In Jingdezhen, every household is austere.
Countless corpses were lifted from the city and filled the streets.
But everyone has no fear, and their eyes are full of hatred.
The young men still rushed to the city head one after another, using their swords and guns, picked up stones, hot dung water, and thick wood to desperately block the Ming army's attack.
Jingdezhen is the capital of porcelain, and the majority of people here are merchants and craftsmen.
They have always been exploited miserably by the Ming government and have no status at all.
The news of Xia's arrival made the people of Jingdezhen cheer.
They spontaneously organized themselves, captured the entire city, and declared their submission to the Xia Kingdom.
Their actions were frantically attacked by Li Jiunian, the prefect of Raozhou, and armed local landlords.
Although the people of Jingdezhen had not received any military training, they were determined to die and defended the city with their lives and perseverance.
They held back most of the military forces of Raozhou Prefecture and effectively cooperated with the actions of the First Division.
"They are just some untouchables, why can't we attack them? If we delay any longer, Xia Jun will come and everything will be over."
Li Jiunian was restless.
He never imagined that Jingdezhen, which was defended only by the common people, would be so difficult to break.
It has been five days. If they still cannot be defeated, the Xia army can attack at any time.
However, the local Ming army general in Raozhou was also an expert at drinking wine and visiting brothels on weekdays. But when it comes to fighting, he doesn't even know how many soldiers he has.
Just when the situation here was getting more and more tense, messengers came in a hurry from the west.
"Master Magistrate, the Xia army defeated the navy in a warship and has arrived at the gate of Fucheng."
As soon as the news came out, everyone felt chills all over.
No one expected that Xia Jun would come so quickly and from the rear.
"The navy is so incompetent that it can't stop the Xia army in the big lake?"
Li Jiunian's scalp felt numb and he quickly ordered.
"No more fighting, retreat immediately and return to Fucheng to aid."
His personal papers and property are all in the city and cannot be lost. As for Jingdezhen, I can no longer take care of it.
The vast majority of the Ming army were from Raozhou Prefecture. When they heard that their families in the rear were unstable, everyone lost their fighting spirit, so that they marched back very quickly.
But even so, they still underestimated Xia Jun's combat effectiveness.
Just when Li Jiunian led his army to Dayang Port, which was still half the distance from Raozhou Prefecture, he collided with the rushing Xia army.
Although the Xia army only had one battalion, they immediately launched an offensive without any hesitation.
What does it mean for the tiger to come down the mountain?
More than a thousand Xia Army soldiers faced several times the enemy and did not care. They took advantage of the opponent's lack of a firm foothold and directly began to charge and fight.
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They even engaged in outflanking.
Not only could the Ming army, which had low combat effectiveness, be unable to withstand the Xia army's frontal attack, but when they heard the sound of gunfire from the flanks, they thought they were surrounded by the Xia army on all sides.
This time the Ming army was completely panicked.
Everyone began to run away blindly, only hating their parents for missing two legs.
Li Jiunian was confused among the rebellious troops and was at a loss.
How could he, a mere civil servant, know how to fight? In the chaos, it was impossible to even give orders.
Actually I don't know what to do.
He could only run around with the rebels under the protection of his staff and guards.
What made the Ming army desperate was that even if they could escape, it was difficult for them to do so.
Because when it comes to running speed, they are no match for Xia Jun.
"Kneel down on the spot! Put down your weapons and surrender your guns without killing!"
Amidst the loud and powerful shouts of the Xia Army soldiers, upon hearing that they could survive, many Ming Army soldiers immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground obediently.
Three hours later, the battle ended.
Of the more than 15,000 Ming troops, only 2,000 escaped in the end.
More than 3,100 people died in the battle, and nearly 10,000 were captured.
As for Li Jiunian, the prefect of Raozhou, he was trampled to death among the rebels and was beyond recognition.
This Ming army was the only resistance force on the east bank of Poyang Lake.
After they were eliminated, Raozhou Mansion was completely captured by the Xia Kingdom.
The Ming army that blocked the First Division at Yushan was completely desperate when they heard about the situation at the rear and surrendered directly to the city.
As a result, Guangxin Mansion also fell into the hands of Xia Guo.
Then Zuo Hua's troops divided into two groups.
All the way from Jiujiang south, all the way west across Poyang Lake, began to approach Nanchang.
Zuo Rong's first division swept through Fuzhou Prefecture and Linjiang Prefecture, and went straight to Ruizhou Prefecture.
After completing this mobile route, you can completely surround Nanchang Mansion with Zuo Hua.
Seeing that the situation was over, Li Banghua's tribe in Jishui had occupied the county seat and received more and more support. Zhao Xinji, the prefect of Ji'an, immediately announced his surrender.
At this point, only parts of Nanchang Prefecture, Jianchang Prefecture, Nan'an Prefecture and Ganzhou Prefecture were left in Jiangxi, still in the hands of Ming Dynasty officials.
But these places alone can no longer hold on for long.
At this moment, Li Zicheng's experience was exactly the same as that of the Ming Dynasty officials in Jiangxi.
After he captured the capital, the policies he adopted completely disappointed the landlords and gentry everywhere, and they regarded him as an enemy bandit.
Upon learning that he had been defeated by the Manchus and retreated all the way, landowners and gentry everywhere immediately began to rebel.
Facing the pursuit of the Qing army, it was already extremely difficult for Li Zicheng to deal with it. As a result, rebellions occurred in various places, and he could no longer organize effective forces to deal with the Qing army.
The one who did the most harm among them was naturally Datong's commander-in-chief Jiang Yu.
After the defeat of Shanhaiguan, Jiang Yu did not follow Li Zicheng, but withdrew to Datong.
When Li Zicheng was in panic, he did not think of notifying the Dashun garrison in Datong to guard against Jiang Yu.
As a result, after Jiang Yu returned, he was warmly received by Datong guards Ke Tianxiang and Zhang Tianlin.
The two of them also treated Jiang Yu as their superior and were completely defenseless.
Jiang Quan saw the opportunity and led his cronies to surround the general's mansion and kill all the generals including Ke Tianxiang and Zhang Tianlin.
When Wu Weihua, the obedient Marquis of the Qing Dynasty, entered Shanxi, Jiang Quan immediately contacted him and Kaicheng surrendered.
Jiang Yu's surrender allowed the Qing army to move forward on the northern front without any hindrance.
Azig began to speed up and headed straight for the Yellow River, intending to outflank Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng originally wanted to stay in Shanxi for a while and summon nearby soldiers and horses to build multiple lines of defense to delay the Qing army's attack.
Knowing that Azig was coming from the north, he had no choice but to return to Shaanxi.
From the beginning of the Eastern Expedition on the eighth day of the first lunar month until Li Zicheng returned to Shaanxi again, only five or six months passed.
Dashun, which was originally prosperous and at its peak, has begun to enter a countdown.
This series of changes made people all over the world stunned.
Who would have thought that Li Zicheng, who originally had the highest reputation, would be the first to withdraw from the battle for the world!
