In the west of Wuxi, Gaoqiao Town at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Xicheng Canal.At this time, on the canal, the fleeing gentry and scholars, dragging their families and mouths, took boats, and one after another headed towards Wuxi.On both sides of the canal, there are poor people carrying large bags and small bags, carrying baskets, pushing wheelbarrows, and running for their lives with their children.Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led an army of 100,000 and seven banners to carry out the offensive operation against Su Songchang.Kong Youde's Zhenghongqi and Geng Zhongming's Zhenghuang Banner are all veteran traitor troops, one of the most powerful banner troops in the eight banners of the Qing army, and they are the vanguard of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, and they have participated in the massacre of the Han people many times.Previously, Zhao Ming had ordered the people west of the Xicheng Canal to move to Susong and Taiwan, but many gentry and ordinary people were unwilling to abandon their homes and businesses, and they were lucky.Now I heard that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, two demon kings, sent troops, and there were seven banners of eight banner soldiers into Changzhou, which made the people of Changzhou frightened and fled from their hometowns.At this time, after Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's troops surrounded the city and entered the city, they were preparing to attack the city while sending cavalry to collect all parts of Changzhou.On the Changzhou Plain, there is no danger to defend, the cavalry of the Qing army with the Yellow Dragon Banner marches on the wilderness with great swagger, and in the green rice fields on both sides of the official road, the seedlings are flooded with layers of green waves, and there is no figure for several miles.Zhenghuang Banner Armor Lazhang Jing Geng Jimao, wearing meticulous Zhenghuang Banner General armor, holding a treasure knife, riding a healthy horse, leading fifteen Niu Lu's Zhenghuang Banner armor soldiers, was ordered to advance to the east.The Ming army west of the Xicheng Canal shrank into Wujin City, or withdrew to the east of the canal to set up defenses, and most of the county towns and towns west of Wuxi and Jiangyin were abandoned by the Ming army.Geng Jimao's march this time is undoubtedly like a trip compared to his previous battles in the attack on Changsha.The main force of the Eight Banners pressed the border, even the pseudo-Ming Changsheng general Zhao Zamao, was already frightened, not a strategic place, all were abandoned, the Yellow Banner armor soldiers went all the way to the west, did not see any Ming army, and the fifteen Niu Lu banner soldiers drove straight in.As one of the three Shun kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the son of Geng Zhongming, Geng Jimao was born in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and can be regarded as a famous family.This made him extremely despise the Ming army, but after all, after the gate, Geng Jimao was not proud and complacent and did not send scouts, he was born in Jiangmen, and followed Geng Zhongming since he was a child, in fact, he was very careful in combat, he sent multiple scouts to investigate, but he did not find the Ming army.Under the April sun, the armor soldiers of the Zhenghuang Banner are marching forward, the triangular Yellow Dragon Banner is waving in the wind, the economy in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, the waterways and official roads are well repaired, and the cavalry of the Zhenghuang Banner can advance rapidly along the official road.Along the way, some of the gentry fled eastward and entered the Susong area controlled by the Ming army, and some of the clever ghosts ran to the area controlled by the Qing army and fled from the war area, and the last part of the gentry who were unwilling to leave their hometowns changed into full clothes and hats, and publicly launched a few gentry, offering gifts such as pigs and sheep to comfort the Qing soldiers, and asked Geng Jimao not to embarrass the people.Su Song was often the place where the world was anointed, and the Manchu court needed this rich place to provide taxes for the Manchus to carry out the war of unification.There is an order under the Manda Sea that those who surrender voluntarily shall not be killed, and those who dare to resist shall not be left behind.Geng Jimao said good words to appease the gentry, claiming that the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty had strict military discipline and would never beat, scold and harass the people, and also ordered the gentry and the common people to elect a chief and a lieutenant chief, so as to maintain order, clean up the anti-Qing elements, and make a contribution to the peace of the Qing Dynasty.Geng Jimao marched all the way to the east, smoothly accepting the towns and villages along the way, the cavalry advanced along the Grand Canal, and at the forefront was a group of green battalion elite soldiers, led by Wang Jiaping, the former general of Zhejiang Yu Qian, who dressed up as refugees, mixed in the fleeing crowd, and advanced forward.Near Gaoqiao Town, the Ming army built a pontoon bridge on the canal, and a large number of refugees drove mule carts and carried burdens to crowd onto the bridge.For a time, the people on the bridge shouted and neighed, it was extremely noisy, and the Ming soldiers who maintained order at the bridgehead were very busy, and in one day, tens of thousands of people had crossed the canal.The Xicheng defense line, from Jiangyin in the north to Taihu Lake in the south, is as long as 100 miles, Zhao Ming mobilized ten battalions of infantry troops, thousands of sailors, and nearly 40,000 people to defend.40,000 horses seems to be a lot, but if it is scattered on the entire defense line, it seems a little small, and the troops are scattered.However, this is also a helpless thing for Zhao Ming, the Qing army has a cavalry advantage, a hundred miles of defense line, one place is not defended, the Qing cavalry can break into the Susong area, then the cavalry plundered the countryside, massacre, Su Song will inevitably suffer heavy losses.Therefore, Zhao Ming could only fortify along the canal, and did not let the Qing cavalry break through to the east of the canal, so he had to disperse his forces to garrison.At this time, stationed in Gaoqiao Town was the Jiazi Battalion of the Shence Central Army, with more than 3,200 soldiers in the battalion, commanded by the commander Yu Guowang.Yu Guowang is a native of Zhejiang, after the Qing army invaded the south of the Yangtze River, it started in eastern Zhejiang, when eastern Zhejiang has been occupied by the Qing army, Yu Guowang was worried that he would oppose the Qing Dynasty and affect the Zongren, first burned the ancestral hall, destroyed the spectrum, and then raised thousands of troops to oppose the Qing.During the Battle of Jinhua, Zhao Ming went ashore from eastern Zhejiang, and the righteous army responded along the way, and Yu Guowang took refuge in Zhao Ming at that time and became a member of Donghai Town.At this time, Yu Guowang, who was dressed in armor, pressed his war knife in his hand, looked at the mess on the bridge, the crowd suddenly stopped moving, and couldn't help frowning: "Go and see!"
”"Commander Qiqi, the wheels of a carriage have sunk down, blocking the road!"
After a hundred household officials inquired, they hurriedly reported.Yu Guowang was furious, "Niang Xipi, the Qing army is coming, isn't this delaying human lives?"
”Yu Guowang rubbed his head, pulled out his sword, and rushed over with his armor soldiers, and when he arrived at the place, he saw a carriage full of treasures, stuck on the drawbridge and unable to move.The pontoon bridge is not wide, it is blocked by horse-drawn carriages, and the refugees are all big bags and small bags, and some are still pushing small carts, so the pontoon bridge is blocked.In the crowd, Wang Jiaping carried a burden, followed by several men, with nervous expressions on their faces."
General, why don't you leave, will you be discovered?"
A Qing soldier said in a panic.Wang Jiaping's eyes narrowed, "Don't panic, listen to my orders!"
”At this time, Yu Guowang glanced at it, and immediately said impatiently: "Push the car into the river, you can't get in the way." ”"I can't help it!"
At this time, a middle-aged man wearing silk and a fat head and big ears hurriedly stopped the soldier who stepped forward and said in a low voice: "General, there are Tartars!"
”Yu Guowang was stunned when he heard this, immediately clenched the hilt of the knife, looked up, and immediately saw many suspicious figures wrapped in turbans in the crowd, and couldn't help but turn pale.
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