Tong Yanghe was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people. He spent money on the city every day to encourage the people, and tried every means to defend the city. He was so exhausted that he even lost weight. Even when he returned to the governor's office every day, he would do one thing, write Jue Ming.
Suicide note.
There was a thick pile of suicide notes.
Who would have thought that the Ming army would suddenly collapse?
Then Tian Jianxiu sent someone to ask for surrender.
He firmly didn't believe it at first, thinking that this might be a trick of the Ming army, but later he carefully sent people out of the city to check and found that the Ming army had really escaped, and Tian Jianxiu and the others were really going to surrender.
Then Li Zijing and others even tied thorns in person to plead guilty.
Tong Yanghe finally believed when he saw that after Li Zicheng's death, Li Zijing, who briefly succeeded him as Emperor Dashun, personally came to surrender.
I was overjoyed and burst into tears of excitement.
Then Xu Yong, Zuk Kefa and others arrived.
In Wuchang City, Governor Tong Yanghe was reinforced by more than 10,000 soldiers and horses such as Xu Yong, and more than 5,000 soldiers including the newly surrendered Tian Jianxiu. At that time, there were 30,000 soldiers and horses in the city, plus auxiliary soldiers and civilians.
No matter how much the city of Wuchang is besieged, we will not be afraid of it.
But at this time, the Ming army still had the ability to besiege Wuchang again. The two towns of Zhongyong and Zhongwu were defeated thousands of miles away. Not only did they escape, they also attacked and looted Changsha, Yue, and fled into Hengzhou.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the Zhongzhen Battalion retreated in panic back upstream to Badong to guard their homes.
Half of the Zhongyi Battalion surrendered to the Qing Dynasty along with Li Zijing, Tian Jianxiu and others, while the other half, led by Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yaoqi and Liu Tichun, withdrew to the Tongcheng and Pingjiang areas.
The governor Zhu Dadian, the governor Zhang Kuang, the governor Du Yinxi, and the governor Fu Shangrui were also surrounded by defeated troops and evacuated. Zhu Dadian withdrew to Changsha, Fu Shangrui withdrew to Yuezhou, Du Yinxi withdrew to Jingzhou, and Zhang Kuang withdrew to Mianyang.
Positive.
A good game of chess suddenly collapsed.
The collapse was so unbelievable that Zhu Dadian finally figured out what happened after he retreated to Changsha for several days. Qing army reinforcements did not come at all and were still in Anqing.
Huang Chaoxuan, Ma Jinzhong and others were shocked and routed the entire army.
But it was too late.
Tong Yanghe, who was writing suicide notes in Wuchang City every day, unexpectedly rose up and saw that the Ming army was defeated thousands of miles away. He began to take the initiative to attack without waiting for Qing reinforcements to arrive.
He led Xu Yong, Zu Kefa, Tian Jianxiu and others along the river and went straight to Yuezhou. At this time, Yuezhou was plundered by the rebels and set on fire, almost in ruins. Governor Pianyuan withdrew some troops to Yuezhou, and Tong
As soon as Yanghe arrived, Fu Shangrui's Fu Biao officer immediately ran away with the governor who had vowed to defend the city.
Tong Yang and his soldiers recaptured Yuezhou without bloodshed, and then marched into Changsha.
Zhu Dadian tried to gather the various ministries in Changsha to defend the counterattack, but the morale of the army was unstable and the people were panicked. Changsha was robbed by Ma Jinzhong and others. There was no food and pay for the army, and the Ming army could not even eat. The ministries dispersed regardless of military orders.
Zhu Dadian could only be supported all the way south, and finally withdrew to Hengzhou.
Ma Jinzhong and others did not dare to meet Zhu Dadian. Seeing him coming, they took the initiative to leave Hengyang. Zhongwu, Ma Jinzhong and others went southeast to Chaling and other places, while Wang Chaoxuan and others went southwest to Yongzhou Lingling and other places.
Tong Yanghe followed the footsteps of the Ming army and regained Changsha again.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yong was sent to regain Jingzhou.
Zhang Kuang was unable to cross the river, so he had to abandon Mianyang and go north to Yunyang.
For a time, not only Wuchang was relieved of the siege, but also all areas north of the Yangtze River except Yunyang were quickly recovered, and the two important towns of Changsha and Yuezhou in the south of the Yangtze River were recovered.
As for the Wuzhong Fan Town in Huguang, which boasts an army of 500,000, except Zhongkai Town in Yunyang, which did not participate in the Battle of Wuchang, the rest of the troops suffered considerable losses.
Fortunately for Loyalty, after they captured Jingzhou, they raided various prefectures and gained a lot. They had already resettled their family in the Badong Mountains. Now that the situation was not good, they immediately retreated by boat and basically suffered no losses.
But other people from all walks of life were not so good, especially Zhongyi, who was directly reduced to Qing by half.
He is loyal and brave, almost to the point of rebellion.
The Biao camp of the supervisors, governors, governors, etc. were also seriously damaged, not to mention the serious consequences of the loss of Yue Changsha.
It turns out that Zhu Yihai's strategy was to take advantage of the empty Qing army in Huguang to launch a counterattack across the board, severely consuming a wave of Qing army's green battalions, and then flatten the north of the Yangtze River into a buffer zone, retreat to the south of the Yangtze River with all his strength, and rely on the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake to defend Changsha, Yue
Prefecture, concentrated troops in the upper reaches to contain the Qing army in Huguang and Jiangxi.
Who knew it would be like this now?
"Please don't be too angry, Your Highness." Chen Qianfu was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
"I'm not angry, I'm not angry. If I'm angry to death, who will be happy?" Zhu Yihai also felt congested and panicked.
Huguang is driving high and moving low, but this fucking gap is too big.
"I still underestimated those military leaders. It is too naive to expect that the situation in Huguang can be solved by just sending one supervisor. However, loyal ministers know how to be loyal. This time, of course, Huang Chaoxuan, Liu Chengyin, Zhang Xianbi, and Tian Jian came out
Xiu, Ma Jinzhong and other thieves, but they also let us see through their true colors."
"Fortunately, there are loyal soldiers like Yuan Zongdi, Li Chixin, and Du Yinxi."
"The Battle of Huguang is over now, but it is not a complete failure. At least the early stage was good. Jingzhou and Xiangyang were captured, and Hubei was basically wiped out. Even if they regained one city now, the Qing army wanted to
It will be difficult to restore the granary of Huguang in a short period of time."
Zhu Yihai comforted himself.
"Your Highness, once Yue Changsha is lost, Hunan will be in trouble. What's more, the loss of Changsha will also threaten Jiangxi and even Badong and Chongqing upstream."
"We must take back Changsha and Yuezhou."
Zhu Yi thought for a while, "The army has been newly defeated. It will be difficult to regroup the army in a short time and come back again. I feel that instead of thinking about fighting for Changsha and Yuezhou now, it is better to be ruthless and mobilize troops to declare the dynasty first. Liu Chengyin
Ma Jinzhong waits for these bandits to be put down, otherwise they will cause chaos in the rear and the Qing army will press the border from the north, and then they will be attacked from both sides."
"Your Highness, Zhongwu Zhongyong's retreat is indeed an unforgivable crime, but with the current situation in Huguang, do you want to give them a chance?"
"No."
Zhu Yihai shook his head.
He was able to recruit Li Guogao, Yigong and others, and he was willing to reorganize Tian Jianxiu and others before. This was all based on preconditions. The prerequisite was that they were now willing to obey the imperial edict and fight against the Qing Dynasty together.
So let bygones be bygones.
However, some of these guys, such as Wang Chao Xuan, Ma Jinzhong, etc., were former troops to suppress the guest, some were local soldiers, some were Shunjun, and some were members of Zuo Liangyu's tribe. Regardless of their original identities, they are now soldiers with the prefix "Zhong", so they should
Fulfill your promise and serve your country well.
However, they ignored the imperial decree during this period, did not obey the military orders of the division commander, expanded their troops and horses at will, and looted in various ways. The most important thing is that they cannot fight. The situation was ruined for them. Now they are still looting the rear. Then the meaning of these people's existence is
What?
Are they left to show off their appearance and support numbers?
No, Zhu Yihai doesn't want this kind of rat shit. He and Zhu Dadian and others made a mistake before. They thought that the imperial court had a decree and a few officials and titles were in vain, so they recruited countless soldiers and generals. They thought this was a good thing.
Now it seems that this is poisonous bait.
It will be poisonous and kill you if you eat it.
The lesson this time was very painful, and we must learn from it.
"Immediately send a message to He Tengjiao, the governor of Guangzhou, and ask him to mobilize troops from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and three provinces, and immediately go north from Guilin to Hunan. Cooperate with Zhu Dadian and block Yinxi to clean up the door first. These guys must be dealt with."
"Also, from now on, the three towns of Zhongwu, Zhongyong and Zhongyi will be withdrawn, and Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun and others will be directly subordinated to the governor Zhu Dadian and the governor Du Yinxi.
The governor Zhang Kuang was unable to supervise the troops, so he was removed from his post and transferred back to Shao Tianxing to make other arrangements."
"Fu Shangrui, the governor of Pianyuan, was ineffective in pacifying the army and was dismissed. Wen Anzhi, the governor of Yunyang, took over the post of governor of Pianyuan."
"Also, let Zhang Guowei, the governor of Liangjiang in Jiangxi, and Zhang Mingyang, the admiral of Liangjiang, mobilize troops from Ji'an Prefecture to the west to Hunan to encircle and suppress the rebels together."
"Your Highness, think twice."
"People like Liu Chengyin, Ma Jinzhong, etc. have no hope. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. We must get rid of them immediately and decisively. Since Changsha is lost, we must defend Hengyang. If Hengyang cannot be defended, we must defend Guilin. But the prerequisite is that they must be eliminated first."
Get rid of these evils."
"But what if they are forced to surrender?"
"The way they are now, it doesn't make any difference whether they are forced or not."
"Add another decree. As long as the three towns of Zhongwu, Zhongyong and Zhongyi surrender to the army, they will be pardoned from the death penalty. If they can kill Ma Jinzhong, Liu Chengyin, Tian Jianxiu and other rebel leaders and backbones, they can redeem their crimes."
Chen Qianfu wanted to persuade him again, but Zhu Yihai waved his hand feebly, "Chen Qing will go out for a while, I just want to take a rest."
"I excuse myself."
Chen Qianfu exited, and the sound of objects being thrown and the sound of ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong being heard from the floor, representing the extreme anger and disappointment of the Supervisor.
He did not dare to stay longer, but left Jian Guo alone to calm down.
When they came outside, a large group of important ministers including Shen Tingyang, Huang Binqing, Ruan Jin, Zhang Mingbin, Shen Youlong, Zhou Hezhi, etc. were waiting there.
"Is Supervisor okay?"
"Well, Jian Guo is quite calm. He said that although Huguang made some mistakes in the end this time, it's still pretty good overall. It's just a pity to go high and go low."
Everyone sighed.
This is more than a pity.
"Now I can finally understand why Jian Guo always said before that Xiangyang could not defend Jingzhou and that he would leave after the battle. If he really insisted on defending, judging from the current performance of the towns in Huguang, the result would probably be even worse. ." Shen Tingyang said.
Huang Binqing didn't say anything, he just frowned and kept thinking about something.
"How to deal with the situation in Huguang?"
"His Highness has announced that the three towns of Zhongyong, Zhongwu and Zhongyi have become rebels, and ordered Huguang, Jiangxi and Guangxi to send troops to jointly encircle and suppress the rebellion."
This is a somewhat surprising result.
"What about us? Should we still go north as planned?" Huang Binqing finally said.
"Let's discuss this matter tomorrow." Chen Qianfu was helpless.
At this time Yang Boxing came out and said, "Everyone, the Supervisor of the State has decreed and summons all the gentlemen to discuss matters."
Everyone passed by.
Zhu Yihai couldn't control himself just now and smashed a chair to pieces. After smashing it, he felt a little regretful and his mood calmed down a lot.
"Everyone, the Tatars have taught us a profound lesson this time, so I plan to repay them well."