Nanming Yiming

Chapter 83
While Cao Shanbao was struggling to support in the west of the city, Hu Rili was leading 1000 cavalry to attack Huang Binqing's camp.

When Huang Binqing saw the cavalry of the Qing army coming from the direction of the west city, Huang Binqing's face turned livid instantly. He knew that the 5000 troops of Chaoxian had probably been plotted against by the Qing army.

Fortunately, he still has the support of the camp at present, and he is not facing the cavalry of the Qing army in the wild.

Seeing that the number of the Qing army is not large, it should still have the power to fight.

Right now, the morale of his 6000 troops is indeed a little low. Everyone guessed that the brothers who went to steal the city before may have been murdered.

But after all, these people are Huang Binqing's direct line elite, equipped with relatively good equipment, almost everyone wears armor.

Huang Binqing shouted: "The Qing army's initiative to go out of the city to die is a good opportunity to win Ningbo. As long as the Qing army in front of us is defeated, each person will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. "

Huang Binqing's prestige as the "owner of Zhoushan Island" is still there, coupled with the encouragement of silver, the morale of the 6000 Ming troops in the battalion instantly became high, as if it was not the cavalry of the Qing army that charged, but a running ingot of silver.

The camp of the Ming army was located on a high ground in the north of Ningbo City, and the Qing army could only attack from the front if they wanted to attack the camp.

If it was during the day, it would be very difficult for such a force to attack the camp from the front, let alone at night?
The big victory of the Qing army came too easily before, and Hu Rili was also a little hotheaded at this time, wanting to take advantage of the aftermath of the big victory to see if he could take advantage of the situation to overwhelm the camp of the Ming army.

The Ming army quickly completed the formation, and the outermost perimeter of the camp was some antlers to resist the horses, which were used to slow down the impact of the Qing cavalry.

In the front row are 1000 musketeers holding bird guns, followed by 500 shield soldiers holding large iron-clad shields, behind the shield soldiers are 3000 spearmen, and finally 1500 archers.

The bird blunderbuss of the Ming army in Zhoushan was no match for the Lumi blunderbuss of Qian Mo's army. Facing the Qing cavalry in cotton armor, they might not be able to break through the armor within 50 steps.

In fact, soldiers in this era are generally malnourished and have night blindness to some extent. Fortunately, they don't need to aim much when facing the cavalry's intensive frontal charge. Whether it is bows or firecrackers, they only need to shoot blindly in the direction of the charge.

Facing the charge of the Qing army, the archers in the back row lobbed a round first, and only sporadic Qing cavalry fell to the ground with arrows.

After all, Hu Rili's green battalion cavalry were not Manchurian Eight Banners, otherwise the Qing army's arrow rain would have followed one after another at this moment.

Seeing that the Qing army was approaching, the firecrackers of the Ming army started to shoot in salvos. Although there was only one round of shooting and the target could not be seen clearly at night, the Qing army was still relatively dense in the frontal attack.

After the shooting of "bang, bang, bang", many Qing soldiers were still hit by the bird guns and fell to the ground. Although many people were only injured, most of the fallen Qing soldiers were trampled to death by their comrades behind.

Seeing that the Qing army was approaching, Huang Binqing shouted: "The musketeers retreat, the shield soldiers and spearmen step forward, and the archers continue to shoot arrows."

Although they did not have the cavalry and shooting skills of the Eight Banners soldiers, the green battalion who was about to rush to the Ming army camp also began to throw spears, throwing axes and other weapons.

Fortunately, there were many shield soldiers in the front row of the Ming army. Although some Ming soldiers were hit and fell to the ground, it did not affect the overall formation.

Seeing that the formation of the Ming army in front was stable and the offense and defense were orderly, Hu Rili immediately felt that something was wrong, but at this moment he was already "the arrow was on the string, and he had to launch it".

The two sides ushered in a direct collision. Some antler repelling horses arranged in front of the battalion largely offset the impact of the Qing cavalry. Many Qing army horses even knocked down in front of these repelling horses. They also fell off their horses one after another.

When the cavalry of the Qing army came into contact with the shield spears of the Ming army, they were simply unable to break through the formation of the Ming army.

In the dark night, only the loud sound of the horse hitting the shield was heard.

Although some shield soldiers were still knocked down by the Qing army, the spears behind them still pierced the body of the Qing soldiers.

These green battalion cavalry were not heavy cavalry in the first place, so the shield spears attacking the Ming army would naturally not have a good effect.The desolate neighing of war horses and the wailing of fallen soldiers immediately resounded on the battlefield.

Before the Qing army broke through the Ming army's formation, the Ming army's second round of blunderbuss sounded again.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After a puff of white smoke dissipated, almost all the Qing soldiers who rushed to the front fell down.

Even Hu Rili himself was injured by the firecrackers. Fortunately, he was wearing iron armor and cotton armor, so his injuries were not serious and he did not fall directly from the horse.

Seeing that the attack of the Qing cavalry was blocked, Huang Binqing raised his long knife and shouted: "Everyone rush out with me, kill the Qing soldiers, and avenge the dead brothers!"

At this time, the Ming army exploded with astonishing combat power, killing them in an instant, those Qing soldiers who had landed and were not completely dead were immediately beheaded by the Ming army.

Hu Rili quickly turned his horse's head and retreated with the remaining Qing soldiers. These Ming soldiers seemed to be evil spirits thrown out of hell, and they would die if they ran too late.

Fortunately, the Ming army in Zhoushan did not have many cavalry. After leaving more than 400 corpses in front of the Ming army camp, Hu Rili successfully withdrew from the battlefield.

On the Wangjing Gate of Ningbo City, Cao Shanbao was very anxious. The Ming army had already pressed towards his west city from the north and south walls.

During the confrontation, the casualties of the Qing army under him were increasing, and the position was constantly shrinking. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before Xicheng fell.

At this time, the Ming army had already reached the gate of Wangjing Gate, and a Qing soldier shouted: "Mr. Cao Qian, the Ming army has already fought with brothers at the gate of the city. We can't use the firecrackers anymore, otherwise we will accidentally injure you." to one's own people."

Cao Shanbao glanced at the city, and saw that the two sides in the city were fighting in a melee, but the Ming army became more and more courageous, and the Qing army was gradually exhausted.

So he was heartbroken, holding a big knife and shouting: "All musketeers and archers obey the order, and fire indiscriminately towards the city."

For this order, all the Qing troops in the city were stunned, and no one reacted.

Attacking your own people under the city wall?They couldn't bear it, so they just stood there blankly.

Seeing that the Qing soldiers in the city were still hesitant, Cao Shanbao directly chopped down the two firecrackers around him, and shouted: "Listen, everyone, set firecrackers on me quickly, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy! "

"Bang, bang, bang"

At this time, countless firecrackers, bows and arrows poured down the city wall, and the soldiers of the Ming and Qing armies who were entangled with each other suffered indiscriminate shooting.

A Qing soldier who was just about to raise his sword to kill the Ming army suddenly felt shot in the back by a lead bullet from a firecracker, and fell down with puzzled eyes.

Also inconceivable was the Ming army who was about to be beheaded, thinking that the Qing army was really ruthless, and even shot and killed his own people.

But his luck didn't last long, and the second round of attacks on the city wall followed, taking his life.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Ming army under the city was suppressed by firepower, Cao Shanbao quickly led hundreds of cronies to kill the city wall.

The Ming army, which was busy avoiding the attack on the city, was in a mess at the moment, unable to resist the sudden attack of the Qing army at all. After resisting for a while, they retreated one after another and asked the Ming army in the distance for help.

Cao Shanbao didn't have time to think too much at this time, taking advantage of the spare time, he quickly opened the Wangjing Gate, and led hundreds of his cronies to run out of the city.

Seeing that the general left them and fled, the Qing army on the city wall began to scold their mothers.

"This Cao Shanbao, who suffered a thousand knives, left us and ran away. Brothers, we can no longer be cannon fodder, and surrender directly to the Ming army."

As soon as Cao Shanbao led 300 cronies out of Ningbo Mansion, the remaining 800 Qing troops on the city wall surrendered to the Ming army.

Cao Shanbao had just tricked the Ming army into being fooled and beheaded a large number of Ming troops. At this time, he would never dare to surrender to Zhang Mingzhen.Seeing that the west city was about to lose its hold, he naturally had no choice but to break out of the city and escape.

But with his run, Ningbo Mansion has completely fallen.

At this time, the corpses of the Zhoushan Ming army who were lured to Wengcheng and slaughtered by the Qing army had not been cleaned up in time.When he saw the tragic situation of a large number of corpses of the Ming army, especially the corpses of his former friend Wang Chaoxian, Zhang Ming was furious and vowed that he would not let Cao Shanbao go.

Although all the six city gates of Ningbo Fucheng had been captured by the Ming army, the city was still not completely occupied. Huang Wantian, the prefect of Ningbo, was leading hundreds of Qing troops to resist in the magistrate's yamen.

Hearing that Zhang Mingzhen was going to pursue Cao Shanbao, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly dissuaded him: "Dingxi Hou, there is a saying that the poor should not chase after them. At this time, we should give priority to stabilizing Ningbo. Besides, we don't have many cavalry, so we may not be able to catch up with the Qing army; late at night It is too risky to go out of the city to pursue it."

Zhang Mingzhen said: "Cangshui is still too careful. This Cao Shanbao designed to kill our soldiers of the Ming army. I will definitely not spare him."

So Zhang Mingzhen ordered Zhang Jie to continue to lead troops to besiege the Ningbo government office, and Zhang Huangyan quickly deployed the city defense and stabilized the people in the city.He personally led 5000 troops out of the city to pursue Cao Shanbao.

After Cao Shanbao led people out of Wangjingmen, he also faced a problem of choosing a direction. At this moment, Fenghua County in the south of Ningbo Prefecture, Dinghai County in the north, and Cixi County in the northwest had actually been occupied by the Ming army.

Even the Siming Mountain in the southwest has long been defended by Zhang Huangyan, Wang Yi and other grassroots bandits, occupying the mountain as king; while to the east is the turbulent Yongjiang River, on which there are still a large number of Ming army naval warfare moored. Boat.

It seems that no matter where you run, you can't escape the control of the Ming army. Fortunately, Hu Rili led 1000 cavalry to attack Huang Binqing's camp before. Now Hu Rili is Cao Shanbao's only hope, so he decided to go to the northeast first to fight against Huang Binqing. Let's talk about the rendezvous of Hu Rili's Qing army.

However, Cao Shanbao did not expect that Hu Rili's situation was not much better than him at this time, and Huang Binqing's men were chasing him.

The only luck is that Hu Rili's "four legs" left Huang Binqing's "two legs" far behind.

Not long after Cao Shanbao ran, he bumped into Hu Rili's team head-on.

Seeing Cao Shanbao who was fleeing for his life, Hu Rili asked in surprise, "Mr. Cao Qian, why did you run out of the city?"

Cao Shanbao gasped and said: "Zhang Mingzhen led the Ming army to take the opportunity to enter Ningbo Mansion from the south of the city. They had a large number of people, and I couldn't resist them, so I managed to kill them out."

Seeing that Cao Shanbao was left with only this few troops, Hu Rili knew that Ningbo City must have been lost at this time.Seeing the Ming army pursued by Zhang Mingzhen in the distance approaching here with torches, Hu Rili suddenly felt that something was wrong.

I thought: there is Zhang Mingzhen in the front, and Huang Binqing in the back, and I have to rush out before they encircle me; Youdao is a dead Taoist friend who never dies in a poor way. Cao Shanbao didn't know that there was Huang Binqing's pursuers behind him, so he just let him hold Huang Binqing for him .

Said: "President Cao Qian, don't panic, I have already broken through Huang Binqing's camp, and the Ming army was scattered by me. You just lead your brothers to catch the scattered Ming army ahead, and I will lead the cavalry to meet Zhang Mingzhen. "

So he shouted: "Everyone, follow me quickly, don't let the Ming army run away."

Looking at Hu Rili who was gradually going away, Cao Shanbao didn't care to pray for him, someone went to hold the Ming army for him, and he didn't run for his life.

It's just that he never dreamed that Hu Rili also had the same idea.

Huang Binqing, who had been chasing for a long time, also knew that his two legs could not catch up with the cavalry, and was thinking of withdrawing the troops and returning to the camp.

Suddenly found that there was a situation ahead, and Cao Shanbao, who was fleeing for his life, collided with the Ming army.

This time, Huang Binqing's Ming army came alive.Where is the Qing army ahead?It was clearly a bunch of running money.

At this time, all the Ming soldiers were extremely brave, like divine soldiers descending from the sky, and rushed forward without saying a word.

Cao Shanbao's face was ashen at this time, how could he resist?At this time, the curse of the first dynasty kept appearing in his mind.

The way of heaven is reincarnation, who has heaven spared?
After just one meeting, Cao Shanbao was beheaded.

At this time, the remaining Qing army immediately put down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy.

But before Huang Binqing could speak, they were all killed on the spot by the Ming army, and their heads were beheaded.

Want to surrender?This is not to delay the uncles from taking the reward silver.

These Zhoushan Ming soldiers can be regarded as revenge for the robes who died tragically in Ningbo City before!
After leaving Cao Shanbao, Hu Rili hurriedly led his team to bypass the Ming army led by Zhang Mingzhen, and ran all the way west. At this time, the entire Ningbo Mansion had fallen, and he had no choice but to run to Shaoxing Mansion.

At this time, Zhang Mingzhen also noticed that a cavalry was running towards him.

He hurriedly ordered the team to gather and prepare to line up to meet the enemy.

Zhang Mingzhen, who had calmed down at this time, also felt that he had gone out of the city to chase too hastily this time, and regretted not listening to Zhang Huangyan's advice.

There is a saying that poor bandits should not chase after them. The Ming army managed to capture Ningbo Mansion. He ventured out of the city to pursue the enemy in the middle of the night, which is indeed a taboo for military strategists.

In the middle of the night, infantry encountering a cavalry attack in the field can easily cause a total collapse.

Fortunately, there were not many Qing soldiers, only a few hundred cavalry.

Just when Zhang Mingzhen ordered the Ming army to line up to the east to meet Hu Rili's cavalry, he heard the ground shaking in the west, and a large number of cavalry were attacking him with torches.

Zhang Mingzhen secretly thought that it was not good, they came from Shaoxing, they could only be cavalry from the Qing army, the number seemed to be several thousand.

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