Chapter 379 The Eight Banners of Hangzhou Are Doomed
In the first month of the second year of Shaotian's reign, Zhu Yihai had a very unhappy life.
The battlefield in Guanzhong became a worry for him. He was worried day and night, causing him insomnia and nightmares. He often dreamed of the Ming army being defeated, rout thousands of miles away, and ruining the good situation.
But people are far away in Nanjing, and they are thousands of miles away from Xi'an.
Now the message transmission from Nanjing to Xi'an is from Nanjing along the Yangtze River to Jiujiang, then to Nanchang via Yuanzhou to Changsha, then take the south side of Dongting Lake to Changde to Yichang, then north to Yunyang, then along the Han River to Hanzhong, and then along the plank road
From Fengxiang to Xi'an, the circle is five thousand miles long.
No matter how fast we travel by land and water, it will take half a month to go back and forth.
Fortunately, although Guanzhong was out of control, there was a lot of good news in Shuzhong. Zhang Xianzhong accepted the offer, at least on the surface, and the Ming Dynasty Sichuan Army and Xiying stopped fighting.
Zhang Xianzhong still occupies Chengdu and other five prefectures. The two sides drew a line to cease the war, refrained from violating each other, and started negotiations.
Although Wen Anzhi soon reported again, saying that Zhang Xianzhong was looting treasures, collecting grain and grass everywhere in Chengdu and other places, and began to mobilize troops to northern Sichuan, with the intention of entering Hanzhong at any time.
But Zhu Yihai still didn't panic.
At least the war in central Sichuan has ceased and the Sichuan army has begun to reorganize.
It is a blessing among misfortunes to have one area under control in Sichuan and Shaanxi. Wen Anzhi, Li Chixin, Wang Guangen, and Qin Liangyu all began to mobilize their troops and rushed to Hanzhong. In the end, it was the Qing army that entered Hanzhong first, or the Qing army.
It is unknown whether the Ming army entered Hanzhong first, or whether Zhang Xianzhong entered Hanzhong first.
The worst news is that the Qing army defeated the Ming army in Guanzhong and took advantage of the victory to enter Hanzhong and occupy this strategic location.
Secondly, Zhang Xianzhong entered Hanzhong first, but this is not the worst. If Zhang Xianzhong really takes the lead, Zhu Yihai has already drawn up a plan and sent a message to Wen Anzhi. If this is really the case, then let Wen An's Qin Liangyu
They quickly recaptured Chengdu and other five prefectures first, and blocked Zhang Xianzhong outside Sichuan, allowing him to compete with the Qing army first.
The good news is of course that the Ming army took the lead and occupied Hanzhong. Even the Ming army in Guanzhong only suffered a defeat and did not collapse. It still retained its main force. If so, it would be extremely lucky.
Of course, Zhu Yihai didn't have much hope in this either.
After the first month passed, Zhu Yihai's focus began to shift back to Jiangnan, and he no longer had the time to think about the land of Guanlong and Hanzhong, because at this time, the situation in Jiangnan had also undergone new changes.
Yan Wogong in Jiangning City got along well with him, and the two of them even met in secret to chat and drink tea.
Zhu Yihai was training troops and building ordnance in Jiangning, Zhenjiang, and Yangzhou. Yan Woggong continued to eliminate those traitor lackeys in Jiangning City. In the name of defending the city, and on the pretext of cleaning up spies, he eliminated many surrender factions, traitors, etc., and cut them down.
He killed many traitors, ransacked the homes of many surrender factions, and sent a large amount of money to Zhu Yihai in the name of city redemption money.
Yan Wo Gong is also training troops in the city. His standard camp has now been expanded to 10,000 people, and they are also training day and night. From the outside, Jiangning seems to be falling at any time. In fact, although the training in Yan Wo Gong's standard camp is hard, the treatment is good.
Rewards are constant and food is guaranteed.
The population in Jiangning City is getting smaller and smaller.
Every day, a large number of people were sent out of the city by Yan Wogong. Craftsmen from all walks of life were sent out of the city first, providing Zhu Yihai with many outstanding talents.
The reduced population has also reduced the food pressure in Jiangning City a lot.
Of course, in fact, for many Jiangning people, there is no serious famine now, because Zhu Yihai deliberately opened a black market and allowed Jiangning people to trade.
Even every few days, the people in the city were allowed to go out to cut firewood and so on.
In short, although the people's livelihood is affected, it will not lead to the phenomenon of besieging the city and running out of food and cannibalism.
However, Yan Wogong's memorials to Beijing were written one after another, each one more critical than the last.
He also kept writing letters to Kang Kara, Liu Yingbin, Tan Tai and others, asking them to quickly lead troops to relieve the siege.
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The fifteenth day of the first month.
Lantern Festival.
Yingtian, at the foot of Maoshan Mountain.
Zhumala looked at the rising sun and felt very anxious.
After he decided to take 2,000 Eight Banners garrisoned in Hangzhou and go north to reinforce Jiangning, things never went well.
Zhumala believes that rescuing troops is like putting out a fire and must be done quickly.
Therefore, his plan was to take Zheng Jiwu's 3,000 cavalry and collect 5,000 cavalry to quickly go north, traveling at a speed of 300 miles a day, and arrive in Jiangning in three days for reinforcements to rescue the crisis.
Three hundred miles a day, this speed is not a problem for the Eight Banners. They can even cover 1,500 to 2,000 miles in seven days, carry out long-distance attacks, and even fight continuously during the attack.
All that is needed is one person and two horses, half a month of dry food, only some necessary combat weapons and some bows and arrows, and no extra supplies.
But when he arrived at Huzhou where they had agreed to meet up, he waited there for three days but did not see Zheng Jiwu's cavalry. He sent someone to ask, but Zheng Jiwu said that his three thousand cavalry had not been assembled yet and that it was because of the cold weather.
The roads are icy and snowy.
Later, he said that his 3,000 cavalrymen and horses and mules were not enough to march too fast.
In short, there are constant reasons and the delay is delayed.
In the end, Zhumala, who was impatient to wait, decided to go north alone, but it had already been delayed for five days. In addition, it took more than one day to get from Hangzhou to Huzhou, which meant that seven days had passed.
Zhumala, who was no longer waiting for Zheng Jiwu, led two thousand horses to the north, but the rest of the journey was not smooth either. The biting cold wind was not a problem, and the drifting snow was not a problem for these cold-resistant common snow-white Eight Banners soldiers.
However, they encountered constant attacks and obstacles along the way.
Especially at night, ambushes appeared one after another. Although each time he ambushed and ran away without causing too many casualties to them, this kind of commotion seriously affected his speed.
When they first encountered an ambush, Zhumala was very cautious, carefully reconnaissance, careful investigation, and then attacked. Even after repelling the ambush, they pursued. However, they later discovered that although they were fast on horseback, they did not have the upper hand in pursuit. Those people
They are so elusive that they may even lead them to traps.
There are various types of traps, including digging a large hole with spikes planted in it, then spreading it over the top and covering it with snow, or luring them to the ice.
The Ming army marched through areas with thick ice, but in some places the ice was thin. If the cavalry rushed over, they would often break through the ice and fall into it.
They even buried gunpowder in some places to lure them over and then ignite it and detonate it.
Anyway, Zhumala and the others suffered a lot of losses and deceptions, and gradually became more cautious. If they were ambushed and dispersed, they would no longer pursue them.
However, there were too many ambushes on the road. Even if the casualties were not large each time, they did not dare to take it lightly. They had to keep sending people to explore the road, especially when they were resting at night.
It used to be possible to travel three hundred miles a day, but now it is difficult to travel even one hundred miles.
It passes through Huzhou and enters Yixing in Changzhou, then enters Yingtianfu, passes through Liyang and enters the territory of Lishui, arriving at the foot of Maoshan Mountain.
It was originally planned to go from Hangzhou to Jiangning City in five days, but after half a month of running on the road, we suffered so much in the wind and snow, suffered enough harassment, and both the people and the horse were starved and thin.
Many Eight Banners even suffered from frostbite.
Even the dry food and fodder they carried for fifteen days were almost used up, and many horses were lost along the way.
But in Yixing and Liyang counties, they did not dare to enter and had no supplies, because they were occupied by the Ming army. Not only did they have to sneak over at night, they were even discovered, and they were chased away for a long time, and some of them were damaged.
Centaur.
Fortunately, when we arrived at Lishui, Super Yong Gong Zheng Jiwu finally arrived quickly and slowly, bringing with him three thousand horses and mules from the Zhejiang Army, and even some supplies to Zhumala and the others.
After half a month, Zhumala and the others were finally able to have a hot meal.
Last night was the most peaceful sleep they had. With Zheng Jiwu's Zhejiang camp standing guard for them, it was rare for them to sleep warmly in the tent.
The morning fog slowly dissipates under the rising sun.
Zhumala yawned and felt a lot better. Although he was still anxious in his heart, he didn't know what the current situation in Jiangning City was like.
But at least he is very close to Jiangning City.
"Eat quickly and then set off. We must get to Jiangning City today. We have wasted too much time. I don't know if Su Song's troops have arrived long ago!"
I wanted to arrive early, but now I have wasted so much time.
As we were waiting, suddenly there was smoke coming from the wind. At first we thought it was fog, but when we got closer it was very pungent and we realized it was fireworks.
"Where did the fireworks come from?"
A Qing soldier came running towards him with a panicked look on his face.
"Fire in the camp!"
Zhumala wondered, how could there be a fire?
At this time, there were shouts of killing.
Super Yong Gong Zheng Jiwu came running with a group of servants and shouted from a distance, "Master Zhu, Ming thieves, Ming army is attacking the camp!"
In the past half month, Zhumala has encountered various ambushes not one hundred times but ninety times, so he didn't even panic when he first heard about the attack on the camp.
I thought it was just another attack by the Ming army, but it might have been the work of the local gentry regiment of Ming thieves.
But he quickly woke up and realized something was wrong. If the thieves were really attacking, why didn't Zheng Jiwu, the patrolman who was responsible for defending the perimeter, not give any warning?
Even if the patrol outside did not notice it, the soldiers on duty in the camp should have immediately raised the alarm after seeing the thief.
But nothing happened.
Even the fireworks seemed to have started from their Eight Banners camp in the inner camp.
Zhumala's expression changed drastically when he thought of this, and he became alert when he saw Zheng Jiwu running towards him.
He saw Zheng Jiwu and others running towards them on horseback, fully armed, and they did not look like they had been suddenly attacked early in the morning.
"not good,"
Zhumala shouted, "Stop them!"
At this time, the shouts of killing became even louder, coming from all directions, and one could even see through the mist that the soldiers of Zheng Jiwu's camp in the outer camp were carrying swords and guns to attack the inner camp full of soldiers.
"Zheng Jiwu rebelled,"
Someone shouted.
Zhumala also roared angrily, "This thief, get on your horse quickly and kill the thief!"
"Mount your horse, mount your horse, kill Zheng Jiwu, and destroy the rebels!"
A Ba Yala rushed over in a panic, "It's not good, our horses are lagging and deflating, and they can't get up anymore."
"It must be Zheng Thief, they added something to our fodder last night!"
While talking, Zhumala suddenly felt pain in his abdomen, and then his whole body felt bad. In the face of a powerful enemy, he actually had unbearable abdominal pain and was about to have diarrhea.
With a bang, one of Zhumara's soldiers opened the gate first. A fishy smell came out, and the Tatar soldier looked at Zhumara in embarrassment.
There was another strange noise.
Zhumala couldn't control herself and pulled up her crotch.
However, the super brave Duke Zheng Jiwu already had a lance in each arm and rushed forward at the lead!
