Chapter 353: Victory (3)
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Zheng Jinhong led 5,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army and was responsible for attacking Fuzhou City.
Strictly speaking, the key to Fuzhou is no less than that of Lushunkou, occupying Fuzhou, the south can control the north and south of the mouth, Changsheng Island and Zhongdao, these places are almost all important ports or docks, the north can directly threaten the mouth of the Liao River Gaizhou, the east can help Xuancheng, Xuanzhou Tieshan and Phi Dao and other places, and the west can control the Bohai Bay.
Fuzhou is also the barrier of Lushunkou and Jinzhou and other places, although the Houjin Tartars can choose other routes to attack Lushun and Jinzhou and other places, but if Fuzhou is stationed in the Ming army, the Houjin Tartars will have to worry about encountering the situation of being flanked before and after, and will never dare to let go of the attack on Jinzhou and Lushun and other places, as for Yongning, it is considered the forward position of Fuzhou.
Once the Zheng Jiajun firmly controls Fuzhou, then the Houjin Tartars stationed in Gaizhou will always be in a state of fear, the biggest reason for this is that the Houjin Tartars lack a water division, once Gaizhou encounters an attack, it will be a two-sided attack by land and sea, and the possibility of loss is very great.
From the geographical point of view, the Houjin Tartars will never be able to lose Gaizhou, once Gaizhou is occupied by the Ming army, then Liaoyang will be threatened, which is difficult for the Houjin Tartars to bear.
It is precisely because of the importance of Gaizhou, so the Jin Tartars and the Ming army have fought many tug-of-war here, and the Jin Tartars completely controlled this place five years after the Apocalypse, and more than ten years have passed, and it has become a part of the Later Jin territory.
Zheng Jinhong knew the importance of Fuzhou, and also knew why Zheng Xunrui sent 5,000 soldiers to attack Fuzhou. It is said that there are only 1,000 Houjin Tartars stationed in Fuzhou City, and there are only 1,200 Han soldiers, a total of 2,200 people. Once the Zheng army occupies Fuzhou, it will be able to protect Lushun and Jinzhou and other places very well, and Fuzhou and Yongning will become a strong defense line, making it impossible for the Houjin Tartars to cross.
Seven years have passed, from the Zheng family's nursing home to the current Zheng family's army, Zheng Jinhong has always been committed to it. Years of tempering have made great changes in his command ability and vision, including Zheng Xunrui's vigorous training, Zheng Jiajun followed Zheng Xunrui's side every time he experienced a heavy battle. Watching Zheng Xunrui make decisions with his own eyes, and watching Zheng Jiajun win battle after battle.
Zheng Jinhong has no fame and average knowledge, but with such an identity, he has become the chief soldier of the Zheng family's army, and in the eyes of the Zheng family's soldiers, except for Zheng Xunrui, even if it is him. In such a high position, if Zheng Jinhong does not work hard, it will be difficult to be competent.
After accepting the mission of attacking Fuzhou Castle. Zheng Jinhong did not rush to set off immediately, but thought about it for most of the hour, and at the same time found Song Li and talked carefully for about half an hour.
The 5,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army did not set off from Lushun until noon and headed for Fuzhou, which can be said to be the last of the several armies.
When the army passed through Golden State. Liu Zeqing had already occupied Jinzhou, and Zheng Jinhong simply exchanged a few words with Liu Zeqing. Ordered the army to speed up the march and quickly rush to Fuzhou.
At noon on the fourth day of the first lunar month. An army of 5,000 arrived on the outskirts of Fuzhou.
Zheng Jiajun's action was too fast, starting from Penglai City on the first day of the first month, arriving at Shuangdao on the evening of the second day of the first month, and launched an attack, on the third day of the first month, Lushun and Shuangdao had been occupied, and then the army was divided into five routes, and began a large-scale attack, and successively occupied Jinzhou and other places, so rapid action, the news had no time to spread.
Zheng Xunrui's operational concept of quick victory and secrecy has been fully implemented and implemented.
When the 5,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army led by Zheng Jinhong arrived at the outskirts of Fuzhou City, there was no precaution in the direction of Fuzhou City.
Whether to attack immediately, or to attack when it is dark, or to attack early in the morning of the first day of the first month, this requires Zheng Jinhong to make a decision, Zheng Xunrui's request is that Fuzhou City must be taken on the fifth day of the first month, which means that Zheng Jinhong can choose to attack early the next morning, which is also a way to be safe.
However, the 5,000-strong army was stationed on the outskirts of the city, less than ten miles away from Fuzhou, and no one dared to guarantee that the news would be leaked.
Zheng Jinhong made a quick decision, and an hour later launched an attack, and the army was quickly ready for battle.
Song Li came to the makeshift Chinese military tent again.
Zheng Jinhong's expression was unusually strict, although Zheng Xunrui has said many times that there is no doubt about the truth that people are not suspicious, but Zheng Jinhong, who has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, is still very cautious.
Entering Fuzhou with Song Li was Su Manzi, the general of the Zheng family's army.
"Song Li, the importance of this battle, I don't want to say more, the Lord trusts you and gives you a heavy responsibility, I hope you can complete the task well, if you can occupy Fuzhou City this time, and completely wipe out the Houjin Tartars and Han soldiers in the city, you have made a great contribution, the Zheng family army has always been rewarded and punished, you understand."
Song Li understood what Zheng Jinhong meant, and immediately knelt on one knee, clenched his fists and spoke.
"General, his subordinates are working hard, if they can't complete the military order, they are willing to come to see him."
Zheng Jinhong nodded and spoke to Su Manzi who was standing next to him.
"General Su, it is very important to occupy the city gate, you only have two hundred people, you have to face the attack of five hundred Han soldiers, no matter how difficult it is, you must hold it and hold on until the moment when the army launches an attack."
It was still a team of sergeants wearing Han uniforms, heading towards Fuzhou City.
The difference is that the leader is Song Li.
The Han soldiers stationed in Fuzhou still knew Song Li, after all, they were sent to thousands of households, and they often came to Fuzhou, and there were still a lot of connections between Lushunkou and Fuzhou, after all, these two places were places that the Eight Banners paid special attention to, and they were also heavily guarded places.
The leader was Song Li, and it was the fourth day of the first lunar month, and the time was different, so the sergeant guarding the city didn't care, and even had a smile on his face.
Fuzhou City is different from other places, a large number of soldiers are not allowed to enter the city directly, 1,200 Han soldiers, except for 500 of them who are responsible for guarding the city gate and city walls, the remaining 700 people are also stationed in the military camp outside the city, and all the soldiers of the Eight Banners are waiting in the city.
Therefore, Song Li was able to lead more than 200 Han soldiers to the city gate, which should have passed through the location of the military camp, which also reassured the sergeants guarding the city a lot, at least there was no problem of the Han soldiers mutiny.
Song Li and the others walked to the city gate, and the sergeant spoke very politely, saying that there was no problem for Song Qianhu to enter the city, but according to the rules, a maximum of ten people were brought in, and the rest of the people had to wait outside, and they were not allowed to enter the city.
Song Li, who was smiling, suddenly took out a sharp knife from his arms and inserted it into the sergeant's throat when he walked to the base of the city wall.
The other sergeants quickly surrounded him, pretending that there was a quarrel, and Su Manzi took thirty people, taking advantage of the chaos of the quarrel, quickly entered the corridor and headed towards the city wall.
The sergeants on the city wall also found out about the quarrel below, and this is not the first time that such a situation has occurred, some Han soldiers want to enter Fuzhou City to see, but because of the rules set by the Eight Banners, they can't enter, but the rules are dead, everyone knows that it is nothing more than to vent their grievances, and if they really dare to rush into the city, they will be killed mercilessly in the end.
The sergeants on the city wall just took a look, they didn't want to get involved in such a thing, and if they didn't make a good deal, they would follow in, and they would be punished by the people.
There was a short scream above the city wall, which was muffled by the sound of quarrels below, and the people who thought of entering and leaving the city gate had long since taken aside, and if they did it against these soldiers, it would be a bad luck for themselves, and they should not look at it too much.
The Han soldiers in the barracks not far from the city gate were finally alarmed, and some sergeants came out one after another with spears and walked to the place where the city gate was.
When they entered the corridor, they realized that something was wrong, but it was too late.
The battle instantly unfolded in the corridor, and the Han soldiers were by no means the opponents of the Zheng family's soldiers.
In the military camp outside the city, Zheng Jinhong looked at the Han soldiers kneeling on the ground with contempt, and some of the Han soldiers who had been killed, and coldly issued an order to attack Fuzhou City, regardless of whether Song Li and Su Manzi succeeded, they would attack at this time.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves appeared instantly, and a torrent headed towards Fuzhou City.
Su Manzi and Song Li, who had already occupied the city gate, their eyes were a little red, the fight just now, they couldn't imagine that the Han soldiers stationed at the city gate surrendered after a few minutes, maybe they saw that Song Li had surrendered, and the others didn't want to resist stubbornly, these Han soldiers put down the weapons in their hands and stood honestly under the city wall.
The surrender of the Han soldiers is a good thing, but this also indicates that the news is about to leak out, there are a thousand Houjin Tartars in the city, and there are only two hundred people under Su Manzi's command, and it is impossible to fight face-to-face with as many as a thousand Houjin Tartars.
After hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Su Manzi's face showed a smile of relief.
The battle began in the city.
Zheng Jinhong sent 3,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army in one breath to besiege the military camp of Houjin Tartar, and sent another 1,000 people to maintain order in the city, and the remaining soldiers to pay attention to the surrounding city gates to prevent Houjin Tartars from escaping.
The soldiers of the Zheng family army, who were fully prepared, faced the unsuspecting Houjin Tartars, the battle situation was completely predictable, and the fighting was mainly carried out in the military camp of the Houjin Tartars, and the Houjin Tartars did not have any chance to leave the barracks.
More than an hour passed, and the smell of blood was everywhere in the barracks.
Su Manzi, who was covered in blood, came to Zheng Jinhong.
"General, kill six hundred and fifty-five Houjin Tartars, capture three hundred and forty-five Houjin Tartars alive, and the Houjin Tartars who were killed, including one Jia Lazhangjing and three Niu Lu Ezhen...... Zheng Jiajun lost 75 killed and 17 seriously wounded......" (To be continued)