Nanming Yiming

Chapter 72 Great Changes in Eastern Zhejiang Part 1
Last year, after experiencing a series of failures, Zhang Huangyan, who fled back to Zhoushan, was quite disappointed with Huang Binqing and found that staying in Zhoushan was meaningless.

Therefore, taking advantage of the tense fighting in Fujian of the Qing army, they mobilized troops from eastern Zhejiang to enter Fujian, and took the opportunity to establish a base in the Pinggang area of ​​Siming Mountain.

Pinggang is located in Pingshan Village, Lingnan Township.Located at the foot of Laoyingjian Mountain, the terrain is undulating, and the villagers generally live on a relatively flat hillside, hence the name "Pinggang".In the east of the village is the tip of Laoying Mountain, and in the west of the village is the Robber Hill, about 40 miles away from Shangyu County.

The mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and the situation is dangerous. It is a strategically important place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.Zhang Huangyan took advantage of the superior terrain here to store food, prepare weapons, recruit volunteers, contact the Quartet, and prepare for an attack.

Although Zhang Huangyan was a scholar, he had practiced martial arts when he was young, and was good at riding and archery. Later, due to the needs of state affairs, he also read military books, so he was well versed in military affairs.He believes that to consolidate the base areas behind the enemy, we must first rely on the masses.

However, the land here is small and the population is large, and it has been trampled and destroyed by the Qing army's iron hooves, so food supplies have become a problem.So the masses were fully mobilized to actively restore and develop agricultural production. He personally went to the countryside to investigate and visit, persuaded to work hard on farming, and the army and the people jointly built cottages. Soon there was a scene of joy.

At that time, there were three rebel armies in the Siming Mountains bordering Yuyao and Shangyu Nanxiang.

They are Wang Yi's Dalan Village, Li Changxiang's Dongshan Village and Zhang Huangyan's Pinggang Village.

Long before Zhang Huangyan established the village and Pinggang, Wang Yi had opened up the base area behind the enemy in eastern Zhejiang for many years, and the results were outstanding, which made the Qing army terrified.

Wang Yi is from Yuyao, Zhejiang.The word Wanxun.Born as a scholar, Shaoxi likes the art of war and is good at swordsmanship. Later, he followed Xiong Rulin to set up troops in Ningbo.The king of Lu conferred official positions such as the head of the Ministry of War and the assistant minister.

He governed the army strictly, and the whole army was divided into five battalions and five inner divisions.He was in charge of the military and commanded the five battalions; Wang Jiang was in charge of internal affairs, collecting and supplying food and materials.

He divided all the residents in the base area into three classes: wealthy households, single-door households, and low-income households.According to their property and the number of acres, the tax is distributed fairly and reasonably, so the people are happy to bear it.

After Zhang Huangyan settled down in Pinggang, Wang Yi visited Pinggang in person.The two young people met each other very late, talking freely about state affairs, ideals, and strategies for fighting in the enemy's rear.

Zhang Huangyan felt that Wang Yi had extraordinary courage and insight, which is rare in this world, and left a deep impression on him.On that day, Zhang Huangyan warmly entertained Wang Yi, and thus became a close friend.And agreed that the two villages will fight side by side in the future and support each other.

It can be said that Siming Mountain at this time has initially possessed the advanced concepts of "base area behind enemy lines" and "guerrilla warfare" in later generations.

The "Tianmu Mountain Base" that Qian Mo wanted to develop before actually referred to the prototype of Zhang Huangyan's Siming Mountain Base in history.

However, Qian Mo, who has successfully occupied Huzhou and secretly controlled Jiaxing, has only built a few villages and some mining workshops in Mogan Mountain and Tianmu Mountain respectively, and has not really transformed them into "base areas".

On March 1648, the second year of Yongli (3), when news came that Zhejiang governor Xiao Qiyuan urgently dispatched troops from Ningbo and Taizhou and Qian Mo occupied Huzhou.

More than [-] people from Zhang Huangyan and Wang Yi's coalition forces stormed Shangyu County. After breaking through the city, Liu Fangzhi, the county magistrate, was beheaded and the treasury was wiped out.

After winning the first battle, the Zhang-Wang Allied Forces made a new strategic move: Dalan and Pinggang villages left enough troops to defend their bases, and the main force went directly to Shengxian County and Xinchang from Shangyu via Dingzhai and Zhangzhen.

Soon, Xinchang City was broken, and the Qing army in Ningbo was so frightened that they rushed reinforcements to Shaoxing and Taizhou. For a while, the entire eastern Zhejiang area was under martial law, and the city gates were closed at daytime.

But in order to preserve the vitality of the rebel army, the coalition army did not love to fight and defend the city. After severely punishing a group of traitors and recruiting some anti-Qing people, Wang Yi led part of the Ming army to withdraw from the cottage and guard the fruits of victory.

Zhang Huangyan led a thousand Ming troops swaggeringly eastward to Ninghai County, and claimed to capture Xiangshan County.

At this time, Ningbo Prefecture has already waited for 1000 reinforcements from Taizhou Prefecture.

Zhang Jie, the commander of Ningbo Dingguan, led 2500 Qing troops to chase after Zhang Huangyan's troops all the way, and they had already reached the territory of Taizhou Prefecture.

In fact, Zhang Jie was very worried that Zhang Huangyan's team would transfer to Tiantai Mountain in the west. If he entered the mountainous area, he would have to work for nothing.

But at this time, the soldiers came to report that Zhang Huangyan's team had approached Ninghai County and was likely to attack the city.

Hearing that Zhang Huangyan didn't get into Tiantai Mountain, Zhang Jie hurriedly ordered the team to go to Ninghai County to prevent Zhang Huangyan from escaping.

After chasing Zhang Huangyan for a long time, the Qing army was quite exhausted at this time, but the commander-in-chief ordered them to, and they did not dare to slack off, so they finally arrived at Ninghai County.

But found that Zhang Huangyan did not attack the city, but went straight to Xiangshan, bypassing Ninghai.

Zhang Jie was eager to make contributions, and immediately urged the soldiers to chase after him.

But at this time, the Qing army, who had been chasing for a whole day, didn't want to do it. The soldiers shouted: "I have been chasing for a whole day, and every time I say that I am in front. Now I haven't even had a bite to eat. How can I have the strength to chase?"

"Why don't you just rest in Ninghai County for one night, and chase after tomorrow. Anyway, if you go forward, you will see the sea after Xiangshan Mountain. Where else can the bandits go?"

Xiangshan is actually a peninsula. At this time, as long as we chase eastward for more than 10 miles and defend Qipanshan, we are indeed stuck at the throat of the peninsula of Xiangshan. Zhang Huangyan is not afraid of running away again.

So Zhang Jie shouted: "Everyone keep going, eat two mouthfuls of dry food first, and when we get to Qipanshan, Zhang Huangyan can't fly even with wings."

Seeing that Qiu Ba couldn't be called out, Zhang Jie said loudly: "The magistrate has said that whoever captures Zhang Huangyan will be rewarded with 1000 taels of silver, and he will be promoted to three levels in a row!"

"Whoever kills the head of the traitor will also be rewarded with silver!"

Sure enough, money can turn ghosts around. The soldier who was sitting on the ground just now, full of complaints, rushed to the direction of Qipanshan swiftly.

At the foot of Qipan Mountain is actually a stretch of hills and valleys. Because there is a huge stone on the top of the main peak, which looks like a chessboard, it is named Qipan Mountain.

At this time, the sky was dark, and before he knew it, Zhang Jie had led his troops into a valley, and in front of him was the big river Yuanxi.

The more Zhang Jie thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. This place was too suitable for an ambush, so he stopped and ordered the soldiers to investigate ahead.

After all, there are only a thousand people in Zhang Huang's department, even if there is an ambush, there is no need to panic. Zhang Jie is quite confident at this time.

Zhang Mingzhen's department set off from Chongming all the way to Nantian Island, and joined the 2000 people who stayed here.

Then they captured Changguowei in the south of Xiangshan County without bloodshed, and ambushed in Qipan Valley early.

Zhang Jie never dreamed that the Ming army he was facing at this time was the 1 elite under Zhang Mingzhen's command, plus more than 1 people from Zhang Huangyan's department.

"Bang, bang, bang"

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire, and then people fell down continuously.

Then Yang Wenqi led his army out from behind the valley, and the Ming army filled the mountains and plains, and the sound of killing was loud for a while.

At this time, Zhang Jie's department was exhausted, so how could they have the courage to resist?

Seeing the Ming army everywhere, they immediately made a mess.

Zhang Jie shouted: "There is an ambush, everyone, don't panic, follow me and fight out."

Zhang Jie bit his head and led people to attack Taniguchi twice, but the Ming army fired fiercely. The Qing army who rushed to the front was hit by firecrackers and bows and fell to the ground one after another. The offensive was quickly disintegrated, and even he himself was shot by the Ming army. The cannonball hit.

Fortunately, he was wearing heavy armor and was far away, so he was not injured and retreated under the cover of several personal soldiers.

Zhang Jie understood that his team was on the verge of collapse.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhen shouted: "I am Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi of the Ming Dynasty. Now that you are surrounded by tens of thousands of my army, do you still want to break through?"

Zhang Mingzhen was like a thunderbolt in eastern Zhejiang. Hearing Zhang Mingzhen's name, the last line of psychological defense of the Qing army collapsed. Before Zhang Jie gave an order, a large number of Qing troops dropped their weapons and surrendered on their knees!
Seeing that the general situation was over, Zhang Jie had no choice but to accept the Ming army's adaptation.

Zhang Jie understands that Ningbo and Taizhou don't have many soldiers anymore, so he added more than 2000 of his own to join the Ming army.The Eastern Zhejiang of the Qing court really couldn't keep it.

Years ago, Tu Guobao and Yang Wenqi anyway, the Ming army captured Chongming; then Jiangxi Jinshenghuan Nanchang anyway, almost all of Jiangxi Province fell, I heard that Bingfeng has gone straight to Beijing.At the beginning of this month, Qian Mo suddenly appeared and occupied Huzhou.

Now this place in eastern Zhejiang might be difficult to preserve, and now is the opportunity for him to make meritorious deeds.

So he offered a plan and said: "At this time, there are only more than [-] soldiers and horses in Xiangshan County, and they can directly lead the army to attack."

"Although there are still 500 troops stationed in Ninghai County, I can directly lead people to swindle and open the city gate to seize it. At this time, there are not many troops in Linhai City, the Taizhou Administration.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Guozhu, magistrate of Xiangshan County, had already fallen asleep.

At this time, he was suddenly awakened by the faint shouts of killing outside the city.

A yamen servant stumbled in and said, "The county magistrate is not good. A large number of Ming troops have attacked the city from all sides. Now they have occupied the west gate and opened the city gate. They are coming to the county government."

Zhang Huangyan asked for orders to lead his troops to attack the city overnight, and captured Xiangshan County in one fell swoop.

Under the city of Ninghai, the guard saw Zhang Jie going and returning, but he didn't have any doubts. He just thought that Zhang Jie didn't catch up with the rebels and wanted to spend the night in Ninghai County.

Unexpectedly, after Zhang Jie led his troops into the city, he suddenly attacked and captured Ninghai City Gate in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, tens of thousands of Ming troops poured into Ninghai County. Where had the county magistrate of Ninghai seen such a battle?

He decisively cut off his braids and announced that he would return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, so Ninghai County also planted the flag of Ming Dynasty.

After taking Ninghai, the Ming army rested overnight.

The next day, Zhang Mingzhen led tens of thousands of Ming troops and directly surrounded Linhai City, the seat of Taizhou.

At this time, the news that Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, raised [-] troops to capture Eastern Zhejiang quickly spread to all directions, and the Qing army in the entire eastern Zhejiang fell into panic.

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