Chapter 753 Jiangnan Great Coalition
It is said that the list of six "Han generals to be redeemed" assigned to the Sixth Army was personally selected by the supervisor, and the Sixth Army was asked to briefly use these six people.
The Sixth Army Admiral Cheng Lin discussed with his old partner Chen Xiaozi, thinking that the restructuring of the Sixth Army towns has been completed and there are no good positions in the army to arrange these six people. Moreover, these six people are waiting to be redeemed by Han generals. Yu Dashun had no achievements before, so it was unfair to arrange the six people in the Sixth Army.
But the supervisor said that he should use it simply, so he must not abandon it.
After a while, the oil seller finally decided to send these six people to Jiangnan to assist the Sixth Army in the name of joining the army to rebel and support the Slave Army. In this way, the Slave Army's Slave Army can help the Slave Army grow through the past talent and ability of these six people, and also test the abilities of the six people so that they can choose talents in the future.
Among them, Gu Sanmazi's troops, the special unit, was appointed as the recruitment, joined the army, and the other five people also participated in the Jiangnan slave army in various identities.
Gu Sanmazi is a famous pirate in Nanzhi. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, this man took a risk to go out to sea for poverty because of his family. Later, he brought up a team to do some robbery on the coast of Nanzhili.
In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Gu Sanmazi led hundreds of subordinates to Jiangyin along the river, but was forced to retreat by Yan Yingyuan, who was the clerk of Jiangyin at the time, with three arrows.
During his stay in Tongtai, Cheng Lin had always been determined to cross the river to guide the prosperous areas in the south of the Yangtze River, so he formed a water camp with a size of 3,000 people in Tongzhou.
After the regent led the main force to conquer Beijing and establish the Dashun Central Government, the former Huai Army in Tongtai area was customized as the Sixth Army, and the Huai Army in Huaiyang area was customized as the Eighth Army. Therefore, two armies were formed in Jiangbei at once.
The strength of the army and the growth of the organization made Cheng Lin's heart even more intense in the southern expedition. Then he secretly ordered the camp to carry out slavery in the Jiangnan region to subvert. Cheng Lin realized that the army was not a dream to go south and began to support the Jiangnan slave army's righteous army.
He also recruited the pirate Gu Sanmazi in the name of the Sixth Army. After being armed, he ordered this "white-headed army" to invade from Chongming to test the details of the Ming army in Jiangnan. It would be best if the Ming army in Jiangnan could be defeated. If it could not be defeated, he could take the opportunity to find out the truth in Jiangnan and prepare for the army to cross the river.
After seeing the "rescue" of six Han generals waiting to be redeemed, Cheng Lin believed that Guan Yixian was very suitable for the Baitou Army.
After Guan Xiaozhong crossed the river and came to the Baitou Army, which was temporarily named the Sixth Army Special Forces, he helped Gu Sanmazi rectify the troops and taught various tactics, especially the methods of land warfare, so that the Baitou Army repeatedly defeated the Ming army and became a relatively powerful unit among the various departments of the Jiangnan slave transformation.
The capture of Jiading City was the latest order received by the Baitou Army, and it was also the first time that the various slave army soldiers truly resolutely seized the city since the Jiangnan slave reform.
Therefore, Guan Yili attached great importance to it. Before the war, he sent people to investigate Jiading City many times and formulated a detailed siege plan.
However, Gu Sanmazi, the white-headed army leader, actually wanted to lead people across the river in person, which surprised Guan Qizhong a little. For the sake of safety, he hurriedly persuaded the other party and said, "Gu Lu, you are the commander of the first army, how can you take risks with yourself!"
"Hey, what Gu Lu? How much do I, Gu Sanmazi, have, don't you know? That is, Admiral Cheng looked at me, otherwise, Gu Sanmazi would be the only one who is the general life."
Gu Sanmazi broke free from Guan Zheng's loyalty without saying anything, and laughed: "Brother Guan, just look at it. This Jiading City is considered the filial piety that I, Gu San, gave to Admiral Cheng, otherwise I, the brigade coach, wouldn't be at ease!"
After saying that, he clasped his fists at Guan Feizhong, took the big knife and took the people onto the wooden raft.
Seeing this, Guan Xiaozhong knew that he could not stop Gu Sanmazi, so he had to repeatedly remind him to be careful.
The order sent by Jiangbei was to require all slave army troops to capture the prefectures, county towns and pass roads as much as possible to ensure that the "Jiangnan Joint Guarantee" required by the camp could be implemented.
Guan Qizhong felt that the statement of Jiangnan Union Protection was inappropriate. His understanding of the order of Zhengying was to separate the Jiangnan region from the rule of the Nandu Ming regime.
This requires that the righteous army of slaves and soldiers, who are now in great trouble, work together to completely dissolve the Ming Dynasty's rule in the Jiangnan region.
However, how could the Nandu allow Jiangnan, a place with heavy wealth, to escape from their rule?
I heard that Prince Ajige and King Wu Sangui of Pingxi have surrendered to the Nandu. These Qing troops may not have the courage to counterattack the Shun army now, but it is obviously extremely easy to pacify the mobs in Jiangnan. Moreover, in addition to the Qing army that had recently surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, there are also a considerable number of Ming troops that can control, especially the three major camps in Nanjing.
Therefore, Guan Xiaozhong believed that even if the righteous army of various slave army could capture all prefectures, prefectures and counties in Jiangnan, it would definitely not stop the main force of the Ming army drawn by Nandu.
Therefore, I really don’t understand why Dashun has to work hard to get the Jiangnan Joint Guard. If you really want to directly cross the river with the southern expedition.
After thinking about it, Beijing may want to use the chaos of Jiangnan slave transformation to restrain Nandu.
Before crossing the river, Guan Xiaozhong heard that Zhang Xianzhong's great west was attacking Xi'an occupied by the Shun army, and the main force of the Shun army in the north was mobilizing to the northwest in an all-round way.
In this way, we need to make some small moves in Jiangnan to restrain Zhu Ming, the southern capital, and avoid falling into the West. The Ming Dynasty joined forces to attack.
From a strategic perspective alone, this strategy is extremely clever.
But from a tactical perspective, it may not be successful.
I heard that the Nandu side has sent the main force of the Beijing camp. If the righteous army of various slave army cannot work together, it will be sooner or later to be defeated one by one.
But no matter how bad it is, there is still a way out of Jiangbei. Now we should concentrate on taking Jiading first.
Guan Xiaozhong was thinking, but Gu Sanmazi had already jumped onto the wooden raft in the distance and shouted at the subordinates who had been waiting for him: "Brothers, cross the river!" He took a bamboo pole and pushed it onto the shore, and the wooden stool quickly flowed into the middle of the river.
"Cross the river!"
When the men on the dozens of wooden rafts saw that the third master was crossing the river in person, they were all very morale, and shouted to support the raft and paddle to the other side of the river.
Under the sunlight, thousands of men held big knives, spears, crossbows, and muskets stood like iron towers above wooden rafts.
The breeze blew slightly, the river water rippled, the wide river surface light and shadow reappeared, and the fish that were floating on the water to inhale oxygen kept spitting small bubbles.
In the rising water vapor, the wood rows were raided by the men, stabbing straight to the opposite shore like an arrow that was riding the string.
When the wooden raft where Gu Sanmazi was located was drawn to the center of the river, the defenders in Jiading City could already see the appearance of these "pirates".
Although Wusong guerrillas Wu Zhikui did not dare to lead troops across the river to attack the Baitou Army, it was impossible for the Baitou Army to cross the Lianqi River so smoothly. He had already rushed to the riverside with hundreds of soldiers to prepare for blocking the attack.
"San Master, the damn officers and soldiers are coming out!"
"Dog god, you have a gun!"
Gu Sanmazi's begging brothers yelled to remind everyone on a wooden raft in front on Friday. Gu Sanmazi looked up to the shore and there was indeed a Ming army gunman spreading along the river bank, nervously loading medicine.
"Hand up the shield!"
"Stop the gun!"
Accompanied by shouting, the men on the wooden rafts all used shields and iron pots to dismantle the bed boards from the homes of nearby people, and the wooden boards blocked the wooden rafts. Except for those who set up arrows and blocked guns, the others squatted half-squatted to prevent the Ming army's gun from hitting.
"Speed the gun!"
After the Baitou Army's wooden platoon entered the shooting distance of the bird gun, Wu Zhikui immediately ordered the shooting without hesitation. After the "bang bang" sound, black smoke filled the air, but few of the Baitou Army on the river fell into the river. The "ding dang bang" sound made by the iron pot was hit by the gun and the crisp sound of the "ding dang bang" sound was heard around my ears.
"Let go, let go!"
Even if the effect was not good, the Ming army was still firing guns, and those with bows began to shoot arrows. Apart from that, they had no way to stop the Baitou Army from crossing the river.
As the distance got closer, the Baitou Army crossing the river finally suffered some casualties, and from time to time, men fell into the river by guns and arrows.
But more men gritted their teeth and squatted behind various gun shields without saying a word, desperately paddling the wooden boards in their hands.
"Jump!"
With the arrows of the Ming army's guns, a wooden raft first arrived at the shore. The men above shouted and hid behind the gun-blocking shields, just like before, and rushed forward.
This kind of tactic is to teach Guan Qizhen. In the past, this tactic was used outside the pass to fight against the Ming army's firearms troops.
Generally, as long as you pass through the Ming munitions for a few rounds of shooting, the Qing army close to it can easily defeat the Ming army that dare not fight in close combat.
The Ming army in the south of the Yangtze River was too much inferior to the Ming army in the north, so the Baitou Army defeated the Ming army repeatedly using this tactic. The superiors and subordinates were not only extremely skilled in this, but also full of confidence.
As more than a dozen men on the first wooden raft rushed to the shore, one after another of wooden rafts came to the dock. The white-headed men holding weapons rushed forward and quickly approached the Ming army like small formations.
The empty wooden raft was quickly paddled to the other side of the river by the support.
"Oh, the pirates are on the shore!"
"Wu Guerrilla is afraid he can't stop it!"
Hou Dong, the deputy general of Jiahu who was watching the battle on the top of the city, saw the pirates crossing the river, so anxious that he didn't feel any pain when he hit the battlement. Huang Chunyao and others on the side were also in a big mood, hoping that the Wu guerrilla officers and soldiers could drive the pirates who crossed the river back to the river, but the officers and soldiers in their sight had already retreated to the city.
"Retreat, withdraw!"
Wu Zhikui had suffered the loss of the Baitou Army in Chongming before, so she dared not fight the armored Baitou Army that rushed up. Before the Baitou Army could approach, she immediately ordered her to retreat to the city.
On the other side of Lianqi River, Guan Xiaozhong saw that Gu Sanmazi had stabilized his position and hurriedly ordered the follow-ups to cross the river quickly.
"Dog Damn it's running fast!"
Seeing the Ming army leaving the city in a hurry slipping back to Jiading City, Gu Sanmazi cursed in anger, but this would be fine, and he could catch a turtle in the jar.
After asking a few brothers to take their men to surround Jiading, he hurried to find Brother Guan, but he didn't know how to attack the city.
"Gu Lu!"
Guan Xiaozhong brought people to Jiading City Gate and observed it over and over again. He found that although the city gate was very thick, it was not full of iron but a wooden door wrapped in iron. With manpower, he hit the wood with the impact. The door would definitely not be able to withstand it if it was too many times.
However, in this way, the defenders on the city would definitely cause major casualties to the siege teams under the city, so they ordered Guo Qi, an officer from the 6th Army who sent the Baitou Army.
Chapter completed!