After Gao Minggui captured Xuancheng and the two counties of Ningguo, good news came: Shen Shouyue persuaded Yu Hao, the magistrate of Guangzhou, and Wang Tianfu, the magistrate of Jiande County, to surrender Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is a prefecture directly under the jurisdiction of Southern Zhili, next to the south of Yingtian Prefecture. From Guangde to the northeast and then capture Changzhou, or to the east to capture Huzhou and Jiaxing, Southern Zhili and Zhejiang can be cut in two. The geographical location Extremely important.
"Oh, Mr. Shen, you have made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty this time. I must go to Shujian Kingdom to ask for your credit." Gao Minggui held on to Shen Shouyue's hand and refused to let go for a long time.
"Marquis Enping is so complimentary. I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty, and it is my duty to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty." Shen Shouyue was very humble.
"No, merit is merit! Although Mr. Shen is noble and does not care about fame and fortune, but if there is no reward for merit, how can we encourage the soldiers to serve the Ming Dynasty? I must accept this," Gao Minggui insisted.
Shen Shouyue smiled. He was a free and easy man. He stopped refusing and said with a smile: "I have one more thing that I want to report to the Marquis of Enping. Qingwu Cai General Soldier Bu Congshan seems to have the intention of surrendering, and I have sent Tang Sihu there. "Persuading surrender".
"Oh, if Bu surrenders from Shanzhi Taiping Mansion, the enemy of Ning State will be blocked from escaping north, and the Jian State will completely annihilate Jidu in Jing County, Hong Chengchou's plan will soon be realized!"
After hearing this, Gao Minggui danced for joy.
"This Shen Shouyue is really a loyal minister! I want to reward him heavily." After Zhu Hengjia heard the news of the recovery of Ningguo, Xuancheng, and Guangzhou, he was extremely happy. He immediately named Shen Shouyue the commander-in-chief of Guangde and ordered him to Lead three thousand volunteers to garrison Guangzhou.
Guangzhou has an important geographical location and must be stationed with troops. Gao Minggui's army was used to surround Jing County and could not be mobilized, so Shen Shouyue's rebel army had to be sent.
The rest of the generals were all rewarded. Even Li Benzhen, who surrendered, was given the title of Admiral of Henan. His official position was the same as in the Qing Dynasty and he was not demoted. Nothing can shake the enemy's morale more than a reward for a surrendered general. .
Zhu Hengjia told Gao Minggui not to rush to attack Jingxian County. After Liu Wenxiu captured Chizhou, he could join forces and go down the Qingyi River to capture Nanling and Jingxian County.
After Gao Minggui received Zhu Hengjia's military order, he rested in Ningguo and Xuancheng with peace of mind. After capturing the second county, more than 6,000 rebels came to defect. He sent 3,000 people from Shen Shouyue to Guangde Prefecture, and the remaining three More than a thousand people were used by him to make up for the battle damage. Not only was his 40,000 troops not less, but including the nearly 4,000 troops surrendered by Li Benzhen, there were actually 7,000 more.
Everything is ready, just waiting for Liu Wenxiu.
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"Hurry, speed up the march, our army's victory lies on your two legs", a purple-robed general encouraged his subordinates, it was Liu Wenxiu, the Marquis of Fulu of the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing that the soldiers were tired from the march, he simply abandoned his horse and walked, sharing the joys and sorrows with his men. When the generals Ma Jinzhong, Wu Bangxian, and Lin Chengcheng saw this, they also abandoned their horses and walked.
All the armies were excited and marched much faster.
Their opponent is Yu Yongshou, the commander-in-chief of Qingchizhou and his 7,000 Chizhou Green Camp.
Yu Yongshou has an elegant appearance, a fair face, but a vicious heart. He and Zhang Tianlu, the Grand Admiral of Huining Chi, suppressed the rebels in southern Anhui and massacred in Jingxian, Shexian and Jixi areas, and really made a fortune, especially in Jingxian.
He massacred a city with a population of more than 50,000, and killed only about 90 people. All the wealth in Jingxian County fell into the hands of him and Zhang Tianlu. They used the money to buy land in Yangzhou to build houses and take in concubines.
A veritable "Yu Ban City".
As a butcher, he knew that once he fell into the hands of the Ming army, his end would be terrible. So he made up his mind to fight the Ming army desperately.
Hong Chengchou ordered him to abandon the southern part of Chizhou, occupy Jiuhua Mountain and the natural danger of Chikou River, and defend the northern part of Chizhou.
Unexpectedly, Liu Wenxiu only sent a small force of more than a thousand people to take over Jiande in the south of Chizhou and flow eastward to two counties, while the large army quickly jumped over the Dagong Mountains and headed north.
The speed was so fast! Before he had time to set up defenses at Dagong Ridge, the Ming army had already jumped over Dagong Ridge. This time, Chikou River and even Chizhou Prefecture were able to control Guichi County without any danger to defend.
"This Liu Wenxiu is so lucky!"
Although they were opponents, Yu Yongshou still praised Liu Wenxiu.
Now he is in a dilemma: Militarily, he should abandon Guichi and move to Qingyang County for defense. Qingyang is a good place, with Jiuhua Mountain to the south, Wuxi Water, a tributary of the Yangtze River, to the west, and friendly forces to the east and north; but politically, what about
?Guichi is governed by the Chizhou Prefecture. If you give up without a fight, will the imperial court punish you?
After thinking about it, Yu Yongshou ordered the entire army to move to Qingyang County and explained the situation to Hong Chengchou. As soon as he arrived in Qingyang, Hong Chengchou's military order arrived. Instead of blaming him for giving up the crime of Guichi, he praised him a few words.<
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Hong Jing still knows me a little bit! Yu Yongshou’s heart is filled with warmth.
On the bank of Wuxi River, Liu Wenxiu observed with a telescope. On the other side, there were row after row of trenches, as many as ten. After the last trench, a barrier was built, and there were countless iron caltrops in front of the trench to resist the cavalry.
"Hmph, this Yu Yongshou has built a copper wall and an iron wall, waiting for me to hit it!"
Liu Wenxiu snorted coldly, "My commander is not as good as you want. The generals obeyed the order and the whole army returned, bypassing Jiuhua Mountain from Shidai County and attacking Qingyang." He was kind-hearted and loved the lives of his men the most, so he wanted to take a detour and attack.
Ma Jinzhong, Wu Bangxian, and Lin Chengcheng heard the order and were all ready to take a detour.
"Report! The military order of King Jing of the country!"
"Oh, take a look with me soon."
Liu Wenxiu put down the military order, sighed, and said to the generals: "Give up the detour. Tomorrow the entire army will forcefully cross the Wuxi River at all costs."
Ma Jinzhong asked: "Commander, what did the military order of supervising the country say? Why did we change the battle plan?"
"The Supervisor ordered us to capture Chizhou and Taiping as quickly as possible regardless of casualties. If we delay the opportunity to fight, we will engage in military law!"
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On March 26, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Wuxi River was fought against the will of Liu Wenxiu, the commander of the Ming army, and was forced by the prisoner King Jing to start.
"Five Streams are formed by the confluence of five small streams. That battle was a terrible one! Blood flowed into a river??" (Wu Bangxian's "Anecdotes from South Zhili")
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"If anything else, I won't say much. There is no other way to fight this battle. We can only attack hard and use human lives to fill it! After the soldiers have filled it, the generals will fill it. You have finished filling it, and I will fill it. I can't take the water of Wuxi.
We will die in the battle at Wuxi River! Anyone who steps back will be killed without mercy!"
Liu Wenxiu glanced fiercely at the generals Ma Jinzhong, Wu Bangxian, and Lin Chengcheng. He had a gentle personality and was always known for his kindness in the army. Unexpectedly, when he became fierce, he turned out to be so terrifying!
The generals were stunned and shouted in unison: "The last general is willing to follow the commander-in-chief and never retreat if he advances!"
Ma Jinzhong, Wu Bangxian, and Lin Chengcheng each led 10,000 troops and attacked in three stages. Liu Wenxiu led 3,000 Chinese troops to supervise the battle, and 3,000 artillery troops fired for cover, and 1,000 cavalry were ready to go.
The Ming army lined up with thousands of troops, boarded boats and bamboo rafts, and bravely crossed the river.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Qing army's artillery fire was very fierce, and bamboo rafts were hit from time to time, destroying the rafts and killing people.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Ming army's artillery also opened fire, firing out solid bullets, shotgun shells, and explosive shells like raindrops.
"Tell the artillerymen not to worry about the cannonballs and shoot them hard for me," Liu Wenxiu shouted.
At first, everything went smoothly. Under the cover of artillery, the Ming army quickly boarded the river beach.
The dense trenches blocked the Ming army. The sergeants carried wide wooden boards, placed them on the trenches, and bravely crossed them.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The Qing army fired muskets and artillery on the ramparts, and arrows rained down, killing the Ming army who was filling trenches and building bridges.
There were ten trenches, each with numerous corpses left behind.
Guerrilla company Lin Ming jumped over the tenth trench with a knife, and the enemy's barrier was close in front of him.
"Kill!"
The tiger roared and rushed towards the barrier.
"Bang", a blood arrow spattered from his chest, and Lin Mingru fell to the ground as if he was struck by lightning.
Liu Wenxiu was supervising the battle when he suddenly saw the former army's left camp guerrilla Chen Peng, leading dozens of people to retreat in defeat. He was furious: "Drag him down and kill him!"
Chen Peng cried: "Commander, the Tatar bullets are too fierce, and the casualties among our brothers are too heavy!"
Liu Wenxiu didn't even look at Chen Peng and shouted: "Behead him quickly!"
After a moment, dozens of bloody heads were presented.
After fighting for a while, Lin Sheng, the guerrilla from the right battalion of the Chinese Army, returned.
"Drag it down and kill it," Liu Wenxiu's eyes turned red.
"Commander, I will be wronged!"
"What's your grievance?"
"The general's sword curled up when he cut it, so he came back to change his sword, not to retreat!"
Liu Wenxiu took the knife and took a look at it. Sure enough, the blade was curled.
"Give him a different knife. If he dares to retreat again, he will be killed without mercy!"
After Lin Sheng changed his sword, he rushed through the trench, climbed the ladder and jumped to the top of the barrier, killing several Qing soldiers in a row.
With a "pop" sound, a spear pierced his chest.
After suffering huge casualties, the Ming army jumped over the ditch and set up long ladders to attack the fortress. The numerical advantage began to appear. One group fell, another group came, and more and more people rushed to the barrier.
Yu Yongshou complained secretly. He thought he could stay at Wuxi Water for ten days, but he didn't expect that he couldn't stay for even one day!
"Withdraw", he issued the military order, and the Qing army quickly withdrew to Qingyang City.
The Battle of Wuxi River ended. The Ming army suffered 3,500 casualties and the Qing army suffered 2,000 casualties.
I won, but I didn’t hear too many cheers.
The sun was about to set. Liu Wenxiu glanced at the setting sun. It was bright red, especially red!
This chapter has been completed!