"In March and April, the Red Thief was first satisfied with Taiping and turmoil in Taiwan. He also led more than ten camps including Liu Juehu to attack Zhejiang. Huangyan and Xianjuejue were all harmed by them, and countless officials and civilians were captured. Fortunately, the general Wu Hongchuan clan was defeated in Xianju. Although he was slightly defeated in Xianju, he immediately retreated to Jinyun, defeated the Red Thief at the city, and took Fu Xianju County. The people in central Zhejiang were very determined, and these were all the achievements of their brothers' planning. Since then, the situation in Zhejiang has changed." (Excerpt from a collection of letters from He Guiqing and others)

"At that time, the people who attacked Jinyun were the most elite dragon spears, the Red Slayer, the Rock, Niu Dao and other camps. They all over the mountains and fields. They saw red flags for 10 or 20 miles, and dozens of heavy artillery were carried. They were surrounded by Xianju. There were many good people in Jinyun. At that time, the magistrate of Jinyun was afraid of the enemy like a tiger. Before the thief arrived, he abandoned the city and left the countryside. The whole county was shattered. Fortunately, the military general Hong Chuan was not afraid of the battle. Although he was killed by the 17th century, he still led the crowd to resist guarding and killing the thief. The thief attacked the city for two days, and charged for more than 40 times, with corpses like a mountain. The leader was Zhou Xiuying, who was the female thief in Shanghai Xiaodaohui, and led more than 2,000 bandit soldiers to defeat our official army repeatedly. Today, he was finally defeated by me...

After several days of fierce battle, the thief burned more than 2,000 corpses under the city and left with tears. When the general Wushen saw the enemy retreat, he immediately led his troops to attack and chased and rushed to the outside of Xianju County. The red thief fled. Our soldiers were infuriated and took advantage of the opportunity to enter the county. There were many corpses of the enemy. Soon, the red thief broke out again. Our soldiers temporarily retreated and only cut off their heads to more than 50 levels..." (Zhuzhou Town, the clerk, defended Jinyun and recovered Xianju County, the middle-level palace)

"In the fifth year of Xianfeng, the Red thieves repeatedly succeeded in central and northern Fujian. Fortunately, the general Jinxian of the Wushen General Jinxian won a great victory, and the whole Zhejiang people were determined!" (Excerpted from the reactionary book "Draft History of Qing Dynasty")

"It must be noted that the Chinese reactionary ruling class represented by Liu Chang and their ruling tools never take the initiative to mention this Jinxian Battle, as if this battle did not exist. Only a few books quoted the original war report claiming that the Wu Hongchuan Department of Chuzhou Town and killed a member of the Wu Shen General was another lie fabricated by the Chinese reactionary army. As we all know, the Wu Hongchuan General was on the front line of fighting with the Red Troops for a long time and repeatedly defeated the Red Troops. This was only the first time he was "shot" by the Red Troops!

According to the palace mid-range and other materials at that time, it can be verified that at that time, the Red thief Liu Juehu mobilized all the elite troops, including all the main infantry battalions and a large number of auxiliary troops, in an attempt to rush to Central Zhejiang. However, this time, the vicious plan was defeated by the brave Jinyun soldiers and civilians led by Wu Hongchuan. The Red Thief had to pay the price of more than 3,000 deaths and flee back to his peaceful lair in a mess!" (edited by the Foreign Propaganda Department of the American People's Federation, Bai Siwen's seventh chapter of "A True Red China" "History of the Chinese Team Weaving with Lies", reactionary materials, confiscated by the Shanghai Municipal Culture Department)

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But for the Hongjun, they quickly forgot the so-called "Jinxian Victory" or the so-called "Jinxian Battle" behind their minds, and they remember only one thing more clearly.

In fact, even Liu Chang remembered it very clearly. At that time, he received a report from the Dragon Spear Battalion: "Niu Dao Company has withdrawn!"

Now that the Dragon Gun Battalion has withdrawn from Xianju County, he has responded to the Niu Dao. In order to express his commendation of the military achievements, Liu Chang personally rode his white horse to guard the intersection, waiting for the Niu Dao Company to withdraw.

It had just rained lightly and the road became a little muddy. Liu Chang asked Huo Qiu beside him, "Niu Dao's retreat should be smooth, right? Didn't he suffer any losses?"

Huo Qiu told him: "I have never heard of this, but I heard that there were many Qing Yao coming from Jinyun. Chuzhou Town used all the strength to suck. Niu Dao even retreated carefully! What's the sound?"

Liu Chang also raised his ears, and he hesitated, "It seems like the sound of horse hooves. Is the Qing Yao horse team here?"

After a while, a large group of horses appeared in front of Liu Chang. Liu Chang looked from a distance and the first person he saw was Zhou Xiuying riding on the horse wearing a tight clothes and carrying a sabre. But the next moment he was surprised: "There are so many military horses!"

He saw that Zhou Xiuying's savagery was almost riding on the horse. They got at least seventy or eighty horses. Although they were all shorter Mongolian horses, the quality of the horse seemed to be average, but Liu Chang didn't know when Zhou Xiuying's savagery turned into a horse team.

"What's going on? What's going on?" Liu Chang turned around and asked Huo Qiu: "Why do we have an extra horse team?"

He could see that Zhou Xiuying's Niu Dao Company was not a real horse team, but just some infantry riding on Mongolian horses. However, with such a unit, Liu Chang had an additional mobile unit.

Of course, the cavalry of these infantrymen is comparable to that of Liu Chang. Only a few people like Zhou Xiuying and others can skillfully control the war horses. Liu Chang looked at Zhou Xiuying and suddenly felt a feeling.

She was charged on the horse with a sabre, probably very heroic, right?

"Where did the war horses come from?" Liu Chang's tone was filled with surprise: "There are not so many military horses in our entire Hongjun?"

"It was seized!" Zhou Xiuying told Liu Chang: "When we retreated, we found a military horse farm in Chuzhou Town. It was not large in size, and the green camp soldiers inside were almost running, but they still paid more than seventy horses."

"Okay, okay!" Liu Chang didn't expect Niu Daolian to have such an unexpected gain: "This time you have made a fortune!"

Zhou Xiuying also had a smile on her face. She rode on the horse as relaxed as if she was on the flat ground: "Check, you have to give us the military pay at least twice!"

Raising horses is not an easy task. Liu Chang is very clear about this. The cost of raising a horse is enough to raise several infantry soldiers. But the next moment, Liu Chang decided to hit Zhou Xiuying first: "Leave you sixty horses, two platoons."

Zhou Xiuying was so angry that she waved the saberata in her hand: "Check, it's unfair to deal with it. This military horse was seized by our Niu Dao Company with great effort. How can we transfer it to other companies?"

She looked quite good when she was angry, and Liu Chang was in a good mood: "When the next batch of Minni rifles and revolvers arrive, I will leave a batch for your company."

Zhou Xiuying's smile suddenly bloomed: "Really?"

"real!"

The Niu Dao Company's cavalry and infantry were accelerating their speed under the leadership of Zhou Xiuying. They began to run, and the infantry walking fast could keep up with the speed of the cavalry, which surprised Liu Chang.

But after a closer look, he found that the cavalry was walking and stopping, and from time to time, waiting for the infantry to catch up. Huo Qiu said to Liu Chang next to him: "If there is a cavalry team in this battle, it would be great that Qing Yao could not run away. Shouldn't Niu Dao Company be expanded into a battalion? In that case, there will be only one infantry company and one cavalry company, just right!"

"I heard that Lu Ziyun is one of the twin clouds in Nanxi!" Liu Chang also spoke casually: "As soon as Lu Ziyun left, there was one cloud missing in Nanxi."

Huo Qiu and Liu Chang said it very directly: "Zhou Xiuying, I can let Niu Dao Company and the Horse Team go, but Lu Ziyun keeps it for me. I like this person. I let him be the company commander of the third company of Nanxi."

Lu Ziyun has such a great face. Huo Qiu doesn't even want Niu Dao and the horse team, just like this Lu Ziyun stays in Nanxi Camp.

Liu Chang had his own thoughts: "I haven't decided yet, so it may not be done according to your method, but Lu Ziyun will definitely keep it for you!"

However, Liu Chang smiled again: "It took a lot of energy to attack Xianju and Jinyun this time, and in the end, it was worth mentioning this horse team!"

Liu Chang said the truth. In terms of the results of the battle, the battle of Xianjin was not worth mentioning. He originally wanted to fight an annihilation war, but in the end he wiped out three or four hundred Qing soldiers. The rest of the Qing army fled and did not let the Hongjun find any advantage at all.

However, Huo Qiu was very curious: "Check, what did you want to do when you attack Xianju this time? Now that the war is over, it's time to show your bottom!"

Liu Chang smiled mysteriously: "You will know in a few days!"

Although the battle did not achieve the combat goal, after a few days, the entire Hongjun knew the real purpose of this battle. Although the battle process was a bit ugly, the Hongjun perfectly completed their mission - mobilizing the main force of Chuzhou Town in Jinyun and Xianju.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Chuzhou Town mobilized its main force to Jinyun, Ni Tingmo Ni, who had been controlling Yongjia County, suddenly dispatched the main force to attack Qingtian County, guarded by Chuzhou Town, and then continued to attack westward after capturing Qingtian County. Now the troops are heading straight towards Lishui.

Liu Chang's intention to mobilize the main force of Chuzhou Town is to cooperate with Ni Tingmo's attack. Everyone now understands it!

Now Chuzhou Town is not willing to attack Taizhou, and they are unable to protect themselves. Obviously, Ni Tingmo is planning to take down the entire Chuzhou Prefecture as his territory.

In the Red Turban Army, he was the second-ranked deputy marshal. However, in fact, after obtaining the territory of Yongjia County, his position was very embarrassing. He only had one or two thousand men under his command. This time he made up his mind to take over the territory of Chuzhou and become the second-ranked figure of the Red Turban Army.

For this reason, he even refused Qu Zhenhan's proposal to go south to attack northern Fujian, but instead recruited soldiers everywhere and expanded his troops by more than twice. However, although Yongjia County is a place where good soldiers are sent, it cannot support so many troops, so he can only march towards Chuzhou.

Now he and Liu Chang have reached an agreement that both sides benefited greatly. Liu Chang led the main force of Chuzhou Town for him, and he could conquer Qingtian County without any scruples, and then take the opportunity to take down the entire Chuzhou Prefecture.

Although Liu Chang mobilized many troops and finally achieved only a seemingly insignificant victory, he was not considered a mere war. The entire Chuzhou Town's troops were attracted by Ni Tingmo, and it was even possible to attract some reinforcements who were originally sent to Taizhou to be sent to Chuzhou. Now Liu Chang does not need to worry about his flanks, and he can only clean up Huangyan Town in front of him.

That’s right, it’s time to take over the whole of Taizhou!

ps: I was very moved to see that many old book friends have come back. I will strive for the fourth update tomorrow. Before the fourth update, I will ask you for a precious monthly ticket.
Chapter completed!