I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 196 Yang Gong steals the house
Anqing Prefecture is not, strictly speaking, the capital of Anhui Province.

In the sixth year of Kangxi's reign, Anhui was established as a province.

The Qing court's purpose was to weaken the powerful Jiangnan Province and prevent unrest.

The name of Anhui Province is also taken from the first words of Anqing and Huizhou, and the governor and envoy of Anhui are also based in Anqing.

But the problem is that the Chief Envoy of Anhui, the second-in-command in Anhui, is the official who actually manages the province's government affairs, but his residence is the Chief Envoy's Yamen in Nanjing.

When Anhui scholars participated in the Qiu Wei Festival, they also had to go to Nanjing to participate.According to the regulations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Qiuwei can only be hosted by provincial capitals.

Therefore, Nanjing during this period was really considered the capital of Anhui Province (just kidding).

It was not until Qianlong ascended the throne and decreed that the chief envoy of Jiangsu was moved from Suzhou to Nanjing, and the chief envoy of Anhui was still stationed in Anqing, that the status of Anqing's provincial capital was truly determined.

this day.

Anhui Governor Li Chenglong, as usual, inspected the Qing Dynasty version of the flower bomb workshop outside the city, and then went back to his hometown to taste tea and listen to music.

"Boom boom boom!"

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang…”

The continuous roar of artillery fire caused large pieces of gravel to fly, but fortunately they were relatively far away and did not hurt the governor.

In shock, Li Chenglong instinctively fell to the ground, and his whole body was shattered.

"What...what's going on?" Li Chenglong was a little confused and got up from the ground in disgrace.

These damn dog slaves have no eyesight at all, and they don’t even know how to help me.

Before Li Chenglong stood up and dealt with his entourage, he saw several giant ships docked on the opposite bank of the river.

It's a really huge ship. With this tonnage, it's obviously not a ship that can run in rivers.

This is a sea ship!

The followers around him were all stunned, and Li Chenglong was also shocked.

But he didn't stay in a daze for too long, because those giant ships fired again.

"Boom boom boom!"

Countless black gun muzzles stretched out, bombarding the tall city wall of Anqing Mansion not far behind them.

There is almost no need to guess what flag the opponent's warship is flying.

The counterfeit rebels are coming!

Li Chenglong was shocked and shouted with a stutter: "Come here, come here! Quick, quick, help me, master, run, run!"

Several followers finally came to their senses, hurriedly carried their masters on their backs, and fled to Anqing Fucheng.

Fortunately, the flower bomb workshop was not too far from Fucheng, and Li Chenglong was not in the main bombardment direction of Ming warships.

Li Chenglong was in danger and fled back to Fucheng.

As soon as he was carried back to Fucheng, Yang Gong led the Ming army ashore.

Ten thousand Ming troops quickly assembled on the river bank, and then, under the cover of naval warships, marched towards Anqing Mansion ahead.

Anqing Mansion is too close to the Yangtze River, otherwise it would not be regarded as the residence of the governor's Yamen.

As the base camp specially operated by Longkoduo, it is natural to build river defense forts here.

A full five thousand-jin heavy cannons were lined up at a distance, with light to medium-sized artillery in the middle, which could be described as a tight defense.

But the Ming Navy launched a preemptive strike and suppressed Anqing's city with firepower.

Although there were very few artillery shells that actually hit the Anqing city wall, most of them either missed or were blocked by the city wall. The accuracy of the artillery was just that, which cannot be compensated by the gunner's experience.

Moreover, due to the previous bombing accident of the First Army, the firing rate and frequency of these artillery were not too high, and they were basically fired in rounds.

But I can’t stand it and it’s scary!
The entire river was bombarded by huge anti-thief ships, and violent earthquakes were heard from the city wall from time to time. How dare these gunners dare to show their heads.

Under the cover of naval guns, Yang Gong quickly approached Anqing Fucheng as if he was in an uninhabited land.Caught off guard, the Qing army in Anqing had no time to destroy the moat bridge, while the Ming army did not even bother to build a trench bridge.

"Send my command and the entire army attacks the city!"

Yang Gong pulled out his sword and gave an order.

This time, he did not carry out any siege or reinforcements, and brought a total of [-] troops over.It's better to cross the river to advance the army, which is inherently risky.

Yang Gong is not a reckless man. If he doesn't fight quickly, if the Qing army really changes his direction, it will not be worth the loss if he cooperates inside and outside and attacks from both sides.

Moreover, by attacking by force as soon as they come up, you can also test the strength of the Qing army in Anqing Mansion.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

This is the artillery battalion of the First Army firing.

Due to the inconvenience of movement, Yang Gong left the artillery battalion behind the army.Anyway, heavy artillery has a long range, and even if the barrels are exploded in this arrangement, it will not affect the main force of the army.

The artillery battalion of the First Army and naval naval guns took turns to bombard the city walls of Anqing. No matter how high the city wall was, Anqing could not withstand such rounds of bombardment.

On the top of the city, the Qing troops hiding behind the female wall were already half lying on the ground, let alone manning artillery to stop the Ming army.

Until now, these people have not even seen how many people from the Ming army have arrived.

Longkodo's painstaking efforts and huge sums of money to build the river defense cannons directly became decorations.

Behind the female wall at the top of the city, Governor Li Chenglong, who had fled in a hurry, was squatting on the ground. As a civil servant, he actually dared to run to such a dangerous frontline city wall.

This alone is countless times stronger than Wang Hong, the prefect of Anqing who has long since disappeared.

However, this also depends on their origins. Li Chenglong is from the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and his family members are not here. He feels that it is difficult to survive if Anqing city is destroyed.

Even if you live, your family may not be able to keep it. If you stick to it now, even if you can't keep it, you can still get a reputation as a loyal minister who died for the country, and your family can also leave wealth.

After all, he is also the governor of Anhui and a feudal official!

Seeing that his side was completely suppressed and beaten, even if he was not familiar with military affairs, Li Chenglong knew that this would not work. He hurriedly half-crouched and half-ran to find General Dingshan, the foreign affairs commissioner who had temporarily recruited a strong man to take command, and said: "This is not the way to go. Order, ask our gunners to fire back. If anyone unfortunately dies in battle, I will personally pay them a pension."

"The pension is fifty taels per person... no, 80 taels. If the rebels are defeated, all participants will be rewarded with an additional 15 taels!"

A brave man must emerge from a serious injury, but this is only if the city can be defended.

Longkoduo crossed the river and raided Chizhou, the Ming army, and took away all the capable soldiers of Anqing Prefecture.

Although there are a lot of people left, at least tens of thousands of defenders, almost all of them are new soldiers.Not to mention the serious lack of training, without Marshal Long personally supervising.

In recent days, military pay and rations have been deducted so severely that the people below have been frustrated.

The Ming army suddenly attacked. Caught off guard, the Anqing Mansion had no time to gather its troops. Unexpectedly, the person who was pulled up to take command was just a mere general of the foreign affairs committee.

But the governor gave the order, so Dingshan could only bite the bullet and say it. After all, someone who was not afraid of death finally went to man the artillery.

It's a pity that these few who ran to man the artillery had just struggled to turn the muzzle of the cannon when the Ming army discovered them.

Several artillery shells were fired in a salvo, and one shell hit the target. In fact, it was aimed at the gun mount.

The gunpowder barrel exploded, and the Qing artilleryman who was carrying the gunpowder barrel and preparing to load it was killed on the spot. The remaining ones were also seriously injured. The worst half of the body was charred and black, and they looked dead.

At this time, Dingshan could not find any gunners who dared to die.

And there is no need to look for it, because the Ming army's vanguard has already crossed the city bridge.

"Dangdangdang!"

The iron hooks of several cloud carts caught the city wall of Anqing Mansion. The weight of the cloud carts instantly made it impossible for the Qing troops at the top of the city to overturn the carts.

Subsequently, two hundred Ming troops wearing heavy armor climbed up the camp first, followed by the rest of the troops.

There is just no city-breaking cannon, otherwise the siege speed could be faster.

(End of this chapter)