Chapter 45 Good News
Duoduo's previous estimates were not much different from the actual situation. After several general mobilizations and overdrafts, the Ming army of Liu Yongxi's troops had indeed reached the verge of exhaustion. In order to defeat Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's last attack, Empress Zhang and Mrs. Xing pulled out their personal guards to turn the tide.
However, after hearing the news that the Princess of the Regent of Hangzhou personally led a large army to provide assistance, the already exhausted civil and military officials are now like they have won the top prize, hoping to leave Duoduo's tens of thousands of Qing troops in Huzhou Prefecture. Yu Huang, the top scholar of the Tianqi Dynasty, was even more excited and shouted: "Okay! OK! OK! That's so good! It's so great!"
The top scholar was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and Fu Ding, who was born in the Chengyi Bofu family, was the first to change his words: "King of Yue, see how to pursue him next!"
Although Empress Zhang only released the news that Duke Yue was promoted to King Yue, and he had to go through a process, now Fu Ding has changed his name to King Yue. Everyone thinks it is reasonable. After all, it is not an exaggeration to call him King Yue for his achievements. Queen Zhang took over the topic: "King Yue, please give me an idea? How should I pursue Jiannu!"
Liu Yongxi was racking his brains to find ways to plunder troops and supplies. The most frustrating thing was gunpowder, and the lead was almost exhausted. But now, Liu Yongxi naturally said calmly: "Don't be too excited or nervous. Take a good rest and try to accumulate energy and keep all the tens of thousands of Duoduo's army!"
Seeing that Liu Yongxi could still calm down, all the civil and military officials present calmed down. Liu Yongxi continued: "The most urgent task now is to let everyone know the news of regaining Hangzhou. As long as this news spreads, Duoduo will not escape back to Nanjing safely!"
Mrs. Xing immediately took over the topic: "Yes, although Li Benshen and Guo Hu are not available, there are many soldiers who are willing to return to the wrong path. Now I can give them a chance!"
Although Gao Jie's army had collapsed after Gao Jie's death, Mrs. Xing's influence in Gao Jie's old subordinates became increasingly greater. Especially after the rise of the Ming Dynasty in Yue, many generals who used to not take Mrs. Xing seriously are now increasingly respecting Mrs. Xing and have sent people to contact Mrs. Xing.
Liu Yongxi also said confidently: "The Han army is the wings of the Han army. Once the Han army leaves, the Eight Banners Army is not afraid of it. As long as the Han army can be lost, and with the interception of the rebels along the way, the best ending of this Qing army being able to escape half of the Qing army!"
Everyone thinks Liu Yongxi is right. In the past, everyone thinks that the Eight Banners soldiers are invincible in the world, but the result of the fight in the past few days is that the very cheap mezzanine gunman can still shoot down the Eight Banners brigades in actual combat after several days of training, so that Duoduo had to let all Han troops and the Green Camp take the lead.
What really hurts the Ming army now is that the Qing army has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength. Although Huzhou and Jiaxing are restrained, the Qing army's troops on the battlefield are far better than the Ming army. If a large number of troops could be drawn from the Qing army, then the Duo troops did not seem to be afraid.
Li Xiangjun stood up and volunteered: "I will leave the matter of spreading good news to me. I promise that in the shortest time, the whole world will know that we have recovered Hangzhou and wiped out the 50,000 Qing troops under Boluo!"
This statement may be a bit exaggerated, but everyone thinks that such good news must be spread as soon as possible. After all, there are many fence-bearing people among the gentry in Jiangnan and the gentry in the world. When the Qing army was in great power, they dared not stand up, but when the Qing army was defeated, they jumped higher than who was even higher.
Although Li Xiangjun looked down on these fiction-headed men, he knew that if he wanted to defeat the Qing army, he had to borrow the power of these fiction-headed men. Liu Yongxi also affirmed Li Xiangjun's idea: "Yes, let the whole world know that our army wiped out all the troops of Boluo and Duoduo, and it was about to recover Nanjing!"
Liu Yongxi's statement was a bit exaggerated. After all, Duoduo still had a 50,000 or 60,000 army in his hands. As long as this field army could be preserved, the Ming army would have no hope of regaining Nandu. However, when he heard Liu Yongxi say this, the audience cheered.
Everyone feels that a brilliant victory is near.
The happier the Ming army was, the more miserable the Qing army was.
When they first heard the news, even the newly affiliated generals such as Li Benshen and Guo Hu thought that this must be the strategy of the Jinhua thief. After all, the 40,000 troops under Boluo Beile were not vegetarians, and there were nearly 10,000 Eight Banners and Mongolian soldiers in the outer vassals. They even thought that the fleeing Han army's Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers were spies sent by Liu Yongxi.
But everyone soon discovered that this was not a rumor. On the contrary, groups of the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Green Camp soldiers could not be faked, and everyone even saw Tian Xiong who betrayed Emperor Hongguang!
Although everyone is surrendered to generals, Tian Xiong, Li Benshen, Guo Hu and others who betrayed Emperor Hongguang and Huang Degong all have a mentality of envy and hatred. They envy Tian Xiong for his extraordinary achievements and think that Tian Xiong can even betray the old master Huang Degong. Although they are also surrendered to generals, they are always slightly better than Tian Xiong in terms of integrity.
Not only Tian Xiong but also Zu Dabi were escaped, but the Manchu nobles believed that Zu Dabi was officially incorporated into the Niulu of the Han army, and Zu Dabi's eight banners were relatively complete. However, both Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi all said in unison that it was Borobele notified them to break through before the break of Hangzhou City and notified Prince Duoduo.
Neither the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners nor the Han generals believed this statement. After all, the current situation is a bit strange. The Eight Banners of Manchu, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Foreign Vastial Mongolian soldiers seemed to have been killed or injured in the battle in Hangzhou. Even if three or five people escaped, they could not tell what was going on. On the contrary, the Eight Banners of the Han army and the Green Camp soldiers with weak combat power also fled many officers and established troops.
According to their unanimous statement, the reason why Hangzhou was lost was entirely because Boluo Beile wanted to adopt a counterattack strategy with the Ming army. As a result, when the Ming army was firmly defending the Ming army, the Ming army suddenly invested at least 30,000 new forces from the south bank of Qianjiang. Almost all the Qing army was wiped out. At this time, traitors and thieves opened the city gate and attracted Jinhua thieves into the city. Boluo Beile could only let Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi lead their troops to break through in the critical moment.
Although everyone thinks that Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi’s statements are not true and there must be a lot of water, the problem now is that according to Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi’s statements, after Hangzhou’s fall, the Jinhua thieves in Hangzhou were completely liberated. The reason why Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi were so embarrassed was that behind him was Xing Shengping’s 100,000 troops pursued him.
For these surrendered generals, Xing Shengping is an old friend and an acquaintance, especially Gao Jie's old subordinates such as Li Benshen, Guo Hu, and Yang Chengzu, they are more familiar with Xing Shengping. They do not think that Xing Shengping has a army of 100,000, but there are no 100,000, there are always 50,000 or 60,000 or 60,000 or 30,000 or 40,000 or 30,000 or 40,000 or 50,000 or 30,000 or 40,000 or 50,000 or 50,000 or 30,000 or 40,000.
But now on the Huzhou battlefield, the Qing army clearly had a certain advantage in military strength, but there was no way for the Ming army. Moreover, the Ming army in the Huzhou battlefield had a total of 50,000 people. Zhang Boyang's troops in Huzhou City were about 20,000 people, and Liu Yongxi's troops claimed to be 50,000, but the actual troops were only over 30,000. In addition, Chen Yuan's troops in Jiaxing Prefecture were called 20,000, but the actual troops were about 10,000.
However, the Ming army had already made Duoduo use all his methods and was still in a panic. It was still a confrontation. Now, there was another 50,000 or 60,000 Ming troops from Hangzhou Prefecture, and even the reinforcements sent by King Ajige of the British arrived, they could not handle it.
Since everyone is surrendered, except for a few who are careless or have an irreconcilable hatred with Mrs. Xing, Liu Yongxi feels that either run away or change his banner quickly. Staying in Huzhou Prefecture is only a dead end. Of course, the most important thing before making a decision is to cover up this matter first.
Whether it is the Eight Banners general or the Green Camp general, everyone thinks that this matter must be covered. If it is not covered, I am afraid that Liu Yongxi will not have to deal with the soldiers below to blow up the camp first. Even the Eight Banners warriors are still a living person!
However, although the generals tried every means to cover up the news of Hangzhou's loss, the news of Hangzhou's loss spread faster than anyone else. Even Zhang Bo and Yang Jun in Huzhou Prefecture already knew the news of Hangzhou's liberation and shouted outside the city.
Liu Yongxi's cavalry and infantry even mentioned many specific details about the loss of Hangzhou, and some details can only be known by witnesses and are roughly consistent with Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi's statements.
In this way, whether it is the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, the Mongolian and Han Army, the Green Camp soldiers were living under a huge terror. Bolobeile led an army of more than 40,000, but now with Tian Xiong and Zu Dabi escaped, there are only more than 1,000 defeated soldiers and generals, and they are all frightened. If the 100,000 Ming troops in Hangzhou were killed, I would probably have the same ending.
If the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia and the Mongolian soldiers of the foreign vassals could only follow Duoduo to break north, then the new army that had surrendered for a few months would be different. Since they could surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they could naturally return to the camp of the Ming official army. However, everyone also knows that they had such a disgraceful history and wanted to win the trust of Empress Zhang, Liu Yongxi, and Xing Fu.
Therefore, there is an undercurrent in the Qing army camp now, and Prince Yu Duoduo also noticed a huge crisis in front of him. He told his Eight Banners generals: "Everyone is more careful, even if it is Kong Youde and Han people like Geng Zhongming, they cannot believe it. Everyone must be more careful!"
Chapter completed!