Nantong is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary, east to the Yellow Sea, south to the Yangtze River, and Shanghai, Suzhou lights invite, west and north with Taizhou, Yancheng border, "according to the meeting of the river and the sea, choke the throat of the north and south".

It was here that Wang Yan originally crossed the Yangtze River with 300,000 soldiers and civilians.

Nantong was called Tongzhou in ancient times, Jin belonged to Hailing County, Song belonged to Huainan East Road, and Ming belonged to Yangzhou.

Tongzhou was originally just a small county town, with a circumference of fifteen miles, the city wall was two feet and five feet high, there was a moat, the defense was not good, and it could not be called a strong city, but with the occupation of Chongming by King Lu, the status of Tongzhou became important.

The city defense of Tongzhou was strengthened, the moat was widened, and the Qing court also built a fort on the Wolf Mountain outside the city of Tongzhou, overlooking the river, and set up the Wolf Mountain General Army to be responsible for the fort and the defense of Tongzhou.

In order to cope with the possible siege of the city by King Lu's army, a large warehouse was built in the city, which stored at least three months' military rations, as well as a large number of ordnance and tens of thousands of taels of silver and 100,000 copper coins in case of emergency.

Because Tongzhou is close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, it has also been watched by Lu Jianguo, and has been eyeing it, but Tongzhou has 10,000 Qing soldiers, and Lu Jianguo has more than 20,000 bottoms, although he closely watched Tongzhou's every move, but he did not have the ability to attack it alone.

Even when Lu Jianguo entered the Yangtze River last time, he captured the Wolf Mountain Fort, but he did not take the opportunity to attack Tongzhou.

The defender of Tongzhou is Liu Qingtai, who is the red flag of the Han army, in his early forties, a Han native of Liaodong, who was originally a native of the Ming Dynasty, and took refuge in Huang Taiji very early, and belongs to the category of Han people who are trusted by the Manchurians.

Liu Qingtai was born in a literati, and this kind of person leads the troops, either they are vulnerable on paper, or they are very difficult, and Liu Qingtai can barely stand in the middle.

This time, Xie Qian stationed troops in Rugao County, obviously wanted to attack Tongzhou, Liu Qingtai had long realized this, so he sent someone to Yangzhou to send a letter, asking Duoduo, who commanded the bandits, to take advantage of the fact that the bandits did not encircle Tongzhou, and quickly sent troops to help, but no news came back.

While waiting for the news, Liu Qingtai had to prepare as many rolling wood and stones as possible, rebuild the Wolf Mountain Fort, actively prepare for battle, and be ready for battle.

That night, the moon and stars were sparse, the river was sparkling, hundreds of soldiers at the head of the city were patrolling back and forth, vigilantly watching the movements under the city, and there were also sentinel boats cruising back and forth in the moat, and the defense was very tight, and it could be seen that Liu Qingtai was indeed a little level.

At the time of the third watch, a moving black shadow suddenly appeared on the river, but it was the warship of Lu Jianguo, if they drove to the city, they would definitely be discovered by the defenders of Tongzhou, but the target of the fleet was not Tongzhou City, but the Wolf Mountain Fort in the east of the city.

Several ships broke away from the fleet and leaned on the riverside, and Zhang Mingzhen ordered Ruan Jin to lead hundreds of people to land in the night and quietly climbed up Wolf Mountain.

Compared with the strict inspection of Tongzhou, Wolf Mountain is basically equivalent to no defense, which is not surprising, because Wolf Mountain was captured by Lu Jianguo once before, the artillery on the fort was removed by the Ming army, and the fort was also destroyed.

Hong Chengchou was afraid that the Ming army would cut off his luck, so the artillery purchased and sold from the Dutch, as well as the newly built red-coated cannons of the Jiangnan Cannon Foundry, were given priority to be placed in Gushan, Guazhou and other forts near Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, so as to ensure the transportation of Cao, and the Langshan Fort wanted to be equipped with artillery, at least it would take some time, so there was almost no one to defend the fort, only fifty people.

Lu Jianguo's warship was hidden under the Wolf Mountain, Zhang Mingzhen stood on the deck and waited patiently, about half an hour later, on the Wolf Mountain Fort, Ruan Jin carried a bloody sword, and the corpses of several Qing soldiers fell horizontally on the side of the fort, and a large group of Ming soldiers stood around these corpses.

Ruan Jin wiped the blade of the knife on a corpse, then inserted it back into the scabbard, looked around, and waved his hand: "You guys, turn the cannon for Lao Tzu!" ”

When several soldiers heard this, they immediately rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward.

On the city of Tongzhou, a team of Qing soldiers was patrolling with torches, they had just walked to the east city to interrupt, suddenly outside the city "boom" a cannon sound, an iron bullet whistling over the city, smashed into the city, the roof of a family eliminated a piece, the tiles fell down with a bang.

The Qing soldiers patrolling the city were startled by this sudden cannon, and the leader shrank his neck and looked around in a hurry, while some of the Qing soldiers behind him were frightened and lay on the city, unable to figure out where the cannon came from.

In the city, the palace is brightly lit, and the soldiers wearing red hats and battle jackets are full of torches in the palace, looking like they are facing a great enemy.

Liu Qingtai was wearing a set of white underwear, and when he came out of the room, he was wearing an official cannon, followed by a person holding a bowl and hat for him, and he asked a green battalion officer next to him as he walked, "What's the matter, where is the cannon?" ”

"My lord, it looks like it's from the battery!"

Liu Qingtai was taken aback, how could it be a fort? He then asked urgently, "Confirmed?" Send someone to check it out! ”

"People have been sent out early, but there is no signal yet!"

Liu Qingtai couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, he had miscalculated, he only paid attention to the Gao Yuan thief, and actually forgot about the sea thief.

This wolf mountain is just in the east of Tongzhou City, and if the Haikou occupies this place, they can transport the artillery on the ship to the top of the mountain and set up artillery to bombard the city, which is not conducive to defense. Liu Qingtai immediately said urgently: "Pass on the military order of this officer, quickly mobilize 3,000 men and horses, and immediately recapture the fort after dawn." ”

The general saluted and received the order, but another Qian Zong next to him said in a low voice: "My lord, if Haikou also comes to attack the city, I am afraid it will be difficult to hold Tongzhou." My lord, I must ask for help! ”

Although there are many thieves in Gaoyuan, but most of them are rabble, even if there are 100,000 people, the green camp still has some confidence, but Haikou is different, King Lu has been on the sea for three or four years, the land is less and the grain is less, and he does not raise idlers, and his subordinates are all old Kou who have been fighting for three or four years, which is very difficult.

"The envoy has already been sent, and there is no reply from Lord Yu's side, what can this official do?" Li Qingtai said angrily.

Mr. Qian was slightly silent, and said after half a sound: "My lord, if you don't go to Yangzhou with humility, Chen said that the situation is dangerous, if King Yu knows that Haikou is also coming to attack, he should send troops to support!" ”

Liu Qingtai didn't speak, his eyes were deep, the Gao Yuan thieves had been stationed in Rugao for more than half a month, and there had been no movement, I was afraid that they had already connected with the Haikou, at this time the Haikou took the fort, and I was afraid that the road between Tongzhou and Yangzhou would also be cut off by the Gao Yuan thieves.

"Alright! After dawn, you will set out, and you must explain the difficulties of your official to the king of Yu! "Liu Qingtai has no other way now, except to close the city and defend himself, he can only do this.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely move in to save the soldiers!" The thousand always saluted immediately.

Liu Qingtai had already put on his official robe at this time, took the bowl and hat and buckled it on his bare scalp, he waved his hand, and hurried towards the city.

At the east gate, there is also a torch, and nearly 1,000 people have been ordered to assemble, and there are still large groups of green battalion soldiers who have rushed to assemble.

At this time, it was dark, Li Qingtai couldn't figure out the situation outside the city, he looked at the hazy Wolf Mountain from afar, and he still had to wait for dawn before taking action.

Time is lost, and soon the east is exposed to a piece of fish white, Liu Qingtai and the green battalion soldiers on Tongzhou City can gradually see clearly, the bright flag on the Wolf Mountain is displayed, the sails on the Yangtze River cover the river, the mast is like a forest, a huge blessing boat, the sun and moon flags flutter with the river wind, and the word "Ming" can also be seen at the head of the city.

Li Qingtai's face sank when he saw this, looking at this scale, at least half of Haikou came.

Qian Zong, who was ordered to go out of the city to recapture Wolf Mountain, saw thousands of Ming troops lined up at the foot of the mountain, and there were hundreds of warships on the river, he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and whispered a little cowardly: "My lord, this..."

Li Qingtai glared at him fiercely, but he didn't insist that he go out of the city to recapture Wolf Mountain.

At this moment, a Qing general wearing a bowl hat and a black official robe, pressing the war knife in his hand, hurried up to the city tower, he saw Li Qingtai, immediately walked over, hugged his fists and bowed and said: "My lord, Huangqiao Town and Shizhuang in the west have been captured by Gaoyuan thieves, and the thief leader Xie Qianzheng has led tens of thousands of rebels to Tongzhou to press, I am afraid that I will be able to enter the city in the morning." ”

Sure enough, as Li Qingtai expected, the Gaoyuan thieves cooperated with the Haikou Kou, and the Huangqiao Town and Shizhuang in the west were taken by the thief army, so it would not be easy for Yangzhou to enter Tongzhou again.

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