Nanming Yiming

Chapter 154
Shu Mulu Tan Tai, a native of Zhenghuang Banner in Manchuria, is the younger brother of Yang Guli, the founding father of the country.At the age of 55 this year, he is also a battle-tested veteran. As early as the "Songjin War", Tan Tai sent 400 people from Xiaolinghe to the seashore, cutting off Hong Chengchou's return.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he also made many military exploits, and now Gushan Ezhen, who is the most expensive banner, has won the trust of Dorgon.

Leading the army south this time, he also knows that he has a heavy responsibility.Now the anti-Qing forces in various places are ready to move. Originally, when he left, Jin Shenghuan in Jiangxi was quite noisy.Unexpectedly, when the army arrived in Nanjing, they learned that Li Chengdong in Guangdong had also rebelled; the Qing army was defeated one after another in Zhejiang, not only losing Hangzhou, but also the Eight Banners of Hangzhou and Nanjing were wiped out by Qian Mo's Ming army.

Now it is not only the Qing army in Ganzhou that needs him to rescue, even the Qing army in Fujian and Zhejiang are also surrounded by the Ming army.

As a last resort, he had to adjust his tactics, and He Luohui led half of the troops to storm the front line of Jiujiang, and then captured Nanchang to solve the Jiangxi problem.

His army of [-] soldiers was divided into two groups, one was to attack Huizhou from the Han Army Banner, the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, restraining Jin Shenghuan's main force and Qian Mo's troops staying in Huizhou.

And I personally led 2 main forces of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and 1 people from the Shi Tingzhu Department of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army to attack Huzhou, and then went straight to Hangzhou.

According to information, the Ming army under Qian Mo, governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the Southern Ming Dynasty, had the strongest combat power. This southern expedition brought only 3 Manchurian Eight Banners, and Tan Tai directly placed 2 Manchurian Eight Banners in the direction of Huzhou.

According to Hong Chengchou's plan, Qian Mo himself is currently trapped in Songjiang by Ma Guozhu and Li Benshen's 3 troops.Its elite Shenji Battalion was pinned down in Huizhou, and Ningbo and Shaoxing in eastern Zhejiang were also being attacked by the Qing army.

Now the Ming army in Zhejiang is besieged on all sides, and there is no way to spare people to support Hangzhou. Tan Tai only needs to break through Huzhou and fight all the way to the city of Hangzhou to take down the city of Hangzhou.

At this time, Shi Tingzhu said: "General Qi, the troops of the Ming army in Huizhou are very powerful. As soon as our troops entered the vicinity of Jixi, we encountered their ambush. The Ming army's firearms were sharp. Our troops could not resist and lost 500 troops." People and horses."

Tan Tai was not in a good mood when he heard that He Luohui lost 5000 people to the Ming army navy in the Yangtze River. Looking at this useless Shi Tingzhu, Tan Tai was even more angry.

Angrily scolded: "Isn't your Han army's Zhengbai Banner also good at firearms? How come you are completely at a disadvantage when you encounter the Ming army?"

Seeing Tan Tai's livid face, Shi Tingzhu knew that the general was in a bad mood today, so he quickly said: "Huizhou is a mountainous area, the terrain is quite complicated, and our army suffers because of ignorance of the terrain; Your warriors will definitely not be afraid of the Ming army."

Shi Tingzhu's Zhengbai Banner of the Han army is relatively good at firearms, otherwise Tan Tai would not choose his troops to cooperate with him to attack Huzhou.

So he said viciously: "These southern barbarians have always been scheming, especially this Qian Mo, who is said to be the best at scheming and scheming, and has already killed many of my Qing warriors. This time, this general must conquer Hangzhou and completely solve this serious problem." !"

Shi Tingzhu quickly said: "The terrain is indeed a big problem. Huzhou is located in Tianmu Mountain, most of which are high mountains; the cavalry of the slaves can't pass through the mountain paths to Hangzhou."

"As for those dangerous passes, they are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Our elite troops should not be wasted on attacking these passes. The servant suggested attacking from the north of Huzhou. Although there are also Ming troops stationed there and built forts, it is definitely easier to fight than those passes. too much."

"In addition, I ask the general to send the Eight Banners of Manchuria to restrain the Ming army in Jixi and prevent them from supporting Huzhou. The servant is willing to be a pioneer and open the gate of Huzhou for the army."

Tan Tai is quite satisfied with Shi Tingzhu's performance, this is the attitude a slave should have.

So he said: "Zhenghongqi participated in the leadership of Uertai, and I ordered you to lead [-] Zhenghongqi warriors to assist Shi Tingzhu. We must capture Si'an Town and open the gate of Huzhou."

The army set out from Huizhou and marched towards Si'an Town at the junction of Guangde and Huzhou.

Shi Tingzhu had already fought against the Ming army, and knew that the Ming army's firearms were sharp.

So this time I came prepared, not only brought a large number of chariots, but also brought a full 10 red cannons.

The direction of Si'an Town is a small gap in the Tianmu Mountain System, and it is also the easiest route to enter Huzhou.However, the gentle terrain is that after breaking through Si'an Town, there are still a lot of mountains in the direction of Guangde.

It is very difficult to march in this dangerous place, because the mountain roads are very narrow and the terrain is very steep.

Under the feet of the soldiers of the Qing army, there are constantly changing mountain roads, sometimes steep stone steps, sometimes paths overgrown with weeds and bushes, as well as steep cliffs and narrow mountain paths.Every detour requires great effort to push the cannon, and the clothes of the Qing soldiers are already soaked.

Seeing such a slow march, Urtai was a little upset, and said: "Shi Dutong, if you have the right way, your soldiers are quick, and the mountain road is so difficult, these red cannons are too time-consuming, why don't we take Si'an Town first? "

Hearing this, Shi Tingzhu was also speechless, can you win Si'an Town without the help of the red cannon?
Although Uertai is only a leader of the Zhenghong Banner, he himself is the commander of the Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army.But after all, they are full of Eight Banners, and Shi Tingzhu had to give face, so he suppressed his anger and said: "The Ming army has built a fortress in Si'an Town, and we may have to pay a high price for a direct attack. Previously, General Jin Li of Pingnan When we marched into Huzhou, we stumbled in Si'an Town."

Uertai is a warrior of Zhenghongqi. He has never taken the Ming army seriously. He said: "Previously, Jin Li had only 4000 men in the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and he even fought all the way from Si'an Town to the city of Huzhou. Now we have a full army of [-] Why are you afraid of these Ming troops, Commander Shi is too careful!"

Shi Tingzhu really wanted to yell at "idiot", but in the end he said in a good voice: "Then according to Wuertai's meaning of joining the leadership, how should we enter the army?"

Urtai said: "I led 1 horses to attack Si'an Town first, and Commander Shi Du led the artillery team to the rear. In this way, when the red cannons arrive, I have already conquered Si'an Town. Wouldn't it save time?"

"Earlier, when Jin Li attacked Si'an Town, he was dawdling. He was delayed there for two full days. As a result, the Ming army was given time to breathe. As a result, the Ming army's reinforcements arrived before they were annihilated."

Shi Tingzhu said: "The battle is imminent, so it may not be appropriate for our army to divide our troops hastily."

Wu Ertai was full of disdain, thinking that these Han army flags were timid and fearful.Said: "I, Urtai, fought with the army in the south and north, and also attacked many dangerous passes. Usually these fortresses are built in places with narrow roads, and even if we have more troops, we cannot use them."

Shi Tingzhu wanted to refuse at first, but on second thought, it would be good for Urtai to lead the battle first, allowing him to test the firepower of the Ming army first.It is naturally best to be able to take down Si'an Town, if you can't take it down, you can just take another shot yourself to suppress the arrogance of these Manchurian Eight Banners.

So he said: "Okay, then Urtai joins the leadership, let's take 1 troops to attack Si'an Town first."

Seeing that Shi Tingzhu let go, Wu Ertai hurriedly set off towards Si'an Town with [-] Manchu Eight Banners and [-] Han Army Banners.

The army traveled all the way through the mountains and ridges, and arrived at Si'an Town in less than three hours.

The previous Si'an Town had been completely burned down by Jin Li, and now a brand new bastion was built on the original site of Si'an Town.

Unlike the last time when the Ming army temporarily built a few short sheep and horse walls by the river, this time the Ming army built a fort on the site of Si'an Town consisting of a main fort, a fort, a slope, a hollow fort, a defensive wall, and a moat. A bastion defense system.

In order to better kill the Qing army, the Ming army's bastion did not even choose to build it by the Si'an River, but built it hundreds of meters away from the river to facilitate the enemy's deployment of troops to besiege the bastion.

Looking at the castle in the distance, Urtai laughed loudly and said, "I thought the Ming army built some great fort here. It turned out to be such a strange thing."

"These southern barbarians didn't even destroy such an important stone bridge. Could it be that they were scared stupid by my army?"

Although he is eager to fight, he is not stupid. It is impossible to let his Manchurian warriors die rashly without using the slaves with the Han army flag.Although he disliked the slow delivery of the red-clothed cannons, the car did not take away.

As a sharp weapon for the Qing army to deal with the Ming army's firecrackers, the chariot is an indispensable thing for attacking cities and villages.

Following Wuertai's order, the Qing army quickly crossed the Si'an River through the stone bridge.

Soon 2000 soldiers of the Han Army Banner pushed a large number of chariots to the bastion.

The white soldiers on the bastion were using binoculars to observe the Qing army in the distance, and he was startled when he saw the densely packed enemies.

The defense area of ​​Tianmu Camp is very large, from Si'an Town in the north to Dusong Pass in the south, the entire Tianmu Mountain Area is the defense area of ​​Tianmu Camp, including Anji Prefecture.

So currently there are only 1000 soldiers from the Tianmu Battalion stationed in Si'an Town.

Seeing that the size of the Qing army should have tens of thousands of people, this is really a bit difficult.

Qianhu beside him said, "President Bai, the Qing army has already launched an attack, should we fire?"

Bai Bing said: "This should be a tentative attack by the Qing army. Don't use the Frang machine artillery, order the tiger squatting artillery to fire!"

A large number of Qing troops struggled to push the chariot, brandishing weapons and marched towards the bastion, and soon advanced to a place 300 steps away from the bastion.

At this time, the six tiger squatting cannons in the bastion began to roar, and the shells landed accurately in the formation of the Qing army. The army directly exploded.

Soon the second round of shelling followed. A shell directly hit a chariot, and the flying wooden pieces were directly inserted into the bodies of several Qing soldiers nearby. The surrounding Qing soldiers instantly The bombed flesh was bloody.

Although the tiger crouching artillery destroyed 2 Liang vehicles, it caused a lot of confusion to the Qing army.But these Han army flags are also battle-tested veterans after all. After hearing the sound of the artillery, they quickly accelerated their pace and got out of the coverage of the artillery fire.

But soon these chariots stopped, and the Qing army found that there were criss-cross moats ahead.

Just when the Qing army was at a loss, the sound of "bang, bang, bang" sounded!

At this time, they were only 60 steps away from the bastion. The Lumi guns of the Ming army easily penetrated the chariot, and a large number of Qing troops fell to the ground.
The Qing army behind was dumbfounded. The Ming army's firecrackers could penetrate their cotton armor while penetrating the chariot.

The Zhengbai Banner of the Han army is also good at firearms. At this time, the Qing army also raised their bird guns to shoot at the Ming army.

However, this distance almost exceeded the limit of their effective killing, and the shooting position of the Ming army was very concealed. The counterattack of the Qing army basically did not cause any damage to the Ming army; even if they hit the Ming army by chance, they could not penetrate their cotton armor. As long as it is not a direct hit, it will not be killed.

Uertai in the back looked more and more angry. The Han army flags did not dare to charge, but actually started shooting at the Ming army in front of the bastion.

This is not the old birthday star eating arsenic-tired of living?

Now the firepower of the Qing army is almost enough to investigate, so hurry up and withdraw the troops!

After hearing the order to retreat, the Qing army quickly retreated as if they had received an amnesty.

The Ming army on the bastion quickly seized the opportunity and fired another round of volley, keeping a wave of Qing troops behind.

At this time, Uertai did not dare to underestimate this strange fortress anymore. In just two sticks of incense, only 2000 of the 1200 Han army banners that attacked returned.

In addition to being equipped with artillery, the Ming army was even more sharp, and it could actually penetrate a chariot at a distance of 60 paces.

In this way, the Qing army's chariots would not be very effective, and the Ming army's firecrackers would not be able to hit them in the distance, nor could the chariots in the nearby places be able to carry them.

However, the Ming army is not without weaknesses. This bastion is not very large, and there is a certain interval between each shot of the Ming army's firecrackers.

If the Qing army made a small-scale test, it was a refueling tactic, but concentrated troops to besiege from all directions at the same time, the firearms of the Ming army would not be able to keep up with the rhythm of the Qing army, and the Qing army would eventually break through.

In layman's terms: "It's just filled with human lives. When the Ming army can't kill it, the Qing army can also break through the city."

Urtai regretted it a little at this time, he really took the plunge this time.

If Shi Tingzhu's red-clothed cannon arrives, it will be much easier to break the city; but if he stops here, he will definitely be ridiculed by Shi Tingzhu!

At this time, there are only 4200 people left in the white chess of the Han army. Even if they all press up, they may not be able to break through the city.

Although he was reluctant to give up, he also understood that only by throwing his Zhenghong flag at this time could it be possible to break through the fortress of the Ming army.

The bastion of the Ming army itself is not big, but it is equipped with a large number of auxiliary fortifications, showing the shape of a five-pointed star.

Uertai finally discovered why the Ming army built the fort like this. If the Qing army wanted to attack in an all-round way, it had to divide into 5 routes, and each route would be attacked by two sides.

This kind of fortress is much more difficult to deal with than the traditional Chinese square city.

Uertai decided to invest 3000 Manchurian Eight Banners and 4200 Han Army Banners to surround the bastion, and then divided his troops into five groups to attack at the same time.

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