At this time, the main generals of the Qing army in Hubei were Dorobelekdehun's troops, Beizi Shangshan Meileezhenzhumala, Valkhazhumala, Teshha, Han army Ma Guanghui, Haiertu Huaishun King
Geng Jingzhong and others had a total force of about 50,000 people. The Qing army was mainly stationed in Jingzhou Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, and De'an Prefecture. Luke Dehun sent Shang Shan and Ma Guanghui to lead 15,000 horses.
Terminating De'an Prefecture; Zhumala and Haiertu led 15,000 troops to guard Jingzhou Prefecture; Luke Dehun led other generals to take charge of Chengtian Prefecture to meet Geng Jingzhong retreat to Nanyang
This time, the merchant army attacked Hubei with a very fierce force of troops of 80,000. The division of troops in three directions also made Luke Dehun feel huge pressure. In fact, the Qing army, as the defense side, has not few troops, but the area to defend is too wide.
The merchant army is good at sporting and surrounding points to attack and aid, so it feels quite a bit of a loss of attention. What makes Lukehun even more trouble is that the Qing army is not only insufficient in strength but also has a very low morale. This is the most deadly
When Hong Chengchou received the order and returned north, he also told Luke Dehun that Hubei could not defend. If the merchant army really dispatched a large army to attack Hubei, it could give up the central Hubei region and retreat to northwest Hubei to try its best to defend Xiangyang Prefecture, not only can it protect the Central Plains and Guanzhong
At this stage, the best choice for the Qing army
Luke Dehun also had this plan. After all, the generals of the Qing army are seriously studying Shang Yi's principle of using troops. They have some experience with the saying "not caring about the loss of a city and a place". Shang Yi's "Nanjing is a big one."
The theory of "broken bag" is also the best argument for the Qing army
But at this moment, the news that Jirgalang led his order to go south to the supervisor was also sent to Chengtian Prefecture. Although the people of Jirgalang had not arrived yet, they had already ordered all parts of Jiangbei to strictly guard the city and resist the attack of the merchant army.
Although Jirgalang did not compete with the merchant army, he also knew that he was ordered to go south to the supervisor this time, but now he was beaten to the fire and could not help but go south to the point of not seeking merit.
I want to protect the current area without any mistakes, even if I lose a part of it, as long as I can save most of it, it is considered a success. Therefore, I ordered all localities to strictly guard the local area.
Under such circumstances, Luke Dehun could not implement the strategy of abandoning Hubei's central defending Xiangyang, so he had to divide his troops and refuse to defend the attack of the merchant army. However, the main forces of the Qing army were used to station in the prefectures and capitals. Basically, other prefectures and counties were also used.
Give up
The various troops of the merchant army attacked very smoothly, the Third Army sent a 15th division to support Hubei to invade Shizhou. The Minister of Wei continued to capture Shinan Xuanfu Division. The chieftains from all over the Shizhou Military Department surrendered and the soldiers were stationed in Wu.
The Sixth Army, which attacked from Huangzhou, attacked Xiaogan, then advanced to Yunmeng and launched an attack on De'an Prefecture.
Li Dingguo also led his army from Hanyang Prefecture to attack and seized Qianjiang and Jingling (now Tianmén City, Hubei) and the two counties of Qianjiang River along the Han River.
Qianjiang and Jingling counties are located in the Han River, across the river, looking at Chengtian and Jingzhou in the north, connecting Hanyang in the east, and shutting down the Han River is a place where the demolition is in Hubei Province. At this time, Zhongzhen Camp also once again
The second person from Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zong came to Wuchang to express his willingness to accept the conditions offered by Shang Yi and surrender to the merchant army.
It turned out that after Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, and Du Yinxi returned to Zhongzhen Camp, he told Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others about the negotiation process and the conditions offered by Shang Yi. Gao Yigong also recruited everyone to discuss Shang Yi.
Of course, the conditions listed were not satisfactory. Many people opposed surrendering to Shang Yi at that time. However, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi said Li Yan again and the opposition was greatly reduced.
The Zhongzhen Camp is indeed only one step away from the bandits. But the problem is that all the generals of the Zhongzhen Camp have entered Beijing. After all, they have accomplished things, been officials and have seen the world. If they are not willing to be bandits again, they will not be willing to be bandits.
Moreover, all the generals also know that the bandits are not delicious these days, because their opponents are no longer the incompetent Ming army, but the Qing court and the merchant army are more difficult to deal with. In addition, the Zhongzhen Camp was originally a rebellion-related person.
Li Yan said that Shang Yi would establish a new dynasty and not reject it. On the contrary, he agreed very much if he started to follow the future emperor hún. Therefore, many people were really moved.
But Li Guo and Gao Yigong were still a little hesitant because they are now the number one and two figures of Zhongzhen Camp. If they accept the conditions of Shang Yi, the biggest loss is that they are not bad for the others.
If this continues, Zhongzhen Camp will not be a solution, and there are no conditions to bargain with Shang Yi.
So Li Guo asked Du Yinxi to discuss it again, in fact, Du Yinxi was also a little conflicted at this time. From the bottom of his heart, he hoped that Zhongzhen Camp could surrender to the Yongli court, but Du Yinxi knew very well that Zhongzhen Camp had no trust in He Tengjiao. I am afraid that
It is hard to tell them that they suggested that Zhongzhen Camp surrender to Shang Yi and Du Yinxi traveled in Wuchang for a few days. On the one hand, he saw that the city of Wuchang is orderly and harmoniously affair among the people. It does show that Shang Yi not only can fight and govern the local area.
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But on the other hand, Du Yinxi also found that the Shang army did not mention the words of the Ming Dynasty, on the contrary, tried hard to establish the shape of Shang Yi among the people, and the people in Wuchang City had no nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he also knew Shang.
In order to compete for Hunan, Yi has fought with He Tengjiao to defeat He Tengjiao. These situations show that Shang Yi is not fighting for the revival of the Ming Dynasty but to realize his personal ambitions. But Du Yinxi also knows the south very well.
The Ming vassal courts were basically emperors who did not want to make progress in their efforts to compete for power and profit, and the military generals were arrogant and arrogant. None of them was reliable and could not be helped. If A Dou wanted to defeat the Qing army and restore the Han nationality, he had to rely on the merchant army.
In this case, Zhu Yinxi was a little hesitant about whether to surrender to Shang Yi. When Li came to ask him, Du Yinxi was speechless for a while. But after a while, Du Yinxi finally told him that he could resist the Qing army now.
Only the merchant army
But of course Li Guo did not have as many thoughts as Du Yinxi. This sentence was enough to make him make a decision. In addition, after receiving the letter from Hong Niangzi, Mrs. Gao also advised Li Guo to submit to the merchant army for the sake of these 70,000 to 80,000 people.
Li Guo also decided to send Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdie to Wuchang to express to Li Yan that he was willing to accept the conditions and surrender to Shang Yi.
After receiving the two people's reply, Li Yan was also very happy and told them that the merchant army had launched a battle to recover Hubei. He asked Zhongzhen Camp to send troops to assist the merchant army in battle. After recovering Hubei, he would handle other submission and reorganized troops to resettle their families.
The two of them surrendered to the merchant army and then perform well in this battle
Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdie discussed it briefly and decided to stay and fight with the merchant army. Yuan Zongdie immediately returned to Zhongzhen Camp and asked Li Guo to send troops to advance the food of the Jingzhou army. The merchant army was supplied to Zhongzhen Camp and gave three thousand stones of grain to the Zhongzhen Camp as an unfamiliar family. In addition, they also provide them with 5,000 sets of swords, guns and weapons.
Now the food in Zhongzhen Camp is very short of food. Most people can only get two or three taels of coarse grain every day and rely on Yelai. Yeguodu said that although this batch of food is not much, it is urgent. Therefore, the two were greatly moved by Yuan Zongdi immediately. Hurry back to deliver the letter, and Liu Fangliang was sent to Hanyang Prefecture by Li Yan to listen to it in front of Li Dingguo's account.
At this time, although the merchant army occupied a lot of places, it did not eliminate much Qing army, and the main force of the Qing army still hid in various big cities and did not come out. The merchant army wanted to attract the Qing army to fight and annihilate the Qing army in the field. However, the merchant army did not achieve the goal of the merchant army. So Li Dingguo also decided to send troops to capture Jingzhou first. At this time, Liu Fangliang came to Hanyang to express his loyalty camp that he had agreed to the conditions for surrender. He would help Li Dingguo fight.
Li Dingguo was also very happy and immediately ordered himself to lead the Eighth Army to station Qianjiang. Jingling stopped the Qing army in Chengtian Prefecture. Li Mou led the Seventh Army to continue to go west and join forces with Zhongzhen Camp to capture Jingzhou. Liu Fangliang followed Li Mou to send troops to the other third. The 15th Division of the army immediately launched an attack to the city of Jingzhou to converge. At the same time, the Yangtze River Fleet was ordered to advance along the river with food, fuel and other materials from the water.
Yuan Zongdi returned to Zhongzhen Camp and reported to Li Guo. After Li Guo was very happy that he had the three thousand stones of food. After the army was dispatched, it was enough to supply the other people in the camp for about twenty days to one month. The armor and weapons were It is also what Zhongzhen Camp is short of now, and before the army was sent, the merchant army gave food, armor and weapons, which proved that Shang Yi did not say that he was completely different from He Tengjiao and others. It seems that there was no choice to follow Shang Yi to take this step. wrong
So Li Guo and Gao Yigong immediately gathered their troops to select 20,000 more powerful soldiers to prepare to attack with the merchant army to attack Jingzhou. The main generals of Zhongzhen Camp and Du Yinxi also made several attempts to fight.
Li Guo and Gao Yigong led the army eastward along the river and all the way to Songzi County. At this time, Li Mou led the Seventh Army to Shatou City, which was only twenty miles away from Jingzhou City. At the same time, the 15th Division arrived at the Third Road of the Public Security Bureau. The troops and horses formed a siege to attack Jingzhou
Li Mou also paid the food, weapons and armor promised by Li Yan to Zhongzhen Camp. After Li Guo received it, he first pulled out two thousand troops and sent the food back to the camp. The armor and weapons were left in the army and distributed to the soldiers for use. Then he led the army to cross the army. Cross the Yangtze River to the city of Jingzhou and join forces with the merchant army