Nanming Yiming

Chapter 136 Capture Songjiang Mansion

Facing Liu Yichen's persuasion to surrender, Zhang Jiyuan, the prefect of Songjiang, and Wang Bicheng, the deputy general of Songjiang, also had their own thoughts.

Zhang Jiyuan said: "Now even Guangdong and Guangxi belong to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, and Zhongyong Bo Qianmo is even more invincible; now I have only 2000 troops in Huating, can Vice General Wang have the confidence to defend the city?"

Wang Bicheng cursed inwardly: Damn old fox, the first sentence shows that the army is invincible, and the second sentence asks if I can defend it; this is clearly because he wants to surrender to the Ming army but refuses to say it, and wants me to take the blame.

Wang Bicheng is not stupid. The appearance of the Ming army under the city does not necessarily mean that Bashan is finished. After all, the Ming army cannot take out Bashan's head now.

Their military generals are different from these civil servants. Zhang Jiyuan, when he transfers his household registration in the treasury, he will still be the prefect of Songjiang in his clothes.

Even if the Ming army accepted Wang Bicheng's surrender and let him continue to lead the army, what if he was asked to fight the Eight Banners?
Who knows if the Ming army will use these surrendered soldiers as cannon fodder?
After all, now that Tan Tai's main force has gone south, he can't just surrender like this easily.

So he said: "Defending the city is the mission of the last general. If the Ming army attacks the city, the one who defends the city must defend it, and if it cannot be defended, it must be defended."

Zhang Jiyuan thought that this martial artist was not stupid, so he said: "As the prefect of Songjiang, I naturally have the responsibility to guard the land. Since General Wang Shen has reported his mortal intention, this Huating depends on you. I will go now." The city recruits young and strong people to help in the battle."

Who can say beautiful words, since you want to court death, then the official will not accompany you, "I rely on you" and dump the blame for defending the city to Wang Bicheng.

Seeing that the Qing army did not respond, Liu Yichen knew that it was impossible to fool around, so he said to Hong Fugui: "General Hong, it seems that they will not cry when they see the coffin. Anyway, the artillery has been arranged, so let's attack the city directly."

There was a loud "boom", and the Ming army directly hit the tower of Guyangmen with a cannon, and the bricks, stones and tiles were broken all over the ground, making Wang Bicheng look ashamed.Then the city wall was hit by artillery one after another, as if the whole city wall was trembling, and pieces of the Qing army were blown down.

After a while, the city was full of broken limbs and arms, and there was a bloody smell in the thick smoke.

Wang Bicheng wanted to die now. The artillery of the Ming army was so sharp that dozens of people were killed in the city in just one round of shelling.

If the bombardment took another half an hour, the city walls would probably collapse. How could this be a waste of time?
Wang Bicheng shouted: "Mr. Liu Qian, take people to stand firm at Guyang Gate first, and I will go to the city to gather people to come to support."

Mr. Liu Qian also had a bitter face, and Wang Bicheng's excuse for running away was almost the same as that of Zhang Jiyuan just now.I also summoned people to come to support. If you can come back, I will write Liu characters backwards.

At this time, a Qing army shouted: "Mr. Liu Qian's Ming army has begun to attack the city!"

I saw that the Ming army lined up the city in a straight line, slowly approaching the city.

Mr. Liu Qian thought to himself that the Ming army is sick, is this a siege or a formation drill?
So he shouted: "Hurry up and shoot the arrows down the city!"

I saw that the Ming army stopped precisely about ninety steps away from the city, and the bows and arrows shot by the Qing army fell in front of the Ming army, unable to hurt the Ming army at all.

"Bang, bang, bang"

There was a puff of white smoke below the city, and the Ming army began to raise their blunderbusses to shoot. From time to time, some Qing soldiers on the city were hit by the Ming army's blunderbusses.

Mr. Liu Qian cursed: "This Ming army is too shameless, relying on its range advantage to attack from a long distance, we can only be beaten, and there is no way to fight back!"

"Brothers, pay attention to concealment and don't show your head. There is a moat blocking the Ming army from getting close to the city. We will fight back when they enter the range."

Suddenly, Zhang Jiyuan, the prefect of Songjiang, boarded the Guyang Gate again.

Mr. Liu Qian was overjoyed, he thought it was Zhang Zhifu who brought the young and strong from the city to help defend.

But I heard Zhang Jiyuan say: "Mr. Liu Qian, General Wang Shen led 1000 cavalry in the city out of Tongbo Gate and retreated towards Suzhou. Can you still hold on to Huating Mansion?"

Although when Wang Bicheng went to the city, Mr. Liu Qian had already guessed that he might escape.When he heard the news, he was still furious, and said: "Wang Bicheng abandoned the city and fled. Now Huating is unable to hold on, and the humble position is all under the arrangement of the magistrate."

Zhang Jiyuan was satisfied with this answer. In this way, the main responsibility for the loss of Songjiang was Wang Bicheng who abandoned the city and fled. Even if Songjiang was recovered by the Qing army in the future, he was also a secondary responsibility for being forced to surrender.

So Zhang Jiyuan shouted towards the city: "Zhang Jiyuan, the prefect of Songjiang, is willing to return to Ming anyway, so I will order people to open the gate of the city; Deputy General Wang Bicheng of Songjiang has led 1000 cavalry to escape from Tongbomen, you should chase him quickly and don't let him go. "

When Wang Bicheng saw the posture of the Ming army, he knew that Huating would not be able to defend at all. Once the Ming army filled up the moat, they would not be able to withstand even a wave of offensive.After going down to the city, he quickly gathered his cronies and led 1000 people out of Tongbo Gate.

The main force of the Manchurian and Mongolian forces led by Bashan was in Jinshanwei, but at this time Bashan's life and death were unknown, so he never dared to join him. He quickly led his troops to break out of the siege in the direction of Suzhou.

He also thought about the words, Zhang Jiyuan, the prefect of Songjiang, surrendered to the Ming army, and he, Wang Bicheng, swore to die, and led the army to break through and report the letter.

Hong Fugui led 2000 white-robed infantry to attack the Guyang Gate in the west, and 2000 cavalry were arranged at the north and south gates to prevent the Qing army from running towards Jinshanwei or Suzhou City.

Ma Erye, nicknamed "One-eyed Dragon", is leading 1000 Ming cavalry to hide in the high woods, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.They calmly observed the enemy's position and actions, waiting for the best time to strike.

Suddenly, the cavalry of the Qing army appeared in their field of vision, and rushed here.

Ma Erye gave an order, and the cavalrymen of the Baipao Battalion leapt forward one after another.They brandished their swords on their horses, like tigers descending the mountain, and rushed towards the Qing army ahead.

Wang Bicheng was also taken aback when he saw the Ming army suddenly rushing out from the side.But at this time, it was too late for him to retreat, and he could only bite the bullet and fight.

The Qing army also brandished their weapons to fight the Ming army. The cavalry of the two armies almost tore the air in the high-speed collision.The sounds of swords, weapons, horseshoes and soldiers shouting interweave into a huge din.

The number of double releases is quite similar, both of which are 1000 cavalry. I thought it would be a fierce battle.What is surprising is that not long after the battle, as soon as the two sides came into contact, many Qing troops were directly cut down by the Ming army, which made the Ming army confused.

It doesn't mean how elite the army's cavalry is. In fact, they don't have much actual combat experience, but they have experienced several cavalry battles, and they are now considered qualified cavalry.

Wang Bicheng also complained terribly. Most of his men were infantrymen. Although these people could ride horses, they were only at the level of infantrymen on horseback. These horses were all left by Master Eight Banners in Songjiang Mansion.

This would be a hasty fight, and the Ming army occupied a favorable terrain, condescending to attack them from both sides, and it was obvious that they were not opponents in a fight.

I saw a one-eyed dragon in the Ming army waving a long horse, like a whirlwind, and the cavalry of the Qing army were swept away by it, which accelerated the collapse of the Qing army.

So Wang Bicheng quickly turned his horse's head and shouted: "There is an ambush by the Ming army here, let's retreat to Taicang Prefecture first."

Under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, Wang Bicheng turned to the other side without looking back. Seeing that his master had escaped, the remaining Qing army had no will to resist.

But at this time they were being entangled by the cavalry of the Ming army, and they couldn't escape at all.

Second Master Ma roared: "Your generals have all run away, don't hurry to dismount and surrender!"

So the remaining Qing army quickly dropped their weapons and shouted: "We are willing to surrender!"

The Ming army asked, "Do you want to continue chasing the fleeing Qing army?"

Ma Erye said: "In order to prevent Jinshanwei's Qing army from coming to cause chaos, the Iron Armored Army ambushed in the south, and we are the only ones in the north. Now that most of the Qing army has been intercepted, it is a great victory. There is no need to continue to pursue. We have other tasks."

In this battle, the Ming army beheaded more than 200 Qing troops, with less than 30 casualties, and captured 500 Qing troops and a large number of war horses. It was already a big victory.

It should be said that the first battle of the White Robe Army's Northern Expedition was fought very beautifully. They captured Songjiang Mansion almost without bloodshed. Of the 300 defenders, only Wang Bicheng led [-] people to escape, and the rest surrendered either dead or surrendered.

After handing over the prisoners, Ma Erye led his men and horses to kill northward in a mighty way.

Wusongkou, as the garrison of the Wusong Navy of the Qing Army, has been heavily guarded for a long time, and is equipped with a powerful Wusong Fort.

There are 30 red-clothed cannons alone, and there are nearly a hundred of them together with other French cannons, forming a powerful cross-fire network, which is enough to block the entire river.

It was this powerful firepower configuration that enabled the weak Qing army navy to huddle in this water village for a long time to survive.

Before that, the powerful Chongming navy of the Ming army did not dare to cross the thunder pool even half a step in the face of these sturdy forts.

Although the Wusong navy cooperated with Huang Binqing's troops to lure and annihilate the Chongming navy of the Ming army, they also paid a huge price.

In addition, after the Qing army occupied Chongming, the remaining Wusong navy was transferred to Chongming Island, and now there are only a few small patrol boats left here.

At this time, two huge figures appeared on the river, and the Qing army on the patrol boat was also taken aback.

He shouted: "It is the giant ship of the Ming Army Navy that has appeared, hurry up and move closer to the Wusong Fort."

Zeng Jiahui, the chief soldier of the Zhejiang Navy on the Hongwu, was looking ahead with the Qianlijing in his hand, and said: "Use the semaphore to tell the Huzhou to fire, this kind of small boat is not worth wasting the shells on the Hongwu!"

As the sailors waved two small flags, the Huzhou on the side roared, and several shells landed around the patrol ship of the Qing army, and the huge waves shook the small ship from side to side.

Hu Dahai shook his head and said, "It's the first time the Huzhou has gone to sea to fight. It seems that the gunners are not skilled enough to save shells. Let's just fire salvo."

After that, the naval guns on the Huzhou roared, and dozens of shells were fired at the patrol ship intensively.Only a loud bang was heard, and the ship was quickly covered by artillery fire and shattered to pieces.

In this scene, the Qing army on the fort was stunned. Originally, the Ming army only had one giant ship. How could there be another giant ship in just a few days?
The reason why Qian Mo bought a large number of old Spanish commercial galleons at a high price was because these merchant ships were also galleons, similar in structure to the Hongwu.

The shipyard of the Ming Army Shipyard has just been built. When he builds a large warship, he doesn’t know it will be the year of the monkey. It will be much more convenient to use the blueprints to modify it, install some cannons, and use it as a warship immediately.

Although these remodeled warships have structural defects, their firepower is not inferior to that of warships of the same tonnage.However, these 600-ton Spanish large sailing ships can also be equipped with 12 12-pound cannons and 24 Franc machine guns. It is still possible to reduce the dimensionality and attack the Fuchuan of the Qing army.

Franco sent over the blueprints of these sailboats soon after arriving in Macau, which made it much more convenient to modify.

Qian Mo planned to transform all four 4-ton Spanish commercial galleons into warships, but the production of artillery in the capital is really limited, and there are many places that need to use artillery, so only the Huzhou ship has been refitted.

The Qing army on the Wusong Fort was facing a big enemy at this time. I don't know whether it was out of fear or a warning. At this time, the red cannon on the fort actually fired at the warship of the Ming Army who was far away.

Seeing the waves breaking up a mile away, everyone on Hongwu laughed happily.

Rafael said: "My lord, I have calculated that the range of the red cannons of the Qing army is about 3.5 kilometers, while our naval guns have a range of more than 4 kilometers. We can use the advantage of the range to destroy the enemy's forts with naval guns." .”

Zeng Jiahui said: "That can't be done. Our Zhejiang Navy still expects to use more than a hundred artillery pieces from the Wusong Fort to transform the remaining three Spanish galleons."

"Order the ships to drop anchor, and we will stop here so that the Qing army can't attack them, just stare!"

Ma Erye led 1000 cavalry from Huating County to Wusongkou without stopping, and the sound of rumbling guns was heard 2 miles away.

He carefully took out Qianlijing, looked at the fort in the distance and said: "It seems that we came at the right time. The Qing army was bombarding the Hongwu on the river, and they didn't notice us at all."

"I really didn't expect that there are only a thousand Qing soldiers in such an important town as Wusongkou. This is really a godsend."

He Zhiyuan, who had just been promoted to a hundred households by Qian Mo, said: "There were originally 6000 soldiers at Wusongkou, but Tang Li, the chief soldier of Wusong, led 5000 troops to attack Jinshanwei, so there are only 1000 left."

Ma Erye was about to let the cavalry charge immediately, and He Zhiyuan hurriedly stopped him when he saw this: "It's already dusk, why don't we just wait until it's dark before we attack, and even if we use the cavalry to charge in front of the fort, we still have to dismount to attack the fort , it’s better to walk from here and sneak up to surprise them.”

Sure enough, according to He Zhiyuan's method, Ma Zhanyuan led 500 people to easily capture 2 forts. When the Qing army saw the Ming army attacking from behind, the killing sound shook the sky, thinking that the main force of the Ming army had arrived, so they quickly gave up the forts and retreated.

At this time, He Zhiyuan led the cavalry to fight out, covering up the rout of the Qing army all the way, and captured Wusongkou in one fell swoop.

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