In early April of the seventh year of Hongguang's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court sent Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie to command a total of 250,000 troops to attack the Dashun Army in Henan. Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong, and Huang Degong commanded an army of 150,000 to attack the Qing army in Shandong.
Outside the city of Xuzhou, among the more than 80,000 troops commanded by Gao Jie, there was a troop of about 5,000 men who were disheveled, swaying about, and with crooked flags. Gao Jie glanced at the army, which was worse than the militia, and then looked at the others.
The troops who maintained an orderly formation, sighed in their hearts, if that Huang Ziya hadn't given him a lot of gold, silver and jade, he would have destroyed this embarrassing troops long ago.
The team was broken up and reorganized into other troops. Since the arrival of the five thousand people, Gao Jie had them stationed on a mountain outside the city and left them alone. He heard that they had nothing to do and set fire to the mountain. Black smoke was covering the sky.
, and he didn't pay any attention to it, as long as they didn't burn the city of Xuzhou. Anyway, he didn't expect this army with this kind of virtue the first time he saw it to be able to fight.
Huang Ziya looked at the brothers staggering around and making a fool of themselves, and said quietly: "Don't act so explicit, it will be bad if others see it as an act." As he said that, he summoned the regiment leader Li Erdan and the regiment deputy.
The regiment leader Mo Xiao, the second regiment leader Zhao Qijin and the newly appointed second regiment deputy commander Gu Yanwu and the people from the first and second regiments were transferred.
Chen Zilong, the leader of the newly established Third Regiment, and Huang Zongxi, the deputy commander of the Third Regiment, came over. Huang Ziya looked at the commanders and deputy commanders of the third regiment and said, "Brothers, this expedition is our opportunity. Without my instructions, the Third Regiment
The first musketry battalion is not allowed to use muskets, everyone must obey my order." Everyone nodded and obeyed.
Liu Liangzuo dispatched the largest army, with 120,000 troops. Liu Zeqing, the weakest among the four towns, dispatched 45,000 troops, which already accounted for most of his wealth.
After several years of rest, the Dashun Army gradually regained its strength. In Shaanxi, Gansu and southern Shanxi, it fought and won several battles with the Qing army, occupied some areas, and the combat effectiveness and quantity of the army also increased.
When 250,000 people from the three Ming armies gathered in Xuzhou, Li Zicheng, who received the news, personally led the main force of 200,000 Dashun troops to Xuzhou.
Zhang Huahan could also get some information about the battle situation in the palace. Sometimes he even secretly read the battle reports and memorials. Since he was a patrolling guard, he had convenient conditions and was not discovered by anyone.
The war situation in Shandong was first good and then bad. After Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong, and Huang Degong entered Shandong under the command of 150,000 troops, they won three consecutive victories with the help of rebels from various places. However, most of them were eliminated by the Green Camp Army. But after a month,
The Manchu Qing Dynasty sent Prince Keqin as the main general and led a group of Dorgon's trusted generals such as Yue Tuo, Dorbo, Lao Qin, and Tan Tai to command 60,000 Manchus and Mongols.
The allied forces attacked Huang Degong's 80,000 troops, and Huang Degong's troops were severely defeated. The Manchu and Qing troops successively defeated Shi Kefa, Zhao Zhilong and the rebel troops from various places, and occupied the entire Shandong Province in one fell swoop. If the troops were not really limited, they might have fought all the way to Nanjing.
In the melee, Zhao Zhilong and his 10,000 remaining soldiers were surrounded by Qing army Tan Tai's troops and surrendered. In anger, Emperor Hongguang killed his entire family.
To the north of Xuzhou City, Liu Zeqing's troops first met the vanguard of the Dashun Army. Liu Zeqing's soldiers had extremely low combat effectiveness, while the vanguard of the Dashun Army had fought against the Han Eight Banners and the Green Camp Army, which included thousands of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers.
Liu Zeqing's troops fled after a few battles between the two armies. In the chaos, Liu Zeqing was also shot in the vital part by a bow and arrow and died.
Gao Jie's troops behind him immediately withstood the Dashun army, but Liu Liangzuo, who originally planned to assist Gao Jie, took the opportunity to recruit Liu Zeqing's more than 30,000 defeated troops, and sent half of his troops directly to Huai'an to seize Liu Zeqing's territory, and the remaining troops also fled.
Entered Xuzhou City and took control of Xuzhou City and Gao Jie's 10,000 garrison.
As soon as the main force of the Dashun Army arrived, Gao Jie's army was divided and surrounded by several times the Dashun Army. The battle was extremely fierce. The 5,000 revolutionary troops who had retreated from the beginning retreated into the mountains where they were stationed, without engaging in battle at all.
After three days of fighting, 5,000 revolutionary troops suddenly rushed up from the mountains, and 10,000 Dashun soldiers immediately rushed forward to annihilate the Ming army that had slipped through the net.
At this time, the generals of the Dashun Army found that the Ming army had stopped to form a formation. They thought that the Ming army was afraid, and loudly ordered the troops to advance quickly. Suddenly, after a burst of rapid gunfire, the Dashun army fell to pieces. Due to the artillery troops and muskets,
The team is all working with Gao Jie's troops.
The team fought fiercely, and they still ran away without the musketeers, but the Ming army's muskets immediately rang again, and soon they rang again. The fallen Dashun soldiers began to retreat, while the formation of the revolutionary army continued
Advance until contact with the outer perimeter of Dashun Army.
After Zhang Huahan's special forces training, the Revolutionary Army soldiers were in a formation that did not need to guard against the enemy behind them, and wore protective clothing and pants made of bricks. They did not suffer many casualties in the bloody battle, but they killed a large number of enemies and were close to the revolution.
Chaos began to appear in the Dashun Army of the army. Gao Jie's troops began to break out from here. The first person to run out was Gao Jie's nephew Li Benshen, who took the body of Gao Jie who had been shot to death with a musket and led 20,000 remaining soldiers to Xu.
Zhou direction. All the troops who subsequently broke out were taken over by Huang Ziya and the Revolutionary Army. As the battle continued, the more troops the Revolutionary Army received, the greater the pressure on the Dashun Army. The Revolutionary Army began under the command of Huang Ziya and other generals.
Slowly retreated, and there were still many remnants of Gao Jie in the encirclement. They couldn't care less. Due to the powerful rapid fire of the revolutionary army, the Dashun army stopped pursuing after suffering losses in the pursuit. After the final battle, they attacked Xuzhou.
Already.
Huang Ziya led the revolutionary army to the stationed mountain stronghold and immediately reorganized the troops. Among the soldiers who broke out, in addition to those who were unwilling to stay in the revolutionary army and the old, weak, sick and disabled who were sent home with money, there were more than 10,000 soldiers.
Huang Ziya organized the former Gao Jie troops who had broken out of the encirclement into three regiments, and took with them coke, steel, gunpowder, grain and other items made by local methods, and retreated towards Taihu Lake.
Gao Jie's nephew Li Benzhen withdrew 20,000 people to Xuzhou City. It turned out that Xuzhou City was occupied by Liu Liangzuo. After negotiation, Li Benzhen, who was pursued by soldiers and had no supplies, had to surrender to Liu Liangzuo and entered Xuzhou City. As soon as he entered Xuzhou City, the Dashun Army
Then they rushed to and surrounded Xuzhou City.
In a small pavilion in the garden of the Nanjing Imperial Palace, Zhang Huahan was guarding behind Emperor Hongguang, while Emperor Hongguang held a beautiful woman in his arms and ate and drank fine wine and food.
Suddenly Ma Shiying and Zhang Shenyan came to see Emperor Hongguang. After they came forward, Ma Shiying said: "Your Majesty, there is news from the front. Liu Zeqing and Gao Jie were killed in battle. Liu Liangzuo gathered their troops in front of the formation and occupied the area.
He took over the territory of two people and defended Xuzhou. The day before yesterday, Xuzhou was captured by the intruders. Liu Liangzuo was defeated again and again and fled to Guazhou. Fortunately, Zheng Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of Guazhou, led 20,000 elite soldiers to help him resist the intruders."
After hearing this, Emperor Hongguang stood up and said tremblingly: "We have arrived at Guazhou so quickly? Can we save Nanjing?" Ma Shiying said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have mobilized 130,000 elite soldiers from our three towns.
Go to Nanjing City to protect the emperor's safety. There are still 100,000 troops in Guazhou, and Zheng Hongkui has many musketeers, who can resist the intruders. Moreover, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties in the north are attacking Li Chuang's territory, so they must retreat back.
Emperor Hongguang was relieved and said: "Then Shi Kefa is back? This incompetent was the one who worked most hard during the Northern Expedition. This time he came back with a huge defeat for me."
Zhang Shenyan said: "He will come back tomorrow. I asked him to die. He did not say that he died in battle and sacrificed his life for the country, but he came back alive. How can such a general not lose the war?"
Ma Shiying said: "No, Huang Degong is still on the front line. If Shi Kefa is dealt with, Huang Degong may rebel. Even if we deal with them, we have to wait until they come back."
Emperor Hongguang said: "Just wait until Shi Kefa comes back and reprimand him. Since there is no threat to Nanjing, it will be fine. You can go back." The two of them said goodbye and left.
Zhang Huahan, who was behind Emperor Hongguang, felt that Ma Shiying's mobilization of 130,000 troops into Nanjing might be a bad thing. However, his low status meant that he could not speak.
The next day, Emperor Hongguang had his first morning court in half a month. Zhang Huahan took a rest and was thinking about the preparation method of nitroglycerin in the room, but he really couldn't remember it. At this moment, the guard outside came to call him,
It was said that someone was looking for him. When Zhang Huahan came out, he saw that it was
Chen Zilong, after he quickly let him in, said: "From now on, you can just send a brother here. It is not appropriate for you to come here in person, for fear of being disadvantageous to you." Chen Zilong said: "I understand, I am here to get you this time.
The new weapon blueprint, your musket is so powerful
, the speed is very fast, the accuracy of firing one shot is much higher than that of ordinary gunpowder guns, and the speed is more than ten times faster, it is amazing." Zhang Huahan said: "I just want to give you something I wrote, right.
"Are you suffering heavy casualties? Where did you retreat to?" Chen Zilong
Said: "I have returned to my hometown of Taihu. It is good there. There is no shortage of food, but there is a shortage of steel and coal. We have now reorganized many outstanding people, and now our revolutionary army has more than 15,000 people." As he said, Chen Zilong
All the battle situations were described in detail.
After hearing this, Zhang Huahan said: "It seems that there will be more chaos. Liu Liangzuo has ulterior motives and annexed the soldiers of the three towns. After the Dashun army retreats, he may not be so obedient to the emperor's orders."
Chen Zilong said: "We have implemented land reform in a small area around Taihu Lake. Now we have thousands of farmers supporting us. Leader, please see if we expand the scope."
Zhang Huahan said: "Now your task is to expand the army, train and build guns to the maximum extent. When the situation becomes chaotic, immediately occupy Wuxi and surrounding towns. If possible, occupy Suzhou, Hangzhou and large areas around it. You are better than me, you
It depends on the situation." After the two discussed for a long time, Zhang Huahan gave Chen Zilong what he had written, and Chen Zilong took his leave.
Zhang Huahan came out and looked at the sky at dusk, and murmured: "The sky is going to change. Whether it can succeed depends on whether it can cause chaos." dd