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In the early morning of 11 September, on the line of Furun Bridge east of Zhangting, the four divisions of the Zheng Army laid out a position along the Cijiang River and its tributary Yuanjiachuan. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)

At three o'clock, the well-fed Qing army came out of the camp one after another, supervising the middle battalion, supervising the left battalion, garrisoning the Manchurian Eight Banners, garrisoning the Mongolian Eight Banners, garrisoning the Han Army Banner, Zhejiang raising the left middle and right battalions, Jiangnan raising the left middle battalion, Quzhou Xiecheng Garrison, Yanzhou Xiecheng Garrison, Chuzhou Xiecheng Garrison, Jinhua Xiecheng Garrison, Huzhou Xiecheng Garrison and other dozens of battalion flags and staff flags were neatly arranged, and the scene of the entire army array was slaughtered, indicating that the war was about to break out.

As early as when the Qing army was dining, the noise of people and horses in its camp had already made the Zheng army probe to find out the movement, so the Zheng army opened the meal at the same time and entered the position first, but the Zheng army did not take the lead in attacking after arranging the formation, but sat and waited along the bank of the Yuanjiachuan River, and some of the veterans of the hundred battles even held their weapons to sleep on the spot, which was also a posture of victory.

At the beginning of the day, the sky was completely white, but the sky was overcast and the breeze from the northwest was faintly damp, so it was clear that heavy rain was already brewing.

Although this weather condition was not suitable for large armies, both sides of the war were ready to fire.

At half an hour, the Qing army on the northern flank commanded by Chen Shikai took the lead in attacking, and about 3,000 people from the left and right battalions of Zhejiang, the left and right battalions of Zhejiang, the Anji battalion and the Taihu water division battalion of Huzhou, attacked the Zheng army's Zuo Longxiang division in front of him. Under the influence of Chen Shikai's department, the left battalion of the central road, the middle camp of the Quzhou Xiecheng garrison, the right battalion of the Yanzhou Xiecheng garrison, the southern wing of the Jiangnan Biao middle battalion, the left battalion of the Chuzhou Xiecheng garrison, and the left battalion of the Jinhua Xiecheng garrison attacked together, and more than 10,000 troops firmly crushed the Zheng army with overwhelming momentum.

Half an hour later, Zheng's artillery fire began to respond to the movements of the Qing army, and thirty-six three-and-a-half-inch (12-pounder) guns from the four divisional artillery posts of the four divisions opened fire fiercely, breaking through the space and plowing the blood-colored passages that fell into the Qing army's formation, taking hundreds of Qing soldiers in the jump.

Under the artillery fire, the Qing army realized the equality of all beings, whether it was the capital division, the garrison, the thousand generals, the general or a cadre of foreign commissions or even ordinary soldiers who went into battle in person, they did not have any special powers, and no matter whether they were in armor or not, as long as they were touched by shells full of huge kinetic energy, they would inevitably be either killed or wounded.

Of course, the firing range of the three-and-a-half-inch cannon is quite long, and the power is extraordinary, but the thirty-six guns are distributed on the front line for dozens of miles, and the losses caused to the Qing army are actually very limited, but the Qing army has not yet been glad that they have passed the line of fire, and a new round of strikes followed, seventy-two two-and-a-half (4-pounder) guns and thirty-six three-inch (6-pounder) guns opened fire one after another, and the flying chain bullets and rain-like shotguns caused several times the terrifying casualties in the Qing army's formation.

At this time, the Qing army's Hongyi artillery also pushed up, but only fired a few shells, it was discovered by the Zheng army, and the three-and-a-half-inch cannon returned fire without giving in, although only a lucky shot hit, but the Qing army was forced to move the artillery position, and naturally could not provide further support for the charging Qing army.

After entering the eighty steps, ninety-six Zheng army infantry teams of the forty-eight Zheng army sentry posts were divided into four columns and fired back and forth, and the thick smoke of gunpowder instantly enveloped the Zheng army position on the east side of Yuanjiachuan. Of course, the thick smoke affected Zheng Jun's shooting range, so that Zheng Jun could only shoot in turn outside the dense fog according to the drill training regulations, but he could not understand the results of his shooting.

Just as Zheng Jun was trapped in the gunpowder smoke caused by the shooting, the cold wind blowing from the northwest gradually became stronger, and the slightest bit of rain fell down, quickly sweeping away Zheng Jun's confusion. At this moment, the Zheng army found its results - about 2,000 corpses of the Qing army and a similar number of wounded Qing soldiers lying on the way to the charge, while the remaining Qing army turned their backs in terror and fled in the direction of their own homes.

Zheng Jun's battle line suddenly became a cheer, but before the cheers that resounded in the sky appeared, the rain gradually turned heavier, although it could not be called a pouring rain, but the dense raindrops fell on people, or caused a small commotion in Zheng Jun. Seeing the rain conveying, Zheng Jun's infantry had to quickly put on a waterproof raincoat brushed with eucommia glue under the command of the army commander, and at the same time carefully protect the fire pool of the infantry from moisture, while the artillery soldiers hurriedly built a rainproof roof for the artillery despite the fact that they were already wet

After a failure, Shi Lin finally understood how sharp Zheng Jun's firearms were, and his "old friend" Yang Jie was also a little dumbfounded and couldn't believe what he saw, however, surprise to surprise, the continuous autumn rain also increased the confidence and courage of the Qing army, Shi Lin and Chen Shikai, who thought that Zheng's firearms could not be used in the rain, ordered the reorganization of the first wave of sorties and sent the second batch of attack battalions.

But the Qing army was doomed to disappointment: "How is this possible? Why can the fire of the sea be set off even in heavy rain? ”

"The army, as far as I know, Japan has manufactured firearms that can shoot in the rain decades ago, known as rain iron." A staff member who accompanied Shi Lin in military uniform replied. "But please rest assured, the rain iron is not all the door can be fired, as long as the heavy rain continues, sooner or later, the firearms of the sea will be damp and will not be able to sound."

Although Shi Lin's staff used the performance of the rain iron during the Warring States period of Japan to analyze the flintlock pistol that Zheng Jun is now equipped with is a bit of a bull's head, this staff member is right, Zheng Jun's firing rate has dropped to seventy percent of normal days in the rain, and as the heavy rain continues, the firing rate will be further reduced.

However, although there were a considerable number of infantry guns that produced dumb fire, the artillery fire and platoon guns of the Zheng army still looked fierce, and the Qing army's attack naturally could not escape anything, and after dropping nearly 3,000 casualties, the Qing army, which had not yet touched the formation of the Zheng army, once again lost its armor and retreated.

But after hearing the words of the staff, Shi Lin obviously had a bottom in his heart, so he personally ordered to drive the third wave of battalions to rush.

This time, the Zheng army's infantry and artillery finally could not stop the Qing army, after firing three rows of volleys, Zheng army's infantry men were forced to retreat to form a gun forest to hold on, and where they just stopped, there were swords and shields of each post and the jumping sentry directly under the division to take over, only to wait for the Qing army to cross Yuanjiachuan to carry out a counterattack.

Speaking of which, the rain also brought some convenience to the Zheng army, not to mention that the soaring Yuan Jiachuan and the slippery mud played a role in slowing down the advance and charge of the Qing army. When the soaked Qing army finally stood on the east bank of Yuanjiachuan, before they could wipe the rain off their faces, a sword light appeared in their eyes.

Seeing that his own troops had already fought against Zheng's army, Chen Shikai took the lead in putting the first wave of reorganized battalions into battle, and even moved his admiral flag forward in person in order to intensify the fighting spirit of his own troops.

Seeing Chen Shiqi's actions, Bo Jiatu, the deputy commander of the right wing of Hangzhou, who thought that he had the chance to win, saw the advantage, so he asked Shi Lin for orders to be stationed in the Eight Banners, and Shi Lin, who knew what kind of combat power the Eight Banners were stationed in, did not want to agree, but Bo Jiatu's repeated requests for battle, he had to bow his head and promise, so more than 800 Manchurian horsemen (vests) and more than 200 Mongolian horsemen came straight to the middle of the Zheng army under the escort of 800 Han army horsemen and more than 300 Han army infantry (infantry armor).

At this time, standing in front of the Eight Banners were the left battalion of the Quzhou Xiecheng garrison, the left battalion of the Yanzhou Xiecheng garrison, and the Quzhou Xiecheng garrison camp, the middle battalion of the Quzhou Xiecheng garrison, and the right battalion of the Yanzhou Xiecheng garrison, which were withdrawn and re-engaged in the battle after the first wave of attacks failed, totaling about 4,000 people. But these people who want to rob the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners do not care that the other party is their own allies, and they are a bow and shoot at them, in addition to the archery skills of the Eight Banners of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty are still excellent, and most of the bows and arrows shot by the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Han Dynasty actually missed, but these bows and arrows shot from the rear still greatly shook the fighting spirit of the Green Flag soldiers, making them subconsciously think that they were surrounded.

"These guys who don't have enough to do and more to lose!" Shi Lin, who was standing on a hill called Hu Jumptou and watching the battle, cursed secretly when he saw Zheng Jun taking advantage of the chaos of the Qing army to fight back decisively, but his anger in the rear of the battle line could not affect the results of the front. "Come on, go and transfer the Eight Banners Horse Team back."

Before Goshha had time to turn over and get on his horse, the battle situation on the front line changed again, and he saw that the Zheng army, who had played a small **, suddenly retreated, and the Qing army with light pressure in front of him surged forward, but when they could really settle down to observe the surrounding situation, they found that a terrifying gun forest appeared in front of them.

Before the Qing army had time to react, the Zheng army's infantry men who had rested for a moment squeezed over like a rolling steel Great Wall, and in a burst of inexplicable slogans, the long thorns connected with the infantry were neatly assassinated, one after another, like a surging tide, the Qing troops who were crowded into a pile and some of the Zheng saber and shield hands who had not had time to withdraw hung on the spear together

In the face of an unstoppable wave, some Qing troops tried to start from the flanks or from the bottom, but they were either stabbed down by the follow-up spears or collided with the guards of the sword and shield soldiers, and the horse team that could break through the gun array was now carried by the crowd and lost its impact, watching Zheng Jun kill as neatly as a machine.

"Defeated!" The heartbroken Eight Banners soldiers turned around and fled, once again breaking up the surrounding queues, and even these Eight Banners soldiers cut down the green flag soldiers around them in order to escape, so the middle of the Qing army was completely chaotic, and hundreds of routs ran backwards shouting the word "escape", and the shape immediately collapsed!

Seeing the ugly state of the Qing army, more than 500 cavalry troops of the Zheng army crossed the foot guards who outflanked the north and south flanks and pursued them. As a result, the bodies of the dead and dying Qing troops blocked Yuan Jiachuan, so that the cavalry of the Zheng army easily crossed the trenches that the Qing army had been very troubled by, and were able to calmly harvest after the defeat.

Under the pursuit of the Zheng army, the Qing army had no chance to respite and regroup, and even Shi Lin's middle battalion was scattered by the rout, and the second wave of battalions that suffered losses when attacking the Zheng army's formation were even more unbearable to flee, and even Shi Lin himself was coerced away by the defeated army, resulting in the Qing army's last line on the battlefield to turn defeat into victory The opportunity was also lost.

"It's over." Chen Shikai sighed as he looked at the reinforcements in the middle of the Zheng army and the chaotic situation in the rear. "The governor has run away, what are we still doing, withdraw, withdraw to Shaoxing!"

As early as when Shi Lin's banner disappeared from the battlefield, he left the Zhejiang soldiers who were fighting in front of him, and led the still intact Jiangnan to leave the battlefield, crossing the Cijiang River in the south first, but then wading across the Yuyao River on the Hemudu line and retreating to Shaoxing.

The withdrawal of the three supreme commanders of the Qing army one after another, marking the final end of the battle of Zhangting, because the heavy rain continued, so the Zheng army did not pursue, Rao is so, the Qing army finally withdrew to Shaoxing, Hangzhou less than 10,000 people, as for the defeated army to Yuyao Shi Lin is still fantasizing about regrouping Chen Shikai, Yang Jie two troops to attack Cixi again, from the mouth of the rout of the Zheng army to find out its whereabouts besieged the city in one fell swoop, the governor and 4,000 remnants of the army trapped in the small Yuyao City

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