Nanming Yiming

Chapter 101 Fighting Shaoxing (seeking subscription support)

Lieutenant General Wang Li of Chuzhou was ordered to lead 1500 troops northward to support Yanzhou.In order to create the illusion that 5000 people were aiding Hangzhou, the Qing army requisitioned hundreds of ships and headed north from Chuzhou Prefecture to Lishui.

The huge fleet caused a sensation along the coast, and soon attracted the attention of the intelligence department.

Wang Li did not disembark when he passed Jinhua and Jiande, and the intelligence department could only judge the situation of the Qing army on the way by the number of ships and the flags on board.

As a result, the information that [-] Fujian Qing troops went north to aid Hangzhou was obtained, and Wang Li did not move after leading his troops to Tonglu.

Qian Mo was also extremely annoyed when he learned the truth. He who had always played with the Qing army in applause, was actually played like a monkey by his opponent this time.What's even more exasperating is that he still doesn't know who the man behind the scenes is. According to Qian Mo's judgment, it can't be Chen Jin, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and there must be someone else.

No matter what the opponent's purpose was, they definitely wanted to trap their troops in Hangzhou, so Qian Mo decided to take the initiative to break the deadlock and see the opponent's reaction.

Now the Qing army in Yanzhou is not strong, even with 1500 reinforcements, it is easy to take it down.

So Qian Mo ordered the Jingnan battalion to divide into two groups, one route went south from Changhua to occupy Fenshui County, and the other route went south from Xincheng to occupy Tonglu.

Unexpectedly, at this time, news came that Yang Wenqi turned his back on the water and threw himself into the Qing Dynasty, and the news that Linhai, the capital city of Taizhou, was lost.

Qian Mo felt the seriousness of the problem at once. If Yang Wenqi went north to attack Ningbo, eastern Zhejiang would be in danger.

No wonder the Qing army wanted to drag themselves in Hangzhou. It turned out that such a big conspiracy was hidden behind it.

Qian Mo had no choice but to give up his plan to go south to attack Yanzhou, and ordered the Jingnan Battalion to station in the west of Hangzhou, keeping an eye on the Qing army in the direction of Yanzhou.

He personally led the main force of 8000 people from the Chongming Battalion and the Shenji Battalion to attack Shaoxing eastward.

Regarding whether to capture Shaoxing, Qian Mo was very conflicted in his heart.Although it is said that after taking Shaoxing, the situation of the Ming army in Zhejiang will be completely revitalized, and the northern and eastern Zhejiang will be connected.

But after bordering Zhang Mingzhen's territory, corresponding troubles also followed.If the Qing army wanted to attack Zhang Mingzhen, Qian Mo had to send troops to rescue him; if Zhang Mingzhen wanted to attack and expand his territory, Qian Mo had to send troops to help.

Moreover, the various forces in Nanming have always been filthy. There is also Huang Binqing, the "owner of Zhoushan Island" in the east of Zhejiang. The fire is not a matter of time. Qian Mo is not willing to directly intervene in the grievances between Zhang Mingzhen and Huang Binqing.

Of course, there is also the attitude of King Lu. Qian Mo's current territory and strength have surpassed Zhang Mingzhen from Ningbo and Zheng Cai from Fujian, and he is definitely the most powerful force under King Lu.

It is certain that the king of Lu will restrain and guard against Qian Mo, but it is hard to say whether he will lose his head and want to directly control Qian Mo's territory and people.

After all, King Lu has always been a person who wants to do something, and Qian Mo was too obedient before, so it is hard to guarantee that King Lu will not have some "evil thoughts".

In fact, Qian Mo can understand why the various forces in Nanming would refuse to save them, and even stabbed each other.After all, teammates who are too strong will threaten their own safety, and now Qian Mo doesn't want Zhang Mingzhen to develop too fast, otherwise all kinds of conflicts between the two sides will break out in advance.

Qian Mo also had the intention of using the power of the Qing army to weaken Zhang Mingzhen. After all, everyone thought so, using his teammates to restrain and consume the strength of the Qing army, and taking the opportunity to expand his territory.

So this is why Qian Mo preferred to go south to Yanzhou instead of east to Shaoxing.

But after all, Qian Mo was different from those Nanming warlords who only knew how to intrigue. He still had a big picture in mind.At this time, if there is a loss in eastern Zhejiang and Zhang Mingzhen is wiped out by the Qing army or driven back to the sea, then his situation will be even more disadvantageous, and he will lose a comrade in arms who can disperse and attract the enemy's attack.

So after weighing the pros and cons, Qian Mo chose to go to Shaoxing to rescue Zhang Mingzhen.

Shaoxing was called Kuaiji and Yuezhou in ancient times.In 1131, Zhao Gou fled from the sea to Kuaiji, making Kuaiji the temporary capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.In order to make great efforts to govern and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty, the so-called "Shaozuo Zhongxing", Zhao Gou decided to use "Shaoxing" as his year name, and changed the name of Kuaiji to Shaoxing.

Before the Tang Dynasty, Shaoxing had always been the political, economic and cultural center of Zhejiang.

Bronze swords from the Yue Kingdom, bronze mirrors from the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, ceramics and tea from the Tang Dynasty and later, silk that became famous in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Shaoxing rice wine that entered its heyday in the Southern Song Dynasty are all Shaoxing specialties that are famous throughout the country in different periods.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Pingshui Town in Shaoxing gradually became an important tea distribution center in eastern Zhejiang. At the same time, it also introduced drought-tolerant crops such as corn and sweet potatoes. It was an important silk, tea and grain production base in Zhejiang.

Shaoxing prefecture has jurisdiction over eight counties including Kuaiji, Shanyin, Xiaoshan, Zhuji, Yuyao, Shangyu, Shengxian and Xinchang, of which Kuaiji and Shanyin counties are governed by Shaoxing prefecture.

Prior to this, Qian Mo had already occupied Xiaoshan County, which is adjacent to Hangzhou to the west of Shaoxing, and Xinchang County in the south of Shaoxing had been occupied by the Baitou Army led by Yu Guowang.

Yu Guowang of Tiantai Mountain and Wang Yi of Siming Mountain were joining forces at this time, leading more than 3000 rebels to attack Shengxian County.

The county seat of Shengxian County is located on the bank of the Cao'e River, and the southeast and southeast sides are wide rivers, so it is impossible to attack the city.The city wall in the northwest corner of Shengxian County was built against the mountain, and the defenders used the condescending advantage to repel the attacks of the rebels many times.

Moreover, the people of Sheng County are tough, and there are many bandits and thieves in the nearby mountains. Qiu Xinghuo, the new county magistrate, recruited a large number of tough thieves to defend the city together with the Qing army.

Seeing that the besieged rebels returned without success again, Qiu Xinghuo hurriedly set up a banquet in the city's Shiyuju to entertain the thief leader Liu Dahai.

Qiu Xinghuo said: "Leader Liu and his brothers are really brave, today the bandits returned without success again."

Liu Dahai gnawed on the chicken leg and said, "Qiu Zhi County, you are welcome. I lost 11 brothers today. According to the price we agreed on, you have to give me 1050 taels."

Qiu Xinghuo said: "Leader Liu, don't worry, I'll get you the money right away."

Liu Dahai is the biggest thieves leader in Sheng County, with more than 300 men under his command, each of them is extremely fierce.In order to invite Liu Haihai to come out of the mountain, Qiu Xinghuo spent all his money, offering 500 taels of silver for a day of defending the city, and an additional 50 taels of compensation for one person killed in battle.

In another private room downstairs, a group of gentry from Shengxian County were also having a banquet. Facing the same food and drink, the faces of these gentry were not very good-looking.

A fat gentry said: "Qiuzhi County is in a hurry to go to the doctor. It took more than 7 taels of silver in just seven days. Now the county government's treasury money has been spent, and we will let us pay the silver from today."

Another thin gentleman said: "Qiu Xinghuo will not pay for this money himself, and it will be apportioned to us. There is a saying that it is easier to ask the gods than to give them away. If these thieves don't leave, sooner or later our family will be let down." They're hollowed out!"

The more people you say, the more angry you are, and it's almost impossible to count down the eighteen generations of Qiu Xinghuo's ancestors.

Wu Guozhu, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke, and said, "Shut up, you don't even look at this place, if the thieves outside hear it, can we get out alive?"

Wu Guozhu is the richest man in Sheng County, and he is also the leader of this group of Sheng County gentry. Seeing him speak, everyone said: "This is not going to work, please tell us a way to survive!"

Wu Guozhu said: "This is not a place to talk, when the time comes, you just listen to my arrangement!"

Seeing that Sheng County could not be attacked for a long time, the rebel army was also unavoidably impatient. The leader Li Monk said: "The defenders of Sheng County are extremely powerful. Our army has been besieged for seven days and still cannot break through the city. Why don't we just give up Sheng County? , Take directly to Shaoxing Mansion."

Yu Guowang said: "Our task is to hold back the Qing army in Shaoxing and prevent them from fully supporting Ningbo. Now we can't even take down a small Sheng County, and we are even more helpless in the face of the even taller city of Shaoxing! "

Just when everyone was at a loss, Wang Yi said excitedly: "Someone from Sheng County has contacted us, and is willing to cooperate with us to destroy the city tomorrow."

On the north city of Sheng County, Liu Dahai was in a very good mood today, and the rebel army outside the city receded like a tide again.Liu Dahai said to Qiu Xinghuo: "It seems that the morale of the Ming army is getting worse day by day. We are unscathed. The 500 taels of silver are easy to earn today!"

Qiu Xinghuo had no choice but to apologize and said with a smile: "Leader Liu is extremely brave, so Yu Guowang and his ilk are naturally running away!"

"Today is Wu Yuanwai's 50th birthday, and 100 tables of running water seats have been set up in the city. I also invite Leader Liu and his brothers to appreciate it."

Liu Dahai said: "My brothers all earn money with their heads pinned to their waistbands. It's a rare opportunity to make them happy together."

In the evening, Wu Mansion is full of excitement. In addition to all kinds of delicacies, there is also Shaoxing rice wine that has been treasured for many years.Those thieves who hide in Tibet on weekdays, although they have saved a lot of money, have never eaten any good food with peace of mind. They have long drank these delicacies.As the birthday star, Wu Yuanwai lowered his figure to toast these thieves, which made them even more flattered, and they inevitably drank a few more bowls of wine.

Even Liu Dahai was so drunk at this time that he fell asleep.

Seeing that the plan was successful, Wu Guozhu opened the city gate as agreed, and then a large number of rebels rushed into the city.The rebel army quickly occupied Sheng County, and Liu Dahai and others lost their lives in a muddle-headed manner.

Yu Guowang and Wang Yi's rebel army was not a regular army. Although they took advantage of the Qing army's shortage of troops, it was not easy to win Xinchang and Shengxian counties one after another.

Several leaders also had a big disagreement about the next step.

Yu Guowang said: "The general we have received is to attack the two counties and threaten Shaoxing. As long as the two counties are in hand, it is enough to threaten Shaoxing. Next, we only need to make a gesture of advancing."

"If you rashly go north to Shaoxing, if you are defeated by the main force of the Qing army, it will not be able to contain the effect."

Wang Yi said: "If we followed the original plan, our occupation of the two counties would indeed have the effect of threatening Shaoxing, but the situation has changed now."

"Tian Xiong's main force is in a hurry to besiege Ningbo, and Yang Wenqi in Taizhou has also surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Only when we really go deep into the Shaoxing Mansion can we really force the Qing army to return to aid."

Yu Guowang said: "Because of the changes in Taizhou, we need to pay more attention to the direction of Xinchang, so as not to be attacked by Taizhou."

"Rushing to send troops to the north, can be said to be close to death. If you encounter the cavalry of the Qing army, it will be a disaster!"

Wang Yi said: "I understand the danger of going north to Shaoxing, but how can you catch a tiger if you don't enter the tiger's den?"

Seeing that Wang Yi had made up his mind to go, Yu Guowang had no choice but to say: "I'll send Monk Li to go with you, you must be careful of the cavalry of the Qing army."

So Wang Yi and Monk Li went north to Shaoxing with 1500 rebels.

After hearing the news that the Ming army appeared near Shaoxing, Zhu Xu, the prefect of Shaoxing, turned pale with fright.Quickly transferred the Qing troops from Shangyu and Yuyao counties in the east of Shaoxing to Shaoxing Fucheng, and sent messengers again to ask Tian Xiong to return to Shaoxing.

At this time Tian Xiong was leading 2000 cavalry back to Shaoxing first, and happened to meet Zhu Xu's messenger on the way. When he learned that Sheng County had fallen and the Ming army had already approached Shaoxing City, he was shocked, and quickly ordered the cavalry Hurry up and quickly return to defense.

However, when passing by Yuyao and Shangyu, Tian Xiong found that these two counties were completely empty, and still couldn't help but cursed: "Zhu Xu is a stupid pig, at least some people should be left to guard the city, in case the Ming army Wouldn't attacking Yuyao and Shangyu first cut off Lao Tzu's escape route?"

Fortunately, the journey was not far away, and Tian Xiong arrived in the east of Shaoxing City soon.

At this time, the sentry reported: "Master Cavalry Admiral, I found a Ming army camp ahead."

Tian Xiong took a quick look and found that there was indeed a Ming army camp to the southwest of the east gate of Ningbo. It seemed that there were not many troops, so Tian Xiong decided to pull out this camp first.

At this time, Monk Li led a dozen or so cavalry outside to scout for information, while Wang Yi stayed in the camp.

Seeing a large number of cavalry attacking here, Wang Yi shouted: "There is an enemy attack, quickly form an array to defend against the enemy."

The rebel army's equipment was indeed poor. There were only a few shields in the front row, and few firecrackers. Fortunately, there were still some horses in front of the camp to stop the enemy.

Seeing that the enemy was getting closer and closer, the rebels hurriedly released arrows. After a round of arrow rain, only a few Qing cavalry fell from their horses.Before the second round of arrow rain was shot, the Qing army had already rushed to the front of the camp, and soon the Qing cavalry began to throw throwing weapons such as short spears and throwing axes. Many rebels were hit and fell to the ground, and the Qing cavalry also took the opportunity Throw flying claws and pull them to reject the horse.

Soon the Qing army cavalry rushed to the shield formation of the rebel army. The thin shield soldiers of the rebel army could not withstand the impact of the Qing army cavalry at all. Soon the Qing army broke through the gap in the defense line. Some of the cavalry of the Qing army were captured, but they could not stop the advance of the cavalry of the Qing army at all.

Soon the formation of the rebels was dispersed by the Qing army, and in the chaos, the rebels began to surrender to the Qing army one after another.

Wang Yi wanted to organize the Ming army to resist again, but was shot in the shoulder by Liu, and suddenly lost consciousness.

The Qing army won a complete victory in this campaign, with only more than 80 casualties.

Of the 1500 rebels, except for Monk Li and a dozen cavalry who escaped because they were not in the camp, half of the rebels were killed, and the rest were captured by the Qing army, including the unconscious Wang Yi.

Tian Xiong also complacently escorted the captives into Shaoxing City.

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