362. Huguang Fire Attack Ship
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The thunderous sound of shelling was still echoing in his ears, and Zhao Dagui, who knew that something was wrong, hurriedly dragged the five hundred or so people who had already crossed the river and fled into the distance. But maybe the shelling just now was too alarming, or maybe Zhao Daguike deducted too much military pay in normal times, so that his soldiers were not in good health. Therefore, when the panting Qing army stopped and counted the number of people, Zhao Dagui realized that there were less than 300 people left in the Fubiao front battalion in his hand.
Wu Qingfeng, who was still following Zhao Dagui, said, "My lord, do you want to send someone to pick up the backward brothers?" β
In Wu Qingfeng's view, it is impossible for the Zheng army's patrol fleet to stay in one place for too long, and when they leave, they will have the opportunity to contact the people and horses in Jiangbei who have not yet crossed the river, and then collect some of the lost officers and soldiers, and perhaps the former battalion of Fubiao can still recover its vitality.
"Extremely stupid,!" But when his kindness ran into the liver and lungs of a donkey, Zhao Dagui scolded him with his head and face, maybe he felt that this was a little unfair to his henchmen, so Zhao Dagui explained after scolding. "You still want to contact Jiangbei, I don't know about those bastards, maybe the cannon of the sea rebellion has fled back to the camp early, no, no," Zhao Dagui denied himself. "The lost lord will behead the whole battalion, these bastards will definitely not escape the camp, it is estimated that they will either flee home or flee to Xiangyang." Zhao Dagui's words are not speculation, although after years of fierce battles, the combat effectiveness of the Huguang Green Battalion is much stronger than that of Kangxi around the 30th period of Chengping, but it can still only fight with the wind, and if it encounters setbacks, it will definitely run faster than a rabbit. "As for sending people to collect the rout, don't even think about it, first, the sea will come back to the letter, I can't tell when they will surround it, and second, maybe we will send this group of bastards out on the front foot, and they will disperse on their own on the back foot."
Wu Qingfeng was speechless for a while, and it took a long time for his eyes to roll, and he asked cautiously: "My lord, what should we do now?" β
"What to do, you ask me who to ask." Zhao Dagui said angrily, and then lowered his voice. "Do you know how much food we have left?" Wu Qingfeng was full of excitement, yes, although everyone had a little dry food on them, the grain trucks were left behind, and they were all lost in Jiangbei. "Now, we can only rush to Jingzhou before the sea reverse." Seeing that Wu Qingfeng understood, Zhao Dagui explained his intentions. "Otherwise, in two days, we will have to break up."
Wu Qingfeng also lowered his voice: "Go to Jingzhou, it's not a place of self-defeat." β
"Say you're confused, you're really confused." Zhao Dagui shook his head. "Jiangling City is well defended, General Sha has 10,000 people in his hands, there is no problem in guarding it for ten days and half a month, so calculated, even if the generals cross the Han River from the Jingmen line, they will also climb to, and when the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and the sea will not be able to withdraw the troops, at that time, even if we do not complete the task of harassing the sea reverse grain road, we will have the credit of rescuing Jingzhou, and everything will be thin."
Wu Qingfeng still has some: "Then what if the Jingzhou Banner Battalion forces us to go to the city to fight against the sea rebellion?" β
", instead of waiting for death here, it's better to rush to Jingzhou City, even if you are sent to the city, it can be regarded as a military merit, it's better than starvation." Speaking of this, Zhao Dagui said in a decisive manner. "This matter is so decided, tell the brothers sΓΉ, after a while, we will travel day and night, and we must rush to Jingzhou before the food runs out."
Not to mention that Zhao Dagui's department is trying to find a way to survive, here, the news of the failure of the smuggling of the former camp of the superintendent quickly reached Sahacha's ears, and I saw that the third-class Ashani Hafan, who had not been in attack for a long time, was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood: "Since the sea is tightly guarded and the smuggling cannot be achieved, then let's have a ruthless vote." β
Sahacha ordered Deputy General Hu, who had seized power by him, and said: "Lord Hu, now it is our Navy Battalion that can turn things around, and the things assigned by this official have been done, when will the Navy Battalion be able to attack." β
It stands to reason that the rank of the deputy general is from the second rank, and the status is far above the first-class shrimp of the third grade, but the deputy general Hu is actually the deputy general who supervises the naval division battalion with the deputy general, which means that his title of deputy general is actually false, so naturally it cannot be compared with Sahacha, who is the imperial guard and holds the general order of the general of Zhengnan. More crucially, he is a Han Chinese, and in the order of Manchu rule, he is congenitally inferior to the banner people, not to mention that Sahacha is born in the three banners and the white flag.
Therefore, as soon as he heard Sahacha's question, he replied respectfully like a subordinate official: "If you return to Lord Sa, it has been prepared, as long as the lord gives an order, the sailor battalion will be able to go on the expedition, but the sea is also sailing at night, and the exact location of the ship cannot be found, so the subordinate thinks that it is better to attack in the daytime." β
In fact, Adjutant General Hu did not say the truth, that is, the green battalion was not as good as the flag battalion, and the Huguang Green Battalion Sailor Battalion established in the Wu Hao era was not as oily and watery as the Jingzhou Banner Battalion, which had long held the right to inspect the Yangtze River waterway, so many sailors in the battalion had night blindness and were not suitable for night attacks.
Sahacha is also a character who knows seven tricks and six tricks and knows nothing, and at this time he was confused by Vice General Hu, and felt that there was some truth, so he nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then set sail tomorrow and defeat the sea rebellion in one fell swoop."
There was nothing to say all night, and it was dawn in the blink of an eye. After He Cai, who had led the fleet to retreat in the territory of Chuyang at night, left a small boat to contact the second team, urged the other ships to continue westward, and soon re-entered the Hanshui River section under the rule of Tianmen County, and pressed towards the Qianjiang line non-stop.
When he arrived near Yuekou, He Cai suddenly observed that the situation in front of him was different. I saw that the river was covered with all kinds of boats, large and small, and when these boats saw Zheng Junhong's single boat coming, not only did they not disperse in a hurry, but instead took advantage of the direction of the current and wind to move forward.
"I'm really not afraid to fight." Qian Chi, the deputy steward of the [Yellow Bird] beside He Cai, commented disdainfully. "And come to die."
"Sent to death?" He Cai shook his head. "Generalissimo Qian, you're out of sight. Take a look at it clearly, people have picked up the old routines we used in our early years, but the river is so narrow, but it is careless. β
"The old routine used in the early years." Qian Chi was stunned for a moment, then carefully observed with a telescope, and soon he exhaled. "It's really not bad, these hundreds of boats can't bear to burn, Tartar is such a big deal."
"What a big move, it's just that I saw the routine of our battle a few days ago, and thought that there was an opportunity, so I fought to the death." Speaking of which, He Cai ordered. "Flag-calling, free fire from the guns of all ships." Amidst the rumbling cannons, He Cai sneered. "People can afford us, so let's sing two places together."
The artillery fire of the Zheng army formed a column of water on the river, and from time to time one or two Qing ships fell apart in the prison formed by this column of water. But the Qing army rushed in under the artillery fire of the Zheng army, and the cannons on the sentry ships and division ships that rushed to the front also crackled back, although there was no effect, but at least it was not inferior in momentum.
"Self-righteous fools, think that this is a place where you can't advance or retreat, and you can let the fire attack the ship." He Cai laughed at his opponent, and then he issued another order. "The front team becomes the rear team, the back team and the front team, retreat with the same degree as the Tartar fleet, open the distance, and continue to teach them a lesson with the cannons."
The Zheng ships began to turn around in turn, although there were ten large and small warships in a column, but at this time, the Han River had enough width for the Zheng army to complete the dispatch in turn, and at the same time of the dispatch, the Zheng army, which was at the forefront, also had the opportunity to shoot at the opponent with a large-caliber short gun on the side side, although it may not be able to hit the opponent, but it stopped the downward impulse of the ships before the Qing army broke through.
"The sea is reverse, the sea is reverse, how can it retreat." Repelling the Zheng army's naval division was Sahacha's original intention, but the Zheng army did not rout but shifted its firing position, which put the Qing army, which was suffering from the fact that its own artillery could not reach the opponent, into a situation of continuous fighting. "Hu, Master Hu, you say, what should we do now?"
Looking at the angry imperial guards, Vice General Hu was secretly refreshed, but if the sailor battalion was defeated, he would have to take the lead, so he had to do his best to think of a countermeasure: "Two ways, first, try to get as close as possible to the opponent, the sea reverse can never make a mistake, as long as the sea reverse is forced to the shallows, that is our chance." β
Sahacha's eyes lit up, and he asked as if he had received a treasure: "Shoal, that's right, as long as you force the sea to the shallow, you will have a chance, but Lord Hu knows where there is a shoal in this section of the Han River." β
"This, this," Vice General Hu said hesitantly. "Maybe there are sailors in the camp who are fishermen along the river, you can ask them." Sahacha was immediately deflated, but Vice General Hu had a second plan. "We can also get the warships out of the way and send the arsonists behind us to the first column."
"What kind of solution is this?" Before Sahacha's words fell, suddenly there was a cheer in front of him, and he fixed his eyes to see that the shoal predicted by Vice Admiral Hu had really appeared, and two turning Zheng Junhong single ships accidentally ran aground on it, among which was a large ship of 1,500 materials. "Opportunity, rush forward"
The voice of Sahacha, who was at the back of the boat regiment, naturally could not reach the ears of the Qing troops on the front line, but seeing that the opportunity had come, they naturally would not turn a blind eye. As a result, several Qing warships that had burst forward scattered one after another, revealing several arsonist ships behind them that had already lit the fires and rushed straight away.
"Damn it!" He Cai cursed, in his line of sight, although the two stranded ships repeatedly used heavy artillery to destroy the Qing arson ships in front of the breakthrough, but it took time to reload the artillery, so it was impossible to stop more arsonist ships from surrounding. "Give them the flag, order to light the gunpowder and abandon the ship."
It didn't have to be for Zheng Jun to light the fire, and the flames were already burning on the stranded red single boat.
"It's done, it's done." Sahacha, who saw this scene from afar, was extremely excited. "We won!"
Win? What responded to Sahacha was Vice Admiral Hu's bleak face: "My lord, hurry up and escape, there are still dozens of ships in the sea, but our ships are about to burn out?"
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