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Chapter 409 Qing Army Raid

Du Yinxi led the Ming army in Huguang many times to repel the Qing army's attacks, and had a high prestige in the army.

Many generals in the Shun Army, as well as the Ming army generals and the generals and officers in Huguang, were mostly convinced by him. Even He Tengjiao's confidant generals, they also admired Du Yinxi very much.

The current situation has made many generals feel uneasy.

Judging from the many generals who have experienced the battle formation for a long time, He Tengjiao's idea is too natural, and it is just a talk of war on paper.

Let’s not talk about the situation on the battlefield in Jiangnan, will it follow the direction he imagined? Let’s talk about the Qing army in Hubei. Since they have learned that the Ming army’s northern expedition, how could they not prepare or make countermeasures?

The war situation changed constantly, and He Tengjiao stationed his troops here without any action. Even if the Ming army first had the advantage, as time went by, the Ming army remained unmoved and the Qing army was moving, and the Ming army's advantage would inevitably gradually be lost.

Back then, Du Yinxi had just recruited the Fushun army, and Duoduo's army swept east Zhejiang. In order to reinforce eastern Zhejiang, Du Yinxi launched the battle of Jingzhou and agreed to advance with He Tengjiao. Du Yinxi and Zhongzhen Camp attacked Jingzhou. He Tengjiao led his troops to attack Wuchang and guarded the flanks of Zhongzhen Camp.

As a result, when Du Yinxi was besieging Jingzhou, He Tengjiao heard that the Qing army reinforcements had entered Hubei and did not send anyone to investigate, so he immediately fled and rushed back to Changsha in a hurry.

He Tengjiao suddenly retreated and did not send people to inform Du Yinxi, and then he cheated Zhongzhen Camp.

Du Yinxi and Zhongzhen Camp thought that He Tengjiao's army was the barrier in the east, and the Qing army in Wuchang could not come, so they let go and attacked Jingzhou City with bare shirtlessness.

Who would have thought that the Qing cavalry was about to break the city, but suddenly the Qing cavalry arrived. Du Yinxi and Zhongzhen Camp did not expect it at all, and could not understand why the Qing cavalry appeared at the city of Jingzhou and was killed off guard and was corpsed over a hundred miles away.

In that battle, Zhongzhen Camp suffered heavy losses. Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Ding, Li You, Wu Ruyi and other Shun generals were killed, and Shun troops suffered nearly 100,000 losses, which was extremely heavy.

Therefore, the Shunshi generals were always dissatisfied with He Tengjiao. Seeing that he was stationed in a garrison and misled the opportunity to fight, they all felt suspicious and doubted his ability. Everyone learned from their mistakes and was afraid of being harmed by He Tengjiao.

Therefore, many generals found Du Yinxi, hoping that he could take the lead and take over the command.

When Du Yinxi saw everyone kneeling down to ask for his orders, his face darkened. The most taboo thing in the army and the court was to offend the superiors. Over the years, no one who participated in the mutiny had a good end. But Du Yinxi was loyal to the court and could not participate in the mutiny.

Now the imperial court and the emperor are not majestic. If the army mutinied and took the chief minister of the current cabinet, the emperor and the imperial court would be wiped out, and the Ming Dynasty would be a piece of loose sand.

Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi and others saw Du Yinxi's expression, and couldn't help but politely whispered: "Fujun, the law does not punish the masses. We are willing to obey the orders of the Fujun, surrounded the central army's tent, and asked He Ge's headquarters to hand over the seal and tiger talismans. Please control the entire army!"

"Nothing!" Du Yinxi's face was gloomy and scolded everyone, "Where are you waiting for this, where should you put Your Majesty?"

Li Guo, Hao Yaoqi and others couldn't help but lower their heads.

At this time, Li Guo suddenly walked forward, held his fists and bowed with a sincere expression: "If this were not the case, would he have seen the defeat of the army. The army stationed its troops and failed to advance, and he had missed the opportunity to fight. Now I am doing nothing, but Hubei Jiannu is mobilizing troops and sharpening his swords. Haoge's scouts were sent to the camp. The situation has reversed, and He Ge's troops still dream of benefiting the fisherman. If he is led by his army, we will never be doomed."

The 200,000 Ming troops were in the northern expedition. They could have taken advantage of the lack of preparations in the Qing army and their troops were dispersed, so they quickly went to Yuezhou and shocked Wuchang. Now the Ming army has not moved and missed the opportunity. However, Haoge has already gathered the elite troops of the Qing army in Yuezhou, and the Ming army is becoming more and more dangerous.

Du Yinxi sighed, stood up, walked to Li Guo, helped him and several members up one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "I know what you are thinking about. However, you can't wait to do this."

During the Chongzhen period, the bandits were capricious and surrendered several times, especially Zhang Xianzhong. If they could not win, they surrendered and if they found an opportunity, they would rebel again. It can be said that they were shameless.

The Shunshi is not as shameless as Zhang Xianzhong, but it is also a thief army, and it is a thief army that forced Chongzhen to death.

At this time, although the Shun Army was ordered to be safe, many Ming Dynasty bureaucrats were still wary of them and had prejudice against them.

He Tengjiao often looks for opportunities to rectify the right line, wanting to support his own line.

In this case, if the generals of the Shunshi want to survive in the Ming Dynasty, they must be cautious and cautious, show loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, and behave with their tails, making people unable to grasp the handle.

If the Shun generals participated in the mutiny, the emperor would definitely have doubts and the court would inevitably not settle accounts after the fall.

Du Yinxi disagreed with the advice of the people, and was also for the future consideration of everyone. At the same time, he himself did not want to do so, and violated the will of the emperor and the court.

After Du Yinxi finished speaking, he looked at Yan Yingyuan and said in a deep voice: "This matter is still something that I and Mr. Yan jointly wrote to Your Majesty to persuade Your Majesty to change your mind!"

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In Yuezhou, there were only more than 10,000 troops garrisoned, but at this time, 60,000 Qing troops had already been assembled.

After learning that the Ming army was invaded the Northern Expedition, Haoge was quite excited and mobilized many troops from all over the country to arrive at Yuezhou City. As the troops increased, Haoge was not satisfied with just guarding Yuezhou.

At this time, the gate of Yuezhou was wide open, and a team of cavalry rushed out, and their iron hooves were rolling south.

Shortly after thousands of cavalry ran out of the city gate, Haoge, dressed in blue armor and iron helmets, rode out of the city on strong war horses. Behind him was the king's flag and countless Qing soldiers running out of the city.

Haoge was originally defending Yuezhou and waiting for the Ming army to attack, but after waiting for more than half a month, the Ming army did not move. As time went by, the number of Qing army reinforcements coming to Yuezhou gradually increased to 60,000. The Qing army in Yuezhou increased greatly, and its combat power was no less than that of the Ming army.

Haoge sent scouts to investigate the movements of the Ming army, and the news sent back from the scouts, and also the confidence of Haoge and the generals of the Qing army increased greatly after hearing that He Tengjiao led the troops.

At this time, Haogejiu and the Ming army did not arrive, so he actually ordered 50,000 troops and left Yuezhou to take the initiative to find the Ming army to fight.

For a moment, 50,000 Qing troops drove out of Yuezhou City with murderous aura and rushed to Miluo County.

...

Fifty miles north of the Miluo River, the Ming army's outpost camp.

He Tengjiao's main force was stationed on the south bank of the Miluo River, but a soldier was also placed on the north bank as an outpost.

As dawn approaches, among the thousands of white tents, some Ming soldiers have risen one after another, preparing to bury pots and make rice. The atmosphere is calm and peaceful, without any tension in war.

The army has been here for a while. At first, the Ming army was still vigilant, but later there was no war for a long time, so they completely relaxed. Although the Qing army scouts peeped at it recently, everyone did not take it seriously.

At this time, a murderous army was approaching rapidly several miles away.

Nearly ten thousand Qing army cavalry, horse hooves trampled on the ground, cavalry swords were unsheathed, bows and arrows were squeezed back, and horse spears were collected, like a group of hungry wolves pounced on the Ming army camp several miles away.

At this time, the rumbling sound of hooves finally alarmed the Ming soldiers in the camp. The soldiers who were burying the pot and making rice stood up. When they saw the rolling iron cavalry rushing over, they were shocked and shouted, "No, the enemy attack!"

"Kill!" The roar of the Qing cavalry shattered the tranquility of the morning.

The Ming army camp suddenly exclaimed everywhere, and countless Ming soldiers ran out of the tent in panic. Zhang Xianbi hurriedly stepped out of the tent and turned over his horse. Before he could pick up his weapons, he led his guards to flee south.
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