Later generations talked a lot about the "weak Song Dynasty", but they didn't know that the Song Dynasty was the most enlightened dynasty. So much so that when the Song Dynasty fell, nearly 100,000 soldiers and civilians jumped into the sea and died. This was not such a feat even at the time of Ming's death.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was relatively easy for Qin to destroy Qi and Zhao, but it was extremely difficult to destroy Chu.

Why? Because of the freedom of the Chu State, the people in the country naturally support and love the Chu State more than the Harsh Qin. This is why although there are three households in Chu, the death of Qin will be said by Chu.

The people on both sides of the road watched Zhang Rui and others pass by, and their faces were more cold and numb. In their hearts, whether it is the bandit army or the Qing army, it has nothing to do with them if they win, as long as they can live quietly without disturbing them, they are the king's master.

In the early days of the Opium War, the people of the Qing Dynasty helped the British to carry materials, and even continued to sell food to the British. If it weren't for the brutality and inhumanity of what the British did later, it is estimated that no people would have resisted the British invasion, and such a strange thing can only be done in the Qing Dynasty.

"It seems that the propaganda of the Propaganda Department is still not enough, and it is necessary to convince the people that helping the bandit army is to help themselves. The Qing Tartars are good at packaging themselves and promoting themselves, and there is no reason why our army will still lose to them. Zhang Rui looked at the indifferent people on both sides of the road and thought to himself:

"They're going to publicize, and we've got to be able to publicize. The expulsion of the Tartars should not be a matter of one person, nor should it be just a matter of suppressing the bandit army, but should be the common mission of the whole people. ”

The poverty and numbness of the people he saw along the way made Zhang Rui more firm in his opinion.

Maybe he will be defeated, and he will be caught by the Qing court and executed by Ling Chi. But a spark can be ignited, and as long as the seeds of hope are sown, even if you fail, then the uprising is meaningful.

Jiangxi, Jiujiang.

Jiujiang, one refers to the confluence of many waters, and also refers to the nine rivers of the Hu Han Dynasty (i.e., Ganjiang water, Po Shui, Yu Shui, Xiu Shui, Gan Shui, Xushui, Shu Shui, Nan Shui, Peng Shui) into Peng Lize also", that is, the place where the nine rivers converge.

The Yangtze River flows through the territory of the Jiujiang waters, and the rivers adjacent to Poyang Lake and Jiangxi, Hubei and Anhui provinces converge, and all rivers return to the sea, the water potential is vast, and the river surface is magnificent.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the waters of the Yangtze River were mostly garrisoned by the Jiangning Naval Division. However, in April of the 16th year of Qianlong, after Qianlong used the "military parade of the Empress Dowager", he cut out the green battalion soldiers in the Jiangning Water Division.

Since the Qing Dynasty, the management of the Eight Banners Naval Division Battalions has been chaotic and their combat effectiveness has been low. The officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion Sailors were discriminated against and treated differently. The flag men sat on food and money, were lazy in training, and never became proficient in boat navigation and water warfare. Green Battalion soldiers are also discriminated against and lack motivation.

The twenty-first year of Qianlong, the beginning of July.

Due to Zhang Rui's attention, the bandit army formed the Yangtze River Water Division in the Yangtze River. When the Yangtze River Naval Division fought against the Manchu Eight Banners Naval Division, it lured and annihilated the Manchu Jiangning Eight Banners Naval Division and the Zhenjiang Naval Division's Deputy Association with a weak to strong attitude.

Since then, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has no more sailors in the waters of the Yangtze River. The waters of the Yangtze River have been taken into the hands of the bandit army.

Mid-July.

Qianlong, who was stimulated by the news that the bandit army had been victorious, could no longer bear Fu Heng's "inaction". forced Fu Heng to fight against the bandit army, and if he didn't do anything, he would have to remove the top flower feather.

Fu Heng was helpless, unable to shrink his forces and resist the enemy.

Under the will of both sides, Zhang Rui led the two armies of the Sharp Knife Army and the Chiye Army with a total of more than 60,000 troops, known as 300,000 troops, and Fu Heng led 80,000 Qing soldiers of all kinds Xiangyong claimed to be 500,000 troops, and the two soldiers fought in Jiujiang.

Jiujiang is a small place, which is not conducive to the battle of the army.

Since ancient times, it has been said that the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first. Road transportation is difficult, but water transportation is much better. In order to compete for this transportation route, the two sides had to see the real trick under their hands.

Jiujiang, Xipingkou.

The terrain is flat and open, suitable for the battle of large armies.

The scouts of the two sides made contact and began their respective troops. In the battle of the contact of the Great Army, any plan is in vain, and only real strength can win.

The Qing army was four miles away.

At this moment, it can be seen that the bandit army has placed the artillery in front of the formation.

More than 60 cannons, large and small, were opened one by one, and the momentum was very spectacular.

In the middle position, about 10,000 musketeers of the bandit army were placed, and they were divided into two teams and marched side by side. There were archers on the left and right flanks, both of which were not far behind the artillery. The pikemen flanked the musketeers and archers, and the swordsmen and shields followed the musketeers and archers. The few horsemen guarded the Chinese army and were also used as surprise soldiers.

The Qing army also placed artillery in front of the formation, but compared with the many artillery pieces of the bandit army, the Qing army only had a dozen kilogram smoothbore guns to appear a little weaker.

The ranged soldiers of the Qing soldiers were a mixture of bows and arrows and arquebuses. Due to the Qing army's deliberate vigilance and treatment of the Green Battalion soldiers, there were relatively few Eight Banner soldiers in Jiangxi, so the archers and musketeers in the Qing army were much fewer than the bandit army.

Behind the arquebuses of the Qing army, the village warriors with various weapons in their hands stood in front of the green battalion soldiers with red tassel guns and knife soldiers, and behind the green battalion soldiers were the Eight Banner Inspectors on horses.

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

At this moment, the drums in the Qing army were beating loudly.

The army marches forward

"Bang... Boom... Bang..."

With a deafening sound, more than a dozen guns of the Qing army spewed out shining firelight, and solid iron flew out at a speed that was difficult to observe with the naked eye.

At this time, the cannonballs of the bandit army also flew over. Shells flew down in the formation of the Qing army, and before many Qing troops who were not directly hit by the shells had time to rejoice, they saw that the shells that had fallen to the ground exploded instantly.

"Boom..."

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

Explosions kept coming.

Although the crater blown out by each shell was not large, the shell explosion caused casualties among the Qing troops within three zhang of the explosion.

Look at the bandit army. Due to the dampness of the ground, the soil is soft. The Qing army used high elevation angles in exchange for firing range, resulting in a very low rate of secondary ricochet of running bombs. Even if a second ricochet occurs, the damage is not insignificant.

Therefore, in the formation of the bandits, except for a few soldiers who were directly hit by shells, the number of casualties was not high.

Under the range of the 60 guns of the bandit army, an impenetrable belt of artillery fire was formed in front of them.

The sound of explosions kept coming, and the black smoke that rose after each flash of fire harvested many lives. After only a quarter of an hour of artillery fire, the Qing army's front troops lost more than 2,000 horses.

Two thousand men and horses seemed so insignificant in the tens of thousands of Qing troops that were swarming like a tide. However, only those who are under fire can understand the fear of being remembered by black and white impermanence at every moment.

"I knew how powerful the anti-thief firearms were, but I didn't think they would be so powerful." Looking at the battle situation in front of the formation, Fu Heng couldn't help but say in shock.

"Definitely. Compared to artillery, our army is too far apart. In only a quarter of an hour, three of the sixteen guns of our army were blown up, six of them were cracked and could not be used, and the rest could only wait for cooling. However, the anti-thieves are still firing, which has too much impact on the morale of our army. "The Eight Banners on the side of the General Atamu. He Yan said complainingly.

"General He..."Fu Heng looked at Atamu meaningfully. He Yan glanced at it, with an expression that I don't bother to say about you.

"Yes, General." Atamu. He Yan immediately understood, and hurriedly clasped his fists at Fu Heng and saluted.

"Your Excellency, General. In such a situation on the battlefield, our army cannot delay for too long, otherwise it is easy for accidents to occur. Fu Heng's left side of the Green Battalion Chief Soldier Gui hugged his fist and said.

"Give the order to go down and take all the villagers up. As long as they get closer, the anti-thieves naturally don't dare to keep the artillery in front of them. Fu Heng commanded with a wave of his hand.

"Hey, the minion takes the order." The flag officer beside him immediately knelt down on one knee and received the order.

The firearms of the bandit army are powerful, and Fu Heng and the others have long known about it, but they have studied it for a long time and have not found a way to crack it. Later, after discussion, it was decided to use the method used by the Mongols to drive the people out of the enemy's strength.

As long as we can defeat the thieves, the saint will definitely not blame the soldiers who have made great contributions to our Qing Dynasty for the sake of the little "ant people". If they are defeated, leaving them behind is just for the anti-thieves to strengthen their power.

As a result, before the war, the Qing army arrested Ding soldiers everywhere to be village warriors. From the age of 50 to 60 years old, down to the age of 13 or 4, as long as they can pick up a knife and run around, they will not let go, unless they can hand over the "flat thief silver".

Even if it is compared to the consumables of the Green Battalion, the Xiang Yong who can be caught everywhere is really cheap in the hearts of Fu Heng and the others, and he doesn't even need to bury it when he dies. Therefore, the officials of the Manchu court also called the people (mostly Han Chinese) "ant people", showing the existence of ants.

"Boom... Knock knock..."

At this time, the war drums of the Qing army were in a hurry.

"Oh yes, are the people up there blind? Didn't you see how many people died under the fire in front of you? Also accelerated. "In the attacking Qing army, there were green battalion soldiers with bloody knives in their hands and scolding.