First, two, three, and the seven army commanders, Luo Yuanbin, Yang Wudi, Duan Peng, and Huang Zhen, the leaders of the Yangtze River Fleet, rushed to Hangzhou.
~ Shang Yi also immediately launched a military meeting and began to formally arrange military operations to attack Nanjing. []
Now the distribution of troops of the merchant army on the front line of Jiangnan is:
The first army jurisdiction over the first, fifth, seventh, twenty, twenty -three divisions, first, fifth, nineteenth brigade. The fifth division has a sign of the cross -sea raid fleet. Now there are four divisions and three brigades.
About 64,000 people in total. Except for the 20th Division stationed in Hangzhou, the rest are stationed in Guangxi, Yixing front line.
The Third Army's Cavalry Division, the 15th, Nineteenth Division, the Sixth, Seventeenth Brigade, a total of more than 45,000 troops. Now they are stationed in the front line of Changzhou Mansion. Only the 17th brigade is stationed in Suzhou.
The Seventh Army has a special forces division, the tenth division, the sixteenth, nineteenth, and twenty -one brigade, but a group of special forces was drawn out to participate in the cross -sea raid. Now the total force is about 31,000 people.
South, Luzhou, Yanzhou front line.
The merchant army in Zhejiang has a total of about 140,000 troops, and there are six other preparations for travel.
The second army stationed in Yang Yang, after drawing the Third Brigade to the Sixth Army, is now under the third, fourth, sixth, seventeen divisions, and the thirteenth brigade.
At the same time, there are the Yangtze River Fleet with 103 warships, 62 auxiliary warships, and more than 13,000 people.
In this way, the merchant army invested in the battle of Nanjing. It is necessary to invest in four troops and a naval army. The total force will reach about 150,000 to 180,000.
The most battle, and it is also the collaborative combat of the two lines of the water and land.
~ The whole army, including Shang Yi, is also the first time to command so many troops.
However, various foods, ammunition, tents, vehicles, drugs and other supplies before the war have been prepared for their own basic preparations. In addition, 400,000 people are also adjusted to supply the transportation of war.
Fanlin, complicated. Fortunately, Ye Yao has recovered well after delivery, and you can already start a director. Therefore, he does not need to worry about Shang Yi. At the same time, he also liberated Wang Fuzhi and Li Songchen.
Go in the logistics supply.
This time, the four military commanders are the military plans that decide to decide the camp. After careful discussion, everyone made the final decision.
The second army, coupled with the joint operation of the Yangtze River Fleet, must first capture Zhenjiang and directly threaten Nanjing; the second stage is the first, the seventh army combines combat, the third army will send troops from Hezhou, and the crossing the river will attack the Taiping Mansion
And the Second Army's responsibility to contribute to the Qing army in Nanjing, the Yangtze River Fleet pays the responsibility to block the Yangtze River waterway in Nanjing, and complete the thorough surround of Nanjing. The third stage is to concentrate all the strength and attack Nanjing City.
After the plan was formulated, Luo Yuanbin, Duan Peng returned to his own army, prepared forces, temporarily standing, and entered.
To calculate the merchant army has launched two attacks on Zhenjiang, but the main purpose of the first two times is to restrain Nanjing's strength, not to really capture Zhenjiang.
The gateway, the geographical location is very important, so it is also the key front line of the Qing army guarding Nanjing. Here is a 30,000 Qing army stationed, with more than 50 artillery and more than 4,000 soldiers.
And once Zhenjiang was attacked, Nanjing Metropolitan will immediately send people to Ma to rescue, because Zhenjiang has only more than 120 miles away from Nanjing. If it is an emergency army, the aid from Nanjing can rush to Zhenjiang in one day.
In response to these situations, Shang Yi decided that except for the 17th brigade stationed in Suzhou, the remaining troops were all dispatched, with a total of three divisions, one brigade, more than 38,000 troops, and sent troops along the canal.
Dantu Town, attacking Zhenjiang from the east; the first army dispatched, the twenty -three divisions, the first, the fifth brigade, a total of more than 35,000 troops, sent troops from Yixing, via Puyang, Jinnan, Jurong County,
Attack Zhenjiang from the south, and pay the responsibility to block Nanjing's reinforcements, leaving five divisions. The 19th Brigade stationed in Guangdezhou and Yixing County.
Then, then
Cheng Jin, Yang Wuzhen, Huang Zhen left Hangzhou on October 5 and returned to their respective garrisons. At this time, the troops of each army were all gathered. On October 7, the first army first sent troops and launched it to Zhenjiang Prefecture.
At the offensive, on October 8th, the Second Army also attacked from Changzhou, and on October 10th, the Yangtze River Fleet also opened from Jingjiang, Tongzhou and other places to push up the river, and advanced to Zhenjiang.
This time, the merchant army dispatched a total of about 73,000 troops. Compared with the total strength of the Yangtze River Fleet, compared with the previous two attacks in Zhenjiang, it was not the same.
And before sending troops this time, when working with the army to work, they also officially proposed the slogan of "drive the prisoner and regain Nanjing". Although the general soldiers do not necessarily understand the current situation, it is also clear that Nanjing is the original as the original.
One of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty is an unusual city. It was a soldier who participated in the Nanjing campaign at the end of last year. When he heard this slogan, he was very excited.
Come back again. Therefore, the morale of the whole army was extremely high, and the attacks on each front were extremely violent. Although the Qing army arranged heavy soldiers in Zhenjiang Prefecture, it could not stop the violent attack of the merchant army.
On October 10th, the First Army first captured the two counties of Puyang and Jintan, and on October 11th, the Second Army also captured Danyang. On October 15th, the Second Army captured Dandan again.
The town was officially forced to enter Zhenjiang City. On the same day, the pioneer of the Yangtze River Fleet, the first fleet also reached the river surface of the front line of Zhenjiang to Gaozi County.
The Qing army of guarding Zhenjiang was Beizi Mandahai, a direct descendant of Nurhachi, and the seventh son of the Prince of Ritual.
Sahah is the second son of Daishan. The age of the brothers is very different, so Manchu Haihai is better than Qin Qinhndham. However, although Sahahi died earlier, he was named as a time when he died earlier.
Prince Heshuoying, so Lecdehon was the eldest son of Sahah, and he was named Dorobel. Although Man Dahai is now being named Guogong, the clan is not high.
It's just a shell.
However, as the third -generation child of Manqing, Man Dahai also maintained the tradition of martial arts. He made his debut in the Songjin war. After entering the customs, he has been fighting with Apiger.
In the previous two business army's attack on Zhenjiang, although it was not fully fulfilled, the performance of Man Dahai was also remarkable.
I believe that I will be able to guard Zhenjiang again. And Nanjing's reinforcements can also be available at any time, which also makes Man Dahai feel that there is no fear.
However, this time the merchant army ’s attack on Zhenjiang was fierce, and the strength of the input was greatly unexpected. It was only a few days of effort.
The Man Dahai could not help but get nervous. Knowing that this offense is not what it can deal with itself or Zhenjiang's troops. Therefore, he shrinks his troops and gathers all people and horses into the resident of Zhenjiang City.
Ask for help from Nanjing.
But at this moment, Jurong County, south of Jiangxi, was also overcome by merchants.
Jurong County is actually within the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu in Nanjing. It is located in the center of the center of Nanjing to Zhenjiang City a little bit south. With Nanjing, Zhenjiang just forms a triangle of the same side. Therefore
It is not necessary to go through Jurong County, but it must also pass by the side of Jurong County. Therefore, if you want to prevent Nanjing's army rescue Jurong, you must first attack Jurong County.
It is also because the location of Jurong County is so important that the Qing army also stationed in Jurong County for more than 6,000 troops, and also strengthened the defense work of the city walls. It has also become the start of the offense launched by the merchant army to Zhenjiang this time.
The first place to encounter resistance.
However, the morale of the merchant army is strong at this time, and ammunition is sufficient. Of course, it will not be stumped by a small county in this district. In the battle of the previous few days, it has always been like a bamboo.
There is no big battle, and the strength of the soldiers has almost no loss. The soldiers feel that they feel a little bit unreasonable, so they also hope that the Qing army can be a bit more powerful, and it is so painful to fight.
Therefore, after the offensive of the merchant army started with the offensive of Jurong County, first of all, with dense firepower, a covered blow, various artillery shells, rockets or direct shooting, or vocabular shooting were launched with dense firepower.
The walls of Jurong County were completely covered by the explosion. Although the Qing army reinforced the city walls in Jurong County, after all, Jurong was just a county town, and in a short period of time, it was impossible for the Qing army to use the city walls of Jurong County in a short time.
After being completely rebuilt. Therefore, after more than half an hour of the Merchant Army, the walls of Jurong County were bombed all over the bruises. Several places were bombed, and several large gaps appeared.
Before the smoke was scattered, the assault forces of the Merchant Army held a bright bayonet and launched a fierce attack on Jurong County. After more than a period of time of the fierce white -edged battle, the Qing army finally couldn't resist, defeated Jurong County
Then, then
At this time, Hong Chengchou rushed across the Yangtze River and came to Nanjing.