Chapter 175: The National Surname Tiejun's Prestige
Zhu Chenggong was ordered to take the vanguard and lead a fleet to Jingjiang, passing through Jiangyin.
In Huangtian Port, the new double-decker gunboat from Fujian Zheng's family is tall and mighty. The dozens of guns look so ferocious and ferocious. Hundreds of ships, large and small, are parked neatly in the port.
The Ming Dynasty flag on the mast made the officials and people of Jiangyin excited to see it.
After the news that Susong and other places were recaptured, it caused quite a shock in Jiangyin. At this time, Jiangyin City gathered countless people, known as more than 100,000 people, but the total number was indeed less than 100,000 people.
Not all of these people came to resist the Qing Dynasty, many came to avoid the order to shave their heads, some came from Jingjiang and other places to avoid fighting, and some even came to do business after hearing that there were many people here.
Anyway, Jiangyin is causing a stir and is very lively now.
There were even more than a dozen groups of pirates who came to join in the fun. Some came to sell commercial goods and smuggle salt and iron, while others came to seek employment, and some even wanted to fish in troubled waters.
There were also some people who started to run away when they heard about the fall of Suzhou.
The arrival of the Ming fleet at this time was undoubtedly exciting.
Wang Zhengzhong was the nephew of Wang Zhiren, the governor of Beijing. He did not know Zhu Chenggong, the son of the governor of Fujian Zheng Zhilong, but he knew that this young man had a strong background and was now working in front of the imperial court, so he warmly invited him to come to Jiangyin City to rest.
Zhu Chenggong's mission is to play forward, and playing a frontline position in Jiangyin City is also one of his missions.
Entering Jiangyin City together, Zhu Chenggong also observed along the way, and found that Jiangyin City was heavily guarded at this time, and the morale was quite high. Red flags were flying everywhere, teams of volunteers were practicing, and many cannons were even spotted on the top of the city.
Wang Zhengzhong also enthusiastically introduced the current preparations for the war in Jiangyin City. Wang Zhengzhong and Xu Guanhai each led a 1,000-strong battalion, and they also organized and trained 8,000 regiments to practice volunteer bravery.
In addition, the common people organized and practiced Baojia and Civil Defense together.
They also organized craftsmen, built weapons workshops, and prepared medical camps in advance.
"We are ready to fight against the Tartars resolutely!"
When the pseudo-prefect of Changzhou heard about this uprising, he sent a thousand men and horses to attack them. Then Xu Guanhai, the commander-in-chief, led everyone to ambush them halfway and killed them by surprise. In the end, they were killed and defeated, and several of them were beheaded.
ten people.
Since then, no more soldiers have come from Changzhou Prefecture.
"It's amazing that Jiangyin can defeat the enemy so neatly." Zhu Chenggong praised.
"Actually, there is nothing worthy of praise. The man who led the army was named Wang Liang. This guy was originally from Jiangyin. Later he became a smuggling business, and then he became a pirate. He had some ships and men. When the Tatars came south, they accepted the recruitment.
, transformed into a guerrilla. This time he came with his men. Although there were thousands of people, they were all a mob. We detected the incoming attack and ambush them halfway. These guys are bullies and afraid of the strong. After being charged and killed by us for a while, they were all killed.
Defeated."
"It is said that after Wang Liang returned, he was scolded by the clan traitors and wanted to punish him, so he left the city again and continued to be thieves with his subordinates."
Zhu Chenggong came from Zhu Yihai, and he was very clear about the deployment of the Supervisory State. At this stage, he had no intention of holding on to the city, so he entered the city and sat down in the Yamen to convey the Supervisory State's will.
"Seize Jingjiang in the Yangtze River, hold it in Chongming, and abandon the county seat of Susongchang?"
Wang Zhengzhong was a little puzzled.
"The city of Jiangyin is full of loyalty, and the soldiers and the people are willing to defend the city and resist the invaders."
Zhu Chenggong explained, "Your Highness also knows Jiangyin's loyalty, but Boluo from Hangzhou has arrived in Suzhou, and Duoduo from Nanjing has also arrived in Zhenjiang, and is encircling them here. His Highness's decree is to avoid their sharp edges and not fight them."
He will fight theirs, and we will fight ours. After the fight, we will retreat. We will not fight for a city or a pool, but we will conserve our strength and wait for the opportunity."
When Wang Zhengzhong and others heard this, they were a little stunned.
I think this sounds like someone who is afraid of death and dare not fight, and is afraid of the enemy.
But it was the supervisor who said so. This supervisor personally led the Northern Expedition, from eastern Zhejiang to western Zhejiang, and from Haining to Suzhou. Can it be said that the supervisor was afraid of the enemy?
Wang Zhengzhong still followed him all the way north from Ningbo, so he still believed in Jianguo more.
"If we abandon the city, the Tatars may not let us go easily. If they send troops to sweep the countryside, it will be even harder for us to defend!"
Zhu Chenggong follows the Jianguo every day and understands the Jianguo's strategy very well. "Don't be afraid of the Tatar raids. We will leave when he comes, and we will come back when he leaves. How can the Tatars understand the local situation better than we do? They can still be there all the time."
Can’t we sweep up the countryside?”
When Xu Guanhai was working under Liu Kongzhao, he always advised him to maintain peace and defend Suzhou. When Liu Kongzhao refused to do so, he resigned and returned to his hometown in Jiangyin. Now that he heard this arrangement of the Supervisor, he was a little confused.
"I have never heard of this kind of fighting method. Without the city as a support, how can we fight? Don't we become rogue bandits?"
Zhu Chenggong said, "General Xu must not look down on the tactics of the rogue bandits. Let's just say that Li Zicheng of this dynasty was just a disbanded postman when he rebelled. He only gathered people who could not fill their stomachs, but more than ten
After years of fighting, they finally entered the city of Beijing and almost conquered the world. What does this mean? It means that even if they are rogue bandits, when they were not strong enough to confront the imperial court in the early stage, they still managed to protect themselves through mobility and wandering tactics.
, and even continue to grow in strength.”
"Besides, Jianguo originally brought 3,000 troops from Ningbo and went northward. Until now, he has 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers and horses. He gathered a small victory into a big victory. Although he did not defend one city or one city, the effect is still obvious, isn't it? Let's
It is enough to strengthen the enemy and weaken it."
"The city is dead, and it can't run away."
The reason for guarding Jingjiang and Chongming is because these are islands in the middle of the river. The Qing army currently lacks water divisions the most. Therefore, by taking these two places and sending troops to defend them, they can advance, attack, retreat and defend.
"Jiangyin City and Jingjiang face each other across the water. Can they be defended and become each other's horns?" Xu Guanhai was still reluctant to give up directly.
"Commander Xu, I worked as an errand for the Supervisory State and learned a lot. If we defend the city now, we are setting ourselves up for death, which is the worst strategy. The Supervisory State often says that if the enemy is strong and we are weak, then there is only one move to fight, to take the initiative.
. We cannot be led away by the enemy, we must take the initiative, even if he fights his enemies, I fight mine. Only in this way can we have a chance. If we defend the city now, it will be what the enemy wants."
"There is no invincible city in the world. Defending the city and fighting is the best choice."
However, Zhu Chenggong failed to convince Xu Guanhai.
Seeing that Zhu Chenggong could not be persuaded, he did not persuade him much. His mission was still to be the vanguard. The Northern Expeditionary Army had already divided its troops in Taihu Lake and headed north to Changzhou. The mission was to sweep Changzhou, then enter the Yangtze River, capture Jingjiang and Chongming, and establish the Yangtze River there.
Anti-clearance stronghold.
Zhu Chenggong led the navy forward to prepare for the capture of Jingjiang.
At this time, Jingjiang is actually no longer in the state of an island in the middle of the river.
During the Chenghua period, Jingjiang was separated from Jiangyin County and established as an independent county.
Then about twenty years ago, during the Tianqi period, due to sedimentation, the north of Jingjiang Island gradually connected with the land of Taixing County in the north, leaving only an old Beijiang road.
In the seventh year of Chongzhen's reign, people from Jingjiang and Taixing crossed the heavily silted old Beijiang Road to reclaim sand on each other's beaches. As a result, serious armed fights broke out, causing heavy casualties, and even reached South Zhili.
Later, the Provincial Highway Office convened relevant officials from Changzhou Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture, together with the magistrates of Jingjiang and Taixing counties, to conduct on-site inspections and decided to use the old Beijiang Road as the boundary. Later, this old road was excavated and dredged several times to form a boundary river.
, serves the purpose of irrigation and transportation.
The original North Road of the Yangtze River has now become a not-so-wide boundary river, and Jingjiang Island is actually no longer an island.
Jingjiang is a place in the north of the Yangtze River under the jurisdiction of Changzhou.
However, the culture and customs of the people of Jingjiang are closer to that of the people of Jiangyin. They are both warriors who love to eat puffer fish to the death, and there are frequent exchanges of marriage and trade between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
With hundreds of miles of boundary river, Jingjiang is actually not an ideal Yangtze River stronghold, but it is feasible as a supplement to the upper reaches of Chongming.
Before Zhu Chenggong arrived, Shen Tingyang had just withdrawn from Jingjiang City. They besieged Jingjiang for more than half a month but failed to capture it. Jing Benche and Tian Yang came with King Yiyang. When they heard that Chongming was lost, Shen Tingyang withdrew his troops and retreated.
The Qing army in Jingjiang thought that Shen Tingyang had left and returned.
At this time, Jingjiang had just received new reinforcements. The defender looked down upon the Ming army in Chongming, so he actually rushed out of the city, hoping to drive the Ming army down the river who dared to turn back.
So at the riverside, Zhu Chenggong, who had just landed, encountered the Jingjiang Qing army.
When they met, both sides were surprised.
When the Jingjiang Qing army came up, they encountered a group of armored infantry, which looked like an iron man. They had a set of iron armor and a layer of cotton armor on the outside, and even a cotton helmet on top of the iron helmet. The whole person had two eyes exposed.
They waved their big swords and marched in a line of sword walls.
There are a lot of fucking gunmen in the back, and even cannons.
They were stunned at once. They had no idea that they were not facing the Yiyang Wang Navy adapted from Shen Tingyang's sea transport team, but the elite servants handed over to his son by Fujian maritime overlord Zheng Zhilong, and the Lu Supervisor Zhu Yihai.
The elite Zhu Chenggong Biao Battalion Iron Man Army.
Zhu Chenggong's standard battalion of iron soldiers was only five hundred, one hundred armored heavy infantry, two hundred spearmen, one hundred archers and one hundred gunmen. This configuration was very elite.
Especially the one hundred armored soldiers, they were all brought by Fujian. The gunmen were also Fujian navy soldiers brought by Zheng Cai. Zhu Yihai transferred manpower to Zhu Chenggong to form this elite battalion, and usually followed Zhu Chenggong as his bodyguard.
Zhu Yihai is now playing forward.
There is also naval gun cover behind the sword and gunfire.
Originally, they were arrogantly trying to drive the Ming army down the Yangtze River to feed the fish, but who knew that they were suddenly stunned. Before they could react, they were chopped down like melons and vegetables.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Chenggong immediately sent an order and the entire army pressed forward.
The horn sounded rapidly, and the Ming army shouted and charged.
The Qing army was defeated and fled to Jingjiang City.
In Jingjiang City.
The newly arrived reinforcement guard is Zhenjiang deputy general Qin Dapeng. He was born in the Chuang Army. He was originally one of the five tiger generals under Liu Liangzuo in the four towns of Jiangbei. Together with Ma Hualong, Cao Hu, Shen Bao and Gao Qifeng, he was also known as the Dragon and Tiger Commander.
The general had some skills after many years of fighting. After he was demoted to the Qing Dynasty, his official position was not high and he was only awarded the title of deputy general of Zhenjiang.
This time he was ordered to come to Jingjiang for reinforcements. He originally heard that the Ming army had run away, so he thought his trip was in vain. When he heard that the Ming army was back, he immediately sent troops out of the city to fight, while he himself was hugging a Jingjiang woman he had just snatched.
Drink and listen to music.
As a result, his subordinates were defeated and fled back, which shocked Qin Dapeng.
When he quickly pushed away the beauty, dressed neatly and came to the city, he found that they were surrounded!
