The Battle of Shanghai is nothing in the history of the war between the Ming army and the Qing army, or even between the Qing army and the Dashun army, the Great Western Army, and between the Ming army and the peasant army. The total number of troops invested by both sides is only about 200,000. However, the impact is significant.

After Yue Le was shot and killed by Luckdhun, he led his headquarters to hold down the position, gathered the defeated troops, and slowly retreated westward from the direction of Shanghai. Jiading, Qingpu, Jinshan, Baoshan, and Songjiang Prefectures have all given up, and they have almost been destroyed and ravaged by the war anyway. His idea was to exchange space for time, and use these abandoned cities to buy time for the Qing army to retreat to Nanjing. "As long as this king can be evacuated to Nanjing and rest for a while, this land south of the Yangtze River will inevitably have to deal with your Li family."

However, the sons and daughters of the Li family in Jiangnan did not give up.

Yue Le retreated in the direction of Nanjing at the speed of a land march of dozens of miles a day, and the pursuers of the Hongwu Army pursued at a slightly faster speed. If you march forty miles a day, I will march fifty miles. If you march fifty miles, I will march sixty miles. All in all, it always makes you have no time and energy to stop and recuperate, and it always makes your morale low and people panic. Always cut and surround the troops of the palace you left behind before your eyes, and then eat them in front of you.

And that's just the pursuers on land. Li Huamei and Li Huabao sisters and brothers have brought their advantages on the waterway to the extreme. He ordered people to carry thousands of sailors and land camps in light fast boats, entered Taihu Lake along the waterway, joined up with Cha Baidi's headquarters, and suddenly launched an attack on Suzhou Prefecture. After a day and a night of fierce fighting, Suzhou Mansion was taken.

And Hangzhou, to the west, is also surrounded by Shilang by land and water.

"Our Lao Tzu has eaten Grandpa Guo's military rations, wine and meat these days, held Grandpa Guo's knives and guns, and spent Grandpa Guo's silver dollars, but he didn't make an inch. How does this make us have the face to mix in the army? There's nothing to say, build this Hangzhou city and make it a meeting gift for our grandfather! ”

Hao Shaoqi's words spoke the thoughts of the generals and soldiers of the former Dashun Army. In their opinion, only by fully demonstrating their combat effectiveness can they reflect their value in front of the grandfather of the country and gain a foothold in the Hongwu Army.

The soldiers and horses of the six towns adapted from the original Dashun Army under the temporary command of Shi Lang surrounded Hangzhou on both sides of the Qiantang River with the cooperation of the water division. Prepare to conquer Hangzhou in one fell swoop.

"When the time comes, our grandfather will ascend the throne and become the emperor in this Hangzhou Mansion, and change the Yuan to open the country!" After the military meeting, several of the generals who broke into the camp expressed their inner thoughts through alcohol.

However, they didn't expect that to everyone's surprise, when everyone gathered all their strength and was ready to recover the southeast victory of the Sanwu capital after a hard battle, the Hangzhou Business District sent someone to deliver the letter.

The Qing army in Hangzhou Province withdrew. Some of the gentry officials who stayed behind sent people to contact the trade area, saying that they would return anyway.

The reason is actually very simple, Hangzhou is not like Nanjing, this is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it is naturally the center of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River. But Hangzhou was not good, only Aung Bang Zhangjing led thousands of Eight Banner soldiers to station. Most of these thousands of soldiers and horses were the Eight Banners Han Army, and the Eight Banners Manchuria were only a few hundred people. But how many armed forces there are in the Hangzhou Trade Zone opposite, and how many soldiers and horses can be armed in an instant with the hoarded materials, Ang Bang Zhangjing, who is stationed in Hangzhou, does not dare to think.

Moreover, the news from the city of Beijing and the city of Nanjing is very ambiguous, although all over the country with the Hongwu army fought one Buddha born in heaven and two Buddhas Nirvana, but there is no will to order him to copy the Hangzhou business and trade area that is close at hand.

As a result, the two sides maintained their balance very strangely in a state of mind where they were afraid of beating the wolf with a hemp pole. Of course, Lord Ang Bang Zhangjing had to take advantage of this opportunity to do business with the trade zone on a large scale, not to mention that he had filled his own pockets and silver treasury, and the master of this flag also had a good filial piety.

(At this time, there was no design for the position of General Hangzhou, so it could only be Aung Bang Zhangjing.) ）

When Shi Lang's army marched all the way from southern Gan to Zhejiang, Aung Bang Zhangjing knew that his good days were over. However, in the past few months, even if he was removed from his official position as an envoy, he would be able to save his life when he returned to the master of the Beijing City Banner. If you don't leave now, when will you stay? Therefore, Shi Lang's army had just arrived in Hangzhou, and the camp had not yet been set up, so he collected hundreds of ships of all sizes in Jianggan, loaded all the heavy and soft soldiers and furniture on the ship, and carried a thick bill of exchange issued by Nanzhong Qianzhuang with a denomination of at least 500 silver dollars Shi Shiran got on the ship and left. Left an intact Hangzhou Mansion for Shi Lang.

Shanghai and Suzhou in the east slowly pressed towards Nanjing along the two roads of water and drought in the south of the Yangtze River. On the river, Li Huamei's sailors were even more thunderous, attacking cities and towns along the river, and gradually compressing the Qing army's activity space near the south of the Yangtze River and the estuary.

Haimen, Nantong, Changshu, Changzhou, Wuxi, and Jiangyin almost killed Nanjing at the rate of one city per day.

In Hangzhou in the southwest, Shi Langdu led more than 100,000 horses to pass by the Taihu Lake and go straight to Nanjing from the mountainous area of southern Anhui. Huzhou, Deqing, Huizhou, Xuancheng, Anji, Liyang, Guangde, Yixing, the deep mountains and dense forests of southern Anhui are rare to live in the Qing army, but it is difficult to defeat Hao Shaoqi, Wang Si'er and other generals from the Dashun army, who are good at fighting the enemy with fast horses and light knives in the deep mountains and dense forests.

The famous cities in the south of the Yangtze River were recovered by the Hongwu Army, and the military flags fluttered on the top of the city.

Xuan paper, lake pen, lake silk, Hui ink, a piece of special products representing the region of origin were sent to Tianxing Mansion by clipper ship, and placed on the table of Li Zhu Yujian and Li Shouhan.

Half of the south of the Yangtze River is just around the corner.

For a while, there was no need for Li Shouhan and Zhu Yujian to have any hints or arrangements, there were already all kinds of gongs and drums in Tianxing Mansion that were earth-shattering, such as color archways, lion dances, dragon lanterns, and the literati sang "Youth is a good companion to return to the hometown" after getting drunk, and the young men walked with their arms up, singing "When will you ask Yingti Rui Brigade to cross the Qinghe River with a whip and Luo will return and do a Hanyang tour".

The cabinet princes didn't wait for the emperor and Li Shouhan to have any meaning, and came up with a plan for rewarding them early. Anyway, the money in the treasury is Li Shouhan's money, and the emperor's reward for the three armies is actually you, Li Shouhan's reward for the three armies. Then why don't we be good people and give a big reward, even if it's just on paper. As for whether your grandfather is willing to pay out of his pocket, that's not our business. When the time comes, the soldiers will complain, but it has nothing to do with us.

What's even more remarkable is that this plan is almost a knighthood sale.

Li Huamei, Li Huabao, Shi Lang, as Li Shouhan's son and son-in-law, are the meritorious ministers who regained the lost territory this time, and the cabinet is very generous and gives the reward of the proposed marquis at once! It is Ao Lei Yilan, and the cabinet also waved a big pen, and planned to give Mrs. Yipin the title of Juelu. As for whether Liang Guogong's back house will be jealous or even volcanic, they don't care.

For a while, a son-in-law and son-in-law of the third marquis, this exciting news instantly spread all over Tianxing Mansion. It's not unheard of that there are seven sons and eight sons-in-law who are full of beds, but Lao Tzu is the prince of the country, and the son and son-in-law earned a marquis with their own military exploits, not to mention this dynasty, even the previous dynasties, there has never been a similar thing! Not to mention that her daughter has also changed from the county lord of Zhaoyang to a female marquis like Qin Liangyu!

As for the sealing of loose officials and ranks, they don't need money to pile up. That is, the Ming Dynasty is not like the Qing Dynasty, there is no Batu Lu Yong, there is no reward yellow coat and other flowers, otherwise, all kinds of Batu Lu Yong will make the Xiucai of the Hanlin Academy, the officials and the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Rites gray hair, so that the silk and satin village bosses of Tianxing Mansion will do a good business. There are so many people in need of a bounty! Rao is like this, and what rewards for brocade clothes and the like abound. Someone counted that in the First World War in Jiangnan, there were dozens of people who were knighted by the Hongwu Army, from the lowest first-class baron to the three sons and daughters and sons-in-law of the Li family!

Including Liudni, because Ao Lei Yilan insisted that it was she who killed Luck Dehun and caused the Qing army to collapse. With this great merit, and the record of killing Turge and a number of Qing army generals and leading officers in the past, Liu Deni suddenly became a third-grade lady. She took the will of the reward and blinked her eyes and asked Ao Lei Yilan, "Can this thing be exchanged for something else?" For example, change the position of the head in the arsenal of Grandpa Guo? ”

The cabinet is packing and wholesale official titles, but another major matter is lightly handed over to Li Shouhan to deal with.

That is the remnant of the hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops that Shi Lang collected in southern Gansu!

"This matter is a military matter, and at the time of the military boom, it is handled by the shogunate, and the cabinet is to follow it." With a beautiful kick, he kicked the ball to Li Shouhan.

Fortunately, they also said that this matter is a military matter, and naturally the military commander has the final say. When there is a war again, it is natural that whoever fights a war is justified, and those who win a war are more reasonable. After seeing the cabinet's reply, Li Shouhan sneered twice.

"Don't they just think that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong forced Emperor Daxing to death, and the other dug up the tomb of Emperor Fengyang? But now that both of them are dead, do you have the ability to behead all these millions of people? ”

"Someone! According to Lone's intentions, he sent another document to the cabinet, saying that he would give these people a way to go, and let them contribute to the recovery of the lost land and the restoration of the old mountains and rivers. ”

"Qu Kui is gone, and everyone can be reformed." This is Li Shouhan's attitude, and he expressed it so clearly, naturally the cabinet ministers are not good at saying anything. What's more, since the old department of the Dashun Army returned to Shun, it has successively recovered dozens of prefectures and counties in southern Jiangxi, southern Anhui, western Zhejiang, Biyuan and other places, and laid a lot of soil.

As a result, the shogunate issued official documents one after another, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Zhang Naita, Tian Jianxiu, Luo, Huwang, Sihao, and these old generals of the Dashun Army all became the generals of the Hongwu Army. Of course, the general soldier is the position, the general is the official title, and the commander is the messenger. The most important thing here is the command officer, which is the real command power, that is, the so-called military power. Without this, most of the others are just floating clouds.

Moreover, Gao Yigong Hao Shaoqi only saw that after returning to the Hongwu Army, the supply of food, salary and ammunition was no longer worried, the sick and wounded were taken care of by the health battalion, and the baggage was distributed by military quartermasters at all levels. However, they would never have imagined that when the system of this item was implemented, their control over the army would be weakened little by little, and they would not even think about the kind of thing of pulling up the team and leaving without saying a word!

Not to mention the artillery corps and baggage and sanitary battalions that are now indispensable to the battalion level, as well as the furniture that has been placed in the army to the garrison or a more stable rear to enjoy a peaceful life, which cannot be taken away with the army, causing the morale of the army to be unstable, even the large number of mules and horses in the army are afraid that they are not willing to leave.

These followed Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi and others from northern Shaanxi to Jianghuai, from Jianghuai to Shangluoshan, from Henan to Shaanxi, all the way to Beijing, almost half of China's military mules and horses, and now according to the system of the Hongwu Army, the amount of daily forage, the amount of bean feed, the amount of bone meal, and the amount of salt are all specified in specific and clear regulations. If they run away with the team, these mules and horses will be out of supply, and they will immediately lose weight, and the speed of the march will be affected.

All kinds of things add up, a little bit of fragments, here and there, forming a huge net, so that the former Dashun army can't move, but they don't want to move.

It's so comfortable here, why should I do something that I don't know the future?

As a result, from Biyuan to southern Jiangnan, from southern Gannan to Zhejiang, hundreds of thousands of former Dashun troops who had just returned to Shun opened a front that stretched for more than 1,000 miles, and roared north to regain the lost territory.

"Hit! Fight! Win the battle! Only by winning the battle can we have a place in front of the grandfather! ”

This is the common idea in the hearts of Gao Yigong, Li Guo and others. And Gao Yigong himself still has an idea hidden in his heart, which can be described as bold and shocking. However, once this idea is really realized, then the old department of the camp will be completely integrated with Li Shouhan.

"At the beginning, Zheng Zhilong and the grandfather of the country also met with swords and artillery, and the young marshal of the Li family personally led the troops to brave the artillery fire, which defeated Zheng Zhilong. Then the two got married, and the second lady of the Li family married the eldest son of the Zheng family. Fujian Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader, became the in-laws of the grandfather of the country and the commander of the Hongwu Army. We can break into the camp and have no grudges with Grandpa Guo in the long run, and there is no enmity in the near future, and the business has been doing well. Our camp can develop smoothly in Henan, and it is inseparable from the help of the Li family. ”

"What's more, his surname is Li, and our Long Live Lord is also surnamed Li. I can't write two Li characters in one stroke. The person in charge of the family is gone, and the brothers of the same clan help out, no one can say anything about this, right? ”

The thoughts in Gao Yigong's heart turned over and over again.

Seeing that the eastern and western armies of the Hongwu Army were about to join forces on the shore of Taihu Lake under the strategy of Chabaidi all the way in Suzhou, Yue Le, who was stationed in Nanjing to collect defeated troops and rectify soldiers and horses, finally showed his fangs.

At night, he ordered 3,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, collected more than 200 large and small ships, and boarded them at Shuiximen. The people who stayed in Nanjing, including the secret stake of the Hongwu Army, thought that he was also looking for an opportunity to escape to Jiangbei, such a scene, they have seen too much these days, and no one has paid attention to it.

Not to mention the people in the city, even the nearly 10,000 horse infantry and sailors on the boat who were mobilized by Yue Le didn't know where the destination was this time. Just follow the lights of the ship in front of you.

It wasn't until dawn that the sailors on the ship discovered that they were on the waterway to Suzhou!

"The Nanban attacked me with a strong ship and a sharp cannon, and it was not good to bully my boat division every time. Today, the king sent troops to attack Suzhou by water, captured Suzhou, and cut off the idea of the convergence of the eastern and western routes of the southern thieves! On his own ship, Yue Le convened his subordinate officers to discuss and conveyed to them the purpose of the Battle of Suzhou.

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't dare to think about it, even if they wanted to break their heads. The young prince in front of him was so bold, Li Huabao and Li Huamei in the east led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to press west, and Shi Lang in the southwest commanded hundreds of thousands of old troops to attack the east with overwhelming momentum. At this time, you still dare to attack Suzhou Mansion, which has been captured by Nacha Baidi for many days, this courage is really a little bigger than pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth!

"Cha Baidi rampantly expropriated in the south of the Yangtze River and slaughtered the gentry. In the name of recovering the money and grain owed, they often wash the floor with guns and destroy their homes. It has long been the people's resentment boiling, as long as I arrive in the Qing Dynasty, the officials and gentry in the city will inevitably rise up and respond. Suzhou City, can be broken with a snap of a finger! At that time, half of the baggage and goods accumulated by the thieves in the city will be rewarded by this king! ”

"In addition, inside and outside the city, those who follow the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty will be allowed by this king to correct the law on the spot."

This means that the accompanying soldiers and horses can kill and loot at will inside and outside Suzhou City?!

Under the huge material stimulus, the morale of Yue Le's subordinates was stimulated to the peak. Sure enough, when the fleet was still in the Taihu Lake, the Suzhou gentry sent people to contact and explain in detail the deployment of troops in the city and Cha Jizuo.

At night, a cannon rang out, and Yue Le ordered troops to enter Suzhou City.

Under the response of a large number of domestic slaves led by the gentry, the Qing army occupied an overwhelming advantage over the subordinates of Zha Jizuo as soon as they entered the city. Rows of guns were put down, and the headquarters of the Hongwu Army, which hastily rose to meet the battle, suffered heavy casualties and were defeated.

Protected by more than 100 personal soldiers, Zha Jizuo fought desperately out of the city, boarded a boat, and fled into Yangcheng Lake.

Looking at the smoke and fire in Suzhou City, Zha Jizuo, who can cure children's night crying in Jiangnan, knelt on the boat and cried. "Years of hard work, ruined overnight!"

Inside and outside the city of Suzhou, it has become a huge Shura field. The man with shaved hair and braids led the Qing soldiers and smashed the gate door from house to house, whether you worked for the Hongwu Army or not, you are guilty of being rich, and you deserve to die! Slash it with a knife!

In just three days, the blood from the streets of Suzhou Mansion flowed down the river into Taihu Lake.