Nanming Yiming

Chapter 85 Sweeping Hangzhou Mansion (for subscription support)
In Hangzhou's Zhejiang governor's office, Xiao Qiyuan was in a good mood.

He was also worried about the great changes in eastern Zhejiang and the Ming army's siege all the way, but Tian Xiong, who went to reinforce him, finally sent a battle report.

After receiving a series of reports of losing cities and lands, he finally received good news.

In the early morning of March 3, Huang Binqing and Zhang Mingzhen of the Ming army led an army of tens of thousands and a large number of warships to attack Ningbo.

Fortunately, Tian Xiong, the admiral of Zhejiang, led his troops to Huitong Dingguan in time, and Hu Rili, the deputy general, defeated the Ming army twice outside the city of Ningbo, beheading more than [-] main forces of the Ming army.

At present, the Qing army has successfully besieged the bandit leader Zhang Mingzhen and others in Ningbo Mansion, and is stepping up the onslaught.

However, there are only 6000 troops left in Hangzhou Mansion, and Xiao Qiyuan has no soldiers to send.

Fortunately, based on time calculations, the Eight Banners led by Jin Li should have arrived in Huzhou by this time. As long as Huzhou is captured, it will not be a problem to pacify eastern Zhejiang.

In the West Lake in the early morning, many people are fishing beside Su Causeway.

Old man Wang was unlucky today, and he was still an "air force" after fishing for a long time. At this time, he suddenly found a beautiful wooden box floating on the shore of the lake.

This box is very exquisite, and it looks like it belongs to a rich family.Old man Wang's eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly brought the box over with a fishing rod.

At this time, several nearby fishermen were also attracted. Everyone said that they didn't know what rare treasures were inside, and lamented that Old Man Wang's luck was really good.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, if you pick up other people's lost property and hand it in to the government in time, you can get half of the reward, which is what we often say "get half when you meet".

According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty. Household Law. Money and Debt. Obtaining Lost Items" stipulates that all lost items must be sent to the official within five days, and the official item will be returned to the official. Half of the money will be returned to the person who lost the property.

Although it has been five years since Shunzhi, the Qing government did not promulgate the formal "Great Qing Law", so the magistrates are still punishing according to the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations. Old man Wang can get half of the property in the box according to law.

Old man Wang tremblingly opened the box under the expectant eyes of everyone, but there were actually two human heads and a letter in the box.

At this time, old man Wang turned pale with fright, and everyone shouted to report to the police.

More and more people gathered around, and the intelligence department's spies also mixed in the crowd, taking the opportunity to say: "This box was picked up by old man Wang, of course he went to report to the police, and it has nothing to do with us. But the letter said What, is there anyone who can read for everyone?"

There is no shortage of people who eat melons, and there are actually two human heads in the box. This is a bizarre case, and the people around melon eaters also echoed: "Who wrote what you read for everyone?"

At this time, a man who looked like a scholar picked up the letter and read aloud: "Governor Suhu of the Great Ming Dynasty told the people of Hangzhou that the 4000 Eight Banners led by the pseudo-Qing Pingnan General Jin Li have been wiped out under the city of Huzhou. The heads of Jin Li and Li Baoguo, deputy general of Hangzhou, my master Wang will go south to capture Hangzhou in a few days, and hope the people of Hangzhou."

The surrounding people in Hangzhou were blown away in an instant. This is actually the head of General Pingnan Jin Li. Hurry up and report to the authorities!
In this way, the news that "Hangzhou's Eight Banners were completely annihilated, and the governor of Daming Suhu will soon lead Wang Shi to the south to restore Hangzhou" spread all over the streets and alleys of Hangzhou in a blink of an eye.

After Xiao Qiyuan received the report from the Governor of Hangzhou, he was even more furious.

The prefect of Hangzhou was ordered to quickly post a notice to refute the rumors, and the gates of Hangzhou were closed, the whole city was under martial law, and the officials even arrested "rumour-mongers" on the streets of Hangzhou.

Although it is not certain whether the Hangzhou Eight Banners were really wiped out, the heads of Jin Li and Li Baoguo are genuine.Now that Qian Mo sent the head to Hangzhou, he wanted to panic the city of Hangzhou. It seemed that he was really going south to seize Hangzhou.

Qian Mo, the governor of Great Ming Su Lake who descended from the sky, claimed to have [-] troops under his command. Xiao Qiyuan has never been able to figure out the details of Qian Mo.

The Ming army always liked to bluff, Qian Mo would not believe that he had 5 people, otherwise Xiao Qiyuan would not have dared to send Tian Xiong to support Ningbo.

But if Qian Mo really eats up Jin Li's 4000 Eight Banners and Li Baoguo and Wang Zaixing's 4000 Green Camp, maybe he really has 5 horses in his hand.

Unpredictable opponents are the most terrifying, but Tian Xiong is besieging Ningbo at this time, Xiao Qiyuan will not transfer Tian Xiong back unless it is absolutely necessary.

So he hurriedly sent someone to ask for help from Ma Guozhu, governor of Liangjiang and Henan, hoping that Ma Guozhu could send troops to support Hangzhou. After all, Suzhou and Songjiang are very close to Hangzhou.Before Xiao Qiyuan also sent Tian Xiong to Songjiang to garrison, now that Hangzhou is in danger, Ma Guozhu can't just leave him dead.

In addition, they sent people to Fuzhou to seek help from Chen Jin, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.How to say that Zhejiang is also under the rule of the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Although the war in Fujian has entered a critical moment, if Hangzhou and eastern Zhejiang are lost, Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, will also be to blame.

However, after all, these are far from being able to quench the near thirst. At present, Hangzhou's military strength is empty, and it is still necessary to draw troops from the surrounding state capitals first.

The closest to Hangzhou is of course Jiaxing Mansion, but Jiaxing had mobilized 2000 people from Wang Zaixing to attack Huzhou before, and now it seems that there is no luck.Now there are only 1000 people left in Jiaxing, but if they are all transferred, Jiaxing will be lost.It is equivalent to Zhejiang and Jiangsu being cut off by Qian Mo, and he would not dare to move these 1000 people no matter what.

There is no need to think about the Shaoxing government, and it doesn't have many troops, and some of them were recruited by Tian Xiong to attack Ningbo.

Although Yanzhou Mansion and Jinhua Mansion are now empty of troops, they are not as important as Hangzhou in any case. Xiao Qiyuan ordered the two mansions to send at least 2000 troops each to support Hangzhou.

Now there are only 6000 soldiers and horses left in Hangzhou Mansion, 5000 are in Hangzhou City, and 1000 are stationed in Changhua and Lin'an to the east of Hangzhou.At this time, I can't take care of other places, and all the 1000 soldiers and horses will be shrunk to Hangzhou Fucheng.

After Qian Mo received the two messages from the intelligence department, he hurriedly led 6000 troops from the Chongming Camp and the Shenji Camp to directly occupy Anxi Town, north of Yuhang. threat.

However, with the annihilation of Li Baoguo's entire army, there was no Qing army stationed here at this time.

Liu Yichen said: "Right now, the whole city of Hangzhou is under martial law, and the nearby Qing army is going to Hangzhou to support, but the direction of Jiaxing has not received orders from Xiao Yuanshan to support Hangzhou."

Qian Mo said with regret: "It seems that Xiao Yuanshan is still calm in his troops. If he doesn't transfer Jiaxing's troops to Hangzhou, we won't be able to take the city of Hangzhou together."

"He didn't give up on Jiaxing, probably because he was waiting for reinforcements from the Susong area, and ordered Wu Qi's Taihu Battalion to attack Xishan Island in Taihu Lake. In addition, the intelligence department released the news that the Ming army was going to attack Nanjing and Suzhou. Ma Guozhu should not be allowed to go to Hangzhou to cause chaos. .”

Gu Yanwu said: "The news that our army has wiped out the Eight Banners in Hangzhou has been sent to Chongming. His Royal Highness Jian Guo is very pleased. The Chongming navy will also cooperate to contain the Qing army in the Susong area. At this time, the Qing army in the Susong area is also in danger. They may not dare to come to support Hangzhou."

"The workshops and personnel of Tianjiazhuang have all been moved to Tianmu Mountain. Jiaxing has already made preparations. Once the Qing army in the Susong area goes south to support Hangzhou, the prefect Lu will lead them to the bastion of Tianjiazhuang."

Qian Mo said: "In addition to the Susong area, other directions should also strengthen surveillance. The lesson of Jin Li's sneak attack on Huzhou last time was too profound, and we have to guard against it."

Liu Yichen said: "The intelligence department is doing its best to investigate in all directions, and the first-hand information will be sent at any time to ensure that we will know the movements of the various Qing troops faster than Xiao Yuanshan."

Qian Mo was quite satisfied with Liu Yichen, especially the intelligence department sent the news that Zhang Mingzhen was trapped in Ningbo by Tian Xiong at the first time this time, which was very timely.

Although King Lu was in charge of Chongming, Zheng Cai could not coerce the emperor to order the princes, the Ming army in Fujian did not have internal strife as it did in history.However, because the Ming army regained 3 prefectures, 27 counties in Fujian in one fell swoop, there was too much commotion, and a large number of Eight Banners soldiers had rushed to Fujian to support them. Now the Ming army in Fujian is retreating steadily.

The intelligence department also sent the news that the Ming army in Fujian was about to be defeated by the Qing army in time.

This is what surprised Qian Mo.It is precisely because the Qing army transferred a large number of troops from eastern Zhejiang to Fujian that the Ming army was able to attack eastern Zhejiang so smoothly.If the Ming army on the mainland of Fujian was completely taken down by the Qing army, then the tens of thousands of Manchu and Han troops in the hands of Governor Chen Jin of Fujian and Zhejiang could be drawn out to support other battlefields.

At this time, Li Chengdong in Guangdong has not announced that anyway, whether Chen Jin goes north to Zhejiang or west to Jiangxi, it will be very unfavorable to the Ming army.That's why Qian Mo gave up rest and went south to attack Hangzhou overnight, and even publicized the annihilation of the Eight Banners in Hangzhou, making himself the target of the Qing army's attack.

This Xiao Qiyuan is really not someone who is waiting for nothing, he should have seen Qian Mo's intention to transfer Tian Xiong back to rescue Zhang Mingzhen, so he didn't call Tian Xiong's troops back to rescue Hangzhou.

However, Xiao Qiyuan's information lagged behind after all, and he, a governor of Zhejiang, would not be able to look at the overall situation from a higher strategic height. Qian Mo predicted that he would definitely ask the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Chen Jin, for help.Qian Mo's real goal was to let Chen Jin dispatch some troops to aid Zhejiang and give Zheng Cai in Fujian a sigh of relief.

As long as Zheng Cai persisted for another month, and Li Chengdong in Guangdong also announced that anyway, the situation in Nanming would be completely revitalized, and it would not matter even if the Ming army had already lost the territory in Fujian.

In Xicheng of Lin'an, Niu Xiaocun, a thousand commander of the Qing army, was anxiously heading towards Changhua.

Governor Xiao Yuanshan of Zhejiang ordered him to join the 500 Qing troops from Changhua in Lin'an and retreat to Hangzhou together, and they had to arrive before noon tomorrow.

It's dusk now, and according to the route Changhua's Qing army should have arrived, why hasn't it arrived yet?

Seeing how anxious Mr. Qian was, the soldier on the city asked puzzledly: "Mr. Niu Qian, Shangfeng ordered us to evacuate to Hangzhou City. Except for Fucheng, the whole Hangzhou Mansion is empty. Hua and Lin'an are all given to the Ming army?"

Originally, Niu Xiaocun was in a bad mood, so when he saw this little soldier who had no eyesight and "avoid carrying that pot", he ignored him.

Unexpectedly, another soldier nearby said: "It's not just Changhua and Lin'an. I heard that Yanzhou and Jinhua have also received orders to transfer their troops to Hangzhou. Now the entire northwest of Zhejiang Province is empty of troops."

Niu Xiaocun suddenly became angry, kicked the little soldier down, and cursed angrily: "If you dare to talk nonsense and disturb the morale of the army, just drag it out and chop it up."

At this time, another soldier hurriedly made a rescue and said, "Mr. Niu Qian, Mr. Wu Bazr from Changhua seems to have arrived."

Niu Xiaocun hurried down to the city and questioned: "Brother Wu, why did you take so long to arrive? Governor Xiao strictly ordered us to arrive in Hangzhou before noon tomorrow."

"It's almost dark, and there's no time for you to rest. Let's set off right away."

At this time, Mr. Wu said embarrassedly: "It's not the few big gentry families in Changhua. I heard that the Ming army was about to call and worried about revenge. They stopped us on the road and didn't let us go, which wasted time."

Niu Xiaocun was in a hurry to set off, but he didn't notice the flustered look on Wu Bazong's face.

Fortunately, Lin'an is less than 50 kilometers away from Hangzhou, so there is still time, so Niu Xiaocun hurriedly assembled the team and set off overnight.

On the Jinxi Wharf outside Lin'an City, the ships were already ready, and the army decided to go to Yuhang by water first.

Yuhang is only 20 kilometers away from Hangzhou. The most important thing is to save energy by water and land, and the time is faster.

On the hillside near Yuhang Wharf, Huang Yu had led the Jingnan Battalion to lie in ambush for a long time.

According to information from the Intelligence Department, the Qing army will retreat from Lin'an to Yuhang by water and land, and then transfer to Hangzhou.

The Tanma had come to report before, and the Qing army's ships were about to arrive at Yuhang Wharf.

Sure enough, not long after, ships docked at the pier one after another, and the Qing army began to slowly land on the pier.

Niu Xiaocun, who had already landed at this time, found that Wu Bazong's fleet was still behind, and all his troops had already landed, and they were still behind nearly a hundred meters from the pier.

Just as Niu Xiaocun was about to call Mr. Wu to bring the boat closer, there was a sudden sound of gunfire, followed by the sound of "bang, bang, bang".

At this time, the Qing army on the pier was overcrowded, and faced with the Ming army's firecrackers and tiger squat cannons, they suffered heavy casualties. Many people were squeezed into the river in the panic.

I saw countless torches lit up on the hillside, and the Ming army was killing Niu Xiaocun from all directions.

At this time, Niu Xiaocun could only order the Qing army to stop resisting and surrender to the Ming army.

Wu Bazong at the back, of course, deliberately docked the ship a hundred meters away from the pier, so as not to be accidentally injured by the firepower of the Ming army.

Changhua had been conquered by the Jingnan Battalion who had crossed Tianmu Mountain as early as this morning. At this moment, except for Wu Bazong, all the Ming troops from the Jingnan Battalion were on board.

When Niu Xiaocun and the others set off, Lin'an was naturally taken over by the Jingnan Camp.

Hong Fugui also led 1000 people from the Chongming Camp to occupy Fuyang County.

At this time, except for the entire Hangzhou government, except for the isolated city of Hangzhou, almost all of them have been occupied by the Ming army.

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