Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 84 After a brave decision, Taizhen Chengren
Wang Yanhu's people traveled southward for more than [-] miles a day. However, the journey from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Hangzhou was more than [-] miles, and it took ten days to get there. Li Taizhen had to block the enemy for at least seven days before he could ensure that the soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou could enter central Zhejiang safely. .

At the mouth of the Yangtze River, the sound of guns was rumbling, and the Qing soldiers rushed into the Wusong River under the cannon fire, and engaged in artillery battles with Li Taizhen's troops. The battle was extremely tragic.

Four days had passed, and the Duduo army was still blocked on the west bank of the Wusong River. The Qing soldiers forced their way through several times, but were repelled by the Ming army, unable to break through the line of defense.

"There are [-] soldiers, [-] times more than the enemy, but they can't cross the small Wusong River. It's unreasonable!" Duoduo was very angry in the army tent, and reprimanded many Qing generals.

Since going south, the Eight Banners soldiers have not suffered any damage, it can be said that the wind is going smoothly, and the myth of invincibility is written, but since meeting Wang Yan and his army, the brave and invincible Eight Banners soldiers suddenly became weak for some reason. He was frustrated again and again.

At the beginning of the siege, the Zhengbai Banner of Zhenmanzhou lost more than 2000 people, and the Han army lost more than 20 people in the Zhenglan Banner. After Wang Yan broke the siege, the Zhengbai Banner of Zhen Manzhou lost another [-] people. It lost [-] people, and now it has lost [-] Mongolian soldiers. For the Eight Banners, which has a total of only more than [-], it can be said to be a heavy loss. The Zhengbai Banner of Manchuria and the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army have almost lost any combat power. He can't explain to Dorgon if he can keep Duo Duo from being angry.

"Your Majesty! The Wusong River is small and shallow, and large ships cannot rush in. We can only send small and medium-sized warships into the river to fight against the Ming army. The firepower is not dominant. In addition, the river is narrow, which is not conducive to warships evading. The Ming army They used cannons to bombard the river, and although there were many slaves, the big boats could only cruise the Yangtze River and were completely useless, and the small boats were no match for the Ming army, so they failed to cross the river!" Zhang Tianfu hurriedly explained.

"Since the reason is known, is there a solution?" Duoduo asked the crowd angrily.

"My lord!" Zhang Tianfu said: "I think that I have many soldiers, but the Ming army is few, so it's better to divide up the army and cross the river elsewhere. After attacking, the Ming army camp will be destroyed!"

Duoduo originally thought that it would be easy to defeat Li Taizhen when the navy and infantry arrived, but he didn't want a [-] army to break through the Wusong River defense line, so he could only accept Zhang Tianfu's words at this time.

"This method is very good! This king accepts it!" Duoduo said after pondering: "Li Chengdong, Zhang Tianfu obey!"

"The servant is here!" The two generals responded hastily.

"Tomorrow, the Japanese king will continue to lead the army to cross the river and pretend to attack. The two of you will take a big boat and go eastward along the Yangtze River to find a suitable place to land. After attacking Li Taizhen, we will attack Mingzhai together with the king!" Duoduo ordered.

"Cha! The servant obeys!"

The next day, before dawn, Li Chengdong's troops sailed eastward in a big boat, but they were still noticed by the Ming army.

Li Taizhen and Hu Weizong were informed by the training post, and they watched along the river, and they saw warships, like hills, moving on the river in the darkness, their expressions couldn't help but change.

Hu Weizong called Li Taizhen and said: "General, this northern captive wants to cut off my back, and attack from both sides!"

"This general also knows, but I have few soldiers, so I have no choice!" Li Taizhen sighed.

The Ming army only had [-] soldiers, while Duoduo had [-] soldiers. Even though Li Taizhen understood the Qing army's strategy, he did not have the strength to prevent the Qing army from detouring to attack behind.

Hu Weizong said: "Since the general knows that the northern captives want to attack, why don't you retreat before the soldiers arrive, otherwise the road will be cut off, and you will be killed!"

"With five thousand soldiers and horses, I can block Dodo's [-] troops. It all depends on the danger of Wusong. If we abandon this place and let the main force of the northern captives cross the river, the northern captives have the advantage of cavalry, and our army will be invincible." Li Taizhen shook his head and said. : "If I lose, the Commander will also be in danger, why not defend this place with a strong stronghold, and buy some time for the Commander!"

Although Wang Yan was conferred the title of Loyalty Bo by the Hongguang court, the imperial decree was never transmitted to Yangzhou, and the person who passed it on also disappeared with the defeat of Zhenjiang. Therefore, although Wang Yan now commands tens of thousands of troops, he is still only a battalion commander Just make it.

After hearing Li Taizhen's words, Hu Weizong knew that he had already decided to die. He couldn't help feeling agitated in his heart, and then said: "Since the general has made up his mind, Weizong is willing to follow the general to guard the village and hold the northern captives, so as to protect the fathers and elders of Yangzhou." Enter Zhejiang safely."

"Now, the only option is to fight to the death!" Li Taizhen looked at the Qing army ships passing by in the darkness, his face full of determination.

Compared with the Qing army, the strength of Li Taizhen's troops is too great. Once Duoduo's entire army crosses the river, with a huge advantage of [-] to [-], the Ming army will inevitably fail quickly. Still decided to stick to the Wusong River in order to resist for some time.

At dawn, the Qing army ships heading east were nowhere to be seen, but Li Taizhen knew that they would soon appear behind the camp, so he asked Hu Weizong to guard the west, while he guarded the east, waiting for the arrival of the Qing army's detour .

At three o'clock, the sun was rising, and the Qing army on the west bank of the Wusong River took the lead in crossing the river to launch a feint attack, intending to attract the attention of the Ming army so that Li Chengdong's troops could launch a surprise attack.

The rumble of cannons on the river seemed intense, but neither side tried their best. After a while, Li Chengdong's army touched the back of the Ming army and charged suddenly, but they were hit by a rain of bullets head-on, and the surprise attack instantly turned into a strong attack.

After a fierce battle for a day, because Li Taizhen had been on guard for a long time, the Qing soldiers were still unable to break through his camp, so Duoduo had to withdraw his troops in anger.

The next day, Duoduo sent troops again and attacked from both sides, but still failed to break the camp. He couldn't help being furious and ordered Zhang Tianfu, who had retreated first, to be tied up in front of the tent. Said: "What's the use of keeping you for a general who has been repeatedly defeated?" Following the order of the guards, he pushed out the gate of the camp and beheaded him.

Seeing this, all the generals of the green battalion were terrified.

Li Taizhen fought the Qing army one after another, and the [-] soldiers and horses had been lost by more than half, but it also blocked the Qing army for six days.

That night, Li Taizhen called Hu Weizong and said: "We have blocked the enemy for six days today, and tomorrow we will be accomplished. Weizong can lead hundreds of veterans out of the camp tonight, and go to the center of Zhejiang to join the commander. I will guard this camp alone to do my best." All work!"

Hu Weizong said: "Is there any master who will leave behind for the deputy general? If he wants to leave, the general will leave, and he will stay in the camp for the sect!"

Neither of them wanted to leave the camp, so they had no choice but to give up.

After dawn, the Qing army attacked the camp again. With Zhang Tianfu's lesson in mind, the generals of the green camp dared not refuse to urge their troops to fight to the death.

Mingzhai, which had been fighting hard for several days, was finally broken by the Qing army. Li Taizhen led hundreds of remnants to break through, but was blocked by Li Chengdong. Li Chengdong shouted: "Taizhen and I were both generals under Xingping Bo's account in the past. Now my wife and son have come down early!" Why don't Taizhen come down, let's build a career together with our old acquaintances!"

"Madam's kindness, I can only repay it in the next life. Now I am ordered to stop the enemy for righteousness, how can I surrender!" Li Taizhen flatly refused when he heard the words.

Immediately, he led the remnant soldiers and rushed towards Li Chengdong, wielding a knife to fight to the death, the men were exhausted, and knowing that there was no possibility of breaking through, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "It's lucky that the man is alive and able to resist the captives and die!"

Not long after, Li Taizhen was exhausted and hacked to death for the Qing soldiers, and all the remnants were captured by Li Chengdong.

A later poem praised:

A Chinese hero, Taizhen is willing to kill himself.

When he was in danger, he got the command of the general, and the army alone defended Hu Yi.

There are seven days of bloody battle, exhaustion will eventually lead to benevolence.

So far at Wusongkou, General Han is still hanging.

Li Taizhen died in battle, and Hu Weizong was also forced to a dead end by the Qing army. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer Ming troops around him, he fought with the remnant soldiers all the way to the Wusong River, and finally threw himself into the water with the soldiers.

When Duoduo heard that the Ming army's stronghold had been broken, he was overjoyed and hurried across the river to enter the Ming stronghold. Li Chengdong then bound the hundred captured Ming soldiers there.

Duoduo asked, "Will you surrender?"

All the Ming soldiers shouted: "If you don't surrender to the captives, you are willing to die with the general!"

Duoduo was furious when he heard this, and asked the Qing soldiers to tie up all the people outside the camp, lined up, and asked them one by one: "The one who surrenders will not die."

"Don't surrender!" Ming soldiers replied, and were killed.

Duoduo asked again: "The descendant will not die!"

"Don't surrender!" He was killed again, and none of the hundred Ming soldiers surrendered.

Until they were all killed, no one surrendered.

Seeing this, Duo Duo couldn't help but wipe away the joy he had just had, and he was terrified by not saying a single word, and was deeply afraid of the power of these dead men. "Wang Shiheng is not dead, it is rare for the Qing Dynasty to win the world."

Later generations have a poem praising: "In ancient times, there were five hundred soldiers under Tian Heng, and now there are soldiers under Shi Heng's command. Once they die, they will become benevolent and shake the Hu captives. Loyalty is unparalleled and they will not steal their lives."

(Thanks for the dream getting farther and farther away from me, book friend 160223094822338 for the reward, and thanks to the book friend of Genesis for the recommendation and comment.)
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