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On the sixth day of the fifth month of the first year of Hongguang,.

Only 20 days later, Li Benshen, Yang Chengzu, Zhang Tianlu, Li Chengdong, Hu Guozhen, Guo Hu and others got together again. Twenty days ago, they had no way to take Zheng Fan's sailors, and the generals scattered and fled, and surrendered to Jianyu one after another.

Li Benshen was the fastest, and was the first to surrender on April 19, followed by Yang Chengzu.

Li Chengdong hesitated for a few days and surrendered on April 23.

Hu Guozhen and Guo Hu surrendered at the latest, on April 26.

"Lao Hu, my aunt and my son left Taizhou and went east?"

The person who spoke was Li Benshen, and after Duoduo accepted the surrender of the rest of Gao Jie's troops, he let these Ming army generals serve as the original officials, so as to maintain the stability of the surrender army? Li Benshen is still the biggest official here.

"Yes, Admiral. Lao Guo and I originally wanted to go to the court with Mrs. Feng and the prince, but Mrs. really didn't want to, and I couldn't force it. ”

"Did you send someone after you?"

"How dare you?"

Li Benshen snorted heavily, "Uncle, how many soldiers and horses does she have?" ”

Guo Hu said: "Taizhou was very chaotic at that time, and some of my wife's soldiers fled. I think there are still 2,000 people, and the family members of the old camp are all counted, and they are in the early 3,000s. ”

Yang Chengzu looked at Li Benshen hesitantly, "Admiral, do you want to send someone to persuade again?" ”

Li Benshen glared at Yang Chengzu, "My aunt just can't figure it out for a while, it's better for her to go to the east to hide." I'll put my words here, let my aunt be quiet for a few days, if any of you dare to send troops to chase after me, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. ”

"Lao Zhang, how many soldiers and ships do you have?" Li Chengdong pulled out his saber from behind him and held it in front of him, he was not interested in Mrs. Xing and Gao Yuanjue. Li Chengdong only wants to kill Zheng Hongkui now.

Zhang Tianlu: "More than 3,000 soldiers, more than 100 ships. ”

Li Chengdong sneered: "It's good to have a boat." ”

Not only Zhang Tianlu, Li Chengdong withdrew all the way from Xuzhou to Guazhou, and his family members took the waterway, and he also had many boats. It's just that it's not as good as Zhang Tianlu's warship, Li Chengdong is all grain ships in the canal.

Due to the late surrender, the last few people who surrendered did not catch up with the siege of Yangzhou. Li Chengdong also rushed to sweep the tail, and when Guo Hu and Hu Guozhen surrendered, Yangzhou City was broken. The master of Jianzhou is very fair, and there is no gain without contribution. Yangzhou City is broken, the first five days are the time of the Eight Banners, and the last five days are the time of Li Benshen and Yang Chengzu. The Eight Banners are sieves, and Li Benshen is the grate.

Yangzhou Shimin suffered extremely heavy losses, this super black pot Jianzhou carried more than half, and Nanjing carried a small half. On April 14, before the Jianzhou soldiers arrived, the people of Yangzhou began to retreat south one after another. The Ming army in Jiangnan did not have the conditions to distinguish whether it was a deserter or a common man, and they all used artillery to fight back. At that time, half of the people on the river thought of the rumors of the massacre they heard last month, and ran down the north bank of the river to the sea, and half of them rushed back to Yangzhou City. These people poured into the city and caused great trouble to Shi Kefa's defense of the city.

Now, retribution has come. The people of Jiangbei did not retreat, and many boats were left behind. The Eight Banners and the Green Banners collected a total of more than 200 large and small river boats in Yangzhou. Coupled with the original ships of Li Chengdong, Zhang Tianlu and others, it was enough to launch a large-scale landing.

Li Chengdong stood up and held a knife flower in his right hand. "Brothers, we didn't prepare last time, and we suffered a big loss at the hands of Zheng Hongkui. Today, let's try how many catties Zheng Hongkui has. ”

The generals' faces were grim, and if they wanted to continue to eat and drink spicy food in the new dynasty, they must make more military exploits to show the new master. Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and others quickly threw themselves into the work of refitting gunboats. Jianyu originally had a lot of artillery, and many Ming artillery guns were captured in Yangzhou and other places. Duoduo sent artillery to set up a position in Guazhoudu, more than 100 light and heavy guns, Jinshan Temple is about 3 kilometers away from Guazhou Ferry, Jianzhou's heavy artillery can cover nearly half of the Yangtze River waterway.

Duoduo was very generous, and equipped these newly surrendered troops with more than a dozen Hongyi cannons. Li Chengdong selected some sturdy oarboats, mounted cannons on the bows, and installed furlong machines on other boats. From Jiaoshan Gate in the east to Yizheng in the west, the more than 30-mile-long front made contact with the Ming army's firepower to test the reality and reality.

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Jiangnan, Zhenjiang Mansion, Ganlu Temple Beigu Peak, Yang Wencong Camp.

Because of the credit of isolating the southern retreat of the Jiangbei rout, Yang Wencong was promoted to the imperial history of the capital by the line of fire, and the governor of the town, Chang Erfu and the coastal army. Zheng Hongkui was even more exaggerated, and directly sealed Jing Yubo. poplar

Wen Cong was very dissatisfied with this, the title of governor was useless, the army was pressurized, and what Zhenjiang needed was reinforcements. Zheng Cai urgently withdrew from the front line against the left, and restored Zhenjiang's surface power to 300 warships and nearly 15,000 soldiers. The army was too small, and Yang Wencong's emergency documents flew to Nanjing like snowflakes, but Ma Shiying felt that the most capable sailors had been transferred to Zhenjiang, and the problem of river defense should not be big.

However, Yang Wencong's face still has to be given, and Ma Shiying transferred 600 soldiers to Yang Wencong from his own pro-army. There are not many soldiers in Nanjing now, Ma Xi's Yongwei battalion cannot move, and Pukou cannot be unguarded.

Yang Wencong got reinforcements of 600 people, thinking of the dense rivers and bays in Jiangbei, looking up to the sky and sighing, do your best to know the destiny of heaven.

A gunboat of the Jianzhou Army on the north bank approached a few hundred meters from the Zhenjiang city wall and bombarded it, destroying four battlements.

Yang Wencong was furious and found Zheng Hongkui, "Gao Yi, why don't you send a boat to fight?" Let Jianyu be so arrogant on the river. ”

Zheng Hongkui spread his hands, "Zhongcheng, there has been no wind these days, and my big ship can't move." ”

"You send a sampan to fight."

"I tried, and when I saw my boat come out, I turned around and ran. I can't catch up with it, so let the sons save some effort and use it again in the battle array. ”

……

Li Benshen put down the binoculars and sneered, "Zheng Fan is no more than Erer. ”

Turned around and left the river bank and walked into the camp of Jianyu Guazhou.

There are four masters in the camp of Jianyu Guazhou, Manchuria with the Yellow Banner Gushan Ezhen Baiyintu, Zhengbai Banner Gushan Ezhen Ashan, Zhenghuang Banner Third Class Gongtulai and Li Yongfang's son, and the Han Army Zhenglan Banner First Class Melle Ezhen Li Shuitai.

Li Benshen went down one by one, "Masters, the situation in Jiangnan has been clarified. ”

Bai Yintu made Li Benshen stand up, and Li Benshen had already proven his worth in the Battle of Yangzhou. The Manchurian generals usually had more respect for the generals who could fight.

"What charter do you have?"

"Master, I have consulted with the generals. In the past few days, the river breeze has been very small, and Zheng Fan's big ship is unable to sail, so it is a good time for us to cross the river. Li Benshen walked to the map hanging in the tent, "Fifteen miles west of Guazhou, there is a seven-mile port estuary that can lead to Yangzhou. We gathered all the ferries here and crossed the river at night. As long as you send a few hundred riders, the big thing can be decided. ”

Bai Yintu discussed with Ah Shan and Tulai for a while, and felt that Li Benshen's idea was feasible.

Dry it right away. The ships of Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Zhang Tianlu, and Hu Guozhen gathered at the Qili River through Yangzhou.

The preparations for the landing were all carried out in the inland river, and if the Ming army did not take the initiative to make combat contact, it would not be able to detect the movements of Jianzhou at all. Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai don't have this strength, if Huang Fei and Huang Binqing are in Zhenjiang, it will be more difficult for Jianyu to move covertly. But Huang Fei and Huang Binqing are now quarrying rocks, so the preparations for the landing of Jianzhou are very smooth.

On the night of the eighth day of the first month of May, there was no wind and fog filled the river.

Li Benshen immediately found Bai Yintu, "Master, it's tonight, we have to cross the river immediately." ”

Bai Yintu hesitated a little, "Admiral Li, our army is not yet fully prepared, and with such a big fog, it is difficult for the various departments to contact even if they go up." ”

"Master, the land division of the Southern Army is weak. No matter where we land, as long as we send a few thousand people, the Yangtze River will break. Li Benshen knelt down suddenly, "I and the generals under my tent are willing to take the lead." ”

Bai Yintu helped Li Benshen up with his own hands, "Okay, good!" I know Admiral Li's determination to serve the imperial court, and I will truthfully report to Prince Yu's master. ”

Li Benshen: "The last general will never give up!" ”

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Li Chengdong got up from the woman.

Revenge is in sight, and venting before the battle makes him even more happy. This young woman is the daughter of a Hanlin Duke in Yangzhou, if in normal times, Li Chengdong, a woman from this kind of family, has no chance to kiss Fang Ze.

Seeing that the man was about to fight, the woman hurriedly got up to help him put on his armor. Li Chengdong pulled the braid from the back of his head with his left hand, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in his heart. Rong Ma has been in his life, and his strange thoughts have been suppressed by him, isn't it just a change of hairstyle, and with the new master, he is now full of energy. He was not alone, Li Chengdong could see from the faces of his subordinate soldiers that as soon as his hair was shaved and his braids were retained, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers seemed to have doubled. Revenge and braids, there is really a combat power bonus, and the military heart is available.

Patting the woman's body gently, Li Chengdong said, "Wait obediently in the tent, I will come back after killing all the pirates of the Zheng Domain." ”

Put on the iron armor, Li Chengdong walked into the camp.

The elite veterans selected, each of them were doing what they were doing in silence, and no one was making a noise.

The battle arrangement of the Baiyin diagram is as follows:

The boat division was divided into two wings, the left and right wings, Li led the left wing troops of Taitong to garrison Guazhou, covering the artillery position of Guazhoudu, and if Zheng Hongkui's sailors came out, they would be attacked with heavy artillery and small boats. Li Yuchun, the former deputy commander-in-chief of Sizhou, and Yang Chengzu, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcement army, were subordinate to Li Shutai.

Baiyintu, Ahsan, and Turai formed a right wing to board the ship at the mouth of the Qiligang River. Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Hu Guozhen, and Zhang Tianlu belonged to the right-wing army. Manchurian generals such as Bai Yintu did not mean to hide behind. They will personally lead the Bayala Protector and the Bayala outpost to board the ship.

Baiyintu stood on the bank of the river, watching the surrendered troops push 200 rafts into the Yangtze River, and the rafts were lit up and drifted down the river. According to the results of the test a few days ago, it was just enough to float to Zhenjiang.

After the raft floated out, Bai Yintu gave the order to attack.

The first echelon, Zhang Tianlu, set off first, and Zhang Zhen was infantry.

The second echelon had a large number of elite cavalry. The war horses were reluctant to get on the boat from the gangplank, so they could only be hoisted with a net bag and transferred to the transport ship.

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In Jinshan Temple, Yang Qianqing was called by his own soldiers.

The river is full of lights, and the captives are forced to cross.

"Open the gun, fire the gun, fire the gun."

Jiaoshanzhai, Yang Wencong ordered. Because of the influence of the fog, after Jianyu successfully landed in the west, Yang Wencong learned the exact military report. Now he ordered all the Ming troops in Zhenjiang Prefecture to assemble at Ganlu Temple.

Zheng Hongkui put away the order, "Let the warship dispatch." ”

Zheng Cai was stunned, "It's so foggy, and there's no wind, how can you fight?" ”

"Even if there is no wind, you have to fight!"

Zheng Cai had no choice but to go down to assemble the water division.

Zheng Hongkui looked at Zheng Cai's distant back, and whispered to Zheng Zhiguan: "Control a team of small boats and go to the canal."

"Third brother?"

Zheng Hongkui's eyes flashed, "If things don't work, we can't hesitate." ”

Zheng Zhiguan was taken aback, "The Yangtze River is not guarded?" ”

Zheng Hongkui patted his cousin on the shoulder, "Don't forget, Fujian is our home......"

Zheng Fan's sailors lit up countless lights and went into battle, disappearing into the fog, and many ships drifted to the channel near the north shore.

The captives shelled according to the fire cover until the temperature of the gun was too high.

Yang Chengzu flicked his braids, laughed and got on the boat, and pulled Li Yuchun, "Lao Li, let's go up and kill all the pirates." ”

Yang Chengzu wants revenge, and he is not afraid of taking risks. Li Yuchun led his family to capture several Zheng Fan ships in a row.

In the melee, the combat effectiveness of the pigtail soldiers shook Zheng Cai's confidence, and he snorted coldly, "Withdraw, don't fight." ”

Zheng's sailors fled back to the south shore and abandoned their ships. Li Shutai immediately followed, and the third echelon of the Jianyu left flank successfully landed at dawn. Yang Chengzu took the lead, captured Jiaoshanzhai, and killed more than 1,000 Zheng troops who stayed behind in the walled city.

Ganlu Temple, the top of Beigu Mountain, where the last Ming army lined up.

The sky was bright and the fog dissipated. The earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves came, and Yang Wencong looked up to the sky and sighed.

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Zheng Hongkui's three large camps were broken by Zhang Tianlu, and he took the lead in withdrawing from the battle line, abandoning all the big river boats, and fled along the canal in the direction of Wujiang County. Most of them were chased and hacked to death by Li Chengdong and others, and only thousands of remnants were defeated.

The governor also knew that Jiang Yuntai had defected in front of the formation. Yang Wencong only had 500 Guizhou soldiers left.

Sun Lin hugged Yang Wencong, "It's impossible to do anything, Zhongcheng hurry up." ”

Yang Wencong's face turned pale, "Where can I go now, the road to Nanjing to the west is full of slave riders." ”

"There are still more than 200,000 taels of silver in Suzhou Pass, and we have to hurry up to control this silver. As long as you have money, you can make a comeback wherever you go. ”

"You and my family are all in Nanjing, what should they do?"

"Shousuke will definitely arrange it."

Yang Wencong and Sun Lin regretted not bringing their families with them, and now they can only count on Ma Shiying.

On the ninth day of the fifth month, Zhenjiang Mansion fell.

Jinshan Temple.

Filhoff was shocked by the tragedy before him. The Yangtze River is dangerous, and the Ming army has tens of thousands of sailors, but they were actually broken by the Tatars with one blow, and they are so easy.

Jin Shiying couldn't believe his eyes, on both sides of the Yangtze River, there were the corpses of Zheng Fan's sailors everywhere, and near Jinshan and Jiaoshan, hundreds of warships were built or captured or burned, and the wreckage was burning on the shore.

Filhoff now felt that he had to figure out a question, "Mr. Commander, what are you going to do?" Surrender to the Tatars? ”

Jin Shiying gritted her teeth, "I'd rather die than surrender." ”

Yang Qianqing's face turned pale, and his lips were trembling, but he still said, "I want to fight with Jianyu until the last moment." ”

Determined soldiers are always appreciated, and Filhoff laughed, "Don't be so pessimistic. At our feet was a fortified castle on a rocky island, well stocked with ammunition and food. The Tatars could not attack. ”

"Is there any hope for us?" Yang Qianqing was a little unconvinced, they were surrounded by Jianyu.

Filhoff said confidently: "We still have the Yangtze River Detachment, and things are not desperate. ”

Yang Qianqing is very single, and he knows that he can't cope with this kind of thing. "Commander Kim, I'll give you all the soldiers, and you will command."

Jin Shiying shook his head, "I'm not familiar with this kind of Western-style castle. ”

Seeing that both of them were looking at him, Filhoff took off his military hat and gave a deep salute, "I'm honored." ”

"Two, now I need you to go out and tell your soldiers that we have hope and will be able to evacuate safely." Filhoff said.

First of all, it is necessary to boost the morale of those soldiers outside.

Jinshan Temple now has more than 300 people from Filhof, 200 people from Jin Shiying, and more than 300 people from Yang Qianqing.

Originally, Jin Shiying had more soldiers, but many people returned with the first wave of immigrants. And Yang Qianqing originally only had 200, but Yang Wencong gave him 100 soldiers after getting reinforcements. The defenders of Jinshan City are now these 900 people, and the strength is acceptable.

There were 6 cannons in the city, 2 belonged to Jincheng and 4 belonged to the Ming army. Filhoff first transferred all the cannons to the south bank.

The south bank of the Yangtze River has overtaken the north bank and has become the most dangerous direction. The high position of the city of Jinshan was almost 500 meters from the southern bank, which meant that the Tatar light artillery lost most of its effectiveness. As for the heavy artillery, it will take some time for the Tatars to transport them across the south of the Yangtze River and then arrange artillery positions. Even if the Tatars brought over the heavy artillery, the castle was so well protected against artillery that the Tatars had to land with infantry.

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Keeping the order all the way fast, the sultry breeze these days has reduced a lot of unnecessary trouble. The channel of the Yangtze River is curved, and the water flow itself is very fast, so there is no need for river wind turbulence to add to the chaos.

The fog of May 8 caused the Melville to be delayed at Quarry Rock for a night, and Orderly found Huang Fei, saying that there was a fleet behind him that might go to Quarry Rock, and asked him to take care of it then.

On the morning of the 9th, Shou Xian found Huang Binqing, who had arrived at Quarry Rock earlier.

"Can Brother Ming Fu lend me 300 soldiers?"

"What is the matter with the lord of the kingdom?"

Shouxu said: "I want to go to the lower reaches of Nanjing to have a look, you know that I have an army in Jinshan Fort." ”

Without the protection of a small boat, it may be dangerous for the Melville to enter the battlefield, and this is to ask Huang Binqing to borrow some small boats.

Huang Binqing said: "Okay, I also want to see how Zhenjiang is doing." ”

The quarrying Ming army had confirmed that Yangzhou had been lost, and the slaves rode to Linjiang and exchanged fire with the Zheng Fan Naval Division in Zhenjiang. But the brothers all know that the war report in Nanjing is nonsense, and the specific situation is certainly not what is written in the war report. Zhenjiang is related to the back road of the upstream water division, and Huang Binqing's heart is also empty, so let his people touch the situation more steadily.

Huang Binqing called his eldest son Huang Shijue, "You take 300 soldiers, pick ten ships, and follow the lord of the country." Remember to listen to the command of the country. ”

Note: After reading the history of Chinese and foreign wars for more than 20 years, I tried my best to restore the Manchu Qing River Crossing Campaign. The key is whether Zheng Hongkui withdrew by sea or by canal. I have been researching for a long time, because it involves the understanding of the battle of Jianyu crossing the river. Most of the materials did not pay enough attention to this issue, and they all felt that Zheng Hongkui should have withdrawn from the Yangtze River by sea. Although Zheng Hongkui later decided to go to Zhejiang, he could also go to Hangzhou by sea?

Everyone knows how brief the Chinese history books are about the war. Even if it is a reciprocal performance, it is often out of time to highlight the merits of the generals themselves.

If Zheng Hongkui's sailors can be dispatched normally, he will retreat through the Yangtze River even if he loses. But according to the "Wujiang County Chronicles", volume 58, "Hongkui entered Zhejiang Jingxi from Zhenjiang. Combined with other materials, it can be confirmed that Zheng Hongkui withdrew by land. From this, when Jianyu crossed the river, Zheng Fan's sailor must not have been in a normal state. History of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The Biography of Yang Wencong shows that of course, the fog fills the river, and the result should be that the combat effectiveness of Zheng Fan's water division cannot be brought into play.

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