scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 273 Conquering Jiujiang
According to Fatty Lu's crow words, it is indeed a blessing for Han Daren, the general of the Wu army, to meet such an excellent enemy as Master Beizi of Zhangtai. It not only helped Han Daren get rid of Lu Fatty's despicable frame, but also frustrated Han Daren's ambition His ambition was finally fulfilled, and he saw a glimmer of hope to replace Fatty Lu, the unqualified General Wu Jun Zhengdong, with one foot. The courage to guarantee that he can break through a strong city like Jiujiang within the four-way drum.

Fortunately for Han Daren, the surviving defenders of the Jiujiang Qing army were vomiting blood completely. Now the Wu army's siege infantry had just climbed the city wall, and their foothold was not very stable.Although the morale of the Qing army is low and the morale of the army is lax, a considerable part of the generals and soldiers still have fighting spirit, and the force is quite sufficient. As long as the command is proper, the deployment is reasonable, and the troops are deployed in a timely and appropriate manner, the soldiers of the Wu army will be driven off the city wall again. It's not hopeless, and it can even be said that there is quite a lot of hope!
But in such a good situation, just after seeing Wu Jun's siege infantry rushing up the city wall, and Wu Jun's vanguard banner had just been planted on the city wall, our Master Zhangtai Beizi ran away timidly. The generals and soldiers of the Qing army who were still fighting bloody battles on the city wall fled, and the generals and soldiers of the Qing army who were still fighting Wu Jun on the city wall collapsed.Countless generals and soldiers at the grassroots level threw their weapons to the ground and shouted with red eyes, "No more fights! No more fights! The officials have already run away first, so why should we fight? Surrender! I surrender!"

"Child Zhangtai, I'll fuck your mother's eighteenth generation ancestor!" Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other key generals of the Qing army also cursed with red eyes, completely ignoring that Zhangtai's eighteenth generation ancestor is the eighteenth generation ancestor of Kang Mazi, " You stupid pig! Jiujiang fell, you are the number one sinner!"

"Coach Man Gou ran away! Surrender not to kill! Man Gou coach ran away, surrender not to kill!" Han Daren had the guts to compete with Fatty Lu for the position of coach of Wu Jun's East Route Army. If he fled, he immediately ordered the whole army to shout slogans to shake the morale of the Qing army and boost the morale of the army.When the soldiers and generals of the Qing army heard such slogans and saw that Zhangtai's handsome flag had disappeared from the tower, their morale was in turmoil and their morale collapsed. They either surrendered or retreated and fled. Controlled the city wall of Jiujiang West Gate.

"Boom!" Without the interference from the bows, arrows, rolling stones and trees of the Qing army defenders, Wu Jun took the opportunity to cut off the suspension cables of the suspension bridge, and the suspension bridge crashed to the ground. Creaking and crumbling, the soldiers of the Qing army inside the city gate were terrified, and they gave up resistance and fled into the city. The cheers were like thunder, and the tide flooded into the city.

At this time, the follow-up troops of the Wu army led by General Hu Tongchun and Quan Jie had already reached the base of the city, and entered the city directly along the opened gate. Fleeing for their lives, Wu's army marched straight in and went straight to the depths of the street, shouting slogans of surrender and not killing, and seized important strongholds such as government offices, granaries, stables, and arsenals.There were also several troops who went up the corridor separately, and flanked the remaining defenders of the Qing army on the city wall with the friendly troops who ascended the city.Fires broke out in the city, and the sound of killing and crying shook the sky, almost like Shura's hell.

At this point in the battle, even if Dong Weiguo returned to Jiujiang City, he would definitely not be able to recover. In desperation, Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and others had to hastily organize the remaining defeated soldiers around, and rushed along the city wall all the way to the north. Fleeing for their lives at Shuimen Wharf, many troops also fled from the east gate of Jiujiang, where Wu Jun deliberately did not deploy troops to intercept them.The four gates from east to west, north, south, and north were all screaming and chaotic, but there were very few generals who organized the defenders to start street fighting. They were all scrambling to escape from the city.

At the same time, on the Yangtze River battlefield, the navy of the Qing army led by Yang Jie struggled upstream, and finally saw the shadow of Li Guodong, the navy of the Wu army, and news of the destruction of Jiujiang City came from behind.In addition to unbelievable speed of Wu Jun's destruction of the city, Yang Jie also died and wanted to fight to the death with Li Guodong, the traitor who sacrificed Yuezhou to Wu Jun. Save as many brothers as you can save!"

The flag was played, and the Qing fleet quickly turned around and quickly retreated to the way they came.Seeing this scene, generals at all levels of the Wu Jun Navy flocked to Li Guodong to ask for a battle, asking the whole army to attack and beat the dog in the water. Li Guodong replied with a grinning smile: "Don't worry, wait a little longer. Don't forget the battle that General Lu gave us. In principle, the Mangou sailors don’t move, we don’t move; the Mangou sailors take the initiative to attack, we defend; the Mangou sailors flee, wait until they are full and defeat the soldiers, and then fight again!” Fatty Lu has completely led him to ruin All the generals of the Wu Jun navy laughed grinningly together, and each went back to the boat and waited patiently.

When the navy of the Qing army led by Yang Jie was rushing back to the water gate wharf, he happened to see the handsome flag of Master Beizi Zhangtai also appearing on the wharf.As soon as the flagship landed, Master Bei Zi of Zhangtai couldn't wait to jump on the flagship, covering his chest and gasping for breath. Yang Jie hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and asked in surprise, "Master Bei Zi, how did Wu Gou break through the city wall? How did we lose so much?" quick?"

"Wu..., Wu dog is powerful." Master Zhangtai took a lot of effort to reply: "They rushed to the city wall in less than four drums, and our army could not continue to hold on. In order to reduce the casualties of the army To save the lives of the soldiers, we had no choice but to lead the army to break through."

"In order to save the lives of the army and soldiers, were you forced to lead the army to break through?" Yang Jie was a little confused. He turned his head to look at the situation in Jiujiang City inside the water gate, and found that the city was in complete chaos. The soldiers of the Qing army and the people of Jiujiang were in a mess Running around, crowded into a group at the water gate where they could escape for their lives, trampling on each other, crying loudly.Yang Jie couldn't help being even more puzzled, "Is this also called leading an army to break through? Why didn't I see anything like an organized breakout?"

"General Yang, don't be dumbfounded, let's sail, let's sail!" Master Zhangtai Pei cried out in tears, "Wu Gou is about to kill him, and if we don't sail, it will be too late!"

"Master Bei, don't worry, there will only be arrangements in the end." Yang Jie didn't have time to think about it in a hurry, but quickly ordered: "All ships dock to load soldiers, try to maintain order, and each ship must not be overloaded by [-]%. Let Ji Chaozuo lead ten warships in the rear, not to carry our defeated soldiers, and prevent the Wugou navy from chasing and killing them!"

During the hasty arrangement, the defeated soldiers of the Qing army had already started swarming to board the ship, fighting each other and shoving each other. Countless people fell into the water and onto the boat.Seeing such a scene, Yang Jie, who had already suffered a similar loss on the Wuchang battlefield, was heartbroken and burst into tears, knowing that another disastrous defeat was inevitable, but Zhangtai Beizi kept urging, "Yang Junmen, General Yang, We can't delay any longer, let's go, let's go!" Yang Jie was furious, but pretended not to hear.

After a while, Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other key generals of the Qing army had also fled to Shuimen. When they met Yang Jie, they whispered the story of Wu Jun's breach of the Jiujiang city defense. Seeing Master Beizi Zhangtai growl, "Master Beizi, I heard that you were the first to abandon the city and flee for your life. Is it true? Do you know how much impact you, as the commander of the entire army, will have if you take the lead in abandoning the city and fleeing?" , How much damage to our morale?"

Master Bei Zi of Zhangtai lowered his head and remained silent, showing some shame on his face, but Yang Jie was so angry that he almost strangled him to death on the spot. After trying to swallow the bad breath, Yang Jie said hoarsely with a livid face, "Master Bei, finally The general is also for your sake, so I will give you another suggestion, you can listen to it or not—now that Wu Gou has entered Jiujiang City, we don’t have so many boats to meet all the brothers to break through, and we must break through some of the troops from the east gate.”

"So, the last general can organize an army for you to return to the city, and you don't need to reorganize the army to take back Jiujiang. As long as you organize some defeated troops to break through to the east gate, and keep some Qing troops for the preservation of the Qing Dynasty, you There is still an explanation in front of the master's long live. Otherwise, even the last general will not know how you will explain in front of the master's long live in the future."

Hearing Yang Jie's heart-to-heart words, Zhangtai Beizi's body shook, but his head hung lower, and he just muttered in his heart, returning to the capital just like that, it's amazing that he was handed over to the clan mansion forever by his cousin Kangxi However, if he returns to the city again, if he is hacked by Wu Gou, he will not even have the chance to be banned for life by the Clan Mansion.

Seeing Zhangtai's expression, Yang Jie, Zhao Dengju, Zhang Sheguang and other generals wanted to cry, but in desperation, Zhao Dengju had no choice but to say to Yang Jie: "Yang Junmen, let me go, give me some soldiers and horses." , I went into the city to organize my brothers to break out of the siege, the army in Jiujiang is all the painstaking effort of Mr. Dong, and we can keep as many as we can."

"Then I will give you a thousand sailors, and you can organize some brothers on the pier." Yang Jie said helplessly: "After leaving the city, try to break through to Nanchang, but you can't break through Wugou's siege, so go to Poyang I will send these brothers to Hukou County, and I will be back to pick you up soon.”

"Then leave it to Yang Junmen!" Zhao Dengju cupped his hands to Yang Jie, then spit at Zhangtai's feet furiously, then jumped off the warship and went back to the pier to organize the army to break out from the land.Master Beizi Zhangtai hated secretly, but he didn't dare to break out.

Zhao Dengju's loyalty to Mi Qing's master is quite enough, but it's a pity that this time he met Lu Sanhao, a fat man who was more slippery than a loach and more vicious than a jackal. It has been predicted that the Qing army will break through to the east gate, and it has long been arranged for Li Tianzhi, a confidant general, to lead an army to ambush on the necessary road from the east gate of Jiujiang to Nanchang. ——This army of only about [-] soldiers was personally led by An Jiarong, the eldest son of Zhanyi Tusi An Shixian, the elder brother of Fatty Lu, and his combat effectiveness was extraordinary.

So when Zhao Dengju rushed back to Jiujiang City with great difficulty, and managed to organize a team to break through the Nine Gates that were not intercepted by the Wu army, he was hit head-on by Li Tianzhi and An Jiarong, two direct troops of Fatty Lu, after he hadn't gone far.At the same time, on the further south of this road, Dong Weiguo and Zhao Dengkui's defeated soldiers who had hurriedly retreated from Jiujiang City to Nanchang also stepped into the ambush circle of the Wu Army's cavalry Gao Hongchen near Tongyuan. Break out towards Poyang Lake in the east, which Gao Hongchen's department deliberately gave way to.

So far, the Jiujiang battlefield has actually been divided into four independent battlefields, the navy battlefield on the Yangtze River, the street fighting battlefield in Jiujiang City, the blocking battlefield outside the east gate of Jiujiang, and the ambush battlefield directly south of Jiujiang. The fight was in full swing, and the blood flowed like a river.But for the generals and soldiers of the Qing army, they were at an absolute disadvantage no matter which battlefield they were on, and faced the absolute crisis of annihilation of the entire army.The victory of the Wu army has been determined, and the only difference is the number of enemies killed and captured, and the number of casualties and losses of the own army.

At noon in the bloody battle, news came from the battlefield on the river that the fleet of Yang Jie, fully loaded with the fugitive Qing army, left the port, escorted by ten light warships, and guarding the soldiers of the Qing army who had already been loaded down and fled downstream. Li Guodong has sent troops to hunt down and kill him.Fatty Lu thought for a while, and quickly issued two orders to Li Guodong. One is not to chase and kill Peng Zejiang, so as not to encounter the Anqing rescuers of the Qing army, and the other is to allow the Qing army's warships to surrender. Anyone, even if they are full of dogs and banners, can be spared.

After fighting for a while, Li Tianzhi's department sent a good news. Zhao Dengju's department of the Qing army, who could not break through the Wu army's blockade, had been forced to change the direction of the breakout and fled towards the Hukou Ferry of Poyang Lake. Fatty Lu immediately ordered to chase and kill them with all their strength. , but the Qing army can also be given a chance to surrender. As long as the Qing army is willing to surrender, no matter what conditions are put forward, Li Tianzhi is allowed to agree on his own discretion.

After noon, Han Daren, sweating profusely, covered in blood and smiling, returned to Fatty Lu, and happily saluted Lu Fatty, saying: "I will report to the Great General of Zhengdong. The last general, Han Daren, was ordered to attack the city. Mangou captured Jiujiang City, the most important town in northern Jiangxi. It was impossible to kill the enemy. More than [-] Mangou soldiers were captured, and dozens of Mangou civil and military officials were captured. The granary, arsenal, and stables in Jiujiang City were intact, and all fell into our hands In the hands of the army, countless horses and food have been seized!"

"Thanks for your hard work." Fatty Lu said calmly: "Jiujiang is the first center of the defense line in northern Jiangxi. General Han won it in less than half a day. It is really the first achievement of our army. Write down the situation of the battle and send someone to deliver it to the prince, and ask for credit for General Han!"

"Thank you, General, for your cultivation!" Han Daren happily agreed, and his handsome face, which had been aggrieved for a long time, finally returned to its former complacent and arrogant expression.

"General Han, in fact, the one you should thank the most is not Brother Lu." Gao Dejie, who was at odds with Han Daren, sneered and said, "The one who should be thanked the most by General Han should be Zhangtai, the great general of Dingyuan Jingkou who is full of dogs. If it wasn't for his help, it would have been really not so easy for General Han to get this first achievement."

"General Gao, what do you mean by that?" Han Daren raised his eyebrows, and sneered, "General Gao wants to say that the reason why Han was able to capture Jiujiang smoothly is all due to luck, and there is no merit in the slightest?"

"Everyone has eyes and they can see very clearly." Gao Dejie continued to sneer, "If it wasn't for Brother Lu's ingenious countermeasures, forcing away Dong Weiguo, the pillar of the sky in Jiujiang Mangou, General Han, ask yourself, what can you do?" Can you take Jiujiang City so easily? In my opinion, Brother Lu should be credited with the first victory in attacking the city!"

"Of course the last general would not dare to claim the credit of the great general." Han Daren sneered, "If General Gao thinks that the last general should only get a minor contribution, then the second merit is better than some people who have not made an inch of merit." it is good!"

"What did you say?" Gao Dejie was furious.

"Okay, okay, the two generals, stop fighting." Fatty Lu hurriedly smoothed things over, and then said with a smile: "Brother Dajie, you don't need to worry, there are two important towns in the northern Jiangxi battlefield, Nanchang and Anqing, Brother Dajie wants to make meritorious deeds, and there are still many opportunities. Besides, luck is actually a kind of ability. If it is someone else, maybe they really don’t have such luck. As soon as they rushed to the city wall, the enemy coach was scared away. Fleeing from the city. For example, like me, the first time I lead an army to fight, I can encounter the unlucky thing of being flanked by 10,000+ full dogs, can I have such luck?"

Gao Dejie finally kept his mouth shut, while Han Daren secretly hated him, knowing that Fatty Lu also felt that he was able to capture Jiujiang smoothly. Most of the reason was his good luck, and maybe he felt that he didn't have much real talent and learning.

At this time, Gao Hongchen's army had also sent the battle report. After the cavalry led by Gao Hongchen successfully ambushed Dong Weiguo's army near Tongyuan, he forced Dong Weiguo to lead his army to flee to Poyang Lake. When Dong Weiguo's army was about to be wiped out on the shore of Poyang Lake, two Qing army warships drilled out of Poyang Lake and picked up Dong Weiguo, Zhao Yingkui and others on board. The tactical purpose of annihilating Dong Weiguo's army.

"Dong Weiguo ran away?" Fatty Lu frowned, and hurriedly asked the messenger, "Where is the dog-man warship from? Did you see the flag? Could it be the man-dog warship from Raozhou or Hukou? "

"Back to the general, judging from the flag, it should be a full dog warship in Jiujiang." The messenger replied respectfully.

"That's good." Fatty Lu breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "Since it's the warship of Jiujiang Mangou, then I don't have to worry about Dong Weihui being sent to Nanchang."

"Brother Lu, why are you so sure?" Gao Dejie asked worriedly.

"It's very simple. Dong Weiguo's suspicion of collaborating with the enemy has not been cleared up to now." Fatty Lu replied: "So even if Yang Jie had a hundred guts, he would not dare to send Dong Weiguo to Nanchang, Jiangxi, but would only send him to Anqing, Anhui. Otherwise, once the Manchu court pursues it, it will be difficult for Yang Jie not to be implicated by Dong Weiguo."

"That makes sense." Gao Dejie nodded, and then asked curiously: "Brother Lu, next step, do you plan to fight there first, Nanchang first, or Anqing first?"

"This is the next step. The enemy's situation is ever-changing. We'd better adapt accordingly." Fatty Lu shook his head and said with a smile: "What I am most concerned about now is whether Zhangtai, a full dog, can break through our encirclement. Is there any hope of a comeback?"

"Master, why do you care about this?" Even Xiao Erlang couldn't help but interrupted and asked.

"Stupid, for a good enemy like Zhangtai, of course I hope that he will live a long life, the more officials he becomes, the more soldiers he leads." Fatty Lu replied with a wicked smile.After thinking about it for a while, Fatty Lu beckoned Xiao Erlang to his face again, and whispered in his ear: "After Han Daren gathers the captive Man Gou, you can take a few people to find the Man Gou prisoners. Look around, see if you can find some of Zhangtai’s confidantes or soldiers, if you find them, don’t rush to cut their braids, first treat them with good wine and food, and then when I’m free, I’ll arrange for people to take them out Bring to me."

(End of this chapter)