Chapter Eighty-Four: The Next Goal
Ganzhou is located at the confluence of three rivers, one side of the city wall is close to Gongshui, the other side of the city wall is a little distance from the Zhangjiang River, there is a narrow triangle between the west gate and the south gate.
This triangle is Ganzhou city wall on one side, Zhangjiang on one side, belongs to the death of the art of war, and is the forward position of attacking Ganzhou, the Qing army sent garrisons, the Ming army reinforcements occupied the other side of the Zhangjiang River, after setting up the pontoon bridge, the Qing army in this triangle was surrounded.
Around this surrounded Qing army, the Ming and Qing sides launched a fierce battle.
The Ming army surrounded the triangle in order to hurt Jin Shenghuan, attract the main force of the Qing army, and cover the Gongyi battalion to attack Pizhen, while the Qing army used the triangle as a bait and opened a huge pocket around Ganzhou, and dispatched troops to outflank the back road to completely wipe out these tens of thousands of Ming troops.
Each has its own clever arrangement, see who is strong!
After holding out for two days, the reinforcements of the Ming army took the initiative to withdraw into Ganzhou, and Shi Lang's sailors also abandoned the pontoon bridge and retreated to the upper reaches of the Zhangjiang River.
From a local tactical level, the Qing army won the battle, not only rescued the Qing army in the triangle, but also repelled Shi Lang's sailors, and surrounded tens of thousands of Ming troops in Ganzhou City. Wang Deren, who commanded the battle, was full of spirit, mobilized a large army to surround Ganzhou layer by layer, preparing to trap Ganzhou City and capture Emperor Longwu alive......
Looking around from the wall of Ganzhou, the Qing army was retreating mightily.
Within a dozen miles of sight, there are flags of the Qing army everywhere, groups of soldiers and horses leave the camp, hundreds of warships shuttle back and forth on the river, people shout horses neighing, vehicles come and go, although the Qing army is retreating, but thousands of troops and horses are moving together. It still looks magnificent and imposing.
The Qing army used to stay in the camp, the edge is not obvious, now tens of thousands of people out of the camp together, they can see their military might, Emperor Longwu and the civil and military ministers stand on the city wall, as if watching the tide on the shore, shocked, deeply lucky.
Jin Shenghuan's troops were well-trained and strong. The Ming army is really not an opponent, but they have already withdrawn their troops!
The Gongyi battalion took Pizhen, and the battle of Ganzhou was won!
Liang Zhiren and several other generals were even more solemn, and the Gongyi battalion rushed into the hinterland of the Qing army and conquered Pizhen in one day. That's too tough, isn't it?
Emperor Longwu thought further, although the battle of Ganzhou was a fluke. But in the end, it was won. What to do in the future?
The retreat of the Qing army was busy and endless, he didn't want to look at it anymore, turned around and went down to the city, and before getting on the sedan chair, he called the eunuch Pang Tianshou to him.
"Go and invite the Flower Heavenly Master. I have something to ask him......"
Under the introduction of Fu Guan and others, Emperor Longwu once met Hua Xiaoyue once, knowing that he (she) had the ability to predict the future, and Hua Xiaoyue was still his savior. calculated that he was going to be killed in Tingzhou, so that Wang Kefanqin could rescue him.
After Emperor Longwu entered Ganzhou, he used a rich house as a temporary yard to enter the courtyard several times before and after. Pang Tianshou was quick to do things, when Emperor Longwu returned to Xingzai, Hua Xiaoyue was already waiting at the door, and after the salute, he followed him into the gate and came to the flower hall.
"Master Huatian, how much is it to persuade Jin Shenghuan to surrender?" Persuading Jin Shenghuan to surrender was also Hua Xiaoyue's idea for him.
"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. Sincerely, the gold and stone are open. Hua Xiaoyue read the words.
"What will be the outcome of the war in Fujian?" Emperor Longwu was now most worried about Fujian, which fell into the hands of the Qing army and was a threat to both Ganzhou and Guangdong's flanks.
"Zheng Chenggong must be the mainstay." Hua Xiaoyue cherishes words like gold.
"What about Huguang, is Huguang in danger?" Kong Youde and the other three kings and one duke mobilized a large army and were heading south, and they were heading towards Huguang, and Huguang's pressure was not small.
"He Tengjiao is embarrassed." Hua Xiaoyue still only has one sentence, what to say, what not to say, Wang Kefan had already explained when he left.
"Who killed the deer in the Sichuan war?"
Zhang Xianzhong and Haoge fought in Sichuan, the result of victory and defeat will affect the general trend of the world, for Emperor Longwu, the Manchu and Zhang Xianzhong are enemies, but the Manchu Qing is too strong, he still hopes that Zhang Xianzhong can hold on and fight with the Manchu Qing to lose both.
However, Hua Xiaoyue's answer disappointed him.
"Zhang Xianzhong can't escape this catastrophe."
"Oh, in that case, will the Qing army take advantage of the situation and go straight to Yungui?" Emperor Longwu was very worried that Haoge's army was the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if they captured Sichuan and then captured Yungui, the remaining territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty would be surrounded by the Qing army.
"That's not necessarily, in the next night to watch the sky, Hauge also has a catastrophe."
"Oh? What do you mean by that? "Emperor Longwu's eyes lit up, could it really be a lose-lose situation?
"The celestial phenomena are chaotic, and the mana is low below, and the mystery has not yet been penetrated."
"That's the case......" Emperor Longwu sighed in disappointment, frowning and silently in a daze, Hua Xiaoyue saluted and said goodbye, he only subconsciously hummed, and didn't care.
Under the guidance of a little eunuch, Hua Xiaoyue walked through the hall and hurried out with her head bowed.
She has been dressed as a man for many years, has rich experience, and has never been recognized, but she is careful to sail a ship of ten thousand years, usually lives in a simple house, and always acts in a low-key manner, trying to minimize the chance of showing up. was recruited by Emperor Longwu today, she deliberately added a thick robe, covered her face with a layer of yellow powder, and hurriedly said goodbye and left after answering three or two sentences.
Fortunately, the emperor did not see any flaws.
"Hua Tianshi, please wait!"
Someone suddenly called her behind her, Hua Xiaoyue stopped, and when she looked back, it turned out to be the eunuch Pang Tianshou.
"Pang Gonggong ......"
"Hey, call me Achilles!" Pang Tianshou hurriedly chased after him, and said with a smile: "Niangniang heard that Hua Tianshi is good at divination, and wants to calculate a hexagram for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, and he will be my great son in the future, and his life is unspeakably precious, and he can easily leak the secret of heaven." Hua Xiaoyue refused very simply, the water in the royal harem was too deep to mix indiscriminately.
"Oh, I see...... But Niangniang is still waiting, just go and see it, if you don't want to tell the hexagram, Niangniang won't embarrass you. Pang Tianshou's eyes were bright, staring at Hua Xiaoyue up and down, Hua Xiaoyue was nervous for no reason.
"The idle clouds and wild cranes in the rivers and lakes are inconvenient to disturb the mother." Hua Xiaoyue's reason is very good, the emperor's harem can't be entered, even if Emperor Longwu is a fugitive emperor.
Pang Tianshou suddenly smiled, waved his hand to let the little eunuch retreat, and then said meaningfully: "If it is those laymen, of course it is inconvenient to see Niangniang, but Hua Tianshi has no taboo, right?" ”
Hua Xiaoyue's heart froze, but her face was expressionless, and she said lightly: "The royal etiquette is also respected by people outside the party, and I think the mother will not blame me for this, so I took my leave." ”
Pang Tianshou's smile became even thicker, and he nodded and said, "Hahaha, okay then, Hua Tianshi walks slowly." ”
His two eyes swept around Hua Xiaoyue's chest and waist like knives, Hua Xiaoyue's heart was pounding, she didn't dare to say anything more, she turned around and left.
Pang Tianshou looked at her back and smiled, touched his smooth chin with his hand, and was secretly proud in his heart: "This little girl, can you deceive others and me?" Do you really think that the eunuchs in our family have been in vain for decades? ”
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The Ming army won the battle of Ganzhou, and the impact on other places has not yet been revealed, from a national perspective, the Qing army's second southward upsurge gradually unfolded, the pressure of the Southern Ming is still very great, and Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime is about to fall.
After several months of preparation, after the Manchu general Boluo pacified Zhejiang, he ordered Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, Huaishun Wang Geng Zhongming, Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi, Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang, Huitong right wing Gushan Ezhen Jinli, left wing Melle Zhangjing Tong Yanghe and other troops to go south to attack Huguang and Liangguang, and appointed Kong Youde as the general of Pingnan to control the various departments.
Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Shen Zhixiang, these four people are the so-called Sanshun Wang Yishun Gong, because they defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty earlier, won the trust of the Qing court, their subordinates are mainly firearms troops, with hundreds of red-clothed cannons, thousands of copper cannons of various calibers, the best at attacking the strong city and hard village, Shi Kefa held on to Yangzhou, was by Kong Youde's cannon to blast the city wall, quickly broke the city.
Sanshun Wang and Shungong, plus two elites of the Eight Banners, as well as the green battalions of the Han army in Henan and Huguang, the Qing army had an overwhelming advantage.
However, Kong Youde's troops also have a weakness, that is, they are slow to move and have very high requirements for logistical support. The weight of a six-pounder cannon is about 700 kilograms, and Kong Youde has thousands of cannons, and under the transportation conditions of this era, he set off from Liaodong Laowo, walking slower than a turtle, and it took more than four months to reach Xinyang, Henan......
Fujian's shape shì will also settle the dust.
Bolo suffered a defeat in Tingzhou, Emperor Longwu ran farther and farther, and he may not be able to catch up, and there is still danger in the lone army, so Bolo turned around and attacked Fuzhou, and then occupied Fujian first.
In order to solve the Fujian problem as much as possible, Bolo simply coaxed and deceived Zheng Zhilong, promising him that he would be the governor of Fujian and Guangdong as long as he surrendered. Zheng Zhilong's desire for profit, despite the dissuasion of his family's subordinates, went to Fuzhou to meet Bolo, and was placed under house arrest as soon as he arrived in the Qing military camp.
Zheng Zhilong was forced to write a letter to recruit his subordinates, and more than a dozen generals above the general army level such as Shi Fu and Zheng Zhibao were ordered to surrender, but due to the efforts of Zheng Chenggong and others, 30,000 or 40,000 horses were pulled away, and Shi Xian and Hong Xishan, Shi Fu's subordinates, also snatched out an elite sailor.
Bolo then launched an attack on Zheng Chenggong and drove him to the southeast coast of Fujian, and then left Tong Yangjia and Li Chengdong to defend Fujian, and the class returned to the court......
After a short rest in Jinggangshan, the Gongyi battalion went south from the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, and made a detour to Nanxiong, the battle of Ganzhou was over, and Wang Kefan's next target was Guangdong.
(End of Volume 3) (To be continued......)