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Chapter 263 Kong Youde prepares to "become the king"

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    The Western Army was blocked in Jingzhou, but reinforcements from the Chu Army kept arriving. Kong Youde stood at the top of Wuchang City every day, watching the warships with the Chu Army's flag sailing back and forth on the Yangtze River. He almost fell into despair. Just because of a thought, he  They didn't seize the opportunity to evacuate from Wuchang. Now the Chu army has gathered and they can't leave even if they want to.  Six or seven days passed in this self-pity. When I woke up in the morning, a scout suddenly sent a report that Li Dingguo had captured Jiangling, the capital of Jingzhou Prefecture.  There is no unstoppable road. Monk Kong Youde was overjoyed and surprised. He couldn't believe it. He sent scouts to investigate again and finally confirmed that the Chu army had voluntarily withdrawn from Jingzhou. Li Dingguo fought hard for many days but failed to succeed. In the end, he was able to defeat the enemy without any blood and easily.  Capture Jingzhou City.  "Li Dingguo is really lucky. He fell down under the city of Jingzhou and was chewing mud, but he happened to pick up a gold ingot. Haha, hahahaha." Kong Youde laughed heartily, and he was full of praise for Li Dingguo, a "mediocre general".  He joked and said excitedly, "He attacked Jiangling several times but was unable to do anything. It must be that the war in Hunan was tense, and the Chu thieves had to shrink their defenses and send troops back to Hunan. However, he unintentionally took advantage of this war.  "Anything can happen, no one can say for sure." "This kind of person is called a lucky general. He has great fortune and good fortune. Although Li Dingguo is not good at leading troops, he is a lucky general like Niu Gao and Cheng Yaojin.  I lay down in the camp and slept for a while, and in the morning I found a Jingzhou city for nothing." Shang Kexi was named King Zhishun by the Qing Dynasty. He was always known for his wisdom. After a little thought, he had seen through the fog of the battlefield.  , gaining insight into the Chu army¡¯s intentions. ¡°Hubei was originally the territory of the Chu army, but it has been repeatedly torn apart over the years. Wang Kefan did not attach great importance to it, but Hunan was the home of Chu thieves, from Yuezhou to Changsha to Hengyang.  There was absolutely no room for failure, and besides, Sun Kewang was a rare handsome man among the Western thieves. The Chu thieves could not resist the enemy, so they sent troops and horses from Hubei to come back for reinforcements. Li Dingguo was lucky enough to capture Jingzhou, but in this way, it would also be detrimental to our army.  It is very advantageous, and now is the perfect time to send troops to Xiaogan." "Shang Kexi and Kong Youde immediately sent 5,000 troops north from Wuchang to attack Xiaogan.  According to their plan, this time they sent troops to attack Xiaogan just for a show. They avoided the main force of the Chu army at a distance, walked around Xiaogan before retreating to Wuchang, and then reported to the Qing court that they had recaptured Xiaogan, and were attacked by friendly forces again.  A sneak attack by Li Dingguo's troops brought Xiaogan back. However, after the Qing army sent out troops, they encountered no resistance along the way. The Qing generals who led the team cautiously advanced forward, and accidentally arrived at the foot of Xiaogan City. Only then did they discover that the city was  The Chu army had withdrawn long ago, and not even many people were left. It was already an empty city. The Qing general immediately sent scouts to explore and found that the Chu army in the nearby prefectures and counties of Chengtian Prefecture and De'an Prefecture were all gone.  In a hasty retreat, the situation is similar to that of Xiaogan.  When the news reached Wuchang, Monk Kong Youde looked at each other with joy and astonishment, and then he was surprised and happy.  According to general principles, even if the Chu army retreats across the board, it should continue to fortify and resist. There is no reason to just abandon Jingzhou Prefecture, and Chengtian Prefecture and De'an Prefecture also fled. If Li Dingguo takes advantage of the victory and pursues him, the retreating Chu army will instead  will suffer greater losses.  But this is just a general truth. Monk Kong Youde was glad that he fought with the Ming army before. The performance of the Ming army was very similar to now. If it fell at the slightest moment, the whole line collapsed. Every army wanted to be the first to escape to the safe rear. No one  Being willing to stay and cover the retreat of friendly forces, in other words, is the so-called defeat. After the fall of Jingzhou, the entire defense system of the Chu army in Hubei immediately collapsed.  "Well, when the Chu thieves fought with our army, weren't they originally very capable? How come they became so unbearable when they met the Western thieves? If I were replaced by a tiger and Li Guo, even if I abandoned Jingzhou, I would still be able to fight.  As long as the navy cooperates, we can still maneuver around both sides of the Han River. There is no reason to collapse thousands of miles away. Hey, Li Dingguo is really a lucky general. Not only did he pick up a Jingzhou city for free, but he also picked up half of Hubei for free.  , This is just fucking bad luck." Kong Youde had a ridiculous feeling that he was born at the wrong time. He and the Chu army had been fighting hard for many years, and both sides were exhausted, but in the end, Li Dingguo took advantage of him.  It is true that there are no heroes at all times, so Zhuzi became famous.  "I heard that Sun Kewang is attacking Yuezhou, intending to cut off the connection between Hubei and Hunan. In the past few days, ships on the Yangtze River and Hanshui River have been transporting reinforcements to Yuezhou. It is estimated that Li Guo also went to Yuezhou, so here in Hubei  We gave up on all fronts." Shang Kexi pointed to the map and analyzed, "Since the Chu thieves gave up Xiaogan and Zhongxiang, De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion will definitely not be able to defend it. De'an Mansion cannot be defended, Xiangyang Mansion cannot be defended, and Wuchang cannot be defended.  The Mansion is in our hands again. The Chu thieves only have Huangzhou Mansion left in the north of the Yangtze River. The remaining defeated soldiers will flee there. De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion must be empty. Since our army has occupied Xiaogan, we might as well take advantage of the situation and move forward.  Push forward and capture the cities of Yingcheng, Anlu and Zhongxiang."   "Opportunities must not be missed, they will never come back." Kong Youde looked at the map, quite moved, and asked Shang Kexiang for his opinion, "How about we make the fake come true, and after occupying the cities of Yingcheng, Anlu and Zhongxiang,  Separate troops and garrison, don't give it to the Western bandits easily. In this way, not only can you capture half of Hubei, but you can also open up the grain route with Henan, which is in line with the imperial court's wishes. " "The Western bandits must not become too powerful.  We are invincible. We have occupied the cities of Yingcheng, Anlu and Zhongxiang, just in time to report a great victory to the court. Then we should withdraw to Wuchang as soon as possible to avoid conflicts with the Western thieves. We will wait until the court reinforcements arrive and then start again.  It¡¯s not too late to take it back.¡± Shang Kexi made a suggestion and sent an eloquent envoy to Li Ding¡¯s army to invite the Western Army to attack Xiangyang Prefecture together, and promised that after victory, Xiaogan, Yingcheng, and Anlu would be given up.  and Zhongxiang, in order to paralyze Li Dingguo and ensure their own safety. After the troops retreated to Wuchang, they then attacked them according to the original plan and complained to the Qing court. They were attacked by Li Dingguo. The Western Army not only took away the cities of Xiaogan and Zhongxiang from the Qing army, but also  He also marched northward aggressively, clearly intending to attack Henan.  This method is good and Kong Youde likes it very much.  "Isn't Li Dingguo a lucky general? Dig a big hole for him this time. It won't be over until he is trapped to death."  Kong Youde was confident that as long as the Qing government could send 50,000 reinforcements, he, Monk Kexi, would be more than 90% sure of defeating Li Dingguo, a mediocre general who relied entirely on luck in fighting, and then use the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to defend Hubei, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.  The Western Army and the Chu Army were fighting to the death in Hunan.  After the plan was agreed upon, Monk Kexi mobilized several thousand more troops and rushed to Xiaogan. At the same time, he ordered the Qing army in Xiaogan to advance continuously and occupy Yingcheng, Anlu, Zhongxiang and other places. These prefectures and counties are now empty cities, and hundreds of troops were sent out.  Ten or hundreds of Qing troops can capture a city. Because the Western Army has no navy, it is temporarily blocked on the east bank of the Han River. It can only watch these cities being planted with the green flag of the Qing army one after another.  "Kong Youde seized De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion first, and said that he would cooperate with us in attacking Xiangyang. Brothers, what should we do now?" Kong Youde's envoy came to the Western Army. Li Dingguo sent him away and called the generals to discuss  this matter.  "This is too bullying. We beat away a tiger, but the Tatars came to pick peaches." "Why did he occupy De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion? He just bullied us for not having a boat." "The Tatars have always been vain.  The two fake Tatars, Kong Youde and Monk Kexi, may be stabbing us in the back if we go to attack Xiangyang. " "The Xiangyang Prefecture must be attacked, but Chengtian Prefecture should be taken first." "It's not just Chengtian Prefecture.  In my opinion, we might as well capture the Wuchang Prefecture." The generals were filled with indignation and did not want the fruits of hard-fought victory to be snatched away by the Qing army. They all encouraged Li Dingguo to send troops, and Monk Kong Youde was gratified.  Li Dingguo got what he wanted, nodded and smiled, "Although our army went to war with the Chu army, they were all armies of the Ming Dynasty. There was no reason for them to take advantage of the Tatars in the end. Although I and the Chu army are not at odds with each other, I am even more incompatible with the Tatars.  Monk Kong Youde and Kexi, these two fake Tatars, must be killed quickly. How can we treat them as allies? Monk Kong Youde and Kexi have occupied Chengtian Mansion and De'an Mansion. The king intends to take them back, but the Han River is wide and deep, even if he recruits civilian ships  "I can only transport thousands of soldiers and horses across the river in one or two days. I don't know which general dares to defeat the enemy with a small number and cross the river to attack the thieves."  "With five hundred infantry, we can capture Anlu." "I only need five hundred men to capture Xiaogan." "I don't dare to compete with several generals, but I am willing to lead two thousand troops to attack Wuchang and Hanyang, even if I can't.  The city was destroyed and the Tatars were not allowed to take another step out of Wuchang and Hanyang." The Western Army urgently recruited nearby civilian ships and began to cross the Han River that night. The water network in Hubei was crisscrossed. Although no large ships were found, fishing boats and sampans were found.  Many of them, with the help of local fishermen and common people, took advantage of the calm conditions of the Han River to send 5,000 Western troops to the east bank of the Han River in two days.  Monk Kong Youde has been fortunate to have been in the city for the past year. The city has consumed too much food and grass, and there is not even enough firewood for the fire. This time, he finally captured De'an Mansion and Chengtian Mansion. Everything is useful.  Of course, they had to search extensively. The nearly ten thousand Qing troops were like swarms of locusts, burning, killing and looting in Xiaogan and other places, digging three feet into the ground, eager to tear down the beams of people's houses and take them away.  At this time, the Western Army suddenly attacked. The Qing Army was caught off guard and collapsed. Not only did they lose several cities they had just occupied, but most of their troops were wiped out. The remaining defeated soldiers fled back to Wuchang in a hurry. The Western Army crossed the river.  Not much, and not chasing after them relentlessly.  "The Western bandits captured Xiaogan, as well as Yingcheng, Anlu andXiang Li Dingguo doesn't have the ability to conquer cities and territories. He runs very fast when he gets an advantage. Hehe, but he doesn't know that this is the king's intention to give in. He has already fallen into the trap.  " When he first heard that Xiaogan and other places had been lost one after another, Kong Youde thought it was his troops who followed the plan and evacuated on their own initiative, and then the Western Army took advantage of the situation to occupy these cities. He despised Li Dingguo even more from the bottom of his heart. He is looking forward to it now.  , the reinforcements from the Qing court can arrive early, and then they can fight Li Dingguo in an upright manner, and they are confident that they can beat him to pieces, and even kill the famous Jin King of the Western Army.
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