When Qian Qianyi and his party arrived at the port of Jiujiang, all Zuo Liangyu's troops had fled to the southeast, and Jiujiang was saved.
It wasn't that the Duke of Kunshan showed mercy to his old friend, but because the Qi army pressed too hard, and the left side didn't even have a chance to breathe, so they had to rush eastward all the way to Nanjing's "Qingjun side".
In the original history, Yuan Jixian, the governor of Huguang, returned to Jiujiang overnight and closed the city to defend himself after failing in his efforts to stop Zuo Liangyu from "Qingjun side".
However, the general Zhang Shixun secretly colluded with the left generals and set fire to the whole city at night. Zuo Liangyu's troops took advantage of the situation and entered the city, and Jiujiang fell.
Yuan Jixian was desperate and prepared to commit suicide. Zuo Liangyu sent his subordinate Zhang Yingyuan to kidnap him into a boat. Yuan Jixian committed suicide by drowning again and again, but was rescued.
At this time, Zuo Liangyu was seriously ill. He tried his best to express to Yuan Jixian that he had no objection and hoped that Yuan Jixian could go east to "protect the soldiers." Supervisor Li Youlong also repeatedly persuaded his disciples that it was useless to die and it was better to act according to the opportunity. Yuan Jixian had no choice but to follow Zuo Liangyu and his five generals, and made a three-chapter agreement that strictly prohibited killing and looting. Unexpectedly, Zuo Liangyu was seriously ill and could no longer restrain his group of arrogant soldiers. Soon after, Zuo Liang continued to burn, kill and loot.
Zuo Liangyu sighed before his death: "I owe Yuan Linhou." He vomited several liters of blood and died.
After Zuo Liangyu's death, his generals recommended his son Zuo Menggeng to stay behind, imprisoned Yuan Jixian in the ship, and continued to lead troops eastward, occupying Pengze, Dongliu, Jiande, and Anqing successively, and led directly to Taiping Prefecture. . Soon after, the Duoduo tribe of the Qing army occupied Nanjing, Wuhu and other places, and the Azige tribe defeated the Dashun army and pursued them all the way to Jiujiang, Jiangxi and Hubei prefectures and counties in Jiangbei. Zuo Menggeng's men, who had ten soldiers and tens of thousands of soldiers, neither dared to attack the Azige army coming from the west, nor dared to go east to fight with Duduo's tribe. They even did not want to go south to Jiangxi to temporarily avoid the main force of the Qing army. On May 13th, he led his troops and horses to surrender to the Azige tribe of the Qing army in the Yangtze River from Jiujiang to the east. Yuan Jixian was sent to the capital, vowed to refuse to surrender, and was eventually killed.
Thanks to Liu Zhaosun's time travel, the fates of Zuo Liangyu and Yuan Jixian in this plane have undergone tremendous changes.
First of all, under the influence of various butterfly effects, Zuo Liangyu's life was not as short-lived as in history. At least for now, Kunshan Gong can eat well and Xiangye Yushunu does not have any problem without King Kong Powder.
The Qing Dynasty that originally gave up halfway in history will now be resolutely implemented by Kunshan Gong.
As for when Zuo Liangyu will die, it is still uncertain, maybe tomorrow, maybe next year.
However, what is certain is that he and his mortal enemy - Ruan Dacheng, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet who is stationed in Nanjing - are about to have a duel between men.
It not only distinguishes superiority from inferiority, but also determines life and death.
Since Jiujiang has not been conquered by the left in this dimension, Yuan Jixian does not have to go to Beijing to be beheaded by Dorgon.
This loyal minister will live on, and live for a long, long time.
The Qi army surrounded Jiujiang City and only sent a small number of troops to pursue Zuo Liangyu's army. Most of the troops were still gathered in the Jiujiang area to digest the numerous results of this period.
On the Jiujiang River, there were thousands of ships transporting grain and grass supplies anchored. The Qi army seemed to block out the sky and the sun, threatening the Nanming River's northern defense line.
Yuan Jixian ordered the city gates to be closed tightly. The Ming army in the city witnessed the disastrous defeat of Zuo Liangyu's army and was already discouraged. They did not dare to attack and had no way to escape.
Speaking of which, Yuan Jixian can live to this day and continue to be his loyal minister in the Ming Dynasty, thanks to the Supreme Emperor of Qi.
Liu Zhaosun delayed in ordering an all-out attack on Jiujiang because he had other plans.
In the 21st year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1361), Wu Guogong Zhu Yuanzhang led an army to defeat Jiangzhou, the capital of the Chen and Han Dynasties, and renamed Jiangzhou Jiujiang Prefecture.
"The mountains and rivers are clear and clear, the wind is clear and open, the air is cool and temperate, the soil is fertile and the people are comfortable, and the people who escape from the mountains follow the sound of the cave rock, and the dragons and phoenixes gather the talents. Those who have gone there forget to return." - "Xunyang Ji" 》
Marco Polo described Jiujiang in his travel notes: "Although this city is not big, it is a place with developed commerce. Because Jiujiang is close to the river, there are many ships in it, no less than 15,000."
In fact, Jiujiang Prefecture is not the richest place in Jiangxi. The prefectural city is small in size. During the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty, the population was only more than 20,000, making it a small town.
However, for the defender of the city, with the same strength, the smaller the city, the easier it is to defend it.
Jiujiang is such a small fortified city.
As a fortress city on the Yangtze River, Jiujiang is extremely important.
It is located at a strategic transportation hub and has the advantage of being able to control Shu and Chu at the top, Wu and Yue at the bottom, connecting Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and connecting Yan and Qin to the north. It is known as the key to the rivers and lakes, and is a battleground for military strategists.
If the terrain in the north of Jiangxi is regarded as a bottle, and the mountains on both sides are regarded as the walls of the bottle, then the mouth of the bottle is Jiujiang.
There are mountains on both sides, making it inconvenient to deploy troops on a large scale.
Whether from the two lakes or Jiangsu and Anhui, the most convenient way to explore Jiangxi is to enter Poyang Lake from Jiujiang.
Jiujiang is adjacent to the river and surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
At present, Jiujiang Prefecture has become an abandoned land of the Southern Ming Dynasty. If the Supreme Emperor had not used his troops carefully, the Qi army could have skipped this hard problem, marched directly eastward, and then attacked Hukou Pengze.
Liu Zhaosun thought over and over again and decided to use Jiujiang as the forward base to occupy Jiangxi and threaten Fujian in the next stage.
How to successfully occupy this fortress has become a problem that he has considered for a long time.
It wasn't until he climbed the Yellow Crane Tower that day and recited poems and composed poems that he had the idea of sending someone to persuade him to surrender.
This is also the background and reason why Qian Qianyi and others made the trip.
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