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Just when Li Lin Longdun the Temple of War, the main force of the Zheng army had already entered Yunlu, an important town east of Jieyang County, and then set up a formation with Fengjiang to re-establish a confrontation with Wu Xingzuo and Baiyin Dali, who had made a comeback. Although the strength of the Zheng army behind the enemy in Chaozhou has declined despite the fact that the Zheng army has stayed behind the enemy of two Kunlun regiments to contain Chaozhou, even if the new annex army with questionable combat strength is not counted, the total strength of the Zheng army still has an absolute advantage over the Qing army, which is only 35,000 people coming to aid the Qing army, so after setting up camp for a short rest, the Zheng army launched a strong attack on the enemy in front of it in the early morning of September 13.biquge.info

On that day, at the beginning of the day, the Zheng army concentrated 54 three-and-a-half-inch (12-pounder) field guns of six divisions to open fire on Yunlu City. At three o'clock, Zheng Jun formed three horizontal formations of 3,600 infantry men from two divisions to slowly approach the Qing army on the front line of Hongshantou, Xianggang and Shatin, and thirty paces behind the horizontal formation were the regimental artillery posts of the two divisions, and fifty paces after the manpower light artillery group were the four assault fronts composed of the two divisions' jumping, selecting the outposts and the sword and shield men of each regiment.

The Qing army, which was in a hurry, also concentrated all the Hongyi artillery at this time to carry out a blocking strike on the Zheng army, and the flying projectiles caused a lot of casualties in the Zheng army's horizontal formation, and even destroyed several advancing Zheng army light artillery, but in the face of bloody losses, the Zheng army still moved forward firmly and slowly under the leadership of officials at all levels.

When advancing to about 200 paces away from the front of the Qing army, the three-inch cannon of the Zheng army that accompanied the advance stopped and began to speak, although the three-inch cannon fired at a large angle at a relatively close range could not achieve the effect of the mortar cannon, but it also caused a certain amount of confusion in the front of the Qing army, especially interfering with the shooting of the Qing artillery, so that the casualty rate of the Zheng army decreased.

At the end of the 150 paces, the Qing army's tiger squat cannon and Franc machine gun and Zheng army's two-and-a-half-inch cannon opened fire at the same time, but Zheng's two-and-a-half-inch cannon needed to shoot over the head of their own infantry gunners, so the effect was not good. On the other hand, the direct-shot projectiles fired by the Qing army formed a terrifying bloody storm in the queue of the Zheng army, but fortunately, the loading speed of the Qing army was extremely slow under the interference of the Zheng army's artillery fire, so the Zheng army was able to avoid greater casualties.

At a hundred paces, the Qing army's bird-gunners began to fire, but the Zheng army still did not stop, and it was not until they marched within eighty paces that the Zheng army reorganized the queue under the fire of the Qing army, and fired the ammunition in their hands for the first time. The overwhelming lead bullets that rained like a storm instantly caused a terrifying effect in the Qing army, and a whole row of Qing army bird gunners and tiger squat gunners who were ready to shoot were immediately swept away, and a few who were spared were also stunned and turned around and fled in fright.

Although the Qing army was surprised by the tenacity of the Zheng army and the sharpness of the firearms, the Zheng army's forced narrowing of the horizontal formation in order to form a dense firepower made them see the opportunity to make a roundabout flank attack.

Seeing the Qing army attacking, the Zheng army's infantry men quickly rotated to both sides in divisions, and at this time, the white soldiers of the third formation of the Zheng army had already crossed the artillery army, and when the infantry men finished rotating, the white soldiers also passed the gap left by the infantry men to the center of the Qing army.

In view of the fact that the entire formation had been broken, Baiyin Dali personally led the cavalry to attack the white soldiers of the Zheng army in the center, but because the distance between the two sides was already very close, and the Qing army horse team had to pay attention to avoiding the artillery fire coming from the top, so the horse speed could not be increased to the Cheng dù suitable for sprinting, so the impact force formed was limited, and it was quickly absorbed by the white soldiers of the Zheng army. Seeing that the horse team could not stop the advance of the Zheng army, Wu Xingzuo immediately mobilized the Zhenbiaozhong Battalion, the Qingyuan Battalion Left Battalion, the Lianyang Battalion, and the Right Battalion of the Sanjiangkou Association in Nanshaolian Town to rush towards the Zheng army, and the two sides immediately fought together.

If the battle on the central battlefield is still in the stage of evenly matched, the shape of the two wings made Wu Xingzuo break out in a cold sweat - the green battalions of the two provinces of Hunan and Guizhou, which had not dealt much with the main force of the Zheng army, were not only helpless in the face of the neat gun formation of the Zheng army, but were also beaten back step by step, so that the green battalions of the two provinces failed to grab the success, but instead exposed the flanks of the green battalion of Guangdong Province in the center of the battlefield - as a last resort, Wu Xingzuo had no choice but to continue to increase troops to the two wings to maintain the integrity of the battle line.

Noticing that the two divisions of Youwuwei and Youlongwu had pinned down a considerable number of the Qing army, Zheng Kezhang immediately ordered the new annex army to attack. The strength of the new annexed army attached to the east of the Chaozhou River was once as high as 12,000 men, but after the siege of Chaozhou and the transfer to fill the losses of the left shooting division, the strength of the new annexed army was reduced to the original 60%. However, even if nearly 7,000 pigs rushed to kill, the momentum was terrifying, and it was impossible for the new annexes who had already twisted their money rat tails to turn back on the battlefield, and the former Green Flag soldiers, who knew that if they stayed on the battlefield, they would only give away their own lives, and they had to fight to the death with their former peers with all their might.

Finding that the murderous new annex army rushed up, Wu Xingzuo, who was overstretched, had no choice but to continue to mobilize the few troops in his hand to supplement the first line. The two of them combined, and felt that only a roundabout side attack could change the unfavorable shape at the moment. To this end, Baiyin Dali collected the military standard and the remaining infantry of the banner army, pieced together the strength of 1,500 people, and prepared to cross the Fengjiang River east through Yuetan first, and then return to the west side of the Fengjiang River around the Shuimian Bridge, so as to rush to the rear of the Zheng army.

However, as soon as Baiyin Dali crossed the Fengjiang River, he discovered the roundabout troops of the Zheng army on the line of Chicuodu. The frightened Baiyin Dali immediately ordered the formation, but in front of the Zheng army were the cavalry posts and horse scouts of all six divisions. Not to mention that the heavy cavalry with 660 horsemen and horses all dressed in armor was almost invincible in this era, even the light cavalry with 780 cavalry was not something that only the Qing army of 1,500 people could resist.

Sure enough, the heavy cavalry of the Zheng army had not yet been dispatched, and the light cavalry that charged into battle only played one round, the main purpose of which was only to disperse the handcuffs in the shape of the Qing army, and the thin formation of the Qing army collapsed. What made Baiyin Dali beat his chest even more was that it was the Manchurian Eight Banners who were the first to escape, and the infantry of the Han Army Banner had no fighting spirit.

Baiyin Dali, who had already fled from the city of Chaozhou twice in a row, did not want to flee again this time, so he scolded the flag soldiers around him to return to the battle, but his goal was so obvious that Zheng's cavalry targeted him. In the face of Zheng Jun's challenge, he regained the brave Baiyin Dali left and right, and killed several Zheng Jun light horsemen in succession. Just as the bloody Baiyin Dali used the courage of ten thousand people, a group of Zheng heavy cavalry appeared like a nightmare. The heavy cavalry of the Zheng army riding on the Taixi horse brandished the heavy soldiers such as bones and maces and attacked with the overwhelming force of Mount Tai, and Bai Yindali resisted twice with all his might, and finally fell under the spear and axe of the third cavalryman

As soon as Baiyin Dali died, the Qing army, which had struggled to organize a weak resistance, completely collapsed, and they now only wanted to escape far away, but how could they outperform the heavily nailed war horse under Zheng Jun's crotch in the mud, and with only a bag of cigarettes, these fleeing Qing troops were cut down one by one in the slippery rice fields.

Wu Xingzuo didn't know about the death of Bai Yin Dali, but in the face of the Zheng Army's left Yiwei and Right Huwei divisions, which were pressed again, there were no enough reserves, and he could only watch the situation gradually collapse. At the moment when he was anxious, Zheng Jun appeared on the left flank of the Qing army along the foothills of the Snake Land with two Kunlun regiments, which was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.

"Wu Xingzuo escaped." Seeing the flag symbolizing the commander of the Qing army fleeing to the rear, Zheng Kezhang immediately made a judgment. "Go and ask Jiangnan what's going on, why the cavalry hasn't appeared yet." Before the words landed, Yin Long, who commanded the cavalry as the deputy commander of the Zuohu Division, sent someone to report the results of the killing of Baiyin Dali. "Oh? It was a bonus. Zheng Kezhang sighed and immediately ordered. It is advisable to chase after the poor bravely, not to sell the name of the overlord, and order all departments to pursue bravely"

Before Zheng Kezang's order was issued, the Zheng army had already sensed the momentum of the Qing army's rout, and spontaneously pursued it, under the fierce attack of the Zheng army, the Qing army that shook the heart of the army because of the commander's escape was either kneeling and begging according to the slogan of Zheng Jun, or fleeing westward in a swarm, in their opinion, maybe Jieyang City could save their fate of defeat, but they did not know that Zheng Kezhang had included this small county town in the target that must be captured.

The middle and lower-level officers and soldiers thought that the dignified governor would always defend Jieyang, but how could Wu Xingzuo, who did not even dare to stay in Chaozhou City, which had a solid city wall, dared to enter Jieyang County, which was a projectile land, of course, he bypassed the city, first crossed the Rongjiang North River on the line of Shuangzhong Temple in Pandong, and then crossed the Rongjiang South River between Dingsanzhou and Xiasanzhou, and fled all the way to Puning. Even if he fled to Puning, Wu Xingzuo, who only had one part of the Inspector Battalion and one flag soldier around him, didn't feel safe, so he abandoned the city and fled west under the pretext of going back to Guangzhou to recruit troops, and didn't even enter Huizhou City, but only fled back to Guangzhou.

The Qing troops who poured into Jieyang City did not have time to breathe, and were soon surrounded by the pursuing Zheng army. The Zheng army sent an envoy to demand that the Qing army surrender within a time limit, but the leaderless Qing army did not have time to respond, and the Zheng army's artillery army arrived under the city. Seeing the muzzle of the black hole, although he knew that the light artillery of the Zheng army that appeared at this moment was not enough to shake the defense of Jieyang City, the Qing army, which had already discarded all the artillery in the field battle, still felt a huge threat.

Under this wordless deterrence, the remnants of the five or six thousand Qing troops had to be forced to surrender in Kaicheng, so far the battle of Fengjiang ended, Wu Xingzuo not only lost the life of Baiyin Dali and lost more than 30,000 troops again, so the door to Huizhou and Guangzhou has been opened, as long as the division returns to solve the enemy in Chaozhou, the entire eastern Guangdong is already a ripe persimmon within the reach of the Zheng army.

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