Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 453 Defrauding Jiangyin
Chen Mingyu's martial arts skills are high, he fought with Shi Lang for a long time, but in the end he couldn't defeat Shi Lang, but at such a distance, Su Mo'er shook his hand, and Shi Lang's sword fell out, what kind of hidden weapon is so powerful?Many of the tens of thousands of generals present did not see clearly and were all stunned.

The tens of thousands of sailors trained in Dagukou certainly don’t know the details of Su Mo’er. Just now, these female battalions have shown their talents in the water. They have already admired the five bodies, and some even feel ashamed. The same sailors, they are not as good as women. Seeing Su Mo'er's skill again now, I feel that it is a bit hidden. Look at Mr. Lai Jianguo's side is really a master of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

This is really in line with that sentence, a strong general has no weak soldiers!

These generals couldn't help feeling a little more reverence for their Lord Supervisor.

After Shi Lang was taken prisoner, the 16000 sailors under his command disappeared very quickly. The situation was not good, so he jumped into the river and absconded.

But their fate is the same as that of stubborn resistance, because the large area of ​​water around them is surrounded by the navy of the Ming army, and more than 100 ships of all sizes have surrounded here.As long as the soldiers of the Southern Army who jumped into the water showed their heads, they were either shot to death by random guns, or pierced with toads or shot to death in the river with bows and arrows, or were captured to the shore again, and some drowned in the Neijiang River. , in short, no one was spared.

This water battle also didn't last long. From the moment Ji Dong's fleet passed by and destroyed several forts on the shore, to the annihilation of more than 16000 people, it took less than two hours before and after. More than 9000 people including Shi Lang captured nearly a hundred warships including wrecked ships.

These wrecked ships are like the Wounded Soldier. Some of them can still be used after being repaired, and some are worthless, but they can be used to repair other ships with their materials.

Now Shi Lang was brought aboard the giant ship Yangwei to meet Lin Yi, Shi Lang raised his eyebrows and refused to surrender, he stood without kneeling, and only wanted to die.

"Haha," Lin Yi smiled, "Do you want to die? My lord will not let you die. I, Daming, have enough soldiers and food, so I can afford to raise you for nothing. Come and detain him!"

Someone agreed and took Shi Lang down.

After Shi Lang's navy was completely wiped out, Lin Yi's troops were divided into two groups, some stayed to clean the battlefield, guard the prisoners, and deal with post-war affairs, and some went ashore to be sent by the government.The Yangwei came ashore, and the 3000 generals who came to the door were all dressed in the clothes of the Southern Army. Among the captured Southern Army generals, they found a few who were willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service.Chen Mingyu is in charge of leading the team. These 3000 soldiers will disguise themselves as the Southern Army and head straight to Jiangyin County after landing...

Jiangyin is the Jiangyin City of later generations. In the Ming Dynasty, it was still a county seat under the jurisdiction of Changzhou Prefecture.But don't look at it as a county seat, it's a Jiangfang fortress, a battleground for military strategists.

As early as the early Ming Dynasty, Jiangyin Guards were set up in Jiangyin. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates were prevalent. In order to prevent Japanese pirates from invading, more than a dozen forts were added here.

Only at the end of the Ming Dynasty, political turmoil, internal and external troubles, corruption and incompetence in the court, constant party struggles, corrupt officials rampant, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, Jiangyin Guards neglected governance, and a dozen forts fell into disrepair for many years and were abandoned.

Therefore, with the arrival of the Zheng Family Navy, Jiangyin County was taken in one fell swoop.After the three princes of Jiangyin were reused by Lin Linyi, they went to Nanjing to perform their duties, took the stage to pay homage to the commander, and then led troops to garrison Zhenjiang. The two sides confronted each other in Zhenjiang for more than a year. I'm going back to my hometown from Zhenjiang.

Together with the defenders of Zhenjiang, plus the 2 horses brought by Lin Yi, Yan Yingyuan, Feng Houdun, Wang Jian, Dongsheng, and Zhang Hua.They joined together, a total of 8 people.Cooperate with Ji Dong's naval fleet to attack the southern army generals on the river bank.

When Lin Yi and Shi Lang were fighting in the middle of the river, the 8 Ming troops on the shore also launched an attack on Jiangyin County.

The commander-in-chief of the Southern Army guarding Jiangyin County is the deputy general Zheng Cai and his brother Zheng Lian.

Zheng Cai is Zheng Zhilong's confidant. He followed Zheng Zhilong to do business in the early years, and later surrendered to Emperor Chongzhen. He was an official in Zhenjiang together with Zheng Zhilong's third brother Zheng Hongkui. Is the guerrilla general.

After Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, Zheng Zhilong even refused to accept Emperor Chongzhen, how could he be convinced by Lin Yi to supervise the country?Therefore, he declared himself king, abolished Ning Nanbo, who was bestowed on him by Emperor Chongzhen, and then became emperor again, and established the Danan regime. The capital was Fujian, which completely broke with the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian are all influential figures in the Zheng family.They were all called back by Zheng Zhilong to pursue the great cause of the world.This time, the two brothers, as generals of the Zheng Family Navy, also followed Shi Lang to the Yangtze River Basin.

Now the two brothers were ordered by Shi Lang to station more than 2 people in Jiangyin County, build city defenses, strengthen fortifications, and stop the Ming army.

When the Ming army arrived in Jiangyin, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian followed Shi Lang's order to stand firm and not fight, and the Ming army concentrated their forces to storm the city.

However, the small city of Jiangyin was built as solid as gold, the city was high and the pool was deep, and there were 2 Zheng's troops defending it.In addition, there are more than a dozen fortresses outside the city.These fortresses are all made of stone and are very strong. They can accommodate 200, 300, and 500 people.There are shooting holes in the fort. When the war started, they opened it to shoot arrows. Some of them were equipped with muskets and cannons, and the firepower was quite powerful.

This trick really worked. The Ming army attacked several times, but in the end they failed to take down Jiangyin County, and even had no way to deal with such a fortress. The Ming army suffered thousands of casualties.

Yan Yingyuan saw that hard work was not the solution.After discussing with Feng Houdun, Wang Jian, Dong Sheng, Zhang Hua and other generals, it was decided to transfer the red cannon.It is easier to take down the fortress outside the city first, and then attack the fortified city.

Before the cannons in red arrived, they received a secret order from Lin Yi, asking them to feign an attack. They knew that the lord had a clever plan, so they followed the order.

Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were very happy to see that the Ming army had attacked so many wounded soldiers and generals, and they were helpless against their city and castle after all.

The two of them took turns going to the city and entering the fort every day, commanding the battle, and checking posts and sentries, without daring to slack off at all.

On this day, the Ming army came to attack the city again, and the shouts were earth-shattering. Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were fully armed and directed the battle in person.But they discovered that the Ming army has learned to be smart now.The bluffing was quite fierce, but it was thunder but not rain.No siege at all or just a taste of it.As soon as the soldiers on the city returned fire, they retreated.

The two brothers Zheng Cai understood.Oh, the Ming army used this method to consume us, how could we be fooled?So he ordered his soldiers and generals to ignore them when the Ming army did not really attack, and not to waste bows, arrows, gunpowder and other defensive items.

At this time, someone came to report, and the general sent someone to support them.

Zheng Cai immediately went to the east city, and saw an army coming from outside the city, it was indeed theirs in the attire, and they knew the few generals in front of them.

Zheng Cai asked them about the battle in Jiangzhong from the top of the city.The soldiers below the city told him, "Returning to General Zheng, General Shi Lang won a complete victory, and Lin Yi and his naval fleet were blocked by a protective net, and then they were sunk countless times by artillery fire. Surrender, the general is leading the navy upstream, intending to copy the Ming army's back route, and ordered me to help the general defend the city, stop the Ming army here, and then attack back and forth to wipe out these Ming troops."

"Hahaha, the general is majestic and thoughtful, open the city!" Zheng Cai laughed loudly, without any doubts. With an order, the east gate opened wide, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the Qianjin gate was stirred up.

Chen Mingyu saw that Lord Linguo's move was too clever, he succeeded in defrauding the city, so he gave an order and ordered people to rush in.

The tide of 3000 soldiers and horses generally boarded the suspension bridge, rushing into the city like a flood that opened a flood gate.Kill anyone you meet, chop anyone you see.

"What's going on?" Zheng Cai was dumbfounded.

Chen Mingyu laughed loudly, and pointed at the top of the city with the knife in his hand, "Haha, you traitors have been fooled, our Master Lin has planned a strategy, and those who know the current affairs quickly lead your troops to surrender, Master Lin has the virtue of living and not killing you!" Take them captive, or let you all die without a place to bury you!"

Zheng Cai felt dizzy and dizzy, and was almost cut off from the top of the city by the blackness in front of his eyes, and the personal guards rushed to support him.

"Close the city gates quickly, tear down the drawbridge, and drive them out!" Zheng Cai yelled.

But now that's too late?The Ming army in front had already rushed into the city, fighting with the soldiers guarding the city gate. The southern army near the city gate was caught off guard. Some of them knew what was going on and fell into a pool of blood, while the rest fled in all directions.

At this time, the southern army on the top of the city shot arrows at the Ming army below, but they were shot into sieves by muskets before firing a few arrows, and some were turned into hedgehogs by bows and arrows, and blood spattered the city gate.

Some are going to pull the suspension bridge, and some are going to drop the thousand gates.But the loss was like rain, the bullets were like shuttles, and the Southern Army above the city fell to the bottom of the city one after another.Soon Chen Mingyu commanded the Ming soldiers to occupy the city gate, and then killed the top of the city.

At this time, the Wan Ming Army outside the South City and West City saw that there was chaos in the city. Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Hua and others knew that Master Lin's trick had succeeded, and immediately led tens of thousands of Ming troops to attack the city.

The southern army in the city originally had few soldiers and horses, but now they were at a loss and were in a mess.Countless Ming troops rushed to the top of the city in one charge, and Chen Mingyu led the Ming soldiers to open another city gate and let the Ming troops outside come in again.

The defending southern army had no choice but to flee in a panic, and the two sides launched a street battle in the city. In the end, Zheng Cai led the remnants of the defeated army and was trapped on the streets of Jiangyin County.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Zheng Cai stubbornly resisted, and there was only one way to die. No one's life was brought by the strong wind.So he threw away his sword and gun, and led his soldiers to kneel on the ground, willing to surrender.The Ming army quickly occupied Jiangyin.

Then Jiangyin Sangong took Zheng Cai into custody, and called out his brother Zheng Lian from the fortress outside the city, telling them all to surrender too.These people also knew that if the city fell and the main general was arrested, they could only survive if they surrendered.So they were all willing to surrender.

In this way, Jiangyin was recaptured by the Ming army, and more than 14000 people from the Southern Army, including Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, were captured.

The two brothers Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian were taken to Lin Yi. The two brothers knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to express their willingness to make contributions and atone for their sins as long as they are allowed to surrender.

Ji Dong saw that they were quite loyal, "How are you going to make meritorious deeds and forgive sins?"

"My lord, from now on, be loyal to Lord Jian Guo, loyal to Daming, and never betray. We can open the way for your lord to attack the southern army."

Lin Yi rolled his eyes and thought about it, "Aren't you two also surnamed Zheng? How about this, if you can make Shi Lang surrender, you will make a great contribution. Not only will you be exonerated from your crimes, but you can also be reinstated."

The two were overjoyed when they heard that, "Thank you for your grace, Shi Lang's matter is on our brothers' shoulders. If it doesn't work out, you want us both to be killed!"

(End of this chapter)