Nanming Yiming

Chapter 73 Great Changes in Eastern Zhejiang Part 2
Tiantai Mountain is located at the junction of Ningbo, Shaoxing, Jinhua, Wenzhou and Taizhou, with Xianxia Mountain in the southwest and Zhoushan Islands in the northeast.

Huading Mountain, the main peak of Tiantai Mountain, is located in the northeast of Tiantai County, Taizhou Prefecture, with an altitude of 1098 meters and is composed of granite.

Due to the dangerous terrain and being in the "five no-regards" zone at the junction of many prefectures, like Siming Mountain, many rebels formed strongholds in Tiantai Mountain to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Among them, Jintang of Beishan, Monk Li of Xixiang, Yu Guowang of Xinchang, Xiaoni of Dongyang, and Dong Keshen of Xianju echoed each other from a distance.

Since Zhang Huangyan had already conveyed to Yu Guowang the news that the Ming army was about to counterattack eastern Zhejiang, he hoped that the Tiantai Mountain Rebels could cooperate with the Ming army in the counterattack.

At this time, the leaders of the five major rebel armies in Tiantai Mountain were gathering in Yu Guowang's stronghold.

Yu Guowang said excitedly: "The news came this morning that Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi, has started to counterattack the eastern Zhejiang. The army has been smashing all the way, and it has already conquered Xiangshan and Ninghai counties."

"Now that tens of thousands of troops are besieging Linhai, the capital city of Taizhou, our Tiantai Mountain Rebel Army can't be idle. It's time for us to go down the mountain and unfurl the flag to serve Ming Dynasty."

Jin Tang hurriedly added: "I heard that the army of the Marquis of Dingxi won a complete victory in ambushing the Qing army on Qipanshan, and Zhang Jie, the commander of Ningbo Dingguan, has led his troops to surrender."

"Now this Taizhou capital is empty of troops, it is a good time for our rebel army to attack."

Monk Li also said: "That's not true, you see that Zhang Huangyan and Wang Yi from Siming Mountain have fewer troops than us, and they are both in Lianke County, Ningbo. behind them."

Dongyang Xiaoni and Xianju Dong Keshen also echoed, saying that Tiantai Mountain Rebels must descend immediately to cooperate with Dingxihou to attack eastern Zhejiang.

On March 3, the Tiantai Mountain Rebel Army recommended Yu Guowang as the commander, Jin Tang as the deputy commander, and led 9 "white-headed troops" to surround Tiantai County in one fell swoop.

Tiantai County is located at the southern foot of Tiantai Mountain, on the north bank of Shifeng River.The county seat is located on the valley plain in the middle of the Tiantai Basin, and is an ancient city with a long history.

On the city tower, Wu Wang Caiwang, the magistrate of Tiantai County, densely packed the "white-headed army" outside the city, his scalp was also numb.

However, he did not intend to surrender to the gangsters, so he issued a death order to Mr. Jin: "All the sects must strictly guard against me, and we must not let the bandits enter the city and harm the people of this city."

Although Yu Guowang and the others were numerous, they were just a group of rebels after all. Apart from some ladders for attacking the city, they had no other siege equipment.

The defenders refused to surrender and they really had no good way.

However, there are only 500 defenders in Tiantai County at this time, with a 10 to 1 force advantage, Yu Guowang still ordered a siege on all sides, hoping that the defenders would fail despite this, and he would have a chance to win the rooftop.

Following Yu Guowang's order, Jin Tang, Monk Li, Xiao Ni, and Dong Keshen each led 1000 troops and began a siege on all sides.

It should be said that Yu Guowang's decision was correct. After all, 500 people had to guard multiple city gates.

At this time, the effect of a full-scale siege by the Whitehead Army is definitely better than a strong attack.

Dong Keshen was leading people to attack Xicheng. At this time, the Qing army was condescending, using bows and arrows, and shooting at the Baitou army.

During this period, the rebel army continued to fall down with arrows or gunshots. Fortunately, the Qing army on the city was also short of troops. After dozens of casualties, the rebel army quickly reached the city wall.

In fact, for defending the city in this era, the efficiency of ordinary firecrackers may not be as good as that of bows and arrows.

One is that the effective distance is too short, and it cannot cause damage at a long distance. The other is that the firing time of the firecracker is a bit long, and it is easy to become the target of the archers in the city.

That is to say, the Baitou army lacked archers with excellent archery skills, otherwise the Qing army would have been unable to hold on.

At this time, it has entered the link of building ladders to attack the city, and the casualties of the Baitou army have gradually increased. Pieces of stones have been smashed down, and the siege ladders have been overturned, causing heavy casualties to the rebels.

At this time, a Qing army who was raising a stone and smashing it down was also shot in the throat by Dong Keshen's arrow. Unfortunately, there were too few good archers in the rebel army, and the Qing army suffered little casualties.

At this time, Dong Keshen's subordinates had already suffered more than two hundred casualties, while the Qing army on the city had only killed more than ten people.

But the siege in the era of cold weapons was such a process of accumulating casualties. Fortunately, at this time, rebels began to climb to the top of the city. Although they still failed to gain a foothold, the Qing army had already begun to panic.

The situation of the other three sects was similar. The rebel army suffered heavy casualties, but they still failed to gain a firm foothold in the city.

At this time, Yu Guowang put all the remaining 1000 troops into the west gate, and put the only archers and musketeers in the rebel army into the west gate.

If you choose to retreat at this time, so many sacrifices before will be wasted.Only by putting all his eggs in one basket can he break through the city.

Sure enough, Monk Li and others were greatly boosted after receiving reinforcements, but the Qing army on the city was gradually exhausted, and Qing soldiers were constantly being hit by the archers and musketeers below the city.

At this time, in Ximen, there were white-headed troops climbing the city wall, and they had already entered hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army.

After beheading a Qing army, Dong Keshen even climbed to the top of the city himself, and the morale of the rebels on the top of the city was instantly boosted.

Seeing that Xicheng was about to fall, Mr. Jin personally led 50 Qing troops to support.

Jin Bazong shot and killed Dong Keshen with an arrow.

The leader was killed, and the morale of the Baitou army dropped instantly. Finally, the Qing army barely held the west gate after paying huge casualties.

Yu Guowang, who was about to capture the city, was also disappointed, so he had to order the troops to withdraw.

The white-headed army in this siege was quite brave, with more than a thousand casualties.

Among the four leaders who attacked the city, one was killed and one injured. Besides Li and Dong Keshen, Jin Tang's left arm was also injured by a bow and arrow.

The casualties of the Qing army in Tiantai County were not small. The 500 defenders suffered nearly 200 casualties, and almost all the more than [-] defenders of the original Ximen died in battle.

Jin Ba always understood that if the bandits attacked again, Tiantai County might not be able to defend it.

He looked at Wu Wangcai, the magistrate of Tiantai County.

It's not that Wu Wangcai was unwilling to surrender to the Ming army, he would accept it if he surrendered to Zhang Mingzhen.

After all, his property and official position in the Ming army can be preserved anyway.

But if he were to surrender to a group of bandits in Tiantai Mountain, and Tiantai County would inevitably be looted, then he would rather die than obey.

When both sides were unable to fight any more, Yang Wenqi led his troops to arrive.

Seeing the fierce fighting in Tiantai County, Yang Wenqi didn't expect to be able to successfully persuade him to surrender.

It was just a routine persuasion to capitulate.

Wu Wangcai saw that it was Zhang Mingzhen's Ming army who came to persuade him to surrender.

After getting the promise that the Ming army would never retaliate after entering the city, it directly announced the surrender of Kaesong.

It can only be said that Yang Wenqi is really lucky, and he came here by such a coincidence.

Huangyan County is located in the south of Linhai.

Li Yanjun, general of the Qing army, was gathering his troops. He received an order from Ma Xin, the deputy general of Taizhou, asking him to gather 500 troops from Huangyan and Taiping counties to support Linhai Fucheng.

But at this time, Li Yanjun had other ideas. It is said that Linhai is now besieged by tens of thousands of Ming troops, and his mere 500 troops went to support Linhai City. Isn't this sending sheep into the tiger's mouth?

So Li Yanjun and Dong Sicheng, the magistrate of the county, decided together that instead of going to Linhai City to die, it would be better to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

And Li Yanjun rushed to Taiping County in Wenling non-stop, and called people from Taiping County to fight together.

On March 3th of the second year of Yongli, Huangyan and Taiping counties also announced that they would return to the Ming Dynasty anyway, and the flag of Ming Dynasty was planted on the top of the city.

On March 3, Yang Wenqi led 10 soldiers and horses to the south and went straight to Xianju County in the southwest of Taizhou.

It has to be said that the current Yang Wenqi seems to be possessed by the god of luck.

That's right, the county magistrate of Xianju also surrendered, and Yang Wenqi swaggered into Xianju again.

At this time, the entire Taizhou prefecture was occupied by the Ming army except Linhai, where the government was located, and the other five counties, plus Xiangshan County, which belonged to Ningbo prefecture, were all occupied by the Ming army.

In Linhai City, Qi Weizhu, the magistrate of Taizhou, was even more frightened and terrified all day long.

His Taizhou prefecture originally didn't have many soldiers and horses. Last year, Fujian was in a tight spot. The governor of Fujian, Chen Jin, took 2000 soldiers and horses from Taizhou to support Fujian.

This year Jin Shenghuan Nanchang anyway, took 1000 people from Taizhou to support Jiangxi; when Huzhou fell, he took another 1000 people back to defend Hangzhou; then Ningbo was in an emergency a few days ago, and he sent another 1000 people to support Ningbo.

There are only 2000 people left in Linhai City today, what should we do?

Although Qi Weizhuo is corrupt and can be regarded as a disaster in Taizhou, after all, he and the Ming army have no mortal enmity.

Generally, for such officials, as long as they take the initiative, they can basically keep their official positions, at least their wealth and life.

Didn't Tu Guobao and Yang Wenqi "forced anyway" live well?
Although Zhang Mingzhen brought him to East Zhejiang because he was worried about Yang Wenqi staying in Chongming, Yang Wenqi worked very hard this time.

Now Xianju, Huangyan, and Taiping three counties are garrisoned by him, and they can enjoy themselves again.

Qi Weizhu is not a bannerman, so naturally there is no need to die for the Manchu master and be a filial son and grandson of the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that he and Zhang Mingzhen have a personal enmity. He once arrested Zhang Mingzhen's family members, and Qi Wei dared not surrender!
Zhang Mingzhen has a clear distinction between likes and hates, and he must repay his grievances.Otherwise, he wouldn't be called "the last hero of Nanming".

It is understandable for Qi Wei to think about carrying it to death, but his subordinates are not happy at this time.

Taizhou Deputy General Ma Xin and his men together had tens of thousands of troops outside the city and 2000 soldiers and horses inside the city.If you want to carry it to death for Qi Wei's sake, you can't delay other people's progress.

Without saying a word, he tied Qi Wei and opened the gate of Linhai city.

On March 3, the second year of Yongli, after the entire territory of Huzhou Prefecture was recovered, Taizhou Prefecture was also completely occupied by the Ming army.

For a while, eastern Zhejiang was shaken, and the two prefectures of Ningbo and Shaoxing were also panicked, and urgent reports flew frantically to Hangzhou.

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