Nanming Yiming

Chapter 75 Xiao Qiyuan's Response
In Hangzhou's Zhejiang Governor's Yamen, Xiao Qiyuan was in a state of desperation due to a series of failed reports.

The so-called unparalleled blessings, misfortunes do not come singly.

Xiao Qiyuan, who had not yet organized troops to recover Huzhou, received news that Taizhou had fallen.

Now the various prefectures in Zhejiang can be said to be empty of military strength.

The two prefectures of Ningbo and Shaoxing now have less than [-] troops.

Fortunately, the Hangzhou government finally gathered 8000 people after urgently mobilizing soldiers and horses from other governments, and there is not much danger for the time being.

In fact, Xiao Qiyuan was also very worried that Qian Mo from Huzhou led the main force to go straight to Hangzhou.

There are only 3000 people in Jiaxing Prefecture.

In fact, the prefectures in northern Zhejiang have no soldiers to adjust.

Right now, he only has 5000 people transferred back from Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong and the 4000 Manchurian Eight Banners led by General Jin Li of the South.

Otherwise, if the two Ming armies from Huzhou and Taizhou attacked Hangzhou, he, the governor of Zhejiang, would have done it.

The Ming army of Qianmo in Huzhou claims to have 5 soldiers, and Zhang Mingzhen in Taizhou even claims to have no less than 10 soldiers.

Although there are definitely not so many, Xiao Qiyuan has no way of knowing how many Ming troops there are!
The main force of Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang in Fujian, is in a decisive battle with Zheng Cai, the king of Lu, in northern Fujian. It is said that it has reached a critical moment, and it is impossible to send troops to aid Zhejiang.

The soldiers and horses in southwestern Zhejiang have already supported the Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi.

How can Xiao Qiyuan care about the life and death of Songjiang and Huizhou now?The two main forces outside must be brought back.

Just when Xiao Qiyuan was hesitating whether to attack Huzhou or Taizhou first, he received a call for help from Ningbo Mansion.

After Huang Binqing saw that Zhang Mingzhen took Taizhou and Xiangshan easily, he was very regretful, so he decided to take advantage of the fire to loot.

At the dawn of March 3th, the sea outside Ningbo Dingguan was densely covered with warships, and Huang Binqing, the owner of Zhoushan Island, finally made a move.

Since Zhang Jie, the commander-in-chief of Dingguan, surrendered to the Ming army when he led his troops south to pursue Zhang Huangyan, the Dingguan's troops at this time were seriously insufficient.

Huang Binqing decided to take the opportunity to conquer Dingguan in one fell swoop and take down Dinghai County.

Seeing that the sea was full of warships, Sun Shimeng, the deputy general of Dingguan, immediately ordered the fort to fire, and the Ming warships on the sea also fired back.

For a while, the artillery roared, and the two sides fought happily.

Although the hit rate of the artillery in this era is pitifully low, the artillery of the Dingguan Fort has been corrected and can completely cover the targets in front. After a while, several warships of the Ming army were hit and caught fire.

The fort was also hit several times by shells from warships, but fortunately they didn't hit the artillery directly, causing a misfire.

This Dingguan is the frontier of the Qing army's defense against the Ming army in Zhoushan. There were originally 5000 troops stationed there. There are only 2500 Qing troops guarding the pass.

At this time, the Ming army on Wanzhoushan had already taken advantage of the high tide to land.

They are rushing towards Dingguan from all directions.

Sun Shimeng shouted: "Everyone, don't panic, wait for the Ming army to approach before fighting."

Relying on the favorable terrain of Dingguan, the Qing army successfully suppressed the Ming army.

The Ming army was constantly knocked down by bows and arrows and firecrackers, but the Ming army had a large number of people, and they had already approached Guancheng.

At this time, on the fort on the west side, the Ming army had already killed them, and Hu Rirang, the general commander of the Qing army, had no choice but to lead his troops to fight hand-to-hand with the Ming army.

The cannons on the west side of the fort instantly went out, and the warships of the Ming army immediately suppressed the cannons at Dingguan.

At this time, the Ming army who attacked the fort on the west side became more and more courageous, and besieged Hu Rirang and others on the fort.

After cutting down a Ming army, Hu Rirang found that there were only more than 20 people around him, and the rest of the soldiers had already died.

When he was in despair, he found that there were shouts of killing behind the Ming army.

Seeing that the fort on the west side was about to fall, Sun Shimeng decided to personally lead troops to support Hu Rirang, and led 200 Qing troops to kill him.

The Ming army was about to capture the fort, but the Qing army did not expect that the Qing army would break out from Guancheng, and they were beaten all of a sudden.

Seeing the arrival of the reinforcements, General Hu Ri immediately seized the opportunity to attack from both sides. The Ming army couldn't resist and retreated instantly.

Hu Rili wiped the knife in his hand, and said gratefully: "Brother Sun, why did you come to support yourself?"

At this time, a shell hit and hit the gunpowder barrel of the fort, causing an explosion immediately.

Hu Rili, who was blown away by the blast, just recovered and found that Sun Shimeng beside him had been blown into two pieces.

At this time, the retreating Ming army came up again, and Hu Rili had no choice but to abandon the fort on the west side, leading the remaining Qing soldiers to fight and retreat.

After finally returning to Dingguan City, they found that the fort on the east side had also been captured by the Ming army.

At this time, Dingguan City was already surrounded by Ming army regiments, and the artillery on the Ming army warships completely suppressed Dingguan City. If they did not break through, they could only collapse here.

After hesitating for a moment, Hu Rili shouted: "Everyone will fight out with me, this pass will not be able to be guarded, we will return to Ningbo Fucheng to report the letter."

At this time, the Ming army in Zhoushan had just completed the full siege of Dingguan and was preparing to launch an attack.

The deployment was disrupted by a counterattack by Hu Rili.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After the firecrackers of the Ming army fired a round, many Qing soldiers fell to the ground in response.

But at this time, Hu Rili had already rushed to him, and he seemed to be possessed by a murderous god, constantly cutting down the Ming army's musketeers beside him.

The surrounding Ming army was also intimidated by his aura and did not dare to step forward to fight him.

In this way, Hu Rili led more than 800 remnants of the army and forced a bloody way out of the encirclement of the tens of thousands of Ming troops.

At this time, the subordinate asked: "Mr. Hu Qian, shall we return to Dinghai County?"

Hu Rili said: "Huang Binqing has a large army, and we are bound in a cocoon when we return to Dinghai. Let's return to Yin County directly."

Sure enough, after the Zhoushan Ming army conquered Dingguan, they went all the way and directly captured Dinghai City.

Later, Cixi County was besieged. At this time, the troops from the counties around Ningbo Prefecture were basically drawn back to Yin County, Ningbo Prefecture, leaving only 300 people in Cixi County.

Huang Binqing's rule in Zhoushan was relatively strict. All the land on the Zhoushan Islands was confiscated by the government. The crops he harvested were divided into two parts by the government and one part by the people. country soldiers.

"Southeast Chronicle" also records that "Bin Qing did not attack the map, but was addicted to Linuo Xiayue. After returning, regretting that he came out, the more anxious he planned to get together. All the people above the fifteenth year of the people are town soldiers; the man's dead wife If you don't keep the system, the land will be an official; if you have no children at sixty, you will receive their property, and don't give food to them; if the big families in the interior dare not cross the sea, they will use their land as official land.

In total, the fields in Zhoushan belong to two officials and one to the people, and they want to accept one of them as the local judicial system, so that they will be islanders who will not invade or rebel.The purpose of extracting people's power in this way is to resist the Qing army's attack on Zhoushan, but this also caused Huang Binqing to quickly lose popular support in Zhoushan.

After the fall of the Longwu court, Huang Binqing "set up officials, set up seals and ribbons, and killed and deposed him more freely." In addition to the above, Huang Binqing also murdered two Zhu Ming clans and seized their property.

The owner of Huangdao in Zhoushan even dared to kill the clan of the Ming Dynasty, how could he let them, the Cixi gentry?
Coupled with the demonization propaganda of the Qing army, Huang Binqing's "notoriety" at this time is almost well known in Ningbo.

The gentry in the whole county firmly demanded that the county magistrate stick to Cixi County, and expressed their willingness to call the family members of the mansion, and the young and strong members of the clan to help the Qing soldiers defend the city.

For the first time since the Ming army raised troops in eastern Zhejiang, the city was full of people helping the Qing army to defend the city.

Huang Binqing originally thought that Cixi County would surrender directly, and waited patiently for the county magistrate to reply.It turned out that this was just a tactic to slow down the troops, so he ordered to attack the city.

Although the Huang Department has gone through a fierce battle and suffered a lot of casualties, after all, with the remaining prestige of Ke Dingguan and Dinghai, their morale is high.

Coupled with the superior force, they began to attack the city directly.

Cixi County has prepared a lot of stones, bows and arrows and other defensive equipment through the previous "slow strategy", and the arsenal in Cixi County has also distributed all the weapons to the young and strong in the city.

At this time, in addition to the 300 Qing soldiers in Cixi City, there were also 3000 young and strong men and servants.

Although these young men did not have much experience in defending the city, they were shot and killed by the Ming army under the city.

But the determination to defend their homeland inspired them to fight the Ming army to the end.

The Ming army thought they could break through the city easily, so they did not besiege from all sides, but launched an attack on the east gate.

Under the cover of some large shields, the Ming army proficiently and quickly advanced to the city. Although they were hit by bows, arrows and firecrackers and fell to the ground from time to time, it did not affect the speed of the Ming army's advancement.

On the contrary, some inexperienced young men easily exposed their bodies to the sight of the shooters in the city, which led to their own deaths.

However, fighting is the best way to train people. A moment ago on the city wall, Wang Erniu, who was bloody and vomiting, bravely picked up his spear and stabbed at a Ming army who had just climbed up the top of the city. After quickly pulling it out, Then he stabbed at the next one.

Some brave young men even picked up the Ming army and fell down the city wall together.

Under the leadership of 300 soldiers, more and more young and strong adapted to the role of guarding the city. They no longer exposed themselves easily, but just guarded behind the battlements, stabbing the Ming army who showed their heads at any time with their spears.

In this way, the Ming army who had slowly climbed up to the top of the city was unexpectedly driven down abruptly.

Although the Qing army and Qing Zhuang who defended the city suffered heavy casualties, they miraculously defended the city.

Amidst cheers, the Ming army reluctantly gave up the siege.

However, Huang Binqing, who became angry from embarrassment, did not order the siege on all sides, but directly waited for the cannon.

The navy of the Ming army was strong, and there were many cannons in Dingguan. Huang Binqing directly transported several cannons in red, ready to blast the city wall of Cixi County.

However, Huang Binqing still decided to give Cixi County another chance. If they open the city and surrender at this time, he can let the past go.

If he continues to resist, he will slaughter the city once he breaks the city.

In fact, although Huang Binqing implemented harsh and evil policies in Zhoushan, it was not as terrible as the Qing army's propaganda, otherwise the people in Zhoushan would have run away long ago.

At this time, the Ming army seemed to have become the Qing army when they went to the south of the Yangtze River, using the same tactics as the Qing army to deal with the soldiers and civilians defending the city.

Facts have proved that this tactic of the Qing army is still effective in history. After receiving Huang Binqing's promise of "letting go of the past", the gentry are ready to open the city and surrender. After all, offering some money and food is better than losing their heads.Huang Binqing was really driven into a hurry, and he was capable of massacring the city.

At the same time, Zhang Mingzhen's troops also sent 5000 troops to besiege Fenghua, with the intention of attacking Yin County from north to south with Huang Binqing.

Compared with Huang Binqing's notoriety, Zhang Mingzhen's reputation is much better, but Fenghua's troops have been drawn to Yin County, and the county magistrate surrendered without resistance.

At this time, Yin County barely gathered 800 soldiers and horses after gathering nearby soldiers and horses and Hu Rili's 4000 defeated soldiers.

Here in Shaoxing Prefecture, the rebels from Siming Mountain and Tiantai Mountain took the opportunity to occupy Xinchang County again, and they were already approaching Sheng County, and they seemed to be approaching Shaoxing.

So Xiao Qiyuan urgently ordered Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong to lead 5000 troops to Shaoxing and Ningbo to relieve the siege of eastern Zhejiang.

He also ordered Pingnan General Jin Li to lead 4000 Manchurian Eight Banners to capture Huzhou.

In order to cooperate with Jin Li's backstab, Xiao Qiyuan ordered Wang Zaixing, deputy general of Jiaxing, to attack Huzhou.

Qian Mo, who had already made arrangements in Huzhou, was waiting for the Qing army to attack, but after waiting for several days, there was no trace of the Qing army.

This made Qian Mo vaguely feel that something was wrong.

Then news of the Ming army's great victory in eastern Zhejiang came from the intelligence department.Zhang Mingzhen had captured the entire territory of Taizhou, and Huang Binqing also took the opportunity to capture Dingguan, Dinghai, and Cixi counties. At this time, he and Zhang Mingzhen were attacking Yin County, the prefecture of Ningbo, from north to south.

Qian Mo also understood why Xiao Qiyuan didn't dare to attack Huzhou.The Ming army in eastern Zhejiang was really advancing too fast. Not only did they capture Taizhou, but they were about to capture Ningbo Mansion. How could Xiao Qiyuan have the intention to attack Huzhou.

In this way, the 5000 members of Tianxiong's department will definitely be transferred back to eastern Zhejiang, and his plan to attract Tianxiong to Huzhou will come to nothing.

So Qian Mo ordered the intelligence department to pass the news of Tian Xiong's return to Zhedong to Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan as soon as possible, lest they suffer losses.

At this time, Wang Zaixing from Jiaxing also received news that Xiao Qiyuan wanted him to attack Huzhou and restrain Qian Mo.

It has to be said that Xiao Qiyuan's move was quite successful, because there was news from Huizhou that the Qing army was confronting Jiang Riguang's Northern Expedition Ming army in Huizhou.

So Qian Mo never thought that Jin Li was leading 4000 Manchurian Eight Banners to raid his Huzhou at this time.

Instead, Qian Mo planned to use Wang Zaixing to give Xiao Qiyuan an "eye salve"!
In the middle of the night on March 3, Wang Zaixing, deputy general of Jiaxing, led 15 Qing troops to the base of Deqing County, a subordinate of Huzhou.

Just listening to Wang Zaixing's order, the Qing army quickly occupied an empty city in Deqing.

Then Wang Zaixing led people to surround Wukang County without stopping. However, the Ming army in Wukang County was heavily guarded. Wang Zaixing attacked several times in succession but returned without success.

Then Xiao Qiyuan received Wang Zaixing's report.

In the middle of the night on March 3th, after fierce fighting, Wang Zaixing's troops successfully recovered Deqing County and successfully surrounded the Ming army in Wukang County.

However, due to repeated battles, the Jiaxing Ming army was still unable to capture Wukang County due to insufficient troops. They asked Hangzhou to send reinforcements to conquer Wukang together so that Huzhou could be regained as soon as possible.

To be honest, Xiao Qiyuan asked Wang Zaixing to attack Huzhou just to attract Qian Mo's attention, so as to cooperate with Jin Li's Eight Banners to attack Huzhou.

Moreover, many of the Qing soldiers in Jiaxing Mansion were recruits recruited at the end of last year, and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

Xiao Qiyuan never thought that Wang Zaixing could make any progress.

But he didn't expect that the first victory he received was actually sent by Wang Zaixing.

So Xiao Qiyuan sent 2000 troops from Hangzhou to help Wang Zaixing conquer Wukang County together.

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