Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 741: empty city

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A veteran of the Jinli battlefield, although the Zhejiang bandits are a rabble, they do not take it lightly. They order to send more sentinels, and the road conditions ahead must be reported in time to prevent the Chinese and Zhejiang bandits from ambushing and overturning the boat in the gutter.

Tuhai offered a rare strategy, saying that the Zhejiang bandits were very beneficial to the boats, and the boats who entered the river from the sea port were also the boats. Jiang fled, so he was ordered to intercept the water upstream, so that the Zhejiang bandits would not cross the river. Jin Li took this seriously, and was eager to send a boat to the river surface in Wuhu to intercept it.

The sentries in the front reported back, but no trace of the Zhejiang bandits was found, and there were no ambulances in several dangerous places. Jin Li was very surprised, and he didn't know why the Zhejiang bandits didn't stop them and let them go to the city. Tu Hai said, Xu is that the Zhejiang bandits knew that they did not have the strength to fight on land, so they held on to the city of Wuhu. But this is also good, just to catch the Zhejiang bandits all at once, so as to save the trouble of sending troops to hunt down.

Jin Li ordered the entire army to speed up, intending to rush to Wuhu City by noon. Wang Yizheng, the chief soldier of Shandong, and Liang Jiaqi, the chief soldier of Fu and Suppression, are gearing up to attack the city for the vanguard. The green camp invites to fight, the military heart is available, and Jin Li has no objection. He has passed down the order, and after the city is broken, women are not retained. He also ordered Zhang Huangyan, the big thief in Zhejiang to be captured alive, the officer who caught Zhang thief was promoted to two ranks, and the soldiers were rewarded with a thousand taels. Hearing this order, the morale of the Qing army was even higher.

The Qing army marched all the way, like entering no man's land, and it took half a day to complete the journey that usually takes more than half a day. The Wuhu City in front was clearly in sight, the four fields were empty, and there was no trace of the Zhejiang bandits in ambush. It seemed that the Zhejiang bandits really stood by the city. Jin Li sneered and sent the commander Wang Yizheng of Shandong and Liang Jiaqi, the commander of Fu and Suppression, to prepare to attack the city, and Bao Zhao, the commander of Hebei, to respond.

Approaching the city, the Qing army could see clearly that flags were planted all over the city, and a banner embroidered with the word "Ming" was hanging high on the city tower. Behind the battlements, there is a faint probe of Zhejiang bandits, and after a rough sweep, there are many spears, and there are still a lot of people.

Because of the hurry, the Qing army did not carry many siege equipment, and the artillery only used a carriage to pull a few doors. Therefore, Jin Li and his ministries took a little rest, fell trees and built ladders, and wanted to launch a storm after an hour. The Qing army immediately dispersed, felling trees everywhere, and making fires and meals in the camps. The smoke from the cooking rose up outside the city, and from a distance, it looked like countless smoke pillars.

When the hour came, Jin Lian ordered to attack the city. Under the stimulation of the massacre order, the Qing army screamed and attacked Wuhu City. The several artillery pieces brought with them also fired at the city head, and with a few "booms", the silence over Wuhu was broken.

Jinli and Tuhai immediately stood behind, waiting for the sound of cannons in the city. Unexpectedly, the siege green camp has already approached the city, but there is still no cannon fire on the city, and even from a distance, there are not even people walking on the city.

"Can't the Zhejiang bandits be so elite?"

Jin Lian Daqi couldn't help but take a high look at the Zhejiang bandit. The soldiers approached the city and did not move like a mountain. What Zhang Huang said was a good way to train soldiers, but unfortunately he was very ignorant of current affairs.

"Whether it's a good soldier or not, it depends on the hand-to-hand combat."

Although Tu Hai is a few years younger than Jin Li, he has been a civil official since his official career. He is in charge of criminal cases and urging Han officials to compile the "Ming History". He has never led troops to fight, but as an authentic Manchurian I have seen pigs running after pork, and I also have some experience in siege field battles. This meeting with the Zhejiang bandits in the city did not fight back, and allowed the green camp to attack the city, but thought that the Zhejiang bandits might be short of weapons and poor equipment, unable to prevent the green camp from approaching the city.

"I have been in Fujian and Zhejiang for many years. I have seen Zheng thieves in battle several times, and I am very familiar with this group of pirates. When it comes to fighting on water, I am far inferior to the Qing soldiers, but on land, whether it is field battle or siege defense The city and the pirates are all weak points. But if you get rid of one point, the rest of the thieves will inevitably collapse."

Jinli is very confident in breaking the city, and he is not afraid that he will not be able to win the small Wuhu city. In his opinion, the Fujian and Zhejiang sea robbers, who are also strong at sea, are far worse than Mao Wenlong of the Dongjiang River. In the second year of Chongde, he followed Emperor Taizong to attack the island. The reason why the general did not enter was not because he was timid. But because Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army was too strong, and its soldiers were mostly outlaws at sea and Han Chinese who had lost their families in Liaodong, there were even Jurchen who joined the Ming army, so the strength of the land battle was not weak at all. On the other hand, the pirates from Fujian and Zhejiang have an inseparable feud with the Qing Dynasty, but their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the Dongjiang soldiers of the year. The reason for this is that back then, Dongjiang had the entire Ming Dynasty as its backing, but now the Fujian and Zhejiang sea pirates can only occupy a few islands in the sea, and they are far inferior to Dongjiang in terms of momentum, territory or people's aspirations. This is the truth of the so-called elimination of one another.

"Shandong soldiers have climbed the city!"

Tu Hai suddenly called out, and Jin Li looked at it with a telescopic mirror. Sure enough, the armored soldiers under the command of Shandong Chief Soldier Wang Yizheng were bravely climbing the city.

"Going to the top of the city, this Wuhu is ours."

Jin Li burst into laughter, but soon his smile stopped. The reason why he couldn't stop laughing was not because the Shandong soldiers in the city were driven down by the Zhejiang bandits in the city, but because he found that the Zhejiang bandits in the city did not fight back!

"This?..."

Jin Li was stunned there, and Tu Hai also stayed there. They saw that the Shandong soldiers who took the lead in climbing the city went to the top of the city without any damage.

"Broken, Wuhu is an empty city!" Tu Hai shouted, "Zhang Huangyan ran away!"

Soon, Shandong general Wang Yizheng confirmed that Wuhu was an empty city. He reported that there was no one in the city. In addition to the flags planted all over the city, the spears erected were all sharpened bamboos, and the Ming army who came out by chance were all scarecrows in Ming army clothes.

Jin Li's face was gloomy and uncertain, what was the use of capturing an empty city, and at the same time there was a kind of anger of being played with, and hundreds of scarecrows actually delayed him for more than an hour!

Tuhai suggested sending someone to the navy to see if the Zhejiang bandits abandoned Wuhu City ahead of time and fled to Jiangbei. The news from the navy was that there were no boats from the Zhejiang bandits on the Wuhu River, not even the fishing boats of the common people.

Coming in high spirits, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com made a statement to Prince An and the Governor of Liangjiang, and wanted to capture the big thief Zhang Huangyan, but the result was an empty city. Jinli was very angry, and Tuhai was also greatly disappointed, but he quickly woke up and reminded Jinli to evacuate the people in Wuhu City, but most of these people were old and weak, women and children, where could they go? Where can they go quickly, so they should immediately send troops to hunt down these people and pry out the movements of the Zhejiang bandits from their mouths.

Jin Li also reacted, and quickly dispatched troops to search for it. Sure enough, he found a group of people who had escaped from Wuhu City on a mountain dozens of miles away. After killing a few unscrupulous people, Jin Li learned that the Zhejiang bandit had abandoned Wuhu City and fled southeast three days ago. It is said that he went to Zhejiang. Before withdrawing, the Zhejiang bandits claimed that the Qing army would slaughter the city as soon as they arrived, and asked all the people in the city to take refuge in the countryside, thus leaving Wuhu empty.

"They can't go far. Zhe Kou walks on two legs, and he is not familiar with the terrain here. How fast can he walk? Ezhen will lead the pursuit immediately, maybe he can catch up with them!"

Tu Hai persuaded Jin Li to immediately lead the army to pursue, and Zhang Huangyan and the others could not be forced to go to Zhejiang. Jin Li then ordered the entire army to pursue the southeast, and at the same time sent people to go back to Jiangning to report a letter, asking Prince An to send a cavalry to intersperse Jianping and Guangde, and at the same time to write in Zhejiang Fuxian, so that they must block the roads in the country, do not Let the Zhe Kou escape as he wishes. (To be continued.) Mobile users, please browse and read for a better reading experience.

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