At the beginning of September, Wujin City had been besieged for half a year, but the city remained strong, causing the Qing army to pay 20,000 or 30,000 casualties and keep the Qing army out of the city.Not long ago, for the defenders who insisted on guerrilla warfare in the Siming Mountains in eastern Zhejiang, it can be said that it was a very successful battle, and it can also be called the most difficult battle, with more than 50% of the defenders' casualties, but they still firmly held the city.Since August, the Qing army has not attacked Wujin again, and Mandahai left more than 20,000 Qing troops to monitor outside the city, and personally led the main force south to block the reinforcements led by Zhao Ming.Reinforcements came to reinforce, Wang Yi and Wang Deshun had received a pigeon letter, in which Zhao Ming confessed, ordering him to hold the city tightly, and not to do anything to cooperate with the outside and lose the city.Pigeon letters appeared very early, Zhao Ming also raised a group of carrier pigeons to transmit intelligence, not this thing is not better than people after all, it is always not reassuring, and it is easy to be caught halfway, leaking secrets, the Ming army only uses it for short distances or special times, and most of the time it is still transmitted by people.Zhao Ming's worries were actually redundant, the defenders in the city suffered heavy losses, even if they wanted to engage in internal and external cooperation, they did not have the strength.On the third day of the ninth month, early in the morning, Wu entered the city.On the edge of the ruined city wall, a few soldiers held spears, half of their bodies exposed, and looked out of the city vigilantly, while most of the soldiers rested with their spears, bows, and muskets against the wall.The morning sun shone on the mile-long city walls, and the defenders gradually woke up.As the first guard on duty, he kicked the subordinate next to him, "Sun Qi, go and take a look!"
”Zhao Ming's reinforcements have entered the boundary of Wujin County, and the Qing army of Wujin can often hear the sound of artillery and shouting from the southeast, knowing that the reinforcements are about to approach Wujin, so the first thing every morning is to send scouts out of the city to investigate the situation and see if the reinforcements are coming.The Baihu official who woke up was a little reluctant on his face, "Qianhu, it's been more than a month, and I can't see anyone coming just by hearing the sound of cannons, is the handsome being blocked by Qinggou and can't be killed?"
”Qianhuguan glared at Sun Qi fiercely, he actually had this worry in his heart, Wujin was less than a hundred miles away from Wuxi, and the reinforcements had been gone for more than a month, and they had not yet reached Wujin City, so everyone would be worried."
Don't you hear the cannon getting closer?"
Qianhu Guan scolded, "I told you to investigate, where did you get so much nonsense." ”Seeing that the thousands of households were angry, Sun Qi hurriedly saluted and said, "Let's go and investigate!"
”After saying that, he climbed down the city wall in a puff of smoke, and the Qianhu officials sorted out their armor, put on helmets, and prepared to wake up the brothers and wait for the change of guard.Not long after, another Qianhu official led hundreds of soldiers to the city wall to take over the defense."
Lao Zhou, there's nothing wrong at night!"
Chen Qianhu, who rushed over, pressed the handle of the knife and asked casually.Zhou Qianhu glanced outside the city, "There is no special situation!"
”"Then you go and rest, and come early in the evening to replace me!"
That Chen Qianhu official smiled.Zhou Qianhu still wanted to wait for news from Sun Qi, but there would be no situation in the future, as far as the sound of artillery in the next few days is concerned, the reinforcements are advancing very slowly, sometimes they can't move a few miles a day, sometimes they don't move for a few days, there has been no change for several days recently, and it must be the same today."
Alright then!"
Zhou Qianhu nodded, then waved his hand, and led his subordinates to prepare to go down to the city and return to the camp for breakfast, and then rest well, and come back to take over the defense in the evening.At this time, he had just walked to the steps, and just saw Sun Qi leading a group of cavalry, galloping back, and rushing directly up the slope of the collapse.In order to defend the city, the four gates were blocked, and the collapse replaced the role of the city gate, and the Ming army scouts all went out of the city to investigate."
Qinggou withdrew!
Qinggou withdrew!
”Before the horses could rush up the slope, Sun Qi shouted excitedly while galloping.The soldiers who had just taken over the city defense and were about to go down to the city to rest heard a commotion, and countless figures rushed to the gap, asking what was going on.Zhou Qianhu raised his eyebrows, and the two showed a look of surprise, and then hurriedly turned back, and saw that Sun Qi had been stopped by Chen Qianhu, who had been guarded, and was asking urgently, "What about the dog withdrawal?"
”Sun Qi saw Zhou Qianhu also coming over, and said excitedly: "It's really withdrawn."
He went out of the city to investigate, and found that the Qing army who was spying on us had moved away from the horses, dismantled the tents, and the camp was empty.The lowly duty ventured to approach the camp, and the remaining Qing cavalry in the camp found out about the lowly position, and immediately pulled out their horses and went west. ”After Zhou Qianhu and Chen Qianhu heard this, their faces were full of surprise, and they hurriedly ordered their subordinates: "Go and report to the commander quickly." ”Not long after, Wang Yi and Wang Deshun arrived, and Wujin was already cheering at the head of the city.After the two asked the reason, they were also smiling, but they were still vigilant, while sending scouts to continue to investigate, to make sure that the Qing army was evacuated, and on the other hand, to send men and horses to the east to meet reinforcements.Until then, the defenders of the city must be vigilant to prevent fraud.At ten o'clock at noon, the Tanma returned one after another, the Qing army did withdraw, the main force had disappeared, it should have retreated westward at night, and at this time it had reached the area of Dantu and Zhenjiang.In addition, the men and horses of the reinforcements who went east to meet them also sent a message back, claiming that the marshal personally led the army, and it was only twenty miles away from Wujin.The news was confirmed, the soldiers and civilians in Wujin City rushed to tell each other, ecstatic, cheers resounded throughout the city, endured, the siege of Wujin was lifted, the government and the residents of the city, all took out the little food left, and sent people to buy meat, ready to celebrate.Unlike the irrepressible joy and ecstasy of the soldiers and civilians in Donghai Town, the Qing army was lifeless at this time, and their backs were lonely and bleak.Here Changzhou stands up, Kong Youde.Geng Zhongming began to bring 100,000, and Man Dahai transferred another 30,000 people, invested 130,000 people before and after, and lost nearly 30,000 people under the Wujin city, besieged Zhao Zamao, and killed and wounded 20,000 people, with casualties as high as 50,000, but failed to achieve the goal of recovering Songchang and exterminating Zhao Zamao, which made the Qing army demoralized.In particular, in the battle of besieging Zhao Zamao, the elite of 80,000 Qing troops trapped Zhao Zamao in the wilderness, and they couldn't eat 26,000 Zhao Zamao, which greatly hit the confidence of the Qing army.Under the banner of the Qing army, Man Dahai rode a horse and bowed his head, and the whole person was stunned.Seeing this, Kong Youde couldn't help but comfort: "Lord Wang, Zhao Zamao only relied on the sharp firearms, the strong defensive strength of the vehicle formation, and the support of the gunboats on the canal to resist the attack of my Qing warriors."
It's not that he's really stronger than me. ”Geng Zhongming also said: "Yes, if Zhao Zamao is willing to fight with us in a dignified manner, or if he attacks and we defend, then Zhao Zamao will definitely not be our opponent."
Therefore, the prince must not be discouraged, and in the coming day, my Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to defeat Zhao Zamao, and then dominate the world. ”"Dominating the world?"
Man Dahai muttered, a miserable smile on his face.Previously, he was young and vigorous, and he was more inclined to Dolgon's ideas, wanting to defeat the Ming army and unify the world, but this time the arrogance in his heart completely extinguished Zhao Ming.Man Dahai thought of the Eight Banners and the elite of the Green Battalion who fell in front of the car formation and under the guns of the Ming army, and Man Dahai's heart had been shaken and he became suspicious of Dorgon.He didn't listen to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's words, lowered his head and rode on, thinking to himself, "Is the regent's route really right?"
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