Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

On the third day of February in the first year of Wuding, the Qing army in northern Guangdong rushed to the front line in northern Guangdong from Changsha with a large amount of food and money in Pianyuan, governor and governor of Hunan, and then urged the troops that had already arrived in Guitou and Lishi to attack Shaoguan immediately. , After a first month of rest, the Qing army immediately rushed to the Shiliting line north of Shaoguanfu City with the whole division.

The morale of the Qing army in Hunan Province was high, but their opponent Ming army was also waiting.Before the new year, the rewards for the founding of the Wuding Dynasty had already reached the front line of Guangdong --- the command made everyone below rank first, the command made Shilu double, and the earl and above increased the number of food towns --- Zheng Zheng, who was going to fight for his wife and son Officers and soldiers are naturally eager for greater results.

On the seventh day of February, the Qing army arrived in Lishi, and then divided into two groups to go down the Wujiang River, and confronted the Zheng army at Changputang, Huanggang, Panlong, and Tianxin.Since the Zheng army set up fortresses or built defenses on the left bank of the Wujiang River, such as Datangbian, Caowu, and Xiakeng, the Qing army was forced to shift its main attack direction to the right bank after several tentative attacks.

Zheng Jun also built four or five forts on the hills of the Dagang Mountains along the Wujiaotang line. Among them, the small village in Heshangang was the biggest threat to the Qing army going south. The offensive on this place was deliberately intensified. In order to deal with this small village with only two or three hundred people, the Qing army invested at least five or six times its strength.

"What are you panicking about? They have one nose and two eyes. If you hit the lead, you will die." Seeing the Qing army rushing up the hillside holding a large wooden shield and ladder in their hands, they commanded the army as the chief of staff of the regiment. Du Yutian (recommended by a friend squatting in the corner and fishing for flowers) of the first, second and third of the first sentry of the newly established Shaoguan Division's first regiment taught this group of recruits a lesson. "Listen to my orders now, okay, let them get closer, get closer." Du Yutian yelled furiously, looking at the enemies who had already seen their faces clearly. "beat!"

Although the Shaoguan division was not equipped with rifles of the Zheng army standard, the bullets fired by a full hundred bird guns still hit the wooden shield held high by the Qing army like dense rain.Of course, the penetrating power of the blunderbuss is limited, so most of the blunderbuss bullets were blocked by the armor of the Qing army, but some still hit the legs of the Qing army. To die, but it caused a gap in the relatively tight defensive formation of the original Qing army.

It was too late and then too soon, as soon as they saw a loophole in the formation of the Qing army, the two Frang cannons controlled by the former green battalion gunners quickly smashed over.Thanks to the extremely tight formation of the Qing army, the lead bullets weighing only about two catties caused great casualties in the formation of the Qing army, and three of the solid bullets that formed ricochets caused nearly a hundred casualties .

It's a pity that Du Yutian still has too few cannons in his hands, so even though the Qing army was beaten up and turned into chaos for a while, the swarming Qing army quickly approached the edge of the fortress. The Huguang Qing army in the fort was dumbfounded.They didn't know whether they should attack the protruding watchtowers on the two wings first or go straight to the middle section. While hesitating, these Qing troops were pushed and shoved towards the relatively straight middle section by the people behind.

At this time, Zheng Jun's Flang machine guns had retreated to the protrusions on both sides, and after the bird guns fired the last row of salvos, they also handed over their positions to the hand-to-hand soldiers behind them--different from Zheng Jun's regular soldiers. , as a temporary designation, there is only one team of sentry firecrackers in the local division, but the number of white soldiers is double that of regular soldiers.

However, Zheng Jun's white soldiers had not yet fought against the Qing army who ascended the city, and they first faced a baptism of bows and arrows.The proportion of the green flag soldiers in Huguang and Guangxi provinces should be one of the lowest among the provinces in the Qing army. However, when they approached the city, the effect of these curved weapons was better than that of the straight-fired guns. So much so that Zheng Jun, who was caught off guard, was shot down as many as a dozen people before he could raise the rattan shield in his hand.

When these dead and wounded Zheng Jun were dragged into the stronghold, the Qing army had already attacked the top of the city along the ladder.Looking at the rising enemy, the recruits who had just been recruited from northern Guangdong were still trembling, but the former Green Battalion soldiers who had been replenished from the newly attached army had already rushed forward.These former Qing soldiers knew that once the Qing army won, their rebellious fate would be worse than that of the ordinary Zheng army, so they could only fight desperately.

Under the leadership of Du Yutian and other military officers of the Zheng Army and these new attached troops, the recruits gradually stabilized their positions. At this time, the first wave of troops from the Qing army had already been driven out. In addition to throwing Zhen Tianlei into the city, Zheng Jun, holding a bow and arrow, also forcibly overturned several ladders.

The Qing army was not willing to retreat like this. The musketeers and archers desperately suppressed the top of the city, and then several new ladders were erected again.But before the Qing troops had time to climb, the gunners of the Zheng army who had retreated to the protruding watchtowers on both wings had already reloaded four sub-guns.The cannonballs fired in unison set off a bloodbath below the city. Since the first targets this time were the archers and gunners of the Qing army under the stronghold, the suppressive firepower received on the city was suddenly lightened.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Jun's musketeers also boldly pressed to the top of the city and fired fiercely.

The Qing army, which had suffered a double blow, could no longer stand it anymore. Their morale was shattered and they turned around and fled, but no matter how fast they fled, they could not escape the shells. The Green Banner soldiers fled back down the slope, rolling and crawling.

When the generals of the Qing army who were watching the battle were furious, the wooden door of the closed Heshan village was opened, and a squad of Zheng Jun came out of the village. They first collected the weapons of the dead and wounded of the Qing army and transported them back to the village. Carried the wounded and the dead one by one to a place halfway up the hillside where the Qing army could see them. After finishing all this, they returned to the village under the dumbfoundedness of the Qing army.

"What are you doing in a daze? People have sent the brothers back, and they haven't gone up to pick them up." The deputy general of the Qing army who commanded Chang Dexie scolded his subordinates with a complex expression, and then shook his head. "We can't turn a blind eye to people's benevolence and righteousness. Let's forget about it today, and it won't be too late to attack tomorrow."

Relying on the tenacity of Du Yutian and other front-line officers and soldiers, Zheng Jun blocked the onslaught of the Qing army for three consecutive days. On the fifth day, they retreated to defend Lishi, and the rest of the ministries went to Ruyuan via Chongyang, Liukeng, and Huoshaoling, and then passed through Ruyuan along the Nanshui River to Beijiang. Finally, they echoed back and forth, attacked from north to south, and attacked Shaoguan together, gathering and annihilating the main force of Zheng's army under the city.

Regarding the movement of the Qing army, He Gan did not notice it immediately. Seeing that the Qing army's offensive slowed down, he thought that there were still three main divisions in his hands that could completely stop the Qing army's attack, so he handed over the frontline military affairs to The commander of Zuo Yi's guards, Tang Baoyi, was in charge temporarily, and he set off to the front line of Zhaoqing to discuss the current military affairs of Guangdong with Mao Hongyan and Guangdong governor Lu Xuefang.

On February [-]th, Sang E led his troops to Yunmen Mountain in the northeast of Ruyuan. Yunmen Temple in the mountain is the birthplace of Yunmen Sect, one of the five major branches of Zen Buddhism in China.Yunmen School used to be the largest school in the world in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Zen style of Yunmen School has always been called "Three Sentences of Yunmen". One sentence goes with the waves."For this former No. [-] sect in the world, Sang E was naturally extremely admirable, so he stayed in the temple for a day.But it was the one-day delay that made Han's branch in Ruyuan quickly report to Shaoguan.

"Huguang is connected to the heart of the world. It can enter Bashu in the west, reach Henan and Shaanxi in the north, and attack Anhui, Jiangxi and even Jiangnan in the south. It may attract Qing troops from Guangxi, Hubei, and Jiangxi provinces," Mao Hongyan has always held this view these days. "On the other hand, when entering Guilin, it is not easy to reinforce the Qing army's troops from Yunnan and Guilin. As long as our army breaks through the green battalion in Guilin Province in front of us, we can go straight to the city of Guilin."

"The strength of the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou is inconvenient for reinforcements due to the rugged mountain roads, but shouldn't the army of this dynasty overcome the disadvantages of rugged mountain roads and criss-cross waterways?" He Gan responded without giving an inch. "Even if the enemy of Guangxi is defeated, Guangxi Province is barren, and there is no food for the army, and Guangdong Province is also very empty. How can it support the army?" Speaking of this, He Gan looked to the side and made peace. Lu Xuefang, who has been muddy for a few days. "What does the Governor think?"

Guangdong Province is waiting to be rejuvenated, and Lu Xuefang is unwilling to stay in Zhaoqing to grind his teeth with the two of them, so he pondered for a while, then nodded: "In the past few years, the food and fodder in the feudal clan has been very scarce. To obtain food, relying on Guangdong Province alone cannot support the consumption of the two armies, so this official thinks what His Excellency said is true, or it is better to go to Hunan first."

Although Mao Hongyan is the commander-in-chief of Guangdong, he is no match for He Gan as the deputy commander-in-chief and Lv Xuefang as the governor, so he asked them with a rather hesitant face: "The two adults only saw the Guangdong province. There is not enough food in the country, can't we see the lessons learned from Wu Sangui's attack on Hunan?"

He Gan was still waiting to retort, when suddenly a tense Wu Bian came hurriedly from the hall: "Reporting to Fuyuan, Zongzhen, and Deputy Zongbing He, Shaoguan sent an urgent report saying that Sang'e's army had arrived in Longzhou by detouring Ruyuan. Returning to the town, Master Tang has already led his troops to the top, please ask Vice Commander He to return to northern Guangdong immediately to take charge of military affairs."

Milk source?The eyes of the three then fell on the full map of Yuezhong on the side of the hall.After watching for a long time, He Gan suddenly burst out laughing.

After laughing, He Gan looked at the angry Mao Hongyan and said, "Brother Changchen, God is helping me. I'm afraid it will be impossible if you don't transfer troops now. I'd like to trouble you to hand over Zuo Hu Ben and Zuo Hu's guard."

"Mr. Mao, this is God's gift. If you don't take it, you will be blamed." Lu Xuefang also persuaded. "You should focus on the overall situation."

Mao Hongyan gave a wry smile, and nodded at He Gan: "God will help you, but if you can't win Sang's head, if you can't beat Shonan, Vice President He, brother Defu, don't blame me, brother, I will join you "