nanming man

Chapter 492
Gao Yihuan currently has 13 soldiers, 7 of whom are left in Nanyang, Ruzhou and other places.

Nothing to do, even if the Qing army went north to deal with the Mongols, it would still be a big rock on Wei Wujun's body, and heavy troops must be left behind to defend, otherwise they would not dare to go south with confidence.

Wei Wujun stationed 3 troops in Huguang, and Gao Yihuan brought another 6 from southern Henan, which increased the number of Wei Wujun in Huguang to [-].

Of the 4 soldiers and horses, another [-] defended Yunyang and Jingzhou, respectively monitored the Western Army in Sichuan, and Liu Zongmin in Hanzhong.This time Gao Yihuan took action against the Ming Dynasty, and only [-] people were mobilized.

Of these 4 horses, Gao Yihuan left another 1 people to build a fort on the opposite bank of Wuchang to contain Zuo Liangyu, and he led 3 horses into Hunan.

An army of 13 may seem like a lot, but because of the passive geographical situation, the available troops are really limited.

But fortunately, Wei Wu's army is powerful and has a large number of horses. In addition, many people and horses have just fought against the Tartars. The momentum is like a rainbow, so the battle is quite vigorous, and it is quite easy to deal with the Ming army in Hunan. Destroyed.

On February 1646, 2, after simple preparations, Gao Yihuan left Zhao Zhuzi with 8 troops to station in Changde, Yiyang and other places, and confronted Duyinxi in Changsha to prevent the Ming army from Changsha from going north to reinforce Yuezhou.

Gao Yihuan led Zhao Daxian, Xu Heihu, Wang Deren and other generals, with a total of 2 horses, known as [-] soldiers, and attacked Yuezhou by land and water.

Huguang is the granary of the world, and Nanfu Duyinxi is a relatively capable person, so the life of the people in Hunan is not bad, and they can eat enough.

Therefore, for Wei Wujun's sudden invasion of Hunan, the people's reaction was not very positive, while the gentry held an attitude of disgust.

It can be said that Wei Wujun's invasion of Hunan this time did not have the basis of public opinion. Everyone likes peace. As long as they can live, no one wants to fight.

But right now, there is a soldier who is the grass head king. Whoever has the biggest fist is right. The people are not active, and the gentry are not welcome, but the Ming army is too strong to resist beating, and cannot stop Wei Wujun. Even if the public opinion does not support it, Gao Yihuan also came.

Similarly, as long as the Wei Wu army does not kill the people, does not expropriate, and maintains local stability, the people will not rise up to resist.

Wei Wujun marched along the waterways and along the Dongting. There was almost no decent resistance along the way, and the army reached Yuezhou.

Yueyang is located at the junction of the mouth of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River, and is an important channel connecting Hunan and Hubei.

After Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang, he tried to occupy Hunan, but the army was blocked in Yuezhou, so that Hunan did not suffer from military disasters.

Yuezhou was originally managed by Yang Wenyue, the northern governor. After Yang Wenyue was taken away, most of the people who followed Yang Wenyue to guard Yuezhou at the beginning found another way out.

Now there are only more than 5000 people in the city, garrisoned by Ming generals Lu Ding, Ma Jiaolin, Gao Yizhen and others, and supervised by Wu Jinxi, the military preparation officer.

Unlike the soldiers and horses in other towns in Hunan, the Yuezhou defenders had fought tough battles. When they heard that Gao Yihuan was coming, they immediately made preparations for defense.

On February [-]th, after the Wei Wu army was ready, the three thousand sailors first arrived at the west city of Yuezhou, and sent people to shoot letters, asking the Yuezhou defenders to vacate the city, and let the Wei Wu army go to fight Zuo Liangyu, otherwise they would be killed. Go to war and step down Yuezhou City.

The four gates of Yuezhou City have been closed tightly. A thin civil official is standing on the top of the city, watching with locked eyes the hundreds of boats of all sizes on the lake, densely covering the entire mouth of Dongting Lake.

Supervising Army Wu Jinxi, together with several Yuezhou guards, observed Wei Wujun with serious expressions.

Yuezhou is very important to Hunan, it is a node between Wuchang and Changsha, and it is also an important passage to and from Sanxiang.

If Yuezhou is lost, the channel from Changsha to Nanjing will have to cross the mountains and go to Jiangxi by land, and the cost of the connection will increase exponentially.

In addition, if Yuezhou, Hunan's rice, and other resources are lost, the roads out of Hunan will basically be controlled.

Therefore, Wei Wu's army approached the city and demanded to give up Yuezhou. The Yuezhou defenders obviously could not accept it.

"Gao Jingzhong and Zuo Liangyu had a quarrel, but they invaded Hunan, and now they want to force us to give up Yuezhou. It's really deceiving." Wu Jinxi looked at the lake from a distance, put one hand on the wall, and said in a deep voice, "Yuezhou The state cannot be left in the hands of the official, and the generals are confident to stop Gao Jingzhong!"

The three generals stood behind Wu Jinxi, Lu Ding and Ma Jiaolin looked dignified, but Gao Yizhen clasped his fists and said: "Back then when an army of more than [-] thieves besieged Yuezhou, we all defended it. I can definitely stop it!"

Lu Ding took a look at Gao Yizhen, and thought that when tens of thousands of people gathered in the city, and the Yangfu Army deployed defenses, they went up to defend the city and defended Yuezhou. Now there are only thousands of soldiers in the city, and the Yangfu Army has also been demoted to the city. Lingnan has gone, how can it be compared with the original?
Wu Jinxi nodded slightly, "Gao Qianhu is right. Yuezhou City has high walls, thick walls, a wide moat, and sufficient food and materials. It will definitely be able to defend."

Gao Yizhen said again: "Wei Wujun's ships have already entered the range of the artillery, and the general will propose to fire bombardment in response to Gao Jingzhong."

Wu Jinxi was very satisfied with Gao Yijiao, as expected he was recommended by Yang Wenyue, "Okay, let Gao Qianhu do it!"

Lu Ding and Ma Jiaolin looked at each other, thinking that this Gao Yijia is said to be somewhat related to Gao Jingzhong, how could he be more active in fighting Gao Jingzhong than us?The two originally had reservations about guarding Yuezhou, but seeing that Wu Jinxi was obviously unwilling to give up Yuezhou, and Gao Yiju was very active, they were reluctant to speak.

Yuezhou City decided to reject Wei Wujun's request, and prepared to stick to the city and wait for the imperial court to reinforce it.

A few red-clothed cannons at the head of the city suddenly fired and bombarded the boats on the lake, splashing water columns, and the boats hurriedly left the west city of Yuezhou and attacked Chenglingji to the north, where Wei Wujun landed.

On February [-], after five days of transportation, most of Wei Wujun arrived in Yuezhou from Huarong County.

As soon as Gao Yihuan came ashore, Zhao Daxian reported to him angrily: "Marshal, the defenders in the city are unwilling to give up Yuezhou, and instead bombarded us with cannons. It seems that they want to resist to the end!"

Since entering Hunan, the Ming army was on the verge of collapse, and no one dared to challenge Wei Wu's army. Now that they suddenly met someone who dared to resist, I felt a little upset.

Gao Yihuan listened, and after a little thought, the Ming army was not all cowards, so he picked up his helmet and walked out of the tent, "Look!"

At that moment, all the generals followed him, left the camp, and went to spy on the city defense.

The people rode their horses and galloped three miles away from the city wall, then stopped and looked at the city with binoculars.

Gao Yihuan looked at it, couldn't help frowning slightly, and suddenly ordered: "We have to bring a batch of red-clothed cannons here, and we have to bring some left army prisoners to attack the city!"

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