Qiming 1158

Chapter 697
Although there is a reward, Yao Xingli may promise to open the warehouse after repelling the Ming army and let the army take the property in the warehouse on its own. He also fabricated a non-existent reinforcement army to help Jiangning, but when the Ming army's Thor cannon and big rocket are in the When the city head exploded, the Jiangning defenders gradually began to disperse.

In the final analysis, the courage that money can inspire is relatively limited, and Song Bing also has some thoughts about the existence of reinforcements and whether they can come to rescue Jiangning City.

Based on what they know about their comrades, it is estimated that the majority of people do not believe it. It is purely because Yao Xingli has promised too many benefits and his reputation is relatively good, which can attract the soldiers to continue to fight for him.

But some things cannot be changed by one's will.

Under the extremely fast and ferocious attack of the Ming army, the Song army gradually lost to the enemy, showing a downturn. The courage inspired by money was quickly exhausted, and the defense of the city head began to collapse.

The Ming army attacked the city on three sides, and attacked Jiangning City by encircling three and missing one, and the remaining south side became the life-saving straw for a large number of Song troops who were afraid of the enemy.

When the Ming army ended the long-range attack and started the siege of the city, the Song army at the head of the city did not dare to resist, and a large number of them fled.

Yao Xingli himself and his personal soldiers were very heroic, sticking to the city and fighting the Ming army, trying to use their bravery to boost morale, so that the Song army burst into courage and insisted on fighting the enemy.

However, the iron pestle can be ground into a needle, and the wooden stick can only be ground into a toothpick.

Under the bombardment of the Ming army's overwhelming rockets and thunder cannons, and under the threat of the large-scale advance of the siege equipment, the Song army defending the city was exhausted and did not dare to fight the Ming army to the end.

In just one day, Jiangning City was breached by the Ming army.

When the city was broken, Yao Xingli was still fighting to the death. He took his personal soldiers to fight against the Ming army at the head of the city alone, and finally died in the fight, and all his personal soldiers also died.

The main general was killed, the banner fell, and there was no suspense in the battle, so the Ming army quickly occupied Jiangning City and took control of the entire city.

After Jiangning City was occupied, Ma Hongxing got the warehouse supplies and military supplies of the whole city of Jiangning, got a lot of food and grass, and made a fortune for the Ming army.

Then, through the interrogation of the captured Song Bing, Ma Hongxing learned that the original Jiankang Mansion Dutong Si Dutong Wangquan had escaped a day earlier.

He not only ran away by himself, but also took away a large amount of personal property and navy, as well as the most elite [-]-foot army.

Ma Hongxing also wondered why the [-] guards in Jiankang House seemed so few. After interrogating the officers, he also learned that there were no [-] guards in Jiankang House, and it could even be said that there were not even [-] guards.

As far as the army of less than 1 is concerned, most of them are still called by the officers as handymen. The army that can really fight is only more than [-], and the elite is only [-]. They are the life-saving troops of the royal power.

Ma Hongxing was amazed at this answer. In any case, he could never imagine that an army could be eaten by the officers of the Southern Song Dynasty and only half of it was left.

How much impact will this have on the country's military strategy for a serious strategic miscalculation?
Anyway, the royal power will definitely not be scruples.

Yao Xingli is a subordinate of Wang Quan, and he was left to take the blame. He originally commanded the troops to form a Jiangshan defense line, trying to fight the Ming army to the death, but the defenders were unwilling to fight. Over 1 Song soldiers escaped cleanly overnight. net.

Therefore, the Ming army could easily cross Jiangshan and launch an attack on Jiangning.

Despite this, Yao Xingli insisted on defending the city and fought until the last moment.

Ma Hongxing was very speechless after hearing this, lamenting the shamelessness of Wang Quan and the rarity of Yao Xingli, found Yao Xingli's body and buried him thickly.

After the burial of Yao Xingli, Ma Hongxing felt that even if he could spare the Ma Bu army that Wang Quan took away, he could not spare the navy army that he took away.

So he found Zhou Mancheng, hoping that Zhou Mancheng could lead the navy to the west, and strive to destroy the navy that was taken away by the king.

"I see, I now have some experience dealing with the navy of the Southern Song Dynasty. Leave this to me."

Zhou Mancheng agreed immediately, then prepared supplies and supplemented gunpowder, and then led the main force of the inland river navy to set sail, upstream, to find the escaped Southern Song Jiankang navy.

That is, after Zhenjiang Mansion, Jiankang Mansion was also taken by the Ming army. The two garrisoned troops set up by the riverside in the Southern Song Dynasty were completely wiped out and defeated by the Ming army. A neatly torn open.

The Jianghuai Theater in the Southern Song Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, and there was no army that could challenge and defeat the Ming army head-on.

So far, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty was in a state of defeat. Except for Yangzhou, which became an isolated city under the siege of the Ming army, there were no other cities that successfully defended or brave generals who stood up to stop the Ming army.

In terms of navy, following the destruction of the Huaihe patrol navy and the Guazhou navy, the Jiankang navy is also at stake.

It seems that the only existence in the Southern Song Dynasty navy who can turn the tide of the battle - the Mingzhou navy is the last hope.

However, it is not.

On March 23, Zhou Zhi ordered the Ming army to launch a battle against the Song army. At that time, the main force of the Ming army navy led by Kong Zhende gave the main resources to the inland river navy led by Zhou Mancheng, and the main force of the navy remained in Haizhou waiting for follow-up supplies. arrival.

On the one hand, the speed of the arrival of supplies was not enough to keep up with all the needs of the army. On the other hand, the actions of the marine navy were much less restricted than that of the army. As long as they wanted to start a war, the winner could be decided within a few days. Kong Zhende knew the Southern Song Dynasty. The navy is very powerful, so I am somewhat apprehensive and want to do more preparations.

After preparing enough Thor cannons, big rockets, and bed crossbows, Kong Zhende led more than 27 warships, the main force of the Ming army navy, to the south on March 600, preparing to find the Mingzhou navy of the Southern Song Dynasty to launch a decisive battle.

The berthing point of the Mingzhou navy is Dinghai County, Qingyuan Prefecture, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River and south of Suzhou Ocean. There are many natural ports with excellent conditions around. The Mingzhou navy is anchored and trained here, and some soldiers are also stationed there. .

Kong Zhende's idea is not just to defeat the Mingzhou navy, he wants to use the scale advantage of more than half of the Mingzhou navy in his hand to eat the Mingzhou navy in one go, destroy the main force of the Southern Song navy, and make them energetic. hurt.

Therefore, he believes that simple water warfare may not have such an effect. To completely destroy the Mingzhou navy, it is necessary to advance both land and water.

But he didn't have command of the infantry—of course, that wasn't a problem.

The [-] navy troops he commanded not only had the ability to fight on water, but also had a strong ability to fight on foot. He just didn't have cavalry.

So he made a plan based on his understanding of the sea area.

He planned to not directly attack the main force of the Mingzhou navy in Dinghai first, but first attack Ligang, and then use Ligang as a temporary base for the Ming army navy, and confront the Mingzhou navy in Dinghai in Ligang.

Then secretly dispatched a landing ship to land somewhere west of Dinghai, sent troops from the land to attack Dinghai County, and used the advantage of the Ming army in field combat to destroy the Dinghai port. navy.

He announced the plan to the officers and instructors in the navy, discussed it with everyone, and settled on some details.

In fact, some officers suggested that they should just hit the navy directly. After all, the naval division of the Ming army was twice as large as the naval division of the Song army, and the number of piles could kill them. I think that the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that the opponent is not a rabbit and has fangs.

So in any case, we must give full play to the advantages of the Ming army and fight naval battles, but not completely.

Kong Zhende's plan was quickly supported by most of the officers and instructors, so it was approved, promulgated and put into practice, and the attack on Ligang was launched on the early morning of the first day of April.

This attack was not very smooth, because the Song Jun navy was very vigilant and arranged many rounds of patrol fleets in the sea off the port.

When the main force of the Ming army navy was attacking, it was discovered by a patrol fleet. They immediately sent a signal, and then they fought bravely with the Ming army boats.

Kong Zhende was helpless and could only order to fight the Song army navy according to the established strategy. Although the patrol fleet was quickly repelled, the Song army navy fleet stationed in Ligang was also prepared and rushed out to fight the Ming army navy.

(End of this chapter)