The way of heaven is unpredictable, and people can understand at most ninety-nine, and there is also the one that escapes, which cannot be understood. Chen Jin and Xiao Qiyuan thought that the east and south were the most worrying, but they insisted on guarding them; the north and west were easier to guard.
, the result turned out to be a big picture.
On the northern line, in Zhujing Town, Songjiang Prefecture, the Ming Army Admiral Li Benzhen said to Hu Maozhen, the commander-in-chief of the forward: "Brother Hu, you and I are both surrendered generals. To have this opportunity to make meritorious deeds, we should no longer have high hopes from the emperor."
Hu Maozhen said with emotion: "Don't worry, Commander, the general will fight to the death to repay His Majesty for his kindness."
At the mention of the kindness of acquaintance, Hu Maozhen couldn't help but touch the corners of his shirt.
On that day, during the bloody battle in Danyang, Hu Maozhen rushed to the front in order to redeem himself with his meritorious service. He killed the enemy chief Zhao Butai and countless warriors under his command. After the battle, his shirt was damaged and could no longer be worn. Zhu Hengjia personally took off the robe he was wearing and put it on for him.
He said: "No one but a general could achieve such a great victory." He also summoned Huizhou rebel generals Pan Yongxi, Wang Boxheng and others and said: "No one is a sage, and no one can be without faults. General Hu did do a lot of wrong things when he surrendered to the captives before.
However, there is no greater good than being able to change things. For the sake of Gu, how about you forgive General Hu?" When the generals saw the supervisor's words, they had no choice but to agree.
The emperor's favor is as deep as the sea! When Hu Mao touched this robe, his eyes turned red when he thought of the scene at that time. But he didn't know that this was Emperor Guangwu's usual method of winning over people's hearts. Every time he saw his subordinates fighting bravely to kill the enemy, he collected blood from his clothes.
If you want to dye, the emperor will untie the shirt and give it to him. The number of shirts sent out is not a hundred, but dozens.
Hu Maozhen personally led 7,000 soldiers and horses at the front, followed by Li Benzhen's 13,000 sergeants.
When we arrived at Jiashan County, we saw the beautiful scenery of the Jiangnan water town. But Hu Maozhen had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery. He summoned his subordinate Sun Xice to guerrilla Zhao Liang. Yang Mingfeng said: "What shall I do with you?"
"The general town treats us as brothers and sisters!"
"The Holy Lord has treated me with greater kindness than the sky, and I am determined to repay it with death. If I die in this battle, my family will ask my brothers to take care of me." After saying this, Hu Maozhen personally put on the battle armor and served as the chosen vanguard.
The coach personally went into battle, and the three armies were all excited, and everyone served their orders, rushing towards Jiashan City like a tide.
In the city, there are 1,000 troops and 300 garrison troops under Zhang Guoxun, the commander-in-chief of Jiaxing of the Qing Dynasty, led by 1,000 presidents.
Countless long ladders were erected on the city. Hu Maozhen climbed up the ladder and jumped up like an ape.
A Qing soldier came to stab him with a spear. Hu Maozhen grabbed the tip of the spear and used his strength to drag him down the city. When he reached the top of the city, his steel sword flashed, killing one person and more than ten people in a row. The Qing soldiers avoided him.<
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Sun Xice, Zhao Liang, and Yang Mingfeng all looked like crazy tigers. Chief Qian of the Qing army rushed to the door and tried to escape, but were killed by the rebels.
It only took half a day for the Ming army to capture Jiashan City.
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"Why is this so embarrassing? Brother Zhang, brother, I have no merit and no reward." Looking at the dozen pieces of high-quality silk presented by Zhang Guoxun, Huzhou General Soldier Tong Qi pretended to refuse, but his eyes were full of greed.
He has a strong background and his surname is Tong, from the family of "Tong Banchao".
Zhang Guoxun laughed and said, "There is so much silk in Jiaxing. Brother Tong came all the way to help me in Jiaxing. I have prepared some small gifts, not worth a few dollars, just to express my gratitude."
Jiaxing Mansion is the famous "Silk Mansion", Zhang Guoxun even coaxed and robbed it, and it really didn't cost much money to get these things. However, they were worth a lot of money when they were shipped to Beijing. This Tong handle ware has a profound background, so be careful when making friends! "Military report!"
While the two were declining, a military report came.
Zhang Guoxun took it and looked at it, his face was pale.
Tong Shanqi was shocked: "What! Yesterday, Jiashan City sent people to report that everything was normal, but it fell today? What can we do?"
"Alas! We can only ask General Gai's navy to pass through Haiyan's waterway and enter Changshui Pond, so that water and land can join forces to defend the city."
Jiaxing Prefecture is located on the Jiangnan Canal line, with one city and two counties. The north city is Jiaxing County, and the south city is Xiushui County. The water network is crisscrossed. Gai Yipeng, the commander-in-chief of the Fujian Navy in the Qing Dynasty, retreated to Haining County, Jiaxing Prefecture after the Jinshan Guards were defeated.
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After everyone discussed it, Zhang Guoxun guarded Jiaxing County, Tong Bingqi guarded Xiushui County, and Gai Yipeng's navy anchored at Changshuitang.
On September 26, Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army stormed Xiushui County and the Battle of Jiaxing began.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
In order to facilitate the attack on the city, Li Benzhen and Hu Maozhen brought hundreds of heavy artillery, which made Xiushui City tremble.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Ladder trucks, rush trucks, and goose trucks rushed towards Xiushui City like a violent wind.
Tong Bianqi gradually couldn't hold on anymore and sent people to Zhang Guoxun and Gai Yipeng for help.
"Kill!"
Zhang Guoxun opened the city gate and attacked Xiushui from north to south. Ming general Sun Xice led his army to resist.
Zhang Guoxun was very fierce. He had 500 cavalry under his command. He rushed to Sun Xice and stabbed him to death with one shot. He scattered his troops and then rushed towards Hu Maozhen's army.
The main force of Hu Maozhen's troops was in attacking the city, with only 800 Chinese troops around him. Seeing thousands of Qing troops rushing towards him, some of his confidants were very frightened and said, "Commander, there are too many enemy troops, withdraw."
"Withdraw?"
Hu Maozhen looked at his confidant, sneered, and cut him in two with a knife.
"This town has received great kindness from the Holy One, and today is the time to repay it with this body. You should follow this town and never retreat! Otherwise, this person will end up!"
After saying that, he led his eight hundred men to fight against Zhang Guoxun.
Gai Yipeng secretly landed on the east bank of Changshuitang with his five thousand navy. When he landed, Li Benzhen and his rear army were preparing to rush to the rescue of Hu Maozhen.
"Kill!"
Gai Yipeng sneaked to Li Benzhen's flank and suddenly rushed out.
Suffering a sudden attack, the Ming army was in chaos.
"Commander, I will see that this Qing army is not large in number. Commander, please retreat and form a formation. I will hold them back," General Wu Jiayin said to Li Benzhen.
Li Benzhen nodded, "You must hold the enemy back for an hour!"
Wu Jiayin led more than a thousand troops of his headquarters to attack Gai Yipeng, and Li Benzhen retreated and deployed his formation.
An hour passed, Wu Jiayin fell, and the flag with the word "Wu" also fell.
Gai Yipeng finally dispersed the Ming army formation in front of him, but found that a larger square formation appeared in front of him. Taking advantage of this moment, Li Benshen gathered 7,000 people. The 7,000-person army formation attacked the 5,000-person formation.
Qing army.
An hour of fierce fighting consumed a lot of the Qing army's energy. Gai Yipeng's troops were also in the navy, and their land combat capabilities were not as good as those of the land divisions. Their numbers were smaller than those of the Ming army, and they gradually became exhausted.
"Run away!"
I don't know who screamed, and the navy collapsed.
Under the protection of his own soldiers, Gai Yipeng crawled and fled towards Changshuitang. The Ming army pursued him all the way to the Changshuitang River.
"Hurry, let's sail." As soon as Gai Yipeng escaped on board, he ordered the ship to sail.
He escaped, pitiful for his subordinates who didn't have time to escape, so they fell victim to the sword. Of course, there were also smart ones who abandoned their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy. Those who were lucky were spared their lives, while those who were unlucky were killed by the sword.
The red-eyed Ming army was slashed away with a knife, but there was no room for reasoning.
Li Benzhen defeated Gai Yipeng and turned back to reinforce Hu Maozhen.
When he arrived, Hu Maozhen had reached the most dangerous moment, and dozens of his subordinates were surrounded by Zhang Guoxun.
Hu Maozhen tightened his tight-fitting shirt. This shirt had experienced bloody battles and was riddled with scars.
He secretly regretted that he shouldn't have taken this robe with him to the battle, instead he might as well have kept it as a heirloom for his children and grandchildren!
"Woo~woo~woo~"
The sad horn sounded, and groups of Qing troops slowly approached, preparing for the final fight.
"My life is at an end!"
Hu Maozhen closed his eyes.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Li Benzhen's reinforcements have arrived.
Hu Maozhen paralyzed, "Li Shuai, you are so late!"
"Dong dong dong!"
Li Benshen stepped on the marching drum and moved forward.
Zhang Guoxun was shocked, why did Li Benshen of the Ming army appear here? Gai Yipeng was defeated?
He couldn't allow him to think too much, as the Ming army's military formation arrived.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
"Da da da!"
Zhang Guoxun turned around and ran back.
"Da da da!"
Li Benzhen led 500 cavalry in hot pursuit.
The city gate of Jiaxing opened. Zhang Guoxun had just fled into the city, but before he could close the city gate, Li Benzhen's 500 cavalry followed him in, killed the defenders, and robbed the city gate.
Zhang Guoxun was shocked. The city gate was lost, and Jiaxing could no longer defend it. He again sent troops to seize the city gate.
"Hmph, let you see my commander's archery skills." Li Benshen snorted coldly, took off his big-tip bow, and shot at Zhang Guoxun.
An arrow pierced the throat, and Mr. Zhang fell from his horse.
Tong Shanqi was fighting fiercely with the Ming generals Zhao Liang and Yang Mingfeng who were attacking Xiushui City in the south city. He suddenly reported that Jiaxing City in the north city was missing and that the Ming army had entered the city from the north city. He was shocked and hurriedly opened the south city gate and led his troops to Hangzhou.
Escape.
The Ming army took advantage of the victory and pursued it, defeating Pinghu, Tongxiang and Zhapu.
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Li Benshen led his army to approach Haiyan City. There were 80 ships and more than 3,000 remnants of Gai Yipeng's troops parked on Haiyan's dock.
"Board the ship and evacuate to Haining," Gai Yipeng ordered to his subordinates.
But the general refused to leave, "Commander, there are Ming troops on all sides. If you flee to Hangzhou, you will die sooner or later. It's better to surrender!"
Gai Yipeng sighed: "If you surrender to the Ming Dynasty, there is still a way to survive. My hands are stained with the blood of the Ming army. If I surrender to the Ming Dynasty, there is no way to survive."
The general laughed and said, "Commander is ridiculous! Who is more powerful, the General-in-Chief, or the Admiral?"
"Of course the admiral has a high position and a high position of authority."
"The commander-in-chief was only the commander-in-chief in the Qing Dynasty, but Li Benzhen was the commander-in-chief. If the crime is serious, then Li Benzhen's crime is much greater than yours. After he came to the Ming Dynasty, he still served as the commander-in-chief and also became the commander-in-chief of the Northern Front. I wish you the best.
If other Ming troops surrender, they may not escape death. If they surrender to Li Benzhen, nothing will happen. He himself is a surrendered general. Is there any reason in the world for a surrendered general to kill a surrendered general?"
Gai Yipeng thought carefully about the general's words. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt. He suddenly burst into laughter, "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have made a mistake! Put up a white flag to bring down the sky!"
During the Qin Dynasty, black was respected, and the white color corresponding to black became a symbol of defeat.
As expected, Li Benshen did not kill Gai Yipeng. Instead, he comforted him with a few words and ordered him to stay in Haiyan and lead his army to Hangzhou to kill him.
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Tong Shanqi fled back to Hangzhou. Angbang, Zhangjing and Kekui were all terrified in Hangzhou. There were originally 5,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners in the city, but 1,500 were transferred to the southern front. There were 3,500 left, plus the 1,500 in the city.
The garrison was only 5,000, and including Tong Shanqi's 6,000 defeated troops, Hangzhou only had 11,000 soldiers and horses. He quickly asked Chen Jin and Xiao Qiyuan for help, and sent the most capable of the more than 20,000 bannermen in Hangzhou.
All men who could afford swords and guns were conscripted into the army, and an additional 5,000 men were formed.
Ke Kui ordered Tong Bingqi's 6,000 defeated troops to guard Linping Mountain, and set up a yellow flag to secure the mountain. Zhen Daya Dali led 5,000 troops to guard Haining County, and he led 5,000 troops to guard Hangzhou.
