The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 460 Surprise Attack on Zhenjiang
There are 5000 people under the low Guazhou city wall!
The city guard rubbed his eyes vigorously again, yes, there are indeed ten neat horizontal arrays outside the city!There are no less than 500 people in each battle, and the soldiers are all in dark green military uniforms. There are several flags flying at the head and tail of the team, but there is no name on the flag, only the pattern of the sun and the moon.

He suddenly remembered that he had heard a military officer mention it a while ago, that this seemed to be the flag of the army under the assistant king of Nanming!

At this time, there were only more than 30 people guarding the east side of the city, including himself.

"My mother!" The captive soldier trembled in fright, and was about to turn around to call the police, when he heard drums beating in order below the city, and Ming soldiers shouted in unison, "Aim!"

He shrunk his neck in disbelief, and almost at the same time, with the continuous roar of artillery below the city, a huge iron ball slammed hard on the parapet, and the broken stones instantly shot him into a blood sieve.

The cannons under the city only fired more than ten rounds before a six-pound shell hit the city gate.The construction of Guazhou City is quite crude, and the city gate is not even covered with a layer of iron sheet.Immediately, a huge hole was blasted out of the city gate, and sawdust splashed more than ten feet away.

The troops of the Ming Army Brigade have always stood a mile and a half away from Guazhou City. Zhu Linmi didn't want to cause casualties for such a ruined city.

However, the infantry of these ten battalions stood so murderously, and with the help of cannons, in less than an hour, the captive generals guarding the city were so frightened that they surrendered.

Jianlu already regards the north of the Yangtze River as his territory, and there is no large number of troops stationed for war.Just like this Guazhou City, there are only less than [-] defenders in total.

In fact, after the main force of the Ming army landed in Shizhuang on the north bank of the Yangtze River yesterday, it went westward for more than 80 miles to Guazhou, and there was almost no trace of the Qing army along the way.

Zhu Linmi glanced at her pocket watch, and was considering whether to pull up the 32-pound mortar and blast it a few times, when she saw a white flag raised over the city of Guazhou.

Sure enough, as recorded in history, Guazhou was broken after a little attack.He put away his watch and said to Zhang Jiayu: "Let the second battalion and the third battalion rush to control the Guazhou Ferry, and the others go to the city to repair.

"Let the navy's warships get ready as soon as they arrive, and we'll cross the Yangtze River south as soon as Xuanqing and the others come back!"

"Yes!"

Just an hour before the Dragon Guards began bombarding Guazhou, Zhao Shichao was rushing to Yangzhou with two hussar battalions and one dragoon battalion, a total of 500 troops.

Yangzhou City is only less than forty miles away from Guazhou. Zhu Linming considered that the slow-moving naval warships would not be able to catch up for a while, and the left and right were idle, leaving Yangzhou, an important town with symbolic significance, How can we not harass him?
Of course, it is impossible to capture Yangzhou in a short while, but as long as a few shots can be fired outside the city to make the Jianlu in the city frightened, the goal will be achieved.

In the previous battles, Jianlu had always been fighting against Daming. The battlefield was always south of the Yangtze River, and Jiangbei had almost become Jianlu's backyard.It is conceivable that when the news of the Ming army's "attack" on Yangzhou spreads in the enemy-occupied areas, it will definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time give confidence to the Huaxia people in Jiangbei.

Armored with steel swords and whips, a large group of cavalry roared past.

The people near Yangzhou were all too familiar with this scene. A year ago, Jianlu had walked through their homes in this way, looting their belongings and female relatives, and even slaughtered them like pigs and dogs for a full ten days!
But the current team is Daming's cavalry!

The army is finally back!The days of those tartars are coming to an end!
Seeing Zhao Shichao's team from a distance, countless people wept with joy, knelt down on the side of the road, and shouted: "Congratulations, General!"

The more daring ones went home and changed into Hanfu, loosened their braids and tied them up behind their heads, and ran around telling each other.

Zhao Shi did not go directly to Yangzhou City, but went through the villages and towns near Yangzhou, kidnapped all the captive officials he could find along the way, and then summoned the people to execute them publicly.

"kill!"

"Kill the dog tartar!"

"Son, open your eyes in the spirit of the sky and take a look..."

"Revenge for my mother!"

When the heads fell to the ground, the people near Yangzhou immediately burst into cheers, and many people fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

A year is not too long, but for these people, it is like a hard time.They were forced to shave their unbearable hairstyles, put on ugly clothes, and respect Jianlu as their masters, but they were killed if they were careless.

They have been looking forward to it day and day, and now they finally have the generals of the Ming Dynasty coming to avenge them, and to vent their anger on them!

After more than ten miles around Yangzhou had been "cleaned up", Zhao Shichao led his troops to the city of Yangzhou.Although there are nearly 2000 defenders in Yangzhou City, it is said that the Ming army is "slaughtering" nearby, and seeing the murderous dragon guard cavalry below the city, they are so frightened that they close the city gate tightly, and they never want to go out of the city to fight the meaning of.

Zhao Shichao led people around the city twice more, and fired a shot of firecrackers outside each city gate, and without further delay, he led his army back to Guazhou.

It wasn't until several hours after Long Weijun's back disappeared that Jianlu's Yangzhou magistrate tremblingly asked people to inquire about the news.As soon as the man left the city gate, he saw more than a dozen heads of captive officials neatly placed on the ground, and a row of majestic characters were written in blood on the stone next to him——Anyone who offends my Ming Dynasty will be punished without pardon!

That night, more than 7000 soldiers of the Dragon Guard took more than 30 warships of the navy, crossed the Yangtze River south in two batches, and landed [-] miles east of Zhenjiang.

Zhenjiang is between Nanjing and Jiangyin, and it is the east gate of Nanjing. From then on, more than 100 miles to the west is Yingtianfu.

The Ming army successfully bypassed the Jiangyin fortress on the south bank by maneuvering warships from the north bank of the Yangtze River.At this moment in Jiangyin City, the tens of thousands of Qing troops of Luck Dehun and Lu Shiyang never imagined that the enemy they were waiting for had appeared behind them.

Not long after, several bonfires were lit on the south bank of the Yangtze River.The moonlight caressed a group of warships on the south side of the Yangtze River, and the blue background of the bow with the sun and the moon shining with the military flag was loudly ringing.

"It reminds me of the bombardment of Nanchang last year." Luo Mingshou left Zhenjiang City and glanced at the warships beside him. "There are much more cannons than there are now."

"General, a signal has been sent from the shore!" Ruan Jin pointed to the shore.

Luo Mingshou's eyes immediately brightened, and he ordered the adjutant loudly: "Send the order, bombard Zhenjiang!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, led by Yanping and Luo Mingshou's former ship Zhaoqing, together with several hundred-ton rushing boats nearby, a total of seven cannons roared at the same time.

Several shells crossed the river and smashed heavily on the city wall of Zhenjiang City.In particular, the 24-pound heavy gun on the Zhaoqing directly lifted a two-foot-thick battlement, leaving a huge gap in the city wall.

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