The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

More than [-] troops, as well as the civilian husbands accompanying the army, spread back and forth for dozens of miles on the official road.

There are black crows everywhere, and there are countless heads!

Can't see the edge!
The scale of the main force of the Qing army going south is simply too large.

It's mighty like a tide, no matter who it is, it will feel scalp numb when looking at it.

The reason why the Qing army will advance to Suzhou and Hangzhou is because Suzhou and Hangzhou will be the main battlefield of this battle.

The 19th year of the Yongli calendar of the Ming Dynasty, the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The Ming army sailed the fleet from the mouth of the Qiantang River into the Qiantang River. The main force of the Ming army landed outside Hangzhou and launched an attack on Hangzhou under the cover of naval guns.

At the same time, the Fifth Infantry Division led by Li Guangyuan and the Guiyi Army reorganized by the Jingnan Army also marched northward to the outside of Hangzhou.

And began to cooperate with the landing troops, and launched an attack on Hangzhou City.

On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, after five days of strong attacks, Hangzhou fell into the hands of the Ming army!

After ensuring that his rear was safe, Zhu Hongyu personally led the main force and marched northward towards Suzhou and Taihu Lake.

So far, the main battlefield of this decisive battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been determined.

The main forces of both sides are constantly advancing towards Taihu Lake.

The vanguard of the Ming army had even arrived outside Jiaxing City and launched a tentative attack on Jiaxing City.

It's just a pity, because the attack was too hasty, and the reinforcements of the Qing army's southward army arrived.

This attack by the Ming army ended in failure!

At this time, the main force of the Ming army had already reached the Tongxiang area.

A series of heavy artillery and a large amount of ordnance and supplies followed the army along the canal and headed for Jiaxing.

The reason why Zhu Hongyu chose to choose the battlefield in the Taihu Lake area, instead of letting the Qing army continue to go south, was to wait for work and prepare for the battle.

Except for wanting to rely on the water network in the Taihu Lake area to minimize the threat of the Qing cavalry.

It is because of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal!

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from Beijing and ends in Hangzhou.

When the Ming army landed from Hangzhou, the army could march along the canal and fight all the way to Jiaxing, Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi...etc.

These places are all connected into a line by canals!
More importantly, the Ming army had to take advantage of the transportation convenience of the canal to transfer those heavy artillery to the battlefield.

As for the fortifications Geng Jingzhong built in the Qujiang area.

Zhu Hongyu never took it seriously from the beginning to the end!
Geng Jingzhong showed timidity when facing the main force of the Qing army going south, he only thought about passive defense, and did not dare to take the initiative to attack.

However, he, Zhu Hongyu, was not afraid of the Qing army!

Since he personally led the army to the north, he would not choose to be beaten passively.

Instead, they will take the initiative to attack!
Only in this way can he boost the morale of the army.

Otherwise, His Royal Highness, the Supervisor of the State, would have personally conscripted, but in the end the army was passively defending. What is that like?

More importantly, if he defended passively, what qualifications does he have to claim that he is on the Northern Expedition?
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The main force of the Qing army marching southward toward the Taihu Lake area also received news that the Ming army had landed on the Qiantang River, captured Hangzhou, and then marched north along the Grand Canal.

Hong Chengchou said with a slightly solemn face.

"I haven't seen the Ming army who dared to take the initiative to attack my Qing Dynasty for many years!"

"This Ming thief's prison country is so courageous!"

Tuhai stroked his beard and said.

"What's the use of having the guts to have a fart?"

"The striker tried to attack Jiaxing, but he was defeated by my Qing Dynasty?"

The vanguard of the Qing army's reinforcements has also arrived in Jiaxing.

The reason why Jiaxing's defenders were able to repel the tentative attack of the Ming army was that the reinforcements arrived to repel the Ming army.

However, the gold content of this knockback is not high!
Because the Ming army was not serious at all, the forward team of thousands of people tried to attack once.

Not even artillery was used!
To put it bluntly, thousands of people went for a stroll around Jiaxing City, and retreated when they saw that the reinforcements were coming.

That's it!

Tuhai ordered.

"Order the army, speed up the march!"

"Arrive on the battlefield as soon as possible, so that we can defeat the Ming thief as soon as possible, and make an indelible contribution to our Qing Dynasty!"

"..."

Under the urging of Tu Hai, the marching speed of the Qing army increased significantly.

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At the same time, Zhu Hongyu also ordered the Ming army to continue to advance towards Jiaxing.

On the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a shadow of sails covers the sky and the sun.

Countless large and small tank boats carried a large amount of supplies and went upstream.

Zhu Hongyu's dragon flag stood in the middle of the marching team like that, quite eye-catching.

He was riding on horseback, majestic and heroic, with a flying look on his face.

Looking at the army with high morale, even marching with their chests upright, Zhu Hongyu said confidently.

"This battle will be won!"

Li Guangyuan said from the side.

"What Your Highness said is true!"

"My main force of the Ming Dynasty goes northward, and we are invincible against those who stand in our way. We will definitely win the battle and defeat the Qing captives in the south of the Yangtze River!"

"After this battle, Jiangnan will be restored, and the southern capital will be restored!"

"The revival of Ming Dynasty is just around the corner!"

Zhu Hongyu was very comfortable with Li Guangyuan's flattery. Just thinking about the scene where he regained Nanjing, Zhu Hongyu became a little excited and couldn't hold it back.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong drove his horse to Zhu Hongyu's side and said.

"Your Highness, my teacher, Mr. Donglin Muzhai, asked me to introduce him!"

"He wants to call on His Highness!"

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu frowned slightly and said.

"Qian Qianyi?"

"What did he come to visit Gu? Ask for an official?"

Zhu Hongyu looked down on the famous "itchy scalp, too cold water" in history.

But it's not enough to say how disgusted it is.

Although Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Manchu Qing, he never became an official for the Manchu Qing, did he?
And he has been secretly hooking up with the Anti-Qing Rebels, such as Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan and others.

Using his identity as a scholarly leader, he secretly supported the actions of the Anti-Qing Rebel Army.

For this alone, Qian Qianyi is much stronger than a strong man like Hong Chengchou!

Although Qian Qianyi is soft-boned, likes party disputes, greedy for money, lustful, shameless... There are a lot of problems!

But as long as he persists in resisting the Qing Dynasty, he is one of his own.

Zheng Chenggong said.

"Your Highness, the old minister doesn't know!"

"But it's not a bad thing for His Highness to see Duke Mu Zhai!"

"Mu Zhaigong is a great Confucian in Donglin and a leader of scholars. In a sense, he can represent the attitude of those people in Jiangnan."

It stands to reason that Qian Qianyi bowed his knees and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The reputation he had worked so hard to accumulate before should have been exhausted.

But the fact is just the opposite. After Qian Qianyi surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, his reputation among scholars became higher and higher.

This matter is actually very easy to understand!
Surrendering to a foreign race, shaving your hair and making clothes easier, as long as it is an individual, you will feel a sense of shock in your heart.

No matter how smelly and shameless a person is, he will feel ashamed when he looks at his money rat tail in the dead of night.

The thoughts of the parents who are affected by the body, hair and skin are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.