Chapter 609 The 200,000 Western Army Soldiers in Xiying Point to Fujian
Five people drank a pound of saber wine, and Liu Hailong and others felt a little dizzy. They rarely touched wine, and the amount of alcohol was not large. It was the legendary amount of two ounces of wine. One pound of wine was enough for them to experience happiness!
After drinking wine and eating meat, the workers left the night market stalls one after another. Some went directly back to the workshop dormitory to sleep, while others continued to wander on the streets.
The people who set up stalls in the evening were not only eating, but also singing, juggling, martial arts, and storytellers. It was very lively and rich!
Songjiang Prefecture actually has high-end places for ditties and jugglers to perform, but not everyone can enter these high-end places. Many small artists and small groups who cannot go to the hall have to work on the streets for those who can't go to big places either.
Grassroots workers provide services.
However, due to the large number of working-class people in Songjiang Prefecture, the income of those who work in performing arts on the streets is not low. A slightly popular small group, with a performance of 10,000 yuan, may earn an income of more than one or two silver dollars. It is precisely because of Songjiang
The performance market in Fuzhou is good, and now there are a large number of people doing this here. Songjiang Fu has replaced Nanjing and Suzhou, a traditional Jiangnan city, and has become the entertainment center of the entire southeast!
When people are in Songjiang City, they feel like they are in Beijing. It is hard to think that it is still a troubled time!
In fact, war is not too far away from life. When Songjiang City is in a prosperous atmosphere, Fujian, also in the south, is not peaceful!
In October of the 24th year of Chongzhen, Xiying, which had been dormant for a long time, could no longer bear it and began to use troops externally. This time, the Xiying troops were divided into two groups, one entering Jiangxi from the direction of Shaoguan, and continued to find trouble for Jin Shengheng and others.
The other one entered Fujian from the direction of Chaozhou, and the army went straight to the Jinxia area of Zhangquan!
The army that entered Jiangxi was led by Li Dingguo. Their main purpose was to take revenge on Jin Shengheng. It would be best if they captured Jiangxi by the way!
The general who led the army into Fujian was Sun Kewang, and his goal along the way was very clear, which was to seize territory and prepare to conquer the world.
Originally, Fujian was not a priority, and it would be a waste of energy to send troops to this undisputed territory. But other than that, there seemed to be no other place to use troops! Sichuan was blocked by soldiers sent by Sun Chuanting, and Xiying tried several times but suffered a loss.
, not getting any advantage. He Tengjiao from Hunan is getting tougher and harder to deal with! Jin Shengheng from Jiangxi is actually a tough nut to crack, but Xiying has to bite it in order to get a big name! Only in Fujian
The edge seems to be a soft persimmon!
It was precisely because they felt that Fujian was a soft persimmon that Xiying divided his troops into two groups during the Northern Expedition! The idea was that even if he knocked his teeth on a hard persimmon, he would still have a soft persimmon to fill his stomach, so as not to gain nothing. For Xiying,
They had no shortage of soldiers and horses, and there was not much difference between the one-way Northern Expedition and the two-way Northern Expedition.
Of course, there are also some internal problems. The relationship between Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo has undergone subtle changes. They are not close comrades-in-arms like they were in the past two years! Recently, the two have been quarreling constantly, and even their subordinates have
There was a fight!
Where there are rights and interests, there will be fights, especially for beings like Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo who originally had similar status. When one person has to have the final say, contradictions and conflicts are almost inevitable!
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In real history, most of the reasons for the conflicts between Sun and Li were attributed to Sun Kewang. In fact, Li Dingguo was not a good person. In other words, anyone in the same situation as them would inevitably move towards confrontation and conflict!
The two people who were arguing endlessly decided to lead the Northern Expedition together so as not to dislike each other more and more! Li Dingguo was the weaker one, so he was given the task of chewing the hard nut. Sun Chuanting was the stronger one, so he got a relatively soft persimmon.
direction.
Xiying believes that Fujian is a soft persimmon, but they are not blindly confident. They still have a basis for judgment. The original local snakes in Fujian, the Zheng family, were defeated in Guangzhou City last year. Although the owner has changed now, the army soldiers from the northern court have
There are not many horses, only about 20,000 people, and most of the people guarding Fujian are still the original Zheng family's troops.
At the same time, Xiying is not very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the northern troops. Even though there have been many rumors and achievements about their combat effectiveness in recent years, the people in Xiying believe that based on their many years of experience in dealing with the regular army of the imperial court.
Look, compared with local military leaders, the regular army of the imperial court is actually easier to deal with. This does not mean that the regular army of the imperial court cannot fight, but that they have too many combat targets and are easy to be mobilized and find weaknesses. Unlike the local army, the local army fights
Just to defend the territory, it is more difficult for an army with such a simple purpose to find its weaknesses!
"Your Majesty, our vanguard troops have entered Fujian. We have come to report to the scouts. The troops of the imperial bandits are fortified in the Zhangquan area. The war between us and the imperial bandits should be carried out in the Zhangzhou area!" During the march, the scout informed Sun Chuanting of the latest news.
Military situation.
"How many traitors are there in Zhangquan area?"
"Tanma saw the flags of four brigades. In the new system of the imperialists, one brigade has 3,000 passing troops. If there are four brigades, it will be about 13,000." After the army's numbers and establishment were normalized, it not only made it easier for its own personnel quota and
Identification also facilitates the enemy. Now the enemy only needs to count the numbers to roughly determine how many troops there are in the imperial court!
"About 13,000? There are more than 20,000 of them in total, and more than half of them have been released in the Zhangquan area. In this way, as long as we capture Zhangquan, the entire Fujian area will almost become an undefended area! This battle seems to be
I can plan an entire province!"
Sun Kewang, who was marching on horseback, felt a little overjoyed. As long as he could capture Fujian Province as soon as possible, the situation would become extremely favorable to him! On the one hand, the entire Xiying had opened up a channel to capture Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the richest place in the world.
, on the other hand, it can also stabilize Li Dingguo's end, thus completely controlling the voice of the entire Xiying in his own hands!
The situation in Fujian is indeed somewhat critical. The local garrison and intelligence department actually judged the possibility of Xiying entering Fujian more than two months ago. However, the early judgment seems to be of little use, as Fujian is too far away from the imperial court.
It's so far away that two months are only enough to send a letter for help to Beijing. The rest can only be dealt with independently by the existing people in Fujian!
But having said that, although the situation in Fujian is critical, it is not as good as Sun Kewang and others thought, with only 20,000 troops available! In addition to the imperial army, Fujian also has a navy, and there are also some Zheng clan troops and local troops available. In general
The total strength of the troops is more than 50,000! Facing Sun Kewang's 200,000 troops, they seem to be able to deal with it!