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Chapter 489: Assembling the Force

Just when Hong Chengchou was dispatching troops to fight to the death with Zhu Hongsan, our protagonist Zhu Hongsan could not extricate himself in the gentle village of Hangzhou.

Zhu Hongsanyi initially planned to stay in Hangzhou for only three days, and then go to Huzhou Prefecture to enter Nanzhili. However, Liu Zhengheng's wife Cui was so charming, and the black soil that Cui had dried up for twenty years was finally nourished. Cui also rebelled from the beginning to the later cooperation. In this way, the two fell in love with each other, and Zhu Hongsan lived in Hangzhou for ten days in one breath.

Cui's daughter-in-law Wang Wan'er was the opposite. After being raped several times by Zhu Hongsan, Wang Wan'er became more and more annoyed by this bastard emperor. This guy is greedy for money and lust, not trustworthy, vulgar, and shameless. Perhaps the last emperors in history are much better than this guy, let alone the wise king of Zhongxing. Also, this guy is not self-aware, and he is shameless every time he compares with Qin Emperor and Han Wu, Tang Emperor and Song Emperor.

The despise reaction in Wang Wan'er's heart was cold and frosty on the outside. She was different from Cui. Cui gave up on herself and was satisfied with physical pleasure. Wang Wan'er began to hate Zhu Hongsan through physical contact. But what Wang Wan'er didn't know was that the more she did, the more Zhu Hongsan liked her, and in the end she was unable to extricate herself.

In this way, Zhu Hongsan and the second daughter spent ten days of waste and lustful days. In the end, Tong Yangjia couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to remind the emperor that there were more important things to do, such as the old capital, etc. Zhu Hongsan returned the Cui family who was tired of playing to Liu Zhengheng and took Wang Wan'er, who had not played enough.

Zhu Hongsan led the army to set off from Hangzhou on October 13th, and took the direction of the Ninghang Expressway in later generations. Zhejiang and Nanzhili in the Ming Dynasty were densely populated and the official roads were very convenient. Although they were affected by the wars in the past two years, the time was still short and it was not as uninhabited as the northern provinces.

Zhejiang was already very cold in October, and the rice in the fields had been harvested, and there were endless crowds on the official road. These people were deeply affected by the wars in recent years. When they saw a large number of soldiers coming from afar, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Zhu Hongsan sat in the carriage, his hands were not honest, but he was stretched into Wang Wan'er's collar and was generally frivolous.

Looking at his army outside, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but boast: "How is it? My team is strong!"

Wang Wan'er was touched by Zhu Hongsan, but she still sarcastically said in a cold tone: "What's the use of strong force? If you don't cultivate moral politics, you will die in another lifetime like a tyrant Qin!"

Although Zhu Hongsan did not study, he could also hear the sarcastic meaning of Wang Wan'er's words, and he couldn't help but increase his strength in his hands. In order not to show his timidity in front of Zhu Hongsan, Wang Wan'er endured the pain of being caught on her chest and refused to speak.

Seeing Wang Wan'er gritting her teeth, Zhu Hongsan sneered and said, "Why don't you say it?" After saying that, he pulled Wang Wan'er into her arms with her backhand and forced her to have sex.

In this way, Zhu Hongsan's army came to Huzhou Prefecture, but what surprised Zhu Hongsan was that the Huzhou city gate was wide open, and more than a dozen people who looked like gentry stood at the door. Zhu Hongsan was afraid of falling into the trap of the Qing Dynasty, so he ordered the troops to stop five miles outside the city and sent a soldier to inquire about the news first.

The soldiers came back and brought back two news, one good news and the other bad news. The good news was that all the Manchus had run away in Huzhou City, and the prefect didn't know where they were going. Now several local gentry were maintaining public orders. The bad news was that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the seven provinces of the Qing Dynasty, ordered the Huzhou garrison to go to Nanjing.

At this time, Hong Chengchou transferred all his troops to Nanjing, and he wanted to have a big battle with Zhu Hongsan in Nanjing. However, Zhu Hongsan had never been afraid of anyone in the war. What he was afraid of was that Hong Chengchou was defending the city, so that Nanjing would definitely be in a sea of ​​fire, and he was planning to use Nanjing as the capital!

Zhu Hongsan brought Tong Qian and the others to tell them about their concerns and asked these two stinky old men to analyze.

Tong Qian and the others were helpless. They were all you, a foolish monarch, were greedy for women and delayed their precious ten days in Hangzhou. Otherwise, they would have caught Hong Chengchou off guard now. Now, they were relieved and concentrated their troops. This battle is not easy to fight.

Seeing that Tong Qian and the others were not talking, Zhu Hongsan knew that these two old guys were resentful of him for staying in Hangzhou for ten more days.

"Two gentlemen, I am deeply regretful, but there is no regret medicine in this world. If there is one, I will definitely exchange the throne for it!"

Tong Yangjia was so happy that he was shameless that Zhu Hongsan was so shameless that he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, it is a foregone conclusion that the Qing Dynasty has concentrated its strength to fight with me. However, I guess Hong Chengchou should not stick to the city. He is likely to go out of the city to fight in the field!"

Zhu Hongsan was very surprised. It is reasonable to deal with his own advantage and use the solid city wall to make the right move, so there is a saying to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!

"Why did sir say that? According to the truth, the Qing Dynasty should defend the city. It is a pitiful joke that the Eight Banners are less than ten thousand in front of our army's firepower!"

"Your Majesty, please listen to me for your analysis. The first point is that our army's firepower is very strong, but we have never had any actual contact with the Qing Dynasty before. Hong Chengchou only saw the strength of our navy, so he must give up the Nanjing city close to the Yangtze River and lead the team out of the city to fight our army in the field. The second point is that Hong Chengchou was the governor of Shaanxi in the Chongzhen Dynasty before, and was very familiar with the fighting methods and weapons and equipment of the Ming army, so he must regard our army as an enhanced version of the former Ming army, so that we are nothing in his eyes, and we can also exert the impact of the Qing cavalry when we go out of the city. With these two points, I analyzed that Hong Chengchou must leave the city, and he will never defend in Nanjing, because there is only one way to die after being surrounded by our army!"

It should be said that the old guy Tong Yangjia is really good at grasping people's hearts. These two analyses are very conscientious. Thanks to the strong combat effectiveness of the Guangdong New Army, the Nanchang Battle fought a rare complete annihilation in ancient wars. All the sources of Hong Chengchou's information were heard by the Anqing defenders, and the source of the Anqing defenders was the defeated army in Jiujiang. These guys fled in panic just when they saw Wang Deren's banner. As for the appearance of the Guangdong New Army, they didn't know at all. After magnifying these fake news to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou thought that the army of the King of Chu in Guangdong was just brave and good at fighting with Zhu Hongsan.

After listening to Tong Yangjia's analysis, Zhu Hongsan felt that this was the truth: "Why do you think Hong Chengchou will choose where to fight us?"

"This is very simple. If he wants to use his cavalry charge, he cannot choose places with dense water nets. If he wants to avoid naval artillery fire, he must stay away from the riverside, but he cannot be too far from Nanjing to prevent us from tracing the back. With these few things, it is not difficult to find the location for the decisive battle! But I just analyze it and I am not familiar with Nanzhili, so I should ask Mr. Qian to give it a lecture!"

Yes, I forgot that Lao Qian is from Nanzhili, and he is a local squad. It’s just right for him to ask about this matter!

"Mr. Qian, you have heard what Mr. Tong said just now. Do you want to tell me that there is such a suitable place around Nanjing?"

Qian Qianyi looked at Tong Yangjia gratefully. Qian Qianyi did not have Tong Yangjia's strategic analysis ability. His strength was to be a thug and beat him up. What Tong Yangjia said just now was to let Qian Qianyi get involved so that he could earn military merits.

"Your Majesty, there is such a place outside Nanjing, that is, between Lishui County and Jurong County. There are no big rivers, no lakes, and rice fields. Now the rice has been harvested, the water in the rice fields has been released, and the ground is hardened and suitable for cavalry charges. Moreover, these two counties are fifty or sixty miles away from Nanjing and can arrive in one day, which is very consistent with the decisive battle location mentioned by Lord Tong!"

Zhu Hongsan nodded after hearing Tong Qian and the others' words. Their analysis made sense. According to the current situation, all the Qing troops in Nanzhili were probably transferred to Nanjing, which means that they could move forward without any obstacles!

"Zhao Guodong, send orders to speed up the marching. Don't enter the city when you encounter a city, just rush to Lishui!" Zhao Guodong bowed and took the order and went down to convey the order.

After ordering the entire army to set off, apart from leaving more than a dozen officials to take over Huzhou, the army passed by and headed towards Nanzhili.

The truth is similar to what the old guy Tong Yangjia said. Hong Chengchou was preparing to fight outside the city to eliminate Zhu Hongsan's Ming army.

Thanks to Zhu Hongsan's help, Hong Chengchou received support from reinforcements from all over the country in Nanjing without any danger. In addition to the reinforcements from Yangzhou, Chuzhou, Anqing, as well as Luzhou, Taiping Prefecture, and Ningguo Prefecture, all the defenders were mobilized, and a total of 60,000 to 70,000 troops were collected. This was all Hong Chengchou could mobilize. The 20,000 cavalry who had achieved great success in horses and the 4,000 garrisoned Eight Banners in Zarafenga were the main forces, and the others were all garrisoned troops from all over the country. However, these troops were still farmers in the past few months, so it was almost the same for them to shake the flags and shout. I don't know if it was possible to fight.

On October 18, all the soldiers who could be recruited arrived. Hong Chengchou held the first combat meeting. At the meeting, the generals were divided into two groups to defend the city or fight the field. Both Manchu generals and Han army flag generals had to fight the field, while the new generals of the army suggested that Hong Chengchou resist the city and hold on.

Looking at the generals who were making a fuss of noise, Hong Chengchou did not say a word, which was hard to kill Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangnan. Logically speaking, he was also responsible for military affairs. These generals should be in charge of him, but he was a civil servant, and those Manchu generals did not take him as a slave seriously. However, Hong Chengchou was different. Although Hong Chengchou was also a Han minister, he had the edict of the Regent Dorgon, "It can be in charge of military affairs of the seven provinces in Jiangnan, and it can be done cheaply!" This is equivalent to having the Shangfang sword, those Manchu generals were also afraid of Hong Chengchou.

Seeing that Hong Chengchou was not speaking, Zhou Boda quickly asked in a low voice: "Sir, the generals are quarreling like this, you are saying something!"

Wake up by Zhou Boda, Hong Chengchou snorted, and all the generals calmed down and waited for the orders of the Governor.
Chapter completed!
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