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Chapter 155 The Great Victory at Caishiji

The Yangtze River defense line collapsed completely.

The Yangtze Navy of the Qing Army was composed of several small naval fleets, including not only the 22nd Battalion, but also the Jianghe Navy and the Jianghai Navy.

Even though Longkodo forcibly integrated, and specially appointed a Yangtze River Navy commander to take charge, and promised huge profits, it was of little use, and the various departments of the Navy were still full of factions.

Fortunately, on weekdays, under Longko's money offensive, various naval departments were still willing to listen to the orders of Wu Guoyin, the temporary commander-in-chief.

But once there is a slight disadvantage, it is normal for them to fall apart and run away.

"What a bastard, I thought the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Dynasty could be so good at fighting. Just do this for a long time? A thing without eggs?" Tang Tongjiang stood on the flagship deck, holding a telescope in his hand, looking and cursing. road.

He was really scolding, because the Qing navy had escaped and there were no battles to fight. No battles to fight meant that there would be no military glory.

Tang Tongjiang was naturally very angry. The Qinggu Navy had only scrapped a dozen ships, but there were still so many ships behind them, but they actually ran away without even caring about the original defense line.

"Commander Tang, Your Majesty has explained this time that our army only needs to cooperate with Commander Yang and Deputy Commander Zheng, and must not act without authorization!" Seeing Tang Tongjiang's excitement, the staff officer on the side quickly spoke to persuade him.

After hearing this, Tang Tongjiang put down his telescope and said: "Don't worry, I, Mr. Tang, am not someone who just waits for a moment to get angry and ignores the overall situation. I am just angry. This Qing Gou obviously has seventy or eighty ships, so this is Don’t you dare to fight?”

Although Tang Tongjiang said that he would not mess around, his tone was quite resentful.

The name of this staff officer is Tang Huaguang. The name is not important. What is important is that he was sent by the emperor to serve as his deputy, Tang Tongjiang.

The reason, of course, was that when he attacked Suzhou last time, he was so excited that he actually followed Yang Gong and ventured north. Although he didn't succeed in the end because the canal was blocked, when Zhu Yijiong found out about it, he immediately sent three letters in a row. The memorial scolded him vehemently.

Not long after the scolding, the staff officer came down. The purpose was to watch him and prevent him from messing around.

A random Yang Gong is enough to give Emperor Zhu a headache. If the Navy does the same thing, Emperor Zhu will lose at least ten years of his life.

During the recent disarmament and reorganization, staff officers were also placed in various departments of the New Army.

The staff officer will not directly participate in army command, nor will he interfere with the general's on-the-spot judgment. He will only remind and stop the general when he disobeys orders or acts randomly.

When setting up staff officers, Zhu Yijiong also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the new dynasty and disarmament to put a few more missionary officers in to appropriately improve the cultural quality of the army.

I just thought about it and let it go. The missionary officer was easy to find, but Zhu Yijiong couldn't guarantee his loyalty.

If this contains some private goods, wouldn't it turn Emperor Zhu's soldiers into someone's private soldiers?

Since ancient times, scholars have had the most thoughts.

"Since the commander-in-chief knows what he is doing, I can rest assured in my humble position!" Tang Huaguang nodded and said nothing.

Tang Tongjiang had no choice but to command the fleet with a depressed look on his face and clean up the remaining Qing warships on the river that were still struggling.

The destructive power of the explosive bombs was too strong for the wooden sailing warship. Even if it was saved by the blazing fire, it was basically useless.

"Bang bang~"

Several naval guns were fired at the burning Qing warships on the river. One shell hit the mast of one of the warships. The thick mast fell down and hit a Qing soldier carrying a bucket.

With the help of the Ming Navy's artillery, those Qing warships quickly followed in the footsteps of the other friendly warships.

A few warships were left patrolling the river, using large nets to catch Qing prisoners who jumped into the river in time, and the remaining warships collectively headed for Caishiji Ferry.

The Qing soldiers at the ferry were quite courageous. Seeing that their navy was defeated and the Ming warships flying the twelve-pointed sun and moon flag were heading towards their ferry, they actually dared to gather troops and try to resist.

As expected, the Han soldiers were not satisfied with their pay, but they were invincible if they were fully paid.

At least when it comes to spreading money, Longkodo is indeed a qualified general.

There is also a river defense fort at the ferry, but they were all built in the late Ming Dynasty. They are almost a hundred years old now, and I don’t know if the fort can be used.

Even if it can be used, this kind of Jiang defense cannon is inferior to the heavy naval guns of the Ming army's warships in terms of range and power.

To be on the safe side, Tang Tongjiang ordered several heavy naval guns to open fire before the ship even approached the ferry.

The gunners loaded and fired quickly, all in one go.

Facing the immobile Jiangfang fort, several artillery shells seemed to have been fired, and all hit, and two shells even landed in the Qing army's assembly.The several Jiangfang forts were destroyed on the spot. The gunpowder barrels piled randomly by the Qing gunners under the forts were ignited, and a violent explosion occurred. Several gunners who were close to the forts returned to the west on the spot, and the remaining survivors fled in all directions. .

The artillery shells that fell into the Qing army's formation were like bowling balls under the strong kinetic energy, directly plowing several meters-long bloody paths in the Qing army's formation.

Several of them flew out with broken arms and legs, and some unlucky ones were crushed into pulp.

Such a bloody scene caused some Qing army recruits who had never fought before to vomit on the spot.

The total number of soldiers garrisoned at Caishiji Ferry is almost 3000, but more than half of them are new soldiers from Taiping Prefecture.

They immediately collapsed without even a fight.

The Ming Navy warships took advantage of the situation to land. Tang Tongjiang rarely became a land war general, and he led the Ming Navy sailors under his command to Caishi Town to kill them.

Not surprisingly, the Qing army was defeated by naval guns long ago.

Tang Tongjiang just rushed forward with thousands of people, and the Ming Dynasty flag was hung in Caishi Town.

Good guy, great victory in Caishiji!
……

At the same time that Tang Tongjiang broke through the Yangtze River defense line and achieved a great victory in Caishiji.

Jiangnan, Lishui County.

Yang Gong and Zheng Dingrui went south along the Rouge River and gathered troops here.

The two armies combined totaled a total of [-] troops. Although half of them were newly recruited new troops, with such strength and the cooperation of the navy, it was obviously not a big problem to attack the vast Taiping Mansion.

"Send my command and the whole army sets off!"

Yang Gong gave an order, and the messengers mounted their fast horses, and the flag soldiers waved their flags.

Soon, the [-]-strong army encamped in Lishui quickly began to gather, and then advanced westward carrying a large amount of baggage and food.

Zheng Dingrui immediately stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Yang Shuai, why are you holding back?"

Yang Gong's face darkened, and he immediately flicked the rope: "Drive!"

Ok!

Yang Gong had no intention of coming to Lishui County. His original idea was to take a boat on the Tangtong River, go upstream directly, and take the waterway to Anqing Mansion, Longkodo's hometown.

Just like the Zhejiang War, let him fight to decide the outcome.

It's a pity that Emperor Zhu doesn't allow it.

Anhui straddles the Yangtze River and Huaihe River and is an important area in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yijiong had made plans in advance before the war. Although Anhui or Wannan wanted to win as soon as possible, Yang Gong was not allowed to take risks.

After all, his style of play could only catch the Qing army off guard. Although Long Paopao ran very fast in the first battle of Nanjing, it also proved that he did have some military proficiency.

Seeing that Nanjing could not be defended, he fled in time to preserve his strength and retreated to Anqing.

Once Yang Gong is allowed to fight, if anything happens, the overall layout of the Ming army will be greatly affected.

This is not worth the candle.

Therefore, the person who accompanied Yang Gong to Anhui this time was Zheng Dingrui.

This veteran, who was as steady as a dog, was used to hold Yang Gong in check and not let him mess around.

　Hahaha, I have a holiday tomorrow, hahaha

　　Wait, I seem to have to continue working the day after tomorrow...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)