Chapter 102 Descend the Jiujiang River and encircle Nanchang

When Zhang Xuan attacked Hukou City, Hukou was already an empty city.

It took almost no effort to be taken down by Zhang Xuan.

It's just useless.

As soon as the mouth of the lake was gone, all the artillery forts of the official army on the south bank of the Yangtze River became rootless duckweed, and Cao's camp was defeated under the siege.

Zheng Zhilong's fleet continued to move westward and fought Huang Fei at Hukou.

Many years later, some people said that a new temple was erected on the nearby Shizhong Mountain, just on the sandbar of the Yangtze River, looking at the battlefield of the year, there was a master in it, with a Liaodong accent, very much like Huang Fei.

However, Zhang Xuan ordered that there was no need to investigate in detail.

The matter is over.

The lake mouth section was opened, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet went straight into Poyang Lake.

The waters of Poyang Lake are wide, which is more suitable for the play of the Zheng fleet than the Yangtze River, and the so-called Poyang Lake water division of the official army did not resist much at all, and almost collapsed in one place, and the Zheng family immediately seized control of Poyang Lake. Immediately, Zhang Yingyuan gave orders to attack Nanchang across the lake.

Fang Guoan and Zhang Yingyuan lost a big battle in Nanchang City, and they didn't dare to go out of the city from then on, so they had to stick to the city.

As a result, Zhang Yingyuan's tens of thousands of troops were stationed under the city of Nanchang and besieged on all sides. Wan Yuan Ji has been prepared for a long time.

Recruit the people in the city, stick to it, and tell the people in the city, say that the reinforcements of Yungui will arrive soon.

Zhang Yingyuan asked for reinforcements several times, and finally got heavy artillery support, but Luo Rucai refused, Luo Rucai didn't want to spend too much money in this secondary direction, so let Zhang Yingyuan besiege the main and pacify Jiangxi Prefecture first. Zhang Yingyuan had no choice but to use the city lock method. Nanchang City was blockaded strictly, and then divided the troops into four parts to capture all the prefectures and counties near Nanchang City.

Nanchang has become an isolated city. Still waiting for reinforcements who don't know when they will arrive.

And what is the Cao Ying army doing?

In the attack on Jiujiang City.

After Zuo Liangyu was defeated, he slipped away and did not enter Jiujiang City at all, and went around the city. Zuo Liangyu's remaining army was almost all taken away by him. Yuan Jixian couldn't stop him, but Zuo Liangyu left, but Yuan Jixian wouldn't leave.

He can only recruit the people and want to stick to Jiujiang City.

Jiujiang City is also a key point in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and Jiujiang is not down. The army could not drive straight into Wuchang and attack Wuchang.

But under the siege of Cao Ying's heavy troops, how long can Jiujiang City hold out.

It is the envoy who sent off the guests at night on the Xunyang River.

But at this moment, inside and outside Jiujiang City, there is no artistic conception of Jiangzhou Sima Qing's wet shirt at all.

Jiujiang City, north of the river, south to Lushan.

It is close to the mountains and water, but at this moment, there are embers of fire everywhere outside the city, and a large team of people and horses

The corpses of Cao Ying's headquarters are being cleaned up.

As the original Zuoying army, the newly surrendered is naturally the most dangerous thing, so the siege of the city is the Cao Ying headquarters to suppress the formation, and the generals attacked, stormed for several days, and the casualties were not small.

Of course, there is another reason, that is, the cannon of Zheng Zhilong's department has arrived.

Although it was a temporary borrowing, Zhang Xuan saw that there was almost a person tall and weighing thousands of pounds of heavy artillery, and he was also very excited.

For a moment, Zhang Xuan guessed wrong.

His iron mold casting cannon method, the cannon cast, the inner chamber is polished.

Zheng Zhilong's cannon doesn't seem to be like this.

"It should be a machine tool." Zhang Xuan judged instantly.

After all, Zhang Xuan came from later generations, although he knew little about mechanical manufacturing, but the most basic concept was still there, not that he didn't think that the craftsman couldn't polish it so smooth, it was purely a feeling, a feeling of industrial products.

"Is it just that they are now using tools that can make steel?" Zhang Xuan said secretly in his heart.

He estimated that the cannon was forged from iron first, and then directly with a lathe, or other tools, to dig out a cannon. It's a very simple idea, but it's hard to implement. However, Zhang Xuan touched the string of letters of the cannon.

Although I don't know it, I also know that this means that this door was made in Macao.

"My lord, the messenger has returned, Yuan Jixian rejected the kindness of the adult and resisted to the end. He also said undegrading words. Zheng Lian said.

Zhang Xuan had expected this result and said, "Then let's shoot." ”

Zhang Xuan gave an order, and all the artillery opened fire one after another, and countless shells crossed the sky and smashed on the Jiujiang city wall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's ability to engage in infrastructure construction back then was quite good, and this Jiujiang City was the foundation laid by Zhu Yuanzhang back then. Rammed earth clad bricks, quite strong. Dozens of cannons bombarded for two days in a row, and only then did they blast out a gap, and then the army entered, and the dust settled in Jiujiang City.

When the dust settled in Jiujiang City, Luo Rucai also arrived.

Luo Rucai just glanced at Yuan Jixian's head, and let people take it down.

Now it is no longer the beginning, when he killed a senior member at the level of an official and military governor, Luo Rucai was happy for a while, but at this moment Luo Rucai didn't care about Yuan Jixian at all. said: "My son is doing well. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "It's all the king's support. ”

Luo Rucai said: "Some people can be carried, and some people are unbearable, even if they can't be carried." Originally, you fought several battles in a row, and I should have asked you to fix it, but time waits for no one. I have to urge you to continue the attack, and you are not allowed to stop from now until the city of Wuchang. ”

Zhang Xuan agreed loudly: "Yes." Then his voice weakened slightly, and he said, "Dad."

, but what's the news? ”

"Two messages." Luo Rucai smiled and said, "One good, one bad." Which to listen to first? ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Dad said that, I'll listen to that?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "Let's talk about the good news first, Zuo Liangyu is sick, very sick, and it is said that he is no longer awake. He slept a lot every day, woke up less time, and on the day of the decisive battle, he was said to vomit blood. ”

Hearing the news, Zhang Xuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

This is indeed good news.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Even though Zuo Liangyu has such and such flaws, he is also the most capable general in the official army. Even if he has lost many battles, just because Zuo Liangyu's banner is erected, Zhang Xuan will not dare to slack off, and many soldiers in the official army have morale.

At this critical time, Zuo Liangyu fell ill, wouldn't it be great news.

Zhang Xuan was happy, but his mind turned around and asked, "But I don't know what the bad news is?" ”

"Li Zicheng is finished." In Luo Rucai's tone, there was a feeling of hating him.

Zhang Xuan's heart tightened slightly, and said, "What happened in the north?" ”

Luo Rucai said: "Dongyu divided into two routes, attacked Shaanxi, all the way from Taiyuan, led by Azig, won the battle of Huaiqing all the way, and attacked Tongguan by the way, led by Duoduo, do you know how Li Zicheng responded?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "How did King Chuang deal with it? ”

Luo Rucai said: "Hesitation. It stopped in Luochuan County for half a month. ”

Zhang Xuan was taken aback and said, "How could King Chuang do this? ”

This move is a big mistake.

It is true that after Li Zicheng retreated to Shaanxi, he not only lost a large area of territory, but also lost an unknown number of troops. After all, these newly surrendered troops naturally did not have the intention of living and dying with Dashun, so when they saw that the situation was not good, they voted for Dongyu.

In this way, although Li Zicheng's army is still quite a lot, it is inevitable that it will feel overstretched.

Facing the two-way attack of Dongyu. I don't know what to do.

However, fox suspicion is a taboo for the three armed forces.

The most important thing he should have done at that time was not to weigh that the enemy army along the way was more threatening, but to give up a large area of land, gather superior forces, and encircle and annihilate all the way. Li Zicheng wasted half a month's precious time at the most critical time.

This one thing is simply a big failure.

Zhang Xuan suddenly had a thought in his heart, and said secretly: "Li Zicheng may be cowardly. ”

Some people dare to fight hard when they have nothing, but they don't have the courage to break the bottles and cans. Maybe Li Zicheng is like this, he doesn't want Shaanxi to lose, but he doesn't know that all land ownership is above the blade.

The winner has it.

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