The Qiantang Naval Division successfully broke through the Lanxi defensive line, and due to the guerrilla attack of the Shui Zuo Battalion of the Qiantang Naval Division, the Qing army had to divide most of it and turn westward after regrouping, and the purpose of these Qing troops was to expel the Ming army's water camp in Quzhou, seize control of the Qujiang River, and cover the Qing army crossing the river on the Quzhou line. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The other part continued to stay in Lanxi in case Chen Wen crossed the Dongyang River to return to Jinhua.

The Qing army on the west bank of the Qujiang River only sensed that something was wrong from the spies lurking in the capital city of Quzhou a few days after Chen Wen left, but the warships of the water camp were on the side, but they did not dare to think too much about forcibly crossing the Qujiang River, and only completely scattered the cavalry to fight for control of the north bank of the Qujiang River.

The Qiantang Naval Division went all the way to the west, quickly destroying or driving away the warships in Longyou County, but their target was not here, so they continued to move forward without making any stops. It's just that after arriving in Quzhou, due to the artillery fire at the head of the city and the cooperation of the Ming army's water battalion, he had to give up the plan to gather and annihilate, and turned to cover and transport the Qing army across the Qujiang River.

Chen Wen's early departure was unexpected by the Qing generals, but this move also caused the Quzhou defenders to abandon everything outside Quzhou under the threat of the Qing army and retreat to the capital city. The Qing army used Yanjiasi's Jiangxinzhou to build a large pontoon bridge in an area south of the Qujiang Bridge in the later generations, and used the pier outside the city outside the city outside the Ming army's artillery range to gather warships to protect the pontoon bridge.

After the pontoon bridge was built, the 30,000 Qing troops in the direction of Quzhou crossed the Qujiang River with most of the auxiliaries who were slightly more than that, surrounded the Quzhou capital city, and began to build a long enclosure and a barrier to prevent the Ming army from returning to the division.

This was originally part of Hong Chengchou's plan, but it seemed a little too easy for the Qing army on the southern front in the direction of Quzhou, and it was a little earlier.

According to Hong Chengchou's plan, the Qing army was divided into four ways to encircle and suppress according to the terrain.

At first, the Zhejiang Admiral Standard Battalion, the Zhejiang Governor Standard Battalion, and the Dinghai General Army Standard Battalion, disguised as the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou Garrison, approached the Anhua Town Fort to contain the Pujiang Battalion of the Ming Army on the Northern Front; The Taizhou Green Battalion and the Wenzhou Green Battalion on the Eastern Front advanced into the state capital city to contain the defenders there; The two Qing armies from Jiangxi and Fujian on the southern front managed to complete the convergence and confront the main force of the Ming army across the Qujiang River, which was the first step in the whole plan.

In the second step, at the same time as the stalemate, the Hangzhou garrison of the Eight Banners and its reinforcements, supplemented by the Yanzhou Green Battalion, took Jinhua Mansion directly after the Qiantang Water Division quickly broke through the blockade of the Ming army in Lanxi, which was the key to the whole plan.

Jinhuafu City is the fundamental place of the Ming army, and its importance is not comparable to that of any other city -- the Ming army's yamen, warehouses, workshops, officer training bases, and recruit training camps, as well as the families of the generals in the army, are all here. As long as the city of Jinhuafu is captured, there is no need to occupy it for a long time, as long as those officials are killed and the facilities are burned, the Ming army in Zhejiang is a tree without roots and water without a source, and as long as the Qing army strictly guards the key points everywhere, the last Ming army in Zhejiang will collapse by itself in a desperate situation where there is no way to replenish the military needs.

For this reason, in addition to transferring the Qiantang water camp, Hong Chengchou also transferred some troop carriers from the Taizhou water camp to participate in the transportation of the Qing army, and only left the warships along the coast of Taiwen to guard against the Fujian Ming army.

In addition, in order to prevent the failure of the Qiantang Water Camp, he also gave Tian Xiong a trick that he didn't know if it would work as a backup plan. It's just that from a strategic and tactical point of view, Hong Chengchou is still more inclined to the plan of breaking through Lanxi by the Qiantang Water Battalion, although he must wait for the wind direction to be in his favor, but this is also more sudden, even if there is any unexpected situation, the impact on it is the smallest.

As for the key issue of whether he can quickly capture the core of Jinhua, Hong Chengchou is still full of confidence, in addition to this time as the short sword of the Han Eight Banner Army, there is another person under him, this person knows a person who is not a secret, but not ordinary people will realize the details of its use value.

In any case, the Qiantang Water Battalion had successfully broken through Lanxi, and the Qing army on the front line of Quzhou had also launched a siege. Quzhou is the center of defense of the Ming army in the western part of the Jinqu Basin, once there is a loss here, until the Ming army in Jinhua Mansion can be said to be in no danger to defend, the Qing army's strength advantage can be better played.

Moreover, in addition to the two war barracks, there are also the existence of the most important administrative assistant of the Confucian family Nanzong and Chen Wen, Sun Yu, in this palace city, which can be described as incalculable in value.

At the same time that the Qiantang Naval Division broke through Lanxi, the Qing army on the Western Front, which had already been assigned to disembark as the final word, had already divided a part to attack Lanxi County at night.

Lanxi County was founded in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Song Hongzun's "Dongyang Chronicles" recorded: "Three hundred and forty-five steps in the city on Tuesday". There are four gates of "Anzheng", "Qingbo", "Mingde" and "Gongchen" in the old, and the city tower is quite magnificent. The stone along the river is a steep bank, and a female wall is built on it, which has the function of flood control.

The Qing army came from the north, suddenly launched an attack, although the defenders had received the warning of the beacon fire before, but the strength was only more than 200 people, at this nightfall did their best to pull a large number of people to the city to assist in the defense, but also to sneak into the city to seize the opportunity.

The caravans, who claimed to be from Chun'an County, the capital of Yanzhou, came to sell sulfur as a strategic material, supposedly dug up from a new mine in Yanzhou, and said that if the Ming army could recover Chun'an, they could continue to sell more sulfur to the Ming army.

Sulphur was an essential ingredient for gunpowder, and the caravan was given special treatment and allowed to enter the inn. But the day after they entered the city, the Qing army on the western front launched a surprise attack, and when the Qing army attacked the city, these meticulous works rushed out of the post house and set fire to all sides.

The fire in the city was together, and the people who were stationed in the city to assist in the defense were in chaos, and the Qing army captured the city almost in one go. The defenders of Lanxi, except for those in the south and east of the city, escaped from Ascension, and the others either died in the north of the city, or did not make it to the final position, Sutiantai.

After the Qing army captured Lanxi County, they did not rush to slaughter the city according to the custom, because the beacon fire had already risen, and the Qing army, which was eager to complete the task of capturing Jinhua, set off early the next morning and went straight to Jinhua City.

The main force of this Qing army came from the Eight Banners of the Han Army, half of which was the Eight Banners of the Hangzhou garrison, with a full 4,000 troops, and the other half was the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty transferred from Beijing, which also had 4,000 people, headed by Shi Tingzhu, who was the predecessor of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty - Wuzhen Chaoha, who had been the deputy of Ang Bang Zhangjing Tong when it was first established.

This Tong is the head of the Tong family who has the so-called "wolf nest and Tong half dynasty" in the Qing Dynasty, and many of his descendants have married with the Manchu royal family, and even Shunzhi's son Kangxi's wife went out of this family.

Like this Tong family, Shi Tingzhu's descendants also denied the identity of their ancestors as Han people, and insisted that their ancestors were all Tartars, and they were Han surnames that were changed shortly before the Liaodong Rebellion, and then followed by the old slave and naturally changed back, surnamed Guerjia. As for whether it is true or not, it is not known.

The Eight Banners of the Han Army carried a large number of artillery this time, which was their old business, and when they approached the city of Jinhuafu, the artillery was concentrated outside the Tongyuan Gate in the west of the city, because it was the mouth of the Qing army that broke the city during the Jinhua Massacre. (To be continued.) )