After Wu Dahai, the deputy commander of the Qing army and Gushanbeizi, was beheaded by the Ming army, Jidu was young and had no master, so he handed over all his affairs to Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou ordered Zhang Yong's troops to retreat quickly, and sent the remaining less than 70,000 troops to defend along the Wuting Mountain, Linli Mountain, and Jiyang River. He also recruited civilians to build camps along the Huangshan Mountain and Xin'an River, planning to retreat if the war situation went unfavorable.
Xin'anjiang. His idea is very simple, just one word: drag until the Qing court reinforcements arrive.
"This Hong Chengchou is not easy to deal with. He is trying to delay our army by relying on mountains and rivers, waiting for reinforcements. What should we do?"
Zhu Hengjia summoned ministers such as Guan Shouzhen, Sun Jinding, He Wuzou, Zheng Feng, and Liu Maoxia to discuss the matter.
The gatekeeper said: "In the supervision of the country, Huizhou has high mountains and long rivers. Why not bypass Huizhou, follow the Yangtze River through Anqing, Chizhou, Taiping, and go straight to Yingtian?"
"Hey, I have ordered Zhou Jintang and Zhou Quanbin's 10,000 navy to harass Anqing and try to open up the Yangtze River waterway in that area. Unexpectedly, the Qing Dynasty's navy governor Li Ripeng and deputy general Liang Dayong were very difficult to deal with. Zhou
Jintang has never been able to defeat them."
"In supervising the country, I thought we could attack Qimen first, then cross the Dagong Mountains, capture Yixian County, and go around to Wuting Mountains and behind Linli Mountains. In this way, the Qing army's defense line would be useless," Zheng Feng suggested.
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Jiang Tianbiao had a different view: "I am a supervisor of the country, I am from Huizhou, and I know the topography of this place well. Even if we can capture Wuting Mountain and Linli Mountain by taking a detour, there are Jiyang Mountain, Songluo Mountain, Huangshan and Xin'anjiang behind. If a
We attacked mountains and rivers one by one. When we reached Jiangning, the Tatar reinforcements also arrived."
"Then according to Jiang Qing's opinion, how should we fight?"
"Go directly north from Wuyuan and capture Jiekou Town from the northeast. The Xin'an River downstream of Jiekou Town is gentle and you can cross the river from there. Crossing the Xin'an River to the west is where Huizhou Prefecture governs She County. She County
All of a sudden, the Qing army will inevitably collapse."
Zhu Hengjia was overjoyed: "Qing Jiang's plan is very good!"
Liu Maoxia said: "In charge of the supervision of the country, our army is in Wuyuan, and we have led the mountains to continuously inflict heavy losses on the Qing captives. The enemy's strength is not large anymore. Our army is far more numerous than the Qing captives, so we might as well use a two-pronged approach. We will be a partial division along the way. According to what Mr. Zheng Ge said, we will capture
Qimen and Yi County; the other road is the main force, capture Jiekou Town, cross the Xin'an River, and capture She County."
After successively annihilating Li Zhongxing and Wu Dahai, and severely injuring Zhang Yong, the Qing army had less than 70,000 troops. The Ming army also lost 15,000 troops, 160,000 land divisions, and had 145,000 left, which was far more powerful than the Qing army.
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Zhu Hengjia felt that what Liu Maoxia said was reasonable. If there were more troops than there were fewer troops, it would be natural to attack in separate directions so that the enemy's head and tail could not see each other.
Then he ordered Liu Wenxiu, Ma Jinzhong, and Wu Bangxian to lead 35,000 soldiers and horses to capture Qimen and Yixian County, and he himself led an army of 110,000 to capture Jiekou Town.
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Qimen County is located at the western foot of the Huangshan Mountains and is the southern gate of Huizhou. This place is full of mountains and produces tea. The historical records of Qimen black tea can be traced back to Lu Yu's Tea Book of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Qimen is dangerous, the county seat was built on the west side of the Dagong River. Liu Wenxiu, Ma Jinzhong, and Wu Bangxian entered the Dagong River from the Changjiang River and landed, so the county seat was not in danger.
Not seeing a single defender, Liu Wenxiu took Qimen lightly.
Hong Chengchou, who was experienced in military affairs, had already withdrawn the city's defenders to the Dagong Mountain area in the north of the city, and guarded them close to the mountains. If he had millions of soldiers, he would have thousands of mountains.
Liu Wenxiu went north to Dagong Mountain and encountered the Qing army Zhang Yong and Liu Zhong's troops. He went east to attack Wuting Mountain, where Qing general Li Ruchun was stationed.
After several attacks, they failed to capture the two mountains. However, they effectively distracted Hong Chengchou and contained many Qing troops.
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If you rely on mountains to eat mountains, if you rely on water to eat water, if you rely on Xin'an River, you will naturally have to eat Xin'an River.
Fujiekou Town, Huizhou, is located at the junction of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, close to Xin'an River. Therefore, there are many business travelers and Haosheng is prosperous. In the Ming Dynasty, a street inspection department was set up here, and there are many ancestral halls, temples and historical sites. It is a pity that later generations have to build new ones.
Anjiang Hydropower Station, this town was submerged in the vast Xin'an River, leaving only legends.
Twenty thousand troops led by Wang Guoxi, the vanguard of the Ming army, and Jing Keqin, the deputy vanguard, quietly approached Jiekou Town.
"Headquarters, I will eventually bring thousands of people to touch this small town." Jing Keqin asked for a fight. Before joining Zhu Hengjia, he was the boss of the Thirteenth House of Huang Huang, and he was familiar with doing this kind of thing.
"General Jing, be more careful."
Jing Keqin led thousands of people to lie in wait outside the town. At the most critical moment, while the people were sleeping soundly, he quietly sneaked into the town, killed the sentries, and surrounded the barracks.
There was a general and three hundred soldiers in the town, all of them were wiped out, and no one escaped.
Jing Keqin put the knife on the commander's neck and said, "Tell me, whose subordinates are you? How many soldiers and horses are there on the other side of the Xin'an River?"
"Commander, spare your life, I would like to say this. I am Hong Jinglue, bah, he is a subordinate of Zhang Hongde, the commander-in-chief of the Hong thief. General Zhang, phew, Zhang thief has six thousand soldiers and horses??"
This money man is always a clever man. In order to survive, he recruited all kinds of people. He also cursed the thieves, and unknowingly thought that this man was a hero who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
Jing Keqin was happy, "When I can use you later, are you willing to serve the Ming Dynasty?"
"The villain is willing. The villain is looking forward to the heavenly army of the imperial court. If there is a long drought, he is looking forward to the rain??"
"General, a stone bridge was found in the north of the town", the subordinates came to report.
Jing Keqin was overjoyed and rushed to the north of the town.
He saw a bridge, a stone bridge with only piers and no deck. After asking, he learned that Hong Chengchou discovered the bridge while patrolling the river and ordered Zhang Hongde to demolish it. Zhang Hongde was lazy and demolished the bridge deck instead.
Bridge pier.
Wang Guoxi’s army arrived at Jiekou Town.
"The main town will have a plan in the end to easily cross the Xin'an River," Jing Keqin said with a smile.
"Oh? What's the plan?"
"So, so??"
When Jing Keqin expressed his thoughts, Wang Guoxi was so happy that he patted him on the shoulder, "General Jing, the supervisor praised you for being brave and resourceful, and it's true! This time the army successfully crossed the river, and you should be the first to contribute!"
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On March 3, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army launched a surprise attack on Xin'anjiang.
The curtain started with dozens of small boats. On the leading boat stood the Qing army's surrendered general, Jiekou Town's total money Dachun.
As the ship approached the dock, the defenders shouted: "Stop, who are you?"
Qian Dachun shouted: "Don't fire the gun, it's me."
"Oh, it turns out it's the money boss. What are you going to do?"
"The commander ordered me to come get my winter clothes."
"I see, come up quickly." The dock guard was very enthusiastic.
The Ming army began to land, and the guard suddenly realized something was wrong, "Mr. Qian, you only have three hundred people in total, how come there are so many ships?"
Qian Dachun smiled: "I also brought some personal belongings."
"Oh, what private goods?"
"The private goods are your uncle Jing and me." Jing Keqin roared, jumped up from the boat, and cut off the guard's head.
After capturing the dock and sending out a signal, subsequent Ming troops swarmed across the river.
After more than half of the crossing, Zhang Hongde was awakened from his sleep and hurriedly led troops to seize the ferry.
The Ming army had already lined up and waited.
Zhang Hongde had few soldiers and lost the natural danger of Xin'an River. He was defeated by Wang Guoxi and fled to She County.
Wang Guoxi left thousands of people under Jing Keqin to guard the ferry, and led 15,000 people to pursue Zhang Hongde.
Jing Keqin ordered his men to lay wooden planks on the piers of the stone bridge, and in just half a day, a pontoon bridge was erected.
There were bridges and boats, and the main force of the Ming army quickly crossed the river.
Hearing that Wang Guoxi led his army to chase Zhang Hongde's ass and rush to She County, Zhu Hengjia was afraid that Wang Guoxi would be lost, so he urgently ordered Sun Guangwei's cavalry to go ahead and reinforce Wang Guoxi.
As for his own army, King Jing of the State Supervisor gnawed on dry food, drank some water, and shouted: "The whole army will rest for an hour and travel day and night to Shexian County. Don't give the Hong thieves time to breathe!"
This chapter has been completed!