Nanming Yiming

Chapter 87 Surrounding the point to fight for aid (seeking subscription support)

After Hou Qianhai and the others were full of food and drink, they continued to set off for Hangzhou.

Huang Sanba personally sent Hou Qianhai out of Xin'an County.

Outside the long pavilion, the two still look like they are deeply brotherly and reluctant to part.Huang Sanba said: "Brother, you need to be more careful on the way to Hangzhou."

"Hangzhou is not very safe now, and my brother's property in Hangzhou also needs manual protection. Huang Bao and others are my confidantes, so I followed my brother to Hangzhou City. They are familiar with this road, and they just happened to be guides for my virtuous brother."

Hou Qianhai also said: "Brother also needs to be more careful, lest the Ming army come back to trouble you. In this way, I will leave 20 soldiers for my brother to protect his safety, and let Huang Bao and the others take care of these people. Follow the army to Hangzhou City."

Although Huang Bao and others were leading the way, Hou Qianhai was still cautious, sending sentry cavalry to scout whenever there was a dangerous canyon, so as not to be ambushed by the Ming army.

After all, this big brother came suddenly. Hou Qianhai sent someone to inquire in Xin'an. This Huang Sanba is indeed the richest man in Xin'an. Some of his subordinates have relatives in Xin'an. They have indeed heard the name "Huang Batian". This man really started his business by smuggling salt.

That's why Hou Qianhai dared to take this route and bypass Fuyang directly.

Located between Lin'an and Xin'an, Daming Mountain is famous for its strange pines, strange rocks and sea of ​​clouds.At this time, Hou Qianhai was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Daming Mountain. The rugged mountain roads were not easy to walk. In order to avoid the Ming army, they even chose inaccessible mountain roads. It was very difficult to overcome obstacles along the way.

Fortunately, there was no danger at all. After a day and a night, they safely entered the boundary of Qiantang County.

Huang Bao pointed to the pagoda in front of him and said: "Mr. Hou, you can see that Baochu Pagoda is in front of you. As long as you cross this gem mountain, you will be in Hangzhou City."

Hou Qianhai also sighed: "This journey was quite hard. Thanks to Brother Huang leading the way, we were able to arrive safely. Otherwise, I am afraid that we would have fallen into the pockets of the Ming army."

The spies sent out at this time also came back to report, saying: "According to the news, the Ming army did not completely surround Hangzhou City. They occupied the Phoenix Mountain in the south of Hangzhou, and fired at Hangzhou City from time to time."

Hou Qianhai said: "The Ming army really blocked the Phoenix Mountain in the south. Fortunately, we didn't go to Fuyang. Otherwise, even if we can reach Hangzhou smoothly, we will inevitably have a fierce battle with the Ming army."

"We'd better wait until night before leaving Baoshi Mountain for Qiantang Gate, so as not to be discovered by the Ming army during the day."

Huang Bao said: "Hangzhou is now besieged by the Ming army. The city gate must be closed day and night. The soldiers guarding the city at night may not dare to let me enter the city. If the Ming army is alarmed by then, we will not be able to enter the city again." , wouldn’t that put the army in danger?”

Hou Qianhai suddenly realized, and said: "It is true that I was negligent, but Brother Huang was thoughtful. It seems that there is no Ming army near this gem mountain. Let's set off for Qiantang Gate."

The Baochu Pagoda is located on the Baoshi Mountain in the north of the West Lake, and the Ming Army Camp in the Phoenix Mountain is located in the south of the West Lake.

With the West Lake completely separated, Hou Qianhai felt that it was relatively safe.So with an order, the army began to set out for Qiantang Gate in Hangzhou.

At this time, Huang Yu had already led the 2000 troops of the Shenji Battalion to lie in wait for a long time. Seeing Hou Qianhai finally dispatched, the Shenji Battalion immediately opened fire.

The dozens of tiger squatting cannons of the Shenji Battalion had already adjusted their positions.

Following Huang Yu's order, the artillery suddenly roared, and the Qing army immediately made a mess.

Then there was another burst of "bang, bang, bang" firecrackers, and many Qing troops were directly shot and fell to the ground.

Hou Qianhai scolded his mother even more in his heart, he was cautious along the way, but he did not expect to be ambushed by the Ming army when he was approaching Hangzhou City.

After firing several rounds of firecrackers, the Ming army slowly rushed out from the mountain and intercepted the second half of the Qing army.

At this time, the unlucky Hou Qianhai was hit in the calf by the tiger squatting cannon, which made him unable to move.

Without saying a word, Huang Bao carried Hou Qianhai on his back, and ran to Hangzhou City.

Fortunately, they were already very close to the city of Hangzhou, Huang Bao rushed to the city of Hangzhou in one breath.

Hou Qianhai was also afraid for a while at the moment. Fortunately, although the Ming army rushed out from Baoshi Mountain, they only intercepted half of their troops.

Moreover, they did not follow to the city of Hangzhou, and nearly a thousand Qing soldiers ran back to Hangzhou city in this battle.

At this time, Huang Yu also stopped the Ming army who was about to continue chasing, and shouted: "Stop chasing, let them enter the city, our mission has been completed."

There was no sign of reinforcements for several days, and the Ming army bombarded the south of the city again, which made people in Hangzhou panic, and even the food rose to 1 tael and 5 yuan a stone.

Hearing that Yanzhou General Soldier Hou Qianhai led his troops to Hangzhou for support, Xiao Qiyuan attached great importance to it and summoned him immediately.

Hou Qianhai, who had a calf injury, was carried into the Governor's Yamen of Zhejiang, seeing his distressed face, Xiao Qiyuan comforted him with words of encouragement.

Hou Qianhai also told Xiao Qiyuan about his experience along the way.The matter of receiving Huang Sanba's 1 taels of silver and his sworn brotherhood with Huang Sanba was naturally concealed by Hou Qianhai.

After hearing Hou Qianhai's experience, Xiao Qiyuan was also deeply shocked.Hou Qianhai had already been targeted by the Ming army before leaving Yanzhou Mansion. If he hadn't been careful all the way and walked the mountain path of Daming Mountain, he might never have reached Hangzhou at all, and he would have been wiped out by the Ming army long ago.

Finally, Hou Qianhai said angrily: "It's a pity that half of the people who have traveled a hundred miles are more than ninety. The humble job has gone through untold hardships and finally arrived outside the city. I never thought that I was raided by the Ming army under the city of Hangzhou. The Ming army is not strong. It's a pity." The soldiers and horses guarding the city did not come out of the city to meet them, otherwise the humble officer would definitely be able to wipe out this Ming army."

How could Xiao Qiyuan fail to hear that he was complaining that the defenders in Hangzhou would not save him and did not go out of the city to meet him.However, Hou Qianhai was able to lead the reinforcements to the reinforcements, which was also a great encouragement to the morale of Hangzhou City.

So Xiao Qiyuan rewarded Hou Qianhai's department with 5000 taels of silver, and said that he would report to the court the credit for his risking his life to help, and arranged for his troops to be stationed in Mancheng, Hangzhou to help guard Yongjinmen.

At this time, the Eight Banners of Hangzhou had already been annihilated, and only a few old and weak women and children were left in the entire city of Hangzhou. The army was quite empty, and Hou Qianhai could just fill the vacancy.

Hou Qianhai, who received the reward, immediately changed his face, and said righteously: "The humble post must not disappoint the cultivation of the governor, and he must fight the Ming army to the end to protect Hangzhou."

In the Ming army camp on Phoenix Mountain, Huang Yu was reporting the results of this attack to Qian Mo.This time, the Shenji Battalion killed more than 600 Qing soldiers, captured 400, and injured only 7 of them. It can be described as a complete victory.

Seeing Huang Yu's listless look, Qian Mo smiled and said, "This time, the Shenji Battalion was bloodless. Why is Huang Zongbing still so unhappy?"

"Do you feel that you didn't enjoy the killing, or do you feel sorry for not completely annihilating this Qing army?"

Huang Yu said: "The humble officer dare not question the military order of the governor. Since the governor let this group of Qing soldiers enter the city, he must have thought carefully."

"It's just that I am reflecting on the tactics of our Shenji Battalion. Now this modified tiger squat cannon is convenient for our army to carry around, and it greatly enhances our army's field combat capabilities."

"It's just that today's Lumi gun department still can't shoot without interruption. Even if it is equipped with a bayonet, it still needs the cooperation of shield soldiers and spearmen."

Qian Mo said: "The expansion of our army was rapid a while ago, and the relocation of Tianjiazhuang Workshop has indeed affected the production of Lumi guns."

"The rate of fire of the matchlock gun is indeed unable to completely achieve uninterrupted fire coverage. This cannot be blamed on the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion for not training hard."

"You have also seen the battle report in Si'an Town. Facing the heavy armored cavalry of the Eight Banners, the effect of multi-armed combat is better than that of pure firearms."

"It is not advisable to use firearms on the plains to fight against the Qing cavalry. Mr. Huang should not be entangled. Only by using favorable terrain and fortifications can we give full play to the advantages of firearms, especially the comprehensive defense system of bastion is most suitable for Shenji Battalion .”

"I think the Shenji Battalion fought quite well in this ambush on Baoshi Mountain. Only seven people were wounded and a thousand Qing soldiers were wiped out, creating a record of annihilating a thousand soldiers with the smallest casualties in our army's history."

Generals like Huang Yu who are decisive and good at summarizing are Qian Mo's favorite. It can be said that among the commanders of the battalions under the Governor's Mansion, Huang Yu is the most valued by Qian Mo. I believe that in time, Huang Yu can become the commander in chief.

Qian Mo also intends to cultivate Huang Yu's overall view. After all, in terms of combat bravery and tactical level, the generals of the first-class battalions currently have their own advantages, and strategic awareness requires talent.

So Qian Mo asked Huang Yu: "Since you said that I have other intentions in letting this group of Qing soldiers enter the city, why not ask Mr. Huang to guess what my intention is?"

Huang Yu said: "Previously, Hangzhou City was empty of troops. Governor Qian led us to go straight to Hangzhou, and did not forcefully attack the city. I am afraid that the purpose is not to directly occupy Hangzhou City."

"It is to force the Qing army from other directions to return to Hangzhou. I guess the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang must have suffered a change."

Qian Mo said with satisfaction: "That's right. Although Marquis Dingxi successfully captured Ningbo, he is currently besieged by Tian Xiong in Ningbo Mansion. I besieged Hangzhou because I really want Tian Xiong to return to the army."

Huang Yu also said: "The Governor ordered my Shenji Battalion to attack Hangzhou, and the Chongming Battalion is stationed on the outskirts, in order to take the opportunity to destroy all the Qing troops who came to aid Hangzhou."

Qian Mo said: "It seems that I can't hide my intentions from Huang Zongbing at all. I gave this tactic a popular name called 'surrounding the spot to fight for aid'."

Huang Yu looked at Liu Yichen, and said with a smile: "Governor Qian ordered Beizhiwang to let a thousand Qing troops into the city this time, I'm afraid there are already insiders from the intelligence department mixed in."

Qian Mo was not surprised by Huang Yu's previous intention to fight for aid, the intention itself was obvious.Huang Yu can see it, Xiao Qiyuan can also see it naturally.But Qian Mo is also a conspiracy, even if Xiao Qiyuan sees it, he still has to obediently send reinforcements to Qian Mo's mouth wave after wave.

However, Huang Yu could guess that insiders from the intelligence department had infiltrated Hangzhou City, which really surprised Qian Mo.

So Qian Mo said to Liu Yichen: "Although it took so much effort to finally send the insider into Hangzhou City, Xiao Qiyuan will definitely take strict precautions and don't take any action for now."

He asked Huang Yu again: "Now that we have exhausted the reinforcements from Hangzhou and Yanzhou, Xiao Qiyuan still hasn't transferred back to Tian Xiong. What does Huang Zongbing think we should do next?"

Huang Yu said: "At present, if Tian Xiong wants to return to aid, there are nothing more than two strategies."

"Either violently attack Hangzhou, forcing Xiao Qiyuan into a hurry; or attack Shaoxing and directly cut off Tian Xiong's retreat."

Huang Yu's basic strategic vision is still very good. Under the current situation, if Qian Mo stands in Huang Yu's perspective, he can almost only think of these two solutions.

But after all, the amount of information obtained by the two is not the same, Qian Mo still has other means to force Xiao Qiyuan to submit, and recall Tian Xiong to Hangzhou.

So Qian Mo said: "What Huang Zongbing said is not bad. At this moment, we really need to force Xiao Qiyuan and Tian Xiong to break this deadlock, but we don't need to force Hangzhou for now."

"The Intelligence Division has instigated the rebellion of Hangzhou Bay Navy Vice Admiral Zeng Jiahui, let's just wait and see."

Since Xiao Qiyuan shrank all the troops of Hangzhou Mansion to Hangzhou City, Haining County, which is located to the east of Hangzhou and south of Jiaxing, has no Qing troops stationed.

Qian Mo did not go to occupy Haining, partly because Jiaxing Mansion is actually controlled by Qian Mo, there is no need to waste troops to station in Haining.

On the other hand, it is because Haining is the place where the Hangzhou Bay Navy of the Qing Army was stationed.Qian Mo didn't have a navy in his hands. If he rushed to occupy Haining, he would be easily attacked by the Qing army's navy.

Although it shows that after the army occupied Chongming, the Qing army had transferred a large number of naval warships from Jinshanwei and Haining to defend Wusongkou. At this time, the Hangzhou Bay navy had been greatly weakened, but now there is no one in hand. Warship Qian Mo still had nothing to do with them.

Zeng Jiahui, deputy general of the Hangzhou Bay Navy, is discussing with his subordinates on a lucky ship in the Qing army's water village in Haining.

A general of the Qing army said: "Have you heard that the Eight Banners in Hangzhou have been completely annihilated, and the head of General Pingnan Jin Li was sent directly to Hangzhou by the Ming army."

Another President Qian also said: "I heard that the two prefectures of Taizhou and Ningbo in eastern Zhejiang have also completely fallen. Now that many generals of the Qing army have turned their backs, what should we do?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, Zeng Jiahui said: "Brothers, the main force of my Hangzhou navy has been transferred to Wusong, and now there are only 5 No. 1 lucky boats and 20 No. 2 lucky boats left in Haining. Some smaller boats."

"Once the navy of the Ming army comes over, we will definitely die. Why not just declare that we will join the Ming army anyway."

The general said: "But Zongbing Zhang of the navy is the confidant of Lord Governor Xiao, so I'm afraid he won't do anything anyway."

Mr. Qian said: "Then just do him. It just so happens that we need a certificate to vote for the Ming army."

"Then should we seek refuge with King Lu of Chongming or Huang Binqing of Zhoushan?"

Zeng Jiahui shook his head and said, "Neither, we surrender to Qian Mo, Governor of Great Ming Su Lake!"

The general asked: "Isn't this Qian Mo also a subordinate of King Lu? Why don't we surrender directly to King Lu?"

Zeng Jiahui said: "King Lu's Zhang Mingzhen has a large number of navy warships, and Huang Binqing of Zhoushan also has a large number of warships. If we rely on them, will we be reused?"

"At this time, Qian Mo doesn't have a boat in his hands. We will definitely be reused if we go to seek refuge."

So Zeng Jiahui killed his immediate boss, captured Haining County, and announced that the Hangzhou Bay Navy would return anyway.

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