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On the tenth day of the second month of the 40th year of Yongli, before dawn, the Qing army began to eat, and at the same time, Zheng Jun was also prepared, but Zheng Jun, who had accepted many Japanese descent, was also distributed two rice balls per person in addition to breakfast, and this alone allowed Zheng Jun to seize the opportunity in the battle. (To read the latest chapters of this book, please visit the biquge.info of Wèn Aishang Novel Network)

In the middle of the day, the two armies finished marching, because it was the darkest hour before dawn, neither Qing nor Zheng knew the situation of the other party's formation, so the two armies sat in the fields with heavy night dew and quietly waited for the moment when the battle came.

Soon, the sky gradually turned white, and when the first rays of sunlight pierced the sky, both sides found that the other side was ready to fight, so in the first moment, the artillery fire of both sides began to rumble.

Because the roundabout Qing army lacked large-load means of transportation, bamboo rafts and rafts alone could not carry medium and large-caliber artillery weighing more than 1,000 catties, so there were only some light artillery pieces weighing 5 or 600 catties in front of the Qing army, and the number was only a few more than 20, so in addition to emboldening their own people and creating some smoke and dust, the threat to the neat and tight queue of the Zheng army was actually extremely limited.

On the other hand, on the Zheng army, although most of the two-inch guns in the artillery posts of each regiment were handed over to various fortresses for use, they still had 45 three-inch (6-pounder) guns and 36 three-and-a-half-inch (12-pounder) caliber field guns on the battlefield, and they had an absolute advantage in the confrontation with the Qing army.

The Qing army was forced to endure the overwhelming artillery fire from the Zheng army's side, so before the two sides could fight, the Qing army's battle line had become fragmented. At this time, with the help of the cover of artillery fire, the divisions of the Zheng army slowly moved forward and gradually approached the Qing army in front of them with a neat front. He Fu, who was in a desperate battle, naturally did not want to see the Zheng army, which had the dual advantage of strength and firepower, break through the already broken defense line, so he immediately ordered his subordinates to carry out a bold counter-charge.

The Qing army, which had languished under the fire of the Zheng army, was relieved, and according to He Fu's orders, these Qing troops braved the indiscriminate flying shells to meet them, and perhaps in their minds, as soon as they got close to the ranks of the Zheng army, these crushing shelling should stop. Although the Qing army was right, it was a pity that because of the shelling, the pace of the various divisions could no longer reach the same level, and in the case of fast and slow, the formation that was originally maintained in front of them gradually broke down, and several uneven conical formations were formed on each section of the front.

At a position of about 100 paces, Zheng Jun's artillery fire stopped for fear of accidental injury. But before the Qing army could breathe a sigh of relief, the Zheng army's firecrackers, who had already stopped moving, fired at the front arrows of the Qing army's convex front. The dense storm of lead bullets suddenly overthrew the bravest group of Qing troops. Forced by the might of the Zheng Army's Artillery Team, the Qing Army's bird-gunners, who were usually the suppressive force, rushed to the front of the team under the command of the Qing officer Zuo, and the two sides directly entered the stage of firing each other.

Although the range of the firearms and bird-guns used by the two sides is similar, and even in some areas, the Qing army's bird-guns once suppressed the deer guns of the Zheng army who had not yet been equipped with new-style firearms, but the lethality of the Zheng army's guns was significantly stronger than that of the Qing army, and the rate of fire of the fixed guns was also faster than that of the Qing army, not to mention the continuous suppression effect maintained by the Zheng army with the "five-stage knockback ring fire method", so in the process of seemingly equal mutual fire, the Qing army paid the price at least three times more than that of the Zheng army.

The blood of the comrades in the army could not calm down the red-eyed Qing generals, with the blood courage of not fearing death and the desperate help of the birds, a part of the Qing army had approached the battle line of the Zheng army, in their opinion, maybe as long as they rushed into the formation of the Zheng army, the Zheng army's musketeers would become the targets of their own slaughter, and victory was in sight.

However, Zheng Jun was not obliged to dance to the rhythm of the Qing army, only to see Zheng Jun's guns suddenly retreat backwards, and the various divisions wearing swords appeared in the sight of the Qing army in the ranks of the sword and shield bearers of the brigade. Before the Qing army could recover from its disappointment, these brave Zheng troops rushed head-on.

The Guixiang Green Battalion, which had never dealt with the Zheng Army's Iron Man Army, suddenly suffered a big loss, and in front of these highly protective killing machines, the sharpest arrows of the Qing army were also dented alive. Taking advantage of the fact that the Qing army's shape was shattered, some of the deer gunners began to shoot freely, in addition, the Zheng army gunners after the formation changed to the form of a gun forest, slowly but firmly stabbed a group of Qing troops who were dispersed by the jumping whistle to the ground.

"Order Li guerrilla to lead the Liuzhou battalion to reinforce the front team! Be sure to block the sea reversal! He Fu dispatched eagerly, and with his order, a group of reserves rushed up, and then they were broken by Zheng Jun one by one. Damn it! Where is the horse team, go, disperse Zheng Jun's rear team for this official! ”

In fact, the Qing army that entered Qiongzhou had the most Mongolian war horses and garrisoned the Eight Banners, and although the Xianggui Green Battalion had several horse battalions, most of them were also equipped with short Yunnan horses that were not conducive to charging.

He Fu's move seems to be crooked, because of the fact that the sea route is too long and the war horses are precious, the cavalry posts of the Zheng army's divisions did not come to Qiongzhou together, and the very few horses collected in Qiongzhou are not enough to fight, so the assault of the Qing army's cavalry infantry without tigers and monkeys in the mountains actually played some role.

However, even if they crushed several teams of Zheng saber shields and jumping whistles in front of them, the Qing cavalry, which had lost their impact, could not get any benefit in the face of the nearly seven-and-a-half-foot spear stabbing forest that followed

At the end of the battle, the Qing army was in decline on all fronts, not only the front line was almost broken, but even the reserves were almost exhausted, so that several Zheng army two-inch guns that accompanied the advance had been set up on the north mountain to bombard the flanks of the Qing army, and He Fu had no way to muster the strength to disperse them.

After realizing that the general trend had gone, He Fu, who had predicted the outcome before the war, took the lead in escaping with some personal guards, and the admiral took the lead, and the generals of the Qing army at all levels also desperately "turned in". The Qing army fled after losing their armor, and only a very small number of lucky people escaped into the camp built the day before in a panic in an attempt to hold on.

Seeing that the Qing army was scattered in all directions, all the units of the Zheng army except for Zuo Longxiang's division pursued and attacked fiercely with the sentry as a unit according to Zheng Kezang's order that "it is advisable to chase the remaining brave and poor men". As for the two regiments of Zuo Longxiang's division, they carried out the final attack on the Qing camp with the support of the three-and-a-half-inch artillery posts that had moved to the front line.

In the middle of the day, the Qing army camp was conquered, and the remnants of the Qing army of more than 300 people surrendered, so far there was no Qing army brigade in the east of Nanpailing.

"Lord, summarize the reports of the commanders of each division," Wu Shu, who had obtained some statistics from his subordinates, reported. "More than 3,200 corpses of the Qing army were left on the battlefield, and another 4,827 were captured, including one general soldier, four deputy generals, 12 staff generals and guerrillas, and a total of 317 commanders, garrisons, and 1,000 commanders. As for the gains in terms of ordnance and materiel, there are so many of them."

"You don't need to report anything," Zheng Kezhang waved his hand, interrupting Wu Shu's words. "As for the captured Qing army, the old rule, one out of ten is killed." Zheng Kezhang ordered lightly. "In addition, the first line of Lecheng was ordered to build a pontoon bridge, and the enemy here was cleaned up, and the rest of the additional heads could not be let go."

Don't look at Zheng Kezang's interest doesn't seem to be high, but he is actually quite satisfied with today's results, after all, the first battle of Dongning considered the ability of the boy scouts to defend, but today's battle reflects the offensive ability of the reorganized Zheng army in the field, of course, the quality of He Fu's touchstone is still a little insufficient, but at present, it is enough.

"Yes." Wu Shu answered, and naturally there were military officers on the side to give orders for him. "Lord, since you want to go back to the division to deal with the Qing captives in Hebei, when can you arrange for the divisions on the front line to collect troops?"

"Wu Qing," Zheng Kezhang shook his head. "You are an old soldier, and you are the governor of this battle, you must know this, do not interfere with your scheduling, and do your own thing according to the emperor's opinion."

Wu Shu nodded unchanged, of course he knew that Zheng Kezhang was only polite, but he didn't take it seriously.

However, Zheng Kezang wanted to make a posture of knowing people and being good at his duties, and he could only accompany him, so he listed a few numbers as a basis: "It will take one day for our army to recover and rectify, and it will take one day to enter the position where the Qing army has no way to retreat after crossing the river. ”

Qiongshan is full of hills, so it is impossible to eliminate the remnants of He Fu without pulling, as long as He Fu is driven far away, so that he has no chance to report to the Qing army in Hebei, it is based on this reason, Wu Shujian said: "The minister thinks that at least he can't collect troops before sunset." ”

Zheng Kezhang did not answer directly, but asked: "How many horses are still well captured on the battlefield?" ”

"There are more than seventy horses." Wu Shu is also a human spirit, so Zheng Kezhang understood it with a little bit. "The ministers immediately dispatched horses and good horsemen in the army, and divided the team to pursue, so as not to let the remnants of the Qing army notice the movement of our army."

"There are still more than 10,000 Qing troops on the other side, and the minister thinks that four divisions are enough," Lin Sheng suddenly interjected. "The remaining division can cooperate with the cavalry to continue the pursuit."

"In battle, you have to fight with lions and rabbits, so it's good to have a little more strength." Zheng Kezhang did not adopt it. "In this way, leave a regiment to cooperate with the cavalry team to pursue, maybe don't fight, you can scare He Fu to death?"

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