Nanming Yiming

Chapter 194
Hauge's accidental death brought the Qing army's charge to a standstill.However, the inlaid blue flag charging at the forefront was still severely damaged by the Ming army's firearms.

Even though he didn't know what happened in the Qing army's formation, Hong Fugui still decisively ordered the Iron Armored Army to attack based on his intuition, and he couldn't let the Qing army run away like this.

There were 1 heavy cavalry in the Lantern Banner led by Hauge. Although nearly 1 were killed by the Ming army's firecrackers and artillery, the main force still remained at this time.

Originally, the coach Hauge died, and the morale of the army was unstable. It is true that we should leave the battlefield as soon as possible to avoid causing greater casualties.But now the Ming army is deceiving people too much, and they use heavy infantry to attack the cavalry. How can this make the Manchurian heavy cavalry feel embarrassed?

Xianglan Banner followed Hauge in the north and south, and was his confidant. Now that Hauge died, these slaves must avenge their master!
Nargu, the leader of the Xianglan Banner, felt that the underdogs would win, so the cavalrymen of the Xianglan Banner urged revenge on the infantry of the Ming army.

Although the tiger squatting guns of the Ming army and the naval guns on the warships once again caused a lot of chaos in the Qing army, they had already fought against the iron armored army of the Ming army at this time.

The powerful impact of the Manchurian heavy cavalry still caused some damage to the iron armored army. Although they were wearing iron armor, many Ming soldiers could not withstand the impact of the iron cavalry and were knocked out. Finally, due to severe internal injuries, they vomited blood and died.

Of course, the Iron Armored Army has undergone strict training, and the horse-cutting sword in their hands is even more powerful. Many Qing soldiers were also killed by the horse-cutting sword.

There were still a large number of musketeers in the rear of the Ming army. At this time, the Qing army could only attack from the front and did not dare to outflank from the side and rear.The cavalry who had lost their impact quickly fell behind after being entangled by the Iron Armored Army.

In addition to blunt weapons, the Qing army's ordinary swords and guns can hardly kill the Iron Armored Army, and bows and arrows are nowhere near itching; but the Iron Armored Army's saber is invincible.

For a moment, the sound of soldiers fighting, the sound of metal clashing and the neighing of war horses resounded throughout the battlefield.

Nargu saw that his iron cavalry could not do anything to the heavy infantry of the Ming army, so he quickly ordered the cavalry to retreat, intending to regroup and use the impact of the cavalry to charge repeatedly.

But at this time, the 6000 cavalry in the Ming army also saw the opportunity and outflanked them from both wings.

Before the Xianglan Banner had time to charge again, it was attacked by the two wings of the Ming cavalry.And the Iron Armored Army on the front also became more courageous with each battle. After beheading the cavalry with blue banners who could not retreat, they also rushed towards the Qing army.

Gnar felt badly. At this time, his two wings were already tightly entangled by the Ming cavalry. If he retreated at this time, I am afraid that only the 3000 cavalry in the rear could withdraw, and a large number of main forces would also be here.

But if they continue to fight, the current situation is extremely unfavorable, and it is very likely that the entire army will be wiped out.Just when he was in a dilemma, he saw a large number of cavalry killed on his right flank.

When the cavalry of the Ming army saw the cavalry of the Qing army coming again, they hurriedly left the battlefield to avoid being flanked by the Qing army on both sides.

At this time, Ma Guozhu's sentry cavalry also came to the Naer bone formation, and said: "Prince Zheng has an order, this is a trap for the Ming army, retreat quickly, and withdraw to Nanjing."

After glancing at the firecrackers at the back of the Ming army, Nargu chose to retreat in time.Although the left-wing cavalry suffered heavy casualties due to being entangled by the Ming army, they still brought out 5000 Xianglan flags.

Hong Fugui also yelled it's a pity, he didn't expect Hauge to stay behind.

At this time, the risk of chasing the Qing army is too great, and Hong Fugui can only accept it as soon as it is good.Although the Xianglan Banner could not be completely wiped out in this battle, it is believed that the Qing army would not be able to rush to help Zhenjiang after being severely injured.

Soon the cavalry of the Ming army put the corpse of the Qing army on a rope and dragged it all the way to the city of Zhenjiang.

The defenders of Zhenjiang saw the cavalry of the Ming army galloping outside the city, and the sky was filled with dust for a while.After a while, the dust gradually dissipated, and the corpses outside the city were piled up like a mountain.

These blue armors are particularly conspicuous under the sunlight, and the defenders of Zhenjiang gasped. There are as many as six corpses in a pile of about a thousand people.

On one side are the huge ships of the Ming army on the river, and on the other side are the corpses piled up like a mountain of inlaid blue flags. How can this battle be fought?Soon the 8000 Qing troops in Zhenjiang chose to leave the city and surrender.

Then the Baipao Battalion continued to move south, quickly captured Danyang and Jintan, and occupied the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture.

After Zhenjiang fell, Changzhou became an isolated city.

This also means that the line of defense that Hauge spent a lot of manpower and material resources in Changzhou before is basically a vain one.Although Jierharang saw the problem, it was a pity that he had no time to make adjustments.

The offensive of the Shenji Battalion in the west of Nanjing has also begun.

In Huang Yu's view, if Hauge defends Nanjing City with an army of 10, then the Ming army may really have difficulty chewing this hard bone for a while.After all, Nanjing's city defense is unparalleled in the world, and the Ming army must pay huge casualties if it wants to attack by force.

Hauge and Ma Guozhu were reluctant to give up the three prefectures of Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and Taiping around Nanjing. It was a big mistake to disperse a large number of troops around Nanjing.

The Ming army has the advantage of being a navy, and they can easily bypass these fortresses no matter on land or in water. Even if Haoge builds them as solid as gold, what's the use?
In the end, they were defeated by the Ming army one by one.

Xuancheng Bo Huang Yu led the magic machine soldiers into two groups.

Along the way, the Ming army started from Huzhou and Guangde, and quickly occupied Yixing and Liyang, which were almost abandoned by the Qing army, completely cutting off the retreat route of the Qing army from Changzhou to Nanjing.

Then they came to Lishui again and began to threaten the southern gate of Nanjing.

The other Ming army did not choose to attack Wuhu, where the two sides had been confronting each other before, but bypassed Wuhu and directly attacked Dangtu, the Fuzhi of Taiping.

Dangtu has been an important town guarding the Yangtze River since ancient times, especially the Tianmen Mountain in the south, which straddles both sides of the Yangtze River.

Li Bai wrote in "Looking at Tianmen Mountain": Tianmen interrupts the Chu River, and the clear water flows eastward.The green hills on both sides of the strait face each other, and the lonely sail is approaching the sun.It's actually here.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, a large-scale water battle broke out between the armies of Wu and Chu on the Yangtze River near Tianmen Mountain. Later, the general Wang Xuanmou of the Southern Dynasty defeated Liu Yixuan's army by relying on the danger of Tianmen Mountain and defended the safety of Nanjing City.

Huang Yu said: "The Qing army has 5000 heavy troops in Wuhu, but Tianmen Mountain is such an important strategic place, and there are only less than [-] people defending it. Compared with this Tianmen Mountain, Wuhu City is simply insignificant."

At this time, the naval division of the Ming army had also arrived on the river near Tianmen Mountain, and cooperated with the land division to attack the Qing army's Tianmen Mountain fortress.The Qing army had few soldiers, and soon gave up resistance under the offensive of the Ming army.

After Tianmen Mountain fell, the Ming army quickly surrounded Dangtu City.

Although Jierhalang made a judgment in the shortest time, let the Qing army abandon Wuhu and retreat into Dangtu.It's a pity that his order was issued too late. Today's gate mountain has been occupied by the Ming army, and the retreat route of the Qing army has been completely cut off.

The desperate Wuhu Qing army quickly chose to surrender.

Jierhalang blocked the news of Hauge's death in the first place, and kept his mourning secret.To cover it up, he read the imperial decree of Shunzhi in public, announcing that he would succeed Hauge as General Pingnan, while Hauge was dismissed from the military and returned to Beijing to return to his command.

Ji Erhalang's move was intended to stabilize people's hearts. After all, the imperial decree was true, and his appearance made this explanation completely reasonable.Moreover, the Eight Banners barracks are relatively closed, so the news of Hauge's death should not be leaked out!

But he ignored the cavalry of the Green Battalion who followed Ma Guozhu to Zhenjiang to support them, many of whom were spies from the Ming army, so the news of Hauge's death could not be concealed.

Not long after, Ma Guozhu ran into the Nanjing Governor's Mansion in a panic, and said, "Prince Zheng, something is wrong; now there are rumors everywhere in Nanjing that Prince Su Haoge has been bestowed to death by the regent Dorgon, and his body is in the barracks with the blue flag."

"This group of untouchables say that my Qing Dynasty is losing cities and lands everywhere, but I am still busy with internal strife, and the period of national subjugation is not far away!"

At this moment, Jierhalang's lungs were about to explode, even though he knew that Dorgon might have given such an order secretly, and even some of those who followed him to the south carried out this task.But after all, Hauge was killed on the battlefield, not by Dorgon.

These spies from the Ming army are really abominable. They deliberately spread rumors that the Qing Dynasty was infighting, and aroused the disappointment of the people all over the world in our Qing Dynasty. This is even worse than publishing the truth about Haoge's death in battle!

He believed that it was not only Nanjing, but rumors like this had already spread in other places. The Ming army was killing people!

But now Hauge is really dead, and now Daqing is yellow mud that fell into his crotch, it's either shit or shit!
Can't the truth about Hauge's death in battle be made public, and give him a grand burial?
Originally, he wanted to find a place to bury Hauge secretly, but now it seems that he can only cremate his body.In fact, he also understands that death in battle is not a kind of relief for Hauge. If he really returns to Beijing, he will not be able to escape Dorgon's clutches!
But at this time, in order to avoid panic in Nanjing City, he had no choice but to wrong Hauge!Is it better to be executed secretly by Dorgon than to be shot dead on the spot by the Ming army?

Jierhalang knew very well that the general situation had already turned to the Ming army, and the fact that the Qing army in Zhenjiang and Wuhu had surrendered to the Ming army had already explained the problem.

At this time, it is meaningless to stick to the periphery of Nanjing, but it just gives the Ming army an extra chance to break through.He decided to withdraw all the mobilizable troops around Nanjing to Nanjing City, where he would fight the Ming army for the final battle.

The Qing army on the outskirts of Nanjing received the order to withdraw to Nanjing, and soon the general Wu Jie led 3000 horsemen from Ma'anshan to Dasheng Pass.

Wu Jie said: "Brother Wang, now that the Ming army is powerful, Wuhu and Zhenjiang have surrendered. I think it is only a matter of time before Nanjing is lost. Instead of returning to Nanjing to die, we should directly present a big victory."

Wang Yuanlong, the chief soldier of Dashengguan, said: "You and I have a total of only 8000 troops. At this time, there are already tens of thousands of troops returning to the Ming Dynasty outside Nanjing. If you and my brother want to make a great contribution, this Dashengguan may not be enough."

Wu Jie was very puzzled, and asked, "I don't know what Brother Wang thinks?"

Wang Yuanlong smiled maliciously, and finally spit out three words slowly: "Dedicated to Nanjing!"

The two of them were originally surrendered by the Ming army. Surrender is like this. After you have the first time, the psychological burden will be much less when you surrender for the second time.

The so-called seeking wealth and danger, they soon contacted the Ming army. Liu Yichen was originally looking for someone who could enter Nanjing City to cooperate with others. It was most suitable for the two of them to withdraw to Nanjing, so the intelligence department sent someone to follow them into Nanjing City.

Jierhalang was also having a headache at this time. The city wall of Nanjing had a circumference of 35.267 kilometers (13616 crenels and 200 nests), an enclosed area of ​​43 square kilometers, a city height of 14-26 meters, and a city width of 7-30 meters. There were 13 city gates and 2 water gates.

The outer city of Nanjing is more than 60 kilometers long, with 18 city gates in total, but the height is far less than that of the inner city, only 8-10 meters.

If there are enough troops, then he can stick to the outer city and rely on Nanjing's own city defense system to resist the Ming army.

But Hauge deployed most of his troops on the outskirts of Nanjing before, so that there were not enough troops to defend Nanjing.Today in Nanjing there are only 5 people from the Manchuria Bordered Blue Banner, 9 people from the Zhenghuang Banner of the Han Army, and 2 people from the Green Camp.

Ma Guozhu said dejectedly: "The 5-thousand Zhenghong Banner was besieged by the Ming army in Lishui City. There is no news about Changzhou Prefecture. Most of the green battalions in other places surrendered to the Ming army. Only Wang Yuanlong, the commander-in-chief of Dashengguan, and Wu Jie, the general of Ma'anshan, brought back 8000 green battalions."

Ji Erhalang said with some complaints: "We moved too slowly. The Ming army's goal is Nanjing City. It is completely unnecessary to stick to other places."

"Now that we have less than 5 people, we can't stick to the outer city at all. Let's retreat to the inner city! The Ming army suppressed the border, people's hearts in the city fluctuated, and the green battalions are all unreliable. Try to arrange the Eight Banners in the most important places. No matter how bad it is, arrange the Han army flags to guard it."

"Wang Yuanlong and the others return to aid in time, which is very valuable, and must be rewarded. Governor Ma will make arrangements for himself."

Chaoyang Gate, Zhengyang Gate, Tongji Gate, Jubao Gate, and Taiping Gate are the five gates that are very close to the imperial city and are the most important. They are defended by the Manchuria Xianglan Banner and the Han Army Zhenghuang Banner.Although Wang Yuanlong and the others received a reward of 5 taels of silver, Ma Guozhu didn't trust them. Not only did he arrange them to Yifengmen and Dinghuai Gate near the Yangtze River, he even placed several supervisors.

Compared with the Qing army's imminent enemy, the Ming army was not in a hurry. For a few days, only a sentry cavalry appeared outside the city of Nanjing, and they didn't even bother to launch a cannon to bombard the city of Nanjing a few times.

Ma Guozhu said with some puzzlement: "It's strange, shouldn't the Ming army take advantage of our unsteady foothold and rush to attack the city? Why don't they seem to be in a hurry at all?"

Ji Erhalang said: "Does Governor Ma feel that the Ming army has not wiped out the people around us, and we still have a chance?"

Ma Guozhu immediately realized that during the Zhenjiang battle, if he hadn't arrived in time, the more than 1 inlaid blue flags might have been eaten by the Ming army.How could there be a city outside the city that could be defended?Unless the Ming army deliberately stayed to lure him to send troops to rescue him.

At this time, a soldier staggered over and said, "It's not good, a large number of Ming troops have appeared outside Zhengyang Gate!"

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