Nanming Yiming

Chapter 84 Stuck in Ningbo (seeking subscription support)

Since the news that the Ming army raised troops to capture Huzhou, Tian Xiong, the admiral of Zhejiang Province, has been paying attention to the movements of the Ming army in Huzhou, sending people to investigate the situation in Huzhou, and making preparations to recover Huzhou.

But what he didn't expect was an order to reinforce Ningbo. Tian Xiong also understood the seriousness of the matter after hearing about the great changes in eastern Zhejiang.

So he led his troops down the Songjiang River without stopping all night, except for a short meeting with Zhejiang Governor Xiao Qiyuan in Hangzhou, basically did not delay any time.

When Tian Xiong arrived in Hangzhou, news came that Wang Zaixing led his troops to recover Deqing County. In addition, Xiao Qiyuan arranged for Pingnan General Jin Li to return to Huzhou from Huizhou, so he no longer worried about the situation in Huzhou.

Tian Xiong, who had no worries about the future, rushed to Shaoxing Mansion starry night.

As soon as I arrived in Shaoxing, I found that the situation in eastern Zhejiang was more severe than it appeared in the image, and the entire Shaoxing government was in chaos.

Zhu Xu, the prefect of Shaoxing, said: "Thanks to Admiral Tian leading his troops to help in time, otherwise Shaoxing would be in danger."

Tian Xiong was confused when he heard this, and asked: "Doesn't it mean that the bandit Zhang Mingzhen just occupied Taizhou, and now he has reached Shaoxing?"

Zhu Xu hurriedly explained: "A few days ago, Zhang Mingzhen had already controlled the entire territory of Taizhou Prefecture. The rebels from all walks of life in eastern Zhejiang have now joined Zhang Mingzhen. It is said that there are no less than [-] people. Zhang Mingzhen marched into Ningbo yesterday to conquer Fenghua, now I am afraid that we will go north to attack Yin County, the prefecture of Ningbo."

"Zhang Mingzhen's Tiantai Mountain Bandit Yu Guowang and Siming Mountain Bandit Wang Wang Yi have led thousands of people to occupy Xinchang. Now they are attacking Sheng County, and they are about to come to Shaoxing City."

Hearing that Ningbo Fucheng was still in the hands of the Qing army, Tian Xiong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He traveled all day and night because he was afraid that Ningbo Fucheng would fall into the hands of the Ming army.

I thought that Zhu Xu was really an incompetent person, and there were only a few thousand bandits in the area, none of whom were regular Ming soldiers, so I frightened him like this!
So he said: "The thieves in Shengxian County are just a mob. The prefect Zhu doesn't need to be so alarmed, as long as Yin County, the prefectural city of Ningbo, is still in the hands of our army."

"After I repel the Ming bandits in Ningbo, the bandits in Shaoxing will surely collapse without a fight."

At this time Zhu Xu said: "Two days ago the Zhoushan Ming bandit Huang Binqing raided Dingguan, and now he has captured Dinghai and Cixi counties one after another, and now he is probably in Yin County."

Tian Xiong was really furious, and roared: "Prefect Zhu, why did you say such important information last?"

"That is to say, the entire territory of Ningbo has actually been occupied by the Ming army, and the remaining prefecture, Yin County, has not yet fallen?"

Zhu Xu tremblingly said: "Exactly!"

The supervisor under Tian Xiong's command is the essence of the Zhejiang Green Camp, with a total of 2000 horse troops and 3000 infantry troops.

At this time, Tian Xiong only rushed to Shaoxing with 2000 cavalry, and the infantry was still behind.Rescuing soldiers is like putting out a fire, now that Yin County is in danger, Tian Xiong naturally did not dare to delay, he incorporated the remaining 500 cavalry from Shaoxing Mansion into his own cavalry, and headed straight to Yin County.

Tian Xiong is a battle-tested warrior, and he led the team to run wildly all the way, directly bypassing Cixi County, and finally met Zhang Mingzhen who led the attack outside Ningbo City.

Tian Xiong was originally the commander-in-chief of Jingnan Bo Huang Degong, but he had long since had the heart to surrender.After Huang Degong was killed by an arrow, Tian Xiong and Ma Degong, another general under Huang Degong's command, captured Zhu Yousong, Emperor Hongguang of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and dedicated him to the Qing army.

According to historical records, Tian Xiong carried Emperor Hongguang on his back, while Ma Degong carried Emperor Hongguang's legs and ran towards the Qing army camp.At this time, Emperor Hongguang begged the two to let him go, and promised to use the two to restore Daming together.

At this time, the two had already regarded Emperor Hongguang as a bargaining chip for their promotion and fortune, so how could they let this opportunity go?

Emperor Hongguang hated it very much, but he couldn't resist. He could only bite Tian Xiong's shoulder with his teeth, biting out a large sore.And this caused Tian Xiong to suffer from a stubborn illness, because it was summer, and the wounds healed poorly. Every year in May in summer, Tian Xiong's old injuries would recur, and the pain was unbearable.

When the wound recurs, there is no way to relieve the pain. The only way to relieve the pain is to cover the wound with raw meat. After a while, the pain still persists, so we can only continue to cover the wound with fresh meat to relieve the pain.It is said that Tian Xiong was tortured by this disease for 18 years until he finally passed away.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Tian Xiong took control of the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang all the way. The Ming army in Zhejiang was prosperous, and now he has become the admiral of Zhejiang.

It can be said that Tian Xiong has always been the sufferer of the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang. Now that he encounters this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he will naturally not miss it and directly lead the Qing army into the battle.

Encountered in this situation, Zhang Mingzhen knew that there was more danger than good, but at this time there was no better way than forming an formation forcibly.

Zhang Mingzhen shouted: "The shield soldiers stepped forward, the spearmen stood behind, the musketeers, and the archers shot in turn."

The cavalry of the Qing army did not directly hit the shield array in front of the Ming army, but went around and rushed directly to the flank of the Ming army.

In the panic, the firecrackers, bows and arrows of the Ming army could only shoot randomly, and did not cause much damage to the Qing army at all.

The Qing army directly rushed into the Ming army's formation from the flanks. Without the protection of shields, the Ming army could only resist the Qing army with their bodies.

Many Ming troops were cut down by the Qing army, but after all, they were the elite troops under Zhang Mingzhen. The Ming army fought desperately with the mentality of "killing one is enough, killing two to earn one", and still many spears pierced through the Qing soldiers. body of.

Although the Qing army killed a big gap in the flank and suffered heavy casualties, the Ming army had not yet collapsed at this time.

The Qing army, which gradually lost its impact after rushing into the Ming army's formation, was also shot and killed by the Ming army.

On the other side, Hu Rili was going to go around Zhang Mingzhen, but when he saw a large number of cavalry attacking not far away, he immediately ordered his men to attack the Ming army from the other side.

The Ming army, which had finally stabilized its position gradually, was attacked from behind again. The Ming army, which was killed by two Qing troops, could no longer hold back and was instantly defeated.

A large number of soldiers began to flee one after another. Although they knew that leaving their backs to the Qing army at this time would be tantamount to death, they turned around and ran away out of natural fear.

Seeing this, Li Shenfu, the general of the Ming army, shouted to Zhang Mingzhen's soldiers: "What are you still doing here, quickly take Dingxihou back to Ningbo."

After speaking, he led a group of Ming troops to face the Qing troops and killed them. The shouts of the Ming troops did not stop for a long time!
Zhang Mingzhen knew that Li Shenfu was buying himself time to escape, and he no longer wanted to watch the scene behind him. The results of the Ming army can be imagined.

In this era, when infantry meets cavalry in the wild, it is basically inevitable to avoid tragedy.

Unless it is a heavily armored infantry specially armed for cavalry, or a flintlock gun equipped with a very fast rate of fire.

Otherwise, even for Qian Mo's Shenji Battalion, when the strength of the two sides in the field is not much different, facing the impact of the cavalry without relying on the terrain is also very bad luck.

Of course, the desperate resistance of the Ming army's infantry is still valuable. In addition to increasing the casualties of the Qing army, it also bought some precious time, which is enough to change the entire battle situation.

Tian Xiong did not expect that the resistance of the Ming army was so tenacious, and nearly 500 of his cavalry were killed by the Ming army.If Hu Rili hadn't come out from the other side, it is estimated that he would have to pay a greater price.

When Tian Xiong led the cavalry to chase down the north city of Ningbo, Zhang Mingzhen's more than 20 cavalry had already ran into the south city of Ningbo.

What greeted him were the bows and arrows and firecrackers of the Ming army on the city.

After all, he came one step too late, although Tian Xiong almost wiped out the 500 elite of the Ming army at the cost of less than 5000 deaths in this battle.However, Ningbo has already fallen into the hands of the Ming army. At this time, his and Hu Rili's combined soldiers and horses are less than [-], and they are all cavalry, so they can only look at the city and sigh.

At this time, he couldn't help but said to Hu Rili in a reproachful tone: "How can you attack rashly and lose Ningbo Mansion?"

Hu Rili is also full of grievances. There are only 4000 defenders in Ningbo City. If he doesn't design to trick Huang Binqing, he won't be able to defend Ningbo Mansion.

He was also eager to expand the results of the battle before chasing the rout of the Ming army. In fact, he was very successful in defeating the first remaining troops of the dynasty.It's just that I shouldn't be too greedy and take the initiative to attack Huang Binqing's camp, allowing Zhang Mingzhen to take the opportunity to steal Ningbo Mansion.

So he told Tian Xiong the ins and outs of the matter, and of course concealed the part about killing Cao Shanbao.

Tian Xiong saw that Hu Rili was indeed a mighty general. This time he went out of the city and killed a large number of Ming troops, and he helped himself at a critical moment.

So he said: "Deputy General Hu has really worked hard this time. The admiral will take the credit for you. Right now, Huang Binqing's troops are still camping outside the city. Let's defeat this Ming army first."

Looking at the receding Qing army, Zhang Mingzhen's heart was finally relieved.

He said to Zhang Huangyan full of guilt: "I regret not listening to Cang Shui's words and taking the risk of attacking. I have hurt 5000 soldiers in vain."

"How is the situation in the city now?"

Zhang Huangyan said: "Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists, and Marquis Dingxi doesn't have to blame himself too much. Fortunately, we have successfully captured the Ningbo Mansion. Let's record the hatred of the brothers for the time being, and the Qing army will definitely pay for their debts with blood!"

"Ningbo prefect Huang Wantian didn't know that reinforcements from the Qing army outside the city had arrived, and he had just ordered all the stubborn Qing troops in the city to surrender. Now Ningbo is under my control."

"Now we only have 4500 troops left in Ningbo Mansion, and the city guards are seriously insufficient. I have already notified the 3000 troops stationed in Fenghua to come to reinforce Ningbo in time."

"There are now 1200 soldiers from the Qing army in Ningbo Prefecture. I have sent people to take them to Taizhou overnight. Otherwise, it will be easy to cause chaos if the Qing army besieges the city and stays in the city."

Zhang Mingzhen said: "It's still Cang Shui who handled it properly. It's all because of my brother's risky attack that caused the lack of troops in the city and almost ruined the big event."

"I think their cavalry should be the vanguard, and the infantry should still be behind, but they will attack the city tomorrow at the latest."

Zhang Huangyan said with a smile: "Don't panic, Marquis Dingxi, Governor Qian has already occupied Huzhou. Presumably there won't be many reinforcements from Hangzhou, and thousands of troops are the most."

"There are a lot of armor and weapons in this Ningbo mansion. Tomorrow we will recruit troops in the city first. It will not be a problem to defend this Ningbo mansion."

"I heard that Huang Binqing has also occupied Dingguan, Dinghai, and Cixi counties. Now that the entire Ningbo Prefecture has fallen, as long as we defend the city, the Qing army will definitely have nothing to do."

"Besides, Huang Binqing's navy is still moored on the Yongjiang River. How easy is it for the Qing army to retake Ningbo?"

"It's just that Huang Binqing's camp is still outside the city. I don't know if the Qing army will take advantage of the situation to attack the camp."

Zhang Mingzhen has a clear love and hate. Although he had many conflicts with Huang Binqing before, he was not less angry with Huang Binqing during his stay in Zhoushan.

However, Huang Binqing still kept his promise in this expedition to eastern Zhejiang and sent troops to harass Ningbo.Moreover, there were quite a lot of casualties in this expedition. If Huang Binqing hadn't attacked Ningbo with all his strength, Zhang Mingzhen would not have taken Ningbo Mansion so easily.

Said: "It's all the Ming army. If Huang Binqing is in trouble, we can't just ignore it."

Huang Binqing had just beheaded Cao Shanbao and others, and his morale was high. Originally, he wanted to see if he could take advantage of the situation and seize Ningbo Mansion.

It didn't take long for the sentry to report: "A large number of Qing cavalry are found in the field intercepting and killing Ming infantry!"

This confused Huang Binqing. Where did the large numbers of Ming and Qing troops come from outside Ningbo?
Could it be that the army he sent to Xicheng was being intercepted by the Qing army?

Along the way, I also encountered some remnants of Chaoxian, saying that Chaoxian had been trapped and killed by the Qing army, and the 5000 troops were also killed by the Qing cavalry.

Although he knew that it was unlikely to be his own troops, Huang Binqing still had a chance and asked the sentry cavalry: "How many troops are there in the Ming army and the Qing army?"

Sentinel said: "I can't see the exact number of people. The Ming army has at least 5000 troops, and the attacking Qing cavalry has several thousand."

The sentinel added: "It seems that the situation of the Ming army is not good!"

At this time, Huang Binqing had guessed that most of them were Zhang Mingzhen's Ming army, and it was impossible for thousands of other Ming troops to appear here.

How many thousand cavalry are there in the Qing army?

Only then did the Qing army have only a thousand cavalry, and it was only by holding on to the camp that he dared to fight hard.

This is clearly a tactic of the Qing army to lure the enemy in. If it hadn't been for the sudden appearance of the Ming army, I am afraid that I would be the one being surrounded and suppressed by thousands of Qing cavalry.

It's just that they have been chased out of the camp for more than ten miles, and when they go back to the camp, they can't run past the cavalry of the Qing army.

Even if they returned to the camp, how could they withstand the impact of thousands of Qing cavalry.

So Huang Binqing shouted: "Mr. Lin Qian, lead 1000 troops back to the camp quickly. Remember that if you encounter the Qing cavalry chasing you, don't fall for it. Try to disperse in the direction of the Yongjiang River and join the fleet on the river."

He led the people directly to a forest 2 miles away.

Under the guidance of Hu Rili, Tian Xiong led the cavalry to Huang Binqing's camp without stopping.

Sure enough, after chasing for a few miles, they found a large number of Ming troops ahead.

Mr. Lin Qian saw a large number of cavalry chasing from behind, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, disperse and break through, there is a river ahead, everyone swim directly to the Yongjiang River to meet."

This Zhoushan Ming army may not be good in other aspects, but the water quality is nothing to say, as long as they run into the river, they have escaped and ascended to heaven.

After all, it was late at night, and the Ming army immediately dispersed to break through. Tian Xiong and others chased and killed four to five hundred people.

Afterwards, Huang Binqing's camp was raided, and only a small number of Ming troops who stayed behind were beheaded.

At this time, Huang Binqing, who had successfully run into the woods, quickly ordered the soldiers to run deep into the woods. The Yongjiang River was not far away, and he was not afraid of the cavalry of the Qing army when he reached the riverside.

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