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Chapter 204 Shaking Jiangsu and Zhejiang

Boluo ran forward, and Tan Tai and Tulai ran out from the north gate one after another. The two led thousands of elite soldiers to gallop north.

After escaping for more than twenty miles, he heard a shout of killing from the front. He knew that the Ming army was intercepting it. At this time, the Ming army came from behind and then ran away in a hurry on the path.

After hearing the scout's report, Zhao Ming immediately greeted, "Wang Yi cleared the battlefield, and the rest followed me to pursue!"

After saying that, Zhao Ming turned over and dismounted, cut off Boluo's head with a knife, and Li Zhongming used a spear to provoke it, and then called his subordinates to pursue the northwest.

Tan Tai and Tu Lai fled in a hurry, discarding horses and supplies all the way, and rushed to Jiande County, Yanzhou Prefecture. The 50,000 troops were left. The two did not dare to stay in Yanzhou for a long time and fled directly to Hangzhou.

The two generals led the Eight Banners soldiers to flee in a hurry. The miserable appearance of the Qing army caused a great shock to the Qing army in Yanzhou. The prefect and the general of Yanzhou, before the Ming army arrived, led a group of officials and thousands of green camps to flee north and headed to the south to Zhili.

Zhao Ming led his army to chase and kill him all the way, and ordered Li Zhongming to use his spear to provoke the head of the Boluo people to open the way. In horror, he all descended in shock.

After all, Boro's head is still very intimidating.

After the death of Dorgon, Dodo and others, Boluo, Nikan and Mandahai, were the three kings who governed the government and jointly controlled the Qing Dynasty.

Boluo can be said to be one of the most promising Beile in the third generation of the Qing Dynasty. He was highly valued by Dorgon. He served as the general of the Southern Expedition, presided over the military affairs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and was responsible for attacking Zhejiang and Fujian. He was equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the Qing army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but now he was beaten to death by the Ming army. It is shocking to imagine.

On July 23, Zhao Ming chased and fought hard all the way and rushed to Yanzhou Prefecture City.

This is the gateway to western Zhejiang and a barrier to Fujian. Because the defender Wu Liuqi abandoned the city and fled, he was easily taken away by the Qing army.

After half a year, the desolate scene of the Ming army's great defeat in Zhejiang Province is still vivid in my mind, but now, the Ming army is fighting back.

Looking at Yanzhou City, chasing Zhao Ming all the way, but his eyes were still sharp. Li Zhongming asked, "Master, what should I do?"

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Yanzhou is crucial and must be taken down. The remaining soldiers of the Qing army have fled. The Yanzhou city has not measured much military strength. You can take the lead and take down the surrender. If you don't surrender, you will take down the attack."

At that moment, Li Zhongming nodded and shouted: "Follow me!"

After speaking, he rode his head and slapped out, with more than a hundred riders behind him, following closely behind.

Old Li was majestic and never thought that he had been a soldier for half his life and had been in a daze. He could have such a glorious moment today. He proudly raised his chest and raised his spear high, and was full of gratitude for Zhao Ming.

However, at this time, there were only a few hundred Qing troops left in Yanzhou City. When Tan Tai and Tu Lai escaped, the Yanzhou defenders also fled.

The remaining Qing army was mostly natives in Yanzhou and was unwilling to leave their families and businesses, so they stayed in Yanzhou City.

At this time, hundreds of Qing soldiers were trembling and anxious. They saw the Ming army approaching the city, and saw the Ming general carrying a head of a man, saying that it was the head of a Qing Dynasty Belebolo, and they were already scared to the sky.

Zhao Ming looked at Yanzhou City and felt very proud. He expected that the Qing army would not dare to resist, so he would definitely surrender.

Sure enough, Li Zhongming provoked under the city. Before he could even say a warning to surrender, the Yanzhou city gate slowly opened. After the suspension bridge was lowered, a team of Qing soldiers rushed out of the door, discarded their weapons, and then walked towards the Ming army.

Not long after, a fake Manchu Qing official was taken to Zhao Ming and knelt down to salute, "The villain Jiande County Magistrate comes to surrender and invites Zhao Dashui to enter the city to calm the people!"

Zhao Ming chased Yanzhou, but was stranded and short of horses. In addition, before the army arrived, the food and grass were insufficient, he stopped in Yanzhou and waited for the follow-up troops to arrive.

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On the other hand, Tan Tai and Tu Lai fled all the way to Fuchun Mountain and ran into Zhang Cunren's vanguard. The terrified Qing army continued to flee to Tonglu County to the northeast, so that the Qing army that came to reinforce could only follow the defeated soldiers and run back in a daze.

On July 24, the main force of the Qing army rushed to control Tonglu County. More than 40,000 Qing troops arrived, and finally calmed down the Qing army's defeated troops and stabilized its position at the junction of Yanzhou and Hangzhou.

At this time, Hong Chengchou and Zhang Cunren were extremely shocked when they learned that the main force of the Qing army was annihilated in Jinhua Prefecture and that Boluo was killed by Zhao Zamao!

The 50,000 elite Qing army troops only fled back more than 4,000 people, which made the Qing army lose its overwhelming advantage in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. With its existing troops, it is difficult to regain western Zhejiang, but it is in danger of losing eastern Zhejiang.

After discussing with several people, Hong Chengchou immediately decided to send people to the Qing court while trying to calm down the situation and gather the defeated army.

At this time, there were still 130,000 Qing troops in Jiangnan Province, and there were only more than 20,000 Qing troops left in Zhejiang. Hong Chengchou handed over 40,000 reinforcements to Zhang Cunren, and ordered him to divide 30,000 troops into eastern Zhejiang to reinforce Ma Guanghui. He also asked Tan Tai and Tu Lai to gather the remaining troops and transferred 20,000 troops from Jiangbei to enter Zhejiang, increasing the troops in Zhejiang to more than 80,000.

Hong Chengchou chose to give up the counterattack of western Zhejiang, but instead protected eastern Zhejiang first and northern Zhejiang without losing it, waiting for the Qing Dynasty reinforcements before fighting with the Ming army.

In the Battle of Jinhua, the Ming army defeated 50,000 Qing troops, beheaded more than 23,000 levels, captured more than 17,000 Qing troops alive, and killed more than ten Qing generals including the commander of the Qing army, Boluo, General Junta and other generals. The Qing army was buried for dozens of miles, with only Tan Tai and Tulai leading more than 4,500 people to break out. More than 5,000 Qing troops were killed by the Ming army, fled into the mountains and forests in western Zhejiang, and became bandits.

In this battle, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han tribes were killed, and the Qing Dynasty was shocked.

The Ming army seized more than 20,000 available war horses, and other supplies such as armor were counted, so the battle results were considered brilliant.

At this point, the Ming army had three prefectures in southern Zhejiang, three prefectures in Taizhou, Wenzhou, and Chuzhou in western Zhejiang, and six prefectures in total, while the Qing army occupied the five prefectures in eastern Zhejiang, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Hangzhou in central Zhejiang, Huzhou and Jiaxing in northern Zhejiang, forming a temporary situation of confrontation.

When the news came to Fujian, Zheng Zhilong, who was making the Dutch, was extremely shocked. He never expected that the Ming army would defeat the Qing army, which made him not know whether to be happy or sad for a moment.

The Taiwanese Dutch, under the help of Zheng Zhilong, cooperated with Huang Binqing to destroy Jintang Island, but was attacked by Huang Binqing. The fleet was almost destroyed, and only one gunboat fled back to Taiwan with injuries.

Huang Binqing was betrayal, which made the Dutch think that they had fallen into Zheng Zhilong's plan. At this time, Zhao Ming's memorial for asking for merit was passed to Fujing. In the memorial, everyone praised Huang Binqing's careful planning and heroic death. Emperor Longwu immediately issued an order to posthumously conferred Huang Binqing, which made the Dutch believe that Zheng Zhilong was making trouble.

After the Longwu court moved to Fujing, the court's taxes were tight, and the national treasury was so poor that Zheng Zhilong was so rich that it made Emperor Longwu very dissatisfied. He consulted Zheng Zhilong several times, hoping that Zheng Zhilong could pay the maritime tax, but all of them were rejected by Zheng Zhilong on the grounds that there were red-haired and barbarians at the sea, and the Zheng family navy needed to wipe out pirates and maintain the sea border, which consumed huge amounts of money.

After Zhao Ming annihilated the main force of the Taiwanese Dutch, Emperor Longwu brought up the old story again, allowing Zheng Zhilong to deal with the Dutch's revenge, but also to deal with Longwu, and his energy was completely restrained.

Inadvertently, the Ming army won a victory in western Zhejiang, not only recovering western Zhejiang, but also killing Boluo, who was negotiating with him, shocked Zheng Zhilong.

Compared with Zheng Zhilong's shock, Emperor Longwu was ecstatic and so excited that he never slept all night. On the second day, he went to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, and told him about the great victory in Jinhua and issued an order to enthrone those who had made contributions.

At the same time, at the residence of the Regent of Beijing, Dorgon saw Hong Chengchou beat the newspaper at 800 miles, but his face was ferocious and swept all the memorials, pen holders, and inkstones on the table to the ground.

"I'm so angry!" Dorgon beat his chest and was furious, shocking the eunuchs around him. He hurriedly lay on the ground, not daring to make any noise, and his whole body was trembling.
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