Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 704
It is said that the unity of the three families can fight against the Qing Dynasty together, but the fact is that it is difficult to achieve true unity.

In history, Nanming had at least three chances to come back, but they all failed in the end. Looking at the root cause, it was not because the Manchus were too strong, but because there were problems within Nanming. Internal fighting always occurred at critical moments, making The great situation collapsed.

After reading the letter, Lu Jianguo really felt Wang Yan's heart for the world and his overall view. He praised Wang Yan for being unparalleled.

Of course, he didn't want to dig a hole, waved a hoe, and loosened the corner of the wall for the court. He embraced the injustice for Wang Yan, saying that it was a loss for the court that such a ruthless minister with the world in mind would not be tolerated by the court. Then he tactfully He expressed that if Wang Yan could support him, he would definitely not treat him like Long Wu.

King Lu was excited by Xia Wanchun, and moved a little by Wang Yan's letter. The weight of the world in his heart gradually overwhelmed his self-interest, and after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately decided to send troops.

Seeing this, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help saying to Xia Wanchun: "My lord accepts advice like a stream, and someone has the virtue of a king."

King Lu has been ups and downs for four years, and the bad habits formed during the pampering and superiority during the suzerainty period are basically in exile, and have been wiped out in the four battles. He is also very decisive in doing things now.

Jiran decides to hunt Jinling with Longwu and Wang Yan, so he also wants to fight.

Once he decided to send troops, he immediately assembled [-] elite troops, led nearly [-] rebels, learned from Longwu, and launched a personal conquest regardless of his own safety.

For a while, King Lu led Zhang Mingzhen, Xie Qian, Ruan Jin, Ding Keze and other generals to press towards Yangzhou, restraining Duoduo's troops, supporting the main force on the West Road, and waiting for an opportunity to seize Yangzhou.

Xia Wanchun saw that King Lu pulled the man out in a very short time, and knowing that King Lu was actually preparing for it, he immediately sent someone to report back to Wang Yan, and King Lu had already sent troops.

By this time, with Wang Yan's intentional cooperation and coordination, the four largest armed forces within Daming had all participated in the Jiangnan War, gradually pushing the war between the East and the West to a climax.

Fighting on two fronts has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times. In the two world wars, Germany suffered a great loss from fighting on two fronts, and the same is true for the current Qing army. However, they are involved everywhere.

When the time came in May, in the war in Jiangbei, after ten days of fierce fighting, Dai Zhifan broke through Shucheng. Li Suitai led only dozens of cavalry and fled to Hefei. Dai Zhifan followed closely and surrounded Hefei City. Most of the counties are waiting for the wind to fall, and Hefei is in danger.

Duoduo rectified the army in Yangzhou, and was about to rush to Hefei to defeat Dai Zhifan first, but at this time the King Lu army pressed on Yangzhou, which made Duduo furious.

He originally wanted to release King Lu's army first so that he could concentrate his forces to deal with the western front, so he hastily gave up the siege of Rugao and withdrew his army. Unexpectedly, King Lu's men dared to attack Yangzhou without knowing what was good or bad.

Doduo hurriedly gathered his soldiers and horses, preparing to teach the group of clowns a lesson, but when he pulled the soldiers across the Grand Canal, King Lu's army immediately retreated, very wretched, and made Doduo in a dilemma.

After a few days of stalemate, urgent documents from Hefei came in again and again. Duoduo had no choice but to transfer Ma Guanghui from Huai'an to Yangzhou to sit in town, and he sent troops to rescue Hefei.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, King Lu's army in Siming Mountain was ordered by King Lu. Feng Jing, the servant of the Ministry of War, and General Wang Yi led an army of [-] troops out of the mountain to break through Shangyu, disrupt eastern Zhejiang, and restrain the Qing soldiers in Yuhang. The besieged Songjiang Mansion could not be rescued.

The two armies of Long and Wu made the most rapid progress. Taking advantage of what Jiang Guang said, taking advantage of the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River in April and May, and the rising water level of the river, he ordered the soldiers and civilians to build embankments to stop the Chikou River from storing water and prepare to irrigate Guichi City.

The guard Jin Li found out and discovered the Ming army's intentions, so he had to lead the defenders to fight, and led [-] people to prevent the Ming army from building the embankment. The two sides fought in the west of Chikou River.

Jin Shenghuan set up a tight formation along the embankment, using the embankment as a city, and shooting the formation with bows, arrows, and blunderbusses, inflicting great damage on the Qing soldiers. Li Yuanyin, who beheaded Man Dahai and was named the champion by Longwu, led three thousand soldiers from the Li tribe, and defeated Jin Li's flank first,

Under the chaos of the Qing army, Jin Li led the army back. Jin Shenghuan chased and killed the Qing army all the way. Without giving the Qing army a chance to breathe, Jin Li had to abandon Guichi and retreat into Taiping Mansion.

Seeing this great victory, Emperor Longwu was heartbroken. At the beginning of June, he sent all his troops to Wuhu, only two hundred miles away from Nanjing.

From March to June, the war has been going on for nearly three months. The Ming army counterattacked aggressively, and achieved certain results in all directions.

In Wuchang Mansion, Wang Yan received a lot of information about the war every day, most of which were good news, but he still did not relax, instead he raised his vigilance.

As three months passed, the equipment shipped from Guangzhou, and the fire nitrate bought from Japanese and Portuguese merchants, have filled several warehouses in Wuchang.

The various departments of the Five Allied Army also completed their assembly in Wuchang two months ago, and filled up the vacancies. They are currently running-in and practicing, waiting for Wang Yan's order to send troops.

Because of the war, civilian husbands were recruited, and the construction of Hanyang New City has all stopped.

Outside Hanyang City, which had just taken shape, one hundred and five loyal troops were stationed in the wilderness to the east of the new city. Large tents were connected one after another, spreading neatly and endlessly.The Dongting navy was also transferred to Wuchang. Hundreds of warships were moored in the water village, with masts like forests, and the scene was spectacular.

At this time, Wang Yan and a group of generals came to the school field, and saw an infantry army of nearly a thousand people, who were practicing. They were all wrapped in iron armor, and even their faces had ghost faces. iron army.

Since the beginning of last year, after more than a year, the workshop under the jurisdiction of the Arms Supervision has been running at full capacity, and finally made up the thousand sets of armor. The armor of the Iron Man Army finally realized the standardization without patchwork.

At this time, nearly a thousand soldiers waved their horse swords in unison, and immediately cut off the thick wooden stakes in front of them.

Beside the Thousand Iron Man Army, the Desheng Infantry Army was also practicing. Five thousand soldiers armed with Lumi guns raised their guns in turn and fired.

This made the eyes of the generals behind Wang Yan shine, but even if they were itchy, it was useless. These weapons were just enough to equip the supervisors. If other towns wanted it, they would have to wait for a while.

Seeing the expressions of the generals, Wang Yan smiled slightly and said, "Ben Fan, if I show you one more thing, you probably won't be able to fall asleep."

After Wang Yan finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a team of 300 guards walked to the school field holding guns.

None of the generals could see anything unusual, but Chen Bangyan and the others saw it, and said in surprise, "Your Highness, is this Zhao Shizhen's electric gun?"

When Chen Bangyan was speaking, the 300-member bodyguard team had already formed their formation. Before the generals could react, the guards in the first row took out a gun and put it on. Lifting the gun was a shot, which immediately stunned everyone. .

Li Guo exclaimed, "Damn it, don't light the fire, don't reload!"

At this time, the three rows of musketeers took turns to shoot, and after each shot, they immediately changed to sub-guns. The speed was astonishing.

Seeing that everyone was stunned, Wang Yan smiled and said, "The ignition device of this electric gun is different from that of the Lumi gun. It uses the matchlock ignition method to improve the firing method, and the sub-guns are pre-loaded with ammunition, which are loaded into the barrel in turn to fire. So the rate of fire is extremely high, somewhat similar to the small Frang machine."

After hearing this, Gao Yigong couldn't help asking: "Such a sharp weapon, why doesn't Your Highness make more?"

Wang Yan sighed: "This electric gun was made last year, but the process is complicated, the manufacturing is slow, and the cost is too high. In addition, it also has many shortcomings. One is that the airtightness is not good, which affects the range. There was no fire at the time, so the Cannon Workshop barely produced [-] pieces and then stopped. Until the beginning of this year, the sea merchants got a batch of firecrackers from the Dutch, and they were taken by the navy to attack Champa, and the results were very good. It happened that the sea merchant brought one back to Guangzhou, and the Cannon Foundry took it over. Combining the Dutch fire blunderbuss, after improving the electric blunderbuss, the three hundred blunderbusses were sold. Switch the electric guns, and send them all over."

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