"What do sentry cavalry do for a living? How could they be killed by Qinglu cavalry right in front of them without any reward?"
At this time, Geng Jingzhong was shocked, angry and scared!
Shocked by the sudden attack of the Qing cavalry!
Angry at the waste of one's own Sentinel Cavalry!
I felt scared because I was attacked by the Qing Dynasty cavalry!
The emotions are extremely complicated!
However, despite the intense mood changes, Geng Jingzhong was not so flustered that he was at a loss.
At the same time, he ordered his reserve team to go up and resist the first assault of the Qing cavalry.
Then he ordered the Jingnan Army, which was attacking Jinhua, to shrink its troops and retreat.
Prepare to meet the enemy!
The cavalry of the Qing army galloped forward, and the fine cavalry of the reserve team of the Jingnan army also rode up to meet them.
The cavalry from both sides crossed each other, and the shouts of killing rang out!
Men and men, horses and horses collided fiercely, swords clashed, and bowstrings trembled.
The Jingnan Army troops that were attacking the city also began to shrink their forces and withdrew towards their own camp.
At this moment, the gates of Jinhua City opened, and hundreds of elite cavalry rushed out of the city, heading straight for the rear flank of the Jingnan Army.
Jinhua could not be conquered for a long time, our own side suffered heavy losses, and the morale of the Jingnan Army was already low.
Now that reinforcements from the Qing army arrived, and the Qing troops in Jinhua City took the initiative to leave the city, the morale of the Jingnan army collapsed instantly.
The rear wing was suddenly attacked, and countless soldiers of the Jingnan Army dropped their weapons, turned around and fled.
The Qing cavalry plowed through the Jingnan army formation, the horses charged and trampled, slashed with sharp sabers, and stabbed with spears.
Everywhere he passed, corpses lay prone!
Geng Jingzhong's expression changed drastically, knowing that he had lost this battle in Jinhua.
Under such circumstances, still insisting on fighting is the stupidest behavior.
Geng Jingzhong’s Jingnan Army does not have this resilience!
He decisively ordered the withdrawal of troops.
He released all the cavalry he had on hand to cover the battlefield and cover his defeated troops to reduce their strength.
The cavalry of the Qing Army and the Jingnan Army fought fiercely and staggered on the battlefield, and the battle situation became temporarily stalemate.
Geng Jingzhong quickly gathered the defeated troops and withdrew towards Lishui in the rear.
…
The development of the war situation affects the whole body. Geng Jingzhong's small defeat in Jinhua was like the beginning.
In other words, it’s the beginning of Waterloo!
The two Jingnan armies in Taizhou and Quzhou also suffered setbacks and were forced to withdraw after the Qing army's reinforcements arrived.
Reinforcements mobilized by the Qing army from Jiangbei and Huguang in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, and joined the Jiangnan Green Camp. The army moved south and launched a fierce counterattack.
The situation of the battle suddenly took a turn for the worse!
The Jingnan Army could only barely maintain the front line at Lishui and barely support the attack.
There is no way to fight back!
What made Geng Jingzhong feel most distressed was that after his troops entered the south of the Yangtze River, the attitudes of those who had surrendered after seeing that the war situation was slightly unfavorable to him, Geng Jingzhong, began to change.
Hooked up with the Qing army going south!
Moreover, the war situation in Jiangxi at the rear is also full of bad news.
After the Qing troops in Jiangxi realized that Geng Jingzhong had directed his attack in Jiangnan instead of Jiangxi, they became frightened.
The main force of the Jingnan Army is not here, so what the heck are they afraid of!
The troops originally scattered across various places and used to defend the place were concentrated and launched a counterattack towards Fujian.
Geng Jingzhong's troops left in Fujian were limited, and it was difficult to resist the Qing's counterattack.
The only way is to gather troops and garrison important state capitals and strategic locations.
The remaining less important cities and vast rural areas were selectively abandoned by Geng Jingzhong, completely exposed to the Qing army's front.
News of lost cities and land kept coming from the rear, making Geng Jingzhong even more worried.
The war situation is not good!
Before starting the army, he thought very well.
The troops marched into the south of the Yangtze River, cut off the Yangtze River, and then used the south of the Yangtze River as the basis to plan major events.
But, in reality, this little girl slapped him directly.
It means you want to be beautiful!
When he first sent troops to Jiangnan, the battle was going smoothly.
Wherever the army passed, it was almost determined by the message, and the place surrendered.
But a big defeat outside Jinhua City made him realize that things were not that simple.
After the defeat of Jinhua, the series of troop withdrawals and the bad news from the rear gave Geng Jingzhong a wake-up call.
The world is a big game of chess, and he, Geng Jingzhong, wants to be a chess player, but he obviously doesn't have enough rank.
If it hadn't been for the rebellion, there really would be no regrets.
As long as the flag is raised, there is only one way to go.
Geng Jingzhong now wants to return to the embrace of the Qing Dynasty and become a loyal minister and filial son of the Qing Dynasty!
…
Cai Yaozu quickly returned to Fuzhou, and then learned the unfavorable news about the battle situation on the front line.
Worrying, I hurried on three minutes faster.
He met Geng Jingzhong at Zhuhong, the Jingnan Army Camp outside Lishui City!
Now Geng Jingzhong has long lost the high-spiritedness he had when he first launched his army some time ago, and instead has some twilight energy about him.
His eyes were red and bloodshot, and his face was slightly pale, looking like he was tired from not getting enough rest.
After seeing Cai Yaozu, Geng Jingzhong's expression perked up and he hurriedly asked.
"How about it?"
"What did the Ming court in Guangzhou say?"
Geng Jingzhong was very excited. Now that the war situation in Jiangnan was deteriorating, the only one who had the ability to save him was the Ming Dynasty in Guangzhou.
Cai Yaozu told Zhu Hongyu's conditions with an ugly face.
After hearing Zhu Hongyu's conditions, Geng Jingzhong also took a breath of air.
Good guy, Zhu Hongyu is going to cut off half of his Fujian province in one fell swoop!
If it were just one or two state capitals, Geng Jingzhong might have gritted his teeth and agreed.
It is still very profitable to use one or two state capitals in exchange for Ming Dynasty to send troops to help him share the pressure.
However, Daming is too greedy!
I will take away half of his Fujian in one breath!
Geng Jingzhong simply couldn't agree.
Even if he could trade his land for warships, he couldn't agree.
"impossible!"
"This is absolutely impossible!"
"This king will never agree to such conditions!"
"Mr. Cai, please go to Guangzhou again and have a good talk with the Ming Dynasty's supervisor!"
"Just say that I can cede Zhangzhou Prefecture and Longyan Prefecture to the Ming Dynasty, but Quanzhou Prefecture and Yanping Prefecture absolutely cannot!"
In fact, for Geng Jingzhong, Quanzhou Prefecture may still be able to negotiate!
As long as Daming is willing to bid, it will be sold!
But Yanping Prefecture definitely can’t!
Because, geographically speaking, Yanping Prefecture is the center of Fujian.
And there is Tingzhou Prefecture sandwiched between Yanping Prefecture and Longyan Prefecture!
If he cedes Yanping Mansion, Tingzhou Mansion may not be able to keep it.
Really, most of Fujian is gone!
Cai Yaozu bowed to accept the order and prepared to go out to deliver the order.
At this moment, a messenger suddenly rushed in from outside the tent, panting and reporting.
"Urgent report! Urgent report!"
"The Jiangxi Qing Dynasty army sent troops from Ningdu Prefecture, broke into Tingzhou Prefecture, swept through the prefectures and counties, and marched towards Fuzhou!"
"Our army retreated 200 miles with no reckoning of casualties."
"The remaining soldiers and horses retreated to the Yanping Mansion area to set up defenses and prepare to meet the Qing army!"
The messenger brought extremely bad news to Geng Jingzhong.
Tingzhou city was destroyed!
The Qing army from Jiangxi entered Fujian!
The news of the defeat in the rear gave Geng Jingzhong a bolt from the blue again!
My head is buzzing.
Originally, his battle situation in Jiangnan was not smooth. The main attack on Jinhua failed, and the three armies had no choice but to retreat to Lishui and set up defenses, preparing to resist the Qing army's troops heading south.
Now there is another problem in the rear. Jiangxi Qing army broke through Tingzhou Prefecture and entered Fujian!
If Fuzhou falls, then Geng Jingzhong will be completely doomed!