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

Chapter 99 Kill all the way again

On December 31, the last day of the 60th year of Kangxi and the first year of Yonghe, Sun Hongyu's [-]-strong army advanced quickly across the Dongyang River and arrived in Yiwu County.

Sun Hongyu was going to replenish some supplies, food, and wages here, and he also sent reconnaissance cavalry to find out where the bandit army was now and where the Tutai army had gone.

When the army arrived at Yiwu City, Sun Hongyu immediately ordered someone to call the door.

"Who is coming?" On the tower, a Qing soldier wearing a bamboo hat stuck his head out.

The soldiers sent by Sun Hongyu raised their heads and shouted: "I am the personal soldier of Mr. Sun Hongyu, the commander-in-chief of Huangyan Town, Taizhou Prefecture. My master, under the command of the admiral, led the army west to the city to suppress the Ming thieves. You guys, why don't you move quickly? The city welcomes you!”

When the Qing soldiers in hats and hats heard this, they retracted their heads. After a while, the city gate opened wide, and the Yiwu County magistrate walked out under the protection of the Qing soldiers on the left and right. When he saw Sun Hongyu coming on horseback, he He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I didn't know that General Sun was coming, so I missed him from afar, so I hope you can forgive me!"

"Yes!" Sun Hongyu nodded slightly without saying much.

After all, although he is a military attache, in terms of rank, he, the commander-in-chief, is only a second-rank officer, while the Yiwu County Magistrate is only a seventh-rank officer. They are both higher ranks than anyone else.

Moreover, Sun Hongyu still obeyed the military orders of Dutai and Futai this time, so he did not need to go to a small Yiwu County Magistrate.

The Yiwu County Magistrate was stunned, but he didn't dare to get angry at all. He quickly said more flatteringly: "My lord, please come here. I have already ordered people to prepare wine and food at the best restaurant in the county. I will wait for you, lord." Went there.”

Sun Hongyu did not comment, he took the reins with his hand, and the horse walked slowly towards the city gate. Halfway through, he suddenly reined in the horse, and the Yiwu County Magistrate beside him suddenly trembled.

"Remember to make good arrangements for our brothers. If we are short of food and suffer from cold, thereby delaying the plan of the two adults, Dutai and Futai, to defeat the thieves, not to mention myself, even the two adults will forgive me. Not for you, do you understand?"

When the Yiwu County Magistrate heard this, he was startled for a moment, then nodded repeatedly: "Well...yes, yes, I will not dare to neglect you!"

Seeing this, Sun Hongyu felt relieved and slowly entered the city with his soldiers, deputy generals, and the commanders of various armies.

Just after entering the city and walking a few steps, Sun Hongyu's lieutenant suddenly noticed something was wrong. Why was the city so quiet?

The deputy general was about to step forward and say: "Sir..."

There was a bang, and blood flowed out from a blood hole in the armor of the general's chest.

"Cough...cough..." The general's lungs were directly pierced by the bullet. He wanted to speak. When he opened his mouth, blood instantly seeped into the respiratory tract. The violent coughing was accompanied by great pain, but it made him unable to speak a word. Come.

"Oh!"

The deputy general's body fell from his horse and fell to the ground. Large amounts of blood continued to flow out, but he was still struggling.

Sun Hongyu was completely stunned and did not react for a moment. However, suddenly there was another gunshot, and it was President Qian's horse that was hit in the butt.

At this time, not only did Mr. Qian's horse explode, but Sun Hongyu and the others finally reacted.

"Niang Xipi's man was ambushed!"

Mr. Qian cursed loudly, but Sun Hongyu reacted the fastest. He immediately wanted to find the Yiwu County Magistrate who had just led them into the city and asked them to relax their vigilance.

However, when he turned around, he only saw the Yiwu County Magistrate being held up by two Qing soldiers and running towards the city tower. The original city gate had been closed at some point, and the noise could be heard faintly outside the city.

At this time, in the houses on both sides of the street, countless fire cannons poked out from the windows or door openings, and fired a volley at the adults on horseback in the center of the street.

"Bang bang bang..."

There was a continuous explosion like firecrackers. Whether it was Sun Hongyu, the commander-in-chief, or the other commander-in-chiefs, one by one said they were resisting, without even a chance to surrender.

All of them, including men and horses, were shot into sieves by hundreds of fire cannons in an instant.

Within a moment, the entire street was filled with the characteristic thick sulfurous smoke after matchlock shooting.

As the cold wind of the twelfth lunar month blew, the thick smoke dissipated quickly. There was no one alive on the ground, but there were a few seriously injured horses that fell to the ground, still whining and struggling.

Until then, the Qing soldiers who were hiding in the houses on both sides of the street, no, it should be said that they were the Ming army's artillery team wearing Qing soldiers' uniforms, then they came out, carrying waist knives, and started to mend the Qing army generals on the ground one by one. The knife, whether dead or alive, is a cut in the chest.

Outside the city, the Qing soldiers saw that as soon as their adults entered Yiwu County, the city gate was suddenly closed.

Sensing something was wrong, the lower-level officers quickly rushed forward with their troops, but they were not sure what happened, so they just yelled.It's a pity that no matter how much they cursed and shouted outside, the city gate would not open. Not only did it not open, but there were also pitch black... gun barrels protruding from the city tower?
It’s still the kind of barrel that only heavy artillery can have!

These officers suddenly felt nervous and quickly turned around and ran away, shouting as they ran: "Back up, back up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of cannons roared continuously above the city tower. Correspondingly, several bullets were shot down from the top of the city, directly hitting the broad middle and rear troops of the Qing army below the city.

In just an instant, these Qing troops exploded. Those who were close could still distinguish them clearly. Those far away were also the Chinese rear troops who were directly hit by the shells. Many of them had no idea where the shells came from.

Even those in the front row who saw it looked confused, wondering why their city suddenly bombarded them.

However, this was not the end. After one round of shelling, in less than a minute, there was another round of intensive free shelling.

Now, they were finally sure that their county was indeed shelling them.

Although I don't know why, this did not prevent them from collapsing. Whether it was the Chinese rear army that was directly bombarded or the front army that was not bombarded, they all instantly fell into chaos.

Regardless of whether they were the officers and soldiers of Huangyan Town or the young and brave soldiers recruited, they all screamed and fled in all directions, fearing that they would be hit by the artillery at the top of the city and lose their lives.

Those Qing soldiers tried their best to gather the general officers, but it was to no avail.

At this time, the city gate finally opened, and a large group of "Qing troops" wearing "brave" uniforms and hats rushed out.

These "Qing troops" came out in a steady stream, charging towards the Qing troops who were already in chaos.

Even the general officers who were struggling to gather and stabilize the morale of the troops were confused for a moment.

Why is my own army killing their army?
This... no, no, these people are not Qing troops, they, they are Ming thieves!

"Don't be messy, don't be messy, it's an Ming thief, they are all Ming thief, react quickly..."

Before the word "attack" was spoken, a knife slashed diagonally along the commander's shoulder. The huge force directly tore open his skin and flesh, and even the ribs under the flesh could be clearly seen.

The Ming army that broke out from Yiwu County actually numbered only 5000 people, and they were all sword, shield and spear soldiers. However, in the face of the defeat of the [-] Qing army, they were still invincible.

When Yang Gong, who was ambushing outside the city, heard the sound of cannons, and according to the planned plan, he led the remaining 1 Ming troops to join forces inside and outside the city to encircle and eat the Qing army, he realized that, my dear, the battle was over. .

General Yang Gong was commanding the cleaning of the battlefield and counting the battle-damaged prisoners. When he summoned Wang Zongtan, he found out that the [-] Qing troops from Taizhou Prefecture were just a show. The actual soldiers were almost the same as the ambush troops stationed in Yiwu County. Not much different.

In addition, the Qing army's commander-in-chief Qian Zong and other senior generals were ambushed by them in Yiwu County. The remaining Qing army was leaderless and was bombarded by the heavy artillery deployed on the tower. It was a terrible collapse. nature.

The [-] Ming army ambush soldiers who went out from Yiwu County didn't even suffer any casualties. There were only a few idiots who rushed too fast and broke their legs. There was also a man who ran in and chased a dozen of them, but was killed in the end. The reckless man.

Although Yang Gong was a little surprised by this, he didn't say anything. He was used to it.

The admiral's army in front was in such a state, and the army under the commander-in-chief from Taizhou was also half a pound to half a pound.

Fortunately, the development of the war did not deviate from the general strategy formulated by Yang Gong. His idea was that the main force would be ambushed outside, and Yiwu County would be responsible for trapping and killing the Qing general. If the trap was successful, he would use artillery bombardment as a signal, and then cooperate inside and outside to defeat these three Wan Qingjun.

If the trap fails, shelling will also be used as a signal, and the inside and outside will be coordinated. The only difference is who takes the first action.

As for Yiwu County, it was even easier to capture. About a day ago, they put on the uniforms of the Qing army and came to the city gate. They directly said that they were the admiral's supervising army, and then put the big banner up. As soon as he stood up, the Yiwu County Magistrate immediately opened the city to greet him.

Then, the whole family was taken advantage of by the Ming army. The Ming army took Yiwu County for nothing without spending a single soldier.

The whole battle was as easy as child's play from beginning to end, but it was actually the right thing to do. They defeated the army of the Zhejiang Admiral and learned about the encirclement of the Qing army from the mouths of the Admiral and several Generals. After learning the details of the plan, he blocked the intelligence, put on the uniforms of the Qing army, and brought the admiral's banner. Unexpectedly, he came up with a series of seemingly simple but actually interlocking tactics.

In other words, it is no wonder that these Qing troops, and even Sun Hongyu and others who had been beaten into a hornet's nest, all made a common-sense mistake, that is, how could the [-]-strong army of the Admiral be defeated by the Ming thieves? The most important thing is The only thing is that it was defeated so quickly, and there was no news at all when it was over.

Even the admiral himself quickly crossed the river and fled back to Hangzhou Prefecture, whereupon Sun Hongyu died tragically.

In the final analysis, everything is the result of differences in intelligence. The Qing army's intelligence has always stayed at the level of the [-]-strong army heading south.

　Feeling hollowed out
　　
　
(End of this chapter)