Zhao Ming hurriedly came to Guanyin Gate with Li Yuanyin, and when he entered the tent, he saw Li Chengdong talking to Hu Weizong.When Hu Weizong saw Zhao Ming coming in, he hurriedly got up and hugged his fists, and said with a smile: "Hall Master!
”Zhao Ming stepped forward and hammered Hu Weizong's shoulder socket with a fist, "Brother Hu!
”Then beckoned him to sit down.At this time, Li Chengdong said with a calm face: "General Zhao, Brother Hu came here to report an urgent military situation to us!"
”Hu Weizong said: "I was active in Jiaxing a few days ago, and found a Qing army, there were 10,000 people, and everyone with armor, day and night, went to Songjiang, it is estimated that Duoduo has returned to the army, so I came to tell you!"
”Jiaxing is located between Hangzhou and Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, and is the nearest passage from Zhejiang to the mouth of the Yangtze River."
What about the retreat of the Duoduo?"
Zhao Ming was overjoyed at first, and then frowned again: "This Qing army wants to block the mouth of the Yangtze River and cut off my way to the sea!"
”Hu Weizong said: "Whether Duoduo will withdraw his troops is still uncertain, but I thought I would let the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society go and investigate." ”Li Chengdong said with a black face: "No matter whether Duoduo withdraws or not, we must retreat!"
”Zhao Ming had a calm face, the Qing army was inserted into Shanghai, Chongming might be in danger, and once the Qing army recaptured Chongming and built a fort, it would be difficult for him to enter the sea."
No wonder Kong Youde didn't attack today, it turned out that he knew that the Qing army had returned north."
Zhao Ming muttered, then raised his head and said: "We will occupy Chongming, enter the Yangtze River, trap the Zhenjiang River, break the outer Guo of Nanjing, worship the filial piety tomb, and shake the south of the Yangtze River."
Now that we have been crisscrossing the Yangtze River for more than two months, all the units of the Qing army have been assembled and are ready to form a net to encircle and suppress us, and it is indeed time to withdraw our troops. ”It is not easy to persist until now, and if it continues, it will put itself in danger, so Zhao Ming decided to retreat to the mouth of the Yangtze River first.This place can be attacked, retreated can be walked, and it is invincible.If Duoduo did not withdraw, the Ming army could still rely on the sandbar at the mouth of the Yangtze River to attack everywhere and harass the Qing army, so as to achieve the purpose of containing the Qing army.If Duoduo's main force withdraws and the Qing army gathers heavily in Jiangnan, Zhao Ming will be able to calmly return to Zhoushan.After all, Jiangnan is a place controlled by the Qing army, the Ming army is equivalent to a lone army going deep, and there is a possibility of being surrounded at any time, Li Chengdong has long wanted to leave, he saw that Zhao Ming did not object, he immediately made a decision, and shouted: "Then send an order to the whole army, leave tonight!"
”The battle of the Yangtze River, which lasted for several months, with the arrival of Kong Youde, the Ming army was already difficult to do, and now they learned the news that the Qing army in Zhejiang had returned to the north, Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming immediately decided to withdraw from the Yangtze River and preserve their strength.At that moment, Zhao Ming ordered the soldiers to carry money and grain overnight, transport the captured materials onto the big ship, and set fire to those who couldn't be moved, and not a single grass or tree could be left for the Qing army.…… At the foot of the lime mountain, the Qing army camp, Kong Youde was discussing with the generals, Liu Liangzuo said: "The thieves are condescending, and the army is attacking on the back, it is really difficult to see results." ”Kong Youde smiled and showed a secret letter, and said confidently: "This is a letter sent by the prince of Yu, the army of Zhejiang has returned to Jiangnan, and the prince has sent 10,000 horses to capture Chongming and the forts along the river.The thieves were willing to be trapped in the lime mountain, so they were trapped.At that time, as soon as the soldiers of Prince Yu arrived, Lime Mountain would be the graves of Li Hezi and Zhao Tiebang!
”When Liu Liangzuo heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly smiled: "Lord Yu has returned to his master, and Zhao Tiebang has not slipped away, then he will die." ”As he was talking, the Qing general Liu Liangchen came in and said urgently: "Lord Wang, Lime Mountain, Jinchuan Gate, Guanyin Gate, and Yanziji are in flames, and the thieves are afraid that they will slip away." ”Liu Liangzuo's face was smashed, smashed and smashed, speechless, only felt that his mouth was as if it had been opened, and the thief really wanted to slip.Kong Youde suddenly got up, and then roared angrily: "Quick, gather the soldiers and horses, and chase this king!"
”In the dark night, the Ming soldiers boarded the boats on the river, the army withdrew from Nanjing, the Ming army camps and city towers, lit a raging fire, and five or six hundred large and small ships covered the river.The ship went down the water, faster than a galloping horse, and left the city of Nanjing in a moment, leaving behind the firelight.Kong Youde led the cavalry, bypassing the burning fire, and ran to the river, the Ming army was gone, and the captured materials and property were also moved."
How can it be!"
Kong Youde was furious when he saw this, he attacked for more than half a month, with countless casualties, and finally let the Ming army retreat calmly, which was simply a shame for him.Hong Chengchou, who came in a hurry, also had a gloomy face, looking at the river and was silent.Hong Lao Thief thinks very highly of himself and looks down on people, including many nobles in the Manchu Dynasty, he actually looks down on him, and feels that there are few people in the world who can surpass him.For so many years, there are not many people who have given Hong Lao Thief a high look, Huang Taiji is one, and today there seems to be another potential opponent, that is Zhao Ming, Zhao Tiebang.This man is unknown, and as soon as he was born, he made such a big disturbance, which embarrassed him, and he must be a scourge in the future.Hong Chengchou has a feeling that it may not be long before this Zhao Tiebang will become his fierce rival.…… The Ming army fleet went down the river, and the fleet arrived in Chongming two days later, just when the Qing army attacked Chongming, the water camp boat rammed on the river, the Qing army's bamboo rafts capsized one after another, and the Qing general Jue Luo Langqiu drowned in the river.After the Ming army entered the Yangtze River, they successively transferred some people, especially those gentry and heroes who took the lead in the uprising, to the sandbar near Chongming.These people are famous in the local area, the goal is too big, when the Qing army wants to retaliate, they will definitely not be able to escape, so Zhao Ming persuaded them to go to sea together, most of the leaders who led the response came to Chongming one after another, but there are exceptions, such as Taoist priest Zhang Chongfu and others, they decided to stay in Jiangnan, continue to insist on resisting the Qing Dynasty, collect intelligence for the Ming army, and contact the gentry who have the Ming Dynasty in mind.Later, Zhang Chongfu used his identity as a Taoist priest to travel all over the south of the Yangtze River, contact a large number of gentry, and ask for grain and iron from them, which was smuggled to the sea, which provided great help to Zhao Ming.This time, the Ming army entered the Yangtze River, and the movement was too great, in addition to a large number of gentry and heroes responded, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people also participated.There were few resources at sea, and the Ming army could not support so many people, so they could only evacuate.The people gathered together to be lively, killed a few Qing court dog officials, divided some things, and most of them scattered in the countryside.However, there were still many people who were afraid of the Qing army's retaliation, especially the people of Waiguo in Nanjing, and many of them followed Zhao Ming to Chongming.When the Ming army set out from Jintang Island, there were only more than 100 ships and more than 6,000 people, but now with the Ming troops and people in Nanjing and Zhenjiang, they have withdrawn to Chongming one after another, and the scale of the Ming army has rapidly expanded to 600 ships and 100,000 soldiers and civilians.Jintang Island could not accept so many people, so Zhao Ming settled the people in Chongming Shazhou, and reclaimed the land, built a water village, and prepared to leave the army and sailors to live in Chongming.
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