Nanming Yiming

Chapter 46 Jiangnan Shakes
After entering Chongming City, Yang Wenqi cooperated with the defenders outside the city to quickly capture the north and south gates.

The rest of the defenders, seeing that they could not resist Yang Wenqi's army, retreated from the west gate without hesitation.

In this way, Chongming County changed hands for the third time in one day!
On the other side, Tu Guobao is still waiting for "Yang Wenqi" to surrender, planning how to deal with Yang Wenqi and swallow the 28 taels of silver.

As a result, there was the sound of shelling from the boat on the surface of the river, and I saw several No. 2 Fuchuan lined up in a straight line, as if firing here.

Tu Guobao shouted loudly: "I was fooled, this Yang Wenqi actually has reinforcements, everyone retreat to the south, don't be hit by shells!"

Wang An heard the sound of cannons outside, and knew that Yang Wenqi should have captured Chongming County, so he felt relieved.

In fact, just now he was still very worried that Tu Guobao would put all his eggs in one basket and attack the fort with all his might.

In this case, his own "bait" will be swallowed by Tu Guobao!

Although Tu Guobao started to retreat right now, the troops in his hands did not dare to attack rashly. If Tu Guobao suddenly "returned the carbine", all previous efforts would be wasted.

At present, we can only persist until dark, then board the boat, and find a way to return to Chongming County to meet Yang Wenqi.

Tu Guobao, who is retreating, is also full of regrets in his heart!
There is a saying: I can't bear to let my children not be caught by wolves.

How can anyone not die in a war?I shouldn't worry about gains and losses and miss the opportunity to encircle and wipe out Yang Wenqi.

At this time, the soldiers who had retreated from the defeat in Chongming County also came to join them.

Tu Guobao, who learned that Chongming County had once again fallen, was furious and scolded Yang Wenqi for being cunning and treacherous!
At this time, Huang Dabiao said: "Judging from the current situation, Yang Wenqi's reinforcements should not be many, only a few hundred."

"Although we lost Chongming City, the loss of soldiers and horses is not big. There are still more than 2600 people."

"Right now we can lure the snake out of the hole. The Tu Zongbing personally leads 1600 troops to besiege Chongming City from all sides, and the humble officer leads 1000 troops to lie in ambush. Yang Wenqi only asks for help, and we will first eat the wave of troops he is guarding the fort."

Tu Guobao laughed and said: "Da Biao, you still have a way, and we will act according to plan. As long as he eats Yang Wenqi's foreign aid, he will be a turtle in the urn!"

Just when Yang Wenqi and Tu Guobao were fighting fiercely on Chongming Island.

The Zhoushan Ming army led by Zhang Mingzhen has already approached Chongming Island.

(Zhang Mingzhen, born in Jiangning, Yingtian (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) at the end of the Ming Dynasty, with the word Houfu. At the end of Chongzhen, he was a guerrilla in Shipu, Taizhou. Hongguang died in the Nanming Dynasty, and Zhang Huangyan and others supported the King of Lu to supervise the country, added General Fuping, and was granted the title of Marquis of Dingxi. After the fall of Shaoxing , entered Zhoushan to attach to Huang Binqing. In the second year of Lu Jianguo (1647), Wu Shengzhao, the admiral of Songjiang, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and wrote a letter to Zhoushan. Because Binqing refused, he led an army of 1655 to help. When Chongming was hit by a hurricane, the entire army was wiped out. In four years, he led his troops to merge with Binqing, and welcomed the king of Lu into Zhoushan. The Taishi of Jin was in charge of aircraft affairs. In six years, Zhoushan fell, and he returned to the king of Lu. Cut off the Yangtze River and garrisoned Pingyangsha in Chongming. The search was withdrawn by slander. The next year, he went back to the Yangtze River and attacked Jingkou, which shocked Nanjing. In the ninth year of Yongli ([-]), he was worshiped as a marshal by Zheng Chenggong. He died of illness; Successfully poisoned to death.)
Zhang Mingzhen is a bold man, emphasizing love and righteousness. Some people say that Zhang Mingzhen is the last hero of Nanming. He is most praised for his heroic deeds of "entering the Yangtze River three times", climbing Jinshan Mountain, and offering sacrifices to Xiaoling Mausoleum from afar.

In the first month of the eighth year of Yongli (1654), Zhang Mingzhen led hundreds of large ships, went up the Yangtze River and arrived in Zhenjiang.

In Jinshan, Zhang Mingzhen set up a ceremony for three days, sacrificed to the Xiaoling Mausoleum from a distance, and wrote a poem on the cliff with tears, saying:
Ten years across the sea and a lone minister, Zhong Shan Wang Lizhen is in good spirits.

The Quail Shouyi Banner came out of Chu, and Yan Yunyu's call had passed through Fujian.

Master Wang choked with heart and liver, and his father and elders kissed each other in tears.

If you look south at the soldiers of Xiaoling Mausoleum, you will see Dazhuolongjin.

In April of this year, in order to cooperate with Wu Zhaosheng anyway, Zhang Mingzhen led tens of thousands of Ming troops and sailed into the Yangtze River.However, the heavens were not blessed, and a storm was encountered near Chongming, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

As an ordinary person, he might have been disheartened, but Zhang Mingzhen suffered such a big setback, and his ambition was not lost. He sneaked back to Nantian to recruit the old department, and regrouped.

Continue to hide your strengths and bide your time in Zhoushan, waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback.

If Gu Yanwu had not gone to Zhoushan to report the letter, a few days later, when Zhang Mingzhen learned that King Lu was held hostage by the Fujian warlord Zheng Cai, he would have led his troops to break through Changguowei (in the south of Xiangshan, Zhejiang Province) occupied by the Qing army and stationed in Jiantiao. Suo (to the east of Sanmen, Zhejiang today) stabilized his position, and then welcomed King Lu to Jiantiao.

After hearing the news of "Chongming's accident" from Gu Yanwu, Zhang Mingzhen believed that this was a golden opportunity to regain Chongming, and immediately advocated sending troops.

Huang Binqing is actually not interested in Chongming, but considering that Zhang Mingzhen has been in Zhoushan, it has a great influence on him.Now that Zhang Mingzhen is willing to take the initiative to move his army to Chongming, he can also help disperse the pressure on the Qing army.Just push the boat along the way, 3000 assistants helped Zhang Mingzhen take Chongming in one fell swoop.

It's just that the Ming army in Zhoushan just experienced a big defeat half a year ago, and suffered heavy losses.Today, the fleet led by Zhang Mingzhen has only 13000 soldiers (5000 sailors and 8000 infantry), and more than a hundred warships, which are much smaller than before.

However, the warships of the navy of the Ming army are much stronger than those of the navy of the Qing army.

Zhang Mingzhen's flagship is an improved version of Fuchuan No. 1. It is 23 feet long, 1 feet 3.33 feet wide, and 20 foot 300 feet deep. It is divided into [-] cabins. Five inches, and the rest are shorter in turn ([-] zhang = [-] meters). The ship is equipped with [-] thousand-jin Flang machine guns, and its displacement is close to [-] tons.

However, the Ming army only had 1 such enhanced No. 3 Fuchuan, followed by 1 standard No. 10 Fuchuan, 2 No. 20 Fuchuan, and some other smaller warships.

With such strength, it is more than enough to crush Yang Wenqi and the Ministry of Tu Guobao on Chongming Island!
At this time, Gu Yanwu introduced the situation on Chongming Island to Zhang Mingzhen, saying: "The original Chongming Fort has been completely destroyed and will not pose any threat to our navy."

"The main channel of the Qing Army's Chongming Water Village was blocked by sunken ships, and all the warships of the Qing Army's Chongming Navy Division were burned. There are still a few No. 2 blessing ships in Yang Wenqi's department, which no longer pose a threat to our army! "

"The Yang Wenqi Department and the Tu Guobao Department on the island should still have more than 4000 troops, but at this time they should have been fighting for nearly a day and a night. They are exhausted troops, and they are definitely powerless to stop my Daming Wang Shi."

After hearing the news, Zhang Mingzhen also said confidently: "In this way, Chongming is really very empty. You don't need to go to Fujian anymore in Zhongqing. When Chongming is captured, I will directly welcome His Highness Jian Guo here."

"Zhou Boda, Yang Wenqi, and more than [-] elite troops from the Tu Guobao Department were wiped out. The strength of the Qing army in the Susong area was unprecedentedly empty. Coupled with the cooperation of the Taihu Rebel Army, it is not impossible for us to take advantage of the situation to take Susong."

Hearing this, Gu Yanwu couldn't help frowning.

I thought: Qian Mo's worry was indeed right, the Ming army wanted to take back "Su Song" as soon as they got Chongming.Su Song's land is easy to attack, but it cannot be defended. If it is just to plunder the treasury, it is not too bad.

So he said: "There is still 35W taels of silver in Chongming County, which can be used to raise soldiers."

"Our top priority is to take advantage of the navy's superiority, first destroy the remaining naval warships along the Yangtze River estuary of the Qing army, and guard the Yangtze River exit."

"The Qing army will not sit back and watch Chongming fall and remain indifferent. I am afraid that there will be tough battles to be fought at that time. But as long as the Qing army navy is defeated, let alone the land of Susong, where along the Yangtze River cannot be attacked?"

"We only need to make the Qing government tax deficit in the two rivers, and they will naturally be unable to support them for a long time. At that time, we will take the opportunity to strengthen our strength, and it will not be too late to find states and counties."

Zhang Mingzhen also understood what Gu Yanwu meant, that Chongming should be consolidated first, and then develop based on it.

At this time, the fleet had also arrived at Chongming Island.

Zhang Mingzhen ordered: "Fire the cannon, the army lands!"

At this time, Tu Guobao had already led his troops to surround Chongming County.

To be honest, since the dawn of the attack until now, his men have already been exhausted, so he has not taken any measures to attack the city.

When Yang and Tu faced each other, only the sound of cannons was heard.

Soon Zhang Mingzhen's army arrived at the foot of Chongming City.

How could Tu Guobao and Yang Wenqi have the intention to fight again at this time?
Then it was announced that anyway, the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty was raised!
Yang Wenqi originally wanted to brag about how he fought against the national treasures and stood by Chongming for help, but finally he waited for Master Wang to come.

But when he saw Gu Yanwu by Zhang Mingzhen's side, he immediately donated the silver taels, expressing that he would follow Zhang Mingzhen's orders!

Of course, Zhang Mingzhen did not expose Yang Wenqi on the spot, but said politely: "This time Zongbing Yang and Zongbing Tu set things right, they are really an example in the world. This Marquis has already reported to His Highness Ming Jianguo, and soon there will be a reward. You two Now I will take the post of commander-in-chief temporarily."

But now Chongming's land and water armies have exceeded 17000 people, and new camps need to be rebuilt.The water village of the former Chongming Navy needs to be dredged and expanded, and the Chongming Fort also needs to be repaired.

A lot of "construction tasks" were arranged for the two. Yang Wenqi's department was responsible for cleaning the water village passages and repairing the water village; the Tu Guobao Department was responsible for repairing the fort and expanding the barracks.

Of course, in order to win over the forces of all parties, under Gu Yanwu's suggestion, Zhang Mingzhen went to each battalion to distribute rewards to the soldiers in person with the money.The 17000 soldiers in Chongming, no matter who they belonged to before, will be given 2 taels of silver as a reward first, and the officers will be even more.

In this way, all the original ministries are grateful to Zhang Mingzhen!
Soon, "Yang Wenqi, the Tu national treasure has returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and the news that the Ming army took Chongming Island in one fell swoop spread quickly."

In fact, as early as the second day after the Yunyin fleet encountered a storm, corpses had been washed to the shores of Zhenjiang and Guazhou one after another.

The Yunyin Fleet did not arrive in Guazhou according to the appointed time, and there was no news at all. The defender of Guazhou had already reported the situation.

Without Hong Chengchou, Ma Guozhu is now the only governor of Nanjing, so the news was naturally reported to Ma Guozhu, Governor of Liangjiang and Henan immediately.

The fleet disappeared for no reason, and the bodies of many soldiers were found washed ashore. Ma Guozhu already felt that something was wrong.

Although he had never been directly involved in the escort of the money, the disappearance of the fleet happened in his jurisdiction after all, and he immediately arranged for ships to patrol the Yangtze River and soldiers on both sides of Jiangguazhou to search for clues.

However, the result obtained was that a rare storm occurred on the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang to Guazhou last night, and the Yunyin fleet may have encountered an accident.

But 500W taels of silver and a fleet of 3000 people just disappeared out of thin air?

No one was left alive, this result cannot be explained anyway.

Finally, after a day of continuous searching, a "survivor" was found.

This "survivor" was a soldier under Zhou Boda's command.

According to the account of this "survivor": "Shortly after crossing the river that night, there was a violent storm on the river, and the wind and waves blew up. At this time, the fleet led by Yang Wenqi suddenly appeared on the channel and blocked the fleet's way. After that, he The tank boat he was on sank in a storm, and he drifted to the shore and was rescued by fishermen, but he didn’t know what happened afterwards.”

Didn't Yang Wenqi's fleet set off from Zhenjiang to the north as suspicious soldiers? Why did they suddenly appear on the waterway in the middle of the night?
With such a question in mind, Ma Guozhu immediately sent someone to "protect" Yang Wenqi's family.

Of course, this "survivor" was sent by Qian Mo to report to Ma Guozhu.

Yang Wenqi forced his father to death, of course Qian Mo would not let him go easily, and arranged for someone to put "eye drops" on Ma Guozhu as soon as he landed.

This is also where Qian Mo is clever, nine points of false information are true, and one point is false.Often this most inconspicuous "one point false" can influence your judgment.

At this time, Yang Wenqi's family members must have been transferred by him. What conclusion will Ma Guozhu draw when he can't find anyone?
Another reason is that the emergence of other real survivors cannot be ruled out. If the two sides say different things, it will be self-defeating.

However, before the news of the disappearance of Yang Wenqi's family came, the news came that Yang Wenqi and Tu Guobao raised their troops against the Qing, and that Zhang Mingzhen had occupied Chongming.

Jiangnan was shaken for a while, the Ming army intercepted 500 million taels of silver in the Yangtze River, and the 3000 elite troops of Jiangning governor Zhou Boda who participated in the escort were wiped out; the general soldier Yang Wenqi and Tu Guobao were in Chongming anyway, and the news of the attack on the Qing Dynasty began to spread wildly in the south of the Yangtze River spread.

At this time, Ma Guozhu also realized the seriousness of the problem, but he was faced with a very difficult problem.

That is, how should the 500W taels of silver be explained to the court?
Although all kinds of evidence now point to Yang Wenqi robbing silver, the fleet did encounter a storm.

Of course, Ma Guozhu wanted to say that the fleet was hit by a storm, God's will cannot be violated, and Ma Guozhu did not arrange the escort, and the court would not be able to hold him accountable if the ship sank in a storm.

If his report may be intercepted by Yang Wenqi, the first is that he does not have accurate evidence.

If the silver is intercepted, the court will definitely make him responsible for recovering the lost silver.

In case the money is not found by then, he will be punished!
Although rumors are flying all over the sky now that Yang Wenqi intercepted 500 million taels of silver, as long as there is no real evidence, Ma Guozhu cannot accept this account.

Therefore, a report "The Yangtze River of the silver fleet encountered a storm, 500W taels of silver sank into the Yangtze River, Zhou Boda, Qian Mo and the accompanying escort officers and soldiers were all killed" and another report "General Yang Wenqi and Tu Guobao rebelled in Chongming, leading Zhoushan Ming Bandit Zhang Mingzhen Occupies Chongming" was urgently sent to Beijing.

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