A fire dragon was rolling forward on the official road of Jianghan Plain in this moonlit night.

The Jianghan Plain is, of course, flat. The water network here is dense and the lakes are dotted, just like the water country in the south of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River and the Han River, one in the south and one in the north, flow through it in a meandering way. Different from the wide river surface in the lower reaches, the Yangtze River

In fact, the Huguang section cannot be called a natural hazard. It is only a few hundred meters wide. For Dashun and Ming armies who have a certain number of artillery, they can actually use a small number of ships to move along a certain section of the long Yangtze River under the cover of artillery.

A section across the river.

As long as any warring party deploys a certain number of artillery on a high ground on the Yangtze River, it can block the opponent's superior navy.

Therefore, when Zhu Cihong failed to successfully eradicate the two cities of Hanyang and Hankou, his superior navy was actually unable to enter the Jingjiang section of the Yangtze River.

With Zhu Cixiang's navy unable to become a trump card for the time being, Li Zicheng had the advantage of fighting inside.

Li Zicheng's army could take advantage of the flat terrain, convenient official roads, and dense water network of the Jianghan Plain to quickly mobilize the main force and form a local strength advantage in the east and west directions.

Although his opponent Zhu Cixiang had the advantage of total strength on the Huguang battlefield, he was unable to maneuver in the Jianghan Plain and could only maneuver in the Dongting Lake Plain. Therefore, he had to cover a lot of extra miles in the east-west movement, which was very difficult.

It is difficult to concentrate superior forces locally.

That's right, the military advantage on the Huguang battlefield now lies with Zhu Cixiang!

Because although He Tengjiao and Chang Yanling are warlords who support their troops and respect themselves, they are undoubtedly on Zhu Cixiang's side!

The two of them could become warlords, wasn't it because Zhu Cixiang was supporting them behind the scenes?

Before Zuo Liangyu died and Zhu Cihong didn't beat Hauge to death, the territory of Hunan was difficult for Prince Zhu to directly control.

So he adopted the method of supporting He Tengjiao and Chang Yanling and let them control Hunan.

There are two advantages to doing this. First, it can ensure the stability of Hunan. Hunan is a big granary, half of Hunan is in Hunan!

Second, it can provide support and convenience for Zhu Cixiang's military operations in Huguang when necessary!

Without the presence of He Tengjiao and Chang Yanling, it would have been impossible for Zhu Cixiang's army to carry out large-scale rapid maneuvers in the Huguang and Jiangnan areas. Without Li Zicheng being aware of it, they moved to the vicinity of Jiangling, the capital city of Jingzhou!

The new army now moving to Jingzhou Prefecture is not only Tang Laosi's regiment, but also the main force of the right army division of the new army to overcome the difficulties led by Wu Guoyong. Tang Laosi is just the vanguard. This division is more powerful than the Chinese army division led by Zhu Cixiang and Li Yansong.

The Zuo military division brought by Huaixi came a step later and did not enter Wuchang. Instead, he drove directly from Jiangxi to Hunan and quietly followed He Tengjiao to move westward.

In addition to the more than 14,000 men of Wu Guoyong's 1st Division, Chang Yanling also had 16,000 elite troops from Hunan, including He Tengjiao's Fubiao, Chang Yanling's Zhenbiao, and several other prefects in Hunan.

Elite soldiers provided.

Naturally, the combat effectiveness of these troops cannot be compared with the regular New Army, but they are not too weak. At least they are hardworking and well-equipped. They are very good group training.

Near Jiangling, in addition to He Tengjiao, Wu Guoyong, and Chang Yanling's 30,000 troops, there were also Zhang Yong's 8,000 troops (of which 300 were in Jiangling City), Qiu Lei, Zuo Mengmei, and Du Yinxi's 15,000 troops.

The seven thousand men and horses placed in Yuezhou, Ma Jiaolin himself did not catch up with Zuo Mengmei, but took a thousand men to send to Zuo Liangyu, but his army was defeated by Wu Guoyong's

The troops surrounded and forcibly collected them.

In addition, there are 30,000 Jin Shenghuan troops stationed in Yiling, who have also secretly defected to Zhu Cihong. Added together, the total number of Ming troops in Jingzhou Prefecture is as high as 90,000!

Although the Ming army numbered as many as 90,000, its weaknesses were also obvious. It was a miscellaneous patchwork of troops without a unified command. Zhu Cixiang might be able to command, but He Tengjiao, Wu Guoyong, and Chang Yanling did not have the prestige to command so many miscellaneous troops.

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But Zhu Cixiang hasn't arrived at Jingzhou Mansion yet because the distance is too far and he can't get there so quickly.

However, Li Zicheng was able to take the lead and led his main force of nearly 30,000 veteran soldiers to march from the front line of Hanyang to Jiangling City where the fighting was taking place.

The morale of this army is quite high!

The 30,000 veteran soldiers had just been allocated land. Now they could share in the fruits of the Dashun Dynasty's victory!

In addition, since the method of equalizing land by population is supported by poor farmers in all parts of the Jianghan Plain, these soldiers of the Great Shuntian Army have the same feeling as they did when they advanced into Beijing two years ago.

Moreover, good news also came from the north during this period. It is said that Yan'an Prefecture and Yulin Town have returned to the hands of the Dashun Dynasty. Some generals who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty suddenly launched an uprising and killed the governors and general soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

He returned to Dashun and became a third minister.

So judging from the map, the market in Dashun Dynasty is bullish, and the emperor Li Zicheng may be the right one!

At this time, Li Zicheng also felt that his luck had returned. Victory was right in front of him. If he worked hard, he should be able to seize it!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty"

I don't know when, several scouts on horseback arrived in front of Li Zicheng and shouted: "Jiangling City is on fire, and there is a melee in the city!"

Li Zicheng suddenly woke up from his thoughts, raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see red light flashing in the sky in the distance!

"Hahaha" Li Zicheng raised his head and laughed, "Jiangling City is still sending orders to the three armies to move forward at full speed. We will rise and fall with great success, and we will fight here!"

"Here!"

The soldiers who passed the orders on the left and right responded with a roar

At this time, Jiangling, the capital city of Jingzhou, has turned into a sea of ​​​​fire, not only the sea of ​​​​fire caused by fighting, but also the sea of ​​​​fire caused by looting and burning!

Zuo Mengeng's army was no longer crazy, but possessed by demons! Even Zuo Mengeng himself had lost control of these soldiers who had turned into demons.

His Zuo Family Army was originally a trick of big warlords coaxing small warlords, and the standard for big warlords and small warlords is not how many troops they have in their names. The Zuo Family Army is known as 800,000! How many people there are is a mystery. I'm afraid Zuo Meng

Geng himself doesn’t know?

However, everyone knows exactly how many servants there are in each family's general army!

Among them, Zuo Liangyu, Zuo Menggeng and his son had the largest number of servants, with a total of 3,000 people, and they were all strong men from western Liaoning, well equipped and well trained.

However, the three thousand people of the Zuo family were easily beaten by the two thousand people brought by He Tengjiao during the day. Several hundred people were killed and several hundred people were reduced. Although the rest ran back, their prestige was also wiped out.

The death warrior of the family is nothing more than that!

Therefore, the following general soldiers did not buy it.

However, most of these were general soldiers from Liao Town (Ma Jiaolin was not from Liao Town, but from Shaanxi). The deputy general did not think of killing Zuo Menggeng and surrendering to Zhu Cixiang. First, Zuo Menggeng would not be easy to kill; secondly, Zhu Cixiang's army

Neither came; thirdly, there is still Jiangling City that can be plundered!

Let’s grab one first and then talk about it!

On the other side, He Tengjiao's military capabilities were a bit insufficient.

At this time, among the six gates of Jiangling City, only the Great North Gate was captured by Zhang Yong and his dead soldiers, and the remaining five gates were all controlled by Zuo's army.

If He Tengjiao's military ability is sufficient, he should let Tang Laosi's regiment bypass Jingzhou City, enter the city from the Great North Gate, and engage in street fighting. Even though there are at least 50,000 troops fighting in Jiangling City, in fact, most of the officers and soldiers (both sides)

The officers and soldiers all have the same moral character) and they are all robbing, but not many of them are actually fighting with their heart!

If Tang Laosi's two thousand men had gone in and really fought, Jiangling City would have been captured.

But He Tengjiao was too cautious and wanted to defend the situation first, so he asked Tang Laosi to build a bridgehead outside the city and prepare to hold on for help. At the same time, he also sent people to contact Zuo Mengmei and Qiu Lei, asking them to withdraw from Jiangling if they couldn't.

city.

So when several rolling fire dragons appeared in the northeast of Jiangling City in the early morning of the next day, after a hard night's battle, everyone in the "Chu King's Army" had made a fortune and had no interest in fighting anymore, so they protected
Chapter completed!