Late Ming Dynasty: Infinite Violent Soldiers

　　And these are part of the city defense system of Fucheng.

　　This is also why, because the soldiers are approaching the city, there is almost no possibility of turning over the table! Because, the city defense system outside the city wall of Fucheng has been broken! The final city of Fucheng has also become a plate with its egg shells knocked off and served on the dining table. Chinese food.

　　Lost all the initiative of war, let others slaughter.

　　In the age of cold weapons, the city wall of the city might still be able to serve as the last fortress, and it could also rely on the city wall to resist desperately.

　　But in the age of guns and artillery, the so-called city wall has lost its role as a fortress, and has become a form of decent surrender! The offensive and defensive battle at the Fucheng level has also expanded from the Fucheng city wall to the surrounding area of ​​the Fucheng.

　　The prefectures and counties guarding the Fucheng, among the passes.

　　With a big wave of his hand, Zhang Yang led the main force of the Second Army, marching to the northwest, heading straight for Teng County.

　　Tengxian County is the first line of defense in the southeast of Yanzhou Fucheng! Behind it, there is the second line of defense formed by Zouxian and Sishui! In the back, there are Renchengwei and Qufu as the third line of defense! It can be said that , The city defense system of Yanzhou Prefecture is extremely well established.

　　No matter which direction you attack from, there are several lines of defense.

　　Only by breaking through the state and county gates on the outer defense lines, can they face the Fucheng directly.

　　Three lines of defense stood in front of him, and he had to race against time to gain more time to mobilize the army to go south to face the Huaian government army in southern Zhili.

　　Zhang Yang felt heavy pressure and his face was heavy

　　South Zhili, Huai'an Fucheng, in the Fuya.

　　Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying sat high in the seat that originally belonged to the prefect of Huaian Prefecture, with a gloomy face, looking at the officials and generals below.

　　The spokesperson for the reinforcements sent by the Southern Zhili gentry group was Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang.

　　Fengyang's status in Daming is extremely important. It can be said that it is the land of Longxing, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Daming, and there are a large number of imperial tombs of Daming.

　　Back then, the refugee army led by Li Zicheng captured Fengyang Mansion, leaving a piece of chicken feathers in Fengyang Mansion! As soon as the news of Fengyang Mansion's capture reached Chongzhen's ears, Chongzhen cried bitterly on the spot, so after the incident, Chongzhen told Li Zicheng It can be said that the teeth of hatred are itchy, and the hatred is deep into the bones.

　　He also absorbed the lessons of Fengyang Mansion after the fall, and Chongzhen re-appointed the Governor of Fengyang.

　　After Ma Shiying served as the governor of Fengyang, he completed the task of Chongzhen very well and kept the peace of Fengyang Mansion.

　　At the same time, Ma Shiying, who served as the governor of Fengyang Mansion, in this position, can be said to have used his hands to win over many generals.

　　At this moment, the military strength of the late Ming Dynasty can be said to be strong, and the top soldiers, such as Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Huang Degong, and the general soldiers of the four towns at the end of the Ming Dynasty, among them, the general soldiers of the three towns, were all drawn in by Ma Shiying.

　　Became the main reinforcements in the Shandong battlefield! Gao Jie was in Shanxi, but was drawn by Ma Shiying and came to Fengyang Mansion.

　　Similarly, Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong, who fought in Henan, Zhongzhou, were both drawn over.

　　It can be seen that Ma Shiying's methods are powerful! Because of Ma Shiying's powerful methods, he is also regarded as the spokesperson of the Nanzhili gentry group.

　　Almost all the southern Zhili gentry invested in him crazily, and all kinds of supplies and soldiers were sent one after another.

　　Ma Shiying, who was originally dedicated to making achievements, was leading the army across the Huaihe River to reinforce him in the Shandong battlefield. However, because Weihaiwei cut off the river transportation, various artillery and battleships patrolled the Huaihe River, and suppressed him to the south of the Huaihe River. In the city of Huai'an, I was very depressed.

　　But now, he heard a piece of news that made him even more depressing. The Weihai Guards captured the four prefectures in the southeast of Yanzhou Prefecture, and this news came from the county magistrate of Yanzhou Prefecture himself.

　　"Everyone, now the Weihai Guards have seized the four southeastern mansions of Yanzhou mansion, and placed four nails directly in our northern Zhili Huaian mansion!!"

　　"These four nails must be removed, otherwise, we will be extremely uncomfortable!"

　　"Once we don't remove it, and the Second Army of the Weihai Guards will turn his troops to the south, then the Dazhou County north of Huai'an Prefecture will be lost!"

　　"We must cross the Huai River as soon as possible, go north to Shandong, and remove the four nails that the Weihai Guards have nailed under our noses!"

　　Ma Shiying was in the first seat, waving his fists and said heavily.

　　The general soldiers below had different expressions, some were in favor and some were against, but no one spoke.

　　Seeing Ma Shiying frowned.

Chapter [-] Crossing the Huaihe River at Night, the Southern Army Heads North

　　Ma Shiying's subordinate generals have their own thoughts, but he can't let it go and let the Weihai Guards beat down Yanzhou Prefecture and occupied the entire Shandong six Prefectures.

　　He must cross the Huai River and send troops north! "Lord Governor, we also want to send troops, but the conditions do not allow it!"

　　With an embarrassed look on his face, Liu Liangzuo said helplessly: "The Huai River is now full of artillery and battleships of the Weihai Guards Army. Whether our army can cross the Huai River is a question!!"

　　"Not to mention, the Weihai pirate army blocked us on the south bank of the Huaihe River and cut off our logistical supply line!"

　　As soon as these words came out, the other generals and generals nodded and agreed.

　　"Yeah, Governor Ma, the cut-off of this grain transportation will easily cause the instability of the army on the front line!"

　　"In the battlefield of Zhongzhou, Governor Sun was defeated by the thieves because of poor food transportation. We must learn from Governor Sun's lesson, and we must not rashly enter!"

　　"The generals and soldiers under your command are unstable, and this battle will not be able to be fought!"

　　"Governor Ma is not embarrassing his subordinates, but the generals below are embarrassing us!"

　　"Our army gathered on the south bank of the Huaihe River has more than [-] regular soldiers, not counting the farmers who accompany the army.

　　If you count these farmers, it's an army of hundreds of thousands! Hundreds of thousands of soldiers eat horse chews, and this consumption is huge!"

　　"Yes, yes, no amount of grain is enough to eat! What's more, if we go to the north bank of the Huaihe River, most of our grain transportation will be cut off!"

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　　The following generals and generals are all complaining and crying. In short, it means the same thing. They don’t want to cross the Huaihe River north! It’s good to stay on the south bank of the Huaihe River. There are plenty of supplies, logistics supply lines are endless, and life should not be too comfortable! Who wants to cross the Huaihe River north? , go to suffer that hardship! And you have to risk your life to fight, thinking about it is terrible! Staying on the south bank of the Huaihe River is a natural defense line, and the enemy on the opposite side can't kill them, and they can't kill them either. , to settle the war with each other, live a quiet life, eat well, drink well, sleep well, wouldn't that be a good thing! When I heard these generals, they said inside and out that they were staying in Huai'an Prefecture on the south bank of the Huaihe River, and they lived a very comfortable life. mean.

　　The prefect of Huai'an on the side changed his face when he heard it, and wished he would drench the blood of these hateful hooligans.

　　These people are all uncles! Eat and drink from him, and treat yourself as uncle! Have you ever thought about his feelings! Two-thirds of the Huai'an mansion is north of the Huai River. If you lose this large area How could he be the prefect of Huai'an? However, there is no need for the prefect of Huai'an to express dissatisfaction, Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, expressed dissatisfaction on the spot, with a gloomy face, he knocked on the table heavily: "Quiet, quiet, all for this official quiet. !"

　　When everyone shuts up, he will! If we are afraid now, we will not go north to help the Shandong field.

　　When the Weihai Guards of Yanzhou Prefecture free their hands, turn their horses, head south, and rush towards us, what should we do then! "At that time, all the prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River will be lost, and we will lose the initiative. How can you fight them! Don’t forget, the Weihai Guards, how powerful the navy is, they have many artillery and warships, and the Huaihe River can’t stop them from heading south!”

　　"In any case, the prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River in Huaian Prefecture must not be lost! We cannot afford such losses!!"

　　"At this time, our strength is the strongest, and the time is the best! The prefectures and counties north of the Huai River still belong to us. Under our control, issues such as grain transportation can also be handled by the north of the Huai River. The state and county are responsible for solving it!”

　　"We don't need to be afraid at all, the problem of poor grain transportation!!"

　　"What's more, although the Weihai pirate army navy is powerful, it is absolutely impossible for us to be able to go down the river!"

　　"Don't forget, the north bank of the Huaihe River still belongs to us!"

　　Ma Shiying's remarks woke everyone up, and they had to come back to their senses, think carefully, and express their approval.

　　After all, the prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River still belong to them, and the situation is not so bad! The prefectures and counties on the north bank and the wharf are in their hands, and crossing the river is not as difficult and dangerous as imagined! Although there are still many people , I feel comfortable staying on the south bank of the Huaihe River, I don't worry about eating or drinking, and some don't want to move.

　　But seeing that Ma Shiying's attitude was so firm, he didn't dare to raise any more objections.

　　In the end, they chose to obey the order! Of course, they were able to make this choice, but the most important thing was that the large prefectures and counties north of the Huai River were all under the control of the Huai'an Prefecture, and their back roads were safe and not as dangerous as they imagined. .

　　Once they encounter several dangerous situations, they can also return to the south bank of the Huaihe River at any time.

　　Seeing that all the generals had chosen to surrender, obeyed the order, and no longer raised any objections, Ma Shiying sighed in his heart, and immediately made a decision: "All go down to prepare, and then you can start. The army will cross the Huai River in the north. Go north to Yanzhou, Shandong!"

　　"However, for the safety of the army, cross the river after dark!"

　　Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the river was only crossed after dark.

　　That night, Huai'an Mansion raided numerous ships on the south bank of the Huaihe River and began to let the army cross the river! The night was dark and the sky was high, and Weihaiwei's navy and armed merchant ships were all wandering and patrolling the Huaihe River. Naturally, the docks that landed on the shore did not have the power to control the entire river surface.

　　There is no power to stop the army from crossing the river! At most, it is aimed at the place where there are many ships, and a few more guns are fired to fight harassment! Let the Ming army crossing the river lose thousands of people.

　　Moreover, the mission of these navies and armed merchant ships is to attack the logistics supply line of the Ming army in Nanzhili, and it is not to prevent them from crossing the river at all! To stop them from crossing the river, it is impossible to rely on artillery ships.

　　Only by controlling the north bank of the Huai River can we do it! Only now, the prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Huai River are still in the hands of the Huai'an House.

　　Shandong Yanzhou Prefecture, Teng County.

　　The main force of the Second Army took a few days to finally arrive at the first line of defense in Yanzhou, near Teng County.

　　The mountains and passes around Tengxian County have established a large number of defense lines, and a large number of Yanzhou Prefecture troops have made a posture of guarding the defense lines.

　　I made up my mind to delay the marching speed of the Second Army and the time to break the city.

　　"Commander, the Jinghai Fleet who stayed behind sent a message that a large number of Ming troops stationed in Huai'an City, led by Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, had already crossed the Huaihe River at night!"

　　"Because the prefectures and counties on the north bank of the Huai River are not under our control, the navy cannot stop them!"

　　The staff around him informed Zhang Yang of bad news.

　　However, the large number of reinforcements gathered on the south bank of the Huaihe River had long been expected by Zhang Yang to cross the upper reaches of the river to join the war.

　　How to look at it, the gentry of Nanzhili will never watch the Second Army of Weihaiwei take Yanzhou Prefecture, because they are afraid that the Second Army that takes Yanzhou Prefecture will go south and threaten Huaian in Nanzhili. , a large county in the north of the Huaihe River in the two prefectures of Xuzhou.

Chapter [-]: Onslaught of the defense line of Tengxian County

　　Think about it from another perspective, if he is in the position of a gentry in Nanzhili, he will never let the Weihai Guards occupy Yanzhou Prefecture! Because, the threat is too great! It will attack the Ming army on the north bank of the Huaihe River! For the Ming army in Nanzhili, the Second Army of Weihaiwei is a great threat! Similarly, for the Second Army of Weihaiwei, the Ming army on the north bank of the Huaihe River is also a great threat. It is a great threat! The threat must be eradicated! Ever since the Second Army entered Yanzhou Mansion, this mortal enemy situation has already appeared.

　　The real immortality is endless! Either the Second Army will withdraw from Yanzhou Prefecture, or the Ming Army will withdraw from a large area of ​​land north of the Huai River! However, the large area of ​​Zhou County to the north of the Huai River is something that the southern Zhili gentry cannot give up! Because the strategic location is too important Once they lose the prefectures and counties north of the Huai River, they will lose their foothold on the north bank and will completely lose their counter-offensive ability! Strategically, they will lose the initiative! Forced, the strategic attack position has become Strategic defender! Anyone with a little bit of military common sense knows that there are two levels of difficulty in a river crossing battle and a land siege battle! To launch a river crossing battle, the resources and troops required are massive, but not... who Therefore, a large number of prefectures and counties north of the Huaihe River have become the hottest points of contention between the two sides! At present, the Weihai Guards are still in a strategically passive position because the Yanzhou prefecture in the rear has not been captured. Forced to defend, he came to defend the Ming army from north Zhili in the south.

　　"Time is running out!!"

　　After a little thought, Zhang Yang immediately felt the heavy pressure and felt the urgency of time.

　　It can be said that the main enemy of the Second Army from beginning to end is the Ming army in southern Zhili! However, the Ming army in southern Zhili is the most powerful place in the Ming army.

　　There are rich people and sufficient materials, as well as a perfect organizational structure.

　　Fighting with the Ming army in Nanzhili was almost the same as fighting in the entire Nanming! On the contrary, the Ming army in Yanzhou Prefecture seemed to be a little transparent between the two sides, and there was almost no sense of existence.

　　However, this little transparent, because of the support of the Ming army in Nanzhili, was extremely tenacious in resisting.

　　It seems that with the support of Nanzhili, the gentry of Yanzhou Prefecture have sufficient confidence and powerful strength.

　　"Fire the cannon!"

　　"Give me at all costs, be sure to take the position as quickly as possible and break through the Tengxian defense line!!"

　　At the moment of racing against time, Zhang Yang was also a little crazy. He decided to reckon with everything and take the Yanzhou Mansion as quickly as possible at all costs! The battle can also be fought very well.

　　However, the result is that the four 44 guards stationed at the south gate of Yanzhou Prefecture will suffer huge casualties.

　　At the same time, strategically, it will also be in.

　　Ultimately, the entire battle, losses will be greatly increased.

　　On the contrary, it is not as good as, at the beginning, regardless of the cost, regardless of casualties, increase the attack and speed up!