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Chapter 244 The Great Victory at Hukou

To sacrifice the strong points and attack the weak points?
Have to say, it's a great idea.

Fifty thousand Qing troops were blocked under the small city of Jiujiang, unable to advance even an inch.

It is impossible to go around, and Jiujiang cannot be conquered. No matter whether the Qing army marches east, south, or north, there is a risk of being attacked from both sides.

But if Jiujiang is abandoned, only the army is left to besiege, and the main force is transferred to attack Hukou, it will be different.

The Jiujiang-Hukou defense line is integrated. If Hukou is lost, Jiujiang will not be protected.In the same way, if Jiujiang is lost first, Hukou will also be difficult to preserve.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the Qing army marched eastward to Jiujiang. The [-]-strong army was blocked under the small city of Jiujiang. They lost troops and generals before they could move out quickly.

This has greatly damaged the morale of the army, so Longkodo now urgently needs a crucial "big victory" to revive people's hearts.

An army of [-] could not defeat Jiujiang Jiancheng, but it would not be impossible to defeat even two towns, right?

Moreover, as Dai Kun said worriedly, the Qing army could not delay in Jiujiang any longer.

They were making such a big show that the Ming army could not have known it and had already begun to deploy troops and generals. Therefore, Longkodo must break through Jiujiang quickly and compete for the strategic initiative.

After careful consideration, Longkodo nodded and said: "Okay, in that case, I will follow what you said. When the battle here is over, I will personally report to you for your merits!"

"Thank you, Master!"

The generals were overjoyed and quickly handed over their hands.

The plan was decided, and the details were briefly discussed.

It is worth mentioning that Longkodo planned to lead the army personally this time, while Dai Kun's Huai army stayed in Jiujiang, continuing the siege and waiting for opportunities.

The next day.

Longkodo personally supervised and led the naval fleet to storm the Mushui City at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

Wooden Water City, as the name suggests, is a water city made of wooden rafts. It was built by Huangdian in a hurry and almost blocked the entire Penglikou.

Whether the Qing army wants to pass through Penglikou or remove the Ming army's Hukou stronghold, they must first destroy Muzhenshui City.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Qing naval fleet did not hesitate and fired wildly at the Muxian Water City built by the Ming army. At the same time, it kept approaching and tried to force a landing.

Huang Dian, who was stationed in Hukou Town, was also unambiguous and quickly ordered artillery to aim at the Qing warships on the river.

"Boom boom boom!"

Ming army artillery fired one after another.

The artillery shells seemed to be free of charge, and they poured out their firepower crazily towards the Qing warships.

The Qing navy also became ruthless, and Wu Guoyin even personally led the flagship into the battle.

There's no way we can fight anymore. Marshal Long is here in person for this battle, which means it's almost self-evident.If I don't fight hard this time, I'm afraid I won't have to think about whether I can go back or not.

As for surrender?What a joke, he had already been raised with the flag, not to mention how he was treated, Wu Guoyin had inquired about how the Ming army dealt with bannermen prisoners.

He has no turning back.

The naval flagship took the lead in charging into the battle, but the other warships were naturally helpless and had no choice but to launch a fierce attack regardless of the danger. The Ming army also defended desperately.

The battle between the two sides was very fierce, and soldiers were sent to see the Dragon King almost every moment.

There are Ming and Qing troops here.

The water battle lasted for about an hour, but the Ming army finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Huang Dian only has [-] soldiers in hand, which is seriously insufficient, and reinforcements have not yet arrived.

In the end, the Ming army's defense line at Hukou was defeated, and all the wooden water walls built by the Qing army were destroyed. However, the Qing navy also suffered heavy casualties, and even Wu Guoyin's flagship ship was damaged in many places.

It can be said that both lose-lose!
Governor Longkodo led the navy to attack the mouth of the lake.

On the other side, Longkodo's Green Camp New Army, led by a general officer named Wu Shaoan, went to capture Meijiazhou on the other side of the lake entrance.

There was nothing wrong with Longkodo's strategic deployment, and it was very routine to advance both by land and water.

Even if the Ming armies in Hukou and Meijiazhou knew about it, it would be difficult for them to rescue each other and could only be defeated one by one. Once these two towns were defeated, Jiujiang would be within easy reach.

However, Longkodo had a good idea, but he ignored a problem.Fighting depends not only on strategy, but also on people, the personal qualities and abilities of generals, officers, and soldiers.

Since the defense lines of Meijiazhou and Hukou towns are so important, why didn't the Ming army deploy generals who are good at fighting here?

Wu Shaoan, a little-known man, was just a general military officer who was promoted on the spot by Longkodo under the dividing line of history.

On the Ming army side, it was Li Yong who was in charge of Meijiazhou. As an early veteran of the rebel army, he could become the core of the uprising group. How could he be such an easy person?

Especially when this guy followed Huang Dian earlier, the two of them only led less than [-] soldiers, but they dared to attack the rebel army of tens of thousands in Taiwan.

Even if most of the rebels are bandits, they still number in the tens of thousands.

Now Li Yong has [-] soldiers and horses, and he is the defender of the city. Although Wu Shaoan has [-] new green battalion troops, compared with the quality of the soldiers, the two are actually only half a pound to half a pound.

Moreover, Li Yong did not just stick to it. When the Qing army invaded Jiujiang, he had already taken the opportunity to arrange for civilians and soldiers to seize the time to frantically strengthen the thick city walls and dig deep trenches and wooden fences.

Although Wu Shaoan did not underestimate the Ming army, he had [-] troops in his hands, but the Ming army only had a few thousand, and the leading generals were unknown (to the Qing court).

Or is it not easy to attack a town in Meijiazhou?The army rushed to Meijiazhou.

Wu Shao'an didn't even let the army stop, so he drew his sword and ordered: "Send the general's order to attack the city with the whole army!"

They didn't even try to persuade them to surrender, because it would definitely be useless.

Li Yong was not panicked at all. It was not like he had never seen larger battles before, and he had led an army of "30" before.

"Send the order to our general to bombard the dogs outside and beat them hard!"

Having a strong general in charge can indeed give the soldiers more confidence and sense of security.

The gunners received orders to quickly load, measure range, and fire.

His movements were even more skillful than those of the gunner on He Zheng's side.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Under one round of shelling, the entire Meijiazhou city shook, and the roar of artillery fire made the soldiers' ears ring.

On the Ming army's side, the city's cannons, shotguns, and wooden cannons all fired at the same time.

Countless stones and shotguns fell into the Qing army's formation, like locusts all over the sky. The Qing army attacking the city could only rely on their thin armor and the flesh and blood under the armor to carry it.

For a time, many Qing soldiers at the front were hit by stone bullets and lost their combat effectiveness.

"Boom boom boom!"

This is when the artillery of the Qing army also fired.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army refused to give in to each other. Shotguns and wooden cannons continued to bombard the Qing army, while the city's cannons were condescending and fired at the Qing army's artillery.

Artillery fire came and went on both sides, and gunners were sent away by cannonballs from time to time.

Under the city, the Qing siege troops forcibly withstood the stone bullets of the Ming army's artillery.

After finally rushing forward, they had to clear the wooden fences laid by the Ming army and fill in the trenches about three feet deep.

There were even pieces of bamboo thorns inserted into the trenches.

"Bang bang bang!"

The Ming army's artillery soldiers boarded the city and opened fire to prevent the Qing army from destroying the trench wooden fence outside the city.

A volley of guns was fired, and the Qing army in front of the trench fell to pieces.

The Qing army attacked fiercely for several days and could not capture it at all.

The artillery was basically of no help, or at least it held back the Ming army's artillery.

But the Ming army also had firecrackers, trenches, wooden fences, and high fortresses.

After these layers were broken through, the Qing army's siege troops suffered heavy losses before they could reach the Ming army.

Not only that, when the Qing army retreated, Li Yong would suddenly lead the Ming army out of the city to attack the camp at night.

I have to say that this guy is really brave, but the effect is also good. As long as the Qing army pursues him, he will retreat to Meijiazhou.

In the middle of the night, the Qing army was unable to attack the city on a large scale.

After several nights in a row, the Qing army was kept awake at night by Li Yong.

Moreover, Li Yong's fighting did not rely entirely on his bravery. He also knew how to divide his troops to attack. He would attack the west of the camp at night today and the east of the camp tomorrow.

Sometimes I sleep in Meijiazhou in the first half of the night, sometimes in the middle of the night, and sometimes the whole night.

In this way, the [-] Qing troops were unable to attack a small Meijiazhou for a long time, and were in a dilemma.And Li Yong's rogue tactics made the Qing soldiers exhausted.

Summer has arrived and the weather is gradually starting to get hotter.

In ancient wars, summer marches were the most taboo, unless there were special circumstances, such as rebellion.

And even if the imperial court suppresses the rebellion, it will take summer unless it is forced.

Meijiazhou was unable to move forward and was in a deadlock.

On the other side, at the mouth of the lake, although Governor Longko led the navy, he forced the navy to fight hard and forcibly destroyed the Minghui Water City built by the Ming army.

But Huang Dian was not a vegetarian, so he immediately ordered the ship to be filled with sand and boulders overnight, and then scuttled into the river, leaving only a pass on the west bank for access and blocking it with bamboo cables.

This big ship was expropriated from merchants. No matter how it was acquired, extraordinary means were used in extraordinary times, and the Ming army also issued an IOU.

Huang Dian is deliberately asking you to enter the urn.

However, the Qing navy, which had just experienced a tragic victory, was obviously shaken in confidence. Even Longkodo felt that he had "see through" the reality of the Ming army.

　Speed ​​up

　　
　
(End of this chapter)