The storm on the palace dealt a heavy blow to the power of the old bureaucrats and gentry in Yongli, Guangdong, and temporarily calmed the political situation in Guangdong.
On the 6th, the cabinet invited His Royal Highness to supervise the country, and the title of Emperor Shaowu was: Emperor Wenzong Zhen Tianying Dao Zhao Chongde Yi Ning Wen Hong Wu Da Ren Min Xiao Jie.
Jian Guoyun, considering the country's financial difficulties, did not build the imperial mausoleum, and only moved the spiritual seat of Emperor Shaowu from the Tang Guozong Temple to the Taimiao, and enshrined it with Emperor Longwu.
After Emperor Shaowu was martyred by hanging, Li Chengdong ordered his body to be buried with the Ming Dynasty vassal kings and ministers who were martyred together in the wooden shell post of Yuexiu Mountain, and the folk called it the Shaowu Junchen Tomb.
On the 8th, Zhou Shixiang led hundreds of officials to Mukegang to worship Emperor Shaowu, and Hong Shiming, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, made a memorial text.
After the ceremony was completed, Zhou Shixiang entered the family as the emperor's son-in-law.
After returning to the city from Yuexiu Mountain, Leizhou sent an urgent report, and Zhao Ziqiang sent a speedboat to report that Annan had returned the eldest princess and the Yongli courtiers, and Zhao Ziqiang would arrange a boat to send the eldest princess and her party back to Guangdong on a certain day.
The envoy also brought a secret letter from Xu Yingyuan, which conclusively claimed that the Son of Heaven had indeed canonized Zhou Shixiang as the king of Qi, and the holy decree was at the princess.
This matter can be testified by Fu Gang, a scholar of the Yongli Cabinet, Gong Yi, a scholar of the Ministry of Households, Sun Shun, a scholar of the Ministry of War, Cheng Yuan, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Wan Niance, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Fengyuan, a Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Chen Jian, a Bo of Guangping, and a eunuch surnamed Ma of Shangbaojian who can testify on this matter.
Looking at the long list of Yongli courtiers on the list who could prove that this matter was true, Zhou Shixiang was overjoyed, and he did not doubt it, so he hurriedly ordered to go down and order Leizhou to prepare to pick up the ship, and once the princess came, he would immediately escort her to Guangzhou.
In order to prevent mistakes, Zhou Shixiang even ordered Zhang An to personally take people to Leizhou to ensure the safety of the princess and the king of Qi.
When Song Xianggong and others heard that the canonization of King Qi was true, they were all excited.
Song Xianggong said that it would be better to wait for the princess and the king of Qi to go to Guangzhou, and then go on the Northern Expedition after the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites held a ceremony for the king of Jinqi, so that the soldiers of the three armies will be encouraged.
Leading the Northern Expedition as a Guogong and leading the Northern Expedition with the respect of the King of Qi are worlds apart from each other, and the latter is a world of difference in status and political influence.
However, the Military Intelligence Department received urgent military information from the Jiangnan side, saying that the Zheng army had entered the river and had won great victories in Guazhou and Zhenjiang, which made Zhou Shixiang frown and deeply felt that he must immediately go on a northern expedition, otherwise there may be changes.
Zheng's army marched into the Yangtze River on June 17 and reached Jiangyin on the 20th, and the Qing Dynasty's civil and military officials defended the city.
Zheng Chenggong accepted the advice of the generals, and led his division to the west without attacking the county.
On the 22nd, he attacked Guazhou, beheaded the guerrilla Zuo Yunlong, broke thousands of enemy soldiers and horses, cut off the "Rolling River Dragon" of the Qing defense line connected by iron chains and boats, burned three floating camps on the river of the Qing army, captured dozens of Tanjiazhou cannons, and collapsed all the river defense fortifications that the Qing side had painstakingly managed.
On the same day, Zheng's army conquered Guazhou, Zhu Yizhu, the governor of Qingcao River, surrendered, and Zheng Chenggong ordered Liu You, the town of Houzhen, to defend the city.
Jiang Guozhu, the governor of Jiangning in the Qing Dynasty, thought that Zheng Chenggong would take Zhenjiang, that is, Feishu asked Ma Fengzhi, the governor of Susong, and the governor of Jiangnan to send troops to help.
After receiving the news, Guan Xiaozhong led more than 4,000 soldiers in Nanjing and more than 3,000 green battalions to Zhenjiang.
Before leaving, the Manchurian generals were all underestimating the enemy, believing that the Zheng army was vulnerable.
When Guan Xiaozhong led the army to Zhenjiang, Ma Fengzhi, the governor of Su Songchang Town, persuaded the troops not to move because of Qian Qianyi's persuasion.
On the 24th, Zheng Chenggong led Chen Yonghua and others to join the army, climbed the height of Zhenjiang Qili Port to look into the distance, and saw the Qing army stationed under the silver mountain, the camp accounts were connected, the war horses neighed, and there were no less than 10,000 people.
Zheng Chenggong said to Chen Yonghua and the others with some solemnity: "The Tartars ride very fast, I don't know if there are reinforcements, we must fight quickly" and asked the army what the situation is here, Keli decisive battle.
"Yinshan is the gateway to Beijing, five miles away from the city gate, if the Tartar cavalry goes up the mountain first, from the height of the down, it is not good for our army."
Chen Yonghua replied.
Zheng Chenghua nodded slightly, and immediately made up his mind, and decisively ordered: "If you act during the day, it is easy to be detected by the Tartars, and it is not good to respond to the battle in a hurry."
The herald ordered all armies to prepare, and the day after tomorrow they will be held off guard by the second change to climb the mountain."
At dawn on the 26th, the Qing army found that the Zheng army had gone to Yinshan and the distance was less than two miles.
Guan Zhong's personal soldiers waved the order flag, the Qing army's Manchurian iron cavalry shouted in unison, and the troops were divided into five ways to attack upward, and the first force of nearly 2,000 people went straight to the heart of the Zheng army, wanting to seize the command center first.
Zheng Chenggong calmly responded, ordered all units to return fire, and suddenly the bird guns and battalion artillery fired a salvo, and the Qing soldiers were shot down a lot, but the rear row cavalry still moved forward bravely, and the speed was really different from the Qing soldiers who had engaged in the previous battle.
Seeing this, Zheng Chenggong ordered the dispatch of ironclad elite soldiers, and suddenly, more than 6,000 ironclad soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding shields and snake spears killed the Qing cavalry in several formations.
The Qing army's habitual tactics were to first rush into the enemy formation with cavalry and whips, then slash and trample on a large scale to cause chaos in the enemy's position, and then shoot with strong crossbows to clean up the results.
Unexpectedly, the ironclad soldiers of the Zheng army were not afraid, standing still, and when the Qing cavalry approached, they raised their spears and stabbed fiercely, the horses were injured and panicked, and the people stood up, and the momentum was greatly reduced.
The leading Manchurian generals were experienced, and when they saw that the ironclad soldiers of the Zheng army were difficult to overcome and their advance was blocked, they immediately ordered them to retreat and return fire with bows and arrows.
After some adjustments, Guan Zhong's horns rang out in unison, and he ordered to attack again, and immediately shouted to kill Zhentian.
Zheng Chenggong also ordered the Tiger Guard pro-army to hold a regimental card and cut a horse.
So the soldiers of the Zheng army were in groups of three, one holding a rattan card to block the arrows, one person wielding a big knife to cut the horse, one person cutting people, the hand up and the knife fell, the Qing soldiers fell off their horses one after another, and had to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Zheng army.
The Zheng army fought bravely one by one, and the Qing army could not take advantage of it at all.
Guan Xiaozhong saw that Zheng's army was valiant and that his own offensive was unfavorable and suffered heavy casualties, so he ordered to retreat again.
The Qing army quickly retreated a stone's throw away.
After consulting with the Manchurian generals, Guan Allegiance ordered the troops to regroup and merge into one force, preparing to charge again with greater force.
Of course, Zheng Chenggong would not wait for the Qing army to move, and he ordered a large number of birds, widows, and turtledoves to be hidden in the array.
When the cavalry of the Qing army rushed to the ground, the Zheng army ordered the flag to wave, the gongs and drums sounded, the soldiers retreated to both sides, and the soldiers who had no time to move immediately lay down on the spot, and the cannons and firearms arranged in the rear of the formation moved forward quickly.
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The Qing army's iron cavalry He had seen such a powerful firepower, and they fled one after another, Guan Allegiance was frightened, and drew his sword and shouted in front of the battle: "Don't retreat, whoever retreats, I will cut whom" However, no one listened to the order of the Qing army, and the allegiance could not stop the rout, and the ironclad elite soldiers of the Zheng army took advantage of the situation to rush and kill, resulting in a great defeat of the Qing army, and countless corpses were ambushed.
Guan Allegiance had no choice but to flee in a hurry.
Zheng Jun chased and killed urgently, loyal to the martial arts, brave, he at the same time reined in a number of horses, Zheng Jun ironclad soldiers cut him a horse, he jumped on another, the horse's head fell three times, he jumped three times to change horses and fled, the department of 4,000 Manchurian soldiers, only one hundred and forty remained.
After returning to Nanjing, Guan Xiaozhong cried to Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, and Jing Shuoerhui, the garrison of Jiangning: "I entered the Central Plains from Manchuria, experienced seventeen battles, and never lost so badly."
The Battle of Yinshan lasted from morning to afternoon, a full four hours, and the Qing army suffered heavy losses, abandoning countless armor, horses, bows and arrows, cannons, guns and other military assets.
And Zheng Jun was well arranged, and the losses were not large.
Qing Zhenjiang guard Gao Qian and prefect Dane and other officials, first saw the huge fleet of the Zheng army, and then saw their own Manchu elite, almost destroyed by the Zheng army, they knew that it was difficult to resist, so they had to surrender the city.
Zheng Chenggong ordered Zhou Quanbin, the right military guard, and Huang Zhao of Houchong Town to enter the city to defend, and the general Gao Qian was familiar with the help of Liliu, and his subordinates were transferred to attack Nanjing with the main force.
He also sent the engineer Feng Chengshi to Changzhen Dao, and Dai Kejin was still the governor.
Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, and others lived in Nanjing like a year, only thinking that Zheng's army would attack Nanjing immediately, but they never thought that Zheng's army was unusually slow and stayed in Zhenjiang for many days.
Zheng Chenggong strictly ordered all departments to abide by military discipline, so Zheng Jun's good military discipline in Zhenjiang caused the nearby cities to return one after another, and Jurong, Yizhen, Chuzhou, Liuhe and other cities came one after another.
However, the first priority of attacking Nanjing was delayed, and Zheng Chenggong only sent troops Zhang Huangyan and Yang Rongzhen to Pukou to pacify.
On the 30th, Zheng Chenggong believed that the Zhenjiang area was ready to be pacified, so he convened a meeting of the commanders and the towns to discuss the attack on Nanjing.
At the beginning of the meeting, Zheng Chenggong asked the generals whether it would be faster to march into Nanjing by water or by land.
The lieutenant governor Gan Hui believed that the soldiers were fast, and on the occasion of the great victory in Genshan, the Qing army was devastated, and Nanjing was unable to defend at all, so the Zheng army should be driven by land and marched day and night.
If the Qing army in Nanjing dared to face the battle, it would be closed with a single blow.
If the Qing army does not go out of the city to meet the battle, the Zheng army will encircle Nanjing, and the reinforcements will be cut off first, and the lonely city will not be attacked.
Gan Hui was opposed to taking the waterway, because at this time the wind was not smooth, and taking the waterway was bound to delay time, and Nanjing was likely to be able to breathe because of this, and could get reinforcements.
Zheng Chenggong was ready to adopt Gan Hui's advice and attack quickly by land, but the other generals opposed taking the land route on the grounds that Zheng's army was far away, did not learn about water and soil, had many heavy soldiers, and the weather was hot and hot.
It was also suggested that it was raining heavily, and that the ditches were full, which was not conducive to the march, and that if the army had taken the land route, it would probably not be able to enter because of the mud.
Zheng Chenggong thought about it and gave up his plan to take the land route and decided to go by water.
As a result, because the ship that Zheng Jun was riding was huge, went up against the water, and did not have a tailwind, and relied on a slender pull to travel, so that when Zhou Shixiang received this military information from Jiangnan, Zheng Jun had been on the river for eight days, but it was still two or three days away from Nanjing.
In addition to the military information sent by the Military Intelligence Department from Jiangnan, Tang Sanshui of Shaozhou also provided the latest trends in the battle of Jiangnan, and the two corroborated each other, and the battle in Jiangnan was generally presented in front of the generals of the Northern Expeditionary Army sitting in the conference hall.
Suna "laughed" and said to everyone: "The generals of the Zheng army are blind, they don't practice water and soil, is it possible that those Manchu soldiers and horses in the south of the Yangtze River are accustomed to water and soil, and the soldiers are noble and fast, so I used to be a Manchurian and I didn't know a word, he Zheng Jun up and down tens of thousands, no one understands this procrastination, didn't give Lang Tingzuo and Shuo Erhui, Guan Loyal and alive The opportunity to live is this delayed effort, I estimate that those Qing soldiers near Nanjing have rushed early, Yue Le of Anqing is a rare person who knows the soldiers among the Manchurian princes, needless to say, I am afraid that I will also bring troops to reinforce Nanjing.
In the battle of Yanping, I see that it is hanging, and if it is not done well, it is likely to be in vain. ” Qi Hao, the general of the fifteenth town, disagreed with Suna's opinion, he said: "In the first battle of Zhenjiang, the Manchurian Eight Banners stationed in Nanjing were wiped out, and most of the soldiers in Jiangnan were green battalions, even if Nanjing got reinforcements, I am afraid it was not the opponent of Zheng's army of more than 100,000 troops."
Yanping took the waterway, and the delay was a little, but the real army was coming to the city, and the Qing army was afraid that it would not be able to hold Nanjing. ” Suna smiled, shook his head and said: "It is true that the Zheng army has more than 100,000 troops, but most of them are naval troops, and there are only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses who can really fight on land."
If you want to capture Nanjing City, 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses are useless, you must know that Nanjing City is very bad. ” "What's wrong with this city of Nanjing," Qi Hao was a little surprised.
"Nanjing is the two capitals of our Ming Dynasty, and the city wall is not as good as Beijing.
If the defenders in the city are dead, if they want to take Nanjing City by storming alone, Zheng Jun is afraid that they will not be able to afford to lose.
Suna said.
"According to what you say, Zheng Jun can't take Nanjing" Jiang He, who had just been released from prison for a few days, had a big scar on his head, but he was beaten with a whip by Zhou Shixiang.
"Whether you can take Nanjing City depends on how much perseverance and determination that the country surnamed Ye has."
Suna did not answer Jiang He directly.
Wang Fuchen, who had just been appointed as the general of Xinyi Town, got up and said: "Marshal, whether he Zheng Jun can take the southern capital or not, our Northern Expeditionary Army has been established for more than a month, and it is time to go north, and it is not a matter for the brothers to stay at home." ” The new town is the original first town of the Xiangxi Bandit Army, and now it is the new town in the establishment of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the other town is the new second town, and the four towns still in Hunan are the new three and four towns in Guangdong, and the three towns expanded by the first town and the third town are the seventh, eighth, and ninth towns.
Except for the new first and second towns in the Northern Expeditionary Army, the rest of the new towns are basically local garrisons, undertaking the tasks of rear stability and public security and banditry, and are also responsible for sending troops to the main towns, in other words, the new towns in various places are second-line troops, only slightly stronger than the local security team.
However, the combat effectiveness of Wang Fuchen's new town was no worse than that of the main town, because his new town had four brigades, one of which was the Mongolian cavalry he brought back from Guangxi.
The town of the new second town will be Zhu Qinglai, the brigade school of the original first town.
There is a difference in the official titles between the new town and the main town, for example, the town of the main town will be the rank of commander, and the town general of the new town will be the commander of the same rank. oshow7 t1706231537: