Jiangnan, Jiangning City.Now, in the south of the Yangtze River, the Qing army only controlled, Jiangning, Zhenjiang, Taiping, Chizhou four prefectures, as well as Ningde, Guangde and Huzhou some prefectures and counties, Jiangdong land, has lost most of it.However, although the place is small, it is so frightening that the Qing army's forces can be concentrated and clenched into a fist.At this time, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the three kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were assembled, with nearly 200,000 troops, which can really be said to be very terrifying and deterrent, so that the previously arrogant Ming army of Zhejiang stopped and turned to the defense.Previously, the Huguang Qing army advanced lightly and hurriedly, trekking thousands of miles to the south of the Yangtze River, because the logistics could keep up, so it failed to launch a counteroffensive immediately, missed the best opportunity, and made the Zhejiang system gradually gain a firm foothold.Now a few months have passed, the grain and grass that was originally transported to Huguang to prepare for the attack on Hunan were loaded and transported back to Jiangnan, and in addition to Dolgon in Beijing, a banquet was set up to entertain Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku and other eight Jin merchants, and gave them yellow coats, and was a four-grade official rank, which greatly moved Fan Yongdou and others, and each family paid millions of silver to serve the Manchu court.This made Dolgon millions of taels of silver at once, and immediately solved the urgent need.At the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, they actually robbed a lot of silver money, but at that time, the money was easy to come by, and the Manchu court did not cherish it much.Most of the money was divided by the nobles of the Eight Banners, and there was no restoration of the place after entering the customs, so that after entering the customs, they were sitting on empty food, so that the national treasury could not make ends meet, and there was a serious deficit.With the generosity of Fan Yongdou and others, Dolgon raised more than 8 million taels of silver at once, and allocated 4 million taels for Hong Chengchou to cast firearms, purchase Xiyi gunboats, and train new troops, and the remaining 4 million taels were used as military expenses to prepare for a counterattack on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, recapture the tax-paying land, relieve the financial crisis of the Manchu court, and make the revenue and expenditure barely balance.At this time, with the money and food in place, the Manchu army's more than 200,000 troops in Jiangnan wanted to move.Jiangning City, the residence of the general of Zhengnan.The three kings of Man Dahai, Kong Youde, and Geng Zhongming, plus Fan Wencheng, the governor of Jiangnan, and a group of civil officials, stood in the festival hall, surrounded by a sand table, discussing the military situation.At this time, a Qing general walked in, knelt on one knee, and presented an object with both hands, "Lord Qiqi, the map drawn by the scout!"
”Man Dahai picked up the map, stretched out his hand to take it, and unfolded it to check, it was the Qing army scouts, drawing the Wujin city defense, and the situation near the Xicheng Canal."
Zhao Zamao Xiuwu entered the city and dug the canal, this is to block the king and the west of Changzhou, let me ride the Qing Dynasty, and I can't attack the east of Hudong!"
After reading it, Man Dahai handed the drawings to Fan Wencheng, Kong Youde and others.The drawings have detailed text descriptions for the reconstruction of the Wujin city wall, the placement of artillery, and the width of the canal.This made everyone a little frightened, Zhao Zamao is so generous, he is building a city and digging a canal, Zhao Zamao is really rich.Kong Youde frowned and said: "If the canal is dug up, Zhao Zamao will block it with a sailor, and with a small number of men and horses to garrison the east bank, it will be able to block my army of more than 100,000 people, and I will be almost invincible!"
”Man Dahai looked at Kong Youde and said, "Does King Gongshun mean to hit Zhao Zamao first?"
”Kong Youde bowed his head, walked to the edge of the sand table, picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Su Songchang, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, you can only hit Zhao Zamao first."
The land east of the lake is only a few hundred miles away from Jiangning, if you don't fight Zhao Zamao, he can attack Jiangning at any time, and we can't rest assured that we can fight anyone!
”Man Dahai had a gloomy face, "Su Songchang is indeed too close to Jiangning, and Zhao Zamao's naval army is powerful, there is no danger to defend along the way, if he threatens Jiangning at every turn, this king really can't stand it, and he can't attack Zhu Yihai with peace of mind." ”Kong Youde saw that Man Dahai recognized his words, and immediately said: "Since the prince also sees it this way, then this battle should be urgent."
I see that Zhao Zamao's canals have been almost dug up, and if we don't hurry up, it will be too late to send troops when his defense line is completed. ”Man Dahai bowed slightly, "This king understands the meaning of deference to the king, but if this king attacks Zhao Zamao, Zhu Yihai will definitely send troops to help Zhao Zamao, and even the Ming army in Huguang and Jiangxi will also fight. ”Kong Youde frowned, "Lord Wang, the soldiers are very fast, looking at the drawings Zhao Zamao's defense line has been initially outlined, if you wait for a while, its defense line has been completed, and the new army has completed its training, then the imperial court wants to take Hudong, and the price will be great." ”In recent days, although the Ming army and the Qing army have not fought each other, Man Dahai has paid close attention to the movements of Zhao Ming and Zhu Yihai.At this time, he was no longer arrogant, and even a little too cautious.In addition to building a large number of buildings in Hudong, building Wujin City, and widening the canal, Zhao Zamao also recruited 50,000 new troops, and has been training for more than two months.If it continues to delay, the construction of Zhao Zamao's defense line is completed, and the new army forms combat strength, and the Qing army will really be difficult to attack.Man Dahai was still more confident in whether he could recapture Hudong, but he was worried that other battlefields were not prepared and he would be killed by the Ming army.In the past few years, the Qing army has obvious advantages on the battlefield, and while fighting, the flanks and other battlefields suddenly collapsed, which eventually led to the defeat of the entire campaign.This lesson is too painful.When Man Dahai was hesitating, a Manchu official walked into the lobby, looked for it in the crowd, and finally walked straight to Fan Wencheng's side and whispered in his ear.After hearing this, Fan Wencheng glanced at the visitor with some surprise, and after getting the confirmation of the visitor, he couldn't help but smile on his face, and waved his hand: "You go down first!"
”Hearing this, the official saluted Fan Wencheng, Man Dahai and others, and then left the lobby quickly.At this time, Man Dahai couldn't help frowning and said, "Governor Fan, what's the matter?"
”Fan Wencheng smiled and said: "Lord Qiqi, the puppet Ming court sent Fu Shangrui to supervise the teacher in Jiangnan.The minions thought that the prince could attack Zhao Zamao immediately, and there was no need to be depressed about the thief army in Huguang and Jiangxi. ”Man Dahai was puzzled: "Master Fu Shangrui, what is this?"
”Fan Wencheng continued to laugh and said: "I don't know anything yet, but this Fu Shangrui is not from Zhejiang, and the Puppet Ming Dynasty suddenly sent such a person, I think Zhao Zamao will definitely not be happy."
And the puppet Ming court suddenly sent someone to supervise the teacher, and it can be seen that they also began to be afraid of Zhao Zamao. ”Man Dahai seemed to understand, and Kong Youde took over the conversation and said: "Whether it is the current puppet Ming Dynasty or the previous Chongzhen Dynasty, it is the same, which is a good thing for us." ”Man Dahai took two steps in the hall, and suddenly waved his hand and said: "King Gongshun, King Huaishun, this king ordered the two of you to lead an army of 50,000 as the vanguard, and kill Ben Wujin first, and this king made a little deployment, and then arrived." ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()