The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei
Chapter 392 Ambush at Poyang Lake
On July 17, the 14th year of the Zhengde reign, Wang Shouren led an army of 180,000, claiming to have 300,000 troops, to Nanchang.
Since ancient times, reporting the number of troops in a war was considered bragging and not taxable. Wang Shouren was honest by not claiming to have an army of 800,000.
That night, Wang Shouren prepared to attack the city. Before attacking the city, he called his six most powerful generals, six weak scholars, to his presence and issued a strict order.
"The Hakka soldiers are the vanguard. At the first drum, they will approach the city walls. At the second drum, they will climb the walls. If they have not climbed the walls at the third drum, they will be killed. If they have not climbed the walls at the fourth drum, they will be killed."
The Hakka soldiers all had red eyes and were ready to fight a fierce battle.
You know, Nanchang is both an ancient city and an important town. The city walls are strong. If the rebels who stayed in Nanchang resisted stubbornly, the Hakka soldiers, as the vanguard of the siege, would pay a heavy price.
Then the so-called "fierce battle" began.
At midnight, 3,000 Hakka soldiers arrived at the city under the cover of darkness. When the first drum sounded, everyone began to approach the city and climbed up the ladders against the city walls.
According to Wang Shouren's prediction, the rebels on the city wall would throw stones, shoot arrows and muskets, and pour out stinking gold juice. The first batch of warriors who approached the city would suffer heavy casualties.
However, this did not happen.
There was no resistance at all on the city wall!
Wang Shouren's heart skipped a beat: Not good! Could it be that the rebels were using the empty city plan? How could it be so smooth?
Wang Shouren thought too much. The reason for the success was that the rebels guarding the city ran away!
Wang Shouren had many years of experience in suppressing bandits in Jiangxi and Fujian. He had seen enemies with low combat effectiveness, but he had never seen an enemy with such low combat effectiveness that it was outrageous.
As soon as the drums of war sounded, the rebels defending the city found countless people surrounding the city. They threw away their swords and guns, climbed down the wall and ran into the city to hide.
In less than two minutes, the Hakka soldiers opened the gate of Nanchang City.
Wang Shouren and his six men rode tall horses and entered Prince Ning's lair in a dignified manner.
After Wang Shouren entered the city, what he was most worried about was not the rebels in the city who were resisting stubbornly, but the group of bandits he had recruited.
So he issued a strict order: "Anyone who kills civilians will be beheaded as if he had killed my parents; anyone who commits adultery with a woman will be beheaded as if he had committed adultery with my wife and daughter; anyone who robs property will be beheaded as if he had plundered my family property."
As soon as the military order was issued, the bandits in the anti-rebellion army began to think. Ah, we are not allowed to rob ordinary people's homes. But the military order did not say that we are not allowed to rob the rebels!
Where is the rebels' lair? The Ning Palace in the city. There must be countless rare treasures and beautiful women in the Ning Palace.
We robbed things from Prince Ning's mansion, and you, Governor Wang, will have nothing to say, right?
At dawn, the bandits rushed into the Ning Wang Mansion and robbed it completely. The concubines and maids who stayed in the Ning Wang Mansion also suffered.
After that, the bandits set fire to Prince Ning's mansion and burned it completely.
Wang Shouren was a strict military commander. How could he tolerate the bandits' tricks? He killed more than a dozen bandit leaders in one fell swoop.
After enforcing strict military discipline, he began to wait for news from Prince Ning's side.
Sure enough, when Prince Ning heard that Yue Ding's eye had been stabbed by Wang Shouren, he immediately led the main force back.
According to popular thinking, the rebel suppression troops should strengthen the city defenses, wait for the rebels to attack.
However, Wang Shouren did the opposite and decided to lead his army westward to engage in a decisive battle with Prince Ning's main force.
The two armies finally met at Poyang Lake.
Poyang Lake witnessed the rise of the Ming Dynasty. It was here that Zhu Yuanzhang's army defeated Chen Youliang's main force and established his position as the overlord of Jiangnan.
On July 22, the 14th year of Zhengde, the two armies were in a standoff by the Poyang Lake.
Neither Wang Shouren nor Prince Ning had any intention of a decisive naval battle on Poyang Lake, for the simple reason that neither side had a navy.
They all prepared to win the victory through land battle on the shore.
Late at night on July 23, Wang Shouren decided to attack!
He sent Wu Wendi, the prefect of Ji'an, as a surprise force to attack the Ning Wang camp at night. The three thousand most powerful Hakka soldiers in the rebellion suppression army were all handed over to Wu Wendi.
If Wu Wendi fails, the rebel suppression army will suffer heavy casualties.
Wu Wendi led his troops to the Ning Wang camp under the cover of night. Halfway through the journey, he ran into the Ning Wang rebels, who numbered 30,000.
It turned out that Prince Ning also planned to send his main force to raid Wang Shouren's camp tonight.
Three thousand VS thirty thousand, the advantage is not in my hands.
Wu Wendi showed his bravery in the face of danger. He raised his arm and shouted: "Brothers! As long as we have the green mountains, we will not be afraid of running out of firewood! What are you still standing there for? Run for your lives!" The three thousand Hakka soldiers began to flee frantically.
Prince Ning was dumbfounded: "Everyone says Wang Shouren is some kind of scholar-war god, the Chen Qingzhi of the Ming Dynasty. Why is it that his army is like a pile of loose sand, collapsing at the first blow?"
After a moment, King Ning was overjoyed: "Attack! Hunt down the remaining enemies!"
Wu Wending was a ruthless man. There was a reason why he led the Hakka army to flee from the battlefield.
It's not about deserting the battlefield, but about luring the enemy deeper into our territory.
Before the war, Wang Shouren formulated a detailed plan.
Late at night on the 23rd, Prince Ning might keep his troops in place, or he might take the initiative to send troops to attack the Ming army camp at night.
If it is the former, let Wu Wending lead the Hakka soldiers to attack him and disrupt the Ning Wang camp. The main force of the rebellion suppression army will follow and fight with him in one go.
If it was the latter, Wu Wending would feign defeat and lure the enemy deeper. Wang Shouren had already set up the rest of the troops into a pocket formation.
The person who tied the pocket was another powerless civil servant - Ruizhou Tongpan Hu Yaoyuan.
As Prince Ning was chasing, he discovered something unusual.
How did the thousands of Ming troops who were originally fleeing frantically suddenly form a battle formation and launch a surprise attack?
Suddenly, Li Shishi, the dog-headed military advisor, shouted to Prince Ning: "Your Majesty, this is terrible! Damn it! Large numbers of Ming troops have appeared on our southern and northern sides!"
Prince Ning gave Li Shishi a whip and said, "Don't shout and shake the morale of the army!"
Since they were ambushed, they had to retreat. King Ning ordered: "The whole army retreats."
Before he could even utter the word "retreat", his general Ling Shiyi exclaimed, "Your Majesty! A Ming army appeared behind us! The number of soldiers is unknown!"
The unknown number of Ming troops was the 500-man death squad led by Hu Yaoyuan. That's right, only 500.
The gang charged into the rebel ranks, charging left and right, and the rebels were thrown into chaos.
On the north and south sides, Linjiang prefect Dai Deru and Yuanzhou prefect Xu Lian led their armies like two iron clamps, pretending to strangle Prince Ning's throat.
Then there is no more!
Just as Wang Shouren had said privately to the six generals before, the bandits and militiamen he recruited could only serve as cheerleaders. When they really encountered a tough battle, few of them would rush forward to fight.
Sure enough!
Dai Deru and Xu Lian issued eight military orders, ordering the southern and northern armies to attack Ning Wang's rebels, but none of their soldiers obeyed the orders.
It's pitch dark, who knows whether the Ming army or the rebels have the advantage?
We followed Governor Wang to become officials and make money. As for risking our lives, whoever falls in love will do it.
Dai Deru and Xu Lian were so angry that their noses were almost crooked. But they just couldn't command the bandits and militiamen under their command.
The only ones who really put in any effort on the battlefield were Wu Wendi's 3,000 Hakka soldiers and Hu Yaoyuan's 500 elite soldiers.
The bandits under King Ning were not to be trifled with! One was worth two when escaping! Tens of thousands of people ran away at full speed.
King Ning originally ordered Min 24 to lead his troops to cover the main force's retreat. Unexpectedly, Min 24 ran ahead of everyone else.
Prince Ning shouted at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, hold on! Hold on for me! Forget it, we won't hold on anymore. Retreat! Retreat!"
This clumsy ambush ended with the successful retreat of Prince Ning's main force.
But the counterinsurgency efforts were by no means without gain.
The next morning, the sun shone on Poyang Lake and on the corpses of the rebels.
In this battle, the Ming army wiped out 2,000 Ning Wang rebels, while the Ming army lost only 50 people.
Wang Shouren actually expected that it would be difficult to completely wipe out the main force of Prince Ning in this ambush. What he pursued was not complete annihilation, but the first victory! A first victory that could inspire the bandits and militiamen! (End of this chapter)
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