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Chapter 243 The Great Victory at Hukou

The second year of Jianwu in the Ming Dynasty and the first year of Yongzheng in the pseudo-Qing Dynasty.

April.

Longkodo personally led an army of [-] people, advancing both by land and water to attack Jiujiang.

On the first day, Dai Kun personally led [-] Huai troops to storm Ying'enmen, while the remaining Qing troops divided into three groups and pretended to attack Jiujiang City.

The Ming army guard He Zheng personally climbed to the city gate, and the governor fired cannons. The Huai army suffered many casualties.

The Huai army then repeated its old tactics and attacked for three consecutive days, but failed.

Dai Kun knew that it would be difficult to break through Ying'en Gate easily, so he changed his tactics and attacked Jiujiang City from all sides.

It turned out that the feigned attack on the three Qing troops was changed to a strong attack.

He Zheng personally commanded the soldiers and defended the city bravely.The defenders of Ying'en Gate continued to dig deep trenches day and night, and set up a large number of wooden fences outside the trenches to block the attack.

When the Qing army attacked the city, as always, the cannons on the city wall fired like locusts.

The Qing army attacked for three days, and the Huai army suffered hundreds of casualties. This time, a thousand Huai army commanders were killed on the spot.

Even the new green army troops who did not work hard also suffered heavy losses.

And He Zheng kept repelling the Qing offensive and became more and more able to defend the city. The confidence of the Jiujiang Ming army also increased.

If it weren't for the disparity in strength, He Zheng would have wanted to lead his troops out of the city to attack the camp.

But in the end, I didn't get too excited. The benefits of winning the attack were not too big. The Qing army had [-] troops after all.

But if he loses, it would be a big sin to lose Jiujiang without mentioning his own death in battle.

Jiujiang City is a mere city. Although it is an important town on the Yangtze River, the Qing army dispatched [-] troops, and Marshal Long Keduolong personally led the troops. They surrounded it on all sides, advanced by land and water, and attacked fiercely for many days, but they could not advance even an inch.

Even Longkodo couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the city: "There are so many counterfeit and traitorous generals!"

The offensive and defensive battle in Jiujiang fell into a stalemate for a while.

In Nanjing, the news that Longkodo led [-] Qing troops to attack also reached the Nanjing Privy Council not long ago.

The Privy Council had already prepared for this. It first reported to the emperor according to routine procedures, and only then issued various orders to the outside world after receiving the emperor's approval.

The most critical one is to urgently mobilize the Huainan Second Army to immediately go up the river to support the Fourth Army.

Although it has been said before that the Ming Dynasty's finances are very tight, but just like that, there will always be some squeeze.

Zheng Dingrui, who was stationed in Huainan, received an urgent order from the Privy Council and quickly gathered troops to rush to the Yangtze River. Then he suddenly split into two groups.

All the way from the Yangtze River waterway, we went up the river to quickly support the Jiujiang Ming Army.

The other route directly crossed the river and rushed to Susong County, and then used Susong County as a springboard to Huangmei County, Hubei Province, waiting for an opportunity to defeat it as quickly as possible.

Fengguozhou later belonged to Huangmei. At least after the small-scale diversion of the Yangtze River, Huangmei and Fengguozhou were indeed more closely related in terms of geography.

Obviously, Zheng Dingrui and Huang Dian thought of going together.

In other words, this is also a normal strategic deployment. To defend Jiujiang, we definitely cannot defend this city alone.

Since ancient times, an isolated city cannot be defended.

Now, a group of elite veterans are sent to attack Huangmei County. If the situation is not late, they can cross the river from Fengguozhou to support Jiujiang City and take the opportunity to attack the Qing army from both inside and outside.

If it is too late, then we should go south from the springboard of Huangmei County and recapture Fengguozhou first, at least to intercept the Qing army's strategic attempt to attack Jiujiang from Fengguozhou.

To the west of Jiujiang City, there is the Qing army camp.

Due to the stalemate, the Qing army actually had time to build wooden camp walls, instead of the original simple camps surrounded by circles.

At least the camp's protective capabilities have indeed been greatly improved, although it is still certainly unable to defend against artillery.

At this moment, Longkodo was convening the generals in the army for discussion in the main tent.

The discussion is how to fight Jiujiang next?
Or should we continue to fight?

Dai Kun said: "Commander, Jiujiang is difficult to conquer. I will not waste time here any longer. We should make a decision as soon as possible!"

As soon as these words came out, they were immediately recognized by other generals present. "What Mr. Dai said is absolutely true. Continuing to attack Jiujiang is nothing more than a waste of troops and food. Commander, please think twice!"

"Commander, I think what the two chief commanders said is true. The important town of Jiujiang cannot be broken overnight, so why strive for temporary success?"

"Master..."

After a round, almost everyone was trying to persuade Longkodo that Jiujiang could not continue fighting.

Although it is true that we can no longer fight like this.

But, what should I do next?
No one can explain why.

Longkoduo looked around, wondering.

At this time, he saw Dai Kun, who was still confident, and asked, "What can Mr. Dai do? You might as well tell him."

Dai Kun said: "Commander, the last general's method is very simple. It depends on whether the commander is willing to part with it."

"But it doesn't matter."

“Sacrificing the strong points and attacking the weak points.”

"Sacrificing the strong points to attack the weak points?" Longkodo's brows moved at first, showing a trace of doubt, and then he was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought of something.

"Please look, handsome."

Dai Kun immediately pointed at the map on the desk, moving his finger from Jiujiang to Hukou Town in the east of Jiujiang.

"Hukou Town!"

Before Longkodo could speak, the generals exclaimed.

Hukou Town is located only fifty miles east of Jiujiang City, with Meijiazhou across the middle.

This is the gateway from Poyang Lake to the Yangtze River. It can be called the place that "controls the throat of the whole Jiangxi". The strategically important Shizhong Mountain is at the mouth of the lake.

Dai Kun's meaning is self-evident. Since Jiujiang will not be captured for a while, why not attack Hukou Town first and seize this throat of Jiangxi.

As long as the mouth of Hukou is reached, it is only a matter of time before Jiujiang is broken.

Not only that, once the Hukou was broken, Penglikou, which was blocked by the Ming army, naturally could enter and exit at will with the Qing army.

By then, the Qing army could move down the river, attack Anqing, and threaten Nanjing.It can also enter Poyang Lake through Penglikou, which will bring heavy military pressure to the entire Jiangxi.You can also go directly north to Anhui and fight all the way to join the imperial army heading south.

'Such a new approach makes him worthy of being the commander-in-chief's favorite. '

Since the Qing generals present could be promoted by Longkodo, they were certainly not incompetent.

Even though he is unknown in the history books, he still knows some about his military ability.

I have to say that Dai Kun's method of deflecting conflicts is indeed clever.

Jiujiang is indeed very important, the Anqing barrier, the Nanjing front line, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, and the strategic point of three provinces.It was not only the first battle of the Qing army in Wuchang to attack Jiangnan, but also one of the key battles in the entire Jiangnan battlefield.

But this does not mean that the small Hukou Town in the east of the city is not important.

The most important thing is that the reason why the Ming army in Jiujiang City is so stubborn is because of the Ming troops deployed around it.

Even if we don't mention the significance of Hukou Town to the entire Jiujiang defense line, as long as all the surrounding Ming troops are swept away, it will be enough to bring heavy psychological pressure to the Ming troops in Jiujiang City.

"Commander, the strategy proposed by Mr. Dai is indeed quite feasible."

"Yes! Commander, not only Hukou Town, but also Meijiazhou and Xiaochi Town must be leveled one by one. As long as these places are wiped out, the rebels in Jiujiang City will be panicked. Our army only needs to wait for the opportunity to attack, and they can easily defeat them. city."

"Commander, at the end of the day, I will ask the general to be the vanguard. I will appoint you as the commander to quickly capture the mouth of the lake."

"Commander, the last general also invites you to fight..."

All the Qing generals suddenly became chattering.

From the beginning of demonstrating Dai Kun's tactical strategy, to later, everyone started clamoring to take the initiative to fight.

(End of this chapter)