Nanming Yiming

Chapter 143 I'm Alright Again
After Ma Guozhu vomited blood, the generals hurried to find the doctor.

Fortunately, after the diagnosis, the doctor said that Ma Guozhu was just in a hurry, as long as he took a break and took some decoctions, there would be no serious problem, but he should not get angry anymore, otherwise his condition would worsen.

Ma Guozhu, who had recovered at this time, said that he was fine and continued to ask people to report the situation.

The soldier continued: "We asked the people in Qingpu Town, and there were different opinions. Some said that the army was directly arrayed in the plains, using infantry to defeat cavalry; defeat."

At this time, Wang Bicheng added: "The last general has sent someone to examine the corpses of our army. It is true that a considerable part of them died from the firecrackers and artillery of the Ming army. But more than half of the people were killed by weapons. It should be that kind of corpse." With heavy machetes, many people were directly split into two pieces."

If it is said that the Zhenghong Banner in Bashan was ambushed by the Ming army and shot dead by the Ming army with firearms, Ma Guozhu could still accept it.

But it is too scary to say that more than half of them were killed by the Ming army with weapons. When did the Ming army have the strength to fight hand-to-hand with the Eight Banners of Manchuria?
And if the rumors of "shangwanming army cavalry" are true, it is really terrible news.This means that the Ming army not only has powerful firearms, but also has a highly mobile cavalry, which can even directly destroy the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

And this is not groundless, the Zhenghong flag in Bashan is all cavalry, if the Ming army does not have strong cavalry, it is impossible to wipe them out.

Ma Guozhu asked again: "Are all the corpses of my Eight Banners warriors here?"

The soldier said: "According to the nearby people, the army dug a big pit not far away to bury the corpses of the Mongols. It seems that the scale is more than a thousand people."

Needless to say, the Mongolian Eight Banners under Bashan were also folded in.Bashan originally had 5000 Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers, and it is estimated that some of them were lost in the attack on Jinshanwei, and the rest should all be folded in Qingpu Town.

Counting the green battalion in Songjiang, there were more than 13000 people in total, and they were all eaten up by the Ming army in just a few days.

It seems that Qian Mo's is my confidant's serious trouble.

Today, there are 9000 Manchurian Eight Banners wiped out by him, of which 5000 are Manchurian Eight Banners, and there are countless other Han army banners and green battalions.It took him less than a year?

Ma Guozhu vaguely remembered that last year he met Qian Mo at Hong Chengchou's Governor's Mansion. At first he thought he was eloquent, extremely intelligent, and good at making money, but he didn't expect it to be like this now.

Thinking of this, Ma Guozhu couldn't help sighing: "Hong Chengchou, you really took in a good student!"

Hong Chengchou was secretly activated by Dorgon, and Ma Guozhu had already known about the official reinstatement.

He, the Governor of Liangjiang and Henan, and Hong Chengchou's recruiting Southern Governor of Military Affairs University have many overlapping functions. When Hong Chengchou was in Nanjing before, the two were very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou was recalled to Beijing later, and was forced to "go home to Ding You" because of the loss of silver. Only then did Ma Guozhu feel that he, the Governor of Liangjiang and Henan, was worthy of his name.

Now Hong Chengchou can be described as a strong comeback, and he instigated Yang Wenqi and Huang Binqing as soon as he made a move.Recovered Taizhou and Chongming, as well as Huang Binqing's Zhoushan Islands and Zhoushan Navy in one fell swoop for the Qing Dynasty.

On the other hand, almost the entire territory of Jiangxi fell, and I, the governor of the two rivers, directly lost one river.In Jiangnan Province (now Jiangsu and Anhui), soldiers and generals were constantly lost, cities and territories were lost.

If this continues, the imperial court may reuse Hong Chengchou again, and I am afraid that I, the governor of Liangjiang and Henan, will come to an end.

This damned Qian Mo didn't pick up soft persimmons, continued to attack cities and land in Zhejiang, and directly confronted Hong Chengchou; but he swore to the Northern Expedition and said he wanted to recover Nanjing. He really took Ma Guozhu as a bully.

Since he wants to fight Qianmo, then I, Ma Guozhu, will accompany him to the end!

After making up his mind, Ma Guozhu said: "Send a letter to General Tan Tai of Zhengnan to inform the news of the annihilation of the Bashan army; presumably the general will divide his troops to attack Hangzhou according to our original plan."

Wang Bicheng said cautiously: "My lord, the Ming army is strong, what should we do now?"

Ma Guozhu said: "My Eight Banners warriors are unparalleled in the world. The Ming army must have paid a heavier price for destroying them. General Zhengnan will send troops to attack Hangzhou soon. Since Qian Mo has come to Songjiang, don't leave."

"Pass down my general order: Bury the sacrificed Eight Banners warriors, and then everyone rushes to Huating."

Wang Bicheng said: "Qingpu Town is such an important place, why don't we send people to stay behind?"

Ma Guozhu smiled and said: "The Ming army is not rare in this place, why should we waste our troops to garrison? It is better to concentrate all our troops to besiege Huating."

This is also the reason why Wang Bicheng thought about it. How many troops do you keep to garrison?

If you stay too little, you will definitely be eaten by the Ming army. If you stay too much, it will waste your troops in vain.

So he said with a smile: "Master General Soldier, when the Ming army attacked Songjiang yesterday, they bombarded Guyang Gate with artillery, and the entire western city wall was bombed by the Ming army. We can just attack the west gate and let the Ming army suffer the consequences. "

Ma Guozhu said: "It's so good!"

Qingpu Town is less than 20 kilometers away from Huating, the prefecture city of Songjiang. An hour and a half later, the Qing army rushed to the city of Huating.

Ma Guozhu's 2 horses consisted of 6000 cavalry and 14000 infantry.

Soon the Qing army surrounded Huating Mansion. Ma Guozhu dispersed the cavalry to the southeast, north and three gates, and the main force was stationed outside Guyang Gate in the west of the city.

Since the Ming army just entered Huating from Guyang Gate yesterday, it will be much easier for the Qing army to attack the city today.

Even if the city wall is not smashed, at least the heavy preliminary work of filling the moat can be saved!
But the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is very cruel.

Looking at Guyang Gate, Wang Bicheng was full of surprise. It was obvious that the city wall was blown to pieces by the artillery of the Ming army yesterday, but today it is intact again?If it wasn't for the dilapidated scene of the Guyang Gate tower, he really would have wondered if he had had an illusion yesterday!
Ma Guozhu on the side asked: "Vice General Wang, is this the dilapidated and unrecognizable Ximen you said? Although the city tower is dilapidated, the entire city wall is intact, and it will not help us attack the city."

Wang Bicheng pointed to the deep and shallow city walls and said: "Yesterday, the west gate was indeed completely changed by the artillery fire of the Ming army. The last general doesn't know what method the Ming army used to repair the city wall so quickly."

Looking at the fast-flowing moat, Ma Guozhu immediately understood: the Ming army did not enter Huating at all, but the Qing army opened the city gate to welcome them in; presumably this Wang Bicheng turned around and ran away after being shot a few times in the city.

So he said helplessly: "I originally expected to break through Huating City quickly, but now it seems that we can only attack by force."

Following Ma Guozhu's order, Zhenjiang General Soldier Wang Jinshan led 3000 Green Battalions and pushed more than a hundred carts, and launched an attack on Huating City.

The Qing army advanced down the city under the cover of the chariot. The soldiers on the chariot shouted loudly and waved their weapons to protect the soldiers in front.The soldiers of the Qing army moved quickly. Some were behind the chariot ready to fight at any time, while others held their shields high and stood guard on both sides of the chariot to prevent the enemy from attacking.

Hong Fugui said: "The Qing army is already within range of my 12-pound cannon, do you want to open fire?"

Qian Mo still had to hang Ma Guozhu outside the city for four or five days. As long as the Qing army fought with Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, he would be able to take care of Ma Guozhu at that time.

So he said: "At present, the red cannons of the Qing army have not yet appeared. Don't expose the range of our artillery. It's just some chariots. Aren't there some tiger crouching cannons in the city? It's enough to deal with the Qing army."

"Remember not to fight too hard. Let the Qing army see hope, but don't let them progress too fast. Today, they can fill in half of the moat."

Soon some sporadic shells exploded in the Qing army, and a wounded Qing army wailed in pain on the ground holding his broken arm.

Although the Ming army's tiger squatting guns fired from time to time, causing some casualties to the Qing army, it did not affect their advance. Under the Ming army's release of water, the Qing army quickly advanced to the moat.

The morale of the Qing army that advanced smoothly rose sharply, and soon began to fill the moat with sand.

At this time, Ma Guozhu and others who were watching the battle from the rear also greatly increased their confidence. Originally, Ma Guozhu only launched an attack tentatively, but he did not expect to advance directly to the moat smoothly.

So he said happily: "It seems that the firepower of the Ming army is not as fierce as in the legend."

Only Wang Bicheng wondered, what the hell is this Ming army doing?

He had personally experienced the power of the Ming army's artillery yesterday, and it was obvious that the Ming army deliberately concealed its firepower today.

Seeing the smiling Ma Guozhu, he didn't dare to say those disappointing words at the moment.

Looking at the moat in front of him, Ma Guozhu asked: "Vice General Wang, why is the water flowing so fast in the moat of Huating?"

Wang Bicheng said: "The moat of Huating City is injected by more than ten flowing water sources such as Dongjing, Shihe, and Bailongtan. .”

Hearing this, Ma Guozhu sighed helplessly: "It seems that today is endless!"

At this time, the Qing army below the city was struggling to throw sandbags filled with mud into the river. Because the Ming army deliberately released the water, they were quite smooth.However, the self-confident Qing army began to act a little bit deadly. They thought their chariots were indestructible, so many archers of the Qing army began to shoot arrows towards the city under the cover of the chariots.

Seeing the rain of arrows hitting the top of the city, the Ming army couldn't stand it anymore.Originally received Qian Mo's order, the Qing army filled up half of the moat today, so they stopped using Lumi guns, and only relied on tiger squat guns to kill some enemies to a limited extent.

I never thought that this group of Qing soldiers didn't know what to do.You gave him three points of color, but he opened the dyeing workshop and came.

However, the Ming army did not choose to use the Lumi blunderbuss to directly penetrate the Qing army's chariots, which would expose its behavior of releasing water.Instead, they focused their tiger-squatting cannons on the Qing army's chariots, blasting wildly.

I saw shells roaring towards them, and soon landed on the Qing army.The huge explosion caused the Qing army to fall on their backs. Several chariots were even directly hit by shells, and the scattered debris brought down a large number of people around them.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The gunners of the Ming army, who had endured for a long time, took the opportunity to shoot at the Qing army who had lost the protection of the chariot.The Qing army, who was still arrogant just now, was beaten so hard.

In just a short while, the Ming army killed hundreds of Qing troops, and a small vacuum was artificially created where the chariot was blown up.

Soon after, the Ming army's second round of tiger squatting guns continued to attack.

Although the Ming army in the city did not continue to use the Lumi blunderbuss to replenish their guns, it still caused a lot of psychological pressure on the Qing army, and their efficiency in filling the river was suddenly much lower.

Ma Guozhu couldn't help shaking his head, and said: "Our red cannons haven't arrived yet, so we can't suppress the firepower of the Ming army. Let's send an order to withdraw the troops, and attack the city with all our strength when the cannons arrive tomorrow."

The Qing army who filled the river heard the sound of retreating soldiers, felt relieved, and hurried back dragging their chariots.

The Ming army on the city also raised the Lumi blunderbuss and shot at the Qing army who escaped from the cover of the chariot.

For the effect of this attack, Ma Guozhu is quite satisfied.

Originally, I wanted to test the firepower of the Ming army on the lower city, but I didn't expect to advance to the moat smoothly, and filled a lot of sandbags into it.The strength of the Ming army in Huating should not be very large, and the firepower is not as strong as imagined.

In this way, it seems that the Ming army should have won a miserable victory in Qingpu Town this morning. It is obvious that Huating's troops and firepower are insufficient.

Thinking of this, Ma Guozhu was relieved. The Ming army must have paid a huge price for eating Bashan. At this time, he regained his confidence.

He can still accept the casualties of more than 300 people. According to this progress, it is estimated that the moat of Huating can be filled by sacrificing thousands of troops.

So Ma Guozhu pointed to the front and said, "Let's set up camp here!"

Wang Bicheng hurriedly said to stop him: "Your Excellency, you must not camp here!"

Naturally, he couldn't say that the enemy's artillery could directly cover this place, so he could only find another excuse, saying: "The terrain here is low, and it would be bad if the Ming army attacked with water. The general knows that there is a high ground outside the city." It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, very suitable for going down the village."

Soon the Qing army set up camp on a high slope ten miles west of Huating City.The Qing army camped on the high ground, like a huge copper coin, with its flags waving and majestic.Soldiers are busy setting up tents, arranging fences and antlers.

Outside the high slope, there was a burst of dust, and Wang Bicheng shouted: "The trench must be dug deep to prevent the Ming army from attacking the camp at night."

On the Guyang Gate, Qian Mo slowly put down the binoculars and said, "This Ma Guozhu is really cautious. He actually placed the camp ten miles away, beyond the range of our artillery."

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