On March 25, the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the thirteenth year of Kang Mazi in the Great Qing Dynasty, the Wu army and the Qing army on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi Province were patiently confronted after two months of competition and patience, and the Mites Qing army, which had absolute geographical advantages and absolute military superiority, finally took the lead in launching an offensive, and the 66-year-old Mites Qing veteran Zhao Guoqi personally supervised the formation, leading 10,000 Qing troops from Nankang Fucheng to launch a march towards Jiujiangfu City, where Wu's rebel thief army was entrenched. 【Reading.com】

The clown jumped off the beam, the thief Kou Lu stood in Jiujiang, harmed the people, and the general of Dingnan, Hilgen, was ordered to ask for it! Ma Zu said: A peak dog thief, I want to see people in life, and I want to see corpses in death! ——"The Great Qing Dynasty Ma Zu Benji".

The despicable and rebellious thief Lu Yifeng, who squeezed out the poisonous juice and exhausted the poisonous intestines, finally lured my Qing Dynasty prince into a trap with the assistance of his loyal lackeys! My brave and fearless Qing Dynasty soldiers, the men of the Eight Banners, marched towards the thieves' nest with their heads held high, but they didn't know that the nine [***] nests at this moment were already poisonous snakes spitting letters, poisonous scorpions raising their tails, tigers lurking bears and diving, and wolves surrounding! Every time I read this verse, Yu inevitably looked up to the sky and shouted: "Woohoo, the former Qing Dynasty has been unfortunate, why don't you come to the Later Qing Dynasty?" - Later generations of brick family Yan secretly commented.

In the early morning of the same day, tens of thousands of Qing infantry cavalry carrying dry food and weapons lined up on the boats, boarded the fishing boats, merchant ships, civilian ships and large troop transport ships brought by the army, and prepared to launch a crossing of the river. Prevent the Wu army's naval division from attacking the Qing army's lake-crossing fleet.

By the way, probably just in case, the Qing army's naval division blocked the triangular waters between Meijiazhou, Xiazhongshan and Hukoudu so tightly that even the Wu army's scout boats could not reconnoiter the enemy's situation during the break-in, and could only use primitive clairvoyant mirrors to observe from a distance and on land, and it was impossible to confirm the approximate number of Qing army's troops crossing the lake at one time, let alone confirm the composition of the Qing army's army crossing the lake, which also brought a lot of trouble to the Wu army's formulation of countermeasures.

Not to mention, the old fox of Hilgen made up his mind to cross the lake so quickly, which was really a bit unexpected by the Wu army, and even Lu Fatzi was somewhat caught off guard, so when the Wu army scouts sent the reconnaissance report on the movements of the Qing army into Jiujiang City, there were many disputes within the Wu army over the choice of response tactics, and a total of three completely different response tactics were proposed to Lu Fatzi.

The first is more conservative, that is, not to block the Qing army to cross the lake, take the opportunity to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang City, and wait until the Qing army fully crosses the lake, and then rely on the strong city in the city attack and defense battle, consume a large number of Qing army's siege forces, and then launch a comprehensive counterattack. And this tactic is conservative, but it also has another benefit, that is, to avoid prematurely exposing the strong strength of the Wu army in Jiujiang, scaring away the main force of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, and not conducive to the siege of the Wu army against Nanchang and Anqing in the future.

The second tactic is to break through each one, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Guozhu's troops of the Qing army in Nanchang going north to Meijiazhou to meet the Anqing Qing army crossing the lake, monitoring and containing the landing team of the Anqing Qing army with a small number of troops, and the main force is to intercept and kill Zhao Guoqi's army with all its might, concentrating on eating Zhao Guoqi first, and then turning around to clean up the Anqing Qing army. This is a relatively safe tactic, steady and sharp.

The third tactic was more radical, the Wu army attacked in two ways, one way south to intercept Zhao Guoqi's army, and tried to eliminate this weak Qing army in the field battle, and the other way went east to Meijiazhou, taking advantage of the opportunity that the enemy was difficult to meet before and after crossing the lake, and wiped out a large number of the living forces of the Qing army in Anqing, and strived to attack on both sides and win a big victory on both sides.

"Choose the third tactic and attack in two directions!" After thinking about it for less than two minutes, Lu Fatzi patted the case and shouted: "The first tactic is too conservative, and if it is not good, it may become a refueling war, our army's logistics are weak, although the grain and grass in Jiujiang City are quite sufficient, but the supply of firearms is difficult, and the longer the war drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army!" Although the second tactic is safe, even if Zhao Guoqi is eliminated, it may scare Anqing Mangou away, and since Zhao Guoqi dares to go north, he must be ready for a hard battle. Only the third tactic, albeit aggressive, is the most beneficial for our army! ”

Lu Fatzi is still a little prestigious, seeing that Lu Fatzi has made up his mind, the generals of the Wu army are no longer arguing, and they all clasp their fists and ask for orders, "The general is wise, please give the order of the general!" ”

"Gao Dejie obeys orders!" Lu Fatzi picked up the arrow and shouted: "With you, 800 rockets, 1,000 grenades, 10,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and four generals, Gao Hongchen, Wu Yonghua, Gao Qi and Li Xiongfei, went south to Dagutang to block the Mangou Zhao Guoqi Department!" Remember, Zhao Guoqi will never be allowed to break through the blockade and reinforce the Meijiazhou battlefield, if it fails, military law will be engaged! ”

"The last general obeys!" Gao Dejie agreed loudly, took the arrow and returned to the queue. Lu Fatzi said loudly again: "Wang Xu, Hutongchun, Quanjie, Han Yuanren, and Qin Yong listen to orders!" Let the five of you assist Ben Shuai to lead an army of 20,000, carry 20 cannons, and go east to Meijiazhou to block the crossing of the lake and full of dogs! Han Daren and Li Tianzhi stayed in Jiujiang City! ”

All the generals agreed together, and Li Tianzhi added, "General, is our army's eastward advance too thin?" Our army has an army of seven or eight thousand people that can be mobilized, and the left and right dogs cannot threaten Jiujiang City for the time being, so why not let the last general lead another army to assist the general to kill the enemy? ”

Li Tianzhi said the truth, the fat army set off on the Eastern Expedition was 40,000 troops, although there were many losses in several major battles in Ruichang, Jiujiang and Jianchang, but also captured and surrendered a lot of Qing army green battalion troops, now not only the strength has not been reduced, the size of the army has actually reached 47,000 people, there are indeed enough troops to put into the Meijiazhou battlefield.

"I know you want to make a difference." Fat Lu smiled, and suddenly said in a shocking voice: "But are you so confused that you really only plan to open up two battlefields?" Don't you prevent the full dog from highlighting the surprise soldiers outside of these two battlefields and opening up the third most deadly battlefield? ”

"And a third battlefield?" Except for the Han brothers who had already known in advance, all the generals of the Wu army were taken aback.

"Of course." Fat Lu smiled again and ordered: "Li Tianzhi, Li Guodong, Han Daren, and Lu Yu'er, the four of you come up with your ears, and Ben Shuai still has a clever plan to explain." Li Tianzhi, Li Guodong and the others looked at each other, and hurriedly came to Lu Fatzi together, and listened carefully to Lu Fatzi's whispered explanation............

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This battle, for the Wu Army's Eastern Route Army and the Qing Army in Northern Jiangxi, was actually a decisive battle to bet on the military movement of the army. For the Wu army, if the army wins, it will not only gain a firm foothold in northern Jiangxi, but then threaten Jiangnan, and enter this fat and oily place at any time - a really fat and oily place, and there is no good place for jackals, tigers and leopards in the Wu army's team that is not coveted.

And for the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, this decisive battle may be more important, now the Wu army is attacking in six ways, the north and south of the river are full of smoke, the mite Qing army is in a hurry, the main force of the Shaanxi, Gansu and Qing army is surrounded by the Sichuan Wu army under the personal command of Wu Lao Han Annihilation, and the whole army may be wiped out at any time, once the Qing army in northern Jiangxi can win, it will not only completely drive the Wu army out of the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, but also threaten the only grain-producing area of the Wu army, the hinterland, and then reduce the pressure on the Qing army in other battlefields.

It is precisely because of this that in this decisive battle, no matter who the coaches of both sides attach great importance to, no one can afford to lose, no one can afford to miss half a point, and they have made comprehensive and meticulous preparations in advance. Therefore, although the launch time of the Qing army's crossing the lake and attacking the city was slightly underestimated, after Lu Fatzi's arrangement was completed, it didn't take long for Jiujiang City to quickly kill two large armies, one led by Lu Fatzi himself, and one led by Gao Dejie, the general of the Wu army, carrying the field weapon Sanhao rocket, which has not been willing to use since the Eastern Expedition, as well as a variety of firearms and weapons, and slaughtered violently to their respective predetermined battlefields, Meijiazhou and Dagutang.

At two o'clock, the East Route Army led by Lu Fatzi personally took the lead in arriving at the Meijiazhou battlefield, and led a small number of troops to monitor the movements of the Qing army, and the fat army scouts Kong Fanlin Pegasus came over to report, saying that the Wu army scout boat risked death to cross the lake to reconnoitre, and found that the Qing army had basically boarded the ship, but so far has not launched an attack across the lake, and at the same time, because the Qing army's naval division was tightly blocked, the Wu army scouts really could not detect how many troops the Qing army could carry across the lake at one time. Lu Fatzi nodded, and asked Kong Fanlin to continue to monitor the movements of the Qing army's fleet, and then settled down to carefully observe the battlefield terrain.

Meijiazhou is surrounded by water on three sides of the peninsula topography, narrow and long like a dagger, straight into the middle of the river, is the narrowest area of the entire Poyang Lake water surface, the narrowest point on the east and west banks is less than three miles in a straight line, and the channel to cross the lake is only more than three miles. In terms of terrain, it is not a very ideal position to block the Qing army from crossing the lake and landing, because there is only about three and a half miles of waterway, even if the boarding and landing time of the Qing army is calculated, the Qing army ferry can transport a Qing army to the west bank in about two hours, which is by no means conducive to the Wu army to eat the landing Qing army one bite at a time; At the same time, the terrain surrounded by water on three sides can also allow the superior naval division of the Qing army to show its strength, disturbing the flank and rear of the Wu army, which is very unfavorable to the full resistance of the Wu army.

"General, our army should immediately destroy the Meijiazhou wharf and hold on to the embankment." Wang Xu suggested: "Without docking, the Mangou fleet can only dock and unload, which is not conducive to the rapid landing of the Mangou army, and it is convenient for our army to defend by relying on the embankment." ”

"No!" Fat Lu refused categorically, and said solemnly: "Don't forget, there are more than 200 warships full of dogs, and although we don't know how many guns are loaded on the ships, no matter how little, it is enough for us to drink a pot." Moreover, Meijiazhou is surrounded by water on three sides, and it is not only the wharf that can land, we hold the wharf at any cost, and it is useless for us to land successfully in other lots. ”

"What then?" Wang Xu asked hesitantly.

"Retreat two miles, give up the dock and the embankment battlefield, and let the full dog land smoothly!" Lu Fatzi said decisively: "Lure the full dog to put the main force into the dock battlefield and solve the enemy on the dock!" Wang Xu said no more, and hurriedly commanded the army to retreat according to Lu Fatzi's instructions, give way to the docks and embankments, make room for the enemy to land, and quickly build temporary fortifications.

After the spaceship reported to Hilgen, the commander of the Qing army, Hilgen first sighed that Lu Fat Man did have enough guts, and then asked about the movement in the south, and when he knew that the Wu army had dispatched about 15,000 troops to Dagutang to block it, Hilgen no longer hesitated, stood up and said: "Zhao Guoqi's response can't be counted on, but it doesn't matter, as long as he can drag Wu Dog on the south road for a day." ”

After that, Hilgen categorically ordered, "Order to release Jiabao, lead the army across the lake, landing site, Meijiazhou wharf!" Our army's sailors, go all out to cover the landing of Shi Jiabao! ”

"General, why don't we divide our troops into two routes, one way to land at Meijiazhou Wharf, and the other to land at Dongsheng Dike, four miles southwest of Meijiazhou Wharf?" Zhangtai Bei Ziye came out to offer his ugliness, and said with a smile: "Dongsheng Dike is also a very suitable landing site, and our army has landed in two ways, isn't it difficult for Wu Dog to take care of it?" ”

Hilgen glared at Zhangtai Bei Ziye, and he only wanted to bury this stupid Bei Zi who single-handedly buried the important town of Jiujiang and then made the main force of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi in a dilemma kick to death, and only after a while did he smile and sneer: "Bei Ziye, since you are familiar with military books and are well versed in Tao strategy, then please analyze it for the old man, not counting cavalry, our ships can only carry about 7,000 infantry across the lake at a time, after the soldiers land in two ways, how to gain a firm foothold in the position, how to block Wu Gou's counterattack, How to hold out until the second wave of our army's lake-crossing army successfully landed? ”

After that, Hilgen ignored Zhangtai Beizi's face, which was redder than pork liver, and turned around and shouted: "Beat the drum, cross the lake!" ”

The earth-shattering war drums finally sounded, the Qing army that had been gathering momentum for a long time to cross the lake ships together set sail, the warships led by the deputy commander of the mite Qingshui Division, Gente Baturu, stepped forward to open the way, and the troop transport ships led by the mite Jiangnan Commander Shi Jiabao followed suit, more than 500 large and small ships, densely packed, mighty, shaking and paddling, when the weather was sunny, the southeast wind was strong, the ship borrowed the wind, the Qing army fleet located in the southeast traveled faster, it took less than two moments, the forward warship has arrived at the Meijiazhou wharf.

"Boom! Bang! Bang! "The first shot was the Qing army's naval division warship, hundreds of escort warships lined up in front of the Meijiazhou wharf, aimed at the Wu army's blocking position is a burst of artillery bombardment, but fortunately Lu Fatzi has let the Wu army retreat two miles and defend, the artillery on the Qing army's warship can not hit the Wu army's brigade, can only destroy some of the Wu army's hastily built temporary fortifications, and hurt some Wu soldiers who can't dodge, although the cost is large, but the gain is very little.

Probably seeing that it was a waste to continue firing artillery, after bombarding for half an hour, the deputy commander of the Qing Army's naval division, Gente Batulu, who led the escort fleet, ordered to stop firing the artillery, and let the channel open for the troop convoy to land on the shore. However, Lu Fatzi, who held the two major killing weapons of the Sanhao rocket and the mother and son cannon, was not in a hurry, but only carefully observed the situation of the Qing army's troop transport fleet with a telescope and estimated the troop transportation capacity of the Qing army's fleet.

"Young Master, why haven't we fired yet?" Seeing that the military fleet was about to dock, Lu Fatzi was still observing the enemy situation in a hurry, and even Xiao Erlang, who had now changed his ways and stopped talking nonsense, was a little anxious, and couldn't help but remind: "It's time to fire now." ”

"Don't panic." Lu Fatzi said in a low voice: "If you fire the artillery now, the effect is there, but it will not be big, and it may also lead to the re-opening of the artillery by the Mangou Water Division, which is not good for our army." Let some of the full dogs go ashore first, and then fire the cannons, and the full dog sailors will not dare to be too arrogant. ”

Xiao Erlang nodded as if he didn't understand and stopped talking. At this time, the Qing army's troop carriers had already docked one after another, and the Qing soldiers on the boat shouted and rushed to jump onto land or jump into shallow water, and quickly rushed to the embankment to assemble in formation, but Lu Fatzi was still observing and calculating, estimating the Qing army's troop transport capacity. It wasn't until almost half of the Qing army team boarded the dock that Lu Fatzi turned to Xiao Erlang and ordered: "Order the artillery team, hit the boat without hitting the embankment, fire the cannon at the maximum range, give me a hard shot!" No stops without orders! ”

"Boom! Bang! Bang! After Xiao Erlang rushed to the artillery team, the twenty sub-mother cannons of the Wu army finally began to exert their might, making one loud noise after another, spraying one after another flowering shells into the sky, along the parabola over the heads of the Qing army team that was assembling on the embankment, and fell into the dense Qing army troop transport fleet.

"Boom! Bang! "The sound of new artillery bombardment sounded, and the Qing army's naval fleet, which had an absolute numerical advantage, quickly fired back, but it was a pity that after they gave way to the channel and wharf, they were already farther away from the Wu army's blocking position, not only was it more difficult to hit the Wu army's brigade, but also many shells fell on the head of the Qing army because of the insufficient charge, and the range became closer, and the explosion made their own people cry wolf howls and scold the sky. Shi Jiabao, who had successfully landed, even scolded, "Go and inform that idiot in Ghent, don't shoot, Wu Gou can't beat any of them, let's beat ourselves!" ”

After finally raising the flag to get the Qing army's naval division to stop firing artillery, the Wu army's artillery was still roaring, desperately pouring shells into the Qing army's troop transport fleet, sinking and damaging many Qing troop transport ships. Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Jiabao understood that the Wu army was deliberately weakening the carrying capacity of the own army, so he had to shout and order: "The rear army continues to land, the sooner the better, the front army that has already landed charged, press back the Wu dog position, and cover the landing of the rear army!" Kill! ”

"Kill!" In the roar, about 3,000 Qing troops who had landed and assembled into an army took the lead in launching a charge, charging towards the Wu army's blocking position, but it was a pity that the area of the war horses on the ship was much larger than that of the soldiers, so the cavalry of the first batch of Qing troops who landed was extremely rare, and the speed of the charge was naturally not as fast as there. And Lu Fatzi remained silent, just ordered: "Don't attack, strictly guard the blocking position, and suppress the dogs with bows, arrows and muskets." ”

The order was conveyed, and the Wu army, which was already eager to launch a counterattack, suppressed the position and waited patiently, and when the Qing army rushed to the distance between the bow and arrow and the musket, the Wu army ordered the flag to wave, the bow and arrow musket fired together, and the arrow lead bullet fell overwhelmingly on the head of the Qing army, and immediately shot down dozens of Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers in the back did not stop, they just charged frantically, desperately narrowing the distance between them and the Wu army's position, and what these Qing soldiers who were already familiar with the musket firing speed never dreamed of was that the Wu army's musket firing speed far exceeded their imagination, almost continuous, never stopping, no matter how fast the Qing soldiers rushed, they could never break through the Wu army's musket blockade.

In the confrontation with the main force of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi for more than two months, Lu Fatzi, who harbored evil intentions, no longer hid his selfishness, and taught the three-line shooting tactics to the Wu army under his command, and practiced strictly.

The soldiers of the Qing army are not all brainless and reckless, seeing that the companions in front of the Wu army musket array cut wheat and fell in rows, but the muskets in the Wu army formation are still continuous, as if they never need to be loaded and reloaded, under timidity, many Qing soldiers stopped one after another, and gradually began to retreat, and the follow-up troops who rushed in front saw that the rear army did not dare to follow, and they also turned around and ran away, fleeing back to the Qing army assembly place near the dock, and the first wave of impact on the Wu army's blocking position was also declared a failure, Shi Jiabao, who was responsible for commanding the landing of the first wave of Qing troops, scolded loudly, but he was helpless.

At this time, the first wave of troop transport fleets of the Qing army had already unloaded all the soldiers carrying the lake, and after paying the price of four large ships being sunk by Wu artillery and more than ten large and small ships being injured by Wu artillery, they turned around and returned to the lake. Seeing this scene, Lu Fatzi smiled, first ordered the artillery to stop firing, and then shouted: "Hutongchun listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Hu Tongchun, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, hugged his fists and agreed loudly.

"Four thousand infantry." Fat Lu pointed to the dock position in front of him and shouted: "Rush up and mix with the landing Mangou, so that the Mangou Sailor does not dare to open fire, and let the old fox of Shirgen continue to invest troops on this battlefield!" Force him to play a refueling tactic! But remember to pay attention to the sound of Mingjin, and as soon as you hear the Mingjin of our army, immediately retreat. ”

A moment later, four thousand Wu infantry came out of the ranks, brandishing sabers and axes that were conducive to hand-to-hand combat, followed by Hu Tongchun, a fierce general who was carrying a big axe, and rushed to the Qing landing team with a strong foothold. Shi Jiabao, who had no way to retreat and was short of long-range weapons, had no choice but to order the whole army to counter-charge, and take the landing time of the rear army in close combat.

At the same time, on the east bank of Poyang Lake, after watching the Wu army charge with a telescope on the high ground, the old fox of Hilgen couldn't help but sigh again, and said with a wry smile: "If you don't want to fight into an oil lamp, you can't do it, this Lu Yifeng dog thief really has a fucking hand." The order went down, let Sanger and Yalai do a good job of boarding and docking, and as soon as the troop transport ship docked, they would immediately board the ship and cross the shore to reinforce the battlefield at Meijiazhou Wharf! The sooner the better! ”

The herald took the order, and at this moment, Hilgen's deputy, Halgaqi, hurried up to the high ground and whispered in Hilgen's ear: "General Qiqi, the messenger sent by the humble post to contact Han Daren's brother has made contact with Itanbu in Tuanshan. Itambu told me that the army messenger that Lu Yifeng's dog thief killed himself, and only carried Han Yuanren out of the city to face the battle, Han Daren was left in Jiujiang by Lu Yifeng's dog thief to defend the city, and at present, in Jiujiang City, there are only about 8,000 Wu dog defenders, of which there are 3,000, which is the descendant army controlled by Han Daren! ”

"Okay." Hilgen showed joy and hurriedly asked, "Did the old man's order be handed over to Itambu?" ”

"The lowly henchmen have handed over the general's letter order to Itambu, and Itambu has also returned to the city, I believe that within half an hour, the general's order can be delivered to Han Daren!" Hargaqi replied truthfully.

"Good!" Hilgen was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered in a low voice: "After the second wave of our army's lake-crossing army has landed in a while, and the troop transport fleet and the escort fleet return to the Hukou ferry again, you will board the flagship of the escort fleet, and lead all the warships of the escort fleet to go down to Zhongshan, meet with the main fleet of Ernai, and act according to the plan." Break the deadlock on the battlefield of surprise attack, the old man will entrust it to you! ”

"Pierce." Hargaqi respectfully agreed, and asked in a low voice: "General, you let the humble take away all the escort ships, and the ferry is ...... here." ”

"Don't worry, Wu Gou doesn't have a warship here, and our troop carrier is safe." Hilgen waved his hand, and Hargazi did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the order.

(To be continued)