Chapter 440: Zhou Dahu has arrived

If there is a mistake in Pinggang Mountain, then it will directly affect the Three Realms and the Post Pavilion.

And once the Three Realms and Guali are missing, the post pavilion is the only passage for Jin Shenghuan and all the Qing troops in Shaoxing Mansion to evacuate Shaoxing Mansion.

In fact, at this time, Jin Shenghuan should transfer a powerful part of the Qing army in Lihai to increase the defensive strength of the post pavilion to ensure that the back road is not blocked, and even a part of the city should be transferred to defend the post pavilion.

In this way, even if the Shaoxing Battle is lost, it can be successfully withdrawn from Shaoxing, whether it is west to Jiangxi or south to Jinhua, there is no connection.

After all, the main force of the Qing army was in Fujian, and the Qing army in the north of the Yangtze River was beyond the reach of the whip.

It's a pity that Jin Shenghuan made a logical mistake, he thought that Wang Deren could hold Pinggang Mountain, and the Ming army outside the city came from Hangzhou.

It is no secret that the strength of Hangzhou troops, now there are battle reports in Lihai and Guali, and the strength of the Ming army in Hangzhou that can break through from the Three Realms is limited, that is, at most, there are only three or four thousand people.

This kind of wrong judgment made Jin Shenghuan not arouse his vigilance against the post pavilion.

Jin Shenghuan thought that as long as Guali was not broken through and the Lihai Qing army could block the city from breaking out, then the situation in Shaoxing Mansion was still under his control.

But wait left and right, the battle report of Guali has not yet come, Jin Shenghuan is a little anxious, and sends scouts in the direction of Guali.

At this time gap, Chi Erhan's rear infantry arrived, giving Chi Erhan enough time to purge the remnants of the Fang State Security Department.

It wasn't until two hours later, when the Ming army began to organize a siege at the West Gate, that Jin Shenghuan felt that something was wrong.

Because the scouts sent to Guali didn't come back, which is very abnormal.

Shaoxing Mansion to Guali, but dozens of miles, no matter how much you delay, an hour back and forth is enough.

But he didn't come back for two hours, which shows that Guali has changed.

This realization made Jin Shenghuan realize that he had made a mistake in judgment since the first battle of Ximen.

If Guali is lost, then half of the Shaoxing battle will be lost.

Jin Shenghuan immediately adjusted his thinking and ordered to send a department to Yiting, with the intention of sticking to the back road of the Qing army.

Obviously, Jin Shenghuan is already preparing for failure.

It's a pity that Jin Shenghuan's order has no possibility of implementation.

Because at this time, there was a messenger of the Qing army to report in a hurry, the post pavilion suffered a large-scale attack by the Ming army, more than a thousand defenders desperately resisted, the whole army was annihilated, and the post pavilion ...... Lost!

Jin Shenghuan was stunned, Guali, Lihai, and Pinggangshan were the three most important battle sites in this battle, but the first one to lose was Yiting, which was the only way for the Qing army to evacuate Shaoxing Mansion.

Coincidentally, the so-called blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

Just when I learned that the post pavilion was lost, news came from the defenders of the north gate that the Ming army had a forward at the north gate.

The Ming army appeared at the north gate, which shows that Guali has fallen, otherwise it is impossible for the Ming army to appear at the north gate.

This made Jin Shenghuan's head suddenly as big as a fight.

With the instinct to lead troops in battle for many years, he quickly ordered to close the gates on all sides and wait for reinforcements.

With this "aid", Jin Shenghuan no longer expects Guali Ke Yongsheng and Pinggangshan Wang Deren, he is counting on the more than 20,000 main forces of the Lihai Qing Army.

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The Ming army that appeared at the north gate naturally only had the Zhou Dahu Division.

It's just that there are less than 3,000 people in the Zhou Dahu Department, and obviously, this is a bluff.

For a city with strong walls, these more than 2,000 people are a swarm of flies that can be swept away.

But the problem is that the west and north sides are attacked by the enemy, and if the troops are divided, then Simon will be in danger.

A good man is hard to defeat with four hands, and many times, ants can also gnaw elephants to death.

Besides, Zhou Dahu outside the city will definitely not treat himself as a fly.

After the death of so many brothers, he wants to avenge his brothers, at least to fight for a military merit for the living brothers who are enough to glorify their ancestors.

This is a tired army, but there is no doubt that their spirit is probably the highest on the battlefield.

5,000 men and 6,000 Tartars fought hard against the gong in front of Guali, and repelled the enemy alive...... If you want to sum up their current mood in one sentence, that is, Du Laozi is invincible in the world.

This is an infantry army, there are no siege equipment, and their purpose is not to siege the city in the first place.

But they "stook" all kinds of supplies from the people, such as who didn't have a door plank.

For example, there is no cooking pot in that house.

And there's always a bed to sleep in, right?

At this time, most of the clothes were cotton and linen, how could there be a few sacks and one or two quilts at home?

Bamboo poles, beams, etc., etc.

The supplies taken from the homes of the people along the road became their weapons for the siege of the city.

There are no less than 100 people along the road who were "scourged" by Zhou Dahu's department, which made Wu Zheng very sad after the war, should he be rewarded or punished? !

Of course, that's an afterthought.

But it is true that the attack of Zhou Dahu's troops completely disrupted Jin Shenghuan's deployment, and the 2,000 defenders of the north gate were in a hurry, so that Jin Shenghuan had to use reserves, which greatly weakened the defense force of the west gate.

The soldiers of Zhou Dahu's army used more than a dozen planks and wooden trucks, loaded with sacks five or six feet high, and the sacks were naturally a mixture of sand and gravel and grain bran.

As long as you don't happen to be hit by a stone on the city wall, you won't be able to ignite even if you pour oil on it.

It was these crude tools that made Zhou Dahu's troops approach the city wall and began to rely on simple ladders to climb the wall.

forced Jin Shenghuan to mobilize the last reserve.

But that's all, Zhou Dahu's department has no backup at all, they are just the end of the strong bow.

After the Qing reinforcements arrived, Zhou Dahu's troops were repulsed.

And this siege caused Zhou Dahu to lose nearly 300 people.

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In fact, there is a place where an army is going at this time, which is very strange.

Originally, they were supposed to rush to Shaoxing Mansion before Zhou Dahu's department.

That was the headquarters of Ke Yongsheng, the Qing army who retreated from Guali.

This is an elite Qing army, capable of fighting, and very strong.

Ke Yongsheng is also a fierce general of the Han Army with the Red Flag, if he can reach Shaoxing Mansion before Zhou Dahu, then there will be nothing to do with Zhou Dahu outside Shaoxing City.

Moreover, his battle losses in Guali were smaller than those of Zhou Dahu, and he still had more than 4,000 men and horses.

If it enters Shaoxing Province, then Shaoxing Province's defense capability will have to at least double.

But Ke Yongsheng didn't come, his destination was Lihai, from Guali along the Cao'e River first east and then south, you can reach Lihai.

Ke Yongsheng was already suspicious of Jin Shenghuan in his heart, so he naturally would not choose to go to Shaoxing Mansion to meet Jin Shenghuan again.

He chose to join the Lihai Qing army, just to control the Lihai Qing army, as long as the more than 20,000 Qing troops were in hand, the battle of Shaoxing Mansion was still possible.