Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 667

Thanks to this era of cold weapons, there is no radio for later generations. Although I knew that Jiangbei and Huguang would definitely come back to rescue, they were blocked in Jiangnan, and the road to the Yangtze River was blocked by the heavy Ming army. The small town of Jiangyin also suffered a big turtle. The Jiangnan main force who built slaves really didn't have the courage to attack Suzhou, which had returned to Daming's hands, under the pursuit of troops.

Then go south along the west bank of Taihu Lake, take Zhongxi, Yixing, go to Huzhou, Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Mandahai, which are still under the control of Jiannu, and then stick to Xutu, and even go to Zhejiang to go to sea and return to the north. Okay, at the moment before the Ming army couldn't bear the pressure, Boluo, Nikan and others couldn't bear it first, and completely gave up their plan to return to Jiangbei by taking the Yangtze River, and turned around and started to go south.

But this can be regarded as hitting the weakness of the Ming army, and Song Qingshu is in the south!Although Song Shuai was full of confidence when he left, he only had three divisions in his hands after all, and they were still three divisions with extremely poor combat effectiveness. The division also rushed down the Taihu Lake, step by step.

"We must launch an attack!"

After walking for more than two days, I didn't see the slightest block from Song Qingshu, not to mention the army, even Zhongxi, Xiapi and other counties. People all ran away, and there was no ghost shadow. If you want to say Jiannu massacre , at least there must be a corpse!It is also the loss of lack of contact, both Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng are very anxious.

On the third day, Sun Chuanting finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"According to the map, Jianu will definitely cross the Lianhu River this afternoon. Commander Bayintu, the two cavalry divisions under the Beifu Army and the sixteen cavalry battalions will all be handed over to you. Set off immediately after the meal, and wait for Jianu Immediately after crossing halfway across the river, launch an attack! Zhou Yuji! You lead the Qihuo [-]st to [-]th divisions, Fengyang [-]th divisions, and Gezuo [-]st to [-]th divisions followed closely behind, and immediately went to the battlefield! Pinch Jiannu!"

"Communicate the divisions and outflank them from the northwest! Enter the battlefield from this point. The artillery stands on Xiapi Nanshan and bombards the southeast corner. The decisive battle with Jiannu is here!"

"The last general takes orders!"

It’s really long ago that I was about to spit fire. The generals of the divisions and the staff officers at all levels didn’t say a word of dissuasion. Once the horn is sounded in the upcoming World War I, there will be rivers of blood, and the fight will shock the world and weep ghosts and gods.

It's really a bit like watching the movie, the room is ready, and the girlfriend came at the critical moment, just as Sun Chuanting and Liu Zongmin were about to set off to go desperately, the messenger outside the door shouted loudly again.

"Report, the handsome messenger is here!"

The one who came in was absolutely unmistakable. Song Qingshu’s soldier leader, Xiao Bao, who was originally white and strong, didn’t know if he was fascinated by sunbathing these days. He was tanned like an African friend. Still a little distracted, he walked all the way to the center of the tent, and then he came back to his senses, looking at the anxious generals wearing armor and carrying knives, and shouted in amazement.

"Everyone, are you going out for a picnic?"

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The Lianhu River battle still hadn't started. In the afternoon, Jiannu calmly felled logs and crossed the river, but half an hour late, the main force of the Ming army also rushed to the river to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

However, Jiannu's march to the south stopped there. In the afternoon, he was still mocking the Ming army for their lack of guts and not daring to fight with them. In the evening, Prince Duan Boluo was completely dumbfounded.

Yixing, a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River, stands in front of the Jiannu army. The purple clay teapots here are still so famous, but the fertile pottery mountains and farmland here are all gone. From the shore of Taihu Lake to Gehu Lake in the east, there is a magnificent landscape There are more than ten ripples, and the criss-cross trenches can't be seen at a glance. The flags of the Ming army are planted on the top of the trenches. The depth from north to south is no less than three kilometers, and the east to west is at least [-] kilometers. Deadly blocked in the north of Yixing.

The most different from the Sarhu War is that this battle took place in Nanzhili, the most confidant of the Ming Dynasty, and it was really the Jiangnan where all the people were united after being ravaged and killed by the slaves.

Chen Zilong had fought against the Qing Dynasty in the Taihu Lake area before, and his hometown was also here. Here, Chen Zilong had great popularity, and Song Qingshu's name was regarded as a savior by the people in the south of the Yangtze River. With the financial resources of the West India Company, he arrived in Yixing Afterwards, Song Qingshu spent two days transporting supplies from Songjiang, and sent people around the county towns to spread famous posts. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao and Liu Bei were beaten and the whole army was defeated. They were both poor and white, but they could all rise again. Their fame has also played a huge role now. In just three days, this densely populated area in the south of the Yangtze River has gathered millions of people. Song Qingshu rolled up his sleeves and went into battle. In thirteen days, he dug out such a magnificent fortification, which is like death Like the long wall, the plan to let Jiannu go south to ravage was stillborn.

The victory of the Battle of Huaihai in the later generations was entirely dependent on the common people pushing the truck of a certain Kuomintang reactionary with a tricycle and giving up, and if the Yixing War was recorded in history, it may also be written that it was entirely dependent on the common people giving it a shovel. dug out.

Not only the trenches, but also the army. There were several anti-Qing rebels who were scattered near Taihu Lake. In addition to the atrocities committed by Jiannu in the south of the Yangtze River, Song Qingshu's banner was erected, and there were many followers. , He gathered almost 40 divisions of rebel troops, especially the Jiannu Green Battalion in Huzhou, Jiaxing, and Xiushui, with almost 3 soldiers, abandoned their garrisons as a whole, and went north to join Song Qingshu. This is a regular army with combat effectiveness.

In fact, I can't blame these green battalion soldiers. In fact, who really wants to be a slave to Jiannu?But the high court was shattered, the emperor was arrested, and the officials and lords who were in charge of the affairs above him all surrendered. What can they do to these little soldiers who are lower than mud?Naturally, he followed and surrendered in a daze.

But even if there is a glimmer of hope, it is enough to ignite the roars in the hearts of these desperate people. From this, we can see how unpopular Jiannu is.

In this way, the Ming army was completely stabilized. After crossing the river, Sun Chuanting also led the main force to dig trenches beside the Lianhu River. Like the Liao Yaoxiang Army in the Liao-Shen Campaign, they were blocked in this narrow area and couldn't get in and out. The positional battle came to the territory of the Ming Army and Song Qingshu.

September [-], Yixing.

The sound of horseshoes sounded shockingly, and the same thousands of troops roared forward, and the Eight Banners cavalry riding on Liaodong horses screamed fiercely. On both wings, the Mongolian Eight Banners even threw feather arrows into the sky. Behind them, Jiannu dragged The cannons that had been built for so many days also roared, and shells with black tails slammed into Yixing side by side.

Unfortunately, it didn't work!Layers upon layers of ditches are densely packed like a labyrinth. Even if someone stuck his head out, the beggar army veteran who split the battalion immediately rolled him up and kicked him back, and even the sergeants even looked up to observe No need, Song Qingshu came from a later generation, he can remember clearly the simplest interesting little experiment of periscope, two lenses are inlaid in the wooden tube facing each other, and when the upper tube is placed to the side of the trench, every move of Jiannu can be seen clearly Chu.

Unless the unlucky ones were directly smashed into the trench by shells, with a shield on their heads, [-]% of the attacks were resolved in this way. The tactics of the First World War were more than enough to deal with these slaves in the cold weapon era .

The cavalry rushed to the edge of the ditch in embarrassment, and retreated again. Behind, the green battalion soldiers under Liu Liangzuo rushed to the front, carrying sacks and throwing soil into the ditch profusely, but at this time, It’s time for the Ming army’s target shooting practice again. Relying on the early industrialized assembly line, Song Qingshu’s gun reserves in Jiangnan are not less than one million. With the Japanese country, sulfur and black powder are not a problem. There are no people in the first few rows of trenches. Observe soldiers in the periscope Amidst the yelling, the recruits who had just put on their flintlock guns popped up like hamsters, and there was a torrential rain of guns and bullets, and the slave soldiers who were still filling the trench immediately rushed forward and fell into the ditch.

In less than 2 minutes after such a vicious shooting, Liu Liangzuo's Green Battalion soldiers broke up and fled back crying.

On the other side, the Jiannu musketeers who were so angry raised their guns and launched a counterattack against the trench, but after firing a shot, the Ming soldiers had shrunk their heads in, and they were still fighting, wasting bullets for nothing.

Lianhuhe position.

Like the Soviet and German troops in World War II, the cannons were also pulled into the trenches, and the inclined slope was dug for the artillery formation alone. This Jian slave launched a large-scale attack on the Yixing position, and Liu Zongmin behind him also unceremoniously ordered , More than 400 cannons were withdrawn neatly, and the roaring artillery fire exploded behind Jiannu's buttocks in an instant!The vertical and horizontal shot put shells were rampant in the tents of the Jiannu army camp. The infantry watched nervously as they raised their guns, crackling and shooting, and ran away after they were released, regardless of whether they were hit or not. This kind of harassment did not cause much damage, but it caused great psychological pressure on the slave army. of.

When the Jiannu gunner was panting again and turned the several thousand-jin heavy Hongyi cannon around, and when the army attacking south was transferred back to the north, the Ming army cannons retreated along the small slope again, except for trenches on the horizon. At this time, the Ming army on Song Qingshu's side pushed the cannon out again, and the annoying harassment once again followed Jiannu's ass like a shadow.

It's really like the bastard who fell into the pot, there are lakes on the left and right, and there are not many heroes who float on the water with light skills, but they are pinched back and forth by Bao Ju, and they are not on the other side. For a while, Jian Nu is really like falling Like the bastard in the jar, he can't advance or retreat.

Seeing the setting sun slanting, Jiannu, who had not even filled in a ditch but left corpses all over the ground, retreated into the center of the encirclement in a hurry, and looked at it with a binoculars. Chen Zilong couldn't help shaking his head with emotion.

"If the imperial court could use such a method of warfare back then, why would they worry about the thieves' army? Wouldn't the world have been pacified long ago, why is this little Jian slave running rampant in the hinterland of my Central Plains now?"

"Heh, if the imperial court could respond like it is today, and the common people were willing to die for it, even throwing away their crops, do you think the world will be in chaos and there will be thieves? You scholars, out of The problem is always willing to rely on the common people, but never pays attention to thinking about yourself, Mr. Chen, if you want to rejuvenate Daming, you need to think about these things!"

Chen Zilong was speechless when he heard this, and if he didn't say anything far away, if the Donglin Party hadn't tried its best to maintain the poor self-interest of the landlords, why would it have completely fallen out with the begging army system? It would not be like this, shed so much blood in vain, thinking about it, Chen Zilong really lost his mind.

Perhaps, the traditional Jiangnan gentry will really change accordingly!
(End of this chapter)