"Commander, the military supplies and supplies have been prepared, and the lost soldiers have been replenished."
Du Yonghe reported to Li Chengdong.
Li Chengdong nodded, with a sharp look in his eyes.
"Liu Wuyuan, this time, I will capture Ganzhou and chop you alive!"
In the first month of the 22nd year of Chongzhen, Li Chengdong ordered the entire army to assemble in Nanxiong Mansion, Guangdong. This time, 10,000 more soldiers and horses were mobilized than last time, a total of 90,000.
In addition to leaving Hao Shangjiu and Ma Bao to guard Chaozhou to guard against the Qing army in Fujian, and leaving Li Yuanyin to guard their old nest in Huizhou, Jiangning Bo Du Yonghe, Wuzhi Bo Yan Keyi, Xuanping Bo Dong Fangce, Baofeng Bo Luo Chengyao, Fenghua Bo Huang Yingjie, Le'an
Bo Yang Dafu, Zhen'an Bo Zhang Daoying, Boxing Bo Zhang Yue and other generals were dispatched.
In late February, Li Chengdong's army had all passed Meiling and entered Jiangxi.
"Let's all discuss how to fight this battle?"
After his first defeat in Ganzhou, Li Chengdong became much more humble and liked to discuss everything with generals.
"Commander, we have many troops, so we should attack Ganzhou with all our strength."
Generals Du Yonghe, Luo Chengyao, Huang Yingjie and others advocated attacking Ganzhou directly.
Li Chengdong frowned. He suffered a big loss last time. Ganzhou is not easy to fight.
"Commander, I think we should attack the peripheral counties of Ganzhou first to isolate Ganzhou from the outside world, and then attack Ganzhou.".
General Yan Keyi offered his advice.
"Commander, General Yan, this is a good idea. We have a large number of troops. If we divide our troops to attack each county, we will not be able to capture Ganzhou, and we will besiege Ganzhou to death."
Du Yonghe also agreed with Yan Keyi's idea.
Li Chengdong nodded: "That's it. Last time, my 80,000-strong army was defeated by more than 10,000 Liu Wuyuan's men. I lost all my face in front of the prison country! Wherever I lost my face, I must pick it up again."
.This time my 90,000-strong army will destroy the city of Ganzhou. Are you willing to join me in a bloody battle in Ganzhou to avenge the shame?"
"Bloody battle in Ganzhou, revenge for blood shame!"
The generals responded generously.
Li Jun fought fiercely with the intention of revenge.
Li Chengdong personally led the army and captured Xinfeng County, which is in the south of Gan County under the control of Ganzhou. He also sent Dong Fangce, Fan Chengen, and Yang Youguang to attack Yudu County to the east of Gan County. He also sent General Yan Keyi to garrison Quling. He was prepared to besieged and trapped to death.
Ganzhou City.
After receiving a letter asking for help from Yudu County, Liu Wuyuan, governor of southern Qing and Jiangxi, was hesitant.
If you don’t save it, let Li Jun attack one county after another, and Ganzhou will soon become an isolated city; if you save it, Ganzhou already has few troops, so if you divide the troops, what if the enemy directly attacks Ganzhou?
One person is short-term and everyone is wise. Liu Wuyuan also held a military meeting.
"Futai, the last general is willing to bring only 800 troops and horses to reinforce Yudu County", guerrilla attack on Kong Guo's rule.
"General Kong, there are no jokes in the army. You must think clearly."
"If you can't defend Yudu, the general will eventually come to see you."
Liu Wuyuan stared at Kong Guozhi and took a careful look.
"General Kong, if you can defend Yudu City with only 800 troops and horses, I will promote you to the rank of participating general."
Kong Guozhi took the order and left.
"Last time Thief Li suffered a big loss in our Ganzhou, and he will definitely take revenge this time. Let's discuss how we can defeat the enemy at the gate of Ganzhou?"
Xian Qiyu, Yang Yuming, and Jia Xiong advocated holding on to the city
Hu Yousheng, Gao Jinku, and Liu Bolu suggested that the policy of "quick combat is the advantage" and take the initiative to attack before the Ming army approaches the city.
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
The Melezhangjing rubber merchant who came to Ganzhou to aid under Tan Tai's order suddenly laughed.
Liu Wuyuan was very surprised: "Why is the rubber merchant Zhang Jing laughing?"
The glue merchant said: "I laugh at Li Chengdong who doesn't know how to fight. He actually divided his troops to attack various counties. His troops were scattered, which is the only way to defeat. In the battle of Sarhu, the Ming army attacked the Qing Dynasty from all directions. The old Khan Wang said, 'Cure' "I have come several ways, but I only go one way." The same is true today. We should take advantage of Li Chengdong's opportunity to divide his troops and defeat Li's army one by one.
Liu Wuyuan was overjoyed: "The rubber merchant Zhang Jing is indeed a Manchu hero and can be the vanguard of the entire army."
To shoot a man, shoot a horse first; to capture a thief, capture the king first.
Liu Wuyuan ordered Jiao Shang to lead the 6,000 cavalrymen of Zhenghong Banner and Zhengbai Banner as the vanguard, and he led more than 10,000 infantry as the rear army. He first attacked Yan Keyi's troops stationed in Quling; then crossed Quling and attacked Xinfeng County where Li Chengdong was located.< /p>
On February 28, the Qing army attacked Quling.
Yan Keyi led an army of 10,000 to meet the enemy.
As soon as they formed their formation, they were overwhelmed by the crowd. The Qing army's cavalry used Jia La as a unit, lined up in four columns, and attacked fiercely.
Looking at the four-sided dragon flag that was either pure white or pure red, Yan Keyi was shocked: Eight Banners soldiers! Are reinforcements from the Qing army arriving?
The sound of artillery, the flash of arrows and the roar of gunfire.
Li Jun's artillery, bows, arrows, and muskets began to fire, and from time to time, Qing cavalry fell off their horses.
However, the Qing army was arranged in columns, the contact area was small, and the casualties were not large.
"咴聿聿!"
Zhengbai Banner Niu Luzhen Ebutai rushed to the front, and soon he was in front of Li Jun's formation.
He is a veteran, looking at Li Jun's long spears, turning the horse's head, and the horse galloping sideways.
Obtai took out a sharp sword and used the momentum of his horse to cut off the spears. Under the sun, the falling spear heads shone with silver light.
"Da! Da! Da!"
The Qing cavalry behind rushed towards the long spear without a spear head, broke the barrel of the spear, and jumped into the formation.
The cavalry who broke into Li Jun's formation wandered through the gaps in the small mandarin duck formations. They shot with arrows, stabbed with lances, or chopped with sabers.
Li Jun fell into a pool of blood one by one.
"Kill!"
The rubber merchant's yellow gelding rushed up, and the rider behind him carried his general's flag.
The long knife was waved, and heads fell to the ground one after another.
The seemingly strong Li Army's military formation loosened, and Yan Keyi was forced to retreat by the defeated army. The Qing Army's cavalry then chased him. On Quling, corpses littered the fields, and the vegetation was stained red with blood.
Yan Keyi fled to the wooden city and prepared to defend it. The wooden city is a kind of fortification, which is made of wooden piles partially buried in the soil and connected end to end.
Having learned the lessons from their last defeat in Ganzhou, Li Jun built a lot of fortifications. Yan Keyi even built five wooden cities in one go.
As soon as Yan Keyi retreated to Mucheng, the glue merchant's cavalry chased him.
Originally, the siege was a matter for the infantry, but the glue merchants gave up and ordered the entire army to dismount and fight on foot.
The Eight Banners soldiers dismounted one after another, leaving a few people per cow to guard the horses. The rest formed small square formations and charged towards Mucheng like a tide.
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The wooden city was not as strong as a real city, and Li Jun suffered a new defeat, and his army was demoralized.
The Eight Banners soldiers broke into the city and killed everyone.
Yan Keyi could not resist and retreated to the second wooden city. The glue merchants followed him to the second city.
The second city fell quickly, the third city, the fourth city, and the fifth city.
The Qing army captured five cities in one day, and on the 29th, they reached a point five or six miles away from Xinfeng County.
Li Chengdong was shocked when he saw that Yan Keyi withdrew to Xinfeng with only thousands of defeated troops.
"General Yan, how many soldiers and horses have come from the Qing army?"
Yan Keyi blushed: "The enemy army only has more than ten thousand soldiers and horses, but there are thousands of Eight Banners cavalry among them, which are very fierce and stubborn. The general was not prepared for a moment, which led to this defeat. Please punish me, commander-in-chief."
Li Chengdong felt relieved when he heard that the Qing army only had more than 10,000 troops in total. Although he divided his troops to attack various counties, there were still 50,000 Li troops in Xinfeng County.
Li Chengdong ordered the entire army to assemble and go out of the city to meet the enemy. He knew that the Qing army had many cavalry, so he ordered many spears to be deployed in front of the formation.
"Charge!"
The Melezhangjing glue merchants ordered the cavalry to charge into battle.
Jia La is still used as the unit, arranged in four columns, with 1,500 people in each column.
"Da! Da! Da!"
With the sound of horse hooves, the Eight Banners soldiers chopped off their guns and rushed towards Li Jun's formation with all their strength.
Those who were unlucky were stabbed to death with spears.
Li Chengdong's spear array is very thick, layer after layer.
Seeing that they could not take advantage, the glue merchants led their troops to pass through Li Jun's formation.
After galloping to the rear of the formation, he ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to dismount and take a hard lunge shot.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Long arrows were shot at Li Jun, covering his own infantry in charging into the formation.
Liu Wuyuan issued an order, and more than 10,000 Qing troops attacked 50,000 Li troops.
Although the Qing army has a small number, they are all veterans. They have rich combat experience after repeated bloody battles. They have just won a battle and their morale is strong. Although the Li army has a large number, many of them are new recruits who have been eaten up by the front.
Lost the battle and lost morale.
Five hundred carriages covered more than 10,000 Qing troops and charged towards Li Jun.
"Bang! Bah! Bah!"
The Qing army had rich combat experience, so they hid behind the carriages and fired guns.
The pikemen were able to guard against the horses, but they were unable to guard against the muskets, and they fell to the ground with the sound of the muskets.
The carriage advanced more than ten steps in front of Li Jun's formation. Ganzhou Lieutenant General Gao Jinku, holding a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right, jumped out from behind the carriage. The shield blocked the spear, and the sword cut off the barrel of the gun, and he quickly rushed into the formation.
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"Kill!"
Gao Jinku was followed by countless sword and shield soldiers.
Gaobu advanced quickly and attacked Li Chengdong's Chinese army.
Zhang Daoying of Zhen'an Bo was trying to block the way into the warehouse, but he was stabbed in the face and split into two pieces.
Yang Dafu of Le'an Bo was commanding the sergeants to resist when he was shot off his horse by the commander-in-chief Hu Yousheng.
Li Chengdong saw that his army was in chaos, so he ordered to fight and retreat.
The Melezhangjing glue merchants seized the opportunity and ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to mount their horses and pursue them.
Li's army was in a scattered formation and could not stop the roaring cavalry.
Li's army was defeated and his body lay buried for thirty miles. Bo Xingbo and Zhang Yue were seriously injured.
Li Chengdong retreated into Xinfeng City and defended the city. After counting his subordinates, he found that there were only more than 30,000 men left.
On the first day of March, the Qing army began to attack the city.
"Futai, the Taojiang River in the east of the city has swollen," his subordinates reported to Liu Wuyuan.
Liu Wuyuan secretly rejoiced: God helps me, there is no need to dig trenches in the east of the city, and the amount of work has been reduced.
"The generals will listen to the order and dig stakes on the three dry roads in the west, north and south. I will trap Li Thief to death."
Li Chengdong, Yan Keyi and others were patrolling at the head of Xinfeng City. They saw that the Qing army was forcing the soldiers and civilians to dig deep moats and plant stakes. The long moats were filled with water and became a natural moat.
Yan Keyi was shocked: "Commander, the Qing army is trying to trap us to death!"
Li Chengdong gritted his teeth: "The ditch has not been dug at the east gate, so we will break out of the siege from the east gate tonight."
"Creak!"
The heavy Xinfeng East Gate slowly opened, and Li Jun lined up at night and fled through the east gate.
The Qing army scouts hurriedly reported to Liu Wuyuan.
"What, Li Thief actually broke out from the east gate? I wonder if the east gate was flooded by the Taojiang River? Let me chase him."
The glue merchants, Hu Yousheng, Gao Jinku, and Liu Bolu ordered their troops to pursue Li Chengdong.
Li Junjun's mind was unstable and he only wanted to run for his life but had no intention of resisting. He was hacked to death, trampled on each other to death, and countless people fell into the water and died.
"Roar"!
The tall Mongolian horse neighed and raised its front hooves high.
Li Chengdong accidentally fell from his horse into the rolling Taojiang River.
Marshal Li's armor was very thick and heavy, and the water in Taojiang River was very fast. He sank to the bottom of the river in a moment, leaving only a few bubbles on the surface of the river.
When the Qing army invaded Xinfeng City, Liu Wuyuan ordered that the sword should not be sealed tonight so that the soldiers could take advantage of it.
With thunderous cheers, the Qing army broke into every house, burned, killed and looted.
"In Futai, Lieutenant General Gao's soldiers captured a big horse on the river bank. It was fully equipped with a gold-plated saddle and bridle. After interrogation, the thief confessed that it was the war horse ridden by Li Chengdong and reported it to the commander-in-chief."
Liu Wuyuan was overjoyed and hurriedly interrogated the captives and confirmed that they were indeed Li Chengdong's war horses. He immediately reported his merits to Tan Tai.
When Li Chengdong's men broke through, they just scrambled for their lives. It was not until they retreated to Dayuling and counted their troops that they discovered that the commander was missing. After tracing around, they learned that the commander had fallen into the water and drowned. He fled back to Huizhou in despair.
After learning the news of Li Chengdong's defeat, Zhu Hengjia named him King of Ningxia, posthumously named Zhonglie.
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Zhu Hengjia read a memorial and was silent.
This memorial was written by Dong Fangce, Fan Chengen, Yan Keyi and other former generals of Li Chengdong. The content was to request Zhu Hengjia to appoint Du Yonghe as his successor to command Li Jun's old troops.
Jiangning Bo Du Yonghe was originally the general of Li Chengdong's Chinese army. After Li Chengdong's death, he regarded himself as the commander-in-chief of Li's army and asked Wuzhi Boyan Yan Keyi to lead his troops to guard Meiling. He and other generals returned to Huizhou and bribed the generals heavily to recommend him as a retainer.
Seeing this memorial, Zhu Hengjia was furious. Whoever you elect will be appointed? Is Danggu the Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty? No!
"Your Highness, I am guilty. As a minister, I cannot clear Ganzhou for Your Highness; as a son, I cannot save my father from Xinfeng. Please punish me for my crime of disloyalty and unfilial piety!"
Li Yuanyin came to Guilin and met Zhu Hengjia, crying bitterly.
This person is both loyal and filial!
Looking at Li Yuanyin's grief-stricken look, Zhu Hengjia was both moved and satisfied.
This is the attitude that a minister should have! You can be an official only if you are appointed to an official position. If you are not granted an official title, it is useless for you to join forces to promote the election!
Zhu Hengjia wanted to grant Li Yuanyin the seal of Nanyang Bo's Chariot and Cavalry General, but Yuan Yin refused to accept it. He said that a defeated general should not receive this seal.
Zhu Hengjia became more and more satisfied. This person took the overall situation into consideration, knew how to advance and retreat, and could be reused.
He appointed Li Yuanyin as the commander-in-chief of the army in southern Jiangxi, commanding Du Yonghe, Yan Keyi, Dong Fangce, Luo Chengyao, Hao Shangjiu and other Li generals to station troops in Nanxiong and prepare to attack Jiangxi again. His younger brothers Li Yuantai and Li Jianjie were both appointed deputy generals.
Du Yonghe's plan to take over Li Jun's old department failed. He was ashamed and annoyed, but he had nothing to do. After all, Li Yuanyin was Li Chengdong's adopted son, and he had made many military exploits and had great prestige among Li Jun. It is only natural that a son should inherit his father's legacy.
Zhu Hengjia used practical actions to tell General Li Jun what it means to be kind and to have strict authority.
Then, he issued an order to conquer Ganzhou personally to avenge the blood of the loyal minister Li Chengdong.
When the news came, everyone in the Li army was gearing up to prepare for a battle of revenge.
Zhu Hengjia also ordered Jin Weixin, the governor of Guangdong, to bring a batch of supplies for the laboring army and personally go to Li Jun's barracks to comfort the generals and win the hearts of eastern Guangdong.
An accident happened. Hao Shangjiu, the new Taibo of Li Jun's old army, wanted to separate Chaozhou and become a local emperor. He claimed to be ill and went to Nanxiong to assemble without troops.
Zhu Hengjia was furious. If you disobey orders, you are rebelling against heaven!
He ordered Pingdong Marquis Yan Tianfeng, Nan'an Bo Hao Yongzhong, Liyang Bo Wang Jincai to lead 60,000 infantry, and Dinghai Marquis Sungui to lead 10,000 naval troops to advance by land and water to attack Hao Shangjiu.
Hao Shangjiu was so frightened that he went to Zhu Hengjia to plead guilty, and obediently led his men to Nanxiong Li Yuanyin to listen to his orders.
Zhu Hengjia took the opportunity to order Yan Tianfeng to advance to Shaozhou, Huizhou and Chaozhou.
From then on, all of Guangdong fell into the hands of Zhu Hengjia. While he was collecting grain and training troops, he was preparing to attack Ganzhou again; on the other hand, he set up customs at Xin'an in Guangzhou, Jiesheng Station in Huizhou, and Haimen Station in Chaozhou to increase his financial resources.
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