Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 328 Soldiers Arrive in Ganzhou
The second year of Longwu was destined to be a turbulent year. The failure of Lu Jianguo in eastern Zhejiang and the low tide of resistance from Jiangnan gentry further weakened the anti-Qing forces and the authority of the Southern Ming court.

Both Emperor Longwu's confidence and the Fujing court were in a predicament. His lips were dead, his teeth were cold, Han and Wei were dead, and Qi and Chu were also in danger. The dispute between Tang and Lu made the two largest anti-Qing armed forces in Nanming stand in opposition and could not support each other. .

Today, the Lu family lives in Zhoushan, and the Longwu court has also tasted the consequences of the same-surname dispute. Eastern Zhejiang fell, and the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River pressed down on Fujian with all its strength, causing the Longwu court to collapse rapidly. Zheng Zhilong fell to the Qing court.

With the decline of the Ming Court, all parts of the world have also become turbulent. All forces are fighting and expanding unprecedentedly for their own interests.

In Huguang, the faction supporting the Tang Dynasty fought against the Qing army one after another. They wanted to use the victory in Chu to save the decline of the empire, help the building to collapse, and turn the tide. Lu Qingjun's decisive battle, but intends to go south to rescue him.

In Sichuan and Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong, one of the two rogues who once destroyed the foundation of the empire, reached a tacit understanding with Wang Yan, the Duke of Chu of the Ming Dynasty, and changed from overthrowing the rule of the Ming Dynasty to becoming the main force in Sichuan and Sichuan against the Qing Dynasty.

The Daxi forces cover Sichuan and Hanzhong, and intend to seize the Sanqin. The internal contradictions of the Han nationality are gradually replaced by the Manchu-Han conflict. Resisting the invasion of the Manchu Qing has become the common goal of all the forces of the Han nationality. .

The power of the Qing court is still growing rapidly. With the Manchu Qing controlling a large area of ​​land, and the support of Han officials and gentry headed by Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, and Fan Wencheng, and suppressing the turmoil of the hair-shaving order, the Qing court has basically controlled the occupation The region can collect taxes from the land and obtain military resources from the local area, transforming from a semi-nomadic regime that relies on plunder for its livelihood to a feudal regime.

The world is turbulent, and people from all walks of life appear on the stage one after another. If you want to say who has the most exciting experience in the past six months, it is not Wang Yan, He Tengjiao, Zheng Zhilong, Zhang Xianzhong, but the Qing court Beilelk Dehun.

From the beginning when he led 30 Qing soldiers into Huguang, went to Yuezhou, broke the siege of Jingzhou, defeated Li Guo and Gao Yigong's [-] troops, was defeated by Wang Yan, lost Wuchang, and fled south to Jiangxi with only [-] miserable soldiers. In just over six months.

From being high-spirited and arrogant to falling to the bottom, this is not the whole experience of Luck Dehun. After he entered Jiangxi, he tried to find a chance to make a comeback in order to reduce the punishment that the Qing court would impose in the future.

In Jiangxi, the green battalion has always been fighting. Although many towns have been laid down for the Qing army, the Qing court is actually wary of the leaders Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren.

Luck Dehun was defeated in Jiangxi. If he wanted to rise again, he had to control a considerable number of troops. The Green Camp in Jiangxi became the target he wanted to control.

He believed that if he controlled the green camp in Jiangxi, the regent Doergun would also acquiesce. After all, this country is a country of Manchus. For the Qing court, Manchus were always more reliable than Han people.After Le Ke Dehun entered Nanchang, he took advantage of the status of Baylor of the Qing court to take over the control of Nanchang from Wang Deren, and summoned the chief envoy and governor to control Jiangxi's grain, grass and supplies. Given the opportunity of fierce fighting by the Ming army, Liujia Lazhangjing Alkang led the [-] Banners to monitor Wang Deren, and then went all the way south, summoned officials from various states and governments along the way, and told them that they do not need to report anything to Jin Shengheng in the future, but to report to Wang Deren. He is Qing court Baylor.

When Luck Dehun arrived all the way, Jin Shengheng's camp took over the command of the entire Jiangxi battlefield as Baylor.

This time he captured Wan'an and forced Yang Tinglin, a scholar of Wuying Temple in the Ming Dynasty, to commit suicide, which can be said to have swept away the haze of his defeat in Huguang.

Now he has more than half of Jiangxi and [-] mercenaries. Although he can't compare with when he entered Huguang with [-] Qing soldiers, he has recovered some strength.

At this time, although he was unable to return to Huguang, he had a new plan. He went south to capture Ganzhou, then entered Fujian, captured Emperor Longwu of the Nanming Dynasty, joined forces with Boluo, and used the feat of destroying the Nanming court to wash away Huguang's defeat. shame.

Three days after the Qing army massacred the city in Wan'an, Luck Dehun became ambitious again. He appointed Geng Jimao as the vanguard, and led [-] green battalion elites to march towards Zaokou and open the passage to Ganzhou.

At that time, Cao Zhijian and Zhang An, the generals of the Ming Dynasty, led 1 troops to set off from Ganzhou to rescue Wan'an. As the army approached Zaokou, the two generals Cao and Zhang retreated back to Ganzhou in a hurry.

Luck Dehun led 4 horses and came to Zaokou to join Geng Jimao. He was overjoyed when he learned that the Ming army was in a panic, abandoned the dangerous place, and fled back to Ganzhou. Sheng, the soldiers pointed to Ganzhou.

Ganzhou is located in the southwestern part of Jiangxi, connecting Fujian and Zhejiang in the east, Huguang in the west, and Guangdong in the south. Its geographical location is very important. In the layout before the Southern Ming Dynasty, Ganzhou was the belly of a long snake. Two paragraphs are very unfavorable to Nanming.

Surrounded by the Ganjiang River on three sides, Ganzhou was the base camp of the Ming army in Jiangxi to resist the Qing Dynasty. There were [-] soldiers and horses stationed there, under the control of Wanji, the governor of Ganzhou. A large amount of materials were piled up in the city, including [-] shi of grain, cloth, ordnance, and copper coins. Countless, it is the anti-Qing base of the Ming army.The [-] troops of Luck Dehun were stationed in the wilderness south of Zaokou. The barracks stretched for more than ten miles, and the momentum was huge. A golden-rimmed yellow dragon flag was carried on a wooden pole more than ten feet high. This is Luck Dehun. Hun handsome flag.In a huge tent in the middle of the camp, Luck Dehun stood in front of a map in a daze, and beside him stood his subordinate Shen Yongzhong. Like Geng Jimao, his father was killed by Wang Yan, Zhenghuang and Zhengbaiqi Almost the entire army was wiped out, and the family's many years of business operations after they took refuge in the Qing court were destroyed. Their future and future have been tied together with Luck Dehun.

"Master Belle, the servants have arrested several scouts and found out that the city wall of Ganzhou is three feet high, surrounded by the Ganjiang River on three sides, and the moat on the south side is also ten feet wide. Our biggest problem now is that we have no ships. We only have 100 feet so far. There are many small boats, and it is difficult to attack the city with them. The slave wants to ask Lord Baylor, should we build warships on the spot, or use other methods?"

Lu Kede heard the words, and thought for a while, "I don't know water warfare, so there is no need to build ships. A [-] army, plus some people, can fill up a canal for siege within ten days. You send People go to catch some strong men, and after ten days, the commander-in-chief's soldiers and horses must step on the ground and rush to the city of Ganzhou~"

"Zha~"

(End of this chapter)