Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1079

On June 1655, 6, on a sunny day in the south wind, Liu Haiyang sat on the front deck of the "Amur River" gunboat, leaning on a saber.

The draft of this kind of gunboat specially built for navigating in shallow water areas of inland rivers is only 0.8 meters deep, which means that most of the water surface or river branches around Poyang Lake and Junshan Lake cannot block this weapon of war. There are as many as 10 small and medium-sized gunboats. The caliber artillery and the normal speed of 8-10 knots are enough to make the navy of the Qing army frightened. In the past month, the 16 inland shallow water gunboats that accompanied Liu Haiyang into the Yangtze River Basin (the remaining 4 went north to the Amur River Basin to participate in the battle, 4 Arranged to search and intercept the river in the Chongmingsha area) has captured dozens of Qing army grain transport ships, silver transport ships and even troop transport ships on the water surface from Madang Town to Junshan Lake, which severely hit the Qing army's logistics transportation line , and the two divisions of Shen Yongzhong and Geng Zhongming had a tendency to split from left to right, and the situation on the Jiangxi battlefield gradually became unfavorable to the Qing court.

Among other things, since the capture of Madang Town, the connection between Huangzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion in Jiangbei and Jiangnan has become much more difficult. Poyang Lake, which was originally the back garden of the Qing army, has also become a city in just half a month. The out-and-out transportation line of death, the [-] Qing troops on the Jiangxi battlefield, has been split up in fact. If the Ming, Shun, and Dong parties work together with more than [-] people, it may not be impossible to obtain a victory over the Qing army in Jiangxi. The major victory of the army—of course, this is very difficult. The obstacle mainly comes from the Nanming side. The other side may not want to see the Shun army Guo Sheng's troops defeat Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong, and then occupy most of Jiangxi. Therefore, how the future war situation will develop is still unclear Hard to say.

At this time, the gunboat had already sailed to the front line of Wuzizhai, Junshan Lake, where the lake narrowed rapidly, so Liu Haiyang could easily see the scenery on both sides of the bank.I saw the grass growing on both sides of the bank, the spring was bright, the trees looked lush under the sunlight, and the sky was covered with white clouds and gray dogs slowly passing by. There is a slight suspicion of destroying this peaceful atmosphere, that is, the army on the east bank who just entered Wuzizhai's Qing army navy camp is clearing out the remnants of the enemy.

"After clearing out the remnants of the enemy in Wuzizhai, all ministries strictly implemented the "Battle Preparation Outline". In the area of ​​Yugan County, the movement of the Qing army was closely monitored. If Shen Yongzhong led troops to attack, they would immediately withdraw. If the main force of the Qing army came, they would collect more people and leave the rest alone; the main force was covered by naval gunboats in Jinxian County on the south bank Landed in the area to harass the Qing army's Geng Zhongming's logistics transportation line, causing them to be short of food and salaries, but they were not allowed to take the initiative to fight with the Qing army. The sixth division fought continuously and suffered a lot of casualties, so they stayed behind to defend Wuzizhai, and resumed their combat effectiveness with the existing situation In order to frighten the landlord regiments in the north and south to train their armed forces, and they also need to search for opportunities to collect people." Liu Haiyang stood up with his saber in his hand, looked at the Wuzi Water Village that had been bombarded by cannons, and ordered: "The heads of all ministries must understand, The first goal of our army is to collect the population, and all combat operations must serve this goal, so we must try our best to avoid starting a battle with the main force of the Qing army, and only need to achieve the purpose of containment. The important thing is said twice, remember, each department must not Wave battle!"

After Liu Haiyang's order was issued, it was strictly implemented.

On June 6, Du Chong's Division of the Eighth Division encountered hundreds of cavalry troops from Shen Yongzhong's division outside Yugan County. The two sides separated after an hour of fierce fighting. The fighting spirit is also good, Shen Yongzhong's troops have the old background of the Liaodong cavalry, and their fighting skills are very good. Almost no one on both sides can do anything to each other.

And on the morning of the day when the two sides started the cavalry skirmish, Liu Haiyang assembled the main force (because the big ship was stationed in Madang Town, only a dozen naval shallow-water gunboats and some small boats carrying the large army landed) went south by boat in batches.At noon that day, 2000 members of the second brigade of the most elite stand-up team landed on the south bank of Junshan Lake, followed by more than 1500 members of the two Black Eight Banners infantry battalions, which were also extremely powerful, and more than [-] members of the Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun troops of the Shun Army... ...The last ones to land were the two elite infantry companies on the east coast and the miscellaneous personnel of the Liu Haiyang Command.

The entire landing operation lasted for three full days, and when Liu Haiyang led his troops to land on the south bank on the last day, the 5000 men of the Shun Army (led by the general Guo Shian) who served as the vanguard had already conquered Jinxian County. The most important thing is the power of the "yellow cannon", otherwise it would be normal for them to besiege the city for several months with their cold weapons alone.

One gram in Jinxian County. Since the southern part of Nanchang Prefecture is controlled by the Shun Army, the land transportation lines from Fuzhou, Raozhou, and Guangxin Prefectures to Nanchang Prefecture are greatly affected. The people on the east coast can cut off this weak transportation at any time The line will separate the 3.5-man field group of Shen Yongzhong's army from the 6-man field group of Geng Zhongming's army, and the situation in Jiangxi will change.

Captain Junior, who served as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, is a veteran veteran of the military. Of course, he would not fail to see the current situation, so he tried his best to persuade Liu Haiyang not to divide his troops. Tens of thousands of people gathered in Jinxian County to cut off The Qing army’s supply line and population collection are the top priorities—even the main force can arrange to collect population. To cut off the supply line, you only need to send a few partial divisions (let Guo Shi’an lead the Shun army to do it), and at most send some gunboats along Wuyang Advance along the Shui and Sanyangshui areas, destroy the ferries and piers along the river, collect or burn all the ships that can be seen, and completely isolate nearly 10 people from the east and west of the Qing army.

This suggestion was adopted by Liu Haiyang.Therefore, starting from June 6, the Du Chong Department of the Eighth Division, which was still wandering around Yugan County, finally collected more than 21 people and rushed to Wuzizhai. After waiting for the boats to transport these immigrants away, he ordered to set fire Lost this Qing army water stronghold, and then went south with the Sixth Division at the back of the palace, and camped outside Jinxian County.So far, in addition to the 6000 people left behind in Madang Town (the third division and 5000 North Korean blunderbuss soldiers), more than [-] people from the entire army on the east bank have assembled here, plus the [-] troops from Guo Shian's Ministry sent by Guo Sheng to support them. People, even if Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong overcome all difficulties and send troops to attack, they will definitely not be able to capture them in a short while-maybe, there will be a disastrous defeat. After all, the east bank is "sharp" and waits for work , Fighting against the city, if the Qing army's green battalion can be defeated, it will be a ghost.

After the plan was made, the army on the east coast began to act step by step. During this period, the main force was stationed in the county area, collecting people and supplies, and guarding the Qing army at the same time.The navy began to cover more than 300 small boats (most of which were Zheng's and Lu Wang's boats, and a small number were collected in the Poyang Lake area) non-stop between Madang Town and Jinxian County, transshipment of people and materials (to Madang except for the 5000 people from the Guo Shi'an Department of the Shun Army who couldn't help but go out along the river to attack the Qing army's supply line, the main force on the east bank was basically active near the county seat, and neither went south deep into Fuzhou Prefecture ( The northern part of the mansion was recaptured by Shen Yongzhong's department in the first half of the year. At that time, Wang Deren lost more than [-] troops and returned in a disastrous defeat) fought with the Qing army and did not retreat. It was nailed there like a nail, which made the Qing army feel extremely uncomfortable.

Of course, an important reason for not going south is that they don’t trust Wang Deren’s gang of Nanming idiots. It has been more than a month since the people from the east bank entered the Poyang Lake area. Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong may adjust their deployment), the Nanming army is also famous for selling teammates, so although it is a good opportunity to squeeze and besiege the Qing army, the people from the Guandong coast What's the matter?Shen Yongzhong has a field group of [-] to [-], and he is not someone who is easy to deal with. You Wang Deren has an army of [-]. If the flank threat disappears temporarily, if you can't chew this bone, then what else can you do?Anyway, the news has been delivered, the roads have been closed, and even the old guns (the guns still have hundreds of rounds of life) have helped a small group. It would be too embarrassing not to be able to cheer up the morale and defeat the isolated Shen Yongzhong.

Compared with the hesitant and slow actions of Wang Deren's troops, Guo Sheng's troops in the west of Jiangxi were much more straightforward. They already had close ties with the people on the east coast. Guo Sheng took the lead, and at the same time spread the message to all counties, mobilized local garrisons, and gathered them straight to Nanchang County-this is the third time he has attacked Nanchang City and its surrounding areas in recent years.

Guo Sheng's offensive greatly restrained the energy of Geng Zhongming's group, greatly reducing the pressure on people from the east bank to gather population in nearby counties.In order to reciprocate, Liu Haiyang ordered the newly arrived batch of ordnance to be donated to Guo Sheng's troops, in exchange for 1079 rifles, 11 artillery pieces, and 301 sets of armor that were damaged after their long-term use. re-use.

In this way, during the half-month period from June 6 to early July, in addition to sending a small number of troops to land on the west bank of Poyang Lake to confuse, harass, and contain the Qing army, the people on the east bank collected immigrants and supplies around Jinxian County. , A total of more than 20 people have been acquired. Including the population obtained in the early stage, the total number has exceeded 7. The "record" is really not small.

Among the 5.8 people, about 2 people have been sent to Chongmingsha (then diverted to various state-run large farms in the control area for resettlement), more than 1 people are on the road, and the remaining [-] people are scattered in Jinxian County And around Madang Town, waiting for transportation.In addition, they also collected a lot of food and fodder, which greatly reduced the pressure on logistics transportation (immigrant ships can be fully loaded with luggage when returning, and do not need to carry food), allowing the troops to cause more trouble to the Qing army in the wild.

And with the efforts of the people on the east coast, the situation of the 5 Qing troops on the Jiangxi battlefield is indeed becoming more and more unoptimistic!In particular, Geng Zhongming's tribe (about [-] people left at this time), which has been squeezed in the north of Nanchang Prefecture in fact, has almost completely cut off contact with the outside world. The "imperial court army" came to the rescue.

(End of this chapter)