Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1127
The Qing army defeated Zhungeer in Moxi and wiped out the threat from the northwest. The Kingdom of Jin suffered heavy losses in the past few years and could not threaten Dorgon.

After Wang Yan left Wuchang, the Qing army also got the news quickly.

Near Luoyang City, the camp of the Qing army was arranged along the embankment of the Yellow River, stretching for forty to fifty miles. The white tents and the cattle and sheep obtained from the conquest of Moxi made people feel like they were in the grassland.

The Qing army assembled 16 troops in Henan, eyeing it like a tiger. According to intelligence, 3 people had been drawn from Nanyang Town, which originally had a garrison of [-] troops, to participate in the Three Kings Rebellion within the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that they are bound to win against Nanyang.

Nanyang is near Wancheng in history, surrounded by mountains, and several rivers converge to form the Nanyang Basin.

In history, when Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou, Zhang Xiu, who first destroyed Nanyang, opened the channel for the southern expedition.

At the end of July in the tenth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, the three kings of Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Wakda Manchu gathered together and led 16 people gathered near Luoyang, plus 10 forced laborers and coats, which was called a 50 army. Going south along the official road provoked another great war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

For a while, flags and flags were facing each other on the road, there was an endless stream of vehicles and horses on the marching road, and there were Mongolian soldiers driving countless cattle and sheep as military rations.

It has to be said that the land occupied by the Manchu Qing still has great potential. In the past two years, a lot of vitality has been recovered, and it can once again provoke a big war.

The three kings of the Manchu and Qing went south with an astonishing momentum. After the army arrived in Ruzhou, Kong Youde ordered the Manchu general Ge Juha, the Han general Guoan to lead the Han army with 3000 men from the Zhenghong Banner and the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner with 7000 men, and head east along the Rushui River. , Pass Xiangcheng and Yancheng, enter Runan to the east of Nanyang, strengthen the defense of Runing Mansion, and prevent Zhongzhi Town on the front line of Hefei and Shouzhou from entering Henan and attacking the back of the main force.

Monk Kong Youde is gratifying, he has attacked Huguang from Henan several times, this time he is familiar with the road, he has done almost everything and considered all the problems.

Wang Yan had explained to the Nanyang defenders a long time ago that he knew that the Qing army would never miss such an opportunity to attack Daming. Before he left Wuchang, he specially called Sun Shoufa and Liu Fangliang to meet and told them to guard Nanyang closely.

With Wang Yan's confession, and in order to quell the Tanglu rebellion, Wang Yan took away 6 horses from Huguang, and Nanyang's defenders dropped to 3. Therefore, Nanyang has been paying attention to the movements of the Qing army in Henan.

Before the three kings of Manchu and Qing went south, the Nanyang garrison got the news, but although they knew that the Qing army was going to attack Nanyang, but facing the Qing army with absolute superiority in strength, the Nanyang garrison did not have a good plan to defend against the enemy. You can only defend layer by layer and delay time.

In order to delay the attack of the Qing army, Liu Fangliang sent troops and horses to go out to the territory of Ruzhou on his own initiative, and arranged some soldiers to enter Huoshan, Lushan and other places to attack and harass the Qing army, and sneak attack the Qing army's food and supplies.

After the main force of the Qing army passed through Ruzhou, the Ming army raided and harassed everywhere.

The population of the Manchus is sparse. In order to make up for the loss of the Eight Banners, when Daishan was guarding the outside of the pass, he forcibly conscripted the wild Jurchen and Xihai Jurchen in the north to make up for the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

These elite hunter-born soldiers haunted the mountains and forests, and the harassing troops led by Qin Feng were no match for these hunters. In order to preserve their strength, the Ming army had to abandon the mountains and forests of Huoshan and Lushan, and retreat to the south of Shashui.

The Qing army wiped out the harassment of the Ming army, ensured the safety of the food roads, and without any worries, the army rushed to Lushan County in a steady stream.

The 15 Qing troops soon broke through the two defense lines of the Ming army at Shashui and Luyang Pass. On August [-], they crossed Fenshui Ridge and entered the boundary of Nanyang. On August [-], they fell into Nanzhao County, and then the army moved along Baishui On the [-]th, they arrived at the foot of Nanyang City.

Liu Fangliang led more than 2 people. Seeing the Qing army coming all over the mountains and plains, he hurriedly closed the city gates. Sun Shoufa led more than [-] people to station in Xinye in the south. The two cities guarded the horns to defend against the Qing army's attack.

On August [-], just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, a general reported to Liu Fangliang that the Qing army, which had been preparing for many days under the city, might attack the city in the near future.

At noon, after a hasty lunch, Liu Fangliang led many generals to the North City.

Nanyang is a prefecture city, and it is also on the front line of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so all kinds of defense facilities are complete, and the city wall is very strong after reinforcement, almost catching up with Wuchang City.

Liu Fangliang went up to the city from the steps next to the main building of the city gate, and Qin Feng, the guard of the north gate, immediately greeted him, "Captain, the general guessed that the Qing dog was going to attack."

There are five major governors in the Five Army Commander's Mansion, and there are ten left and right governors. Liu Fangliang is the former right commander of the army, but usually his subordinates directly call him the governor, and they don't specifically call him the former right commander.

"Oh?" Liu Fangliang walked up the steps, looked up at Qin Feng, and when he reached the city wall, he walked towards the city wall.

Qin Feng followed behind and said: "Their ladders and siege towers are almost finished, and the red cannons have also arrived. The commander will know the situation when he goes to the city."

Liu Fangliang leaned against the wall and looked out, and couldn't help feeling cold. The Qing army's equipment outside the city was almost a forest. The Ming army's attack on Wuchang City might not have been such a big battle.

In the northern city where everyone is located, as far as the eye can see, among the sea of ​​Qing soldiers, there are forests of weapons!
The Qing army had a lot of equipment, so Liu Fangliang was not afraid, because Nanyang's defense equipment was also very complete, but when he took a closer look, he was shocked to find that the Qing army had dispatched a hundred red cannons to attack the city.

He doesn't need to care about other equipment, but with so many cannons, it's a bit scary!

"Captain, look!" Qin Feng pointed at the artillery of the Qing army, "There are also Bai Fan among the Qing dogs, I'll fuck the red-haired barbarians!"

When attacking Nanjing, the Ming army discovered the Hongmaoyi among the Qing army. After the Ming army recovered Taiwan Island and made peace with the Hongmaoyi, they thought that these Hongmaoyi would be more honest, but they did not expect that they would still fight with the Qing soldiers. Get together.

The improvement of the artillery technology of the Ming army largely absorbed the technology and craftsmen of the Xiyi. Now that the Xiyi and the Manchus have come together, it is estimated that the artillery of the Manchus will also have an improvement.

At this time, while Liu Fangliang was watching the battle, the drums in the Qing camp below the city suddenly rang loudly, and the cavalry of the Qing army roared to and fro, occupying the battlefield. Roll out the camp and place it in the starting area one mile away.

On the artillery formation of the Qing army, the cannon covers of nearly a hundred red cannons were lifted. Several red-haired vassals were explaining to the officers of the Qing army. Worship these red cannons, so that they can shoot more accurately.

Under Hong Maoyi's measurement and guidance, the artillery team of the Qing army quickly completed the deployment. The generals in front of the artillery array waved down their flags, and the gunners raised their torches one after another. White smoke covered the long front line, and the artillery mounts of each artillery retreated back. A hundred rounds of iron bullets weighing more than ten kilograms rushed out of the muzzles and hit the city wall. The city was full of dust, and countless gravel rose into the air and fell like rain , Splashing dense white water in the moat.

The defenders on the city wall folded their heads and squatted down. Inside the city wall, a hundred households took out a pigeon cage, took out a carrier pigeon, tied it with urgent information, and threw the pigeon into the air, and the carrier pigeon flapped its wings and flew south. go.

(End of this chapter)