Nanming Yiming

Chapter 99 Changes in Eastern Zhejiang 2 (for subscription support)

Seeing that his men were successfully filling the moat, Yang Wenqi also relaxed.

He said with a smile: "It seems that the Taoist priest is worrying too much. Ma Xin is exhausted and has no power to stop us from attacking the city. As long as the moat is filled up, I can take Ninghai City in less than an hour."

Chu Chen stared at Ning Hai City expressionlessly, and said lightly: "I hope so!"

At this time, the west gate of Ninghai was suddenly opened, and Ma Xin led hundreds of Ming cavalry to rush out.Since the main force of the Qing army was at the south gate at this time, and there were not many troops here at the west gate, the Qing army was killed by surprise.

Facing the galloping cavalry, the Qing army was not mentally prepared at all.Looking at the dust flying all over the sky and the slightly trembling earth, they began to feel timid.

These Qing soldiers fired their bows and arrows indiscriminately, then turned and fled, but how could the "two legs" outrun the "four legs"?
Ma Xin took the lead, and quickly swung his knife to kill the fleeing Qing army, easily harvesting the heads. After a burst of fighting, the Qing army quickly collapsed.

However, Yang Wenqi knew that there were many Ming army cavalry in Ninghai City, and had already deployed cavalry around Ninghai to prevent the Ming army from raiding.

Just as Ma Xinsha was on the rise, he found that the dust and smoke billowed in the south, and Deputy General Pan was leading more than a thousand horses galloping here.

Ma Xin hurriedly ordered his men to adjust their formation, but instead of leading his men to a face-to-face confrontation with the Qing army, he gave up chasing the rout and moved west instead.

Deputy General Pan saw that Ma Xin didn't lead anyone to fight him, and thought that the Ming army was a cowardly battle with few people, and shouted: "Brothers, Ma Xin wants to run, everyone quickly follow me to catch up."

However, the Ming army cavalry led by Ma Xin did not run away blindly, and from time to time turned around and shot a few arrows at the disgusting Qing army cavalry who were chasing after them.

Deputy General Pan immediately ordered the Qing army cavalry to shoot back with arrows. Although the salvo skills of this group were really poor, after all, the Qing army fired arrows head-on, and several Ming soldiers fell from their horses.

Seeing the fallen Ming army, the Qing army became even more excited and began to cheer.If the Mongolian cavalry saw the level of cavalry and archery of the Qing army, they would probably be stunned on the spot!

However, this does not affect the Qing army to continue to enjoy the joy of chasing, as if they were hunters chasing their prey at this time.

Vice-General Pan soon lost his joy. He saw hundreds of Ming cavalry rushing out on the high slopes on both sides, like two sharp swords piercing into the Qing army.

Facing the sudden attack, the Qing army fell into chaos in an instant, and the people who were killed turned their backs on their backs. At this time, Ma Xin and others who were fleeing ahead turned their horses and killed a carbine.

The cavalry of the Qing army rushing forward encountered pincer attacks from three directions at this time, and the formation was quickly torn apart mercilessly by the Ming army. How could they have the courage to resist?
As the Ming army's swords harvested all the way, the Qing army fell down a large area in an instant.

Facing the Ming army's ambush, Deputy General Pan remained calm and shouted in the crowd: "Everyone, don't panic, face the enemy head-on."

At this time, he saw a familiar face in the enemy army. Ma Xin was holding his saber high and slashing all the way. He ran directly in front of Deputy General Pan and chopped him off his horse.

The main general died, and the remaining cavalry of the Qing army had no fighting spirit and scattered like birds and beasts.

Ma Xin shouted: "Hurry up and catch up with this group of defeated troops, and use them to directly overwhelm Yang Wenqi's infantry in the south of the city."

Outside the south gate, Yang Wenqi saw that the cavalry was retreating in his direction, and knew that something was wrong.Hurry up and order your infantry to form a formation to prevent the enemy from using the broken troops to charge into the formation.

Of course, the defeated cavalry would not directly attack the front of the infantry, after all, the shining spears would stab them to death.But following them around the two sides of the formation were the cavalry of the Ming army behind them.

After the Ming army bypassed the Qing army holding long spears in front, they gave up chasing the fleeing Qing cavalry, but began to directly kill the unprotected Qing infantry.

Yang Wenqi's 2000-man infantry formation was smashed to pieces in an instant, and more than 700 people were beheaded by the Ming army on the spot.Fortunately, these are Yang Wenqi's direct troops, and they knew that they could not escape at this time. Once the infantry showed their backs to the cavalry of the Ming army, the entire army would really be wiped out.

Under the desperate fighting of the soldiers, they finally managed to withstand the charge of the cavalry of the Ming army.The Ming army cavalry who had lost their impact turned around and left, but the regrouped Ming army cavalry did not continue to attack Yang Wenqi's infantry, but rushed towards the south gate.

The Qing army who was filling the moat was completely panicked. In front were the moat and bows and arrows of the Ming army, and behind them were the galloping cavalry of the Ming army.

Needless to say, this must be a proper massacre.Facing the galloping Ming army cavalry, some people instinctively chose to put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender.

At this time Ma Xin also shouted: "Put down your weapons, disarm and don't kill!

Su Jian also quickly asked the Ming army on the city to shout together: "Put down your weapons, disarm and don't kill!"

Amid the deafening shouts of the Ming army, the Qing army completely collapsed, and they all knelt down and surrendered.

As expected by Ma Xin, Yang Wenqi really asked the 1000 new troops with the weakest combat power in Linhai City to be cannon fodder and take on the task of filling up the moat.

The reason why Linhai Ma Xin abandoned these new troops was because there were not enough horses to take them away.

More importantly, because these new troops have weak fighting will and lack of combat effectiveness, once the battle is unfavorable, they will easily defect, just like they are now.

However, these people also have an advantage. They would never dare to be Yang Wenqi's internal support. At this time, they are more useful than other Qing troops who surrendered.

Besides, this group of people was originally Ma Xin's subordinates, and now they can be considered to set things right.

Except for a small number of Yang Wenqi's cronies who were taken to the Ninghai Prison, the others were directly transformed into the Ming army guarding Ninghai.

Ma Xin accepted it as soon as he saw it, and hurriedly brought these Qing army prisoners back to Ninghai City.

Seeing Ma Xin covered in blood, Su Jiangao shouted: "Mr. Ma is truly a man of God. 1000 soldiers and horses actually killed Yang Wenqi's 7000 troops crying for their fathers and mothers, and even captured nearly a thousand enemy troops."

Ma Xin asked with a smile: "Brother Su, you don't have to worry about not being able to defend Ninghai now. Brother Ma and I can fight, how is it compared to the general soldiers under Governor Qian?"

Su Jian said very seriously: "Although there are many strong generals in my Suhu Governor's Mansion, I have never had a good cavalry commander. Brother Ma's cavalry is superbly used, which is eye-opening. Su Jian admires it!"

Ma Xin said with a smile: "It seems that Brother Su wants to recruit me for Governor Qian. Ma has long heard that Governor Qian is the richest man in the world. He won 500 million taels of silver in a "world game" back then. I don't know what to prepare for. How much money will you pay?"

Seeing Su Jian's embarrassed expression, Ma Xin said with a smile: "It seems that little brother Su is serious. Ma was overwhelmed by the heroism of Dingxihou. If he can hand over Taizhou to me as a general, I will definitely not let you down." As for him, how dare he have second thoughts?"

His mind was broken by Ma Dao, Su Jian blushed, and quickly changed the subject and asked: "Yang Wenqi was already defeated just now, why didn't Brother Ma take advantage of the victory to chase him down and completely defeat him, instead retreating back into the city?"

Ma Xin said: "Yang Wenqi can be regarded as a good leader of troops. His infantry will not retreat after being defeated. Even if I adjust the cavalry again to charge against him, I guess it will take two more charges to completely defeat them."

"He still has 1000 cavalry at the east gate, and they will arrive soon. If I don't have the 1000 cavalry, I have enough time to smash his infantry. The best choice at this time is to take down the 1000 cavalry and strengthen Ninghai Otherwise, if the 1000 cavalry were to kill me, I might not be able to retreat completely if I was flanked by him from two directions."

At this time, the casualties of the Ming army's attack were also counted. Despite the two-way attack with the cavalry ambushing outside the city, the Ming army still killed 200 cavalry this time.

At this time, Yang Wenqi outside the city was still in shock. Fortunately, he still had a backup. If the East Gate cavalry hadn't arrived in time, it is estimated that Ma Xin would have completely smashed his infantry.

This time he besieged Ninghai with 7000 troops. Now the troops filling the moat were killed and captured 1000 people, the infantry outside the west gate plus the south gate infantry were killed 1000 people, and the cavalry killed 800 people.

Only 4200 men remained, including 3000 infantry and 1200 cavalry.

Yang Wenqi understood that most of the captured people were recruits who had just surrendered in Linhai City, and at this time most of them had directly become the Ming army again.

To be honest, the strength of the two sides is already very close at this time, and Yang Wenqi has already retreated in his heart.But if he, the admiral of southern Zhejiang, returns to Linhai City in such a disgraceful manner, he will lose face and lose all prestige.

At this time, the red cannon had already been transported to the city, Yang Wenqi decided to bombard Ninghai first, at least to boost morale.

The Qing army quickly arranged artillery positions, and six red cannons fired at Ninghai City in turn.

After all, Ninghai is a county town, and the city is not that strong. After the brick-covered city wall was hit by a shell, the rammed earth inside was quickly exposed.Fortunately, although the cannon in red can hit Ninghai City, it is difficult to hit a single point. However, after half an hour of shelling, Ninghai City is now riddled with holes.

The tower at the south gate was almost collapsed, and there were huge bomb craters in many places on the city wall, which threatened to collapse at any time.In addition, several shells directly hit the top of the city, causing dozens of casualties to the Ming army.

In fact, compared with the actual damage caused by the artillery, the psychological blow to the Ming army is fatal.The veterans under Ma Xin were alright, but it turned out that the Ming troops stationed in Tiantai and Ninghai were not the main force, and their morale dropped a lot in the face of continuous shelling.

Fortunately, those Linhai recruits who had just surrendered, Ma Xin didn't arrange them in the south city at all, but scattered them directly on the other three walls, otherwise they would have to pee on the spot.

What's more unfortunate is that the iron chain of the suspension bridge was actually blown off by the artillery of the Qing army and fell directly on the moat.

At this time, Yang Wenqi had long since given up besieging the city on all sides, but concentrated all his troops to the south of the city to prevent them from being defeated by the Ming army.

Looking at the battered southern city of Ninghai, the morale of the Qing army has also been restored, and Yang Wenqi is also full of confidence at this moment.

Yang Wenqi said regretfully: "Before, Yang was too hasty. He shouldn't besiege the city and disperse his forces. Ma Xinke took advantage of it."

"If we concentrate our forces and rely on red-clothed cannons to attack Nancheng, Ninghai has already broken the city by now!"

Looking at Yang Wenqi, who was full of confidence again, Chuchen thought to himself: If you are willing to listen to me and give up Ninghai, cross Tiantai Mountain and go straight to Xinchang, the siege of Shaoxing has been solved by now, and you will not stop at losing troops in a small Ninghai city ?

Chuchen said, "It's dusk now, is Admiral Yang planning to storm Ninghai City overnight?"

Being asked by Chuchen, Yang Wenqi found himself in a dilemma now!
Attack Ninghai City overnight?Are you kidding me, there are two or three thousand Ming troops in the city, and it is hard to say who will win the night alley battle.

Taking advantage of the victory to retreat, where will you put your face?
What's more, in case of being chased by Ma Xin, whether he can safely withdraw to Linhai is still a question mark.

Yang Wenqi said rather embarrassingly: "I regret not listening to the Taoist priest's words, now we are in a dilemma under Ninghai City, what should we do?"

Chuchen said: "The most troublesome thing in Ninghai City is the cavalry under Ma Xin's command. As long as they are killed, the remaining Ming army will not be a filter."

"Since there is no certainty of winning the siege, then lure him out and eat him"

As the sun set, the red cannons of the Qing army finally died down, and the Ming army on the city took advantage of this rare gap to repair the city wall.

Su Jian asked: "Will the Qing army attack the city overnight?"

Ma Xin said: "This can't be said for sure, everyone should take turns to rest to ensure enough physical strength."

"The red cannons of the Qing army are too threatening. I have to go out of the city at night to take out their artillery positions."

Su Jian said: "Brother Ma can't do it, the Qing army will definitely take strict precautions, and the robbery of the camp must be more dangerous than good!"

Ma Xin said confidently: "Brother Su, watch the city for me, especially pay attention to those recruits. Just don't let others take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. I will leave the outside of the city to you, Brother Ma."

After midnight, Ma Xin led the cavalry out of Dongcheng quietly. At this time, Yang Wenqi's camp was stationed in the south of the city, and the other gates were calm.

The artillery position of the Qing army is located on a small high slope to the west of the enemy camp.

At this time, Ma Xin's deputy general said: "The Qing army's artillery position is too close to the camp. If we go to make a surprise attack, it will definitely alarm the Qing army in the camp."

Ma Xin said: "It's okay, we are all cavalry who come and go freely, Yang Wenqi can't trap us. It's just that his cavalry didn't appear near the camp. I guess they must have ambushed in the nearby woods. Wait until we When attacking the artillery position, the cavalry will take the opportunity to come out and stop us."

"You lead 300 cavalry straight into their artillery positions, and I will lead the rest on your flanks. When the Qing cavalry rushed out, I would directly attack them from the flanks, so that as long as we move fast enough, we will not be attacked. They're entangled, and they can retreat once they've knocked out the guns."

The lieutenant general said: "What if the cannon in red can't be blown up for a while?"

Ma Xin said: "That's okay, you just need to ignite all the gunpowder and shells next to the cannon, even if it can't be blown up, the red cannon without ammunition is no threat to us."

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