The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 459
Yang Zhihe, Lu Shiyang and others rushed to listen to the words.

Hong Chengchou pointed at Jiangyin, "The victory and defeat are all here!
"The Ming army coming from the coast must have wanted the light army to advance quickly and quickly attack Nanjing in order to disrupt the layout of our army. And if they want to come to Nanjing, they must pass through Jiangyin.

"The old man will use his plan to make heavy troops stick to Jiangyin, and let the main force of the southern army waste the city."

He looked at Jiading on the southeast side of Jiangyin, "Then, with the main force of Chen Tai and the Yellow Banner, he led Huang Ding and other troops with 2 troops to bypass Songjiang Mansion, recapture Jiading, and cut off the return of the southerners.

"Then put troops in Changzhou and Wuxi to encircle the Ming army near Jiangyin.

"He, Zhu Linmi, was really unconstrained in his northward march, but he forgot that he was six or seven hundred miles away from Shaoxing. The lone army attacked far away, and was surrounded by more than [-] of my army. It won't be long before we run out of food and grass. .”

He smiled triumphantly and said: "At that time, the southerners will have to attack Wuxi or Jiading by force. As long as our army can't hold out, we will use the main force of Zhenghong Banner to follow the enemy's rear. As long as the Ming army attacks the city, we will attack from behind.

"In this way, the southerners will either starve to death or die, but they will all be defeated!"

"Your Excellency Dutang!" Yang Zhihe immediately praised, "We will crucify the Ming army outside Jiangyin City!"

Several officers next to him also echoed their words.But Lu Shiyang cupped his hands in thought and said: "My lord, if the Ming army sees that the situation is not good and escapes from the sea by boat, we have to guard against it."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand and said: "The Southern Navy has only eighty or ninety ships, at least half of them are still in trouble in the Bohai Sea, and the rest will be divided into some to guard Qiantang, so there are no more than 3 ships that can be used to transport troops. [-] The people and horses can only be transported by such ships, and they can return to Zhejiang in the Year of the Monkey. By then, Zheng Zhilong has already eliminated the enemy ships in the Bohai Sea and led the army to the south. If he blocks the mouth of the Yangtze River, Zhu Lin will not be able to escape with her wings!

"Just take a step back and tell him to withdraw some of his troops to Ningbo. At this time, our army will go west to the upper reaches of Qiantang to cross the river. The Ming army is still thousands of miles away. He will have nothing to do!"

As he was speaking, a guard shouted loudly outside the house: "Report! The forward of Le Belle's army has crossed the river."

"Okay! It's just in time!" Hong Chengchou said happily, "Quickly pass on my military order to send Baylor's troops to Jiangyin to help defend. Oh, no, I'll go and prepare my horses!"

He also instructed Lu Shiyang: "Jiangyin is the top priority, and you will personally lead the [-] Nanjing garrison to rush there."

Lu Shiyang hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "This subordinate obeys the order!"

"By the way," Hong Chengchou said again, "send the cannons that were transported to Pinghu to Jiangyin. Fortunately, they haven't gone far."

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Fushan, the camp of the Dragon Guards.

"My lord, according to reports from the scouts, more than [-] forwards of Jianlu Leke Dehun have arrived in Jiangyin." Inside the tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Jiayu saluted, "There are also more than [-] troops behind, and Lu Shiyang led the Nanjing captives. More than ten thousand thieves are heading towards Jiangyin."

He paused, then continued: "It seems that Hong Chengchou is determined to block us in the Jiangyin area."

Zhu Linmei smiled and nodded, "We have all arrived in Fushan, this old thief finally realized that Nanjing is not safe."

Zhang Jiayu said again: "It seems that there are also changes in Wuxi and Changzhou."

"It's expected. By the way, where is the naval warship?"

"My lord, I just passed Xu Pu." Zhang Jiayu said, "More and more people came along the coast to help pull the fiber, and the speed of the boat gradually increased."

When traveling in the sea, warships can take advantage of the wind, and their speed is much faster than that of horses.But after entering the Yangtze River, due to the river rushing into the sea, the warships going upstream suddenly became slow.

Fortunately, the people nearby have been looking forward to the Ming army for a long time, and Fujing's series of policies that benefit the people have gradually spread, and a large number of people spontaneously come to help pull the fibers every day, so the warship can go against the current.

"There are still thirty or forty miles, and we will arrive at Fushan in the day after tomorrow." Zhu Linmi thought, "We shouldn't be idle at this time, we have to do enough plays for Hong Chengchou to watch."

"put on a show?"

"Yes, put on the posture that our army is going to attack Jiangyin to the death!" Zhu Linmei nodded and said, "Let the artillery battalion block the east side of Jiangyin and bombard, and the infantry also took turns to line up in the city, so as to scare the prisoners in the city.

"When the warship arrives in Fushan, we will withdraw our troops immediately and cross the river to the north!"

"Yes!" Zhang Jiayu replied, and then hesitated, "My lord, our army only brought more than 30 warships, large and small, which may not be sufficient for crossing the river, or should they be used to call in nearby civilian ships?"

"How many people can our warship carry?"

"Returning to my lord, the big boat has nearly a hundred people, and the small boat has about [-] to [-] people. For safety reasons, only about [-] people can be carried across the river in one trip."

"Enough." Zhu Lin said, "Our crossing the river to the north this time is the key to victory, so we must not leak the news. There is no barbarian guard on the north bank, and the first batch of 6000 people is enough to seize the beach. Just move slowly within."

Although Zhang Jiayu was surprised why the assistant king was so sure that the North Bank was defenseless, since Jiangxi till now, your lord has never made a wrong calculation, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Zhu Linmei certainly remembered that during Zheng Chenggong's Northern Expedition in history, he first defeated the Qing army in Jiangyin, but was unable to attack for a long time because of the strong city defense.Later, he accidentally sent hundreds of people to the north bank of the Yangtze River, but found that it was like entering no one's land, so he hurriedly ordered all the troops to go north, and only then did he bypass the hard bone of Jiangyin.

Now that Zhu Linmei knew about this, she would definitely not waste any more time in Jiangyin.You must know that Zheng Chenggong failed to capture Nanjing. A large part of the reason was that he spent too long in Jiangyin and gave Jianlu time to return to defense.

Two days later, more than [-] warships of the Ming army finally sailed slowly into the port near Fushan, first unloaded all the grain, rice and baggage on board, and then scattered small boats to dock.

At this time, gunpowder smoke filled the sky outside Jiangyin City, and dozens of artillery pieces kept beating on the city wall.However, since the nine-pound guns and above were all on board, it hardly caused any effective damage to Jiangyin City.

However, the defenders in the city were terrified. Although there were 3000 people in the city, seeing the Ming army's "at all costs" to take Jiangyin, the defenders repeatedly asked Luck Dehun for help, urging his rear troops to hurry up. .

It was not until noon that day that the sound of artillery outside the city gradually stopped.The general guarding the city first received Hong Chengchou's order to stick to it, and then listened to the gunfire for nearly two days, and his ears were still buzzing. Therefore, he believed without hesitation that this must be a conspiracy by the southerners to advance by retreating, and repeatedly Strictly order the soldiers to be vigilant.

A few days later, more than [-] people from the Luke Dehun Central Army rushed to Jiangyin, and then sent people to investigate around, only to find out that the Ming army had left for a long time.

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On the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The soldiers of the Guazhou Qing Army who were on duty at night yawned for a long time. Seeing that it was dawn, they got up and prepared to change the guard.He glanced down the city inadvertently, and immediately thought he was still dreaming, so he couldn't help reaching out and pinching his thigh hard.

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