Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the front line, and Lianghuai is already part of the hinterland of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is one of the few areas that has been stabilized.The north fought one after another, and the thieves and Jiannu took turns to plague, and although the Manchus occupied a wide area, there were not many places that could really provide money and food for the Manchus.After the shaving order, the Qing army suppressed Li Jiyu in Henan, defeated the uprising of Sun Shoufa and He Zhen and others in Guanzhong, the two places were basically pacified, but due to the destruction of the war, the income of the two provinces was not enough for the consumption of the garrison of the province, and it was temporarily unable to provide money and food for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to conquer the Ming Dynasty.In Hebei and Shandong, there were many attacks by the Qing army, and there was a horrific massacre in Jinan, and the people of the two places did not cherish the Ming Dynasty, but they also hated the Manchu Dynasty.Hebei because of the Manchu Qing heavy army gathered, and the Eight Banners occupy the flag field, more than ninety percent of the land is owned by the Eight Banners, the Qing army has strong control, the local people hate the Manchu Qing, but it is difficult to resist, the place is also peaceful, but the income of the flag field is owned by the bannermen and banner owners, and it cannot provide money and food for the Manchu Dynasty.The land of Shandong, because the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the country many times, committed countless crimes, and became the only province in the north that has not been completely pacified by the Qing army.There were so many rebels in Shandong that the Qing army still needed to invest troops and food, and they could not provide money and food for the Manchus.At this time, the only province in the north that could provide money and grain for the Manchu Qing was Shanxi, and the Jin merchant family provided silver money for the Qing army, and the grain mainly came from the two Huai.In addition, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, and the newly occupied Sichuan will still need time to recover.Now Lianghuai is the main grain planting place of the Qing army, and it is also the most developed place for drying salt and boiling salt, which is still very important for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.Zhao Ming easily seized the Yunti Pass, coerced a large number of people, dried salt people, and pulled the boat Yang Fan.On October 9, the Ming army arrived at the city of Huai'an, and in the name of the Ming Dynasty's peace, ordered the Qing army in Huai'an to surrender, otherwise after the city was broken, no one would be left, and all of them would be shown to the public.Huai'an, originally one of the four towns in Jiangbei Liu Zeqing's nest, when the Qing army went south, Liu Zeqing saw that the general trend had gone, fled to the sea by boat, and entrusted the Huai'an military administration to the general Bai Wen, and Bai Wenbelly saw that the main general fled, and immediately took refuge in the Qing army.After the Qing army occupied Nanjing, the front moved south, and the Huaijiang front line changed from a front line with heavy troops to the rear, and there was no need for too many troops to garrison, and Liu Zeqingzhen was no better than Liu Liangzuo, he had no brother and surrendered to the Qing in his early years, so he was not regarded as his own person in the eyes of the Manchurians.Therefore, the Manchu Qing Dynasty continued to draw Huai'an troops, dismembered Liu Zeqing's town, put Liu Zeqing under house arrest in Beijing, and dismantled the soldiers and horses to various places, only 3,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Huai'an City, and the main general was also replaced by Kong Xigui, a Han man from Liaodong.At this time, at the head of Huai'an City, the Qing general Kong Xigui was standing on top of the city, looking at the river outside the north city with a frown.On the vast Huai River, hundreds of warships lined up in turn, covering the river, and the muzzles of the black holes pointed directly at Huai'an City, making the hearts of the soldiers tremble.Kong Xigui is in his forties, with a majestic appearance, seven feet long, staring at the river with gloomy eyes, and slamming his fist on the wall in annoyance, "Mother, Zhao Zamao came so fast, Ben Jiang just received the news that Haikou entered the Huaijiang River, and his mother entered Huai'an City!"
”Lianghuai is not far from Jiangnan, and the prestige of Zhao Tiebang has come here.Several green battalion generals at the head of the city had panicked faces, and one of them said: "Junmen, Zhao Tiebang has been fighting all over the country since the Battle of Suzhou, and he is invincible!"
Now that he has personally led a large army to collect Huai'an City, we have less than 3,000 men and horses in the city, how can we fight?
”It was Li Huazhong who spoke, who was originally Liu Zeqing's general, and now he is Kong Xigui's deputy.Last year, Zhao Ming entered the Yangtze River, the Chongming defenders did not surrender, and after the city was broken, Zhao Ming was killed, so that the Qing army did not dare to take Zhao Ming's words as a deaf ear, and they were very afraid in their hearts."
Damn!
Huai'an is only two or three days away from Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Guide, and Lao Tzu can't hold it for three days if he doesn't believe it. ”Kong Xigui gritted his teeth and said a word, suddenly turned his head suddenly, swept his sharp gaze over the subordinates, and said coldly: "You wait for Hugh to have two hearts!"
If the general trend is in my Qing Dynasty today, if you surrender to a thief at this time, you will undoubtedly seek your own death!
The only way to do this is to hold on to it, wait for rescue, and we will be able to repel the thief army!
”Outside the city, on the Huai River."
Dashuai, there is no sign of surrender in the city, but there are soldiers and soldiers who have come to the city, it seems that they want to resist to the end!"
On the Zhenhai, Zhao Ming sat on the Taishi chair with a golden sword, Guo Zhong threw off his robe, walked over and bowed and hugged his fists.When Zhao Ming heard this, he raised his right hand and did not hesitate, "Then what are you waiting for, shelling Huai'an, the army will swarm up, and within one day, take Huai'an City!"
”Huai'an is an important node on the Grand Canal, and it is impossible for the Qing army to tolerate him occupying Huai'an, and reinforcements from all directions may already be on the way, leaving not much time for Zhao Ming.Since the people in the city didn't know the current affairs, Zhao Ming was not polite, and directly ordered people to attack and knock down the city."
Order!"
All the generals clenched their fists and roared in unison.On the river, the mainmast of the Zhenhai hung up the command flag, the guns on the side of each ship suddenly burst out with a deafening sound of cannons, thick white smoke covered the river, the artillery mounts of each gun retreated, exited the gun window, and more than ten catties of iron bullets rushed out of the gun muzzle, and then smashed into the city wall at high speed.In an instant, more than 200 cannonballs roared in, the dust on the city was flying, and countless gravel rose into the air, falling like hail, splashing dense splashes on the Huai River.The northern city of Huai'an, bombarded by more than 200 shells, immediately smashed the defenders, all of them squatted or lying behind the wall battlements, and in the smoke and dust, there was the miserable howl of the Qing army everywhere.After the first round of firing from the Ming gunboat, the gunner finished loading and quickly pushed the gun out of the gun window, and the second round of firing came again, and the smoke quickly obscured the hull, and only the orange-red cannon flame could be seen.The gunboats of the Ming army, kept shooting, one by one iron bullets smashed into the city, as if the hammer kept hammering, the wall bricks outside the city wall, one after another dented and broken, the sound of the collapse of masonry, screams and panicked cries, into the ears of the defenders, people feel collapsed.Under the continuous shelling, many bricks and stones in the north city fell, revealing the soil embryo inside, and at this moment, an iron bullet hit the city wall, and suddenly there was a "bang" sound, the city wall collapsed, and a thick smoke and dust rose in an instant."
Kill!"
At the moment when the city wall collapsed, Li Zhongming waved his knife and pointed angrily, and the Ming warships immediately rushed towards the Huai'an city wall.Nearly 100 warships, large and small, charged like arrows, and many ships also raised clouds of gunpowder smoke from the bows, bombarding the city, and the momentum of the Ming army was like a rainbow.At the head of the city, the Qing soldiers were in chaos, Li Huazhong showed his head, scattered the smoke and dust with his hand, and glanced down, the Ming army had already rushed to the north of the city, and suddenly said urgently: "Military gate, the thief army is coming!"
”There was no sound behind him, and he looked back, good guy, his brother was left alone, where was Kong Xigui's figure.
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