The Sun Never Sets Great China

In the early April of the seventh year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court dispatched Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie to attack the Dashun Army in Henan with a total of 25 troops, and Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong, and Huang Degong led 15 troops to attack the Qing Army in Shandong.

Outside the city of Xuzhou, among the more than 8 troops of Commander Gao Jie, there is a 5000-strong army with disheveled clothes, crooked flags, and crooked flags. Gao Jie glanced at the army that was inferior to the militia, and then looked at the others. Maintaining a neat formation of troops, he sighed in his heart, if that Huang Ziya hadn't given him a lot of gold, silver and jade, he would have broken up this shameful army and reorganized it into other troops. Since those 5000 people arrived Afterwards, Gao Jie let them camp on a mountain outside the city and left them alone. I heard that they had nothing to do to set fire to the mountain, and the black smoke was overwhelming, but he didn't care about it, as long as they didn't burn the fire to Xuzhou City. Anyway, I didn't expect this army, which was so virtuous the first time I saw it, to be able to fight.

Huang Ziya watched his brothers stumbling around and making fools of themselves, and said quietly: "Don't act so blatantly, it's not good to let others see that you are acting." As he spoke, he summoned the leader of the group, Li Erdan, and the deputy of the group. Mo Xiao, the head of the second group, Zhao Qijin, the head of the second group, Gu Yanwu, the newly appointed deputy head of the second group, Chen Zilong, the head of the newly established third group, and Huang Zongxi, the deputy head of the third group, all came from the first group and the second group. , Huang Ziya looked at the heads and deputy heads of the regiment, and said: "Brothers, this expedition is our opportunity. Without my instructions, the muskets and the first battalion of the third regiment are not allowed to use muskets. Everyone must obey my orders." Everyone nodded in obedience.

Liu Liangzuo dispatched the most troops, with 12 troops.Liu Zeqing, the weakest of the four towns, has mobilized 5000 people, which are already most of his family property.

After several years of rest, the Dashun Army gradually regained its vitality. It fought and won several battles with the Qing Army in Shaanxi, Gansu and the southern part of Shanxi, occupied some areas, and the combat effectiveness and number of the army also increased.When the 25 troops of the Ming Army's three routes gathered in Xuzhou, Li Zicheng, who got the news, personally led the main force of the 20 Dashun Army to Xuzhou.

Zhang Huahan was also able to get some information about the battle situation in the palace, and sometimes he even secretly read the battle report memorial, because he was a patrolling bodyguard himself, and the conditions were convenient, so no one had ever discovered him.

The battle situation in Shandong is good first and then bad. After Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong, and Huang Degong commanded 15 troops into Shandong, they won three consecutive victories with the help of rebels from all over the country. The Qing sent King Keqin as the main general, and led a group of Dorgon's trusted generals, such as Yuetuo, Dorbo, Laoqin, and Tan Tai, to command [-] Manchu and Mongolian allied forces to attack Huang Degong's [-] troops. Huang Degong was defeated.The Manchu Qing army defeated Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong and the troops of the rebels from all over the country one after another, and occupied the entire Shandong in one fell swoop. If it were not for the fact that their troops were limited, they might have fought all the way to Nanjing.In the melee, Zhao Zhilong was surrounded by the Qing army Tan Tai with [-] remnants and surrendered. In a rage, Emperor Hongguang beheaded his whole family.

In the north of Xuzhou City, it was Liu Zeqing's troops who met the vanguard of the Dashun Army first. Liu Zeqing's soldiers had extremely low combat effectiveness, while the vanguard of the Dashun Army had fought against the Han Eight Banners and the Green Battalion Army mixed with thousands of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers. Liu Zeqing's troops fled across the board within a short time after the two armies fought. In the chaos, Liu Zeqing was also shot to a vital point by a bow and arrow and died.

Gao Jie's troops immediately withstood the Dashun army, but Liu Liangzuo, who had planned to assist Gao Jie, took the opportunity to recruit more than 3 defeated Liu Zeqing soldiers, and sent half of his troops to Huai'an to snatch Liu Zeqing's territory. The rest of the troops also ran away. Entered Xuzhou City and took control of Xuzhou City and Gao Jie's [-] garrison troops.

As soon as the main force of the Dashun Army arrived, Gao Jie's army was divided and surrounded by several times the Dashun Army. The fighting was extremely fierce. The [-] revolutionary troops who had retreated from the beginning withdrew to the mountain where they were stationed, and did not take up the battle at all.

After fighting for three days, five thousand revolutionary troops rushed up from the mountain, and immediately ten thousand Dashun soldiers rushed up to wipe out the Ming army that slipped through the net.

At this time, the generals of the Dashun Army noticed that the Ming army had stopped to form an formation. They thought the Ming army was afraid, and loudly commanded the troops to advance quickly. After a sudden burst of gunfire, the Dashun Army fell down. The troops were fighting fiercely with Gao Jie's troops. They had no musketeers and they were still running, but the muskets of the Ming army immediately rang again, and soon after, the soldiers of the Dashun army who fell down in pieces began to retreat, while The formed revolutionary army continued to advance until it came into contact with the Dashun Army.

After Zhang Huahan's special forces training, the soldiers of the revolutionary army who did not need to guard against the enemy behind them, and wore protective clothing made of bricks, did not suffer many casualties in the physical battle, but killed a large number of enemies and approached the revolutionary army. Chaos began to appear in the Dashun Army, and Gao Jie's troops broke out from here. It was Gao Jie's nephew Li Benshen who led the [-] remnant soldiers to Xuzhou with the body of Gao Jie who had been shot dead by muskets.Huang Ziya led the revolutionary army to take over all the troops who broke through the siege. As the battle continued, the more troops the revolutionary army took over, the greater the pressure the Dashun army would bear. Under the command of Huang Ziya and other generals, the revolutionary army began to retreat slowly. Withdraw, there are still many remnants of Gao Jie in the encirclement, and they can't take care of it.Due to the powerful fast guns of the revolutionary army, the Dashun army stopped chasing after suffering losses, and attacked Xuzhou after finishing the final battle.

Huang Ziya led the revolutionary army to the cottage where they were stationed and immediately reorganized the troops. Among the soldiers who broke out, apart from those who did not want to stay in the revolutionary army and those who were old, weak, sick and disabled who were sent home with money, more than ten thousand soldiers were added. Huang Ziya organized the original Gaojie tribe who had been reorganized after the breakout into three regiments, and took coke, steel, gunpowder, grain and other items refined by local methods, and retreated towards Taihu Lake.

Gao Jie's nephew Li Benshen led 2 people to Xuzhou City, but found that Xuzhou City was occupied by Liu Liangzuo. After negotiations, Li Benshen had no choice but to surrender. Liu Liangzuo entered Xuzhou City. They rushed to and surrounded Xuzhou City.

In a small pavilion in a garden in the Nanjing Imperial Palace, Zhang Huahan guarded behind Emperor Hongguang, while Emperor Hongguang ate and drank delicious wine with his arms around a beautiful woman.

Suddenly Ma Shiying and Zhang Shenyan came to see Emperor Hongguang. After the two came forward, Ma Shiying said: "Your Majesty, there is news from the front that Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie died in battle. Liu Liangzuo recruited their troops and occupied their territory. , defending Xuzhou. The day before yesterday when Xuzhou was breached by intruders, Liu Liangzuo was defeated again and again and fled to Guazhou. Fortunately, Zheng Hongkui, the commander of Guazhou, led [-] elite soldiers to help him resist the intruders."

After hearing this, Emperor Hongguang stood up and said in a trembling voice: "So soon, we have arrived at Guazhou? Can we keep Nanjing?" Ma Shiying said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already mobilized 13 elite soldiers from our three towns. Nanjing city protects the safety of the emperor, Guazhou still has [-] troops, and Zheng Hongkui has many musketeers who can resist the intruders, and the Manchus in the north are attacking Li Chuang's territory, so they must retreat back.

Emperor Hongguang felt relieved and said, "Then Shi Kefa has come back? This incompetent man was the one who worked hard during the Northern Expedition. This time he came back after a big defeat for me."

Zhang Shenyan said: "He will be back tomorrow, and I begged him to die. In a war, you don't mean to die in battle and sacrifice your life for the country, but to come back alive. How can such a general not be defeated?"

Ma Shiying said: "No, Huang Degong is still on the front line. If Shi Kefa is dealt with, Huang Degong will probably rebel. Even if he wants to deal with them, he will have to wait until the two of them come back."

Emperor Hongguang said: "Just wait for Shi Kefa to come back and reprimand him. Since there is no threat to Nanjing, it will be fine. You go back." The two left.

Zhang Huahan behind Hongguang Emperor felt that Ma Shiying's mobilization of his 13 horses into Nanjing might not be a good thing.However, his status is low and he cannot speak.

On the second day, Emperor Hongguang went to the morning court for half a month, Zhang Huahan rested and thought about the preparation method of nitroglycerin in the room, but he really couldn't remember it.At this moment, the guard outside came to call him, saying that someone was looking for him. When Zhang Huahan came out, he saw that it was Chen Zilong. He hurriedly let him in, and said: "From now on, you can send a brother here. Do you want to come here yourself?" I'm afraid it's not good for you." Chen Zilong said: "I see, I'm here to get your new weapon blueprint this time, your musket is too powerful, and the speed is very fast. The accuracy rate is much higher, and the speed is more than ten times faster, which is too powerful." Zhang Huahan said: "I just want to give you some things I wrote, by the way, are your casualties heavy? Where did you retreat?" Chen Zilong said : "Back to Taihu Lake, the old nest, it's good there, there is no shortage of food, but there is a shortage of steel and coal. We have now reorganized a lot of people from Gaojie, and now our revolutionary army has more than 5000 people." The situation of the battle has been explained in detail.

After Zhang Huahan heard this, he said: "It seems that there will be more chaos. Liu Liangzuo has an unruly heart and annexed the soldiers of the three towns. After the Dashun army retreats, he may not be so obedient to the emperor's orders."

Chen Zilong said: "We have carried out land reform in a small area around Taihu Lake, and now there are thousands of farmers who support us. Leader, please see if we expand the area."

Zhang Huahan said: "Now your task is to expand the army, train and build guns to the maximum. When the situation becomes chaotic, you will immediately occupy Wuxi and surrounding towns. If you can, occupy Suzhou, Hangzhou and large areas around you. You are better than me. You are better than me. It will depend on the situation at that time." After the two discussed for a long time, Zhang Huahan gave Chen Zilong what he had written, and Chen Zilong left.

Zhang Huahan came out to look at the sky at dusk, and murmured, "The sky is about to change. Whether it succeeds or not depends on whether it can become chaotic."