Jiangsu Governor Shen Youlong, governor Wang Yongzuo, and patrol commander Gu Yanwu each led the camp from Taihu Lake and up the Xujiang River to Xumen, Suzhou.
Wu Shengzhao led his generals to line up in front of the city gate to greet him.
"The guilty general Wu Shengzhao pays homage to the Governor, the Governor, and the Inspector." As he spoke, he pretended to kneel down.
Shen Youlong supported the military leader and said, "Admiral Wu abandoned the dark side and turned to the bright side. He understands the righteousness deeply. I heard about it in Taihu Lake and came to meet him immediately."
Standing at the foot of the Suzhou City, everyone was chattering here and there. Finally, Wu Shengzhao got a clear guarantee from Shen Youlong, saying that he would still be recommended as the Commander-in-Chief of the Jiangsu Admiral, and that he would also ask the Supervisory State to grant him the title of Countess. This guy Only then was I satisfied.
"Please ask the Governor, Governor, and Governor to enter the city. You will be stationed outside the city at the end."
Shen Youlong held Wu Shengzhao's hand, looked at Suzhou City and said with a smile, "Suzhou City was captured by Admiral Wu, and will still be garrisoned by Admiral Wu in the future. The headquarters, Wang Fuyuan and other cities will still be stationed on Xishan Island and will not be moved for the time being. come over."
"Lord, what do you mean by this?"
"It's nothing. The main force of the Qing army is about to move south. This time we have to respond flexibly, so our plan is to demolish the Suzhou city wall and block the canal to prevent the Qing army from going south smoothly. When the food matures in a few days, we will need to Grab this food."
Wu Shengzhao was stunned for a long time.
If the city wall of Suzhou is demolished, then what is the point of him, the admiral of Jiangsu, stationed in Suzhou?
"Admiral Wu, don't worry. We demolished Suzhou City in order to compete with the Tatars for control of Suzhou. When the Tatars come, Admiral Wu can retreat to Taihu Lake with us or go to Chongming. There is nothing they can do."
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A few days later.
Jiangning.
Duke Yan once again summoned a group of senior civil and military officials.
"I have some bad news to inform everyone."
"Admiral Wu Shengzhao of Su Song rebelled and surrendered. He also captured Changshu and Suzhou, looted wantonly and then led his troops to surrender to the enemy."
Someone couldn't help but raise a crime. It was Ma Guozhu, the newly appointed governor of Jiangxi, Henan and Jiangnan provinces. "This damn traitor, I suggest you report it to the regent immediately and ask the court to kill him."
Yan Wogong said calmly, "These courts have their own disposal, and this is not the only bad news."
"Kangkara, who was stationed in Melezhangjing, Suzhou, was ambushed in Changzhou, and all his supplies were lost. The 2,500 green battalions that followed him south also collapsed. Now Kangkara leads more than a thousand remnants to defend Wujin City and await reinforcements. In the five counties of Changzhou, the Ming army Four counties have been captured. Kangkara's 500 forwards had previously arrived in Suzhou to return to Changzhou, but were ambushed in Wuxi and were completely wiped out."
Bashan couldn't help but jumped up and roared, "Kang Kara led two thousand and fifty-eight banner warriors to go south first, but now they have directly lost seven hundred. Seven hundred of our Qing, Manchu and Mongolian warriors, these are the most loyal, loyal and capable ones." The slave is just gone?"
Yan Wogong snorted coldly, "General Bashan, please sit down first."
"Before Kangkara went south, Ben Jinglue repeatedly explained that the south of the Yangtze River is not very peaceful, and Ming troops are infiltrating everywhere. We must especially beware of their navy. These Ming troops have advantages on the water. They can use the water of the Yangtze River, Taihu Lake, and canals to The net comes and goes like the wind, but Kangkara clearly underestimated the enemy."
"He was actually attacked in Benniu Town and was defeated by the Ming army in a field battle. This is worthy of being called a Manchu warrior."
Bashan said angrily, "It's all those Green Camps who are incompetent, useless and untrustworthy. They escaped from the battle and harmed those warriors."
"Whether these green battalions were defeated due to improper command or escaped in the face of battle will be investigated later. It is too early to draw conclusions now. Besides, the focus now is not to discuss who is responsible, but how to remedy the current situation. "
"Changzhou has one prefecture and five counties. Now there is only one prefectural city left and a thousand and eighty defeated soldiers. They are in danger. Suzhou has been lost again, and Changshu and Wujiang County have also been lost."
"Also, Liu Liangzuo has just sent an urgent report that the Ming army's suppressors Huang Binqing and Ruan Jin, Huaiyang governor Shen Tingyang and other soldiers invaded the north of the Yangtze River and captured Tongzhou and Taizhou. They just captured Yangzhou. Due to the strong Ming army, Liu Liangzuo Already retreated to Huai'an."
"The latest news is that Liu Liangzuo fled without a fight. The Ming army took advantage of the victory and pursued it. They have captured Gaoyou and Yancheng. Huang Binqing's navy has sailed into Clam Harbor in Miaowan Town and arrived at the mouth of the Yellow River.
"Ruan Jin has arrived not far from Huai'an. Liu Liangzuo keeps asking for help, which shows that the navy is extremely strong and the ships carry huge cannons. One shot destroyed more than ten miles. He said that he had previously defended Yangzhou, but Yangzhou was attacked by our army last year. Shi Kefa It was destroyed with cannons and many places had not yet been repaired. When the Ming army came to attack, he could not defend it at all.
Now the Ming army will besiege Huai'an again. If reinforcements are not sent, he will have no choice but to retreat to Xuzhou."
Huama Liu's words are very shameless. When the Qing army went south, this guy directly surrendered to the Qing with 100,000 troops. Although he surrendered early, he was not very popular among the Qing army. As the original four towns of Hongguang Jiangbei One, the mess can be said to be very miserable.
Even among the generals and deputy generals in the four towns in Jiangbei, Liu Liangzuo's town was the worst.
His five tiger generals, dragon, phoenix, tiger, leopard and reng, are now deputy generals. No one can even capture one of the generals. The reason is simple. Duduo went to the south and Liu Liangzuo led his troops in the expedition. As a result, he was replaced by his five tiger generals. , it’s all about looting first and fighting last.
Up to now, Liu Liangzuo's 100,000 troops have been divided and transferred, and he has few soldiers left. He holds the title of Jiangbei Admiral, and only 5,000 soldiers are left under his command to guard Yangzhou.
When the Qing army moved south, Yangzhou was bombarded with artillery and massacred for ten days, turning it into a ghost town.
However, due to the important geographical location of Yangzhou, which was an important place for salt and water supply, the Qing army quickly began to rebuild Yangzhou after the city was broken.
In the end, Liu Liangzuo was given a new Jiangbei admiral and was stationed in Yangzhou, which was considered as comfort. Who knew that this guy was so incompetent.
His subordinate Qin Dapeng, who was guarding Taizhou, also fled without fighting. He went even further, retreating from Yangzhou to Gaoyou, then to Huai'an, and now he said he would retreat to Xuzhou.
Directly handed over the canal in Jiangbei to the Ming army.
Including the Qing army's recruitment, transportation, and storage of grain and grass on both sides of the canal during this period, a lot of grain and grass were gone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! "General Tan Tai has just arrived in Jinan, but now Yangzhou is lost and Huai'an is in danger. All the food and grass prepared for the general in Gaoyou, Yangzhou are gone, and even the imperial court is All the salt transferred from Yancheng and Yangzhou is gone."
Especially salt. Since the Ming Dynasty, three-quarters of the world's salt has come from the two Huaihe Rivers, and the salt from the two Huaihe Rivers has finally been transferred to Yangzhou. Yangzhou was once known as the prosperous city with two-thirds of the world's moonlight.
, but it depends on salt and water transportation.
The Qing government is now thinking of relying on this salt to supplement its finances.
As a result, a large amount of Huai salt was mobilized to Yangzhou, but it was gone before it was even sold to salt merchants.
This is simply unbelievable.
Zhumala couldn't help but sigh, "Admiral Wu Shengzhao of Su Song rebelled, Governor Jiangning lost his national treasure in Suzhou, Admiral Liu Liangzuo of Jiangbei fled Yangzhou and large areas of Jiangbei without fighting, and there is no one in Cao Jiang's 12th Battalion who can fight."
"May I ask, Sir, how come the situation in the south has deteriorated to this point?"
"I would like to ask, Sir, are there any Han civil and military generals in the south who can be used and trusted?"
"The Jiangbei Jiangbei Canal has been blocked and cut off. How will we fight the next battle and what will we use to fight it? Are there any soldiers from the Green Camp that can be used?"
Yan Wo Gong looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh.
"As General Chen, Admiral Caojiang, said, it was only after he took office that he discovered that it was rotten to the root. Now he can only start from scratch to rectify it. Now it seems that the canal is blocked and even the big city has been lost. We can only wait for the autumn harvest to collect grain and grass, and then comprehensively
After reorganizing the Green Camp, we can go south."
The canal is blocked, there is no food and grass, and the rear is unstable. How can we rush to Shaoxing thousands of miles away?
Sighing, Yan Wo was fair, "Now please invite Zhumala and Bashan, and entrust three Mele Zhangjing to lead the remaining 7,500 Mongolian and Eight Banners to go to Changzhou by land to rescue Kangkara. The Green Camp cannot be trusted, so we have to
You go out and relieve the siege of Changzhou first, and then take back Suzhou."
"As for Jiangbei, we can only wait for General Tan Tai to go south to retreat from the enemy."
"This Jinglue, Governor Ma, Admiral Chen and others began to reorganize the green camp and guard Jiangning and Zhenjiang!"
"Wu Shengzhao has rebelled. Tu Guobao, Li Chengdong, Yang Chengzu and others cannot believe it for the time being. We also ask the three Mele Zhangjing to be more cautious when going south and be on guard, but not to be ambushed and attacked."
Bashan felt that 7,500 men were too few, and still hoped to mobilize some green battalions to cooperate. However, Zhumala and Hetuo both believed that they should not bring green battalions.
Yan Wogong also said that there is not much food, grass and equipment available in Jiangning City now, and it can only supply 7,500 people for the time being. No matter how many more green camps are deployed, it will not be able to supply it.
"You must be careful and careful, and you would rather have no success than a wasted battle." Yan Wogong confessed again and again.
Bashan felt very angry. Why did the situation take a turn for the worse?
When I was in Beijing, I still wanted to go all the way south and fight all the way to Hainan Island, but now I can't even get out of Jiangning. Instead, the Ming army even went to Suzhou and Yangzhou and wanted to fight into Huai'an.
What the hell is this?
"This is all Hong Chengchou's fault." The angry Bashan also felt that this matter had nothing to do with Yan Wo Gong. After all, he also went south together. If Yan Wo Gong was responsible, wouldn't he also be responsible?
Therefore, we still have to blame all these bad things on the predecessor Hong Chengchou, and even on these Jiangnan officials, such as Jiangning Governor Tu Guobao, Anqing Governor Liu Yingbin, Huai'an Governor Chen Zhilong, Su Song, Admiral Wu Shengzhao, and Jiading Deputy General
Li Chengdong and other people are responsible for their incompetence and have corrupted the situation in Jiangnan like this.
The huge Jiangnan Province could not provide them with food and grass for the southern expedition to Shaoxing.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the green camp, but there is not a single unit that can fight.
This is not to blame Hong Chengchou, Tu Guobao and others, but who is to blame? Can we still blame them who just went south, or Duduo and Boluo who once conquered Jiangnan?
Before Bashan left, he raised his fist and said angrily that he would truthfully report everything here to the regent of Beijing when he returned, and he would severely impeach people like Hong Chengchou and Tu Guobao.
