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Chapter Eleven: Zu Dabi

Boluo did not think there would be any problems in Huzhou and Jiaxing. After all, Huzhou and Jiaxing are mostly Shunmin. Huzhou even took the initiative to offer King Zhou to make Boluo a contribution. And unlike Tian Xiong and Haning's southern expedition forces, Boluo used the real Eight Banners Army in these two directions, and thousands of Eight Banners Army participated in the battle and there were also famous cities that could not be won.

The commander of the Qing army in Huzhou was Zu Dabi, known as the "Zu Er Madman", and was also Zu Dashou's younger brother. This Zu Madman had caused countless troubles to the Qing army when he was in the Ming army camp. And all famous generals like him joined the Qing army naturally meant that the Ming Dynasty was exhausted.

After entering the pass, Zu Dabi made countless military achievements for the Qing Dynasty and could no longer turn back. Therefore, after the change of Huzhou, Boluo immediately asked Zu Dabi to take over Huzhou with thousands of Eight Banners Han Army and the Green Camp Army. Zu Dabi also expressed in front of Boluo that he would definitely take Huzhou. He originally thought that it would take only one or two days to complete the task.

But no one expected that Zu Dabi, with thousands of Eight Banners Han Army and the New Green Camp Army, not only did not take down the small Huzhou City, but was defeated because of the sudden Jinhua thief. This made Boluo worry about the Eight Banners Army in the direction of Jiaxing.

Although he has 40,000 troops under his command, the Eight Banners Army is really trustworthy. If the Eight Banners Army is defeated and the remaining Green Camp Army will probably collapse without fighting.

Although some Eight Banners Army participated in the battle in the Battle of Jiangnan, the main force was Tian Xiong's Green Camp soldiers, so they could fool them. The main force in the Battle of Huzhou was Zu Dabi's Eight Banners Han Army, which was difficult to fool them. The three thousand armored soldiers in the direction of Jiaxing were all the real Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners. If they were all defeated, they would not be able to end or even throw away the entire Zhejiang.

Therefore, Boluo's forehead was immediately sweating, and Tian Xiong said immediately: "Beller, hurry up and ask Prince Yu for help. If he doesn't send troops to rescue us, it's probably the situation where all Zhejiang will fall!"

Although Boluo felt that the situation was not as serious as Tian Xiong said, after all, besides Jiaxing and Huzhou, he had 30,000 troops under his command, but at this moment he was also confused: "Look at the situation in Jiaxing first, then look at it. We can't mess up first!"

But Boluo had just made up his mind and bad news had already been heard from Xiaoshan south: "The Jinhua thieves Liu Yongxi, Wang Zhiren, Xing Shengping, and Yuhuang's tribes have crossed the Qiantang River in large numbers, and are now besieging the Qing brigade near Xianghu!"

Boluo's expression has never been so ugly. Although he still has 30,000 troops under his command and there are 3,000 troops in Jiaxing, he shouted loudly: "Support, support, let Prince Yu quickly support our Hangzhou Prefecture, Nanjing must support us, otherwise they will have to collect our bodies!"

The huge failure of Huzhou Prefecture has made Boluo a little nervous.

For Zhang Boyang, who was ordered to manage Huzhou, he did not feel that he had won much victory. On the contrary, he became as careful as Boluo in Hangzhou City: "Although Zu Dabi has been defeated, everyone must be careful that this traitor may kill him and shoot him back!"

Zu Dashou and Zu Dabi are both famous generals in the world. When Zhang Boyang was young, he heard stories about Zu brothers making achievements. Unexpectedly, he has become an opponent on the battlefield with his idol when he was young, so he also attaches great importance to his opponents and is always worried that Zu Dabi will return.

Fei Hongji, a student from Huzhou next to him, and others, saw Zhang Boyang so cautious, couldn't help but persuade: "General Zhang, don't worry, even if Zu Dabi kills someone and returns, he can fight with Jianlu with the strength of your and our army!"

Among the various rebels who made righteous deeds in Jiangnan, Huzhou rebels are a relatively special existence. Most of the rebels in Jiangnan are mobs who are temporarily uprising. Even if they occupy the city, they will be lost. Even if the Qing army attacks the city without red-clothed cannons, they will immediately break the city in one or two days. Therefore, most of the righteous troops persist for a short time. Only Jin Sheng's troops in southern Anhui and Jiangyin rebels can still persist for a long time under the heavy siege of the Qing army.

Due to the addition of a large number of regular troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Huzhou rebel army insisted on siege by Zu Dabi and the Han army and the Green Camp Army for a full fifteen days. In addition, the first time Huzhou Prefecture was lost, it recovered Huzhou Prefecture again at the end of July. In addition, the extreme importance of Huzhou, Liu Yongxi specially asked Zhang Boyang to manage Huzhou Prefecture at the suggestion of Empress Zhang.

Among the old people in Jingkou Town, Zhang Boyang can always be said to be a person who is not visible and uncovered. The reason why he was able to become one of the oldest sentry officials under Liu Yongxi was not because he made many achievements, but because he was a distant relative of Taikang Hou, and when Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang and Taikang Hou left the south, Zhang Boyang took the initiative to stay in the capital and did not reveal any flaws.

For a long time from then on, Zhang Boyang took on the important task of staying behind. Both Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang felt that Zhang Boyang was her own people and was trustworthy. However, this time Liu Yongxi handed over the important task of managing Huzhou Prefecture and the officers and soldiers of the Fifth Battalion to Zhang Boyang.

It was the first time that Zhang Boyang took on such an important task. After all, the number of personnel under his command was equivalent to that of Jiangxi Governor Zhang Sunfan. He was very frightened by this and he took the initiative to ask Liu Yongxi and Empress Zhang to take back his fate, but Empress Zhang attached great importance to him: "Boyang, is this important task more difficult than staying in the capital at the time? Although it was the order of Duke Yue, it was my idea. This time our Zhang family will make everyone look at him with admiration!"

Zhang Boyang naturally did not dare to take it lightly if he could gain such trust from Empress Zhang. Therefore, although there were many good fighter jets and opportunities to recruit the rebels after crossing the river, Zhang Boyang gave all the opportunities to friendly forces, and ignored nothing except running all the way to Huzhou.

At this time, the battle between the Qing army under Zu Dabi's army and the Huzhou rebel army had reached a heightened level. Seeing the two sides fighting in the city of Huzhou, many old people familiar with Zhang Boyang thought he would take a wait-and-see attitude and wait until Zu Dabi and Huzhou rebel army were both injured and then came out to get a bargain. However, no one expected that Zhang Boyi would not care about the troops running for hundreds of miles and were very tired: "The brave ones win when they meet on a narrow road, and now is the time to decide the outcome!"
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