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Chapter 293 The Brave Green Camp

"A night attack out of the city?"

Xu Yong, the commander-in-chief of Huangzhou, came to attend the military meeting. When he heard that Luck Dehunbeile had arrived in Anqing, he was very excited. But when he heard that the governor He Mingluan wanted to send him out of the city to attack the enemy camp at night, he couldn't help but stand up.

"Now there are more than 100,000 Ming troops outside the city besieging the city, and we only have 3,000 troops. Isn't this a meat bun beating a dog?"

"Baylor has arrived in Anqing, why not wait?"

He Mingluan said helplessly, "To be honest, Prince Shuncheng's dispatch of troops from Jiangning to the west did not go smoothly. It has been twenty-two days since Jiangning to Anqing."

The journey from Nanjing to Anqing is only 600 miles, and it is also by water. Why did it take twenty-two days?

There is still about 600 miles of waterway from Anqing to Qizhou. If they walk for another 22 days, they will never wait for reinforcements to arrive.

Why did it take so long?

This is a child without a mother. It’s a long story. In the final analysis, it has something to do with Lu Jianguo’s Yangtze River defense and counterattack strategy. When Pingnan General Le Ke Dehun and Hong Chengchou left Jiangning, they led the 18,000 Banners to the upper reaches of Wuchang.

Go for reinforcements.

As a result, things have not gone smoothly since leaving Jiangning City.

First there was insufficient food and grass, and then there were not enough boats. When the team finally set off, they were repeatedly attacked by Yangtze River bandits on the Yangtze River. They stopped several times in Taiping, Wuhu and other places, and were attacked one after another along the way.

A lot of ships, grain and fodder were damaged. Hong Chengchou and Luck Dehun had to recruit civilians and collect grain and fodder on the spot. They replenished the ships and finally passed Taiping Prefecture. However, the Ming troops in Chizhou and Anqing Prefecture in front of them were attacking like a wave.

The Green Camp was almost left defenseless.

Or it’s not that there is no place to parry, because the Green Camp has basically not fought against the Ming army. They have been running exhausted, but they are always one step behind. The Anhui Ming army, led by Huang Daozhou and Jin Sheng, attacked Tongling and stationed in Guichi

The Green Camp rushed north for reinforcements, but when they arrived at Tongling, they found that the Ming army had already finished its battle and retreated.

Then they wrote victory reports to Jiangning in Tongling, bragging about their military exploits and how they fought against the Ming army and drove them back. However, an urgent report came from Guichi and the Ming army surrounded Guichi again.

The empty Guichi was captured again before the Qing army returned for reinforcements.

By the time the green camps in Anqing, Tongling, and Guichi gathered together and marched into the deserted Guichi City again, Zheng Zunqian had already taken advantage of the boat and quickly crossed the river to the north bank, joined the Ming army on the north bank, and launched a fierce offensive against Anqing.

Tunnels and blasting.

Anqing, an important town on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, fell unexpectedly.

The green camps of the Qing army in Anqing, Huizhou and other prefectures, just as the governor Liu Yingbin said to Yan Wogong in Jiangning City, except for the admiral Zhang Tianlu's soldiers who can manage a little bit, there are several other green camps of the general soldiers, including those of the Jiang Navy.

Several battalions of sailors are not only seriously short of personnel, but also have extremely low combat effectiveness.

These were basically the Ming armies deployed by the original Hongguang Dynasty, which turned into Qing armies. Some of them were under the command of the original Zuo Liangyu, and many of them were rogues.

At first, Tongling could be said to have been mishandled, but in the subsequent times, it became clear that the Green Camp in Anhui and other places had done this deliberately, knowing full well that the Ming army was tough and dared to fight, had water advantages, could maneuver quickly, and had sharp firecrackers and artillery.

, so they didn’t bother to work hard.

What's more, the imperial court has owed them money for a long time. Since Huang Daozhou became the governor of Anhui, the Ming army's strength in the upper reaches has expanded rapidly. Anyway, the county town has been repeatedly lost.

I would like to be more active.

My salary and money are all being dragged down, and I rely on my daily side business of smuggling or robbery. Why do you want me to fight the Ming army desperately?

This is just like when they were still soldiers under the Ming Dynasty. When thieves like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were roaming freely, they could avoid it whenever they could. When the Qing army went south, they surrendered directly and fought desperately.

It's impossible to fight tooth and nail.

Huang Daozhou and other Anhui Ming troops seemed to have reached a private tacit understanding with these Green Camps. The Ming troops rarely took the initiative to attack the city defenses where the Green Camps were located. They usually diverted the tigers away from the mountains, and the Green Camps were very cooperative.

Everyone tries not to fight head-on. Today, your Ming army captures my city. Tomorrow, I, the Green Battalion, will quickly defeat the Ming army and recover it. You come back and forth with me. Successful reports are frequent. I ask for credit and reward. In fact, everyone knows what is going on.

The local gentry and common people are now used to it. Anyway, most of them in the city have shaved their heads, but most of them in the countryside have not.

The Green Camp tried their best not to go to the countryside, and the Ming Army did not try to take advantage of the Green Camp. They even occasionally smuggled salt, food, ordnance and other things in private. If there was money, everyone could make money together.

It was under this situation that Baile decided to march westward and headed up the river.

Then the Ming army also broke the original calm and launched attacks on cities on both sides of the Yangtze River one after another. Although the Green Camp was a little annoyed that they did not follow the rules, no one in the Green Camp was willing to stand up and attack the Ming army.

They ran east and west, chasing the Ming army everywhere. They recovered this place today and captured that place tomorrow. Successful reports continued to come out frequently.

However, the actual situation is that Huang Daozhou, Zheng Zunqian, Liu Dadao and other Anhui Ming troops are attacking cities and plundering land everywhere along the upper reaches. Every time a city is broken, the city walls are demolished to fill the city, and then all the ships, grain, grass, and craftsmen are taken away.

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In addition, on the Yangtze River, the water divisions of Anhui's water camp and the imperial camp also cooperated in the operation, intercepting and following the Qing army in the Western Expedition, and constantly harassing them.

It originally only took a few days to reach Anqing, but it took Luck Dehun twenty-two days to reach Anqing. He even suffered serious losses in the grain and grass he carried and had to resupply along the coast. But now it is very difficult to resupply.

He had to spend more time sending troops further inland to collect food and grass, and even had to find ways to find ships to supplement the losses of transport ships.

Luck Dehun led an elite force of 10,000 troops from the Eight Banners who thought they were invincible, but they were useless because the Ming army did not defend the city.

Even in important towns like Anqing, the Ming army would move the tiger away from the mountain and then sneak in, capture Hou Laosan, and then quickly evacuate to the Yinghuo Mountain area.

When Luck Dehun entered Anqing,

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Huang Ding, the commander-in-chief of Anqing, Bu Congshan, the commander-in-chief of Wuhu, Hu Maozhen, the commander-in-chief of Ningguo, Li Zhongxing, the commander-in-chief of Huizhou, Yu Yongshou, the commander-in-chief of Chizhou, and Taiping commander who restored Anqing first.

Soldiers Zhang Yingmeng and the six general soldiers, with more than 20,000 green battalions, reported the victory to Luck Dehun and asked for rewards.

Luckard was so angry that he wanted to draw a knife and kill someone.

Hong Jinglue's face turned pale with anger.

The food and grass we originally carried were enough to get to Wuchang, but now the journey took several times longer than expected. We ran out of food and grass already. We replenished them several times along the way, but there was still not much food. We still expected to be able to get there in the important town of Anqing.

After replenishing your supplies, you can go straight to Wuchang.

But what Huang Ding and others gave them was an empty Anqing city. After the Ming army invaded the city, they emptied the treasury. Then the Qing army's green camp came. They robbed the wealthy gentry in the city again, and then blamed it on the Ming Dynasty.

On top of the army.

In Anqing City now, not only are the city walls full of gaps, the water camp has long been destroyed, and there is no food in the city.

Luck Dehun had no choice but to forcefully seize a batch of grain from the Green Camp in Huangding and other six towns, and then sent people to transfer grain to nearby Jiujiang and Luzhou.

Without food and grass, the 10,000 most elite Eight Banners could only march in Anqing and Huaining, unable to advance even half a step westward.

He Mingluan and others did not expect to receive such news. This news was only sent to Qizhou, which was besieged by the Qing army spies, after all the hard work.

"If we want to hold on until Baylor's reinforcements arrive, we have to leave the city and fight, otherwise we won't be able to hold on for three days." Zukofa coughed.

"Why don't we simply abandon the city and break out to Huangzhou? There are still five thousand soldiers there. If our two armies are united, we have a greater chance of defending a city." Xu Yong suggested.

"If you retreat directly, you won't be able to escape the pursuit of one hundred thousand Ming troops. When the soldiers are bent on escaping, they will inevitably collapse. There will be no bones left for us. We can only survive after being put to death. The only chance now is the Ming troops outside."

Although there are many people, but the mob gathers together, there is a very small chance that they can be defeated!"

"If my injury hadn't healed, I would have personally led the night attack, but now I can only hope that General Xu will show his might and save me," Zukofa said.

Xu Yong felt that Zukefa's words made sense. The Ming army outside was numerous but mixed, but such a ragtag army had a high chance of being stunned rather than defeated.

But it is also very likely that as soon as he goes out, he will be surrounded by the Ming army.

"General Xu, the soldiers and civilians in Qizhou all depend on you!" He Mingluan handed over his hand.

Seeing that he was not responding, Zu Kefa coughed and said irritably, "There are rumors outside that General Xu secretly had secret meetings with the Ming army outside the city. Could it be that they have promised General Xu a high official and a generous salary? General Xu's heart is in the city."

Out?"

"Don't spit blood!" Xu Yong looked at Zukofa, who was coughing and still had blood stains on the corner of his mouth, and made a pun.

"If General Xu really wants to surrender, why don't you admit it openly. In the current situation, if General Xu really has this idea, Qizhou cannot be defended. Then we won't bother to struggle. You just tie us up in Kaicheng.

That’s it.”

Xu Yong said, "Since the situation is so critical, we naturally have to struggle for survival. Even if it is extremely dangerous, we can only survive once. When the ugly words come to the front, it is time for us to do it together. It is best for everyone to work together."

, let’s go shoulder to shoulder together, we can’t lead my brothers to charge into a hundred thousand Ming army outside the city, while the others are watching the fun at the top of the city, right?”

"General Xu, if you have any requests, just tell me."

Xu Yong glanced at Zu Kefa and said, "General Zu Yonglie, the son of General Zu Yonglie, is really brave because he is seriously injured and is not suitable to lead the army. I think it is better to just let him lead the army."

Please invite your son to act as our commander-in-chief and lead three thousand of your troops to fight together, while the remaining one thousand will be led by Lord Fuyuan to guard the city."

"Success or failure depends on this battle, how about it?" Xu Yong said bluntly.

Zukofa hesitated.

But He Mingluan had already agreed. Although Zu Kefa said that Xu Yong was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, without evidence, he could only choose to believe Xu Yong for the time being in order to overcome this difficulty.

"I'll ask two fierce generals, Xu and Zu, to go out of the city with 3,000 tiger warriors and attack the enemy camp at night. After the success, I will personally go to the court to ask for your merits!"


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