Seeing the beacon fire on Daqushan Island, He Tengjiao, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, urgently summoned civil and military officials to discuss the matter.
"Duke Xian, the Qing army has a large number of troops, and there are only 5,000 troops on the main island of Zhoushan. The general will request to withdraw to Ningbo," suggested Gu Qixun, Bo of Yi'an.
Anyuan General Wang Yongsheng, Yiyi General Chen Long, Zhongyong General Shen Chenglong, and guerrilla Fang Jian all agreed to retreat.
General Zhang Jinjue, general Ye Youcheng, guerrilla Huang Yuqi, and Ma Long took the lead.
"If you want to evacuate, you have to evacuate. It is natural for the ministers of the country and the officials to seal the borders to death. The city of Zhoushan is the place where my bones are buried."
He Tengjiao was adamant that he would rather die than leave Zhoushan.
"We are willing to accompany He Gong on this death festival!"
The governor of Zhejiang, Zhang Kentang, the chief envoy of Zhejiang, Qian Bingtao, and the inspector-general of Zhejiang, Chen Jiamo, are all willing to follow He Tengjiao's death festival.
Zhejiang Inspector Zha Rulong was very worried: "I admire your integrity. But the enemy is approaching, and you are doing nothing. What's the benefit to the country if you just talk here?"
When He Tengjiao heard this, he realized that this man had an idea, "Do you have any suggestions for inspection?"
Zha Rulong said: "First, gather all the defenders and civilians from each island to Zhoushan City; second, recruit the common people, male or female, as long as they are young and strong, to go to the city to assist in the defense; third, quickly Send a clipper to Admiral Yang for help."
"Well, according to this statement, the inspection is reasonable. I will leave the matter of recruiting and deporting the people to you."
Zhang Kentang said: "Mr. He, we are facing a formidable enemy, so we must beware of spies."
Qian Bingtiu also said: "Please, Mr. He, gather all the officials' families in the governor's palace for protection, and then send the governor's battalion to patrol the island. If anyone is found to have surrendered to the enemy, his whole family will be executed."
"Well, this matter will be left to Uncle Qian Fang and supervised by Chen Zhitai."
Anyuan General Wang Yongsheng cried out in pain. Seeing the strength of the Qing army, he had planned to surrender the enemy. After doing so, he did not dare to act hastily.
The defenders and people from each island gathered in Zhoushan City, and the number of Zhoushan defenders increased to 6,500. Zha Rulong recruited 10,000 strong men and women from the 40,000 people on the island to help defend the city.
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Wang Shen was very proud. After occupying Daishan Island, the Ming army seemed to have lost the courage to resist. Along the way, there was not a single defender on the islands from Daishan Island to Zhoushan Island.
"Commander, Wang Yongsheng said that his family members are controlled by He Tengjiao, and it is temporarily inconvenient to donate the island."
Wang Shen was furious: "Send someone to tell Wang Yongsheng that the merits of surrendering before the city is broken and surrendering after the city is broken are very different."
"Yes!"
At night, the waves lap at the beach in the northern part of Zhoushan Island. The wind is very strong, cutting people's faces like knives.
Guerrilla Huang Yuqi led a sentry to patrol the island and arrived near Wang Yongsheng's military camp.
"General, there seems to be a small boat coming in front."
Huang Yuqi looked around and saw a small bright spot, heading towards Ke Mei Beach.
The highlight is actually a sentry boat with a large lantern hanging on the bow. After approaching Kemei, three black figures quietly got off the sentry boat, paddled a small sampan, and headed straight to the beach.
"Hush, be silent." Huang Yuqi made a gesture and ordered his men to ambush on the beach.
The three men secretly hid the sampan and walked into the ambush circle. The Ming army swarmed up, captured them, and handed them over to the Chief Envoy Qian Bingcheng and the Inspector Chen Jiamo for interrogation.
You won’t know until you try it, but you will be shocked after the first trial.
Qian Bingcheng and Chen Jiamo rushed to find He Tengjiao, "He Gong, Anyuan General Wang Yongsheng wants to surrender to the enemy."
He Tengjiao was listening to Zha Rulong's introduction to the city's defense situation. When he heard this, he was furious and wanted to send Zhang Jinjue, the commander-in-chief, to lead troops to attack it.
Zha Rulong said: "Governor Xian, King Yongsheng has 600 soldiers under his command. He led his troops to attack them, killing each other, and wasting our army's strength in vain. We can use the excuse to arrange the city defense, summon him into the city to discuss the military plan, capture him, and then general
His troops were broken up and organized into various armies.
He Tengjiao convened a military meeting. Wang Yongsheng thought he was doing it secretly and attended the meeting happily.
As soon as they entered the city, they were captured.
"Governor Xian, what is the crime of the last general? Should I punish the last general?"
Wang Yongsheng struggled desperately.
"Humph, bring them up." He Tengjiao ordered to bring up three Qing army messengers and a letter.
When he saw this, Wang Yongsheng felt paralyzed, "The general was confused for a moment, please forgive me, Governor Xian!"
"Pull on, and the whole family will be beheaded!"
At the critical moment, He Tengjiao showed his ruthlessness and killed Wang Yongshengmanmen.
Seeing the cruel fate of those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the generals no longer dared to surrender.
Zha Rulong suggested: "Governor Xian, the food and grass in the city can last for half a year. Our troops are small, so it is better to withdraw all of them to the city, and then move the forts outside the city and the cannons on the warships to the top of the city, and rely on the strong city to defend it, waiting for
"Reinforcements".
He Tengjiao nodded: "I will follow the inspection and patrol policy."
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Jincheng Baier controls Jiaoguan, and the wine can open up the appearance of a strong man.
Fencheng directly connects to Xiawai Ying, and Qilou is as high as the sea and Zhongshan.
The Ge boat talks about the sword in spring and the waves are quiet, and the feather fan talks about soldiers in the daytime.
From then on, we return to Suo'an in the southeast, and we can fly down to the three Koreas without flying.
This poem was written by Zhang Dake, a general in Zhoushan in the 45th year of Wanli Dynasty, after the reconstruction of Zhoushan City was completed. In order to strengthen the coastal defense of the Ming Dynasty, this patriotic general even donated more than 200 taels of salary from his own pocket.
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Zha Rulong was confident in advising He Tengjiao to rely on the city and defend it.
This is a mountain city, built very solidly. The city base is integrated with the hills on the island. There are urns at the four gates. At strategic points of the city wall, enemy towers are set up every dozens of steps, with arrow windows on all sides, and towers and oars are built around them.
It has crenels and built-in cannons and bows. Moreover, unlike ordinary mountain cities that use strips of stone and the center is filled with gravel and earth, this city uses city bricks.
In another time and space, the Qing army attacked Zhoushan from all sides and bombarded it with artillery for more than ten days without moving an inch. Finally, they sent people to dig out under the city, causing the city wall to collapse several feet.
"General Zhang, how is the morale of the generals now? Are you sure you can defend the city?"
Because during the military meeting, Zhang Jinjue, the commander-in-chief, was in charge of the battle, so He Tengjiao assigned Zhang Jinjue to be in charge of city defense.
Zhang Jinjue laughed loudly: "Don't worry, Governor Xian, if the Tatars dare to come, they will definitely suffer a lot in the end!"
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The Qing army landed on Zhoushan Island, which went smoothly. The Ming army did not set up defenses on the beach.
In these days of fighting, the Qing army also lost more than a thousand soldiers and horses. However, the number was still far greater than that of the Ming army. They were so thick that you could not see the end at a glance.
Wang Shen looked at Zhoushan City and didn't think much of it. It was just a small city with a circumference of eight miles.
Waving the command flag, Li Benzhen, Wang Fuchen, Liu Yingjie, and Fan Shaozu each led thousands of soldiers and horses to besiege a city wall.
Zhang Jinjue ordered Gu Qixun and Huang Yuqi to guard the east gate; Chen Long and Ye Youcheng to guard the south gate; Shen Chenglong and Ma Long to guard the west gate; he and Fang Jian guarded the north gate. Six thousand five hundred soldiers and horses and ten thousand strong men and women, Divide into two groups and take turns defending the city to prevent the defenders from becoming exhausted.
The Qing army first piled sandbags and filled the moat.
The Ming army had already moved all the people into the city. They couldn't catch any young people, so they had to do it themselves.
"Fire!"
Seeing the Qing army filling up the river, it would be a pity not to shoot at such a good target, so Zhang Jinjue ordered the artillery fired.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Cannonballs overturned the Qing army.
"Fight back, cum for me!"
Wang Sui ordered a counterattack, and the Qing army's artillery also opened fire. Both sides went back and forth, and it took three days to fill up the moat.
"Kill!"
The Qing army carried long ladders and began to attack the city.
When they came across the sea, they lacked siege tools and could only build long ladders. Once they attacked the city, they discovered that the city was built on a mountain and had to be attacked from above, making it very difficult to run.
"Shoot!"
"Swish, swish, swish, swish!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
The ant-like crowd fell one by one like wheat being harvested.
Finally rushing to the city, Fan Shaozu gritted his teeth and attacked the city himself. His general had the word "agency" in front of him. Whether he can remove the "agency" all depends on this battle.
"Bang!"
A soldier next to him had his head smashed by a fire blunderbuss.
Fan Shaozu was stunned. He wanted to evacuate to a safe place, but he didn't dare. The commander was watching from behind.
Damn it, I’ll die if I die and become a high official. I’ll fight!
Fan Shaozu was heartbroken and climbed up the ladder himself.
Seeing Mr. Fan go into battle in person, the morale of his subordinates was greatly boosted. The roar of "Pull out the city! Pull out the city! Pull out the city" shook the heaven and earth.
"Huh? This must be the enemy general!"
In the arrow window of the enemy tower on the city wall, Ma Long, a guerrilla of the Ming army, discovered Fan Shaozu.
He picked up the fire blunderbuss and lit the match rope. Due to production reasons, the Zhejiang Ming Army has not yet equipped self-generating fire blunderbuss. When shooting, a match rope is still needed.
"Bang!"
A gun hit Fan Shaozu in the chest and he fell down the long ladder.
After defeating the general, Wang Sui burst into anger: "Unload the cannons on the ship and blast them hard!"
The bombardment lasted for more than ten days, but it had no effect other than cracking some city bricks.
Wang Shen had to report to Hong Chengchou: "This city is very strong, and the city foundation is tied to the mountain surface. It is difficult to defeat cannons and rocks!"