Nanming Yiming

Chapter 198 Qian Mo conquered Fengyang, Ming and Qing bloody battles in northern Jiangxi

The news that Wu Sanhang had returned to the Ming Dynasty in Shaanxi anyway, when it reached Beijing, Dorgon couldn't sit still.I went to the doctor in a hurry and gave Wu Sangui, the sixth son, the opportunity to sneak attack. This was really shooting myself in the foot.

The loss of Shaanxi made the Qing Dynasty's situation in the north completely corrupt.There was even news that Wu Sangui was going to join hands with Jiang Xiang and Khalkha Mongols to invade the capital.

Today, the nobles of the Eight Banners in Beijing are in danger, and many of them have secretly transferred their property to Shengjing.

But now Shengjing is not safe. The Huang Dabiao Department of the Ming Army continues to harass Jinzhou, Haizhou, Gaizhou, Yaozhou and other places south of Shengjing through Pidao, forcing Dorgon to secretly send 3000 Zhengbai Banners to Shanhaiguan to prevent his retreat. It was intercepted by the Ming army.

But fortunately, the Qing army concentrated a large number of craftsmen to imitate many Lumi guns. Now these Lumi guns have been transported to Xuanfu, Taiyuan, these important towns, with the blessing of Lumi gun firepower, Jiang Xiang and the rebels in Shanxi were able to Failing to conquer Taiyuan, Shanxi did not fall completely, and the Qing army was able to block them to the west of Taihang Mountain.

The situation in the north has stabilized slightly, but the situation in the south has not stopped.On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wu Zhilong, the prefect of Yangzhou, took the initiative to contact the Ming army and dedicated all the three states and seven counties under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou to Qian Mo.

Later, Qian Mo ordered Hong Fugui to lead a battalion of 3 white robes across the river north and stationed in Yangzhou. The Ming army first captured Liuhe, Jiangpu and other places in the east of Yangzhou that belonged to Jiangning Prefecture.

Then Hezhou and the prefect of Chuzhou in the west of Yangzhou also learned from Wu Zhilong, directly erected the lowered flag, and opened the city gate to welcome the Ming army.These two places are known as the key to Jinling, especially Chuzhou, surrounded by mountains on three sides, has always been an important frontier for resisting the northern army going south. In history, the southern regime has fought many wars with the northern army trying to go south here.

Qingliu Pass in the north of Chuzhou City is very dangerous.Zhao Kuangyin, who was still a pioneer of the Later Zhou Dynasty, once fought a battle here with Huang Fuhui, the general of the Southern Tang Dynasty. In the end, Song Taizu defeated the 5000 troops of the Southern Tang Dynasty from the front with only 10 cavalry, and achieved a good story of winning more with less.

Now that the Ming army has regained this place without bloodshed, and the dangers around Nanjing are already in their hands, Jinling City can be said to be at ease at this time!
If Wu Zhilong hadn't offered Yangzhou Mansion, Qian Mo would not have prepared for the Northern Expedition, but seeing that the war in Jiangbei was going so smoothly, he also knew that the Qing court was over.In the spirit of "killing you while you are sick", he ordered the White Robe Battalion to attack in an all-out manner.

Hong Fugui personally led an army of 1 to the city of Huai'an. At this time, the Qing army had already been frightened. How could they dare to resist?The prefect of Huai'an led people back across the Huaihe River overnight and fled to Haizhou.

In this way, the Ming army captured Huai'an, an important canal town, without bloodshed, and then the Ming army marched westward along the Huai River and entered the territory of Fengyang Mansion.

With the fall of Yangzhou and Huai'an, the last two state capitals of the Qing army with relatively high taxes were also taken into the pocket by Qian Mo.Although the Ming army did not cross the Huaihe River at this time, most of the land in Huai'an Mansion was still in the hands of the Qing army, but the most essential part south of the Huaihe River has been lost.

At this time, the Ming army in southern Anhui was not idle either. Huang Yu's Shenji Battalion went down the Yangtze River from Chizhou Mansion to conquer Pengze, which was previously occupied by the Qing army, with the intention of approaching the mouth of the lake and threatening Boluo's flank.

When the Qing army increased its troops at Hukou to prevent the Ming army from approaching Jiujiang, the Ming army suddenly turned north and crossed the Yangtze River.At this time, Anqing, an important town on the Yangtze River, was empty of troops, with only 3000 people stationed.

Under the combined attack of the giant naval ships of the Ming army and the artillery of Shenjiying, the Ming army invaded Anqing Mansion in just half an hour.

After taking Anqing, the Ming army blew the horn of attack.The Shenji Battalion went northward from Anqing, conquered Tongcheng, Lujiang, and Shucheng one after another, and approached Hefei, the capital of Luzhou; while the Baipao Battalion also conquered Chao County and Feidong from Hezhou, and approached the city of Hefei.

In order to support Nanjing before, Ma Guozhu had already emptied the green battalions in Jiangnan Province. At this time, there were only 3000 green battalions in the city of Hefei, and they soon gave up resistance.

Then the Ming army went all the way north and conquered Xuyi, Huoqiu, Huainan and other places on the south bank of the Huaihe River.

On the eighth day of February in the third year of Yongli (1649), the Ming army regained Fengyang, the central capital of the Ming Dynasty.In less than a month, the Ming army took over the vast area of ​​Jiangnan Province north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huaihe River.

Dorgon urgently ordered Man Dahai, Prince of Li, to lead 5000 Zhenghuang Banners to station in Xuzhou, and must block the Ming army to the south of the Yellow River.He also appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of the Central Plains, to control the Qing army in Luyu and Henan provinces, and to assist Man Dahai to stabilize the front line of Xuzhou.

At this time, the Qing army commanded by Boluo was the last main force of the entire Qing Dynasty. Although Wuchang was still in the hands of the Qing army, with the fall of the entire Huainan area, Boluo was at risk of being dumped by the Ming army.

Soon Dorgon's order was sent to Boluo, asking him to give up the siege of Nanchang, and even Jiujiang, and retreat directly across the Yangtze River, and withdraw his troops to Huangzhou and Xinyang in the north of the river to cover the flanks of Wuchang. And use the Dabie Mountains to guard the passage into Henan.

Commander Boluo originally had 16 troops, but lost 5 under the city of Nanchang, He Luohui lost 6000 in Changsha, and sent another 2 to support Wuchang.There are still 84000 people, including 12000 Manchurian Zhenglan Banners and 1 Manchurian Bordered Yellow Banners.

It is not easy to safely evacuate these 8 people to Jiangbei.

It has been less than half a year since Boluo surrounded Nanchang. Although Nanchang City has prepared a large amount of food, although it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, the reserves of various materials have basically bottomed out.

Due to the lack of medicinal materials, a large number of wounded in the Ming army failed to survive in the end. The 18 Ming army commanded by Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren only had 12 people left at this time.

Finding that the Qing army had retreated, Jin Shenghuan said excitedly: "Our blood has not been shed in vain in the past six months. Now the world has changed drastically. My Ming Dynasty not only regained the accompanying capital Nanjing, but even Shanxi and Shaanxi have returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway."

These days, Nanchang City is indeed in torment, especially in the first month, shopping is almost every day.

Wang Deren gritted his teeth and said: "This damn Boluo, he has beaten us for so long, now he must not be allowed to slap his ass and leave like this. I will lead my troops northward, even if I can't eat him, I will bite him a few times." A piece of meat!"

His words frightened Qian Ning, and he quickly persuaded him: "Jianwuhou, don't be impulsive. Although the Qing army sent 2 people to support Wuchang, Boluo still has a lot of troops. The army is also exhausted now, it is too risky to attack at this time!"

However, Wang Deren said: "Commander Qian may not be too careful. Now that the Qing army is returning home and has no will to fight, Boluo will not dare to delay here. I also ask the Duke of Yu to allow me to lead an army of 5 to attack. It doesn't matter if we eat the tail of the Qing army, we can't just watch them retreat back to Jiangbei like this?"

Jin Shenghuan felt that Wang Deren's words were not unreasonable. At this time, the Qing army was defeated like a mountain, and he would not dare to stay in the south of the Yangtze River. If the navy of the Ming army blocked the Yangtze River waterway, Boluo would really be a turtle in the urn.

Naturally, I can't miss this opportunity to beat the dog in the water. The most important thing is to quickly recover Jiujiang, and then take Huangzhou to open up the passage to Wuchang in the west and Henan in the north. Otherwise, I can only sit in Jiangxi and lose my expansion. good opportunity.

So Jin Shenghuan said: "Jianwuhou needs to be more careful, don't fall into the ambush of the Qing army."

Soon Wang Deren gathered 5 elites in the city and headed north from Deshengmen.

The field combat ability of the Qing army is still quite daunting. Wang Deren is also a veteran who has experienced many battles. Naturally, he was extremely careful and sent a large number of scouts to scout for information.

However, the news brought back by the scouts was similar to what he had expected. Boluo's main force had assembled in Jiujiang and was preparing to cross the river. Now Nankang Mansion was empty of troops.

Soon the news came from the Poyang navy: the Qing army navy in Wuchang had dispatched the main force to meet Boluo's main force to cross the river. Yesterday they had a battle with the Ming army navy on the Yangtze River. Both sides were sunk some warships .

Seeing that Boluo was about to run away, Wang Deren became anxious too.Quickly went north to pursue, the Ming army recovered Anyi, Jianchang, De'an and other places one after another.

Successive victories made the Ming army also speed up their pace, and soon came to the city of Nankang.

As the Ming army marched northward, many state capitals fell in anticipation.The Nankang Mansion actually dared to stand up to the corner, Wang Deren naturally wouldn't let them get used to it.

Although the Ming army did not carry fire running and other heavy siege equipment due to the pursuit of light soldiers, it is not difficult to build some ladders.Following Wang Deren's order, a large number of Ming troops holding shields charged towards the moat. Behind the shield soldiers, there were also a large number of Ming troops holding shovels and preparing to fill the river with soil.

The Qing army on the city began to release arrows desperately. Although the arrow rain of the Qing army was very dense, it could not shoot through the shields of the Ming army. Although some Ming soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, the overall casualties were not large.

Wang Deren showed a satisfied smile. According to this progress, the moat will soon be filled by the Ming army.

But at this time, there was a sudden "bang, bang, bang" sound of firecrackers on the city. As the white mist dispersed over the city, the Ming army shieldmen by the moat were continuously knocked down by the Qing army.

The Ming army, which lost its shield cover, was soon attacked by the bows and arrows of the Qing army on the city.

This voice is too familiar, this is the Lumi blunderbuss of Shenji Camp, but how could the Qing army have such a thing?
The appearance of the Lumi blunderbuss caused heavy casualties to the Ming army filling the river, more than 3000 people were killed in battle, and Wang Deren had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

At this time, Wang Deren suddenly remembered that Qian Ning once told him that this should be a Lumi blunderbuss secretly imitated by the Qing army. Quite a bit.Of course, the most deadly problem is that the Qing army could not produce the fine steel of the Ming army, so the service life was much shorter than that of the Lumi guns of the Ming army, and the barrel would be scrapped after 60-80 shots at most.

At any rate, Wang Deren had been fighting the Qing army under the city of Nanchang for so long, and had learned nothing else, except the method of filling the moat.

Through testing during the day, he got some data about the Lumi guns of the Qing army. The effective armor-piercing distance is about 70 steps, and the shooting interval is more than 40 seconds, or even longer. The Shenji camp is much worse.

So he also learned from Boluo, using the night to fill the moat and consume the ammunition of the Qing army.

In just two nights, the Ming army successfully filled a section of the moat outside Nankang City.

Wang Deren was also unambiguous, and immediately attacked the city the next day. Groups of Ming troops rushed to the city on ladders. The city head of Nankang.

At this time, a scout hurriedly galloped over on horseback and said, "Report to Marquis Jianwu, something is wrong. A large number of Qing cavalry have broken through our defense line outside Nankang and are rushing here."

Wang Deren roared angrily: "Hasn't Boluo's main force already crossed the Yangtze River? Where did the enemy's main force come from?"

The scout said: "According to the intelligence, the Qing army returned from Jiangbei to Jiangnan in the dark, and rushed here overnight. We have no time to warn!"

Wang Deren knew that he couldn't be cowardly at this time, so he immediately ordered the siege to stop, and personally led all the cavalry to charge towards the Qing army, while the remaining infantry hurriedly withdrew to Lushan Mountain in the north of Nankang.

It's just that he never imagined that Boluo dared to transfer all the main forces of the Eight Banners of Manchuria back to the south bank of the Yangtze River at this time, even though Wang Deren led tens of thousands of cavalry to fight against the Qing army, trying to buy time for the army.

But they were quickly dispersed by the Qing army, and Wang Deren was seriously injured. Fortunately, his soldiers fought their way out.In the last 5 troops, only more than 1 people withdrew to the vicinity of Lushan Mountain, and more than a thousand cavalry broke through the Qing army's blockade and went to Nanchang to report.

Soon the news of "Wang Deren was defeated and was seriously injured and trapped in Lushan Mountain" spread to Nanchang.

After Jin Shenghuan heard the news, he sighed and said, "Boluo is indeed a veteran general who has experienced many battles. This time, he returned to his horse and shot Wang Deren by surprise."

Qian Ning said: "I sent a letter to Huang Yu, Marquis of Moling. The Shenji Battalion has already moved south from Anqing and is attacking Hukou. The Yangtze River Navy has also blocked Jiujiang. Duke Yu must not take the risk of attacking."

Jin Shenghuan shook his head helplessly, and said, "If I don't send troops to entangle Boluo, even if the King of Guangling can seal off the Yangtze River with naval forces, the Qing army can still run to Wuchang by land."

"I have fought side by side with Marquis Jianwu for a long time, and I feel like brothers and sisters. Now that he is seriously injured, I must not leave him alone. Whether it is for public or private purposes, I must send troops. Of the 7 people in Nanchang, I will take 5 of them. The remaining 2 people will be handed over to Commander Qian, and Nanchang must not fall into Boluo's hands."

Seeing Jin Shenghuan's determination, Qian Ning stopped trying to persuade him.

He cupped his hands and said, "Duke Yu must be careful, as long as he entangles the Qing army, time is in our favor!"

Looking at the back of Jin Shenghuan going away, Qian Ning always has a feeling of "the wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man will never return when he is gone"!

He Luohui said: "General Qi, Wang Deren's troops have been surrounded by us on several nearby hilltops, but the mountains are dangerous, and if we want to attack by force, we still have to pay a big price."

Under the city of Nankang, the Qing army took advantage of the cavalry to wipe out more than 3 people Wang Deren in the first battle, and severely damaged the Jiangxi Ming army.But Bo Luo also knew very well that the time left for the Qing army was running out.

Qian Mo has already made a move. The Ming army is attacking Hukou. The situation in Hukou should not last long. It is estimated that the Ming army will break through Hukou and cut off his retreat before Wang Deren is eliminated.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is already in a precarious situation, even if it can capture Nanchang, it will not help the overall situation. Abandoning Jiangnan is an inevitable result.The reason why he stayed in Jiangnan at the risk of being completely wiped out by the Ming army was because he wanted to eat as much of the Ming army's vitality as possible.Otherwise, once Jin Shenghuan's 10,000+ army approached Wuchang, Wuchang would also be difficult to hold on.

If he didn't fight this battle, I'm afraid Daqing would not only lose Jiangnan, but even Hubei and the Central Plains would be quickly conquered by the Ming army. This was the reason why he had to fight this battle.

Bo Luo said: "Our goal is Jin Shenghuan's reinforcements, there is no need to attack Wang Deren!"

After Jin Shenghuan led an army of 5 to the north from Nanchang, he soon arrived at De'an County in the south of Jiujiang Prefecture. 30 miles northeast of De'an is Lushan Mountain.

It was not far from the place where Wang Deren was besieged, even the infantry was half a day away.Jin Shenghuan did not dare to enter the army overnight, fearing that he would be ambushed by the Qing army, so he ordered the army to rest in De'an overnight.While sending out a large number of scouts to inquire about Wang Deren's situation, they are discussing tomorrow's attack strategy.

The 5 soldiers that Wang Deren took away before were the elite of the Ming army in Jiangxi. Although Jin Shenghuan still has 5 soldiers and horses around him, his combat power is much weaker, especially the lack of cavalry.

To be honest, Jin Shenghuan sent troops this time mainly to contain Boluo's troops so as to relieve Wang Deren's pressure; he was very aware of his own strength, although he had a lot of troops, he did not have the strength to confront the Qing army head-on.

Just when Jin Shenghuan was worrying about how to rescue Wang Deren, a soldier came to report: "The emissary of Guangling County King Liu Yichen has arrived!"

After Qian Mo learned that Wang Deren was chasing Boluo, he knew that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered Huang Yu to send the Shenji Battalion south, and also sent Mongolian cavalry to the Jiangxi battlefield.

Liu Yichen was still a step too late. When he arrived in Nanchang, Jin Shenghuan had already led his army northward. Fortunately, Jin Shenghuan did not march overnight, otherwise Liu Yichen would not have had time to put on his wings.

Liu Yichen first reported the information and said: "According to the agreement before I left, our army should have conquered Hukou by now, and we will be able to reach Lushan Mountain in half a day!"

Jin Shenghuan was taken aback by Liu Yichen's words, and he said excitedly: "The king of Guangling County is really good at using troops, and he has captured Hukou so quickly. In this way, we can encircle and suppress Boluo's army. This is the last main force of the Qing army. , as long as Boluo is killed, the north can basically spread the word!"

Seeing Jin Shenghuan's excited expression, Liu Yichen could only shake his head helplessly and said: "The main force of the Shenji Battalion is still in Jiangbei. Although they conquered Hukou, there are only 5000 people. Even with tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry as the backing, There is nothing the Qing army can do about it.”

"Boluo has at least 5 cavalry near Lushan Mountain, including more than 2 Manchurian Eight Banners. Even if Yu Guogong's 5 soldiers and horses flank our army, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Qing army from the front."

Hearing what Liu Yichen said, Jin Shenghuan was rather disappointed, so he asked: "Then what should we do now, we can't just let Boluo go like this?"

Liu Yichen said with a smile: "Although Boluo cannot be completely wiped out, it is not difficult to break the siege of Mount Lu and rescue Marquis Jianwu."

So he whispered a few words beside Jin Shenghuan.

In order to lure Jin Shenghuan to go north to Mount Lushan, Bo Luo kept sending small troops to harass the Ming army. Sure enough, the Ming army dispatched cavalry to eliminate these harassing Qing troops.

However, these Ming troops were also very cautious. Even facing the small group of rangers of the Qing army, they would dispatch the main force, and they would stop when they saw a good situation and would not pursue them very far.

Boluo quickly noticed something was wrong. There was something wrong with the Ming army, and it seemed that he was not in a hurry to rescue Wang Deren.Just when he was considering whether to eat Wang Deren directly, news came that Hukou had fallen and Jin Shenghuan was attacking Ruichang.

The loss of Hukou was actually not a surprise to Boluo, as the news of Hukou’s emergency had been sent before; however, Ruichang was located to the west of Jiujiang, and it was the only way for Boluo to retreat to Wuchang by land.

He realized that he had been fooled. Jin Shenghuan's entry into De'an was just a cover-up. He didn't intend to go north to rescue Wang Deren at all. It was obvious that he wanted to cut off Ruichang and block his retreat.

If Ruichang falls, then his army will really be made dumplings by the Ming army. At this time, he can't care about Wang Deren, so he quickly gathers his troops and heads to Ruichang.

To the south of Ruichang is Qingyi Mountain, and to the east is Yishui. Once the Ming army takes control of this place, it will completely block their way back to Wuchang.Although the Ming army in the direction of Hukou has not yet come, and Jiujiang has not fallen, but Boluo knows that the Ming army will definitely use the navy to block the Yangtze River.

So he gave up the idea of ​​crossing the river from Jiujiang without hesitation. Ruichang was actually his only way out.

Boluo said: "The Ming army also just captured Ruichang, so they quickly launched an attack to regain Ruichang while their foothold was not stable."

However, the Qing army was all cavalry and did not carry any siege equipment, so they could only build some siege ladders on the spot.Since the Ming army had already filled up a section of the moat when they captured Ruichang, the Qing army saved the trouble of filling the river.

Soon after, a large number of Qing troops began to attack the city. The Qing army had no chariots, and the Ming army also had no Lumi guns. At this time, Shuangfang returned to the more primitive siege operations.

Soon Jin Shenghuan discovered that the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing army were wearing heavy armor, and bows and arrows basically did not cause many casualties to them.So he shouted: "The Qing army is almost at the bottom of the city, and the gunners are ready."

"Bang, bang, bang"

As the firearms of the Ming army began to shoot, the Zhenglan Banner that was besieging the city also began to suffer casualties.

However, there were many Qing army archers under the city, and the Qing army soon suppressed the Ming army on the city. Many Ming soldiers were shot and killed by the Qing army's arrows, and the efficiency of the firecrackers was greatly reduced.

Seeing that the Qing army had begun to attack the city, Bo Luo finally showed a satisfied smile.Jin Shenghuan estimated that he had just won the city, so he didn't have time to consolidate the city's defenses, and the Ming army on the city didn't have Lumi guns, so it was impossible to block the attack of the Eight Banners warriors.

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