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"Thirty-two large and small bird ships, twenty-four large and small ships, one small gunboat, fifteen double-sailed ships, and forty-three ships of various colors were lost."

There were 553 ships of various kinds when Shi Lang entered Luermen, and now almost a quarter of them have been lost. (If you like this book, please bookmark biquge.info)

"Killed chief military officer Chen Chang, adjutant generals Huang Chang and Jiang Maoxun, staff generals Xu Keji, Luo Shijiao, Chen Yuanzhi, Xie Ying, guerrilla He Yingyuan, Fang Feng, Chen Yi, Zhu Chun and below 29 generals, the rest of the officers and soldiers 4,226, and the wounded included 2,571 officers under staff general Luo Yi."

The main reason for such heavy casualties is that after the peripheral warships were broken through by Zheng Jun's fire attack rows, the Qing army land divisions on the inner ship chose to jump into the water to escape after the fire broke out, and as a result, the Qing army who did not know the nature of the water burned to death and burned more than 1,000 people, and the rest were drowned in the inland sea.

"The loss of 1,500 catties of 1,500 catties of 1,500 catties of cannon cannons, 147 300 catties of tiger squatting cannons, 256 war horses and pack horses, birds, armor, knives and guns, gunpowder, etc., are incalculable, and there are others."

In the face of the tragic number of casualties and the huge loss of materials, although Shi Lang remained silent, the general soldiers and deputy generals under him inevitably had some other ideas.

You must know that when Shi Lang attacked Penghu, he brought about 30,000 Qing troops, and more than 8,000 casualties in the naval battle, although he captured and received about 10,000 Zheng troops, but Shi Lang could not believe them, and only selected 8,000 people as a supplement, and then because Zheng Kezhang was unwilling to surrender Shi Lang transported 30,000 troops from Tongshan and Siming, of which 10,000 Qing troops and 2,000 Zheng troops were captured and stayed in Penghu, and about 50,000 were attacked by Shi Lang to attack Dongning. Of the 50,000 people, the land division accounted for about 60 percent, with 30,000 people, and the sailors were only 20 percent, totaling 20,000 people.

After arriving in Dongning, the Qing army first lost more than 800 people on North Shanwei Island, and after a long attack, it left more than 2,000 people to besiege the Boy Scout artillery fort; Later, when breaking through the southern channel, more than 1,000 people from 17 warships, including a cannon ship, were damaged, so that the Qing army only had more than 46,000 people left, and now there are nearly 7,000 casualties, which means that more than one-fifth of the Qing army before and after the Qing army could not participate in the decisive battle of the main force.

In this era, usually a troop is on the verge of collapse when it loses more than one-fifth, but what worries the Qing generals even more is that there is no way back to advance at this moment, and it is not necessarily necessary to let more than 40,000 people just float on the sea and wait for the moment when food and water are exhausted, right?

Perhaps thinking that the atmosphere at the scene was too depressing, Shi Lang cleared his throat and asked Lin Xiantan, the chief soldier of Haitan Town, who was sitting on the side: "Haitan Town, has the gunboat fleet ever destroyed the submarine barricade set up by Hai Rebellion?" ”

Lin Xian reported with a depressed face: "If you go back to Shi Junmen, the gunboat artillery is placed on the bow of the ship, far above the waterline, and the cannons on the ship are thousands of catties at every turn, and they can't be moved directly at the submarine cement pile by manpower, so most of the shells missed, even if one or two occasionally hit, the effectiveness was greatly reduced due to the seawater barrier, so for a whole hour, one of them could not be broken, which is really worthy of the trust of the military gate." ”

Shi Lang's face darkened, but he didn't continue to speak, and Chen Python, the governor of the expedition on the side, stood up and clenched his fists and said: "Shi Junmen, the sea is full of tricks, first blocked with cement iron cables, and then used fire boats, causing the officers and troops to be cramped in a corner of the inland sea and unable to move, and I am worried about the sea here, and the sea here is very unfamiliar, once it gets late, will the sea rebel attack again?" ”

Chen Python's words made everyone feel a chill on their backs, yes, although it is only noon now, but once it is delayed, not to mention anything else, people will use the night to give you another fire attack or send some water ghosts to scuttle the boat, what should I do?

Therefore, Yang Jiarui, the chief soldier of Xiamen Town, immediately reminded Lin Xian's construction before: "Shi Junmen, let's let the sons go ashore." ”

"Yes, ashore." Chen Long, the chief soldier of Kinmen Town, also chimed in. "Although the sea is waiting for work on the shore, according to the previous report, most of them are old and weak, and there are very few soldiers who can fight, and there are still nearly 40,000 people in the official army.

Lin Xian further said: "If the implementation of the adult is afraid of Zheng Reverse and half of the crossing, it is feasible to attack the east and the west. ”

The three real commanders, you and I didn't stop saying a word, although Shi Lang's face was silent, his heart was already overturned. These sound like they are made to solve the current predicament, but their essence may be the questioning of his successive decision-making mistakes, and the fault is not that Shi Lang still has the right to expropriate granted by Kangxi, I am afraid that these reckless subordinates will not be able to hold back and be anti-guest-oriented.

"Your Excellency is very insightful." Shi Lang thought about it, although he could force the construction of a few people, he couldn't change the current situation, so he could only adopt it with the current. "It seems that it is not possible to land now," but the landing area is narrow, in order not to be suppressed on the beachhead by the prepared Zheng army, so Shi Lang set up a suspicious formation. "General Chen, you led forty boats to feint in the area of Yanshui Creek, and Lord Lin, you also led forty boats to feint at the mouth of Zengwen Creek." The two took the order and left. "Lord Yang, you lead the large and small gunboats to shell Xigang and Dapai first, and the rest of the ships will wait for the order."

The deafening sound of artillery sounded again, dozens of catties of shells flew over the sea surface of Lixu with gunpowder smoke, smashed heavily on the ground, and suddenly the house collapsed and the wall was destroyed, fortunately, the people along the coast were resettled to other areas when Zheng Kezhang led the army to arrive, otherwise under the shelling of the Qing army without accuracy, death and injury were inevitable.

"More than 800 Qing troops landed at the mouth of Zengwen Creek"

"Shisun, I just found out that more than 1,000 Qing troops have come ashore in the area of Yanshui Creek"

"Shisun, the Qing gunboats turned to the West Port"

"Panic what!" All kinds of information poured in, only making Zheng Kezhang feel that his head was as big as a fight, so he broke off his drink, which happened to make the scouts who were in a bit of a commotion settle down. "Eight hundred, one thousand don't care about him, keep an eye on Shi Lang's main force, and urge Hong Gongzhu again, let him at least transfer the right Wuwei first"

In a moment, the Qing warships of the brigade finally moved, and as expected, they acted separately. The situation is very clear, although the disintegration of the Qing army will cause the Qing army to disperse, but Shi Lang can take advantage of the lack of Zheng army to drag the main force of the Zheng army with a part, thus causing a state of counter-encirclement, on the contrary, if the Zheng army also disperses its forces, it will not be able to prevent the Qing army from going ashore, and will fall into a situation of fighting for itself, how should Zheng Kezhang deal with this?

Since Siming withdrew to Taiwan, Zheng Jun's land division has a total of five guards and fourteen towns outside the scout system, of which He You led Wuchang and Wutong two towns in Tamsui whose movements are unknown, Wu Shu led the second town of Rongqi, the fourth town of Rongqi, Wuxuan Town, and Youhuwei Town in Lugang, Xiushui and other places for the Qing army to be held back and unable to go south immediately, Hong Gongzhu led Jianwei Town, Jianwei Right Town, Xuanyi Town, and Youwuwei Town to fortify in the ports of the Inland Sea, and now they are rushing back to participate in the war, and only Wang Jingong's Zuohuwei and Zhang Xueyao Zuowuwei Town, Jianwei Zuo Town, Rongqi Town, Rongqi Third Town, Bisu Town, Wuchong Town, Yongwei Second Town, plus two Boy Scouts and Luan Yiwei.

Although it seems that there are quite a lot of numbers, there are more than 900 people left behind by Luan Yiwei to guard Anping City, 200 Boy Scouts are on North Shanwei Island, and although the 50 merchant ships and civilian ships cruising and patrolling in the inland sea are operated by veterans of the original water division, the 150 temporary artillery groups have already transferred the second town of the Scouts except for the second standard of Kunlun and the town's cavalry, plus Zheng Kezhang left more than 800 people in Bisu Town to maintain law and order in Chengtianfu and Wannian Prefecture, and the combat strength of the remaining five towns that were hastily incorporated into the local flood soldiers and veterans cannot be guaranteed. So there is not much room left for Zheng Kezhang to decide.

"Zhang Xueyao led Zuo Wuwei and 4,000 people from Jianwei Zuo Town to directly take the enemy of Yanshui Creek;" Zheng Kezhang hesitated for a whole stick of incense before finally making a decision. "With Wang Jin's power, 4,000 people from the third town of Zuohuwei Town and Rongqi attacked Zeng Wenxi, He Qian led the two standards of Luan Yiwei and the second town of Kunlun and 3,900 people from Rongqi Town to block the enemy of the big platoon, Zeng Yi led the second town of Yongwei and 4,000 people from Wuchong Town to capture the enemy of Xigang, and Mao Hongyan led the first town of the Boy Scouts to fill the guards"

Zheng Kezang's dispatch is based on the principle of proximity, but his troops are strong and weak, and this difference in combat strength is naturally reflected in the specific battle. Among them, the Luan Guards, who were equipped with deer guns, bird guns, and Qizi armor, quickly defeated the enemy of the large platoon; However, Zuo Huwei and Zuo Wuwei, who were also equipped with a part of the Qizi armor, were greatly injured because of Zheng Kezang's previous purge, and the enemy could not but barely blocked the Qing army in front of them; Zeng Yi, the second town general of the Yongwei Army, was an old man under Chen Yonghua, so he was trusted by Zheng Kezang, but this person had the intention to kill the enemy but was unable to return to the sky, and finally killed the Qing army that landed in Xigang and retreated, but after forcing into the port area, he was indiscriminately shelled by Shi Lang, Zeng Yi was killed on the spot, so the road collapsed

The reason why there is such an uneven battle situation is because the cunning Shi Lang still has a hand, and his arrangement is not just as simple as dividing troops to land, the strength of the Qing army ashore on each road is actually different. For example, Wang Jingong and Zhang Xueyao, one encountered 5,500 Qing troops in Zeng Wenxi, and the other encountered 5,500 enemies in Yanshuixi, but He Qian encountered a soft persimmon, and the Qing army that landed in Dapai was a containment force, with a total of only 3,500, which is why he was able to break through.

As for the enemy in Xigang, it was the main force of the Qing army, except for the 3,000 sailors who drove ships to guard the cannons, warships and wounded soldiers, the remaining 22,000 Qing troops all went ashore here, so the victory of the second town of the Yongwei Army and the town of Wuchong would be short-lived even if it was not dispersed by artillery fire.

"Why hasn't it been dark yet?" After receiving the battle report, Zheng Kezhang raised his head and let out an inexplicable sigh, and then gave an order. "He Qian left the second standard of Kunlun to clear the remnants of the enemy, and the rest rushed to Yanshui Creek to assist Zhang Xueyao, and after defeating the enemy in Yanshui Creek, He immediately led the headquarters and Jianwei Zuozhen to immediately return to support the team, and Zhang led Zuohuwei Town to reinforce Wang Jingong's department, be sure to clear the enemy in front of him as soon as possible, and then rush to the aid of the team." With that, Zheng Kezhang stood up. Mao Hongyan said, "The deputy commander of the first town on the side leaned over and obeyed the order. "Lone will go with you to meet Shi Lang and see how he is doing in land battles?"

"Shisun, by all means, according to the reports from various places, the enemy in Xigang is the main force of the enemy's army, not to mention that there are 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses, even if there are no 30,000, there are 20,000, and the first town and the Luan Yiwei cavalry camp together are only 2,600 people." Mao Hongyan immediately dissuaded. "The enemy is at least eight times as strong as me, although the minister can risk his life to resist, but the grandson is the family of the domain, and there is a way that the son of a daughter does not sit in the court, and the minister implores the grandson not to take risks."

"Do you want to watch the Boy Scouts die?" Of course, Zheng Kezang's move was not for recklessness or to highlight personal heroism, in fact, he clearly realized that if the front was defeated, he would definitely not be safe in the rear, and it was better to take the risk of following the front line may be able to provide some bonuses to the first town as the supreme commander, and he weighed that the image of the invincible commander could allow him to suppress the remaining Zheng army veterans, since there was such a double benefit, how could he not try to fight, of course, he couldn't say that. "Lone told them to live and die together, not to watch them sacrifice, and there is no need to persuade them anymore." Zheng Kezhang patted Mao Hongyan on the shoulder. "Lone can trust your loyalty, and even more so the fighting power of the Boy Scouts."

Zheng Kezhang has always been used to being arbitrary, and Mao Hongyan couldn't stop him by saying anything, but after the news came out, the morale of the first town of the Boy Scouts really rose: "The military heart is available." ”

Zheng Kezhang commented, of course, he also kept his back hand: "Send someone to urge the flood arch pillar again, and order him to rush to Xigang before three o'clock in the Shen hour, if he doesn't arrive by then, let him collect the body for Mrs. Guhe."

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