Chapter 37 Looking at Changsha

"Xiangjiang River to the north, orange island head." Zhang Xuan stood here and couldn't help but chant two old sentences.

Whether this is Orange Island or not, Zhang Xuan does not know. But it is indeed a sandbar in the middle of the Xiangjiang River.

Zhang Xuan's hundreds of ships docked at the sandbar in the Xiangjiang River, but the sandbar in the Xiangjiang River did not have such good docking conditions as Chenglingji, so he had to step up the work and build a wharf here. Zhang Xuan also sent soldiers to seize the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, and the army had Zhang Xuan's headquarters, plus the troops from all walks of life, and the joint camp of water and land had 100,000 people.

Zhang Xuan bypassed Yueyang and drove straight in, first breaking through Xiangyin, and then coming to Changsha, although he took a risk in strategic decision-making. However, Zhang Xuan himself was still a steady character, so after finding out the situation in Changsha, he decided to occupy the west bank of the Xiangjiang River and the sandbar in the Xiangjiang River first.

So that the army of water and land is united.

Then in the city of Changsha.

The reason for this is that there are several aspects.

First of all, Changsha City is indeed a strong city.

Changsha is named after the stars, according to the ancient division of the field, the place where Changsha is located, on the Changsha star, so it is named, since the Qin and Han dynasties, it is an important town in the south, in ancient times, Lai Zhi suppressed the five ridges, where the army is used in the five ridges, are borrowed from Changsha.

And as Huguang's position in China's economy is becoming more and more important, so that Huguang is familiar with the world, Hunan's position is becoming more and more important.

Whether it is the Ming and Qing dynasties, the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Northern Expedition, or even the War of Resistance against Japan, there are three battles of Changsha, all those who are interested in the world are all working here.

And Changsha City has been a strategic place since ancient times, and the city defense of Changsha City, Zhang Xuan thought about it with his toes, and knew that it was very perfect.

The specifications of Changsha City were laid down by Li Gang in the Song Dynasty. When the Jin soldiers went south, they burned Changsha City, and after Li Gang arrived, he rebuilt and built Changsha City, although it was built repeatedly in later generations, but it did not exceed the foundation laid by Li Gang.

The walls were fourteen miles long. There are thirteen gates, all of which are rammed earth and brick structures.

The Xiangjiang River is in its west, and the Liuyang River passes through it in its northeast and flows into the Xiangjiang River, that is to say, the place where the terrain is really open and can put down people and horses is the southeast direction. And the southeast direction is the commanding heights of the whole Changsha, Tianxin Pavilion.

The Changsha city wall is roughly square, and the southeast corner is located. It is where Tianxin Pavilion is located. In later generations, the Changsha city wall was all demolished, and only Tianxin Pavilion remained. As the site of the Changsha city wall.

However, Changsha City is not without its flaws.

At least Zhang Xianzhong still left a lot of traces in this city. When Zhang Xianzhong withdrew from Changsha, he destroyed the walls of Changsha, and the Ji Wangfu was also destroyed, otherwise Emperor Longwu should have lived in the Ji Wangfu.

Although Longwu has been trimmed. It doesn't look much different.

However, rammed earth has one property, that is, the longer the rammed earth, the stronger it becomes. The newly filled walls are not as hard as the 200-year-old walls. Zhang Xuan had already sent someone to find out which sections of the city wall were destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong.

These places are the direction of his main attack.

Secondly, Longwu can't be said to be a mediocre master. After Zhang Xuan captured Xiangyin, Longwu took over the military affairs of Changsha City, which was the first time he completely controlled Changsha City.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people in Changsha City were used by him.

Even if Zhang Xuan didn't inquire carefully, he could hear a lot of news about Longwu.

For example, Longwu reviewed the soldiers in Changsha and rewarded the soldiers, such as Longwu patrolling the city. If yes, etc.

Longwu may have no other military talents, only courage.

Sometimes, though, courage is good. Husband war courage also. Generally speaking, there are only generals who can't fight, and there are very few soldiers who can't fight, and many times the big defeats are the generals who flee and are defeated, and only a few are the generals who are beheaded before the whole army breaks and flees.

And Longwu's identity is different from that of ordinary generals.

Longwu put on a look of co-existence and death with Changsha City, raising the soldiers of the city, and all of them were shaken. After all, the world of the Ming Dynasty for nearly three hundred years can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even though it is so dilapidated, the gentry have begun to have a wait-and-see heart, but in the eyes of many soldiers and ordinary people.

The imperial court is already the imperial court.

Therefore, under the encouragement of Longwu, when Zhang Xuan's soldiers came to the city, the morale of Changsha City not only did not decline, but even rose abnormally.

The Xia army came all the way, although there were no big battles, but a series of confrontations, such as the battle to seize several market towns in Hexi, the two sides still collided, Zhang Xuan also heard the people below say that the fighting level of the Ming army has not improved much, but the morale is indeed a lot higher.

It's hard to deal with.

However, all emotional things cannot last. Zhang Xuancai believed that the Ming army could lock in morale, and after a long time, this matter would naturally weaken. Therefore, Zhang Xuan didn't want to catch the ducks on the shelves and stumble hard.

Then there is the edict of King Qin issued in Changsha City.

What Longwu has done in the past six months may not be enough to Huaiyuanren, but many officials near Hunan see it. Therefore, the documents for the transfer of troops in various parts of Longwu let the soldiers and horses be dispatched everywhere. Zhang Xuan calculated carefully, almost hundreds of thousands.

Changsha became the center of the storm.

Although Zhang Xuan was not too afraid, after all, the hundreds of thousands of troops scattered all over the place were not the same as the tens of thousands of troops gathered together. In addition, most of the armies of the Southern Ming were newly formed, and even many prefectures and counties were before this battle

There is no garrison. The devil knows how they pulled out the army.

Even if there were hundreds of thousands, it was not enough to make Zhang Xuan frightened.

It's just that I will go all the way and break them one by one.

But it's a nuisance after all. If he didn't sweep the periphery clearly, Zhang Xuan couldn't attack Changsha City with all his might. So Zhang Xuan camped on the west bank of the Xiangjiang River. With the advantage of the Xia army's sailors, it can attack the city when it advances, and it can hold on to it when it retreats. After clearing the periphery, we will deal with Changsha City.

"General, all the generals have arrived." Zheng Lian said.

Only then did Zhang Xuan put away his gaze at Changsha City and said, "Let's go." ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian bowed down and led Zhang Xuan out of here.

On a sandbar in the middle of the Xiangjiang River. In the flowing water of the Xiangjiang River, it is faintly presented in the ears.

I don't know if it's the courtyard built by the dignitaries, it has a bit of the taste of a Jiangnan garden, plus the flowing water, it has a bit of taste.

In a water pavilion, the entire pavilion is deep into the stream, and living water flows from under the floor, and a few pieces of water flow down from the surrounding copper pillars. It is almost a natural air conditioner, coupled with the river breeze, I only feel that the heat is empty, and my chest is full of happiness.

What a summer resort.

It's just that in the pavilion, the eyes are full of armor and sword soldiers, and the iron armor is sonorous, and the courtyard of this literati and scholars is not on the right track. However, at this moment, they didn't pay attention to everything outside, but listened attentively to Hu Tang's explanation.

Hu Tang said: "Yueyang Li Guo, Changde Gao Yigong, Yuanzhou Mansion He Tengjiao, Hengyang direction Chen Xin, the two regions are a little farther away, and now they can't be discovered, but the Ming army is either 50,000 or 70,000, except for Chen Xin's slightly less troops, the total should be more than 200,000. ”

"Sure enough, the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff." Wang Jincai said: "Even if the imperial court is defeated to such an extent, it still has some strength. ”

"General Wang's words are wrong." Xu Du said: "The Ming court has always had the habit of eating empty salaries, and if you report 200,000 yuan, it will be good if you can have 140,000 yuan." Moreover, among these several people, there is no need to repel all of them, only one part is needed to destroy all the other parts, and it is enough. ”

"Come to think of it, many of them will not be loyal to Qianming to death."

Zhang Xuan nodded secretly in his heart, he deeply felt with this, it seems that the numbers of the Ming military system must be discounted before doing things, and the size of this discount also represents the combat effectiveness of this Ming army. Moreover, Xu Du's words after that also hit Zhang Xuan's mind.

In the battle of Hunan, the heart was attacked, the city was attacked, the army was surrendered, and the enemy was annihilated.

In just a few years, the Ming Dynasty changed hands three times, so that the local gentry also began to wait and see, Zhang Xuan felt the most obvious, that is, to fight Hunan, not at all like when fighting Jiangnan, almost every county had people to fight against it.

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