A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 372 Unstoppable

At this time, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military government troops had been reorganized.

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang First Army has three infantry divisions and one cavalry division, with a total strength of more than 36,000 troops. The commander is Yan Chengfang, who is the former commander of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang First Division. He is the commander of the Cong clan soldiers and a subordinate of Lin Xiao. Qianhu worked his way up step by step.

Qu Yuanju's Seventh Luzon Army was changed to the Second Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army, and some new soldiers were added to it to make up for its battle losses.

The Twelfth Army from Luzon, commander Chen Zhongzhi, was changed to the Third Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army.

The Fourth Army is composed of veterans who have returned from injury and new recruits. The commander is Yan Zhongyou.

The Fifth Army was newly formed, with a total strength of nearly 30,000 people, and its commander Hong Zhenghui.

At this time, the total strength has reached more than 170,000.

The troops were divided into two groups and launched an offensive to the west and south at the same time. The First Army and the Third Army moved west, the Fourth Army cooperated with the navy to move south, and the Second Army and the Fifth Army stayed behind.

Mainly, the 1st, 3rd, and 4th armies have basically completed the equipment of Type II muskets, but the 2nd and 5th armies have not yet, so these three armies are responsible for the main attack.

The Fourth Army was unstoppable, and with the help of the navy, they quickly landed at the ports of Fujian and launched attacks on Fujian from different directions at the same time.

The Fujian General Army had already assembled its troops to prepare for the Qinwang. Suddenly, they got the news that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments were sending troops. They hurriedly hid in a county town, but the city was easily breached and they were killed in one fell swoop.

On the Jiangxi side, Yan Chengfang and Chen Zhongzhi were also unstoppable, sweeping the entire land easily.

Soon, the city was captured, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops marched in neatly and captured the landowners and gentry who resisted.

Facing the swarming Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops, he did not dare to fight. After all, these generals who had been with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments for a long time knew that - do not fight with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops, as the other side's firepower would crush you.

He reported the matter to the government and quickly received a reply from the cabinet:

At least I hope that the military government can ensure that things of the past are forgotten, especially those with a bad reputation, and they are the most active.

Yan Zhongyou received the documents the landlords were trying to negotiate with and couldn't help but sneer:

This place is adjacent to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and it has already been heavily infiltrated. Now that the main force has been annihilated, the few remaining troops have completely lost their fighting spirit.

Soon, the entire Fujian region returned to peace.

"A person who is already at the end of his rope, how can he be qualified to negotiate terms?"

With this letter, Yan Zhongyou suddenly felt confident and issued the order to attack.

At this time, the most violent resistance came from some local landowners and gentry. They formed a rural warrior and took out a large part of their property to defend the city and repel it. There were also some smart people who wanted to occupy the city and follow them. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments negotiated terms.

Under the No. 2 heavy artillery, all living beings are equal.

The combat effectiveness of Gao Yingxiang's troops in Ganland is stronger than those in Fujian that have not experienced too many wars, but that's about it.

Although the landlords spent money and food to motivate the army and the local braves and boost their morale, the huge gap in weapons and training between the two sides cannot be erased.

If there is an ordinary change of dynasty, they can still escape the disaster by colluding with the new government officials and controlling the countryside. But if this method works, then there will be no military government in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. So many landowners and gentry were brutally tried.

"All landowners and gentry who participated in the resistance will be killed without mercy, and all tenant farmers who participated in the resistance will be sentenced to one year of hard labor."

All their property was confiscated.

He could only send out cavalry to fight and harass, but the cavalry division was not a vegetarian. After several battles, the cavalry suffered heavy losses, and his territory was also falling at an alarming speed.

Gao Yingxiang also thought of a way to launch an attack on the Jiangsu and Zhejiang troops on a rainy day.

Although the ignition rate of a flintlock gun in a humid environment is much higher than that of a matchlock gun, there is still a high probability of misfiring, and once it rains, it should not be used, but it still cannot be used. If he attacks at this time, he can force the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies into hand-to-hand combat.

In Gao Yingxiang's impression, the musketeers were afraid of close combat. Once the enemy troops approached, they would collapse directly, so he was full of confidence in his plan.

The problem is that the First Army has already installed percussion cap guns at this time, which have a very high success rate of ignition and are almost unaffected by bad weather.

So the unlucky King Chuang led his Chuang army and rushed straight towards the first army in the rain.

In one battle, all 130,000 troops were lost.

There was no way, since the previous battles, almost no one would charge directly into the battle formation of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies. But this time, Gao Yingxiang was just like lining up to be shot.

The rain also made it difficult for the generals to summon orders, making it even more difficult for the troops to organize themselves.

The battle turned into defeat, then into a rout, and as the soldiers of the First Army sheathed their bayonets and the cavalry division cavalry wielded their sabers in pursuit, the rout turned into a rout.

The decisive battle took place on the outskirts of Yudu, and when Gao Yingxiang fled all the way back to his base camp, Ganzhou, he had only more than 20,000 soldiers left. It was not that all the remaining soldiers had been killed, but that most of them had fled. .

The cavalry of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army almost chased each other one after another, and then cruised outside Ganzhou City to prevent the other party from escaping.

The army arrived and attacked the city.

Within a few days, the city fell.

Gao Yingxiang led his army to break through, but failed. He was surrounded on a small hill. Watching his men continue to die in battle, he drew his sword and committed suicide in despair.

Many ministers who broke into the imperial court, including his minister Niu Jinxing and others, were all captured alive.

The third army launched an offensive against Chen Qiyu in northern Jiangxi. The Ming army was equally difficult to resist, and soon the Jiangsu and Zhejiang armies entered Nanchang City.

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In the dark night, torches flickered and gathered into a long dragon, reflecting the broken city wall.

The stacked corpses seemed to tell visitors how brutal the killings were once.

The fighting sounds in Nanchang City have basically stopped. Only in the governor's office in the center of the city, the sound of gunfire can still be heard.

Chen Qiyu sat in the government office, listening to the roar of "sky thunder" and the roar of muskets outside, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

The tide is over.

Even if he could fight, he would still be unable to defeat such a powerful army.

The grenade blew the walls of the government office to pieces.

Soldiers from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang military governments swarmed in through the breach. They saw weapons on the ground and Ming soldiers with their hands raised in the air and shouting "willing to surrender." Then they rushed into the government office and captured the Jiangxi court alive. Governor Chen Qiyu.

Nanchang City was completely destroyed.

Now that Nanchang is broken, there is no room for resistance.

In less than a month, the remaining prefectures either surrendered or were captured.

(End of this chapter)