Chapter 38: Turning Offense into Defense
The promise given by the princess of the regent is not a new trick. Queen Zhang once made the same promise and led her army to personally conquer Huzhou. However, it was the thing she wanted most for the princesses around her. They shouted in unison and even shouted out the most fanatical slogans: "Long live! Long live!"
"Long live the princess!"
"Long live your Majesty Princess!"
Although most officers and soldiers also knew that this time crossing the river would fight with Jianlu, and they might even die without a lifetime, the morale of the officers and soldiers was soaring to an incredible level. Everyone thought that following the princess of the regent across the river would be the most correct choice in their life. Some soldiers even shouted the most bold and incredible slogan: "Long live Her Majesty the Queen!"
"Long live your Majesty!"
"Her Majesty the Queen!"
Unlike the gentlemen who were watching the show on the city wall, these martial artists did not care whether the emperor or the queen were sitting on the dragon throne. In addition to caring about the mountains and rivers of the Han family, they were also concerned about their own personal and the future of this army. The princess of the Superintendent who was riding on the horse held the whip and said loudly: "Now you will cross the river with me. In ten years, you will either die in battle, or be a general, a deputy general or a governor, or a Taoist rank, do you have the courage to cross the river with me!"
The Princess Jianguo said this too much. Now the Princess Jianguo's personal army has exceeded 4,000, and it is still growing in a snowball way. Both Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan have completely lost control of their troops.
Even if only one tenth of the four or five thousand people survived, there were four or five hundred generals, deputy generals, governors, and Taoist ranks. However, there may not be so many vacant positions in the entire Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the normal situation is that these four thousand people can survive at least a thousand. There must be many people who are just small officers or even frustrated veterans in ten years.
But such a promise is exactly what the officers and soldiers want to hear the most, and the officers and soldiers have also heard more or less some legendary stories about Empress Zhang and Duke Yue.
It is said that when Duke Yue and Empress Zhang left the capital to cross south, there were only a hundred soldiers around him, but more than a year passed, and Empress Zhang and Duke Yue had more than 100,000 troops under the command of Duke Zhang. As long as the old man left the capital did not make fatal mistakes, he was at least a battalion official and team official. Little people like Zhou Zhisheng now commanded thousands or even tens of thousands of troops. Such precedents made the promise of the princess of the regent become extremely credible.
Although Fang Guoan's troops have been defeated repeatedly over the years and the troops are fighting less and less, everyone is thinking in their hearts that they can become the general officer and governor. Therefore, the promise of the princess of the governor has triggered cheers one after another, and even the sky is almost overturned!
The civil officials on the city wall all felt that it was inappropriate. After all, even the slogan "Long live Her Majesty the Empress" was shouted out. If Princess Kunxing really became the queen, then how should Queen Zhang and Duke Yue arrange it?
But the civil officials only dared to say "inappropriate". A year ago, there might be many people who would give advice to death. They would never accept the ridiculous reality of the female emperor. However, over the past year, the situation in the world has changed. As long as the Han family can be protected, everyone will naturally give up many principles that have been adhered to for decades.
What's more, the affairs of Empress Zhang, Princess Kunxing and Duke Yue are the affairs of the emperor. These ministers should not be involved in it. There are even some scholars with very smart minds who suddenly had an idea, thinking that since the warriors persuaded them to advance, they could not fall behind.
After all, the princess of the State Reincarnation was the eldest daughter of the late emperor, and the title of "Kunxing" was very meaningful. Those who were interested quickly extended it to the late Emperor Chongzhen had already seen the possibility of the heroine reviving the court, so he named his eldest daughter "Kunxing Princess".
There are many recent arguments, but Zhu Dadian is the most angrily: "Look at where Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan are? If they are still there, let them come quickly to apologize to the princess of the regent!"
Whether it is the princess of the regent or the empress of the regent, Zhu Dadian, as the number one founding hero of the minor court of the Ming Dynasty, could not erase his contributions. Moreover, the current ending can help Jinhua Mansion avoid a bloody disaster.
Soon someone reported the specific whereabouts of Ruan Dacheng and Fang Guoan: "Ruan Dacheng has already run north, and Fang Guoan doesn't know what to do. I heard that the Prime Minister asked him to apologize to the Princess of the Supervisor, and he has already rushed over!"
Although Zhu Dadian once served as an official in the same dynasty as Ruan Dacheng, he still did not have a correct understanding of Ruan Dacheng's ability to move, and did not keep Ruan Dacheng in his heart: "Let's leave this matter to the princess of the supervisor to deal with it. I believe the princess can handle these matters well!"
Although the warrior was still cheering, "Long live Her Majesty the Empress", Zhu Dadian did not think that these imperial family affairs would have any impact on his status. Instead, he took the imperial edict of Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi and said: "Today, His Highness, the princess of the regent, has a destiny, but our country also has a destiny. If it weren't for the imperial edict of Empress and Duke Yue, things would not go so smoothly. The weight of this imperial edict of King was better than that of the three thousand Yue Jia!"
This was the second time that Zhu Dadian linked this edict of responsibly to the King, which he seemed to be of a quasi-level edict with the Sanqian Yuejia. However, although he felt that his evaluation had reached the limit, he still did not have a correct understanding of the true value of this edict.
If we evaluate this edict of the king from the perspective of the world's luck, "30,000 Overcoming Arms" is a correct estimate. Jinhua and Chuzhou alone mobilized thousands of soldiers because of this edict of the king. In addition, Fang Guoan's old subordinates who were inspired to uprising in front of the battle, had tens of thousands of soldiers who followed the princess of the regent in person.
The other prefectures, whether Shaoxing, Ningbo, Taizhou or Wenzhou, were mobilized because of this edict of responsibility, and even Jiangxi and Nanzhili had many rebel troops due to this edict of responsibility.
However, the most influence of the imperial edict on the King was the Huzhou battlefield. Before, the Qing army had an advantage in terms of the number of troops and combat power. The total strength of the defenders in Huzhou City was only 7,000 main troops and 8,000 auxiliary troops. The reinforcements led by Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi were only 20,000, and they were at a disadvantage in any aspect.
However, after this imperial edict was issued, tens of thousands of rebels suddenly appeared in and around Huzhou Prefecture. Although three or five Niulu could wipe out these rebels that had rushed into the army, Zhang Boyi and Liu Yongxi attracted the Qing army's field group one mile and one another, every action of these rebels made the Qing army very anxious.
The edict of responsible for the king also brought a chain reaction. At least twenty prefectures and counties even received the edict of responsible for the king. Anyway, more rebels suddenly rebelled, especially Songjiang Prefecture. Suzhou Prefecture caught Duoduo off guard. These are the two most important prefectures in Nanzhili.
These prefectures and counties were not big problems anyway. Just two or three thousand Qing troops were enough to calm down the chaos. When Songzhou Prefecture had a major riot, Li Rutai only used 38 Banners soldiers and more than a thousand new affiliated troops to calm down the riot.
But now the main field forces of Duoduo's troops have come out in full swing, and behind this series of uprisings and chaos are also the black hands of the Jinhua thief. Several Qing troops who acted alone have suffered heavy damage, and even the Eight Banners Niulu have suffered considerable blows.
This feeling of fire in the backyard made Duoduo feel extremely uncomfortable, but now he is difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only stick to his own opinion: "There are only a few hundred real Jinhua thieves in Jiangnan Province at most, and the rest are all local thiefs coming from the brigades. As long as the Huzhou victory in Jiangnan can naturally be easily pacified!"
For Liu Yongxi, this edict of responsibility for the king did play a killer role. Although in Zhu Dadian's eyes, this edict of responsibility for the king was too concise and straightforward, considering that the top scholar Yu Huang was also in Liu Yongxi's camp, Zhu Dadian and many literati from Jinshi believed that the text of this edict of responsibility for the king was inaccurate, at least not everyone's level.
But for Liu Yongxi, this edict for the king was not just written to those Jinshi Gonggongs and Juren, but to every Han family, whether they were farmers, merchants, martial artists, or even beggars, and could make everyone moved by the power of words.
Although big names like Zhu Dadian may think that they are inaccurate because of their content being too straightforward, this edict of serving the king can not only make everyone understand it, but also move everyone and burst out all their energy.
Although the Qing army conquered almost the entire Jiangnan, the anti-Qing forces were only hidden. After all, Zhang Huangyan's three battles in the Yangtze River more than ten years later had many prefectures and counties responded at the same time. The anti-Qing forces now will only be stronger but not weaker. As long as you use this force well, you can create miracles.
Therefore, he took the war report and said, "Although I am also worried that Ajige will enter Zhejiang, we are more patient than Dodo now, and time is on our side for the time being!"
In the past few days, Duoduo dispatched the main force of the Eight Banners to try to fight Liu Yongxi, but the Ming army's tactics suddenly changed, and instead used villages, barricades, rivers, hills and lakes to form solid defense lines to block the main force of the Eight Banners' attack.
Duoduo and the commander of the Qing army did not expect that the Ming army's tactical transformation was so sharp. Before attacking Liu Liangzuo and Xu brothers was a field attack with a thunderous force, but now it has become a line of defense as stable as Mount Tai. Although the offensive of the Eight Banners' powerful brigade was very vivid and occupied more than a dozen villages from the Ming army in one breath, the Qing army's offensive was forced to slow down in front of the line of defense, and turned into a protracted and bitter battle, so Liu Yongxi said, "Time is temporarily on our side."
Chapter completed!