The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 81
More than 200 people on Huang Tianlei's side died under the cannon behind him.Although this loss is not a big deal for the troops with more than [-] troops, the psychological pressure brought by the continuous shelling has brought the morale of the Qing army to the verge of collapse.

Huang Tianlei listened intently to the increasingly dense gunfire and screams in Zaokou Fortress, gritted his teeth desperately, restrained his soldiers from moving, and thought in his heart: Hurry up, Hurry up, the movement is so loud, it must be General Wang who is slaughtering Ming army.

Suddenly, he saw the people on the rampart at the ferry start to run out, and they seemed extremely flustered. Many people even jumped directly from the top of the two-foot-high wall. People ran towards the river.

Looking at those deserters, Huang Tianlei's heart trembled - why do these people's clothes look like the Qing army? !
He hastily ordered his troops to retreat slowly, but his soldiers also had eyes, and soon learned that the attacking team had been defeated by the Ming army. These people's morale was extremely low, and they couldn't control it anymore. , How can there be any slow retreat, nearly ten thousand people shouted "lost! defeated!" and rushed to Jiangbei.

The Qing army, who was originally in charge of guarding the boat, was the first to escape by boat, and the defeated army behind rushed to jump on the boat and row towards the opposite bank.

When Yang Tinglin saw the enemy retreating suddenly, he was worried about fraud at first, so he sent people to investigate carefully, and then ordered Wanji to lead people to hunt down and kill the fleeing enemy.

Huang Tianlei saw a large group of people slaughtering from a distance on the boat, worried that the Ming army would snatch the boat and chase to the other side, so he ignored the fact that there were still thousands of Qing soldiers who hadn't boarded the boat, so he ordered his confidants to burn all the empty boats with fire.

Jin Shenghuan was very puzzled when he saw the thick smoke billowing from the west bank of the Ganjiang River.After Huang Tianlei's boat returned, he realized that not only did the [-] army fail to gnaw down on the strange fortress, but it also lost more than half of it on the other side.

When all the ships arrived at the east bank, there was no sign of Wang Deren.Jin Shenghuan couldn't help but turn pale with shock, Wang Deren was the hero he relied on most, more than [-]% of his victories in Jiangxi were won by Wang Deren, so he even sworn brothers with Wang Deren.

Not long after, Huang Tianlei counted the soldiers who fled back to the east bank, and found that there were only more than 5000 soldiers left.

Jin Shenghuan's heart was ashamed immediately, he lost Wang Deren this time, and lost most of his soldiers and horses. To him, conquering Jiangxi in the future is undoubtedly a dream for him.

Nanchang, he looked to the north, as long as he kept Nanchang, an important city, and waited for his master to send troops to rescue, there might be a chance to make a comeback.If Nanchang is lost again, there is really only a dead end left!

He immediately ordered that only the rations be left, and all the remaining food, grass, artillery and luggage were thrown into the Ganjiang River. Everyone returned to the boat and immediately returned to Nanchang along the Ganjiang waterway.

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Nanchang City is like a gray dragon lying sideways on the Ganjiang River. From time to time, ships of all sizes come and go on the river, like fish and shrimp swimming around the dragon.

Zhu Linmi looked at Nanchang from afar, filled with emotion in her heart.

Half a year ago, he came to this world out of nowhere, only to realize that the Great Ming Dynasty was about to fall, and the northern captives were wreaking havoc everywhere in the land of China.

At that time, Jin Shenghuan led his arrogant soldiers to attack cities and villages in various places in Jiangxi, and the entire Ming army in Jiangxi was exhausted from fighting.

At this time, in March of the second year of Longwu, in history, the Qing army had passed Wan'an and was rushing towards Ganzhou Mansion, which was the last foothold of Ming Dynasty in Jiangxi.

But right now, relying on the Dragon Guards he personally built, he forced the wheel of history to move away from the original track little by little.

Eight of the thirteen state capitals in Jiangxi have returned to Daming's hands. Jianlu's real control area is only three state capitals in the west, and there is no Qing army in it except Nanchang. The past can be regained.As for the Ji'an Mansion and Linjiang Mansion, when the news of Jin Shenghuan's withdrawal from Nanchang came out, many places in the two prefectures had already announced that they would return to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of 1646 AD, the golden window period left to Daming by the Qing army returning to Beijing for repairs was finally not wasted.

The history of the Qing army's siege of Ganzhou has now become the Ming army's attack on Nanchang from north to south.As long as Nanchang City is captured, the entire Jiangxi will be completely back under Daming's control.

The precarious Longwu Dynasty can finally leave the cage of Fujian and have a real base of its own.

At the end of Ming Dynasty, the shipping in Jiangxi was developed, which led to the prosperity of commerce.At the same time, here is a land in the south of the Yangtze River, rich in products, and a high-yield place for students.It can be said that with the possession of Jiangxi, the Longwu Dynasty really had the foundation of ZTE.

Strategically, Jiangxi is connected to Zhili in the south, and troops can be directed to Beijing at any time.To the west is Zhejiang, the most developed economy in Ming Dynasty.It is an excellent strategic outpost, and Jiangxi can be used as a basis to capture these two most important provinces for Ming Dynasty.

And all of this can be achieved by capturing the Nanchang City in front of you!

Zhu Linming picked up the binoculars, and the thick city walls of Nanchang were right in front of her eyes.However, the Dragon Guard Army is a typical elite field force with a small number of people and lacks siege equipment and heavy artillery, so he can only wait for the arrival of other Ming troops before discussing the siege plan.

However, the hussars of the Dragon Guards have been closely monitoring all the entrances and exits of Nanchang.A few days ago, Bai Yuanyi of the Qing army secretly led a team out of the city to search for food and grass. After walking less than two miles away, they were immediately discovered by the hussars and reported to Zhu Linming.

Afterwards, the Dragon Guards hurriedly marched for [-] li, copying the back route of Bai Yuanyi.After Jin Shenghuan's main force returned in a big defeat, the morale of the Qing soldiers in the entire Nanchang City was very low.As a result, the infantry of the Dragon Guards almost didn't even fire their guns. After several rounds of artillery salvos, the heavy cavalry charged in a formation, and nearly two thousand Qing troops collapsed.

Bai Yuanyi took only a few soldiers with him, and fled back to Nanchang in embarrassment.Since then, the Qing army has been shrunk in the city behind closed doors.

Taking advantage of this time, the Dragon Guards split up two companies of cavalry and ran around the counties near Nanchang.Everywhere he went, all the false officials of Jianlu fled. In just a few days, seven counties near Nanchang Prefecture declared their recovery.

It was not until mid-March that Yang Tinglin's army arrived late and camped fifteen miles west of Nanchang City.

However, although they walked slowly, they regained the entire territory of Ji'an and Linjiang along the way, and divided a small group of people towards Yuanzhou and Ruizhou.

On the same day, Yang Tinglin brought Wanji, Zhao Yinxuan, Zhang An and others to the Longwei barracks to meet His Royal Highness King Chenzhou, and proposed to hold a banquet in Yang Tinglin's camp at noon the next day to celebrate his success.

Zhu Linmei thought for a while, although Nanchang hadn't been conquered yet, it would be a good idea to celebrate a little bit, at least it could improve the morale of the Ming army, as long as you were more careful, don't let Jin Shenghuan take advantage of the chaos to attack the camp.

So he nodded and said, "I will definitely go to the banquet tomorrow."

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