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

Chapter 238
Jiujiang is not only an important town on the Yangtze River, but also the thoroughfare of Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi provinces. It is an absolute strategic hub.

As long as Longkoduo goes down the river, he must pass through Jiujiang and must win Jiujiang.

Otherwise, regardless of passing through Penglikou and entering Poyang Lake, we can march to Nanchang.Either go down the river and go straight to the hinterland south of the Yangtze River. There is a risk of being attacked from both sides and being made dumplings by the Ming army.

It's not that Huang Dian doesn't understand military affairs, he naturally knows this, so he seizes the time and desperately crams people and supplies into Jiujiang City.

The Fourth Army is basically composed of new recruits, and there is a high probability that it will be difficult to fight a tough battle. At most, it will be a smooth battle.

It is indeed the best choice to shrink back and defend the city.

Taking the initiative to fight is pure nonsense!
It cannot be withdrawn.

Since he was a new recruit, his morale could be ignored because he would definitely make mistakes on the spot.

As long as Huang Dian dares to withdraw, even if he tells the soldiers that this is a strategic change, it will greatly damage morale.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the Ming army can withdraw, but the people in Jiujiang City cannot.In such a short period of time, the Ming army could not take away all the people. It would be too difficult to take half of them.

Not to mention whether Longkodo himself would love the people as his own son, this was a war, so naturally the priority was to cause maximum losses to the enemy.

If Jiujiang City fell into the hands of the Qing army, it would be nothing more than massacre of the city and beheading one by one.

Therefore, Jiujiang cannot give up, otherwise it will be over.

However, Huang Dian is not stubbornly defending. He cannot fight a tough battle, but the same cannot be said for friendly forces from other armies.

As long as he can hold off Qing Gou, maybe this will be a rare opportunity?

Facts have proved that Huang Dian's caution is justified.

Although Longkodo only brought [-] troops this time, strictly speaking, these [-] troops had few new recruits.

There were [-] Huai Army, [-] New Army, and [-] Eight Banner Infantry troops accompanying them.

With all the soldiers and armor and sufficient food and fodder, Longkodo can be regarded as the elite on hand.

Longkodo has also fought against the Ming army several times, and he has long understood that the new soldiers or the old green soldiers will not only be of no help to the war, but will also overwhelm the main force of his headquarters.

The battle in Changzhou is still fresh in his memory.

Even if it is a tentative attack, if you don't bring the elite, if you are defeated, you won't be able to leave.

Especially the [-] Huai army, as the main force that attacked Chizhou before, although they failed to defeat it in the end, this was all because Longko was in a hurry to leave, and their combat power cannot be denied.

Hearing that this time they were here to regain Anhui and go home, the morale of these Huai army soldiers was high.

……

Longkodo's army set out from Wuchang, went down the river, passed through Huangzhou Prefecture, stopped for supplies, and built a logistics supply line here.

They set off in March, and it was almost April before the Qing army arrived at Wuxue.

Without encountering the Ming Army's Yangtze River Navy, the Qing Army's Yangtze River Navy broke through Wuxue and went down the river.

After passing Chengzi Town, they did not attack, but just marched into Jiujiang Prefecture openly.

The problems of the Ming Navy's navy began to appear.

As its territory expanded day by day, the Ming Navy's mere [-] warships were no longer enough to cope with the huge coastal defense pressure.

Nan'ao Island, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Pengtai Road, Ningxia Port, Huaihe River Defense Line, Yangtze River Navy, etc.

With such a score, is four hundred ships a lot?
Longkodo himself didn't expect that he could break through the martial arts cave and advance into Jiujiang so unimpeded.

However, since he has already entered, he will naturally not be polite.

In the past six months, in addition to training and expanding the army in Wuchang, Longkodo was also building the Qing navy's fleet.

Although overall it is still not as good as the Fujian Navy of the Ming Army, there is high-quality oak in the Lianghu area, but this wood also takes time to dry in the shade.Longkodo himself would not dare to put the ship into the water for a trial run unless it was dry for at least a year or two.

Since there is no big ship, we can only push forward the cast cannon.

Longkodo recruited almost all the craftsmen he could find and asked them to mass-produce cannons all night long.

Moreover, in addition to increasing the number of cast cannons, the Qing army was not static.

The Ming army dumb bomb discovered by Wu Guoyin not only allowed the Qing army to discover the "secret" of the sugar bomb, but also worked out a similar Qing version of the hand grenade.

Similarly, the Qing Dynasty version of artillery shells also came out.In other words, the grenade-type explosive bombs thrown by human power are actually a by-product, and they are a by-product inspired by being bombed many times by the Ming army.

There was no shortage of craftsmen under Longkodo, and under the heavy reward, he had an almost complete shell as a reference.

It is not easy to copy it.

It’s just adding a wooden base and a wooden gunpowder fuse. How difficult is it?

It can be said that the current Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army is no longer what it used to be in terms of combat effectiveness.

If we really encounter the Yangtze River Navy of the Ming Army, the outcome may not necessarily be the same.

Pseudo-Qing is also evolving.

"Report!"

"Commander, two military gates, Jiujiang City is in front of us."

Longkodo waved his hand and said: "I know, let's go down!"

Looking at the increasingly clear Jiujiang City in front of him close to the river bank, Long Keduo had no expression on his face.

The Qing government did not pay much attention to this important town on the Yangtze River, and even only sent [-] soldiers to garrison it. It was not until the White Lotus Sect in Jiaqing that there was a riot.

The Ming army was able to capture Jiujiang only because Jiujiang was too empty. 500 men were not even able to defend the county seat, and it was impossible to defend Jiujiang no matter what.

But now, the offensive and defensive positions are changing, the Ming army comes to defend, and they themselves attack.

Longkodo didn't have to guess, the Ming army must be heavily guarded here.

I'm afraid this battle won't be easy!

On the side, Wu Guoyin, the newly appointed admiral of the Yangtze River Navy, immediately said: "Commander, this time our Qing Dynasty's [-] heavenly troops arrive in Jiujiang, Jiujiang City will definitely be defeated with a snap of the fingers. I would like to wish the commander in advance a successful victory. Before the snowfall, Shame on you!"

Before the battle started, Wu Guoyin gave him a firm flattery in advance.

His mood was not like that of Longkodo, but overall he was in a good mood because he was not asked to run into the Ming navy.

Although Dai Kun didn't say anything, he followed Wu Guoyin and raised his hands.

Longkodo was noncommittal, guessing that the time was almost up, and then he shouted: "Here comes someone!"

"Big guy!"

"Send the order, prepare to disembark!"

"Yes!"

Accompanied by a slightly noisy and urgent military order, the entire cabin was in chaos.

On the roof of the ship building, there were flag soldiers of the Navy waving flags to convey Commander Long's military orders.

Flag language is not exclusive to the Ming army. In ancient times, there were flag soldiers, but they did not wave small flags with both hands like the Ming army.

The ancient flag language mainly relied on colors and waving movements, such as leaning forward, upright, etc. to issue different military orders. There were even flag officers responsible for this.

Of course, this kind of flag command can only convey simple orders, and often must be used in conjunction with horns, gongs and drums.

The Ming army's flag language, at least so far, is unique, and those who can serve as flag flag soldiers are all talented.

"Boom boom boom!"

The first to break the tranquility were the five river defense cannons at the head of Jiujiang City.

These five cannons were transferred from the Nanchang branch. They were long-range red heavy artillery and were shipped by ship.

In addition to the five heavy cannons, there are also many medium-range or light cannons for city defense.

The five cannons fired a salvo, and the shells were all empty and entered the river without incident.

After all, these artillerymen are all novices, and the first round is just a routine test firing, used for ranging and familiarizing themselves with the artillery.

Moreover, the Qing warships on the river were moving targets. Even if artillery veterans came to attack them, with the accuracy of heavy artillery in this era, it would be a blessing if they could hit half of them.

(End of this chapter)