Birds of a feather flock together, and people form groups. When he heard that Hong Chengchou was coming, Zhang Tianlu, the Grand Admiral of Ningchi in the Qing Dynasty, was overjoyed and hurriedly led the Ningguo general Hu Maozhen and others to visit him.
Zhang Tianlu respects Hong Chengchou the most, and Hong Chengchou also admires Zhang Tianlu the most. Without them, both of them are notorious traitors. They have similar odors, and they both find each other very attractive.
Admiral Zhang is a strange and miraculous man. There are two things that can be witnessed.
First, Phoenix Nirvana, reborn. This man was originally a general of Shi Kefa. When he was in the Ming army, he suffered repeated defeats in battles. After surrendering to the Qing court, he became extremely fierce and became a victorious general. When the Qing army marched south to the south of the Yangtze River,
In the first battle, it was this man who led his troops to defeat three barracks of Nanming Navy Commander Zheng Hongkui and took the lead. Later, he participated in the siege of Nanjing and made many extraordinary achievements.
Second, he worked as a butcher and built an archway. The most famous thing that Admiral Zhang did was to single-handedly create the "Slaughter of Jing County" (also known as the "Yiyou Disaster"). At that time, Jin Sheng, Jiang Tianyi and others
People raised righteous flags in southern Anhui to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and Jingxian County responded. Zhang Tianlu led the Chizhou General Soldier Yu Yongshou to capture Jingxian County. In one word: kill, Jingxian County with a population of more than 50,000 was killed to only about 90 people.
After Emperor Longwu heard about the tragic massacres in Jiangyin and Jing counties, he sighed and said: "When my descendants pass through these two counties, even three-foot-old boys should mourn and respect them."
Such an executioner was famous for his "benevolence and righteousness" in the Qing Dynasty.
What kind of "benevolent and righteous" method? He led the army to Xuancheng, hypocritically saying that he would not disturb the people and not allow the army to enter the city. One day it rained lightly, and the gentry in the city asked him to go into the city to take shelter from the rain. He refused, saying that if the commander entered the city, the soldiers would be killed.
They must also follow him into the city. What if he disturbs the people? I'd better stay in the military camp in the rain. The gentry in Xuancheng were confused by him, and they petitioned the Qing court to praise him. Emperor Shunzhi was very happy and asked the Qing court to praise him.
Zhi praised him fiercely. From then on, he gained a good reputation of "benevolence and righteousness".
These two strange things, among the deeds of traitors surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, only Emperor Chongzhen's memorial service to Hong Chengchou can be compared with them. Therefore, Zhang Tianlu had a very good relationship with Hong Chengchou and was Hong Chengchou's confidant.
"General, Hong Jinglue has been working hard all the way. At the end of the day, I will prepare a small amount of wine to wash my hands of the great general." Zhang Tianlu cordially invited him.
Ji Du and Hong Chengchou still had the inclination to drink, but Admiral Zhang couldn't resist his hospitality, so they couldn't ignore his kindness and reluctantly went to the banquet.
As soon as I entered the table, I met Zhang Tianlu's generals. They were all fierce and murderous. Indeed, the generals Zhang Tianfu, Hu Maozhen, deputy generals Yang Shouzhuang, Zhao Dajie, etc. were all stained with the blood of the rebels. They killed many people.
Yes, naturally there is murderous intent.
Hong Chengchou secretly nodded, this Zhang Tianlu is a good fighter and can be used.
After escaping to Ningguo, Jidu and Hong Chengchou had only more than 50,000 soldiers and horses left. Zhang Tianlu's admiral Biaoying and Ningguo's Green Camp had 20,000 soldiers and horses. Together, there were still more than 70,000 troops. In addition, Chizhou Green Camp to the west of Ningguo had 20,000 soldiers and horses.
There are 7,000 soldiers, and the Wucai Green Camp in Taiping Prefecture in the north has 8,000 soldiers. Counting the battles and garrison troops in other prefectures, the Qing government still has many troops in Zhili in the south.
Seeing that Ji Du was unhappy, Zhang Tianlu chuckled and said, "Don't worry, General. The Ming army can conquer Huizhou, but can it be difficult to conquer Ning?"
Jidu asked: "Oh, why is Admiral Zhang so confident?"
Zhang Tianlu was very proud: "The people in Huizhou are cunning and there are many rebels. They informed the Ming army and sent money and food. The Ming army had a clear understanding of our military situation and suffered a minor setback. This was not the fault of the general Hong Jingluo."
, they are unscrupulous to the people; but the rebels in Ningguo Mansion were almost killed by the general, not because he boasted about it. Therefore, the general felt that the Ming army could conquer Huizhou, but not Ningguo."
Seeing that Zhang Tianlu put the responsibility for his defeat on the people of Huizhou, Jidu was very happy and praised Zhang Tianlu greatly. For a while, the guests and the host were very happy.
As soon as the wine cleared, Hong Chengchou immediately assigned combat tasks: Zhang Yong and Li Ruchun led 20,000 troops to defend Longmen Mountain and Taiping County; Zhang Tianlu and Hu Maozhen led 20,000 troops to defend Zhengshan and Jingde County; Li Benzhen, Zhang Dayuan, and Liu Zhong led two troops.
Ten thousand guards Zishan, Qianqing Mountain and Ningguo County; Turma leads ten thousand Manchu Eight Banners and guards Shibi Mountain, Rumaling, Huayang Mountain and Wenji Mountain near Jingxian County to provide support for various places; he himself is with Jidu
Lead thousands of soldiers and station them in Jing County.
Hong Chengchou did not take Xuancheng, which was governed by Ningguo Prefecture, as the location of his camp, but he was very foresight to set up his camp in Jingxian County. The terrain in Jingxian County is more steep than Xuancheng, and it is also closer to the mountains, making it easier to command.<
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However, Hong Chengchou mistakenly believed Zhang Tianlu. Zhang Tianlu said that he had killed all the "rebels" in Ningguo Mansion. Facts have proved that the bones of Ningguo people are just like those of Huizhou people, smelly and hard. "Rebels" are like grass.
"Wildfires never burn out, but spring breezes blow to revive them."
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Zhu Hengjia's army arrived in Jixi County, Huizhou Prefecture.
Jixi County was not captured by the Ming army, but by the rebels. In She County and in the mountains of Jixi, Pan Yongxi and Wang Bosheng rebels have been active. Over the years, no matter how bad the situation is, they have guarded their hair and clothes, and will not die.
He was willing to shave his hair and change his clothes. After hearing that King Jing of the Jianguo State defeated the Qing army, the main force of the Tatars fled north to the Ningguo State. They went out to kill the magistrate of Jixi County of the Qing Dynasty and welcomed the imperial army.
Zhu Hengjia counted the rebels hidden in the mountains and found that there were five thousand people. He was overjoyed because he was short of soldiers. After a series of bloody battles, the number of the army division was reduced to 140,000. Five thousand strong soldiers were selected from the prisoners, and these rebels were added
In addition, the troop strength has returned to 150,000. However, 10,000 troops have to be left to garrison various places, and the number of troops available for combat is still 140,000.
That night, he was thinking about concentrating his forces and marching north to attack Jingxian County. Suddenly, two great counselors, Zheng Feng and Liu Maoxia, came hand in hand.
"Eh? It's so late. Zheng Qing and Liu Qing are not sleeping and are anxious to find an orphan. What's going on?"
Zheng Feng looked excited, not as calm as usual, "Jian Guo, Yu and Xuanchu discussed a new combat strategy, please approve it!"
"Haha, Gu Zhen is very curious about what kind of strategy can make Gu Zhang Liang and Han Xin so excited that they can't sleep at night. Tell me."
Liu Maoxia said: "To supervise the country, the Qing captives now concentrate their main force in Ningguo Prefecture. The three counties of Jingxian, Taiping, Jingde, Chizhou and Taiping in the south have only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses; Ningguo County and Xuancheng County have only two
Ten thousand people. I discussed with Mr. Zheng Ge, why not divide the army into three groups? Capture Chizhou and Taiping 2nd Prefecture along the way, blocking the west and north directions of Jingxian County; capture Ningguo County and Xuancheng County all the way, blocking the eastern part of Jingxian County;
The other route is to attack the southern part of Jingxian County. In this way, Jidu and Hong Chengchou can be surrounded in Jingxian County and annihilated in one fell swoop."
After Zhu Hengjia heard this, he took a breath of cold air. A big deal, absolutely a big deal! This is to swallow up a total of 90,000 Qing troops from the three prefectures of Ningguo, Chizhou, and Taiping!
Open the military map and think about it again and again. Although this strategy is feasible, it is dangerous. To implement this plan, you must divide your troops. Hong Chengchou is sinister and vicious. Once you divide your troops, will you give him a chance to defeat each one?
On the one hand, after success, the temptation of winning the glorious military exploits of annihilating the main force of the Qing Dynasty in Jiangnan; on the other hand, there was the danger of being defeated by the enemy one by one and losing the results of the Northern Expedition. Zhu Hengjia was in a dilemma and hesitated.
Soon, he made up his mind: he divided his troops into three groups to encircle and annihilate Jidu and Hong Chengchou. This was because he received news that the righteous soldiers of Ningguo Mansion wanted to revolt in Xuancheng and Ningguo County, and cooperated with him to capture the two counties.
