Dominate the Country

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In the battle of Xinye, Chen Ming defeated the remaining troops in Hanzhong Town and Nanyang Town. Of course, he pursued the victory and the team went directly to Xiangyang. However, there were only 3,000 Chen Jiajun in Xiangyang, and the remaining Chen Jiajun in Nanyang Mansion were taking advantage of the stalls to raid various Qing government offices.

In the previous wars, the main battlefields on both sides revolved around the north-south line of Nanyang Fucheng and Xinye County. The area north of Nanyang Fucheng was controlled by the Chen Army, but the counties south of Nanyang Fucheng still belonged to the Qing Dynasty. Territory.

Tangxian, Biyang, and Tongbai, the three counties in the southeast corner of Nanyang Prefecture, were swept by Gao Jinghui's troops in coordination with the logistics troops; Neixiang, Xixia, Xichuan, and Dengzhou were swept by Chen Wenzan and Lu Long's troops, and now they have reached the outside of Dengzhou City It’s Chen Wenzan’s department.

The main force of the Chen Jiajun rushed to Dengzhou and crushed Shi Zhenyue's resistance. The team only stayed in Dengzhou for one day, leaving behind a set of Chen Jiajun's political team and two teams of guards, and continued towards Xichuan. Advance.

Chen Jiajun is planning to run the Nanyang Basin with all his heart. The superior geographical advantages here make all the upper management of the General Mansion very excited. Compared with Ruzhou, which is surrounded by wind, Nanyangfu with basin terrain is simply a paradise.

Chen Ming certainly doesn't need to think about the shift of Chen Jiajun's focus now. He is looking at Xiangyang City on the other side of the Han River. It is indeed the iron-clad Xiangyang. A moat of one to two hundred meters long is a nightmare for the attacker. Especially when Xiangyang City has many soldiers and sufficient food.

The governor of Huguang, Dingchang, sent his own bidders, together with the two battalions of the governor of Hubei to raise the bids. The five battalion heads rushed to Xiangyang, and cooperated with the remaining troops guarding the camp in Xiangyang City, as well as the remnants of Zhang Dajing and Ni Daliang who had escaped, and then Gathering together the militia groups formed in these days, the Xiangyang garrison numbered at least 7,000 people.

Even if the Chen Jiajun has the advantage in firepower, how long will it take for the 3,000-man Chen Jiajun to defeat Xiangyang? Will the Qing court give him such a long time to conquer Xiangyang? Are the local governments in Hubei just a show-off? None of that is possible. So now he is just looking at Xiangyang City across the Han River instead of sending troops to attack. Their mission is in Yunyang!

Going upstream along the Han River is Gucheng. The Han River makes a 90-degree bend at Juankou Beach in the west of Gucheng. The northwest-southeast direction of the Han River turns into a northeast-southwest direction here, and then there is Guanghua. The Han River completed its second 90-degree turn in Guanghua. Going upstream, the Han River returned to its original northwest-southeast direction, followed by Junxian and Junzhou [Wudang Mountain is within Junzhou]. After Junzhou, it Going upstream along the Han River is Yunyang Mansion. Yunxian, the capital county of Yunyang Prefecture, Yunxi, the northwestmost county in Hubei Province, and Zhushan, Zhuxi, Fangxian, and Baokang, which can be reached along the tributaries of the Han River, are all targets of Chen Jiajun.

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Yunyang Mansion is in a state of turmoil at the moment.

Yunyang Town's troops were depleted too much. When the commander-in-chief Ma Wenjie was seriously injured, he was abandoned by the defeated soldiers on the battlefield. The Manchu and Qing court regarded him as dead. It had been several days since Qianlong's reward came to Yunyang. The Ma family, regardless of their dignity and etiquette, left Yunyang and returned to their hometown in Shaanxi.

Yunyang Town is now led by Zhu Shanxie, Zhu Bangdaotong, the deputy general of Zhushan Association. The previous war took away most of the people in Yunyang Town. Now that they are fully prepared, there are only more than a thousand green battalion soldiers in Yunyang Mansion. There is also a Junguang camp in Junzhou and Guanghua to the east of Yunyang Mansion, which was also reduced to an empty shell by the previous war. Yunyang Mansion was trapped in a situation of insufficient military strength, and the tragedy was that they could not get reinforcements in a short period of time. Ding Chang put a large part of his limited power in Xiangyang City, and only two left and right battalions from Wuchang City garrison were sent to Yunyang. Yes, Dingchang didn't think that the Chen family's army going south to attack Xinye would detour hundreds of miles to attack Yunyang. He thought that the Chen family's army would then attack Xiangyang City and then seek to capture Wuchang or Jingzhou.

As a result, as soon as Xinye was lost, the Chen family's army occupied Fancheng without any bloodshed, and then went upstream instead of attacking Xiangyang directly. All the Qing troops in Xiangyang City were killed. Yes, they can directly cut off the logistics supply line of Chen's army, such as Chen Ming's team. Because the artillery and firearms equipped in the team naturally carry a large amount of logistical baggage, they can only transport it by water.

The Qing army had not expected that Chen Ming would launch an attack westward from Xiangyang. At night, the Chen family's logistics ships broke through the barrier in batches. The limited artillery fire on Xiangyang City was very cheerful, but in fact it was of no use at all.

Now that Chen Jiajun has left like this, if the Qing army is not bad-minded, they will build drainage ditches, hidden piles, etc. in the Han River. It is not difficult to block the water surface of the Han River. In this way, they can cut off the supply line of Chen Jiajun. Unless Chen Jiajun is willing to spend huge manpower, material resources and troops to set up a land transportation line for military supplies.

But Chen Ming didn't care about this at all. He brought more than thirty ships with the army, and he had enough guns and ammunition. At worst, after capturing Yunyang Fucheng, he could still communicate with Xichuan through Baisangguan, Meijiabao and the Taohe River. Although this road is quite difficult, it is more cost-effective and safer than organizing a land transportation line thousands of miles away.

The Chen Jiajun went upstream along the Han River. This was obviously to capture Yunyang. Unfortunately, the Yunyang government, Lvying and Dingchang had the same view. They did not think that the Chen Jiajun would attack Yunyang from Xiangyang to the west. , I thought that Chen Jiajun would attack Yunyang Mansion from Xichuan. Although the terrain of Xichuan is very complicated, with small plains surrounded by high mountains and dense forests. This place is difficult to enter and exit, making it a typical dead place. It is easy to defend from the outside, and it is also easy for people outside to strangle the entry and exit routes of Xichuan.

There are two ways for Chen's army to attack Yunyang from Xichuan: one is to take Taohe River, conquer Meijiabao, Baisangguan and Leifengya, and then you can see the city wall of Yunyang Prefecture; the other way is to take Jingziguan, stepping on three provinces with one foot, and the cockcrows in three provinces at Jingziguan, and Nanyang Town Jingziguan joint defense area.

In Yueliangwan of Jingziguan Town, there is a pass with two mountains facing each other. Outside the pass is the 800-li Qinchuan, and inside the pass is the open Central Plains. The roaring Danjiang River and the narrow ancient road together build a Jingziguan where "one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it".

It leans against the mountains, faces the Danjiang River, carries the mountains on its back, and is under the clear stream. "It connects Qinchuan in the west and Ezhu in the south". With its superior and unique geographical location, it has become a place where merchants and military strategists have gathered for generations. Just because Danjiang has rich water resources, you can set sail and go up the river.

The Green Camp and the government of Yunyang have been strengthening the defense of these two key points these days. This is also the reason why Dingzhang only transferred two camps to Yunyang. Yunyang has obvious geographical advantages. As a result, Chen Ming's move made the Yunyang Qing army regret it.

If they had known that Chen Ming would come from Xiangyang, they would have focused on Xiaojiangkou in Jun County. [The confluence of Danshui and Hanjiang River is the familiar Danjiangkou]

But now everything is too late.

In the area north of the Yangtze River, although the Qing army still has tens of thousands of troops, 7,000 in Xiangyang City and 3,000 in Xinyang City, a month has passed, and the team in Xinyang City that escaped from the Gunhe battlefield has not yet recovered its combat effectiveness. The new Huguang admiral has arrived, but he is raising troops in Hunan.

With only 7,000 people in Xiangyang, do they dare to kick Chen Ming's ass?

The huge Qing Empire could not organize a decent team to rescue Yunyang, a powder keg, in a short period of time.

It might not take a few days for the Chen family army to explode the entire Yunyang just like the red color of their uniforms!