Nanming Yiming

Chapter 188
At this time, hundreds of thousands of main forces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties were engaged in a decisive battle on the thousand-mile front from Nanchang to Nanjing. Although the Qing army came out in full force this time, they did not make any breakthroughs.

Hauge suffered heavy losses on the Nanjing battlefield, which forced Boluo to reconsider his tactics.He led an army of 13 to fight under the city of Nanchang for more than a month, and nearly 4 people have been lost, including 3000 white flags and 8000 blue flags.

Although the casualties of the Ming army were not small, they were not weak in the battle relying on the advantages of the city walls and firearms. This kind of war of attrition was obviously not good for the Qing Dynasty.

Even if all the 18 Ming troops in Nanchang died in battle, Nanming still supported hundreds of thousands of troops.But if the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty lost tens of thousands more, I am afraid that Aixinjueluo will not have the final say in this world.

Not to mention the current situation, who can guarantee that with tens of thousands of Manchurian Eight Banners, they will be able to win Nanchang City?
Fortunately, there is no good news at all. The first batch of imitation Lumi guns produced by the Qing army has produced 2000 rods, and they will soon arrive in the south of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Boluo could only besiege Nanchang. He strengthened the blockade in the west of the city to prevent the Ming army from transporting supplies to Nanchang by water.

When the two main battlefields entered a stalemate, the Huguang battlefield became the focus of attention of both sides.

At the beginning of the year, the "San Shun King" led by Kong Youde not only occupied Hunan, but the Qing army even invaded Guangxi, occupying the Quanzhou capital in the north of Guangxi.

If it weren't for Qu Shixu and others to stick to Guilin, I am afraid that the Yongli court would lose Guangxi, its last base.

Fortunately, after Jin Shenghuan was in Jiangxi anyway, the situation in northern Huguang became tense, and Wang Deren once attacked outside Huangzhou City, so the Qing court hurriedly ordered Kong Youde and others to return to Hanyang, leaving the Qing army empty in Guangxi and Hunan. Only then did Guangxi be saved.

After Li Chengdong announced in Guangdong in April that he was going anyway, Nanming even entered the open mode, making great strides all the way in Jiangnan.The Yongli court also saw the opportunity to go north to recover Hunan, so it actively prepared for the Northern Expedition under the leadership of Qu Shixu, a cabinet scholar and Minister of the Ministry of War.

Qu Shixu even bluntly stated that the key to the revival of the Ming Dynasty lies in the recovery of Hunan.

First of all, after Kong Youde and others withdrew to Hanyang, only Xu Yong, the commander-in-chief in Hunan, guarded Changsha, Ma Jiaolin, the commander-in-chief, and Zhang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief guarded Hengzhou. In the area, the troops are quite weak.

Secondly, if the Yongli court can take advantage of the opportunity when the main force of the Qing army withdraws from Hunan to recover the whole province in one fell swoop, it will strategically connect Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Guizhou, which will not only facilitate mutual support, but also lay the foundation for further expansion of the war results. .

Thirdly, Hunan was previously handed over to the Qing court by He Tengjiao and Liu Chengyin in different forms. As a result, the Yongli court could only defend Guangxi, and its prestige was greatly damaged.

Qu Shixuan's analysis hit the nail on the head. Emperor Yongli also saw the importance of recovering Hunan. At this time, the Ming army could mobilize far more troops than the Qing army in Hunan, so he decided to launch a northern expedition and recover Hunan in one fell swoop.

He Tengjiao, who had lost the whole of Hunan before and had been hiding in Guilin, took a fancy to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to "steal the tower", so he took the initiative to ask Ying to attack, hoping to win the first victory in restoring Hunan.

Although Yongli has little experience in politics, he has heard about He Tengjiao's coquettish operation of handing over Hunan to the Qing court after he was defeated in the previous battle. He actually looks down on He Tengjiao in his heart.

However, Qu Shiqi strongly recommended He Tengjiao, and many of the Ming troops who went north were his former troops. After all, he still held the title of governor of Huguang.Always give He Tengjiao a chance to take his crimes and make meritorious deeds, and to get rid of his shame.

So He Tengjiao led more than 3 people from Cao Zhijian, Zhao Yinxuan, Jiao Lian, Lu Ding and other ministries. After a month of fierce attack, they conquered Quanzhou on May 1648, the second year of Yongli (5).

At this time, the Qing army in Quanzhou was only three to 4000 people. He Tengjiao took a long time to regain Quanzhou with his overwhelming strength, and he did not completely wipe out the Qing army. Enter Yongzhou, Hunan, and continue to defend the city.

Then He Tengjiao commanded the army to pursue the Qing army to the city of Yongzhou with the remaining prestige of conquering Quanzhou.But in the face of Yongzhou with only 5000 people stationed, the Ming army was unable to attack for a long time. He Tengjiao's operation was really surprising.

But fortunately, although He Tengjiao's main force of the Ming army is making slow progress, the situation of the Ming army in the whole Hunan is very good.

First of all, Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, Daming, and Ma Jinzhong, took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Qing army to withdraw from Hunan, set out from Jiuxiwei and Yongdingwei in western Hunan, and recovered Changde Mansion in the northwest of Changsha in one fell swoop on April 4; Wang Jincai led the way. The Ministry went south from Changde and entered the territory of Chenzhou Prefecture.

Then Chen Youlong, who was forced to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, also announced his return to the Ming Dynasty in Jingzhou, Hunan.

Chen Youlong was originally Liu Chengyin's general, known as Dare to Fight.When Liu Chengyin surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Wugang, he was forced to surrender by the master general.In April of the second year of Yongli (1648), his army was stationed [-] miles outside Jingzhou City, Hunan Province. Peng Ershu, the governor of Guizhou appointed by Kong Youde, came to Jingzhou. The soldiers from the local Miao and Yao villages besieged Jingzhou City together.

Peng Ershu ordered his lieutenant general Yan Fangyu to go out of the city to face Chen Youlong's army, but unexpectedly Jingzhou defender Yang Wenyi had already colluded with Chen Youlong.

Seeing that the situation was over, Peng Ershu had to flee to Baoqing Mansion in the east of Jingzhou. The Ming army successfully recovered the whole territory of Jingzhou.

Next, Chen Youlong seized the opportunity to attack the city and land. Two days later, Chen Youlong sent troops into Liping Mansion, Guizhou Province, and captured Song Yunti alive in Qingzhi County, Huitong County. Liping Mansion promoted Cai Ting to flee to Qianyang.

Driven by Chen Youlong, the state capitals in Hunan and Guizhou raised their troops against the Qing one after another, and Wang Guozhu raised troops in Baoqing Mansion to respond to Chen Youlong. On July 7, Chen Youlong's troops conquered Wugang Prefecture under the Baoqing Mansion in one fell swoop, and Qing deputy general He Yun and Zhizhou He Hengsi were defeated and committed suicide.

A month later, Chen Youlong captured Shaoyang, Baoqing's capital city.So far, Chen Youlong's army has captured the three prefectures of Jingzhou, Liping, and Baoqing, and the momentum is huge.

After Chen Youlong came back from Jingzhou, news of success spread frequently, and the Yongli court named him Yuan'an Bo as a token of appreciation.

There is no harm if there is no comparison. The Ming armies from all walks of life are marching forward in Hunan, but the main force of the Ming army led by He Tengjiao is blocked under the city of Yongzhou. How embarrassing is this for him?
Moreover, after taking Baoqing Mansion, Chen Youlong echoed with Du Yinxi and Ma Jinzhong who occupied Changde Mansion, and there was a great tendency to win Changsha in one fell swoop by a north-south attack.

If they were allowed to occupy Changsha first, then the first effort to regain Hunan would naturally have nothing to do with He Tengjiao!
At this time, He Teng's old face was flushed with anger, and he felt that he was "slapped" by Chen Youlong.He and Chen Youlong had old grievances. After Chen Youlong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government deliberately ordered him to lead troops to attack He Tengjiao's hometown, Liping, Guizhou, in order to make him follow him wholeheartedly. Liping Mansion in the same city), captured He Tengjiao's family members.

Now that Chen Youlong is in the limelight, it seems that He Tengjiao is even more incompetent, how can he not hate him?So he was angry from the heart, evil to the gall, and directly wrote a letter to Hao Yongzhong, Marquis of Nan'an who was stationed in Liuzhou.

The envoy of Tengjiao called Yongzhong and said: "All the generals who came out of Chu have made great contributions. The general alone is deep in Liuzhou, and he will laugh at all the generals. Now I will lead the troops of Dian and Cao to Yongheng and Heng, and the troops of Wang and Ma will come out of Chen, Chang: As a general, only the Jing and Wu roads can show their ears. Chen Youlong collected more than [-] cities, was rich and rich among the generals, and golden millet could sit and eat for ten years. The battle between the comrade-in-arms Long and the war (captive) is difficult and easy to know. Moreover, he thinks that he can be enshrined and worshiped, and that the emperor is at peace, and he is not afraid of being attacked by others, but he can break it with a drum. My wife and concubine all died at the hands of Youlong. I am the general, and the friendship between teachers and students is the strongest. Do you want to repay it? Make up your friendship, make great achievements, collect huge profits, and occupy the Promised Land. This is the trip. Fortunately, don’t be suspicious of Youlong’s new reward. General sincerely according to Baoqing, wait for me to go down to Changsha, even if you kill Youlong, The imperial court cannot ask the generals to interrogate them.”

Hao Yongzhong was originally just a big banner-bearer in the army, nicknamed "Hao Yaoqi", and he was familiar with such things as grabbing merit and fighting among himself. Although he was named Nan'an Marquis by Yongli, he didn't have a big picture.In addition, he was short of food and grass at this time, and he had a lot of reliance on He Tengjiao. He was jealous when he saw the money and food seals in Chen Youlong's hands. How could he stand up to He Tengjiao's deception?

Soon Hao Yongzhong asked to use Liping as an excuse to go north to recover Chenzhou.At this time, Chen Youlong was gathering to contact Du Yinxi and others to take back Changsha, but he never thought that Hao Yongzhong would give him a "false way to destroy Guo".

As a result, Hao Yongzhong took advantage of his large number of troops and quickly invaded Liping and Jingzhou. Chen Youlong was shocked when he heard this, so he had to return to Jingzhou.When the Qing army saw that Chen Youlong had retreated, they sent general Zhang Guozhu and general Wei Shouzhi to take advantage of the situation and take back Baoqing Mansion.

Chen Youlong, who returned to the army in a hurry, was no match for Hao Yongzhong. The two sides fought a battle in Wugangzhou. Chen Youlong was defeated, and most of his subordinates were annexed by Hao Yongzhong.Afterwards, Hao Yongzhong indulged his subordinates even more, and plundered wantonly in Liping, Jingzhou and Wugang Prefectures, causing public dissatisfaction in these areas, and many gentry who supported Chen Youlong rose up to resist.

Chen Youlong had no choice but to retreat to Liuzhou with a small number of remnants, and wrote to the Yongli court to ask for justice.

It has to be said that He Tengjiao's coquettish operation directly provoked Nanming's internal strife and helped the Qing army severely.After such a quarrel between him and Hao Yongzhong, the originally crumbling Changsha mansion suddenly became much safer.

Now that Chen Youlong has been crushed, He Tengjiao is still a little guilty even though he let out a bad breath.Although he has the backing of Qu Shixu in the court, there are many real power factions in the Yongli court now, and Qu Shixu can't cover the sky with one hand.

Especially the Duke of Yue, Qian Mo, the newly promoted son-in-law is currently the hottest figure in the Yongli Dynasty. He and the Marquis of Yong'an, Ma Jixiang, colluded with each other and relied on each other. contend.

Originally, Qian Mo was just a foreign vassal of the Yongli Dynasty. Although he now has the status of a quasi-consort, he is not above the court after all.However, not long ago, Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites of the Hongguang Dynasty, mediated the conflict between Li Chengdong and Zheng Chenggong, and Yongli was very satisfied.

Then Qian Qianyi took envoys from Korea and Tamna to Zhaoqing to pay tribute, offering ginseng, pearls and other tributes, which Yongli greatly appreciated.Ever since Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan Mountain, the vassal states in the north of the Ming Dynasty have long since disappeared. Although the Annan, Myanmar and other countries in the south still respect the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they have not shown tribute for a long time.

Qian Mo brought tribute from both countries at once, which made Yongli very happy.His Majesty was happy, and with Ma Jixiang's "kind reminder", he appointed Qian Qianyi as Minister of Rites and a Bachelor of Wuyingdian.

Anyone with a discerning eye only knew that Qian Qianyi belonged to Qian Mo. After Qian Qianyi joined the cabinet, Qian Mo directly extended his hand to the court, which made Qu Shixu and other cabinet ministers quite afraid.

They finally hoped that Li Chengdong would leave Guangdong, but they didn't expect a more difficult Qian Mo to come. Qian Qianyi was still Qu Shixu's teacher, and it was not easy for Qu Shixu to crowd out Qian Qianyi directly on the bright side.

The court officials also criticized He Tengjiao for being trapped in Yongzhou, and even Qu Shixu, who recommended him, was also affected.Qu Shixu told He Tengjiao very clearly that if the results of the battle cannot be obtained as soon as possible to stop other people's mouths, Chen Youlong's matter may be in big trouble.

So He Tengjiao also became ruthless, and he ordered Cao Zhijian and others to take Yongzhou City within 3 days.Then he asked Hao Yongzhong to send troops from Wugang Prefecture to ambush in the Siwang Mountain area in the north of Yongzhou to block the Qing army that Baoqing Mansion went south to support.

In order to help He Tengjiao conquer Yongzhou, Qu Shixu also placed Hu Yiqing's Dian army under He Tengjiao's command.

The Qing army in Yongzhou City was less than 5000 people, and after being besieged by He Tengjiao for more than 2 months, it was already exhausted.At this time, He Tengjiao had more than 4 Ming troops under his command, and Zhang Xianbi, Cao Zhijian, Hu Yiqing, Jiao Lian, Lu Ding and other generals personally led troops to attack the city.

Even He Tengjiao's supervisor has become a law enforcement team, and anyone who dares to retreat will be killed.

The Ming army adopted the method of attacking the city from all sides, allowing the Qing army to take care of one thing and lose another, and it took only half a day to invade Yongzhou City.This excited He Tengjiao, who had never won a few battles in his life, and announced a reward of 5 taels of silver for the soldiers for the first time.

But he was obviously happy too early. Yu Shizhong, the chief soldier of the Qing army, used more than a thousand cavalry to launch a countercharge against the Ming army entering the city.

I don't know if it's He Tengjiao's bad luck, or Yu Shizhong is too sad?He led his cronies to escape out of the city, panicked and turned over into the river with his horse and drowned.Then his subordinates were also wiped out by the Ming army who rushed over. The soldiers of the Ming army fished out his body and took off his head.

Then the Ming army captured Li Maozu, the governor of Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty, in the city. He Tengjiao directly beheaded Li Maozu if he refused to surrender.Then take the heads of the two and report the news of the "Yongzhou Great Victory" to the Yongli court!

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