The country is ruined, and the family wants to die There is my division at the head of Xizi Lake; The sun and the moon hang in the tomb, Qiankun half of the Yue family ancestral hall.
Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ming Military Department, resigned from his hometown in August Ning Guofu, a monk dressed as Jinshan Songyin Temple hurriedly entered the city.
Soon, Zhang Huangyan, who was receiving representatives of the gentry from the Huizhou Mansion, received the shocking news that the king of Yanping County, Nanjing, had been defeated.
The news came too suddenly, and it was too unexpected, so that Zhang Huangyan was stunned and couldn't believe it for a long time.
Prior to this, Zhang Huangyan had strongly persuaded Zheng Chenggong to march to Nanjing by land after taking Zhenjiang, and then invited him to be the vanguard in order to cooperate with Zheng's army in the battle, and led more than 3,000 soldiers of the headquarters to get off the ship and pull the cable day and night in the reeds on both sides of the strait, and arrived at the Guanyin Gate in Nanjing eight days ahead of schedule.
I didn't want Zheng Chenggong to ignore Zhang Huangyan and Gan Hui's suggestion to take the land route, and still took a sea boat to march by water, resulting in Zhang Huangyan's troops being isolated under the city of Nanjing, and were intercepted by the Qing army with more than 100 fast boats going up the Xinhe River, and Zhang's troops were frustrated.
Fortunately, the Qing army knew that Zheng Chenggong's army was behind, so they did not dare to pursue, and Zhang was able to be saved.
Because he could not wait for Zheng Chenggong's army, Zhang Huangyan gathered his troops and ships to cruise in the river near Nanjing, and sent a large number of envoys to recruit neighboring states and counties.
Zhang Bu stopped the boat in Pukou, Jiangbei, more than 100 Qing cavalry in Pukou City did not dare to defend the city, but escaped from the north gate, Zhang Huangyan's seven soldiers entered the city from the south gate, Pukou was recovered.
When Zheng Chenggong's army finally arrived at the city of Nanjing, there was news that the gentry in Wuhu and other places had surrendered and surrendered, Zheng Chenggong thought that receiving the upstream counties could not only recover the lost territory, assert the prestige of the army, but also intercept the Qing army from Huguang, Jiangxi and other places along the river, so he asked Zhang Huangyan to lead the boat division to the west, and he was responsible for attacking Nanjing.
When Zhang Huangyan arrived in Wuhu, his subordinates were less than 1,000 soldiers, and the ships were less than 100, but fortunately, Zhao Zhen, the Qing Wuhu guard, led his troops to rescue Nanjing.
Subsequently, Zhang Huangyan issued a proclamation in the name of Zheng Chenggong, the king of Yanping County, to inform Zhou County that officials and gentry in Taiping, Ningguo, Chizhou, and Huizhou sent officials and gentry to ask for surrender.
In just one month, it recruited 42 counties in three prefectures and 42 counties in Kefu, and had to surrender to the Qing army and local gentry to participate in the volunteers, and the number of soldiers expanded to more than 10,000 land and water soldiers.
In addition to Anqing, the upper reaches basically fell into the hands of the Ming army, and the lower reaches of the south bank of the Yangtze River are like clouds, a good situation, as long as Nanjing, the southeast half of the wall can be recovered, who would have thought that the king of Yanping actually suffered a defeat in Nanjing, and the whole army retreated Zhang Huangyan was very anxious, as soon as Zheng Chenggong's army retreated, how could his more than 10,000 troops alone be unable to stop the Qing army.
But now that most of the counties in Wuhu, Chizhou, Ningguo, and Taiping have been returned to the Ming Dynasty, countless gentry of the restored Ming Dynasty risked their heads to support the Ming army After Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Yungeng, who joined the army, discussed, he decided to send the fine work who pretended to be a monk to find Zheng Chenggong's camp with his handwritten letter, and asked Zheng Chenggong not to withdraw anyway, even if Zheng Jun really wanted to leave, he also asked Zheng Chenggong to send him a hundred big ships.
Zhang Huang said that he had made up his mind to stick to it in the upper reaches of Nanjing.
In the letter, Zhang Huangyan wrote: "Victory and defeat are commonplace, and they are no different.
Today, the people are in the heart, and the counties and towns in the upper reaches are guarded by me, if I can benefit from hundreds of ships to help, the world can still be done.
If you give it up, it's like a million living beings."
After arranging all this, Zhang Huangyan led people to rush back to Wuhu immediately, and then ordered his subordinates to go to Wuhu to discuss the next move of the Zhejiang army.
The miscellaneous servants in the Wuhu Yamen were all dismissed, and the guards were all the elite of Zhang Huangyan's Zhejiang army, and the atmosphere was very tense.
Wei Dalong, a staff general under Zhang Mingzhen, the former marquis, got up and asked: "Where is the king of Yanping now, but if he is in Zhenjiang, then there is still something to be done." ” Zhang Huangyan sighed and said, "The fleet of the King of Yanping has sailed to Chongming. ” "What went to Chongming," Wei Dalong exclaimed, "Isn't King Yanping going to put us to death?"
"Even if the king of Yanping wants to leave, he should send someone to inform us, and we should retreat immediately, his fleet is going to Chongming, we just received the news, he doesn't value the lives of our Zhejiang army soldiers at all" Another general, Lu Fengming, clenched his fists hatefully, very disappointed and saddened by the actions of the king of Yanping regardless of his allies.
The generals in the hall were inexplicably sad and indignant, and some were anxious and even angry and scolded King Yanping for being unkind and unjust.
Zhang Huangyan got up and signaled the generals not to quarrel, he said: "The king of Yanping also has a last resort, he lost hundreds of ships in the battle of Nanjing, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and the generals Gan Hui and Yu Xin both told the Qing army to capture, if they do not retreat urgently, the fleet may be blocked by the Qing army in the Yangtze River." ” "Shangshu knows to think for others, so what about us, King Yanping is worried about being trapped, what should we do, even if we want to evacuate, we should be notified to evacuate together" Wei Dalong's words attracted the generals to echo him.
Zhang Wensheng, the former Qing army garrison in Nanling, who had just returned to Ming half a month ago, suddenly asked: "Will King Yanping enter the river again after he arrives in Chongming?"
Zhang Wensheng's question attracted all the generals, and they all looked at Zhang Huangyan, if King Yanping would enter the river again, although the situation was dangerous, it would not be bad, after all, the Zheng army's naval division was invincible on the Yangtze River, even if it lost some ships, it was definitely not something that the Qing army could fight the enemy.
Zhang Huangyan hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "To be honest, I don't know the plan of the King of Yanping, whether to fight again with the whole army or withdraw after arriving in Chongming, or to negotiate with the Tartars and the Lord Pan Gengzhong and General Gan Hui, who can speak directly to the King of Yanping at the moment, are gone, everything is only in the thought of the King of Yanping."
However, Yanping intends to enter the river again, and now we have carefully explored that the number of Tartar ships has increased greatly, and the men and horses are out in all directions, so we need to plan for the worst, no matter what, we must persevere and not let the previous achievements be wasted. ” "Ladies and gentlemen, the wood is already in the boat, we don't have to complain anymore, although the situation is unfavorable now, but it is not all impossible, as long as we are united, we can still fight a way out."
It was the chief soldier Guo Faguang who spoke, who was originally a volunteer leader recruited by the Marquis of Dingxi in Zhejiang, and he was very brave.
After Zhang Huangyan took over the Zhejiang Army of the Dingxi Hou Department, he promoted Guo Faguang to be the chief soldier, and he was a general who could be used under Zhang Huangyan.
Listening to Guo Faguang's words, Wei Dalong also echoed: "We are following Lord Shangshu, we are going to kill the Tartars, whatever Shangshu says, I will do it."
The generals also expressed their willingness to follow the actions of Lord Shangshu and work together to overcome this difficulty.
Zhang Huangyan nodded, turned around and asked Xu Yungeng beside him: "What do you think?"
"Let's think about it first, for our dependents on the ship, it is safer to advance or retreat."
Xu Yungeng is the staff who has followed Zhang Huangyan for the longest time, in addition to strategizing and drawing for him, he is also easy-going, and can have fun with the sergeant.
So when he spoke, Wei Dalong asked, "How is it to join the army in detail?"
” "I think the news of the defeat of King Yanping in Nanjing should not have reached Jiangnanyou and all parts of Jiangxi, so we still have time to prepare.
However, our army is not good at land warfare, so I thought that we could go straight to Poyang Lake along the west.
Jiangxi has always been an important place to resist the Qing Dynasty, and with the prestige of Lord Shangshu for more than ten years, he should be able to call on the rebel army to rise again in Jiangxi, which is much safer than going to sea through the Qing army defense area along the river.
Xu Yungeng said what he thought was the best way.
Zhang Wensheng asked, "What about retreat?"
Xu Yungeng said: "The Yanping army was defeated in Nanjing, and the momentum of the Tartars must be flourishing, and those Qing troops who originally surrendered to us will also turn to us as enemies, so we are very likely to be attacked from front and back, so retreating along the river is definitely not the best policy."
After hearing this, the generals were all thinking about which was better.
Zhang Huangyan spoke: "Joining the army means to make a surprise attack upstream to consolidate my achievements in the four prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.
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In this way, even without the assistance of the king of Yanping, we can get food on the spot to protect ourselves, and if we can take Jiangxi, we can liaise with the Taiping army in Guangdong Province."
While Zhang Huangyan was talking, there was a sudden sound of dispute outside the house, and the soldiers came to report: "There is a common person clamoring outside to see Shangshu, we said that you are discussing, but he must see him." ” "Let him in, maybe something's the matter."
Zhang Huangyan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to bring people in, and it was a common man who looked like a businessman who came in, and when the man saw Zhang Huangyan, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and then said: "Zhang Shangshu, the villain is engaged in grain trading, and he has long admired the name of Shangshu, so when he heard some news, he felt that it was not good for Lord Shangshu, so he rushed for two days, thinking that he must tell Lord Shangshu the news." ” Zhang Huangyan hurriedly asked, "Oh, what news?"
The merchant said: "The Taiping Mansion has been cleared."
Zhang Huangyan was taken aback and asked urgently: "What is the situation in Taiping Zhou and other places?"
The merchant shook his head and said, "This villain doesn't know very well, but I heard that many places that originally surrendered to the Ming Dynasty have turned their heads and cleared up." ” Zhang Huangyan was silent for a moment after hearing this, and sighed: "This matter was expected, but it came faster. ” The merchant remembered something, and said, "In addition, the villain also heard that a thousand ships of the Tartars have passed through Anqing, and said that the prince of the Tartars went to Nanjing for reinforcements. ” Xu Yungeng, who joined the army, said urgently: "Will the Tartar ships anchor in Chizhou?"
The merchant said: "Usually, if the ship is lost, it may be to rest in Chizhou, but now that it is so chaotic, it may not necessarily stop in Chizhou." ” Xu Yungeng asked the merchant about the situation in Chizhou and Anqing, and after thanking this person, he ordered his own soldiers to take him down.
Zhang Huangyan asked the generals: "Chizhou is an important place for us to Jiangxi, and now that the Qing troops are approaching, should we rush to help?"
None of the generals spoke, some worried, some worried, and some were not afraid, but they had no way to think about it, so they could only be silent.
"The situation is very clear, we have no way out, maybe Prince Zheng will stay in Chongming for a few days, and he will regain his prestige, and then we will go down the river again, echoing back and forth" Guo Faguang saw that the army's heart was a little shaken, so he cheered everyone up.
Zhang Huangyan and Xu Yungeng discussed for a while, but they didn't have any good ideas, so they asked the generals to set sail to Chizhou immediately, and then make the next decision when they got there.
Zhang Huangyan's fleet arrived in Tongling first, and on the way encountered a small group of Qing soldiers sailing to Nanjing, and the two sides fought, and the Qing army had few ships, and was defeated by Zhang Huangyan's artillery fire, and four ships were sunk.
However, because more than 10,000 people in Zhangbu took various ships of different sizes, and they were going upstream, the ships in front and behind were more than ten miles apart, so there was a battle in front, and many people in the rear team did not know.
And now the army is worried about whether it will encounter the more than 1,000 warships of the Qing army after arriving in Chizhou, so morale is very low.
In the middle of the night, Zhang Huangyan and Xu Yungeng discussed the military until the third watch, and when Zhang Huangyan wanted to sleep and rest for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of artillery outside, and many people in the camp were shouting: "The thieves and Tartars are coming to rob the camp" Zhang Huangyan hurriedly went to the deck to watch, only to see fires rising from time to time in the distance on the river, and the voices of people were noisy, and he couldn't know the situation for sure.
Zhang Huangyan thought that it was really the Qing army that came to rob the camp, so he ordered to prepare for battle, but the sound of the Qing army's artillery on the river gradually disappeared, and except for the vague human voice, he no longer knew the specifics.
The incident happened suddenly, Zhang Huangyan didn't dare to enter the cabin, so he was on the deck with his clothes.
After daybreak, he sent a small boat to recontour and count, and found that it turned out to be several Qing ships downstream that opened fire, and there was no actual battle between the two sides.
Just when Zhang Huangyan and the generals breathed a sigh of relief for this, an unexpected situation appeared, but the fleet of Zhang's troops anchored far away heard that the Qing army was coming, and they were so frightened that they untied the cable and raised the sails without knowing what was going on, and left without telling them, leaving Zhang's troops with less than 3,000 people.
Most of the soldiers who left without telling were the surrendered soldiers of the Qing army and local volunteers who had been recruited and accepted in the past month or so, including Zhang Wensheng, a general, and others.
Most of the fleet was gone, and there were less than 3,000 soldiers capable of fighting, and the strategy of advancing Jiangxi became difficult to implement.
After settling down to Chaohu and insisting on resisting the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Huangyan suddenly felt a sense of bitterness welling up, and the person became much older in an instant.
After learning that Lord Shangshu was going to Chaohu, Wei Dalong and other generals objected, thinking that Chaohu Lake was shallow after winter, and it was inconvenient to stay at sea, so it was better to enter the Huoshan Mountains, where there were many cottages of anti-Qing righteous teachers in the past, and they might be able to gain a foothold.
After considering it, Zhang Huangyan adopted this suggestion and resolutely ordered the whole army to abandon the ship and land and rush to Tongcheng, from which he entered the mountainous area.
Ying, Huoshan area belongs to the Dabie mountain system, is at the intersection of Henan, Anhui, Hubei three provinces, the mountain is undulating, perennial clouds and mist are ethereal, especially steep in Anhui, steep cliffs, canyons are all over, there are still some anti-Qing organizations in the mountains to build villages.
Due to the dependents of many soldiers of the Zhejiang army, coupled with the weight of weapons, Zhang's marching speed was very slow, and he arrived in Tongcheng after six days.
However, the greater test for the Zhejiang army has just begun, and the Zhejiang army has to enter the mountainous areas of two or three hundred zhang, not only trekking through mountains and rivers, but also crossing dangerous peaks and cliffs, and even the cavalry can only lead horses, and most of the soldiers are from the coast, lacking the equipment and experience of mountaineering.
After a few days, they were either drenched in the rain and cold, or their feet were blistered, and their families and wives were small, and they were even more miserable, but everyone was gritting their teeth and persevering, no one complained of hardship, and no one left the team.
Originally, Zhang Huangyan's goal was Yangshanzhai, a village located on the top of a mountain, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and has always been a base for resisting the Qing Dynasty.
Zhang Huangyan had first sent a letter through the local righteous people, but he didn't expect to learn that Yangshanzhai had accepted the Qing army's appeasement after walking most of the way, and the reason was the defeat of Nanjing.
Zhang Huangyan was very angry and almost wanted to lead the troops to capture, but considering the steep terrain and the difficulty of attacking from the back, he finally gave up and went to the Yingshan Mountains instead.
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, the Zhejiang army led by Zhang Huangyan was still marching in the mountains, and suddenly there was a Qing army guarding the front.
As a result, after walking for most of the day, the rear came to report that the Tartars had caught up.
Zhang Huangyan was shocked, and he didn't understand how the Qing army acted so quickly, and then there was a report, and then he figured out that it was the Tartar cavalry who caught up in the rear.
At this time, Zhang's subordinates were exhausted, his wife and daughters were powerless, and the soldiers were even more hungry and couldn't walk.
If the march continues, after the Qing cavalry catches up, I am afraid that Zhang Bu will be destroyed here.
Zhang Huangyan gritted his teeth and ordered Guo Faguang, Wei Dalong and other generals to select capable soldiers and soldiers, and after hundreds of people followed him, they would join the army, Xu Yungeng led the others to continue walking, and it was necessary to preserve the seeds of the Zhejiang army.
The whole army of Zhejiang couldn't bear Lord Shangshu to cushion them, and they all knew that Lord Shangshu would be martyred after this cushion, so whether it was a soldier or a woman or a child, they refused to go alone, and they all wanted to die with Lord Shangshu.
The sadness of the scene makes the listeners cry and the viewers feel sad.
Zhang Huangyan said to everyone with tears: "You have followed me and Dingxi Hou for many years, I Zhang Huangyan is in my heart, but today's situation, the Tartar target is me, in order to preserve the anti-Qing force, you should go quickly, cherish it, and rely on you for the recovery of the Ming Dynasty in the future."
After finishing speaking, as soon as they reached the ground, everyone looked at each other with tears in their eyes, reluctant to give up.
"Lord Shangshu take care" A soldier fell to the ground, and everyone knelt down, and the sound of wailing reverberated in the mountains.
Zhang Huangyan, Guo Faguang, Wei Dalong and other generals led a Zhejiang army of less than 500 people to ambush the Qing army on the slopes on both sides of the hill.
Not long after, the sound of hooves came from the rear, and then everyone saw hundreds of armored cavalry of the Qing army appearing, and the flag was a white flag.
"It's a Mongolian Tartar" Wei Dalong once fought against the Manchu and Mongolian Tartars, and at a glance he could see the Mongolian Tartars with white flags.
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I heard that it was a real Mongolian Tatar, although the Zhejiang army was afraid, but no one left the battle position lightly, and everyone was holding the idea of death to fight for their companions and relatives to survive.
Zhang Huangyan drew his sword and was about to give the order to release the arrow, but the cavalry of the Qing army on the opposite side seemed to have discovered the ambush of the Zhejiang army and stopped their horses.
The leader of the general pointed to the hillside here with a whip and said something to the people around him.
Seeing that the Tartars did not enter the ambush circle, Guo Faguang and others were about to order the Zhejiang army to rush out and fight with the Tartars, but they saw a general of the Qing army on the opposite side suddenly gallop out and shouted to this side: "In front, the brothers of the Zhejiang army are the Guangdong Taiping Army, and I came to meet Zhang Shangshu on the order of my marshal" oshow7 t1706231537: