Chapter 414: Jiang Shang (Text)
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Ji Hong rushed into the Xiaoshan camp with a whip, and a person with only one arm could ride a horse like this, which made many army sergeants ashamed of themselves.
After entering the big tent of the Chinese army, Ji Hong said the first thing after seeing the salute: "The Xuancheng soldiers are defeated!" ”
Zhai Zhe immediately spread out the map.
Ji Hong recounted in detail on the side: "Four days ago, the rebel army besieging Xuancheng was attacked by Zhang Tianlu, Qiu Zude, Wu Tianqiu and several other leaders were captured, the rebel army of Ningguo Mansion was under Xuancheng, and there were only three or four thousand defenders in Jing County, and Yin Minxing, the leader of the Ningguo Righteous Army, was there, but I was afraid that I couldn't hold it!" ”
"Is there any movement in Huizhou Mansion?"
Ji Hong shook his head and said, "As far as I know, not yet!" ”
Zhai Zhe tapped a few times on the map with his fingertips and beckoned to the outside of the tent: "Someone!" ”
"In!"
"Order, order Zuo Ruo to lead the army back to Fuyang!"
"Yes!"
Zhai Zhe closed the map, his heart was a little anxious, and he said to himself: "Why doesn't Huang Daozhou send troops, don't send troops, and block the way." ”
Ji Hong and a few others didn't dare to interject.
Zhai Zhexian was cramped, chuckled, eased the atmosphere, and asked, "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days, right?" "The higher his status, the more pressure he puts on the people around him. Now his words and deeds will have a great impact on the morale of the soldiers around him and even the army. What's more, he was just complaining just now, wasn't Huang Daozhou's use of troops still in his expectations.
Ji Hong replied in a low voice: "Three days!" ”
Zhai Zhe thought for a while, and then asked, "When will Hong Chengchou arrive in Nanjing?" ”
Ji Hong bowed again: "According to the news from the north, it should be these days." ”
"This man is still a nuisance!" Zhai Zhe opened the map again and said, "I heard Liu Suifeng say that Zheng Zhilong protected all the clansmen in his hometown in Quanzhou and did not allow the court to move. After his side went south, the Zheng clan's navy could not be counted on, and this person was very familiar with the squires from all over the Ming Dynasty. Because it's familiar, it's scary. ”
He faintly felt that his back was being targeted by a pair of sinister eyes, and if the squires everywhere were obedient, the life of the Qing prisoner would be much better. He followed the coastline and the Yangtze River channel on the map, until he saw the location from the city of Nanjing, and finally returned to the city of Jiangyin. When he left Chongming Island, he originally thought that Jiangyin City was in front of him, but he didn't expect it to last for two months, which made him regret his original decision.
How long can it be supported? No one can give him an accurate answer. However, Jiangyin City was very helpful to the entire Jiangnan war situation, and at least 30,000 troops were contained. What does 30,000 horses mean? He only had a total of 30,000 people in Hangzhou.
He muttered in a low voice: "Yan Yingyuan is very good, since Governor Hong is here, we should give him a meeting gift." ”
"Someone!"
Fang Jin approached and replied loudly: "Yes!" ”
Zhai Zhe pressed his palm on Jiangyin City, hesitated for a while, and finally resolutely ordered: "The order is for Zhang Mingzhen to coordinate the command, gather all the horses of Chongming Island and Jingjiang Island, and secretly support Jiangyin, so that Jiangyin can last one more day, and everything is careful." ”
What was discarded is now being picked up again, and that's because it's good.
There are 20,000 sailors on Chongming Island, 4,000 Gu Sanmazi, 5,000 Zhang Mingzhen, and more than 4,000 on Jingjiang Island, which seems to be 33,000 men, but only Zhang Mingzhen's 5,000 foot soldiers and Chen Huwei's more than 2,000 pirates are really worthy of battle, and the pirates may not be able to use them in the frontal battlefield. But Liu Liangzuo's siege lasted for two months, and he was impetuous. These people can't defeat Liu Liangzuo, it's still okay to send some supplies to Jiangyin City, even if they don't win, they have the advantage of a water master, and they can guarantee that they can get out of the way.
One more day of Jiangyin is particularly important to alleviate the pressure on Jiangnan and even southern Anhui, even if more people die, it is worth it!
On August 15, the moon is full in the sky and the earth is reunited.
The dinner at the Xiaoshan camp and the Hangzhou City Barracks had more mooncakes than usual, although it was very simple and did not have the fragrance of five kernels, but the soldiers were careful to carry it in their arms and were reluctant to eat it.
It's a little thought, and sometimes it can have unexpected effects.
Jingjiang Island.
Chen Huwei leaned on the beach, looking up at the disc-like moon in the sky, his round face looked like he was smiling at himself, how unpleasant it was.
"Damn, what a laugh, what's funny!" Chen Huwei got up and spat at the mouth, "Come on, drive the boat and Lao Tzu to Jiangyin City to have a look." ”
He is not a compassionate person, and when he loots, no matter how old or weak, women and children he meets, he will go down with a knife in front of him, and he will be clean. But after watching the offensive and defensive battles of Jiangyin City for more than a month, he became more and more unsteady.
The river is calm, the moon is in the sky, and the water surface is flooded with fish-scale light.
The boat swayed off the island and slowly and quietly approached the shore. When there were still three or four miles to the shore, Chen Huwei waved back, jumped into the water and swam to the opposite shore like a big fish, and more than a dozen cronies followed behind him.
In the past month, Chen Huwei has only been rampant in the river, contacting the water kou in Jiangbei and robbing three grain transportation teams. Liu Liangzuo has been monitoring the movements of the sailors on the island, and after a long time, he knows that these people do not have the courage to go ashore.
Chen Huwei approached the shore carefully, and the last movement was very stretched, even if someone sat on the shore and listened, he couldn't feel that there were people in the water. He crouched on the ground, listened to no movement for a while, and asked his two subordinates to go to the shore first to make sure that there were no patrols nearby, and then climbed up. After going ashore, the group walked straight into the grass along the bank of the river, and Jiangyin City got closer and closer.
There was a faint sound of bamboo in his ears, Chen Huwei pricked up his ears and listened, and sneaked forward for a mile.
This time, not only can I hear it clearly, but I can even faintly see a figure shaking at the head of the city, not only singing, but also accompanied by the sound of drums and huqin.
"Damn, this Jiangyin person is really tune-in!" Chen Huwei couldn't say what he felt in his heart, he always felt a pressure on his chest, and he didn't vomit or feel unhappy.
Sitting there and listening, he sighed, waved his hand towards the head of Jiangyin City, and returned the same way.
At the head of Jiangyin City, the defenders couldn't see Chen Huwei in the grass.
Yan Yingyuan raised his glass to invite Mingyue, and standing beside him were his good brothers Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, Wang Gongluo and others.
After defending the city for nearly two months, there were no reinforcements outside, and everyone had the heart of dying, but they were more open-minded.
When the song was finished, everyone drank it all.
Yan Yingyuan laughed: "If you die, you will die, and you will see the ghost!" ”
He knew that the soldiers and horses of eastern Zhejiang captured Hangzhou and erected a banner against the shaving order, but he also knew that the soldiers and horses of eastern Zhejiang could not save him. But Jiangyin's raising of the banner of righteousness is not because of eastern Zhejiang, nor because of Yan Yingyuan, but because of Jiangyin people.
The city was quiet, and no one spoke, and silence was better than sound at this time. More than ten miles away, the barracks of Qingyu under the moonlight stretched for several miles, and there were soldiers and horses stationed at all four gates.
When Chen Huwei returned to Jingjiang Island, it was already midnight.
He went ashore on his front feet, and he was greeted by a man in the moonlight, and although the light was bad, he could still feel that he could see the pockmarked face.
"Gu San, why are you here!"
Gu San Mazi scolded: "Lao Chen, you are really bold enough, how dare you go ashore." "He's not good-spoken, but he's all caring.
Chen Huwei didn't seem to hear him at all, patted him on the shoulder with his right hand, and continued to ask, "Why are you here!" ”
Gu San Mazi pulled him to a secluded place and said, "The general ordered Chongming Island and Jingjiang Island to rescue Jiangyin!" ”
"Really!" Chen Huwei's decadence was swept away overnight, and he hurriedly asked, "When will you soldier!" ”
Gu San Mazi put the index finger of his right hand to his mouth, "shhh ”
"Yes!" Chen Huwei was happy, grabbed Gu San Mazi, and said, "I recently got a batch of good wine, and I haven't had time to enjoy it on the island, so you came just in time!" ”
The night passed.
In the afternoon of the next day, four large ships arrived at Jingjiang Island, and they did not unload their cargo, and there were soldiers around them to guard it tightly.
After Zhang Mingzhen received Zhai Zhe's order, he has been thinking about it, and this is the first purposeful task he undertakes.
Zhai Zhe didn't want Jiangyin City to break through, he just wanted Jiangyin City to continue to hold on, and if he could hold on for one more day, then he chose to send materials to the city. Jiangyin City was besieged before the summer grain harvest, the grain reserves were not much, and it took a lot of gunpowder, lime and other materials to defend the city, which were all ready-made on Chongming Island. To send these things from Jingjiang Island to Jiangyin City, there are more than ten miles of roads, and one night is enough.
After thinking about it, Zhang Mingzhen decided not to send people into the siege to report to Jiangyin City, which can benefit from the combination of inside and outside, but it will also make the Qing prisoners more vigilant.
The materials were transported to Jingjiang Island little by little, and there have been warships coming and going between Jingjiang and Chongming Island, and Liu Liangzuo couldn't see anything greasy.
The moonlight has been very good these days, and it is not a suitable weather for a sneak attack.
Ten large ships of the Chongming Island Naval Division went down the Huangpu River to the direction of Songjiang, and Li Chengdong mobilized troops and horses along the coast to strictly defend it. The Wusong Club on the other side of Chongming Island also had 3,000 soldiers stationed, and since the last time he was reprimanded by Duoduo, he was simply a frightened bird. Duoduo has never been able to capture Hangzhou, so he can't spare time to deal with him.
The soldiers from Chongming Island were transported to Jingjiang Island in batches, and Chen Huwei ordered that no one should be allowed to leave the island. The pirates and soldiers on Jingjiang Island can feel that they are going to have a big life.
There are fierce battles under Jiangyin City every day, and Chen Huwei is even worried that other cities will be breached in the past few days.
Finally waited for a cloudy day.
Wang Zhiren led 10,000 sailors out of Chongming Island in the middle of the morning, controlled the boats along the way, crossed the sandbar in the north of Jiangyin City, and waited for the movement in the north.
As Zhai Zhe expected, Zhang Mingzhen relied on the 5,000 soldiers under his command and Chen Huwei's pirates, and the others were all used to wave flags and shout. Wang Zhiren claimed to be 20,000 people, but only 3,000 people could actually fight.
After a while, the soldiers of Jingjiang Island boarded the boat in turn, and Zhang Mingzhen was the last, praying secretly in his heart: "I hope Yan Yingyuan is not so cautious." ”
Chen Huwei led 2,000 pirates out first, and 200 people swam ashore to make sure that there were no patrols. The pirates were all small boats, and after landing on the shore, they hurriedly jumped ashore, and these people could also do the work of sneak attack, and if they were fighting, they would not be able to break through the enemy line even if they lost their lives in vain.