were trembling involuntarily, but he did not stop.

"I have seen his thunder in the Ministry of Works. Don't look at such a few things, it's time-consuming and labor-intensive to make them, and it costs a lot. The thief Chen Wen only has eight palaces in total. He has raised so many soldiers, armor and weapons, so how could he have enough silver to make this thing? As I saw, this thing was only so much in his hands. Otherwise, at the beginning of the battle, would the bandits have a thunder in their hands, and would they need to be killed by you and others? "

After Hong Chengchou's analysis, he immediately stabilized the morale of the army and even disconnected the original plans of the Qing army. Seeing these troublemakers accepting his remarks, or that they were so eager for them, and he happened to say them, Hong Chengchou puffed up his last breath and poured out his last remarks.

"Our army was defeated in the field, but the bandits suffered a lot of casualties. The city was as solid as a rock, and no one could shake the bastion. When we returned to the city, our army was waiting for work, and it was possible to turn defeat into victory. Just now, I had sent people back. The city had prepared good wine and meat, and thousands of women were sent to the Yinger and others to benefit. After defending the city, everyone had a lot of money. Those who made contributions could be promoted to officers directly. Those who were willing to continue to serve me, Hong Chengchou, would not be stingy at all."

After saying this, Hong Chengchou turned around and walked towards the carriage. On the contrary, the Qing soldiers who had just shouted that they wanted to cut James into meat paste looked at each other, and their original momentum was gone. They had to silently return to the original defeated state and continue to walk towards the direction of the city with their heads down.

However, as soon as Hong Chengchou got on the carriage, his mouthful of blood spurted out and his whole body fell softly into the carriage.

With such morale among the army, Hong Chengchou's aides and servants did not dare to speak out, so they had to get on the carriage for necessary treatment. When Hong Chengchou woke up again, it happened that James was still in the carriage, and probably was afraid of the Qing army.

"Mr. Manager, thank you. The Lord will bless you a good person."

"Good guy?"

In James' stiff Chinese, Hong Chengchou, who was already as tanned as gold paper, showed a hint of mocking, and then shook his head and said, "I don't care what your master will do. I just want to know that the ridge is really as you said, even in Taisie, there is no way to break it directly?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"That's good."

James' head was shaking like a rattle, and Hong Chengchou let out a breath, then ordered to speed up and return to the city.

"Since the bastion cannot be forcibly captured, I hope that time will be enough to further strengthen the city."

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When the Qing army returned to Guangxin Prefecture City, the officials of the Nanchang Shogunate had already made all preparations as Hong Chengchou asked.

That night, all the ordinary people in Guangxin Mansion were recruited by the Nanchang Shogunate. Young women entered the camp as military prostitutes, using the help of bullying women to vent their fears. Other people, regardless of whether they were yellow, child-year-old, widowed, orphans, were all bombarded outside the city with males, strengthening the fortifications outside the city overnight.

In the military camps in the city, there were drunken Qing soldiers ravaging the young women who were captured into the camp. Sharp crying sounds one after another. Occasionally, women with strong temperaments rose and resisted, or died, but no one would not be retaliated against by the Qing army. Even if they had become a corpse, most of them would not be spared.

In comparison, there was not such a tragic outside the city, but the wife and daughter in the family were bullied and ravaged by the Qing army, but they still had to strengthen the fortifications under the surveillance of the defenders. Sorrow came from it, and in the wilderness outside the city, it was chilling like a ghost crying at night.

The sound from the camp and outside the city reached the city, and the officials kept the school gentry and wealthy families in close contact, but even so, the atmosphere of fear did not decrease at all, so that there would always be sobbing in the homes of these people.

Guangxin Prefecture City is located on the only way for the Ming army to enter the hinterland of Jiangxi. With the current situation, whoever is in the hands of these two cities means the ownership of Jiangxi Province.

After the construction before the four provincial capitals, a bastion had already formed a corner to the north of Guangxin Mansion City. As a result, the geographical location of the city is surrounded by Xinjiang in the west and south, and the bastion is on the north, which looks a bit weak on the east side of Zhejiang.

In fact, Hong Chengchou had previously thought of building a bastion east of Guangxin Mansion City or bastion the city defense east of the mansion city. However, Jiangxi's army consumption all depended on Jiangnan. The gentry in Jiangnan was not easy to control, and they also had to be worshipped to the Qing court and the relatives and nobles. The money was not inexhaustible. Hong Chengchou first suffered a crushing defeat and then built two bastions in Fuyang and Qingtian, and then expanded the army significantly. Later, the Southeast Economic Standard was expanded. As a result, the plan of this bastion was left behind like Chen Wen's Yushan Bastion.

This time, the Qing army returned from a crushing defeat. If you want to minimize the losses, you must defend it. The distance between the city and the castle is not far, and there are guardrails and moats, and other defensive facilities outside. It is the strong city of one and a twin. However, compared with the castle, the square Guangxin City's defense ability is obviously much lower, so it is naturally the key to seize every time to strengthen the fortifications.

Hong Chengchou knew this truth, and Chen Wen was the same. A few days later, Chen Wen's army entered the scope of Guangxin Mansion City.

There were batches of Qing cavalry outside the city. Their purpose was to harass the Ming army's siege troops and grain transport teams. Guangxin Mansion City. At first glance, there were defensive facilities such as low walls, trenches, moats, wooden stakes outside the city, and there were even special turrets all over the city. The castle was obviously better than Chen Wen's army that defeated Li Benshen last year, and it was obviously better to pursue it. Its complexity and easy defense and difficult attack, the Anhua Town Basin, which had blocked the Qing army many times on the northern front, immediately became a pediatric department.

"Hong Chengchou hasn't been idle this year."

After putting away the telescope, Chen Wen couldn't help but sigh. Compared with his former opponent, Hong Chengchou's ability is much stronger. The saying "the first merit of the Qing Dynasty" in history is well deserved. Now he is forced to come to the southeast. Although the two encirclements ended in failure, his reaction was decisive and dared to be the first and for the sake of victory, he still forced him into danger every time, and even if he wins a big victory, he cannot further expand his strength.

"But this time you are wrong because you rely too much on Western military science. This book is not a mistake, but it is just used on me, but it is a big mistake, because even if you are smart and incomparable, you may not be as effective as one or two books on modern military history on street stalls in later generations."

After seeing the city defense of Guangxin Mansion, Chen Wen was no longer in a hurry. What he wanted was Hong Chengchou's head, and even the province of Jiangxi could be a gift. Since Hong Chengchou was determined to stay here, he obviously would not escape.
Chapter completed!