On June 18, 1655, in the sunny south wind blowing, Liu Haiyang sat upright on the fore deck of the "Amur River" gunboat with a saber.

This gunboat built specifically for sailing inland river shallow water areas is only 0.8 meters deep, which means that most of the water surface or rivers in Poyang Lake, the Junshan Lake area cannot block this kind of war weapon. The total number of small and medium-caliber artillery is as high as 10 small and medium-caliber artillery, and the normal speed of 8-10 knots is enough to make the Qing army navy frightened. In the past month, 16 inland river shallow water gunboats that entered the Yangtze River Basin with Liu Haiyang (the remaining 4 went north to the Amur River Basin to participate in the battle, and the four were arranged to search and intercept the river surface in Chongming Sha area) have captured dozens of Qing army grain transport ships, silver ships and even troop transport ships on the water surface from Madang Town to Junshan Lake, which severely hit the Qing army's logistics transportation line, and made Shen Yongzhong and Geng Zhongming's troops faintly split from left to right. The situation on the battlefield in Jiangxi gradually became unfavorable to the Qing court.

Not to mention, since the capture of Madang Town, the connection between the Huangzhou Prefecture in Jiangbei and Anqing Prefecture and Jiangnan has begun to become much more difficult. Poyang Lake, which was originally the back garden of the Qing army, has also become an absolute death transport line in just half a month. The 100,000 Qing troops on the battlefield in Jiangxi have been actually split. If more than 200,000 people from Ming, Shun and East work together, they may not be unable to achieve a major victory over the Qing army in Jiangxi. Of course, this is difficult. The obstacles mainly come from the Southern Ming side. The other side may not want to see the Shun army defeat Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong, and then occupy most of the Jiangxi headquarters. Therefore, it is still difficult to say how the future situation will develop.

At this time, the gunboats had already set off at the Wuzi Village line in Junshan Lake. The lake surface narrowed rapidly here, so Liu Haiyang could easily see the scenery on both sides. The grass on both sides was growing and the birds were flying, and the spring was bright. The trees seemed lush under the sunlight. The sky was covered with white clouds and dogs slowly galloping by. It was a pastoral scenery of peace and prosperity. Of course, the rumbling cannon sounded not far away, which seemed to slightly destroy this tranquil atmosphere. It was the army on the east coast that had just attacked the Qing army naval camp in Wuzi Village that was clearing away the remaining enemies.

"After clearing out the remaining enemies in Wuzi Village, all units strictly implement the "Combat Preparation Outline". The Eighth Division, with its main force (after collecting mules and horses from multiple sources, this division dominated by cavalry has recovered to more than 700 cavalry) went to Yugan County to closely monitor the movements of the Qing army. If Shen Yongzhong leads troops to attack, they will withdraw immediately. If the main force of the Qing army will be in the future, they will collect more people and do not take the extra care of the rest. Navy gunboats cover the main force landing in Jinxian County on the south bank to harass the logistics transportation line of the Qing army Geng Zhongming's unit. The 6th Division Company was to prevent it from taking the initiative to fight with the Qing army.

The battle continued, with great casualties, so I stayed behind to defend Wuzizhai, restored my combat effectiveness with the existing situation, shocked the landlords from both north and south to train their armed forces, and also needed to find opportunities to collect the population." Liu Haiyang stood up with a saber, looked at Wuzishuizhai, which had been bombarded by cannons, and ordered: "The heads of all departments must understand that our army's first goal is to collect population, and all combat operations must serve this goal. Therefore, we must try our best to avoid fighting with the main force of the Qing army, and just achieve the goal of restraint. Say important things twice, remember, each department must not fight in a strait!"

After Liu Haiyang's order was issued, it was strictly enforced.

On June 20, Du Chong's unit of the Eighth Division encountered hundreds of people from Shen Yongzhong's horse team outside Yugan County. The two sides fought fiercely for an hour and separated. The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Division, who were from Shandong's "Mule Army", were well-equipped and had good fighting spirit. Shen Yongzhong's unit has the old foundation of the Liaodong horse team and has good combat skills. Almost no one on both sides can do anything to each other.

On the morning of the day when the two sides launched a cavalry outpost battle, Liu Haiyang assembled the main force (because the large ship was stationed in Madang Town, and only more than ten naval shallow water gunboats and some small boats were carrying the large army) and headed south in batches. At noon that day, the second team of the most elite stand-up team, 2,000 people landed on the south bank of Junshan Lake, followed by more than 1,500 people from two Black Eight Banners infantry battalions with extremely powerful combat power. Then Zhang Guangcui of the Shun Army and more than 2,000 people from Zhang Jingchun's troops... Finally, the two elite East Coast infantry companies and Liu Haiyang Command staff were landed.

The entire landing operation lasted for three days. When Liu Haiyang led his troops to the south bank on the last day, the vanguard of the Shun Army (led by the side general Guo Shi'an) had already conquered Jinxian County by the power of the "yellow-clothed cannons". Otherwise, it would be normal for them to siege the city for several months without siege.

Jinxian County is one gram. Since the southern part of Nanchang Prefecture is the Shunjun controlled area, the land transportation lines from Fuzhou, Raozhou and Guangxin Prefecture to Nanchang Prefecture were greatly affected. People on the east coast can cut off this weak transportation line at any time and separate the 35,000-person field cluster of Shen Yongzhong's troops from Geng Zhongming's 60,000-person field cluster, and the situation in Jiangxi will change.

Captain Junior, who served as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, was the military general of Lao Yu. Of course, he would not be unable to see the current situation, so he tried his best to persuade Liu Haiyang not to divide his troops. Tens of thousands of people gathered in the area of ​​Jinxian County. The first priority is to cut off the supply line and collect population, and even the main force can arrange to collect population. Cutting off the supply line requires only a few partial divisions (let Guo Shi'an lead the Shun Army to do it). At most, some gunboats will be sent along the Wuyang Water and Sanyang Water areas to destroy the ferries and docks along the river, collect or burn all the ships you can see, and completely isolate nearly 100,000 people from the east and west Qing army.

This suggestion was adopted by Liu Haiyang. Therefore, starting from June 21, Du Chong's troops, who were still wandering around Yugan County, finally collected more than 5,000 people to Wuzizhai. After waiting for ships to transport these immigrants away, he ordered the Qing army water camp to set fire, and then went south with the Sixth Division behind the palace to set up camp outside Jinxian County. So far, in addition to the 6,000 people left behind in Madang Town (the Third Division and 2,000 Korean bird gun soldiers), the entire army on the east coast had all gathered here, and with the 5,000 Guo Shi'an's troops sent to support Guo Sheng to support, even if Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong overcome all difficulties and sent troops to attack, they would definitely not be able to be captured in a short time, and would also cause a crushing defeat. After all, the east coast "gun cannons" are sharp, and they are waiting for their leisure to work and fight against the city. If the Qing army's green camp can be defeated, it will be a ghost.

After making the plan, the army on the east bank took action step by step. During this period, the main force was stationed in the county town, collecting population and supplies, while alerting the Qing army. The navy began to cover more than 300 small boats (most of which were small boats of Zheng and King of Lu, and a small number were collected in the Poyang Lake area) and kept traveling between Madang Town and Jinxian County, transporting population and materials (to transport people to Madang Town and transporting materials to Jinxian County). In addition to the 5,000 troops of Guo Shi'an's troops in the Shun Army could not help but go out to attack the Qing army's supply line along the river, the main force on the east bank was basically moving near the county town, and neither went south to go deep into Fuzhou Prefecture (the northern part of the prefecture was recaptured by Shen Yongzhong's troops in the first half of the year. At that time, Wang Deren lost more than 10,000 troops and returned in a crushing defeat) and did not withdraw, and he was nailed there like a nail, making the Qing army feel as if it was thorns on its back, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Of course, an important reason for not going south is that he does not trust Wang Deren's stupid pigs in the South Ming Dynasty. The East Coast people have been in the Poyang Lake area for more than a month. The Qing army's military mobilization must have changed a certain way compared to the initial stage (for example, Geng Zhongming and Shen Yongzhong's divisions may adjust their deployments). The Southern Ming army is also famous for selling teammates. Therefore, although it is a good squeeze and a great opportunity to siege the Qing army, what's the matter with the East Coast people? Shen Yongzhong has a field group of 30,000 to 40,000 fields, which is not easy to deal with. Wang Deren has a large army of 100,000. If the flanking threat temporarily disappears, if you can't chew this bone, then what else can you do? Anyway, the news has been delivered and the road has been closed. Even old guns and cannons (the lifespan of artillery still has hundreds of shots) have helped a small group. It would be too unreasonable to cheer up your morale and defeat the isolated Shen Yongzhong's division.

Compared with Wang Deren's troops hesitated and slow actions, Guo Sheng's troops in western Jiangxi were much more likely. They were already close to the people on the East Coast. After obtaining the exact news, they immediately selected more than 40,000 elite main forces, led by Guo Sheng, and at the same time sent a letter to various counties, and dispatched local troops to gather directly to Nanchang County. This was his third attack on Nanchang City and surrounding areas in recent years.

Guo Sheng's offensive greatly restrained the energy of Geng Zhongming's group, greatly reducing the pressure on the East Coast people to collect population in nearby prefectures and counties. In order to repay their favor, Liu Haiyang ordered the newly arrived batch of weapons to be donated to Guo Sheng's troops, and exchanged them for 1,079 rifles, 11 cannons, and 301 pairs of armor that they had damaged after long-term use. These East Coast people can repair and use them.

In this way, from June 20 to early July, in addition to sending a few troops to land on the west bank of Poyang Lake to confuse, harass and restrain the Qing army, the large army collected immigrants and supplies around Jinxian County, and obtained a total of more than 25,000 people. In addition, the population obtained in the early stage had exceeded 58,000, and the "record" was really considerable.

Of the 58,000 people, about 20,000 people have been sent to Chongmingsha (and then diverted to state-owned farms in the controlled area to be resettled). More than 20,000 people were on the way, and the remaining more than 10,000 were scattered in Jinxian County and Madang Town, waiting for transportation. In addition, they also collected a lot of food and fodder, which greatly reduced the pressure on logistics transportation (immigrant ships can be fully loaded with supplies when returning, without carrying food), allowing the troops to cause greater trouble to the Qing army in the field.
Chapter completed!