Nanming Yiming

Chapter 192
Soon after Kong Youde set himself on fire, the Ming army entered the county government.In order to buy enough time for Kong Youde's body to be burned, his soldiers resisted desperately, but they were soon beheaded by the Ming army.

Although Kong Youde's body had been burnt to a charcoal, Qian Mo still ordered his bones to be crushed to ashes!

Soon after, He Tengjiao's body was also sent to Qian Mo and others.

Qian Mo said: "Finally, Dushi He is hardened, he has sacrificed his life for the country; find a good coffin, and bury him well!"

The Chinese place great value on the dead, and now He Tengjiao has already sacrificed his life for the country. It is said that the debts of a person's death will be wiped out. No matter how much unhappiness they had before, Li Guo and others will not care about a dead person now.

Then Qian Mo said to Du Yinxi: "Governor Du just took office, he killed the big traitor Kong Youde, wiped out 1 Han army flags, and regained Xiangtan. It's really gratifying."

Du Yinxi knew that Qian Mo was deliberately standing up for him, and wanted to use this great victory to establish his prestige and block doubts from the court.But if he really takes the credit for himself, then what is the difference from the previous He Tengjiao?

Du Yinxi said: "Thanks to Yue Guogong and Zuo Dudu thousands of miles to help in the battle, this governor dare not be greedy for credit, and must report according to the facts!"

At this time Li Yuanyin came to report that He Luohui heard that Kong Youde was besieged, and led 7000 white flags inlaid straight to Xiangtan.

Now that Kong Youde's Han army flag has collapsed, the entire Hunan Qing army belongs to the He Luohui's 7000 inlaid white flags that are the most powerful. Killing them is equivalent to capturing Changsha.

So thousands of loyal camps were left to guard Xiangtan, and Qian Mo, Li Guo and others led the army to Zhaoshan to support Li Yuanyin.

Although He Luohui found many Ming army cavalry, he did not dare to march rashly due to the high mountains and dense forests near Zhaoshan Mountain. He just sent sentry cavalry to chase the Ming army and inquire about the situation ahead.

Although Li Yuanyin brought 7000 cavalry, he might have no chance of winning if he confronted [-] inlaid white flags head-on, so he also used rangers to entangle the Qing army, so that they could not figure out his details.

For a while, the rangers on both sides chased each other, and the fight was exhilarating.It has to be said that the combat power of the Qing army is still significantly higher than that of the Ming army.Both riding and archery are much better than the Ming army. After a fight, the Ming army lost more than a hundred horses, and the Qing army lost less than 30 horses.

Fortunately, the main task of the Ming army at this time was to entangle these inlaid white flags, and killing the enemy became a secondary goal.

He Luohui was not stupid, Xiangtan was at stake right now, and soon he discovered that the Ming army was deliberately delaying time with him, so the whole army attacked and fought with the Ming army.

This is already the last mountainous area of ​​Zhaoshan. At this time, Li Yuanyin has no way to retreat. Once the Qing army breaks through here, they can directly approach the city of Xiangtan.

Meeting on a narrow road, the brave wins. Although the overall combat power of the Ming army is not as good as that of the Qing army, Li Yuanyin decided to take the lead in charging and give the Qing army a disarm.

The two sides quickly fought together. Li Yuanyin was dressed in silver armor and a silver gun made it even more amazing.As soon as he stretched his wrist, the silver spear in his hand fired several shots, and the Qing soldiers in front were stabbed by him continuously, and fell to the ground one after another.

The morale of the Ming army was also boosted, relying on a slight superiority in numbers, at this time it was actually evenly matched with the Qing army.However, Li Yuanyin knew very well that such a situation would not last long, and soon the Ming army would be overwhelmed by the heavy cavalry of the Qing army. Now he only hoped that Qian Mo could quickly settle Xiangtan and come to reinforce him.

As time went by, the Ming army suffered more and more casualties. He Luohui saw that he had a chance to win, so he decided to push the last 2000 riders to completely defeat the Ming army in front of him.

Just as the Qing army was about to break through the blocking of the Ming army in one go, they heard the familiar sound of "bang, bang, bang" in their ears, and the reinforcements of the Ming army had arrived.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was reversed instantly. The Ming army found that the reinforcements had arrived and cheered up instantly. They were entangled with the Qing army. Li Yuanyin even shouted: "Brothers, the reinforcements have arrived, don't let the Qing army run away!"

But He Luohui fell into deep thought. He knew very well that he should make a decision right now, and if he was not careful, he would fall into a situation beyond redemption.

The Ming army has too many troops, and it is already quite difficult to face the 1 people in front of Li Yuanyin. The arrival of the Ming army's reinforcements will inevitably cause an even more imbalanced power balance.

After a moment of hesitation, He Luohui still ordered to break back immediately.

Soon he was glad that he had made the right choice, because a large number of Ming army cavalry had appeared behind him.

Fortunately, the Ming army had just arrived, and it was too late to close the formation. He Luo would see the opportunity and break out towards the weak point.Li Guo didn't expect that the Qing army would kill him so quickly, even though the Zhongzheng Battalion tried their best to stop him, the Qing army still tore a hole open.The Mongolian cavalry on both sides also rushed over to tighten their "pockets", but they encountered the Eight Banners of Manchuria who were desperately breaking through, and the Mongols were quickly repelled by them.

In the end, He Luohui led more than a thousand riders to break out of the siege before the Ming army tightened their pockets.

The Ming army must have come with the purpose of annihilating the Qing army, so the Huzhou Battalion was arranged to support from the front, and the Zhongzhen Battalion and Mongolian cavalry were responsible for cutting off the rear.

In actual cooperation, there were still some problems.The various Ming armies did not have a tacit understanding, and before the broken Ming army was fully in place, the cavalry from the Huzhou Battalion appeared on the battlefield ahead of schedule.

But the rest of the Qing army was not so lucky. Most of them were entangled by Li Yuanyin. He Luohui's retreat caused the morale of the Qing army to drop a lot, and tens of thousands of Ming troops attacked back and forth;

But after all, it was thousands of elites inlaid with white flags. These people were desperate to fight, and they still showed a strong combat power.Even though the Ming army had all the advantages, they could barely do 1 for 1.

Finally, after nearly two hours of bloody battle, the fighting finally stopped, leaving corpses everywhere!
In order to eliminate the 6000 inlaid white flags, the Ming army also paid a price of 8000 people, especially Li Yuanyin's department who was responsible for the blocking mission, suffered heavy losses, and almost half of the 1 horses were killed or killed.

This made both Qian Mo and Du Yinxi feel a little embarrassed.

Li Yuanyin assisted him twice, causing heavy casualties.So Qian Mo patted his chest and promised that Li Yuanyin's merits would be reported to the Son of Heaven, and he would be granted a title, at least an earl.

Du Yinxi also said that Li Yuanyin should take the lead in eliminating Kong Youde and Xiangbai Banner this time!
Although he ran away from He Luohui, the main force of Xiangbai Banner under him has been eliminated, and the main strategic goal has been achieved.

After He Luohui and others broke through the blockade of the Ming army, they rushed to Changsha without looking back. Fortunately, the distance between the two places was only more than 20 miles, and the Qing army retreated into Changsha City within half an hour.

After they entered the city, Xu Yong, the general soldier, quickly closed the gates of various cities in Changsha and declared a state of emergency for the whole city.

He Luohui hurriedly inquired about the situation in Changsha. Xu Yong said: "Changsha originally had 7000 green battalions. It was besieged by Zhongzhen Camp and He Tengjiao for more than a month. Although the Ming army was repelled, the casualties were not small. Now there are only 5000 green battalions in Changsha."

Xu Yong's words made He Luohui quickly realize a problem. Changsha would not last long.Although he didn't know exactly how many people there were in the Ming army, there were at least [-] to [-] Ming troops in the Zhaoshan area just now; there were also Mongolian cavalry, which showed that the Zhejiang Ming army had already arrived in Changsha.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have left his main force to break through decisively just now. This kind of survival with a broken arm is really too painful.He led the main force of 1 inlaid white flags to the south, and in less than half a year, there are now only these thousand people left.

Kong Youde was besieged in Xiangtan, and his life and death are unknown.However, since so many Ming soldiers came to reinforce him, it is estimated that he is already in danger.

Soon he made a choice. He had to keep some seeds for Xiangbaiqi. If he stayed in Changsha, it would inevitably result in annihilation of the entire army.

It's just that now that he has lost his troops and generals, if he returns to Nanchang with 1000 people, he will be punished by Boluo.He simply took these 1000 people northward to Wuchang overnight, and brought back the news that the Ming army surrounded Changsha and was about to attack Wuchang, so that he could also logically strengthen Wuchang's defense!

With regard to the matter of retreat, the action must be quick, and absolutely not procrastinated.Without notifying Xu Yong, He Luohui left the north gate of Changsha directly in the name of receiving reinforcements, and headed straight for Wuchang.

Although the casualties of the Ming army were not small after the two battles in Xiangtan and Zhaoshan, but at this time, the speed of a soldier was very important, and the Ming army did not care about rest, and went northward overnight to surround Changsha City.

It's just that they never expected that it was still a step too late!
Li Guo scolded: "He Luohui is probably a rabbit, he can run like this?"

Qian Mo said: "His running is also beneficial. The morale of the Changsha defenders will definitely be lowered, which will help us break the city!"

At this time, Du Yinxi said with some concern: "I'm afraid that He Luo will run away, and the Qing army in Hubei will take precautions!"

Qian Mo said: "Kong Youde's Han army flag has been completely annihilated, and Geng Zhongming's troops have also suffered heavy losses. The Qing army in Hubei is now overwhelmed, and it is absolutely impossible to go south to support Changsha. However, Boluo in Nanchang still has a large number of troops, and the Qing army in Jiangxi has to guard against it!"

"But offense is the best defense. Rather than defending against Boluo supporting Changsha, it is better to take advantage of the situation and attack Wuchang and Jiangling, forcing Boluo to return to Wuchang!"

Qian Mo's proposal was quickly supported by Li Guo, Li Yuanyin and others.

Li Yuanyin said: "Mr. Yue's move is to attack instead of defending. It is really a second. I like to fight with Duke Yue. I will always lead others by the nose and grasp the initiative on the battlefield."

Du Yinxi's eyes were also brightened. The Ming army is indeed not strong now, with heavy casualties; but the Qing army in Huguang is not much better. Qian Mo's bluff can really divert the attention of the Qing army to Wuchang, so that it will be much easier to recover Changsha.

Soon the Ming army made a new strategic deployment.

Du Yinxi ordered Chen Youlong's troops to go north to assist Li Guo's Loyalty Camp to besiege Changsha Mansion together.

On the first day of October, Ma Jinzhong's troops marched northward from Changde, captured the defenseless Huarong and Shishou all the way, and controlled a large area from the north of Dongting to the south of the Yangtze River;

On the other hand, Li Yuanyin led 5000 troops to regain Xiangyin, which was previously occupied by the Qing army, on the first day of October, and then invaded Pingjiang County in Yuezhou Prefecture without stopping, blocking the passage of the Qing army from Wuchang to Changsha, and at the same time blocking the Qing army in Jiangxi.

Qian Mo personally led the Huzhou camp and the Mongolian cavalry to the north, and arrived at Baling, the capital of Yuezhou, on the second day of October.At this time, the Shaoxing ship led by Liu Guoxuan also went all the way up the river from Nanjing, bombarded Jiujiang and Wuchang and other important river defense towns of the Qing army;

Not only did Shaoxing have 24 12-pound cannons that could attack the city, but they also sent mortars.With such a sharp weapon for breaking the city, attacking the city becomes very simple.

Originally, the Ming army planned to use the Shaoxing to bombard the west city of Baling, but this plan was directly rejected by Qian Mo, because Duke Yue did not want the world-famous Yueyang Tower to be destroyed by the Ming army's artillery fire.

Yueyang Tower is located on the west gate of Baling City, looking down at Dongting and looking forward to Junshan Mountain.

Wang Zaixing, Liu Guoxuan and other generals are also very puzzled by this, their own country has always been vigorous and resolute, but today it is because of the Yueyang Tower that they are far away.

Not only the Ming army didn't understand, even the Qing army didn't understand, why did the Ming army keep attacking the east city without attacking the west city even though they had huge ships?
Then rumors circulated in Baling City: "Because Duke Qian Mo admired Fan Zhongyan the most, and even admired Duke Fan Wenzheng's "Yueyang Tower", he ordered the Ming army not to bombard the west of the city, so as not to destroy this famous building through the ages!"

In addition, the Ming army had indeed never bombarded the west city, so the Qing army transferred some of the soldiers and horses from the west of the city to the east city.

At this moment, Qian Mo is standing on the Shaoxing, looking at the Yueyang Tower.Liu Guoxuan said: "Report to Duke Yue that everything is ready."

Qian Mo said lightly: "Let's start!"

Following Qian Mo's order, the 12-pound cannon on the Shaoxing fired at Balingxi City.The city wall shook instantly, scaring the Qing soldiers to run away with their heads in their hands.

Taking advantage of the darkness, the Ming army's small boat approached the west city.

After hearing the deafening gunfire, the Qing army quickly realized that they had been fooled, and fell into the trick of the Ming army.

But when they arrived, it was too late, the Ming army had already occupied the west city and attacked the south city, and soon the Ming army opened the city gate.
After occupying Baling, the Ming army went up the river and occupied Linxiang on the Yangtze River.

The cavalry vanguard of the Ming army has even penetrated into the front lines of Jiayu and Xianning in Wuchang Prefecture.When the Shaoxing appeared on the river and bombarded Wuchang City, Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi couldn't sit still anymore.He shouted to his subordinates: "The Ming army has already approached the city of Wuchang, hurry to Nanchang and ask for help from General Boluo!"

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