On August 7, the first year of Yongli, the joint fleet arrived at Jiaoshan Gate of Zhenjiang Prefecture. This was the point at the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. In this era, it was still a river island. It stretched across the Yangtze River channel and covered nearly half of the width. At that time, Zheng Fan blocked the retreating army of Gaojie's troops here, resulting in the surrender of the strongest army in the Southern Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

There are more than 400 green camp soldiers stationed on Jiaoshan Gate, but there are no decent city defense fortifications on the island. Once the 6th Navy team was 6, thousands of people were blackened. The warships in the channel fired several rounds of bye guns. The green camp soldiers on Jiaoshan Island surrendered. The Navy stationed a large group of six teams and several artillery pieces here, and used thousands of prisoners captured along the way to build fortifications. That's it. Jiaoshan is not suitable for garrisoning fleets. This island blocking the channel not only makes the water from north to south turbulent, but also causes many vortexes. If the wind direction is wrong, even if the paddle boats are dispatched together, it will be difficult to pull the big ship over.&1t;/p>

The meaning of stationing troops is to guard against the Qing army in Guazhou Crossing between the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River.&1t;/p>

The joint fleet continued to advance, sailing between Jinshan Temple and Jiaoshan Gate very smoothly, and arrived at the island in the middle of Jinshan, another Yangtze River channel. Jinshan Island is smaller and has a spectacular Buddhist temple on it. A little transformation can become a simple fortification, which controls the entrance of the southern section of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.&1t;/p>

In Jinshan Temple, the joint fleet divided the troops there. In order to unify the command, the Ming army was led by Shen Tingyang, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen to Nanjing City, which the Lu Jianguo regime yearned for. The navy left behind Zheng Lian's navy to block the Yangtze River together with the navy. In exchange, the navy supported the Ming army's twenty eighteen-pound artillery, all replaced by the main battleship, and had some lifespans. It was also possible to use as siege cannons as powerful and accurate. At least in the Qing army, none of the cannons was the opponent of the 18-pound cannons. The largest red barbarian cannons was only twelve-pound cannons. These artillery soldiers were led by Zhang Mingzhen, and the main officers and gunners were either trained in Taiwan or retired gunners of the navy.&1t;/p>

The Ming army continued to go up the Yangtze River, but the navy launched an attack on Zhenjiang Prefecture. The 6th Navy team had a battalion (with a battalion), an artillery battalion and two thousand armed sailors. The paddlers came ashore. The reason why he dared to attack Zhenjiang with such a small force was no other reason. The Zhenjiang city wall was very close to the Yangtze River channel, and artillery could directly attack the city wall.&1t;/p>

The siege in Zhenjiang lasted only half a day. The navy and artillery battalions combined with hundreds of artillery attacks, one thicker than the other and the other more powerful. There were only more than 3,000 Green Camp and the Governor of the Canal Transportation in Zhenjiang. They chose to surrender the moment the city wall was knocked down.&1t;/p>

Even though he was born in Zheng Fan, Zheng Lian had never seen such a powerful artillery offensive. He did not choose to go ashore again. Instead, he took his men to Jiaoshanmen and sent people to shore up the Guazhou ferry into a bucket, put the big ship on the Yangtze River channel, and led the small boats and various stolen river boats directly through the Guazhou ferry and headed northward to Yangzhou. He plundered north along the canal like a chicken intestine. Along the way, whether it was a canal ship or a merchant ship or a civilian ship, he robbed them all. Zheng Lian, who was excluded, made a lot of money in this war, and he was ambushed by the Qing army from Shandong.&1t;/p>

Of course, similar actions are also found in the United States. The two armies of the Sea 6 attacked each other on both sides, snatching the Jiangnan section. Of course, the two armies of the Sea 6 armies only seized official ships, and civilian ships could be released as long as they pay some military taxes. But in fact, the gains are still abundant, because using merchants to bribe the canal transport yamen and using canal ships to transport private goods, so these were naturally confiscated.&1t;/p>

Nanjing.&1t;/p>

By the Yangtze River, the sound of whimpering horns kept ringing. The Eight Banners cavalry rushed out on the embankment on the river bank and rushed into the ranks of the Ming army on the shore. Most of these armored soldiers were white armored soldiers, covered with armor, and some even war horses were equipped with armor. All the armor was strong and ordinary arrows could not be shot through. Hundreds of armored riders on the front line held a spear of about a meter and rushed into the array like monsters, loosening the sparse formation of the Ming army.&1t;/p>

Behind the armored cavalry were more than a thousand archers and cavalrymen, who were shooting outside the Ming army array. The Ming army array quickly collapsed and was forced to trample on each other and fled to the riverside. The Eight Banners cavalry saw the ground soft and muddy, and they dismounted, screaming and carrying swords and spears. The Ming army was defeated. Some knelt on the ground and begged for mercy and were chopped off by the Qing army. Some rushed into the river. Even though they knew the nature of the water, they were mostly killed because they were wearing armor and the river was turbulent.&1t;/p>

Seeing that diving was a death, many Ming troops fled back, but were pierced by the Qing spear. The Qing troops did not go into the water to chase them. They took off their bird guns from their horses and kept loading and shooting them. The shoals on the riverside were full of corpses, blood was pouring on.&1t;/p>

Bashan stood on the embankment and saw a large number of corpses washed away by the river. He nodded with satisfaction, spat and said, "These barbarians are so stupid. You dare to offend Nanjing with this ability, which is ridiculous!"&1t;/p>

Zhang Jing and the people around him burst into laughter and expressed their consent.&1t;/p>

After the Qing army went south to occupy Jiangnan, the Ming Dynasty's two capital system ended. Nanjing was renamed Jiangning. Jiangning was the core of the Qing court's rule in Jiangnan. At its peak, it garrisoned 40,000 troops. The issuance of the shaving order destroyed the great situation that could be determined by the south. Dodo could not handle it. Dorgon had no choice but to send Hong Chengchou to the south to become the Grand Secretary of Military Affairs of the Governor of the South. The right to act cheaply. Although it is famous, it is just a nice saying. Among them, the matter of "ban secrets" must be discussed with General Pingnan and Luke Dehun, Dorgon's confidant.&1t;/p>

Although many novels in later generations appeared to win over Hong Chengchou, Huang Taiji gave Da Yu'er to Hong Chengchou, but Hong Chengchou did not receive much attention. This guy was first edited into the Baoyi Niulu of the Yellow Banner. He was a serious Baoyi slave, and his Baoyi Niulu was still the lowest. In terms of the vulgar Qing palace dramas in later generations, he was a low-level slave. Not to mention the powerful and powerful men of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Banners, even some Liao people looked down on Hong Chengchou. After all, they surrendered early and were a pro-slave, which is also the reason why Wu Shengzhao has always been dissatisfied with Hong Chengchou.&1t;/p>

Although this third-class slave has now become the top three among the Han officials, he is still a slave at the root. Because he suffered a loss in Hong Chengchou during the Battle of Songjin, Dorgon also had a bad impression of him, so Hong Chengchou has a very famous name, but his real power is not great.&1t;/p>

It was not until Luke Dehun went to Huguang to preside over the battle that Hong Chengchou had real power. Bashan, who now has the largest official title in Nanjing, is just a Melezing.&1t;/p>

Hong Chengchou had real power, but he didn't have many troops under his command. The elite soldiers from Jiangnan either supported Huguang or went south to Zhejiang. Now Nanjing only has two thousand Manchu soldiers from Bashan and four thousand green camps under Jiangnan admiral Zhang Dayou. These soldiers could not defend Nanjing. Fortunately, there were many green camps scattered in Jiangnan. These green camps left behind in Jiangnan were all old and weak. They usually owed wages and made a living by doing some small business. But they still had some skills. As long as they were given enough money, they could still defend the city. Jiangnan had just collected autumn tax grain, and there was no shortage of food and salary. Therefore, in just half a month, Hong Chengchou mobilized five thousand green camps to Nanjing and recruited many village warriors.&1t;/p>

But in Bashan's eyes, those green camps are useless. I heard that the Ming army was climbing 6 in the Yangtze River section of Nanjing, and led the Manchu cavalry to attack. The Ming army did not expect that the two thousand people in Bashan dared to attack. After trying several times, they could not land. Today, they were killed back to the river. This was the last attempt and a feint. The main force had already landed in the upstream, led by Zhang Mingzhen.&1t;/p>

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"Master, Hong Chengchou sent someone to send a message saying that the Ming army had boarded 6 in the west and asked us to return to the city to defend the enemy." An armored soldier ran over and said to Bashan.&1t;/p>

"Hmph, this dog slave, holding chicken feathers as tokens, dares to point fingers at his master, it's so damn!" Zhang Jing scolded angrily.&1t;/p>

Bashan smiled and said, "Let the people below gather their troops and let's go back to the city. Hehe, Jiangnan is all Han people, and there are few loyal slaves. They cannot do without Hong Chengchou, the old man who wants to defend Jiangning, it depends on Hong Chengchou. At this time, don't make things difficult for him. Haha, Jiangnan lost four palaces and the transportation of the canal was cut off. For such a great crime, someone still has to take over. We have to do our best to do our best. The masters of the capital will not blame us!"&1t;/p>

The Manchu princes carried the heads and dragged the Ming army's tents, returned to Nanjing City with great power and headed straight for the yamen. When they saw Hong Chengchou, Bashan pretended to be a polite greeting and said, "Mr. Hong, the last general is back. There must be three or four thousand Ming army killed these times, but they will kill some important figures, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time."&1t;/p>

"I have ordered the treasury to pay 100,000 yuan in silver for rewards. General Bashan has worked hard, and General Bashan has repeatedly defeated the enemy troops on the shore and has made outstanding achievements. If there were no generals to attack, I am afraid that the Ming army would have besieged the city two days ago." Hong Chengchou said with a smile.&1t;/p>

He pulled Bashan intimately, asked the servant to unfold the map, and said, "General Bashan, I am calculating about the defense of Jiangning City. Let's discuss it and see if it will be successful."&1t;/p>

Bashan smiled and didn't say anything. He knew that Hong Chengchou had a conclusion in his heart. He told himself that he was just talking, and he would not take it to heart.&1t;/p>

Bashan was sitting, Hong Chengchou stood there and told that according to Hong Chengchou's deployment, Jiangning first stood firm and waited for reinforcements from all directions. There were four reinforcements. The first one must have arrived was the Jiangxi soldiers. This was also under Hong Chengchou's authority. Jiangxi had more than 60,000 elite soldiers, most of which were Zuo Liangyu's troops collected back then. They were quite capable of fighting. They had sent 10,000 people back to the rescue. The one who supervised this army was Gao Jinku, the deputy general of Jiangning. This army was originally supported by the Jiangxi battlefield. Returning to the rescue was a natural thing. Gao Jinku was like Gao Jie. Among the green camp troops surrendered by the four towns in Jiangbei, he was second only to Li Chengdong and was quite capable of fighting.&1t;/p>

The second wave of reinforcements came from Zhejiang. Although it was a little closer, because one of the joint fleet blocked the Qiantang River, it was necessary to take a detour. There were 8,000 troops. Zhejiang Admiral Tian Xiong led the troops. It was carefully selected by the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and its combat power was excellent.&1t;/p>

The third and fourth reinforcements come from Shandong and Huguang. Shandong has nearly 40,000 Eight Banners and Green Camp Han Army. They are attacking Yuyuan bandits and can be divided into some. Luke Dehun of Huguang has three kings and one duke and the Eight Banners soldiers. They are preparing for the autumn and winter offensive against the Ming army in Guangxi. If the offensive is abandoned, it is not a problem to divide 50,000 people. Even if the autumn and winter offensive continues, they can support thousands. However, the reinforcements in Shandong and Huguang are all elite Eight Banners soldiers with the strongest combat power.&1t;/p>

"Within half a month, the soldiers from Jiangxi and Zhejiang arrived, and the army joined forces, and there were 30,000. It was not difficult to defeat the Ming army. Within one month, the soldiers from Huguang and Shandong arrived, even if the island barbarians and the Ming army joined forces, they could win the battle!" Hong Chengchou said seriously.&1t;/p>

Bashan asked, "From the Lord's opinion, the island barbarians and the Ming army have not yet joined forces?"&1t;/p>

Hong Chengchou said: "I have received the definite news that the island barbarians specialize in the three prefectures in Jiangnan and will never leave the Grand Canal. There are Ming troops around Nanjing. If you can rescue Nanjing, you may not see the island barbarians."&1t;/p>

Seeing that Bashan was puzzled, Hong Chengchou said: "The Ming army and the island barbarians are not one-on-one. The Ming army restored the country, and the island barbarians seek wealth, all......"&1t;/p>

"Oh, please continue." Bashan understood and said.&1t;/p>

Hong Chengchou continued to explain that the rest is how to defend Jiangning and support the reinforcements. Although Hong Chengchou has tens of thousands of troops under his command, defending Jiangning is still a drop in the bucket. The most important thing is that Jiangning, that is, Nanjing City, is really too big.&1t;/p>

This huge city built by Zhu Yuanzhang is composed of four walls of palace city, imperial city, capital city, and outer wall. The palace city and imperial city are not mentioned for the time being. The circumference of the capital is called 96 miles. Although it is a bit exaggerated, there are seventy miles. It can be said to be the largest city in today's era. The outer wall is even larger, with a length of 180 miles. Such a long city wall is not something that more than ten thousand soldiers can defend.&1t;/p>

"Mr. Hong, it doesn't matter if the outer turtle is not guarding me, but I have to defend this Zhongshan. I remember that Zhu Yuanzhang built the outer turtle back then, just to see that the shells on Zhongshan could hit the imperial city. Moreover, the key to defending the city is to be united inside and outside. How many cities were broken by internal thieves. When the Ming army came, the big scarves in the city were a little unintentional. I heard that there was a private connection. This is the most important thing. It is better to kill a group of people in the name of Tonghai to scare the monkeys?" Bashan looked rough and generous, but he was an old corpse, and he could see the key points of Jiangning's city defense.&1t;/p>

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "I have a plan to make the military and civilians united inside, and to get away from the Ming army outside. It can protect Jiangning from the nearest. It is far away. Haha, if this plan is done, most of the charges of the island barbarians and the Ming army invading the border and losing the prefecture can be removed."&1t;/p>

Bashan looked at Hong Chengchou dropping his bag here, thought for a while, and grinned: "I have heard from my masters that in terms of world intelligence, you, Lord Hong, can account for half of it. Today I want to see, what are your ways, but the ugly words are ahead. These two thousand soldiers under my command are internal court soldiers, so you cannot take risks easily!"&1t;/p>

Hong Chengchou said: "I can't move a few soldiers, and I can't die!"&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!