While the Merchant Army and the Ming Army played the competition in Hunan, the Merchant Army in the Hubei area also launched a counterattack against the Qing Army.
After Macheng lost, Li Dingguo led the army to retreat into Dabie Mountain. At this time, the bases of the merchant army in Hubei were also lost, but after the Qing army reached its peak, the Qing army began to fall quickly. Then the Yangtze River was blocked by the Merchant Army, cutting off the Qing army's north -south connection, and then Dorr ordered to rescue the Liaodong from the south. Hiding in Dabie Mountain also got a very rare trimming time.
However, in the fourth conquest battle in the Hubei area, the Merchant Army also paid a very heavy loss. The troops of the Sixth Army were nearly half of the soldiers. The personnel are more than 16,000 people. Among the troops, the ninth division is the most casualty. There are only less than 4,000 people left in the whole division. Many people. At the same time, there were more than 20,000 people who retreated into the mountain with the merchant army at the same time, and there were more than 20,000 people, of which more than 2,000 militia were.
Fortunately, the Merchant Army has already been prepared. A large amount of food funds have been reserved in Dabie Mountain, and life can be maintained, and the Qing army has not launched an attack on Dabie Mountain. Hangzhou kept in touch. Therefore, everything happened to the outside world, Li Yan, Li Dingguo and others were very clear.
After knowing the success of the raid Shengjing, Li Yan, Li Dingguo and others were also settled in their hearts. They knew that the most difficult moments were going through, and now they can wait patiently in the current situation in Dabie Mountain. Hurry up the time to repair and restore it. First of all, all the 2,000 militia were compiled into a formal troops, and they actively mobilized the people who hid in the mountains in Dabie Mountain to participate in the army.
Because these people who hid in Dabie Mountain with the merchant army are the people who have sincerely supported the Merchant Army and the most trusted people, and everyone hates the Qing army. After joining the merchant army, after being waiting for the merchant to send the reinforcements, everyone played a big mountain together and went to revenge to the Qing army. As a result, more than 5,000 people joined the merchant army at once. Basic training. At the same time, a large number of scouts are sent to explore the movement of the Qing army.
Later, the news of the outside world was successively passed to Dabie Mountain. Li Yan, Li Dingguo and others also learned that the merchant army launched the battle to regain Nanjing. The training of the recruits was also more active. The wounded returned to the team in order to heal the team.
Finally, when the news of the merchant's army recovered Nanjing, the entire Dabie Mountain was also jubilant. Li Yan and Li Dingguo also ordered all officers and soldiers in Dabie Mountain to warmly congratulate them.
At this time, the scouts who went out of the mountain to find out the news also returned to report. The Qing army did have begun to withdraw troops from the north. At this time, the garrison in Huangzhou House was less than 20,000, and most of them were stationed in Huangzhou and stayed in Huangzhou and stayed in Huangzhou and stayed in Huangzhou and stayed in Huangzhou and stayed in Huangzhou. The three counties of An, Macheng, and Luotian all have only two or three thousand Qing army. Therefore, Li Yan and Li Dingguo also believed that the time to kill Dabie Mountain and launched a counterattack to the Qing army.
After nearly a month's repair time, the strength of the Sixth Army has returned to about 22,000 people.
, Three Brigade 5,300 people, 3,800 people in the 22nd brigades. There are more than 18,000 muskets in total, more than 200 én of various small fires.
, Or the clothing of ordinary people.
In November 20, the merchant army finally killed it from Dabie Mountain again. The first goal was Macheng County.
Launch an attack on Macheng County.
Because Li Bennshen surrendered, the Qing Army was very clear about the strategic tactical plan of the merchant army, so it was possible for the merchant army to launch a counterattack. There were more than 3,000 people stationed in the Macheng County, and the defense was very careful.
However, the victory and defeat of the battle can not be changed. Because the Yangtze River was blocked, the Qing army's progress in the war against Jiangnan was not very very good.
There is a certain inertia, and it is impossible to maintain a high degree of vigilance at all times. After nearly a month of careful alert, the merchant army has always had no movement, and the Qing army has some relaxed emotions.
At the same time, in order to achieve the effect of the raid, Li Dingguo also set the offensive time to enter the evening.
The merchant army has lived in Macheng for more than half a year, and the terrain is very familiar with the city defense of Macheng. Therefore, under the cover of the night, a group of assault teams is also lurking in more than 60 steps away from Macheng City.
The blasting group of the blame bombing Kaicheng én mission also quietly went to the side of the city én, pasted the fried yà bag on the city én, and then ignited the lead.
Although the light of the leader attracted the attention of the night guarding army, it was too late. Only a loud noise of "bombardment" was blown up.
The charge, when the Qing army had no time to block the city én, rushed across the city én and entered the county.
Although the defenders in Macheng County were awakened by the explosion, they got up from áng to fight, and the soldiers of the Merchant Army had been in the Dabie Mountain for nearly a month, and they were full of hatred for the Qing army. Everyone was full of hatred.
There was a fire in my heart, so the combat was extremely brave and fierce, and the Qing army was originally afraid of the merchant army. I lost my head in my heart, and I urged the war.
After a while, he was killed everywhere, and the remaining soldiers immediately ran away from the city. Some of the unable to escape the soldiers dropped their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.
But at this time, the soldiers of the merchant army had been killed, and they would not let go of the surrender soldiers. I was afraid of the clear soldiers who were kneeling in front of them.
Running to the next goal. As a result, the results of the statistical battle after Tianming, this battle killed 1837 people in the Qing army, but a captive who was so panicked was not caught.
Li Dingguo's behavior of the soldiers was quite angry, but after seeing the current appearance of Macheng County, he also transformed the gas fire into his anger against the Qing army.
When the merchant army was stationed in Macheng, there were almost 700 households in the county and nearly 4,000 people. At this time, there were 283 households in the county town, 1,473 people in the county.
But most of them were moved into the county town by the Qing army from the villages outside the city. The old residents in the real county seat were less than 50 households.
The rest of the people in the county seat, except for a small number of some of the merchants hid in the Dabie Mountain, were killed by the Qing army, and according to them, almost all of the villages outside the county were Qing.
The army urged that many villages were killed by the Qing army in the whole village, and the reason why they could survive was not the good intentions of the Qing army, but the man who needed to collect the corpse. Therefore, many villages were
A few large graves were piled up, and the people in the village were buried together.
Therefore, the people who survived in Macheng County saw that the merchant army was fighting back, and many people were crying in JI. But there are also some people who are still suspicious.
Will it go again?
Of course, Li Dingguo can also see the people's thoughts, so it also announced to the people in public that this time the merchant army would never leave, and they must eliminate all the Qing army. After listening to Li Dingguo, the people will
We have reassured a lot.
Two days later, Li Yan and other people also led the people to continue out of the mountain, live in the county seat, and place the people in the county town, or in the empty village around the county.
After the deserted scene, Li Yan also sighed, and Macheng County was the case. It can be seen from this place. I am afraid it is the same situation. I have always heard about how the Qing army was disabled and killed.
I saw it with my own eyes.
And think about it further, if it wasn't for the merchant army to stick to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area, I am afraid there will be more places to be coated by the Qing army, but the areas outside Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it will be hard to say. But now it has recovered Nanjing.
The days of the Qing army in the south should also be in the end. Therefore, several people were stationed in the Macheng army to prepare for the next battle. On the one hand, the official document also sent the official document back to Hangzhou.
The merchant army killed Dabie Mountain, and the news of Macheng County was repeated overnight. It was also taken to Huangzhou by the Qing soldiers who escaped from Macheng County.
The merchant army began to fight back against the Qing army. This was by no means an accidental image. It is estimated that Nanjing was difficult to protect at this time.
Moreover, Shang Shan is not sure how much the merchant army still has in Hubei now. However, since the merchant army dares to regain Macheng, it also shows that they still have considerable troops. At least it will not be less than 10,000 people, and there may be more.
However, he is very clear about the combat effectiveness of the merchant army. Under normal circumstances, 10,000 merchants can be at least 30,000 troops, and now there are only 10,000 defenders in Huangzhou City.
The Qing army in the two counties of Luotian immediately withdrew the Huangzhou station. At the same time, he sent someone to the Lexids who were stationed in Wuchang.