Nanming Yiming

Chapter 202 Wu Sangui defeated Jiameng Pass, Ming and Qing confronted Wuchang City
Seeing the fat man in cowhide in front of him, Li Guoying felt a pain in his heart. The 1000 Lumi guns cost him a full 20 taels of silver.

However, this guy is indeed capable, and he was able to pass through Wuchang controlled by the Qing army, as well as Kuizhou and Chongqing controlled by the Ming army, and transport this batch of arms to the city of Langzhong.

Except for Qian Mo, the king of Guangling County, there is probably no one in the world who has this ability.

However, the absolute value of the 20 taels of silver, not to mention the power of the Lumi blunderbuss, was more than just Qian Mo's promise to recommend him to continue to control Sichuan.

He knew very well that defeating Wu Sangui this time was a vote of honor to Qian Moana.Only when he showed enough strength, the Guangling County King was willing to accept him.

Without the support of these Lu Mi guns, he would never have dared to take the risk of attacking Jiameng Pass.

This King of Guangling County is really amazing. I have been in northern Sichuan for several years, and I am familiar with the terrain of Sichuan. I never thought of the tactic of using water to go straight to Jiameng Pass.

He is young, and he should have never been to Sichuan, but he knows it well.Moreover, he pointed out his mistakes sharply. Jianmenguan can only prevent Wu Sangui from entering the Chengdu Plain through the Jinniu Road, but cannot prevent him from entering Sichuan. It is Jiameng Pass.

But fortunately, Wu Sangui didn't think of this either. These two experienced generals were not as good as an outsider who was thousands of miles away.

At this time, Wu Sangui had also arrived at Jiameng Pass. Anyway, after returning to the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui was full of energy.In a few months, he controlled the entire Northwest region, and now he is not only named King of Lintong County by the Yongli court, but also favored by Elder Qu Ge.

Although this entry into Sichuan suffered successive setbacks, but now Li Guoying is just fighting a trapped beast again, he still decides to personally persuade him to surrender.

I saw Wu Sangui slowly stepping out of the battle and shouting: "Now my Ming Dynasty is at the height of the sun, and the Qing court is already in danger. Why should Governor Li be obsessed with being obsessed with being buried with the Qing court? My [-] Guan Ning army has already been closed by Chen Bing, and Jia Meng The pass is the enemy's front and back, and our army will be able to break through the pass soon. The king reads that we have worked together once, and I will give you a chance to take the initiative to return anyway, and I hope Governor Li will do it on his own!"

Li Guoying said: "Thank you, my lord, for your kindness. Now that the world has returned to the Ming Dynasty, I will naturally not be buried with the Qing Dynasty. To tell you the truth, Lintong County King, I have already asked Emperor Yongli to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. I have no intention of fighting with Guan Ningjun." If you are an enemy, otherwise in Bazhong, it is impossible for your brother Wu Sanfeng to retreat completely. As long as the prince retreats first, I will naturally let Hu Guozhu's troops return to Hanzhong safely, do you think this is good?"

Hearing Li Guoying's reply, Wu Sangui's face darkened. It seemed that this guy wanted to skip himself and descend to the Ming Dynasty alone, so that his plan to get involved in Sichuan would be in vain.Since you, Li Guoying, don't eat fine wine when toasting, don't blame me, Mr. Wu, for being cruel!

Although Jiameng Pass was also an important pass, it was far less dangerous than Jianmen Pass. Wu Sangui did not believe that Li Guoying could withstand the double attack from himself and Hu Guozhu.

So Wu Sangui snorted coldly, and said: "It seems that Governor Li is obsessed with obsession. What kind of tactics are you still using to slow down the army with this king here? This king will definitely not be fooled by you. If this is the case, then we will only have to fight against each other!"

Soon the Guan Ning army under the city opened fire like Jia Mengguan, and Li Guoying on the city immediately ordered to fire back.

The Guancheng of Jiamengguan is still relatively strong, and the artillery of the Guanning Army can't break through the city, and more is to send an attack signal to Hu Guozhu on the other side.

Hu Guozhu is also a veteran on the battlefield. As soon as he heard the sound of cannons in front of the pass, he knew that Wu Sangui had started to attack Jiameng Pass, so he immediately sent troops to attack the city.

Jiamengguan is a complete city defense system. There are city walls and towers on both sides of the north and south, and the Guancheng in the middle is equipped with a series of facilities such as military camps, arsenals, and training grounds.

But generally speaking, the defense in the north is stronger than that in the south, which is also determined by the terrain with high south and low north.

At this time, Jiameng Pass had a total of 1 defenders. Li Guoying placed 5 of them at Beiguan to fight Wu Sangui's main force, leaving only 12000 at Nanguan to defend against Hu Guozhu's attack.

However, all the 1000 Lumi guns were placed in Nanguan. Li Guoying planned to quickly defeat Hu Guozhu, who had fewer troops, and then concentrate the main force to fight Wu Sangui at Beiguan.

Although Hu Guozhu lost nearly 2 people before the Jianmen Pass, he still has more than 1 people in his hands at this time.

Soon Guan Ning's army held up their shields and rushed towards Beiguan. They were ravaged at Jianmenguan before, and this time they can finally vent their anger.

Huang Sanpang's scalp felt a little tingly when he saw the dense crowd of moving people under the city.

Originally, he was just a wealthy businessman in Nanjing City, living a carefree life, but ever since he met Qian Mo, he was always worried.Although he did not earn less money, the work he did became more and more dangerous.

I used to go to Changde to deliver food to the Ming army, although I had to go through enemy territory, but at least I didn’t have to go to the battlefield in person; now, in order to sell these second-hand Lumi guns, I actually came to this pass city in person.If he didn't win a title, he would be sorry for the dozens of catties of fat that fell from his body.

At this time, Guan Ning's army had entered within a distance of 90 steps, and Huang Sanpang shouted: "Shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang"

There was a puff of white smoke over the city, and the bullets easily passed through the shield, punching a bloody hole in their bodies.Soon hundreds of Guan Ning troops rushed to the front and fell to the ground in pain.

There was a smell of blood in the air, and the painful wailing of these veterans.

Hu Guozhu was stunned by the scene in front of him. Those were the elite of Guan Ning's army, all of them were veterans in heavy armor, and they were directly shot to the ground by the Qing army's firecrackers.

Soon the Qing army's second round of firecrackers followed.

There were also gunners in the Qing army. Although the shooting efficiency was not as good as that of the Ming army's Shenji Battalion, the operating principles were similar.They imitated the Ming army's three-stage attack. Although the efficiency was much lower, it was the first time Guan Ningjun encountered this situation, and he was also caught off guard.

However, the interval between shots from the Lumi blunderbuss was quite long, and soon the Guanning Military Bureau took advantage of the gap to rush under the city wall and began to prepare to attack the city with ladders.

The terrain of the pass is much steeper than that of ordinary cities, and it is more difficult to attack the city.At this time, the Qing army on the city wall was ready for hand-to-hand combat, and began to greet the city with thunder stones and logs.The gunners on the city tower and the enemy tower continued to use Lumi guns to shoot and kill the targets below the city.

The archers under the city are no match for the gunners at all. Without the cover of long-range firepower, the siege of the city becomes extremely difficult.

Hu Guozhu did not expect that the Qing army here would be equipped with such powerful firecrackers, and the most elite veterans under his command would directly become cannon fodder.There was no suspense in the ensuing battle. The Guan Ning army, which had lost its arrow, was unable to attack the city pass, and was soon killed by the Qing army.

The power of the Lumi gun not only shocked the Guan Ning army, but also surprised the Qing army. Is it no wonder that the Zhejiang Ming army was invincible?This Lumi gun is really a sharp weapon for defending the city!
The Guan Ning army in Beiguan was temporarily repelled, but the battle in Nanguan has entered a fierce stage.

Wu Sangui personally sat in the town, Guan Ning's army was also the main force, and they performed extraordinarily hard.Everyone wants to perform well in front of their lord so that they can be promoted.

At this time, the Guan Ning army had successfully attacked Guancheng, and the two sides were engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and the battle was extremely fierce.

As soon as a Guan Ning army cut down a Qing army, his chest was pierced by a spear, and many soldiers even jumped off the city wall with their arms in their arms and died together.

The gunners who came up from Nanguan for reinforcements were also dumbfounded by this scene, and the two sides scuffled completely.They can only take down a few Guan Ning troops occasionally, but it doesn't have much impact on the overall situation.

Li Guoying was also a ruthless character. Seeing that the Guan Ning army was coming towards him, he quickly stopped the Qing army who wanted to step forward to reinforce him.He said to the gunner: "Aim at the front and shoot without distinction!"

The gunner hesitated for a moment, and saw Li Guoying raised his knife and directly beheaded a gunner next to him, shouting: "Aim at the front, shoot without distinction, anyone who hesitates will be killed without mercy!"

"Bang, bang, bang"

With the sound of gunfire, the Qing army and Guan Ning army who were fighting fell to the ground at the same time. Because the distance was too close, some bullets even shot through the soldiers' bodies.

Guan Ningjun was stunned by this sudden scene. The Qing army was so ruthless that they even killed their own people. third row.
Taking advantage of Guan Ningjun's moment of stupefaction, Li Guoying held the Daguan knife and personally led someone to kill him again.I saw that he was like a god of killing at this time, he raised his knife and dropped it wherever he passed, and several heads of Guan Ning army fell to the ground.

Under the leadership of Li Guoying, the Qing army also fought the enemy bravely, and forcibly knocked down the city wall of the Guan Ning army.

At this time, Wu Sangui hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter. Although it was a pity that he failed in the end, he almost succeeded in the first wave of siege, and he could still accept it.

After all, it is very difficult to conquer a pass as powerful as Jiameng Pass in one go.

But when the Guanning Army organized another siege, the situation was completely different.The firepower of the Qing army became extremely sharp, and the most elite troops of the Guanning Army were quickly shot to death by Lumi blunderbusses. Afterwards, the Qing army's blunderbusses also kept suppressing their bows and arrows under the city. They lost their long-range fire cover, Even climbing to the top of the city became extremely difficult, and the casualties increased a lot at once.

Wu Sangui had no choice but to withdraw his troops, while Guan Ningjun left more than 5000 corpses in Beiguan.

In the next few days, the Guan Ning army also returned without success. At this time, Wu Sangui was in a dilemma. If he continued to attack, he would not be sure to break through Jiameng Pass;

In fact, he had already retreated in his heart, and was waiting for Li Guoying to give him a step down.Seeing that Li Guoying and Wu Sangui were almost exhausted, Huang Sanpang hurriedly sent out a signal.

And Liu Yichen, who had been watching the play outside the customs for several days, finally appeared. In order to thank Liu Yichen for helping him complete the trip to Yunnan, Ma Jixiang directly promoted Liu Yichen to the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei of the Yongli Dynasty.

This time he brought the imperial edict of Yongli to formally confer Li Guoying, and Li Guoying was conferred the title of Duke of Shu by the Yongli Dynasty, serving as governor of Sichuan and admiral of Sichuan.

The appearance of Liu Yichen undoubtedly helped Wu Sangui out of the siege. His Majesty formally accepted Li Guoying to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Since everyone is the Ming army, naturally they can no longer fight.

Through Liu Yichen's mediation, Hu Guozhu's remnants were able to return to Hanzhong.

This time Wu Sangui's expedition to Shu was a big defeat. More than 2 people were killed, of which more than 1 were his Guanning Army, and many of them were elite veterans who had followed him for many years. It can be said that the loss was heavy.

And although Li Guoying beat Sun Kewang and Wu Sangui away, he was still very weak at this time, so he had to rely on Qian Mo, otherwise he wouldn't even have enough food to raise soldiers!
Huang Sanpang was in a hurry, not only promoted to the position of deputy commander of the intelligence department, but also became Qian Mo's spokesperson in Huguang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Shaanxi, representing the governor's office of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and all roads in the southwestern region. Warlords big and small are doing business.

The Yongli court successfully incorporated Li Guoying, making Sichuan completely included in the court's territory.At the same time, the Fujian battlefield, which had been stalemate for a long time, finally decided the outcome.

On the eighth day of April in the third year of Yongli (1649), Li Chengdong and Zheng Chenggong finally broke through Fuzhou, and Chen Jin, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty, died in battle.So far, only Wuchang in the south of the Yangtze River is still under the control of the Qing army.

But Li Chengdong also caused difficulties for the court, and the issue of conferring titles was easy to solve. After all, Qian Mo, Wu Sangui, Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo had all been conferred the titles of county kings, and Li Chengdong was no different.

However, Li Chengdong was originally the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. If Fujian was granted to him, the power would be too heavy; even Qian Mo did not officially get Jiangxi, only Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces, and Jiangxi still belonged to Wang Deren in name.

But with Qian Qianyi here, this kind of problem is naturally solved. Although Li Guodong was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi before, he only took care of Guangdong.

So Qian Qianyi asked Li Chengdong to be the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, which is equivalent to taking back Guangxi directly to the imperial court.Li Chengdong didn't actually lose any territory, so he was naturally willing to accept it.

Then the imperial court named Li Chengdong King of Ningde County and Zheng Chenggong Marquis of Yanping, and ordered Li Chengdong to send troops to Wuchang to cooperate with the Ming army's general attack on Wuchang.

Li Chengdong was naturally satisfied when he became the queen, and he was very grateful to the court, so he sent his son Li Yuanyin to send 5 troops to Huguang to assist Huguang governor Du Yinxi to recover Wuchang.

At this time, Yongli was more and more pleasing to Qian Qianyi's eyes. Since Qian Qianyi became the chief assistant, he has almost nothing to worry about.No matter what problems arise in the imperial court, Elder Qian Ge can solve the matter satisfactorily to the satisfaction of all parties.

The key point is that the Yongli Dynasty has always been smooth sailing, Yunnan-Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi-Gansu, and Jianghuai have been recovered one after another, which makes Yongli feel that Qian Qianyi has an aura of luck.Although the local power is still huge, Qian Qianyi made the imperial court take back the control of Guizhou and Guangxi through his own operation.

And he is not domineering, on the contrary, he voluntarily gave up a lot of credit to Yongli, which is commendable.However, not long ago, Yongli had just made Qian Qianyi an earl. Adding an earl at this time might cause criticism, so Yongli appointed Qian Qianyi as Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of Rites, a scholar of Zhongji Palace and Prince Taifu.

Yongli's favor for Qian Qianyi made everyone in the court envious, and soon they discovered a phenomenon, it seems that there is no benefit in fighting the emperor?
Ever since Qian Qianyi became the chief assistant, he has won Yongli's favor on the top, Qian Mo's support on the outside, and Ma Jixiang on the inside.The efficiency of the Yongli cabinet has improved a lot all of a sudden, and those Qingliu who do not do business all day long and scold the emperor are really unable to get along.

Qu Shixu was even more worried. His mentor Qian Qianyi was too cunning, and he quickly made the whole court obedient.However, Qian Mo was extremely restless. He was far away in Hangzhou, but he stretched out his hands to all parts of the country. His shadow was seen on the battlefields of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, and even Guizhou and Sichuan.Not only that, he also extended his hand to places like Mongolia, North Korea, and Tamna.

My job as Minister of the Ministry of War has become a decoration, but Qian Mo is like a "generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses", controlling the situation of the world invisibly.

Now this guy has controlled the three provinces of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. He has heavy soldiers and wealth in his hands, and he is also a relative of the emperor. thing?
If Qian Mo had no ambitions, even if he was killed, he wouldn't believe it.But everyone's impression of Qian Mo was that he was young and promising, humble, and he was not proud of his achievements.

The same is a feudal official, can a child prodigy born as a Jinshi be the same as a rogue born in a reckless family?

Qian Mo really hides it so well that he has covered the sky with one hand, but people are still defenseless against him. It seems that he is another Wang Mang!

Qu Shixu believed that even if he crashed headfirst into the hall to death, Yongli would not believe that Qian Mo had disobedience to Daming.

But fortunately, Qian Mo is not the only high official in the Yongli court. Qian Mo supported Li Dingguo before, which obviously offended Sun Kewang.According to the battle report obtained by the Ministry of War, Qian Mo must have supported Li Guoying. The Qing army could not enter Sichuan at all.

Although preventing Wu Sangui from entering Sichuan is beneficial to the imperial court, it is not good news for Qu Shishi. After all, he has regarded Wu Sangui as his foreign aid and reliance.

Qian Mo secretly sent arms to Li Guoying, he still had to remind Wu Sangui, so as to provoke the relationship between the two of them.

Fortunately, Qian Mo didn't seem to be enthusiastic about going north to recover the capital. It's not difficult to go straight to the capital with his strength, but he didn't even cross the Huaihe River.

It is obvious that Qian Mo's strategy towards the Qing court is to support the bandits' self-respect, and this person really has ulterior motives.

But this also just gave others a chance. Isn't the biggest contribution right now is to regain the capital?If Wu Sangui could occupy the capital before Qian Mo, then the imperial court would naturally not have to return the capital to Nanjing, and could directly move the capital back to the capital.

The north is not Qian Mo's territory. With Wu Sangui's support, he can stand against Qian Mo, Qian Qianyi, and Ma Jixiang.

At this time, he seemed to see light in the darkness.

So Qu Shisi organized various Ming armies to besiege Wuchang in the name of the Ministry of War, and on the other hand secretly sent someone to send a letter to Wu Sangui, asking him to send troops to occupy the capital first.

After Boluo retreated to Wuchang, the strength of the Qing army in Wuchang also reached 12, including 2 in the Manchurian Xianghuang Banner, 1 in the Zhenglan Banner, and 1 in the Xiangbai Banner.

At this time, most of the Manchurian Eight Banners of the Qing court had been wiped out by the Ming army. Only the Xianghuang Banner remained the most complete. Except for the loss of more than 1 people under the Datong City, the Zhengbai Banner was not injured.The Zhenglan Banner, Xiangbai Banner, and Zhenghuang Banner are now half-disabled, while the Two Red Banners and Xianglan Banner are completely wiped out.

Although Wuchang City is very strong and the Qing army has no intention of giving up, Boluo dare not keep the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the south of the Yangtze River.After all, Qian Mo had already occupied Anqing Mansion and Luzhou Mansion. If he sent troops to Hubei to occupy Huangzhou, then Wuchang would be made dumplings by the Ming army again.

Soon more than 3 Manchurian Eight Banners withdrew across the Yangtze River. Boluo led 2 Xianghuang Banners to stick to Huangzhou, and the Zhenglan Banner was withdrawn to Xinyang, Henan, as a mobile force.Xinyang is not too far away from Wuchang and Xuzhou, and both ends can be supported, which can be regarded as leaving a retreat for himself to return to Henan.

Of course, if the Eight Banners of Manchuria were all withdrawn from Wuchang, it would definitely cause the morale of the army to fluctuate. Boluo kept the 1 inlaid white flags of the Heluohui, and the Heluohui would control the troops from all walks of life in Wuchang.

At this time, western Hubei was also defenseless. In order to prevent Li Guo from occupying the state capital in western Hubei and threatening Wuchang, Boluo sent Huaishun King Geng Zhongming and his son Geng Jimao to lead 2 people to Jiangling and Xiangyang respectively to ensure the safety of Wuchang's flanks.

So far, there are still 7 Qing troops remaining in Wuchang.

Although Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, regained Hunan with the help of Qian Mo, he did not have enough troops at this time, so he was actually unable to occupy Wuchang.

However, Qu Shixu ordered Du Yinxi to launch the Wuchang Campaign as soon as possible in the name of the Ministry of War, and mobilized a large number of reinforcements for Du Yinxi.

堵胤锡召集了何腾蛟的残部以及朝廷从广西派来的援军，在此基础了建立了自己的督标1万人。此外马进忠部出兵1万5千人，李过的忠贞营出兵2万5千人，郝摇旗出兵2万人，陈友龙出兵1万人。堵胤锡算是勉强凑出了8万人马。

In addition, all parties also received orders from the Ministry of War. Qian Ning sent 5 troops from Jiangxi, Li Yuanyin brought 5 Fujian troops, and even Li Dingguo from Guizhou sent 1 people to participate in the Wuchang battle.

Qian Ning led his army from Ruichang, Jiangxi, marched all the way westward, and successfully captured Xingguo Prefecture. After joining Li Yuanyin's 5 army, he captured Daye and reached the outskirts of Wuchang.

On the other side, Du Yinxi and the others also headed north after meeting in Linxiang, successively conquering Jiayu, Xianning and other counties, and advancing to Quankou Town, which is less than 10 miles away from Wuchang.

At this time, the Ming army's army concentrated outside Wuchang City had reached 19 people, and the Wuchang War was about to start!
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