Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 283

"The best defense is to attack. The Tartars have all four elites. Even the big traitors Wu Sangui and Kong Youde have gone south. If we stick to each city and pool, then we will not be able to survive next year."

At the imperial meeting in Zhoushan, Zhu Yihai opened with a solemn expression.

"Your Highness, why should you be so pessimistic? In the opinion of the veteran, after these three months, we, Ming, have stabilized our position and stabilized the hearts of the people. Now that the morale of the army and the people is high, it is a good time to counterattack across the board and defeat the Tartars in one fell swoop. West from Jing From Xiang to Chongming in the east, even if the Tartars have soldiers from the Four Routes, there are only a few tens of thousands of soldiers, so how much should they share?"

"It's enough for us to consume him twice and triple the casualties."

Xu Shiqi was very impassioned.

Liu Zongzhou, the royal censor of Zuodu, also stood up and said that he would fight with them. He could not defend Hangzhou and let him pass through Qiantang. The soldiers from Jiangxi and Anhui gathered together to encircle the Qing army and annihilate them in World War I.

Seeing these gray-haired old men spitting impassionedly, Zhu Yihai was also very helpless. These civil servants have good morale, but they never seriously consider the reality, and always replace objective facts with subjective wishes.

If you study their words carefully, you will find a major characteristic, which is also the characteristic of all Ming civil officials including Donglin. They like to put the facts aside.

You have put aside the facts, and you are still talking about it.

Isn't everything else about you bullshit if you don't base it on facts?
It's a good idea to fight the Qing army in Jinhua or Quzhou, but if you really like this, wouldn't it be in the hands of the Qing army? They still hope that you don't run away and just stay there and fight us.

Zhu Yihai even dared to say that if such a decisive battle is really going to happen, the probability is not much different from that of Chongzhen defending Beijing.

There are a total of ten towns in the imperial battalion, except for the two naval towns, there are eight towns, and the total number of soldiers is 4. According to the current [-]% armor, that is only [-] armored soldiers, and more than [-]% are only three Lunar recruits.

Morale is indeed good, but if there is a real fight, if the difference is too large, this morale will drop immediately.

Not to mention counting on the Zheng family in Fujian, Ding Kuichu from Guangdong and Guangxi, who is Ding Kuichu?The Yongli Dynasty once served as the first assistant, but he was not busy with how to revitalize the government and reform the malpractices, but was busy sending people to mine mines, make inkstones, etc. to make a fortune. Finally, when he was captured by Li Chengdong, he brought more than 100 The boat was full of belongings, including more than 80 taels of pure gold alone. It is also said that he loaded more than 200 million taels of silver and dozens of jars of jewelry on board.

Anyway, this kind of person can't be counted on.

Not to mention Zheng Shi.

"I think we can't let the Tartars lead us by the nose. They divide their troops into two groups to attack Wuchang and Shaoxing. Then we also divide our troops into two groups and gather all kinds of troops to attack Jiangning and Nanchang."

"He hits his, we hit ours."

"Everyone, we have to face up to the gap between the two sides. The Tartar elite is still very strong. Don't go head-to-head with them for the time being. But the Tartars are not without weaknesses. The Tartars' weakness lies in their supply and transportation. Although we are not as good as land warfare now. He, but the navy is far stronger than them, so we are now fully capable of blocking the Yangtze River and intercepting the canal!"

"Let the Tartars drive straight in and leave him alone. When he crosses the Yangtze River and Qiantang, we will cut off the transportation money behind, and they can no longer be arrogant."

"People in eastern Zhejiang and other places should try their best to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness. This is a lose-lose battle, but we can only do this. The provincial and town battalions retreat to the mountainous islands, relying on dangerous obstacles, dispersing the guerrillas, and attacking their transportation lines as much as possible. Don't fight head-on with the grain harvesting team in the village.

The last time Huzhou Jin Gongyu was a lesson.

The Tartars concentrated their forces on two routes, and we opened up another battlefield. All the court officials and Yamen officials retreated to Zhoushan and Yuhuan Islands, and stayed behind due to the natural danger of the sea.

The lone general gathered troops from the imperial camp and headed north to counterattack. "

Faced with Zhu Yihai’s decision, many people still suggested to stick to the big city to fight against the Qing army, and even Qi Biaojia proposed to defend Hangzhou and Shaoxing, supplemented by Yanzhou and Ningbo, relying on the Qiantang River and taking rivers, seas and mountains as dangers , Fight a battle to defend Hangzhou here.

"Gu also knows that it is not easy for East Zhejiang to be stable today. If the imperial court does not guard at the moment, it may disappoint the people, lose the hearts of the people, and even lose the taxes that have been rectified with great difficulty, but it is still the same sentence, now This is a very important moment, if you are reluctant to break these bottles and cans, then you are putting the cart before the horse, and if you fight hard now, you will lose everything, and the final outcome will only be worse."

"Of course, we may not really have to give up eastern Zhejiang. Maybe the Tartar soldiers won't be able to cross Qiantang?"

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Changzhou, Wuxi.

Zuoling Alima and his brothers Suonidai and Suoning led [-] Manmeng Qingqi and [-] Suzhou Han troops. They are rushing to Changzhou to reinforce Melezhangjingkangkala.

The Alima brothers led 500 people on horseback, and [-] Suzhou Han troops followed by boat.Ali Ma was originally a bodyguard, because he had privately ridiculed the second-class justice Huangqi Gushan Ezhen Guarja Turai for sheltering Sony, and was sued by Tulai to Dorgon. Originally, Alima was inlaid with a white flag, but Tulai had earlier told him Tan Taiaoboi and others once wanted to embrace Hauge as emperor, so they offended Dorgon.

What Alima didn't know was that Tulai was also a man of the wind. He wrote a letter to Dorgon to show his loyalty as early as the Southern Expedition, so he was a guard who taunted Tulai. This talkative slave was demoted, and even his two brothers were affected.

This time the Southern Expedition is a sinful expedition, and it is necessary to atone for the crime.

When he went south, he asked Ying to be a pioneer. He was the first to enter Suzhou, but Kangkala was attacked halfway. He was very surprised and frightened when he heard the news. The army ambushed, which led to the ambushe of Meilezhangjing Kangkala, which was naturally a serious dereliction of duty.

This sin has not been redeemed, and another sin will come.

He didn't care about Suzhou city at the moment, and immediately led troops and went back to Changzhou with painstaking efforts. He also took away the five hundred soldiers left by the national treasure in Suzhou city.

Rescuing Kangkala is very important, if he disappears, there will be no redemption for a hundred deaths.

"Report!"

"Report to Leader Zuo, the front of the canal is blocked and the boat cannot pass."

"Let those guys disembark and run to follow."

Alima gave the order without hesitation, and continued to run with five hundred riders.

When the five hundred Suzhou soldiers in the canal heard the reply, the guards leading the team cursed and cursed, but they had no choice but to lead them off the boat.

The 500 people deliberately dawdled for a long time before gathering on the shore. At this time, Alima and the others had already run far away, and there was no one in sight.

"You son of a bitch, hurry up to reincarnate. Although it's August, the sun is still scorching at noon, and you have to let someone eat."

"Look ahead, find a village to get some food, damn it." The guard looked displeased, and followed these Manchurian soldiers out, just urging them to die would do no good at all.

"Who the hell blocked the canal, his grandma's,"

On both sides of the Grand Canal, there is an endless plain, and the black spots on the plain are villages scattered on the plain.

"Let's go, the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, let's talk when we are full."

A group of Suzhou Green Camp carried guns and knives and ran towards the nearest village to the canal laughingly. When they finally reached the village, a few guys eagerly fired a few guns into the sky, and then yelled loudly.

Although this looks like a small village, it is always right to have two dates and no dates to hit two poles.

Some people also said, see if there is a girl.

Everyone entered the village laughing and joking, just like bandits descending the mountain.

Suddenly, a scream came.

"Damn it, don't hack people, it's bad luck!" the guard yelled.

The result was another scream.

"Which one cut off the head?" The guard was furious.

At this time, there were more screams, and then someone ran over in a panic, "No, my lord, there are... Youming troops inside!"

Following the voice, a group of Ming soldiers came out after him.

Countless Ming soldiers came out, terrified the soldiers of the Suzhou battalion who wanted to snatch it.

Seeing that the glaring swords and guns were about to pierce his body, the defense only reacted. Was this a bloody ambush and stabbed the Ming army's den?
"The official has mercy on me, but the little one is willing to surrender!"

The guard yelled, and the rest of the servants immediately followed suit, knelt on the ground with a plop, threw their weapons, and raised their hands high and shouted to surrender.

"Officer, which team are you from?"

The leading member, a strong man with a knife, replied, "This general is the former guerrilla fighter of the Tianxiong army, the late minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, the soldier of the Tianxiong King Ma Lugong, and Chen Tangong, the deputy commander of the Zhongsu Battalion, is also appointed by His Royal Highness Lu Jianguo of the Ming Dynasty !"

The guard took a deep breath, "It turned out to be the general of the Tianxiong Army, disrespectful and disrespectful, the little one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai."

The Tianxiong Army was built by Lu Xiangsheng to rectify the soldiers of Daming, Guangping, and Shunde. It was known as the Tianxiong Army. handsome.

But in the end, because Chongzhen swayed from side to side, while letting Governor Lu Xiangsheng serve the king of the world, he secretly asked people to negotiate peace with Qing, and even sent eunuch Gao Qiqian to hinder him.

Although Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and died miserably in the end, both he and his Tianxiong Army were famous for a while.

The Tianxiong Army once set a record with [-] soldiers against tens of thousands of heavily armored three-walled cavalry of the Chuangjun, and then still shot and killed more than a thousand with heavy crossbows without being defeated.

The Tianxiong Army of the Chongzhen Dynasty is as synonymous with being able to fight as the Yongwei Battalion, and it will not lose to the Guanning Army.

The guard said, "I heard that General Chen followed Lu Gong in Yixing to raise the flag and encountered the enemy in the wild. General Chen immediately occupied the bridge with his sword on his horse and killed seven of the enemy's soldiers. Although there were more than a thousand enemies, they were afraid. To attack is to take a detour and wade across the river."

Mr. Chen Tan is tall and burly, with a big knife in his hand, it looks like Guan Gong came to the world. Hearing this, he laughed, "Your boy is quite knowledgeable about current affairs. Those are not worth mentioning. I think that when I fought with Mr. Lu Zhongsu At that time, that's called fierceness. Forget it, the heroes don't mention the bravery in those days."

Chen Tangong watched the five hundred Suzhou soldiers surrender with almost no resistance, and he was contemptuous in his heart, but he also accepted the surrender.

He ordered people to tie up these Suzhou soldiers and send them back to Taihu Lake, and take away all the boats when they came.

"Is General Chen going after those tartars? Those tartars are very fierce, so be careful. If the general doesn't mind, we are willing to go together."

Chen Tangong took a look at the defense, patted the dirt on his body, and then tied him up with tendon ropes, "Don't bother me, brother, please go to Xishan Island in Taihu Lake as a guest first, and I'll come back later." I’ve come to the island to have a drink with you.”

(End of this chapter)