Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 279

In addition, Wang Yan and He Tengjiao reached a consensus to gather 13 Ming troops and march eastward along the Yangtze River. The momentum was so great that Wuchang was shocked.

At this time, the Qing court unexpectedly did not replace Luck Dehun, but ordered him to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds to defend Wuchang City.

In fact, the Qing army lost [-] to [-] troops before and after Huguang, and two of the Han army banners were wiped out. When the news of Huguang's failure reached Beijing, you can probably know how shocked the Qing court was.

At that time, in the Qing Dynasty, no matter whether it was the Manchu nobles or the Han ministers, they all reached an agreement that the court overwhelmingly wanted to take down Luck Dehun, and send another veteran to sit in the town, but Wang Yan came too hastily, and the Qing court did not It was time to send newcomers into Huguang, and Dorgon's efforts to protect him allowed Luck Dehun to continue to control Wuchang.

From a certain point of view, Wang Yan's attack on Wuchang gave Lekethun a chance to turn around. He got the Qing court's edict, and he immediately cheered up from the decadence, trying to make up for his mistakes.

At this time, with the influence of the Qing army in Huguang, almost all retreated to Wuchang, bringing the number of Qing soldiers to 6.

Since ancient times, the isolated city cannot be guarded for a long time, so Le Ke Dehun immediately ordered the governors He Mingluan, Geng Jimao, and Shen Yongzhong to lead [-] green battalions and [-] Mongolian Eight Banners to guard Jiangxia, thinking that they would fight the horns.

Geng Zhongming, king of Huaishun, and Shen Zhixiang, Duke of Xushun, both died at the hands of Wang Yan. Geng Jimao and Shen Yongzhong had no reason to surrender, so Luck Dehun was very relieved that they would guard Jiangxia City, while he led 4 troops to guard Wuchang.

Let’s say that He Tengjiao led the troops with Wang Yan, thinking in his heart that the Qing army was defeated before, and after returning to Wuchang, the morale will inevitably be low, and Wang Yan has made many military exploits, but he has not accomplished much, so he has a desire to fight for credit. idea.

Not long after the army left Yuezhou, He Tengjiao summoned his confidant General Liu Chengyin and said: "Wang Shiheng has made great achievements many times. If he wins again this time, the governor will rely on others. Now I call you to lead [-] troops. First go to Wuchang to fight. Take the lead for the governor!"

Liu Chengyin took the order, and led 2 horses to leave the brigade overnight and headed for Wuchang.

After Luck Dehun arranged his defense, a subordinate suddenly came down to report: "The forward of the Ming army has entered Wuchang."

Lu Kede heard the words, and then ordered: "The army guards the city tightly, and is not allowed to fight!"

"Thousand-year bastard, ten-thousand-year tortoise, Luc Dehun is the grandson of the turtle!"

"Nursing harmony, nourishing harmony, forgetting ancestors after countless classics, timid as a mouse! Oh~"

Under the city of Wuchang, Liu Chengyin's [-] soldiers and horses came to the west city. Seeing that the Qing army locked the city gate and dared not fight, he was overjoyed.

He rode under the city commanding his subordinates to curse and fight under the city.

Le Ke Dehun and many Qing generals climbed to the top of the city, looking at the Ming army below the city, he couldn't help feeling puzzled.

If the Ming army wanted to attack Wuchang, they would have to assign partial divisions to watch over Jiangxia. Why did the Ming army under Wuchang city want to be partial divisions instead?
Luck Dehun looked at his banner again and wrote to Liu, the commander-in-chief of Daming Wugang, only to find out that Wang Yan's soldiers and horses were all He Tengjiao's men.

At this time, Jue Luo Langqiu heard the insults from the Ming army under the city, and was very angry in his heart, so he said angrily: "The Ming army is coming to the city, so insulting, Baylor is not allowed to fight, which makes the army timid! What's more, our army is newly defeated. Renew your vigor, the final general is willing to lead a group of warriors, and smash the Nanman under the city!"

Luke Dehun was puzzled in his heart, but when he heard Luo Langqiu's words, he couldn't help nodding his head, and decided to try the strength of the Ming army. He followed his words and ordered him to lead 500 men from the Zhenghong Banner of Mongolia to the battle.

The city gate was wide open, and Jue Luolang rushed out immediately. The Ming army was a little slack in the scolding formation. Liu Chengyin hurriedly led 500 personal guards to meet him, but he was defeated after only a short battle, so he quickly retreated to the formation.

Seeing this, Jue Luo Langqiu was overjoyed immediately, and wanted to defeat the [-] Ming army in one fell swoop and lead the army straight into the formation. However, although Liu Chengyin and his personal guards were defeated, they bought time for the Ming army who was scolding behind them, allowing the Ming army to recover. up the spirit.

Liu Chengyin formed a formation of long snakes. When he saw Jue Luolang enter the formation, he quickly commanded all the troops. When the long snake wrapped its head and tail, he surrounded [-] Qing soldiers in the formation.

Seeing this, Jue Luo Langqiu was shocked immediately, clashing left and right, unable to break out of the formation, Liu Chengyin was overjoyed, if he killed [-] Qing cavalry, then he would be the first to attack Wuchang.

On the city wall, Le Kede looked at Luo Lang ball trapped in the center of the Ming army's formation, picked up the binoculars and scanned the battlefield, and found that there was no Ming army ambushing in the distance, he couldn't help being surprised, and immediately called Come to Tulai and let him lead [-] cavalry out of the city to support.

Tulai got the order, so he put on his armor and mounted his horse, leading the crippled Manzhou Xiangbaiqi and Mongolian Zhenghong three thousand cavalry out of the city, brandishing their knives vigorously, and entered the Ming army's formation.

Liu Chengyin's subordinate Chen Youlong led his troops to fight, but he was not his opponent. The Ming army's large formation was immediately used by Tulai, and Jue Luolangqiu also took the opportunity to escape.

Tulai rushed out of the battle formation, turned around and saw that there were still hundreds of Qing cavalry trapped in the Ming army formation, rushing left and right, unable to get out, he and Jue Luolangqiu led troops in again.

The two armies of the Ming and Qing fought in a scuffle below the city, and the killing was indistinguishable. At this moment, a cannon was heard from above the city, and the city gate opened again, but it was Luck Dehun who discovered that there was no ambush from the Ming army Then he led the cavalry out.

The Ming army was immediately defeated. Luck Dehun was afraid of falling into Wang Yan's plan, so he accepted the victory and returned to the city victoriously. The momentum of the Qing army in Wuchang was greatly boosted.

Liu Chengyin lost more than 3000 people and retreated all the way. When he reached Jiangxia, he didn't know the military situation. There are only ten thousand left.

The Ming army's attack on Wuchang was originally intended to pull out Wuchang in one fell swoop with the attitude of a victorious army, and then turned to Xiangyang. However, Liu Chengyin's defeat made the Qing army come out of the shadow of failure and attack Wuchang. It will definitely become a protracted battle.

When Wang Yan heard the news, he ordered Liu Chengyin to be taken down immediately, and then came to He Tengjiao's tent with a frosty face, and wanted to kill Liu Chengyin.

The defeat of the Ming army in the first battle made the morale of the Qing army very strong, and the next siege battle was bound to be difficult. Wang Yan immediately ordered his troops and prepared to go to Wuchang to fight Luck Dehun in person.

General Li Guo saw this, and immediately suggested: "Lake Dehun asked Geng Jimao to guard Jiangxia and Wuchang to form a corner. Soldiers and horses, take down Jiangxia first, and then the Duke will take Wuchang."

Listening to his words, Wang Yan knew that Li Guozhi's words were reasonable, so he decided to take down Jiangxia first, to destroy the morale of the Qing soldiers, and then deal with Luck Dehun.

(End of this chapter)