Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Updated: 2012-11-20

Speaking of which, Lord Ruan has been able to fight against Lord Zheng with a weak enemy and a strong one. In addition to the support of the Portuguese, he also relied on a strong army under his command. Therefore, facing the menacing Zheng Jun Navy ships, Ruan Futao should have fought hard with toughness.However, Ruan Zheng has been in a truce for decades, and the original strong soldiers have been quickly corrupted. Otherwise, [-] soldiers would not be able to eat the Jinlan Dudu Mansion back then, and would be ashamed because of it.It is precisely because he knows that the soldiers in his hands are unreliable, and that defeating Hoi An will bring more benefits than harm to the Ruan regime, so after weighing it, Ruan Futao finally dared not go to war, and instead welcomed Zhang Jiwen into Hoi An as consul .

The Guangnan people were wilted, and the Portuguese did not dare to hold on.After all, they came all the way to East Asia to seek money. Once Mingzheng really refused the Portuguese entry deal, they would eventually lose their own interests.Therefore, after some weighing, several of the wealthiest businessmen paid out of their own pockets to relieve the disaster for the accomplices who caused the trouble. Only in this way, the case of Zheng Jun knocking off the customs was properly resolved.

However, the retreat of the Guangnan people and the Portuguese was not in line with Zheng Kezang's intentions. Originally, Zheng Kezang planned to take advantage of the Guangnan people's refusal to launch a surgical attack on Guangnan, so as to force the Guangnan people to accept. In this way, you can get a ticket to fill the already empty treasury, and you can also ask Lord Zheng for credit and force him to spit out part of the reward.

But now that the Guangnan people have retreated, Zheng Kezang's imitation of Kangxi's actions in North Korea failed.

However, before Zheng Kezang could complain about the behavior of the Guangnan people, the urgent report from across the sea reached Nanjing.On the first day of March in the 36th year of Kangxi, when the ice and snow melted, the Qing army left 20 troops and [-] North Korean troops to stay in Seoul.Since the Fourth Army of the Longxiang Army of Zheng Jun's navy withdrew from the fortresses on the front line of Gimpo and Ansan long before the thaw, the Qing army was unstoppable all the way, and its troops pointed directly at Jeolla and Sangqing.Seeing the strength of the Qing army, the South Korean ministers stationed in Lizhou, Wonju, Chungju, Cheongju, Gongju and other places abandoned the city one after another. So in just [-] days, the forward of the Qing army returned to the Jinjiang defense line.

At this time, the Jinjiang Line of Defense was even larger than the original one built by Zheng Jun. The entire line was divided into two large forts with a thousand people, four medium-sized forts with 500 people, eleven small forts with a hundred people, and nearly a hundred outposts with ten people. Between forts and forts, between outposts, and between outposts and forts, they are either connected by ditches and waterways, or planted with bamboo and barbed wire. On large and medium-sized forts, there are heavy red cannons provided by Zheng Fan, small forts and some outposts. There are also light red cannons, tiger crouching cannons, and Franc cannons.

"It's really troublesome." Zhuo Qi, deputy commander of Xiong Yue, who was looking at the fortress of the South Korean Army with a binoculars, smacked his mouth while looking at it. "The Jinjiang River is on the west side, and the mountains are on the east side. Although there are still a few passages in the middle, if they are not in order, this is a trap to invite you into the urn." Zhuo Qi shook his head. "Hai Ni is probably trying to force us to smash this iron walnut hard." After finishing speaking, he put down the binoculars and said in a decisive tone. "This has to be filled with human life."

Of course, it has to be filled with human life. Chun Tai, who has been here before, has long understood the pros and cons of this line of defense.No, in order to avoid the loss of the Qing army, [-] North Korean troops have been driven up.Of course, for the sake of safety, the first target that Chun Tai pointed out to the North Korean Army was not the two large fortresses defended by many small and medium-sized fortresses, nor the few medium-sized fortresses that played a central role, but a relatively prominent one. The former small fort and two front-line outposts.

It's a pity that although Chun Tai's calculations were good, the defenders of the South Korean Army's First Left Wing Association were very tenacious. Instead of looking like they were going to collapse at the first touch, they were far away from the bombardment, and close to the archery. impressive.

However, despite the vigorous fighting, the garrison was insufficient after all, so the North Korean army got close to the fortifications at a certain cost.However, when they reached the edge of the fortifications, the North Korean army caught them blind.You must know that the small forts stationed by the South Korean army were built according to the pattern of bastions. The front was extremely narrow, and it was impossible to invest a large number of troops. When they wanted to go around the rear, they were shot cross-fire by the outposts and fortresses on the side; Made in the same style, the ladders carried by the Northern Dynasty army could not reach the crenel at the top.

"What's that?" Zhuo Qi, Chun Tai and other senior officers of the Qing army saw clusters of flames in their binoculars, and the sound of explosions weakened by the wind faintly wafted to their ears. "What kind of cannon is Chaoren that can hit so close?"

"It shouldn't be a cannon." An insider said. "It should be the Thunderbolt, which was directly ignited by the people and thrown from the sentry post." Under the intensive bombardment of the Thunderbolt, which was similar to a hand grenade, the North Korean army immediately broke up and fled. "Damn it, the South Korean army is so tenacious, I'm afraid we may not be pleased if we go up."

"Then use bombardment." Chuntai ordered coldly. "Tune the Shengong Invincible General Cannon and Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon."

The sound of rumbling cannons sounded, and the range of the six-pound Shengong Invincible General Cannon and the eleven-pound Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon far exceeded the various light artillery equipped in the small forts and outposts of the South Korean Army. Therefore, the Qing army's shelling It became a unilateral suppression, and the firing position of the artillery was once set extremely forward.

However, something unexpected happened to the Qing army.The height of the small fort where the South Korean army was stationed was only one and a half feet high, while the two outpost towers were both over two feet high, but their openings were extremely narrow.Therefore, as if by magic, the artillery shells fired by the Qing army either passed high above the fortress, or fell on the open ground by rubbing the sentry tower.

"Look at me and shoot!" Amidst the scolding of the leader of the firearms battalion, a shell finally hit the watch tower on the left, and the six-pound iron bullet easily penetrated the watch tower with logs and The exterior wall constructed of cement coating has a large gap. "Great, hurry up, reload the ammunition and give me a good fight!"

In view of the fact that the cracked wall was no longer able to withstand the next wave of attacks, the seven North Korean troops who were still fighting in the watchtower had to evacuate.However, the evacuation of the North Korean army was orderly. Not only were the three casualties taken away by the North Korean army, but even most of the weapons and gunpowder in the artillery fortress were taken away.

"Why did the artillery stop?" After winning the two sentry towers, Chun Tai relied more and more on the power of the artillery, but at this time, the Firearms Battalion did not show face and stopped, which made him quite dissatisfied. "Come here, go and ask, what is going on?"

"My lord, don't ask any more." Sun Zhaqi, vice-captain of Manchuria with a red flag, hurriedly stopped Chun Tai from making a fool of himself. "The Firearms Battalion has been fighting for such a long time, and this gun needs to be rested, otherwise, it will blow up."

That being the case, the Qing army had no choice but to stop and wait for the artillery to cool down. At this time, someone said: "My lord, I have asked the court people, and they all said that although the mountains to the east are endless, there are still roads between the mountains. It is better to send an army to the side. After Dao directly hits the side of the North Korean army, it may not be necessary to stop the troops under the fortress of the strong city."

Although the idea was good, the generals of the Eight Banners present looked at each other in blank dismay. It wasn't that they lacked the bravery of their ancestors. No one really knew what was going on on the other side of the mountain. wait.If these problems cannot be solved, even if you successfully break through the road in the mountain, you may never return to the other side of the mountain.

Seeing that the generals did not dare to say anything, Chun Tai was a little helpless, and was about to order a general, Zhuo Qi came out and said: "My lord, we can't just think about copying the back route of the imperial army, the Jinjiang River is not wide here, and the imperial army There is also the Hai Ni Shui Division to assist in the battle, in case our army divides up and the North Korean army and Hai Ni also come out from the valley to the east, then it will be fine."

Although Zhuo Qi’s words were not enough, Chuntai and others were terrified. Yes, there is no rule on the battlefield that only you are allowed to copy others, and others are not allowed to copy yours. Tough bones, as long as you are willing to spend time here, with the Qing army's superior artillery, you will be able to open the gap sooner or later, so you don't have to take risks

The footsteps of the Qing army stopped, but in other parts of North Korea, the war intensified.

On March [-]th of that year, the people of Yincheng, Goesan, Danyang, Jecheon and other counties under Chungcheong North Province organized an anti-Qing uprising. Tens of thousands of people besieged Chungju, which was abandoned by the South Korean army, and annihilated five people in the city in one fell swoop. The Hundred North Korean Army recovered the city.

Inspired by the recovery of Chungju, people from Hengcheng, Hongcheon, Pyeongchang and other places in Gangwon Province marched to Wonju, defeated the [-] troops under the Wonju soldiers and horses appointed by the Northern Dynasty, and drove away Wonju, which was extorted by the Qing army. animal husbandry.

Chung and the original two important towns changed hands again, which further stimulated the will of the North Korean military and civilians to resist. Soon, the Qing army’s grain roads, Gongju, Cheongju, Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Suwon, and even Paju and Kaesong to the north of the Han River Hordes of Korean rebels have appeared in Yan'an, Huangzhou, Haizhou, Shunzhou, and Anzhou.

These rebels who could not survive because the Qing army and the North Korean army plundered the grain to survive the spring famine extensively attacked the North Korean government office, the Qing army's rear grain transportation team, and even successfully ambushed outside Hamju, the capital of Hamgyong Province. The Eastern Mongolian cavalry caused great trouble to the invading Qing army and the North Korean court.

The North Korean royal court also tried to appease these anti-Qing rebels, but there was no food to appease the people who were starving for food, so many promises were in vain.Coupled with the brutal revenge of the Eastern Mongolian horse team on the innocent Korean villages around Xianzhou, the situation in North Korea’s Six Provinces became more and more serious. The Qing army had to send more soldiers and horses to guard the food team, and the North Korean royal court could only defend Pyongyang , Seoul, Kaesong and other large and medium-sized cities do not leave, and let the local situation deteriorate one by one.

Seeing that the overall situation was favorable to his own side, Tian Chao, the general staff of the Fourth Division of the Longxiang Army, represented a group of generals who were eager to try, and asked Tang Baoyi, the new North Korean general: "My lord, I think you can take this opportunity to take Nanpu. Capture Pyongyang and cut off the retreat and food roads of the Qing captives who entered the dynasty in one fell swoop."

"Confused!" Tang Baoyi rebuked decisively. "Did the lord send me here to help North Korea drive out the Tartars?" Tian Chao was a little confused, so Tang Baoyi sneered. "It's very simple to get rid of the Tartars, but the Lord wants to use North Korea as a bait to attract the Tartars' forces and reduce domestic pressure, but it can be resolved after World War I?" Tang Baoyi waved his hand when he saw that Tian Chao had realized something. "It's good to understand, this battle still has to be fought."