100th Water War
"The little one saw the army landing in Anqing with his own eyes, and the holy car was also among them, and the imperial court issued a document explaining that there would be nothing wrong with the royal driver's personal expedition against the rebellion. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
"Good, good!" After getting this heavyweight military report, Zuo Liangyu was pacing back and forth excitedly in the military tent, and the emperor called him a traitor, and personally led the army to crusade, which was almost equivalent to tearing his face.
Attacking Jiujiang and losing repeatedly, he was still a little disheartened and discouraged, but he didn't expect that God would favor him, just when he was riding a tiger, he gave him such a big surprise, which was simply a ray of hope in despair!
If the emperor stayed in Nanjing, and only sent the general generals of the towns to resist, it would be very difficult for him to fight all the way to Nanjing to capture the emperor.
Who knew that the emperor Xiao'er suddenly made a fool at this time, playing Lao Shizi's "Imperial Driving Expedition", a new monarch who had not experienced battlefield killings and was succeeded by the vassal king, dared to learn from the general to lead the troops to fight, thinking that the war was child's play, and I didn't know how to write the dead word!
After killing a few Donglin scholars, you thought you were the ancestor and became the ancestor?
New Emperor, New Emperor, you are still too tender! Originally, I couldn't help you, but I didn't expect it to be delivered to the door by myself!
This time, I have faced my old left, and I can only wronged you to be Yingzong!
Thinking of this, Zuo Liangyu's originally somewhat pale face was already covered with redness, and after making a decision in his heart, he resolutely ordered: "Pass on the military order of the commander, from now on, give up attacking Jiujiang, and the three armies will go to Anqing, and the army will advise the Son of Heaven!" ”
"Report!"
Shortly after the military order was issued, another scout hurried into the tent.
With a look of panic, he said: "Something's wrong, something is wrong!" “
"What's the matter?!" Zuo Liangyu's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he ran to the scout's side with an arrow step, and asked loudly: "What the hell is going on, so panicked!" ”
"Your Excellency, our fleet moored at the dock was suddenly attacked by the sailors of the imperial court! The current situation is not good, please make a quick decision! ”
"What a bunch of rice buckets! Order 10,000 steps to ride and immediately go to the dock with the town! Zuo Liangyu stomped his feet fiercely, turned around and casually ordered the guards to put on his armor.
"Father, your body--let the child go!"
Zuo Mengeng on the side was a little worried about Zuo Liangyu's body, and said with a sigh.
"The military food and salary are half on the ship, the stakes are very high, my father has to go to understand the situation in person, my son is in the middle camp, beware of the imperial court soldiers and horses in Jiujiang City taking the opportunity to raid, be sure to hold the camp!"
"Obey!"
After some urgent deployment of troops, Zuo Liangyu ordered a pro-battalion, two battalions were lowered to the station of the naval division fleet at the wharf, plus a pro-battalion stationed at the wharf to guard the fleet and military salaries, and a battalion, the total strength of the land division was already more than 15,000 people.
When Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses hurried to the dock, the water battle on the Yangtze River had been going on for almost half an hour.
The left division is mainly infantry, the total number of cavalry is only more than 2,000 people, the naval division is even less, only more than 1,500 people, less than the strength of a battalion, the strength is very weak, the entire naval division fleet only has more than 60 large and small warships, nearly 20 Hongyi, Fulong machine artillery, and some small artillery such as the mouth cannon and the tiger squat cannon.
The largest warship is only 400 materials, and the smallest is only less than 100 materials, which can barely be used as a combat ship, and the ship type is mainly sand boats and fortune boats, plus some small ships such as sampans, sea barns, and leaf boats.
In addition to dozens of warships, there were also hundreds of other civilian transport ships, most of which were temporarily recruited or looted.
In order to ensure the total annihilation of the fleet of the navy division of the Left Army, Zhu Youhua used the method of fighting rabbits with lions and rabbits, and specially transferred more than 100 warships from the Yangtze River naval division, including 60 large inland river warships with less than 800 materials and more than 500 materials, more than 140 large and small Hongyi cannons and Furlong machines, and 5,000 skilled in water warfare.
Considering that most of them are Zheng clan's troops, using other generals to command them is afraid that they will be unconvinced and difficult to control, which will affect the performance of the naval division's combat power.
For this reason, Zhu Youhua finally decided that the deputy general Zhu Chenggong would serve as the temporary commander of the sailor, and Weng Zhiqi, a veteran who was good at water warfare, only let him be his deputy, and the chief soldier Zhang Mingzhen had other priorities.
Afraid that Weng Zhiqi would complain, which would lead to discord among the generals and delay the fighter, Zhu Youhua also specially talked to Weng Zhiqi before leaving, hoping that he could understand his hardships.
Weng Zhiqi is a humble gentleman, with the demeanor of a Confucian general, and after understanding the powerful levels, the emperor does not have to worry, saying that he will fully assist the boss to kill the enemy.
Only then did Zhu Youhua put down his hanging heart.
Weng Zhiqi, formerly known as Weng Yu, was a member of Hangzhou Prefecture. Later, due to the increasing danger of the country, he followed the example of the ancients Banchao and threw his pen from Rong. Changed his name to Weng Zhiqi and participated in the martial arts exam. Chongzhen Bingzi Zhongwu champion, awarded Zhoushan garrison, broke the pirate Chen Hu, and was promoted to deputy general.
In the first year of Hongguang, because of the "true and false prince case", Zuo Liangyu raised troops on the "Qingjun side", and the imperial court ordered Weng Zhiqi to command the sailors, and Huang Degong commanded the Lu division to meet the attack, defeated Zuo Liangyu's army, and was promoted to the governor of Zuo because of his merits. After the Qing soldiers went south, Emperor Hongguang ran away, Weng Zhiqi saw that the general trend had gone, and he couldn't bear to see the tragedy of the country, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the water.
On the Yangtze River at this time, "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! …… The sound of artillery was incessant.
One side desperately fled, and the other tried to pursue.
In the chase, they shoot back at each other. The river is filled with white smoke, which lasts for a long time.
The huge kinetic energy of the solid cannonballs fell in each other's fleets, stirring up columns of water one after another, occasionally hitting one or two warships, and immediately smashing large holes in the wooden hulls and bringing up debris in the sky.
The hit rate of artillery in water battles is low, and two or three shots out of ten can be sharpshooted, after all, one is the small hull, and the World War II ship is constantly moving and has no fixed position.
Because the Yangtze River Naval Division had fierce firepower, large warships, and a large number of soldiers, it basically pressed and attacked the naval division on the left.
Dozens of large war ships of more than 500 materials formed a sequence and advanced in order.
The Great War Ship was not only tall, but also extremely strong. Since the hull is usually made of solid oak planks and is double-layered, the usual attacks of birds, bows and arrows, and shotguns will not have the slightest effect on this type of ship. Each large war ship was equipped with at least ten Hongyi and Fulong machine guns, and the firepower was very powerful, and the small and medium-sized ships of the left army were basically destroyed and killed by a round of shelling.
The Ming army's warships rushed directly to the heavily damaged enemy ships, sank them with their sturdy hulls and sharp rams, and replenished them with two more guns when they encountered the lightly wounded or basically undamaged left warships. After a burst of collision, the warships of the left army were either shot and sunk on the spot, or they were wounded and sunk. As for the civilian transport ships loaded with a large amount of money, grain and materials, most of them were captured by the follow-up fleets of the Ming army and became rich trophies.
It's just that in the water battle, one side only thinks about escaping, and it is really not easy for the other side to annihilate it completely, and the Ming fleet bites closely behind, constantly chasing the routed enemy ships, and once it bites, it will not let go until it is killed.
The distance between the two sides has become closer and closer after more than half an hour of pursuit, and the remnants of the sailors on the left are like frightened rabbits, desperately running and struggling to support them, in order to delay the time of being surrounded and killed.
In the face of the extremely powerful imperial court sailors, they have almost no power to fight back, and the only thing they can do is to escape! Keep running! Run for your life!
Xu Ensheng, the commander of the left water division, was almost depressed and wanted to vomit blood, if he didn't want to keep a little handsome's hard work, I'm afraid he would have pulled out his sword and killed himself, this is a war with extremely unequal strength!