187.Battle of Wanquan River (3)
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After receiving He Fu's order, the Baisha guard was of course unwilling. biquge.info Speaking of which, Baisha Water Village is subordinate to the Guangdong Water Division, and even the Admiral of the Lu Division in this province cannot be transferred, let alone He Fu from Guangxi. However, now behind He Fu are Zhao Shilin, the governor of Liangguang, and the provincial officials, and even the recovery of Quanqiong is also a major matter of Kangxi's attention, so Baisha, who knows the consequences of resisting the military order, finally sent troops. It's just that Baisha Water Village originally only had 1,000 people, six large boats, 12 ships, and long dragons, so it was impossible for all of them to go south. After some calculation, a total of 600 people, including four large ships and eight long dragons, rushed to the front line.
When the Guangdong sailors arrived at the front line, they heard that the main force of the Zheng army's sailors was not there, and that what remained was only some eight-oared boats. Since the Zheng army had only a few small unarmed transport ships at the mouth of the river, it was indeed no match for the Qing army.
The Qing army rampaged all the way, not only destroyed two Zheng army barges, but also shelled and burned the rear trestle bridge of the easternmost Zheng army's Tianzi fortress, causing a lot of losses to the Zheng army.
At the same time, taking advantage of the interruption of the supply line of the Zheng army, Ding Shengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army on the eastern front, drove the Hongyi artillery team to attack in a loop, covering the Yong attack of Qiongzhou Township, and there was a strong posture of attacking at any cost.
At this time, the four Zheng army eight-oared boats that urgently returned from the upstream last night bravely greeted them, and as soon as they saw the Zheng army attacking, the Qing warships that were originally preparing to shell a fort wall along the river of the Tianzi Fort immediately shifted their interest, and the eight long dragons took the lead, and the four Guangzhou boats also turned around.
Several muffled crashes were heard, and under the impact of the eight-oared boats advancing at high speed, at least two of the long dragons of the Qing army were overturned, and one of them was even smashed in two by the waist. Just as the Qing troops on these long dragons were struggling in the water, the rest of the long dragons surrounded the eight-oared boat.
The Qing army with swords and bows was preparing to jump after taking over the gang, and suddenly puffs of gunpowder smoke came out from each eight-oared boat, and the deer gunners around Zheng Jun's oarsmen did not see the opponent's eyebrows and fired a round of volleys, and at a very close distance, the powerful deer guns even hit double with a bullet, which immediately caused a lot of confusion to the Qing army.
Taking advantage of the temporary confusion of the Qing army, Zheng Jun's oarsmen used long oars to push away the long dragon of the Qing army, and paddled in the opposite direction, trying to break away from the encirclement of the Qing army. Seeing that the besieged comrades were trapped in the heavy encirclement of the Qing army, the three Zheng army eight-oared boats rowed a section to the safe waters of the rear, and then accelerated in reverse to prepare to ram Changlong again, so as to help Pao Ze break through. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the bow cannon of the Qing army's Daguang ship hit over, although none of them hit, but the stirred water column finally forced Zheng Jun on the three eight-oared boats to quickly flee in the direction of the southern Shamei Inland Sea after abandoning his companions.
Since the long dragon was besieging the heroic eight-oared boat, the four Canton boats bypassed the war zone and pursued the fleeing Zheng army. Although the eight-oared boat is very fast in sprinting over short distances, after all, it cannot last long by relying on manpower, so the distance between the two sides is still getting closer and closer under the pursuit of the windy wide boat.
The Qing army continued to shell while pursuing, and one of them hit an eight-oared boat directly with divine help, only to see that the broken wood pulp and human limbs on this boat were flying in the air in all directions, and then the moored river water poured up from the bottom of the boat, and only a very small number of unhindered Zheng soldiers were lucky enough to jump into the water to escape.
Seeing the effect of their own artillery bombardment, the Qing army on the Guangzhou ship became more and more rampant, and the cannons fought desperately without money, but fortunately, the hit just now was just a flash in the pan, otherwise it was still doubtful whether Zheng Jun could escape. However, even if the shelling failed, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.
Suddenly, the two large ships in front of them froze, and a tooth-inducing friction sound sounded, and the third one did not stop moving forward, and then ran aground on the seabed at the shallow bottom of the Shamei Inland Sea.
Just as the Qing army on the last Guangzhou boat was secretly rejoicing, the two eight-oared boats came back again. Now, Zheng Jun is no longer a weak person who escaped, and they have begun to seek revenge with their hideous mouths open. Seeing Zheng Jun's murderous comeback, the Qing army on the last Guangzhou boat panicked, ignoring the fact that there were more people on his ship, turned around and ran. The sails on the Qing army ship naturally made the eight-oared boat unable to catch up, but aren't there still three unlucky eggs waiting to be disposed of? So Zheng Jun once again turned to take advantage of the Qing army's own hull and the shortcomings of the bow gun that it was not suitable to move, and named them one by one.
The Qing army Changlong, who had just besieged the Zheng army's eight-oared boat, was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but saw one of his own Canton boats fleeing back alone, and was in confusion and anxiety, but saw the black smoke rising one after another in the distance, and they didn't dare to investigate, so they seized the eight-oared boat and escaped from Haikou with the Canton boat.
In the battle, the Zheng army destroyed the Qing army's Daguang boat 3 and Changlong 2 at the cost of two eight-oared boats and captured more than 200 Qing troops, and suffered more than 40 casualties themselves.
The defeat of the sailor also ended Ding Shengliang's offensive, and he had to wait for He Fu's roundabout army to arrive, leaving nearly 800 corpses behind. And on this day, in addition to Ding Shengliang, Ma Qixun also prepared a tentative attack, but he also lost more than 300 people, only Zalan Zhangjing Shu Mulu who did not move? Cozy suffered no casualties
Under the cover of the artillery bombardment and harassment of the Qing army on the eastern front for several days, the 15,000 Qing troops crossed the Wanquan River from the Danxi section upstream of Lecheng Island.
"Kill!" Xin Zhongguo (the only wind recommendation of book friends) rushed down from the halfway up the mountain with his sentry team, and killed the Qing army's horse exploration team that was still in chaos after being shot, saying that it was halfway up the mountain, but in fact, the Mailing and Shapo lines were all small hills of one or twenty meters.
Sure enough, half an hour later, the last wounded soldier of the Qing army fell under Zheng Jun's sword, and this short battle was over, but Xin Zhongguo did not have a trace of joy at the result of the total destruction of the enemy.
"These green battalions in central Hunan are ruthless enough, they have all fought to the last one, and they still don't surrender, and they gave their lives in vain."
"Who says it's not," Zheng Jun on the side sighed as he cut the head of the Qing army. "The above wants us to catch a few live mouths and go back, but this is a waste of effort."
"Didn't you finish?" Xin Zhongguo glanced at the two veterans who were talking. "After saying that, hurry up and send the wounded soldiers and these armor, waist cards, and heads back to the camp, and the rest will continue to ambush with me, the Tartars will never be afraid of a team of scouts, we still have a chance." Xin Zhongguo agitated. "If you let the other team finish first, you must know that I am not alone in the disgrace"
Xin Zhongguo was still looking for an opportunity, but the news that the horse exploration team was widely ambushed had also reached He Fu's ears, for this situation, although He Fu, who was scheming and decisive, had already predicted, he didn't expect it to be so strict, and he was a little hesitant for a while. But it's still the same sentence, if he returns in vain, he may not have a good end, so He Fu, who thought about it before and after, still crushed all the way through with his own soldiers.
On the eighth day of the first month of February, the Qing army brigade broke away from the place of crossing the river and traveled all the way east, and then crossed Mailing and Shapo on the same day, and set up camp on the line of Junzipo and Wenshan. As the Qing army marched eastward, the once active Zheng army detective posts also disappeared one after another, but this was not good news for the Qing army, on the contrary, it was a sign that the war was coming.
On the ninth day of the first month of February, the Qing army crossed the Nanpai Ridge, stationed in the first line of Xiakanling and Beishan Village, and formed a confrontation with the main force of the Zheng army stationed in Jinling and Lingtou.
"It has been ascertained that the Zheng army's banners are Zuohuwei, Right Huwei, Zuo Yongwei, Right Yongwei, Zuo Longxiang and other departments," because the Zheng army's detection posts were reduced, so it was easy for the Qing army to approach and observe the banner on the Zheng army's Dazhai. "According to the establishment of the Zheng Army reported by Fujian Province, the first division of the Zheng Army has 4,000 Zhizhou, so our army has at least 20,000 enemies in front of it."
"Impossible!" Before He Fu could speak, a lieutenant general on the side suddenly shouted. "There are tens of thousands of sea rebellions, and how did they get so many troops, it must be that sea rebellions are bluffing."
The adjutant general's words caused a whisper in the tent to echo, but He Fu's face was still very ugly, but even if He Fu regretted it very much at the moment, he was already riding a tiger, so he had to take the opportunity to cheer for his subordinates: "Regardless of whether there are 20,000 people in the sea rebellion, if the officials and troops can wipe out the three feudatories, can't they be cleaned up?" ”
The answer to He Fu was naturally the so-called unity, so He Fu took the opportunity to order: "The three armies have a full meal, and tomorrow Yin will come out of battle at the beginning of the battle, and the sea will be leveled in one fell swoop!" ”
However, when the generals left the camp, He Fu fell on the chair in a daze: "It's over, I'm still fooled."
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