Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 234 Fang Guoan surrendered to the Qing court

On March 1000, the second year of Longwu, Chen Zilong gathered more than 5000 boats and boats, and [-] volunteers, and rushed towards Suzhou. Yang Chengzu, the governor of Jiangning and the commander-in-chief of the Qing court stationed in Suzhou, was shocked immediately.

On March [-]rd, Yu Shizhong, the vanguard of the Taihu Rebel Army guerrilla, went to the city of Suzhou. Yang Chengzu saw that there were rebel soldiers in commoner clothes and red scarves all over the mountains and plains, and he dared not go out to fight.

As soon as Duoduo issued an order to command the Seventh Route Army to sweep East Zhejiang, Chen Zilong attacked Suzhou, which really annoyed him very much.

The Taihu Rebel Army has always been a sharp thorn in Duoduo's chest. He sent a large army to encircle and suppress the Taihu Rebel Army, but they couldn't hide. As soon as his army retreated, the Taihu Rebel Army began to harass the prefectures and counties controlled by the Qing Army. He sent troops to break the siege At that time, the Taihu Rebel Army escaped into the vast Taihu Lake again, which made him tired of dealing with the Qing soldiers.

The rebel army attacked Suzhou not once or twice. In the past, Duoduo would not have been rescued, but this time in Suzhou city, there was 50 shi of grain that the Qing court was going to transport to Huguang.

The city of Suzhou was lost, and the Qing soldiers could fight back, but there was no more food, and he couldn't make up so much army food for a while.

In the north under the rule of the Qing court, bandits have been scourges for many years, and with the entry of Qing soldiers into the customs, it is another scourge. The people's livelihood has long since withered, and the food grown is not enough for the north to consume.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River was originally rich and a land of fish and rice, but since the Qing soldiers went south in April last year, the flames of war have continued, and last year's harvest was basically finished.

This year's seeds are just about to be planted, and if they want to harvest grain, they have to persist until summer and autumn at the earliest, so it will be difficult for the Qing soldiers to obtain a large amount of rice grain in the next few months.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. The food and grass in Suzhou City are extremely important to the Qing court's battle in Huguang, so Duoduo must not let the food and grass fall into the hands of the rebels, but Duduo is not willing to change his plan to sweep eastern Zhejiang. .

In the military tent, Duoduo walked back and forth, weighing in his mind, and called a confidant into the tent after a while, "Quickly send Wu Song's admiral Wu Shengzhao to rescue Suzhou. This king does not require him to defeat Chen Zilong, as long as he can hold back Chen Zilong." Bandits, just don't attack Suzhou."

Wu Shengzhao has more than 1 Qing soldiers in his hands, plus Yang Chengzu's tribe, and the original guards in Suzhou, the Qing army's strength is close to 2, which is equivalent to the strength of the Taihu Rebel Army, but the Qing army's equipment is better than that of the rebel army. Still on the defensive side, Duduo felt that the possibility of holding back the rebel army was quite high.

And even if Suzhou was attacked by rebels and took away his rice grains, only he could sweep up eastern Zhejiang and slaughter a few cities at will, and he would still get a lot of rice grains, so he felt relieved and led his troops to prepare to cross the river.

The seven armies set off separately, while Duoduo crossed the river from Liuhe Pagoda, Fuyang, and Yanzhou.

At this time, Duoduo was planning to collect boats, but he soon discovered that the river, which seemed to be nearly ten battles wide, was actually close to drying up. The morale of the Qing army was greatly boosted.

The Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province. It has been plentiful over the years, but this year it is close to drying up. It was immediately spread among the Qing camp that the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were in line with God's will.

These rumors were naturally spread by Duduo, but the effect was indeed very obvious, and the morale of the Qing army more than doubled again.

Just when Duoduo's army arrived at the Six Harmonies Pagoda, Fang Guoan also led his troops to the south bank of the Qiantang River.

At this time, he had already seen the Qing soldiers bathing in the river and washing their horses, which immediately made his mood drop to the bottom. What Xia Wanchun said was true, and the Qing soldiers could really jump into the water and cross.

For a while, Fang Guoan was in a state of confusion. Without the natural danger of Qiantang, how would Jiang Fang defend?

At this time, he summoned Jiang's defense general, and immediately roared: "The river has dried up so far, why didn't you report it?"

Chen Xueguan, the general of the Jiangfang Army, explained submissively: "The general calmed down. The last general saw that it had entered the spring rain season, and thought it would rain soon. Moreover, the last general did not expect that the Qing soldiers would suddenly kill him. The last general~~"

"Military affairs, what do you think?" Fang Guoan was furious, pulled out his waist knife, and directly stabbed Chen Xueguan in the abdomen, angrily said: "You ruined this general's important affairs, and death is not a pity."

After Fang Guoan killed the general officer of Jiangfang, he quickly took another 2 troops from Shaoxing to defend the precarious Jiangfang.

At this time, Xia Wanchun got in touch with the Tiandihui in Shaoxing City, and then he knew that Duoduo divided his army into seven groups to sweep east Zhejiang, but Fang Guoan wanted to mobilize Shaoxing troops to guard the Jiangfang which could not be defended at all, and he sighed in his heart .

In the Lu Palace, Xia Wanchun once again advised, "Your Highness, Duoduo came in seven routes, one of the defenses of the Qianli River was destroyed, and the whole line collapsed.

It is really unwise to guard the river at this time!The minister thought that instead of resisting the seven routes, it is better to gather the soldiers of Jiangfang and surround the whole route.As the saying goes, it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt five fingers.As long as His Royal Highness sticks to Shaoxing, and then let the Dukes of Yue and Xingguo lead their troops outside and defeat them one by one with superior forces, the situation in eastern Zhejiang may not be irreversible! "

Uncle Zhang Guojun heard the words, but he yelled again: "Children, how dare you talk about military affairs? Two armies are facing each other, and there is no reason to let the enemy enter. Your Highness, Jiang Fang must not be abandoned. Once Jiang Fang is abandoned, the Qing soldiers can drive straight in. Arriving at the foot of the city of Shaoxing, Ru Zi is trying to put His Highness in a dangerous place, and his heart will be punishable."

After hearing Zhang Guojun's words, King Lu naturally didn't dare to let the Qing soldiers surround him in the city, and refused to accept Xia Wanchun's words.

On March [-]th, Duoduo commanded troops to cross the river in a big way. In the direction of Yanzhou, Belleboluo broke through first. Soon after, Fang Guoan's defense line on the south bank of the Qiantang River collapsed. Jiang, the various ministries of the Ming army lost soldiers and generals, and fled one after another.

There are nearly 20 soldiers and horses in eastern Zhejiang, but the quality of these soldiers and horses is not at the same level as that of Qing soldiers.

After the defeat in the attack on Hangzhou last year, the King of Lu regime had 10 troops, and only 20 people withdrew to the south bank. The huge sense of crisis after the defeat made the King of Lu regime desperately expand its army by more than [-], bringing the number of troops to [-], but not As long as you pick up your arms and put on your battle uniform, you can call it an army.

The vast majority of the Ming army in eastern Zhejiang can only be regarded as farmers who took up arms.

In Xia Wanchun's eyes, Jiang Fang's defeat was inevitable.

At this time, the defeated soldiers on the front line returned to Shaoxing one after another, and the number of soldiers and horses in the city increased to 3. Xia Wanchun persuaded King Lu to step on the city to boost morale, and then quickly asked Fujing for help. He left Shaoxing under the escort of Zhang Mingzhen.

The next day Duoduo got the news and personally commanded the troops to pursue him.

After Fang Guoan, the Duke of Yue, returned to Shaoxing with [-] soldiers and horses, he heard that King Lu had fled the city and surrendered to the Qing court immediately.

(Thank you for your support. I have been a little bit wet these days. I will code well tomorrow. The role of Yu Youhan, let me think about it, where is it arranged)

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