Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 138 Surrounding Suzhou

Taihu Lake.

The mighty fleet sailed into Taihu Lake unimpededly with a bright flag. Under the order of General Huang Fei, an advance camp was established on Xishan Island in the lake.

Wu Zhikui, the commander-in-chief of Wusong, led the land route to land on the shore of the lake.

"Report, Dudu, someone claims to be the envoy of the King of Lu, and asks to see the Dudu."

As soon as they anchored at Xishan Island, soldiers came to report.

Huang Fei felt a little headache when he heard the words King Lu, "No, we'll talk about it after someone takes Suzhou."

The soldiers withdrew and came again after a while.

"Captain, the man said that Suzhou is empty on the surface, and there is actually an ambush. Please slow down the offensive. The King of Lu is leading the [-] Northern Expeditionary Army. The main force has gone to attack Chongming."

After hearing this, Huang Fei just sneered.

"Where did the king of Lu get the 5 horses? Recently, I have intercepted a lot of Qing Juntang newspapers, all of which said that Zhu Wu, the admiral of the south of the Yangtze River appointed by the king of Lu, has been fleeing and hiding in Jiaxing after repeated defeats. Ten thousand horses, do you know how many 5 horses are?"

Huang Fei pointed to the countless boats and boats on the lake in front of him, "This is 5 horses, covering the sky and covering the sun, covering the mountains and wilderness."

There are indeed more than [-] Huang Fei here, but in fact it is not [-] soldiers, but a large number of family members. Huang Fei, who had served in Dongjiang Town for a long time, later led the Daming Navy in the Bohai Sea area. After Chongzhen hanged himself, He led the fleet from the Bohai Sea to the south, and at the same time brought a large number of military relatives, craftsmen, and common people, all the way to Miaowan in northern Jiangsu to station.

Later, because Hongguang Jun and his ministers felt that the Yangtze River lacked naval defense, they specially transferred this fleet, which still retained its complete organizational system and did have a lot of experience in water warfare, to go south, first stationed in Zhenjiang, and then transferred to Wuhu to defend Zuo Liangyu.

After Emperor Hongguang abandoned Nanjing and was captured in Wuhu, Huang Fei and his fleet sailed along the river without much loss.

From a certain point of view, in the whole world now, only Huang Fei's navy is still fully organized and has experience in fighting the Qing army.

However, this fleet from Dongjiang to Denglai, then to Miaowan, then to Zhenjiang, then to Caishiji, then to Chongming, and then to Taihu Lake is basically a wandering fleet. .

Wandering until now, there is no fighting spirit anymore.

Everyone is more concerned about the wives, children, and children who are also in the army. They are the little bedding, copper coins and food.

Just go with the flow.

Huang Fei didn't dare to leave his family behind. His soldiers would immediately disintegrate and he had to take them wherever he went. Even if he attacked Suzhou this time, he had to take them with the army.

Before the battle, he had to arrange for his family members, choose Xishan Island in the lake for them to go ashore first, and then take the soldiers on board to fight.

Originally, it was difficult for the fleet to wander without soldiers and pay, but now they have to support so many family members all the time, so how difficult it is.

Huang Fei thought that his 5 people were so large that they would be astonishing wherever he went. Where did Zhu Yihai's Northern Expeditionary Army get 5 people?
And he had indeed intercepted quite a few pond newspapers of the Qing army before, all of which were news of the victory of the Qing army defeating Zhu Wu in Hangjiahu, as well as news of recruiting everywhere.

"Then what does King Lu mean?" Deputy General Tian Shengjia asked.

"I must have seen that we are going to take Suzhou, so I want to stop it now." A general disdainfully said, "We are fighting against the captives on the front line, and the King of Lu only knows how to shoot cold arrows in the back. Before he appointed Shen Youlong as Governor of Su Song, He also ordered Wang Yongzuo to be the governor of Su Song. This is not paying attention to us at all. When we raised an army to attack Suzhou, this Shen Youlong immediately took Songjiang, he is simply a bastard."

Another person said, "It's more than that. How did Chen Wu die? He was killed by the King of Lu in Ningbo, and there was also Chao Xian. Didn't he also die in Zhejiang?"

"Then it's not true that Li Chengdong and the others went to fight Chongming?"

"It doesn't really matter. Li Chengdong is a cavalry general, and Wu Shengzhao has no sailors under his command. What are they going to use to attack Chongming at the mouth of the Yangtze River? Besides, Chongming also has Jing Benche and Shen Tingyang. It is always no problem to defend them. Wait for us to take Go down to Suzhou, then take advantage of the victory to attack Wu Li and the two thieves, and drive them down the river to feed the fish!" Huang Fei said.

"Everything is going according to the original plan. Commander Wu is ordered to lead his troops to surround Suzhou first, block the four gates, and don't let the tartars escape. This time we will avenge our revenge. After we break through Suzhou, no one will be left behind, including the false governor Tu Guobao. .”

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Inside Suzhou City.

The governor's yamen, the imperial envoy, the governor-general of food storage, the admiral of military affairs, the governor of Jiangning, the right deputy capital of the local metropolitan procuratorate, the censor Tu Guobao, are calling the generals to discuss matters.

"The two thieves, Huang and Wu, are coming, and they are coming in a menacing way. It's really surprising." When Tu Guobao said this, he was not nervous, and even had a disdainful smile on his face.

All the demoted officials who showed off their scalps and dragged their tails laughed loudly.

"A group of beggars still want to come to Suzhou, and they are really beyond their limits."

After laughing, Tu Guobao asked about the preparations in the city.

"How much food and grass are there in the city?"

"Master Huifutai, according to Futai's order, counts the grain in Gusu City, and distinguishes between the owner's rice and the ownerless rice. The ownerless rice is the businessman who escaped the chaos and returned to his hometown, or was killed by the bandit. In order to help For the defense of the city, it is decided by the lower ranks that if there is an owner, half of the rice will be taken for the auxiliary army, and if there is no owner, all the rice will be taken."

"Currently, there are 1 nine shi of unowned rice, 980 six shi and seven dou of official rice with owner and half, 660 two shi, two dou and five liters of barley, and 970 shi of soybeans. The bandits harassed and harassed the people, the people were in hardship, the rice shop was closed, the people were hungry, and the low-ranking officials were ordered by Futai to first lend thousands of dan, reduce the price and sell them flat, to help the poor and hungry, and still used the money they exchanged for military use.

Admiral Wu and Li Zongbing and others sent troops to attack, pulled out food and grass, and successively distributed more than 210 four stones of rice..."

Tu Guobao was a little impatient, "Tell me how much rice is available in the city."

"There are still more than 3000 stones of unowned rice, more than [-] stones of barley, and more than [-] stones of soybeans."

"Very good. Gusu City has plenty of food, so we are not afraid of the siege."

Cao Hu, the deputy general of the Chinese army, said, "The general thinks that we can't allow the thieves to besiege and attack the city arrogantly. In my opinion, although Huang Fei has a fleet, he has never had a decent record in escaping from the Dongjiang River. Then Wu Zhikui has never heard of it before." Having said that, I dare to call myself the commander in chief. Regardless of how many of them there are, they are just a mob, and there will be a plan in the end, but they can also break the bandits."

"What's the trick?" Tu Guobao asked. Although he is now the governor of Jiangning, he is from a very humble background. He was originally from Shanxi. He was arrested for smuggling salt in Jianghuai, and later entered Taihu Lake as a water thief, and was later captured by Hong Chengchou. After surrendering, Hong Chengchou became an officer and soldier of the Ming Dynasty. He was surrounded by his superiors, but he was promoted all the way to general and general.

Later, when the Qing army entered the customs, Hong Chengchou personally wrote a letter to recruit Tu Guobao.

Tu Guobao followed Duoduo on the southern expedition and worked very hard.

After seizing the four mansions of Su and Song, Duoduo first granted him the title of chief minister in charge of Jiangnan inspectors. Following Hong Chengchou's appointment as the governor of Jiangnan, Tu Guobao was also promoted to governor of Jiangning.

So don't look at Tu Guobao's official uniform now, but in fact he is a very ruthless person. Back then, he led his troops into Susong, searched everywhere for anti-Qing Ming officials, captured and killed hundreds of people a day, and stopped in half a month. After the arrest, anyone who could Those who chew will be killed.

"We can find the big families in Gusu City and let them sneak out of the city to feign surrender to the Wu thieves, and make an appointment with the internal response to lure them into the city. Then we will ambush the elite soldiers in the city, catch the turtles in the urn, and wipe out the thieves."

When Tu Guobao heard it, um, this is a good strategy.

"The yellow thieves are still in the lake, and the Wu thieves are just outside the city. I think we can lure the Wu thieves into the city first, so we can defeat them one by one!"

Although Tu Guobao is the governor of Jiangning, he has a bad relationship with Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Susong Changzhen. Wu Shengzhao is from Liaodong. He was originally the commander of the Ming Dynasty.However, Wu Shengzhao has always been domineering and has poor military discipline. The two were stationed in Suzhou together. Wu Shengzhao, the admiral, did not give Tu Guobao, the governor, much face.

Tu Guobao complained to Duduo, Hong Chengchou and others several times, but Hong Chengchou defended Wu Shengzhao very much, and every time he only gave Wu Shengzhao some innocuous punishments such as fines and reprimands. This time Tu Guobao was very upset.

Later, after being reminded by his nephew Guerrilla Yang Guohai, he realized that Hong Chengchou's defense of Wu Shengzhao was just to balance the two and prevent one family from being dominant.

After understanding this truth, Tu Guobao didn't stop, but wanted to get Wu Shengzhao away even more.

Now is an opportunity, if he not only defends Suzhou with such a small number of troops, but also smashes the bandit army, it will be a great achievement, and he will definitely overwhelm Wu Shengzhao.

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Outside Suzhou city.

Wu Zhikui's personal soldiers led a man to his tent.

"Song Zhiwen, a student from Gusu Juren, met Mr. Wu."

Wu Zhikui looked at Song Zhiwen's shaved head, and said mockingly, "Are you here to ask for the land's national treasure?"

Song Zhiwen was tall and thin, in his early forties, with a sparse beard, and his head was even more uncoordinated after he had just shaved his hair. He smiled awkwardly, "Since the Tartars occupied Gusu, they have been awarded twice. The hair-shaving order was not strict the first time, and everyone protested, so that’s fine. But not long ago, a strict order was issued to keep the head but not to keep it, and killed many people who refused to shave their hair to protest. The common people had no choice but to shave their hair Baotou."

"Why are you telling me these things?" Wu Zhikui stared at him.

"Actually, the students shave their hair because of helplessness. They didn't intend to send captives. Today, I heard that the imperial army came to recover them. I am very happy. I found an opportunity and sneaked out of the city. I wanted to tell General Wu that Gusu City is still alive. There are many gentry people who are loyal to Ming Dynasty and have long been looking forward to the generals."

"The students ventured here to tell the general that the city of Gusu is very empty now. The pseudo-admiral Wu Shengzhao and the pseudo-general Li Chengdong led the main force to leave early. Now there are more than a thousand horses in the city. The pseudo-governor national treasure heard that the army was coming. The young and strong people are urgently recruited to help defend, and because the student is a juren, he was given an errand to help guard the gate, which is the Xumen in the west city, and the student is willing to bring his family's servants and servants to open the gate for the general."

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