Wujin County is the capital city of Changzhou, north of the Yangtze River, east of Wuxi, Suzhou, south of Taihu Lake, west of Zhenjiang, Nanjing, is the traffic artery of southern Jiangsu.During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, around the Changzhou area, there was a fierce battle in southern Jiangsu.After Zhao Ming defeated Tu Guobao, the two Susong mansions were already within reach, but if they wanted to take the Susong two mansions and gain a firm foothold, they had to seize Wujin.If Wujin was in the hands of Zhao Ming, the Qing troops in Zhenjiang and Nanjing would not be able to threaten Su Song, but would have to worry that Zhao Ming would send troops to Zhenjiang and attack Nanjing.If Wujin is in the hands of the Qing army, then the Qing army can send troops to attack the two prefectures of Susong, and the two mansions will always be under the threat of the Qing army, and Zhao Ming will be in danger of being driven into the sea.It can be said that whoever occupies Wujin will have the initiative.It is precisely because of this that Zhao Ming must take Wujin County before the Qing army reinforcements arrive.At the beginning of December, after Zhao Ming defeated Tu Guobao, he rushed directly to Wujin non-stop, and at the same time dispatched 30,000 horses of Wang Yi and Li Changxiang, as well as 10,000 Qing troops who surrendered in eastern Zhejiang, from Hangzhou to Jiaxing in the north, collected Susong and Song, and then went west to Wujin.At the same time, from Zhoushan, Chongming and other places, more than 10,000 elite soldiers were mobilized to rush to Wujin, with a total of more than 60,000 soldiers and horses on land and water, and they were bound to take down the three mansions of Su Songchang and gain a firm foothold here.At present, the Ming army captured Hangzhou, recovered the whole of Zhejiang, the Qing army in Jiangnan was shaken, and after Zhao Ming defeated the national treasure, he took his head and passed on the head Su Songchang, and people everywhere were panicked, and the gentry and heroes of the Ming Dynasty were ready to move, and began to contact Zhu Yihai and Zhao Ming.After defeating the Tu Guobao, the Ming army passed the head of the Tu Guobao to the states and counties, and trumpeted that the commander of Zhao in the East China Sea personally raised the division of the tiger and wolf to collect the land of Wu.At this time, Zhao Ming had no more than 10,000 people in his hands, but he was known as an army of 100,000, Su Songchang was in the prefectures and counties of the three prefectures, the gentry who were oppressed by the Qing army, the heroes who returned to seclusion after the failure of the anti-Qing struggle, and the congregations of the Heaven and Earth Society, like a long drought and a rain, arrested Manchu officials one after another, occupied the county seat, and welcomed the king.At the beginning of December, when Zhao Ming's troops entered Wujin, Huating, Jinshan, Shanghai, Kunshan, Jiading, Taicang, Wuxian, Wujiang, Wuxi, Changshu and other counties all turned against each other and surrendered to the Ming army, and Jiangdong was boiling.Wujin County, the capital city of Changzhou, was garrisoned by 10,000 Qing troops led by Li Benshen, the general soldier of Wusong.Li Benshen is different from Tu Guobao, Tu Guobao was born as a water bandit, and his soldiers and horses are not battle-hardened troops, mainly some bandits and rebels who surrendered after defeat, and their combat effectiveness is limited.Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and Li Chengdong is from Gaojie Town, Xuzhou.Speaking of which, after Gao Jie's death, most of the elite soldiers in Gao Jie Town were actually inherited by Li Benshen, and his green battalion was a relatively capable one, and it was active until the period of the Sanban Rebellion.After learning that Hangzhou had fallen and that the Ming army had reached Huzhou, Man Dahai sent Li Benshen into Wujin to guard this barrier east of Zhenjiang.After Zhao Ming learned about Li Benshen's details, he specially sent a fast horse to Ningguo, asked Hu Weizong to find Li Chengdong, and asked him to write a letter of surrender, hoping to persuade Li Benshen to surrender.On December 3, Zhao Ming led an army of 6,000 to enter the city of Wujin, and immediately ordered people to submit two letters, one was written by Li Chengdong and the other was written by Zhao Ming, both of which persuaded Li Benshen to surrender and persuade him to abandon the darkness and surrender to the Ming Dynasty.After Li Benshen came to Wujin, he was originally waiting for the army of Tu Guobao to withdraw into Wujin, and the Changzhou garrison increased to 30,000, which was impregnable, and it was expected that the Ming army would not dare to attack.A few days ago, Li Benshen learned that Zhao Ming went ashore from Jiangyin and entered Wuxi along the canal, so he knew that Zhao Ming was going to block the Tu National Treasure, but he did not go out of the city to reinforce the Tu Guobao.This is because Zhao Ming sent sailors to operate in Baogang and Ligang in the north of Wujin, if he sends troops, he may be attacked by the Ming army in Wujin, and second, because Li Benshen is at odds with Tu Guobao, and Tu Guobao has 20,000 people, so he may not need reinforcements.However, Li Benshen did not expect that the 20,000 people of Tu Guobao were actually killed by Zhao Ming's thousands of soldiers and horses, and even he himself was killed by Zhao Ming.At this time, there were only 10,000 defenders in Wujin City, and Tu Guobao was killed, so when the surrender letter was shot into the city, it was still very deterrent to Li Benshen.Wu entered the city, wearing copper nail cotton armor and wearing a pointed iron helmet, Li Benshen stood at the head of the city with a knife, and looked at the Ming army camp outside the city with a frown.There are not many Ming troops camped now, only a few thousand, but Li Benshen does not dare to underestimate them."
Damn, Zhao Zamao has thousands of people, and he has destroyed 20,000 people of Tu Guobao."
General Hu Maozhen grabbed the city wall with one hand and the war knife with the other, smacking his mouth like a toothache, "Junmen, we are in trouble now!"
”Hu Maozhen was also a general of Gaojie Town, with outstanding ability, and later made great contributions to the Manchu Dynasty.All the generals of the Li Department were unlucky when they heard the words, and their faces were unlucky.The national treasure of the soil was also incompetent, and the 20,000 horses did not play a role, but boosted the morale of the Ming army.Now that Zhao Zamao's army is in the city, who dares not to take him seriously?
Gao Yuanzhao, the son of Gao Jie, saw Li Benshen's gloomy face, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Junmen, this time the Ming army captured Hangzhou and recovered the whole of Zhejiang, and it was not impossible to capture Jiangning in one go.Zhao Tiebang's prestige is known to the whole world, he surrendered to us today, and there is a letter from Uncle Li, why don't you think about it, Zhao Tiebang's letter. ”As soon as Gao Yuanzhao's words fell, Hu Maozhen raised his eyebrows, and immediately shouted: "Yuanzhao, have you forgotten what the Ming Dynasty did to us after the tragic death of the old handsome?"
Even if Shi Kefa doesn't accept you as a righteous son, he makes you worship a eunuch as his righteous father, which is obviously an insult to us.Those officials of the Ming Dynasty have always looked down on those of us who were born in rogues. ”Gao Yuanzhao said: "It was the Hongguang Dynasty, and now it is the Longwu Dynasty, aren't those old generals of the Shun line all reused?"
”Li Benshen listened to the words of the two, waved his hand to interrupt the conversation between the two, and reprimanded: "How can this kind of thing be argued in the city!"
”"The last will be convicted!"
Gao Yuanzhao and Hu Maozhen immediately clenched their fists and bowed.Li Benshen was silent for a while, but still said in a low voice: "Recently, the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has been violent, because the elite division of the Great Qing Kingdom is attacking Huguang.If the Qing Dynasty returned to Jiangnan, the Ming army might not be able to win.If we return to the Ming Dynasty at this time, if the Ming army can go down to Jiangning with a drum, it is very good, if not, we will go to sea with the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will kill our parents and wives!
”Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, and Hu Maozhen asked, "What does the military gate mean?"
”Li Benshen glanced at the Ming army camp under the city, and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army under the city is only a few thousand, and the commander does not need to rush to make a decision at this time, do not reply to Zhao Zamao, and do not open the city to surrender, and wait for the arrival of Qing reinforcements." ”(Thank you for your support, thank you for the 500 tip 20171011205316606 book friends, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()