Qiancangsuo is a small village belonging to Ningbo Fuchang National Guard.
During this period, a high-ranking official came to the small village, Mr. Qian Huang Jin. Such a high-ranking official, full of official power, kept the money warehouse in a state of chaos.
Huang Jin was originally a regiment in Tiantai County, Taizhou Prefecture. He was a well-known local evil gentry and had hundreds of regiments under his command. When Tian Xiong, the admiral of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty, conquered Jintang, Yu Guowang and other rebels in Tiantai Mountain, he led the way for Tian Xiong and made great contributions, so he was appointed Qian Zongzong.
official status.
After becoming a sixth-rank official, Huang Jinzhi was extremely proud. He knew very well that these days, he would be the Caotou King if he had soldiers, so he continued to recruit troops, and his subordinates expanded to more than a thousand people.
On this day, Huang Jin was drinking at the house of Qian Xiucai, the richest man in Qiancang.
In this small place, even Qian Xiucai, who is known as the richest man, doesn't have much money at home, so he can't afford to eat and drink. However, Huang Jin is very thick-skinned. He takes his subordinates with him every now and then to eat and drink, even if they don't invite him.
Qian Xiucai was choked.
"Mr. Huang Qian, the Ming army in Zhoushan has been active recently, so you have to be careful," Qian Xiucai said with a flattering smile. He hoped that Huang Jin would return to the military camp quickly so that he could save some money.
"It's okay," Huang Jin let out a big belch, "If the Ming army in Zhoushan wants to land, they usually go ashore from Dinghai. We are far away here, so the possibility of coming is unlikely."
Qian Xiucai was anxious and thought, what should we do? If you don't go back, we will go bankrupt.
It may be that the land god of Qiancangsuo heard Qian Xiucai's inner cry and decided to help him.
"Mr. Qian, it's bad, a Ming warship was found at sea."
"What!"
Huang Jin was shocked and ran towards the military camp.
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Lincha, the Marquis of Fuming Dynasty, led 300 ships and 20,000 troops to Qiancang.
Pinglu Hou Zhou Hezhi's fleet rushed to the front. Since he surrendered to King Jing, he has always wanted to make more military exploits and serve his new master. Seeing that there were not many defenders on the shore, he immediately asked his son Zhou Lingao to lead his troops ashore in a small boat.
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"Quick, shoot them with arrows," Huang Jin yelled, still awake from the wine he drank at Qian Xiucai's house, his face flushed.
He was indeed drunk, and he actually thought he could hold off 20,000 Ming troops with more than a thousand men.
Only half an hour later, the money warehouse was lost. Fortunately, Huang Jin had good leg skills and escaped to Xiangshan City in a flash.
The general guarding Xiangshan is the deputy general Yang Zilong. This man was originally a general under the command of Lu Jianguo. He was recruited by Yan Wogong and had three thousand troops under his command.
After meeting Huang Jin, Yang Zilong asked: "How many people came from the Ming army?"
"You can't see clearly, there are probably thousands of people."
Yang Zilong thought that there were only a few thousand people, but they could fight. In fact, the only ones fighting Huang Jin were the forwards of the Ming army, and the total number of the Ming army was 20,000.
Information is not allowed to kill people!
Yang Zilong left a thousand soldiers and horses to guard the city. He took 2,000 soldiers and horses and Huang Jin's 500 remaining soldiers out of the city to prepare for defense at Chenshan.
As soon as I arrived at the foot of Chenshan Mountain, I suddenly saw that the flag of the Ming Army had been planted on the mountain.
"Woo~woo~woo!"
The marching trumpet is blowing.
Ming general Wang Xing led 2,000 soldiers and horses to kill him, and Yang Zilong quickly led his army to stop the enemy.
After a while, Ming general Yu Long's two thousand soldiers and horses arrived, and after a while, Zhou Hezhi's tribe, Ruan Jie's tribe, and Wei Bin's tribe arrived.
"Why did the Ming army come with so many people?"
Yang Zilong greeted Huang Jinzu in his heart and hurriedly led his troops to retreat.
"Drive! Drive! Drive!"
Huang Jin beat his horse and ran behind Yang Zilong.
"Da da da!"
Wang Xing caught up with him, shot him in the back, and fell off his horse.
Yang Zilong fled back to Xiangshan City with a thousand defeated troops. Including the original defenders, only 2,000 people were left. He hurriedly recruited the people to go to the city to prepare for a stubborn resistance.
Lin Cha is preparing to order an attack on the city.
The commander-in-chief Wei Bin came forward to ask for instructions: "Commander, Yang Zilong, the guard in the city, was originally a subordinate of King Lu, and he has an old relationship with the last general. The last general is willing to enter the city to recruit him, is it possible?"
Lin Cha thought that if he could successfully persuade him to surrender, it would be a good thing. "Go ahead and be careful."
Wei Bin entered the city alone to see Yang Zilong.
"Brother Yang, our army is besieging the city, why don't you surrender early?"
"I was a Ming general who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and now I surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Can the Ming Dynasty spare me?"
"It doesn't matter, the commander-in-chief said, although you have surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, you have not done anything evil. If you are willing to surrender, let bygones be bygones."
Yang Zilong thought for a while, "If I surrender to the Ming Dynasty, can I have any official position?"
"You can serve as a general".
"But I am a deputy general in the Qing court."
"That doesn't matter, the commander-in-chief said that you used to be a general in the Ming Dynasty, and you can only be a general when you come down."
Yang Zilong was demoted, but he felt relieved and said happily: "Okay, I'm willing to be demoted."
Wei Bin was very surprised: "Brother Yang was hesitant before, why do you agree so readily now? Aren't you afraid that my younger brother will trick you?"
Yang Zilong laughed loudly: "If a wise brother wants to trick brother Yu, he will definitely move the official to Dali. How can he be demoted instead? It must be true, so brother Yu is willing to demote."
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Zhang Jie, the commander-in-chief of Dinghai, was a fierce general whose hands were stained with the blood of the rebels. In another time and space, he became the admiral of Zhejiang Province in the Qing Dynasty.
"Headquarters, the warships of the Ming army are coming to Dinghai to kill," Deputy General Lei Hubiao reported.
Zhang Jie held up his telescope and observed that the Ming army had more than 400 warships, while his own side only had 180 warships.
"Set sail and prepare to fight!"
Lei Hubiao was a little worried, "General Town, the enemy's warships are more than twice as many as ours, so we may not win the battle!"
Zhang Jie was very calm: "It is because the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered that we have to take the initiative to attack. If we do not dampen the enemy's spirit, we will not be able to defend Dinghai. Don't worry, I saw that the dozens of ships at the front are advancing too fast and are far away from the rear."
It's quite a distance. Our army only attacks his front team and then runs away after the attack."
The thirty ships at the forefront of the Ming army were commanded by three young generals: Ruan Jun, son of Hu Bo Ruan Jin, and nephews Ruan Xiao and Ruan Ji.
Among the old men of Lu King Zhu Yihai, Dang Hu Bo Ruan Jin was famous for his courage to fight tough battles, and he took the lead in every battle. Ruan Jun, Ruan Xiao, and Ruan Ji all followed Ruan Jin as an example and must take the lead in every battle. Unfortunately, they lacked combat experience.
, I rushed too far forward this time.
Zhang Jie's 180 ships surrounded 30 bright ships.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
The two sides fought and were outnumbered, and the Ming army's warships caught fire one after another.
"Fight on board", Zhang Jie hung up the flag.
"Bang!"
Lei Hubiao's warship collided with Ruan Ji's ship. He put down the planks, and Lei Hubiao led thirty sword and shield men to rush onto the bright ship.
"Bang", a Ming army gunman fired a gun, but missed.
Lei Hubiao rushed forward and chopped him down with a knife.
Ruan Ji was furious and came to fight Lei Hubiao, sword to sword.
A big wave hit, Lei Hubiao was very stable, but Ruan Ji staggered. Lei Hubiao's knife arrived, and he killed Ruan Ji with one blow. His lack of combat experience cost this young general his life.
Seeing that the front team was surrounded, the Ming general Bao Guoxiang behind was shocked and led 20 ships to rescue the three people.
Seeing that there were not many reinforcements in the Ming army and their position was too far forward, Zhang Jie ordered a closer attack.
"Array", Bao Guoxiang hung up the general's flag, and the twenty ships quickly formed two columns, left and right.
"Well, this is the enemy's command ship." Zhang Jie narrowed his eyes and ordered the ships to approach the Ming army array and shoot at Bao Guoxiang's ship.
"Boom!"
A shell exploded next to Bao Guoxiang, and the hot shrapnel burst his chest.
Ruan Jinqi behind him went crazy. He had never been so cowardly after fighting for so many years, so he led fifty ships towards Zhang Jie.
"Ruan Jin?"
Zhang Jie had fought many battles with the Lu army and recognized Ruan Jin's flag.
"Withdraw!"
Zhang Jie ordered to retreat. He was not afraid of Ruan Jin, but he didn't want to fight against the Ming army. He had taken enough advantages today, so he would run away if he won.
Ruan Jin did not catch up with the Qing army and only saw a mess.
"Zhang Jie, if you let me catch you, I will definitely chop you up!"
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The result of the Dinghai naval battle dampened the morale of the Ming army and allowed Zhang Jie to temporarily hold Dinghai.
However, the war was not determined by the outcome of one battle, but by the combination of many battles. After the Ming army Zhang Mingzhen's troops captured Cixi, they captured Baisha Town behind Dinghai, cutting off the connection between Dinghai and Yin County; Lin
The Chabu also went north from Xiangshan, captured Fenghua County, Dasong Suo, and Dinghai Housuo, and outflanked Dinghai from the east.
Zhang Jie knew that if he didn't leave, he would be surrounded by the Ming army. Without saying a word, he withdrew to Haining Port in Hangzhou Prefecture. Before leaving, he even set fire to Dinghai Port.
"Commander, I have failed in my first battle, please punish me!"
In this battle, both partial divisions of the Ming army won, but Yang Huai's main force was slightly defeated. Ruan Jin felt that the navy he commanded did not fight well, so he came to apologize to Yang Huai.
"I am the commander-in-chief. If I am guilty, I should bear the responsibility. What crime is General Ruan guilty of?"
Yang Huai took the blame on himself.
Ruan Jin was very moved. He was a confidant of King Zhu Yihai of Lu, and he had always had a grudge against the Jing army for forcing Zhu Yihai to abdicate. After this minor defeat, he thought that Yang Huai would take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents, but unexpectedly he was so generous! He was willful
A man with a sincere nature, he gradually developed a sense of identification with Jingjun and integrated into him.
After the three Ming armies met in Baisha Town, they joined forces and marched along the Yin River to Yin County, the capital of Ningbo.
Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Xijiang in the Qing Dynasty who was stationed in Yin County, and Wu Kai, the commander-in-chief, were shocked. Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang, brought 20,000 elite troops to aid Fujian. Yin County only had 10,000 troops, so it was impossible to defend it.
After thinking about it, the two decided to abandon Yinxian County and retreat to the Siming Mountain area on the border of Shaoxing and Ningbo to set up defenses. They had participated in the annihilation of Feng Jingdi, Wang Yi and other righteous armies, and were familiar with Siming Mountain. They knew that the terrain in that area was steep and difficult to defend.
Attack.
In the Governor's Mansion in Hangzhou, Chen Jin, the governor of Xi'an and Fujian in the Qing Dynasty, was restless. It was a precarious period! Most of Fujian was lost, Tian Xiong's aid to Fujian was defeated again, the Ming army blocked Xianxia Pass, and Fuzhou has become an isolated city. Now, Zhoushan
The Ming army occupied Ningbo again. It’s not going well!
"The last general lost his life in Dinghai, please ask the governor to punish him." Zhang Jie apologized to Chen Jin.
Chen Jin calmed down and said, "The general defeated the Ming Navy. He has meritorious service and no guilt. Please get up quickly!"
Chen Jin figured it out. If Fujian is lost, it can be blamed on Chen Tai. But if Zhejiang is lost, his own sin will be great.
Chen Jin personally led Jinhua's general troops and horses to Jinbao, and the Chinese deputy general Zhang Guoxun led 35,000 infantry and Zhang Jie's 12,000 navy to Shaoxing Prefecture, and joined forces with Xiao Qiyuan's 10,000 horses to counterattack Ningbo from the west; the order
Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong's 10,000 defeated troops joined forces with 10,000 troops from Taizhou Commander-in-Chief Ma Xin's Department to counterattack Ningbo from the south. They also requested the Five Provinces Manager Hong Chengchou to send Wu Song's Commander-in-Chief Wang Xian to Shaoxing to join forces and counterattack Ningbo.
Unlike Fujian, the Qing army had a numerical advantage in the Zhejiang battlefield.
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In Jiangning City, Yingtian Prefecture, Hong Chengchou, the manager of the five provinces of the Qing Dynasty, saw Chen Jin's letter asking for help and pondered it.
Zhejiang must not be lost, and must be saved. However, Wang Shen's 10,000 naval divisions are not enough, so more troops must be added. Li Benzhen, Wang Fuchen, Liu Yingjie, and Fan Shaozu will be sent with 15,000 infantry.
Hong Chengchou took a sip of the tea calmly, held it in his mouth for a while, and then swallowed. He always calmed down during important events.
After a sip of fragrant tea, his thoughts became clear. Putting more than 20,000 troops and horses in Shaoxing would have little effect. Now the main force of the Ming army is fighting in eastern Zhejiang, and Zhoushan is empty. The pseudo-Ming governor, governor, and chief envoy,
The inspectors and patrol officers are all in Zhoushan. Shoot the people first, shoot the horses, and capture the thieves first, capture the king. Simply let Wang Shen, Li Benzhen and others attack Zhoushan directly.
If we can catch He Tengjiao and Zhang Kentang, great things will happen!
This chapter has been completed!