Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

It was late at night, under the bite of summer mosquitoes, all the flag soldiers and most of the green battalion soldiers had already fallen asleep, only a few patrol soldiers were still patrolling seriously under the pressure of the outside world.Of course, there are differences in the degree of seriousness. For example, in the west city where the city wall was damaged, and in the east city where the canal was filled, patrol soldiers would often hold torches and put their heads out of the horse's face to carefully examine the environment under their feet. , the mental head when patrolling is greatly reduced.

The moon in the sky was gradually covered by clouds, and when the night was getting thicker, there was a faint knocking sound in the sky, but because Zheng Jun wrapped the hammer with cotton cloth, the knocking sound was not crisp, Even in the dark, it couldn't spread too far, so it didn't arouse the Qing army's more vigilance.

Soon the six pontoon bridges quietly extended to the foot of the north city wall. After the last two fixed concrete piers were carefully sunk into the bottom of the water to serve as fixed anchors, the soldiers of Zheng Jun, who were craftsmen, simply stuck to the outside of the city wall.After a while, Zheng Jun, who was carrying a ladder, followed up on the rickety pontoon bridge.

"Listen to my password." Xi He, the sentry officer of Zuohuwei who won the right to ascend first, commanded with gestures and mouth movements. "One, two, three, vertical!" The twelve long ladders that were also bound with cotton cloth gently leaned against the edge of the city wall. It was passed on. "superior!"

In fact, there were Qing soldiers sleeping in the open on the city wall, and many of them were still clinging to the female wall, and the darkness of the moonlight turned against the Zheng army at this time. The first batch of Zheng army officers and soldiers who ascended the city did not stay behind He stepped on these people all at once, and the huge pain suddenly woke up these Qing soldiers in their sleep.

Seeing some Qing soldiers jumping up, Xi He, who was also tripped, ordered decisively: "Kill!"

The planned killing started immediately, and I saw a certain Zheng Jun vigorously waved the iron mace in his hand, and the head of the Qing army in front of him shattered like an egg shell. The white color withered on the ground.

Because the soldiers jumping whistle serve as scalpels to disrupt the opponent's formation on the battlefield, they still retain the habit of the cold weapon era. They are usually equipped with heavy weapons such as iron maces or bones. They used sharp axes and broad-backed long knives, so it was easy to deal with the Qing army who was caught off guard.

However, once the battle started, except for a small number of Qing troops who were still asleep, most of the Qing troops were awakened one after another. Naturally, some people began to yell. , and as the sneak attack turned into a strong attack, Zheng Jun's artillery fire on the east and west sides became fierce again.

Xi He, who quickly finished killing the enemies on the city wall, loudly ordered all his subordinates who ascended the city one after another: "Kill down and open the city gate."

Zheng Jun, who was charging down the horse path, had no time to stop his feet, and a row of black muzzles appeared in front of him.Under the terrified eyes of Zheng Jun soldiers, the sparkling matchstick burned to the last section, and then the muzzle jumped, and more than a dozen deadly lead shot out with flames.

"What are you doing standing there stupidly!" Pushing some timid soldiers, Xi He, who was the first to jump over the fallen comrades in arms, rushed into the Qing army's blunderbuss team. At this time, the Qing army had no time to reload the gunpowder, so only Xi He One person killed them and they fled in embarrassment. "Paste it, don't let them have a chance to shoot again." Xi He, who was slashing and yelling at his subordinates waking up like a dream, rushed forward desperately. "A group of running dogs, suffer death!"

The organized blunderbuss team of the Qing army was broken up, and the warts on Zheng Jun's body made the desperate Qing soldiers helpless. Only some Qing troops who also used heavy weapons could inflict a little damage on Zheng Jun. However, there are too few such Qing troops, and they are powerless to stop Xi He and their footsteps.

Just as the more than 300 Qing troops guarding the vicinity of the Wu Gate were beaten back by Xi He and the others, and the city gate was about to change hands, more than 400 reinforcements from the Biaoyou Battalion in Dongcheng finally arrived along the city wall.But unfortunately, when they arrived, Zheng Jun's musketeers who climbed up to the top of the city through the ladder also reluctantly organized two queues, and fired a volley at the position where the sound of footsteps came.

Although the volley caused limited damage to the Qing army, the momentum of the Qing army was stagnant. When they remembered that Zheng Jun's muskets had to be reloaded, another group of Zheng Jun's musketmen boarded the city. , Therefore, the Qing army was once again hit by a volley!

But the Qing army had a large number of people after all, and they rushed forward regardless of casualties, so Zheng Jun had to give up loading and shooting and use gun arrays to meet the enemy.The Qing army originally thought that as long as they got close, Zheng Jun would be helpless, but they didn't expect to encounter a more terrifying gun formation, so in the midst of being at a loss, the Qing army, which was overwhelmingly superior in numbers, made Zheng Jun very helpless. One of the opponents was blocked.

"Wansheng!" During the fight, Zheng Jun suddenly burst into cheers. The Qing army looked back in panic, and saw that the east gate tower had turned into a huge torch, but it was ignited by Zheng Jun's hot bullets. The superintendent Biao Youying, who was in a dilemma, didn't know whether the east gate had fallen, and cheers came from the city. "The city gate is open!"

Looking down, I found that a steady stream of Zheng troops poured into Jiaxing City through the Urn City of Wangwu Gate. confluence

In fact, if the Qing army in Xicheng could come to reinforce earlier, it is hoped that the Wumen would not fall so easily, but what are the Qing army on the front line of Tongyuemen doing now?

It's not that Fu Gan didn't send reinforcements. As a veteran who has been fighting for many years, although Fu Gan is greedy for money and afraid of fighting, he also understands the truth that there are eggs in a nest. Therefore, when the alarm from Ximen sounded, he immediately ordered a full-fledged Zuoling, a Mongolian Eight Banners Xiao cavalry school, and a Han army banner ginseng led [-] troops to reinforce the north gate, but as soon as the [-] troops followed the city wall to reinforce the northwest, the gunboats modified by Zheng Jun approached Chenghai Gate and Xiaoximen Shuiguan opened fire violently, and at the same time Zheng Jun's heavy artillery smashed down two sections of the western city wall one after another, forcing Fu Gan to chase back the troops he sent out. Reinforcement of the Wangwu Clan, time was delayed once and for all.

And the 350 reinforcements who led the reinforcements soon bumped into four or five north gate defenders covered in blood on the way of reinforcements. Through the defense of the Eight Banners, it was known that Zheng Jun was wearing invulnerable armor. The son frightened dozens of Manchu uncles, so they dawdled and patrolled, and waited until a sentry of Zheng Jun advanced from Wangwu Gate in battle formation. He left Minzhuang and dispersed.Now that the master has escaped, these slaves' slaves naturally have no ambitions, and immediately knelt down and surrendered

Zuohu guards poured into Jiaxing City continuously through Wangwu Gate, the large group turned to kill Chunbo Gate, while the small troops rushed towards Daotai Yamen and Zhifu Yamen.Since the Anketu people supervised the battle at the east gate, the Daotai yamen was almost undefended, but Sun Zhiguo closed the gate of the government yamen and resisted to the death.

"Shoot!" A group of soldiers fired a volley at the gate of the government office, but they couldn't smash the thick gate at all. When they were preparing for the wall, someone in the yard approached with a soft bow and shot. He was shot in the head and fell down, so the angry squad leader ordered. "Go get the cannon"

The first regiment of the Zheng Army had four outposts, and each outpost was assigned one or two two-inch artillery as accompanying firepower during the attack, so they just reported to the team leader and outpost officer, and the squad leader quickly got what he wanted.Although the two-inch cannon is not very powerful, it is easy to break through the gate of the government office.When the lead bullets shot at close range drilled terrible holes in the gate and the screen wall, the back hall of the mansion suddenly burst into flames.

"Master Zhifu has gone through fire!" There was a burst of cries from inside the government office, which made Zheng Jun's soldiers unclear. Kneel down. "I'm waiting for a surrender, begging Master Zheng Jun to forgive me."

"That prefect threw himself into the fire?" After finally hearing the other party's obscure Nanzhili official words, the leader's expression darkened. "If the magistrate is dead, what's the matter? There are Tongzhi, Judgment, Experience Department, Zhaomo Office, Prison Secretary, Professor, Ambassador Ku, Ambassador Cang, Ambassador of the Department of Propaganda, Ambassador of the Department of Taxation, and inspectors. Where, don't say that they are all dead, and immediately lead us to blockade the warehouses, and in addition, do not put out the fire."

The soaring fire at the magistrate's yamen even turned the situation in Jiaxing City to the side favorable to Zheng Jun. The panic-stricken people scattered and went to relatives and friends, and the Green Banner soldiers who lived in the city followed suit. The army's soldiers became fewer and fewer, and soon Chunbo Gate also fell into the hands of Zheng Jun, and An Ketu, who was trapped on the tower, was forced to choose to commit suicide by hanging himself.

At this time, the Youhu guards who launched several diversionary attacks outside Chunbo Gate poured into the city like a tide, and the battle began to expand to the west and south. When it was getting brighter, Zheng Jun captured Ximen again, and Fu Gan When commanding the resistance, he was beaten into a sieve by random guns, and with his death and the march of the Youyi Guards into the city, Zheng Jun's strength in the city has already taken an absolute advantage. So far, Jiaxing's change of hands is a foregone conclusion

On the fifth day of August in the 43rd year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, Jiaxing, an important town in northern Zhejiang, changed hands. 27 generals and officers below the deputy capital commander of the Qing garrison died in battle. All of them were captured and wiped out, and 33 big households in the city were also exiled to the extreme south because they were found to have paid for the Qing army and served as fake officials.