On 20 November, the Qing army and the Zheng army encountered each other in Pinghai Bay in the north of Meizhou Island.

On November 21, the main force of the Qing army, led by Chen Jin, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, arrived at Xinghua Mansion, where it joined up with the Xinghua Left and Right Liaison with the land governor stationed in Xinghua Mansion, and repaired outside the city for the night.

On the same day, Su Yan also learned of this military situation, and he considered that the 4,000 defenders of Quanzhou Mansion who had surrendered had only the last six days left to complete the training, so he decided not to transfer for the time being, and let them continue to stay in the city for training.

This does not mean that he has no other troops that can be mobilized, on the way to the north bank of Fengci Creek after leaving the capital city, Su Yan opened the system space and summoned all the troops that had been rewarded for conquering Quanzhou Mansion in one go.

By the time Su Yan crossed the north bank of Fengci Creek and joined Su Ci's army, he had a total of 480 line infantry, 180 light infantry (90 first team), eight 12-pounder infantry guns and 32 artillerymen, 90 cavalry regimental cavalry, 240 Cossack infantry, 90 capital archers, and 90 Kalmyk archers, a total of 1,170 soldiers (artillery is not counted).

Su Ci and other generals were very surprised by the new army that had never been seen before after following Su Yan, but at the moment of the great enemy, they did not ask much.

However, when he saw the eight 12-pounder infantry guns pulled by war horses, the expression on Su Ci's face was obviously unbearable, he ran to the artillery team with some excitement, stroked the cold cannon body, and said to Su Yan in a tone that could not hide his excitement: "Dashuai, where did you get these eight 12-pounder infantry guns?" That's great! It's just just in time! ”

"Regardless of where this came from, let the soldiers build new gun emplacements and deploy these eight guns."

Su Yan patted him on the shoulder and ordered in a flat tone.

"Yes!"

Su Ci hurriedly clenched his fists and agreed, and then excitedly commanded the artillery to tow the artillery elsewhere, while the other soldiers who came with Su Yan were instructed by Su Yan to put their personal belongings into the camp tent and distribute them.

480 line infantry, 180 light infantry, and 240 Cossack infantry were all integrated into the Shenji battalion, of which 180 light infantry were to be dispersed, and their task was to carefully select their targets in battle and snipe the officers of the Qing army, which was the correct use of light infantry and even the snipers developed from it.

As for the remaining cavalry, they were not needed in the next defensive battle, so Su Yan gathered all 397 cavalry of the whole army and sent them out before the arrival of the Qing army, so that they could move to the rear of the Qing army, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack the Qing army's grain transportation team, so as to block the supply line of the Qing army.

After watching the cavalry rush out of the camp and roar towards the north, Su Yan, accompanied by several generals, inspected the camp of the rebel army located on the north bank of Fengci Creek.

The fortifications of the battalion were built exactly according to Su Yan's concept, and the soldiers dug a trap pit at the outermost level, and spread a layer of camouflage on the trap, and the bottom was filled with the most common bamboo in Fujian, and the top of the bamboo was sharpened, and once it fell, it would be directly pierced.

Twenty meters behind the trap is the trench that provides cover for the soldiers, and the trenches are behind the defense line formed by the chariots, even if there are soldiers to participate in the system, they still can't all be made out before the arrival of the Qing army, so the vacant place is blocked by a wooden fence, and several shooting holes have been dug between the chariots and the wooden fence, so that the soldiers can hide behind and shoot.

Twelve falcon guns and eight 12-pounder infantry guns were deployed between the chariots and chariots, each cannon was placed behind the piled up dirt slope, and the muzzles of the guns were facing the direction of the Qing army's attack.

This is a well-defended position, there is no doubt that standing in the camp, Su Yan feels a lot more at ease.

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On November 22, after merging with the Qing troops of Xinghua Prefecture, Chen Jin continued to lead his army southward, and the speed of the march of nearly 20,000 troops was not fast, and it was not until the 23rd that they finally arrived at Meizhou Bay.

Looking at the camp of the rebels hunting with military flags in the distance, Chen Jin, who was riding on horseback, said to Zhang Yingmeng and Jin Li beside him with some emotion: "This camp of thieves is neat and orderly, and it doesn't look like an ordinary thief, no wonder that the horse and Tong Guoqi will be defeated by the thieves." ”

Jin Li was a little disdainful, he sneered lightly, and said: "What are the thieves who came out of the ravines and ravines to fear, I think that Ma Degong and Tong Guoqi are too light on the enemy, and they will be defeated and return after falling into Su Wei's treacherous scheme." ”

"General Jin, how can you not underestimate the enemy like this?" Zhang Yingmeng joked with a smile.

Jin Li was choked for a while, and after a while, he said quietly: "Lord Governor, tomorrow morning, let the last general lead the banner army test him first, how about it?" ”

"Exactly."

Chen Jin also happened to want to see the ability of Su Yan, who pretended to be the general of Fengtian, and by the way, he frustrated Jin Li's spirit, lest he think that he was invincible in sweeping Jiangnan, and his tone was arrogant.

"Order all the troops to set up camp on the north bank of Cangxi (a stream north of Fengci Creek that also flows into Meizhou Bay), and attack the thieves again tomorrow."

"Huh!"

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The battle on the land side had not yet begun, and on the sea, the Qing army's naval division and the Zheng army's naval division fought again.

The Qing army's sailors intended to pass through Meizhou Island and enter Meizhou Bay to reinforce the governor Chen Jin from the sea, but how could the Zheng army's sailors do what they wanted, after the Qing army's sailors crossed Meizhou Island, they were shocked to find that the Zheng army's sailors had already set up a position with their backs to Meizhou Bay.

Looking at the Qing coming towards Meizhou Bay

Dear, this chapter is not finished, there is the next page Oh ^0^ Military Naval Division, Zheng Jun Naval Division Admiral Zuo Chong Formation Huang An immediately ordered to take the initiative to meet the enemy, sixty-five large and small Zheng Army warships immediately rushed to kill, and the Qing Army Naval Division fought together.

Zheng Jun's Haicang ship, Cangshan ship and other warships loaded with Franco's machine guns preemptively attacked the Qing warships with Franco's cannons, and the rest of the warships narrowed the distance between the two sides, and after entering the range of the guns, the guns fired at the same time, killing and injuring the enemy ships and sailors.

The Qing army immediately returned fire, and the sound of guns on Meizhou Bay suddenly shook the sky, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and in the chaos, the Zheng army's serial boats, sub-mother ships, etc., quickly collided with the enemy ships, and then set the ships on fire, abandoned the ships, and set the Qing warships on fire together.

Not only that, but the Zheng army also played their best game of gang jumping, the Zheng soldiers on the deck threw the ropes tied with hooks and claws to the Qing warship, narrowing the distance between the two ships, and then the Zheng soldiers roared and jumped on the deck of the enemy ship and fought the Qing army in close combat.

The two sides fought fiercely from noon to Shen, and finally ended in a great victory for the Zheng army.

In the waters of Fujian, Zheng's naval division deserved to be the overlord of the sea, except for one or two Qing warships that escaped by luck, eight were sunk, thirty-three fell into the hands of Zheng Jun, and the Qing army's naval division deployed in Fujian was almost wiped out.

Dear, this chapter is over, happy reading! ^0^