Chapter Seventy-Four: The Battle of Xiaoyingling
After exterminating Su Li, Chen Kai relied on his great prestige in this place to launch a round of pacification of the people.
Whether the situation has improved or not will take more time to see, but at least it has not continued to deteriorate, which has made Chen Kai feel a lot more relieved. Next, Chen Kai assigned Wang Jiang to inspect the work of Tuntian in various counties, and while he reported the current situation of Chaozhou to Zheng Chenggong, he revealed a letter to the governor of Jiangxi, and sent someone to send it as soon as possible.
The work in Chaozhou is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the threat of Hao Shangjiu still exists, but Chen Kai obviously needs more time and preparation to solve this problem. But after Chen Kai's efforts during this time, the Chaozhou government has generally entered a period of calm, waiting for the next outbreak.
This is true here, but in the southern Fujian battlefield, a new storm has rolled up a thousand huge waves. Looking at that posture, it seems that the whole of Fujian is going to be overturned.
In November, Zheng Chenggong spread rumors that he was going to launch an operation against the capital city of Zhangzhou. Later that month, Yang Minggao, the governor of Fujian, hurriedly set off and rushed to Zhangzhou Mansion to rescue. Zheng Chenggong led Rongqi Town, Qinding Town, Left Pioneer Town, Right Pioneer Town, Aid Left Town, Aid Right Town, Guard Left Town, Zuochong Town, Bei Town, as well as the Zhengbing Battalion, Odd Soldier Battalion and Guerrilla Battalion to land in Jiudu and go to Xiaoyingling on the border of Nan'an County and Tong'an County.
According to Zheng Chenggong's deployment, he aided and suppressed the right town of Huangshan Governor Barracks Chen Xun Fu Queniao Mountain, the right pioneer town Huang Tingdu Zuochong Town Kang Mingzha east of the ridge, Zheng Chenggong personally mentioned the Rongqi Town Governor Ke Chenshu of the Left Pioneer Town, aided the suppression of Lin Sheng of the Left Town, and Chen Liuyuzha of the North Town under the west of the ridge, and sent Gan Hui of the Qinding Town to guard Xiao Gongchen of the Left Town, Wu Shizhen of the guerrilla battalion, and Yang Sister of the Qi Barracks to take the lead in expelling the local Qing army east of Xiaoyingling.
The Ming army was exposed only to these two towns and two battalions, but only 3,000 soldiers and horses. On the same day, Yang Minggao received the news, and went to meet the battle, and after setting off, Tanma also found the main barracks ambushed in Magpie Bird Mountain, and immediately sent troops to outflank it, intending to gather and annihilate this Ming army.
Yang Minggao's troops were divided into three units, outflanking the main barracks, Zheng Chenggong turned sideways at the bottom of the west ridge, looking into the distance, knowing what the Qing army was planning, but he still did not rush to send troops.
There were only 500 soldiers in the main barracks, and the Fujian Bid Department was outflanked, and without receiving the order to retreat, the battalion officer Chen Xun did not dare to move, even if he put up a defensive formation.
The rattan players in groups of three stood in a dense position, and the rattan cards with a diameter of three feet were pressed one after another in front of the formation, and the pikemen of such troops who practiced new tactics became a minority, but at this moment, they were all mixed in the gaps, poking out the spears to ensure that the entire formation would not be rampage by the Qing cavalry.
The cavalry of the Qing army arrived first, and saw that the spears of the Ming army were all over the front of the formation, and they did not dare to kick the spear forest, and they took the bow and arrows, and shot out one arrow after another, and ushered in the counterattack of the infantry archers behind the Ming army.
The range of the infantry bow is far better than that of the riding bow, and the cavalry of the Qing army did not dare to stay too long, and fought and walked, lest they would become a target. At the same time, the infantry of the Qing army was also pressing step by step, and the distance between the two sides became closer and closer as time went by, until the first contact between the two sides appeared, and the battle officially broke out, but the main barracks were still in that strict defensive posture, and there was no intention of even half a counterattack.
The shield array was already conducive to defense, and the main barracks had no intention of fighting back, and all the strength was concentrated on defense. The Ming army is like this, the Qing army can't open the situation for a while and a half, the three Qing troops gradually came up, from the outflanking and gradually turned into encirclement, Yang Minggao intended to work together to eat the head of the Ming army, unexpectedly, at this moment, with a trumpet under the order from the west, the Ming army in ambush on the front line of Xiaoyingling rose out and killed it directly.
Zheng Chenggong personally led Rongqi Town, Aid and Suppression Zuozhen and other units to hit the middle unit, ambushed not far from the main barracks to attack the right town to attack the left unit, and Left Pioneer Town and other units to attack the right unit.
As in the previous two battles of Cizao and Qianshan, Zheng Chenggong's rattan players relied on the hilly terrain of Fujian, which was varied and very flexible. On the small-scale battlefield, the constant bullying of the widows and widows with the public, and the tacit understanding of cooperation, even if Yang Minggao's Fujian bid was taken by surprise.
The Qing army was defeated, and as soon as they retreated, the cries of the Tartars' defeat resounded through the mountains. The morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and they pursued bravely, even though they defeated the current Qing army, and launched a merciless pursuit. In the melee, Xiao Gongchen and Wu Shizhen led their troops to intercept them, but unexpectedly, the Qing army was poor and devoured cats, but they were defeated and retreated.
Fujian's promotion is worthy of being the elite of the province's green battalion, and the ferocity is together, and the Ming army will be unable to resist it. At this time, the Qi Bing Battalion rushed to the battlefield, and seeing this, the battalion officer Sister Yang hurriedly entered the battle. When the Qing army saw the arrival of this vital force, they hurriedly launched an attack, trying to replicate the same as for the guards Zuozhen and the guerrilla camp. However, Sister Yang drew a knife in her hand and took the lead, and the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, but she resisted the desperate blow of the Qing army.
On the battlefield, Sister Yang fought bravely, and the officers of the Qing army were all old soldiers, even if the battlefield was crowded, it could be seen that the reason why the head of the Ming army camp was able to do so was because of the courage of the battalion officers.
Next, the archers are mobilized and the sniping begins. Sister Yang was born as Zheng Chenggong's guard, and her martial arts were strong, and when she saw the arrows coming, she slashed left and right, flashed and moved, and avoided most of them. However, the archers of the Qing army had already recognized him, and after a few rounds, several arrows were inserted in his body, and he was already wounded.
When you change to someone else, or when you change to a side, this situation has already been bandaged. However, the battle situation was urgent, and Sister Yang ignored the dissuasion of her own soldiers, and continued to fight bloodily until Gan Hui arrived, and only completed the interception and killing of the last organized resistance of the Qing army.
Next, Rongqi Town, which attacked the main force of the Qing army, joined forces with the Ming army that came to intercept it, and the Qing army was defeated and pursued until Macuo Lane and returned. It was a battle, the Qing army was defeated, and it was not calculated for the Ming army to be killed, and Yang Minggao, the governor of Fujian, was only spared. At this point, the Qing court no longer had any mobile forces in Fujian that could be used to provide assistance.
Defeated Yang Minggao, Zheng Chenggong led his army to attack in all directions in Zhangquan and Quanzhou, swaggering through the city, the Qing army was already frightened, did not hold the infant city, and sat back and watched the Ming army move in the vast area outside the city. Zheng Chenggong's march in this battle and after the war greatly dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Qing army and inspired the people of southern Fujian to resist the Qing Dynasty. He then returned to the center-left for a necessary rest and recuperation in order to fight again.
Returning to the center and left, Zheng Chenggong rewarded and punished the previous battle. In this battle, because the opponent is Fujian to raise the standard, it is carried out according to the reward for defeating the enemy. With Sister Yang as the first merit, Gan Hui, aiding and suppressing the left and right towns, the main barracks, and the left pioneer town are the secondary merits. Among them, as the first merit, Sister Yang was especially killed in several arrows and did not retreat, Zheng Chenggong specially hung the Rong seal for it, and gave it python jade, because the famous sister damaged the prestige, so it was given the name ancestor. At the same time, the Shengqi Barracks was Qibing Town, which was expanded from one battalion to two battalions and one town, and Yang Zu was promoted to the chief military officer of Qibing Town. The reinforcement of Zuozhen and the guerrilla battalion that did not perform well in this battle were relatively punished.
Fujian has always been the most elite unit in the green battalion of Fujian Province, and the commander Yang Minggao is still the banner man of the Han Army, and has always been relied on by Fujian officialdom as Mount Tai. However, it is such a highly anticipated elite division, but it was defeated by the Ming army in one fell swoop, although there is still an ambush in it, it is not a dignified array to fight, but defeat is defeat, Yang Minggao was only spared, and it is an indisputable fact that Fujian was almost wiped out, and soon caused a chain reaction.