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Gao Yingxiang even occupied Zaoyang County without bloodshed that afternoon. The army in the city had already followed Zuo Liangyu. The gentry wanted to come, but unfortunately, they did not have time to contribute a large amount of money and food to the rebel army.

Gao Yingxiang selected six or seven thousand young and strong prisoners from the more than 10,000 prisoners and organized them into various battalions, greatly expanding their strength. These soldiers were not very loyal to Zuo Liangyu. They were just eating food and paying for him. Moreover, they didn't get much, and they could only fill their stomachs. Now they also had food and paying for their rebels, and they didn't have much resistance.

Those who were loyal to Zuo Liangyu were his servants and ran away with him.

After a day of reorganization and completion of the reorganization of the prisoners, Gao Yingxiang came out from Zaoyang again. Then the troops were divided into two groups, one by Liu Zhe, led the north to fight towards Nanyang Prefecture City, while he himself led 10,000 main forces to fight towards Xiangyang City, and the rest of the troops were stationed in Zaoyang.

This is a plan that had been agreed upon a long time. When Gao Yingxiang was chatting with his sworn brother Ling Tian, ​​Ling Tian mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally that it was not a big deal for the rebel army to keep running around like this, and it still had to find a way to build a piece of land to grow.

Of course, Gao Yingxiang had never thought about this before, but because of his lack of strength, he could only fight in a mobile way and had no experience in managing the territory. Even if he had won a piece of territory, he would only plunder it. Then when the main force of the Ming army came, he could only continue to transfer.

It's different now. With these artillery, it means that he has enough offensive ability to occupy several stable cities and then grow stronger.

After discussing with the generals, he finally selected the Nanyang Basin where Xiangyang and Nanyang are located, and planned to use this place as a basis to expand.

At this time, the rebel army came out again and the news of defeating Zuo Liangyu quickly spread. The soldiers and civilians along the way were frightened, especially the rich gentry and households, who fled to avoid falling into the hands of the thieves.

Gao Yingxiang's plan was implemented quite smoothly. When he learned that Liu Zhe led 5,000 rebel troops to continue north, Zuo Liangyu was so scared that he did not dare to stay in Tang County. He continued northward, withdrew from the territory of Nanyang Prefecture, and ran to the territory of Xuzhou in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Three days later, Gao Yingxiang led his army to the outside of Xiangyang City. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng was still in Wuchang and was playing with the partial army led by Li Zicheng to catch the chicken. He had just received the news of Zuo Liangyu's defeat and had no time to return to defense.

There were no dragons in Xiangyang City, and their troops were empty, so they could not resist Gao Yingxiang's fierce attack. Under the continuous bombardment of cannons, in the afternoon of that day, Liu Zhiyuan, the general who was defending the east gate, opened the city gate and surrendered to the rioters. Xiangyang fell into the hands of the rioters.

At the same time, Liu Zongmin, who was attacking Nanyang Prefecture City, was also very smooth. Even Zuo Liangyu dared not confront the rebel army. The Ming army along the way even fled. When he arrived at Nanyang Prefecture City, there were less than 3,000 Ming troops defending the city and were conquered in one day.

In the following days, Liu Zongmin continued to attack north, and his power was unstoppable. Yuzhou, Ye County and Wuyang were captured one after another. The northern gate of the Nanyang Basin was taken down, and the other prefectures and counties in Nanyang Prefecture all fell in a hurry.

After Gao Yingxiang captured Xiangyang, he continued to attack around. The prefectures and counties in Xiangyang could not stop it, and the entire Nanyang Basin fell into the hands of the rebels.

Since then, the wandering crusade finally has a territory of its own.

...

The collapse of the situation was beyond the imagination of the ministers and Emperor Chongzhen. They could not understand that only two or three thousand people were chased and the thieves who were forced to escape into the mountains and hide in just two months could break through the siege and make a comeback.

They first conquered Yunmeng and Yingcheng, and then successively conquered De'an and Suizhou, defeating Zuo Liangyu's nearly 30,000 troops east of Zaoyang County. They also took over the entire Xiangyang Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture, which was very likely to occupy the territory and not leave.

After Chongzhen summoned all the ministers, after a whole day of discussion, he decided to give priority to the removal of the thieves in the Nanyang Basin. Other thieves could slow down. At most, they were wandering around and could not cause any big waves.

Only the trespasses in the Nanyang Basin reminded Chongzhen and the officials of the court of the court. When the Tiance Army raised its troops, there were only two or three thousand people. The court did not take it seriously. It was not until the Tiance Army captured Dengzhou City.

However, at that time, no heavy troops were mobilized to encircle and suppress the enemy. Fan Jingwen lived up to expectations and quickly annihilated Li Jiucheng's troops and defeated Geng Zhongming's troops. However, he was defeated by the Tiance army in Zhaoyuan. Later, the court continued to increase his troops, but the Tiance army's strength increased day by day, and was defeated one after another, and finally occupied the entire Shandong and even crossed the sea to attack Shanhaiguan.

The failure to go to Xiangyang and Nanyang is likely to be in order to separatist territory, show their strength, and eventually grow stronger, which is exactly the same as the Tiance Army.

A Tiance army was enough for Chongzhen to have a headache, and Chongzhen would never tolerate it. Another force of force of force appeared in the Central Plains, and it was the Nanyang Basin, which had hundreds of miles of fertile soil on the plains.

Therefore, the court ordered the mobilization of the Baigang troops of Shizhu General Qin Liangyu into Huguang, He Renlong and Zheng Jiadong, and the soldiers of Guyuan, Lintao and Yulin from Guanzhong to Shangluo and Shangnan to enter Nanyang, and then urgently dispatched the governor of Huguang to return to Fangyi City to attack the treacherous thieves.

To be on the safe side, Chongzhen also ordered Fan Jingwen to mobilize the new army to enter the Central Plains to fight.

At the end of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Fan Jingwen did not accept Kong Youde's recruitment and chose to return to the capital to apologize to Emperor Chongzhen. However, Emperor Chongzhen also saw his performance in several battles and did not punish him. Instead, he appointed him as the Minister of War in Nanjing, replacing Yan Mingtai, who was dismissed from office and was responsible for rectifying the troops and organizing the army in Nanjing.

It has been almost ten months since Fan Jingwen took office in Nanjing, and the army should have been trained and trained, so it can be used.

Gao Yingxiang's side is naturally not to be outdone. Since he is ready to occupy the Nanyang Basin and then grow, he knows that the court will definitely give priority to him.

In addition to stepping up training of your own troops, you also raise a banner and attract other forces to join, so that you can be a cannon fodder at that time.

Therefore, not only the bandits, local bandits and water bandits in the Jingxiangyun area came to join the group, but some bandits who were chased by the imperial army in the Central Plains, who had nowhere to hide, also came to seek the protection of the King of Chuang.

After Gao Yingxiang conquered Xiangyang, Li Zicheng became much more relaxed. His side troops did not have many troops, but they were still dealing with Lu Xiangsheng. They ran away almost for a moment, using the dense water nets of the Han River Plain to roam around.

If it weren't for the several merchant ships bought by the Liaoning Trading Company and the warships simply converted from four red cannons, he would have been destroyed by Lu Xiangsheng on the water.

After Lu Xiangsheng led his main force to the north, Li Zicheng also began to think about his next development plan. It would definitely not work to return to Nanyang at this time. Lu Xiangsheng also left many troops to defend everywhere, and the road was blocked by Lu Xiangsheng.

After thinking about it, he decided to continue to go south, follow the Yangtze River into Poyang Lake, and then enter Jiangxi Exhibition. I heard that southern Jiangxi has been in chaos for several years and there is no decent Ming army, so it should not be difficult to show it.

...

When the battlefield in the Central Plains was changing, the battle situation in the north had gradually subsided.

As late February began, the battle between the Tiance army and the Tartars had basically stopped.

The Tiance army pursued troops and took turns to fight. Did they take a bite behind the Tatars and constantly regain the city that was abandoned by the Tatars, and the front line expanded eastward, but what followed was the pressure of logistics supply.

In addition, the situation in Liaodong is not as detailed as that in the surrounding area of ​​Jinzhou, Kong Youde dared not pursue it too deeply. After all, it was not a home game. The weather is still very cold now, and it is not worth the effort except for the fault.

By the time of the armistice, all the city fortresses west of the Liaohe River had been recovered by the Tiance Army, including Zhenyuan Fort, Zhen'an Fort, Zhen'an Fort, Zhenning Fort, Zheng'an Fort, Xiping Fort, Xixing Fort, etc.

Even a military city like Guangning City was decisively abandoned. With the momentum of the Tiance Army, even if the troops were left to defend, it would be just a white and white gift. If we still give up, we would let the Tiance Army divide its troops to garrison.

Not only these, but also a series of castles along the coast were successfully captured by the Tiance Army, including Donghai Fort, Twin Fort, Yaozhou City, etc., as well as the Gaizhou Guards captured by the Navy last year, as well as the Jinzhou Guards, Fuzhou Guards, Deliying City, Yongning City and other cities captured by the Dongjiang Army.

This means that there is no sea outlet on the Tartar territory, and the Tiance Army can reach 6 from any point, transport troops and materials, and participate in the battle against the Tartars. The Tiance Army has completely occupied the strategic initiative.

In addition, the Chechen cavalry, as well as the two cavalry units of Aohan and Zarut also captured a large area of ​​Mongolia in the southern desert. Almost all the territory of the Korchin tribe was taken into account. The Chechen tribe had already connected with the area controlled by Li Tai's Yehe Legion and got in touch and dealt with it together.

This means that the strategic plan for four-sided encirclement was initially completed. Now, in any direction in the Tatars, they have to face the troops of the Tiance Army or the vassals and allies of the Tiance Army.

The entire Later Jin Dynasty has been locked in an encirclement. Judging from the map, the area under control of the Later Jin Dynasty is now only half of the northeastern part of Liaoning and the central and eastern Jilin.

Although this encirclement is not solid, a new round of offense will begin soon. At that time, what the Tartars have to face will be endless attacks from all directions, and their survival parachuting will be compressed step by step.

Before this, there would inevitably be a power struggle within the Later Jin Dynasty. After this period of time, the pursuit of troops was focused on Dai Shan's troops, and the Tiance army continued to kill 66 times, capturing more than 10,000 Tartars and Mongolian soldiers. Dai Shan's strength had been greatly weakened. In addition, Kong Youde deliberately let Ajige go, although Dai Shan's strength was still stronger than Dorgon's team, it no longer constituted a crushing momentum.

Now that there is a vacuum of power within the Later Jin Dynasty, disputes will inevitably arise again. When they decide the victory and the vitality is severely damaged, it will be the day when the Tiance Army's full-scale attack begins. At that time, the Tiance Army will definitely make a concerted effort to completely defeat these remaining Tartars.

On February 24, Kong Youde met with Chechen Khan Shuolei, leader of the Chechen tribe in Guangning City.

Guangning City has always been a major military center of the Ming Dynasty and a link between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian tribes. Nurhaci severely damaged the Ming army in the Battle of Guangning, which led to the collapse of the Ming army east of Shanhaiguan, which means that Nurhaci could not defend such a large territory. Otherwise, once they gained a foothold, it would not be impossible to conquer Shanhaiguan.

Now, Guangning City returns to the hands of the Tiance Army, which means that the Tartars' bridgehead fortresses. Unless they can capture Guangning City again, they will not dare to attack cities such as Jinzhou, Songshan, and Xingshan.

Of course, they no longer have the ability to retake Guangning City, and Kong Youde will also arrange the place where they meet Shuolei.

At the banquet, Kong Youde raised his glass and smiled, "This generation has toasted the friendship between the Chechen tribe and the Tiance army. We cooperated with us and were invincible. Finally, we have cleaned up Huang Taiji, who is a disaster for the grassland!"

Shuolei also smiled and said, "Mr. I'm too rewarded. I've dealt with a lot of this battle. Our Chechen tribe still benefited from my grandfather's glory! Huang Taiji, a descendant of his descendants, committed rebellion and invaded the grassland. The grandfather killed him to eliminate harm for the people. He should be a cup of respect for the grandfather!"

The Duke he mentioned refers to Kong Youde's new title. Kong Youde transported so many prisoners and ranks to the capital. Although Chongzhen was extremely reluctant, he still issued an order to seal Kong Youde as Duke Shenyang.

In addition, a large number of reward silver were allocated, including fifty taels at the Tartar level and thirty taels at the Mongolian level. Although the rest was a little lower, the amount was huge. The reward silver was 1.2 million taels. Chongzhen's heart was like bleeding, but this money had to be given. At least the Tiance Army is nominally the military of the court. If it is not given, the other Ming soldiers would be worried that they would be denied the reward silver if they made their contributions.

"Come on, drink this cup!"

Kong Youde asked again, "My friend, you have traveled two or three thousand miles along the way and have captured many tribes along the way. I guess you have gained a lot!"

"Mr. Chenggong, Ji Yan, this time my Chechen tribe harvested a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, and there were a lot of fur. Such a huge harvest was all thanks to the Duke who held Huang Taiji back. In order to express his agreement, I would like to give three thousand horses, five thousand cows, and ten thousand sheep to the Duke as a thank-you gift!"

Kong Youde waved his hand, "No need, this is all your worth, and it is all for you to fight with your life."

Then he thought about it and said, "However, it is very troublesome to transport so many spoils back. Why not do this? You will stay in Guangning for a few more days. When the sea surface is thawed, my Tiance Army's cargo ship can travel back and forth, which can bring a large amount of cargo. I believe there are many that you urgently need. It is better to exchange these spoils for the goods you need nearby, which is not more convenient!"

At this time, Shuolei hesitated a little, "Mr. Master, how do you calculate this price?"

Kong Youde patted his chest and said, "You don't have to worry about this, just follow the price Zuo Wenfei negotiated with you. Don't worry, you won't suffer any losses!"

"Mr. Master is really a good friend of our Chechen people. As long as the Duke also gives instructions, my Chechen tribe will fight side by side with him!"
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