Since ancient times, Fenglingdu has been the throat of Hedong, Henan and Guanzhong, and it has always been a place for soldiers. During the Ming Dynasty, the Inspection Department and the Harbour Department were set up here to manage defense and transportation matters.

The Longteng army stationed in Fenglingdu was only 5,000 people, led by Dai Xinsi. Dai Xinsi is an old man of the Longteng Army, who participated in the Battle of Mubang and the Battle of Datong, and also trained at the Military Academy for six months. However, the rebel army led by Zhu Shuaizin, the king of Qing, was as many as 50,000 people.

But in the face of the rebels ten times the number of his own, Dai Xinsi did not have a trace of fear, but was more excited, the army on the other side of the Yellow River was a war achievement for him, and among the veterans of the new army, many people had such a mentality.

Since Chen Si and the others were promoted to admirals, they have now become the goals of the soldiers of the New Army. Many veterans in the new army, they used to join the new army with Chen Si and others, and now Chen Si and others have become admirals, especially Chen Si is now knighted, which gives them great encouragement and confidence.

In the new army, there is a saying by Zhu Youxiao, "As long as there is the belief in sacrificing one's life for the country, and as long as there is the determination to fight bravely to kill the enemy, every soldier may become a general of the empire." And in fact, in the new army, they are indeed working hard to achieve this, and among the officers promoted in the new army, every one of them is a person who has made meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

Dai Xinsi received an order to prevent the rebels from crossing the Yellow River and entering Shanxi. After carefully analyzing the gap between the enemy and us, Dai Xinsi decided to build a new defensive position according to the city.

Although the rebels were ten times larger than the Longteng army, the disadvantages of the judgment army were obvious, first, they had to cross the river and fight; The second is that the weapons of the rebels are not as good as those of the Longteng Army, and the rebels are still equipped with arquebuses, while the Longteng Army is already all flintlock pistols; The third is the number of cannons, the number of cannons of the Longteng Army is dozens of times that of the rebels. In order to prevent the rebels from crossing the river, the Longteng army arranged more than a dozen heavy artillery pieces on the wall of Fenglingdu, although these heavy artillery could not completely block Fenglingdu, but they could cause great damage and deterrence to the rebels crossing the river.

According to the usual practice, after King Qing's army arrived at Fenglingdu, the first thing to do was to persuade him to surrender. It's just that he underestimated the loyalty of the new army to Zhu Youxiao. Even if the rebels were treated very well, all they got from the new army was humiliation. If loyalty is assessed according to the score, more than eighty percent of the people in the new army, from soldiers to officers, are loyal to Zhu Youxiao above eighty or ninety, after all, Zhu Youxiao single-handedly built the army.

If it weren't for the battle between the two armies, if he didn't kill the envoys, Dai Xinsi would have directly beheaded the people who persuaded him to surrender. In the end, Dai Xinsi decided to just cut off one of the envoy's ears, and asked the envoy to bring a message back, "If you want to fight, you will fight, and the master is here waiting for you to send military merits." ”

King Qing really couldn't bear it, and on the second day, the rebels officially began to cross the river. In order to capture Fenglingdu, King Qing prepared hundreds of ferries of all kinds this time.

"The dog entered, it's finally here." Dai Xinsi said excitedly.

"My lord, the rebels have begun to cross the river, will our army open fire immediately?"

"The order was given that the artillery of the city wall would open fire in turn, and at the same time, the interval between the firing would be extended, so that the enemy would have the illusion that our artillery was sparse." Dai Xinsi ordered.

"Shangfeng's order is to prevent the rebels from crossing the Yellow River, and if you do this, the rebels will easily rush up."

"Half-crossing, you know? Let a part of the rebels cross the river first, and when the time is ripe, then block the river with artillery, completely annihilate the landed rebels, and effectively annihilate the living forces of the rebels, in order to obtain the greatest results, you know? Dai Xinsi said. This set was all learned by Dai Xinsi at the Military Academy.

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The artillery of the Longteng Army has the advantage of geographical advantage, condescending, undoubtedly lengthening the range of the artillery, and the artillery of the Longteng Army has been professionally trained, and the artillery is relatively accurate.

"What's going on? Didn't the artillery let the rebels cross the river? Dai Xinsi couldn't help but ask loudly when he saw that the rebel ferries were constantly being sunk.

"The artillery has already released the water, but the number of rebel ships on the river is too large, so even if our army releases the water, it will always hit the rebel ferry." The staff general in charge of artillery explained.

"Forget it, the herald orders the army outside the city to prepare for battle." Dai Xinsi said.

Outside the city, Dai Xinsi arranged 2,000 troops to block the landing rebels. The leader was Qian Zong Xu Sanxing, who joined the new army after the Battle of Mubang, but due to the performance of the Battle of Datong, he was gradually promoted to the position of Qian Zong. Xu Sanxing's biggest characteristic is that he is not afraid of death in battle, and he dares to fight and rush.

After being attacked by the artillery of the Longteng Army, the rebels significantly increased the speed of crossing the river and the number of ferries. King Qing also wanted to take advantage of the numerical advantage and capture Fenglingdu in one fell swoop.

After the landing, the rebels did not immediately attack, but built a position on the beachhead. Seeing that the rebels who landed were close to more than 3,000 people, Dai Xinsi didn't dare to continue to gamble, so he ordered: "Artillery blockade the river, give me a hard beat." In addition, Xu Sanxing was ordered to drive the rebels down the river. ”

After Dai Xinsi's order, the attack speed of the artillery of the Longteng Army soon increased by two or three times, and the density of the shells also increased by two or three times, and the number of ferries on the river was sunk sharply, causing great damage and deterrence to the rebels, and the ferries on the river were in chaos for a while.

After receiving Dai Xinsi's order, Xu Sanxing shouted: "Brothers! The time has come to be loyal to Your Majesty! ”

"Loyal to Your Majesty!" Two thousand soldiers shouted.

In the midst of the "loyalty", Xu Sanxing's army launched an attack. The sudden increase in artillery attacks by the Longteng Army has caused huge psychological pressure on the rebels, and the addition of Xu Sanxing has made the rebels have to rush to meet the battle.

Xu Sanxing's army used an attack formation to advance slowly, driving the rebels on the river beach into the Yellow River step by step, lacking the effective support of artillery.

The advantage of the flintlock pistol over the arquebus was finally brought into play at this time, and the rebels had just formed a formation, and after a few rounds, they were routed by the Dragon Teng Army.

"Surrender or kill!"

"Surrender or kill!" The Dragon Tengjun shouted in unison.

This sentence became the last straw that crushed the rebels on the river beach, and the rebels on the river beach surrendered one after another. On the first day, Fenglingdu inflicted losses on the rebels of nearly 5,000 people, of which more than half were captured. Neither the rebels nor the Dragon Teng Army expected that the first day of the war would cause such great losses to the rebels.

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