Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 361
The first year of Shaotian in Ming Dynasty and the second year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty.

The 25th of the twelfth lunar month.

An important town in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou.

The Ming Banner appeared at the foot of the city of Suzhou, and the leading generals were the admirals of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Prime Minister of the Marquis of Jingnan. The right wing of the Imperial Battalion was the main force in his command. Wang Meng's Yongwei Town, Zhang Pengyi's Yulin Town, and Lu Xiang Guan's Zhongsu Town, together with Zhou Hezhi's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy Zhenyuan Town, took the four imperial camp water and land towns as the main force.

In addition, there are four provincial battalions in the two provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc. Troops also came, plus the standard battalions of the governor, governor, caddy, and sub-patrol, with flags fluttering one after another.

The city of Jiangsu was quickly put under martial law.

Tu Guobao, the interim governor of Jiangning and admiral of Caojiang, stood on the top of the city and looked at the countless flags waving, and couldn't help sighing, "This king of Lu is really a soldier."

Cao Hu reminded him, "The one who is now in the throne, ascending to the throne, is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."

Tu Guobao heard the toothache, and now he is more and more convinced that Yan Jinglue is secretly enlightened. Otherwise, there are [-] soldiers in Jiangning City, and there are many cannons.

But in fact, Jiang Ning doesn't even mention it now.

Ever since Jiang Ning returned, he has heard all bad news. Originally, he planned to bring back the two thousand bids from Jiang Ning City, but Yan Wogong said that Jiang Ning needed soldiers to defend, and it would be difficult for him to bring troops. He quickly returned to Suzhou, abruptly leaving Jiang Ning Fubiao behind.

But the sporadic news I heard now is that most of the officers in Jiangning Fubiao and Jiangnan Governor Governor Biao in Jiangning either mutinied or were secretly informed. After several military turmoil, they finally died in a surprise attack by the Ming army at Laba night almost.

Hearing this news, Tu Guobao was heartbroken.

Fortunately, Zhang Dayou only took [-] Fubiao to Jiangning, and Suzhou left [-].

After he came back, he turned himself into a soldier, pulling strong men everywhere, and barely formed a 5000-man bidder troop, and even pieced together a 5000-man water battalion.

Of course, they are actually some canal workers and boatmen.

All he owns are water boats and fishing boats that were forcibly confiscated, and now the canals from Zhenjiang all the way to Hangzhou are covered with thick ice, and even Taihu Lake is three feet frozen and can run horses on ice. His so-called water camp is also It's even more useless.

In addition to the [-] land and water troops made up of local national treasures in Suzhou City, there are also [-] Manchurian armors from Kangkala who came back together.

Kangkala took his [-] soldiers, marked out an area in Suzhou City, and built a city called Mancheng.

Watching the Ming army attack on a large scale.

Kangkala was obviously a little flustered, but he still arrived with some generals. Facing the countless banners, he announced in public that the Ming thief was just a bluff, and my Manchurian elite from Songjiang Hangzhou in the Qing Dynasty are about to arrive. Tomorrow Thieves must be defeated.

It is to defend Suzhou to the death.

It is also a heavy reward of 20 taels of silver for each thief who kills the Ming, and he also shouted slogans such as killing those who dare to be enlightened.

The Manchurian soldiers became the supervising team of the Suzhou guards.

Fubiao is at the forefront.

But outside the barely-restored Suzhou City Wall, it was a completely different scene.

Wang Shi's imperial battalion arrived. Although the banner was fluttering, in fact, only the vanguard of Yongwei Town came first, and the other towns were still behind. The freezing of the canal really affected the march, especially the delivery of many supplies.

But the people around Suzhou came to greet them, not only ordinary people, but also the local gentry, and now they have basically stood on the side of the Ming army.

Since the Tu National Treasure guarded Susong, there have been endless ways to search for the people. The people have suffered unspeakably. erosion.This year's autumn grain had just been harvested, and as a result, the Qing army began to go to the countryside to grab grain.

The common people worked so hard to cultivate the land in this chaotic world, but they were snatched away as soon as they harvested, no one would be angry.

Some of those wealthy gentry originally thought that welcoming the new dynasty would allow them to continue to live a stable life. Who knew that Tu Guobao was not polite at all. Grain was collected today and taxed tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow was distributed, and then the day after tomorrow was apportioned. Consumption, and finally borrow money to borrow food.

Susong, originally a wealthy place, was originally rich in silk weaving and handicrafts, but now the food from outside cannot be transported in, and the local goods cannot be circulated. Feed.

The prices of salt and grain are rising steadily, and the people are hungry and full.

The city of Suzhou was lost three times, and the gentry and common people were looted repeatedly.

By now, everyone understands that this Tartar is much more ruthless than the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

If it continues, sooner or later the family will be ruined.

Seeing that the Ming army is recovering and its strength is getting stronger, everyone is looking forward to the Ming army being able to completely wipe out these tartars, bring chaos back to normal, and regain the light.

Leading the sheep and carrying the wine, the gentry and landowners took the lead to welcome Master Wang.

Seeing this scene, Wang Chuangzi ordered his old brother Wang Meng to fight Yongwei Town with all its energy and energy, and the armored soldiers lined up at the front. He also gathered all the horses in the town and recruited a few cavalry Walk in formation.

Pao Bao also tied big red silk flowers to the cannon, put it on the carriage, and marched in line with the horse and mule.

Master Wang's majesty made the gentry and common people who came to welcome him more and more excited, and they cheered and shouted.

The soldiers in Warrior Town were also greatly encouraged, each with their chests raised higher, their heads raised higher, and the expressions on their faces became more proud.

Someone shouted Long Live!

"Fuyuan, the Ming army is extremely powerful, we're afraid we won't be able to defend it,"

The city of Suzhou was captured three times. Before the Ming army withdrew, they organized manpower to demolish the city, destroy the walls and fill in the trenches. On the surface, he used his life to regain Suzhou three times in a row, but he knew the actual situation. He paid money to redeem it. After entering the city, the Ming army collected enough money, and then left after it was almost demolished.

He repaired once the Ming army dismantled it, and repaired it once dismantled.

Suzhou City was demolished three times and repaired three times within half a year, but after all, it was repaired hastily, and many places were still repaired very simply. If you really want to attack by force, those are the weak points.

Looking at the momentum of the Ming army below the city, Tu Guobao was also lost in thought.

The military appearance of the Ming army is neat, and the most important thing is that he saw countless armors.

Having or not having armor is a key sign of whether an army is elite or not. In fact, the current military uniforms of the Qing army are still largely inherited from the border army of the Ming Dynasty. Even the so-called Eight Banners of the Qing army are just a way of distinguishing the former Ming army. .

The Ming army used flags to distinguish armies, divided into east, west, north, and middle according to azimuth, and each direction was marked with different colors. For example, the north was generally black, etc. Specifically, it was a very strict set of things.

The military uniforms of soldiers often have different colors according to this, and there are even main colors to add type identification and so on.

So in Liaodong in the past, the military uniforms and armors of the Ming army and the Qing army were roughly the same. The most obvious difference is that the Tartars shaved their hair and dragged their braids.

Now Zhu Yihai's imperial battalion has seized a lot of armor from the Qing army, and basically they are used directly, that is, a smock and vest are added to the outside.

"Those are horse-killing swords, right?"

"Well, it is said that in Xuzhou before, the soldiers of the Nine Kings used this horse-slaying sword to wipe out thousands of cavalry of King Zhishun Shang Kexi."

In the Ming army showing off outside the city, many armored warriors are holding broadswords, which is exactly this kind of saber.

This knife is also called machete, like a crescent moon, seven feet long, three feet long blade, four feet long handle, a bit like Qinglong Yanyue Dao, this knife cuts across a horse's feet like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, it is extremely smooth and quick to cut, compared with Qinglong Come Yanyue Dao, the blade of this horse-chopping sword is very long.

The whole knife is more than two meters long, and the blade is nearly 1.3 meters long.

These horse-cutting swords of the Ming army were originally equipped by Zhu Chenggong's servants. He had an elite servant who brought them from Fujian. Cutting the saber, No. Iron Man Army.

Able to bear the impact of cavalry.

After Zhu Yihai saw it, he admired the Iron Man Army and the Saber, so he ordered the military factory in the rear to purchase Fujian iron to make a large number of Saber, which was used to equip the towns and form a heavy infantry to fight against the cavalry of the Qing army.

After all, the Ming army lacked cavalry and horses. When facing the impact of cavalry, it would be very dangerous if they could not stop it.

Compared with simply using a spear or a large shield to block, this saber can cut people up and cut horses' legs down. It can be attacked and defended against cavalry.

Yongwei Town is known as the No. [-] town in the imperial camp. It not only has its old qualifications, but also has its military exploits as a support. Now their equipment is also good. The whole army has [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers. There are eight combat battalions, and one directly under the head of the army, which governs a cavalry battalion and an artillery battalion.

Of course, the Warriors' Standard Cavalry Battalion is far inferior to the Jinwu Town Cavalry. They are mainly equipped with mules, and some horses.

Among the eight battalions of infantry, each battalion of 500 soldiers has [-] armored soldiers and [-] musketeers. The armored rate has reached [-]%. Armored infantry with fast mobility on mules and horses.

Even those Ming soldiers who did not have iron armor such as cotton armor and cloth face armor, they all changed into uniform military uniforms, and basically everyone had an iron helmet.

Spears, swords, bows, and shields are all well matched.

Standing on the city, Tu Guobao looked at the Ming army, and then at the Qing army defending the city behind him. He couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Cao Jiang, the majestic governor and admiral of Jiangning, his pacesetters, because of repeated defeats and losses, are now wearing armor The rate is less than [-]%.

As for the newly recruited thousands of Fubiao and Shuiying, not to mention, even the clothes are all kinds of common people's attire, and most of them only have a spear or even a sharpened wooden spear.

As for the imperial battalion of the Ming army, even the auxiliary soldiers in Yongwei Town all wore uniforms of blue cloth, and were even equipped with weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows.

Wang Meng took Yongwei Town to put on a parade performance under the city of Suzhou, which was not only shown to the gentry and common people who came to welcome them, but also to the Qing army on the city.

The common people watched with enthusiasm, and loved this powerful imperial army. Many people even heard that the emperor had been marrying wives for the soldiers of the imperial army, so they directly brought suitable girls from their families and pushed them directly into the team.

In the eyes of the gentry and common people of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army was very lowly and humble, even like beggars, or they were robbers and gangsters. The Ming army gave them the impression of being mighty and enviable.

Families of soldiers and civilians outside the city even began to make friends with each other.

But in Suzhou City, Tu Guobao felt a toothache.

"Report, Lord Junmen, another Ming army has arrived, fighting under the banner of Yulin Town, the imperial camp, and the commander seems to be Zhang Pengyi!"

"hiss!"

Tu Guobao felt his tooth hurt even more, Zhang Pengyi knew it, his brothers were very good at fighting, and Yulin was Emperor Ming's personal guard.

Is this the fourth time Suzhou has lost?
What should he do?
(End of this chapter)