Nanming Yiming

Chapter 162 God-given opportunity
In Raozhou City, Duke Yu Jin Shenghuan was very anxious.The change of the battle situation was too fast, completely beyond his expectation.

No matter what, he never thought that Wang Deren, who was still in the upper hand, would lose Jiujiang so quickly.

Fortunately, although the three prefectures in the north of Jiangxi fell, Wang Deren took half of his troops and retreated to Nanchang. At present, there are 8 troops in Nanchang, so it should be safe for the time being.

Nanchang is his lair. All the 10 taels of silver he has looted in Jiangxi in the past few years are all in Nanchang City. It is false to say that he is not worried.

So he ordered Jiang Riguang and Pan Yongxi to quickly withdraw the 5 horses from Huizhou to Raozhou.

This made Jiang Riguang very anxious. Previously, relying on Huizhou's favorable terrain, the general barely blocked the main force of the Qing army from Jiangxi.How easy is it to get rid of all the teachers now?

Once the Ming army left the city, they would inevitably be covered up by the Qing army all the way, and the end of the entire army would inevitably be wiped out.

But now that Nanchang is in crisis, if Nanchang falls because of his disobedience to the military order, he cannot bear the responsibility. Thinking of this, this nearly seventy-year-old old man looks even more haggard.

Pan Yongxi, the commander-in-chief of Raozhou, soon led his troops to Qimen. Jiang Riguang was surprised when he saw him, and said, "You didn't lead your troops to retreat from Wuyuan, why did you come to Qimen?"

Pan Yongxi said: "Elder Jiang Ge faces Tan Tai's main force head-on, and he will not be at ease. Yixian County and Wuyuan have been handed over to Huang Yu, the admiral of western Zhejiang, and I am here to support Elder Jiang to retreat together."

As far as personal emotions are concerned, Pan Yongxi's behavior moved him very much.After all, the two had been on the Northern Expedition together for half a year, and they had asked each other for help many times to save each other from danger.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, it seems unwise for Pan Yongxi to do so.

Jiang Riguang sighed: "Pan Zongbing, you are so confused! If you lead your troops back to Raozhou from Wuyuan, you can bring back at least [-] soldiers and horses. Now that the Qing army is overwhelming, how can we get out?"

Pan Yongxi said confidently: "Mr. Jiang Ge, don't worry, the water level of the Changjiang River has soared in the past few days, enough for the Qing army outside the city to drink a pot."

Tan Tai personally led an army of 6 to Qimen County, and soon surrounded the city with water.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Riguang wanted to cry without tears. Now that these 5 soldiers and horses were directly made dumplings by the Qing army, wouldn't they become the turtle in the urn?

Accompanied by the sound of rumbling artillery, the Qing army has already begun to attack the city.

However, the Ming army had 5 heavy troops after all, and the terrain in Qimen County was dangerous, so they still withstood this wave of offensive from the Qing army!
After nightfall, a loud arrow accompanied by a long tail blooms in the night sky.

After seeing the signal, Huang Yu said, "Break the dike and release the water!"

The heavy rain for more than ten consecutive days caused the water level of the streams in the mountains to skyrocket. The Ming army even took advantage of this opportunity to build a dam in the mountains north of Qimen to form a huge barrier lake.

After the dike was pushed aside, the flood rushed towards the camp of the Qing army like a wild horse running wild.

The Qing army was so overwhelmed by this sudden scene that they hurriedly moved their camps.Fortunately, the Qing army had learned its lesson and did not station the camp in low-lying areas. The flood did not cause too many casualties.

But at this time Tan Tai got a bad news.The soldiers came to report: "The Ming army took advantage of the flood to attack the camp, and when the army was busy moving, they took the opportunity to fight out of the city. The Qing army in the south was short of soldiers and horses, and the Ming army had successfully rushed out if they couldn't resist."

Tan Tai, who had regained his composure, understood that he had been tricked, and that the Ming army was about to run away.

The 5 Ming soldiers were already eating meat in their mouths, and he couldn't see the cooked ducks flying away like this.

Tan Tai hurriedly organized his troops to chase after them. It was impossible to completely wipe out the Ming army in this dark night, but he could still catch up with some and kill them.

When the Qing army chased them out of the valley, there was a sound of "bang, bang, bang" in an instant.

Many Qing troops were directly hit by the Lumi guns of the Ming army, and the ground was full of painful wailing.They never expected that the Ming army would still have an ambush, so they had no choice but to stop their pursuit.

With the cooperation of Huang Yu Shenjiying, Jiang Riguang and others finally came to the edge of the Changjiang River. Pan Yongxi had already prepared a large number of bamboo rafts.

At this time, the water level of the Changjiang River soared, and the transportation capacity was greatly enhanced.Although there were not many boats, a large number of bamboo rafts was enough for them to go down the river and retreat directly from Qimen to Poyang, the capital city of Raozhou.

Looking at the bamboo raft going far away on the Changjiang River, thousands of households in the Shenji camp asked puzzledly: "Admiral Huang, since we have taken over Yi County and Wuyuan, why don't we take over Qimen as well, so that we can occupy Huizhou?" The whole country."

Huang Yu looked at him and said, "Our troops are limited. This Qimen County has blocked the Qing army's southward passage to Jingdezhen and Poyang. If it occupies this place, the Qing army will fight us desperately."

Then he looked at the direction of Huzhou in the distance, and said silently in his heart: Now that the Qing army has all concentrated in Jiangxi, this must be the situation that Duke Yue most wants to see!

Qian Mo, who was in Huzhou, originally thought that Tan Tai would continue to attack Huzhou after the heavy rain, so he dispatched all the Taihu Battalion to strengthen the defenses of Si'an Town and Changxing, but he didn't expect that the other party would not move for a long time.

Soon, Qian Ning and Huang Yu sent information about Jiangxi successively.

After seeing the news from Qian Ning, Qian Mo was also taken aback. He didn't expect that the situation in Jiangxi would take a turn for the worse. The Qing army had already broken through the defense line of Jiujiang and went directly to the city of Nanchang.

But after seeing the second information from Huang Yu, he smiled maliciously.

Now Tan Tai's main force has gone to Jin Shenghuan, which means that the pressure on his side is much less.And Hong Chengchou's four-way siege of Hangzhou was completely bankrupt.

What was even more gratifying was that neither He Luohui nor Tan Tai actually had the main force to annihilate Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren.Although the casualties of the Ming army were slightly larger, there was no collapse.

Even if you don’t count the 5 soldiers that Jin Shenghuan besieged Ganzhou, he and Wang Deren still have 19 troops in their hands, which is still more than the sum of Tan Tai and He Luohui.Strategically important places such as Nanchang and Raozhou are still in the hands of the Ming army, and Jiangxi has not collapsed.

I think this is also because the terrain of Jiujiang and Huizhou is very complicated. Jiujiang is backed by the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake; while Huizhou is mountainous and suffered another heavy rain.With such a terrain, the cavalry of the Qing army can't use it at all, so it's no wonder they can take advantage of it?
If it wasn't for Kong Youde's sneak attack on Wang Deren from behind, Wang Deren was so frightened that he withdrew his troops voluntarily, the Qing army probably wouldn't even be able to open the gate of Jiangxi.

Thinking of this, Qian Mo couldn't help being a little angry, He Tengjiao is such a good-for-nothing, the Qing army in Hunan is empty, this guy is slow, and he hasn't taken Changsha Mansion yet.

Otherwise, how could Kong Youde spare his troops for a sneak attack? It would be considered good if he could hold Wuchang.

But now the main force of the Qing army is moving westward, which is a godsend opportunity.

Now the Jinshan camp of Tang Li has also rushed to Huzhou. Huzhou now has Tianmu camp, Taihu camp, Huzhou camp, Mongolian camp and Jinshan camp, with 5 battalions of nearly 2 horses.

Liu Yichen said happily: "Now we have a lot of choices. We can break the siege of Huating from Songjiang direction, take advantage of the situation from east Zhejiang to recover Taizhou and the southern Zhejiang provinces, and even go north from Huzhou to capture Nanjing."

When everyone heard "take Nanjing", everyone's eyes lit up.

Now that the main force of the Qing army is in Jiangxi, if we go straight to Nanjing, there is a high probability that we will succeed.Nanjing is the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, and capturing it is of great significance.

At the beginning, Emperor Taizu took advantage of the Yuan army's siege of other rebels, and his troops were empty. He took Nanjing by surprise and established the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

However, the consequences of taking Nanjing are also very serious. It's like stabbing a hornet's nest. At that time, the Qing army from all directions will definitely come here desperately to surround and beat Qian Mo.

His Majesty Yongli is naturally happy. The Qing army has no time to take care of other battlefields. The Ming army will definitely be able to regain lost ground.But Qian Mo was miserable, how could he stand up to the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops.Now Jin Shenghuan is not at the end of his rope, he has no need to poke the hornet's nest in Nanjing.

Liu Yichen knew very well the thoughts of his Duke of Yue, he would never do such a thankless thing that sacrificed himself to save others.

Just when he was regretting that he came up with such a "bad idea", Qian Mo unexpectedly said, "Commander Liu has a good idea. Attacking Nanjing at this time is indeed a god-sent opportunity."

Yixing was originally called Yixing, but it was renamed in order to avoid the taboo of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's name. This small county on the west bank of Taihu Lake is famous for its purple clay teapot craftsmanship.

Yixing, which belongs to Changzhou Prefecture, is a transit point connecting Jiangning Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture, where Nanjing is located.

Although all the houses in the south were smashed into a pot of porridge, it was unusually calm here.

But after all, the opposite is the Ming army's Huzhou Prefecture. Compared with other small counties, there are still 1000 Qing army green camps stationed here.

Chief Qian Zheng Dashi was still patrolling the top of the city as usual, only to see a mass of enemy troops appearing below the city, tens of thousands of people.

Suddenly the artillery roared, and the entire city wall was shaking. Zheng Dashi had never seen this scene before, so he ran away in fright.

Soon the news that tens of thousands of Ming troops went north to capture Yixing and Liyang spread throughout Nanjing.

Originally, news of Zhejiang Ming Army's Lien Chan and Lian Jie victories spread in panic, but it was only the arrival of Tan Tai's army to conquer the South that gradually calmed down these rumors.

Now that the Ming army has invaded Jiangning Mansion, the city of Nanjing has been blown up, and everyone has their own plans.

Now that Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, and Zhou Guozuo, the governor of Jiangning, are not in Nanjing, Lu Wansheng, the prefect of Jiangning, has become the person in charge of Nanjing.

At this time, there were still more than 35 green camps in Nanjing, which could not be regarded as an empty city, but the city wall of Nanjing was more than 18 kilometers long, and the highest point was [-] meters, which can be called the longest in the world.

This strength made Lu Wansheng extremely guilty, so he directly withdrew all the soldiers and horses from Lishui, Jurong and other places around Nanjing to Nanjing City, and then desperately rushed to the surrounding areas.

Now it was cheaper for Qian Mo, and the Ming army easily entered the counties around Nanjing.

There will be a delay of several days on the road from Jiangxi to Nanjing. The nearest troops are the 5000 Manchurian Red Flags in Guangde and Ma Guozhu in Songjiang Prefecture.

This team was originally left by Tan Tai in order to guard against a surprise attack by the Ming army. The deputy governor of the Red Banner, Durba, saw that Nanjing was in a hurry, and immediately sent troops northward from Guangde Prefecture.

When the army arrived in Lishui, it was already dark.

Durba shouted: "I am the deputy governor of Zhenghongqi. I was ordered to come to support Nanjing, and I opened the city gate quickly."

I saw the Qing army on the city say: "Now it is late at night, and it is difficult to distinguish the enemy's situation. In order to prevent the Ming army from defrauding the city, please forgive me for not being able to open the city gate. Please forgive me, Commander Durba!"

Durba almost laughed angrily, and scolded angrily: "You dog slave, open your dog eyes and see, I am the Eight Banners of Manchuria, can the Ming army pretend to be?"

Seeing that the Qing army on the city was still dawdling, Durba gave an order, and the Eight Banners soldiers began to shoot arrows at the city.

At this time, the Eight Banners of Manchuria under the city began to laugh, thinking that these green battalion soldiers were cowards, so they shot some arrows into the city to scare them, and obediently opened the city gate.

Sure enough, their begging for mercy came from the city, and soon the gate of Lishui was opened.

Durba triumphantly rode his horse into the urn city. He looked up at the city to find the officer who charged him just now, but he found that the city was full of soldiers, still holding firecrackers.

He felt something was wrong, it didn't mean that Nanjing's troops were empty, why were there so many soldiers in Lishui City?
"Bang, bang, bang"

The firecrackers on the Wengcheng suddenly went into trouble, and soon the city gate ahead was closed.

Durba shouted: "I've been fooled, they are the Ming army, get out quickly."

At this time, the suspension bridge outside the city was also slowly pulled up. Although the Eight Banners wanted to prevent the Ming army from pulling up the suspension bridge, the area around the suspension bridge was soon full of corpses.

The Manchus quickly shot arrows at the city, and even though it was dark, many Ming soldiers were still shot by them.

At this time Tang Li shouted: "Don't worry about those inside the urn city, first fire at the Eight Banners soldiers outside the city."

At this time, there were about 800 Eight Banners soldiers trapped in the city, although people outside the city wanted to rush in to rescue them.But how can a group of cavalry without siege equipment break through the city?

In addition, the range of the Lumi guns of the Ming army was much farther than theirs, and more people fell down every moment they stayed, so they had no choice but to retreat.

They were just about to leave the city and go to Donglu Mountain when a rain of arrows hit them.

Seeing Yu Jian's Qing army was dumbfounded, are these Mongols and Saurons?They thought they were mistakenly attacked by friendly troops, but soon there was a burst of firecrackers, and 7000 cavalry from the Mongolian and Huzhou camps came out from all directions.

Just as the general of the red flag died, they panicked and had no intention of fighting at all. After contacting for a while, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

At this time, the Eight Banners soldiers trapped in Lishui City have all been cleaned up.

Liu Yichen said with regret: "Of the 5 Qing troops, we only left 3, and 2000 of them went back to Guangde."

Qian Mo said with a smile: "If we want to forcibly keep these Eight Banners, we will have to pay huge casualties. Now that we have won a big victory, send the head of Zhenghongqi Deputy Commander Durba directly to Nanjing!"

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