Chapter 54: The Battle of Jinhua V

Containing the Qing army with virtual soldiers, the army marched rapidly eastward along the northern foot of Xianxia Ridge, seized the opposite bank of the Dongyang River in Jinhua City, set up camp, held on to the river, received the materials of several southern provinces, and entered Jinhua City, so that he could hold on for a long time.

This is Xu Du's plan.

is full of Xu Du's self-righteous conceited plot.

It can be said that after Zhang Xianbi saw it, his first feeling was to throw it away.

Are you kidding? is so bold, regardless of the way back, how can he Zhang Xianbi use it, not to mention anything else, he is so bold to advance, he lost contact with the rear of Jiangxi, this kind of bold method, only a madman like Xu Du can think of it.

And if you want to hide your tracks, you must get close to Xianxia Mountain. And the closer you get here, the more difficult the road becomes, plus the speed of the soldiers. The baggage carried is bound to be a lot, and in this case, there is no rear operation, and the risk can be imagined.

Xu Du did not fail to give a solution.

The way to do it. From the southeast of Jinhua to the south, not far from the state capital, you can use the materials of the state capital as military funds.

But Xu Du felt even more unreliable about this, the reason was very simple, that is, the Zheng family was in Zhejiang, ready to talk about the influence of southern Zhejiang.

Zhang Xuan was far away in Wuchang, while Zheng Chenggong was close to Fujian. And the Qing army is in front of you.

The choice of magistrates in southern Zhejiang is also very simple.

Zheng Chenggong has already sent someone to accept the county in southern Zhejiang. Zhang Xianbi learned from Zhang Su that when he sent people to take over the county in southern Zhejiang, they were divided. I have already guessed that these places, although they still have summer flags. But inside is already a member of the Zheng family.

Zhang Xianbi, as Zhang Xuan's general, naturally belongs to Zhang Xuan's camp, he came from the Ming Dynasty, he knows too well how this matter will evolve, maybe the general will meet with the Zheng family, at this moment will the county of southern Zhejiang accept his orders?

Zhang Xianbi had little confidence.

Still, he felt like he had done so.

The reason why he did this was not to understand the siege of Jinhua, but to make a difference.

It's more to give Xu Du an errand, he wants to give this big guy a surface, I have done everything you have explained, but it can't be done. It's not because of him. Even after he arrived at the south bank of the Dongyang River, he didn't want to stay for a long time, he just wanted to make a false shot, turn around and go south, and enter the state capital. If you can occupy the state capital, you can't occupy it, so you can go west from the state capital to Chong'an, Fujian, and return to Jiangxi.

Although he will borrow the road in Fujian, he also feels that there is no problem.

There is no other reason, Zheng's control of Fujian, focusing on the coast, has never been able to control the inland mountains of Fujian, and even when Zheng Zhilong ceded Fujian's civil affairs, the first batch of concessions were the prefectures and counties in these ravines.

Therefore, even when the Zheng clan occupied Fujian, its control over these places was insufficient, and it is even less powerful now.

Zhang Xianbi thought about it, but when he was in a difficult situation, he could only grit his teeth and fight.

Even so, he was very worried, worried that he would not be able to sneak to the south of the Dongyang River. As a result, Zhang Xianbi underestimated Xu Du's influence, and the person sent by Xu Du was the old man of his Xu family, who was very familiar with this area, and under his threading of the needle, he actually made the Qing army three days late before he found the traces left by Zhang Xianbi.

And these three days are the key to Zhang Xianbi's victory or defeat.

Of course, the reason why this is so is not only the prestige of Xu Du, but also the various reasons why the Qing army is unpopular.

Just when Li Chengdong got the traces left by Zhang Xianbi's march, he was furious, ordered the army to return to the army immediately, and sent cavalry to report the news. Zhang Xianbi has come to Dongyang Jiangnan, more than ten miles outside Jinhua City.

It's a wooded place, and there aren't many people.

Two hills, covering a small valley.

In the valley, there are many soldiers lying crookedly.

They all took off their straw sandals and broke the blisters under their feet. Then use a foot wrap to wrap it from the toes to the calves and tie it tightly.

Zhang Xianbi didn't dare to rest, and the soldiers looked over one by one.

Sometimes Zhang Xianbi secretly admired Zhang Xuan's training methods. After Zhang Xianbi took refuge in Zhang Xuan, he was specially sent by Zhang Xuan to train for a while. At that time, Zhang Xianbi thought that Zhang Xuan was deliberately embarrassing them, or deliberately mixing sand into it. But later I realized that this was not the case, it was simply that Zhang Xuan wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.

In Zhang Xianbi's view, Zhang Xuan's method of marching and fighting is a little dull. But in terms of military training, he is indeed a brilliant talent, and he can be compared with Wu Qi and Qi Jiguang. Although it is a bit tedious to train troops, it can really come in handy in actual combat.

Just like today, if it weren't for Zhang Xuan's method of military training, he would never dare to go to the battlefield immediately after marching more than 100 miles in three days.

And now he dares.

Before that, though, he had to meet someone first. It is the representative of the Zheng family.

He never expected that the Zheng family's sense of smell was so sensitive and his hand was so long.

"Chen Ding, the governor of Zhejiang in Great Xia, has seen General Zhang." A middle-aged reader said.

Zhang Xianbi said: "Your Excellency is the governor of Zhejiang, why don't I know? ”

The governor of Zhejiang of the Great Xia court had already disappeared in the city of Hangzhou, whether he was killed or escaped, Zhang Xianbi did not know, nor did he know, the only thing he knew was that the Zhejiang governor of the Great Xia court was not Chen Ding.

"Now that the East is heading south, His Royal Highness is just in a hurry." Chen Ding said calmly.

"What a 'rush to do the job.'" Zhang Xianbi naturally knew that the highness he was talking about was Zheng Chenggong. didn't dwell on it so much, and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Chen Ding said: "I heard that General Zhang came to save Jinhua, and I came to help the general. ”

Chen Ding is the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, yes, it is the year of Chongzhen's death, it can be said that Chen Ding is a jinshi in the front foot, and the back foot is dead, he returned to his hometown to live in seclusion, and was favored by the Zheng family, and he can be regarded as the person in the Zheng family. He himself did not have a great reputation in history, and died at the hands of the Qing army very early, but he had a son, who was famous in later generations, that is, Chen Jinnan's prototype of "not knowing Chen Jinnan, even if he is a hero, it is in vain", Chen Yonghua.

Chen Ding, as a rare cultural person among the Zheng pirates, Zheng Chenggong also has high hopes for him.

He sent Chen Ding north to Zhejiang, which meant two things, that is, to let Chen Ding collect the soldiers and civilians of Zhejiang for his own use, one is to prevent the Qing army from going south, and the other is to prevent the Qing army from going south.

Gathering the military and civilians of Zhejiang for his own use, Chen Ding did a good job, and even gathered a heavyweight general, that is, Ruan Jin, Ruan Jin took his own sailor to take refuge in the Zheng family. It was with Ruan Jin in Zhoushan that after the Qing army conquered Ningbo, they did not dare to go south easily.

But Jinhua's side is not optimistic.

The battle of Jinhua was so tragic that Chen Ding had already heard of it.

But when Chen Ding went north, he was almost alone, and he only brought some guards. But these people are a drop in the bucket for the game. It doesn't help at all. Once Jinhua is not defended, the Qing army will go down to Wenzhou from Chuzhou, or directly attack Fujian from Chuzhou.

Therefore, Chen Ding had to pay attention to the Battle of Jinhua. also noticed Zhang Xianbi's move to send troops.

It's just that he never thought that Zhang Xianbi was so bold, if he hadn't buried his eyeliner near Jinhua in advance, I'm afraid he wouldn't know how Zhang Xianbi suddenly came here.

Even so, Chen Ding was caught off guard.

He didn't have time to prepare anything, so he took a boat down from Chuzhou and came here alone to see Zhang Xianbi. wants to use Zhang Xianbi's strength to support the Jinhua defenders and let Jinhua City persist as much as possible, which is not only in the interests of Zhang Xuan, but also in the interests of the Zheng family.

"What's the way to help each other?" Zhang Xianbi didn't have any curiosity between his words.

"The military supplies that General Zhang needs are all flowing down the river from Nanxi, and even the soldiers in Chuzhou are constantly supplying the general." Chen Ding said: "The general doesn't have to be suspicious of my Royal Highness's thoughts, before the Tartars are expelled, the interests of you and me are the same, and they both hope that Jinhua will stay as long as possible." ”

Zhang Xianbi stared at Chen Ding, but saw that Chen Ding was calm and calm, and there was no evasion in his eyes, so he said for a long time: "Okay." It's just that he scolded in his heart: "Fuck, Lao Tzu is going to spend time in Jinhua City." ”

Although he thought so, there was already a feeling of excitement in his heart.

Because he smelled victory.