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Chapter 247 Night battle between official cards

The Ming army that arrived at Fengguozhou was led by Zheng Dingrui himself.

This battle almost shocked the Huangmei County Magistrate of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing the Ming army approaching the border, I thought it was the Ming Dynasty that was going to march westward.He even got more news. He had long heard that Marshal Longkodo, the governor of the six provinces of the imperial court, led his army eastward to Jiujiang.

But now the Ming army actually came from Susong. Could it be that Marshal Long was defeated and died?
It's very possible that, counting the time, it's been months and there's still no good news.

Even if Marshal Long didn't die in the battle, he probably would have died.

Otherwise, how could the Ming army come from Su Song?
Thinking of this, the Huangmei County Magistrate didn't even think about defending the city. He relied on the hundreds of soldiers in his hands who didn't know whether they were soldiers, and he was caught off guard.

It would be great to close the city gate and recruit thousands more young men from the county.

How could it be possible to withstand the siege of tens of thousands of Ming troops?

Just looking out from the city wall can make these people's legs weak with fear.

As a result, Huangmei County surrendered without a fight.

The Ming army did so without any effort.

……

Official badge folder.

While packing up their belongings, the Qing army followed Longkodo's military orders and set fire and poison everywhere in the suburbs of Jiujiang.

It not only caused trouble for the Ming army's subsequent rule, but also lured the Jiujiang Ming army out of the city.

Up until this point, Longkodo had remained disillusioned.

It would be nice to at least capture Jiujiang City!

Jiujiang defender He Zheng showed the qualities of a qualified general at this time. Even though he noticed the Qing army's movements, he still stayed put.

After all, the Qing army still had more than 3 people, and he only had [-] soldiers in hand. Counting the civilians recruited, the number was less than [-].

Why go out of the city and confront the Qing army head-on?
Civilians cannot recruit too many, even if He Zheng is not short of food for the time being.

If too many civilians are recruited casually, it will dilute the strength of the regular army and make it difficult to manage.

Because the military quality of civilians is so poor, once there are more of them, it will be easy to cause trouble.

……

It was late at night, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

Two Qing soldiers were leaning against the cabin, taking turns nodding and dozing off.

"Boom~ rumbling!"

A loud explosion instantly woke the two men up.

"what's the situation?"

One of them stared with bloodshot eyes and shouted as if he was reacting to stress.

However, no one answered yet.

"Boom boom boom!"

Another loud rumbling sound came, and now I heard it clearly. It was artillery. Someone was firing.

"The direction of this sound..."

Not finished.

"Bang bang bang!"

It exploded. All the shells fired from the river exploded.

It's actually a bomb?

The flames of the explosion instantly lit up the river surface at night, and also lit up the civilian sampan that Zheng Dingrui had just secretly sent to row a boat across the river from Heidu.

Each ship was loaded with dry firewood, grease, nitre, sulfur and other burning materials. It was another fire ship offensive, and it was more effective than during the day.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zheng Dingrui only led the fleet and fired several waves of explosive bombs at close range with mortars, and successfully ignited almost all the fireships.

There was a raging fire, and it was a hot summer day. Even if the fire was placed on the river, it would be difficult to control it.

"Go away, go out!"

"Fight the fire, put out the fire!"

"The anti-thief's magic spells are coming..."

"..."

Under the darkness, it was impossible to tell who was who, but there were shouts everywhere.

There were also stupid Qing soldiers who really tried to put out the fire again, but more veteran oilmen jumped off the ship decisively to escape without even thinking about it.

As water divisions, these Qing soldiers are naturally good at water.

The Qing Navy's naval camp suddenly burst into flames and became a mess. In the haste, some Qing warships that were lucky enough not to catch fire set sail and fled.

Zheng Dingrui calmly ordered: "No need to pursue, keep firing, don't let the Qing troops at the ferry put out the fire!"

At this time, most of the people inside didn't care, just wanted to save their lives, and the Ming Navy was bombarding the camp outside to prevent the fire fighting.

The raging fire in the official badge folder could not be stopped, and all the Qing navy warships that were still docked were burned to the ground.

There were also many Qing soldiers and sailors fighting the fire, and some were even burned to death in their sleep, or choked (poisoned) to death by the highly toxic smoke.

Longko was fine. He was living in the army camp with the [-]-[-]-Banner Infantry Army.In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he didn't want to save his own life.

Longkodo was almost wearing only single clothes, and he didn't even have time to put on his armor, so he was led by his own soldiers to mount his horse and escape from the military camp as if he was desperate for his life.

Luckily it's summer, not only is it impossible, it's also a bit hot.As for the navy officers at the ferry crossing with official badges, they didn't even look at them.

The navy is finished.

Not only that, a large number of torches were landing east of Guanpaijia Ferry.

The entire Qing army army camp was in chaos!
Although it was the navy that was attacked, it was midnight and many soldiers were still resting.Suddenly I heard that the Ming army was coming and burned the navy's warships. If the navy was ruined, how could they still have the will to fight?

Even if there is, what are you going to do in the middle of the night?
Many people say that many ancient people had night blindness, so it was difficult to direct night battles and they were rarely fought.

This is pure bullshit.

In ancient times, the common people at the bottom could not eat fishy meat, and perhaps many of them had night blindness.

But if many troops suffer from night blindness, it will not be difficult to fight at night, but it will be completely impossible to fight at night.

Night blindness is complete blindness.

Just imagine, not to mention tens of thousands, but hundreds of blind men in hand, there is no need to direct them, they are just giving away their heads.

The real reason is that the organization level of the ancient army was too low compared to modern times, and even in modern times.

"I am Dai Kun, the commander-in-chief of the Huai Army! I am Dai Kun, the commander-in-chief of the Huai Army. Gather your troops quickly!"

Dai Kun led his own soldiers, yelling to identify himself, while gathering random soldiers everywhere, regardless of whether they were the Huai Army or the Green Camp New Army.

At the same time, they moved closer to the direction where Longkodo led his troops to flee and pursued him.

No matter what kind of food, grass or baggage, I don't care about it.

Now that we are worried about the food and baggage, we really can’t run away.

……

The fire and shelling on the river, especially the large torches, naturally alarmed He Zheng in Jiujiang City.

He Zhengna still couldn't understand that this was a friendly force crossing the river to launch a night attack on the Qing army.

"Quickly, pass my order to the whole army to attack! Go out with this town to kill the dogs and report to the Ming Dynasty!" He Zheng almost sleeps with his armor these days, so he doesn't need to wear his armor. He is full of stinking sweat and excitement. yelled.

The entire Jiujiang City quickly started to move.

After a while, the city gate opened wide.

He Zheng rode a war horse and took the lead in rushing out of the city.

In addition to the [-] Ming troops who stayed behind, all [-] soldiers and horses from He Zheng's headquarters were dispatched and rushed towards the Qing army's camp, which was filled with flames and chaos.

The Ming army unknowingly launched a two-sided attack.The Qing army had just learned that the Ming army was invading. Many soldiers hurriedly groped in the dark and couldn't even find their immediate superior officers.

Although the Ming army was also affected by the dark night, their combat effectiveness was calculated mentally and unintentionally. Furthermore, He Zheng's [-] Ming army in Jiujiang, plus the [-] Ming army crossed by Zheng Dingrui, brought the total strength to [-].

Compared with the Qing army's more than 3 troops, it is one to two. The Qing army is still divided between the Huai Army and the Green Camp New Army.

Even when setting up camp, Dai Kun and Wu Shaoan specially drew a line in the middle.

It's not that the two of them don't get along (nor do they have a good relationship), but that the military itself has inherent contradictions.

There is neither a military system nor a place of origin, and they don't even understand the language (most of them speak dialects).

How can an army fight like this?

On this narrow river bank in the west of the city, a large army of nearly 5 people fought.

No, it can't be considered a large army battle, because it can't be dealt with at all.

Under the night, the Qing army, which had lost the command of its general, was almost indistinguishable from the young and strong civilians. It was almost vulnerable to the Ming army, which still maintained its basic formation.

Especially for the Huai army under Dai Kun, in addition to Dai Kun's urgent gathering, there were also those who ran around and collapsed in the dark. Thousands of them defected on the spot.

No matter who you vote for, it’s not a vote!

Since the Qing army has been defeated, it is not impossible for them to surrender and become the Ming army.

Moreover, these Huai soldiers are all Anhui people after all. They want to go home so much. They don't want to die in Huguang just because the two emperors are fighting.

……

Fight all night.

The Ming army won a complete victory, and the raging fire at Guanpaijia Ferry was extinguished before dawn.

With the Ming army deliberately controlling the partitions, the fire did not spread further.

The entire ferry bank was covered with warships that had been burned into ruins of black charcoal.

As for the captured Qing troops, their numbers could not be counted until dawn.A total of more than 3000 Qing soldiers were captured, and their kills and casualties reached [-]. Their own battle losses also exceeded [-].

Mainly fighting at night, or fighting in the form of large armies. Although the Qing army as a whole had difficulty organizing a counterattack.

But those Qing soldiers were not pigs or dogs, just left to be slaughtered.

But overall, the losses and results were completely within the acceptable range.

If they really waited until daytime, these Qing troops would either become organized and run away, or they might successfully gather troops.

When the decisive battle comes, it's hard to say that they will have fewer troops with the combat effectiveness of a night battle.

Now, a sudden attack across the river in the middle of the night caught the Qing army off guard and led to a complete defeat.

It's a pity that everyone including Longkodo, Dai Kun, and even Wu Shaoan ran away, and none of the main generals were caught.

But it doesn't matter. In this battle, the Qing navy was defeated, and the land division also suffered heavy casualties.

Longkodo's [-]-strong army marched by land and water in an expedition, but in the end he lost troops and generals and failed to make any achievements.

This was an extremely serious blow to the morale of the Qing army.

(End of this chapter)