Just when the Qing army was bleeding in Zhangting, the Qing army attacking Xikou was also doing a lot of blood for our Daqingliu. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Here, the defense method of the Ming army is almost carved out of a mold with Zhangting, giving up the defense in Xikou Town, and instead finding a hill outside the town near the river, a battalion at the ferry, a battalion on the mountain, and an artillery battalion on the top of the mountain, or the kind of stickman without two arms, or a forbidden area of death made of barbed wire. Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for the Qing army to go around them, the combat logistics in this area all rely on the river, the significance of Xikou is that this is an important ferry port of the Yanjiang River, and the downstream confluence at the mouth of the river Fenghua River under Ningbo, the Qing army must first take Xikou when attacking Ningbo from this side, which is the same as grabbing the railway hub first in modern warfare.

It's easy to get around.

But without logistics, it's no different from suicide.

However, unlike Zhangting, the Qing army here was hindered in the attack, and after almost 3,000 people were hung on the barbed wire, they immediately stopped continuing the offensive and turned to play confrontation with the Ming army, and even sent a small force to bypass the Ming army camp, harass the Ming army's transport ships with guns and other weapons downstream, and also put down small boats from the upper reaches of the Yan River and led small detachments to sneak attack the ferry in the Ming army's defense line.

Of course, this doesn't help.

There are soldiers on the transport ships of the Ming army, and it is much easier for people to beat the Qing army on the shore with rifles in the cabin than the Qing army on the shore.

"Yue Shenglong?"

Yang Feng, who had already returned to Ningbo, looked at the name of the commander of the Qing army in the direction of Shangxikou.

"Yes, it is Yue Shenglong, the governor of Sichuan, it is said that after Yue Wumu, he was very respected under the Tartar Emperor, and he was also a famous fierce general when he conquered Geerdan."

Gao Huai said.

Of course, Yang Dashuai has no interest in Yue Shenglong, the reason why he is interested in this name is that there is also a famous general in the middle of the Qing Dynasty behind this name, Yue Shenglong's son is the three dynasties of Likang Yongqian and did not fall, it can be said that the only famous general Yue Zhongqi who can be taken in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, at this time, it is estimated that he has begun to follow his father according to his age.

If there is another Nian Qianyao, his side will be considered star-studded.

He didn't know that Nian Qianyao was already on the way, and General Nian, who had just been promoted to the rank of sergeant last year, was mixing Hanlin at this time, and out of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, he invited himself to go south with the army, and then was accepted by Yabu as a strategist.

"Yue Wumu will be a fierce general for the Tartars later? I don't know if he will have the face to see his ancestors after he dies. ”

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

"Order Feng Zhen to stick to Zhangting, and then ......"

He then muttered and said, "Retreat at the right time!" ”

"Retreat?"

Gao Huai was stunned for a moment.

"Yes, choose the opportunity to retreat, but retreat decently, don't let the Tartars have too many suspicions, just blow up any cannons and the like when retreating, by the way, leave them some flags, war drums, sabers or something, and then promise to withdraw all the people, withdraw to Cixi County to defend, and then hold Cixi County."

Yang Feng said.

"But, but they can completely defend the pavilion?"

"The Qing army has never won a battle, if this time they suddenly capture Zhangting, then will they do their best to continue to attack Cixi? They will definitely press all the forces of the entire northern front to Cixi. The only area that can really support the activities of tens of thousands of troops is the Cijiang River and the north of the mountain, and the slender plain between the Wulei Mountain. Let's let them in first, block them under Cixi City, and then transport troops from the Yao River to block Zhangting, squeezing from west to east, their tens of thousands of troops don't even have anything to eat, what will happen in the end? Do you want to gnaw on green rice seedlings? But if this is not the case, there will be more dead people in Zhangting next, and they will have to give up the attack after all, after all, they are not fools, and we just want to give them a little motivation to fight. ”

Yang Feng said.

"However, in such a rainy season, the use of our rifles is very affected, and without a preset position, it is difficult to play an effect."

Gao Huai said.

Yang Dashuai's plan is indeed insidious, but the problem is that the continuous rainy days make this plan meaningless.

"So I still need Feng Zhen to stay in Cixi for a while, because our soldiers need to familiarize themselves with their new rifles first."

Yang Feng said as he took a rifle from his guard that was similar to the one, but there was a certain difference on a closer look, this rifle did not have flint, the head of the bolt was flat, and there was no medicine pool underneath, but a tube-like thing. Immediately afterwards, I saw Yang Dashuai go out, take out a bullet in the drizzling rain outside, directly and carefully avoid the rain and put it into the barrel, then take out a strip to smash the bullet into it, and then take out a small yellow thing and stuff it into the tube at the original position of the medicine pool, revealing a piece outside, and then raised the gun in the rain and aimed and pulled the trigger.

Crisp gunshots rang out immediately.

"This is called a fire cap rifle, this thing is a fire cap, and the things contained in it will shoot fierce flames outward after being hit, compared with the sparks made by the flint, it is like the Yangtze River and the drainage ditch outside, as long as you ensure that you don't pour water into the gunpowder when you pour it, it can basically be guaranteed to be fired, and the rain will not affect its use unless it is pouring heavy rain."

Yang Feng threw the gun to Gao Huai and said.

Gao Huai took the rifle and smiled sinisterly.

Yang Marshal's order also made Cao Yuan on the front line of Zhangting very distressed, he looked at the Qing army not far away who came to provide targets for his subordinates, and really didn't know what he could do to defeat in this situation, this Tama is more difficult to defeat than to win!

"I'll try my best!"

He said with a sad look to the brigade chief of staff who had come to give the order.

As a result, he worked hard for five days.

Five days later.

In the Qing army barracks opposite Zhangting.

Poor Marquis Zhang sat alone in a big tent, watching the lights on the hill in front of him drinking stuffy wine, reading a book of poems in his hand, don't think that Marquis Zhang is a military general who can't understand literature and ink, people are also cultural people, and the author of the Palace of Eternal Life, Hong Sheng, has a good relationship with him.

Of course, at this time, he was just used to it, and although the words on the poetry book came out of his mouth, his mind was actually blank.

He can't fight anymore, the Qing army on the northern front led by him totals 60,000, this side is the main direction of attack, the Sichuan army on Yue Shenglong's side can only be regarded as a containment because of inconvenient transportation, and the Yue army in Ninghai on the southern line is even more inconvenient, in such a rainy season they need to cross hundreds of miles of rugged mountain roads to reach Fenghua, in fact, they have been blocked in Shangtian. His task was to open Cixi, sweep south to the north bank of the Yongjiang River to recapture Zhenhai, cut off the supply lines of the Ming army on the Yongjiang River, and then join forces with all armies to encircle Ningbo.

But he can't even beat the pavilion, what else is there to talk about?

The attack, which lasted only five days in the pouring rain, had to be declared a failure, leaving behind seven thousand corpses in front of the small camp, including a thousand of the most elite cavalry.

As a family of generals, the head of the four generals in Hexi, and the heir of the first-class Jing rebel Marquis Daniel Zhang who charged the sedan chair, he can be regarded as determined, but even so, in the end, he still had to use the excuse that the rain stopped, crying and ordering to stop the attack.

Zhang Houye took a sip of wine, chanted a poem, raised his head, and didn't know how long it took, suddenly he found that the lights on the mountain seemed to be getting bigger, he stood up suddenly, and rubbed his eyes fiercely, yes, the firelight was getting bigger, and before he could think about it, the firelight suddenly shot straight into the sky like a volcanic eruption, and then more firelight exploded, and then the explosion sound of the earth shaking the mountains came.

"Fire, powder keg explosion, quickly, quickly gather all armies, attack on all fronts, God help me Daqing, God help me Daqing!"

The next moment, the Qing army's barracks suddenly sounded Zhang Houye's crazy shout.

Indeed, there must be a fire that caused the explosion of the powder keg, what are you hesitating at this time, it can be said that there is a good opportunity like pie in the sky, no matter how the Ming army is doing, it is always right to take advantage of the chaos to attack, and then the entire Ming army camp is in chaos, and the Qing army that is preparing to attack can even see those moving fires, imagine the frightened faces of the Ming soldiers in the firelight, the morale of the Qing army, which was originally sluggish, suddenly rose, and couldn't wait to wave the knife and shoot to kill the past.

Sure enough, after they reached the range of the Ming army's artillery, they did not encounter any attack, and even in the direction of the ferry, a large number of ships could be seen leaving, until they approached the barbed wire of the Ming army, they were blocked by some sporadic and chaotic attacks, at this time the Qing army was in a state of mind, and the courage was multiplied, braving the bullets of the Ming army to lift the dead bodies left by the day from the ground, and threw them directly into the barbed wire, stepping on these dead bodies to rush towards the Ming army.

However, it is obvious that the Ming army did not fall in love with the battle, and before the Qing army broke through the chest wall, the Ming army inside had already retreated.

Just like a dream, Zhang Yunyi, who suddenly seized Zhangting, soon knew what was happening in the camp of the Ming army, the artillery position on the top of the mountain as the core was completely blown up, there were broken artillery parts everywhere, eighteen cannon barrels were lying on the ground horizontally, and solid shells were scattered everywhere, but there were no dead bodies, and it was obvious that the Ming army took the road away when they retreated.

Although this success is a bit dizzying, but the fire and explosion of the powder keg is very common, even in the Qing army, this kind of thing often happens, and the core of Zhangting's defense is these eighteen cannons, these cannons are destroyed, and the meaning of defense is naturally lost here, and the retreat of the Ming army is a very normal reaction.

Of course, Zhang Houye was mainly excited about the first victory of the Qing army, and he didn't care about anything else.

"Quick, report to Hangzhou, our department has conquered Zhangting in a bloody battle, beheaded the enemy, beheaded three thousand enemies, captured eighteen cannons, and other types of ordnance are not counted, and we are attacking Cixi."

Marquis Zhang held his waist knife and said to the officer beside him with a reserved expression.