On the western front, the Ming army advanced rapidly. According to Jingguo Hou Yuan Zongdi, the victory or defeat of this battle rested on the legs of the soldiers.
The one who served as the vanguard was General Binghuizhiguan, who was a general. The turning point in this man's life occurred when Zhu Hengjia ascended the Yellow Crane Tower. The emperor wanted to write lyrics, but before he even started writing, he loudly applauded, and thus Jane was in the emperor's heart. , his official career was smooth sailing. Of course, he was not only good at flattering, but also made many military exploits. He mixed up and became the direct descendant of the emperor. This man was very eye-catching. As soon as the battle of Jingxian ended, he came to persuade him to join. At that time, because the time was not ripe yet , Zhu Hengjia has not yet proclaimed himself emperor, but he is very happy and secretly praises him as a loyal person. Far away in Zhejiang, his persuasion is actually faster than some ministers from Conglong!
Hui Zhiguan himself was a subordinated general, so he naturally liked to reuse subordinated generals. He ordered the staff general Kang Shisheng and the guerrilla Ma Sihan to go ahead of the entire army. These two were surrendered generals who had surrendered in Jiangxi, and they were eager to make meritorious deeds. , non-stop, heading straight to Huaiyu Mountain.
They were overjoyed to see Kang Shisheng, Tan Bu, and Yue Er leading the troops. When Tan Tai was appointed as the General of Zhengnan, Kang Shisheng was a general under his command and an acquaintance.
"The guilty general will see Kang Shenjiang." Tan Bu and Yue Erduo paid a thousand greetings to Kang Shisheng.
"Oh, we are all old acquaintances. Hurry up and invite the two generals." Kang Shisheng hurriedly helped the two generals up. But he couldn't help but feel proud, the situation was changing! I thought back when he was in Tan Tai's army, he was rushing to curry favor with these Manchurians. Uncle, people are too lazy to pay attention to me, and they keep calling me nikan, nikan, and so on. What’s going on now? I’m actually trying to flatter myself. Hahaha!
Of course, he was just laughing in his heart, but he was still very polite on his face. When he came, Hui Zongzhen warned him a lot that these two were the first batch of Manchurian Zhangjing to surrender, so they should be treated with courtesy in order to disturb the morale of the Tatar army.
When Hui Zhiguan saw it, he comforted Tan Bu and Yuerduo again, and ordered the two generals to lead the way and make a surprise attack on Yushan County.
Yushan County was the last county town of the Qing army in Jiangxi and belonged to Guangxin Prefecture. Cai Shiying, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, led 15,000 Jiangxi green battalions to defend the city. It was a serious crime for a feudal official to lose his territory. He did not dare to leave Jiangxi. We can only stick to Yushan.
There is the Yushan Mountains in the west of Yushan County, and Yuxi crosses the county. Cai Shiying placed 10,000 troops and horses in Yushan and Yuxi to block the Ming army, and he led 5,000 troops to garrison the county.
Due to the dangers of mountains and rivers, Yuan Zongdi and Hui Zhiguan attacked for a long time without being defeated. However, with surrendered generals leading the way, the situation was different.
Tan Bu brought dozens of Eight Banners soldiers to the north city of Yushan. He only asked for food and grass and ordered the defenders to open the door.
The defenders recognized Tan Bu and knew that he was a Manchu uncle who was not to be trifled with, and that there were only a few dozen people. They carelessly opened the city gate. Unexpectedly, although Tan Bu led few people, they were all fighting one against a hundred. The warriors of the savage Jurchen Kurka tribe launched an attack as soon as they entered the gate, killing the defenders and taking control of the city gate.
"Kill!"
Hidden outside the city, Wei Zhiguan, Kang Shisheng, Ma Sihan, and Yuerduo all filed into the city.
Cai Shiying, the governor of Jiangxi in the Qing Dynasty, was a native of Zhengbai Banner of the Han Army. His ancestral home was Jinzhou, Liaodong. He came to the Qing Dynasty on the birthday of his ancestor and was awarded the title of Ashanihafan (Baron) for his meritorious service.
Because she joined the banner and recalled Huang Taiji's kindness to her, Cai Shiying was loyal to the Qing court. On this day, just after handling military affairs in the mansion, she suddenly heard a commotion.
"Futai, ah!"
General Cai Fu was cut down in a pool of blood as soon as he opened the door.
Hui Zhiguan broke in and looked at Cai Shiying happily, "Are you Cai Shiying?"
"Humph", Cai Shiying wanted to draw his sword, but was restrained and tied up by the Ming army that swarmed in.
"Don't kill him," Hui Zhiguan sneered, "Capturing a governor alive is a greater achievement than killing one."
As soon as Cai Shiying was captured, the 10,000 Jiangxi green battalions distributed in Yushan and Yuxi were in chaos. Except for a few who escaped and were killed, most of them surrendered to the Ming army.
Yuan Zongdi and Hui Zhiguan gathered the surrendered troops and actually gained more than 8,000 men, increasing their strength to 38,000 men.
The two men's strength increased greatly, and they took advantage of the situation and led a large army to attack Jiangshan County in Quzhou Prefecture. By seizing Jiangshan, they could seize Jianglang Mountain behind Xianxia Ridge and cut off the retreat route of the Qing army in Xianxia Ridge.
Beile Tunqi, Beizi Zakana, and Gushan Ezhen Yilde who were stationed in Jiangshan County only had more than 14,000 remnant troops who had escaped from Jiangxi. Although there were few soldiers, Tunqi did not dare to fail to defend the country.
Once Jiangshan and Jianglangshan are lost, Hamu and the 20,000 troops stationed in Xianxia Pass will be in danger.
Tunqi sent fast horses to report to Hamu and Chen Jin, while guarding Jiangshan City.
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On October 8, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Jiangshan began.
Yuan Zongdi ordered Kang Shisheng to attack the north city; Hui Zhiguan and Ma Sihan attacked the west city; he personally led Xiao Gongchen and Huang Chang generals to attack the south city; the east city was close to Qu River, which was not conducive to the deployment of the army, so he did not attack.
It means surrounding three towers and one to confuse the enemy's mind.
The Ming army spent three days filling in the moat, and then asked the Manchurian generals Tan Bu and Yue Erduo to speak to the city.
"Brothers of the Eight Banners in the city, listen, I am Tanbu from Shumulu's family in Zhenghuang Banner. The little emperor Fulin is good at killing heroes, and is sinister and vicious! The emperor's father and regent, despite their great achievements, were destroyed and their graves dug up; my brother Tan Tai
, a veteran minister of three dynasties, also suffered a cruel attack. What’s the use of supporting such a cowardly king? Surrender!"
"I am Yue Erduo with a yellow flag. Brothers, now Zhejiang is besieged on all sides, why should we continue to work for the faint king? Surrender, Marquis Jingguo said, those who surrender will avoid death."
The people who defended the city were all Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, and the Han army naturally ignored them when they shouted, but it was different when the children of the Eight Banners shouted. Tan Bu and Yuerduo were both important Manchu generals in the past. Although Tan Tai died,
They lost the momentum, but they were still strong. As soon as they shouted, the morale of the troops in the city immediately fluctuated.
Tunqi was furious and shot away with an arrow, "Tan Bu, Yue Erduo, how dare you abandon your ancestors and rebel against our Eight Banners! You will not be punished for slandering the emperor!"
It's a pity that Tan Bu and Yue Erduo are both veteran generals in the army. They are standing outside the range of bows and arrows and cannot shoot.
Zakana also shouted: "As children of the Eight Banners, we should be loyal to the emperor! Think of the family members in Jiangbei. If anyone dares to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the whole family will have their flag status cancelled, and they will be exiled to Ninggu Pagoda."
Upon hearing this, the Eight Banners soldiers gave up their thoughts of surrender and regained their fighting spirit. In all the world, there is nothing more terrifying than the cancellation of flag status.
If you don’t surrender, you will have no choice but to fight!
"Dong dong dong!"
Following the war drums, the Ming army bravely ascended the city.
In the north city, Kang Shisheng organized a supervising team. Teams of archers and gunmen, under the cover of carriages, approached the city wall and fired at the city head to cover the siege.
The sergeants carried the ladder and rushed to the city wall.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
"Bang bang bang!"
Bullets rained down on the city.
In Xicheng, guerrilla Ma Sihan led the first batch of 3,000 people to attack the city. He was very experienced, and his commanding position was beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows.
However, he met the Manchurian general Zakana, who could draw a six-stone strong bow. He aimed at Ma Sihan and shot an arrow at him, killing him immediately.
In Nancheng, Yuan Zongdi personally led Xiao Gongchen and Huang Chang to attack the city.
Huang Chang was superb in martial arts and as agile as a monkey. He climbed to the top of the city and killed several Eight Banners. Seeing his ferocity, the momentum of the captives was reduced.
Gushan Ezhen Yilde was furious and led his bodyguards to rush towards Huangchang.
Outnumbered, Huang Chang fell in a pool of blood.
"Hahaha", Ild was full of killing intent and laughed loudly on the city wall. He was careless and walked to the side of the city wall. The gunmen who were covering the infantry siege at the city saw a prisoner showing his head, "Bah, bah, bah",
Shooting randomly. Poor Ild, he just killed someone, was killed again, and died on the top of the city.
The brutal siege lasted for seven days, but the Ming army failed to conquer the city.
At Yin time on October 19, the Ming army assembled in Nancheng.
"Are you all ready?" Yuan Zongdi asked.
"Commander, the last general has been prepared," deputy general Xiao Gongchen replied.
It turned out that the wily Yuan Zongdi saw that Jiangshan City was just an earthen city, so he asked his subordinates to secretly dig five tunnels and prepare to attack the city with the "release method".
"Well, light the fire!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom", there were five loud noises, three gaps and two tunnels were blown out, but the city wall was not destroyed.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The Ming army swarmed in through the gap.
Knowing that Jiangshan County could no longer hold its own, Tunqi and Zakana made a decisive decision, opened the east gate, took the reserved boats, crossed the Qu River, and retreated to Jianglang Mountain. Unfortunately, there were more than 14,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners under their command, and only seven were left.
More than a thousand people.
This chapter has been completed!