Wanli 1592

Chapter 826 Chai Guozhu is in a bad mood

Chen Long opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say.

That's right, that's the reason. Regardless of whether these people can regain Nanjing and Zhenjiang Mansion, as long as Jiang Dahai's navy is not wiped out, Jiang Dahai can cut off the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal at any time, and their grain roads will never be safe. .

Not to mention that Chen Lin and Li Wenyuan from Guangdong are now attacking Fujian, Zheng Ying is threatening Zhejiang, Xiao Ruxun's main force is advancing steadily in the Huguang area, and Sichuan is also victorious. Jiangnan.

The only thing worth worrying about is that the conflict between Xiao Ruxun and Shen Yiguan is irreconcilable, and the conflict between him and the gentry in the southeast is also irreconcilable. If these local gentry do not support Xiao Ruxun, it will be difficult for Xiao Ruxun to gain a firm foothold here. How many soldiers and horses are needed if the horses are used to deter?

Chen Longzheng reminded Xiao Ruxun to launch some soft policies to appease people's hearts earlier, but Xiao Ruxun said that he had other ways to tell Chen Longzheng not to worry, and Chen Longzheng didn't know what Xiao Ruxun was paying attention to.

There is also the staffer Xiao Ruxun recruited recently, that poor scholar named Xie He, who doesn't look like a good person. Chen Longzheng doesn't like him, but he seems to be very close to Xiao Ruxun, and he can often talk to Xiao Ruxun This made Chen Longzheng a little puzzled.

What Xiao Ruxun did recently, Chen Long just couldn't understand it.

But there is no doubt that everything is developing in a direction that is beneficial to them.

On September [-], Li Hualong led the main force of the imperial army to Yangzhou Prefecture. In the first battle, Li Hualong's goal was to lift the siege of Yangzhou City.

Li Hualong sent spies to find out that the Zhennan Army had only more than [-] troops attacking Yangzhou, so he wanted to wipe them all out in a single battle, so he ordered the main force under his command to divide into two groups to outflank the Zhennan Army's rear, and the vanguard of the [-] cavalry to be in charge. Charge into the battle, entangle the Zhennan army marines, and prevent them from boarding the ship and escaping.

In the end, I never thought that the Zhennan army seemed to have been prepared for a long time. With their backs on the warships, they formed a large formation to fight against the cavalry of Jizhen. .

As a result, before Li Hualong's main force arrived, all the marines boarded the boat and returned to Zhenjiang Mansion along the canal.

The Zhennan Army attacked Yangzhou Mansion for more than ten days, but failed to capture Yangzhou Mansion. Li Hualong led the main force and retreated after a hasty battle.

Li Hualong seemed to have won a battle and broke the siege of Yangzhou. The prefect of Yangzhou led all the bureaucrats out of the city to welcome Li Hualong and sing praises to him, but Li Hualong felt that the situation was not that simple.

"Bastard thing!!"

Li Hualong slammed a leaflet of the Southern Army's Northern Expedition on the table: "How many of these things are there in the entire city? Find them all and burn them! This is simply a rebellion!"

Li Hualong was very annoyed by this harshly worded statement that bombarded Shen Yiguan indiscriminately and stated that he did not recognize the little emperor of Taichang. Not an ordinary person.

There are already fans, and they are still literati!The son of a dignified sage actually joins forces with a mere military general, it is a shame to the scholars!Not worthy of being a disciple of a saint at all!
The magistrate of Yangzhou quickly agreed and asked someone to do it immediately, and then asked: "I wonder how the supervisor plans to defeat the enemy?"

Li Hualong took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"It's not difficult to defeat the enemy. The difficult thing is how to wipe out all the rebels. There are more than one rebel. It is said that there are Ningbo, Yunnan, and Guangdong. They are the main force of the Xiao bandits!"

The prefect of Yangzhou swallowed.

"Master Supervisor, is it true that Thief Xiao is still alive? How did he escape from the capital?"

Li Hualong glared at the magistrate of Yangzhou: "Don't ask if you shouldn't ask, the governor still wants to know the reason! A mere military general has caused such a big incident! One can imagine how far the entire Jiangnan has been depleted! Let me ask you, how much do you know about the rebels on the other side?"

The prefect of Yangzhou wiped the cold sweat off his face.

"This... there are indeed quite a few people sent over to inquire about the news, but few came back. The sporadic news is that this team is a navy, and there are probably hundreds of warships, covering the sky across the river. The scale of the sun-blocking ones is really huge. We can only defend against them, but we can't beat them at all.

Their firearms are particularly sharp and there are a lot of them. Whether they are infantry on the road or on ships, there are a lot of firearms. We often suffer a lot. Some defense facilities on the north bank were destroyed by their firearms. "

Li Hualong's complexion was very bad.

"That's all you know? You don't know the identity of the rebel, the name of the general?"

"The main general is said to be called Jiang Dahai. I don't know where he came from, and he came out of nowhere. Superintendent, Xiaguan... Xiaguan..."

"enough!"

Li Hualong yelled angrily: "What's the use of you!"

After speaking, Li Hualong stood up.

"Master?"

"The governor personally went to check the enemy's intelligence!"

Li Hualong decided to make a living by himself. It would be better to wait for the people below to inquire about the news than to wait for the other party to give him his weaknesses.

Li Hualong left Yangzhou Mansion with a cavalry unit, and went south along the canal to check the situation. By the way, he set up outposts and alarm points along the canal, preparing for the Zhennan Army navy to go north, so that they can react faster and prepare for the battle. preparation.

At the same time, within the camp under Li Hualong's command, Chai Guozhu was sighing alone in his tent.

He never expected that the enemy he was facing was actually the Zhennan Army under Xiao Ruxun's command, and he never expected that Li Hualong would tell him that Xiao Ruxun had escaped rather than die.

So before, Shen was always bluffing, Xiao Ruxun was not dead, and his coup failed, now, Xiao Ruxun has fought back.

Chai Guozhu knew how powerful Xiao Ruxun was, and he didn't want to be an enemy of Xiao Ruxun at all, but now he was on the verge of riding a tiger, and he had no choice at all. He hadn't thought of a good way, and the soldiers from Jizhen had already gone to the front line to face the Zhennan army.

Now he is a little envious of Li Rusong having a father who is as awesome as Li Chengliang.

Li Rusong excused that there was a Jurchen invasion in Liaodong so he didn't come, but he foolishly brought all the main force. There is no doubt that he will be the biggest loser.

Before that, Liu Guoxiang took away the most elite infantry under his command, saying that he was going to attack Nanjing in a detour, but in Chai Guozhu's view, how could those thousands of people have any chance of victory?

The cavalrymen under my command who had hurriedly fought against the Zhennan Army suffered a big loss in front of the artillery and guns of the Zhennan Army. They were beaten and fled in embarrassment. However, many soldiers and horses that did not need to be lost continued to be lost here.

More importantly, Chai Guozhu didn't want to be an enemy of Xiao Ruxun at all!
If he had known, he would have taken the excuse of Mongolia's southern invasion and directly led troops to the north to patrol the border. He would never have led troops to the south to make such a meaningless sacrifice in a place like Yangzhou Prefecture.

It's really bad...

Chai Guozhu's mood is as bad as the current battle situation.

(End of this chapter)