Bringing Military Supplies to Ming Dynasty - Chapter 1690

Instead of catching captured soldiers everywhere, it’s better to kill them directly in Nanchang mansion. As long as they occupy there, these deserters will become turtles in a jar and can’t escape.

Of course, when rushing to attack, we will not forget to send a telegram to the commander Tian Hu behind us, and make a simple narration of their ideas and the shape of the battlefield. When the telegram was sent to Tian Hu, he was coming with the army in the direction of Li Jiapo.

The speed is not the fastest. Tian Hu’s idea is to let the two cavalry divisions consume each other’s strength first. When the other party is tired, he will lead the main force to suddenly appear and win with one blow.

I never thought the progress of the battlefield would be so smooth. Tian Hu could only give up his previous plan and said to the telegraph operator: “Immediately send a telegram to the third, fourth and fifth divisions to tell them to hurry to the battlefield to catch the prisoners. After ordering the troops directly under the military headquarters to speed up their advance, they told everyone that there was no soup to drink when they were late. Finally, they sent a telegram to the third Mongolian division to speed up their advance and receive the management of the prisoners.”

Telegrams were sent out. If you could look down from the sky, you would find that there were several fast-moving cavalry around Li Jiapo. After the cavalry, there were the fifth division of Lu Lengfeng, which was all motorized.

Although they set out the latest, they are rapidly approaching the battlefield with the speed of three wheeled motorcycles, and even their leading forces have caught up with the rear forces of the third Mongolian division.

Nanchang mansion.

It was getting late, and scattered soldiers were standing guard here in the city. But from their relaxed look, they didn’t realize that the war would be coming.

It was less than half an hour before the city gate was closed. The soldiers at the top and bottom of the city began to get together in twos and threes to chat, and they would laugh from time to time.

They will be so relaxed, naturally they are very optimistic about the situation on the front line. After all, 300000 infantry have long been prepared to deal with only more than 100000 five-star armies from afar, and they should be very confident of victory.

Even if we can’t win in a short time, we can still stand in a stalemate. As the rear Nanchang government, it can be said that it is only safe. That is so, why should we be so nervous?

Not only these soldiers, but even Li Qingzuo’s political envoy in the city was entertaining the city’s tyrants. As soon as the war began, they needed countless money and food. They came only for the purpose of asking them to donate money and food.

Li Qing is still confident in doing this. After all, the policy of the Yang family has been spread all over the Southern Ming Dynasty. The surrendered gentry can take 20% of their family’s wealth and move out. If they do not surrender, those who do evil will be killed. If they confiscate their property and do not surrender, those who do not do evil will only move out with 10% of their wealth.

Such a policy is unacceptable to all Haokun. Why should they give up the wealth and land they have created for generations? After such a sharp contradiction, there is only one way to solve it, that is to fight. It is best to defeat the five-star army, or even keep them out of the city, so that they can continue It’s time to live a life of honor.

For the sake of a better life in the future, now it’s just to donate some money and food. Although it’s painful, I can only do it.

When Li Qing’s invitation was sent to the gentry, they thought about it. They all came to the appointment. For a time, Li’s house was very lively and could not see the feeling that a war was coming.

At this time, outside the city, Temur and Liu duo finally arrived here with the cavalry army before the city gate was closed. Then they attacked Nanchang City directly regardless of fatigue. When a large number of cavalry came on the ground, the Nanming soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate couldn’t figure out what had happened. When they felt the ground shaking under their feet, everyone just looked at Nanchang with surprised eyes Looked ahead.

Until someone saw with sharp eyes that it was a cavalry and a bright red five-star flag, he couldn’t help shouting, “it’s a five-star cavalry. Hurry, hurry, close the gate.”

At this time, it was too late to close the city gate. The cavalry of the five-star army who rushed to the front had stretched their bows and arrows, and then the sound of wheezing cut through the air. After that, a soldier of the Nanming army who was running towards the city gate was shot to the ground.

This really frightened other Nanming soldiers. The first thing these recruits who had not been on the battlefield and had not seen blood did was not to continue their adventure, close the city gate, or even have the courage to report to the city. Instead, they knelt down one by one, threw down their weapons and made a gesture of surrender.

Most of the reason why they can do this is that the five-star army appears too suddenly and shows cruel means. After all, no one wants to die, so no one will take risks. Another reason is that for ordinary people, it is the same who rules them. Nanming is not good for them, especially in recent years , some people are no longer happy, and even many people simply leave their hometown and go to Yang’s territory. It is said that the Han people there are well treated. They can not only eat enough and wear warm clothes, but also get a lot of land and live a better life.

What remains cannot be said to be loyal to the Nanming court. They just don’t want to go for various reasons. Now that the cavalry of the five-star army has been killed in front of us, why work for Nanming? Just surrender directly. Anyway, if you have no money, no power and no land, you have nothing but life. Can these cavalry kill them?

This is a true portrayal of the mentality of the people under the feudal dynasty. Between the rise and fall of emperors and dynasties, the people are often the most indifferent. They don’t have too high requirements, but just want to survive. In addition to the few fucking dynasties, most of them are very tolerant of the people, so the replacement of dynasties is a struggle between the upper classes, and the real participation of the common people is very few. Even those involved are only a handful.

It’s like when little devils enter China. The people also held this idea. Only then did they have been ruled for eight years, or even longer in some areas. If all the people could stand up and resist, they would rush the little devil into the sea to feed the sharks as soon as they peed.

Temur and Liu duo came to the city smoothly. Then several Yang spies flashed out at the gate. They took things that could prove their identity. After gaining the trust of the cavalry, they immediately ran straight to the most important places in Nanchang mansion.

When poor Li Qing was still entertaining the gentry in the mansion, a servant suddenly reported that the five-star army had entered the city.

Li Qing, who drank a lot, didn’t hear clearly at the first time. He thought there was something wrong with his ears. He laughed and said, “did I hear you wrong? What did you say just now? The five-star army lost the war, didn’t it?”

Seeing that Li Qing was still awake for a while, the soldiers who came to report had to raise their volume and shout loudly, “Sir, it’s not the five-star army who lost the battle, but they came into the city. Now they have surrounded our Li house.”

The voice was so loud that Li Qing heard it clearly this time. Because of this, he was stunned and looked at the soldiers who were reporting with unbelievable eyes. He wanted to find out what was going on, whether the servants were disorderly, or whether the five-star army really entered the city.

There’s no need to prove it. There’s a sound of killing outside the house. It was the soldiers in the house fighting with the cavalry of the five-star army who rushed in. It’s just a pity that the fighting time was very short, and a large number of footsteps came straight to the house.

“No, it must be the five-star army. Run away.” seeing that things were bad, the other gentry got up quickly one by one and wanted to rush to the door. Then countless sabres were erected in front of them and drove them back one by one.

A big man with the rank of major general walked into the hall with a smile. Who else would it be. Seeing so many people in bright clothes gathered here, he couldn’t help laughing and said, “yes, everyone should be here. That’s it. Catch them all and kill the rebels!”

In the face of Temur, who showed ferocity, everyone stopped resisting. They felt the murderous spirit from the general and his soldiers. They believed that if they really dared to resist, they must die next.

More than an hour before the fall of Nanchang city. Tian Hu also took the army to lijiapo and moved to the nearly 200000 new army of the Southern Ming Dynasty who were still lying in ambush here waiting for orders.

When the ambush became the target of ambush, the fighting will of the new army of the Southern Ming Dynasty soon collapsed. Then, when Lengfeng’s Fifth Division and Meng’s third division arrived here, they began to catch a large number of prisoners.

This war. More than 12000 of the 300000 recruits in the Southern Ming Dynasty died, most of them because they trampled on each other. Tens of thousands of people were injured and more than 200000 were captured. Even the leader general He Ke was arrested at night. Less than 20000 people finally escaped.

Even these 20000 people, no one reported to other Yamen in Nanming. Obviously, they were killed and afraid by the five-star army. From soldiers back to a common people.

On the day of Nanchang’s complete victory, the gunfire in Jiangxia’s house also fell and roared.

It is completely different from Guangzhou and Nanchang. The five-star army chose to attack the city and enter directly.

Huguang is also known as Hubei chief envoy Department (governing Jiangxia and now Wuchang in Wuhan), including Wuchang Prefecture, Hanyang Prefecture, Huangzhou Prefecture, Chengtian Prefecture, De’an Prefecture, Jingzhou Prefecture, Xiangyang Prefecture, Yunyang Prefecture, etc.

Liu Jianjian, the left envoy of the government, concentrated the army and people of the whole Hubei in the land of Jiangxia, with a total of 100000 soldiers. Then came the 150000 reinforcements sent by the imperial court, led by Mu Cong, who agreed to stick to Jiangxia mansion.