The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 407
"My lord, the gate of Shaoxing city has been opened." A hussar came to report, "King Lu is welcoming the army outside the city, but the sky is getting dark, he dare not go too far from the city."

Zhu Linmei glanced at the sky, and was about to give orders to enter the city, when she heard the summons from the cavalry and said, "Also, yesterday a navy trooper rushed to Shaoxing from the Puyang River to warn the police, saying that nearly 3 captives had crossed the river."

Zhang Jiayu said from the side: "It seems that the main force of Ma Degong came straight to Shaoxing."

Zhu Linmei nodded when she heard the words. The distance from Qingshanling to Puyang River is more than 80 miles. From the time point of view, Ma Degong was supposed to have just defeated Fang Guoan, and then went to Shaoxing with little rest.

"The Puyang River is only [-] or [-] miles away. If the Jianren marched quickly along the way, they might have reached the vicinity of Shaoxing."

Thinking of this juncture, he quickly took out the map and checked it carefully, and then summoned the generals to make a quick arrangement, "We will not enter the city anymore. The first to fifth infantry battalions will set up defenses between Jianhu and Lingjiang, and the artillery battalions will set up positions on the two wings. The gunners are responsible for the artillery cover.

"The terrain here is not conducive to the deployment of cavalry, so only three companies of hussars are left to guard, and the rest dismount as a reserve army."

Everyone looked at the map as he said.The water network near Shaoxing is dense. Jianhu Lake is a wide waterway in the east of the city. Although Lingjiang River is called a river, it is actually just a small stream on the south side of Jianhu Lake.

The gap of about four miles between the two is the only way to go to Shaoxing from the east.With such a narrow width, with five battalions of nearly [-] infantry in a line formation, it is basically impossible for the enemy to get around.

Jiao Lian was not yet familiar with Zhu Linming's tactical habits, so he couldn't help wondering: "My lord, why don't you defend the city instead of defending it outside the city?"

Without waiting for Zhu Linming to say anything, Zhang Jiayu smiled and said: "Firstly, the flat and open place is suitable for our infantry line and artillery battalion to focus on fire, but it is easier to kill the enemy than defending the city.

"Secondly, if we just stick to the defense, the thieves can circle the city to find weak spots, or harass and plunder outside the city. Our army can be passive. If we narrow this narrow path, the thieves can only follow the way we want. come to fight..."

"One more thing," Zhu Linmi continued, "Hong Chengchou's main force has been going south for a long time, we must resolve the war in the south of Qiantang as soon as possible, and then take advantage of the fact that the Jianlu army is not firmly established on the north bank of Qiantang, and catch him by surprise!"

After Jiao Lian nodded and retreated to the side, Yu Xin pointed to the map and said, "My lord, the road around Qinghu Lake on the west side is narrower, why not choose to fight the enemy here?"

"Because Jianhu Lake is wider and deeper." Zhu Linmei said with a smile, "Originally I adjusted the water to prevent the Zhe Fan from rejecting... However, I didn't expect that the king of Lu knew the general situation, but now these warships near Shaoxing can be used as a mirror. Use the lake."

As soon as the battle deployment was completed, several hussars came galloping from the west, and saluted to the front: "Report! There is a large camp of captives under the Dou Mountain in the west of the city. There must be more than [-] men and horses for rough scouting."

Everyone hurriedly looked at the map, and saw that Doosan was more than ten miles west of his preset defense location.

Yu Xin immediately said: "My lord, it's getting dark, maybe we can take advantage of the night to make a surprise attack..."

Zhu Linmei thought for a moment, then shook her head, "Jianlu set up camp on the back of the mountain, which is not conducive to our army's deployment, and it is difficult to chase at night, which may cause some enemy soldiers to escape.

"Besides, there are many new recruits in our army, and night battles are the most prone to mistakes. To be safe, we will still fight with the original deployment."

In fact, there is another factor, that is, if Doosan is attacked at night, the huge combat power of the navy warship will not be able to be used.

"Yes!" All the generals responded with a salute, and each led the order to leave.

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Ma Degong was in a hurry to enter the city, and the time was tight.At dawn the next day, the vanguard of the Qing army set off from camp, but it was not until they bypassed Doosan and walked for several miles that their scouts discovered the Longwei army who was waiting for work.

The scouts can't be blamed, the Qing army believed from top to bottom that there were only a thousand Zhejiang troops near Shaoxing, and the nearby waterways were criss-crossed, making it difficult to distinguish the way at night, so they turned around after only probing out for three or four miles yesterday.

"There are 5000 people?" Tian Xiong was surprised when he heard the report from the former army, "Where did these people come from? Could it be the Fujian Ming army?"

Ma Degong lowered his eyes and thought, shook his head and said: "I'm sure not. Zhu Yihai has only abdicated for four days. Previously, the Fujian army was all in Quzhou and Xianxia Pass. It was more than five hundred miles away. Even if they had wings, they would never be able to catch up." here."

How did he know that Zhu Linmi had sent troops north two days before King Lu announced his abdication.

At that time, the main force of the Zhejiang army had been defeated, and the state capitals along the way were afraid of the Jian captives going south to wreak havoc, so they all looked forward to the banner of the Dragon Guards.Two days later, when Zhu Yihai returned to the feudal domain, no one stopped him on the road, and some local officials even brought food and grass for the army.

The Dragon Guards, all mules and horses, got rid of the slow-moving heavy artillery, luggage and heavy cavalry, and marched more than [-] miles a day.

Therefore, although Ma Degong's troops also marched all the way in a hurry, he had just rushed from Qingshanling to Doosan, and after only a hundred and twenty li, the 5000 troops of the Dragon Guards who were heading to Shaoxing had already reached the city.

At the same time, according to Zhu Linmei's plan, the other half of the Dragon Guards arrived in Zhuji yesterday afternoon.Even the Polu camp, which had not yet been fully transformed into mules and horses, had traveled more than two hundred miles at this time, and its new battalion had arrived at the Pujiang River in the southwest of Qingshanling to garrison, while the main force of the Polu camp had crossed Qingshanling and caught up with the horses. The Li Song Department of the team after the victory.

This is one of the great advantages of a small number of elite troops-the number of people is small, and the ratio of soldiers to horses is large.For example, on the side of the Dragon Guards, every infantry has horses, and a cannon needs to be equipped with ten to twenty horses. Coupled with the modernization of the engineering battalion to pave roads and bridges, the speed is naturally so fast that the horses can do their best. I dare not even think about it.

On the other hand, the Qing army, which still relied on crowd tactics, had more than 14 troops stationed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang alone. It was extremely difficult to equip so many people with horses.

Not to mention the cost of purchasing so many war horses, it is a very laborious task to feed these horses in the Central Plains.In the Ming Dynasty, horse administration was implemented, and private horse households were responsible for raising military horses.And even if only one horse was raised by eleven households in the south of the Yangtze River, a large number of horse households went bankrupt, and people complained. It can be seen that raising horses at that time was laborious and costly.

Therefore, Ma Degong bet all his treasures on the fact that he is very close to Shaoxing and can take the lead in occupying the city and defending it, but he doesn't know that he is looking for death compared to the speed of the Dragon Guards.He thought he would have at least seven or eight days to attack the city after arriving in Shaoxing, but what awaited him was a decisive battle outside the city.

Tian Xiong asked the scout who reported the letter, "Whose banner is the enemy holding?"

"Return to my lord, the sun and the moon are on a blue background, and the font size is missing."

Tian Xiong frowned, "Are they Fujian soldiers?" He suddenly realized, and sneered, "I know, it must be Zhang Mingzhen who transferred some local soldiers from nearby to make up the number, and he was afraid of being defeated by our army. Be courageous as a Fujian army!"

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