Nanming Yiming

Chapter 163 Fake a shot

After the Ming army defeated Zhenghong Banner in Lishui, Nanjing City temporarily had no reinforcements.It will take at least two or three days for Ma Guozhu from Songjiang to return to Nanjing, while Tan Tai and He Luohui from Jiangxi have not even received any news at this time, and they will never come back without more than 5 days.

In theory, as long as the Ming army breaks through the city quickly, it has every chance of occupying Nanjing.

As the accompanying capital of Ming Dynasty, this place has special significance. Taking Nanjing City, even if it is only temporarily, will shake the world.

Lu Wansheng, the prefect of Jiangning, is now on pins and needles.

He knew very well that Nanjing City was currently empty of troops. Although he gathered the surrounding soldiers and horses, there were only 12000 green battalions in the city at this time.These troops must be enough to defend other cities, but the outer city of Nanjing is too long, and this number of troops is simply not enough to fit the teeth.

Fortunately, Guangde's 5000 positive red flags have already gone north. As long as this team can return to Nanjing, at least it can temporarily stabilize people's hearts.

But what he hopes most is that Ma Guozhu can lead his troops back as soon as possible, so whether Nanjing City is defended or not is none of his business.After all, I am just a small magistrate, and I can't afford such a big pot.

After a long wait, he finally received the news of the positive red flag.

Soldiers came to report: "Prefect Lu is not good. A terrifying Jingguan appeared outside the upper gate. It is the Red Flag of Manchuria, with a total of 3 heads piled up into [-] Pin-shaped Jingguan. The head of Tong Durba was placed among the three Jingguan."

"At present, this matter has spread in Nanjing City, and now everyone in the city is in danger!"

Not long ago, when Qian Mo led the White Robe Battalion in the Northern Expedition outside Jiaxing City, everyone took it as a joke.Unexpectedly, in less than a month now, the Ming army actually came to the city.

Damn it, this Qianmo doesn't talk about Wude. The White Robe Camp was obviously trapped in Songjiang Mansion by Governor Ma, but he sneaked all the way north from Huzhou.

At this time, Lu Wanxiang gritted his teeth and said: "Now the Ming army is in full swing, and the order is sent to abandon the outer city of Nanjing and concentrate its forces to defend the inner city."

There are 31 city gates in Nanjing City, which is known as "thirteen inside and eighteen outside".With more than 1 people, if he defends the outer city, let alone the city wall, he may not even be able to defend the city gate.

In fact, giving up the outer city is also a helpless move.If Nanjing City really has such a strong force that can be used to guard the city, then the enemy will not be able to attack outside Nanjing City at all.

Soon the news of Nanjing abandoning the outer city spread.

Hearing this, all the generals were eager to try, but they didn't expect Liu Yichen's joke a few days ago to become a prophecy.

Wang Zaixing, the commander of the Huzhou Battalion, said excitedly: "Now the city of Nanjing is like a big girl lying on the bed naked, with only her last bellyband left!"

All the generals called for battle one after another, requesting to lead their troops into Nanjing.

If the city is compared to a beautiful woman, then Nanjing City is undoubtedly the most coquettish woman in Jiangnan. Who can not be tempted by such a temptation?
But Qian Mo knows that this beauty is not so easy to sleep.The main force of the Qing army has not been wiped out. Even if he can take Nanjing by chance, it will inevitably trigger the siege of other Qing troops.

If the ministries of Nanming can unite as one, Qian Mo doesn't mind putting himself in danger.As long as he attracts the main force of the Qing army outside the city of Nanjing, the Ming army on other fronts can easily break through, and finally join forces under the city of Nanjing, and then wipe out the Qing army.

However, with the urgency of these "pig teammates", even if Qian Mo sticks to Nanjing for a year, I am afraid they will not be able to make a difference.In history, Jin Shenghuan carried the Qing army hard in Nanchang for nearly 8 months?

Except that Li Chengdong went north to Ganzhou to rescue Jin Shenghuan, the people from all walks of life in Nanming did not do anything else.

If you expect them to come to rescue, the weeds on your grave will have grown tall!
Liu Yichen knew Qian Mo's thoughts very well, and said: "The main force of the Qing army is close at hand, and our army's attack on Nanjing is not the best strategy; but since we have already arrived at the outskirts of Nanjing, does the Duke of Yue want to pay homage to Emperor Taizu's Xiaoling Mausoleum?"

Qian Mo said: "Since we are in Nanjing, we must pay homage to Emperor Taizu."

Xiaoling Mausoleum is located at the foot of Mount Everest in Dulongfu at the southern foot of Zijin Mountain. It is the joint burial mausoleum of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma.

On May 1648th in the second year of Yongli (5), Qian Mo, Duke of the Yue Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty, wearing armor and surrounded by generals, formally paid homage to the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum.

Qian Mo, Duke of Yue, was sealed suddenly, and he was going on an expedition, so it was impossible for him to wear court clothes, so he put on his armor and worshiped.

Fortunately, the Qing court still attached great importance to the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty. As early as May of the 17th year of Chongzhen (1644), Dorgon sent Feng Quan to offer sacrifices. Two internal officials and deputy members were appointed, and forty mausoleum households were responsible for guarding the mausoleum.

There are three fixed sacrifices and five minor sacrifices every year.

The eunuchs in charge of guarding the mausoleum were all old people from the palace of the Ming Dynasty. When they saw the Duke of Yue of the Ming Dynasty come to pay homage, they also knelt on the ground and wailed excitedly.

He shouted: "Emperor Taizu bless you, after four years, finally the Duke of Ming came to worship!"

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as a legend. The cowherd boy in Fengyang joined the army at the age of 25 and ruled the world at the age of 40. He also created the only unification from south to north in Chinese history and established the last feudal dynasty of the Han people.

No matter in the previous life or in this life, he is someone Qian Mo admires very much.

It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty is already at sunset. If I hadn't appeared, then 14 years later, the Emperor Yongli would be strangled to death in Kunming by Wu Sangui with a bowstring.

Now that I have appeared here, I will definitely save the world of Daming.

In front of Emperor Taizu, Qian Mo didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, he respectfully performed the great salute of "kneeling three times and knocking nine times".

Of course, Qian Mo is not from the royal family of Zhu Ming, and he chose to come to worship at this time mainly to expand his influence and force Ma Guozhu to return to his teacher.But it's not advisable to do too much, make it too grand, it will easily arouse Yongli's suspicion.

After a simple worship, Qian Mo rewarded the person in charge of guarding the tomb with some money, and left Xiaoling.

Although the process was very simple, the impact of this matter was not small. With the help of the Intelligence Department, the news that "Ming Yue Duke Qian Mo came to the city of Nanjing to pay respects to the Ming Tomb" spread rapidly across the land of China.

The Ming army set up cannons on Zijing Mountain and directly bombarded the city of Nanjing.

At this time, the people of Nanjing City can be said to be panic-stricken, and many people have already made preparations in private to welcome Master Wang into the city.

Lu Wanxiang was even more frightened, and sent more than a dozen waves of people to rescue him.

The news that the Ming army went north to Lianke Yixing, Liyang, and Nanjing City was in a hurry soon spread to Songjiang Mansion.

At this time, the armies of Ma Guozhu and Li Benshen had been stalemate with the Ming army outside Huating City for nearly a month.

When Li Benshen first arrived with his troops at the beginning of the period, he was still full of confidence. He thought that it would not be a sure thing for 28000 people to fight a Huating City with thousands of people.

As a result, 5000 people were killed in the fierce attack one day, and nothing happened to Huating City. They gave up the idea of ​​​​siege the city directly.

Then they dug deep trenches outside the city day and night to prevent the Ming army from breaking through.

But the Ming army did not stop. Every night, the Iron Armored Army and the cavalry took turns to attack, and they did not attack the battalion.

Fortunately, it rained heavily afterwards, turning these gullies into moats, which prevented the Ming army from attacking.

When he first heard that the Ming army was approaching Nanjing, Ma Guozhu didn't pay much attention to it. After all, Guangde's Zhenghong Banner was close at hand, and the Ming army was just a sneak attack; he just ordered the green camps of Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Chuzhou, Taiping, and Hezhou to support Nanjing.

It sounds like there are many prefectures, but in fact, most of the soldiers and horses from these prefectures have followed Ma Guozhu to Songjiang or followed Tan Tai to Jiangxi, and they have sent thousands of reinforcements in total.

Then bad news came one after another. The Zhenghong Banner was defeated by the Ming army, and the head was built by the Ming army to build a Jingguan;

Now Ma Guozhu couldn't sit still anymore. If Nanjing was lost, he would be the governor of Liangjiang.At this time, the Qing army's Southern Expedition army was all in Jiangxi, and only his troops were closest.

Only then did Ma Guozhu know that Qian Mo himself was not in Huating at all, but he was deeply afraid of the combat power of these white-robed troops in front of him, and the consequences would be disastrous if these iron-clad troops were released.

But he was very helpless. At this time, the city of Nanjing was in danger, and he had to withdraw his troops.

Ma Guozhu decided to lead 8000 cavalry to Nanjing first, and Li Benshen led 12000 infantry to retreat slowly.

Li Benshen knew very well that the Ming army still had thousands of cavalry in Huating City, although the Ming army's armored army moved slowly and could not catch up.But if he retreats with all his troops, he will definitely be entangled by the cavalry of the Ming army.

So the task of the rear of the palace fell into the hands of Songjiang deputy general Wang Bicheng. In order to prevent the Ming army from being aware of it, Wang Bicheng led 2000 troops to stay in the Songjiang camp to hold back the Ming army.

Wang Bicheng is not stupid, he thought that if you let Lao Tzu stay and die, then I would just come and stick to the camp.

Soon after, the Ming army discovered that the siege of the Qing army had disappeared, and Hong Fugui knew that Ma Guozhu must have run away.

Soon the information sent by the intelligence department confirmed his speculation. Hong Fugui did not expect that without the main battalions of the Governor's Mansion, such as Baipao Camp and Shenji Camp, Qian Mo led his army to the city of Nanjing.

Soon he made a deployment and ordered He Zhiyuan to lead the cavalry to follow Li Benshen's men.

And he led the white robe battalion to attack Wang Bicheng's camp.

After all, if this nail is not pulled out, he will not be able to lead his army northward to attack Suzhou.

Soon the Baipao Battalion came to the Qing army camp outside Huating City.

After all, the Qing army has been stationed for a long time, and the defense of the camp is still very tight. The front of the camp is covered with trenches, and the Qing army's gunmen are also waiting in front of the camp.

Following Hong Fugui's order, the tiger squatting cannons of the Ming army began to attack the fortifications in front of the Qing army camp.Soon the gunners of the Ming army began to shoot at the gunners of the Qing army by taking advantage of the range.

Wang Bicheng soon discovered that this was an asymmetrical battle, and his men and horses were completely passively beaten, but isn't his task to hold back the main force of the Ming army?
At this time, he could only grit his teeth and give up. If he chose to retreat at this time, he would definitely be killed by the cavalry of the Ming army, and he would die even faster.

However, his determination to persevere did not last long, because soon the Iron Armored Army of the Ming Army was dispatched, and as soon as these armored soldiers went into battle, his troops quickly collapsed.

Soon Wang Bicheng made a choice and led the remaining Qing army to surrender directly!
Next to Huishan Mountain in Wuxi, it is very lively tonight. Countless cavalry are galloping on the north and south sides of Huishan Mountain.On the official road to the north of Huishan, Ma Guozhu, the governor of Liangjiang, is leading 8000 cavalry to help Nanjing in the starry night.

On the other side of the mountain, 7000 cavalry led by Qian Mo had already advanced here from the city of Nanjing.

Batu said: "Duke Yue, Ma Guozhu is defenseless now. At this time, the general will lead the army to fight out and he will be caught off guard. Even if the cavalry cannot be wiped out, they will definitely be hit hard!"

Qian Mo said: "Our target is not Ma Guozhu's cavalry, but Li Benshen's infantry behind. You also said that it is difficult to wipe them out, and we will definitely startle them now. Then Li Benshen's infantry will definitely retreat into Suzhou, so we It has increased the difficulty for us to win Suzhou."

"In addition, don't let Ma Guozhu get the credit for returning to Nanjing in time, and stabilize the situation in Nanjing; if you really bring back Tan Tai's 10,000+ people in Jiangxi, our life will not be easy!"

Batu also had to admire Qian Mo's tactics at this time, his control of the fire was really in place.When everyone thought he was going to attack Nanjing, he feinted and aimed at Suzhou.He deliberately let Ma Guozhu go and let him stabilize the situation in Nanjing.

The Qing army was completely led by the nose by him, so there is no reason not to suffer defeat.

Lu Wansheng desperately asked for help like crazy, and the Changzhou government could only withdraw all the soldiers and horses from Wuxi, Jiangyin and other places, and all rushed to Nanjing for support.

Now Wuxi is already an empty city. After Ma Guozhu left, the Ming army occupied Wuxi, the pearl of Taihu Lake, without bloodshed. Of course, Wuxi was just a small county under Changzhou Prefecture at this time.

This also means that Li Benshen's [-] infantry are doomed.

Li Benshen also knew that rescuing soldiers is like fighting fires, and after leaving Songjiang, he went all the way northward.He also knew that Wang Bicheng might not be able to delay the Ming army for a long time. Because he was afraid of the pursuit of the Ming army's cavalry, he did not dare to stop for a moment.

When he arrived in Wuxi, he was exhausted.

Suddenly a large number of cavalry rushed out, and the scene of thousands of horses galloping was simply shaking the earth.Soon the feathered arrows of the Mongols and Saurons shot over. Their arrow skills were tricky, and many Qing troops were directly shot at the vital points.

At this time, many Qing troops stayed where they were. Since these descended cavalry had not changed into the uniforms of the Ming army, they only saw the Eight Banners of the Zhenghong Banner and the Mongols charging towards them.

But the Ming army's saber quickly made them recognize the situation. Li Benshen never dreamed that he would encounter the main force of the Ming army's cavalry here.

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