Nanming Yiming

Chapter 91

The annihilation of Zhang Tianlu's entire army actually disrupted Qian Mo's deployment. Now Songjiang's troops are too empty, which aroused the interest of King Lu.

If King Lu directly controls Songjiang, it will hinder Qian Mo's northward development route.Qian Mo didn't want to seize the two mansions of Su and Song because he was afraid of becoming the main target of the Qing army.

But if the King of Lu seized the two mansions of Su and Song, he would also lead the Qing army here, which was not allowed by Qian Mo.

So Qian Mo announced that the Ming army would directly occupy Jiaxing.Ma Guozhu must be forced to transfer troops from Nanjing to Su Song, so as to prevent King Lu from occupying this place.

In order to force Nanjing to transfer troops, Qian Mo ordered the Jiaxing Battalion to directly occupy Jinshanwei, pretending to attack Songjiang Mansion.

On the other hand, Qian Mo had already received an order from King Lu to cooperate in capturing Songjiang, and attacking Jinshanwei was also a positive response.

Sure enough, after Ma Guozhu received the news that the Ming army had captured Jinshanwei, he had no choice but to transfer the 3000 Jiangbei Green Battalions who were planning to go south to support Huizhou to Songjiang, and ordered Bashan to lead 3000 Manchurian Eight Banners to station in Zhenjiang, so that both ends could support Nanjing and Songjiang.

According to information from the Intelligence Department, on March 1648th in the second year of Yongli (3), Dorgon, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, worshiped Zhenghuang Banner Manzhou Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai as the general who conquered the South, and used Manchuria to border Baigushan Ezhenhe. Luohui assisted him and ordered him to lead troops from Manchu, Han and Mongolian banners to Jiangxi from Beijing to suppress the uprising of Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren.

Since the intelligence department intercepted the news sent to Nanjing in time outside Nanchang, this appointment was 4 days later than in history. However, compared with the same period in history, the Qing army lost more of Huzhou, Jiaxing, Taizhou, and Ningbo. The territory and Hangzhou Mansion outside Hangzhou City, half of Huizhou Mansion and Chongming Island.

It can be said that the situation of the Qing court is worse than in history, whether it will cause other chain changes, Qian Mo does not know.But what is certain is that there has been such a big commotion in Zhejiang, and the strength of the Qing army besieging Jiangxi must have been much smaller than that of the same period in history.

And Xiao Qiyuan, who was trapped in Hangzhou, knew that the reinforcements on the northern front were completely gone after receiving the news that Zhang Tianlu's 5000 soldiers and horses who went south to aid Hangzhou were wiped out and that Jiaxing was occupied by the Ming army.He had to send a messenger to ask for help from Tian Xiong who was besieging Ningbo. This was the last effective force he could mobilize.

After releasing Huang Binqing outside the city of Ningbo that night, Tian Xiong waited for the follow-up 3000 infantry at noon the next day.So Tian Xiong launched a tentative attack on Ningbo City that day, but Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan had already established a firm foothold in Ningbo at this time, so Tian Xiong naturally did not get any cheap.

Considering that Huang Binqing behind him was watching covetously, and Tian Xiong's forces were not enough to encircle Ningbo Mansion.So Tian Xiong decided to find a soft persimmon first, and first take down Cixi County occupied by Huang Binqing.

So Tian Xiong led more than 5000 soldiers and horses to the north and directly surrounded Cixi County.

Before the gentry in Cixi County helped the Qing army resist the Ming army's siege, although they were forced to surrender and pay the "protection fee" under the threat of artillery, at the moment the Ming army was surrounded in Cixi County, but these gentry were unwilling to send young and strong Uptown to help.

Due to the long-term demonization propaganda of the Qing army, Huang Binqing had a very bad reputation in the eyes of the people of Cixi. Without the help of these gentry, the Ming army would not have been able to recruit young men to help in the battle.

So Li Xianzhi, a member of the Ming army, hurriedly "invited" several gentry representatives from Cixi to the county government, trying to force them to submit.

Li Xianzhi said to his subordinates: "You guys lie in ambush outside, and wait for my order when the time comes. If these guys are still so ignorant, I will hack them to death."

At this time, several Cixi gentry headed by Lu Daqi were "invited" to the county government by Li Xianzhi.

Seeing the murderous look on Li Xianzhi's face, Lu Daqi knew that he might not be able to fool him this time.

Before Li Xianzhi could speak, Lu Daqi said: "Now that the Qing army is besieging Cixi on a large scale, we are also very worried. It was not that we deliberately avoided and refused to help General Li Shen to defend the city. It's just that our family's money and food have already been donated to Su Lu Uncle, without money and food in hand, we can't afford to call on the young and strong in the city to help the army defend the city?"

Li Xianzhi cursed secretly: "Old fox."

He said with a smile: "You are all representatives of the gentry in Cixi. I didn't expect that in order to help my Master Zhoushan, your family has already been in such a difficult situation?"

"In this way, I will send people to bring all your family members to this county government office to support you because of your merits in helping each other before. In this way, you can also save some rations and recruit young and strong people to help my army defend the city."

Hearing that Li Xianzhi directly used his family as a threat, everyone turned their attention to Lu Daqi.

As for Li Xianzhi's Lu Daqi, he had already prepared for it, and said: "It is our duty as gentlemen to support the master of the Ming Dynasty. There is not much food in the army, let alone General Li Shen shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending the city. How can we wait for the family members?" So please trouble General Li Shen to take care of you."

"Although my family's silver and food reserves have been depleted, I still have some other assets. I have received the favor of the Ming Emperor, and this is the time to serve Su Lubo. I am willing to send all the family members of the family to the city to help. In addition, use all the cloth in the cloth shop in the city to recruit young and strong people to help the army defend the city!"

After Lu Daqi made his statement, other gentry also expressed their willingness to support the army to defend the city. For a while, the crowd was enthusiastic and vowed to block the Qing army under the city of Cixi.

Li Xianzhi thought to himself that they were really a group of old foxes who "won't eat the toast, but have to eat the fine wine", but since the goal was achieved, he didn't continue to embarrass them.

After Tian Xiong's army arrived in Cixi, they adopted the method of "surrounding three ques and one", and deployed troops to attack the city on the east, west, south, and south sides, but did not deploy soldiers and horses on the north side.

Except for the mountain city built on the mountain, the cities in the south of the Yangtze River basically have moats, and the county town of Cixi is no exception.

Following Tian Xiong's order, the Qing army began to attack the city. Although the Qing army attacked from east, west, and south this time, the east and west directions were all bluffing assists. Only the south of the city was Tian Xiong's real goal.

I saw a large number of Qing troops rushing to the moat quickly under the cover of shields, skillfully carrying out the work of filling the river with soil.

At this time, the archers and musketeers on both sides were also shooting at each other. Although the Ming army's bird guns and bows and arrows could hardly penetrate the Qing army's large shield, the Ming army still formed a certain degree of control over the Qing army by virtue of its condescending advantage. suppression.

Unfortunately, a Ming army was shot in the throat by a Qing army's bow and arrow. Lu Chan, who went to the city to help the battle, quickly picked up the fallen bow and arrow, and secretly shot a letter to the city while the Ming army was not prepared.

The blunderbuss of the Ming army in Zhoushan had limited lethality. After paying the price of dozens of deaths, the Qing army finally filled a large section of the moat in the south of the city.

Li Xianzhi thought that the Qing army would attack the city immediately, so he quickly ordered the Ming army on the other city walls to come to the south city to support, but after waiting for a long time, the Qing army did not come to attack, so he had to go back to the county office to rest for the time being.

Although under their own coercion and temptation, the gentry in Cixi reluctantly helped recruit young and strong defenders.However, these guys at both ends of the first mouse are not reliable, so Li Xianzhi naturally did not dare to take it lightly, and still left 300 soldiers and horses to maintain law and order in the city, monitoring Lu Daqi and others.

At this time, the messenger who went out to ask for help also returned to Cixi from the north gate.

I learned from the messenger that Huang Binqing had retreated to Dinghai at this time, and gave Li Xianzhi the right to make a decisive decision. If Cixi really couldn't hold it, he would find a way to break through. Huang Binqing had already sent a warship to meet Li Xianzhi's retreat on the shore.

Li Xianzhi didn't want to retreat, even though Tian Xiong didn't send troops to surround the North Gate, but this little trick of "surrounding three ques and one" can't be hidden from people.If he retreats from the north gate, he will definitely be chased by Tian Xiong's cavalry. Even if the whole army is not wiped out, the casualties will be heavy. It is better to rely on the city to kill more Qing troops.

While Li Xianzhi was thinking about how to defeat the enemy, in the Taibai Building in Cixi County, Lu Daqi was discussing with several other gentry how to deal with the Qing army entering the city.

Lu Daqi said quite proudly: "I have already made an appointment with Admiral Tian. Tonight, at three quarters of the ugly hour, we should work together inside and outside to open the west gate to welcome Admiral Tian's army into the city."

Another gentry asked: "Are you sure that Admiral Tian will send troops, if the army outside the city doesn't come to respond, then we will be in trouble?"

Lu Daqi said: "Don't worry, I have already sent people to shoot the letter to the city during the day, and Admiral Wada agreed that if he agrees with our plan, he will withdraw his troops and stop attacking the city."

At night, news came that the Qing army had raided Nancheng. Li Xianzhi hurriedly led people to Nancheng to prevent the Qing army from stealing the city.I saw the sound of killing under the city, and the torches of the Qing army were everywhere, but the Qing army did not attack the city.

Just when Li Xianzhi was doubting the Qing army's "loud thunder, but little rain", the sergeant urgently reported that Xiao Bazong of the west city and the gentry in the city opened the west gate together, and now the Qing army has entered the city.

It was only at this time that Li Xianzhi realized that Xiao Bazong had just married a niece of Lu Daqi, so it seemed that they must have colluded with the Qing army outside the city.

So Li Xianzhi gathered the remaining troops and quickly retreated from the east gate. Li Xianzhi shouted: "Tian Xiong must have ambushed soldiers and horses at the north gate waiting for us to drill. Everyone will follow me to fight out from the east gate. The cavalry will charge with me, and the infantry will disperse." Break through, we retreat to Dinghai."

In the end, in a panic, Li Xianzhi led more than 500 people to successfully break through the encirclement and arrive at Dinghai.

This time Huang Binqing suffered heavy losses. Although he got some money and food in Cixi County, he lost nearly [-] horses after several battles.

He has only 20 people in Zhoushan. He forcibly recruited 3 horses, and now he directly lost one-third of them, which can be described as traumatic.

However, he did not intend to retreat, and he managed to conquer Dingguan and Dinghai counties. He would never give up on this territory, otherwise he would be trapped to death in Zhoushan sooner or later.

Tian Xiong, who successfully won Zhoushan, wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and win Dinghai in one fell swoop to expand his achievements.Unexpectedly, Huang Binqing, who was defeated by him, did not give up Dinghai, and personally went to the top of the city to command. The Zhoushan Ming army in Dinghai City instantly became high-spirited and repelled the Qing army several times.

Just at this time, the Zhoushan navy also arrived in Dinghai County in time, and used the Qianjin Folang machine artillery on board to attack the Qing army under the city.Seeing that there was no hope of capturing the city, after leaving hundreds of corpses behind, Tian Xiong had no choice but to order the army to evacuate Dinghai County, away from the artillery range of the Ming army navy.

If Huang Binqing cannot be driven back to Zhoushan, Tian Xiong cannot let go to attack Ningbo. Although Huang Binqing behind him may "stab a knife" in the back at any time.

At this time, Xiao Bazong, who had surrendered before, saw that his opportunity to perform was coming, so he quickly offered advice to Tian Xiong.

Said: "Your admiral, don't worry, I have a way to prevent the Ming army from Zhoushan from making trouble when we attack Ningbo."

"In fact, Huang Binqing and Zhang Mingzhen have a deep grievance. When Zhang Mingzhen defected to Zhoushan, Huang Binqing refused to accept him and made many plans to eat Zhang Mingzhen's deployment. Later, Zhang Mingzhen was only allowed to live in Nantian because of their distant relationship. Garrison troops."

"When Huang Binqing was in Zhoushan, he tried to seize the soldiers and horses of Lu Wang's subordinates several times, and even killed two Zhu Ming clans to seize his property. Zhang Mingzhen was quite dissatisfied with Huang Binqing's actions."

"Huang Binqing's troops failed to attack Ningbo earlier, but Zhang Mingzhen took advantage of our army's confrontation with Huang's troops to capture Ningbo. Knowing Huang Binqing from his humble position, he must hate Zhang Mingzhen in his heart."

"We can exchange 500 Zhoushan Ming troops for the 300 Qing troops who were captured by Huang Binqing in Cixi County, and promise that Huang Binqing will occupy Dinghai County by default, so that when we attack Ningbo again, Huang Binqing will definitely stand still."

Tian Xiong smiled and said, "Are you sure that Huang Binqing won't play tricks behind our backs?"

Mr. Xiao said: "You can use the heads of the whole family to guarantee the humble position. As long as our army does not suffer a disastrous defeat in the city of Ningbo, Huang Binqing will definitely stand still and watch us deal with Zhang Mingzhen."

Tian Xiong asked: "Is it possible for Huang Binqing to deal with Zhang Mingzhen with us?"

Mr. Xiao shook his head and said, "Although Huang Binqing has conflicts with Zhang Mingzhen, he is very shrewd. He wouldn't have thought that we would deal with him after we deal with Zhang Mingzhen."

"So he will just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, so that he can reap the benefits of the fisherman. He will never join us to deal with Zhang Mingzhen."

Although the answer was expected, Tian Xiong was still a little disappointed, and said: "If we can reach a tacit understanding with Huang Binqing this time, it will be a great achievement not to let him make trouble behind our backs. The governor will record your contribution first."

After exchanging prisoners with Huang Binqing, Tian Xiong, who had no worries about the future, assembled 5000 soldiers and horses and marched towards Ningbo City.

At the Yongfeng Gate in Ningbo North City, Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen were inspecting the defense.

Zhang Huangyan said: "Huang Binqing's fleet has withdrawn from Yongjiang. I heard that Tian Xiong captured Cixi and is now marching towards Ningbo. It seems that a big battle is inevitable."

Zhang Mingzhen said: "At this time Fenghua's reinforcements have arrived, and there are already 8000 main forces of my Ming army in the city. Adding in the 2000 new recruits recruited by Cangshui, Ningbo City already has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Why be afraid of Tian Xiong?" "

"I don't know what happened if I didn't know where to go?"

Zhang Huangyan said: "I don't know how to make a living. I heard that he wiped out 4000 Hangzhou Eight Banners in Huzhou. Now he has completely surrounded Hangzhou City. He not only occupied other counties in Hangzhou Prefecture, but also recruited the Hangzhou Bay Navy of the Qing army. , and now his vanguard has already crossed the Qiantang River and occupied Xiao County."

Zhang Mingzhen said with a smile: "In other words, as long as we drag Tian Xiong under the city of Ningbo, we will soon be able to join forces with us!"

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