Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 379

In the first month of Shaotian's second year, Zhu Yihai's life was not going well.

The Guanzhong battlefield became a heart problem for him. He was worried day and night, which caused him insomnia and dreams. He often dreamed that the Ming army was defeated, a thousand miles away, and a good situation was ruined.

But people are far away in Nanjing, far away from Xi'an.

Now the news transmission from Nanjing to Xi'an is from Nanjing along the river to Jiujiang, then to Nanchang via Yuanzhou to Changsha, then to Changde in the south of Dongting Lake to Yichang, then north to Yunyang, then along the Hanshui River to Hanzhong, and then on the plank road To Fengxiang, and then to Xi'an, the circle is five thousand li.

No matter how fast the water and land are, it will take half a month to go back and forth.

Fortunately, although Guanzhong was out of control, there was a lot of good news in Shuzhong. Zhang Xianzhong accepted the consolation, at least on the surface, and the Daming Sichuan Army and Xiying stopped fighting.

Zhang Xianzhong still occupied Chengdu and other five prefectures, and the two sides drew a line to cease fighting, not to invade each other, and started negotiations.

Although Wen Anzhi soon reported that Zhang Xianzhong was looting treasures in Chengdu and other places, collecting food and grass, and began to deploy troops in northern Sichuan, intending to enter Hanzhong at any time.

But Zhu Yihai still didn't panic.

At least now that the war in Central Sichuan has ceased, the Sichuan Army has begun to reorganize.

In Sichuan and Shaanxi, it is a blessing in misfortune to have one of them under control.Wen Anzhi, Li Chixin, Wang Guangen, and Qin Liangyu all began to mobilize troops and horses to go to Hanzhong. As for whether the Qing army entered Hanzhong first, the Ming army entered Hanzhong first, or Zhang Xianzhong entered Hanzhong first, this is now unknown.

The worst news is that the Qing army defeated the Ming army in Guanzhong, and took advantage of the victory to enter Hanzhong and occupy this strategic location.

Secondly, Zhang Xianzhong stepped into Hanzhong first, but this is not the worst. If Zhang Xianzhong really took the lead, Zhu Yihai had already drawn up a plan and passed on the order to Wen Anzhi. If this is the case, then let Wen Anzhi Qin Liangyu They quickly took back Chengdu and other five prefectures first, blocked Zhang Xianzhong from Sichuan, and let him compete with the Qing army first.

The good news is, of course, that the Ming army took the first step to occupy Hanzhong, and even the Ming army in Guanzhong only lost, and would not be defeated, and the main force was still preserved. If so, then it would be extremely lucky.

Of course, Zhu Yihai didn't have any hope for this.

After the first month was over, Zhu Yihai's focus began to turn back to Jiangnan, and he no longer had the time to think about the land of Guanlong Hanzhong, because the situation in Jiangnan had also undergone new changes at this time.

Yan Wogong in Jiangning City lived in peace with him, and the two of them even often met in private to chat and drink tea.

Zhu Yihai trained troops in Jiangning, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou, and built ordnance. Yan Wogong continued to eliminate those traitors and running dogs in Jiangning City. Many traitors were captured, many capitulators' homes were confiscated, and a large amount of silver was sent to Zhu Yihai in the name of redeeming the city silver.

Yan Wogong is also training in the city. His standard battalion has now expanded to 1 people, and he is also practicing day and night. Jiang Ning looks like he will fall at any time from the outside. In fact, Yan Wogong's standard battalion training is hard, but the salary is good. Rewards continued, and food was guaranteed.

The population in Jiangning City is getting smaller and smaller.

Every day, a large number of people were sent out of the city by Mr. Yan, batch by batch, and craftsmen from all walks of life were sent out of the city first, which provided Zhu Yihai with many outstanding talents.

The reduced population has also reduced the food pressure in Jiangning City a lot.

Of course, for many people in Jiangning, there is no serious famine now, because Zhu Yihai deliberately released a black market and allowed the people in Jiangning to trade.

Even every few days, the people in the city are allowed to go out of the city to cut firewood and so on.

In short, although the people's livelihood is affected, it will not appear that the besieged city will run out of food and eat people.

However, Mr. Yan's memorials to Beijing were written one after another, and each one was more critical than the other.

He also kept writing letters to Kangkala, Liu Yingbin, Tan Tai and others, asking them to bring troops to rescue the siege.

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The first month, the fifteenth.

Lantern Festival.

Yingtian, under Maoshan Mountain.

Zhuma La looked at the rising sun, feeling very anxious.

After he decided to take two thousand Hangzhou to garrison the Eight Banners to go north to reinforce Jiangning, it has not been smooth.

Zhu Mala believed that the rescue of soldiers was like putting out a fire, and it had to be done quickly.

Therefore, his plan is to take Zheng Jiwu's [-] cavalry, gather [-] cavalry and quickly go northward, traveling [-] miles a day, and rush to Jiangning for reinforcements in three days to rescue the crisis.

Three hundred miles a day, this speed is not a problem for the Eight Banners. They can even run [-] to [-] miles in seven days, launch long-distance raids, and even fight continuously during the raid.

All you need is one man and two horses, half a month of dry food, some necessary combat weapons and some bows and arrows, and no extra supplies.

But when he arrived in Huzhou, where he had agreed to meet, he waited there for three days, but he didn't get any of Zheng Jiwu's cavalry. The roads are icy and snowy.

Later, he said that his [-] cavalry did not have enough horses and mules to march too fast.

In short, there are endless reasons and delays.

In the end, Zhuma La, who was impatient to wait, had to decide to go north alone, but it had been delayed for five days. In addition, it took more than one day to get from Hangzhou to Huzhou, which equaled to seven days.

No longer waiting for Zheng Jiwu's Zhuma La to lead two thousand riders to the north, but the next journey will not be smooth. The biting cold wind is not a problem, and the wind and snow are not afraid of these cold-resistant and common ice and snow white Eight Banners soldiers.

But along the way, they were constantly being attacked and blocked.

Especially at night, ambushes emerged one after another. Although every time they ran in ambush and did not cause too many casualties to them, this kind of commotion seriously affected his speed.

At the beginning of the ambush, Zhuma La was very cautious, reconnaissance carefully, carefully investigated, and then attacked, and even chased after repelling the ambush, but later found that although they rode fast, they did not have the upper hand in chasing them. Be elusive and even lure them to those traps.

There are also various traps, such as digging large pits and planting spikes in them, then laying them on top and spreading snow to cover them, or leading them to those ice surfaces.

The Ming army walked in places with thick ice, but in some places the ice was thin, and when cavalry rushed over, they would often break through the ice and fall into it.

They even buried gunpowder in some places, ignited and detonated after leading them past.

Anyway, Zhu Mala and the others suffered a lot and were cheated a lot, and gradually became more cautious. If the ambush broke up, they would stop chasing them.

But there were too many ambushes on the road, even if the casualties were not large each time, they did not dare to take it lightly, so they had to keep sending people to scout the way, especially when they were resting at night.

It used to be possible to travel three hundred miles a day, but now it is difficult to travel a hundred miles.

Enter Changzhou Yixing via Huzhou, then enter Yingtianfu, enter Lishui territory via Liyang, and arrive at the foot of Maoshan Mountain.

Originally planned to go from Hangzhou to Jiangning City in five days, but after running for half a month on the road, they had suffered a lot in the wind and snow, had enough harassment, and the people and horses were hungry and thin.

Many Eight Banners even got sores from the cold.

Even the [-] days of dry food and fodder they carried were almost consumed, and many horses were damaged along the way.

But in Yixing and Liyang counties, they didn't dare to enter, and they didn't have supplies, because the Ming army occupied them. Not only did they have to sneak past at night, they were even discovered, and they were chased away for a long time, and some of them were damaged. People and horses.

Fortunately, when they arrived in Lishui, the super brave Zheng Jiwu finally came in a hurry, brought three thousand horses and mules from the Zhejiang army, and even brought some supplies to Zhumala and the others.

For half a month, Zhu Mala and the others were finally able to have a warm meal.

Last night was the most peaceful sleep they had. With Zheng Jiwu's Zhejiang camp standing guard for them, it was rare for them to sleep warmly in the tent.

The morning mist slowly dissipated under the rising sun.

Zhuma La yawned and felt much better. Although he was still anxious, he didn't know what was going on in Jiangning City.

But at least he is very close to Jiangning City.

"Hurry up and eat, and then set off. We must rush to Jiangning City today. We have already wasted too much time. I don't know if Su Song's soldiers and horses have arrived long ago!"

I wanted to catch up early, but now I am wasting so much time.

At the same time, suddenly there was smoke coming with the wind. At first I thought it was fog, but when I got close to it, it was very pungent, so I realized it was fireworks.

"Where did the fireworks come from?"

A Qing soldier rushed over with a panicked expression.

"Fire in the camp!"

Zhu Mala was puzzled, how could there be a fire?
At this time, there was a sound of shouting and killing.

Super Brave Gong Zheng Jiwu came rushing with a team of servants, and shouted from a distance, "Master Zhu, Ming thief, the Ming army is attacking the camp!"

In the past half month, Jumala encountered various ambushes not a hundred times, but ninety times, so she didn't even panic when she first heard about the attack on the camp.

I thought it was just another attack by the Ming army, maybe it was the practice of the local gentry regiment of the Ming thieves.

But he soon came to his senses and found that something was wrong. If it was really a Ming thief attack, then why didn't Zheng Jiwu, who was in charge of defending the perimeter, not have the slightest warning?
Even if the patrol riders outside didn't notice it, the soldiers on duty in the battalion should have sounded the alarm as soon as they saw the Ming thief.

But nothing happened.

Even the fireworks seem to have started from their Eight Banners camp in the inner camp.

Thinking of this, Zhuma La's expression changed drastically, and she also became alert when she saw Zheng Jiwu who was running towards him.

He saw Zheng Jiwu and the others galloping on horseback, fully armed, as if they were suddenly attacked early in the morning.

"not good,"

Zhuma La shouted, "Stop them!"

At this time, the shouts of killing were even louder, coming from all directions, and one could even see through the mist that Zheng Jiwu's battalion soldiers from the outer battalion were killing all the soldiers in the inner battalion with knives and guns.

"Zheng Jiwu rebelled,"

someone shouted.

Zhuma La also roared, "This dog thief, get on your horse and kill the thief!"

"Get on the horse, get on the horse, kill Zheng Jiwu, and destroy the traitors!"

A Ba Yala rushed over in a panic, "It's not good, our horses are pulling and venting, and they can't get up anymore."

"It must be Bandit Zheng, they added something to our fodder last night!"

While speaking, Zhumala suddenly felt pain in his abdomen, and then his whole body became ill. In front of the enemy, he actually had an unbearable abdominal pain and was about to have diarrhea.

With a puff, one of Zhumala's soldiers opened the gate first, and there was a stench, and the Tartar soldier looked at Zhumala in embarrassment.

There was another strange noise.

Zhuma La couldn't control herself, and stretched her crotch.

However, Zheng Jiwu, the Duke of Chaoyong, already held a spear in each arm, and charged forward at the head of the horse!
"Dog tartar, take your life!"

　Thanks to the garbage players, the old Zhao family Zhao Shushu for the reward, thank you

　　
　
(End of this chapter)