In the battle of western Zhejiang, the Qing army lost nearly 50,000 people, and the Eight Banners killed and wounded 10,000 people, which hurt the vitality of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.After Dolgon dispatched more than 20,000 elite Qing troops and went down the river, the Huguang Qing army captured Yuezhou and stopped at the bank of the Tear Luo River in the north of Changsha.The autumn rain continued, and a rainy weather for half a month saved Hu Guangming's army.Heavy rain continued, bead-like rain, falling from the eaves, ponds, ditches were full of raindrops, a few days, in the middle of Hunan Province, the water level of the river and ditch rose, the rice fields were waterlogged, and the roads became muddy, making the Qing cavalry inconvenient.At this time, the Mongolian Khalkha Department of Erchuhuer invaded the border, and Dolgon once again dispatched 20,000 cavalry to the north, so that Duoduo could only temporarily rest in Yuezhou.Now the Manchu Qing army, excluding the foreign vassals, a total of 950,000 people, but due to the vast territory, the place is not peaceful, there seem to be a lot of soldiers and horses, but the Manchu Qing can mobilize less than half of the people.Of these 950,000 people, 500,000 were green battalion soldiers with extremely low combat effectiveness, who were divided into prefectures and counties to maintain the rule of the Manchus, and could only undertake the task of maintaining law and order and assisting in defending the city.There are 450,000 people left, of which 150,000 are elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, and the other 300,000 are elite green battalion soldiers such as Wu Sangui, Jin Shenghuan, Jiang Xiang, and Tang Tong.Of the 450,000 elite soldiers, 60,000 were stationed in Hebei, Shanxi, northern Shaanxi, and Gansu to guard against the Mongols, 20,000 banner soldiers were to stay outside the pass, 40,000 were to sit in Beijing, and 30,000 were to guard the provincial capitals in various provinces to deter the localities.This is the 15 th Army, with 300,000 horses left, which are used to fight in the four theaters of Sichuan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.At this time, on the opposite side of the Qing army, Yungui had more than 200,000 Western troops, Sichuan still had countless Ming army routs and righteous troops, Huguang Ming army still had more than 200,000, Jiangxi Ming army had 670,000, Fujian had 130,000 Ming troops, and Zhejiang Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming had 80,000 Ming troops.Although the combat strength of the Ming Army and the Western Army was much lower than that of the Qing Army, and most of them were farmers and fishermen a year ago, their large numbers also made it difficult for the Qing Army to defeat for a while.After successive attacks, the Qing army's attack gradually weakened, and the stamina was insufficient, and from August, the Manchu court began to change its strategy.Previously, the Manchu Qing Dynasty relied on its strong forces and unstoppable troops, and launched simultaneous attacks in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Sichuan, which can be described as an all-out attack.Now, with the defeat of western Zhejiang and the temporary blockade of Huguang, Dolgon shifted his focus to an all-out offensive and shifted part of his energy to consolidating the rule of the north and the newly occupied lands, as well as clearing the anti-Qing forces in the territory, and began to replenish the lost Eight Banners.At this time, the Qing army in Jiangnan turned from an offensive to a defensive posture, and confronted the Ming army in Zhejiang, and Hong Chengchou had the strength to clear and suppress the Ming restoration forces and bandits in the area controlled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.Tianmu Mountain, at the junction of Hangzhou Mansion in Zhejiang Province and Ningguo Mansion in Nanzhili, there is an active army of nearly 1,000 people, and the person headed by is a black-faced man, named Zhang Yida, who turned out to be a strong man on the road, quite brave, cunning, taking advantage of the boiling in the south of the Yangtze River, pulling up a group of people, and also soldiers and bandits.After eastern Zhejiang was swept over by Zhao Ming, most of Ma Guanghui's supplies were transported from northern Zhejiang and Jiangnan.Not long ago, a team of Qing soldiers escorted the grain truck, which was discovered by Zhang Yida, so he took men and horses, set up an ambush, robbed the Qing soldiers' grain, and killed more than ten Qing soldiers.At this time, Hong Chengchou was preparing to start encircling and suppressing the Taihu Lake water thieves, wanting to first pull out the strongholds of the rebels on the periphery of Taihu Lake, and then completely solve Wu Yijun.Zhang Yida jumped out and attracted the attention of the Qing army, and Liu Liangzuo, who presided over the encirclement and suppression in the south of Taihu Lake, immediately decided to take Zhang Yida first.Tianmu Mountain stretches, but the terrain is not high, the average altitude is only two or three hundred meters, the mountain is full of trees, the scenery is very beautiful.At this time, a Qing army of more than 1,000 people set out from Hangzhou and came to the foot of Tianmu Mountain.The eyes and ears of the cottage, when they heard the news, saw more than 1,000 Qing troops coming to encircle and suppress, and immediately returned to the cottage to report.Zhang Yida's cottage is located on the main peak of Tianmu Mountain, more than 400 meters high, steep on three sides, inclined on one side, easy to defend and difficult to attack.Outside the cottage hall, there is a plaque with three big characters written on it, and a tiger skin chair in the main hall inside, a stout black man, holding a book and reading it with relish."
Report, big boss!"
The spy stumbled in and fell to his knees.Zhang Yida's face was not good, "What's the matter?"
”"Big boss, Qinggou has come to encircle and suppress us!"
The spies guide the face, and the road is urgent.Zhang Yida was shocked, "How many people came?"
”The spy said: "There are nearly a thousand people!
”"Even a thousand people dare to come and kill Lao Tzu!"
Zhang Yida was furious, "Yu Qian's Wang Mazi has not been convinced!"
”After speaking, Zhang Yida stood up and threw the book on the table, with three words written on it: "Water Margin".In Tianmu Mountain, a group of more than 1,000 Qing soldiers advanced along the mountain road, and Wang Mazi, the general manager of Qianxian County, nodded and followed beside a Qing general, and kindly reminded: "General Liu, that Zhang Yida is extremely arrogant and very difficult, and he forced him to stay in the county and dare not come out."
The general brought more than 1,000 men and horses, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to exterminate Zhang Yida's cottage. ”General Liu's name is Liu Zehong, Liu Liangzuo's nephew, and he sneered on his face, "It seems that the regent's decision is really wise, these bandits actually dare to block the Qing soldiers in the city, and if they don't exterminate them, it's really against the sky." ”Liu Zehong glanced at Wang Mazi with disdain as he spoke, thinking about this grandson in his heart, he threw away the face of the Qing soldiers, but said coldly in his mouth: "That Zhang Yida is just a bandit, and the general will lead a thousand people over to kill chickens with a knife!"
”As he was talking, Wang Mazi's face next to him suddenly changed, he pointed his finger forward, and exclaimed: "It's not good, Zhang Heizi is here!"
”Liu Zehong hurriedly looked up, and saw Yu Qianqing's army, which was opening the way in front, just entered the woods at the foot of the mountain, and ran out wildly, shouting while running, "The bandits are coming, run!"
”Hundreds of figures followed closely behind Wang Mazi's men and horses, and came out of the woods, and the first person actually rode a strong war horse and chased after the Qing army.Zhang Yida held the Zhangba snake spear, galloped on horseback, chased behind the Qing army, stabbed several people to death in a row, and finally threw the snake spear directly, nailing a galloping Qing soldier to the ground.Liu Zehong saw the black-faced man, galloped up, pulled out a spear from the corpse, and stood there, countless figures poured out of the woods behind him, and he couldn't help but stare at him, "Mother, you should really be a bandit." ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe, ask for a booklist) ()