Nanming Yiming

Chapter 131 The Great War Begins

What happened on Chongming Island was completely beyond Qian Mo's imagination, so he canceled his plan to spend the night in Deqing County, and led his cavalry to Jiaxing Mansion directly.

Qian Mo ignored his tiredness and summoned Liu Yichen directly.

Liu Yichen was so ashamed that he knelt down on one knee and said: "The most sinful job deserves death. I didn't realize that Huang Binqing was cast aside in advance, which caused the Chongming Navy Annihilation of the entire army, the fall of Chongming and a series of serious consequences."

Qian Mo glanced at Liu Yichen on the ground and said: "The Intelligence Department is indeed responsible for this matter, and the governor will ask Governor Xia to punish the relevant responsible persons. But the incident happened suddenly, not to mention Commander Liu, even the governor I was caught off guard. The responsibility for the fall of Chongming cannot be blamed on your intelligence chief, and you don’t have to take all the responsibility in your own name.”

"Let's get up and talk!"

Seeing that Qian Mo was not too harsh, Liu Yichen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hastily: "Two days ago, the Qing government sent Qi Yuanshan, the left servant of the official department, to Zhoushan to secretly meet with Huang Binqing. When the intelligence department received the news, it was already a step late. .”

"I didn't expect that they would attack so soon, directly lured and annihilated the Chongming navy, and captured Chongming Island."

Qian Mo waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about what has happened. Does the Intelligence Department have any plans for rescuing His Highness Jian Guo?"

Liu Yichen said: "After learning that Chongming was captured by the Qing army, the intelligence department has sent a large number of spies to Chongming to find out the whereabouts of King Lu."

Qian Mo said: "Now that the war is imminent, the Governor's Mansion can't send troops to take back Chongming. You can only rely on your intelligence department. Find out the whereabouts of King Lu as soon as possible. If you want to see people, if you want to see people, if you want to see dead bodies."

Hearing the last eight words, Liu Yichen shuddered all over, and he heard a sense of death from Qian Mo's tone.

So he boldly asked: "If His Royal Highness King Lu has fallen into the hands of the Qing army, what should we do next?"

Qian Mo looked at Liu Yichen with cold eyes, thinking that this guy always understood what he meant, did he lose his mind today?

How can this kind of thing that can only be understood but not expressed in words be said.

But on second thought, this matter is really not a trivial matter, presumably Liu Yichen didn't dare to think about his own thoughts, if something went wrong, he couldn't afford it.

So he said: "His Royal Highness Jian Guo has something to do with my Daming's face. It is best to be rescued. If not, we must not watch him become a prisoner of the Qing army and suffer all kinds of humiliation; if it is really impossible to rescue, the Intelligence Department will Find a way to leave him with a "decent"."

Although Liu Yichen had guessed what Qian Mo meant before, when Qian Mo said "give him face", Liu Yichen was still shocked.Qian Mo had already talked about this point, so he naturally understood what it meant.

It is indeed difficult to rescue a felon from the prison of the Qing army, but it is much easier to kill a felon.

In fact, with King Lu's stamina and will to resist the Qing, it is absolutely impossible to surrender to the Qing army. I am afraid that he will find a decent way to die for himself before being captured.However, it is not ruled out that due to some other reasons, His Highness Jian Guo could not get the "face" he wanted. At this time, the Intelligence Department needs to "help him face."

Liu Yichen said: "Uncle Zhongyong, don't worry, this matter will be taken care of by this subordinate."

"According to the exact information from the Intelligence Department, Tan Tai's main force has entered Yangzhou Prefecture."

"This time Tan Tai led an army of 12 troops to the south, including the Zhenghuang Banner full of Eight Banners, the Bordered White Banner, the Zhenghong Banner and the three elite 3 people, plus 2 Horqin Mongolian cavalry; the Han Army Zhengbai Banner Shi Tingzhu Department, the Han Army Zhenglan There are 4 troops from the Tulai Division of the Banner, 3 from the Li Guohan Division of the Xianglan Banner of the Han Army, and [-] from the Liu Liangzuo and Li Benshen Divisions of the Jiangbei Green Camp."

Although Qian Mo already knew that Tan Tai led a large number of elites from the Eight Banners this time, he did not expect that Dorgon would directly dispatch elites from the Upper Three Banners like Zhenghuang Qi. It seemed that the pressure was a bit high this time.

Qian Mo asked: "Can you find out the specific deployment of the Qing army?"

Liu Yichen said: "The original Qing army in the north of the Yangtze River has all assembled in the direction of Anqing, while the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River has all concentrated in Songjiang Mansion."

"As for the distribution of Tan Tai's army going south, we haven't fully found out yet. We only know that Shi Tingzhu's Zhengbai Banner of the Han army has arrived in Nanjing as the vanguard."

"In addition, 1 people from Li Benshen's Green Camp directly participated in the capture of Chongming from Tongzhou in Jiangbei."

This time Tan Tai directly brought 12 troops to the south, and together with the soldiers and horses of the Qing army originally in Jiangbei, it is estimated that at least 20 people will participate in the attack on Jiangxi and Zhejiang.

To be honest, the pressure is quite huge.Although Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren have more than 20 horses in Jiujiang and Nanchang, they are not at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, but they are far behind in terms of quality.

Moreover, the Qing army still had 5 soldiers and horses from the "San Shun Kings" such as Kong Youde in Wuchang, and their combat power should not be underestimated.

Fortunately, the navy of the Qing army is not strong. As long as Wang Deren uses the advantage of the navy to block the Qing army in Jiangbei from Jiujiang, then Huizhou will become the main battlefield.

Huizhou's mountainous terrain is complex, which is very unfavorable to the cavalry, and there is still a battle to be fought.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if both Jiujiang and Huizhou are lost, as long as Jin Shenghuan can stick to Nanchang and continue to deliver him food and grass, the situation will be much better than in history.

After all, no matter whether I send troops from Susong or Huzhou, it is not far from Nanjing, so I still have the conditions to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

The 2000 infantry from the Chongming Battalion and the 1000 armored troops from the Jingnan Battalion still had one day to arrive in Jiaxing.

If the 5000 men and horses of the Jiaxing camp are added, the Ming army will also have 1 people in Jiaxing. They can eat the 5000 Manchurian Eight Banners in the hands of Bashan before the main force of the Qing army who went south has arrived.

But now, Qian Mo, who has been driving all night, can only sleep well first.

At this time, in Jinshan Acropolis, Diao Shigui, deputy commander of the Jiaxing Battalion, was observing the artillery positions of the Qing army in the distance at the north gate.

Diao Shigui shouted: "Notify everyone to quickly enter the avoiding pit. It is estimated that the Qing army will bombard Jinshanwei soon."

A few miles away, on the artillery positions of the Qing army, ten red-clothed cannons were firing at the Jinshan Acropolis, and the cannons weighing thousands of catties roared together.It seems to be declaring war on the city wall ahead, shocking everyone's heart.

The shells whizzed past the city wall, which seemed to indicate that the city was no longer safe, and the city wall began to become fragile.Whenever the shells hit the city wall, sparks splashed and gravel scattered, and the whole city wall seemed to be shaking violently. It seemed that only one more violent impact was needed to overthrow the entire city.

The soldiers of the Ming army leaned tightly in the shelter hole under the city, covered in sweat, and the huge coercion frightened them; they tightly grasped the weapons in their hands to cover up their trembling hands.

The shelling put tremendous pressure on them, and it seemed that this fragile city wall might collapse at any time.

Only Diao Shigui knew that these were just appearances.

Jinshan Acropolis was originally an earthen city. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt into a brick structure, and in the third year of Chenghua (1467) in the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt into a stone masonry structure. It is much stronger than ordinary prefectures and counties.

Although the Qing army's artillery fire was deafening and shook the Jinshanwei City, it couldn't penetrate the Jinshanwei's stone wall at all, and at most it caused some damage to the buildings on the city wall.

However, the Ming army has "fairy lime". Even if the top of the city is smashed by the Qing army's artillery, if it is repaired at night, the city will be as strong as ever the next day.

This is exactly where the Qing army was depressed. It was obvious that the Jinshan Acropolis had been bombed the day before, but it would be repaired the next day.Although the walls seem to be full of patches, one deep and one shallow, it doesn't affect his protective effect.

A thousand households of the Ming army asked: "Mr. Diao, the Qing army shelled every day, and the momentum was so loud that they didn't attack the city. What does this mean?"

Diao Shigui said: "It should be to attract the attention of our army to Jinshanwei so that they can cover Chongming."

Qianhu said: "According to the information sent yesterday, Chongming has fallen. Doesn't that mean that the Qing army will start attacking the city today?"

Diao Shigui glanced at Qianhu, thinking that this guy is not too stupid, and said with a smirk: "Don't worry, the Zhejiang Navy will cooperate with us to defend the city today. This bit of artillery fire is nothing. There are 48 guns on the Hongwu." The 12-pound cannon, as long as it shoots the Qing army in one volley, it will be over."

The 1000 Ming troops led by Diao Shigui were originally Zhang Tianlu's Han army inlaid with yellow flags. They killed Zhang Tianlu and surrendered to the Ming army.

They were not afraid of the Qing army. They had personally experienced the horror of the Bastion in Tianjiabao. Diao Shigui firmly believed that even if the main forces of the Eight Banners of Manchuria came, they would have to die.

Although this Jinshan Guard is not comparable to the Bastion, it is at least the first of the Four Davids in the Ming Dynasty, and its strength is self-evident.

On the other side, Bashan, the capital of the Eight Banners stationed in Nanjing, was also staring at Jinshanwei.

The 3000 Manchurian Red Flags and 2000 Mongols in his hands are all cavalry, and he doesn't want to spend his main force on a small town like Jinshanwei.

Originally, I thought that the city wall could be blown away by bombarding it with red cannons for a few days, but I didn't expect Jinshan Weicheng to be so strong.

Fortunately, now that the Qing army has captured Chongming, and the vanguard of the Qing army who went south has also arrived in Nanjing, he can finally transfer the 5000 green battalion from Wusongkou to assist in the siege.

Bashan has received Ma Guozhu's order: they are required to directly capture Jiaxing as a vanguard, and then approach Hangzhou.

Although the strength of the Ming army in Jiaxing was not large, there were three strongholds from west to east as support.

To the west is a bastion in Nanxun Town, in the middle is the bastion of Tianjiazhuang, and to the east is the Jinshanwei.

Although Bashan did not attack this bastion, the story that Zhang Tianlu led 5000 Han troops with a yellow flag to attack Tianjiazhuang and wiped out the whole army has long been spread among the Qing army.So he will definitely not touch Tianjiazhuang's stubble first.

However, Nanxun is located on the edge of Taihu Lake, and the criss-crossing rivers are very unfavorable for cavalry operations.

After much deliberation, only Jinshanwei is more suitable, and it was burned down by the Ming army before, so it should be easy to break through.

Therefore, Bashan chose Jinshanwei for the first battle in the south.

In fact, Jinshanwei is not just a city, but a complete defense system. Although the Ming army once set fire to Jinshanwei after the raid, it only burned down some wooden buildings and removed the cannons.

These solid fortifications are still preserved.

In the south of Jinshan Acropolis, there are two other fortresses.

Bashan decided to occupy two small fortresses first, and then completely blockade Jinshan Acropolis.

Soon the artillery positions of the Qing army began to move south.

After a burst of artillery fire, the 300th Green Battalion launched a tentative charge towards West Fort.

These fortresses were originally equipped with Frang machine artillery, but all of Jinshanwei's artillery were transported to Chongming before.Although the cannon casting workshop in Tianmu Mountain has been able to produce various types of cannons, these cannons were given priority to the bastions and used to transform the four 4-ton large Spanish commercial sailing ships.

These two fortresses are currently not equipped with heavy artillery, and mainly rely on firecrackers to shoot, so the defensive effect is greatly reduced.

Soon the Qing army rushed to within ninety steps of the fortress, and with the order of the Ming army's hundreds of households,
"Bang, bang, bang"

The firecrackers of the Ming army began to shoot.

Seeing that the Ming army on the garrison opened fire from such a distance, the generals of the Qing army watching the battle from a distance showed a complacent expression.

Although these green camps are not as heavily armored as the elite of the Eight Banners, they still have basic cotton armor, and the Ming army can't do much damage at all if they shoot from such a distance.

But soon his expression turned into surprise!
The firecrackers of the Ming army directly penetrated the shields of the Qing army, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground instantly.Soon the second and third rounds of firecrackers followed.

The firecrackers of the Ming army were astonishingly powerful. Every time they fired a shot, soldiers of the Qing army would fall down. More than 50 soldiers of the Qing army fell down very quickly.

The rest of the green battalion soldiers saw this posture, ran away quickly, and retreated.

A general of the Green Battalion said, "Lord Dutong, the firecrackers of the Ming army are so powerful that shields can't resist them at all."

Bashan was also very helpless. He had heard about the sharp firearms of the Ming army, but he never thought that they were so terrifying.At most, fifty Ming troops were stationed in this small fortress in front of them, and the same number of Qing troops were lost in one charge.

Fortunately, it was the Green Battalion soldiers who died in battle, and the Eight Banners warriors under him could not fill this place.

Said: "Tang Zongbing, the firepower of the Ming army has basically been figured out, let's start attacking."

Soon 1000 Green Battalion soldiers pushed the chariot and charged towards West Fort.

The hundred households of the Ming army on the fort said: "Stop firing the firecrackers, the Qing army is about to start filling the river, let's put them by the river first."

Under the cover of the car, the Qing army successfully advanced to the river 30 meters away from the West Fort.

At this time, the Qing army seemed very excited. They could finally start throwing sandbags to fill the river, and the Qing army's archers also began to shoot arrows towards the fort.

A burst of feathered arrows kept shooting at the fort, and even two Ming soldiers were injured by bows and arrows.

The Ming army asked suspiciously: "The Qing army's chariot has already entered the range, shouldn't we open fire?"

Baihu shook his head and said, "Now is not the time, let's fire the arrow!"

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