Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1160 Jiangbei ([-])

Strictly speaking, although the Guanhe River had been in existence for 80 to 100 years at this time, it would take more than [-] years for the name to appear in official documents during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty.At this time, Guanhe had many names, such as Chaohe River, Dachao River, Beichao River, Guanhekou, Guanjiangkou, Guankou, etc., but because of the sparsely populated place and water parks everywhere, it was unknown.

As for why it is said to be sparsely populated, it is actually very simple, because many areas east of the Hongze Lake-Luoma Lake line are not only often inundated by the tide of the Yellow Sea, but in some years with more rain, this area will also be the area around Hongze Lake. In fact, the flood discharge area is extremely miserable—in fact, the more tragic is yet to come. In many dry years (such as the end of the Ming Dynasty), in order to ensure that the water level of the canal will not be lowered (so as not to affect water transportation), the port gates in the Qingjiangpu area will be entrusted to higher levels. The order to cut off or reduce the water supply to the downstream naturally brought great troubles to the local agricultural irrigation. Therefore, this is a very pitiful place. Has been in dire straits.

Lu Fang stood at the mouth of the Guanhe River where a fortified city had been roughly built. Looking around, there was a pool of tidal flats and water, which didn't look like a prosperous place full of smoke.If you think about it, if Huangshuiyang (that is, the Yellow Sea and Subei area of ​​later generations) pours in from time to time, this place will indeed not be able to develop. Who made these places used to be vast oceans?If the Yellow River hadn't taken the Huai River into the sea, thinking about it, these places would not have formed land, and the Guanhe River would not have formed at all.

"General Yuan, although Guanhekou City is only two miles square, its terrain is relatively high, it is not easily damaged by floods, and it also has the advantage of transshipment by large rivers. Commander Liao's establishment of the grain station of the North Route Army here is a great benefit to your army. Trust me." Lu Fang, who was nominally serving as the logistics staff officer (first-class staff officer) of the southern theater, patted Guanhekou City, which had a mixed civil-engineering structure, and said with a smile.

The construction of Guanhekou City actually started at the end of last year. At that time, the navy used battleships to transport 4000 people from the two generals of Ningbo Shunjun Yuan Bao and He Daoning to defend here. , Lime, cement and other building materials began to build cities and water villages, thinking that this year's army will march.

The poor Qing army strictly enforced the policy of moving the border and banning the sea. In addition, the lower reaches of the Yellow River were originally floodplains and tidal flats. Therefore, it was not until last month (February 1658) that a few people who sneaked here for fishing and hunting found out. took this fort.At first, these people did not sue the officials because they were afraid of violating the ban on moving borders and banning the sea. When some bold people went to Shuyang County to report, it was already mid-March-at this time, some people from The east coast sailing boats returning from Australia have entered the port for maintenance, and various people have completed a round of mobilization. The supplies have also piled up like mountains in Jiaozhou, Chongming, Dinghai and other places. The water villages outside Guanhekou City have also begun to build walls. However, it was too late for the Qing army to start taking action again.

Today is late March, and a large amount of materials such as gunpowder, shells, lead bullets, gun barrels, sabers, spears, armor, military kettles, hemostatic bandages, medicines, rice noodles, and vegetables have been piled up inside and outside Guanhekou City. There was not enough to pile up, so Yuan Bao, He Daoning and others had to urge more than 2000 newly arrived North Korean soldiers to start building temporary rain shelters as warehouses, and they were in a panic for a while.However, when they thought of the tens of thousands of troops landing here and using these pre-prepared materials to drive straight in, the two of them were so excited that they couldn't sleep-playing in the valley with the Qing army in Ningbo (the Qing army often sent people to sneak across the four mountains. Sneak attack on the Ming Mountain Range) is really boring, chasing death and chasing north in this wilderness that spans hundreds of miles is what men like to do most.

The newly built water village finally ushered in the first batch of residents today.Huang Ting, one of Zheng Chenggong's important generals, led hundreds of sailors and soldiers to arrive at the water village on a large warship from the East Bank, and then he was ordered to tidy up the inside and outside of the water village, planning to welcome the arrival of the rear fleet in April—of course No matter how ignorant Zheng Chenggong is, facing the invitation of the new official Liao Xiaoyao, he did not dare to send only a few hundred people to make up the number. More than [-] ships and more than [-] sailors who have been sailing for many years came to help in the battle, but they have not yet sailed here because of the wrong wind direction.

"Lord Lu, the last general and the others are really grateful for the trust of Liao Junmen. The last time Liao Junmen said, let me wait to garrison the Guanhekou and Yuntiguan lines in the future, and look for opportunities to develop inward. But looking at it now, More than [-] miles east of Hongze Lake is the country of Shuiboze, so it's useless to take such land?" Yuan Bao, who had been in the battlefield for many years, asked worriedly.

"General Yuan, please rest assured that our country will not let you and others fall into death. If you can take the four hundred miles, you will take it. If you can't take it, you will retreat to Guanhekou and Yuntiguan. The Qing army can't do it." Lu Fang said as The management personnel on the east coast who have studied in the short-term crash course of the Anti-Qing Military and Political University for a year, this analysis of the general trend of the world is also a set, just listen to him say: "In today's world, there are many heroes competing for the throne, and the winner is undoubtedly this one. The court of the Tartars. But the troops from all walks of life in the south are not bad. In the past, the soldiers of the battalions fought desperately during the fierce battle in Huguang. We are on the east coast of the Great East Bank, and the Manchu and Qing courts are unable to use up to six points. Bashu, Huguang, and Jiangdong are lined up with 50 troops. There is no more energy to support other places. If you generals can take this Jiangbei In Huai'an Mansion, the Qing Dynasty can only transfer troops from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, or they can send troops from Shandong or the capital to the south, but do they dare? Humph!"

What Lu Fang said is also the reality that the Qing court is facing today. The army of more than 50 troops was divided into three groups - more than [-] troops from Wu Sangui, Li Guohan and other troops on the west road (at the same time, we must also guard against Huihui and Mongols in the northwest), more than [-] main forces led by Azig on the middle road, and Le Kede on the east road. Hun and Hong Chengchou had more than [-] Manchu and Han armies— they were eating in the south of the Yangtze River. Now Wu Sangui on the west road is showing signs of supporting himself, and the middle road has advanced to the fortified camp that the Shun army has operated for many years. Progress is slow, and the east road is even more In the face of multiple threats from Dong'an, Dashun, Zheng's, and Nanming, it would be good if he could protect himself.Such a situation really made the Manchu court a little helpless, not to mention the fact that many famous founding ministers and generals have passed away, and Dorgon is also sick and resting in bed. Some people in the court accuse Azige, who has returned to the front line of Hubei, of rebellious intentions. With such an undercurrent surging, the Qing court has completely lost the aura of sweeping the world and swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.At this time, it would be very uncomfortable to be beaten in Huai'an and Yangzhou, where the troops are relatively empty.

Yuan Bao was skeptical of what Lu Fang said, but he didn't say anything more. From this, it can be seen how much they, those who were excluded by the Dashun Zuoying, were interested in obtaining a real territory—not the kind in Ningbo under the fence. eager.Guo Sheng (he was born in Luo Rucai's peasant army) who was quite excluded by veteran generals in the Zhongying camp has now created a huge situation in Jiangxi. Why don't Liu Guochang, Liu Shijun and others envy and hate?At this point in the world of great strife among heroes, one should face up to the difficulties and give him a hand, otherwise, he will be a bull and a horse for the rest of his life!

Thinking of this, Yuan Bao's heart warmed up, and he said: "The Zhang family brothers (Zhang Guangcui, Zhang Jingchun) will attack Yuntiguan as planned at the beginning of next month, and then my tens of thousands of troops will advance by land and water, and the main force along the Yellow River will go straight to Qingjiangpu , all the way along the Guanhe River and into Shuoxiang Lake, Shushui, Lianshui, and Luoma Lake, it will definitely turn Huai'an Mansion upside down."

It is now late March, and by mid-April, the Allied fleet with a total transport tonnage of tens of thousands of tons will gather on the surface of the Yellow Sea. A large number of Allied officers and soldiers will land at the mouth of the Guanhe River and the mouth of the Yellow River. The heartland of the government - the canal is advancing along the line, and looking for opportunities to occupy Qingjiangpu, the "thoroughfare of nine provinces".You must know that this is not only the material transshipment center for ships from the south to the horses from the north, but also a large amount of money, food and materials circulated here on weekdays. The craftsmen, shipbuilders and many other talents needed by the east coast are extremely prosperous.If the army on the east coast doesn't come, it's fine. Since they are planning to rush to this place, it is unforgivable not to pack all these talents back to South America.

Of course, this kind of robbery of local talents (even ordinary farmers) on the east bank is naturally unacceptable to the generals of the Shun Army who plan to run Huai'an Mansion, but what can they do?To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the people from the east bank helping out everywhere at this time, they might not be able to get along long ago, let alone anything else.Therefore, before your fledglings are fledgling, you should stay in hibernation well. If there is a time when Kyushu is really unified in the future, then we will discuss it with the yellow-clothed army in detail.

On April 1658, 4, another batch of well-maintained motor sailboats sailed south from Yantai, Shandong, and arrived at the sea off the mouth of the Yellow River.The 1th and 4th Divisions of the New Army from Ninghai Prefecture and Huangxian County (these two places are also the sites of these two servant divisions) went south with a total of 9 soldiers. Li went straight to the city of Yuntiguan, and then easily captured this city, which was not valued by the Qing army. The Qing army who defended the city led hundreds of soldiers to kneel down and beg for surrender.

After conquering Yunti Pass, Chen and Niu began to rebuild the city pass that had been in disrepair for a long time. At the same time, they began to repair the water village and the wharf, laying a solid foundation for the smooth docking of transport ships in the future. It can be seen that the pace of war has become more and more close.

(End of this chapter)