I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 185 The Crushing Battle
The first year of Jianwu, May 27th.

There is still no defense plan here in Nanchang.

Wang Qicheng, Chen Ance, Diao Chengzu, a governor, a political envoy, and an inspector, the three big bosses gathered together, but they couldn't come up with a solution for several days.

Wang Qiqin couldn't bear it anymore and called General Qian from the naval camp and garrison camp to come over and offer suggestions.

However, these two suggestions were either rejected, or Wang Qiqin hesitated and found it difficult to make a decision.

But now, there is no need to make any more decisions.

Ganjiang River on this day.

Eight river warships from the Nanchang Naval Battalion are patrolling north along the Gan River.

Suddenly, a soldier on the deck exclaimed: "What is that?"

Everyone else immediately followed the sound and saw the shadows of large boats on the river getting bigger and bigger.

After a while, you can vaguely see the outline and size of the ship, at least dozens in number.

At this time, dozens of boats came up the Ganjiang River, and their identities were almost impossible to guess.

"No, it's the rebel navy that's coming."

"Quick...quickly report to Mr. Qian and the others."

There was a commotion on the deck. Not only this ship, but several other ships also spotted the Ming Navy warships approaching quickly on the river.

He didn't wait for the order from Commander-in-Chief Qian of the Qing Army who was personally patrolling the river.

"Send the order, fire forward!"

Tang Tongjiang just took a casual look with his telescope. When he saw that there were only eight Qing warships on the river, and they were all light river warships, he immediately smiled with disdain.

With an order, a total of fifteen Ming warships lined up in an array, and the huge black gun barrels above were all aimed at the eight Qing warships not far ahead.

There was no tactical play, just direct artillery to force the way.

boom!
boom!
boom!
A volley of artillery fire was fired, most of which missed, causing large waves.

After all, it was the first round of shelling, which was basically used to test range and verify the status of the artillery.

And this is still on the river. The Qing army's warships cannot always be fixed in one place. With the accuracy of ancient artillery, this is not surprising at all.

"The rebels are firing! The rebels are firing!"

"She's lost her eggs, I'm going to run away!"

"..."

Obviously, only three warships were hit by stray bullets, and only one was unlucky. The stray bullet happened to break the main mast.

The other two Qing warships had holes in their decks hit by cannonballs, but they were not exploded by explosive shells. As long as they were repaired and blocked with emergency planks, there would be no major problem.

But this still plunged the Qing navy into chaos.

After all, they only had eighteen boats in total. Only eight boats came out to patrol the river this time, and the remaining ten boats were all moored at the dock.

Eight ships, or inland river light warships, were going to challenge the Ming Navy warships, which were much larger than them in terms of displacement and volume tonnage. There were still dozens of ships, and all of them were equipped with long-range heavy artillery.

This is really a perfect match for hitting an egg against a stone!
There was no need to wait for the second round of shelling by the Ming Navy. Almost the next moment, the Qing warships turned around and fled the battlefield quickly.

The first one to run away was the warship personally commanded by their boss, Nanchang Navy Commander Ying Qian.

This guy is not stupid. With just a few people fighting against the rebel navy, does he not want to live anymore or is he impatient?
Mr. Qian took the lead, so naturally the remaining six boats would not stop. They quickly turned around and fled to Nanchang Pier.

One ship did not escape because its main mast was broken, and the warship lost its main sail and lost control.

But even so, many Qing soldiers and sailors above still chose to jump into the river to escape.

After all, there is no landlubber who can be a navy.

However, although it is already May and summer is approaching, the river water is not freezing to death.

But they were still far away from the river bank, and it was impossible for their physical strength to support them in swimming to the river bank.

Tang Tongjiang ignored these Qing soldiers and the few Qing warships that were escaping quickly, and ordered: "Send my order, and the whole fleet will rush forward and seize the Nanchang Pier."

On the side, Yang Gong turned around and walked towards the cabin.

He also had to make preparations and lead his army to land on the beach.

The Qing army's water combat power in Nanchang was so vulnerable. If they didn't take the opportunity to go ashore and attack Nanchang, then it would have been in vain.

As all the Nanchang Navy warships of the Qing Army docked, the Ming Navy warships followed closely behind.

Since the Ming army was actually not too far away from Nanchang when they fired the artillery, Nanchang City had already noticed it when the encounter broke out on the river.

Although Wang Qicheng was indecisive, he still understood the importance at this time.

Once the Nanchang Pier is occupied by the Puppet Ming, his Nanchang city will be like a turtle in a urn, and the Puppet Ming will attack at any time.

Wang Qicheng immediately mobilized [-] troops in the city to train, and together with the only Nanchang garrison in hand, a total of [-] troops, went to support Nanchang Wharf.

The counterfeit thieves must not be allowed to land at the dock.

At the top of the city of Nanchang, several thousand-jin heavy artillery were also pushed onto the city wall emplacements. Under the supervision of the drill sergeants, a large number of civilians carried powder barrels and solid marbles and stacked them next to the gun emplacements.

As soon as the puppet Ming army lands, Nanchang will use thousand-jin cannons to bombard the rebels.

The entire city of Nanchang was busy preparing for war.Nanchang Pier.

The Ming army's warships approached quickly.

Several small boats were put down first, full of Ming soldiers, and launched a beach landing battle.

These beach landing troops quickly landed ashore to rendezvous, totaling more than a hundred people.

Those from the Nanchang Naval Battalion of the Qing Army who had previously fled to the shore also did not dare to run away again. If they ran again, they would be true deserters, and the death penalty would be inevitable.

Seeing that the Ming army's vanguard troops who landed on the beach in small boats only totaled less than a hundred people, Mr. Qian of the Nanchang Naval Camp couldn't help but secretly thought: I can't defeat these rebel navy ships, so why can't I eat these hundreds of rebel rebels?

As long as he fights one battle, wins another, gets a bit of face, and the main force of the rebels lands later, he won't be afraid of being blamed for retreating immediately.

After all, the anti-thieves were numerous and powerful. This was a non-war crime and he had already tried his best to kill the thieves.

Thinking of this, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army immediately took the lead: "My sons, charge with me to kill the rebels!"

"Kill the traitor!"

"Kill! Kill the rebels and get the reward!"

"Reward money, reward money!"

"..."

The Qing army of thousands of people was in a mess and had no formation. Their commander-in-chief Qian did not arrange the formation in advance, but simply boosted their morale.

Even in order to rush faster and catch the rebels off guard, this guy didn't even care about the gun soldiers and archers in the camp.

The front row was full of Qing infantrymen carrying swords, and the back row was archers and musketeers running around.

Fortunately, there were no musketeers or archers among the less than a hundred pseudo-Ming thieves who came ashore.

However, ten times the Qing army rushed towards them.

In this situation, the Ming army did not panic at all.

"gather!"

"Array!"

I saw the Ming army quickly assembled, first arranging ten ten-man teams, and then forming a small circular square array with ten-man teams.

The infantry protected the front and the left and right flanks. The rear was surrounded by the river. A team of ten men without swords was placed in a circular square formation.

They are all grenadiers of the Ming Army.

When Emperor Zhu was reorganizing the army, he had already officially named the Tianlei Battalion Grenadiers, and the Tianlei Battalion was changed to a unit designation, and each army had its own configuration.

These grenadiers calmly took out a grenade hammer from their waists and lit the fuse with the flint.

Relying on his daily training and actual combat experience, he calculated the distance and then threw the grenade hammer forward fiercely.

Ten grenade hammers drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and finally landed only fifty steps ahead.

"Lie down!"

The grenadier officer shouted loudly, and the entire Ming army fell down on the ground, their postures and movements were like turtles without shells.

Qian Zong, who was at the forefront of the Qing army, didn't know why. The next second he stepped on the iron hammer-shaped eggshell of the grenade hammer.

"Boom boom boom!"

Violent explosions occurred one after another, and huge fire and smoke directly covered the entire forward battalion of the Qing army.

Under the completely innovative sugar bombs of the Ming army, the Qing army directly in front of the Ming army was cleared by grenade hammers on the spot.

Broken limbs and broken arms were scattered everywhere, and there were more corpses of Qing soldiers who were still motionless and covered in blood, as well as many Qing soldiers who fell behind and fell to the ground wailing.

The Qing troops in the back row who were not hit by the bombing were all frightened.

Could this be the rumored anti-thief magic method?

As for Commander Qian of the Nanchang Navy Battalion, who was at the forefront, he had long since disappeared.

Those who are patient should be able to piece him out from the fragmented corpses on the ground.

"Demon law! It's demon law!"

"The rebels are using magic, run away!"

"Mr. Qian died in battle, Mr. Qian died in battle!"

Amidst the cries and curses one after another.

There were obviously seven or eight hundred remaining Qing troops, and the Ming army's formation was almost within easy reach.

However, General Qian and General General were killed in the battle, and the Qing army's command system had already collapsed.

The Qing army, which had no formation, collapsed instantly.

The Ming army formation at the dock did not pursue these fleeing Qing troops.

The Ming army continued to land on the beach.

　So sleepy, take a nap

　　
　
(End of this chapter)