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After encircling and annihilating the Qing army in Jiangdong, the Zheng army, which had completely mastered the power to control the river, repeatedly bombarded the walls along the river such as Guangjimen and Zhumumen with heavy artillery carried by gunboats. Although the limited number of gunboats of the Zheng army did not shake the ancient and solid city walls quickly, the Chaozhou defenders, who had lost most of their troops, were terrified.biquge.info

On the sixth day of the ninth month, when the attention of the Qing army was attracted by the gunboats on the riverside, the main force of the Zheng army erected a pontoon bridge on the front line of the Qinglong Temple, and the whole army of the Zheng army crossed the Han River in the following three days. In view of the fact that Zheng's army had crossed the river, in order to prevent the story of the governor of Fuzhou and the general being captured together, Wu Xingzuo was forced to flee to Huizhou with Baiyin Dali, who had just fled back from Jiangxi, with his banner soldiers and the wolf bèi of the superintendent, leaving Li Linlong with more than 10,000 men to defend the city of Chaozhou.

Zheng's army underwent a brief reorganization under the city of Chaozhou, and after replenishing the losses of the left shooting division, Zheng Kezhang ordered the remaining more than 11,000 new annexed troops to carry out a fierce attack on Chaozhou. Under the coercion of the Zheng army, the new annexed army exerted 200% of its combat strength, although it did not immediately capture Chaozhou City, but the non-stop attacks day and night still made Chaozhou City head tired. Just as all Li Linlong's attention was attracted by the new annexed army in the south and west of the city, the tower of the Lower Water Gate was destroyed by the gunboats on the river. In the face of the enemy's back, the city of Chaozhou, which was presided over by the governor and general, was even more popular.

However, before the Green Banner generals in Chaozhou City could take action, on the eighth day of September, Wu Xingzuo and Baiyin Dali, who had escaped from Chaozhou City, made a comeback after meeting reinforcements from Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Guangxi, Hunan and other places in Puning County. Faced with more than 30,000 Qing troops in the abdomen, Zheng Kezhang immediately decided to leave the Kunlun Nu Army and the first division of the Navy Division to continue to monitor the enemy in Chaozhou, and the rest of the troops were all pointed westward, first defeated the reinforcements, and then returned to attack Chaozhou.

"Hai Rebellion suddenly withdrew from the siege to the west, thinking that he would inevitably meet the reinforcements brought by the Governor," in Chaozhou City, Admiral Li Linlong recruited various battalion officials to discuss matters, he didn't know that there were ghosts and charms among these people, but considering that once the Zheng army defeated Wu Xingzuo's reinforcements, the fall of Chaozhou would be a matter of the near future. "Therefore, this officer is determined to lead his troops to attack and fight the Governor in the middle of the sea."

"Junmen, Li Junmen, absolutely not." Before the military attachés with different expressions could speak, the Chaozhou Mansion jumped up. "If the military gate leads the troops to leave, in case the sea rebellion returns, how can the people of Chaozhou be able to stop the army of the sea rebellion." Of course, the Chaozhou Mansion is considered from its own point of view, but this prefect is not ignorant of soldiers, so he also said. "Titai, in fact, as long as you hold Chaozhou, the grain route of the sea is not smooth, and sooner or later it will be a defeat."

"Yes, Junmen, I think what the prefect said is very true, instead of joining forces with the governor to attack the sea rebellion, it is better to defeat the rest of the sea rebellion outside the city first." Su Siluo, the general soldier of Chaozhou, was also unwilling to leave his defense area lightly, so he spoke out to help. "As long as the grain route of Chaozhou is choked, the sea will inevitably kill itself if it cannot fight for a long time."

However, the general of the battalion did not want to stay in Chaozhou, so he strongly agreed with Li Linlong's decision: "The lower officials think that the sea is against the sea and the sea route is unimpeded, and defending Chaozhou cannot ensure that the sea is cut off, so only sending troops is the way to win, and the so-called waiting for the pirates to kill themselves is just a cowardly statement." ”

Su Siluo was furious: "Is Master Ma saying that this official does not dare to meet the enemy?" Don't you want to think about it, after besieging the city for several days, the whole army is tired and broken, and with only seven or eight thousand tired soldiers to copy the back road of the sea rebellion, can it succeed or not, once the sea rebellion returns to the division first to solve the army's words, can it be stopped by big words? ”

Seeing that the general of the superintendent was about to refute, Li Linlong waved his hand: "Although the departments are tired, but as Ma Shenrong said, guarding Chaozhou is a problem that cannot be solved, the official has made up his mind, and the battalions will go back to rectify now, and the prefect will help arrange military rations, and he must send troops tomorrow, if he misses the major events of the imperial court, even if he holds Chaozhou, the official will also go to him!" ”

Chaozhou Mansion's face collapsed, of course he understood what Li Linlong was referring to, but now that it was wartime, it was really not good for him to disobey the other party, otherwise the impeachment would be small, and he would have his life on the spot, and he would have no place to complain.

But if you want to take something out of your pocket, the Chaozhou Mansion naturally has to bargain: "If you send troops to Taiwan, it is not easy for the lower officials to admonish you, but Chaozhou City cannot be without guards, and please be sure to leave Chaozhou City to guard the camp." ”

"Yes," Li Linlong didn't want to make a fuss, so he immediately agreed. "Not only can the Chaozhou City garrison stay, but a few disabled battalion leaders can also stay and rectify, but the cost of this rectification must go from Chaozhou Mansion first."

The Chaozhou government calculated, according to Li Linlong's statement, leaving three or four battalion heads, not to mention a thousand people, these people can't be aggressive, and it's still okay to maintain a simple defense, so they nodded in approval: "It should be so." ”

However, there are still Zheng Jun activities outside the city, so the Chaozhou Mansion has Long Wangshu requested: "There are still thousands of seas outside the city, this is a recent trouble in Chaozhou, and I also ask the Admiral to exterminate it before attacking."

Zheng Kezhang arranged two Kunlun regiments in the south of Chaozhou City, one of which was arranged in Chenghai County and the other in Faguang Temple. These Kunlun slave troops were originally in the middle base, artillery corps and baggage and other departments of each division and regiment as logistics, forced labor and other work, among which the most brave in the middle base outpost, but no matter how brave they were, they could not deny the composition of their original auxiliary troops, and their combat effectiveness could only be described by Liao Sheng, and they could not be compared with the Kunlun standard during the scout period.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the two regiments and achieve the purpose of containing the defenders, Zheng Kezhang deliberately left the shallow water gunboats of the naval division in Hanjiang Xixi to deal with the two regiments. In addition, the commanders, commanders, supervisors, and commanders of the Kunlun Regiment were all veterans of the Boy Scouts and Zheng Army, and having them as the mainstay would not make the combat power soar immediately, at least the Kunlun Regiment would not become a fish belly army that could be defeated in one blow.

On September 11, Li Linlong personally led 6,000 people to attack Faguang Temple, for this time the knife to kill chickens, Li Linlong thought that he had been captured, but he never thought that this Kunlun regiment dug three trenches in one go on the periphery of Faguang Temple and used the excavated soil and cement to build two short walls, and the Qing army was forced to enter the unfamiliar trench warfare link.

"Rush up and fill in the ditch." One of the guerrillas ordered, and following their order, the reluctant Qing army began to resist the lead bullets fired by the Kunlun regiment and declared war on the trenches.

Speaking of which, because it is a slave army, there is no gun or bow in the sentry of the Kunlun regiment, and all the long-range strike forces are equipped with nine Franc cannons at the outpost, in fact, the allocation of Franc cannons is also to avoid wasting a large amount of gunpowder that does not meet the specifications of the Zheng army captured after the battle of Fuzhou, but this time it has been of great use - since Li Linlong is under the idea of outflanking the Zheng army's rear road, it is impossible to carry the heavy artillery used for city defense, and although the number of Franc cannons and tiger squat cannons used by the Qing soldiers is a little more, However, the firing range was similar, so the Zheng army, which was sheltered by a short wall and marked the shooting boundary, naturally took a big advantage in the counter-shooting - after four rounds of fighting, and after all the preset sub-guns were gone, the Kunlun regiment found that the Qing army that filled the trench fell as many as one hundred and eighty

"Junmen, no matter how much manpower we have to fight like this, it won't be enough to consume." Seeing that his subordinates were being bombed and screaming, several battalion officers couldn't hold back. "If we really run out of soldiers, how can we outflank the main force of the sea rebellion."

Li Linlong thought deeply about the worries of the battalion officers, but if he patted his ass and walked away now, he was afraid that it would not look good in front of the Chaozhou Mansion, which was responsible for the logistics of the entire army's grain and straw, so Li Linlong thought for a moment and decided: "It's better to bluff during the day and fill the trenches overnight at night."

It must be said that the strategy of the Qing army was still very successful, in the dark night Zheng Jun could not find the movement of the Qing army at all, and naturally it was impossible to block the movement of the Qing army with the Franc cannon, and at dawn the next day, Zheng Jun found that the Qing army was approaching the first short wall. In view of the superiority of the Qing army's strength and combat power, the Kunlun regiment, which did not dare to fight, took the initiative to give up this short wall, so that the Qing army exchanged time for space and finally took a step towards success.

However, the Qing army tried to repeat the old trick the next night but was hindered, not to mention anything else, this short wall that was not high but very wide caused great trouble to the Qing army, and the Qing army had to use the method of two operations, but the efficiency was significantly reduced. In addition, the moonlight was bright on this day, and the artillery fire of the Zheng army could play a greater role, so the Qing army fought all night, not only paying dozens of lives, but also only completing less than half of the workload last night.

On the night of the third day, the Qing army continued to fight in the dark, and although the artillery fire of the Zheng army was useless again, the approaching Qing army made another weapon of the Zheng army play a role—the Qing army, which was blown up by the earth-shattering thunder thrown by the Zheng army from time to time, had to delay the completion of the landfill operation again.

"Junmen, we can't delay any longer." Li Linlong's purpose in leaving Chaozhou City was to flank the main force of the Zheng army, but now he was inexplicably delayed on the front line of Faguang Temple for four days, which could not but make people with a heart feel worried. "In the meaning of the mark, there are only thousands of enemies, it is better to monitor the nearest one, and the rest of the main forces should switch to the right path."

Before Li Linlong could answer, there was a rumbling cannon sound on the river, and the powerful four-inch cannonballs broke through the air unscrupulously, although most of them missed, but the occasional hit one or two shots also made the Qing army unbearable, seeing this scene, Li Linlong, who had already retreated, finally made up his mind: "Order Su Zhen to lead the left battalion of the Chenghai battalion and the Haimen battalion to be stationed nearby, monitor the actions of the Zheng army, and the rest of the departments immediately rectify and go west with their own officials!" ”

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