Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 286 Defending Jiangning
Governor Shen Youlong of Jiangsu, Governor Wang Yongzuo, and Governor Gu Yanwu led the camp from Taihu Lake, went up the Xujiang River, and arrived at Xumen in Suzhou.

Wu Shengzhao led the generals of his headquarters to line up in front of the city gate to greet him.

"Criminal General Wu Shengzhao pays homage to the governor, the governor, and the inspector." As he spoke, he pretended to kneel.

Shen Youlong supported the army leader, "Admiral Wu abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and he understands righteousness. I heard about it in Taihu Lake, and I came to meet immediately."

Standing under the city of Suzhou, everyone chattered about, and finally Wu Shengzhao got a clear guarantee from Shen Youlong, saying that he would still be recommended as the commander-in-chief of Jiangsu, and he would also ask the supervisor to make him an earl. This is satisfactory.

"The Governor, Governor, and Inspector, please enter the city, and will eventually move out of the city."

Shen Youlong held Wu Shengzhao's hand, looked at Suzhou City and said with a smile, "Suzhou City was brought down by Admiral Wu, and will be garrisoned by Admiral Wu in the future. come over."

"What is the meaning of this, sir?"

"It's nothing. The main force of the Qing army is about to go south. This time we have to respond flexibly, so our plan is to tear down the city walls of Suzhou and block the canals to prevent the Qing army from going south smoothly. After a few days the food is ripe, and we will Grab the food."

Wu Shengzhao was stunned for a long time.

If the city wall of Suzhou is demolished, what's the point of him, the admiral of Jiangsu, stationing in Suzhou?

"Admiral Wu doesn't have to worry. We demolished Suzhou City to compete with the Tatars for control of Suzhou. When the Tartars came, Admiral Wu could follow us into Taihu Lake or go to Chongming. There was nothing they could do."

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a few days later.

Jiangning.

Yan Wogong once again summoned a group of senior civil and military officials.

"I have some bad news to inform you all."

"Admiral Su Song, Wu Shengzhao, rebelled and turned to Ming. He also captured Changshu and Suzhou, plundered wantonly and led his troops to join the enemy."

Someone couldn't help but shoot the case. It was Ma Guozhu, the new governor of the three provinces of Jiangxi, Henan, and Jiangnan. "This damned rebellion, I suggest reporting it to the regent immediately, and asking the court to copy and kill him."

Yan Wogong said indifferently, "These imperial courts have their own disposal, and the bad news is not the only one."

"Kangkala, who was stationed in Melzhangjing, Suzhou, was ambushed in Changzhou, and all his supplies were lost. The [-] green camps that followed him southward were also disbanded. Now Kangkala and more than [-] remnants are guarding Wujin City for assistance. In the five counties of Changzhou, the Ming army Four counties have now been captured. Kangkala's [-] vanguards had previously gone to Suzhou and returned to aid Changzhou, but they were ambushed in Wuxi and their entire army was wiped out."

Bashan couldn't help but jumped up and roared, "Kangkala led two thousand five and eight banner warriors to go south first, and now he directly lost seven hundred, seven hundred of my Qing Manchu warriors, these are the most loyal, loyal and capable Slave, is it just gone?"

My Lord Yan snorted coldly, "General Bashan, please sit down first."

"Before Kangkala went south, this scripture repeatedly stated that the south of the Yangtze River is not peaceful, and the Ming army is infiltrating everywhere, especially their navy. These Ming troops have an advantage in water, and they can use the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake, and canal water The net came and went like the wind, but Kangkala obviously underestimated the enemy."

"He was attacked in Benniu Town and was defeated by the Ming army in a field battle. This is worthy of the name of Manchurian warrior."

Bashan said angrily, "It's because those green battalions are incompetent and unusable, it's not credible that they escaped the battle and killed those warriors."

"Whether these green battalions were defeated due to improper command, or whether they fled before the battle, we will have our own investigation conclusion later. It is too early to draw conclusions. Besides, the focus now is not to discuss who is responsible, but how to remedy the current situation. "

"Changzhou has one prefecture and five counties, and now there is only one prefecture left, and the [-] remnants of the army are in danger. Suzhou is lost again, and Changshu and Wujiang counties are also lost."

"Also, Liu Liangzuo just sent an urgent report that the soldiers of the Ming army, including Huang Binqing, Ruan Jin, and Huaiyang governor Shen Tingyang, invaded Jiangbei and took Tongzhou and Taizhou. To Huai'an."

"The latest news is that Liu Liangzuo fled without a fight. The Ming army pursued the victory and captured Gaoyou and Yancheng. Huang Binqing's navy has sailed into the clam harbor in Miaowan Town and reached the mouth of the Yellow River.

"Ruan Jin has also arrived not far from Huai'an along the way. Liu Liangzuo kept asking for help, which shows that the army and navy are extremely strong, and the ship carried a huge cannon, which was more than ten miles away. He said that he was defending Yangzhou before, but Yangzhou was attacked by our army last year when Shi Kefa It collapsed with cannons, and many places have not been repaired. When the Ming army came to attack, he could not defend at all.

Now the Ming army will encircle Huai'an again. If they don't send reinforcements, then he can only retreat to Xuzhou. "

Hua Ma Liu's words are very shameless. When the Qing army went south, he directly surrendered to the Qing with [-] troops. Although he surrendered early, he was not well received by the Qing army. One, it can be said to be miserable.

Even among the generals and deputy generals in the four Jiangbei towns, Liu Liangzuo's town was the worst.

His five tiger generals, dragon, phoenix, tiger, leopard, Peng, and now the highest is the deputy general, and no one even got one of the general soldiers. The reason is simple. Duoduo went to the south, and Liu Liangzuo led his troops to join the expedition. From him to his five tiger generals , all looting is the first, and the war is the last.

Up to now, Liu Liangzuo's [-] troops have been split up and transferred away. He has few soldiers under his command. He holds the title of Jiangbei Admiral, and only [-] bidders are left under his command to guard Yangzhou.

When the Qing army marched south, Yangzhou was bombarded with cannons and slaughtered the city for ten days, turning it into a ghost town.

However, because of the importance of Yangzhou's geographical location, it is an important place for salt and water, so the Qing army quickly began to rebuild Yangzhou after breaking the city.

In the end, Liu Liangzuo was given a new admiral of Jiangbei, and let him station in Yangzhou, which can be regarded as appeasement. Who knew that this guy was so incompetent.

His subordinate Qin Dapeng defended Taizhou and fled without a fight. He himself went too far, retreating from Yangzhou to Gaoyou, then Huai'an, and now he said he would retreat to Xuzhou.

The canal in Jiangbei was directly handed over to the Ming army.

Including this period of time, a lot of grain and grass collected, transported, and stored on both sides of the canal by the Qing army are gone.

"General Tan Tai just arrived in Jinan, but now Yangzhou is lost and Huai'an is in danger. The food and grass prepared for the general in Gaoyou, Yangzhou are all gone, and even the salt that the imperial court transferred in Yancheng and Yangzhou is gone."

Salt in particular, since the Ming Dynasty, three-quarters of the world's salt came from the Lianghuai River, and the salt from the Lianghuai River was finally transferred to Yangzhou. Yangzhou was once known as a prosperous city with two-thirds of the world's moonlight. , but rely on salt and water transportation.

The Qing court is now thinking of relying on this salt to supplement its finances.

As a result, a large amount of Huai salt was mobilized to Yangzhou, and it was gone before it was sold to salt merchants.

This is simply unbelievable.

Zhumala couldn't help sighing, "Su Song Admiral Wu Shengzhao rebelled, Jiangning Governor Tu Guobao lost Suzhou, Jiangbei Admiral Liu Liangzuo fled Yangzhou and large areas of Jiangbei without fighting, and none of the Twelfth Battalion of Caojiang was able to fight."

"Master Jinglue, how did the situation in the south become so corrupt?"

"Master Jinglue, is there another Han civil servant and military general in the south that can be used and trusted?"

"The Jiangbei Jiangbei Canal has been blocked and cut off. How will the next battle be fought and what will be used to fight it? Are there any soldiers in the Green Camp?"

Yan Wogong looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.

"As General Chen, the admiral of Caojiang, said, it was only after he took office that he realized that it was rotten to the root. Now it can only be rectified from the beginning. Now it seems that the canal is blocked, and even if the big city is lost, we can only wait for the autumn harvest to collect food and grass, and then comprehensively After rectifying the green camp, we can go south."

The canal is impassable, there is no food and grass, and the rear is not stable. How can they rush to Shaoxing for thousands of miles?

Sighing, I am fair to you, "Now please ask Zhumala, Bashan, and Hetuo, three Melezhangjings, to lead the remaining [-] Mengman Eight Banners to Changzhou to rescue Kangkala by land. The green camp is not credible, and we have to Go out and break the siege of Changzhou first, and then take back Suzhou."

"As for Jiangbei, we can only wait for General Tan Tai to go south to retreat from the enemy."

"This strategy, together with Governor Ma and Admiral Chen, have started to rectify the green battalion and guard Jiangning and Zhenjiang!"

"Wu Shengzhao has rebelled, and Tu Guobao, Li Chengdong, Yang Chengzu and others can't believe it for the time being. I also ask the three Merle Zhangjing to be more cautious when going south, be careful, and don't be ambushed and attacked."

Bashan felt that 500 people were too few, and he still hoped to mobilize some green camps to cooperate, but Zhuma La and He Tuo both believed that they should not bring green camps.

Yan Wogong also said that there is not much food, grass and equipment in Jiangning City to supply, and it can only supply 500 of them for the time being.

"Be careful and be careful, step by step, rather useless than wasteful battle." Yan Wogong repeatedly confessed.

Bashan felt very angry, why did the situation take such a sudden turn for the worse?
When I was in Beijing, I still wanted to go all the way south and fight all the way to Hainan Island, but now I can't even get out of Jiangning.

What the hell is this.

"It's all Hong Chengchou's fault." The annoyed Bashan also felt that this matter had nothing to do with Yan Wogong. After all, he also went south together. If Yan Wogong was responsible, wouldn't he be responsible too?
So we still have to blame all these bad things on his predecessor Hong Chengchou, and even blame these Jiangnan officials, such as Tu Guobao, Governor of Jiangning, Liu Yingbin, Governor of Anqing, Chen Zhilong, Governor of Huai'an, Admiral Su Song, Wu Shengzhao, and Deputy General of Jiading Li Chengdong and the others are the ones who are too incompetent to corrupt the situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Jiangnan province is so huge that it can't provide them with food and grass for the southern expedition to Shaoxing.

There are tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers and horses, but there is not a single army capable of fighting.

It's not Hong Chengchou's fault, Tu Guobao's and others' fault, who is to blame?Could it be possible to blame them who just went south, and Duoduo and Boluo who once captured Jiangnan?
Before Bashan left, he raised his fist and said angrily that he would truthfully report everything here to the Beijing Regent when he returned, and would severely impeach Hong Chengchou, the Tu Guobao, and others.

Yan Wogong smiled and was very calm.

(End of this chapter)