Chapter 628: England vs. France (1)
Henry, who knew nothing about military affairs, finally suffered and the deputy commander died, and the general asked him for instructions, whether to continue to attack Huizhou City, or pursue the Dutch army?
After thinking for a while, Henry decisively ordered the whole army to attack Huizhou City, the British Royal Cavalry Regiment had just arrived, and had to have a foothold, and at the same time he also ordered the Royal Fleet not to leave, just floating on the sea.
Seeing at a glance that Henry was not confident enough to capture the city of Huizhou, the discerning man withdrew to the ship and swept the coastal city to replenish grain, grass and fresh water.
However, Henry still wanted to do his best to capture Huizhou City and gain a foothold in China as the first city of the Royal Cavalry Regiment.
The Royal Cavalry Regiment once again regrouped and rushed towards Huizhou City.
At this time, the city of Huizhou was garrisoned by the Ming army and the French army, and after Ling Jingyang led the troops back to the city, he was surprised to find that there were still tens of thousands of people in the city who had not left.
He immediately found Xu Sheng.
"Why are so many people still not leaving?"
"Huizhou City is so big, so many people, even if they go one by one, they can't all be evacuated in half a day!"
Ling Jingyang thinks about it, in this era when there are no trams, light rails and other means of transportation, ordinary people leave the city, and they have to take their families with them, food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is indeed very inefficient.
He didn't blame Xu Sheng, now when he went out of the city, he was afraid that he would be caught up and killed by the British cavalry, so since he didn't leave, he stayed in the city.
Xu Sheng took the order and left, and then Ling Jingyang came to Jin Sheng's military camp and talked to Jin Sheng about the imperial court, where is Your Majesty now?
Jin Sheng looked around and quietly told him that His Majesty had already left Hainan Wei.
Ling Jingyang was shocked and asked where did His Majesty go?
"Your Majesty has gone to Huguang."
Ling Jingyang was confused by Jin Sheng, didn't His Majesty just withdraw from Huguang, why did he return to Huguang?
Jin Sheng also did not go around the bend with Ling Jingyang, and Wu Sangui's troops who attacked Jiang Hao were like a bamboo, and Jiang Hao was forced to defend the city and never dared to fight in the field again.
Fortunately, Plug Yinxi formed tens of thousands of righteous troops in time to reinforce, and at first there were back and forth with Wu Sangui, and then Wu Sangui was defeated again and again, Hu Guangming's army was forced to shrink the defensive line, Wu Sangui continued to besiege Jiang Xuan, but just half a month ago, Wu Sangui's army suddenly withdrew.
Wu Sangui withdrew?
Ling Jingyang immediately realized that the rear of the Qing army might be attacked.
Sure enough, Jin Sheng told him that the Dashun Army, the Daxi Army, and Li Dingguo's three troops and horses launched an attack on the Huguang Qing Army from the north and southwest.
The Qing army Boluo was defeated, Ao Bai led the army to reinforce and repelled the attack of the Dashun army, and Haoge also led the army to block the attack of the Great Western Army, only Li Dingguo continued to advance, advanced to Changsha Mansion, and fought fiercely with Duoduo stationed here, the elite of the two armies ended, and no one could defeat the opponent.
At this time, Yang Zhan and Zeng Ying of Sichuan led the army out of Chongqing and attacked Jingzhou Mansion on the orders of Wang Yingxiong's army, hitting the soft underbelly of the Qing army with one punch and seriously threatening the dominance of the Qing army in Huguang.
Dolgon was forced to transfer back Wu Sangui's troops who attacked Chenzhou Prefecture, and personally led the main force to resist the attack of the Dashun Army, the Daxi Army, and Li Dingguo's three troops and horses.
The Great Shun Army, the Great Western Army, and Li Dingguo successfully saved the crumbling Jiang Huang and Plug Yinxi, His Majesty was withdrawn by the Qing Army and returned to Huguang with his ministers, but His Majesty did not go to Jiang Huang's army, but blocked the scriptures
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Slightly in the army.
Ling Jingyang breathed a sigh of relief, His Majesty is in the Blocking Yin Xi Army, and he can rest assured that he will fight in Guangdong.
"Jin Shangshu, the British have just landed, and they urgently need a foothold, and we have given the British soldiers a head-on blow, and the British will definitely attack Huizhou City on a large scale, and our army and the French army will defend to the death, and we must also prevent the French from having a black hand behind their backs."
"Okay, you kid, I know that you are pretending to be confused, the French army has been in Guangdong for so long, the old man has long known them well, defeating the Spaniards is just to have more advanced weapons, this weapon is very consuming ammunition, this time France and England are both defeated, our army will eat these two remnants with the power of thunder, do you have this confidence?"
"Shangshu, the rifles of the armies of the Europa countries without bullets are a group of ragtags carrying burning sticks, I led the troops to launch a surprise attack, and then went north to Ganzhou Capital."
"Oh, you're going to the Ganzhou Mansion?"
Jin Sheng thought that Ling Jingyang would recuperate in Guangdong, so that Zheng Zhilong would continue to face the Fusang people in the north.
"The Great Shun Army, the Great Western Army, Li Dingguo, Yang Zhan, and Zeng Ying are all attacking the Qing army, and we are here to be shrinking turtles, wouldn't it be a waste of time."
Ling Jingyang had a grand plan in his mind, that is, to lead the army north, drive out Zheng Zhilong, and use the captured Europa weapons to fight a decisive battle with the Fusang army, as long as the Fusang army in Jiangbei was defeated, the land of China would be unified again.
At that time, whether it was the Fusang Kingdom on the four islands in the east, or the countries of Europa that continued to send reinforcements, the Ming Dynasty had the absolute strength to resist the enemy outside the country.
He can also set off the first wave of industrial gee life and let the Chinese nation walk in the forefront of the times.
"Ling Jingyang, you have such courage, the old man admires it very much, as long as you defeat the British and the French, the old man will do his best to support your Northern Expedition."
Jin Sheng's ambition was undiminished, he suddenly remembered the Dutch, and said to Ling Jingyang: "By the way, what about the Dutch? ”
Listening to Jingyang smiled and said nothing, Jin Sheng couldn't help but be a little angry.
"You're a descendant, and you still want to play tricks on the old man?"
"The Dutch suffered heavy losses in Guangdong, and the remnants of the army retreated to Wuhua County, and there is no need for us to clean up this group of remnants, someone will kill them."
"Don't talk big here, the Dutch are allies with Zheng Zhilong, as long as they withdraw to Fujian, it won't take long to regain their strength, and then they will continue to fight with the Dutch."
"The Dutchman without teeth, Zheng Zhilong should not let go of this good opportunity, even if Zheng Zhilong is confused, the Dutch will be wary of Zheng Zhilong, Shangshu is waiting to see a good show."
Jin Sheng was circled around by Ling Jingyang, and finally had nothing to say, and was dedicated to garrisoning the city with his troops, Ling Jingyang asked him, are the Spanish troops that were incorporated still in the army?
Jin Sheng smiled and told him that these remnants of the defeated soldiers were all sent by Jin Sheng to Du Yinxi, and Du Yinxi led them to resist Wu Sangui's attack.
Ling Jingyang felt the slightest bit funny, using Spanish soldiers to attack the Qing army, this world is really incomprehensible.
"By the way, Wu Sangui has withdrawn, did Jiang Hao and Du Jingluo pursue the Qing army?"
Jin Sheng's old face suddenly turned red, and Ling Jingyang said softly: "There are still many refusals in the DPRK and the Great Shun Army, and the Great Western Army attacks the Qing Army, even if it is Li Dingguo, carrying the military flag of the Governor's Mansion of your five armies, there are still many people who regard him as a Great Western thief." ”
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Hearing this, Ling Jing Yang threw away the cup in his hand.
A group of mediocre talents, this is Ling Jingyang's impression of the Hongguang Imperial Court.
He looked at Jin Sheng and asked coldly: "Jin Shangshu, you and Block Jinglu are important ministers of the imperial court, and your two opinions represent the opinions of the imperial court, could it be that you and Block Jingluo refused to go north to attack the Qing army?" ”
"Ling Jingyang, how can you talk like this, the old man's whole army of soldiers and horses is here, even if it is his disciple Jiang Tianyi, at this time, he is also protecting His Majesty in the army of blocking the scripture, there are not many soldiers and horses in the blocking strategy, and there are not many soldiers and horses in the blocking strategy, and we have to prevent Zheng Zhilong from sneaking attack from the east, speaking of which, we only have a field army like you, and we still expect you to lead the army north."
Ling Jingyang asked him, "What about Jiang Jiu?" ”
"Jiang Hao's soldiers and horses have long been disabled, and many people in the imperial court oppose the pursuit of the Qing army, but they are just venting their anger, think about it, our territory is only in the south of Huguang, and in the middle of Guangdong, it is very good to be able to maintain operations, you have to wait until you have the ability to go north, those who oppose the reinforcement of Li Dingguo are some clowns, you don't have to care."
Ling Jingyang's mood was much better, and suddenly, there was a cannon shot, followed by a rumbling cannon.
It must have been the British Royal Cavalry Regiment that arrived in Huizhou City and tested the cannon outside the city, Ling Jingyang and Jin Sheng hurriedly came to the city wall, and Anderson was already lying in the middle of the battlements, quietly looking at the British cavalry.
Henry led more than 5,000 British cavalry to Huizhou City, although Edmund was killed by him, but the British infantry who followed Edmund were still alive, and Henry finally understood the information of the Ming army in Huizhou City from their mouths.
The Ming army had a small number of rifles and artillery, but in Henry's opinion, this was completely inadequate, but it was a pity that he did not know that there were French troops in the city, as well as five heavy machine guns.
He ordered the artillery to open fire outside the city, and gave the Ming army of Huizhou City a dismount, as for the weapons that killed the deputy regiment commander and others, he still thought it was the Dutch army, and he wanted to capture Huizhou City no matter where the Dutch army was, and find a foothold for the Royal Cavalry Regiment.
Anderson lay on the city wall, listening to the sound of cannons, and was really happy in his heart, the strength of the British cavalry artillery was not as good as the French artillery, as long as the British cavalry attacked, they could be slaughtered with heavy machine guns.
He really wanted to see how this group of British cavalry attacked the city, whether they rushed to the city and hit it with rifles, or drove the infantry to attack, he looked at the battalion again, most of them were cavalry, not many infantry.
Listening to Jingyang, Jin Sheng had come to Anderson's rear, Anderson and the two said: "The British soldiers are tentatively attacking, our army's heavy machine guns do not fire, and when the British launch a full-scale attack, it is the world of heavy machine guns to fire again." ”
Anderson was reluctant to use a heavy machine gun, this was all his baby bump, he wanted to defeat the British army, but he also guarded against the Ming army, there was a 500-strong French soldier in the city, not used for external combat, used to resist the Ming army's sneak attack.
Because the cannon was too loud, Ling Jingyang and Jin Sheng ignored him.
After the British bombardment, the three of them watched the appearance and equipment of the British army on the city wall, and the more they looked, the more they felt that the commander of the British army was a bad breed.
How can there be cavalry to besiege the city, and the barracks of this group of cavalry are also sparse, perhaps the British army looks down on the Ming army, even if the Ming army is allowed to attack, the Ming army can be eliminated with rifles and cavalry.
Ling Jingyang deliberately intimidated Anderson and forced Anderson to touch the Maxim machine gun.
"Most of the British are cavalry, if you don't attack the city, there won't be enough food and grass in the city?"
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