1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 653 Attacking Nanjing ([-])
September 9, Jurong.

There is a small river beside the Yangtze River in Jurong, which is called Laoguan River (now Jurong Bianmin River) by local people.In the former Song Dynasty, there used to be a vast ocean, vast reeds, and swaying yellow water, called Huangtiandang. The famous battle of the Song Dynasty—the battle of Huangtiandang between Han Shizhong and Jin Wushu (generally referred to as Wanyan Zongbi) took place here.

Nowadays, the world is changing and the world is changing. The Huangtiandang, which was once vast with reeds and swaying yellow water, no longer exists. In the Ming Dynasty, because it is close to the prosperous place of Nanjing, it is densely populated with villages and densely populated, just like a land of fish and rice.However, after the Qing army captured Nanjing, the place suffered repeated military disasters. The formerly prosperous place has become a place of ghosts and ghosts, with overgrown weeds and wild dogs running around.

Sun Libao sat on the ground, holding a musket, looking at the desolate scene around him, he couldn't help but sighed.The goddamned Jianu turned this healthy crop land into a dead land.

Looking around, he found that there were not a few soldiers who were as dazed as himself.And those lying on the ground, sleeping soundly wrapped in a single shirt, are undoubtedly veterans who have served for three or four years.

In fact, Sun Libao is also a veteran who has served for five years, but because of his stupid brain and poor speech, he has not been promoted, and until now he is only a small squad leader.And his friend in the army, Yue Zhongwu, who had joined the army with him, was already a company commander.

However, Sun Libao didn't complain about this, he knew that he was not made to be an officer.Moreover, he also planned to take off his military uniform after completing his second military service period, and return to New Huai'an (now Palmerston, Australia) to live a peaceful and peaceful civilian life.In the past few years as a soldier, he has also saved a lot of money, which is enough for his family of four to live a good life.In the future, she will have a few more children with her aunt Annan and leave more blood for the old grandson's family.In this life, it is worth it anyway.

"Da da..." Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes from the west, and Sun Libao's heart tightened, and he immediately picked up the musket in his arms.

"Be alert! Be alert!... Formation!" Sun Libao took a few steps forward, kicking and kicking some flustered recruits.

As the horses gradually approached, a group of marine soldiers who came out on guard showed a smile on their faces, lowered their guns, and then went up to meet them.

"Is Jian Nu here?"

"coming!"

"how many?"

"Hey!" The cavalryman dressed in the costume of the Ming army laughed, "Tens of thousands, are you afraid?"

After finishing speaking, Dama ran towards the coalition command post in Longtan Town behind.

"Tens of thousands? It's not that much. Each of us only needs a dozen shots to kill them all. Isn't it?"

"Screw you! Jianu stood still, waiting for you to shoot? I don't know how many cavalry they have come. If they all rode horses, it would be difficult." A veteran muttered .

"Okay, okay! Everyone continue to be vigilant and wait for the commander's order." Sun Libao shouted softly.

As the veteran said, if all the Jiannu came were cavalry, it would be really difficult to deal with.Even if you defeat the opponent, you can't catch them all. They flee in all directions on horseback, and you can't catch them all.

The battle is about to begin, the Supreme Lord blesses me, the Buddha blesses me, well, the God of the West also blesses me to be safe and sound.

"There are about [-] Jiannu cavalry and more than [-] infantry. There are a large number of dragging horses carrying artillery, and they are very cautious along the way. There are also many rangers in front. When they saw us, they immediately chased them. But look at us. Behind the Qixiang River, they all stopped their horses again, probably to prevent us from setting up an ambush."

After listening to the report of the reconnaissance cavalry, Li Fade, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, glanced at the several staff officers beside him who marked the location of the Qing army on a simple sand table, and then turned around and asked, "Did the Qing army find the third battalion of the land army?" And the existence of the First Battalion of Township Soldiers."

"The Qing army came straight here, and there was no sound of gunfire along the way, so we probably didn't find our blocking troops." The scout thought for a while, and then said: "However, if the Qing army sends people to the riverside If we look at the reeds in the area, or set a fire, it might cause a little trouble for our blocking troops."

"Commander, there are fireworks by the river!" A staff officer put down his binoculars and reported loudly to Li Fade.

"Damn it, you're such a fucking crow's mouth!" Li Fade glared at the scout, then looked up to the front.I saw a few puffs of thick smoke coming out of the place near the Yangtze River in the west, straight into the sky.Presumably, the Qing army directly set a few fires there in order to prevent hidden ambush in the reeds by the river.
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"Marshal, even if there are thieves ambushing by the riverside, under this fire, they will surely become roasted pigs." Sai Shuo, deputy commander of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Blue Banner, smiled at Luke Dehun. Said.

Luke Dehun stared at the blazing reeds by the river, sat upright on his horse, and didn't speak for a while, but he was thinking about the number of Ming troops in Zhenjiang City.If Hong Chengchou's estimate is accurate, then Gu Sanmazi, who captured Zhenjiang this time, was probably the first to take the lead, and an unknown number of Zheng Zhilong's Ming troops might be behind them.

After careful questioning of the defeated army who fled back, I heard that there were no less than [-] boats and boats attacking the Zhenjiang water village. Based on this calculation, the Ming army may have more than [-] people.However, with the fighting power of the Ming army, the [-] soldiers and horses he led were enough to defeat it.The only worry was whether these Ming soldiers would immediately escape from Zhenjiang by boat when they learned that they had led troops to rescue Zhenjiang.

"What's going on at the Qixiang River ahead?"

"Back to Commander!" a leader of the Eight Banners replied, "Those scouts from the Ming Army escaped across the Qixiang River and ran to the east. Before that, all the wooden bridges on the river had been demolished."

"The Ming army demolished all the wooden bridges on the river?"

"It is true that all the wooden bridges within a few miles along the river have been demolished."

"Sure enough, they are rats!" Luck Dehun laughed when he heard that all the wooden bridges on the river had been demolished.In order to slow down their advancing speed, the Ming army actually destroyed the wooden bridge across the river. Presumably, it was because they were afraid that our Qing soldiers would rush forward quickly.

In addition, the reeds by the river were raging in the sky, and there was no ambush at all. These Ming troops probably could only seize the weak points of our Qing army and carry out a sneak attack, and did not dare to touch the beards of our elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

"The cavalry waded across the river as quickly as possible, and the Han army built a wooden bridge to assist Wu Zhenhachao in transferring the artillery to the opposite bank." Luck Dehun ordered.

Qixiang River is a very small river, the widest part is less than 20 meters, most of them are only more than ten meters wide, and the water depth is less than two meters. Cavalry can easily ford across the river, but the artillery and supplies carried by the troops are This small river can only be crossed by building a wooden bridge.

Now, Luke Dehun was a little worried that the Ming army who captured Zhenjiang would withdraw early when they learned that they were coming.On the way from Nanjing to Zhenjiang, the other party spread out scouts and dismantled the bridges along the river, all in preparation for the rapid arrival of reinforcements from Nanjing. Obviously, they have deep fears for the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

These southern barbarian troops are worse than the last, and no one can stop my Qing Dynasty Eight Banners' all-out blow.Looking at the world, that is, the Qi army in Denglai still has some combat power. With its powerful firearms, it can repeatedly resist (defeat) our Qing conquest.

Hey, the army that attacked Zhenjiang this time shouldn't be the Qi army?
Luck Dehun's expression suddenly turned serious, and he couldn't help but stare forward.

More than two thousand Eight Banners cavalry were gently urging their horses and galloping forward slowly, like a giant beast about to gallop, ferociously pounced on the enemy in the distance, intending to tear and devour the opponent.At the end of the land, there is a piece of undulating hills. The unique greenness of the south of the Yangtze River does not show the scene of autumn at all.

"It's such a long distance, they probably wouldn't come here." Lu Kede murmured.
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Su Zhongfu, the commander of the [-]rd Battalion of the Marine War, leaned on the side of the boat and looked at the south bank of the Yangtze River. The entire river is shrouded in it.

"Take a few boats and see the south bank."

Following Su Zhongfu's order, the two small boats quickly sailed out of the reed marshes on the shore, rowed towards the south bank of the Yangtze River, and disappeared in the thick smoke in a short while.

"Tartars of the dog day, if we hadn't hid on the north bank of the river in advance, we would have almost been burned to ashes." Su Zhongfu cursed softly, then covered his mouth and nose with a cloth towel, and glanced back Dozens of galleys docked in the reeds.

In accordance with the combat plan formulated in advance by the tactical staff, Su Zhongfu led the [-]rd Marine Battalion, the [-]st Battalion of Township Soldiers, two squadrons of the Loyalty Army composed of Japanese wandering warriors, three battalions of Li Benshen's Ming Army, and an artillery company. With more than [-] troops, they blocked the retreating Qing army on the west side of the Qixiang River.The key to this battle is to wipe out a large number of Qing army's vital forces to prevent the opponent from fleeing back to Nanjing.

At that time, Su Zhongfu rushed here by boat to set up an ambush. He was somewhat disapproving of the tactical staff who arranged them to hide on the north bank of the river, thinking it was a waste of time and delaying their establishment of a defensive position.However, with the fire of the Qing army, all the reeds along the river on the south bank were ignited, which made him break out in a cold sweat, but also called luck.

Those young tactical staff officers were indeed not simple. They had considered many details on the battlefield so thoughtfully and closely, avoiding many unnecessary tactical mistakes by their leading officers.Su Zhongfu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, given time, these officers who were born in wild ways may eventually be replaced by these young people who have been taught by regular military schools.

Almost all the officers who come out of military schools have certain cultural knowledge. They can not only read and write, but also combine the actual combat cases and ancient historical battles summarized over the years into the actual combat environment.The only thing they lack is probably actual combat experience and authority to lead troops.However, after several years of battle, they will definitely grow very fast, and they must be the most outstanding officers in my Daqi Kingdom.

"Battalion Commander, they're back!" Ren Maoyong, the company commander of the Ninth Marine Corps, said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Su Zhongfu pulled his chaotic thoughts back to reality, and looked towards the river.

There was only one small boat returning, and it was paddling hard against the river at this time. Through the smoke, I saw a soldier on the boat waving the signal flag in his hand, shaking it from side to side.

"Battalion Commander, Jian Nu has left. We can cross the river now!" Ren Maoyong had a happy expression on his face.

"The river is densely covered with smoke, and the remaining fire on the south bank has not been extinguished, so we should wait."

"Battalion Commander, the river is densely covered with smoke, so we can hide our tracks." Ren Maoyong said eagerly, "And the lingering fire here has not hurt anyone. Our department needs to cross the river as soon as possible to avoid any changes ahead!"

"What Xiaoyong said is very true!" Su Zhongfu listened, without hesitation, turned his head to the side of the messenger and ordered: "Order the whole army to cross the river. The Ninth Company will go first, and the whole army will be on guard after landing."

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" Ren Maoyong turned around and walked to the side of the ship, jumped onto a galley next to him, and waved his hand, "Cross the river!"
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At noon, the coach of the Qing army, Le Ke Dehun, received a report from the horse scouts ahead. In Longtan Town, three miles ahead, more than thousands of Ming troops had formed formations to stop them.The opponent relied on the village wall and several ponds in the town, and dug a trench hundreds of meters long to confront the cavalry who arrived earlier.

"Thousands of Ming troops, how many thousands? But they are all soldiers of that Gu Sanmazi?"

"Returning to Commander, there is no banner in the opposing formation, but from a distance, they are all the clothing and equipment of the Ming army. In addition, the Ming army has several artillery pieces on the walls of the village. ... They are all hiding in the town, and there is no way to deal with them." count."

"Let's go, take a look!" Luck Dehun was still a little surprised that the Ming army dared to intercept them halfway. Did these Ming troops think that they could stop the town with the low wall and a trench dug? The advance of my Qing army?

The village wall in Longtan Town is actually an earth fence, only a meter high, and it has collapsed in seven or eight places due to years of disrepair, weathering and rain.If the cavalry urges their horses and leaps hard, they can easily rush in from the gap.The Ming army on the opposite side deployed several artillery pieces at the positions where the walls of the village collapsed.

Looking from a distance, there are about three or four thousand Ming troops, nearly half of them are in tattered armor, and their weapons are also miscellaneous, such as spears, broadswords, short swords, forks, and even some holding bamboo poles, but there are also hundreds of people holding their hands. Fire the musket.All the people were stationed behind the wall, trenches and several ponds, facing the Qing army array that had gathered into a tight formation.

"Order the Han army to send out a group of men and horses, and go up first to test their quality." Luck Dehun ordered.

Jiangnan Admiral Zhang Tianlu immediately ordered a general to lead more than a hundred Han troops to attack Longtan Town.

After seeing the majestic cavalry of the Qing army, Gu Sanmazi felt a little bit drummed in his heart. These generals of the Qi army were too arrogant. Instead of choosing to defend Zhenjiang City, they ran to this simple town with all the soldiers and horses to stop them. Qing army.In case, if the Qing army were to be defeated, and the thousands of cavalry on the other side chased and killed them all the way, it is estimated that no one would be able to escape.

But the matter has come to this point, at this time, you can't choose to retreat, you can only fight recklessly.His grandma's, this Jiannu is not superficial, even if he cuts it off with a knife, he can still see blood.Moreover, there are more than 20 artillery pieces on my side!
"General Gu, the enemy has already moved, but this should be a tentative attack. Let your troops meet it for now." He Yunfeng put down the binoculars, "Just follow your usual pattern of attacking Tongzhou (now Nantong, Jiangsu)."

"His grandma, Jiannu is a bit contemptuous of people, and they only dispatched more than 100 people!" Gu Sanmazi looked at the approaching Qing army soldiers and horses, and couldn't help being amused. They all stay!"

As soon as the words fell, Gu's soldiers and horses swarmed over the wall of the village and rushed towards the Qing army of more than a hundred people.

He Yunfeng was dumbfounded when he saw more than 100 troops from Gu's army, and rushed to meet them. This..., this is the combat mode of Gu Sanmazi's army?With an absolute superiority of troops, just besiege the more than [-] soldiers of the Qing army who took the lead?Shouldn't you hide behind the wall and fight back with your base?

"Shoot!" Following a calm and steady order from the Qing army, dozens of feathered arrows plunged into Gu Bu's charging queue in an instant.

"what!"

"what!"

"..." More than a dozen screams sounded from the charging Ming army column, which made the team's forward momentum stagnate.

"Shoot again!"

Dozens of feathered arrows flew over again, piercing fiercely into the formation of the Ming army, knocking down the advancing Ming army soldiers in the front rows.

At this time, there were still more than 20 steps between the teams on both sides. The Ming army had been shot by the Qing army with bows and arrows twice, killing and injuring dozens of people. Some confusion.

"Isn't it possible that more than 500 people will be defeated by more than a hundred people?" He Yunfeng saw the chaotic battlefield in front of him, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"The First Squadron of the Loyalty Army attacks!" Li Fade, who was behind the formation, ordered loudly.

"On board!" Amidst a burst of passionate shouts, a loyal army of more than a hundred Japanese wandering warriors crossed the wall of the village, holding long knives, and greeted the rushing Qing army.

(End of this chapter)