Chapter 370 The storm is turbulent and the country is shaken III
"Does Chang Xin have any good ideas?"
Zhu Yujian's tone was a little anxious.
Li Yan looked at the map without saying a word. After a long time, he suddenly realized and was shocked: "No, Chen Cao wants to force us to enter the Yangtze River."
What?
Everyone in the hall cast strange looks.
Li Yan continued: "Your Majesty, we...have nowhere to go...
As far as I know, there are a large number of warships under the command of Liang Fan, but for so long since the Battle of Nanjing, they have not seen any of their warships. This is completely unexplainable. The siege troops outside suddenly attacked from three sides in order to force us into the Yangtze River waterway. "
Zhu Yujian also reacted and immediately shouted: "Quick, generals, gather your troops quickly and retreat immediately. Don't fall into Chen Cao's trap."
It was rare that Li Yan did not refute Zhu Yujian's decision this time. Even he thought so too. One hundred thousand people were trapped in Dangtu City, which was an astronomical figure for logistics. It was best to escape quickly.
It is an iron rule that leaders retreat first, but the army was particularly chaotic due to its retreat. Li Yan had to let Zhu Yujian go first and collect the remaining troops himself. After all, fierce fighting was still going on at the three city gate defense lines.
Inland rivers are not seas, and the Yangtze River is also an inland river. Pang Zhifan, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy's Coastal Defense Fleet, commanded on the flagship with high spirits. There are a total of fifty new two-masted flat-bottomed warships covering the river, with a displacement of 500 tons, and another 800. Thirty new-type building ships with a capacity of 1,000 tons.
Departing from Pudong Military Port in Shanghai, he fought a battle with the Northern Army's navy on the Yangzhong Shazhou. After destroying all his opponents, he rushed to Nanjing without stopping. After receiving the order, he went up the river again and faced the strong wind on the river until he reached Dangtu. .
Along the way, they also fired several rounds of artillery at the mouth of the Xijiang River. Yang Qi was so frightened that he thought the Liang army was about to cross the river, and the whole army was frightened.
"Commander, the sentry ship came to report that more than a dozen large-scale ships have escaped outside the Dangtu River, but there are still more than a hundred ships docked outside the Dangtu River."
Pang Zhifan immediately ordered: "Pass my military order to separate ten warships to pursue the fleeing enemy. Do not underestimate the enemy's pursuit. The remaining ships will surround Dangtu Port."
Each warship is equipped with thirty improved Shenwu cannons and ten mortars. The naval officers and soldiers have grenades and muskets. Even the gods cannot withstand this kind of firepower.
A fierce man plunged into the Tang Dynasty navy on the Bund of Dangtu. The sound of artillery, gunfire, and explosions of grenades occurred one after another. Countless people fell into the river and drowned.
Pang Zhifan did not pay attention to the battle in Dangtu. Judging from his many years of experience, there must be important figures in the dozen or so ships that escaped, so he arranged for his deputies to supervise the battle in Dangtu, while he led the remaining five warships forward. Go catch up.
The fleet arrived less than fifty miles away from Anqing's outer river. Pang Zhifan met the commander who had led ten ships in pursuit. On the river, seven or eight warships were on fire. Navy officers and soldiers were rescuing those who had fallen. Tang vassal soldiers entering the river.
It was the turn of autumn and winter, and even though the sun was shining in the south, the water in the river was still bitingly cold, and many people drowned directly.
There is no suspense in the battle in Jiangshan. To this day in the Ming Dynasty, no one has the strength to restrain Liang Fan's aquatic troops in the rivers, lakes and seas.
There were only a dozen large ships without any artillery support. They were all beaten into rotten wood by several cannons from the warships of the coastal defense fleet. I wonder if Zhu Yujian was lucky enough to escape all the way into Anqing on a speedboat.
Of course, Pang Zhifan would not take any advantage, leaving three warships to clean the battlefield while he led his men to pursue them directly.
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"Li Yan is in Dangtu?"
Chen Cao couldn't help but stand up. He had a good impression of Li Yan. At least this guy was a real talent in his original history.
"The Longwu Army came to report, Li Yan was trapped in Dangtu, Zhu Yujian escaped, and every day the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who escaped surrendered to us."
Zhao Xin saw Chen Cao's intention. After all, he had followed him for so long, so he said: "My lord, why don't we surrender? There are still so many labor forces and reserve soldiers that we can use."
When the stairs came, Chen Cao naturally wanted to go down, so he said: "What you said makes sense, but I am going to personally recruit Li Yan to surrender."
The fastest way to get to Dangtu from Nanjing is by boat. It takes a day by horseback and half a day by boat.
By the time Chen Cao arrived at Dangtu, the Longwu Army's camp was already connected from the inside to the outside, with only a gap in the direction of the official road from Beicheng to Nanjing.
The purpose of surrounding three and missing one is to recruit the defenders of Dangtu to surrender.
Li Yan is controlling the deserters. Up to now, there are still 60,000 defenders in Dangtu, which is not a small number. Although there are many people, there is a big problem, food.
"Military advisor, look..."
A leader of the Longwu Army rode his horse to the north city, stopped outside the safe range of bows and arrows, and then took out a trumpet: "I am the leader of the Longwu Army, and I came to see Li Yan on the order of King Liang. Please report to the tower defender."
See you or not?
Li Yan didn't want to see him, but he looked around and saw that many of his men had eager eyes. The battle had ended like this. They were trapped in Dangtu Gucheng and their life was gone.
"Why..."
Li Yan sighed. It's not that he has no ability, but the situation is here. He can choose to escape. He believes that with his ability and the thousands of confidants when Nanyang raised troops, he has the ability to escape. But as he said, as long as If they run away, if they want to stand up in the future, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.
"The commander of the Longwu Army, Li Miao, still has the same surname as General Li..."
Li Miao came up and made a close fist first, and then clasped his fists: "His Royal Highness Prince Liang is just outside Dangtu City. My prince asked me to tell General Li that the prince is deeply impressed by General Li's talent and cannot bear to be lost in Dangtu City. The Ming Dynasty also has There are many places where General Li can be used. Your Majesty, he is waiting for General Li outside Dangtu City to hold hands with him and talk about the heroes of the world."
Chen Cao is here...
If you are given dates, of course you must also be beaten with a stick. This is Chen Cao's usual method.
Li Miao said again: "My prince also said, please General Li, for the sake of the tens of thousands of innocent soldiers in Dangtu City, give up the resistance. Your prince will definitely forget the blame. Now Dangtu is a dead city. General Li must also know that Jiangbei Yang Qi has no ability to save you anymore. The only one who can save yourselves is you. I hope General Li will take care of you..."
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Chen Cao personally came to Dangtu because of Li Yan. If it were anyone else, he wouldn't have such free time. Furthermore, Chen Cao is not Li Zicheng. He is an educated and ambitious person. How can he be like Li Zicheng? The legs planted in mud are comparable.
When Li Yan entered the camp, Chen Cao came out to meet him in person. The handsome man in white clothes really had a good temperament.
Li Yan was flattered when Chen Cao came out of the camp to greet him. He even said "I don't dare"... but was welcomed into the camp by Chen Cao.
Subsequently, all the nearly 60,000 troops trapped in Dangtu surrendered to the Longwu Army. These tens of thousands of people would be sent to the Suzhou and Songjiang base camps one after another. After screening out the good men and ruffians, they would be incorporated into new army training camps and work as laborers.
Chen Cao led Li Yan back to Nanjing first, and then ordered Tang Kainian to leave some troops to station along the Dangtu coast, and then drive back to Dasheng Pass to guard against Yang Qi in the north of the Yangtze River.
"The 23rd, 24th, and 25th divisions of the Longwu Army occupy the three prefectures of Chizhou, Ningguo, and Huizhou respectively. In addition to guarding against Yang Qihui's sneak attack from Chizhou, the focus is to prevent the Northern Army from Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guangdong provinces from moving south."
Chen Cao looked at the brand new map of Southern Zhili produced by the training staff in front of him and couldn't help but nodded: "Most of the state capitals of Southern Zhili in Jiangnan are now in our hands. Guangde Prefecture is too small. When Ningguo Prefecture is cleared, After that, we can send troops to garrison them, and in this way, the entire Nanzhili state capital in the south of the Yangtze River will be in our hands."
After speaking, Chen Cao looked at Li Yan standing aside and asked with a smile: "I know Chang Xin's identity. You have your own ambitions, but your choice is wrong. After following this king, let you see See what it means to be a king."
Li Yan bowed: "Students are willing to learn from scratch."
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Liaodong, Guangning Zhong and Zuotunwei, Jinzhou City
"Back then, this was the residence of Yuan Chonghuan, but now..."
Huang Taiji spoke Chinese, and he was surrounded by generals from the Jueluo line. After he proclaimed himself emperor, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, and the surrendered Gu Linsheng actively suggested to Huang Taiji to promote Chinese. The reasons were also very good. Simple.
'If Your Majesty wants to rule China, the best plan is to use both Manchu and Han languages...'
Huang Taiji was a king who was good at learning, so he agreed to their request. In addition to Manchu being spoken by ordinary people, everyone must speak Chinese in official occasions, and military affairs and imperial edicts were all written in Manchu and Chinese.
Gu Linsheng was a talented man. In order to gain attention in front of Huang Taiji, he followed Mang Gurtai on the expedition to Mongolia in the fourth year of Chongzhen to provide advice. He returned with a great victory and was awarded the title of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites.
Just this year, Gu Linsheng said, "The Ming Dynasty is a virtue of fire. The name of our Kingdom of Jin is suppressed by fire. We should change the name of the country to show God's will to conquer the Ming people." As soon as this statement came out, Huang Taiji, who was less literate, immediately said that it was a great good thing. , and then again followed Gu Linsheng's suggestion, used water to suppress fire, and changed the name of the Jin Dynasty to "Qing", which was the Qing Dynasty.
Huang Taiji was so happy that he immediately expressed his intention to "comply with the destiny" and change the name of the country from Dajin to "Qing Dynasty". He also wanted to change the name of the country to Chongde. If Huang Taiji knew that Zhu Yousong had used this reign name, he would definitely change it immediately. abandon.
Gu Linsheng thought it was not enough, so he once again suggested changing the Jurchen tribe to the Manchu tribe, and used the "water virtue" of the ethnic group to suppress the Ming Dynasty who belonged to the fire virtue.
The emperor was overjoyed and thought he had acquired a great talent, so he promoted him to the position of Minister of Rites. This also made Gu Linsheng prosperous in the Qing Dynasty, and he was on an equal footing with Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and others.
"Now that all of Mongolia has surrendered to me, my dear friends, the power of the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted..."
Huang Taiji turned his head slightly and looked at Daishan not far away: "Prince Li, when will the Mongols arrive?"
Daishan bowed: "Your Majesty, according to the schedule, it should be in the next few days."
Huang Taiji breathed out a breath, and then entered Jinzhou City with everyone: "Send someone to urge them. Once the 100,000 people from Mongolia arrive, they will immediately launch a war to destroy the Ming Dynasty."
