Nanming Yiming

Chapter 98 Changes in Eastern Zhejiang 1 (for subscription support)

It has to be said that Yang Wenqi's persuasion to capitulate really played a role in disturbing the morale of the army. Not to mention the ordinary Ming army, even Su Jian, a member of the intelligence department, looked at Ma Xin at this time.

After all, Ma Xin was the lieutenant general of Taizhou before, so he had no choice but to surrender to Zhang Mingzhen.Although he was promoted by Zhang Mingzhen to become the general soldier of Taizhou, it is very likely that he will join the Qing army again under such circumstances.

Moreover, Linhai City at this time was panicked by Yang Wenqi's words, and Su Jian felt that he should do something at this time.He had already quietly held a dagger in his hand, and once Ma Xin surrendered to the Qing army, he would immediately assassinate Ma Xin.

Ma Xin said with a smile: "Mr. Yang has 3500 men and horses, and Mr. Ma has more than 4000 men. You donated three counties in the south of Taizhou, and I have the prefectural city Linhai, plus Tiantai and Ninghai counties. Promoted to the admiral of southern Zhejiang, and commanded the troops of the second government. But I am still a Taizhou general, am I too partial to one another, how can I ask Ma to agree to your request?"

Now Yang Wenqi was caught off guard by Ma Xin's question. He didn't expect Ma Xin to turn him into an army. At this time, he was not sure whether Ma Xin really disliked his low official position or was using "delay tactics".

He had no choice but to look at the Daoist Chuchen beside him.

At this time, Chuchen said: "Poverty Chuchen is the special envoy of Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. Don't worry, Mr. Ma, as long as you take refuge in my Daqing, I will definitely recommend you to be the admiral of Eastern Zhejiang in front of Governor Chen, and command Ningbo and Shaoxing." The treatment of the two governments is the same as that of Admiral Yang."

Ma Xin said: "This condition is acceptable, but it's just empty words. I need Governor Chen's letter of appointment. Otherwise, if you turn your face and deny you later, I will ask someone to settle the score."

At this time, Ma Xin turned his head and saw the dagger in Su Jian's hand, and quickly winked at Su Jian, signaling him not to act rashly.

Chuchen said: "We didn't prepare the appointment order of the admiral of Eastern Zhejiang in advance. It's a long way to Fujian. Zongbing Ma is trying to slow down the troops. He deliberately made things difficult!"

Ma Xin said: "Ma did not intend to make things difficult, but Admiral Yang said that I would continue to serve as the general soldier in Taizhou. Ma and his brothers must not agree. In this way, Ma will not embarrass the special envoy. Please ask the special envoy to write a letter of commitment." , and then give Admiral Yang's appointment order to Ma as collateral, this is the head office."

Yang Wenqi said that he didn't carry his appointment order with him, but was on the road with the army's luggage, and he could arrive in an hour at most.

Ma Xin said: "Then please send over the appointment order and the letter of commitment in an hour, and Ma will definitely open the city gate by then."

Then Ma Xin said to Deputy General Pan: "I was promoted to the admiral this time, so you have the chance to be promoted to the general. You must not be confused about this matter. If you don't get their letter of commitment and appointment order, you must never open the city gate." It seems that we have to attack Ningbo next, so I will go to the city to arrange food and supplies."

So Ma Xin hurriedly took Su Jian down to the city, and said: "There are now 3000 people in the city, and 1000 people are the confidantes of Vice General Pan. I have arranged them at the south gate of Linhai. This Vice General Pan will definitely surrender to the Qing army. He, and I can't fully control his 1000 troops."

"There are another 1000 recruits who have just been recruited. These people have no fighting spirit, and if they fight, they will be scattered."

"This Linhai City cannot be defended no matter what. I just used a tactic to slow down the troops. Let's quickly take my 1000 troops out of the north gate to Ninghai County."

"Brother Su, please continue to go to Fenghua and Ningbo to tell Dingxihou the news of Yang Wenqi's rebellion. I will organize my troops in Ninghai City and try my best to hold Yang Wenqi back."

Su Jian said: "Other members of our intelligence department have sent the news to Ningbo as soon as possible, so there is no need for Zongbing Ma to worry."

Ma Xin said: "It's no wonder that Governor Qian is invincible. It turns out that the intelligence department under him is so powerful, and Ma admires it."

"Then I will trouble Brother Su to take my warrant and go to Tiantai County to burn all the food and grass there. Find a way to bring the 500 soldiers and horses from Tiantai to Ninghai to help me defend the city. If Yang Wenqi goes straight to Ninghai, you will be killed." Take them to Fenghua, I guess there are not many soldiers and horses there."

Su Jian said: "Please take care of Zongbing Ma, do you need our help to burn the grain and grass in Linhai?"

Ma Xin said: "I have arranged for people to go to the granary before, and naturally someone will take care of it after we leave."

At the foot of Linhai city, sentry cavalry came to report: "I would like to report to Chief Bing Yang, about a thousand cavalry left the north gate of Linhai just now."

Yang Wenqi said: "No, we must have been tricked by Ma Xin to slow down the troops. He has already escaped from the north gate at this moment."

So he yelled at the city wall: "There is Deputy General Pan on the city, and Ma Xin has already escaped from the north gate. Why don't you open the city gate and surrender?"

Deputy General Pan said: "This is not acceptable. You must show the letter of commitment and appointment order, otherwise I will not be able to open the city gate."

Yang Wenqi scolded angrily: "You idiot, quickly look back at the city, there is already thick smoke billowing, what are you waiting for to break the appointment order?"

Deputy General Pan saw the fire in the granary, and realized that he had been tricked by Ma Xin, so he immediately ordered Kaesong to surrender.

At this time, the granary had already been filled with coal and kerosene by Ma Xin, and the fire in the city was so bright that it even burned down many nearby houses. Yang Wenqi's men worked hard for nearly two hours to put out the fire in the city. was reduced to ashes.

To make matters worse, the troops sent by Yang Wenqi to Tiantai also sent back almost the same news: Tiantai County has no troops stationed, supplies and granaries have been burned, and the government treasury is empty.

After hearing the news, Yang Wenqi was very angry. He thought that Ma Xin would definitely surrender, but he didn't expect that Ma Xin would make a move for him now.Now that there is no food and grass, he has to mobilize food and grass from Xianju and other counties.

At this time, Ma Xin, the leader of Ninghai City, was ready. The 500 troops originally stationed in Ninghai County, plus the 1000 people brought by Ma Xin, had a total of 1500 soldiers. .

A soldier said: "Mr. Ma, look quickly, there seems to be an enemy army appearing in the south."

Sure enough, there were a lot of people and horses looming in the south. Ma Xin just wanted the army to meet the enemy, but he saw Su Jian running to the city on horseback.Ma Xin said happily: "With the 500 troops brought by Brother Su, I will be more confident in defending Ninghai City."

Su Jian said: "I didn't find Yang Wenqi's sentry cavalry along the way. It seems that he is still busy fighting fires in Linhai."

In Linhai City, after resting for one night, Yang Wenqi planned to let the deputy general Huang An lead 1000 direct descendants to stay behind, and use 7000 troops to conquer Ninghai County in one fell swoop and restore the entire territory of Taizhou.

At this time, Taoist Master Chuchen came to visit and stopped Yang Wenqi, who was rushing forward.

Chuchen said, "Is Admiral Yang still angry at this moment, wanting to wipe out Ninghai and kill Ma Xin?"

Yang Wenqi said angrily: "Ma Xin, it is very abominable to burn food and grass and sabotage our great plan. If the Taoist priest stopped me last night, I would have sent troops to attack Ninghai overnight."

Chuchen said: "This matter is also due to the lack of supervision of the poor. It is not the fault of Admiral Yang who fell into Ma Xin's plan to delay the army. Admiral Yang has been in battle for a long time, and he should know that it is a taboo for military strategists to send troops out of anger. "

"Last night, our army was very exhausted, and we didn't have any siege equipment. Admiral Yang just imagine, if he sent troops to attack Ninghai overnight, even if he was not ambushed by Ma Xin, what chance would he have of winning by storming Ninghai?"

After hearing Chuchen's words, Yang Wenqi calmed down quickly, and said: "The Taoist priest reminded that if he sent troops overnight last night, he would lose his troops and return without success, which fell into Ma Xin's hands."

"However, Ma Xin must have stayed up all night last night to prepare for our army's attack on the city. Now he must be out of people and horses. Didn't Yang send troops at this time just to catch him by surprise? Why did the Taoist chief stop him?"

Chuchen said with a smile: "The poor way is not trying to stop Admiral Yang from sending troops, but now the opportunity has been lost. Ninghai and Fenghua and Ningbo in the north must have received the news. Since there is no surprise effect, why don't we prepare more fully?" Some will send troops again."

"Originally, I thought that Ma Xin in Taizhou would surrender. Admiral Yang raised tens of thousands of soldiers from Taizhou to go north to conquer Fenghua, and it would be easy. When the time comes, Admiral Tian Xiong will attack Ningbo City from north to south, and East Zhejiang will be quickly pacified."

"Unexpectedly, Ma Xin was so cunning. Not only did he not surrender, but he also burned the food and grass in Linhai and Tiantai. I have sent another 1500 soldiers and horses from Wenzhou overnight to escort the food and grass to the north."

"Admiral Yang doesn't need to worry about food and grass. Now Ma Xin must have hit all the remaining Ming troops in Taizhou to Ninghai County. We must have suffered a lot of casualties in this way. Even if Ninghai is captured, I am afraid there will not be enough troops. Go north and threaten Ningbo."

"Why don't we just abandon Ninghai, cross Tiantai Mountain, and sneak attack Xinchang County in Shaoxing. After taking Xinchang, the siege of Shaoxing will be lifted. At that time, we can go east to capture Fenghua, or simply bypass Fenghua and go straight to Ningbo, which can break the deadlock. .”

Yang Wenqi said: "Although the Taoist chief's plan was unexpected, the risk is too great. If Xinchang can't get food and grass, how should our army supply it?"

"Besides, some guards along the coast of Taizhou are still stationed by the Ming army. Those are Zhang Mingzhen's direct descendants, and there are naval divisions to help out. If Ma Xin integrates the forces along the coast of Taizhou and Xiangshan, it is very likely that the capture of Linhai will cut off our retreat. .”

"Although our attack on Ning Hai may have delayed some time, it is safe after all. Ma Xin is not an ordinary mediocre general, he is very cunning. I am really worried about keeping him in the rear. No matter what, we must deal with him first. "

Hearing what Yang Wenqi said, Chuchen could only shake his head helplessly.Both Yang Wenqi and Ma Xin are battle-tested veterans. Yang Wenqi's combat experience is stronger than Ma Xin's, but now it seems that Yang Wenqi's military talent is far inferior to Ma Xin.Ma Xin killed decisively without hesitation.He abandoned 2000 soldiers and horses in Linhai, but burned the most important food and grass, thus mastering the initiative to lead Yang Wenqi by the nose everywhere.

On the other hand, Yang Wenqi, although he is not mediocre, is quite experienced in marching and deploying troops. He can also use the situation to suppress the morale of the enemy army, and is good at bewitching.It's a pity that the selfishness is too heavy, and the vision is inevitably a little short-sighted, and it is impossible to look at the problem from the perspective of the overall situation.With his talents, it is difficult to be a so-so commander-in-chief, and it is difficult to become a handsome talent alone.

He insisted on attacking Ninghai first, because he wanted to secure the territory of Taizhou first. Although it was safe, he lost the opportunity.If he hadn't stopped Yang Wenqi last night, he might have been fooled by Ma Xin and lost his troops in Ninghai City.

The current plan is to help Yang Wenqi quickly capture Ninghai. One thing Yang Wenqi said is not wrong, if Ma Xin is not eliminated, there will be endless disasters.

So Chuchen said: "Since Ma Xin chose to fight us in Ninghai, he must be prepared. We will bring the red cannons from Linhai, which will definitely help break the city."

Yang Wenqi said: "The Daoist is still thoughtful. Anyway, we have already missed the opportunity to make a surprise attack. It would be safer to bring the cannon in red."

Ma Xin thought that Yang Wenqi would attack the city overnight, but it was not until the next afternoon that Yang Wenqi's army surrounded Ninghai City.Ninghai County is just a county seat with a circumference of 6 miles and has 5 city gates. Soon Yang Wenqi's 7000 troops will completely encircle Ninghai County.

At this time, the performance of the firecrackers of the Ming and Qing armies was far inferior to the Lumi blunderbuss equipped by the Shenji Battalion, so that both sides were still equipped with a large number of bows and arrows.Because the red cannon is still on the way.

So Yang Wenqi first started the routine moat filling operation, and a large number of Ming troops began to fill the river under the cover of shields.At this time, Ma Xin was commanding the archers of the Ming army to throw shots on the city. After several rounds of intensive arrow rain, dozens of Qing soldiers were still shot by bows and arrows, but the results of the battle were limited to this.

Bows and arrows cannot pass through shields, they can only be thrown, and the effect is quite limited.

Soon the Qing army behind the shield also used bows and arrows to shoot back at the city, and the Ming army defending the city also suffered casualties.

As the enemy approached, the Ming army on the city began to use bird guns, but Yang Wenqi's large shield was covered with iron on the outside of the thick wooden boards, so it was difficult for ordinary bird guns to penetrate unless the distance was very close.

In the entire city, only Su Jian possessed a Lumi gun, and he could easily penetrate the large shield of the Qing army.

The musketeers of the Ming army could only follow Su Jian's footsteps, taking advantage of the gap when he killed a Qing army shieldman, and took the opportunity to shoot the Qing army behind.

Although this can cause a little confusion to the Qing army, it is difficult to stop the Qing army from filling the river.After all, the effect of a Lumi gun is really limited, it is nothing more than increasing the casualties of the Qing army.

Ma Xin said: "No wonder Governor Qian can wipe out the Eight Banners in Hangzhou. This Lumi gun is really sharp. If we can equip 100 such guns, why should we be afraid of Yang Wenqi!"

Su Jian asked: "The enemy will fill up the moat soon. I'm afraid we won't be able to defend Ninghai for even a day. Why is Mr. Ma not in a hurry?"

Ma Xin said with a smile: "Isn't this the beginning of filling the moat? The enemy has not officially started attacking the city. Why are you so nervous?"

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