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Hong Chengchou and Huang Degong are not very familiar, but they have met before, he led an army of 60,000 to attack Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion, far from so smooth, it can be said that this time the fight between him and Huang Degong fully showed the cruelty of the battle.

After Huang Deli led an army of 50,000 troops into Suzhou and Songjiang Mansion, the requirements for discipline were very strict, and it was never allowed to harass the people, so the army was also welcomed by the local people, Suzhou Mansion was one of the richest places in the Ming Dynasty, there were a lot of merchants here, the harvest on the land was also good, and the number of taxes paid every year was also considerable, because Huang Degong did not harass the people, did not cause trouble to the government, and the prefects of Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion were also after asking for instructions and reporting above. gave Huang Degong a certain amount of help, both in terms of money and food, and took out a lot.

Huang Degong himself fought bravely, he didn't have so many fancy intestines in his heart, and he also had strict requirements for the sergeants below, and the officers under him, all those who had combat merits and fought bravely, could be promoted, and they couldn't please here with just one mouth, so the 50,000 army he led was indeed combative. Su Tiancheng and Hong Chengchou are all prepared for this.

But the army led by Huang Dequan, after all, has shortcomings in terms of numbers, stationed in Suzhou 30,000 people, Songjiang Mansion 20,000 people, facing the 60,000 troops of the Jiangning battalion, facing the brave and strong Jiangning battalion soldiers, defeat is inevitable.

But Huang Degong also has a smart place, when the battle just began, that is, after several small-scale defeats. Huang Degong saw the situation clearly, the number of 50,000 sergeants was not much, and he had to divide his troops to resist the Jiangning battalion, which was not able to please Lu, so within a short time, Huang Degong took the initiative to give up Suzhou. The army retreated to Songjiang Mansion, so that it could hit the strength of the force, in fact, Huang Degong also wanted to let the army concentrate in Suzhou Mansion, but unfortunately Hong Chengchou's movements were too fast, and the artillery of the Jiangning battalion was too fierce, and he wanted to continue to occupy Suzhou Mansion and confront the Jiangning battalion, there was no chance.

On the one hand, Huang Degong organized the sergeants to gather in Songjiang Mansion and took advantage of the familiarity with the terrain to fight with the Jiangning battalion. On the other hand, he also wrote letters to Zhu Youxiang and Qin Sande, imploring the troops stationed in Changzhou Prefecture and other places to come to support, as long as a situation of flanking from the front and rear can be formed, the current passive situation can be solved immediately, and perhaps victory can be achieved.

The development of the situation soon exceeded Huang Degong's expectations.

The large army stationed in Guangdezhou and Ningguo Mansion was defeated and annihilated by the Jiangning battalion in a very short period of time, and the large army stationed in Changzhou. Quickly evacuated and returned to Nanjing. As for the army stationed in Huizhou Mansion, there is no news for the time being, and it is estimated that there is no hope.

After ten days passed, Huang Degong knew that he might not have any hope of victory, and his original plan was completely in vain.

Ningguofu, Guangdezhou and Changzhou Fu. Completely occupied by the Jiangning battalion, the situation in Huizhou Mansion is not particularly clear, but it is a matter of time before it is lost.

Occupying such a major advantage, Su Tiancheng didn't even send a large army to reinforce him, relying on the army led by Hong Chengchou. is about to defeat him, this condition is already in place, the army stationed in Songjiang Mansion has no way to retreat, all official roads are controlled by the Jiangning battalion, and the army has no chance to retreat at all. It was also at this time that Huang Degong understood why he led the army to retreat to Songjiang Mansion in the early battle, and did not encounter the fierce attack of the Jiangning battalion, and it turned out that the people wanted to let the army led by themselves enter Songjiang Mansion, which formed an encirclement, if the choice at that time was to abandon Suzhou and Songjiang Mansion, and strive to withdraw the army to Changzhou or simply to Nanjing, and strive to be able to completely break out of the encirclement and preserve strength, I am afraid that the tragic battle would have begun long ago.

Stuck in Songjiang Fucheng, all contact with the outside world was cut off, and he didn't know what was going on outside the road.

The strange thing is that the army led by Hong Chengchou did not attack, but quietly surrounded outside.

This made Huang Degong a little puzzled, but he couldn't take care of it so much, the most important thing now is to stabilize the army, no support is certain, and the final defeat is certain, in this case, if you want to be loyal to the imperial court and want to kill yourself, it is not so simple, he Huang Degong is willing, and the sergeants below may not be completely willing.

As for the matter of surrender, Huang Degong did not consider it at all, despite Hong Chengchou's letter.

The reason why Hong Chengchou did not launch an attack immediately was that the focus was still on recruiting Huang Degong, the sergeant led by Huang Dequan did have extraordinary combat effectiveness, and being able to absorb such a sergeant into the Jiangning battalion was also something that any commander was willing to do, of course, Hong Chengchou did not launch an attack immediately, but also wanted to minimize casualties, Huizhou Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Guangde Prefecture, Changzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion were all occupied by the Jiangning Battalion, and the only thing left in the first phase of the battle was Songjiang Mansion, It can be said that victory is close at hand, and there is no need to be too anxious at such a time, not to mention that Su Tiancheng has no intention of sending a large army to reinforcements at all.

Hong Chengchou has sent someone to send two letters to Huang Degong, admonishing Huang Degong to give up resistance, the first time was in Suzhou, Hong Chengchou told Huang Degong very clearly in the letter, there is not much hope for resistance, of course, that time to write a letter, Hong Chengchou did not have much hope, and even did not think of success, it was nothing more than a preventive shot in advance, after all, the fight had not yet begun, and then Huang Dequan led the army to withdraw to Songjiang Mansion and entered the city, Hong Chengchou wrote again, this time he made up his mind.

Su Tiancheng's words, he has always kept in his heart, for generals like Huang Degong, as well as the sergeants under him, try to find a way to surrender, but if Huang Degong does not surrender and thinks about resisting, then he will be fulfilled and the army led by him will be completely wiped out, and Huang Degong himself should not think that he can survive.

Hong Chengchou has a different understanding, thinking that a general like Huang Degong is nothing more than a tendon, as long as you can really defeat him and use appropriate methods to influence him, Huang Degong can still become a brave general in the Jiangning Battalion, at least not much worse than He Renlong. It's a pity that Su Tiancheng's order is clear, and Hong Chengchou can only carry it out.

Huang Degong received a second letter, and the army had been surrounded in Songjiang Province.

The situation is very grim, Songjiang Mansion at this time, not Shanghai after a few hundred years, the key is that shipping has not been thoroughly developed, the imperial court's ban on the sea, so that Songjiang Mansion has little room for development. More than 40,000 troops entered Songjiang Mansion, just the consumption of food, is a very big burden, the army gathered in Songjiang Mansion, is a decision made in desperation, there is no such plan, the preparation of food is not very much, you must know that Songjiang Mansion was originally only stationed 20,000 troops, suddenly increased more than double the army, supply must be difficult.

There is also one of the biggest problems, that is, Songjiang Mansion cannot be supplied at all, Suzhou Mansion and Changzhou Mansion are completely occupied by Jiangning Battalion, the imperial court is thinking about supplies, but it can't be sent in, in addition, Huang Degong is not stupid, judging from the many arrangements made by Zhu Youxiang, Nanjing has given up Songjiang Mansion and is ready to hold Nanjing and Fengyang and other places.

Under such circumstances, Huang Degong still did not consider surrendering.

This is a rare situation, in fact, in the army, there are not many people who are really willing to resist desperately, not to mention ordinary sergeants, the key is officers at all levels, but these officers obey Huang Degong's command.

Huang Degong's thoughts are indeed relatively simple, as a soldier, the horse leather shroud is the greatest ideal, as for surrender, it is a soldier's shame, and such a situation must not occur.

Regarding Hong Chengchou's second letter, Huang Degong still chose to ignore it, or even not reply to the letter.

This is Huang Degong's stubbornness, very cute stubbornness, but unfortunately it is not used in the right place.

After waiting for three days, Hong Chengchou did not receive any news, and he knew very well that Huang Degong was in a bad mood.

There are two sets of ways to attack Songjiang Fucheng, the first set of methods is to besiege, so that the army inside has no choice but to break through, so that they can reduce their own casualties, the second set of methods is to storm, first rely on the artillery battalion to open the gap, and then the army will kill it, so the casualties of the attack will definitely be more.

All the soldiers have long been prepared, especially He Renlong, who served as the vanguard officer again, is even more impatient, this time he followed Hong Chengchou to attack Suzhou Mansion and Songjiang Mansion, and has not yet achieved a great victory, look at Liu Wenxiu and others, occupy so many places, exterminate more than 100,000 Ming troops, this kind of comparison is not pleasant.

Hong Chengchou finally made up his mind to take a strong offensive situation, which was also a decision made in combination with the actual situation, after all, the main purpose of the battle was to occupy Nanjing and other places, which indicated that the battle against Nanzhili and even the entire south had achieved a substantial victory, and it was impossible for the army to rub it alone for Huang Degong, since Huang Degong was given enough opportunities, Huang Degong gave up himself, and it is no wonder that others.

On the second day of the eighth month of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, the battle to attack the city of Songjiang began.

The rumbling artillery fire covered everything on the city wall, and all you could see was the dust rushing to the sky......

Hong Chengchou held a telescope in his hand, looking at all this, there was not much smile on his face, he felt sorry for Huang Degong, in his heart he still admired Huang Degong, who was able to resist to the death, and now there are not many ministers of civil and military affairs who can do this.

A day and a night passed, and the siege was over.

When Huang Degong, who was covered with scars, was escorted to Hong Chengchou, Hong Chengchou personally held a bowl of wine and saw Huang Degong off, Huang Degong was not polite, and drank the bowl of severed head wine with a smile. (To be continued......)