Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1128

When the Qing Dynasty, which had been dormant for two years, launched the Nanyang Campaign aggressively, Ma Guanghui, the governor of Shandong, and Chang Adai, the county king, also led an army of [-] to the south from Xuzhou to launch a feint attack on Lianghuai.

Ma Guanghui defeated Dai Zhifan last year, his heart swelled, and the morale of the Qing army was also high. The 5 horses claimed to be 20, and they marched southward with gongs and drums.

At this time, the king of Lu raised troops from Zhejiang, and the news that the army was attacking Nanjing had already reached the ears of the Qing army through spies. Just like when he was rebelling, he watched the wind and surrendered all the way, and took Nanjing again.

Knowing the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army behaved fiercely and arrogantly. Although there were only 5 soldiers and the mission was to feign an attack, they assumed a very tough posture.

For a while, the two armies of the Ming and Qing Dynasties rode on the front line of the Huaihe River, constantly fighting, and the tense atmosphere began to spread.

In August, it was the critical moment of the autumn harvest. The Qing army approached the Huaihe River, which made the Ming army on the Huaihe River line raised their spirits, guarded the Huaihe River line closely, prevented the Qing army from crossing the river, snatched the rice in Huainan, and broke through the Huaihe River defense line.

When the Qing army went south, the battle thirty miles west of Zhenjiang had come to an end.

The rapid-fire artillery team of the rampaging horse army bombarded the formation of the rebels outside the range of the weapons of the rebels. Even if the rebels had a tight formation, they would always be bombarded when they were so passively beaten.

The artillery team bombarded for two rounds, and the rebel army, which was already in disarray, lost its formation. At this time, Li Yuanyin suddenly rebelled, and the entire rebel army array naturally ended quickly.

Li Yuanyin is Li Chengdong's adopted son. During the First World War in Zhangzhou, he was recruited by Wang Yan. Later, for some reason, he was incorporated into the ranks of the Wuwei Army, but he and Wang Yan have always had such a relationship.

Just like Tang Wang and Lu Wang used various relationships to poach Wang Yan's corners, Wang Yan naturally also poached Tang Wang and Lu Wang's corners.

As the saying goes, as long as the hoe is swung well, there is no corner that cannot be dug. Wang Yan and Li Yuanyin have been together for a long time.

When besieging Duduo's Yangzhou Corps, Wang Yan got on the line with Li Yuanyin by transferring Li Yuanyin to Jiangbei to participate in the Battle of Yangzhou.

The reason why Wang Yan dared to go to Huguang this time to lure Tang Wang and Lu Wang to do it was because Tang Wang had his people around him, and Wang Yan basically knew what Tang Tang and Jin Shenghuan were up to.

Wang Yan and Tang Wang originally belonged to the Longwu court. Although they split later, the two sides still have this constant connection, which is different from Lu Wang's Zhedong Group.

When Wang Yan took Jiangxi, the middle and lower ranks of the Wuwei Army and soldiers lost their fighting spirit.

This was an internal struggle among the upper class of the Ming Dynasty. If King Tang won, they would of course be rewarded. If King Tang lost, they would not be punished much as accomplices.

No matter how ruthless His Highness the King of Chu was, it would be impossible to kill tens of thousands of soldiers of the military guards. So after they learned that Jiangxi was controlled by the King of Chu, they lost their fighting spirit and even less wanted to go to Zhejiang.

When the Wuwei army was in chaos, the Zhejiang army naturally followed suit. At this time, nearly [-] horse troops charged forward, and the [-] rebels immediately surrendered and fled.

The main ones who surrendered were the Wuwei Army, while the main ones who fled were the Zhejiang soldiers. This does not mean that the Zhejiang soldiers were determined, they just wanted to escape back to Zhejiang.

The [-] infantry was defeated too quickly, and before the navy on the Yangtze River had time to react, the infantry had collapsed.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, countless rebel soldiers fled all over the mountains and plains.

After all, it was not against the Qing army, so the rampaging horse army kept a hand. In addition to killing when they broke through the formation, after the rebel formation collapsed, they just dispersed the rebel army to prevent the rebel army from forming again. The rebels who tried to escape to the river were driven back. The cavalry divided the rebels, circled around the fleeing rebels, and killed those who tried to resist. The rest were surrounded by cavalry, and most of them surrendered.

Compared with the rampaging horse army, the Wuwei army who came over anyway was a bit darker.

Perhaps in order to alleviate their own responsibility for participating in the rebellion, they were eager to perform meritorious service, but instead dealt cruelty to the Zhejiang army.

The [-] army, anyway, is running around, everywhere on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The [-] rampant horse army plus the nearly [-] military guards anyway, can't control the situation.

Throughout the south bank of the Yangtze River, the rebel soldiers fled all over the mountains and plains. The dense crowd seemed to have a gap in the Yangtze River and the river rushed out of the embankment.

In one group of troops, many of them had no weapons in their hands, and their armors had been discarded. These people supported each other and fled east quickly. From time to time, some people fell down. Walk.

King Lu was surrounded by Xiao Qihui and others, and the golden armor and scarlet cloak he was wearing had already been discarded.

The rampaging horse army is powerful, and once it is targeted, it is difficult to escape. King Lu's banner and the flags of the generals were all thrown on the road.

The army was defeated as soon as it said it was defeated. King Lu looked very embarrassed, covered in blood and messy hair.He rode at the forefront of the team, kept turning his head and shouting to the exhausted soldiers to continue on their way.

"Where is this?" King Lu asked pantingly, his eyes glazed over, and he even rolled his eyes. ???? "Your Highness, you have already passed Gaozi Town, and more than ten li ahead will be Zhenjiang!" Xiao Qi said out of breath.

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, opened his chapped lips and asked, "Your Highness, should we go directly south and return to Zhejiang, or go to Zhenjiang to join the navy!"

After hearing what he said, King Lu looked back at the rout soldiers, feeling sad and heartbroken, tens of thousands of troops had left Zhejiang, how could he have the face to return to Zhejiang now.

"Go to Zhenjiang!" King Lu raised his head and let out a long sigh. Maybe the Overlord felt the same way when he was by the Wujiang River.

But it was said that King Lu threw down the remnants of the soldiers and ran towards Zhenjiang, and soon hid in Zhenjiang city. After a while, Feng Jing, Wang Yi and others also fled to Zhenjiang with some people.

Except for some people who escaped, most of the rest were captured by the rampaging horse army.

Ruan Jun, a general of the Zhejiang Army, is the brother of Ruan Jin and Ruan Mei. He belongs to the Ruan family and can be said to be the pillar of the King Lu's army. In order to cover the retreat of the King Lu, he was surrounded by Zhao Shenkuan and was helplessly captured.

In Longtan Town, the shouts of killing continued. When Jin Shenghuan saw Li Yuanyin's rebellion, he was immediately furious. He led his soldiers away from the King of Lu and wanted to return to the right wing to suppress the rebellion of the Wuwei Army with his prestige, but before he returned to the right wing, the Zhejiang soldiers were killed. The horse army rushed into disorder.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and he was unable to retreat in time, and was besieged by the rampaging horse army in a wilderness east of Longtan Town.

After all, Jin Shenghuan has led the Wuwei Army for many years, and he also has some charisma. Although Li Yuanyin is anyway, there are still many people who are loyal to Jin Shenghuan.

In particular, the Wuwei Army is different from other Ming armies, because the soldiers' salaries are all in the hands of Jin Shenghuan, not directly distributed by the court to the soldiers like the Wuzhong Army, so the Wuwei Army still maintains a backward household system.

Although the army was defeated, there were still nearly a thousand family members gathered around Jin Shenghuan. They were surrounded by the officers and soldiers, but they still fought back vigorously, trying to protect Jin Shenghuan and break through.

(End of this chapter)