Listening to Ding Hai boasting about the combat effectiveness of the army, Zhang Jiayu was skeptical, but when he thought about it, the emperor also said anyway, how to fight must listen to the generals, since he lost the battle in this way, he didn't have to take responsibility for it, anyway, he didn't have a good impression of these Qiu Ba.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiayu no longer worried about the affairs of the army, but asked, "General Ding, what should you do?" ”

Hearing Zhang Jiayu ask about himself, Ding Hai said with a smile: "We naturally act according to Lord Zhang's orders, our five gunboats in the river fleet are enough to hang the Manchu Qing Division, please rest assured, our navy must be the first to make the first contribution to your lordship!" ”

Ding Hai is not spineless when he pats Zhang Jiayu's ass, he is different now than before, Ding Hai is now a fleet commander, although there are five ships, more than 20 officers, and hundreds of sailors, but after all, it is an independent accounting department. Ding Hai knows very well that the county official is not as good as the current management, this Zhang Jiayu seems to be reused, and his inland river fleet must rely on this person if it wants to develop, so Ding Hai decided to follow Zhang Jiayu's order, which can be regarded as buying a favor for Zhang Jiayu.

Zhang Jiayu, who listened to Ding Haiken, was very happy to hear himself, and hurriedly began to discuss the details with Ding Hai.

Ma Kun and Ma Rufeng came out of Zhang Jiayu's big tent, and Ma Rufeng asked in a low voice: "Commander, why do you not give Zhang Daren face so much today?" ”

"Like the wind, we warriors still don't have much to do with civil officials, and our roots are in the emperor!"

Ma Rufeng didn't expect Ma Kun, who was rude on the surface, to think of this, it seems that officialdom is really a big dye vat, no matter who comes in, he will be dyed into another person.

"Also, like the wind, when I was in Jiangyin with the company commander, I encountered the Han Army Banner, and the combat effectiveness of these guys is not comparable to that of ordinary Ming troops. Now I heard that there are 30,000 elite banners outside Nanchang City, don't you want to defeat them head-on as a soldier? ”

Ma Kun said that Ma Rufeng's blood is boiling, yes, now is the troubled times, it is the time for the husband to make contributions, and to defeat the strong army known as "the Eight Banners are less than 10,000 and 10,000 are invincible" head-on, isn't it the highest dream of a soldier!

The new army has been preparing for a decisive battle for the past few days, and every day it is waiting for the day, and as soon as the order from the higher authorities comes down, it is fully loaded and boarded. Zhang Jiayu left a battalion to guard the Fengcheng supply base, and all the other soldiers boarded the ship and rushed to Nanchang along the Ganjiang River.

Liang Xianling, who was standing at the head of Fengcheng County, looked at the troop transport boats that filled the Ganjiang River, and said with a long sigh: "The people are suffering, the people are suffering, when is this troubled era a head!" ”

When the county heard the county order, he also said: "I hope that this time the Ming army will win a big victory, or our Fengcheng will be unlucky!" I heard that the Manchu Tartars have always killed the officials who surrendered and rebelled! ”

Liang Xianling listened to the misery of the county Cheng, and when he thought of his identity, he couldn't help but tremble.

The landing site that Ma Kun chose for himself was Shengmidu, a small ferry port less than 20 miles from Nanchang. Ma Kun and his men were to land on the east bank, and then walk twenty miles to Nanchang.

Because the speed of each ship in the fleet was different, in order to maintain the formation, it was not until midnight that they arrived at Shengmaidu. There is only a small trestle less than 20 meters long that can be docked, and Ma Kun sees no way but to let all the troop carriers run aground, and then the soldiers wade ashore, and only ships loaded with some heavy equipment can use the trestle to go ashore. In this way, it was not all transported until dawn, and Ma Kun knew that he was the most vulnerable to attack when he landed, and now that they were all ashore, the danger had passed, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Ding Hai led five small gunboats to protect on the side, originally he thought that there was no danger, there was still some distance from Nanchang, but he did not expect that after the army landing was completed, the news of the encounter with the enemy came.

It turned out that a large number of cavalry were found on the west bank of Shengmaidu, and it was dark and it was impossible to identify the soldiers where.

Ding Hai sneered in his heart after listening to the report, does this need to be said, now there are Ming troops around Nanchang in addition to the city, and the ones who found it must be the Qing army.

Because Zhang Jiayu and Ma Kun had already gone ashore, and the biggest position in the fleet was Ding Hai, so Ding Hai ordered: "Set sail, lean on the west bank, open the cannon and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

The five gunboats of the River Fleet, led by the flagship Herring, left the east bank and landed on the west bank. Because it was dawn, the river began to fog up, and the other side of the bank became more and more unclear. Ding Haiyi was bold, and when he saw that the visibility was not enough, he ordered the fleet to come to the dock.

Shengmidu is a small town on the west bank, with about fifty or sixty families, but it has already been sent to Nanchang by the Qing army to attack the city, and the houses here are occupied by the Mongolian cavalry of Kundu.

As he got closer and closer, Ding Hai found that the figures on the opposite pier were shaking, and they were not speaking Chinese, and the babbling was not like the Jiangxi dialect. Ding Hai knew that it was not the Ming army on the shore, so he immediately ordered all ships to load with shotguns, and they could open fire after loading without asking for instructions.

It was the Mongols on the shore who got up to fetch water and cook, and five or six hundred people were on the dock, and they were caught off guard by Ding Hai, and the first batch of shotguns swept across the dock, and more than five hundred people died at once.

Zhengbai Banner Zuoling Kundu had just finished drinking with a group of Mongols last night, and was now sleeping, and now he was awakened by the sound of artillery, and hurriedly came out to ask what was going on.

A personal soldier came over and shouted: "Master, someone from the river is here!" ”

"How many?"

"A lot! Tens of thousands! ”

Kundu was in a hurry when he heard his own soldiers say this, but he knew that the task given to him by Duoduo was to ensure the safety of the siege of Nanchang, and now there were a large number of Ming troops on the river, if these people were allowed to go to Nanchang, His Royal Highness the Ten Kings would definitely peel off his own skin!

In order to repel the attack of the Ming army in time, Kundu did not wear his own armor, and ordered all the soldiers who got up to gather at the dock and must not let the Ming army land.

If Kundu's order is still of some use to the ordinary Ming army, he can use the numerical advantage to destroy the Ming army that went ashore, but the opposite side is an ordinary Ming army, but a navy that is good at firepower, and Ding Hai is not ready to go ashore, but only to destroy the living force of the Qing army. Kundu's dizzy order helped Ding Hai a lot.

The Mongols stationed outside the town of Shengmidu were gathered more than 10,000 people and rushed to the dock under the leadership of Kundu.

By this time, the sky had turned white, and although there was fog, things could already be seen from 200 meters away. Ding Hai by the river saw a group of Mongols coming up in a mess, and it was the time for the shotgun to exert its power.

Ding Hai's fleet was converted from merchant ships, with only one artillery deck and only fifteen army twelve-pounder guns on each side, but the five ships fired seventy-five guns at each salvo, catching up with an army artillery regiment. Each salvo of shotgun fires tens of thousands of projectiles the size of quail eggs, which are accelerated by granular gunpowder and are extremely powerful at 300 meters, and can be pierced by five layers of heavy armor, not to mention the Mongols who only wear one layer of leather armor 200 meters away.

After the first batch of shotguns arrived, the dock immediately became a slaughterhouse of human flesh, all kinds of body parts were all over the ground, and it was luck that they were hit and killed, and a large number of Mongolian soldiers were broken arms, legs, and abdomen and chest, and they were punched holes, lying on the ground and howling.

Of the 600 sailors on Ding Hai's five warships, only 100 were from the navy, and the rest were newly recruited local sailors. Ding Hai scolded angrily when he saw his subordinates like this, but there was no way, the new army was like this, and it would be good if they had fought a few battles. He Ding Hai was also like this when he saw plasma everywhere in Jiangyin.

The salvo just now killed more than 3,000 people on the spot and injured more than 2,000 people. The remaining Mongol soldiers lost the leadership of their generals, and were frightened by the firearms of the Ming army, so they immediately scattered and fled in all directions.

Ding Hai saw that the Mongols on the shore had run out, and scolded the gunners on his side in his heart, if these guys didn't vomit just now, they could have fired two salvos, and they could have killed and injured thousands of Qing troops, but now they are all delayed by these recruits. The more Ding Hai looked at it, the more angry he became, and called the boatswain over and scolded him. The boatswain is an old sailor of the Navy who came with him, and he can't help it, the recruits have to adapt for a while.

Ding Hai also knew that his requirements were too high, so he stopped scolding after a few words, and ordered the flag to be raised, and the whole fleet followed the flagship to continue down the river to capture Zhangjiangmen.

Zhang Jiayu on the east bank of the Ganjiang River had just left the wharf less than a mile when he heard the roar of artillery on the river. ”

Ma Kun listened to the sound of the army's twelve-pounder gun, and at the same time, it was the sound of a shotgun, and Ding Hai should be firing at something.

"Don't worry, Lord Zhang, this is the sound of a shotgun, what small target should Ding Hai this kid be shooting, don't worry, these rats are very thieves, they can't suffer!"

Zhang Jiayu was a little relieved when he heard Ma Kun say this, and when he saw the troops advancing, he suddenly remembered that the prince Zhu Hailai was coming, this was a big battle of more than 100,000 people, and if the prince had any losses, he would be guilty of ten thousand deaths.

"General Ma, are the official's guards ready?"

"Yes, I'll send it here."

"General, can you let three regiments, one battalion and one company come as my escort?"

Ma Kun was stunned, he didn't expect Zhang Jiayu to appoint his own guards, but Ma Kun didn't think much about it, now all his thoughts were on how to defeat the Qing army, and when he heard Zhang Jiayu say this, he said to Ma Rufeng: "Rufeng, you let people go and give an order, ordering three regiments, one battalion and one company to come over and escort Lord Zhang!" ”

After receiving the order, Ma Rufeng ordered his own soldiers to pass the order.

Zhang Jiayu let go of most of his heart when he heard that he would be able to see the prince soon, and the rest depended on how Ma Kun and them performed. Ma Kun and Ma Rufeng were blown by the sky, but they didn't know how their combat effectiveness was!