359. Huguang Insight
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At the beginning of May, the climate was already a little hot, but the heat of the fireball above his head was not enough to correct the consequences of the previous day's rain in a short time, so Zheng Jun, who had sworn to cross the river and march north, inevitably had to fight against the slippery land. The latest chapter of the book comes from the book river, where the route of the infantry and the white soldiers is better, after all, after thousands of feet are trampled, even the softest ground becomes solid, but the problem is in the way of the artillery team. At least there were two-inch guns weighing 1,000 kilograms (the previous setting was wrong, now according to the caliber of about 65mm, and the iron shells used weigh about 7 pounds, about 8 pounds, the same below) and gun trucks of the same weight have already plowed the overwhelmed roads into potholes, and the heavier three-inch guns (caliber about 96mm, bullet weight 2o catties, about 22 pounds) have simply declared a strike.
"Wang Baoyi (lieutenant), hurry up and bring all the horses pulling the ammunition cart." According to the current establishment of Zheng Jun, a three-inch cannon is equipped with six towed horses, and the other eight are towing a four-wheeled cart full of gunpowder and cannonballs, so once all the horses are transferred, its towing capacity is still considerable. "Zhao Hujun (school captain), you take the people of Team Li to hurry up and get some miscellaneous wood to pad under the wheels of the gun carriage Single mother loves to fight the latest chapter. And Ma Jinyi (lieutenant), the horsepower should be saved, wait for you to follow me, let's go down together to help in the back"
Just as the 6th Division of the northward march was staggering forward in the middle of the back-to-back horse, He Cai, who was born in the Bingchen period of the boy boy camp, was standing on the [Yellow Bird] in the lead, looking at the unfamiliar river in front of him and the monotonous scenery on both sides of the river with a monocular.
Speaking of which, He Cai also trained in the whaling camp and served as a sail on a certain cruising ship, so he was able to obtain the position of captain of a cruising ship in the Sanyo Fleet, but when Huang Chuxu formed the Yangtze River Fleet, he asked him by name, and Lin Xian, who was in charge of the sailor at that time, refused to let go, and the two sides also fought a lawsuit in front of Zheng Kezang. However, He Cai was not honored by this, perhaps in his opinion at that time, the Yangtze River Fleet was just a naval army in a bathhouse, and there was nothing to do. Fortunately, this view gradually disappeared with the passage of time and the growth of the Yangtze River Fleet, and was replaced by the pride of being able to implement the strategy of "controlling 6 with water" and "controlling horses with boats" as a member of the Yangtze River Fleet.
However, pride is pride, but the upstream along the Han River is an area that the Yangtze River fleet has never set foot in, so He Cai, who is three points apprehensive and seven points excited, still has enough vigilance. Of course, he did not take into account the victory or loss in the face of the Qing army's boats, but the Han River was long enough and the boats under his command were limited, so he could not complete the task of cutting off the two sides of the strait given by Zheng Kezang.
The Yangtze River fleet is divided into four teams, each team has more than 30 large and small red single boats, although the number is not much, but it can't stand each boat has more than one cannon, of which there are three inch captain guns on small ships, three inch short guns two, and the [Yellow Bird] under his feet is four inches (about 128mm, 68 pounds) two short guns, three and a half inches (about 112mm, 32 pounds) short guns four, and a three-inch captain cannon, Far from what the previous Qing warships, which were only equipped with small-caliber artillery, could defend against.
"Beiyu is so brave and brave, he hasn't seen a battle yet, why did he all shrink back and disappear," Qian Chi, the deputy steward of the [Yellow Bird], who was also holding a single-barreled telescope beside him, muttered softly. "It's boring."
In order to ease the nervousness of his subordinates, He Cai scolded with a smile: "Beiyu has no courage, isn't he scared by your generalissimo Qian!" ”
Now the highest military rank in the Zheng army is General Zhengyipin, the so-called generalissimo is just something that only exists in the drama, and the title of the general must be avoided, because only Zheng Kezhang is also the famous and wealthy family who pleases the general: the big star grabs the wife.
"That relationship is good, a certain family is Yanren Zhang Yide, and when he drank and broke the Dangyang Bridge, he scared Wei Jun"
Before Qian Chi's words were finished, a sail shadow suddenly jumped out of the sight of the two, and the two looked at it again, it didn't look like a warship of the Qing army, so He Cai chuckled: "Give the rear team a flag, let the [Huang Ying] take the left and right detachments to escort the formation, and the rest of the teams will attack with their own officials, so it is always a good thing." ”
Qian Chi reminded: "Isn't it cautious, in case it is a trap for the Qing captive?"
"It's okay, didn't this official already leave the left and right detachments to charge." He Cai had obviously already calculated a qiē. "Even if this is a trick of the Qing captives, with two teams in hand, they will not come back this time"
"Look, the fleet over there." The shadow of the sail in the distance was finally captured by the fleet coming from the east, and the red, yellow and blue tricolor flag fluttering in the wind clearly revealed the identity of the opponent. "It's a sea reversal!" The screams soon rang out in the fleet, although everyone knew that Zheng Kezhang had arrived in Wuchang and the battle was imminent, but no one would have thought that the Zheng Junshui Division, who had never broken through into the Han River, actually dispatched, and fortunately bumped into himself by chance, thinking of the power of the legendary Zheng Jun's gunboat, even the Qing officer who was escorting him on the ship couldn't wait to lean to the shore. "Hide in the fork of the river."
But mistakes were made in the busyness, and most of the boats scattered and fled to both sides, and a few of them collided together. Before they could separate, the Zheng army, who had already noticed the commotion in the southbound fleet, fired several shells. Although the cannonballs only fell in the distance because of the distance, the turbulent water column still gave the sailors a great shock, and many of them took advantage of their water nature to swim and escape, and the rest of the people saw that they were unable to separate the colliding hull by themselves, and jumped into the water one after another.
When the [Yellow Bird] was killed, except for a few boats that were already empty and still drifting slowly under the action of the current, the rest either fled the way they came, or hid in the reeds on the shore and disappeared, seeing this stunned scene, He Cai couldn't help frowning, how can this achieve the task of cutting off the Han River.
"It's the latest chapter of the Trainee Priest! Come on, what's the top for a few times? He Cai was speechless, so Qian Chi opened his mouth and ordered on He Cai's behalf. Be careful, don't get bitten by dogs. ”
After a while, several sailors who came up to the opposite boat on small rows shouted: "My lord, it's food, the whole ship is food." ”
"Food! Military rations! Rations for the army of Tartars! He Cai's eyes froze, and then he looked at the dense reeds that had begun to be seen on both sides of the strait. The front team forced to the left bank, the rear team forced to the right bank, and when they couldn't see the boat, they bombarded me with cannons, inch by inch, and either forced them out or sank them inside, and never let a grain of rice fall into the hands of the Tartars! ”
Zheng Jun has made a big attack and the news of the appearance of a red single boat on the Han River quickly reached the ears of Nerfo, although the descendants of Yue Tuo do not know why, but Kangxi sent the counselor beside him Manchuria inlaid with red flags Ananda, the left attendant of the military department Zhu Duna and others are people who understand, and the big guy is so total, the answer will naturally jump out of the water.
"Hai Rebellion, this is trying to attack Jingzhou first." attacked the white flag, the third-class Asihani Hafan, the first-class shrimp Sahacha said hatefully. "It's really a good calculation, it is clear that the imperial court can't beat the Yangtze River, and it can't threaten the Lord Wuchang, if the army is withdrawn to rescue, it will really succeed Zhu Qin's plan, simply, let's also have a change, first take Huangpi and then Bo Huangzhou"
"No." Ananda shook her head sharply. "Although Jingzhou still has 3,000 banner soldiers and 10,000 green battalions led by General Sha Lao, it is very deficient compared to the sea adversity, plus it has to guard Songzi, Jianli, Gong'an, Yilingzhou and other places." Ananda paused. "Jingzhou is the support of the imperial court with soldiers, and it must not be lost."
"Now that the sea is cut off from the Han River, if you want to support Jingzhou, you have to detour from Jingmen, An6 and other places, and the road is long, but we have gone back and forth, and I am afraid that the morale of the army will not be frustrated." In addition to the title of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, Zhu Duna also has the title of cabinet bachelor, although he has no real power, but he can be regarded as Kangxi's confidant and courtier, so his words still have some weight. "The other is the Mongol soldiers." What Zhu Duna is talking about is not the Mongolian Eight Banners led by Ner, but the authentic Mongolian cavalry invited by Kangxi from Xilin Gol and other tribes, although these Mongolian cavalry have some combat strength, but the old man's temper is as great as his counterparts in Korea. "Along the way, the water network is crisscrossed, and I am afraid that they will not want to."
"Lord Zhu's words also have some truth, if it weren't for our brigade to supervise it, these Mongolians would have been bad a long time ago." Because of his participation in the battle of Kaldan, Balin, the deputy capital of Xi'an, was very dismissive of the combat strength of the Mongol soldiers. "It's better to let them stay in Huangzhou, and allow them to interfere with the hinterland of the sea rebellion on their own, so as to contain the other party, our main force to invade the west, and encircle Zheng against the city of Jingzhou."
Ba Lin brought a part of the Xi'an Banner Firearms Battalion this time, with more than 30 Wucheng Yonggu General Cannons and Shenwei Invincible General Cannons, which can be regarded as a hole card for Ner's cutting, but he can not be regarded as a Mongolian cavalry with fish belly, but Ananda still has a negative attitude towards the Mongols' cavalry.
"There's something wrong with what Lord Ba said." Ananda's eyes flickered. "The territory of Huangzhou is also crisscrossed by rivers, and there are no less than tens of thousands of troops in Hai Rebellion, in case there is any damage, I am afraid that it will shake the foundation of the unity of Manchu and Mongolia, or take them and others to the west, as for complaints, it is also okay, just allow them to take military resources for themselves after defeating Hai Rebellion."
The big hat of the Manchurian and Mongolian ones fell down, and Balin and Zhu Duna didn't dare to say anything, but the reason why Ananda had to drag the Mongols was mainly due to the consideration of concentrating troops, and he was unwilling to leave one-sixth of the Qing army's entire strength outside the war zone to watch the show in vain at the moment when the war was approaching.
"However, it is always troublesome for the sea to blockade the Han River with a water division, in case our army crosses the river and suddenly kills, then what should we do."
Facing the new question raised by Ba Lin, Ananda looked at He Lu, the leader of the Jingzhou Eight Banners Sailor Battalion, who was standing on the side: "Lord He, can your ministry be sure to ensure the smooth transportation of the Han water?" ”
He Lu replied with a sad face: "I'm afraid I can't." ”
Seeing that several Shangguan were displeased, He Lu hurriedly said: "When Governor Wu was here, he once trained a green camp sailor on the Han River, and after Lord Gartu supervised Hubei, he was included in the battalion of the Governor of the Sailor Division, or he could make it fight. ”
Superintendent of the Sailor Battalion? Ananda frowned: "Well, now I can only count on the Green Banner Soldiers." ”
Speaking of this, Ananda stood up from his seat: "Ladies and gentlemen, since it has been agreed, let's make a statement to the prince together."
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