The Qing army was blocked at the bridgehead, lacking grenades like the Ming army, a weapon that could quickly open a breakthrough.The brave Eight Banners, in the face of the Ming army in formation, were difficult to break through for a while, but at this time, on the bridgeheads on both sides, the Ming army continued to shoot guns and throw grenades, causing heavy casualties to the Qing army.A horn of retreat sounded, and Sun Linglong roared with anger on his face, "Withdraw!"
”The Qing soldiers crowded on the bridge heard the order, and some firecrackers knelt on one knee on the edge of the pontoon bridge, and only after shooting a gun did they get up and retreat, and the archers stood on the edge of the pontoon bridge and continued to shoot arrows to cover, making way for a passage in the middle for the heavy armored infantry to retreat.Seeing that the Qing army was about to withdraw, Yu Guowang immediately picked up a battle axe and jumped up, "Brothers!
Kill!
”The Ming soldiers picked up their weapons, rushed out of the trenches, jumped off the bridgehead, and entered the Qing army.More than a dozen armored soldiers with the yellow flag were responsible for breaking the rear, wielding the war knife and spear to block the bridge, and the Ming soldiers swarmed up, spears pierced, and battle axes chopped, and these heavy armored soldiers were divided one by one.However, these armor soldiers were not so easy to kill, and by the time the Ming army was finished, the attacking Qing army had withdrawn to the west bank.Geng Jimao counted the losses, more than 600 Yellow Banner elites, and more than 200 people were lost at once, which made him feel a pain in his flesh.Seeing that the defense of the Ming army on the other side was perfect, Geng Jimao knew that it would be difficult to seize the suspension bridge with his own troops, but he was unwilling to withdraw, so he had to shrink his forces, garrison the west bank, and wait for reinforcements to arrive.Although the Ming army thwarted the attack of the Qing army, the quality of the Qing army made Zhao Ming frown.From the attack of the Qing army just now, as well as the orderly retreat, as well as the initiative to break the rear, Zhao Ming knew that this time he was an elite veteran of the Qing army.These people are probably much more difficult to deal with than Ma Guanghui and others.Zhao Ming ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and ordered the corpses of the Eight Banners to be collected and hung on the pontoon bridge, intending to provoke the Qing generals and let the Qing army continue to attack the pontoon bridge, so as to kill and injure the Qing army, but the Qing army did not attack the pontoon bridge again, but set up camp on the west bank.In the following days, the Qing army did not continue to attack the pontoon bridge, nor did it show any signs of crossing the river from other places, and seemed to have abandoned the intention of breaking through the canal defense.At night, Zhao Ming ordered Yu Guowang to lead elite soldiers to raid by boat, but the Qing army had been in battle for a long time and was experienced, and the effect was not obvious.In mid-April, outside the camp of the Ming army, Zhao Ming patrolled along the river and observed the opposite bank with a clairvoyant mirror.Suddenly, from the west side of the canal, there was a faint sound of thunder, Zhao Ming couldn't help but hold the reins of the horse, and wrinkled: "Did you hear it?"
”The generals behind him all reined in their horses, turned their heads to look west, and Wang Chaoxian frowned and said: "Dashuai, it seems to be an artillery bombardment!"
”Li Zhongming said: "The Qing army has been besieging Wujin for more than ten days, and the preparations for the siege should be ready, I am afraid that the Qing army will start to attack the city." ”After the Qing army was defeated by the Ming army, the Qing army on the west bank set up a strong camp, monitored the Ming army on the east bank, and did not launch a forced crossing, obviously preparing to pull out the Wujin city first, and then go all out to break through the Xicheng defense line.Zhao Ming listened carefully, and the sound of artillery continued, fearing that nearly 100 heavy artillery would bombard Wujin City.The strength of the Qing army somewhat exceeded Zhao Ming's expectations.This made Zhao Ming a little worried, there were only 20,000 defenders in Wujin City, and in the face of nearly five times the attack of the Qing army, how long could Wang Yi and Wang Deshun hold out?"
Back to camp!"
Zhao Ming had a calm face, and as soon as he pulled the reins of his horse, he led many subordinates and galloped back to the camp.At this time, Zhao Ming and his entourage returned to the camp near Gaoqiao Town, and walked straight into the handsome tent, Zhao Ming took off his helmet, put it heavily on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any way to retreat from the enemy?"
”At present, Donghai Town is known as 80,000 soldiers, and only about 60,000 can be used to fight.Among them, 20,000 were trapped in Wujin, 30,000 were deployed on the canal line, and 10,000 sailors were in Jiangyin Shuizhai.The Qing army used 100,000 troops to attack Su Songchang, and another 100,000 to defend the cities to resist the counterattack launched by the Ming army in Zhejiang and rescue Donghai Town.After Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming began to attack Donghai Town, Zhu Yihai received Zhao Ming's request for help and immediately sent troops to respond.However, at present, not long after the Zhejiang army recovered Hangzhou, coupled with the great consumption of the previous battle, a lot of money and food was spent on relief to the victims, so that Zhu Yihai was temporarily unable to peep into Nanjing, so the attack of the Zhejiang army could only play a role in containment, and could not help Donghai Town and turn the tide of the war.At this time, everyone surrounded the sand table, and Wang Chaoxian frowned and said: "The main force of the Qing army besieged Wujin City, and sent Geng Jimao to lead more than 10,000 elite cavalry to garrison Wujin and Wuxi.If we cross the river at this time to reinforce Wujin, the army crossing the river will be attacked by the Qing cavalry, and even if we successfully cross the river, there are more than 10,000 Qing cavalry watching, and it will be difficult for the army to approach Wujin!
”Li Zhongming said: "Previously, the commander's plan was to rely on Wu Jincheng to contain the Qing army, and use the Xicheng defense line to block the Qing army from entering Susong.After the Qing army could not advance for a long time, the soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, and the strength ratio was reversed, and then launched a counterattack.Now that the Qing army has just begun to besiege Wujin City, the edge is flourishing, if our army dares to cross the river to reinforce, I am afraid it will be difficult to win, it is better to wait for a period of time according to the original plan, waiting for the fighters!
”Zhao Ming said with a calm face: "The day before yesterday, the Qing army attacked the pontoon bridge, this commander viewed it, the Qing army was very elite, and today listening to the sound of artillery in the west, you can know that the number of heavy artillery of the Qing army is not less than me."
Therefore, Ben Shuai was worried about whether Wu Jincheng would be able to block the attack of the Qing army.If Wujin falls, the morale of the Qing army will be greatly boosted, and Su Song may not be able to defend it!
”Many soldiers have this worry, but there is no way to worry, the Qing army is strong, and now the decisive battle will definitely not be beaten, so we can only hope that the Wujin defenders can frustrate the enemy's spirit.After Zhao Ming finished speaking, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xia Wanchun and said, "Xiao Yin, can Your Highness increase your strength, capture Huzhou, and coerce Nanjing?"
”After the Battle of Changzhou began, Zhu Yihai sent Xia Wanchun to Zhao Ming's army to facilitate the communication between the two armies and inform them of their respective actions.Xia Wanchun arched his hand and said: "Guogong, now the Manchu Qing court has gathered elites in Jiangnan, although the Qing army in Jiangnan is only 200,000, but they are all elites who are transferred, and their strength is stronger than that of His Royal Highness and Guogong's soldiers."
At this time, although the main force of the Qing army attacked Guogong, there were still 100,000 people in Mandahai, which were used to defend the place and monitor His Highness's army.The combat power of the 100,000 Qing army is better than that of the Zhejiang army, and His Royal Highness will attack the strong with weakness, I am afraid it will be difficult to fulfill the expectations of the national prince, and the marshal of Zhulu will not agree. ”Zhao Ming's face sank when he heard this, but Zhu Yihai and him combined were indeed weaker than the Qing army in Jiangnan.Previously, the Qing army's attention was on the Longwu court, but now it has shifted to Jiangnan, which is equivalent to concentrating forces to attack a corner of the army, and the strength is naturally not proportional.Seeing the expressions of Zhao Ming and the generals, Xia Wanchun suddenly walked to the middle, hugged his fists, and continued: "Guogong, for today's plan, Yu thinks that the opportunity is upstream.The Manchu Qing Dynasty dispatched elite troops from Huguang and Jiangxi to the south of the Yangtze River in the east, causing the Huguang army to be empty. ”Zhao Ming groaned for a while when he heard this, some time ago, because the imperial court sent a Fu Shangrui over, Zhao Ming was very dissatisfied with the imperial court, and at the same time, he also understood that as the imperial court became strong and gained a firm foothold, the imperial court would inevitably cut the feudal domain.This made Zhao Ming selfish, in fact, he didn't want the Longwu court to become bigger, but at this time, it was difficult to defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the power of the Zhejiang system alone, Zhao Ming stood up, paced back and forth, and after a while, turned around, pointed at Chen Mingyu and said: "Yan Gong is now in a high position in the court, and he has won the trust of His Majesty, Mr.
Chen, you will go to Changsha in person and beg the court to send troops." ”(Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe) ()