Dominate the Country

Chapter 386: Slap the Tartar in the face

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"Your Highness, the Minjiang River is far less wide than the Yangtze River. It is inconvenient for large ships to enter and turn. If you want to use the weak to resist the strong, the best strategy is to use small boats to attack with fire. Mingfu and E Ning previously collected more than 300 small boats to serve as fireboats and deployed them on Langqi Island. Therefore, there is almost no board in the Minjiang River now."

The person who said these words to Chen Ming was Wu Xiqun, and next to him was Ye Xiangde. The two led the reorganized Qing Navy's main warships and just arrived outside Fuzhou City, and they immediately came to see Chen Ming.

The so-called reorganization of the Qing Navy is to unload small cannons and install large cannons, and concentrate the best performance and largest caliber cannons on a group of the best quality main warships. The Langqi Island Navy Camp is now under the control of the Fu Han Army Navy. Ye Xiangde and Wu Xiqun left Langqi Island with the main fleet, and the Fu Han Army fleet that stayed on the sea entered the Navy Camp right after. These things were all tacitly understood, and the two sides cooperated very well.

"So the navy is no threat in the Minjiang River! Good, good, very good. You go down and prepare. After taking Fuzhou City, I will drink with the two generals."

"I will take my leave."

Ye Xiangde and Wu Xiqun showed excitement on their faces, and they didn't know whether it was true or false. After the two of them withdrew, Chen Ming's eyes were still on the map of Fuzhou on the table. This was a very detailed geographical map. The excellent geographical advantage of Fuzhou, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the water on one side, was clearly revealed on the map.

If the morale of the Qing army was high, even if their weapons were backward, Fuzhou's excellent geography would allow the Fu Han army to grind their teeth for a while.

But the weather is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. Once the people's hearts are scattered, even the most difficult terrain becomes as flat as a road.

The vanguard of the Fu Han army stayed in Kuiqi Village, and further ahead was Xiaqi Tower, where the mountains in the north were close to the Minjiang River, leaving only a narrow line on the riverside. The front width is narrow, and the Qing army has deployed heavy troops here.

Chen Mingcai was unwilling to attack this place by force, so he asked the navy to carry two regiments of troops into Cangshan. Cangshan is the Nantai Island in later generations - the largest island in Minjiang River, 15 miles wide from north to south and nearly 50 miles long from east to west, much larger than Langqi Island.

"Our mission is to cooperate with the Guards Brigade on the south bank to eliminate the Qing soldiers in Cangshan before dark."

The two regiments separated from the First Division are holding a combat meeting. Their combat objectives are very clear. Whether it is the two regiments or the battalion officers below, no one takes the Qing soldiers in Cangshan seriously. This combat meeting is more about introducing the geography of the island and the defense points of the Qing army.

Gaogai Mountain, Xiama Mountain, Yantai Mountain and other mountains on Cangshan Island were originally rock islands in the river. Later, the silt of the Minjiang River was silted up and connected to become the largest island in Minjiang River today. This island is a semi-rock and semi-sand island. The surface is undulating, mainly plains and hills; hills are distributed in the middle, northwest and southeast. There are many sandbanks and shoals around the island, and the area of ​​the island continues to extend to the south and east.

"The navy will carry us to land at this location and this location. The warships on the river will give us the greatest cover..."

"Do you see Tietou Mountain and Jiuqu Mountain?"

"These two places are the Qing army positions we must take first..."

"Then go west and south..."

...

The actions of the Fu Han Army are obvious. When warships loaded with soldiers sailed towards Cangshan, when dense artillery sounds rang on the river, Shi Meng on the south bank of the Min River narrowed his eyes slightly.

He just narrowed his eyes slightly, and then Shi Meng's expression did not change at all for a whole day. The Guards Brigade crossed the river at the same time, and the two cooperated to continuously sweep the important places held by the Qing army. Wu Xiqun did not see him smile once. If Wu Xiqun was a modern person, he would definitely think that Shi Meng was a "facial paralysis".

"Your Highness, this battle is getting more and more boring. The Tartars are defending, or defending." At night, Shi Meng, who turned to Chen Ming, said. His voice was very silly, and he was buzzing when he spoke.

Chen Ming looked up at the sky. There was no moonlight or starlight. It was cloudy again. According to Wu Xiqun, it would rain tomorrow. He also wanted to fight a field battle, but where could he fight a field battle now? "Isn't that good?"

"The Tartars dare not come out to fight in the field. This proves that they are afraid of us."

"We will take down the water department tonight, and we will take down Fuzhou City tomorrow."

The morale of the Qing Navy was restored to the standard level immediately after the surrender of the Fu Han Army. This made Chen Ming think of the Green Camp in history who surrendered to the Tartars when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. When Li Chengdong and Jin Shenghuan followed the Tartars, their soldiers were as fierce as wolves and tigers, but they immediately withered once they turned against the Qing Dynasty. It was really...

The surrendered Fujian Navy was also undergoing such a transformation. They still needed to make great efforts to attack the water department tonight.

In the pitch-black night, fireworks kept rising on the top of Fujian City. The water department was illuminated to Wushi Mountain [southwest of Fuzhou City], and the entire southern city wall of Fuzhou was bright.

But what's the use of this? Chen Ming did not plan to launch a sneak attack during the night attack.

"Fire..."

At one o'clock in the morning. With an order, hundreds of cannons were aimed at the line from Kuiqi Village to the water department, and they kept bombarding.

The cannon fire in the dark night looked like the small light bulbs that are often seen by the lake in the 21st century from a distance, but these light bulbs are not always bright, but flickering, bright and dim.

Chen Ming looked at the direction of the water department. The morale of the Qing army... well, the morale of the Qing army was completely gone.

He didn't even look at Kuiqi Village. "Tell the First Division to attack Kuiqi Village now. Tell the artillery positions on both sides of the strait to concentrate their firepower on the water department." A large number of artillery had been dragged to the shore of Cangshan before sunset, separated from the north bank of the Minjiang River by a few hundred meter wide North Minjiang Waterway.

Chen Ming looked at his pocket watch. It was now three or four minutes before 1:30.

"Kill..."

"Rush..."

A loud voice echoed on the Qing army's position in Kuiqi Village.

There was no intensive gunfire, only sporadic flashes of fire.

"Sir, run quickly. The Fuhan Army is about to kill us."

On the first line of defense of the Qing army, a commander in his thirties dragged the battalion officer and yelled anxiously.

The battalion officer is a fourth-grade Dusi, and he must be very good at martial arts. The general pulled him, but he didn't move him one bit. Mr. Ba is a tall and proud man, but Dusi is like a big bell, motionless.

"Why are you running? Where can you run?"

Du Si glanced at Mr. Ma. He didn't expect that someone would come to persuade him at this time. "Don't run away either. Surrender early and have a good morning. If you run to the city, can Fuzhou City be defended?"

Du Si knew very well what the morale of the Qing army was like. For example, in a dangerous place like Kuiqi Village, facing mountains to the north and water to the south, the narrow line is less than fifty feet wide. I have a battalion to guard the line, and the four to five hundred muskets are probably not even half fired. Fuhan The soldiers were still a hundred or two hundred meters away from the position when they fled away in a clatter. It's a shame that such an army can hold Fuzhou!

"We are not Manchus, nor are we Bannermen, why are you running?"

"Submit obediently, cut off your pigtails, and we will live the rest of our lives as Chen Han's obedient subjects."

It is said that this Dusi was originally a martial arts scholar, and the archway in his hometown was just completed a few years ago, but so what?

People's hearts are broken and it's hard to lead the team. The Qing army in Fuzhou should be present!

"Master, the water department is broken."

At a quarter past two, Chen Yongsheng received the latest battle report that the water department was broken. When the Fuhan army attacked the water department, a large number of Qing soldiers abandoned their weapons and fled. Only a few hundred flag soldiers were left on the city to resist, and they were easily wiped out by the vanguard of the First Division.

How many minutes did it take from the beginning of the battle to the breaking of the Fuzhou City Wall? This speed is simply amazing!

"Take the Nine Immortals Mountain and continue attacking inside."

Chen Yongsheng ordered to continue the attack without hesitation. It's a pity to stop at this time. We have to continue the attack and capture Jiuxian Mountain. Below is the city of Fuzhou. "This offensive is too easy."

Fuzhou City has a very advantageous geographical location. For safety reasons when building the city wall, two hills on the north bank of the Minjiang River were enclosed within the city wall. Jiuxian Mountain in the water department in the southeast corner extends along the south city wall to the south gate. Wushi Mountain to the southwest from the south gate is another hilltop.

"Report quickly to Your Highness." Chen Yongsheng knew that Chen Ming would definitely order Cangshan's Guards Brigade to cross the river and attack the South Gate. The water department guarded by the Qing Army's General War Headquarters was easily captured, and Fuzhou City will surely be unstoppable.

"Boom boom boom..."

Continuous bombs fell into the Grand Master's Hall, which was the last stronghold of the Qing army in Jiuxian Mountain [Yushan]. The Dashi Hall, also known as the Guanyin Pavilion, is the site of the Jiafu Courtyard of the Song Dynasty. In the 52nd year of Kang Mazi's reign, it was changed to the Wanshou Pavilion. It contains the monument "Longevity without Boundaries" and was a place where hundreds of officials in the state and city paid homage to the emperor from afar. In the second year of Qianlong's reign, worship of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea was changed. At the back of the hall stands the inscription "Picture of a Master Emerging from the Mountain" written by Emperor Qianlong, which tells the story of Guanyin Bodhisattva coming out of the mountain and changing from male to female.

This is the place that the Fuhan Army wants to demolish. The Fuhan Army's mortar troops bombarded the four- to five-acre Grand Master's Hall without any scruples. The drum-holding stone in front of the gate was blown apart, and the appearance of a pair of stone lions under the steps of the middle gate also changed drastically.

Hundreds of Manchu, Han and Qing troops retreated here. The vanguard troops who stormed the top of the mountain tried to launch an attack on the Grand Master Hall, but were pushed out by the flag soldiers inside. There were only a few people in the vanguard, so they pushed outside to guard, and soon the large forces of the Fuhan Army followed.

Four or five acres looks very small at first glance? But if you really convert it, it's about 3,000 square meters. It is a piece of land of fifty meters * sixty meters.

In such a small area, dozens of light and heavy mortars were blasting at the Grand Master's Hall. How hard it was for the Qing army inside. It's just that these people fled all the way to the top of Jiuxian Mountain, they can be regarded as die-hard loyalists of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Otherwise they should have surrendered in the middle.

"Rush..."

After twenty minutes of bombardment, a battalion officer struck hard at the dilapidated Grand Master's Hall with his sword. One or two hundred Fuhan Army soldiers with bayonets drawn, spears and swords swooped towards the Grand Master's Hall. passed.

After twenty minutes of shelling, several gaps had been blown open in the wall of the Grand Master's Hall, and the Manchu and Han Qing soldiers inside were so bombed that they cried for their fathers and mothers. Unfortunately, it was too late for them to think about surrendering at this time. One to two hundred Fuhan troops wearing iron armor swarmed in, and screams continued to ring out in the Grand Master's Hall.

Poor Guanyin Bodhisattva, if there are gods, Buddhas and immortals in this world, they must have closed their eyes before the Fuhan Army launched the second attack. Because she should know that the battalion officer’s order was ‘leave no one behind’!

In the Duke's Mansion next to the Antai Bridge on Nanmen Street, Huang Shijian was dressed in linen. The servants in the mansion had sent away all they could, and the remaining servants were not even one-third of the maids and servants in the Duke's Mansion in the past. Now they are all dressed in sackcloth and kneeling in the open space at the gate with their master.

There is no hope of saving Fuzhou City.

When Mingfu changed his generals on the battlefield, Huang Shijian knew that everything was over. It was all over.

Did Huang Shijian represent only one person? Never!

He represented the Han people in the entire Fujian Qing army.

Mingfu did not trust Huang Shijian. Huang Shijian, who had the title of Duke of Haicheng, was not worthy of his new appointment. Then could he trust the generals and lieutenant generals of the Green Camp below?

What about being bad at military strategy and being old and ineffective? It was all nonsense.

Huang Shijian believed that Mingfu removed him and replaced him with Fu Liang, a coward, just because he did not trust the Han people. It was that simple.

And even Huang Shijian thought so, what should the other Green Camp officers, soldiers and civilians in Fuzhou think? Mingfu was stupid for not thinking of this. He insisted on doing this after thinking of this. He was looking for death.

Chen Jie originally said that he was going to enter Fuzhou City, but he did not come. Wu Xiongguang was originally stationed at the mouth of Dazhangxi River, but he ran to Fuqing and surrendered to Chen Jie.

Huang Shijian had already ordered people to cut the hemp clothes in front of him when the Fu Han Army attacked Guantou Town. The two children of the Huang family who had gone out were all prepared for today.

He knew that the Fu Han Army had great punishment for "traitors", and his ancestor Huang Wu would definitely not have a good ending. At the beginning, Huang Wu surrendered and handed over Haicheng, an important stronghold of Zheng's army, to the Qing Dynasty. It was a solid fortress that Zheng Chenggong had invested a lot of manpower and material resources to operate for many years. Huang Wu's move not only caused Zheng to lose millions of military equipment and food, but also made Zheng Chenggong lose an important stronghold to defend Xiamen. Moreover, Huang Wu also offered a sea ban policy to deal with Zheng Chenggong. With the style of the Fu Han Army, they would definitely not let the Huang family off easily. The Huang family's ancestral temple, the Xiangxiaoling Huang Clan Ancestral Temple, which was built with gold given by Emperor Shunzhi, has been destroyed by the Tiandihui righteous army. Huang Wu's ranking was thrown into the pit, and the means were extremely cruel.

If there was a way out, Huang Shijian would not surrender to the Fu Han Army, but he did not.

Now he no longer cares about his dignity and ancestors. As long as his family can save a life, that is the greatest blessing. Huang Shijian is most happy now that his family has not been raised to the banner. After Huang Wu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he made many meritorious deeds and was promoted to the Prince Taibao, but as long as he was not raised to the banner, he was still a Han Chinese. The tricks used by the Fu Han Army to deal with the bannermen will not be used on the Huang family.

After receiving the news from the troops, Shi Meng curled his lips in disdain, "Arrest the old and young people and servants of the Huang family, and seal up the property."

"The troops continue to attack and take down the Manchu city."

Entering Fuzhou City from the South Gate, crossing the Antai Bridge is Nanmen Street. The east side of the south end of Nanmen Street is the southwest corner of Fuzhou's Manchu City-the southeast corner of the Manchu city corresponds to the Shuimen Department Street, and the west is the Huang family's mansion.

"Tell His Highness about this." Huang Shijian was a first-class duke of the Tartars. His surrender was enough to slap the face of the Manchu Tartars and cause a great impact. Shi Meng didn't know that after Huang Shijian surrendered, the Tartars in Beijing would no longer trust the Han people. On the wall of the South Gate, Shi Meng looked quietly at the direction of Fuzhou Manchu City.

This battle was too easy, and it was completely unexpected. The Qing army fled at the sight of the wind, and surrendered when they couldn't escape. The Guards Brigade crossed the river to attack the South Gate, but they almost fell without a fight. The Qing army guarding the South Gate began to flee when they saw the Guards Brigade crossing the river. Only two or three hundred bannermen fought desperately, and then they were almost killed. Those who surrendered were also ordered by Shi Meng to be dealt with on the spot.

Shi Meng looked at the water department, where only the bannermen put up a serious resistance, and it was also easily conquered by the First Division.

"Your Highness, the city has been broken. The First Division has broken through the city from the east and is attacking the Right Military Governor's Office."

There was still a quarter of an hour before 3 o'clock, and the battle report came in saying that the city of Fuzhou had been broken. Chen Ming raised his eyebrows, but he was no longer surprised, "This battle was fought very smoothly." The battle tonight can only be described in four words - unstoppable; the Qing army tonight can also be described in four words - vulnerable!

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