When Zhao Ming captured Wujin and Zhu Yihai attacked Huzhou, he ordered a Ming army, that is, the left route army led by Li Chengdong, to turn around in the mountains and forests of Huizhou, and when the Qing army did not pay much attention to this partial division, it was transferred to Ningguofu and hit Xuancheng.Li Chengdong led the army to attack for half a month, his son Li Yuanyin led 500 elite soldiers, took the lead in the city, killed the Qing general Sun Kang, the Qing prefect saw that the knowledge was not good, escaped from the north, and Xuancheng was recovered.Ningguofu is located in the south of Nanjing, the west of Huzhou, the east of Wuhu and Anqing, it is reasonable to say that it should be a traffic artery, but the territory of Ningguofu is mountainous, and the official roads between Jiangsu and Zhejiang all revolve around him, so it is not an important place like Huizhou.Ningguo is not as good as Wuhu in the north, Anqing and Chizhou in the west, and Huzhou in the east, so it is a marginal place.Although it is not a critical place, it is a very troublesome thing to be taken by the Ming army.After all, Ningguo is close to these places, that is to say, Li Chengdong's next step is to attack Jiangning, Huzhou, Chizhou, Anqing, and cut off the connection between Jiangnan and Huguang and Jiangxi.This made it impossible for Mandahai to attack Wujin quietly, and the flank of the Qing army in Huzhou would also be threatened.Therefore, the fall of Xuancheng made Man Dahai, who was trapped under Wujin City, unable to sit still, and could only let Geng Zhongming return to Jiangning, making the troops in his hands even more unable to capture Wujin.In this way, the war could only drag on, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty launched a series of major wars, and the material consumption was extremely great, especially in order to attack Huguang, a large number of military materials were transported into Huguang, so that Jiangnan was short of food and wages, and Mandahai could not fight.In view of this, Man Dahai finally ordered to retreat to the camp in Xilu Town, Wujin, and within a few days, the army withdrew from the camp and retreated to the line of Danyang and Zhenjiang.At the same time, at the same time, Zhu Yihai, who was camping along Dongtiaoxi in the southern suburbs of Huzhou City, learned that after Mandahai withdrew his troops, he got a letter from Zhang Huangyan that Hangzhou was ready for defense, so he immediately left Wu Zhaosheng to guard the two counties of Wukang and Qingde, the capital of Huzhou, as the northern barrier of Hangzhou, so he led the army to withdraw to Hangzhou.Seeing this, Li Chengdong did not dare to occupy Xuancheng for a long time, and also retreated to the front line of Wenji Mountain with his men and horses, and gave up Xuancheng again.For a time, as the New Year was approaching, the war in Jiangnan actually stopped.End of 1650.According to the usual practice, the government is going to have a holiday when the Spring Festival is approaching, but at this time, the situation is special, the officials are still busy, and the army is vigilant.Although the Qing army temporarily retreated, Nanjing, Zhenjiang and other places, after all, gathered more than 250,000 Qing troops, which can be described as a heavy gathering of troops.These soldiers and horses may suddenly arrive at any time, so the Ming army must maintain a high degree of vigilance and dare not relax a little.On the 28th, there are still two days before the New Year, and after the war, the atmosphere in Wujin County is still a little tense, but it also slowly reveals a trace of New Year's flavor.At this time, the sound of firecrackers can occasionally be heard in the city, and every household has simply prepared some offerings, cleaned the house, and prepared for the New Year.Early in the morning, as soon as the morning dawned, Zhao Ming ate, and under the escort of his subordinates, he went to the yamen of the state capital from the resting mansion to prepare for the last meeting of the year.At this time, many people had already gathered in the yamen, and in addition to the officials and staff members who stayed in Taiwan and Zhoushan, the vast majority of officials in Donghai Town rushed to discuss the matter.At this time, in the lobby, more than 20 people had already come, Chen Mingyu, Chen Yujie, Feng Jingdi, Xu Fuyuan and others also rushed to Wujin from Zhoushan, ready to take over the governance of Su Songchang's three mansions.Everyone sat in the lobby in twos and threes, whispering, talking about the current situation, when the soldier at the door suddenly shouted: "The handsome man has arrived!"
”The lobby suddenly quieted down, and I saw Zhao Ming, who was in regular clothes, walking in briskly surrounded by several armor soldiers.At this time, everyone stood up in unison and bowed, "Welcome to the handsome!"
”Zhao Ming walked straight to the middle hall, sat down with a golden sword, waved his hand and smiled: "Gentlemen, no courtesy!"
Sit it all!
”He waved his hand and invited them to sit down, and after thanking each of them, they took their seats, and the soldier came in and brought some refreshments.At this time, when the soldiers retreated and the hall was quiet, Zhao Ming coughed lightly, and then said with a smile: "Approaching the New Year, you should have let you gentlemen rest and reunite with your families, but Su Song is often newly attached, and the Qing army is heavily assembled in Jiangnan, and everything is complicated, so I can only work hard for you." ”"The rest of the people can contribute to the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, but they can't ask for it, what do you have to say?"
Chen Mingyu said with a smile.The Zhejiang army recovered Hangzhou, Donghai Town recovered Songchang, and Nanjing was in sight, and all the gentlemen were very excited and excited.Seeing this, Zhao Ming smiled and said, "Then let's get to the point!"
”Saying that, Zhao Ming sat up straight and said with a serious expression: "According to the secret agents of the Heaven and Earth Society, the news came.The reasons for the withdrawal of the Qing army from Wujin have been clarified, first, the town minister Li Chengdong captured Xuancheng and threatened the flanks of Nanjing and Huzhou, and second, the Qing army sent reinforcements thousands of miles and hurried to the south of the Yangtze River, and the logistics did not keep up, so they withdrew their troops and made a truce. ”Zhao Ming paused and continued: "According to the latest news from Xizuo, Li Chengdong has withdrawn from Xuancheng, and the Qing army is mobilizing grain from Huguang and Jiangxi.Therefore, do not doubt that it will not be long before we have another battle with the Qing army. ”Zhao Ming's words made everyone's expressions become serious, and they put away the arrogant mentality after recovering from the relaxation.Chen Mingyu said: "Marshal, since this is the case, then this New Year, we really can't rest, we must hurry up to prepare for war and compete with the Qing army for time." ”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Summoning you to come, this commander has three things to order, and you need to do it as soon as possible." ”"Boss, please speak, we will do our best to get things done!"
Everyone expressed their opinions.Zhao Ming immediately said: "The first thing is to expand the army.In the past, we didn't need to guard the place, and the soldiers and horses were not expensive, but now we occupy Su Songchang, facing the threat of the Qing army, and we need a large number of soldiers to defend the place, and the Qing army is opposed, so we urgently need to expand the number of people. ”Everyone exchanged their heads and ears for a while, and everyone understood in their hearts that before the Ming army's warship maneuvered, it could not take away many troops at a time, and it was enough to mobilize more than 10,000 elite soldiers, but now that Su Song was always in hand, Donghai Town must expand the army in the face of the pressure of hundreds of thousands of Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River."
How many people is Dashuai going to expand?"
Chen Mingyu asked.Zhao Ming said: "The five armies of Shence, the four armies of the front and back, the left and right, each army has been expanded to three battalions of 10,000 soldiers, the middle army has been expanded to six battalions of 20,000 soldiers, and the naval division has been expanded to 20,000 people.The number of soldiers increased from 30,000 to 80,000.The source of troops is selected from the various cantonment armies. ”Chen Mingyu quickly calculated that Chongming, Zhoushan, Taiwan and other places could not afford to raise 30,000 soldiers by relying on land and normal income alone, but fortunately, Huaxing Company was engaged in trade, and Donghai Town had recently seized a lot of money, so there was no pressure.Now there are still nearly six million taels of silver in the treasury, and there is no pressure to expand the army by 50,000, and with Su Songchang and the three mansions in hand, the taxes should be enough to raise the army in the future."
Expand the army by 50,000, and think it is feasible!"
Chen Mingyu said immediately.Zhao Ming saw that Chen Mingyu, who was in charge of money, nodded, and knew that there was no problem, so he turned his head to look at Chen Yujie, "Mr.
Chen, the workshop should expand production as soon as possible and produce the equipment needed by 50,000 soldiers." ”With an extra 50,000 people of equipment needed, Chen Yujie was under a lot of pressure, after all, there were still many orders in the workshop that had not yet been completed, so he saluted: "Now the war in Huguang is a little slowdown, and the war in Jiangnan is very urgent.If the order placed by Huguang for the workshop can be postponed, the lowly will produce the equipment needed for the expansion of the army as soon as possible. ”Zhao Ming nodded when he heard this, "Yes!"
I'll write to Huguang and ask them to wait.In addition, many weapons in the Tun army can still be used, and this time a lot of Qing army weapons have been captured, and the workshop has been renovated, so it can be used immediately, which should improve the speed. ”"Whoa!"
Chen Yujie responded, and began to think about how to complete the task.Zhao Ming continued: "The second thing is to resume production in Su Songchang Sanfu as soon as possible.If the commander wants to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, and if the army wants to block the Qing army, he must let Su Songchang Sanfu restore order as soon as possible and provide the army with the money and food it needs.Ben Shuai has already played to the imperial court, and he has promoted the shogunate senators Wang Jiaqin, Dong Zhining, Tu Xianchen and other gentlemen to serve as the magistrates of Susongchang County. ”Su Song is often not as good as Zhoushan and Taiwan, and it is impossible for the imperial court to allow Zhao Ming to withdraw the county guard, and Su Song is often rich, and it is not suitable for the system of guarding the house based on tun farming, so Zhao Ming can only recommend his subordinates to serve as the county commander and prefect, so as to control Su Songchang's three mansions.In the lobby, when the recommended staff heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and they hurriedly saluted, "Thank you for the cultivation of the handsome." ”Zhao Ming waved his hand, and then continued: "The third thing, the soldiers are hard, and the merits and rewards must be counted and distributed as soon as possible.If there is merit, the three armies will use their lives, and the soldiers will be able to resist the next attack of the Qing army!
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