Actually defeated?

The Great Zhou Sailor was actually defeated?

This is a huge fleet of sailors with dozens of building ships plus two or three hundred bluffing ships and sentinel ships! And with the river and the wind, down the river to fight a group of old lock boats that don't even have oars, and can't maneuver themselves in the headwind and backstream, how can this possibly lose? And how can you lose?

This loss, not only will the situation in Jiangxi collapse, but even whether Wuchang and Hanyang can hold it are two words!

As soon as Wu Sangui thought of this, Wu Shifan suddenly shouted loudly: "It's dangerous here, quickly protect the emperor from here!" ”

As soon as he shouted, Wu Sangui's guards also found that their emperor was too close to the bank of the Yangtze River, and if there were a few red-clothed cannons on those buildings facing the Xiazhongshan Fort, it would be dangerous!

So a group of guards hurriedly pounced, and couldn't help but say that they would set up Wu Sangui and run down Zhongshan Mountain, and at the same time, the twelve red-clothed cannons on the lower Zhongshan Fort fired. Wu Sangui heard the rumbling cannon, subconsciously looked back, and just saw the black gunpowder smoke spewed from the muzzle of a red-clothed cannon being blown by the wind and quickly drifting westward!

The smoke of gunpowder to the west is the east wind!

Wu Sangui suddenly let out a cold sweat, pushed away the two guards who were running away with him, and then stood near the stairs of the fort, watching the gunpowder smoke that kept spewing out the muzzle of the cannon quickly drifting westward.

That's right, it's Dongfeng!

The southwest wind, which had been blowing for several days, had now turned into a deadly easterly wind, and the wind was not small!

What a time! If this wind had come a few days earlier, Wu Sangui would not have sent out the main force of his sailors at all, but would have hid them in the Hanpokou and to the west of the Jiujiang-Xiaochikou blockade line. Let the naval warships rely on pontoon bridges, iron chains that lock the river, and coastal batteries for defense.

If this west wind came a few days later, Wu Sangui, who learned of the defeat of the naval division, would still be able to organize a large army to evacuate Jiangxi in time. Although losses were inevitable, the main force could still retreat to the Huguang area safely.

As long as Wu Zhoujun can hold the mouth of Wuchang Mansion, then a three-point world can still be stable for many years.

But now, Wu Sangui's sailors have just been defeated, and the southeast wind on the Yangtze River has risen. Looking at this wind, it seems that it can quickly push Li Yat-sen's old lock boat and Lou boat to Hubei! The pontoon bridges and iron cables in Jiujiang Fucheng and Xiaochikou could not withstand the impact of dozens or hundreds of large ships entering the wind at all. No matter how bad it was, Li Zhongshan didn't want to go out and take out a few captured building boats, and turned them into large fireboats, and burned all the pontoon bridges and iron cables along the way.

Without the blockage of pontoon bridges and iron cables, the artillery deployed by Wu Sangui on the shore was simply not enough to resist the advance of the Ming fleet - it was nothing more than a few shellings, as long as the fleet could pass quickly, three or five ships would sink into the sky.

This loss is not worth mentioning compared with the gains from seizing Wuchang and Hanyang in one fell swoop!

And once Wuchang and Hanyang are lost, where can Wu Sangui's army in Jiangxi retreat?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui's heart was in sharp pain, and then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness!

"East wind! The east wind is rising! General, the east wind is rising! ”

"General, this navy can rush through the mouth of the lake and the mouth of the small pond in one go, and maybe it can even rush to the territory of Hubei!"

"General, this is God's help to the Great Ming!"

"General, this is really the same force of heaven and earth!"

When the east wind blew, Li Zhongshan was leading more than 100,000 horsemen to march on the official road leading from Xiaogushan to the Bali River - the Bali River is an important place on the other side of the lake mouth (the north bank of the Yangtze River), not only guarding the Yangtze River waterway together with the lake, but more importantly, there is a large sandbar west of the Bali River, which divides the Yangtze River waterway into two, and to enter the waterway north of the sandbank, you have to pass near the Bali River. Therefore, as long as the Bali River is taken, Li Zhongshan's sailors will be able to enter the relatively safe waterway north of the sandbank. Then use this waterway as a base to fight for the mouth of the small pond in order to cover the further westward advance of the main force of the water division.

Li Zhongshan also grabbed the reins of the war horse, looked up at a red flag hunting and dancing in the east wind, and his heart was also full of joy. Although it is not uncommon for the southeast wind to blow on the Yangtze River in summer, isn't this wind a coincidence?

Wu Sangui's hundreds of thousands of troops are still trapped in Jiangxi! If the Yangtze River waterway is lost, how will he return it? Walk to Mubu Mountain and fight Li Zicheng's anti-Wu base area? Wouldn't Jiugong Mountain become the place where Wu Sangui was buried? Or take the Gan River into the Yuan River, and finally retreat into Hunan? How many days does it take? Let the Ming army chase and kill all the way behind the buttocks, and finally return to Huguang with a third of them, Wu Sangui will be considered lucky!

It seems that this time the world is divided into three points, and it will not last for many years!

Thinking of this, Li Zhongshan immediately raised his voice, opened his throat, and shouted loudly: "Herald. The whole army marched in a hurry, and before it got dark, we must rush to Balijiang! ”

"Yes!"

The horsemen who followed Li Yat-sen's side all replied loudly, and then they divided several horsemen, and took the military card and arrow from the general's marching army Zhou Chang, and then rode his horse and galloped to give orders to the commanders of the towns below.

"Boom Boom"

Wu Sangui vaguely heard the rumbling "thunder" in his ears, and then asked: "Where. Where does thunder strike? ”

Then he heard the voices of his son, Wu Yingxiong, and grandson, Wu Shifan.

"Father, are you awake? You're finally awake."

"Grandpa, you're awake. Father and grandson are dying! ”

Wu Sangui stretched out his tired eyes, and it seemed that Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan, who were standing next to him with tears, sighed softly - usually the old emperor is going to die, and the crown prince is sad on the surface and happy in his heart. But Wu Yingxiong looked really sad and wept. However, most of his sadness is not because of filial piety, but because the situation is critical!

"Boom Boom"

There was another thunderclap.

"It's." Wu Sangui thought for a moment, "This is the artillery outside the city firing?" By the way, where am I? ”

"Grandpa, you are in Jiujiang" Wu Shifan nodded, "The Ming army captured the Bali River the day before yesterday, and in the early hours of this morning, they took advantage of the east wind to dispatch dozens of old lock boats and building boats to rush Jiujiang - the first line of Xiaochikou!" The sound of this cannon was that the batteries outside the city were firing at the Ming warships that were storming the iron cables and pontoon bridges. ”

It turned out that Wu Sangui had been in a coma for two days, and it was estimated that there was something wrong with his heart, and he should have let Li Zhongshan and Li Zicheng partner to give him anger, but he still had some hours left in his old man's house, so he carried it over.

"They, they rush. Rushed through? Wu Sangui struggled to get up from the couch, although he struggled, he was weak, accompanied by a burst of dizziness, and almost collapsed again.

"Father, don't worry." Wu Yingxiong didn't dare to tell the truth to his father, so he had to persuade Wu Sangui not to worry.

"That's rushing over" Wu Sangui immediately understood, and it was almost dark again, but in the end he stabilized - this blow, he Wu Sangui can still bear it!

And he doesn't dare to fall now!

He's going to fall, and there's a good chance that the Great Week will collapse soon.

Wu Sangui took a deep breath and said to Wu Yingxiong and Wu Shifan: "How many people in the army know about my illness?" ”

"There are some people"

"Grandpa, my father ordered the news to be blocked yesterday, but."

Wu Sangui nodded: "Okay, quick, let someone change my clothes quickly, bring my armor too, I will come to Jiujiang Fort to supervise the battle!" ”

"Father, your body"

"Grandpa, you must take care!"

Wu Sangui waved his hand and said to his son and grandson: "Now is not the time for me to take care, I have to fight again!" ”

"Still fighting?" Wu Yingxiong looked at his father, who seemed to lose red eyes, "Father, how can you fight?" Our sailors suffered heavy losses, almost all the building ships were lost, and Xia Guoxiang and Hu Guozhu did not come back! ”

Wu Sangui's face turned a little paler when he heard that his two sons-in-law had not returned, but he was still able to withstand it.

"It's okay!" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and said, "The water master is gone, we still have Lu Shi in Jiangxi alone, and I still have more than 200,000 Lu Shi!" ”

"But." Wu Shifan shook his head, "Grandpa, if something happens in Wuchang, our army in Jiangxi will not even have a way to retreat."

"Retreat? What to return? Wu Sangui said with red eyes, "Is it possible that such a large territory in Jiangxi was handed over to the surname Li for nothing?" Besides, now that the waterway out of Jiangxi has been blocked by the Ming army, let's not return it, once we retreat in a big way, the Ming army will chase after it, and when the time comes, more than 200,000 land divisions can withdraw to 350,000 is too much! ”

Wu Sangui is right, since ancient times, the main channel in and out of Jiangxi is the Yangtze River into Poyang Lake, and then from Poyang Lake into the Ganjiang River, Jinjiang River, Wuyang Water, Pojiang River, these waterways, there are many tributaries under these waterways, all of which can form a water system.

Therefore, the opening of the Yangtze River into Poyang Lake is the general gateway in and out of Jiangxi, and now that the gate has been closed, Wu Sangui's army has to go through the back door to dig a dog hole through the back door, and if you are not careful, the whole army will collapse and be completely finished!

What's more, these troops lost in Jiangxi are mainly from Guanning, either Wu Sangui personally led the teams of the guards, or the army led by Prince Wu Yingxiong!

If these two armies suffer heavy losses, then the balance within the Great Zhou will be broken!

Wu Yingqi's Northwest Army would overwhelm the Guanning Army and become the pillar of Wu Zhou's armed forces.

When the time comes, will Wu Yingqi still be willing to be the king of Qin, and will he be "a bear in the north" in the future? Even if Wu Yingqi is willing, what about Wu Shicong? What about the Ganshan army leaders under Wu Yingqi?

If there is a split within Wu Zhou, then Wu Zhou's three-point world will really come to an end.

"But." Wu Yingxiong looked at the old man with a bitter face, "But if we don't withdraw, can Jiangxi hold it?" If Li Zhongshan's sailors advance westward with the wind and advance all the way to Wuchang, can we still go back? ”

Wu Sangui said to his son with red eyes: "Ying Xiong, don't worry. We have one last chance! ”

"What's the chance?" Wu Yingxiong asked.

"Take Guangdong!" Wu Sangui said, "Ying Xiong, have you forgotten what the nobles are planning?" ”

"Ah, father, my son remembered." Wu Yingxiong nodded, "But can the third child's plot to take Guangdong be done now?" Cantonese people should know that Li Zhongshan has been."

No matter how Wu Guogui cheats Xiaosu, he must have a general trend in the world that is beneficial to the Wu family. After all, the strength of the people of Guangdong is not weak, if they all protect the Ming Dynasty, Wu Guogui will not be able to defeat Guangzhou.

And in the current situation, it is not of much significance for Wu Guogui to seize Shaozhou, Nanxiong, Guiyang, and Chenzhou, and it is better to let him maintain the relationship with Li Zhongshan and Wu Xiaosuo.

Wu Sangui waved his hand: "Jiangxi is still not clean for a while, as long as you sit in Jiujiang under the banner of me, then the hearts of the people in Jiangxi will be able to stabilize for a few days." And Li Yat-sen is unlikely to capture Wuchang soon, so our situation looks okay, then Guangdong still has a fight. For his father and Shi Fan, he can lead 30,000 or 40,000 elite soldiers to fly to Hunan, join forces with the nobles, and then send 100,000 elites to attack Guangfu! ”

Wu Yingxiong chuckled in his heart: I am in Jiangxi Dinglei, you and Shifan will run first with the troops? Your old man's soldiers in Jiangxi are claimed to be millions, but in fact, there are only more than 200,000 people who can fight, but in fact, tens of thousands are still naval troops, and now most of them have been lost. The rest of the top sky is 200,000, and after deducting the tens of thousands brought by Jieshu, the real elite Lu Shi of the Great Zhou is 150,000 or 60,000. You took 40,000 and left me 1120,000, and I also wanted to support the scene in Jiangxi and resist the hundreds of thousands of troops of Li Fuchen and Li Zhongshan

"Father," Wu Yingxiong said, "can your old body and bones withstand such a toss?" Why don't you take the troops to Guangdong for you? ”

"What are you going to do?" Wu Sangui shook his head and said, "You're not Xiao Su's father. As long as I am stationed in Hengyang, I can inspire the hearts of Hunan people and deter Guangdong's heroes! ”

"But." Wu Yingxiong was still puzzled, "Father, how can the sons and daughters be Li Zhongshan's opponents?" If he doesn't fight Wuchang and instead attacks Jiujiang, what can his sons do? ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand: "What are you afraid of?" As long as I take Guangdong, the general trend of the world will be reversed. And Jiujiang Jiancheng will definitely be able to hold on for a few days! Even if there is any case, Li Zhongshan will not embarrass you for the sake of Xiao Gang's face! ”

In fact, Wu Sangui is very good! It can be said that it is well-intentioned!

He must now sit in Hengyang in order to force Wu Guogui to go to Guangdong to gamble with Wu Xiaosuo. won, Da Zhou lost to Jiangxi and Hubei, and gained to Guangdong. Guangdong is much stronger than Jiangxi and Hubei, and Dazhou is not at a loss.

And Wu Yingxiong, the crown prince, will be fine. Li Zhongshan is not stupid, how good is it to let Wu Yingxiong go and let him go to have a "Xiong Qi fight" with Wu Yingqi?

In case Wu Sangui and Wu Guogui can't win the bet. Then Wu Yingxiong should not go back, just surrender Li Zhongshan. When he went back to the Great Zhou, he either encountered the Xuanwu Gate or the Battle of Jingjing! I'm going to kill Wu Yingqi!

And once Wu Yingqi kills Wu Yingxiong, who will Wu Guogui mix with? How dare he talk to Wu Yingqi? He took refuge in his daughter and son-in-law, isn't it fragrant to be a Ming prince who eats, drinks and has fun?

When Wu Yingxiong dies and Wu Guogui rebels, what will be left of the Great Zhou?

But Wu Yingxiong didn't understand his father's intentions, he only felt that his father was going to "abandon" him again, just like when he left him in Beijing as a hostage!

Maybe the heir he really likes is still the second one, right?

Wu Sangui didn't have the heart to think about his son's careful thinking at this time, but with the support of Wu Shifan, he reluctantly stood up, and while changing his clothes with the help of the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting, he explained to Wu Yingxiong: "Boss, don't worry, your father will arrange it for you. When the time comes, you will defend Jiujiang, and then divide your troops to defend Xingzi County and Hukou County, and stick to Hanpokou! Then let Jieshu take the surrendered men and horses to guard Nanchang, and let them fight with Li Fuchen for a while. In this way, the situation in Jiangxi can be maintained for at least two or three months, and in two or three months, there will be a result on the Guangdong side! ”

Wu Yingxiong listened to Wu Sangui's words, and his heart was wow cool and wow cool, there was a result in Guangdong. If Guangdong doesn't take it down, then he will be finished in Jiujiang!

If Guangdong takes it, then Li Zhongshan will be angry and angry, he will definitely break Jiujiang, and he will be finished by then!

It's a death to tie him horizontally!

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray."

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, Xiaochikou.

When Wu Sangui supported the fort outside Jiujiang City, Xiaochikou, the stronghold of Wu Zhou's army on the north bank of the Yangtze River, had already fallen under the attack of the Ming army on both sides! As a red flag was planted at the head of Xiaochikou by the death squad of the Ming army's model first town, the Ming army's sailors on the water surface of the Yangtze River and the officers and soldiers of the land division who came by land were all jubilant.

And a Yangtze River pontoon bridge connecting Xiaochikou and Jiujiang Fucheng has also turned into a fire dragon at this time, and it is burning!

Wu Zhou's Xiaochikou, the Jiujiang defense line, had fallen under the onslaught of the Ming army, and the gate to Wuchang had been opened, leaving Wu Sangui with little time left

(End of chapter)