Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 328 Wu Sangui is Coming to Jiangxi, Li Zicheng Leads the Crowd to the Mountain
On the map, the situation of the Ming, Zhou, and Qing parties on the battlefields of Anhui, Hubei, and Jiangxi has been marked by small flags.

Of course, this is the situation that Li Fuchen and Li Laishun are currently aware of. Cai Yurong, who has just received 50 taels of "demolition compensation" and has transformed himself into the Minister of Nanyang of the Ming Dynasty, also knows everything. Li Fuchen and Li Laiheng were all told about the deployment of the Qing army.

According to the information provided by Cai Yurong and the little information revealed by the beacon fire that came from last night, the soldiers of the Southern Prince's Mansion under Li Fuchen quickly marked it with small flags on the map according to the method they learned in the Guangdong Lecture Hall. What they think is the most likely attacking direction of the Wu and Zhou armies and the deployment of the Ming and Qing armies.

As soon as these small flags were placed on the map, the subordinates of King Nan, King Zhong, and Cai Yurong, the Deputy Envoy of Nanyang Trade, all surrounded him.

The situation on the map is clear at a glance. The main force of the Ming army is roughly divided into two groups. One is the land division, led by the southern king Li Fuchen and the loyal king Li Laishun.The other road is a waterway, led by Liu Yihu, the commander of the water army of the Zhongwang Mansion, down the Yangtze River, and has already taken advantage of the opportunity of the wind and the east to quickly pass through the Yangtze River in the north of Jiujiang and Hukou to occupy the lake. In Madang Town and Madang Mountain to the east of the mouth, they also went down to the water village, waiting for the Yangtze River navy directly under the imperial court to join forces from the downstream.

In addition, the Zhongwang Mansion of the Ming Dynasty also arranged a defensive formation along the Yangtze River and the Han River, and at the same time deployed five thousand soldiers at the throat of the Zao Sui Corridor between Dahong Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. It's pretty solid!

Because the information that the beacon tower can transmit is very limited, Li Fuchen and Li Laishun didn't know that Wu Zhou's army came to attack Jiangxia with a grain ship, and now they have entered Jiangxia City. They thought that the main force of Wu Zhou's army was along the Yangtze River, The Han River is slowly arching!
Therefore, the flags symbolizing the Zhou army are now placed along the Yangtze River and the Han River, and there are also some small flags of the Zhou army in Zaoyang County in Xiangyang Prefecture.

As for the Qing army, a triangular defensive formation was arranged relying on Poyang Lake.Concentrate troops to garrison Dehua County, Hukou County in Jiujiang Prefecture and Xingzi County in Nankang Prefecture on the edge of Poyang Lake.

Among them, Dehua in Jiujiang Prefecture has always been the base camp of Jieshu. The north, east, and southeast of the county are either the Yangtze River or Poyang Lake, the southwest is Lushan Mountain, and there is Bali Lake in the east.It's like an isolated island on land!

Hukou is a peninsula. There are two mountains and a wetland on the peninsula. Hukou County is in the middle.
Xingzi County is at the foot of the southern foot of Lushan Mountain, surrounded by mountains and lakes, and guarding the entrance of Ganjiang River.

The terrain of these three strongholds is not only dangerous, but also occupying places is particularly wicked!
The width of the water surface of Hanpokou between Hukou and Dehua is only about two miles, and it has long been sealed by Jieshu with a pontoon bridge and the Shizhongshan platform at the upper Hukou!

And Xingzi County sealed off the entrance of the Ganjiang River again!

The entire Poyang Lake became the inner lake of the Qing army, and the Yangtze River Navy of the Ming Dynasty could not enter it. Even if Li Fuchen could build some ships in the Ganjiang River, it would not be able to pass through the mouth of Xingzi County.

However, Jieshu's Qing army had naval divisions, so the three defenders could support each other and block the most convenient passages in and out of Jiangxi.

Moreover, Dehua's defender is Prince Kang Jieshu, who is the prince of the Qing Dynasty, so he can't surrender to Ming Dynasty, right?

The guard of Hukou is Mang Yitu who used to follow Echu to manage the Jiangning garrison of the Eight Banners. His wife and children were all slaughtered by Daming (actually Geng Jingzhong)!

Xingzi's guard is Aixinjueluo Fu Lata of the old Manchurian Zhenghongqi, who is the grandson of "Little Wild Boar Skin" Shuerhaqi!It is also the generation of old Manchurians who saw the rise of the Qing Dynasty and the collapse of the building.It is also a bit difficult for him to surrender to Daming.

Since the above three are not willing to surrender, and the territory they control is extremely dangerous, the army under their command is also full to a certain extent. This battle will not be easy to fight.

In the festival hall, most people showed solemn expressions, and Cai Yurong, who had just joined Daming, also frowned and said: "Jiujiang, Xingzi, and Hukou are all difficult to besieged, and there are many defenders. There are more than 1 people, and the three places can be connected by water to support each other, it is very difficult to fight if Wu Sangui is marching along the Yangtze River and the Han River."

Speaking of this, he shook his head and said: "King Nan, I'm afraid that Wu Sangui will attack Wuchang and Hanyang with all his strength. If we can't break Jiujiang before he takes Wuchang Hanyang, and make the passage to Wuchang smooth. Then Wu Sangui is very happy. It is possible that after breaking through Wuchang, they will go down the river and join forces with the Qing army in Jiangxi! Even Geng Jingzhong from Zhejiang will go west to Jiangxi to fight with Wu Sangui and Jieshu. At that time."

Speaking of this, Cai Yurong's fat face turned a little green!

Shouldn't the 50 taels of "selling the city money" be accepted?
"Third brother, tell me about the strategy of the General's Mansion!"

Li Fuchen still looks calm and relaxed, although he always likes to quarrel with Li Zhongshan, but he still trusts this "son who doesn't learn well".Sometimes when drinking with a few old brothers, I would brag that "the child should be like Li Zhongshan, and the son of Lord Shunzhi is like a pig and dog".

"Father, the General's Mansion judged that Wu Sangui might be pretending to paralyze us in order to launch a surprise and swift attack. Of course, if Wu Sangui is really seriously ill and will die soon, it is impossible for Wu Zhou to initiate it. A big offensive. Once Wu Zhou launches a big offensive, it means that Wu Sangui is pretending to be sick, and Zhou Jun's offensive must not be easy to deal with! Jiangxia, Hankou, and Hanyang are likely to change hands in a short time!"

"what?"

"how can that be?"

Cai Yurong and Li Laishun exclaimed together.

Li Laishun's surprise quickly turned into anxiety, and he looked at Li Fuchen anxiously: "Nanwang, Jiangxia is the root of my family, and there is absolutely no room for loss! I have to go back to the army to help Jiangxia, and I will bid farewell."

"Loyal king, don't worry." Seeing that Li Laishun was about to leave, Li Fuchen quickly stopped him, "Listen to my third son."

"His Royal Highness, don't worry." Li Zhongzheng said, "Because it's useless to be anxious!"

"Useless? How could it be useless?"

Li Zhongzheng explained: "Because Nanchang is six hundred miles away from Jiangxia, even if your army travels hundreds of miles a day, it will take six days. If the general's residence is not wrong, Wu Sangui's army must have arrived in Jiangxia by then! Even if your 20 troops return to Jiangxia, will they be able to withstand Wu Sangui? Wu Sangui and Kangxi have formed an alliance, and the north does not need to use a large number of troops for the time being, and Jiangxia is the thoroughfare of the world. As long as the Yangtze River and the Han River are in control, it is the capital for transporting troops and food. Very convenient. As long as Wu Sangui is willing, there is no problem in investing [-] troops in Jiangxia. And how much can we invest in Jiangxia?

Therefore, according to the judgment of the General's Mansion, the three cities of Jiangxia, Hankou, and Hanyang are most likely to be undefendable, and they cannot fight Wu Sangui there. "

"No decisive battle? Then" Li Laishun was shocked, "Then what should I do? Don't you want Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion? Is the house of tens of thousands of loyal and righteous people in my Zhongwang Mansion just like this?"

"His Royal Highness," Li Zhongzheng said, "The General's Mansion has already made arrangements, and he has already sent a bag of advice to Feng Tiangong of the Zhongwang Mansion. It can still be preserved, and the team of Zhongwang Mansion can still be maintained in Wuchang Mansion. So you don't need to come back to help!"

"What? You don't need to return aid?" Li Laishun was a little anxious, "Who are you? You won't return aid if you don't let me return aid?"

"His Royal Highness King Zhong," Li Zhongzheng said flatly, "The General has ordered His Royal Highness Nan Wang to control the entire Jiangxi army. Now you must obey the command of Nan Wang!"

"Listen to the King of the South" Li Laishun was wrong when he heard this!

We are all kings, so why should King Zhong listen to King Nan?Just because King Nan has a high seniority?
Li Fuchen smiled and took out a booklet, and handed it to Li Laishun: "Lord King, this is the general's order, read it yourself!"

Li Laishun quickly took the booklet, opened it, and looked at it, yes, the handwriting and official seal seemed to be quite correct, and the content inside had the same meaning. General Pingxi and Southern King Li Fuchen controlled all Ming troops and state capitals in Jiangxi. !And it also specifically stated that the loyal king Li Lai was required to obey the command of the Southern King Li Fuchen until the general himself arrived!
"Loyal king!" Li Zhongzheng said, "Now that the enemy is at hand, Ming's military orders and government orders must be unified as much as possible and you must trust the general and His Highness Nan Wang's ability to fight with troops!"

Li Fuchen smiled and said, "Lord Zhong, do you still believe in my ability to fight with King Ying? You listen to me carefully, you are right. Although Jiang Xia can't defend, your grandfather and the family of King Zhongjun will be fine. The General's Mansion has arrangements!"

Li Zhongzheng said confidently: "The general's arrangement is to lure Wu Sangui into Poyang Lake! When he enters Poyang Lake, the general will personally lead the navy to fight, and we will keep him as Chen Youliang's second!"

Li Laishun muttered: "Then, that's Wu Sangui!"

Li Fuchen said with a smile: "This time it was Wu Sangui!"

Li Laishun thought for a while and asked, "Then what should we do next?"

"Go to Jiujiang!" Li Fuchen said.

"To Jiujiang?" Li Laishun was taken aback.

"Yes!" Li Fuchen laughed, "Let's pretend to attack Jiujiang, so as to give Jie Shu an excuse to be Wu Sangui's dog! If he takes the dog, he has to save the dog's life!"

Li Zicheng of Jiangxia City and his old battalion soldiers have been struggling since last night, but under the attack of the elite Wu Zhou army who fought their last battle, they retreated steadily.

Although the supply of flintlock guns in Foshan, Guangzhou is also open to Zhongwangfu, Zhongwangfu also purchased some.However, Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers and himself still felt that it was more reliable to have a matchlock to ignite the gunpowder.

And they also prefer the powerful turtledove foot musket - this kind of musket can shoot out a bullet that weighs one or two halves!Enough to penetrate the large wooden shield on the shield car!

Therefore, Li Zicheng's old battalion was not equipped with flintlock guns, but about one-third of the infantry was equipped with turtledove foot muskets.If you pull up the cannon and cooperate with the cavalry cavalry to fight in the field outside the city, you may not necessarily lose to the fusiliers.

But now in the city!

Moreover, Wu Shijue, Lin Xingzhu and the others came too suddenly, Li Zicheng responded to the battle hastily, there was no time to deploy the cannons, and there was no cavalry in the city to use at this moment.So the two sides began to fight muskets!
A pair of shots, Li Zicheng's men immediately suffered.Wu Shijue and Lin Xingzhu brought more than 1000 flintlock soldiers, and they also seized the city wall around the gate tower of Hanyangmen. After Li Zicheng's men pressed up, they were condescending, and the bullets rained down. They quickly beat Li Zicheng's old battalion soldiers The casualties were heavy.

However, Li Zicheng was also a man who had experienced many battles. Seeing that he couldn't beat him, he didn't charge hard. Instead, he turned to defense and built barricades, and at the same time sent people out of the city to mobilize reinforcements.

But Wu Shijue and Lin Xingzhu immediately turned to the offensive, and they saw Li Zicheng's old battalion guarding the houses on the street, so they took advantage of the northwest wind to set fire along the street, and then used the smoke to cover them one by one. Knives, muskets, bows and arrows" three-man team was sent to fight in the street.

The elite Wu Zhoujun quickly gained the upper hand again.

It doesn't seem like "the older you get, the better you get" in the war industry. Li Zicheng's veterans are no match for the Wu family's elite, whether they are facing each other or fighting in close combat!
However, the fire got out of control as soon as it was set off, and soon became more and more intense, and began to spread along Hanyangmennei Street, and burned towards the imperial city.

The city that was shrouded in fire suddenly had a scene of hell. Countless civilians ran around crying and running.

Now the whole Jiangxia is messed up!

Wu Sangui's army doesn't have a good reputation here in Wuchang!

If they want to destroy the city, even if they don't slaughter it, they will inevitably have some looting.

So the panicked crowd wanted to escape from the city, but except for Hanyang Gate, the other gates of Jiangxia City were tightly locked!The people who couldn't escape huddled together inside several city gates in the north, east, and south directions of Jiangxia City, crying loudly and trampling on each other. I don't know how many innocent people were swept away by the long river of history like this. swallowed up.

Li Zicheng was sitting on the city wall of Jiangxia Imperial City, staring at one eyeball, angrily supervising the battle.

The situation in Jiangxia City certainly does not look good now, but Li Zicheng is still not ready to give up.Of course he knew that the route Wu Sangui sent to attack Wuchang was just a vanguard or a partial division. But since he didn't know what Wu Sangui would do now, let's deal with his partial division first!

As long as they can be driven out of Jiangxia City, then this battle will still be fought!
Just as I was thinking of this, someone suddenly shouted: "Fenghuohuoyan. Northeast of Hankou! It seems that Suizhou has made a mistake!"

Li Zicheng thumped in his heart, and immediately realized that something was wrong!
He raised his head and looked to the northeast. It was almost dusk in the afternoon, but the weather was very clear, the sky was clear and blue, and the thick smoke rising from the beacon towers was very eye-catching.

"My lord, it seems that Wu Sangui still avoided the Yangtze River and the Han River, concentrated his forces and went south along the corridor!"

Hu Yiqiang, Li Laiheng's commander-in-chief of the march, was standing beside Li Zicheng, and he still had in his pocket the "tips" from the General's Mansion - Li Zicheng already knew about this trick, but he was unwilling to adopt it.

The reason for their reluctance to adopt it is very simple, that is, the General's Mansion believes that before the Yangtze River waterway is fully opened, the Ming Dynasty does not have the conditions to launch a decisive battle with Wu Zhou in the Huguang area.

Therefore, the General's Mansion believes that Jiangxia, Hankou, and Hanyang cannot be defended!
Therefore, it is suggested that after sufficient resistance to cover the evacuation of the people and their families from Jiangxia, consider abandoning Jiangxia City where the Zhongwang Mansion is located, and then move to Jiugong Mountain in the Mubu Mountains in the south of Wuchang Mansion to establish the Zhongwang Xingfu.

This means that Li Zicheng is required to go up the mountain to establish an anti-Wu base!
He is not willing to do this, how much effort has he put in for Jiangxia City?How can you just say no?

In addition, he has now given up the country and entered Mubu Mountain. When Wu Sangui is beaten away in the future, can this Jiangxia city still be named Li. Li Zicheng's surname is Li?
But now the beacon towers in the northeast of Hankou are full of smoke.
This can only explain one thing, Wu Sangui's army is attacking Suizhou!

Once Suizhou was lost, the north of Hankou opened up to the gate.

"My lord, we don't have many people on the territory from the south of Suizhou to Hankou. Once Suizhou is not guarded, Wu and Zhou's army will be in a no-man's land, and they will reach Hankou in a few days. It will be too late to arrange a retreat by then!

My lord, if you keep the green hills, you are not afraid of running out of firewood!We have a foundation in Mubu Mountain, and we can stand by and wait for help even if we retreat.And waiting on Jiang Xia's side, I'm afraid I can only... miss the opportunity! "

Li Zicheng's army has a large number of people and more family members, and there must be many people in Jiangxia who are willing to follow Li Zicheng up the mountain in order to avoid the brutal Wu army.

So many people have to run away, and they have to take care of their families and support the old and the young.It is impossible to retreat slowly without ten days and a half months!

Because now Hankou is empty, and Wu Zhou's army raided and seized Jiangxia Hanyang Gate and the wharf outside Hanyang Gate, as well as a large number of ships!
As soon as Wu Sangui's army arrived, they could immediately cross the river and join the battle.

At that time, it will really be over!

Therefore, Li Zicheng could not see Wu Sangui's army arrived in Hankou, and then start to withdraw people.

He must make a decision as soon as possible!
"Wait a little longer!" Li Zicheng gritted his teeth, "If the beacon towers along the Han River and the Yangtze River don't light up by tomorrow morning, it means that Wu Sangui's main force is heading south along the Zao Sui Road...then we have to Now start retreating."

"The emperor is wise!" Hu Yiqiang breathed a sigh of relief. It was still three or four hundred miles away from Suizhou. No matter how the Wu family's army was rushing, it would still take a few days.

So starting to retreat early tomorrow morning is relatively calm.The family members of each army should be able to withdraw, and most of the defenders in the beacon towers and forts along the Yangtze River and the Han River should be able to withdraw.

And Zhongwang Mansion is located in Jiugong Mountain, and it has always had a little foundation.It is entirely possible to use Jiugong Mountain as the center, relying on Mubu Mountain to establish a large anti-Wu base area, and deal with those surnamed Wu to the end.

(End of this chapter)