Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 543

In history, Du Yinxi was the most strategic official in Nanming, but it was a pity that he was always suppressed by He Tengjiao, and then died of worry and anger because of the deterioration of the situation, making Nanming lose the stone pillar.

At this time, Du Yinxi was looking at the map in the mansion, and many marks were made on it.

His mansion was originally Fu Shangrui's mansion, and he fled hurriedly with his family, without taking away the utensils in the mansion, You Youlun directly arranged him here.

At this time, Huang Keyuan, the staff member, came in and saw Du Yinxi leaning over his desk to draw a pen. He was very focused. He turned and walked back, and picked up a teapot from the outside.

He picked it up again, and there was still a few sips of water left. He took it and poured it for Du Yinxi, then put the tea cup beside him, and said with a smile: "Master Futai's wonderful plan, Master He has expressed his position, saying that he wants to share with Wuchang Live and die."

After hearing this, Du Yinxi was not in the mood to drink tea. He pushed the teacup to the table and sighed, "I have no choice but to send my family members away at this time, and the hearts of Wuchang will be scattered."

"By the way, what is He Yuncong doing now?" Du Yinxi continued.

Huang Keyuan stood at the side with a long body, and replied: "Master He is counting the silver and rice grain at this time. Speaking of which, this time in Futai, he killed two birds with one stone. Not only did he stop the governor, but also let the whole city fight against each other." , the gentry offered to donate money and food."

Gentlemen loved money at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which was the social ethos at that time. It can’t be said to be good or bad. Since capital sprouts appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, and they believed that this kind of germination was the progress of the whole society, there must be such a trend, because this is the germination of capital. Soil, without this soil, there would be no possibility of change in the whole society.

Forced donations by the court and voluntary donations by gentry are two different concepts.The result of the forced donation was just like that of Emperor Chongzhen. Apart from making the whole court feel very unhappy, it could only make Chongzhen himself feel a little embarrassed.

Wang Yan has always been opposed to officials and gentry donating salaries. The imperial court has its own taxes, and it can only survive through forced donations, which proves that there is a problem with the imperial court. The taxation system, and even the entire imperial court, need to be changed. Forced donations can only make people centrifugal.

Donating money is different, it is completely voluntary by the gentry, naturally there will be no resentment in their hearts, and even a sense of responsibility because of donating money.Just like now, paying taxes is the responsibility of people. In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, donations depend on one's own virtue. The government cannot force you to donate, and sets a quota for you.

It is really not easy for the gentry to pay money voluntarily. Du Yinxi thought that He Tengjiao was blocked by the gentry in the city, and he should be very annoyed, but he did not dare to retaliate publicly. Since the gentry promised to donate money and food, He Tengjiao probably would not let it go Take this opportunity and search for it.

Du Yinxi shook his head, but after hearing Huang Keyuan's words, there was no joy on his face.

Seeing this, Huang Keyuan frowned and asked: "Futai, Governor He is willing to sit in Wuchang right now, and the army and the people in the city are united, so there should be no problem sticking to it. What worries are there in Futai?"

After hearing this, Du Yinxi asked Huang Keyuan to come to him, then pointed to the map and said, "Wuchang's people are determined, but we only have the strength to defend, and we have no strategy to defeat the enemy!"

Du Yinxi said while pointing on the map, "The Qing army came from three directions. In Xiangfan and Wuchang, we are all in a passive state. If any one is breached, the situation in Chu and Jiangxi will immediately collapse. The situation in Jiangxi is better. , but we have no ability to support us. In this way, we will not be able to defeat the Chu and Qing army on our own. No matter how strong Wuchang and Xiangfan are, after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be many nights and dreams."

After hearing this, Huang Keyuan came to his senses and frowned. It was indeed as Du Yinxi said, even if Wuchang's army and people are united, they are trapped in the city and have neither reinforcements nor a way to retreat. The situation is indeed not optimistic.

"Futai, Wang Xianggong?" Huang Keyuan was unwilling to give up. "Almost all the troops that Huguang can pull out are on the front line. There are no available troops around. Only by asking Wang Xianggong to return to the army can we solve the urgent need!"

Du Yinxi waved his hand, "In Sichuan, it's difficult to get in, and even harder to get out of Sichuan. Not to mention how well Shi Heng fought in Sichuan, he has more than [-] horsemen, and he doesn't have a thousand ships. If he wants to get out of Sichuan, he must at least Three months. Although Ben Fu has sent someone to inform him, it should be far from being able to quench his thirst."

After hearing this, Huang Keyuan was so anxious that he could do nothing, and said after a while: "If there is no reinforcements, this battle will be difficult to fight!"

Du Yinxi said in a deep voice: "The situation is really not optimistic. Benfu wants Keyuan to go to Jiangxi. If Jiangxi has spare capacity, he must let Governor Wan do his best to help Chu. In addition, Benfu is going to ask the Tiandihui to contact Lu Wang, I still send people to Fujian and Guangnan, hoping to restrain the Qing soldiers, and the rest depends on us and the Qing soldiers, whoever can't hold on first."

Du Yinxi, regardless of whether it is useful or not, posting a hero post first, if it works, it will be good, if it doesn't work, the situation in Huguang will not get worse.

Sanjiangkou.

The sound of the rumbling guns resounded across the river, and the water column hit by the shells splashed three battles high. With a loud bang, a full and strong ship smashed a Qing army warship in half, and sawdust splashed. The Qing soldiers slid into the river one after another, and the soldiers on the deck of the Ming army also fell to the ground one after another because of the violent impact.

Man Dazhuang hurriedly got up, and without straightening out the crooked armor and helmet, he pointed a knife at an enemy ship next to him and shouted loudly: "Starboard gun, return to fire."

A large number of gunners who fell down quickly got up, hurriedly reset the cannon, reloaded and ignited, the fuses flickered with green smoke, and dozens of cannons spewed out a burst of flames at the same time. At this moment, the ship vibrated violently with the sound of the cannons , while the enemy ship was smashed with sawdust flying, leaving large holes in the hull.

At this time, the role of the artillery in the water battle is not particularly great. After all, the shells hit the past, but after a few holes, the real threat is the fire attack, boarding battle, and ramming.

The natural moat of the Yangtze River was shared by the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In order to control the Yangtze River, both Huguang and Jiangnan have been building ships desperately in the past year.

It’s just that Hong Chengchou obviously has an advantage. He doesn’t care about building ships, and the Qing government confiscated a large number of ships in the south of the Yangtze River through the policy of banning the sea, making the Qing court’s ships far better than those in Huguang. The Han people, especially those in the south, often appointed northerners or Manchus to command the navy. As a result, although there were many ships, they could not exert their combat power.

At this time, nearly a hundred warships were engaged in battle on the river, with shells intertwined, rockets flying wildly, and from time to time there were water warfare weapons such as divine fire flying ducks, fire dragons, etc., which set the Qing army ships ablaze. The Qing army fired rockets, and the sky was covered with smoke and dust on the river.

On the shore, the infantry of the Qing army rushed towards the water village of the Ming army like the tide, and the Ming army guarding the water village resisted desperately. The sound of killing was so thorough that they seemed to have returned to the ancient battlefield of Chibi.

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