Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

In the Haiyan Hall in the back garden of the Hedu Yamen in Huai'an Prefecture, An Bulu, who has just been replaced by the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is listening to the creaking Kunqu Opera with squinted eyes. But it is no less inferior to those top players in Suzhou City and Beijing City, no wonder the fancier governor smiled when he heard it.

Now the governor of the river is not abolished, and the governor of the river has also moved to Jining. The governor of Jiang is trapped in the city of Yangzhou. The whole Huai'an Prefecture Anbulu, naturally no one is ignorant to bother Mr. Fuyuan, which is pitiful Hobby.

However, the uninvited guest still came, and I saw a personal soldier Goshha ran to Anbulu in three steps and two steps, first a thousand, and then reported a little panting: "My lord, it has been verified, Hai Ni really retreated."

An Bulu's eyes suddenly opened, and a ray of light shot out in an instant: "Please, Mr. Lu and the others, come to discuss the matter!"

At this moment, An Bulu couldn't care less about listening to the play. Taking advantage of the absence of the generals and lieutenants from other towns to aid the Soviet Union, he grabbed the soldiers who reported the letter and asked about the situation of the investigation in detail.But the more he asked, the more gloomy An Bulu's face became. He didn't go back to the room with a solemn expression until his subordinate Wu Xunbao came to report that everyone was here, changed into formal clothes and walked towards the third hall.

Amidst the voices of subordinate officials visiting Fuyuan and Zhongcheng, An Bulu sat on the commander-in-chief seat. He swept away the people who bowed down and raised his hand slightly: "Everyone, get up and talk."

Although Zheng Jun's troops were approaching the city for a time, after all, the large-scale bloody battle had not officially broken out, so all the generals did not wear helmets and armor, and they could not hear the clanging sound when they turned over in official robes .

After several general soldiers got up, An Bulu slowly opened his mouth and said: "The sea counter by the canal has withdrawn to the south, so I invite all the adults to discuss this matter today, how to deal with this matter, several adults I also know that I don't know much about the matter of the army, and I would like to ask a few adults to give me more advice, so that I don't make mistakes in my busy schedule and miss the emperor's important affairs."

Several general soldiers looked at me, I looked at you, no one spoke for a while, seeing this scene, An Bulu coughed slightly displeased, so Wen Youdao, the general soldier of Daming Town in Zhili, came out first and said: "Since Zhongcheng said so, the next official will speak boldly."

An Bulu nodded, and heard Wen Youdao say: "Your officer has spied on the Haini barracks many times, and his troops are far more powerful than our army's towns, but now they are retreating without a fight. Their plot is very suspicious. The lower officials thought it was just to lure me out of the strong city of Huai'an and encircle us in the wilderness, so the lower officials thought that I should not enter lightly."

"To appease the platform, I think Mr. Wen's words may make sense." Lu Wen, the commander-in-chief of Caozhou Town in Shandong, clasped his fist at An Bulu from where he was standing. "But the officials discovered that Hai Ni had already harvested all the summer grain outside the city after staying in the city for a few days. From this point of view, even if Hai Ni was not short of food, he also meant to fight the enemy because of food. The summer grain is no longer owned by the state, as for the autumn grain," Lu Wen shook his head. "It looks like, don't even think about it this year."

An Bulu became more and more cautious. If the country has no food, it will be unstable. If it is true as Lu Wen said, then Zheng Jun is already invincible. The food in Li, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan and other places is not even enough to supply Beijing, let alone support the long-term battle of Jianghuai.

"Master Lu's words make sense." An Bulu said slowly. "Hai Nian is backed by the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, so he is not afraid of destroying the Jianghuai River. However, the imperial court uses troops from all sides and is very short of food and supplies. It really does not have the power to supply the two Huaihe River wars for a long time." Ambrose paused. "In this case, there is only a quick battle out of the city."

"No," Chen Baoru, the deputy general of Cao Du's middle battalion, hurriedly dissuaded him. "Zhongcheng should not enter lightly." Chen Baoru explained. "Although the city of Yangzhou has been besieged for a long time, Mazhitai has been looking forward to it, but now that the Ganshan Incident has occurred, the imperial court has no more soldiers and horses to reinforce Jiangsu for a while, so we have become the only force. Jiangsu alone is missing."

There was cold sweat dripping from An Bulu's head. Chen Baoru was right. Once Huai'an's [-] Qing army lost in the field battle, Huai'an, Xuzhou, and Haizhou would no longer have the strength to resist Zheng's army. Even half of Shandong and half of Henan will be caught in the flames of war, and I am afraid that everything will be even more out of control.

Dou Mengqi, the general of the conscript and the deputy commander of the Hedao Zuoying Battalion, knew very well that it would take blood to dye the top of the red, so he did not support the tactics that could not be defended: "That can't just sit back and watch the sea go against it calmly." Collect grain from Lianghuai, otherwise, even if the emperor won’t punish us for it, these 4 mouths will eat us up and kill us.”

The generals said something to you, and I said something to each other, and they each held their own. What they said was nothing more than cautious or aggressive. Regarding this, An Bulu found out distressedly that he really did not have the talent to command troops, and he didn't know how to choose. For a while, he had the idea of ​​asking Kangxi to send another military veteran to lead the Lianghuai army.

After hesitating for a long time, An Bulu coughed lightly. The generals who knew the decision made by the superior finally stopped their bickering. At this time, they listened to An Bulu's order: "Did Haini lure me to go south? I can't do it now." Indeed, but the soldiers of Huai'an are related to the safety of the three provinces of Su, Lu and Henan, so they should not fight wildly. Come and order Fubiaozhong and Zuoying cavalry to scout around, and be sure to confirm the movement of Haini."

Seemingly realizing that the Qing army in Huai’an had no intention of leaving Jiancheng, Zheng Kezang again drove Zheng’s army to retreat south. On June [-], Zheng’s army abandoned Baoying, and the main force withdrew to Gaoyou. Small groups of troops were stationed in various counties of Xinghua.But this time, Zheng Jun seemed to be winking again, and An Bulu, who still couldn't get a unified opinion, continued to stand still. So far, Zheng Kezang thought that the time was ripe for action.

On June [-]th, Ma Qi, who boarded the city of Yangzhou to observe the movement of Zheng Jun, found that the ancient canal and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal were full of Zheng Jun boats and boats, and they continued day and night. Ma Qi was very worried about this. As the ship shuttled, the Qing army could not get close to check, so they didn't know the purpose of Zheng Jun's transfer of the ship. In the end, Ma Qi could only comfort himself with the fact that it was Zheng Jun's grain ship.

On June [-], the northward fleet arrived at Gaoyou for the second time. Zheng Jun covered Gaoyou Lake with part of the Yangtze River Fleet and sent troops to board the ship.On that day, there was an endless stream of ships on the lake, and a division of soldiers and horses and all their equipment were transported to the west of the lake in just one day.

Lake West, yes, it is Lake West.Since Tianchang County, which belongs to Anhui Province, and Gaoyou Prefecture are only separated by a lake of more than ten miles, Zheng Kezang planned to use Zheng Jun's advantages in naval transportation to implement a successful transfer.In the next two days and one night, Zheng Jun spent a total of 3 troops from four divisions and 4 new attached troops. Immediately, the [-] troops marched westward and pointed directly at the Tianchang Wall.In order to cover up the whereabouts of this westward troop, Zheng Kezang inspected the three armies under Gaoyou City many times.Since the total strength of Zheng Jun is still more than [-] at this moment, the Huai'an Qing Army did not notice Zheng Jun's actions at all, and they were still stranded in Huai'an City. Ambush by cavalry units.The Qing army, which lost hundreds of people, immediately retreated to Huai'an City. From then on, except for a few scattered sentries, they never dared to send troops at will.

On the other hand, the 3 men of the Zheng Army marched day and night, and first joined the two divisions of the Huben Army in the northern border of Liuhe, and then drove straight to the city of Chuzhou. Song Luo woke up overnight and found that he was surrounded by the superior forces of the Zheng Army, and his face turned pale with shock. , he couldn't even imagine how Zheng Jun's magic soldiers descended from the sky, but the matter had come to this point, and he had no choice but to force himself to defend Chuzhou.

Zheng Jun, who was on the move, rested for two days on the spot, and joined the two divisions of the Longxiang Army from Jiangpu, with a total strength of [-].In addition, the large-caliber short guns dismantled from the naval gunboats were transported together with the Dragon Army, and the preparations for the siege have been completely completed.Now that everything is ready, Zheng Jun, who is afraid that Gaoyou's direction will change, will launch a fierce attack that day.

Although Song Luo relied on the Chuzhou city wall to resist, in fact the city defense of Chuzhou was not complete. The main reason why the Huben army did not conquer it before was because the two divisions of the Huben army had only [-] people at that time. Xi Daping, who commanded the battle, did not want to lose in the siege. Cause of too many troops.Today, Zheng Jun not only has the main force of eight divisions, but also has [-] new attached troops as cannon fodder. Naturally, there is no need to be polite, and immediately drives the new attached army to attack the city regardless of casualties.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the troops that had just changed their courts were usually the most ferocious, and these former green battalion soldiers under Zheng Jun's command were no exception. Combat strength, from morning to night, continued to attack, and once attacked the city of Chuzhou three times. Although the Qing army finally drove it down, it also caused great losses to the Qing army.

Of course, the greater loss came from the ferocious artillery fire of the Zheng army. Since most of the artillery carried by the Qing army of the Song Dynasty was about [-] catties, it was impossible to move to the top of the city by manpower alone in a short period of time. The more than ten rusty old-style cannons in the city could not fight back the continuous artillery fire of Zheng Jun. After being bombarded many times, four turrets and twelve nests at the head of Chuzhou city were on fire, some battlements were smashed, and all exposed walls on the city wall were destroyed. The target was swept away by the rain of projectiles, and the Qing army was forced to hide in all directions, and the morale of the army was extremely low.

After Zheng Jun's powerful four-and-a-half-inch (44-pound) short guns approached and fired at close range, the city wall of Chuzhou, which had been cracked for a long time, finally collapsed.The Huari (Dadong) Gate was hit directly by the artillery shells. The shells with great kinetic energy not only tore up the city gate, but also shattered and smashed together with the obstacles stuffed behind the city gate.

But Song Luo still desperately commanded the Qing army to fill the defense. The Qing army who had committed unforgivable crimes under the city of Lai'an also knew what was waiting for him once the city was broken, so he desperately resisted and sent the new soldiers who attacked the city overnight. The attached army was expelled from the city again.However, when these old robes were finally unable to attack, the Qing army itself was exhausted.

In the early morning of June [-]th, the Zheng army launched a strong attack again. This time, the six main divisions attacked the six gates of Chuzhou. The door changed hands for the first time, and the war immediately developed into the city. Although the Qing army tried its best to resist, it failed to stop Zheng's advance.

In the afternoon of July 330st, Zheng Jun finally broke into the Yamen of Chuzhou. Song Luo and Chuzhou Zhizhou, who had not had time to commit suicide, were captured alive. In the rest of the towns, more than [-] generals from the green battalion generals and deputy generals were either killed or captured. The army was wiped out. As a result, a large mobile force of the Qing army between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River was declared destroyed, and a fatal loophole appeared in the defense line of the Qing court in eastern Anhui.

The mission is out, Thailand, Xinma, and come back on the [-]th.