Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Yang Mao took a deep breath and spoke.

"The city of Jingzhou is well-defended and the people are united. How can it be easily broken by thieves?"

"Changsha can withstand the Ming army for several months, and I, Jingzhou, can do the same!"

"Please, General, quickly start deploying city defenses and prepare to meet the enemy."

"As long as our army can hold on in Jingzhou for a while, I believe that General Agui and the Governor will definitely send reinforcements to relieve the siege of Jingzhou."

After Ersu heard this, he calmed down a little and turned to Yang Mao.

"Prefect Yang, I will leave it to you to arrange the city defense. The general is so confused right now that he really doesn't know how to deal with it."

Yang Mao nodded in agreement, and then spoke.

"I also ask the general to write a letter immediately to ask for help from Wuchang and Yuezhou..."

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As the news spread that the Ming army arrived south of the Yangtze River and was crossing the river to attack Jingzhou, chaos began in Jingzhou city.

The outer city is okay, most of the people living in the outer city of Jingzhou are Han people. When the Ming Dynasty comes back, they will not go to meet the king's heavenly soldiers.

But don’t be too scared!

Because, as time went by, along with the Ming army's invincible reputation, the Ming Dynasty's strict military discipline spread.

Since the Ming army launched its troops, there has never been a massacre of the city, and even looting has been very rare.

In this case, what else do the people of Jingzhou have to fear?

Besides, if Ming Dynasty fights back, just fight back. Why don't they, ordinary people like them, be obedient citizens?

But the inner city is different!

The inner city is also the so-called full city.

From the name, you should know who lives inside.

The Han people should not be too afraid of the Ming Dynasty King who fought back!

But the banner people are different.

The fate of the Eight Banners in Guangzhou has been heard in Jingzhou.

The old and the weak were forced to serve as cannon fodder in front of the enemy's battles, the women were forcibly betrothed to the soldiers as wives and concubines, and the young and strong were thrown into hard labor camps to be used to death. Most of them are now probably dead from exhaustion.

Although the whole city of Guangzhou was not massacred, the outcome would be worse than being massacred!
If they massacre the city, they can at least die happily and not suffer torture that would be worse than death.

The Ming thieves are clearly trying to exterminate their bannermen race by doing this!
With the lessons from the past still before our eyes, how can the Eight Banners of Jingzhou not be afraid?

If Yang Mao, the prefect of Jingzhou, had not ordered the city gates to be closed, the Eight Banners of Jingzhou would have rushed out of the city to seek refuge.

"Why aren't we allowed to leave the city?"

"That's right, that's right, open the city gate quickly, otherwise grandpa will make you walk around without food!"

"What does it have to do with us to guard against spies?"

"Have you seen clearly who I am? I am from the Eight Banners and a member of the Qing Dynasty. How can I be a spy of the Ming Dynasty? You, a fellow, don't let me leave the city. Do you want me to fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty? I see. You are the bright thief and spy!"

"..."

A group of bannermen from the Eight Banners of Jingzhou gathered at the north gate of Jingzhou, clamoring and demanding to leave the city.

Some people even started to take action, punching and kicking the Green Camp soldiers who were responsible for guarding the city.

But even so, the green battalion soldiers responsible for guarding the city gate did not dare to open the door.

Because Yang Mao had given them a death order, if the gates of Jingzhou City were opened, their heads would fall to the ground!
There are many reasons why Yang Mao was so firm in not allowing the Eight Banners of Jingzhou to escape from the city.

One is because the main force of the Ming army is now crossing the river, and the forwards have completed crossing the river and arrived at the gate of Jingzhou City.

When the Eight Banners of Jingzhou left the city at this time, wouldn't they have fallen into a trap and fallen into the hands of the Ming army?
Rather than letting the Eight Banners take risks outside the city, having the support of a fortified city inside Jingzhou City is a guarantee.

The second reason is because Jingzhou is the Jingzhou of the Eight Banners!
When the Ming army approaches the city and all the Eight Banners run away, how can the Green Camp troops still have the morale to continue fighting?
The third reason was that Yang Mao wanted to take the Eight Banners of Jingzhou as "hostages" and forced the Governor of Huguang and Agui to send troops to reinforce Jingzhou.

If there are no bannermen in Jingzhou City, then although Jingzhou's geographical location is still important, it is not indispensable.

If you lose it, you lose it.

Agui and Sanbao took the risk of annihilating all the reinforcements and completely ruining the situation in Huguang, and sent troops to fight with the Ming army in the field. It was unlikely that they would break the siege of Jingzhou.

But if the Eight Banners of Jingzhou are all in Jingzhou City!
Then Agui and Sanbao must send troops to relieve the siege of Jingzhou. Otherwise, neither Agui nor Sanbao can bear the sin of causing all the tens of thousands of Eight Banners in Jingzhou to fall into the hands of Ming thieves.

Therefore, Yang Maoming knew that the Ming army's raid on Jingzhou was to encircle a point for reinforcements, so he could only "take advantage of the situation". Who said that he was attacking the point being besieged instead of the one being attacked for reinforcements?

Different positions and different attitudes, that’s all!
A group of senior officials from the Eight Banners in Jingzhou had been making noise at the city gate for a long time, but they couldn't get the city gate to open, and there was nothing they could do.

It's one thing to act arrogant by relying on your status as a bannerman, but it's another thing to attack the city gate.

They are bannermen, and they have no problem acting arrogantly in front of the green soldiers. No one dares to do anything to them.

But if they dare to attack the city gate, the military law of the Qing Dynasty will not spare them.

In the end, these Jingzhou Eight Banners could only go to the Jingzhou General's Mansion in groups.

I want to ask General Jingzhou to uphold justice for them and let them out of the city.

"Let's go, I'll go find the General!"

"That's right, General, please seek justice for us."

"Fuck you, you bitch, I'm going to find the general right now, and I'll make sure you know the consequences of daring to offend our bannermen."

"..." The crowd moved towards the Jingzhou General's Mansion in a mighty manner.

However, as soon as they arrived outside the Jingzhou General's Mansion, they saw Jingzhou General Ersu walking out of the General's Mansion under the escort of several Gesheha.

Before these bannermen of the Eight Banners of Jingzhou could ask Ersu to let them out of the city, Ersu spoke.

"Fellow nations, are you all gathered at the General's Mansion to ask for a battle?"

"The national crisis is facing us. It is time for our nation to rise up. I am very pleased that you all have this intention!"

After saying this, Ersu gave instructions to the deputy general beside him.

"Fuyuan, you will now take these nationalities to collect weapons and armor, and prepare to attack the city and defeat the intruders."

"This general is going to inspect the defense, so I won't stay here any longer!"

After saying this, Ersu rode away without the slightest trace of nostalgia.

There is no doubt that Ersu is pretending to be confused now!
Ersu knew exactly what these Jingzhou people were looking for.

However, he could not agree to their request and let them leave the city.

Because Ersu was also surrounded by this point.

In this case, his position is consistent with that of Yang Mao, the prefect of Jingzhou. How can he let these nationalities leave the city?
It just so happens that Jingzhou's city defense layout currently lacks additional troops.

Since these people were on the muzzle of the gun, Ersu didn't mind letting them hit him.

Well, everything is for the Qing Dynasty!
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Outside Jingzhou City, on the bank of the Yangtze River.

After crossing the river, the Ming army was adjusting its array and actively preparing for war.

He Gui stood on the north bank of the Yangtze River, looking at Jingzhou City in the distance, his eyes full of disdain.

Before He Gui surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, he once served as the commander-in-chief of Nanning.

After surrendering to the Ming Dynasty, he first made military exploits in the Battle of Macau and was promoted from a junior officer in a forward battalion to the commander-in-chief.

During the Battle of Changsha, he once again made military exploits and was promoted from General Manager to General Manager Qian.

Although the Ming Dynasty was founded and everything relied on military merit, He Gui's improvement rate cannot be considered slow.

"A bunch of eggless cowards!"

He Gui sneered disdainfully at Jingzhou City.

If the Qing army had the courage to leave the city, they would launch a half-crossing attack on the Ming army when they crossed the river and landed.

It is by no means an easy task for the Ming army to successfully cross the river!

At the beginning, when only dozens and hundreds of Ming troops successfully landed, it was when the Ming army was at its weakest.

If the Qing army attacks at this time, there is definitely hope of driving the Ming army back into the river.

But there was no choice, the Qing army was really frightened by the Ming army.

They would rather stay in the city of Jingzhou and watch the Ming army safely cross the river and land, and then spread out their array to launch an offensive against Jingzhou.

They did not dare to seize this precious fighter opportunity and take the initiative to prevent the Ming army from landing.

Just from the performance of these Green Camps, we can tell that this is what the Qing Dynasty is like now!
He Gui sneered disdainfully, and once again confirmed in his heart that his decision to surrender to the Ming Dynasty was correct.

Regardless of the overall national strength, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now much stronger than the Ming Dynasty.

But it didn't work!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the national power of the Ming Dynasty was much stronger than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But aren't they still being held down and beaten by the Manchus?

The true comparison of strength depends on how much power each side can actually mobilize.

There is no size, but the internal system is bloated and severely restricts each other. It is useless if [-]% of the strength cannot be used.

This is the case in the Manchu Qing Dynasty now.

Its own internal contradictions are sharp, the Manchus and Han are disloyal, corruption is rampant, ills abound, the army is corrupt, coupled with the inherent shortcomings of its alien rule.

Although it has no size, the power it can mobilize is not as good as the new regime of the Ming Dynasty.

At the very least, there are very few conflicts within the Ming Dynasty now!

Although different factions have their own interests and demands, everyone has a common goal, and they are all working hard towards this goal.

That is to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty!
Before overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there would never be any mutual restraint within the Ming Dynasty.

"Hurry! Go faster and move more quickly!"

"Be prepared for battle to prevent the Qing army from leaving the city for a surprise attack!"

He Gui shouted.

The Ming army's forwards who had completed the landing quickly prepared for war.

Artillery pieces were transported to the north bank by ferry, and the Ming army began to set up artillery positions outside Jingzhou City.

The muzzle of the heavy artillery is aimed at Jingzhou City, ready to project firepower at any time!
The Ming Army cavalry also began to run towards Jingzhou, preparing to completely block and isolate the inside and outside of Jingzhou.

The sentry cavalry of the Ming army also spread around Jingzhou City, and began to grasp the battlefield situation and prepare for emergencies.

The battle in Jingzhou is about to break out! (End of chapter)