279.Zhan Chaozhou (3)

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After dawn, the Qing army really increased the number of troops to Phoenix Continent again, but at this time, the Zheng army had already transferred the third regiment of the Left Shooting Division and the division's subordinate jumping and selecting the front to the continent overnight, and the strength of the Zheng army on the continent had increased to 3,500 people, and it had already gained a certain advantage in the comparison of forces. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)

At the beginning of the year, Li Linlong, who had received reinforcements, began to supervise and urge about 3,000 people from the Zuo Battalion, the Huanggang Xiezuo Battalion, the Huilai Battalion, the Junbiao Peace Battalion, and the Sihui Battalion to attack the front line of Fenghuangtai. Because the Qing army was unable to transport heavy artillery to the continent, and the range of the light Franc cannons and tiger squat cannons carried was limited, the Qing army could only advance against the artillery fire of the Zheng army at first.

Although the Zheng army had already managed to transport eighteen two-and-a-half-inch and three-inch light guns to Shangzhou, it had lost three of the two-inch guns and one three-inch gun in the previous night attack of the Qing army, so the actual artillery fire was not very intensive, and the range of the Zheng army's two-and-a-half-inch guns was limited, so the damage caused to the Qing army was also extremely limited.

After the Qing army advanced to one hundred and fifty paces, Zheng Jun's two-and-a-half-inch cannon joined the shooting, at this time the casualties of the Qing army began to increase, and after one hundred steps, all the artillery of the Zheng army switched to shotguns, but the Qing army also launched the tiger squat cannon it carried, and the projectiles fired by both sides were densely packed in the air, bringing certain casualties to each other.

Eighty paces, the Qing army's bird gunners rushed to the front of the queue and shot projectiles at Zheng Jun who was lying in front of them, although the bird guns were not very powerful, but the lead bullets still caused some damage to the Zheng army's foot gunners who had no protection.

After the Qing army had shot through this array and the advancing army had drowned out the gunpowder smoke caused by the shooting, Zheng Jun steadily pulled the trigger in the sound of the order - the three rows of volleys of rifle bullets caused no less lethal effect than shotguns, and the sharp arrows of the Qing army in front of the breakthrough were almost swept away, and the thousands of Qing troops who were in the forefront of the individual self-armed and brave were even hit by the bullets fired by more than a dozen infantry guns at the same time

Although the casualties were not small, under the repeated supervision of officials at all levels, the Qing soldiers who were cannon fodder could only continue to advance hard. Just as the advancing Qing army was anxiously waiting for the metal storm to come again, the Qing army's bird guns that had completed reloading did not know where to get out, although their wanton interspersed and disrupted their own formation, but the bullets they fired also caused considerable confusion to the Zheng army

At this time, Zheng Jun changed his tactics of insisting on standing still, and after each platoon, the platoon quickly withdrew backwards, and when the three platoons were finished, the sentry sword and shield group under the leadership of the two sentinels of Jumping and Selecting the Front, appeared in front of the Qing army.

The main white soldiers of the two sentinels of the two sentinels of the white soldiers were distributed on the entire front, which actually diluted the power of the counterattack, but behind each white soldier there were some ordinary sword and shield soldiers as supplementary strength, so when the Qing and Zheng sides were impacted together, the Zheng army was unable to counter the charge but could still firmly hold the battle line.

Taking advantage of the white soldiers in front of him to block the impact of the Qing army, the Zheng army, which formed a gun array, rolled over, and the spears stabbed out in unison were like waves repeatedly beating the reef, one heavy and one heavy, wave after wave, not only the Qing army was washed away, but even the Zheng army's own white soldiers were unable to stand under the waves, and finally chose to expand the battle line outward.

Seeing that the shape seemed to be unfavorable to his side, Li Linlong immediately pieced together the only twenty or so cavalry around him, intending to disrupt the Zheng army's tight gun forest, but on the one hand, the terrain on the continent prevented the cavalry from impacting at speed, and on the other hand, the number of more than 20 cavalry was too small.

At this time, further bad news came, a guerrilla of the Huanggang Xiezuo Battalion and the Huilai Battalion, three Dusi were killed, and the generals above the garrison level of the Heping Battalion, the Sihui Battalion and the Tibiao Zuo Battalion were also killed, and the morale of the Qing army, which had not rested after the landing, began to slowly decline, and the war gradually became irreparable.

Li Linlong is also a rabbit, and he can't do anything when he sees a big thing, so he doesn't care about the hard words he said when he executed the deputy general of the Raoping battalion, so he turned around and fled, and went straight to the location of the fleet of the sailor battalion without even notifying his subordinates who were fighting on the front line. As soon as Li Linlong's banner moved, the Zheng army attacking head-on was clear at a glance, and there was immediately thunderous cheers. As soon as the morale of the Zheng army exploded, the morale of the Qing army naturally fell to the bottom, and many officers and soldiers directly abandoned the enemy in front of them and followed the Admiral. At this time, Zheng Jun took advantage of the hot iron to shout the slogan "Put down the swords and guns, kneel on the ground and beg for mercy will not be killed", and the Qing army, which had no intention of fighting again, laid down their weapons one after another

The Zheng army, which pursued to the edge of Xixi, only saw Li Linlong boarding the boat and fleeing westward, and the battalion of the supervising water division did not care about carrying the rest of the Qing troops who were eager to flee, and all fled westward.

After receiving the battle report from Phoenix Continent, Zheng Kezhang immediately ordered the gunboats to sail into the line of the Guangji Bridge and shoot fiercely at the piers. The rumbling cannon sound frightened the Qing army on the front line of Bijia Mountain and Jinshan, and the leading Guangzhou general Baiyin Dali tried to order his troops to rush across the Guangji Bridge and withdraw to the city of Chaozhou, but how could this be possible, just after withdrawing more than 100 cavalry and eight banner horsemen, the pontoon bridge in the middle of the Guangji Bridge was hit by artillery fire and caught fire. The Qing troops at both ends tried to put out the fire, but this was simply a luxury in the artillery fire of the Zheng army. More than half an hour later, under the double attack of artillery bombardment and fire, the pontoon bridge was completely destroyed, and so far more than 15,000 Qing troops were successfully divided by Zheng's army in the east of the Han River.

After the Guangji Bridge was broken, Tang Xin commanded the gunboats to arrive near the east bank and fire artillery at Beacon Mountain, although the losses of the artillery bombardment were not very large, but it caused great psychological pressure on the Qing army, and the Qing army in Jiangdong became more and more restless. Immediately, the gunboat of the Zheng army crossed the Guangji Bridge and appeared behind Hanshan, and the heavy sail shadows on the river bluffed the defenders of Hanshan.

At this time, the Qing army in Jiangdong could retreat from the Yixi ferry to the west bank, but because the Zheng army's gunboats could sail directly to the crocodile crossing to block the Qing army's crossing of the river, Baiyin Dali was very hesitant to do so. However, in view of the fact that the military rations provided by the west bank were cut off, the summer rations in Yixi and other places were not enough to supply the Wanda army, and Baiyin Dali could only choose to withdraw as much as possible.

To this end, he sent people to swim across the Han River, and agreed with Wu Xingzuo to use the naval battalion to contain the Zheng army's gunboats and mobilize boats to help transport troops.

Wu Xingzuo promised one by one, and the two sides agreed to act in three days, so Baiyin Dali has been cautiously transferring troops to Yixi and other places, and nearly 10,000 Qing troops have been mobilized as late as the day of the operation. However, many things in the world are uneven, and even if such a large retreat can be concealed from Zheng Jun, how can it be concealed from the other Green Flag soldiers around him. Seeing that the lucky ones were ready to slip away one by one, and indeed handed over the heavy responsibility of containing Zheng Jun to their shoulders, some Qing officers and soldiers dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. For this reason, Bayindari sent a large reward to try to dispel the resentment of some people, but the effect was extremely small, and Bayindari had no choice but to send his own Goshha to suppress the dissatisfaction of the battalions.

Baiyin Dali meant that he wanted to lose the car and break his tail to survive, but Wu Xingzuo hung the chain here. To tell the truth, Wu Xingzuo really couldn't get together a boat for 10,000 people to cross the river in three days, Wu Xingzuo even used rafts, bamboo rafts and even door panels, the number was still insufficient, but the arrow had to be sent on the string, Wu Xingzuo and Baiyin Dali went up hard.

In the early morning of the third day of September, the right battalion of the town mark of Nanao Town, Jiangxi Qing Army, rowed a small boat with a large number of floats to resist Jiangdong by means of the morning light, and the retreat of the Qing army officially began. However, not long after the Qing army's action began, the Zheng Army's naval division, which had already smelled the smell, suddenly appeared downstream. Unexpectedly, Zheng Jun had collected a considerable number of express boats and eight-oared boats during the days he had stayed in Chaozhou, and the battalion of the Supervising Sailor Division, which was originally going to fight more and less, was surrounded by Zheng Jun. After more than an hour of fighting, the battalion of the Inspector Navy Division was defeated, and the whole army was wiped out in the south of Guangji Bridge.

Zheng Jun spent more than half an hour to clean up the channel, after dragging away the sunken Qing army ships on the river, Zheng Jun's gunboats and express boats, eight oars boats traced the river, and soon appeared in Yixidu and Crocodile Crossing, at this time the Qing army finally crossed 2,000 people, seeing the Zheng army coming violently, Nanao Town Biao Right Battalion immediately abandoned the boat and landed, and the rest of the Zheng army's ships calmly ignited all kinds of floats under the cover of gunboats, causing the Qing army to cross the river in vain.

But what made Baiyindali even more distracted was that the Green Banner soldiers who stayed behind in the defense lines of Hanshan, Jinshan, and Bijia Mountain successively killed the remaining prison soldiers and surrendered to the Zheng army after learning that the retreat had begun. Under the guidance of these surrenders, Zheng's soldiers accepted the camps without bloodshed, and then rushed straight down from Han Mountain, killing the Qing army units that were in chaos as they prepared to cross the river.

"Defeated!" "Kneel and beg to surrender without killing!" "Run! "Kill all the Tartars!" All kinds of voices were playing on the side of the Han River, the chaotic Qing army could not resist the Zheng army's rush and kill, for a time the senior generals fled with their horses, and the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers looked forward and backward and knelt on the ground and begged, as for the stubborn flag soldiers and hardcore traitors, Zheng Jun did not take action, and they were willing to take their lives with the help of those who were willing to take their lives.

"It's over." Looking at the scene of defeat in front of him, Baiyin Dali, who was sitting on his horse, was shaky. "The slave is ashamed of the emperor's trust." Saying that, Bai Yin Dali withdrew his hand and pulled out his sword and wanted to kill himself, Ma Ben on the side immediately saved his body, and the counselor on the side also tried his best to persuade him, and Bai Yin Dali, who finally dispelled the will to die, finally reluctantly ordered. "Let's go, go to Baishaba, as long as we cross the river, we still have a chance to win back this game"

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