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

Chapter 256 Huangdu
"Kill the traitor!"

"Da da da da!"

The Qing army shouted and held up torches to kill the Ming army who also held torches on the ferry beach.

It was pitch black at night. Even if the Ming army had plenty of oil and water on weekdays, they would not suffer from night blindness.But we still need to use torches. Visibility is very low at night. Without torches, the army will easily become confused.

The ferry battle is about to break out.

The Ming army had taken the lead in forming a formation. In comparison, although the Qing army had the advantage in numbers, their visibility with torches was no better than during the day because they arrived in a hurry and at night.

Within the Qing army, there was a temporary mixed corps of the Eight Banners and the Green Camp. Not only was the command ineffective, but the Green Camp inside was still a remnant of the defeated troops from the battle across the Huaihe River a few days ago.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The artillery battalion of the Ming Army took the lead in firing a salvo. Since there were not many landing troops, the gunfire was not dense and the three shots could not be fired together.

Only five or six people fell in the front line of the Qing army, and it was because it was too chaotic.

However, it was precisely because of the chaos that as soon as the front lines of the two armies engaged, the Ming army immediately gained the upper hand by virtue of its formation advantage.

The Green Camp of the Qing Army had already lost their spirits after the disastrous defeat in the past few days. Serving the imperial court was none of their business.

Zhang Wenhuan treated them differently after they came back, which made them resentful.

Although Zhang Wenhuan was afraid that these defeated soldiers would affect the morale of the rest of the troops, he did not deduct military rations from these green battalions, but these defeated green battalion soldiers were, to put it bluntly, just a group of eight. Who cares if you have more?
The Green Camp was all defeated and remnant, and it was yet another battle at the ferry crossing in the middle of the night. It was almost a repeat of the Huaihe River defeat a few days ago. The only difference was that they became the defenders.

There was no need to discuss it in advance. All the green battalions in the Qing army's formation had a tacit understanding of working hard and paddling hard.

Only those Eight Banners soldiers were unaware of the situation and were still dying in vain.

It was really a waste of life. Not only did the Qing army have disunity, they also had no formation at all.

Even if it existed, it would be useless. The Qing army in the Kangxi Dynasty had been basically useless since the San Francisco period. Not only did its combat effectiveness decline rapidly, but also its tactical use.

All tactics were discarded, and a nine-into-ten chain formation was formed.

Kangxi used it during his three campaigns against Geerdan, and the effect was very good.

To put it bluntly, it relies entirely on firearms and numbers of people to forcibly crush the opponent.

But this is understandable. After all, there are indeed few countries in the world today that can compete with the Manchus.

There are basically not many firearms armies in East and Central Asia, and their military strength is not as good as that of the Manchu and Qing armies. Junggar and now Cewang Alabutan began to learn the fire cavalry, and then began to push back during the Yongzheng period.

As for the great powers, if any great power can send thousands of people to the Far East, it can be considered a powerful country.

The Qing army clearly had a numerical advantage, but it became increasingly disadvantaged as they fought.There were more and more casualties in the front line, and coincidentally they were all Eight Banners soldiers.

At the ferry at the rear, ferries continued to dock, serving as a new force for the Ming army.

"Grenadier!"

Suddenly, there were shouts from the Ming army's military formation.

"preparation!"

"Light it up, throw it!"

The roar was loud, and those Eight Banners soldiers were still fighting desperately. No one realized the problem, and no one noticed that some of the friendly Green Camp soldiers around them suddenly turned around and ran away.

In the dark night, under the flickering light of torches.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Qing army's formation lit up with continuous fire, and the fire was filled with explosions and mixed with people's screams.

"Run!"

"Blow up, blow up, the false magic has exploded!"

"..."

The Qing army collapsed immediately after the explosion, which was even worse than the battle across Huaihe River a few days ago.

Although Zhang Wenhuan specifically preached that this kind of magic is not a magic method, but a firearm, due to Longkodo's concealment, the Manchu Qing Central Committee still does not know the secrets of sugar-coated bullets and blooming bullets.Those soldiers don't know much about it. If you say it's not a demon, it's not a demon. Then you can explain why!

Moreover, even if someone guessed that it might actually be a firearm, what does it have to do with them?
Especially if you are running for your life now, how can you escape if you don't say it's more serious and make the army more chaotic?
Even the general Cao Di died in the battle across the Huaihe River. Isn't it a joke to still expect the remnant soldiers who were lucky enough to escape to fight for their lives?
The Qing army collapsed!

The Green Battalion, which was the first to break up, even counterattacked the friendly troops coming from behind to support them in the dark, and the entire ferry beach was in chaos.

The green camp had completely collapsed. Some of the Eight Banners were still charging blankly, and some of the Eight Banners were retreating with the green camp.

"All troops charge!"

"Da da da da!"

Seeing that the Ming army actually won so easily, it was easier than the battle across the Huaihe River that day. Ding Gang, the commander of the team, decisively ordered the entire army to charge.

At this moment, more than 2000 Ming troops have landed at the ferry, and there are more Ming troops landing later and joining friendly forces.

Ding Gang couldn't even wait for his troops to assemble before he led his troops to charge towards the retreating Qing army.

In fact, including the troops supporting from the rear, the Qing army already had more than 5000 troops, twice as many as Ding Gang, and there were more troops gathering in the Qing army camp.

But it was useless. Of these [-] Qing troops, remove half of the ones that had been routed, and then get rid of those who were disrupted by the routed Qing troops.

The few remaining soldiers are not only outnumbered by Ding Gang's Ming army, but they still haven't figured out the situation at the ferry.

Why did the friendly forces suddenly collapse?

How many people are there in the Ming army on the other side of the ferry? Or, are there that many people?

"Bang bang bang!"

"Da da da!"

While the Ming army charged in pursuit, the fire cannon battalion kept firing cannons, not to kill the enemy, but simply to intimidate.

Soon, the Ming army ran into the remnants of the Qing army's reinforcements, which were barely intact.

Caught off guard, the two armies engaged in battle. The Qing army could not be said to be defeated at first contact, but it was also difficult to resist, especially when the Ming army rushed towards the camp from the ferry.

However, so many friendly troops on the other side of the ferry were defeated. They all thought that the Ming army had landed, and their morale suddenly plummeted. Relying on their excellent military quality, they did not collapse at the first touch.

"Grenadier!"

"Light it up, throw it!"

In the Ming army array, the grenadiers collectively pulled out their grenade hammers and threw them blindly at the Qing army array in front.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The Eight Banners soldiers who were still fighting were blasted in front by a grenade hammer, causing over a hundred casualties on the spot.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After the Ming army grenadiers threw two waves of grenade hammers, they immediately drew their swords and joined the army to fight.

These Eight Banners Qing troops who were dispersed by friendly forces were not as powerful as the Ming troops who charged over, and they were bombarded by the Ming troops.

Finally, they could no longer withstand it and the whole army collapsed.

The Eight Banners are also human beings, and even the northwest frontier army is not really brave and fearless of death.

In this way, Ding Gang led more than 2000 Ming troops to rush back and forth unscrupulously around the entire Huangdu, constantly defeating and driving away the Qing troops and creating chaos.

They ran until the army was almost exhausted, and then they finally stopped.

In fact, Ding Gang's style of play was, strictly speaking, very dangerous. Once surrounded by the Qing army, the entire army might be destroyed.

Moreover, the ferry was almost undefended. If the Qing army raided the ferry, Ding Gang might be attacked from both sides.

But these worries are obviously unnecessary. The Qing army was really defeated.

Moreover, Ding Gang did not dare to approach the camp for fear of being dumped by the tens of thousands of Qing troops in the camp.

(End of this chapter)