"I see that Li Chengdong is determined to gain Gan, but he does not really have the ambition to save Nanchang. Anyway, he has his original intention and uses Tong Yangjia to fight off his achievements and take the position above him. However, he has obeyed restraint and is frustrated. Now that he has obtained his position, he The eastern part of Guangdong is owned by everyone, and his will is enough. He has no intention of becoming Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi. Instead, he has the intention of separatizing the eastern part of Guangdong and becoming the lord. Only Your Highness can guard against it."
After reading Qian Bingti's secret performance, Zhu Hengjia smiled slightly.
Li Chengdong, a powerful man, has known about it for a long time. It doesn't matter, the summer grain has been put into the warehouse, so he can send out troops.
The heavy ears of rice bent my waist, and there was a festive atmosphere of harvest everywhere.
Bag after bag of grain entered the barn. With the grain in hand, I felt confident.
Zhu Hengjia ordered the transfer of 30,000 veterans from Li Dingguo, Jin Tongwu, Wu Zisheng, Li Chengjue and other troops from Yunnan to Guilin, and also ordered the recruitment of 50,000 new soldiers in Yunnan and Guangxi each for training in preparation for the war.
He asked Duke Xingguo Li Chi to lead 50,000 troops from Hengzhou to Ji'an and Fuzhou to rescue Nanchang first; and then transferred 20,000 troops from Yang Fuchen's troops from Huguang to follow up.
Li Chixin's troops entered Ji'an Prefecture in Jiangxi Province from Hengzhou. Ji'an had already followed Jin Shengheng, and Eguan Bo led them along the way. The people killed cattle and cooked sheep, and ate pots of pulp to welcome the king's army. The whole army was moved. I vow to fight this battle well to comfort the elders in Jiangxi.
Arriving in Fuzhou, Li Chixin received another supporting force.
Jie Chongxi, the governor of Hedong in the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Jiezhi, the governor of Jiangxi, led 20,000 Fuzhou rebels to join together.
Wang Jiezhi was ordered by Zhu Hengjia to appease Jiangxi. After entering Jiangxi, he prepared to contact Jiang Riguang, Jie Chongxi, Liu Sirai, Yu Yinggui and other old officials of the Ming Dynasty to strengthen his control over Jiangxi.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered Jiangxi, they learned that Yu Yinggui had died for his country in Xingzi City, and the Qing army surrounded Nanchang.
Wang Jiezhi had no troops, so he had to go to Fuzhou and ask Hedong Governor Jie Chongxi to send troops to rescue Nanchang.
Jie Chongxi only had 20,000 rebels in his hands. Although these rebels were determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, they had no strong fighting ability.
The two had no choice but to station troops in the Wenjiazhen area of Fuzhou, harassing the Qing army from a distance, thinking that Nanchang would provide backup. When they heard that Li Chixin's army had arrived, they rushed to join them.
Li Chixin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked the two about the situation in Nanchang.
"Jiefutai, Wang Xungan, how is the situation in Nanchang now?"
Jie Chongxi sighed quietly: "The city of Nanchang is in danger now, and the people of Nanchang are miserable!"
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After winning the Battle of Qili Street, Tan Tai took advantage of the victory to surround Nanchang.
He has experienced hundreds of battles and is experienced in military use. He did not rush to attack the city first, but divided his troops to attack the surrounding prefectures of Nanchang. He successively captured Nankang, Raozhou, Ruizhou, and Linjiang, trying to make Nanchang an isolated city; Major repairs were made outside the city. Nanchang was supported by the Gan River, which made it inconvenient for the Qing army to pass. Tan Tai built three pontoon bridges on the river, which could be used by horse and infantry troops. He also captured hundreds of thousands of civilians and dug trenches outside the city that were deep and 20 feet wide. , fences and barracks were erected all over the ditch in an attempt to trap Nanchang City.
The Eight Banners soldiers captured civilian husbands very well.
When you encounter a village, you first surround the village and drive the villagers to a certain place. Then they search for money and food from house to house to use as "military supplies." Then they divide the men, women, old and young into camps, and the men are captured to be civilian husbands.
, digging trenches; women were given to each banner to take out their beastly desires; old and young were slaughtered directly, leaving their corpses in the wilderness.
The captured peasants were given only a bowl of porridge every day and worked day and night in the scorching heat. Some died of exhaustion or starvation and were thrown directly into the Gan River. The same was true for the women who were tortured to death.
After the trenches were dug, there were still tens of thousands of civilians and women alive. It didn't matter, the Eight Banners soldiers made money in a good way. They were sold directly to traffickers by the pound and shipped to other places as slaves.
Most of these human traffickers were profiteers who transported military supplies for the Qing army. They not only transported food and wages for the flag soldiers, but also purchased various trophies they grabbed, including human beings. The huge profits they made were even worse than plunder.
While digging fortifications, Tan Tai tentatively attacked the city several times.
Nanchang is a rare large city. It is a fortified city. Its government consists of two counties: Nanchang and Xinjian. These two counties are connected by city walls and are actually one city. The city is high and the pond is deep. There were sixteen city gates in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty,
It was reduced to seven seats.
It was not easy to fight, and the Qing army suffered a disastrous defeat at the foot of Nanchang City.
Liu Liangzuo led the Han army to attack several times and suffered heavy casualties. The Han army was usually responsible for attacking the city. Only when the city was about to be broken, the Eight Banners warriors would rush forward and loot the spoils.
Once, the Qing army even captured the Wengcheng in front of Deshengmen. Tan Tai was so happy that he ordered all his troops to move up the Wengcheng. Unexpectedly, the Wengcheng in Nanchang was built one-third lower than the main city. The Ming army was condescending and counterattacked the Qing army.
, and drove the Qing army down.
Tan Tai saw that Nanchang was difficult to fight, so he patiently laid siege for a long time without any panic. This is the advantage of a veteran, he can keep his composure and slowly wear out with you.
Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren and others refused to sit still and wait for death, and sent troops to break out.
From August 9th to October 26th, the Nanchang Ming Army chose different directions to attack the city nine times.
Among them, Marshal Jin personally led his troops to charge twice, and Deputy Commander Wang charged three times. In the most fierce one, Jin Shengheng came out of Desheng Gate and Wang Deren came out of Yonghe Gate to attack at the same time, and almost broke through the Qing army camp.
After all, Tan Tai was a veteran on the battlefield. He gritted his teeth and crushed the Ming army's plan to break out.
The city of Nanchang was besieged for a long time, and food and firewood were in short supply. The price of rice in the city first rose to sixty taels of silver per stone, and later even as high as six hundred taels. Finally, people stopped selling rice, and "killed people to eat" and demolished houses to cook food.<
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The army and people in Nanchang were in a difficult situation. Some people wanted to survive and escaped from the city and surrendered.
Tan Tai, the general of the Qing army who conquered the south, was a ruthless man.
These Nikans actually dare to rebel. If I don’t kill them all, they don’t know how powerful our Qing Dynasty is.
Tan Tai ordered that all soldiers and civilians in the city who surrendered out of the city would be killed without leaving any trace!
On September 30th, thousands of people surrendered from various gates in Nanchang and were all killed. On October 1st, more than 300 people escaped. Tan Tai interrogated him and said, "The city has been without food for more than half a month." , rice was sold for eight coins per liter, chaff was sold for two coins per liter, rats were sold for two coins each, people cannibalized people, they couldn’t bear it." Tan Tai was overjoyed, and after the trial, he led out the people and killed them all; on the second day of October , there was a deputy general in the city, who took advantage of the fire in the city and took more than 500 of his subordinates and their family members. They had their heads shaved and threw them out. Only 11 people were left for surrender, and the rest were killed. On the third day of October, another 120 Ming people were killed. The army carried blunderbuss, gunpowder, etc. and threw them under the Manchurian red flag. The gunpowder and firearms were retained for use, and the people were killed.
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Li Chi was shocked when he learned that Nanchang was in such a critical situation.
"I was ordered by the Supervisory State to rescue Nanchang, but there were only 50,000 soldiers and horses. Including the soldiers and horses of Jiefutai, the number was only 70,000. How to rescue Nanchang City from the hands of more than 100,000 Qing troops? Is the Second Duke capable of rescue? A good strategy?"
Jie Chongxi thought hard for a long time without saying a word.
Wang Jiezhi suddenly said: "In my opinion, there are only three words: water rescue."
"Rescue on the water? What kind of rescue method? Please ask Wang Xun for advice."
"Nanchang is on the east side of the Gan River, and Zhangjiang Gate is very close to the Gan River. The Qing army built three pontoon bridges on the Gan River. If they can go up the Gan River and burn the Qing army's pontoon bridges, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city will be greatly boosted if they see it. .With internal and external attacks, we will be able to break the siege of Nanchang."
Li Chixin sighed: "I also thought about rescuing Nanchang from the Gan River, but Tan Tai was so cunning and cunning that he collected all the boats on the river. After searching for several days, he couldn't find a single boat. How to rescue him from the water?"< /p>
Wang Jie smiled and said: "The righteous people reported to me the day before yesterday that all the ships captured by General Tan Tai were hidden in Fengcheng County for the transportation of the army. The general can surprise Fengcheng, seize the ships, and then go down the river. Burning the Qing Army's pontoon".
Fengcheng County is a major grain-producing county in Jiangxi. Tan Tai sent the Mongolian Eight Banner Jia La'e Zhen Ursu with 1,500 Mongolian cavalry and the Han army's Xianghuang Banner Liu Zehan's 6,000 infantry to garrison Fengcheng as a large army. Collect food and grass.
The so-called collecting naturally means grabbing a batch of grain without paying any money and transporting a batch to Nanchang.
"Uh-huh, the Yuhua Mountain bandits are here to harass our food collection team again."
Ursu was resting in his tent when his subordinates came to report.
At the beginning, the Qing army's grain collection in Fengcheng County went smoothly. However, in the past few days, a rebel army suddenly appeared in the Yuhua Mountain area southwest of Fengcheng and attacked the Qing army's grain collection team mysteriously. The progress is much slower.
Ursu was furious and said to Liu Zehan: "General Liu, you guard the city, I will lead the cavalry to kill all the bandits."
Liu Zehan was dissatisfied. This time Ursu came to take credit again. He sent the food collection team himself, so he should take the credit himself. But he was the commander-in-chief and had military orders, so he had to obey them.
Ursu led 1,500 Mongolian cavalry and 3,000 Han army Xianghuang infantry to reach Yuhua Mountain.
"Charge the mountain", Ursu issued the military order.
The Mongolian and Han coalition forces attacked the stronghold, but the rebels abandoned the stronghold and fled.
Ursu led his troops in hot pursuit, and gradually pursued them into the valley.
On the top of the mountain, Li Chixin, Jie Chongxi, and Wang Jiezhi were observing the enemy's situation.
Seeing that the Qing army had entered his own ambush circle, Wang Jiezhi smiled and said: "Commander, it's almost over. Nanchang is in danger, so we should fight and decide it quickly."
Li Chixin nodded, and on the top of the mountain, the flag was waving.
Countless rolling logs, stones, bullets, and arrows fell. The Marquis of Ying, Gao Bizheng, the Marquis of Jing, Yuan Zongdi, the Marquis of Anhui, Liu Tichun, Lin Chengcheng, and Li Laiheng, fought out from all directions. The Qing army was surrounded in the valley.
Seeing that he had been tricked, Ursu led his cavalry to rush towards the mouth of the valley.
"咴聿聿", there was a long hiss. A soldier of the Ming Army slashed off Ursu's horse's leg with a knife, and before he could struggle to get up, another soldier slashed his neck open.
The battle ended quickly, and thousands of Qing troops were annihilated in Yuhua Mountain.
At the top of Feng County City, the gatekeeper just yawned.
Groups of soldiers came to the city.
"Hurry up and open the city gate, Ursu'er will return to the city victorious", the cavalry general at the bottom of the city shouted on his horse.
Looking at the general, there are Mongolian cavalry under the city, the Han army's robes are decorated with yellow flags, and there are countless large and small carts of supplies.
It seems that Ursu Erzhen has made a lot of money this time!
"Open the city gate," the general ordered lazily.
The heavy city gate slowly opened, and soldiers from outside the city swarmed into the city.
"Ouch", a horse roared, and the young general Li Laiheng of the Ming army galloped into the city. On his horse, he turned around and shot an arrow, and the Qing army planted the general from the top of the city.
When Liu Zehan heard about the change, he did not dare to resist and hurriedly led his troops to flee the city.
After the Ming army captured Fengcheng, they not only seized a large number of boats, but also obtained a large amount of grain, grass, and wealth. All the proceeds from Ursu's looting were used as military pay for the Ming army.
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The sun is about to go down, and the afterglow of the setting sun is spread on the river. The beautiful Ganjiang River is like a young girl, wrapped in a red gauze, waiting to get married, peaceful and quiet.
On the Zhangjiang Ferry (the Nanchang area once called the Ganjiang River Zhangjiang), there are three pontoon bridges like three crouching dragons across the river. The bridge deck is very busy. The Qing army's baggage team is pushing grain carts across the river. Deliver supplies to Tan Tai's 150,000-strong army.
One hundred and fifty thousand soldiers were eating horse chews, which consumed a huge amount of money and made food officials from all over the country very busy.
"Look, the boat."
A soldier of the Qing army screamed.
Groups of black shadows become more and more clear from far to near. Small boats and large boats are all hung with sun and moon flags with red hearts on a blue background.
Last night there was spring water by the river,
The Meng Chong giant ship is worth a dime.
It has always been a waste of effort,
Feel free to flow in the middle of the day.
It happened to be a favorable wind, and with the help of the wind, the ship moved very fast.
The dozens of boats at the front suddenly burst into flames and rushed towards the three pontoon bridges on the Gan River.
"Enemy attack!"
The Qing troops on the pontoon screamed, golden drums sounded, and the alarm sounded.
It was too late, the Ming army's fire ships were too fast. In a short time, the three pontoon bridges became fire bridges.
Hearing that reinforcements from the Ming Army arrived from the Gan River and burned down the pontoon, Tan Tai was surprised. He had already ordered the ships along the Gan River to be burned down. How did the Ming Army find the ships? He looked at the map and saw that it was no good! Feng Feng
The city was lost.
"Reinforcements are coming!"
"Long live!"
There was joy at the top of Nanchang City, and the already sluggish morale suddenly cheered up.
Jin Shengheng and Wang Deren came to the city gate of Zhangjiangmen and saw the Ming army outside the city crossing the river to fight with the Qing army.
Without hesitation, the two men immediately left the city and attacked the Qing army from both inside and outside.
Generals Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren, Song Kuiguang, Huang Tianlei, and Tang Zhizhong fought their way out.
Tan Tai was worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield. While blocking the trenches to prevent the Nanchang defenders from leaving the city, he personally led the army to attack the Ming army crossing the river.
The battle was extremely fierce. The Qing army built extremely strong barriers and dug deep trenches. The defenders of Nanchang failed to break through the Qing army's encirclement, and General Tang Zhizhong died in the battle.
Tan Tai's crazy attack also successfully prevented the Ming army outside the city from entering the city.
Although Li Chixin's troops did not enter the city and relieve the siege of Nanchang, they confronted the Qing army across the Ganjiang River, and Tan Tai was unable to stop Li Chixin for a while.
Although they failed to attack the Qing army from both inside and outside, the reinforcements had arrived on the other side of the Gan River. The sun and moon flags could be clearly seen on the city head of Zhangjiang Gate, which greatly inspired the defenders' fighting will. p>
Li Chixin saw that it would be difficult to directly relieve the siege of Nanchang, so he changed his strategy and sent Jie Chongxi's rebel army to attack the Qing army's food route.
After the pontoon was burned down, the Qing army's grain supply could only be transported from Poyang Lake through Raozhou Prefecture.
In order to ensure the safety of grain routes, Tan Tai sent Jiangnan Governor Ma Guozhu to station in Raozhou to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.
Good things come in pairs. Just when Li Chixin was using his fists and kicks to disrupt the Qing army's food routes, the Ming army came with another reinforcement, and Yang Fuchen's 20,000 troops arrived from Huguang.
After receiving Zhu Hengjia's order to reinforce Nanchang, Yang Fuchen's troops accelerated their march from Hengzhou to Ji'an, Fuzhou, Fengcheng, and crossed the river to join Li Chixin's troops.
With the addition of this new force, Li Chixin's confidence has greatly increased.
There was a leak in the house and it rained all night. Tan Tai read a letter and frowned.
This is a letter asking for help from Liu Wuyuan, the governor of Southern Jiangxi.
Now that the war is imminent and the troops are in short supply, Tan Tai originally did not want to divide his troops. But Ganzhou is an important military area, and it is impossible not to rescue him. After thinking about it again, he ordered Meile Zhangjing's glue merchant to lead the Zhengbai Banner and Zhenghong Banner with four armored soldiers and six thousand soldiers and horses as reinforcements.
Ganzhou.
Tan Tai sent a message to the regent Dorgon overnight, asking him to send more reinforcements; he also asked Kong Youde of Wuchang to take advantage of the Huguang Ming army's rescue of Nanchang to counterattack in Huguang to contain the Ming army.
