In the early morning, when the sun rises, half of its head emerges from the sea, imprinting the sea red, sparkling, and the scenery is magnificent.Chongming Water Village.On the river near several sandbanks, the sailors of the Ming army who anchored their boats here raised anchor and hoisted their sails in a single order.The horns were excited, the war drums were rushing, the Ming soldiers and soldiers were quickly moving, the sailors turned the winch, pulled up the anchors, and raised the bamboo sails, and each ship was a busy scene.In the midst of the busyness, the ships left the various sandbanks, hoisted their sails, and sailed westward, rushing to the two Qing army batteries of Fushan and Wolf Mountain.For a time, on the pier platform built by the Qing army on the side of the Yangtze River, the Qing soldiers saw the Ming warships anchor, the sails covered the river, and countless ships drove out of the water village, leaving trail trails, sailing from east to west, as if sailing out of the sun, the mighty and magnificent were very spectacular."
Wolf smoke!
Zhao Tie is here!
”The commander of the Qing army on the pier platform immediately roared loudly in horror.A column of smoke rose from the pier on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and almost at the same time, a billowing black smoke also rose from the pier on the north bank.Two black smoke rose into the sky, and then I saw both sides of the Yangtze River, one after another black smoke passed to the west, and in the blink of an eye, the news of Zhao Ming's division entering the Yangtze River was transmitted to various forts, as well as the military camps along the river, and the Qing army was immediately active.For a time, hundreds of miles along the river, the Qing soldiers in the barracks hurriedly assembled, the county towns closed the city gates one after another, the green camp and the young and strong went to the city to defend, the shops on the streets were closed, the pedestrians were extinct, and all the states and counties were all in full array.Zhao Tie slashed Boluo in a formation, and his prestige shook Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but when he heard that he was coming, he was shocked to the entire Jiangnan, and his nerves were tense.At this time, nearly 800 warships of all sizes on the river covered the river, and the momentum was astonishing and overwhelming.On the flagship Zhenhai, Zhao Ming stood on the helm, the river breeze blowing, and the robe was blowing."
Since the marshal has decided to go north, why do you want to go west to the Yangtze River and attack the Fushan and Wolf Mountain forts?"
Xia Wanchun stood beside Zhao Ming, his eyes staring ahead.Zhao Ming smiled slightly: "There are two reasons, one is to take a look at the river defense of the old thief Hong, how is it to the bottom?"
Be aware of it.The second is to fight and then withdraw, showing weakness to the old thief Hong. ”Xia Wanchun looked at the black smoke rising along the river, and said in a deep voice: "It is indeed necessary to understand the layout of the Qing army's river defense and see how the Qing army responds."
But why show weakness to the flood thieves?
”Zhao Ming looked at Nanjing with deep eyes, and sighed: "Looking at the piers along the river, as well as the river defense situation that can be explored in detail, you can know that the old thief Hong is indeed very powerful.I showed weakness to him because I hoped that he would not continue to strengthen the river defenses, believing that the existing river defenses were sufficient to resist the attack of the commander's naval division, and that he would not build any more forts. ”Zhao Ming's advantage lies in the water division, if the Manchu River is impregnable, then his water division will not be able to play a role.Zhao Ming paused, raised his hand and pointed in the direction of Nanjing, "After all, Ben Shuai went north this time, just to attack and disturb, and in the end, he still needs to recover Jiangnan first."
If Hong Chengchou repaired the river defense to be impregnable, then the next time the commander entered the Yangtze River, he would have to pay huge losses before he could enter Jinling City. ”In fact, Zhao Ming had already had the idea of going north and directly attacking Beijing, but Zhao Ming didn't really want to do it.Because he knew that with the current strength, when the fleet arrived in Tianjin, it would not be able to penetrate deep into the interior to attack Beijing, but it would make the Manchus vigilant.This is just like the last time Zhao Ming's division entered the Yangtze River, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was caught off guard, but this time when Zhao Ming came again, the Qing army was already ready to defend, so that he could not achieve the effect of entering the Yangtze River for the first time, and was blocked at the mouth of the Yangtze River.This trip to the north will undoubtedly make the Manchus vigilant, and it will not be easy to directly attack Beijing and attack Shanhaiguan in the future.Previously, Dolgon could not have imagined that the Ming army could attack Beijing directly from the sea, but after this time, Dolgon would be vigilant.Zhao Ming didn't want to see such a situation, but in order to contain the Qing army and prevent the Qing army from going south, he could only expose this plan in advance.Xia Wanchun touched his beard that didn't exist under the Exia and nodded, "I understand what the commander means, this is to prepare for the next division into the Yangtze River." ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, and slapped one hand on the wooden railing, "The next time the division enters the Yangtze River, it will be the final word and the recovery of Jinling!"
”Xia Wanchun looked at Jinling and sighed, "I hope that day will come as soon as possible." ”However, as soon as he changed his words, he said worriedly: "But with all due respect, with the commander alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to go down to Jinling in a battle." ”Zhao Ming's eyes were deep, and he knew in his heart that if he wanted to recover Jinling, he couldn't rely on his own people.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Jinling is very important, Jinling is not restored, the great cause is difficult to achieve, recover Jinling, and then block the Yangtze River with the sailor, in order to become a north-south confrontation, and then the Northern Expedition!"
Xiaoyin can have a strategy to recover Jinling and turn things around. ”Xia Wanchun pondered: "If the handsome man wants to restore Jinling, the key is upstream!"
”"Upstream?"
Zhao Ming couldn't help but wonder.Xia Wanchun continued: "If you want to restore the south of the Yangtze River, you must open up the situation upstream, and only the imperial court will be based on the Han and Chu in the north, and then go down to Wuchang, join the Yangtze River, and hunt Jinling together, so that it can be done!"
”Zhao Ming thought for a moment, then bowed slightly, "Yes, if I enter the Yangtze River and the troops come to Nanjing, if the upstream does not open the situation, the enemy of Huguang and Ganzhou can go down the east source, and the enemy of Jiangbei and the Central Plains can also cross the river from Anqing in the middle reaches. ”Xia Wanchun said: "Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupies the general trend, and the order is prohibited, the world is a game of chess, and all the battlefields can cooperate with each other, but our dynasty is fighting separately and has not cooperated."
To restore Nanjing, all parties must cooperate and join the Yangtze River!
”······ Fushan Fort, Hong Chengchou and Man Dahai, who received the news, boarded the fort again, watched with a clairvoyant mirror, and after a while, they saw the fleet coming from the river.Man Dahai was a little surprised when he saw this, "Zhao Zamao Sailor, there are so many of them!"
”Hong Chengchou said: "Although the crowd can't help this stone-built fort. ”The two watched for a while, and the ship was about to enter the range of the battery, and Hong Chengchou and Mandahai immediately left the battery.As soon as the two left, the Ming army sailors on the river set up a double horizontal formation, with two rows of boats, staggered arrangement, and aimed at the fort with side guns.A loud "boom, boom" sounded, and hundreds of warships opened fire at the same time.For a time, the river was filled with gunsmoke, obscuring the hull of the ship, and the cannon flames flickered in the white smoke bands, like a galaxy of stars twinkling.The artillery battle lasted for two hours, and the Ming army was still able to destroy the fort, but more than ten warships were wounded, and they could only retreat eastward along the river.In the evening, Hong Chengchou and Man Dahai came to the fort again, and saw that although the fort was smashed and devastated, the loss was not great.Seeing this, Man Dahai couldn't help laughing and said: "Haha~ With this fort, Zhao Zamao Sailor is nothing more than that!"
”Hong Chengchou also showed a smug look on his face, "In this way, the imperial court can attack Changsha and Ganzhou with peace of mind!"
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