Chapter Fifty-Six: The Three-Plate Axe
The last time Ma Guozhu came, he sent the news of the Battle of Qingtian. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
According to Ma Xin and Hu Laijin's intensified document report, the Ming army launched a series of attacks on Qingtian County in those days, and attacked the city several times, but under the stubborn resistance of the Qing army defending the city, as well as the repeated attacks of the Taizhou Green Battalion and the Taizhou Naval Division as reinforcements, the Ming army had to give up the hard-won results and temporarily slow down the pace of attack to deal with the harassment of the Qing army on the flank.
For several days, the Ming army was forced to withdraw after repeated attacks to no avail, and the strategy of luring the Qing army outside the city was seen through by Ma Xin.
Although the details and thrilling degree of the battle in the good news are also exaggerated, they are far from the one sent from Jiangshan County before, but they put more ink on the request for reinforcements and guards, which makes Hong Chengchou let go of some worries about Qingtian County.
Since the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou has never turned back. His status and the joke Chongzhen made when he thought he had been martyred, made him have to go down this road once he was cleared.
"I heard that Mr. Hengjiu was a masterpiece of this dynasty, the battle of Songshan and Xingshan, and the blood spattered Zhangqu. The first emperor mourned and praised and moved Huayi. I often admire his loyalty, although he is young, how can he let him serve the country by killing himself...... Mr. Hengjiu has been dead for a long time, the world has heard of it, once the imperial sacrifice of the seven altars, the Son of Heaven came in person, tears filled with dragon faces, and the ministers whimpered. What a rebel you are, dare to use your name as a defilement of your loyalty! ”
"On the opposite side, the first emperor gave it to an official, built a temple and shrine, sacrificed it, and shaded it; If you betray your righteousness and die of grace, you will enter the house, level my mausoleum, burn down my temple, and if you are guilty of heaven, you will be far away from Li Ling and Wei Lu."
"The history is beautiful, although it has not become famous, it can be lawful; Hong En is mighty, and he can't repay the country and become an enemy. ”
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Over the years, the cursing against him has never stopped, and even his wife and younger brother have denied him.
Every time he thinks of this, Hong Chengchou thinks viciously: "If the Manchu Qing conquered China, then I, Hong Chengchou, am at least a slave of the Manchu Emperor, and I am a human being, and you guys who curse me and your descendants may not be able to live, not to mention, even if they can live, they are Han people who are not even as good as slaves in the Manchu system, so what does the insult hurt me?" ”
It is precisely for this reason that Hong Chengchou was extremely concerned about the Manchu suppression of the anti-Qing movement, and did his best to do everything well. Whether it was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or in the position of appeasement of the governor of Jiangnan, the influential Ming court civil and military forces have always been appeased if they can, and if they can't be appeased, they will be killed with their hands, thinking that it is a deterrent effect. And his efforts also made it so that the Manchus rarely suffered a crushing defeat in suppressing the Jiangnan anti-Qing rebels in the first few years of entering the customs.
After the end of Ding Wei, Hong Chengchou experienced a series of events in the ruling power of Dolgon and the pro-government of Shunzhi after his death, but he was still extremely concerned about the protracted struggle against the Qing Dynasty.
Chen Wen rose in Zhejiang, and several major wars not only swept away the Qing army in southwest Zhejiang, but also indirectly led to a series of chain reactions such as the breakthrough of Zhang Zisheng in Jiangxi and the successful capture of Zhangzhou and the siege of Quanzhou by Zheng in southern Fujian.
Even without these, the Manchus fed the bannermen, the civil and military green battalions in the north, and supported the armies that suppressed the anti-Qing uprisings in various places, especially the Yongli court in the southwest, all of which needed the wealth of the southeast to support. Among them, Hangjiahu in Zhejiang and Susongchang Town in Jiangnan are the key to the key, and Jinhua, where Chen Wen's army is located, is only a mansion away from Hangzhou.
took over Chen Jin's mess, and with Hong Chengchou's understanding of Jiangnan and the essence of the analysis through the words of the report, he soon had a basic understanding of the current situation.
At present, although the Qing army still has an absolute superiority in strength in the four southeastern provinces, it is difficult for them to draw too many troops to suppress the resistance forces stationed in various places, and Chen Wen was able to take Jinhua lightly is an example.
Now that the Ming army in Zhejiang and the Ming army in Fujian have the strategic initiative, the Qing army, especially the Qing army in Fujian, does not dare to move lightly at all, because once there is a mistake, the province of Fujian may not even have a chance to say goodbye to the Manchus under the attack of these two Ming armies. In addition, before he set off, he killed Kong Youde and swept through Guangxi for a long time. Although it is unlikely that these three Ming forces will join forces, once they join forces, whether Chen Zheng is in northern Fujian or Wenzhou in Zhejiang, Chen Li is in Jiangxi, or Li Zheng is in Guangdong, the Manchu rule in the southeast will be over.
The sudden change in the southeast war situation came from Zhejiang, and it must also start from Zhejiang. Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, who was martyred not long ago, was not a mediocre talent who did not know how to soldier, and Chen Wen, who was able to defeat him several times and finally forced him to die in Quzhou, was naturally not a good character.
After careful planning, Hong Chengchou finally bought some time, and the news of this good news announced the stagnation of the military conflict in southwest Zhejiang this year, which was enough to change the regional situation. However, Hong Chengchou knows very well that this is actually only temporary.
The biggest reason why the plan he planned for the joint defense of the three counties of Quzhou and the stubborn defense of Qingtian was not the Qing army such as Yang Jie, Wang Zhigang, Ma Xin, Zhang Guoxun, and Hu Laiji, who fought bravely under the persecution of the whole house, but Chen Jin, who had already died in Quzhou. It was Chen Jin who delayed for the Manchus for a month, and he just took advantage of the weakness of the Ming army's repeated battles and the fatigue of the soldiers, and there was nothing to be proud of.
A few months later, once the autumn tax in the areas occupied by the Ming army in Zhejiang was collected and the training of recruited recruits was completed, the war in southwest Zhejiang was bound to rekindle.
Hiding his tracks, hiding in the shadows and plotting, and carrying out it in the name of others, finally allowed Chen Wen to temporarily restrain his minions, but the hibernation of this tiger in western Zhejiang was just for the next time to kill more quickly. At present, the green battalion in the north and an elite army from Shunzhi are far from leaving, and he has no way to take Chen Wen for a while, but all this has already been in his calculations, and it is not unexpected for him.
Li Dingguo, who had just killed Nikan, was still in Huguang, and the news just came that Dorobelle Tunqi, who succeeded Nikan, had already commanded the army to occupy Hengyang, which Li Dingguo had previously held. Now that the battlefield in the southwest has calmed down for the time being, and there is no threat in southwest Zhejiang for the time being, Hong Chengchou can rest assured that he will swing his third axe, and his target is Zheng Chenggong, who is watching Quanzhou.
Because, only by removing the threat on Zheng Chenggong's road can we concentrate more troops to encircle and suppress Chen Wen, who is becoming increasingly difficult to contain! (To be continued.) )