Nanming Yiming

Chapter 182
Hauge knew that the opportunity for this expedition was hard-won. If Daishan and Jierhalang hadn't fought to the death, he might have been killed by Dorgon in prison.

So he didn't dare to neglect in the slightest, and led an army of [-] to Yangzhou in the north of the Yangtze River.

But the bad news is one after another. First, the Ming army went all the way north and captured several prefectures in southern Anhui, and surrounded Nanjing; then the Yangtze River was blocked by the Ming army navy. His [-] troops could only look at the river and sigh, unable to cross it. Yangtze.

Dorgon was already eccentric, and put the main force on Boluo's side. Now that Nanjing is in danger, but he can't cross the river. If the Ming army captures Nanjing before he arrives, I'm afraid he, the general who conquered the south, will be killed by Dorgon. Straight away.

Originally, the Ming army blocked the river near Nanjing, and he could still cross the river from Chizhou in the upper reaches of Nanjing, but Ma Guozhu, a dog slave, actually lost several important towns along the river in just a few days.

Now that Hauge wants to cross the Yangtze River in the south, he has to use Jiangxi to cross the river. He can't afford to lose this person.

Although Hauge is a vulgar general, looking at the Yangtze River at this time, he can't help sighing: "Throughout the ages, this Yangtze River moat has blocked many troops from the north!"

Fan Wencheng on the side said: "Prince Su only knows one thing but not the other. Since ancient times, guarding the river must guard the Huaihe River. If the southern dynasty wants to prevent the northern dynasty from unifying the world, it must rely on the complex terrain of the Huainan area to resist steadily; usually the northern army fights By the time we reach the Yangtze River, we are already at the end of our strength, so it is naturally difficult to break through the natural danger of the Yangtze River."

"Now that the area around Nanjing is still in the hands of my Qing Dynasty, Qian Mo wants to rely on the navy to block the Yangtze River, that is just a dream!"

Hearing Fan Wencheng's words, Hauge was shocked and said, "So Mr. Fan has thought of a way to cross the river?"

Fan Wencheng has been marginalized in the court. Although he has the title of the first Hanchen, he has no real power for a long time, which is not the same as that of Huang Taiji.In addition, he had a personal enmity with Duoduo, but fortunately he said he was ill and passed away.

After all, this Hauge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and Ji Erhalang asked him to go out with the army in order to repay Huang Taiji's kindness.

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "Although the navy of the Ming army is powerful, its numbers are limited after all. How can it be possible to completely blockade the Yangtze River?"

"Historically, the Northern Army crossed the Yangtze River in the south of the Nanjing section. There are mainly three ferries. One is Guazhou Ferry in Zhenjiang, which can land in the east of Nanjing; the other is Caishiji near Ma'anshan, which can land in Nanjing. Landing on the west side of the land; the shortest distance is Yanziji in Nanjing, from which you can directly land in Nanjing."

"Among them, Guazhou Ferry is hundreds of miles away from Caishiji. I see that although the navy of the Ming army has several huge ships, the number of warships is not many. If it is a water battle, our navy is indeed unable to compete with it. But they are powerless to prevent our army from crossing the river."

Hauge asked, "Then when can we cross the river?"

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "No hurry, you need to rely on the weather to cross the Yangtze River. Please wait patiently for a while, Prince Su. In addition, I have ordered craftsmen to build ferries in Guazhou and Hezhou, and they will be called Ming Junshui at that time." Teachers cannot take care of both ends."

Soon the news spread that the Qing army was building ferries in Jiangbei. Liu Yichen said: "There are a lot of sawdust floating on the river. According to our information, the Qing army built ferries in Guazhou and Hezhou at the same time. I don't know for the time being." By which ferry will they cross the river?"

Qian Mo said: "This is a suspicious strategy of the Qing army. If they do this, we must fortify both Guazhou and Caishiji. No matter where they cross the river, half of the warships will stop them."

Qian Mo is also very helpless at this point. Zhoushan, Hangzhou, Chongming, and Jingjiang all need naval fortifications, and they also need to ensure the safety of Japan and North Korea routes.There were not many warships that he could transfer to the Yangtze River to stop the Qing army, and there were only a hundred or so large and small ships in total.In fact, there is no way to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river. He just hopes to sink more ships of the Qing army crossing the river, so that they will pay more casualties.Especially the Eight Banners of Manchuria, it would be even better if they could be defeated in the Yangtze River.

On a foggy morning, the commander of the Qing army stood at the Guazhou Ferry, gazing at the vast Yangtze River, showing a trace of hesitation.However, he knew that he must complete his task, so he ordered a thousand boats to be ready.

Immediately the boat began to slide quietly into the water, passing soundlessly through the thick fog.The oarsmen paddle lightly, carefully keeping away from any possible obstacles.The green battalion soldiers sat on the boat anxiously, feeling the tension and fear in their hearts, not knowing what would happen in the thick fog.

Hu Dahai stood on the Jiaxing and watched Jiangbei. Today, the river is covered with fog and visibility is very low. The Qing army may take the opportunity to sneak across.So early in the morning, the Ming army navy stationed in Guazhou all dispatched to patrol the river.

Sure enough, he vaguely saw the silhouettes of many small boats appearing on the river.Hu Dahai shouted: "Hurry up and fire, the Qing army has started smuggling."

The rumble of cannons quickly sent a signal to all Ming troops.All the naval forces of the Ming army near Zhenjiang were mobilized to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river.

The Qing army was very cunning, knowing that large ships were easy targets for the Ming army's artillery, so almost all the boats crossing the river were small boats.Each ship can only accommodate dozens of people, and occasionally a few large ships that can accommodate hundreds of people are very eye-catching on the river.

Coupled with the dense fog on the river, the artillery of the Ming army basically lost its use.

The Ming army took advantage of the large size of the ship to directly rampage and engage in side-to-side battles against the Qing army.

The 600-ton Jiaxing even rushed directly to the middle of the Qing army fleet, and the huge hull even directly knocked over the Qing army's small boat.The Ming army skillfully used the flying claws on the ship to hook the nearby boats.The Ming army on the ship easily shot and killed the Qing army on the ship with Lumi guns.

In a short while, they had killed more than a dozen enemy ships.

Not to mention the No. 1 and No. 2 Fuchuan of the Ming army, even the smallest Cangshan boat is much larger than the ferry of the Qing army.

However, the Ming army had too few warships, only 40 in total. Even if each of them overturned ten enemy ships, most of the Qing army could still cross the Yangtze River.

Now the Ming army is like an anti-aircraft gun hitting mosquitoes, completely unable to exert its combat power.

Soon the news of the Qing army smuggling in Guazhou spread.

Liu Yichen said: "The Qing army in Zhenjiang has forts. As long as they get close to Zhenjiang, they will be safe. Our fleet is not enough to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river. Hurry up and order the ships on the Nanjing River to cross to Guazhou. We can intercept another batch of enemy ships."

Qian Mo said: "Although the straight-line distance of the Guazhou Ferry is very short, the channel is not wide. The Qing army mostly has small boats. It is impossible for the main force to choose this place to cross the river. Guazhou Ferry must be a suspicious strategy for the Qing army.

"Since ancient times, the northern army has mostly chosen to cross the river from Caishiji when crossing the south. There is a wide channel, which is more suitable for small boats to cross the river. The order is to let the warships on standby at Yanziji not to cross Guazhou, and to support Caishiji quickly."

Not long after, Qian Mo's prediction was confirmed, and a large number of Qing army ferries appeared in the direction of Hezhou.

Liu Yichen said: "Mr. Yue is really predictable. Guazhoudu is indeed a suspected soldier of the Qing army. It turns out that Caishiji is their real target."

Qian Mo thought that Hauge was a martial artist, and it was beyond his imagination to think of such a suspicious strategy.It is a pity that it is useless to judge the main route of the Qing army crossing the river. There are only 60 warships in Caishiji, which is powerless to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river.

The Qing army had thousands of small boats, and it would be good if the Ming army could keep [-] to [-] percent of the Qing army.

At this moment, Haoge and Fan Wencheng were sitting on a large boat, slowly driving on the river, beside them were hundreds of ferries, even several warships.

Looking at the calm river, Hauge said: "Mr. Fan is really clever. The Ming army really transferred all the warships from Yanziji to Caishiji. We can easily cross the Yangtze River."

Fan Wencheng said quite proudly: "Qian Mo is as cunning as a ghost. We took advantage of the thick fog to forcefully cross Guazhou. He must be able to see that this is a trick for our suspicious soldiers. But he never expected that no matter it is Guazhou Both Zhoudu and Caishiji are my suspicions, our real target is Yanziji!"

Hauge said: "It's a pity that there are 5 green battalions on the ferries of Guazhou Ferry and Caishiji. This time they cover us crossing the river, there must be a lot of casualties!"

This is also a helpless move. Although the two places are suspected soldiers, they are really forced to cross; with the cunning of the Ming army, if he just uses an empty boat to sneak across, his real target will definitely be exposed.

However, Fan Wencheng had already calculated that the Ming army only had a hundred warships. Even if they tried their best to intercept them, at least half of the Green Battalion could still cross the river safely.

This time, the main force of the Eight Banners is relied on in the Jiangnan campaign. These green battalions can be recruited again at any time. They can cover the main force of the Eight Banners to cross the river, and they deserve to die!
Thinking of this, Fan Wencheng couldn't help showing a smug smile on his face.

Soon a huge silhouette appeared on the distant river, and Fan Wencheng's smile stopped abruptly.Ming army naval warships, how is this possible?

On the Shaoxing, Liu Guoxuan anxiously stood on the watchtower and observed the river with a thousand miles.

When he saw the densely packed ferry boats on the river, he knew that he had been hit by misfortune.

This time, in order to block the Yangtze River, the Ming army launched all the warships that could be sailed, but sailors are not enough to intercept the enemy ships, so they dispatched a group of gunners from the battalions of the land division to help in the battle.Fortunately, under the command of the Governor's Mansion are all the children of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, most of them are good at water, and they don't get seasick, so they can quickly form combat power.

That's how Liu Guoxuan got on the Shaoxing ship by accident.At the beginning of the period, when the news came that the Qing army took advantage of the heavy fog to forcefully cross Guazhou, his judgment was consistent with that of the governor's office.

However, he gradually felt something was wrong as he went all the way south. At this time, the fog on the river had basically dispersed, but he didn't see a single boat on the way from Yanziji to Caishiji.

The only explanation is that the Qing army blocked the pier on the other side of Yanziji. If the Qing army only smuggled people from Caishiji, why did they block the pier on the other side of Yanziji.

At this time, he expressed his doubts, and Tan Dayu, the captain of the Shaoxing, also believed that the Qing army probably wanted to smuggle from Yanziji.

But the governor's government's order to reinforce Caishiji has already been issued, and it is impossible for them to let other ships defy the military order and return like themselves.Report your thoughts upwards, and wait for the governor's government to issue a new order, even the day lily is cold.

Liu Guoxuan said: "The general's orders abroad are not acceptable. Captain Tan, you can't hesitate any longer. I know this is going to kill you. Why don't I tie you up and order the Shaoxing to return?"

"The governor's office will blame me, and I, Liu Guoxuan, will bear it all."

When Huang Binqing ambushed the Chongming Navy, Tan Dayu almost died once.He understood that the presence of the Shaoxing in Caishiji was nothing more than sinking more small boats of the Qing army.

However, if the main force of the Eight Banners of the Qing army really smuggled from Yanziji, it would be completely different if there was no Shaoxing. feed the fish.

After a struggle, Tan Dayu sent someone to deliver a letter to the governor's office, and at the same time ordered the Shaoxing to return directly to Yanziji to intercept the Qing army.

When the Qing army saw the Ming warship, they were really taken aback, but found that there was only one, so the escorting warship rushed directly towards the Shaoxing.

The warship of the Qing army was the Cangshan ship, and there were only 2 Flang machine guns on the ship.

The Shaoxing was equipped with 24 12-pound cannons and 20 Franc machine guns. The artillery of the Qing army did not pose a threat to the Shaoxing at all.

Liu Guoxuan shouted: "Don't pay attention to these Cangshan boats. The ferry boats of the Qing army have already entered the actual range of the 12-pound cannon. Just shoot and blow up these ferry boats."

Although the hit rate of long-distance battleship artillery attacking moving boats is not high, facing hundreds of small Qing army boats in front, even if you don't aim, it is easy to hit the target if you miss it.

Sure enough, in the first round of shooting, two Qing army ferries were directly hit by the artillery of the Shaoxing, and this small boat of dozens of tons was directly blown to pieces.

At this time, they discovered that among the Qing army's ferries, there were still some slightly larger troop carriers that could transport more than a hundred people.

So the Shaoxing adjusted its target decisively and opened fire on these big ships.

Sinking a large ship can beat 3 small ships, and the target of the large ship is larger and the hit rate is higher.

Sure enough, in countless rounds of shooting, 12 large ships and 7 small ships were sunk by the Ming army.

At this time, the Qing army had landed in Yanziji one after another.

Liu Guoxuan shouted: "Don't fire any more, the distance is too close, just load it up and carry out a boarding battle."

I saw that the Shaoxing was advancing at full speed, directly splitting a large Qing army ship into two pieces, and then the sailors on the ship caught the other ship with flying claws, and then Liu Guoxuan jumped onto the enemy ship directly.These Eight Banners soldiers must have been brave on the shore. At this moment, they had already been overturned by the boat, and they couldn't even stand still in the battle. They soon became the dead souls of the Ming army.

Hao Ge and Fan Wencheng, who had already landed at this time, were also afraid for a while. Fortunately, the Ming army only came with one boat, otherwise their casualties would have been too great.

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