In April of the sixth year of Longwu, the Ming army successively received news that the Qing army was going south.On the one hand, the Huguang Ming army was preparing for war, and on the other hand, it conveyed its will to the outside world, ordering Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Fujian to contain the Qing army, and then sent Yan Qiheng, the right attendant of the military department, into Yunnan, with the intention of appeasing the western army.Since Zhang Xianzhong's death, the remnants of the Western Army have fled to Yunnan and Guizhou, and it has been more than three or four years.During this period of time, Sun Kewang, the commander of the Western Army, sent troops to guard the Dadu River in Sichuan, the Zhenyuan in Guizhou, and the Snow Mountain Pass in the middle road.Because in the past three or four years, it has not participated in the war, and the western army has gradually recovered a certain strength under the recuperation and recuperation.Sun Kewang is an ambitious person, when the Western Army rushed into Yunnan, he didn't dare to have too many ideas, just hiding in the southwest and licking the wound, now the wound is healed, and the strength has grown, Sun Kewang's ambition was ignited again.The Western Army, which had regained its strength, began to intend to expand, and there was constant friction between Wu Sangui stationed in Sichuan to the north and the Ming army in Guangxi and eastern Guizhou to the east.After Zhu Lujian moved the capital to Changsha, he quickly noticed this armed force, and got in touch with Mu Tianbo, Yang Weizhi and others a year ago, learned about the situation in Yunnan and Guizhou, and learned that Sun Kewang often said, "With a corner of Yunnan and Guizhou, the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, and they want to make a big move to restore the Central Plains." ”This made Zhu Yujian think that under the increasingly serious crisis in the world, Sun Kewang and others could also win over, and if the Western Army returned to obedience, it would be conducive to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty.In the face of the attack that the Qing army was about to launch, the Longwu court hurriedly planned to respond.In the blink of an eye, in August of the sixth year of Longwu, the weather entered autumn, after half a year of dispatching troops and preparing grain and grass for military supplies, the Qing army avoided the scorching heat of June and July, and finally launched a stormy attack when the weather was about to turn cooler.In early August, Haoge rushed to Xiangyang, 100,000 Qing troops immediately rolled south, with fifty red-coated cannons, lined up, bombarded Jingmen City, tore a gap in the strong city defense, the Qing army swarmed in, the northern city defender Zhang Guozhu was killed, Yuan Zongdi brought troops to help, but it was too late.Haoge seized the fighter plane, on the one hand, he sent the green battalion soldiers to attack the city and contain the reinforcements of the defenders, and on the other hand, he sent the elite soldiers of the Manchurian Blue Banner to raid the gap, the Qing army attacked the streets and alleys, the people in the city and the defenders struggled to resist, after the Qing army entered the city, and the enemy fought street by street, the old and weak women and children also climbed on the roof to attack the Qing army with stones and tiles, but the defenders were far less than the Qing army, once the city was broken, the outcome was already doomed.The Ming general Hao Shaoqi then escorted the prison army Chen Bangyan and other officials to break through, the city was fighting everywhere, Hao Shaoqi led hundreds of personal soldiers, took advantage of the chaos to kill out of the city, the Qing army cavalry came to chase, more than 300 Ming troops fought bloodily, casualties were exhausted, only Hao Shaoqi protected Chen Bangyan and others to kill a bloody road, and fled south in a hurry.After Yuan Zongdi broke the city, he still led his troops to fight to the death, and seeing that there was no hope of blocking the enemy, he could only lead his troops to break through and flee to Dangyang Town, where he was caught up by the Qing army and fell into a heavy siege.Yuan Zongdi held the heart of death, fought with the enemy, an iron spear, stabbed to death several Qing generals, dozens of soldiers, just when he was exhausted, and wanted to draw his sword to kill himself, Li Laiheng led troops to kill, rescued Yuan Zongdi, and then retreated into Jingzhou City.Haoge bombarded the city with heavy artillery, and in less than three days, he occupied Jingmen, opened the north gate of Jingzhou, and almost all the 10,000 Ming soldiers stationed in Jingmen were lost, and only very few escaped into Jingzhou City.Haoge occupied Jingmen, and the Qing army entered the city, so they slaughtered the city and looted all the money, grain, and property in the city.After taking Jingmen, Haoge was full of ambition, feasted on the accompanying civil and military affairs, and ordered the accompanying Han officials to compose poems to show off his great military exploits.After Jingmen was down, the northern gateway of Jingzhou was wide open, and Haoge did not stay in Jingmen, which was reduced to ruins, for too long, so he reported to the Manchu court on the one hand, and packed up his troops and horses on the other hand, and rushed straight to Jingzhou.In the upper reaches of Jingzhou, Hu Guozhu, the general of Wu Sangui, as early as June, led 50,000 elite soldiers from Chengdu, went down the river, broke the Qin Yiming, Qin Gongming and other rebel armies entrenched in Chongqing Zhongzhou and Shizhu Xuanfu, exterminated many rebel armies and Tusi armed forces in eastern Sichuan, and then went down the river to the east to attack Yiling.At the same time, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming of Wuchang had been resting for more than half a year after losing the Battle of Jingzhou.When Haogexing's troops went south to Jingzhou and Hu Guozhu attacked Yiling, the soldiers of Huguang of Sanshun, who were also 100,000 elites and 100 warships, went up the river from Wuchang and came straight to Yuezhou.The last way, is the Manchu county king Le Ke Dehun personally led 50,000 elite soldiers, Chen Bingping Township, although he did not move, but like a thorn in the back, as long as the timing is right, he will not hesitate to cross the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, straight to Changsha.The goal of the Fourth Route Qing Army was very clear, that is, to take the line of the Longwu Imperial Court in Changsha.The soldiers of Hu Guozhu in Sichuan, flanking Yiling, were to cover Haoge to take Jingzhou, and then cross the river to capture Changde and force the Longwu court to march in Changsha, and the purpose of King Sanshun was also clear, that is, to defeat Yuezhou, capture the gateway to Hunan, and open the passage for troops to Changsha.As for the army of Luckedhun, although it seems to be aimed at containing the Ming army in Changsha, as long as Changsha is empty, it will inevitably take advantage of the void and go straight to Changsha.Not long ago, the Ming army recaptured Jingzhou, which made the Longwu court quite excited.Now, after the fall of Jingmen and the news that the Qing army was in Jingzhou and Yuezhou, the people began to panic, and many people began to suggest that Zhu Yujian evacuate Changsha in order to make a plan.A few days ago, the Ming army conquered Jingzhou, but in order to defeat Jingzhou, the whole Hunan paid a lot and did not get recuperation, and although the Qing army lost Jingzhou, it was cultivated in other places for nearly a year.Because of the gap between the two sides in terms of size and manpower and material resources, the Longwu court faced the same dilemma as the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, and each Northern Expedition fought well in the early stage, but as soon as the Wei State came to its senses, or the new force of the Kwantung came to reinforcements, the Northern Expedition would immediately face the dilemma of failure.When Zhu Yujian moved west to Huguang, he set Changsha as his line, and expressed his attitude to the military and people of the world that he entered Huguang in order to coordinate the war situation and recover the lost territory, and now the Qing army is still hundreds of miles away from Changsha, and the shadow cannot be seen, how can he withdraw.Then he immediately issued an order to block Yinxi, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Sun Shoufa, Zhang Kuang and others, and let them defend the river defense, I am in Changsha, and the court is behind you, showing their attitude, but the ministers headed by He Tengjiao did not give up their persuasion of Zhu Yujian.In August of the sixth year of Longwu, the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties broke out again, the Qing army of 300,000 troops, the soldiers of the four provinces encircled and suppressed Hunan, so that Zhu Yihai, who was far away in Zhejiang, could not sit on the wall and watch, more than 100,000 main forces of the Zhejiang army, gathered again, and prepared to launch a counterattack against the Qing army, recover the eastern Zhejiang, central Zhejiang, and northern Zhejiang, and recover the whole Zhejiang.
(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()