Nanming Yiming

Chapter 149 It's for me
In fact, the Lu royal family has been out of the control of the Nanming court for a long time. Although the Lu king Zhu Yihai did not proclaim himself emperor, but only claimed to be the supervisor of the country, it actually made the already weak Nanming court even weaker.

Especially in the first year of Hongguang (1645), King Lu and Longwu fought against each other regardless of the Qing army going south, which led to the rapid fall of Zhejiang and Fujian.

Afterwards, although Lu Wang and Zhang Mingzhen learned the previous lessons and respected Yongli as the Son of Heaven on the surface, they were still self-reliant in fact.Now that Zhang Mingzhen passed away and King Lu disappeared, the Yongli court would naturally not miss this good opportunity to control Zhejiang.

Qian Mo said: "According to reliable information, His Majesty Yongli's envoy has already set off from Guangxi, and will confer on us soon. I wonder what Brother Cangshui thinks about this?"

Zhang Huangyan is very clear about his current situation. After the loss of Chongming, he has no foundation in the rear.If you don't rely on Qian Mo, you won't be able to gain a foothold in East Zhejiang.

So he said: "Now that His Highness Jian Guo is missing, only Uncle Zhongyong can continue to carry the banner of anti-Qing. Our Eastern Zhejiang Ming Army is willing to return to the Suhu Governor's Mansion, and everything is for Uncle Zhongyong."

Qian Mo said: "Brother Cang Shui misunderstood, the governor didn't want you to express your allegiance, but just wanted to hear your true thoughts."

Zhang Huangyan said: "If there is a way, there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the country; now that the world is united, and all provinces are under the command of the Yongli court, we naturally have to accept His Majesty's canonization."

Zhang Huangyan's statement was expected by Qian Mo. People like Zhang Mingzhen were always worried that they would lose their current status if they joined Yongli, so they had been forcing King Lu Mingli to fight against the Nanming court in secret.

Naturally, Qian Mo didn't have this worry. His Jiangsu and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion was all self-sufficient, and he didn't need to rely on others for payment at all.Whether it is King Lu or Yongli, it is just a political endorsement, can they still control themselves?

Qian Mo said: "Brother Cang Shui is very true. The enemy is in front of us. We really can't disperse our strength because of internal strife. You and Ben Du want to go together."

"If Chongming is lost, I'm afraid Ningbo's money and food will not be able to support the army for a long time. Now that Brother Cangshui has belonged to the order of the Governor's Mansion, the corresponding food and military equipment will naturally be supported by the Governor's Mansion."

Zhang Huangyan said: "My Eastern Zhejiang Ming Army still has 9000 land divisions and 3000 navy divisions."

Qian Mo said: "The giant ship of our Zhejiang Navy is setting up customs. Huang Binqing's Zhoushan Navy has already retreated in Zhoushan and dare not fight. The navy located in the east of Zhejiang happens to go north to join the main fleet."

"When I captured Dinghai in this campaign, I accepted nearly 5000 troops from Huang Binqing's command. I will hand over these people to Brother Cangshui."

"Appoint Ma Xin as the commander-in-chief of the Taizhou battalion, Zhang Jie as the commander-in-chief of the Ningbo battalion, and surrendered general Wang Dazhen as the commander-in-chief of the Dinghai battalion. All the troops of the three battalions will be paid according to the first-class battalion under the command of the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Appoint Zhang Huangyan as the governor and admiral of eastern Zhejiang, and control 15000 people in the three battalions of Taizhou, Ningbo, and Dinghai. If there are insufficient numbers, they can be recruited by themselves."

Qian Mo is equivalent to entrusting all the local government and military affairs in eastern Zhejiang to Zhang Huangyan, which can be said to be a great trust.

Zhang Huangyan was also very excited, and said: "With the support of the governor's office, my subordinates have the information to defeat Yang Wenqi and regain Taizhou."

Qian Mo said: "Brother Cang Shui may not know that the one who is really commanding the Qing army is not Yang Wenqi, a trash, but a Taoist priest named Chuchen, and Hong Chengchou is behind them!"

Originally, Zhang Huangyan was also puzzled, why Zhang Mingzhen was able to lose such a must-win battle when so many Qing troops appeared in Taizhou at once.

So he said: "It seems that Huang Binqing turned against the water, and Hong Chengchou must be behind the fall of Chongming!"

Qian Mo was also very helpless, and said: "According to the style of old thief Hong, there may be more than these methods. This is the real reason why I came to East Zhejiang all night and day."

Zhang Huangyan said: "In fact, there are many doubts about Dingxihou being hit by firecrackers this time. Dingxihou was wearing heavy armor, and the Qing army's firecrackers hit him seriously from 70 steps away. I am afraid that only the Lumi blunderbuss of the Governor's Mansion can do."

"I can be sure that it didn't flow out from the hands of my Ming army in Ningbo. Since the last time the fire guns were assassinated in the barracks, I have paid great attention to the tracking of these Lumi guns. And Dingxihou got this batch of fire guns. After the gun, they led the army to the south, even if there were spies from the Qing army inside, they could not send the gun into Linhai City in time."

Although the governor's government has strict control over the Lumi guns, all the governor's troops must take the Lumi guns away in time when they evacuate, and if they cannot be taken away, they will be destroyed on the spot.

The Ming army basically had no defeats, leaving the battlefield to the Qing army to clean up; the limited number of temporary retreats, the battlefield was eventually cleaned by the Ming army.

However, it is inevitable that the secrets will be neglected, and it is not impossible for the Qing army to get a few Lumi guns.

But since the Lumi blunderbuss appeared in Taizhou, it is most likely to be Ningbo and Shaoxing.

Now that Zhang Huangyan has investigated Ningbo Mansion, there is a high probability that it is Shaoxing Mansion.

Qian Mo said, "Commander Liu, what happened to Shaoxing Mansion recently?"

Liu Yichen said: "After Uncle Zhongyong was assassinated last time, I deduced that someone in Shaoxing must have leaked your whereabouts, so the intelligence department strengthened the investigation of the generals of Kuaijiying and Baitouying, and no suspicious person was found for the time being."

"But when it comes to the Lumi gun, I think of one thing."

"On that day, I was ordered to negotiate with Yu Guowang's white-headed army about surrendering. Originally, Xiao Ni's attitude towards this matter was ambiguous, but when he heard that the Governor's Mansion would issue them with advanced guns, his eyes lit up and he made an effort to make it happen. over this."

Originally, Liu Yichen didn't pay much attention to this matter. It is said that Xiao Ni prefers firearms, so it's not unusual for him to do this.But now that the Lumi blunderbuss fell into the hands of the Qing army in Taizhou, and the Xinchang and Shengxian counties where the Baitou camp was stationed bordered on Taizhou, so Liu Yichen had to be suspicious!

Qian Mo said: "Let's say that Ningbo's Lumi gun is lost, and send people to Baitouying to test the target and test the registered Lumi gun."

"If he has a ghost in his heart, he will definitely take action; but don't startle the snake first, and send someone to spy on him secretly."

Qian Mo said to Zhang Huangyan again: "Brother Cangshui, the money, rations and weapons of the Governor's Mansion will be delivered in 2 days, but the military situation is urgent at this time, and the Governor's Mansion has no more military supplies, so there are only 300 Lumi guns; I I still have a lot of confidence in Ma Xin, Brother Cangshui, it is better to rectify the military affairs first, and then send troops."

Although Qian Mo sent another Dinghai Battalion to Zhang Huangyan to strengthen Ningbo's troops, but these were surrendered troops, and they did not form combat power so quickly.Fortunately, Dinghai to the north of Ningbo has now been recovered, and the Zhoushan navy has been beaten back by the Ming army. The threat to the north is temporarily much smaller.

In addition, the problem of shortage of money and food has also been solved, Zhang Huangyan is still very confident to do a big job; of course, he also understands that he needs time to rectify the internal affairs.

So he said: "Don't worry Uncle Zhongyong, I will definitely settle down the Dinghai camp as soon as possible so that they can form a fighting force."

Since Huating's breakout, for nearly two days and two nights, Qian Mo had dozed off on the boat for less than two hours without a good rest.Although it was broad daylight now, he couldn't bear Zhou Gong's call, so he directly found a wing room in Dingxihou's mansion and slept.

However, Qian Mo's dream didn't last long, and he was woken up again, and Liu Yichen knocked on Qian Mo's door in a hurry.

Qian Mo knew that Liu Yichen must have important information to interrupt his sweet dreams, so he asked, "What happened?"

Liu Yichen said: "The information on each battlefield has been compiled!"

"The first is the news from Huating. On the morning when we evacuated from Huating, Li Benshen led a 1 green battalion from Chongming to occupy Wusongkou, and arrived at Huating to join Ma Guozhu on the same day."

Qian Mo said: "In this way, the Qing army will have 28000 people under the city of Huating, but with these troops, they will never be able to capture Huating in a short time."

Liu Yichen continued: "The strange thing is not that the Qing army suddenly increased its troops, but that after the Qing army increased its troops, they began to dig deep ravines around Huating, encircling but not attacking."

This is a bit intriguing. The Qing army did not lose a lot of soldiers and generals under the city of Huating, so it is unreasonable to encircle but not attack.

Could it be that he wanted to besiege himself in Huating?

So Qian Mo asked, "What's the situation in Jiangxi?"

Liu Yichen said: "He Luohui's Qing army navy fought a battle with Wang Deren's navy on the Yangtze River north of Pengze. The Ming army won a complete victory. The Qing army burned more than a hundred ships and lost [-] warships. The Qing army saw that the waterway was blocked, so they landed in the east of Pengze, and the Qing army is currently besieging Pengze, and the city is still in the hands of the Ming army."

It seems that Wang Deren's defense in Jiujiang is still tight. Qian Mo said: "Pengze is the gateway to the east of Jiujiang, and its position is very important. The Ming army has the advantage of the waterway, and the Qing army cannot completely surround it; but He Luohui has a large number of troops. It is completely possible to divide the troops to bypass Peng Ze, approach Hukou, and then threaten Jiujiang. Peng Ze can bypass it, but Hukou cannot. The key depends on how long the Ming army can hold on at Hukou?"

柳逸尘又说道：“谭泰的大军分多路出击，汉军镶蓝旗李国翰部1万人以及宣城方向的绿营2万人，共计3万大军正在猛攻黟县；而1万科尔沁蒙古骑兵以及1万5千绿营，总共2万5千人正在围攻祁门县。”

"A small group of troops from the Shi Tingzhu Department of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army went deep into the vicinity of Jixi, and were repelled by our Shenji Battalion; in addition, trails by the Qing army trying to go deep into Tianmu Mountain were found in the directions of Hangzhou and Huzhou in the Tianmu Mountains, and they were defeated by Tianmu Camp and Taihu Lake respectively. Battalion repelled."

Tan Tai's army behaved quite strangely. Although more than 5 troops were assembled to attack Huizhou, they were not the main force.And I was attacked tentatively in Huizhou, Hangzhou, and Huzhou, and it felt more like exploring the way, rather than containing my own troops.

Fortunately, I led the cavalry to try to cross the Tianmu Mountains, and the tens of thousands of cavalry could not pass through; the Ming army had already arranged troops to garrison the key roads, and the terrain there was dangerous. It is impossible for Tianmu Mountain to attack Hangzhou.

Tan Tai had only two options if he wanted to pass through Tianmu Mountain from the front, either by attacking Huanghua Pass, Yuling Pass, and Kuling Pass from the front; .

No matter where he chooses to break through, what awaits the Qing army is a tough battle.

Qian Mo said: "Tan Tai's Eight Banners of Manchuria have not yet moved, and the current movement is unknown; I don't think he is stupid, he will not spend the main force in the mountainous areas of Huizhou. He will definitely seek breakthroughs from other directions, or bypass Huizhou and go straight to the rear Raozhou; or send troops from Huzhou to go straight to Hangzhou."

After hearing Qian Mo's words, Liu Yichen turned pale with shock, and said, "Why did Uncle Zhongyong conclude that Tan Tai's main force might attack Huzhou? There is no sign of a large-scale gathering of enemies around Huzhou?"

Qian Mo said: "The enemy's small army attack does not feel like containment. If it is containment, they will definitely invest a lot of troops, so that we dare not act rashly."

"They are obviously looking for a path through the Tianmu Mountains, so their final goal must be Hangzhou."

"Of course, it is not ruled out that Tan Tai's army will go south to Raozhou. After all, Jin Shenghuan hastily went north and did not occupy Chizhou. The Qing army can still choose to directly attack Raozhou behind Huizhou. Fortunately, Qian Ning has reminded Jin Shenghuan a long time ago. Now he personally leads the With an army of 5 in Raozhou, there is no need to fear the sneak attack of the Qing army."

Liu Yichen said: "I will send someone to call the police to Admiral Weng and Admiral Lu, telling them to pay attention to the sneak attack of the Qing army."

Qian Mo said: "If you think about it carefully, why did the Qing army encircle Huating and not attack it? Combined with the current information, you will understand their intentions."

Liu Yichen suddenly realized and said: "The Qing army probably thought that Uncle Zhongyong was still in Huating and wanted to trap us in Huating."

Qian Mo said: "If Tan Tai's main goal is Jiangxi, there is no need to trap me in Huating. You only need to let Ma Guozhu stay in Suzhou, which can destroy my intention of approaching Nanjing and besieging Wei to save Zhao. After all, defending Suzhou is better than besieging Huating is much less risky and much safer."

"They did this not because they were afraid that I would go north to Nanjing to support Jiangxi, but because they were afraid that I would return to Hangzhou or eastern Zhejiang."

Liu Yichen said: "It's also fortunate that we broke out from Huating as soon as we learned of the changes in Eastern Zhejiang. If it was half a day later, facing nearly 3 Qing troops, it would not be easy to withdraw."

"In this way, the Qing army really came after us."

"First, Ma Guozhu mobilized 3 troops to besiege Uncle Zhongyong in Songjiang."

"Then send a large army across Tianmu Mountain or raid Huzhou, and then directly threaten Hangzhou. At that time, our army will have no leader, and Hangzhou will probably be taken directly by the Qing army."

"By the way, the Qing army will definitely send troops to attack Jixi at this time, and even Yanzhou will contain our troops in Huizhou and Yanzhou, so that we cannot return to Hangzhou."

Qian Mo said: "It seems that Commander Liu has indeed improved a lot, but we still have 8000 troops in Shaoxing to support Hangzhou. Do you think Hong Chengchou will miss this point?"

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