Chapter 83 Attack on Hangzhou and defeat
The words of the alchemist Yan shocked Fang Guoan, "Did the Qing army really occupy Fuyang?"
"It's true, the military information the scout just obtained!" Fang Shiyan said anxiously.
Fang Guoan sat dejectedly at the table, then suddenly stood up again, "Let the brothers retreat immediately."
After saying that, Fang Guoan quickly stepped out of the tent, "I will tell His Highness the King of Lu!"
Fang Guoan came out of the tent, and Zhao Ming was still outside the tent. He had heard about the Qing army occupying Fuyang.
Seeing Fang Guoan's anxious look, Zhao Ming felt annoyed, "Mom, I don't believe me, I'm wasting my time in vain. I don't know how many people will die because of this!"
Zhao Ming was angry, but when Zhejiang Bing finally realized the seriousness of the matter, he still breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that it would be too late to leave now.
At this time, Fang Guoan quickly walked past Zhao Ming, turned over and said to Zhao Ming, "You will follow me to see Your Highness!"
After speaking, he galloped towards the King of Lu's tent.
"Cao Mud Horse, you're giving me a horse!" Zhao Ming cursed in his heart, but he still chased after him.
As soon as the two left, the alchemist departed the tent and then said anxiously: "Everyone, go and clean up quickly and let the brothers prepare to evacuate!"
The news that Fuyang was occupied by the Qing army soon spread throughout the Ming army camp outside Hangzhou.
A few years ago, Hong Chengchou led more than 100,000 elite Ming troops to rescue Jinzhou. After Huang Taiji observed Hong Chengchou's camp, he told his subordinates, "This formation has the power to prevail, but no guards can be broken!"
The Qing army then attacked the Ming army's food supply route and surrounded the Ming army's retreat. More than 100,000 troops were in chaos without fighting. The Qing army destroyed the last elite of the Ming Dynasty in one battle.
Today, a Qing army occupied Fuyang and crossed the Fuchun River to encircle Shaoxing, which is exactly the same as before.
King Lu suddenly realized his own danger.
In the big tent, King Lu said in a deep voice: "The Qing army occupied Fuyang, and he would cross the river to attack Shaoxing, and cut off his lonely road. The 100,000 troops will be trapped in Hangzhou!"
Fang Guoan said: "Your Highness, according to Zhao Mingzhi's words, it is only the Qing army's partial army that occupied Fuyang. Duoduo's main force has already rushed to Hangzhou City. We have no choice but to evacuate immediately!"
Wang Zhiren said: "A large army besieged the city, and the army was mobilized, and the Qing soldiers in the city would definitely notice it. Zhang Cunren is an old thief. After a long battle, he will inevitably cover up and kill him. The army will definitely suffer heavy losses. If Duoduo arrives again, it will be difficult for the whole Zhejiang to hold on. It is a death, and I think it is better to fight."
At this time, Zhao Ming couldn't help but speak, "Your Highness, the Qing army now only occupies Fuyang. Even if you cross the river, there are only 10,000 Qing soldiers. Now your Highness withdraws back to the south bank of Qiantang River, burns down the floating bridge, controls ships, and concentrates troops to eliminate these 10,000 people. Even if Duoduo arrives, there is no possibility of blocking him on the north bank!"
The King of Lu's eyes lit up. During the crisis, he didn't care who was talking.
"At present, this is all that's the only way!" King Lu said in a deep voice.
Fang Guoan said: "It's not too late. We will evacuate quickly. Once we cross the river, we will have to burn the bridge. There is still a chance to stabilize the situation!"
King Lu hit the table and said, "All the Lords obey orders and retreat immediately!"
The Qing army's partial division had already occupied Fuyang. If you wait any longer, the retreat would be cut off. You must act immediately and no longer hesitate.
However, more than 100,000 troops must be kept in order as much as possible if they leave first and whoever leaves later. Only in this way can they retreat to the south bank of Qiantang River as a whole.
After a while of discussion, everyone finally decided to go first, cross the river to block the Qing army occupying Fuyang, Wang Zhiren and other troops stayed behind, and block the Qing army's pursuit.
After the negotiations were decided, the army immediately took action.
Fang Guoan returned to the military camp and immediately turned over and activated the horse to urge the horse to: "Go!" Ten thousand elite soldiers who had already packed up their luggage immediately snatched out of the camp and threw them straight into Qiantang River.
At this time, the Ming army outside the city moved, and the Qing army in the city received news.
Zhang Cunren and Duoduo made a date. He estimated that Duoduo was coming and the Ming army was about to escape. He immediately opened the door and sent troops to cover the killing. The Ming army outside Hangzhou city suddenly became in chaos.
After receiving the news of the evacuation, the Zhejiang soldiers packed their luggage. The battalions were rumored that Duoduo soldiers arrived, and the morale of the army was immediately in chaos. In addition, the Qing soldiers in Hangzhou suddenly attacked, and the already panicked troops could no longer care about each other. They rushed to flee southward.
The regime of the Lu Jian State was established less than three months ago and was trapped in an area of eastern Zhejiang. In order to win more support and fight against the Longwu court, he did not hesitate to buy people's hearts with high officials and generous salaries, and even more officials were over-represented.
At that time, military generals called themselves generals, governors, civil officials called themselves censors, and hundreds of attendants, and there were countless below the third rank.
Zhejiang soldiers are known as 100,000, but in fact, only Fang Guoan, Wang Zhiren and Zhang Mingzhen are the three troops, with less than 30,000 people in total, most of them are people who speak a lot.
These people retreated in an orderly manner without much training, and soon evolved into a disorderly escape in the city.
Zhao Ming followed Fang Guoan to retreat south. He just left shortly afterwards, he found that the situation was in chaos.
He stood in the crowd and saw people running south everywhere in the wilderness, and his heart was speechless.
Seeing this, Fang Guoan did not dare to stay at all and hurriedly walked away from Qiantang River.
More than 10,000 soldiers were so proud that they did not dare to take a breath, and ran away with the generals.
Everyone ran for a while, and Zhao Ming turned around and found that the crowd was rolling behind him, and the fire in the Ming army camp was soaring into the sky.
Fang Guoan's heart was beating wildly and he didn't care about anything. He just urged the horse to run wildly. Soon, he finally rode to the floating bridge.
Fang Guoan ran to the bridge head of the floating bridge, and then tied the reins and shouted: "Hurry up! Cross the bridge! Escort Your Highness across the bridge!"
"Everything is quick! Quick!" The officers' shouts resounded across the Qiantang River.
A large number of Ming troops first hugged King Lu and climbed the floating bridge with their footsteps. The dense soldiers ran past, and stepped on them so hard that the floating bridge was trembling and rattled.
Almost at the same time, rolling dust rose in the wilderness north of Hangzhou, and the rumbling sound of horse hooves resounded through the wilderness like thunder.
The Ming army behind was frightened, and the Qing cavalry arrived.
Zhao Ming noticed the back, looking at the sky in the direction of the camp, and knew that the Zhejiang soldiers behind him were probably finished.
Seeing this, Fang Guoan didn't care whether the Ming army behind him could cross the river. He just urged his troops to cross the river quickly and run to the south bank.
"Duke of Yue, wait for someone!" Fang Guoan had just commanded the troops to pass the harmony and was about to pull out the horse and leave, a team of soldiers rushed from behind, and the leader shouted loudly.
Zhao Ming looked at it and was slightly stunned. The person coming was Wang Zhiren. He wasn't he dead, so why did he come with Fang Guoan immediately?
Fang Guoan saw the person clearly and said in surprise, "You didn't stay behind!"
Wang Zhiren smiled bitterly and said, "Duoduo's cavalry arrived, and the back was in chaos!"
The back team was filled with noise, and the fierce Qing cavalry rushed into the crowd and began to massacre.
Seeing this, Fang Guoan was anxious and annoyed, "Forget it, everyone hurry up and cross the river!"
Chapter completed!