Nanming Yiming

Chapter 178 Sword Points at Tan Tai
The Qing army in Shangrao City had never seen this scene before. The huge air wave shook many people directly off the city wall, and the city was completely changed by the bombardment.

This result not only stunned the Qing army, but also directly exceeded the expectations of Zhang Xiaofan and others.

He said: "This mortar is really a sharp weapon for siege, it can be said to be invincible!"

Huang Yu said: "This cannon is powerful, and it is really suitable for attacking the city, but its weakness is also obvious. First of all, the range is very short. You must completely suppress the enemy army on the city before pushing him to the bottom of the city."

"Secondly, the rate of fire is super slow, much slower than ordinary cannons. If the enemy city also has artillery, it is easy to destroy him."

Zhang Xiaofan said with some regret: "It seems that there is no weapon in this world that is invincible, but we have a range advantage, this mortar is still very suitable for us to attack the city."

While the two were talking, the Ming army invaded Shangrao City, and half an hour later, the Ming army completely occupied it.

After the capture of Shangrao, the Ming army successively occupied the four counties of Guixi, Yiyang, Qianshan, and Xing'an. So far, the seven counties of Guangxin Prefecture have all fallen into the hands of the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, the Qing army that closed Fenshui Pass still did not surrender, relying on the tall pass city.

Outside Fenshui Pass, the Ming army all over the mountains and plains held their shields and shouted slogans and charged towards the pass city.

Fang Zhiguo, the commander-in-chief of the Guangxin Army of the Qing Army, shouted: "Hurry up and release the arrows, and don't let the enemy approach Guancheng."

The Qing army on the city fired all arrows, and quickly suppressed the charging Ming army; then many rolling logs were pushed down from the city, and many Ming soldiers were hit by the falling logs and died instantly.

Then the cannons closed by Fenshui were also fired at the closed Ming army, beating the Ming army into a panic.

Seeing this scene, the Qing army on the city laughed, and soon the Ming army retreated like a tide.

Huge cheers erupted at Fenshui Pass. This was the seventh time they had repelled the Ming army.

But Fang Guozhi was not happy at this time. He found that although the Ming army built up momentum every time they attacked, they slowed down as soon as they approached the city gate, and retreated easily after resisting for a while.

It was obvious that this was just a feint attack by the Ming army. He said to the soldiers beside him: "It must be strange for the Ming army to attack the city like this. Go to Fucheng to see if there are Ming troops coming from other directions."

As soon as he finished speaking, he discovered that a large number of Ming soldiers had come to kill him after the pass.

The terrain after the pass is relatively flat and not as dangerous as the one before the pass. More importantly, their cannons are all aimed at the front of the pass. At this time, it is too late to adjust the direction of the cannon.

But the artillery fire from the Ming army came over quickly, causing chaos to close the door.

"Bang, bang, bang", the Lumi guns of the Ming army also began to show their power, shooting and killing the Qing army on the city.

The Qing army, who was still complacent just now, was quickly suppressed by the firepower of the Ming army, showing its original shape!
On the other side, Shi Lang said: "Young admiral, it's the sound of cannons. It seems that Zongbing Zhang and the others have captured Shangrao City. The last general will lead a charge. We will attack Fenshui Pass from both sides."

Li Yuanyin was startled. In just 2 days, the Ming army from Jiangsu and Zhejiang Governor's Mansion fought all the way from Quzhou to Fenshui Pass. Their combat power is really strong. No wonder the main force of the Qing army can't get any advantage from them. .

Under the attack from both sides of the Ming army, the Qing army at Fenshui Pass quickly gave up resistance.

Zhang Xiaofan also followed the agreement, and after taking away 3000 captives, he handed over the Fenshui Pass to Shi Lang; while Li Yuanyin led 3 troops north to cooperate with the Ming army to continue advancing.

Under Poyang City, Tan Tai was very depressed.Originally, he led an army of 6 to the south, and wanted to capture Raozhou in one fell swoop so that he could join forces with He Luo to attack Nanchang.

Unexpectedly, the 5 Ming army in Huizhou retreated to Poyang City under his nose. Including the original defenders, Jin Shenghuan had a full [-] troops in Poyang.In addition, the navy of the Ming army used Poyang Lake to continuously deliver various supplies to the city. The Qing army was often bombarded by Ming warships when they attacked the city. Tan Tai was still unable to complete the encirclement of Poyang.

In the first few days of the period, the morale of the Qing army was high, and they attacked the city of Poyang several times, but there were too many Ming troops on the city.

Just as he was about to go all out and take Poyang with continuous operations, news came that Qian Mo was approaching Nanjing from Huzhou.Tan Tai, as a veteran on the battlefield, could not have known that this was Qian Mowei's trick of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", but then the Ming army defeated Zhenghongqi in Lishui, and news came one after another that Qian Mo paid homage to Ming Xiaoling's Tomb and bombarded Nanjing City.

Seeing that Qian Mo was going to do a fake show and win Nanjing City directly.Tan Tai had no choice but to choose to return to the army and sent 3 cavalry to rescue Nanjing day and night.Unexpectedly, Qian Mo feinted at the end, took the opportunity to ambush Li Benshen, and captured Suzhou Mansion.

Although Ma Guozhu re-stabilized the situation in Nanjing soon after, and Tan Tai's soldiers and horses were able to be transferred back to continue to attack Poyang, but this wasted a lot of days and gave the Ming army enough respite.

In terms of morale, it is even more ebb and flow. At this time, the morale of the Ming army is high, while the morale of the Qing army is low.If it is said that the Qing army could easily attack the top of the city at the beginning, it became extremely difficult after that. Even if they occasionally attacked the top of the city, the Ming army could calmly repel them.

For more than a month, not only did he fail to capture Poyang City, but he lost tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.Not long after, news came out that the imperial court would send Boluo south to replace him, which made him feel ashamed.

As the saying goes, "Fortune never comes, misfortunes never come singly." When the Qing army was frustrated in Jiangxi's attack and was at a loss, the Nanming, who had been slowing down, continued to increase its troops. Li Chengdong went north to Fujian to attack cities and land, and Qian Mo also took the opportunity to capture southern Zhejiang. In the four prefectures, the Fujian-Zhejiang defense line of the Qing Dynasty almost collapsed, and only Chen Jin was still holding on to Fuzhou City.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops attacked Fenshui Pass, and the news that Guangxin Mansion was in a hurry made him feel a lot of pressure.He now has only 5 troops left, and his military strength is really weak, but if Guangxin is also lost, it will completely cut off the connection with Fujian.

In the end, he decided to send 1 Mongolian cavalry south to support Guangxin Mansion. After all, these Mongolians are not good at attacking cities, and staying in Poyang will not help much.

Bier Tahar is the third son of Wu Keshan, Prince of Horqin Zhuoliketu in Mongolia, and also the Gulun forehead son-in-law of the Qing Dynasty. As the heir of the Borzigit family, he was given high hopes by Wu Keshan.

This time Bir Tahar led 2 Horqin Mongolian cavalry to go south with Tan Tai, just to take this opportunity to build up his military exploits so as to quickly increase his prestige.

In the early years, the Mongols followed the Manchurians to enter the customs, and each time they reaped a lot of money. They could not only get a lot of money, but also take the opportunity to earn their prestige. It was a fat job that everyone rushed to do.It's a pity that times have changed, and the Qing Dynasty has repeatedly suffered setbacks in the south of the Yangtze River. Let alone guns, it is considered a high incense to return to the Mongolian grassland with a small life.

So when Dorgon marched south again, Wu Keshan said that he was unwilling to send troops south again, even Horqin Mongolia, a die-hard ally of the Qing Dynasty, was like this, let alone other Mongolian tribes.

Although he was very unhappy in his heart, Bil Tahar had to obey Tan Tai's military order, and he still led 1 Mongolian cavalry to the south to support Shangrao City.

Bir Tahar thought to himself that the terrain in Jiangxi was really not suitable for cavalry combat. There were lakes and rivers everywhere, or continuous mountains, so the cavalry's speed advantage could not be brought into play at all.

The army walked for a whole day and night before entering Guangxin Mansion.

At this time, the guide said: "Shangrao's terrain is dangerous. On the east and west sides are two big rivers, Yixi and Shanglingxi. Lingshan lies between these two big rivers. If you want to go south to Shangrao, this is the only way to go."

Bil Tahar shouted: "Korqin warriors, passing through this valley is the city of Shangrao. If you work harder, we will be able to rest when we reach Shangrao."

The inspired Mongolian cavalry quickened their pace and quickly entered the valley.

Bil Tahar found that the valley was actually a trumpet-shaped passage, and the road became narrower as he walked in, so he slowed down.However, the guide said that this is the narrowest section of the entire canyon, and it will gradually widen in front of it.

The Mongolians walked through this section tremblingly, and found that the front was getting wider and wider.

At this time, the scouts came to report: "There is an array of Ming troops ahead, blocking the way."

Bil Tahar was taken aback. He didn't understand why the Ming army didn't set up an ambush at the narrow part of the valley just now, but formed an array at the exit.

But soon he got the answer, and the soldiers behind reported: After the army passed through the canyon, a large number of boulders rolled down from the mountain, directly blocking the passage.

Now that the back road is blocked, they can only attack the Ming army in front of them.

But when he saw the Ming army, his jaw dropped in shock, because the front of the Ming army was not the big shield soldiers he was familiar with, but a city wall more than 2 meters high.

And although it is much wider than the narrow place just now, it is only 100 meters away, and his cavalry cannot be used at all.

While the Mongols were still hesitating, the tiger squatting guns behind the Ming army opened fire first.

The Shenji Battalion is the most weaponized unit in the Ming army. More than 30 tiger squatting cannons were fired at the same time, and the ground shook instantly. The sound of explosions and the neighing of war horses resounded through the valley.

I can't control so much now, Bil Tahar hurriedly ordered the cavalry to charge.

The Shenji Battalion is equipped with 600 of the latest rapid-fire rifles, with an armor-piercing distance of 120 steps, and a firing rate of 15 seconds, forming an almost uninterrupted firepower network.

The Ming army shot continuously through the shooting holes in the city wall, ruthlessly harvesting the heads of the Mongolian cavalry.But the Mongols didn't know what was going on behind the wall at all, and the rain of arrows they released was nothing.

The front of the city wall was covered with corpses of Mongolian cavalry, but such an ineffective charge would not help at all, and the Mongolian cavalry could not cross the 2-meter-long city wall.

Bir Tahar drew out his scimitar and slashed at the guide. Seeing this, the guide hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, "My lord, I really don't know why there is an extra city wall here. When I passed by here two days ago Nothing, the Ming army did not enter the territory of Guangxin Mansion at that time."

Soon the scimitar cut through the guide's neck, and Bil Tahar scolded angrily: "The Ming army didn't enter the Guangxin Mansion, why are you asking for reinforcements, isn't this cheating me?"

At this time Zhang Xiaofan and Li Yuanyin have also led their troops to arrive.

Li Yuanyin was quite surprised to learn that the Shenji Battalion had surrounded 1 Mongolian cavalry in the valley.They could actually build this 2-meter-high city wall in one day. Although it is only 100 meters long, it is really incredible.

So he said: "I still have a question, why not choose to do it in the valley, wouldn't that kill the enemy faster?"

Huang Yu said: "According to intelligence, Wu Keshan's son Bier Tahar is in command of the Mongols this time. This man is of great use. The Duke of Yue called him to capture him alive."

"In addition, setting up an ambush in the valley can kill the enemy faster, but it is difficult to wipe them out. Now they are all in the pocket, and no one can escape."

With the arrival of Li Yuanyin and Zhang Xiaofan, the strength of the Ming army has increased to 4; and the life in the valley is not easy, the artillery of the Ming army fired into the valley from time to time, and the Mongols suffered heavy casualties. The guards, who used their bodies to block Bil Tahar's front, have already gone to see Changshengtian at this moment.

After struggling all night, he decided to lead the remaining 5000 Mongolian cavalry to surrender!

Originally, Huang Yu was going to send Bier Tahar to Hangzhou, but Qian Mo did not expect that Qian Mo would come with reinforcements in person.

The day when the main force of the Qing army goes south is getting closer and closer, Qian Mo must seize the time to severely injure Tan Tai.

Although the supply of firearms in the Governor's Mansion is insufficient, Qian Mo first expanded the Shenji Battalion and Baipao Battalion to 1 people. Originally, Huang Yu had reserved 5000 Shenji Battalion to defend the front line of Huizhou, but Qian Mo will also use the remaining 5000 people this time. Bring them together.Coupled with the 5000 people in the Huzhou camp and the 5000 people in the Jingnan camp, the governor's government currently has 2 people in Guangxin Prefecture.

Li Yuanyin was very excited, he was finally going to fight side by side with Qian Mo, the legendary God of War of the Ming Dynasty.

He said: "Now we have 5 soldiers and horses, we can go north to Poyang and compete with the Qing army."

Qian Mo said with a smile: "Young Commander-in-Chief really is full of blood, but you underestimated our strength. Ji'an Commander-in-Chief Liu Yipeng has already led 5 soldiers northward after conquering Ganzhou, and will soon join us. Adding in the 8 troops of Duke Yu Jin Shenghuan in Poyang City, we now have 18 against Tan Tai's 4."

Ever since Qian Ning was with Jin Shenghuan, Xijiang Mingjun had shared information from the intelligence department.The reason why Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were able to deal with the Qing army for so long was that, on the one hand, they really had a large number of soldiers and had the advantage of the terrain; to respond in a timely manner.

Tan Tai stormed Poyang City for more than a month, and the Ming army in Jiangxi exchanged 2 Qing troops for 1 dead, which is already a remarkable achievement.

To be honest, Qian Mo has always fought more with less, and has never fought such a rich battle.At this time, he looked at Bil Tahar with a smirk on his face, and said, "We are going to destroy Tan Tai, and it all depends on this young prince of Horqin."

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