Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 325 Azig retreats

Gaudi hurriedly ordered the fleet to turn around, and the hundreds of boats and rafts were in chaos. At this time, there was a sound of shouting and killing on the shore, and Gaudi knew that it was all over. The Ming army had already seen their intentions, and even He set himself on fire to draw out the ambushing Qing army, and their actions were all within the calculations of the Ming army.

"Hurry up ~ don't make a mess~" At this time, Gaodi no longer wanted to burn the warships of the Ming army, but only wanted to return to the Qing camp safely, but the soldiers were not regular sailors after all, and he looked anxiously at the chaotic fleet .

"The general has a boat~" On the river, before the Qing army's fleet had finished turning, a soldier in charge of watching pointed to the dark river and exclaimed.

Hearing the words, Gaodi immediately looked towards the river, and sure enough, he saw a black shadow rowing towards them.

Most of the ships of the Qing army had only one scull and did not even have sheds. Although the Ming army did not have any large ships, even the grain transport ships were much better than the ships of the Qing army. The soldiers were still on rafts.

Among the warships of the Ming army, the Cangshan ship can only be regarded as a light warship, but at this time, in Gao Di's eyes, it is like a moving hill.

The smallest of the boats in Haicang is called Cangshan Boat, also known as Cangshan Iron.

This light and dexterous ship is mainly used for chasing the enemy and retrieving heads. It is equipped with two Qianjin Flang machines, three bowl-mouth guns, four Lumi guns, forty spray canisters, one hundred rockets, and four gunpowder crossbows. , a hundred crossbow arrows.

There are 37 people in the whole ship, 33 sailors, and [-] soldiers. They are divided into three classes. The first class is Flang machine and shotgun, the second class is firearms, and the third class is cold weapons.

At this time, Gao Di saw several Cangshan boats rushing towards them with a large number of vehicles in the darkness, and his heart immediately became aroused.

The ships of the Ming army were not big, and could be sunk with a few shots, but there was not even a hair on Gaudi's ship except for a pile of fire starters.

"Light it up, hit them, and don't let the Ming army approach them."

In desperation, Gaodi ordered repeatedly, but the Qing army was really not good at manipulating ships, and at this time the Flang machine on the Ming army ship had already exploded beside him.

Among the fleet of the Ming army, there are really few sailors and soldiers. There are only three Cangshan ships. Oars and boats.

The Ming army fleet crashed into the Qing army fleet, and a melee broke out immediately, but the situation was obvious. The Ming army centered on the three Cangshan ships, and the surrounding Qing army boats fell into chaos without even attacking.

Some ships ignited the dry firewood and kerosene piled up on the bow, trying to hit the Cangshan boat, but they were pushed away by the Ming army with bamboo poles, and some did not hit the Ming army, but hit their own boat.

The Ming army was on the ship, shooting arrows, firing cannons, and breathing fire. A large number of Qing soldiers either fell into the water or were killed. Gaodi saw that there was no way to fight, and he didn't even have the strength to fight back, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to row to the north bank. Want to escape to shore.

The Qing army was powerful in field battles, but the water battle was basically crippled, and it was no match for the Ming army at all.

Gaodi was in a small boat, but was discovered by the Ming general Chen Youlong. He hurriedly commanded his men, and saw four bird commanders coming to the bow of the boat, kneeling on one knee, raising their guns and firing, and immediately beat the Qing soldiers who were swaying the oars. dead, the body fell into the water.

Gaudí was terrified when he saw this. Looking around, he saw that he was the only one left on the boat. His liver and gallbladder were torn. He hurriedly stumbled to the stern and rowed the oar himself. But he was a standard northerner, and he rowed the oar for a long time. However, under the action of the current, the boat got closer to the Ming army, which made him very anxious, but he was helpless.

'boom! The Cangshan boat collided with Gaodi's boat, and the broken wood on the ship's side was splashed everywhere. The whole boat was tilted sideways. stop.The impact of the impact caused the Ming soldiers on the boat to fall down one after another, and the hull made a creaking sound, while Gaodi on the small boat fell into the river long ago.

Seeing this, Chen Youlong on the boat was immediately overjoyed. He threw his helmet onto the boat and laughed loudly: "This is a godsend! Now that the thief is captured, the earl position is within easy reach~" After speaking, he jumped up Go into the water to catch Gaodi who is desperately thumping and shouting in the river.

At the Ming army camp on the shore, Oboi led five thousand cavalrymen and galloped towards the camp. Every Qing soldier held a torch in his hand. They rushed to the front of the camp and immediately threw the torches into the camp.

Several Qing soldiers rushed to the wall of the village, threw iron hooks pulled by ropes one by one, hung them on the wall of the village, beat the horses, and ran back.Under the pull of dozens of war horses, the wall of the village immediately collapsed, and finally the wooden stakes driven into the ground were also pulled up.

A section of the wall of more than ten meters was pulled down by the cavalry in a few breaths. Immediately, Oboi commanded the troops to rush towards the camp, but behind the fallen wall, groups of Ming troops had formed battle formations .

"Let it go~" Behind the shield wall, a Ming soldier called out loudly, and a team of bird commanders immediately fired a volley of guns, and as soon as they finished firing, the second team immediately raised the muzzle of their guns and fired another volley of guns. bullet rain.

The Qing Qi who rushed into the camp was knocked down halfway. Although Obai looks rough, his mind is actually more subtle. There are more intelligent people in the interior.

When he rushed into the camp, he was immediately stunned by a rain of bullets. The Ming army in front formed a formation, and he was not a heavy cavalry. If he wanted to rush over, he would be courting death.

At this time, he still didn't understand that the Ming army had been prepared for a long time, so he immediately greeted, turned the horse's head, and his whole body was on the side of the horse.

At this time, around the camp, the shouts of the Ming army began to erupt again, and the Qing soldiers who escaped from the camp and the Qing soldiers who rushed to the gap immediately became confused.

The Qing soldiers heard the shouts of the Ming army from the left and right, and they all panicked. Obai led the Qing cavalry to fight all the way, and fled.

The defeated Qing soldiers ran wildly for a mile, but suddenly they saw a big army horse, flying the bright flag, blocking his way, the leader was seven feet long, his face was cut like a knife, it was the general Li Guo.He did not perform well in the first battle of Jiangxia, and he needs to use the head of Aobai to prove his ability.

The two armies met and fought for a while. Li Guo attacked Lu Fei under his command. Seeing that Oboi was unstoppable and killed several Ming soldiers in a row, he was furious. and died.

Although Oboi was formidable, Li Guo had many people, and he gradually surrounded the Qing army. But at this moment, a Qing army suddenly came from behind. ·Ashan, see that the situation is not right, come to the rescue.

For a while, three waves of troops fought in melee, but the Qing soldiers saw Wang Yan leading the Ming army coming from the camp, they did not dare to fight, and escaped to the death.

In the Qing camp, Azige heard that Oboi had been defeated and Gao Di had been captured, he was shocked, he followed Wu Sangui's advice, moved to the pontoon bridge overnight, and the army slowly retreated to the north bank of the Han River.

(End of this chapter)