"The best defense is to attack. The elite Tatars came out from all four directions. Even the traitors Wu Sangui and Kong Youde went south. If we hold on to one city and one pool, we won't be able to survive next year."
At the imperial meeting in Zhoushan, Zhu Yihai opened with a solemn expression.
"Why should your Highness be so pessimistic? In the opinion of the veteran, after these three months, our Ming Dynasty has stabilized its position and stabilized the hearts of the people. Now that the morale of the army and the people is high, it is a good time to counterattack across the board and defeat the Tartars in one fell swoop. From the west of Jing
From Xiang to Chongming in the east, even if there are four armies of Tatars, they only have tens of thousands of soldiers. How much will it cost if we divide it up?"
"It's enough for us to kill him with two or three times the number of casualties."
Xu Shiqi was very impassioned.
Liu Zongzhou, the imperial censor of Zuodu, also stood up and expressed his opinion that he would fight with them. He could not defend Hangzhou and let him cross Qiantang. Then he would clear the country in eastern Zhejiang and retreat to Jinhua and Quzhou. Relying on the favorable terrain, he would fight the Tatars decisively and mobilize Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and
Soldiers from Jiangxi and Anhui gathered together to surround the Qing army and annihilate them in one battle.
Seeing the impassioned spitting of these gray-haired old men, Zhu Yihai felt helpless. These civil servants had good morale, but they never seriously considered reality and always replaced objective facts with subjective wishes.
If you study their words carefully, you will find that one major characteristic, which is also the characteristic of all civil servants of the Ming Dynasty including Dong Lin, is that they like to put aside the facts.
You have put aside the facts and you are still talking nonsense.
If it's not based on facts, isn't everything else you say just nonsense?
It's a good idea to fight the Qing army in Jinhua or Quzhou, but if you really do that, wouldn't it play into the Qing army's hands? They would rather you don't run away and just stay there and fight us.
Zhu Yihai even dared to say that if he really wanted to fight like this, the probability would be the same as Chongzhen defending Beijing.
There are ten towns in the imperial camp, excluding the two naval towns, and eight towns. The total number of soldiers is 40,000. Calculated based on the current armor of 20%, that is only 8,000 armored soldiers. More than 70% of them are only three soldiers.
The new recruits of the Moon Soldiers.
The morale is indeed good, but if there is a real fight, if the difference is too big, the morale will drop immediately.
Not to mention counting on the Zheng family from Fujian, Ding Kuichu from Guangdong and Guangxi, and others. Who is Ding Kuichu? The Yongli Dynasty once served as the chief minister, but when he was the chief minister, he was not busy revitalizing the government and reforming the shortcomings, but was busy sending people to mine.
Mining, manufacturing inkstones, etc., he made a fortune. When he was finally captured by Li Chengdong, he brought more than 100 ships full of belongings, including more than 800,000 taels of fine gold alone. It is also said that he had more than 2 million taels of silver on board at that time.
As well as dozens of jars of jewelry, etc.
Anyway, you can't count on this kind of person.
Not to mention Zheng.
"I think we can't let the Tatars lead us. They divide their troops into two groups and attack Wuchang and Shaoxing separately. Then we should also divide our troops into two groups and gather all kinds of troops to attack Jiangning and Nanchang."
"He fights his, we fight ours."
"Everyone, we have to face up to the gap between the two sides. The Tatar elite are still very strong. Don't go head-to-head with them for the time being. However, the Tatars are not without their weaknesses. The Tatars' weakness lies in their supply transportation. Although we are not as good at land warfare now
He, but the navy is much stronger than them, so we are now fully capable of blocking the Yangtze River and intercepting the canal!"
"Let the Tatars drive straight in and ignore them. When they cross the Yangtze River and Qiantang, we will cut off the transportation money behind them and they will not be able to be arrogant anymore."
"People in eastern Zhejiang and other places try their best to clear the country. This is a lose-lose battle, but we can only do this. The provincial and town battalions retreat to the mountainous islands, rely on dangers, disperse the guerrillas, and try to attack their transportation lines and their bases.
Don't fight head-on with the grain harvesting teams in the countryside.
The last time Huzhou Jin attacked Jade was a lesson.
The Tatars concentrated their forces and marched in two directions, and we opened up another battlefield. All the officials in the imperial court and the government officials retreated to Zhoushan and Yuhuan Islands, and stayed behind due to the danger of the sea and natural dangers.
The lone general gathered the troops from the imperial camp and headed north to counterattack."
Faced with Zhu Yihai's decision, many people still suggested holding on to the big city to fight against the Qing army. Qi Biaojia, the second assistant, even proposed to defend Hangzhou and Shaoxing, and then supplement it with Yanzhou and Ningbo, relying on the Qiantang River and using rivers, seas, mountains and rivers as dangers.
, fight a battle to defend Hangzhou here.
"Gu Ye knows that it is not easy for eastern Zhejiang to enjoy the stability it has today. If the imperial court fails to maintain its current status, it may disappoint the people, lose their support, and even lose the taxes and taxes that have been finally put in order. But still, now
This is a critical moment. If you are reluctant to break these bottles and cans, then you are putting the cart before the horse. If you fight hard now, nothing will be lost if you fight them all, and the final outcome will only be more miserable."
"Of course, we may not really have to give up eastern Zhejiang. Maybe the Tatar soldiers cannot cross Qiantang?"
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Changzhou, Wuxi.
Zuo led Alima and his brother Suonidai, Suoning led 500 Manchu and Mongolian light cavalry, and 500 Suzhou Han troops, and were marching to Changzhou to reinforce Meile Zhangjing Kangkara.
The Alima brothers led 500 people on horseback, and 500 Suzhou Han troops followed in boats. Alima was originally a guard, because he had previously secretly ridiculed the second-class justice Huangqi Gushan'erzhen Guarjia Turai for protecting Sony, and was accused by Turai.
In front of Dorgon, Alima was originally wearing a white flag, but Tu Lai, Tan Tai Aobai and others had wanted to support Hauge as emperor earlier, so they offended Dorgon.
But what Alima didn't know was that Tu Lai was also a man of change. He had written to Dorgon to express his loyalty as early as during the Southern Expedition, so one of his guards ridiculed Tu Lai, and in the end he was captured by Dorgon.
This talkative slave was demoted and even brought trouble to his two brothers.
This southern expedition was carried out in order to atone for one's sins.
When he went south, he asked Ying to be a pioneer and was the first to enter Suzhou. Unexpectedly, Kangkara was attacked on the way. He was very surprised and frightened when he heard the news. After all, he, as a pioneer, also had the responsibility of exploring the road. He failed to find out.
The army ambush led to the ambush of Melezhangjingkangkara, which was a serious dereliction of duty.
This sin has not been atoned for, yet another sin has occurred.
Not caring about Suzhou City at the moment, he immediately led his troops and went to great lengths to return to Changzhou to aid Changzhou. He also took away the 500 soldiers who had left Suzhou City as a local treasure.
It's important to rescue Kang Kara. If he disappears, it will be a life-and-death affair.
"Report!"
"Report to Zuoling, the front of the canal is blocked and the ship cannot pass."
"Get those guys off the boat and run to follow."
Arima gave the order without hesitation and continued to run with five hundred horses.
When the five hundred Suzhou soldiers in the canal heard the reply, the guard leading the team cursed, but they had no choice but to lead them off the boat.
The five hundred people deliberately delayed for a long time before gathering on the shore. By this time, Arima and the others had already run far away, and not a single person could be seen.
"You son of a bitch, you're in a hurry to get reincarnated. Although it's August, the sun is still blazing at noon, and you have to eat a bite of food."
"Look ahead, find a village to get some food, damn it." The guard looked unhappy and followed these Manchu soldiers out. Just urging them to order would do no good at all.
"Who the hell blocked the canal? It's his grandma's fault,"
On both sides of the Grand Canal, there is an endless plain, with black spots in twos and threes on the plain, which are villages scattered on the plain.
"Let's go, the emperor still doesn't need hungry soldiers. We'll wait until we're full."
A group of Suzhou green battalion men carrying guns and knives laughed and ran towards the village closest to the canal. When they finally reached the village, a few guys impatiently started to fire a few muskets into the air, and then started shouting loudly.
Although this seems to be a small village, there is nothing wrong with having two jujubes and two poles without jujubes.
Some people also said to see if there are any girls.
Everyone entered the village laughing and joking, just like thieves coming down the mountain.
Suddenly, a scream came.
"Damn it, don't kill people randomly, it's bad luck!" the guard yelled.
As a result, another scream came.
"Who cut off the head?" The guard was furious.
At this time, there were more screams, and then someone ran over in a panic, "No, sir, there are... there are Ming troops inside!"
As expected, a group of Ming soldiers came out after the words.
Countless Ming troops came out and frightened the Suzhou camp soldiers who wanted to grab a piece.
Seeing that the dazzling swords and spears were about to pierce the body, the guards realized that this guy was ambushed and stabbed the Ming army's nest?
"My lord, please spare my life. I am willing to surrender!"
The guard shouted, and the other servants immediately followed suit, kneeling down, throwing away their weapons, raising their hands in the air and shouting surrender.
"My lord, which team are you from?"
The first one, a strong man with a sword, replied, "This general is the late Ming Dynasty Minister of War, Governor of Tianxia Qin Wang Bingma Lu Gong, the former guerrilla army of Tianxiong Army. He is now the Ming Dynasty's Highness Lu Jianguo. He is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Zhongsu Camp. Chen Tangong is also
!”
The guard took a deep breath and said, "It turns out he is the general of the Tianxiong Army. He is disrespectful and disrespectful. He is too young to recognize Mount Tai."
The Tianxiong Army was built by Lu Xiangsheng to rectify the troops of the three prefectures of Da Ming, Guangping, and Shunde. It was known as the Tianxiong Army. In the last years of Chongzhen, the Tianxiong Army was considered a rare elite, and Lu Xiangsheng was a famous governor at that time.
handsome.
But in the end, Chongzhen wavered between letting Lu Xiangsheng and the governor of the world, Qinwang, and his troops, while secretly sending people to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, and even sent eunuchs to act as restraints.
Although Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and died tragically in the end, he and his Tianxiong Army were famous for a while.
The Tianxiong Army even achieved an incredible record of defeating the Chuang Army with 2,000 soldiers against tens of thousands of heavy armored cavalry on three walls, and then still killed more than a thousand with heavy crossbows.
The Tianxiong Army of the Chongzhen Dynasty was as synonymous with fighting ability as the Yongwei Camp, and was no less capable than the Guan Ning Army.
The guard said, "I heard that General Chen followed Lu Gong to raise troops and raise flags in Yi, and encountered the enemy in the wild. General Chen immediately rode on the bridge with his sword drawn and rode alone, killing seven enemy soldiers in a row. Although the enemy had more than a thousand, they were too timid to dare.
To attack, we need to take a detour and ford the river."
Duke Chen Tan was tall and burly, and holding a big sword in his hand looked like Guan Gong came to the world. He laughed loudly when he heard this, "You are quite aware of current affairs. Those are not worth mentioning. I remember when I went to war with Duke Lu Zhongsu."
At that time, that is called fierceness. Forget it, a hero does not mention his bravery in the past."
Chen Tanggong watched the five hundred Suzhou soldiers surrender with almost no resistance. He felt contempt in his heart, but at the same time he accepted the surrender.
He ordered people to tie up these Suzhou soldiers and send them back to Taihu Lake, and take away all the boats they came from.
"Are General Chen going to chase those Tatars? Those Tatars are very fierce, so be careful. If the general doesn't dislike them, we are willing to go with them."
Chen Tanggong looked at the guard, patted the dirt on his body, and then tied him up with beef tendons. "I won't bother you, brother. Please go to Xishan Island in Taihu Lake as a guest first. I'll come back later."