At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 287 Shang Kexi can’t hold on any longer!

Historically, when Zhang Huangyan arrived here from Wuhu, the villagers and villagers in the mountainous area had already accepted the Manchus' offer and rejected Zhang Huangyan's entry into the village.

Now when Li Shun arrived, the flag of the Qing Dynasty was still flying here.

However, when they saw the arrival of the Jiaqian Army, all the villages were overjoyed. They cut off the flags of the Qing Dynasty, opened the village gates, and slaughtered pigs and sheep to welcome the arrival of the Jiaqian Army.

The Yinghuo Mountain District was originally an old base for the resistance against the Qing Dynasty, although it was once accepted by Lang Tingzuo during the encirclement and suppression by the Qing army.

However, these mountain people and rebels historically refused Zhang Huangyan's entry into the camp.

But he did not send troops to fight against him and capture Zhang Huangyan.

Therefore, most of the intricate rebels here are very hostile to the Manchus.

Now that Li Shun has led his troops, the effect is naturally very good.

In less than a month, all the major villages in the Yinghuo Mountain area accepted the offer.

This place at the junction of four provinces fell under the control of Sun Kewang.

The results of the expedition to the west and north were remarkable, and Zhang Hu's army in the south was also progressing smoothly.

Zhang Hu took Dong Weiguo's troops as the vanguard, advanced from Jiujiang waterway, and quickly arrived in Nanchang.

Since Yang Jie, the most elite of the Green Camp in Jiangxi, had been destroyed, and the governor Zhang Chaolin was captured and killed in Jiujiang, the general Dong Weiguo was killed anyway.

Jiangxi Green Camp, which was originally not strong, was first recruited by Zhao Butai to recruit thousands of elites to conquer Yunnan and Guizhou.

They also lost one after another the Jiangxi Tibiao command of Admiral Yang Jie, the Jiangxi Fubiao command of Zhang Chaolin, and the Jiujiang Zhenbiao command of Dong Weiguo.

All the remaining Jiangxi green battalions are a ragtag group of people, with no resistance at all in front of the front army.

Under the pressure of Jia Qian's army, the Green Camp and the gentry of Nanchang surrendered to the city.

After entering Nanchang, Zhang Hu's troops divided into three groups, one going west from Nanchang to recruit Ruizhou, Yuanzhou and other places, and one going east from Nanchang to recruit Guangxin, Jianchang and other places.

And he himself led the troops south along the Ganjiang River, aiming at the strategically important Ganzhou.

Zhang Hu divided his troops into three groups with the intention of regaining the entire Jiangxi province in one fell swoop.

Although it seems a bit exaggerated, it is just like Li Chengdong's five thousand soldiers and horses commanding the entire Guangdong.

At this time, Jiangxi was also extremely empty, with no decent troops at all.

So starting from mid-October, Zhang Hu's 20,000 armored troops were devoured all the way like heavenly soldiers.

The seven prefectures of Ruizhou, Yuanzhou, Linjiang, Ji'an, Guangxin, Jianchang and Fuzhou quickly fell into his hands.

In addition to the previously captured Raozhou, Jiujiang, Nankang, and Nanchang.

In the entire Jiangxi, only Ganzhou and Nan'an were still in the hands of the Qing army.

In less than a month, the Third Route Western Army was so powerful that it not only captured most of Jiangxi, but also recruited tens of thousands of Green Camp and rebel troops.

Among them, the old Red Camp troops from Jinggang Mountain came out again to respond to the Great Western Army, captured Wan'an, Longquan and other places, and led the Great Western Army into southern Jiangxi.

At the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan, one rebel army was active in this era.

With Jinggangshan as their base, they wore red scarves on their heads and were called the Red Army by the common people.

What is surprising is that after the Qing army went south, this Red Army miraculously joined the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, accepted the adaptation of the Nan Ming government, and became the official army of Nan Ming.

The leader Liu Wenhuang was even named the Marquis of Taihe, joining the ranks of another revolutionary team.

During the Chongzhen period, there was a slave from a wealthy family in Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, named Liu Wenhuang.

Liu Wenhuang did not want to be a slave since he was a child, so he fled into Jinggangshan as a "thief" when he was young.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, a miners' uprising broke out in southern Hunan, which had a great impact.

Liu Wenhuang's team is taking advantage of this east wind to develop and grow, and is active in Yongxin, Yongning, Longquan, Lingxian, Chaling and other places.

His team, wrapped in red scarves, was called the Red Camp or the Red Army.

This team has been active in Jiangxi for more than 20 years with the slogan "Eradicate the masters and servants, the noble and the humble, the rich and the poor, and level them all".

After the Qing army entered the pass, Liu Wenhuang decided to unite with the Ming Dynasty officials to fight against the Qing Dynasty. Hongying was reorganized into the Ming Dynasty official army, and Liu Wenhuang was granted the title of Marquis of Taihe by the Southern Ming Dynasty court.

After Li Guo and Gao Yigong withdrew from the siege of Changsha, they used Liu Wenhuang's territory to rest and reorganize.

The Dashun Army and the Red Army once met in the Chaling area.

Then Li Guo led his troops south to Guangxi, and Liu Wenhuang continued to fight against the Qing Dynasty at the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan.

After the Western Camp left Yunnan, Liu Wenhuang led the Red Army to respond and asked Li Dingguo to send troops to attack Jiangxi.

Li Dingguo took command of Hengyang from the north of Guangxi, sent Zhang Sheng to attack Xiangyin, and Gao Wengui to leave Jiangxi.

Historical records record: Ding Guoxuan entered Yong from Guangdong, Ciheng, and stationed troops for more than four months. He sent his general Zhang Sheng to attack Xiangyin, and Gao Wengui to plunder Yongxin in Jiangxi.

Liu Wenhuang once besieged Ji'an Fucheng with the support of Xiying's elite soldiers.

But the good times did not last long. In order to defeat Nikan, Li Dingguo ordered Gao Wengui to lead his troops back.

On the eve of the great victory in Hengyang, Gao Wengui led thousands of elite troops back to Hunan.

Liu Wenhuang and others were isolated and helpless, and were defeated by Liu Guangbi, the governor of Jiangxi, and Hu Yousheng, the commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi.

After the victory at Hengyang, Li Dingguo led his troops back to Guangxi, but Sun Kewang was defeated at the fork in the road.

The Xiying forces are getting further and further away from Liu Wenhuang.

Due to lack of main support, Liu Wenhuang was defeated again in 1653, and then was betrayed by a traitor and died unyielding.

It's just that although Liu Wenhuang died, the main force of the Red Camp was destroyed.

But just like Chan Da in the Taihu Rebel Army, who persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty until 1672.

Liu Wenhuang's remaining troops are still struggling to hold on in the mountainous areas of Hunan and Jiangxi.

Now things have turned around, Zhang Hu has led his troops into Jiangxi, and the revolutionary situation is looking good.

Liu Wenhuang's remaining troops naturally came out from various mountainous areas to attack cities and territories in response to Zhang Hu.

In fact, as early as when Sun Guozhu went north to Hunan, the remaining Jiangxi rebels asked Sun Guozhu to send troops to help them conquer Jiangxi.

It was just that at that time, Sun Kewang was focused on dealing with the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Just like Li Dingguo used to deal with Nikan in Hengyang.

In order to deal with Duni in Baoqing, Sun Guozhu had no time to divide his troops into Jiangxi.

This resulted in the liberation of various parts of Jiangxi being delayed for nearly a year.

However, if you give up, you will gain, and if you gain, you will give up.

Although the victory on the main battlefield of Baoqing temporarily postponed the liberation of Jiangxi, with the victory of the decisive battle, the liberation of Jiangxi became a matter of course.

In November, after collecting most areas of Jiangxi.

The three-pronged army came to Ganzhou. In addition to the 20,000 elite troops in front of Zhang Hu, there were also 50,000 to 60,000 accompanying rebels and green battalions.

In addition, after hearing the news, Shaozhou deputy general Zhang Wei also led the Shaozhou green camp of 6,000 people with sufficient food and wages to go north, hoping to make achievements.

So that he could get into the position of general soldier under Sun Guozhu.

This Shaozhou lieutenant general who had a lot of contact with Zhang Sheng was also a general who was good at fighting.

At this time in history, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao appointed him to temporarily take charge of Gao Leilian's affairs, governor of the Lu Division, and join the naval forces from all over Guangdong.

Directly conquering Longmen Island and forcing Deng Yao to death.

Now, under the general trend, for the sake of their future, they actually led the Shaozhou Green Camp to stab the Ganzhou Qing Army in the back.

They drove Su Hongzu, the governor of Southern Jiangxi, and Hu Xiangsheng, the commander-in-chief of Southern Jiangxi, to death. Under the attack of the two armies from the north and the south, Jiaqian, Green Camp and the Rebel Army.

Su Hongzu and Hu Xiangsheng, who were stationed in the important town of Ganzhou, fell into a desperate situation.

Ganzhou is an important town, and the number of troops in the city is still somewhat sufficient. There are 8,000 green soldiers and more than 4,000 armored men.

In addition to the 500 standard battalion of Su Hongzu, the governor of Southern Gansu, there are also 2,000 southern Gansu town standard of Hu Xiangsheng, which can be of great use.

Under the crisis, Su Hongzu and Hu Yousheng held emergency discussions.

"My Lord Governor, thieves are rampant in the West, and the rebellious people in Jiangxi are also unscrupulous. There are many thieves in the green camp, and there is even Zhang Wei, a traitor who leads Shaozhou green camp to rebel and invade our Ganzhou from the south. I wonder what the governor thinks of our Ganzhou? "Hu Yousheng said slowly.

"That's no need to ask. Naturally, we will stick to Ganzhou and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court!" Su Hongzu said.

"The governor really has this intention?" Hu Yousheng said in surprise.

"That's natural." Su Hongzu said with a serious look on his face: "I am from the Liao Dynasty and have already joined the banner."

"He was also appreciated by the imperial court and promoted from official to governor. The Qing Dynasty was so kind to him. If I don't be loyal to the court, how can I fail the Qing Dynasty's grace?"

Hu Yousheng stood up solemnly when he heard this. He cupped his hands and said: "The governor is so righteous, but he will judge the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"

"The general is willing to lead his subordinate battalion and work together with the governor to achieve another great victory in Ganzhou!"

Although the situation in the Qing Dynasty was extremely critical, Su Hongzu and Hu Xiangsheng still decided to defend Ganzhou.

Su Hongzu's ancestral home is Liaoyang, and he has been a member of the banner for many years. Naturally, he is of the same mind as the Qing Dynasty.

And Hu Yousheng's qualifications moved our Qing Dynasty even more.

In the first year of Chongde, in order to cope with Huang Taiji's invasion and plunder, Dorgon and Duoduo led troops to attack Jinzhou.

At this time, the situation in our Ming Dynasty still looks good, and Jinzhou Jiancheng has many soldiers and horses, and sufficient food and grass.

However, under this environment, Taoist Cui Yingshi in Jinzhou City and state residents Zhang Shaozhen, Men Shiwen, Men Shike, Qin Yongfu and others planned to seize the gate and surrender.

These traitors sent Hu Yousheng to Dorgon's camp to serve as internal agents, hoping to help the Qing army capture Jinzhou.

Dorgon and Duduo were overjoyed and quickly rewarded Hu Yousheng.

Then Hu Yousheng returned to the city and prepared to start an incident.

Fortunately, the Jinzhou garrison knew it in time and sent troops to arrest Hu Yousheng and others.

Cui Yingshi and others were killed, but Hu Yousheng escaped with Zhang Shaozhen, Men Shiwen, Men Shike, and Qin Yongfu.

Huang Taiji was overjoyed when he came back from the plunder. He quickly gave the traitors their crowns, clothes, pommels and horses, wives, and slaves.

Among them, Hu Yousheng was also awarded the post of Maile Zhangjing and was affiliated with the Han Army Xianghuang Banner. It can be said that he rose to the sky in one step!

After the Qing army entered the pass, the King of Jin turned around.

Hu Yousheng assisted Liu Wuyuan and others to defend Ganzhou, and recently repelled Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong.

It created a miracle for our Qing Dynasty to save the important town of Ganzhou.

The important town of Ganzhou is stuck at the junction of the four provinces of Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Hunan.

The strategic location is extremely important.

The governors and general soldiers arranged by the Manchu Qing here were all hardcore traitors.

Therefore, even if the situation was extremely critical, neither Su Hongzu nor Hu Yousheng were willing to surrender.

I hope to stick to Ganzhou and create a second Ganzhou victory for our Qing Dynasty.

On November 16, Zhang Hu led 70,000 to 80,000 troops from all walks of life, claiming to be 200,000, and joined forces with Zhang Wei in Ganzhou.

The banners of the Western Army blocked out the sun, and the golden drums roared in the sky, completely surrounding the strong city of Ganzhou.

But Su Hongzu and Hu Yousheng remained unmoved by such a huge formation.

It is not that our Qing Dynasty did not have loyal and filial sons. I think Xu Yong from Chenzhou was an example.

After Xu Yong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he killed three envoys.

One killed Wan Yuanji's envoy in Jiangxi.

2. Killed Li Guo's envoy in Changsha.

Third, he killed Sun Kewang's envoy in Chenzhou.

Neither Wan Yuanji nor Li Guo could do anything to Xu Yong.

But in Chenzhou, Sun Kewang, who was offended, directly sent more than 50,000 advanced troops carrying a large number of red-coated artillery to destroy the city in one day.

Now Su Hongzu and Hu Yousheng are holding on to Ganzhou, while Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong had nothing to do with Ganzhou in the past.

But again, this does not mean that Sun Kewang has nothing to do with Ganzhou.

Zhang Hu led troops to besiege the city and found that Ganzhou was surrounded by water on three sides. The city was solid and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

So he took out the king's token from Lord Sun and ordered people to mobilize red-coated artillery from Jiangxi and Guangdong.

At the time of the siege of Ganzhou, Wuchang and Guangzhou were already on the verge of reaching their limits after months of siege by the Jiaqian Army.

Wuchang, Ganzhou, and Guangzhou were the three strongholds of the Qing army.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao from Guangzhou were the first to lose their hold!

Long before Sun Kewang raised his troops, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao's sphere of influence in Guangdong had been compressed to the vicinity of Guangzhou City.

The king first hooked up with Guangdong Green Camp, and then forcibly captured Zhaoqing and other places.

Not only did Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao lose thousands of troops stationed by the two vassals in various places, but they also compressed their forces into the city of Guangzhou.

After this was done, the damned Lord Sun again twisted the Qianqian, the gentry, the green camp, and the common people of Guangdong into one rope.

A strong prison was built, and Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao were trapped in Guangzhou city, unable to breathe.

After Sun Kewang raised his troops, the Green Camp and rebel forces in Guangdong responded.

Although Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao led troops to attack, they wanted to break this prison.

However, with the help of Sun Guozhu, the Green Camp in Guangdong not only had enough food and supplies, but also greatly increased its combat power.

Moreover, it also received the support of the Qianqian Army and the support of the gentry and the common people.

With the full efforts of all strata and forces in Guangdong, the Battle of Foshan ended happily, unable to break the cage of Sun Guozhu.

Later, after the Battle of Baoqing, Fengjie King Wang Ziqi commanded Ai Chengye's Renwu Town, Yang Wei's Zhongwu Town, Gao Fengxiang's Weiwu Town and four major guerrilla battalions down the river and arrived in Guangzhou in June.

At this time in Guangdong, Sun Kewang originally sent tens of thousands of armored men to garrison various places.

Because the Green Camp and the Rebel Army had sufficient food and pay, after a year of development, they already had nearly 30,000 armored soldiers.

Counting Wang Ziqi's three towns and four battalions, there are 34,000 armored men.

The number of armored soldiers used to kill Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in Guangdong has reached more than 70,000.

After the loss of the 20,000 armored soldiers of the two vassals, only 15,000 were left, even including the Green Camp in Guangzhou.

Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao also had less than 20,000 armors in hand.

Nowadays, the huge gap in strength has already determined the outcome of the battle in Guangzhou.

The strength in Wang Ziqi's hands completely overwhelmed Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao in whether it was foot combat, cavalry combat, or water combat.

In terms of foot combat, the Western army besieging the city had more than 60,000 armored men.

In terms of cavalry warfare, the four major guerrilla battalions had a total of 4,000 cavalry. Counting the cavalry in each town and battalion, Wang Ziqi had more than 7,000 cavalry, far more than Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao.

(End of this chapter)