In the big tent of the Ming army, Li Chengdong and others, who were still clamoring to take advantage of the situation to capture Nanjing, heard that Kong Youde led 40,000 Qing soldiers to come back to help, and their hearts were terrified, and they were silent.Kong Youde himself held the red flag of the Han army, and among the 40,000 Qing troops, there were at least five or six thousand eight banner soldiers, and although the Ming army was numerous, most of them were just strong and strong.Li Chengdong's 5,000 soldiers fought from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, with more than 1,000 casualties, and Zhao Ming's Jintang Island was nearly 6,000 people, with nearly 2,000 casualties.Although Li Chengdong surrendered prisoners of war and expanded the number of men and horses to 6,000 people, Zhao Ming recruited coolies, slender men, and fishermen, and expanded the Taiping camp into two battalions on land and water, with 6,000 soldiers, and the rebels who followed were also replenished, and tens of thousands of people from Jiangnan came to help in the war, but Li Chengdong knew very well that when it came to war, a large number of people might not be useful.Zhao Ming's heart also sank, a few months ago, nearly 40,000 Zhejiang troops, ambushed 10,000 Qing troops, almost didn't gnaw down, Kong Youde led 40,000 soldiers, and the Ming army was estimated to be invincible.Zhao Ming asked in a deep voice: "How is the equipment of the Qing army, and how many cavalry are there?"
”Wang Deshun opened his mouth and said: "According to the report of the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society, there are 6,000 people in the Han army with the red flag, 5,000 people from the Han army with the white flag, and about 10,000 people from the Mongolian two blue flags, and the rest seems to be Liu Liangzuo's green battalion soldiers!"
Among them, half of the infantry and half of the cavalry, most of them are armored soldiers, and they are very well-equipped. ”There were more than 20,000 soldiers in the Eight Banners, and when everyone heard this, their faces sank.Yan Keyi exclaimed: "There are 40,000 Qing soldiers, nearly half a half of the eight banners, and there are many cavalry, and the terrain in the south of the Yangtze River is flat, and there are 10,000 Qing troops in the city, so there is no way to fight this battle." ”Li Chengdong didn't mention the attack on Nanjing, and said in a deep voice: "Since Duoduo has returned to the army, the goal has been achieved, and the army should be withdrawn!"
”Zhao Ming said: "I can't leave yet!"
”Li Chengdong frowned and said, "Why?"
The elite of the 40,000 Qing army, and the Qing soldiers in the city should be combined with the outside, the army will be defeated, and it should be accepted when it is good. ”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Duoduo is only mobilizing a Qing army, the main force is still in Zhejiang, and we can't retreat yet."
Besides, if you leave now, won't you harm the people of Jiangnan!
In this way, when the army returns, who will respond?
”Zhao Ming's movements in Jiangnan are not insignificant, but after all, his strength is too poor, and it is not of the same magnitude as the Qing army.Duoduo received the news that Zhao Ming had entered the Yangtze River and his troops were approaching Nanjing, and he was indeed shocked, but he was not panicked, because Duoduo could roughly estimate Zhao Ming's strength.There were so many troops in the Southern Ming Dynasty, most of them surrendered to the Manchus, and it was impossible for Zhao Ming to conjure up an army in a few months.Duoduo estimated that Zhao Ming and Li Chengdong were no more than 10,000 soldiers at most, and he had more than 100,000 main forces of the Qing army in his hands, and it was enough to transfer 40,000 people to reinforce Jiangnan, and there was no need for the whole army to return to the division.In this way, Zhao Ming has not yet achieved the goal of forcing Duoduo to return to the army, and the Ming army captured Nanjing Waiguo, Zhao Ming asked Xia Wanchun to appease Jiangnan, and the people of Jiangnan thought that the Ming army would recover Nanjing, saw a glimmer of hope, and responded in groups, Zhao Ming suddenly slipped away, and the people were bound to suffer from the slaughter of the Qing army.At the time of the shaving order, the Qing army had already killed a group of people who did not want to surrender, if this group was killed again, then the Qing army's rule in Jiangnan would be impregnable, and when the Ming army pointed at Jinling again, I am afraid it would be difficult to get a response from the people in Jiangnan.Li Chengdong said in a deep voice: "Ben Shuai knows that what General Zhao said is also reasonable, but does General Zhao have a way to deal with the internal and external attacks of the Qing army?"
”In the face of absolute strength, no matter how well the strategy is formulated, as long as the opponent is not stupid, it will be difficult to change the general trend.Zhao Ming's plan to enter the Yangtze River has been completed to a high degree, but the Qing army has too many troops.With the combat strength of the Ming army, more than 10,000 soldiers, it is impossible to eat 40,000 people of Kong Youde, the Ming army has no strength, and there is no suitable terrain.Now that Kong Youde's 40,000 Qing soldiers have been killed, and there is still Hong Chengchou's Qing army in the city, Zhao Ming's situation is much more severe than when Zheng Chenggong's 100,000 army besieged Nanjing.Zheng Chenggong's 100,000 army all failed under internal and external attacks, and Zhao Ming naturally knew that the situation was grim and it was time to leave.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "I didn't say I wouldn't go, but I couldn't leave immediately."
I suggest that the army move to the Lime Mountain, go down to the village, and rely on the mountain to resist Kong Youde, and as long as Kong Youde can't eat us, Duoduo may continue to draw troops back to the division, so as to reduce the pressure on His Royal Highness the Prince. ”Zhao Ming paused, "In addition, before we leave, we must evacuate the people!"
”Li Chengdong glanced at the sand table, frowned, and said, "Move to Lime Mountain?"
”Lime Mountain is also called Shogunate Mountain, is a hilly mountain range located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, from Shangyuan Gate in the west, to the swallow rock outside Guanyin Gate in the east, about ten miles long, about two miles wide, the main peak of Laoshan is more than 60 zhang high.Zhao Ming nodded, "Lime Mountain is close to the Yangtze River, and the army is stationed here, so you can take advantage of the mountain situation and the city wall from the Shangyuan Gate to the Guanyin Gate in Waiguo to resist the attack of the Qing army.The army has its back to the underwater village, and if it can insist, it will insist, and if it can't insist, it will go directly to sea by boat, which can be said to be invincible. ”When Zhao Ming said that he would move to Lime Mountain, Li Chengdong had already understood his intentions and saw the benefits of moving to Lime Mountain.Li Chengdong still thought that Zhao Ming would take him to sea, and seeing Zhao Ming's insistence, he nodded with a calm face and said, "Okay, then move to Lime Mountain."
But with so many people, how do you evacuate and resettle?
The fleet couldn't have taken so many people!
”This is indeed a problem, with the nature of the Qing army, as soon as the Ming army leaves, they will inevitably retaliate, gather together, and can only be slaughtered.Xia Wanchun said: "Those who are willing to follow can be placed on the sandbar at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and those who are not willing to follow can give them some property, good words to appease, send them back, and make them temporarily dormant." ”Chongming and other sandbanks can be tuntian, and Zhao Ming can leave the first part of the water camp in Chongming as a stronghold for Zhao Ming's counteroffensive, and at the same time, it can also be convenient to contact the anti-Qing gentry in Jiangnan to smuggle and obtain resources.When Zhang Mingzhen entered the Yangtze River for the third time, he was based on the sandbar near Chongming and entrenched in the mouth of the Yangtze River for two years.The distance between Chongming and the land is about the same as the distance from Xiamen to Fujian and Jintang Island to Zhejiang, and although the Qing army has a strong land division, it does not have a naval army, so it is not impossible to pass through Chongming.A Ming army lived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and it could also maintain the influence of the Ming army on Jiangnan, so that the people of Jiangnan would not forget the Ming Dynasty and gradually regard themselves as Qing people.As for those who are unwilling to go to sea, they will be given some money and let them flee for their lives, hundreds of thousands of people will be dressed in scarves, except for those famous gentry and leaders, who are easy to catch by the Qing army, and other ordinary people, it is not easy for the Qing army to arrest them.Jiangnan is now a province of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army cannot kill indiscriminately at will, the people are scattered in the countryside, and the cost of screening is too high, as long as no one in the neighborhood reports, the Qing army is unlikely to catch individual people, to screen one by one, besides, the Manchu also needs to resume production in order to maintain his rule.Zhao Ming shook his head when he heard this: "Now it's only like this!"
”Now that Zhao Ming has tried his best, whether Zhu Yihai can hold on depends only on whether the people in Zhejiang and other anti-Qing forces can do something.~~~~~~ Huguang, in the territory of Changde Mansion, a chaotic military camp is displayed on the shore of Lishui, stretching for more than 100 miles.In the camp, countless ragged soldiers and dependents walked through the camp, densely packed and countless.At this time, outside the camp, a thin middle-aged man wearing a crumpled crimson official robe and a black sand on his head stood in front of the camp, looking at the camp in the distance with a complicated expression.A sturdy Ming army Qianhu next to him pointed to the camp, licked his lips, and said a little nervously: "Fu Jun, in front of you is the camp of a rebel thief and a tiger." ”The thin official made a straight face and said in a deep voice: "After entering the camp, you must no longer be called a thief and a rebel!"
”When Qianhu heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "The humble post made a mistake for a while, and the humble post has been recorded!"
”The thin official took a deep breath, then raised his horsewhip and twitched the old horse, "Go!"
Enter the camp with this officer!
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