Chapter 376 What to do next
Just as Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren set fire to the city, Jiang Yueguang, who was far away in Linjiang Prefecture, was rushing to the road.
Jiang Yueguang left Ganzhou Prefecture on June 21st. When he was in Ganzhou, the damn Zhang Jiayu refused to let Jiang Yueguang set out in advance for various reasons. Either the food and grass were not prepared, the weapons were not prepared, or there were no ships. In the end, Jiang Yueguang could not take out the power of the governor of Jiangxi to suppress Zhang Jiayu, and then he was preparing to stop on June 20th.
Zhang Jiayu was originally going to lead the civil and military officials from Ganzhou to see off Lord Futai, but Jiang Yueguang wanted to drink and eat. He turned down Zhang Jiayu's banquet on the grounds of urgent time and took the troops on the road the next day.
These 30,000 people were young and strong selected by Jiang Yueguang, and they were between the ages of twenty and thirty-five, and they were the absolute main force. The general led the army was Song Kuiguang, the central officer of Jin Shenghuan. He was captured in the Battle of Ganzhou. This time he was ordered by Jin Shenghuan to command this army.
Due to Jiang Yueguang's supervision, Zhang Jiayu did not make any moves in weapons. After all, letting these cannon fodders go to Nanchang can also consume the strength of the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Jiayu only restricted Jiang Yueguang in terms of transportation tools.
Originally, Jin Shenghuan had nearly 20,000 war horses, and in addition to more than 10,000 injured on the battlefield, Jiang Yueguang also asked Zhang Jiayu for it, but Zhang Jiayu refused on the grounds that there was no emperor's will. He also told Jiang Yueguang that if he wanted a war horse, he had to go to the Guangzhou Military Affairs Office and let the emperor decide, and then order it to be transferred to Jiang Yueguang's war horse.
Jiang Yueguang thought that Ganzhou was thousands of mountains and rivers away from Guangzhou, and it was too late to wait until the emperor came to the emperor's order. When he got the war horse and rushed to Nanchang, Jin Shenghuan's grave grass would be taller. In order to hurry, Jiang Yueguang did not make any more horses, but the boats must be given enough.
Of course, the fastest water route from Ganzhou to Nanchang is the fastest. 30,000 people need marching 500 large ships. Zhang Jiayu immediately disagreed when he heard that he needed 500 ships. There were only 100 ships here in Ganzhou, but there were really no 500 ships.
When Jiang Yueguang saw Zhang Jiayu say this, it was difficult for him to force him to suppress him. Although Zhang Jiayu was the Censor of Jiang Yueguang, he was under the jurisdiction of Governor Jiang Yueguang. However, Zhang Jiayu was the emperor's confidant, and the old fried dough stick Jiang Yueguang could not be too stiff with Zhang Jiayu.
In this way, the second and third-rank officials started bargaining like hawkers, and finally said that Zhang Jiayu promised to give three hundred ships. Jiang Yueguang calculated that each ship would have to be equipped with one hundred people, so squeeze some, just squeeze some.
But when he set off, Jiang Yueguang was stunned. The number of ships Zhang Jiayu gave him was correct, but there were only one hundred large ships, and the other two hundred were all kinds of small boats.
Song Kuiguang asked from the side: "Master Futai, this boat is too small to accommodate many people!"
Jiang Yueguang sighed. Now that time is tight, where can I go back to find Zhang Jiayu for bad luck. He could only ask: "How many can I install at most?"
"When I go back to Futai, I can at most 17,800 people. If there are more, I will be in danger of capsizing!"
There is no way to do this, Jiang Yueguang said: "You select 17,000 elite troops to take the boat first, and I will take the rest of the people on land."
Song Kuiguang had no choice but to accept the order and make arrangements.
It only takes five days to go down from Ganzhou to Nanchang, but it is a passenger ship. The army travels much slower. To maintain its squad, it has to go ashore to set up camp every day. Song Kuiguang estimated that it would take about ten days, but it is actually not much less time than taking land.
When Jiang Yueguang walked to Linjiang Prefecture, he received a letter of help from Jin Shenghuan. After seeing it, Jiang Yueguang was shocked. He didn't expect that the two of Jin Wangs had taken action so early. Of course, Jin Shenghuan did not say in the letter that it was because Wang Deren and Dong Xuecheng were jealous of each other, but in the letter, he said that the Governor Zhang Yutian was preparing to take action in advance, and that he and Wang Deren took action in advance if they were not prepared. Now he only had more than 7,000 people in his hands, and hoped that Lord Jiang would bring 30,000 reinforcements soon.
After reading the letter, Jiang Yueguang immediately ordered Song Kuiguang on the fleet not to wait for him and rushed to Nanchang to reinforce Jin Shenghuan at full speed. He himself urged the army to speed up his journey.
Song Kuiguang's 17,000 people arrived in Nanchang on the first day of the seventh month, and Jiang Yueguang also arrived in Nanchang on the fifth day of the seventh month.
Looking at the Nanchang city wall, Jiang Yueguang breathed a sigh of relief and finally arrived. With these 30,000 people, Jin Shenghuan should be able to hold on for a while.
The closer you get to Jiang Yueguangyue in Nanchang, you find something wrong. There are refugees on both sides of the road. These people are different from refugees from the north. The long journeys from the north are basically pale and thin. However, these refugees are not hungry, and they are all covered in dust, as if they are angry.
Two miles away from Nanchang, Jiang Yueguang saw a row of people standing on the road ahead, which was Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, and Song Kuiguang who arrived in advance.
When Jin Shenghuan saw Jiang Yueguang coming, he quickly rushed forward and bowed, "Thank you for your hard work, I will welcome you back!" Wang Deren and others also stepped forward to welcome you.
Jiang Yueguang was anxious to understand the situation, so he grabbed Jin Shenghuan and asked, "General Jin! You wrote to me about the crisis in Nanchang. How is the current situation? What is the situation?"
Jin Shenghuan's face turned red and said, "Don't worry, Lord General, the last general has driven the Tartar Governor Zhang Yutian out of the city. All tens of thousands of Tartars in the city were killed. The governor Chi Bianlong, and the inspector Dong Xuecheng was killed. Now the whole city in Nanchang is in our hands!"
When Jiang Yueguang heard this, he was OK. This Jinsheng Huan really had two moves. He could defeat tens of thousands of Tartars with just seven or eight thousand men. It seems that the Ming Dynasty’s revival is expected!
After hearing what Jin Shenghuan said, Jiang Yueguang was in a good mood and smiled and said, "General Jin! General Wang! You are indeed brave people!"
When Jin Shenghuan heard Jiang Yueguang say this, he couldn't say anything. It seemed that he could only talk about it when he entered the city.
"The Chief Supervisor is in trouble, please go to the city to rest!"
Some of the 13,000 troops led by Jiang Yueguang were arranged to be placed in the camp outside the city, and Jiang Yueguang, Jin Shenghuan and other generals led them into the city.
Jiang Yueguang came from Ganzhou, so he naturally had to go to Huimin Gate to the south. As soon as he entered the city, Jiang Yueguang found something wrong. Why are there so many vagrants in the city? After passing through the south city and entering the west city, there were broken bricks and walls everywhere. Some people were looking for something on collapsed houses. The children who lost their parents sat on the street and cried loudly. The city inspection department organized a corpse collection team, and drove the dead bodies out of the city to prevent plague.
Jiang Yueguang, who was originally very happy, had a very gloomy face when he saw this miserable appearance and asked in a low voice: "General Jin, what's going on?"
Jinsheng Huansi said ai: "Sir, this is the case. When the Tartars in Beicheng saw that they could not defeat us, they set fire to the city. Xicheng is pretty good here, and the north city has become white land, and there is not a complete house!"
Jin Shenghuan put all the shit pots on Man Qing, but there is no evidence of death anyway. But how could Jin Shenghuan's little thoughts be hidden from Jiang Yueguang. Jiang Yueguang has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, so he still can't tell Jin Shenghuan's little thoughts. According to Jin Shenghuan, the Qing Dynasty's tatars finally broke the city to death, but the water network in Nanchang City is dense, and now most of the Nanchang City is destroyed. This is not something that the Tartars can do in times of crisis. To achieve this effect, only organized and planned multi-headed people set fire. It seems that what Jin Shenghuan said was to eliminate tens of thousands of Tartars by fire.
Jiang Yueguang is worthy of being an old bureaucrat, and he guesses the situation almost exactly, but he is not going to go into it in depth. Now it is wartime, so he must use extraordinary methods. If Jin Shenghuan is punished, wouldn’t he destroy the Great Wall?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yueguang suppressed his anger and pretended to be enlightened and said, "So that's it. The Qing Dynasty Tartars were too cruel! General Jin killed well! But now ask General Jin to mobilize the army to assist local disaster relief!"
Seeing Jiang Yueguang let him go, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were overjoyed. Wang Deren said on the side: "Please rest assured, Lord Supervisor! I have ordered five thousand people to enter the city to collect corpses, and there will be no plague."
Jiang Yueguang sighed and thought to himself: Promote the suffering of the people! Destroy the suffering of the people! When will this troubled times end?
The yamen in the north city were burned to white ground, and the ditch was full of dead bodies, which was not the place to stay. Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to welcome Jiang Yueguang to his home. His home was in Dongcheng, next to Donghu, and was still well preserved.
When he entered the living room, Jiang Yueguang saw that there were already several people sitting in the room. When these people saw Jiang Yueguang coming, they quickly stood up and said, "Welcome to the Supervisor back!"
When Jiang Yueguang saw the people in the house, he knew a few of them. The one sitting there was Liu Silai from Nanchang, a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli; Yu Yinggui, a Jinshi in the 41st year of Wanli. These two were considered gentry from Nanchang, and there were two other people Jiang Yueguang did not recognize them.
Jiang Yueguang bowed to Liu Silai, Yu Yinggui bowed and said, "You two gentlemen have come out of the mountain?"
Yu Yinggui is the oldest among them, bowed and smiled, "Yan and his brother have all come out of the mountain, why are we behind?"
Jiang Yueguang laughed and said, "I am in charge of the imperial edict of Emperor Shenwu to supervise Huguang and Jiangxi! Since the two gentlemen have come out of the mountain, the Jiangxi governor will be bothered by Brother Liu, and the Huguang Governor will be bothered by Brother Meng Yu!"
Although the two of them have a qualifications that are not inferior to Jiang Yuguang, Jiang Yuguang's official position is greater than that of them. So Liu Silai and Yu Yinggui quickly stood up to sort out their clothes and bowed to take the order.
Jiang Yueguang looked at the other two and asked, "What are these two?"
Jin Shenghuan quickly said, "This is my clerk Chen Fang, and that is General Wang's shogunate Wu Zunzhou. These two people have made great efforts this time. Please reward the Lord Supervisor!"
Jiang Yueguang nodded. It would be impossible to win a battle without giving benefits.
"Chen Fang can be the prefect of Nanchang and Wu Zunzhou is the inspector of Jiangxi. What do you think is the arrangement of the two generals?"
The prefect is a fourth-rank rank, and the inspector has a lot of power. Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren are both satisfied and nodded repeatedly to say yes.
Chapter completed!