Chapter 44 Reversal
Although the civil and military officials present wanted to take advantage of the east wind to conquer Hangzhou and make a good fortune, they also knew that the Battle of Huzhou was the decisive battle between the Ming and Qing dynasties.
If Liu Yongxi had not used all his strength to hold up Duoduo's reinforcements, everyone present would not have the opportunity to jump into West Lake. Now, no matter how tired the officers and soldiers are, they must rush to Huzhou at all costs. Otherwise, the sudden appearance of thousands of Qing troops from Hangzhou on the battlefield in Huzhou would cause great trouble to Zhang and Liu Yongxi.
Therefore, Wang Zhiren was the first to stand up to support Zhang Guowei's suggestion: "What Zhang Xiangguo said is that no matter how difficult it is, we must rush to Huzhou in the shortest time, and we are not willing to follow His Highness to personally fight!"
Wang Zhiren's statement can be said to be a response: "The villain is willing to follow His Highness in person!"
"I am Zhang Mingzhen, I am the one who rushed to Huzhou!"
"Since your highness personally fights, how can I be missing!"
Xing Shengping complained secretly. Before Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi personally conquered Huzhou, they specially handed over the highest command of the Hangzhou battlefield to him, and even asked Grand Secretary Zhang Guowei to assist Xing Shengping. He and Zhang Guowei cooperated well, but the battle in Hangzhou had just come to an end, and Zhang Guowei crossed the river and destroyed the bridge and forced the princess to attack Huzhou.
Although he was still the second general of the Yueming minor court, under the situation of the Princess of the Superior Kingdom in person, the supreme command of the 40,000 army would definitely fall into the Princess of the Superior Kingdom. The reason why Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen responded so enthusiastically to Zhang Guowei's call was largely because they could go beyond Xing Shengping and contact the Princess of the Superior Kingdom directly with Zhang Guowei.
In the past, Xing Shengping was the supreme commander, and he was fully commanded by the 30,000 troops on the battlefield in Hangzhou. Now, the princess of the Supervisor personally fought, so Xing Shengping was directly under his command and could only command the 10,000 former subordinates of Gao Jie, Wang Zhiren, Zhang Mingzhen and other troops, and he was only parallel to him.
However, in the face of the righteousness of "the princess in charge of the country personally", Xing Shengping was not easy to protest, and everyone reacted so positively, so Xing Shengping was not easy to be alone, so he said very awkwardly: "Xing is also willing to follow His Highness to personally fight Huzhou!"
For Princess Kunxing, leading the army across the river to personally expedition was almost the limit of all her courage. Moreover, this time she crossed the river, she was just the nominal supreme commander, but actually took on the command responsibility were the few personal military officers left to her by Liu Yongxi. Now she needs to bear greater responsibilities. The command of the 40,000 army fell on her shoulders and almost made her breathless.
But she knew that she could never retreat at this time. After all, in everyone's eyes, she was the daughter of destiny. Although she was just the nominal supreme commander, one of the major reasons why the Ming army in Hangzhou was so powerful that everyone had extraordinary confidence in her, the princess of the reign, and everyone believed that the reign would definitely win a great victory in the personal expedition, and would eventually have such a brilliant victory.
Therefore, she couldn't help but think of Empress Zhang and Liu Yongxi, and the years of traveling south on the same boat: "Thank you for your love, generals, although I also know that the soldiers are very tired now, please tell the soldiers of the three armies that we won a great victory in the Battle of Hangzhou, but we will now copy another Battle of Hangzhou in Huzhou!"
The biggest reason for the victory of the Ming army in the Battle of Hangzhou was that the princess of the regent led 10,000 troops to suddenly join the battle. Now, as long as the 40,000 Ming army on the battlefield in Hangzhou was invested in the Huzhou battlefield, it would bring an avalanche-like effect. No matter how many elite Eight Banners under Duoduo had, it would still be easily solved.
At this moment, the Huzhou battlefield has entered the final stage. Although Duoduo tried every means to launch an offensive repeatedly, and the Ming army of Yue has made its last mobilization to use all its strength. It seems that as long as the Qing army launches another attack, it will be able to win a great victory. No matter how Duoduo makes trouble, Liu Yongxi's defense line is still standing. Even if the Qing army can capture two or three villages, it can rebuild the defense line as soon as possible.
Although theoretically speaking, the reinforcements sent by the Regent Dorgon and King Ajige of the British should have been on the way, seeing the urgent letter from the Governor General Military Affairs Grand Secretary Hong Chengchou, Duoduo could only be anxious and urged Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's Han army to sell more strength.
He had to be anxious to get angry. The unfavorable war was only one reason. The most critical reason was that he and the Regent Dorgon and the British King Ajige had the same mother, but they had a lot of trouble with each other in the past few years. Now Duoduo cannot start the situation in Huzhou at all. I am afraid that the British King Ajige and Dorgon were watching his jokes while sending reinforcements. Maybe he was the second Zhu Ying and Haoge.
Therefore, no matter how much the Han generals, including Kong Youde, complained, Dodor said mercilessly: "I am the general of the Southern Expedition, and I will be responsible for the matters of the Southern Expedition. You either take Liu Yongxi's head, or I will take your head to deal with the Regent. Borobel is waiting for our reinforcements. Now the Jinhua thieves have reached their limit. As long as we have another round of fierce attack, we will completely collapse!"
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming admitted that Duoduo’s words were justified, but Duoduo said so yesterday, but hundreds of people died and injured in one day, but they didn’t even get any hairs. Therefore, Kong Youde immediately said: “King Yu, wait until the reinforcements of the King of England arrive, we will find a way to deal with the Jinhua thieves. With your brotherhood with the King of England, the King of England’s troops should be on the way!”
Duoduo frowned, he knew very well that this matter was definitely not that simple.
Duoduo's idea was not wrong. In Wuchang City hundreds of miles away, Ajige laughed happily because of Duoduo's frustration: "Didn't King Yu always say that his military generals are the best in military achievements in this dynasty, why can't even solve a small Jinhua thief? It's interesting, this is really interesting!"
The reason why this matter is interesting is naturally because King Ajige is happy to see his brother-in-law in trouble, just like Duoduo, who was originally responsible for assisting in the Tongguan Battle, had already won Xi'an, while Ajige, who was responsible for the main attack, was still fighting with Gao Yigong in Yan'an. Li Guo fought hard, and finally Gao Yigong. Li Guo retreated almost completely from northern Shaanxi. At that time, Duoduo laughed at Ajige fiercely.
There are too many examples like this. At that time, each of the three brothers and sisters each had thirty Niulus, while the two yellow flags led by Huang Taiji were only more than 60 Niulus. It can be said that Huang Taiji's eyes were thorns. In order to protect himself, the three brothers rushed to Huang Taiji to complain to Huang Taiji that his brothers had bad intentions to save their lives. However, although Huang Taiji was dead, the relationship between the three brothers and sisters could not go back to the past.
Now Ajige is extremely happy to hear that Duoduo suffered a severe blow in Zhejiang, but the Eight Banners generals on the side remind Ajige: "King of England, it is probably not a trivial matter for King Yu to be frustrated in Zhejiang. I heard that Borobele had suffered a huge loss and could only trap Hangzhou. King Yu could only provide all his strength to help. It is said that he suffered some setbacks in Huzhou!"
Ajige nodded and said, "Of course I know the severity of the matter. I am the King of the Qing Dynasty, so I will naturally use all my strength to rescue Jiangnan. However, since the Regent has not given an order yet, the power I can use is limited after all!"
Although Ajige and Regent Dorgon were brothers of the same mother and had nearly infinite power this southern expedition, communication in this time and space is a real big problem. It takes about twenty days for a trip from Nanjing to Huguang and Beijing. However, Duoduo did not ask Ajige for assistance in order to save face, so before receiving the orders of the court, Ajige could not use all his strength to support Duoduo.
The Eight Banners generals could accept Ajige's statement, but they also raised a very critical question: "Which army is better to send to Jiangnan according to the British King's meaning?"
Azig said confidently: "Without the order from the capital, I can mobilize limited troops, but I will send someone over. I believe that if this person's strength is used well, it can be comparable to fifteen Niulu!"
The Eight Banners Generals felt that Ajige was too exaggerated: "Who? Who can have such power?"
Ajige laughed: "Of course it is Huang Shu, the inspector of Huguang. With him, a gentleman, it is not a big problem to pacify Jiangnan!"
This Huguang Inspector Censor Huang Shu can be said to be an absolute blessing for the Qing Dynasty. His first appearance was when he promoted the official of Kaifeng Prefecture, using water instead of soldiers to flood half of Henan into a Ze country, which made Li Zicheng unable to establish himself in Henan for a long time.
Half of the fierce internal strife in the Hongguang Dynasty was the contribution of this Huang Xunzhu. Moreover, Huang Xunzhu not only encouraged Zuo Liangyu to lead his troops south and triggered a civil war, allowing Hongguang Dynasty to withdraw all the defenses of the river, but also led a hundred thousand troops to surrender to Ajige immediately after Zuo Liangyu's death. The Qing Dynasty could easily destroy the Hongguang Dynasty, so Huang Xunzhu was naturally the number one hero.
However, Huang Xunzhang's contribution to the Qing Dynasty was not limited to these two things. After he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in another time and space, he not only betrayed Jin Sheng in the name of old friends, but also Huang Daozhou and other anti-Qing generals, but even sneaked into Xiamen and severely damaged Zheng Chenggong's troops.
Now Ajige can be said to have a unique vision and chose the most suitable candidate: "You know now that Huang Xunzhang is anxious to be the first to shave his hair, but I specifically asked him to keep his hair?"
After Ajige said this, these Eight Banners generals praised him: "The British King is as expected as a god!"
"Your Majesty, you have calculated this. You should use such villains to deal with Han people!"
"Yes, King Ying, if this Huang Xunzhang uses it well, it will definitely be comparable to fifteen Niulu."
However, when Ajige's reinforcements set off, the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers who were running wildly from Hangzhou had already arrived in Huzhou.
Although they ran fast, the princess of the Supervisor personally led a 40,000 army to catch up, and the rebels along the way tried their best to intercept them. Therefore, the Qing army fled into Huzhou Prefecture is now all remnants of defeated soldiers, and the most powerful ones were only three or five hundred. They only knew how to escape, and did not cause major trouble to Liu Yongxi's troops.
Chapter completed!