The 40,000 Chang'an camp army had a high proportion of cavalry, accounting for half of it, but there were still half of the infantry, and they carried a lot of artillery. Under such circumstances, even if they hurried on, it took a month to rush from Chang'an to Zhenjiang. To be sure,
He said it was more than thirty days.
We set off from Chang'an on the seventh day of June and arrived in Zhenjiang on the tenth day of July.
This was the longest of Jia Yun's four trips south.
During this period, the Chang'an Camp used half a month to manufacture a hundred trip mines and a hundred explosive packets, which were quickly transported to Yangzhou via waterways. When Jia Yun passed through Yangzhou, he had already received these trip mines and explosive packets.
Zhenjiang City was occupied by the rebels from the Zhenjiang Camp. Jia Yun could not enter. He only saw a military general named Jiang Fu outside the city. This man was besieging Zhenjiang City under the order of Yan Yingkui, the governor of Liangjiang. Yan Yingkui had already
Went to Suzhou.
After Jia Yun met Jiang Fu, Jiang Fu told him that the rebels claimed to have an army of hundreds of thousands.
In fact, the Zhenjiang camp originally had 30,000 officers and soldiers, and the Hangzhou camp originally had more than 40,000 officers and soldiers. This time, Mei Kui led the two camps to rebel. Thousands of people from the two battalions fled, leaving only more than 20,000 in the Zhenjiang camp, and Hangzhou camp.
There are only 40,000 soldiers left in the battalion. Even among the remaining officers and soldiers, many are not willing to rebel.
Zhenjiang camp also recruited 20,000 civilians as soldiers, and Hangzhou camp also recruited 20,000 civilians as soldiers. The rebels in Zhenjiang camp were more than 20,000 officers and soldiers plus 20,000 civilians, and the rebels in Hangzhou camp were 40,000 officers and soldiers plus 20,000 civilians.
The total of 20,000 civilians can only amount to an army of 100,000. Such an army of 100,000 is obviously unstable.
Jiang Fu also told Jia Yun that he had threatened Mu Zhi's family members, but it didn't work.
The four princes and eight princes must have part of their family members living in the imperial palace in Shenjing City, and the eldest son is the most important. Therefore, Mu Zhi had part of his family members living in Shenjing City, including his eldest son Mu Xuan.
However, Mu Xuan was a very incompetent person. When Mu Zhi decided to rebel this time, he was determined to abandon him. Anyway, Mu Zhi still had several children around him, including Mu Chi, his second son who was considered a good weapon.
Emperor Tianzhi would not give up, and asked a group of officers and soldiers from the guard camp to quickly escort Mu Zhi's family members in Shenjing City to the south of the Yangtze River and hand them over to Jiang Fu. Jiang Fu had threatened them with these family members, but to no avail.
Mei Kui did not have any family members living in Shenjing City, because he was not one of the four princes. Just like Yun Guang, although he was the military governor of Chang'an before, he did not have any family members under his care in Shenjing City.
"Your Majesty, will the Chang'an camp attack Zhenjiang City immediately?" Jiang Fu asked Jia Yun after introducing the battle situation.
Jia Yun said: "You can lead the army to surround Zhenjiang City. I will immediately lead the Chang'an camp to Suzhou."
There were many rebels defending Zhenjiang City, making it difficult to attack. Chang'an Camp did not bring any siege equipment in order to rush on the road this time.
The army of the Qing Dynasty was good at attacking cities. The Jianrui Camp stationed in Xiangshan, the western suburbs of Shenjing. This time, Emperor Tianzhi did not send the Jianrui Camp. The main reason was that the war was urgent and the distance was long, so it was inconvenient to carry it to attack the city.
instrument.
At present, Zhenjiang City only needs to be besieged, and while besieging it, it can be persuaded to surrender. If the persuasion to surrender is successful, Zhenjiang City will be able to defeat itself without attack. Naturally, this is a great thing, and it is also a great military achievement.
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Jia Yun led an army of 40,000 from the Chang'an Camp to attack Suzhou on the east bank of Taihu Lake in the southeast of Zhenjiang.
During this period, General He He led a hundred officers and soldiers, each carrying a pack of explosives, and rode away from the army together on fast horses. Jia Yun had a secret mission for them. This was also a very dangerous mission!
The 40,000 Chang'an camp troops quickly arrived outside the North City Gate of Suzhou.
The rebels from the Hangzhou Battalion and the Zhenjiang Battalion are currently mainly attacking the West Gate. There are only a few thousand rebels from the Zhenjiang Battalion distributed at the North City Gate.
After Jia Yun arrived, he did not immediately launch an attack on thousands of rebels. He first asked the 40,000 Chang'an camp troops to set up a formation. As a result, after the mighty and magnificent formation was set up, thousands of rebels were scared away!
Jia Yun: "..."
The morale of these thousands of rebels was already unstable. When the general who led the army saw the 40,000 Chang'an camp troops, he immediately became frightened. He knew that if he did not escape, he would be ruined, as well as the thousands of rebels under his banner.
military.
Jia Yun did not lead the army to pursue him. Instead, he announced his identity and the purpose of his visit outside the North City Gate. He also revealed the imperial edict. Not long after, Yan Yingkui, the governor of Liangjiang who was guarding the city, walked out of the North City Gate and came to Jia Yun.
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Naturally, the counterattack in Jiangnan this time included not only the Chang'an Camp, but also the officers and soldiers of Jiangnan, led by Yan Yingkui, the governor of Liangjiang and Qin Houxiang, the admiral of Jiangnan. In fact, in March this year, Emperor Tianzhi promoted Qin Houxiang to the admiral of Jiangnan to prevent the Mu family from rebelling.
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The Governor of Liangjiang is in charge of the military, civil and financial affairs of the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi. Although he is only a second-grade civil official, he will be given the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Right Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, that is, from the first-grade civil official. This kind of additional title
It was to allow the governor of Liangjiang to control local military power and supervise local officials.
Among the many governors of the Qing Dynasty, only two governors had the title of Minister of the Ministry of War and the title of Yushi of the Imperial Palace. One was the governor of Liangjiang, and the other was the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The former was Yan Yingkui, and the latter was Jing Zhan.
Rong. Other governors can only add the title of right minister of the Ministry of War and the title of right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This also shows that the status of the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu is very high.
Yan Yingkui and Jia Yun introduced the relevant battle situation in detail. According to him, Jiangnan Admiral Qin Houxiang was leading his army to besiege Hangzhou City, and the rebels had been attacking Suzhou City for a month, and many people on both sides had died.
Even so, after the Hangzhou Camp and Zhenjiang built a rebellion, Yan Yingkui, who was stationed in Jinling, was able to quickly go to the front line, personally go to the front line, and firmly defend Suzhou City for so long under the attack of a large number of rebels. This can be considered a meritorious service.
Jia Yun told Yan Yingkui his tactics, and Yan Yingkui agreed with his tactics.
This made Jia Yun happy. Although he was not only the governor of Chang'an but also the prince and king, and his status was higher than that of Yan Yingkui. But in this counter-rebellion, Yan Yingkui, the governor of Liangjiang with the title of Minister of War, had a higher status than him.
Gao. He didn't want the two to have a tactical conflict this time, and Yan Yingkui was trying to command him.
Yan Yingkui had just been appointed as the governor of Liangjiang. The recent scandal involving corrupt officials in the Lianghuai Salt Industry soliciting money for crimes had not affected him. If it had affected him, he would probably have a grudge against Jia Yun. And Yan Yingkui also knew that there would be no future for him.
Under the emperor's will, he had no right to command Jia Yun this time to suppress the rebellion. Yan Yingkui did not underestimate Jia Yun's youth, because Jia Yun was a martial artist and had sufficient official qualifications. In addition, he also believed that Jia Yun was young.
Yun's tactical arrangement is reasonable.
According to Jia Yun's tactics, he did not lead the Chang'an camp army into Suzhou City, but took a detour to the west gate of Suzhou City.
On the way, Jia Yun carefully observed the terrain.
When they arrived near the west city gate, the Chang'an camp encountered a large number of rebels from the Hangzhou camp and the Zhenjiang camp. A large number of rebels hurriedly set up a defensive posture.
This time Jia Yun still did not launch an attack immediately, and once again let the 40,000 Chang'an camp army launch a mighty and magnificent formation.
Immediately, under his arrangement, five hundred archers stepped forward.
"shoot!"
Each archer shot an arrow in the direction of the rebels. Each arrow was tied with a piece of paper, and each piece of paper had some words written on it...
A total of five hundred arrows, carrying five hundred pieces of paper, were fired densely in the direction of the rebels.
This scene made the rebels dumbfounded. The distance between the two armies was not very close, and these arrows could not cause any damage to the rebels. The scene looked strange and funny, just like two groups of people were fighting, and one of them
People punched the air from a distance...
This strange and funny wave was not over yet. When the five hundred arrows were shot, under Jia Yun's order, the Chang'an camp army retreated, and the rebels were even more dumbfounded.
However……
The rebels in the Hangzhou Camp are currently led by Mu Chi and Sun Shixin. Among them, Mu Chi is the second son of Mu Zhi. Mu Zhi's eldest son Mu Xuan is very incompetent, but the second son Mu Chi is regarded as a capable person and he became a soldier when he was young.
He began to train in the army and achieved military exploits. This was one of the reasons why Mu Zhi cruelly gave up his eldest son Mu Xuan. Sun Shixin was the deputy general of the Hangzhou Battalion and Mu Zhi's confidant. He was both civil and military, brave and resourceful.
The rebels in the Zhenjiang Camp are currently led by Mei He and Gu Zhichong. Among them, Mei He is Mei Kui's eldest son, and Gu Zhichong is the deputy general of the Zhenjiang Camp and is Mei Kui's confidant.
When the Chang'an camp army retreated, Mu Chi, Sun Shixin, Mei He, and Gu Zhichong saw the paper tied to the arrows. The words on the paper made the four people either angry or shocked...
This is a letter of surrender!
He wrote four points: first, Zhenjiang City has been breached; second, 40,000 Chang'an camp troops have arrived, and more troops are coming to suppress the rebellion. This rebellion will definitely fail; third, those who do not surrender will
The whole family will be executed and those who surrender will be given a lighter punishment. Fourthly, the Mu and Mei families rebelled for their own selfish desires. It would be extremely stupid for the rebel officers and soldiers to die as a result and the entire family to be executed.
This surrender letter was written by Jia Yun himself before leaving Zhenjiang. He found some subordinates who were both good at writing and trustworthy, including Cao Wu, and copied a total of 500 copies, some of which were copied by Jia Yun himself.
Because Jia Yun knew that the morale of the rebels was unstable this time.
This surrender letter is an attempt to attack the rebels' already unstable military morale!
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The 40,000 Chang'an camp troops, after dropping 500 surrender letters with the same content, retreated into a vast field. At this time of year, the field was lush and green.
Jia Yun carefully observed the terrain and found that this field was suitable for his subsequent tactical deployment.
Under Jia Yun's arrangement, 10,000 officers and soldiers were stationed in the front to guard, and 30,000 troops retreated to the rear. In the middle area, with the road as the center, mines, also known as trip mines, were planted. There were more than 300 trip mines in total, all of which were
planted within this area.
While Jia Yun was quietly planting landmines, the rebels were in chaos.
Five hundred copies of the surrender letter were sent, and the content of the surrender letter could not be concealed. It soon spread throughout the rebel army, and the already unstable military morale became even more unstable.
As a result, some officers and soldiers from Zhenjiang Camp fled to find Chang'an Camp to surrender. Some military attachés even fled and surrendered. Many of them had family members in Zhenjiang City. Driven by these deserters from Zhenjiang Camp, many soldiers from Hangzhou Camp also fled and surrendered.
People become deserters...
By the time a few leading figures forcibly stopped the escape, thousands of people were already missing.
Even several leading figures had differences and disputes.
Mu Chi, Sun Shixin, and Gu Zhichong all believed that what was written in the surrender letter was untrue and Zhenjiang City should not have been breached.
And Mei He, Mei Kui's eldest son, somewhat believed in the letter of persuasion. He was not very courageous to begin with. He was already afraid of this rebellion, but now he is even more afraid. So he couldn't wait to return to Zhenjiang City, and if Mei Kui was captured, he would rescue him.
If Zhenjiang City is not captured, we will defend the city.
Mu Chi believes that the arrival of Chang'an Camp's army means that the rebels have lost the chance to capture Suzhou City. The rebels should fight Chang'an Camp. This battle is inevitable. If they win, it will dampen the imperial court's arrogance in countering the rebellion.
Feng Biao agreed with Mu Chi's point of view.
This Feng Biao was a general in Chang'an camp and was very loyal to the Yun family. When Jia Yun captured Chang'an camp, Feng Biao took his family with him and used the escape route he had prepared long ago to escape without a trace. In fact, he was
He ran to Hangzhou and joined Mu Zhi, the king of Dongping County, and rebelled with him this time.
At present, Feng Biao agrees to fight with Chang'an Camp, with his own selfish desires. This selfish desire is to kill Jia Yun to avenge himself and the Yun family.
Sun Shixin believes that there should be no war. It is difficult to win a war, and even if it is won, it will be a miserable victory. The rebels cannot afford such losses at the moment. They should resist the Chang'an camp and go to Zhenjiang to defend Zhenjiang. Later, Hangzhou and Zhenjiang will be the two major strongholds.
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Gu Zhichong agreed with Sun Shixin's view.
After a dispute, the final decision was to have a battle with Chang'an camp first. If the battle did not go well this time, we would then decide what to do next.
The time for the battle is set for tomorrow morning!
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It's getting dark.
Many of the rebel officers and soldiers who surrendered have been taken into custody by Chang'an Camp.
Five hundred copies of the surrender letter were sent out, and the effect was better than Jia Yun expected. It made the rebels' already unstable military morale even more unstable, and also suddenly caused many rebel officers and soldiers to flee and surrender, and these deserters
, which in turn made the rebels' military morale even more unstable.
The night sky on the vast fields looks particularly vast.
Under the cover of night, Jia Yun stood in the fields, with a heroic appearance and a majestic air. Against the backdrop of the densely packed Chang'an camp officers and soldiers, he already had the demeanor of a general. However, he was a young general.
This youth also makes him look magical.
He raised his head and looked at the round and bright moon in the night sky, and the words "I hope we will live forever, and share the beauty of the moon thousands of miles apart" came to his mind. He couldn't help but miss his family members who were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers at this moment.
The beauty to be married, the beautiful, dignified, reserved and steady Sister Bao.
Across thousands of rivers and mountains, Xue Baochai prayed in the city of Shenjing that he would be safe and come back victorious, and was looking forward to a wedding night with him. At this moment, he was also looking forward to a wedding night with her, and that he could put down the rebellion as soon as possible.
, returned with a great victory.
He withdrew his gaze from the moon and looked towards the middle area of the field, where more than 300 trip mines had been planted and were quietly waiting for something...