Confrontation between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the first day, Shang Kexi took the initiative to retreat thirty miles to camp, and Li Mingzhong advanced thirty miles; on the second day, Shang Kexi retreated another thirty miles, and Li Mingzhong advanced another thirty miles; on the third day, Shang Kexi again
After retreating thirty miles, Li Mingzhong advanced another thirty miles.
On the fourth day, Shang Ke could not retreat. He ordered his generals Wu Jinzhong and Zhang Yue to lead 20,000 troops to guard Hengyang City. He led Xu Erxian and Yunlong and other generals to lead 20,000 troops to guard Huiyan Peak and Shigu Mountain on the side of Hengyang City.
; He also ordered Ban Zhifu, who was stationed in Leiyang, to collect ships and meet him from Lei River to Xiang River.
Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy.
Shang Kexi is well prepared to evacuate to You County via Xiang River and Laishui River once the war situation goes unfavorable.
After all these arrangements were made, Shang Kexi asked Kong Youde and the Qing troops in Wuchang and Ganzhou for help.
In the crisp autumn weather, Zhu Hengjia took He Wuzou, Zheng Feng, Wang Euzhi and other advisers to check the terrain.
Wang Fuzhi, courtesy name Ernong, is twenty-eight years old this year. After King Zhu Youlang of Gui proclaimed himself emperor in Wugang, he felt that Zhu Youlang was an orthodox figure of the Ming Dynasty, so he ran to join him and was elected as a concubine of the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Yongli
The emperor was destroyed by Zhu Hengjia, and he returned to his hometown in despair.
His hometown is nowhere else but Hengyang.
A while ago, Wang Fuzhi was very moved when he heard that after his teacher Zhang Kuang passed away, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Scholar of Dongge by Zhu Hengjia. He felt that although the bloodline of King Jingjiang was a bit thin, he was quite a wise king. Anyway, he was a wise king.
Also surnamed Zhu. It happened that the Ming army came to attack Hengyang, so he volunteered to serve the British master and served as a guide for Zhu Hengjia.
After checking the terrain, Zhu Hengjia sighed. Hengyang City was built on Shigu Mountain, back to Yanfeng Peak, and faced the Xiang River. The only place suitable for attacking was the south of the city. But the south of the city still had to cross the South Ridge, and the transportation of heavy artillery was inconvenient. No
Are the soldiers required to pay for heavy artillery with their lives?
"Alas!"
Zhu Hengjia sighed: "Back to Yanfeng, back to Yanfeng, do you have to be like the wild geese and go back south?"
He Wuzou laughed and said: "Jian Guo, you have told the wrong direction. 'The geese from Hengyang, which are thousands of miles away, usually come here' means that the geese from the north fly here to spend the winter, and then fly back to the north. Not to the south.
It's heading north.
Zhu Hengjia was so angry in his heart. This Bachelor He was good at everything, but he had ruined his brain by studying and didn't know how to flatter the leader. He especially liked to correct the leader's mistakes in public. I hate it!
Zhu Hengjia decided to make things difficult for Bachelor He.
"Does He Qing know what specialties Hengyang City has?"
"Zi Jianguo, rattan tea, Hunan yellow chicken, dried yellow mushrooms, and pearl dates are all top quality!"
"Oh, it's not difficult."
Zhu Hengjia glanced around and suddenly saw a kind of weed about several inches long, double-layered with six petals and seven flower cores growing nearby. It seemed very familiar, and he often ate it before traveling.
Huh? Isn’t this day lily?
"He Qing, what's the name of this grass?"
He Wuzuo was stumped for a moment. He Wuzuo, a bachelor, read a lot of books, talked about military affairs on paper, and could not distinguish between grains and grains. If you ask him what Hemerocallis daylily (day lily) is, he can quote from the classics and speak clearly and logically. But you have to ask him I asked him what kind of grass it was, but he really couldn’t recognize it.
He Wuzou's face turned red: "I am alone and ill-informed, and I don't know this grass."
Zhu Hengjia felt happy when he saw that he had been stumped by the great scholar He. He said proudly: "This is day lily, also known as day lily. Shennong tasted it and said that eating this herb can cure all kinds of diseases."
Wang Euzhi, who was standing next to him, saw this and flattered him: "I have heard for a long time that he is a prisoner of the country. His literary skills and martial arts are unparalleled in the world. He can even recognize a small daylily. He is well-deserved."
It is strange to say that this Wang Fuzhi used to have a free and unrestrained nature and elegant literary talent. He liked to give advice on the country. This is not good, and that is not good. But since Zhu Hengjia named him a seventh-grade Hanlin Academy editor, his temperament changed drastically. The way to be an official is whatever the supervisor says.
Don't underestimate the seventh-grade editor. This is a serious court official position. Emperor Yongli only chose a shujishi for him. A shujishi is not an official, but a preparatory qualification for a Hanlin official. He has to go through three more years. Only those with years of study and training, passing the exam, and excellent results can become officials.
Zhu Hengjia was more generous than Zhu Youlang, so he immediately made Wang Euzhi the editor of the seventh-rank Hanlin Academy. This was an Hanlin official. The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that non-Jinshi were not allowed to enter the Hanlin. This official title was deeply rooted in Wang Euzhi, and he was grateful and respectful to Zhu Hengjia from then on. .
If you want to destroy a person, the best way is to let him become an official. As long as you become an official, you will no longer have the heart to study academic articles. From then on, the Ming Dynasty lost a great thinker, great educator, and great writer Wang Fuzhi, and more He married a high-ranking official, Wang Fuzhi.
Zhu Hengjia felt better after hearing Wang Fuzhi's compliment, but the weather soon turned cloudy again.
"Alas! The roads in Hengyang Mountain are rugged, and the heavy artillery will not be transported for a while. I don't know how many loyal and brave soldiers will be sacrificed in the attack on Hengyang City!"
"In charge of the supervision of the country, I am a native of Hengyang and was born under this Yanfeng Peak. I know that Hengyang is difficult to travel by land, but the waterway is convenient. Why not transport heavy artillery along the Xiangjiang River waterway to bombard the city?"
"Hey! Wang Qing doesn't know something, so he ordered Ban Zhifu to collect all the big ships along the Xiang River. How can he transport the cannon without the big ships?"
Wang Huizhi smiled: "The grain and grass of the Qing army are all transported from the Xiang River to the local grain merchants. I am a local and I am familiar with the grain merchants. I can use the grain merchants' big ships to help our army transport artillery. The supervisor only needs to transport artillery on the Xiang River. Along the coast, just build a dock."
Zhu Hengjia's eyes lit up: "In this case, the matter of transporting the cannon will be left to Wang Qing."
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Shigu Mountain is located on the west side of Hengyang. Looking from across the bank, it looks like a crescent moon. It is a beautiful place with beautiful landscapes. Shang Kexi, who does not understand the customs, actually built a fort on it. This fort has one to attack Hengyang from the west. The city is a bit difficult.
Huiyan Peak in the north is known as the first peak of Hengshan Mountain in Nanyue. Two of the Eight Scenic Spots of Xiaoxiang, Pingsha Luoyan and Yanfeng Yanyu, are located on this peak. It’s a shame that Lao Shang not only built a fort on the peak, but also erected the Chinese Army’s Great Wall for thousands of years.
There is no intention to protect cultural relics in the ancient Yanfeng Temple. Damn it!
To the east is the Xiang River, and Qing army general Ban Zhifu's fleet is patrolling on the river. If you attack the city from the east, you will be attacked by artillery on the river.
We have no choice but to attack from the south.
Zhu Hengjia ordered Li Mingzhong to lead 20,000 troops to pretend to attack Shigu Mountain; Zhang Chengwu led 20,000 troops to pretend to attack Yanfeng Mountain. They did not seek to capture these two peaks, as long as they contained the enemies on the mountains and prevented them from reinforcing Hengyang City.
Zhu Hengjia led an army of 110,000 to attack Hengyang Nancheng.
The first batch of troops to attack the city were not our own soldiers, but 5,000 Qing prisoners captured in Xiongling Mountain and Siming Mountain.
The prisoners held steel knives, supported wooden boards, and carried ladders and began to attack the city. Behind them stood the Ming army's supervising team. Anyone who dared to retreat would be beheaded.
Fortunately, Hengyang City is a mountain city with no moat, so you can just attack the city directly.
"Kill!"
The prisoners all know that when a siege begins, no one will care whether you are one of their own. If you want to survive, you can only attack the city.
It is gratifying that the artillery of his subordinates has many guns, especially the red cannon, which is inconvenient for mobile warfare, but it is a powerful weapon for defending the city.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Huge live bullets exploded among the prisoners one after another, smashing them into meat pies.
The prisoners rushed to the blind spot of the heavy artillery, and the small artillery on the city opened fire.
This time it was shotgun, sweeping away a large area.
"Bang! Bah! Bah!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Fire blunderbuss and arrows rained down, and batch after batch of prisoners were shot down.
Then set up a ladder and climb to the city.
The defenders used kerosene to burn the ladders and cooked hot golden soup for the prisoners who were attacking the city.
Ladders were pushed down and set on fire; prisoners one after another became burning and dead.
Finally, someone climbed onto the city with a knife, and was quickly chopped down and stabbed to death by the swarming defenders.
On the high ground outside the city, Zhu Hengjia held up a telescope and watched the captives die one after another, expressionless and without mercy. In his eyes, these prisoners were just tools, tools that consumed the supplies of the defenders.
In three days, most of the five thousand prisoners were killed or injured, and they lost their ability to attack.
It's the regular army's turn to attack the city.
The main force in the second wave of siege was the adapted version of the old Shiwanhe Tengjiao troops.
He Tengjiao's old troops were famous for being good at retreating. Zhu Hengjia decided to let them see blood, otherwise they would not know what a soldier is.
The real siege begins.
The Ming army's regular army was much better equipped than the prisoners. Not only did they have armor, but they also had firecrackers, archers for cover, and even small artillery for close support.
Hundreds of carriages were slowly approaching Hengyang City. The infantrymen were carrying ladders and hiding behind the carriages.
This kind of cart is very thick, with two layers, one layer of cowhide and one layer of iron sheet, wrapped with thick wooden boards to serve as a shield. It is erected on a two-wheeled cart to provide cover for the soldiers behind the cart. Small bricks and stones cannot be hit by it.
, big bricks and stones will roll down when hit, and firewood will not burn if thrown. Each vehicle can cover more than twenty people fighting, arrows cannot penetrate, and blunderbuss cannot break.
In addition to the carts, there are also carts that crash into the city gates, and goose carts that dig into the city walls.
On the first day, Zhao Yinxuan and Qin Yuchun’s troops attacked;
The next day, Hu Yiqing and Yao Youxing attacked;
On the third day, Yang Fuchen and Wu Chengzong’s troops attacked;
On the fourth day, Zhao Yinxuan??
The fifth day, Hu Yiqing??
The sixth day, Yang Fuchen??
After six days of fighting, He Shengjiao's old army of 40,000 men lost 5,000 men. Hengyang City was crumbling but would not fall.
More and more people died, but He Tengjiao's old men became stronger and stronger as they fought.
Qi Jiguang once said that those who can go to the battlefield and can carry swords and guns are good soldiers.
Zhu Hengjia was very anxious: Why haven’t Gu’s heavy artillery arrived yet?
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The Ming Army's eighteen 3,000-pound general cannons arrived from the Xiang River. These general cannons were imitated from the Hongyi cannons and were powerful weapons for siege.
The Ming army set up eighteen forts and transported one hundred and fifty artillery carriages, divided into three rows of fifty vehicles each. They fired solid and explosive shells at Hengyang Nancheng day and night.
The Ming army's tidal attack receded, and the Qing army repelled another Ming army attack.
Two hours of bombardment, two hours of siege, the cycle went on and on. Even at night, the Ming army sent small groups to harass the defenders and not allow them to rest.
The fighting lasted for another six days, with both sides suffering thousands more casualties.
The south city wall of Hengyang is like a piece of tattered clothing. There are big holes everywhere on the wall. The turrets, string towers, and arrow stacks were all badly smashed.
What's even more frightening is that several sections of the city wall were blown down, and the defenders had to use sacks and wooden fences to seal the gaps.
The thick smoke rising from the fierce battle filled the entire Hengyang City. The bloody setting sun, the flags and flags of the Qing army generals, were broken and tattered, weak, and seemed to fall down in an instant.
On the city wall, there are dead bodies lying on the ground, and no one has cleaned them up. The thick smell of blood and sweat is mixed with each other, filling the air, making it pungent and unpleasant.
"Gah, gah, gah"
Groups of vultures flew up to the top of the city, eating carrion. The defenders looked on blankly, but had no strength to drive them away.
Zhu Hengjia put down his telescope and the time has come for a general attack.
"The city will be destroyed today, which general is willing to attack first?"
"I will go there eventually!"
All the generals are eager to fight.
Zhu Hengjia nodded, his eyes falling on the fallen general of the Daxi Army, En Ping Bo Gao Minggui.
Gao Minggui's 10,000 subordinates, who are responsible for escorting grain and grass, have just arrived. They have not fought a battle so far. They are well organized and have a strong force.
Zhu Hengjia ordered: "General Gao, you can only make contributions to the country today!"
Gao Minggui flushed with excitement: "The final general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the supervisory country!"
The loud war drums beat, and Zhu Hengjia's dragon scroll appeared at the foot of the city.
The Ming army shouted and ascended the city from the gap and ladders.
The screams and screams were touching. The strong figures of the soldiers undulated like waves. From their mouths, they let out earth-shattering shouts of killing.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"
The deafening shouts of death are the best motivation. The fear of death has faded away, leaving only the confidence to win.
Arrows were flying in the air, bullets were flying wildly, and soldiers kept falling to the ground, but they could not shake the Ming army's determination to storm the city.
"Go to hell!"
Gao Minggui boarded the city and cut down an enemy general with one sword. He then slashed a few more times and killed several enemies in a row. He rushed to the big flag with the word "Qing" and cut it in pieces.
Bai Wenxuan, Feng Shuangli, Zhao Yinxuan, Qin Yuchun, Hu Yiqing, Yao Youxing, Yang Fuchen, and Wu Chengzong all came to the city subsequently.