scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 285

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In the first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the 13th year of Kang Mazi in the Great Qing Dynasty, on March 25th, the Wu army and the Qing army on the battlefield in northern Jiangxi, after two months of competition and patient confrontation, held the Qing army with absolute geographical advantage and absolute strength in their hands. Finally, the offensive was launched first. The 66-year-old Qing Dynasty veteran Zhao Guozuo personally supervised the formation and led [-] Qing troops to dispatch from Nankang Fucheng to launch an march toward Jiujiang Fucheng, which was occupied by Wu's rebel army.

The clown jumps off the bridge, the bandit Lu Yifeng occupies Jiujiang, causing disasters and harming the people, Dingnan General Xiergen was ordered to punish him!Mazu said: "Yifeng dog thief, I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die!" ——"Daqing Mazu Benji" contains.

Lu Yifeng, a despicable traitor, racked his brains out of his poison, and with the help of his loyal running dog, finally lured me, Master Qing, into a trap!My brave and fearless soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, a man of the Eight Banners, marched towards the thief's nest with head held high and chest out. As everyone knows, the Jiujiang thief's nest at this moment is already full of poisonous snakes spitting out letters, poisonous scorpions raising their tails, tigers crouching and bears diving, and packs of wolves are surrounded!Every time I read this section in the book, I can't help looking up to the sky and screaming: "Woo hoo, the former Qing Dynasty is already unfortunate, why not come later Qing Dynasty?" ——The later brick family Yan Mou sneakily commented.

The Qing army in Nankang Mansion (now Xingzi County) finally moved, and the Qing army in Hukou was naturally not idle. In the early morning of the same day, tens of thousands of Qing army infantry and cavalry carried dry food and weapons. The fishing boats, merchant ships, civilian ships and large troop ships brought by the self-armed army were collected from all over the place, and they were ready to launch the crossing of the river. The Qing army's navy fleet composed of more than [-] sand-washing boats, bird boats, and bluffing boats was useless. Yu Yunbing only dispatched the whole army to completely block the triangular waters of Meijiazhou, Hukoudu and Xiazhongshan to prevent the Wu army's navy from attacking the Qing army's fleet across the lake.

By the way, probably just in case, the Qing army navy blocked the triangular waters between Meijiazhou, Xiazhongshan and Hukoudu so tightly that even Wu army scout boats could not break in to scout the enemy during the period. , can only be observed from a distance and on land with primitive telescopes, and it is impossible to confirm the approximate number of troops of the Qing army crossing the lake at one time, let alone the composition of the troops of the Qing army crossing the lake. This also gave the Wu army a countermeasure caused a lot of trouble.

Not to mention, the old fox Xiergen made up his mind to cross the lake so quickly, which was really beyond the expectations of the Wu army. After entering Jiujiang City, Wu Jun still had many disputes in the selection of countermeasures, and proposed three completely different countermeasures to Fatty Lu.

The three countermeasures put forward by the generals of the Wu army are as follows. The first one is more conservative, that is, let the Qing army cross the lake without blocking, take the opportunity to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang city, and wait until the Qing army has fully crossed the lake. Relying on the strong city, the Qing army's siege force was consumed in large quantities, and then a full-scale counterattack was launched.However, this tactic is conservative and conservative, but it has another advantage, that is, it avoids prematurely exposing the mighty strength of the Wu army in Jiujiang, scaring away the main force of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, which is not conducive to the Wu army's future siege battles against Nanchang and Anqing.

The second tactic is to break down one by one, using the opportunity of Nanchang Qing Army Zhao Guozhuo to go north to Meijiazhou to meet Anqing Qing Army crossing the lake, monitor and contain the Anqing Qing Army's landing team with a small number of troops, and the main force is to intercept and kill Zhao Guo The Zuo army, concentrate on eating Zhao Guozuo first, and then turn around to deal with the Anqing Qing army.This is a relatively safe tactic, cautious and yet sharp.

The third tactic is more radical. The Wu army will attack in two ways, going south all the way to intercept Zhao Guozuo's army, and try to destroy this weaker Qing army in the field, and the other way will go east to Meijiazhou, using the enemy During the crossing of the lake, it was difficult to meet the opportunities before and after, and a large number of effective forces of the Qing army in Anqing were wiped out, striving to attack on both sides and win a big victory on both sides.

"Choose the third tactic, attack from two directions!" After thinking about it for less than 2 minutes, Fatty Lu yelled: "The first tactic is too conservative, and if it goes wrong, it may become a refueling battle. Our army's logistics is weak. , although the grain and grass in Jiujiang City are still sufficient, it is difficult to supply firearms. The longer the war is dragged on, the more unfavorable it will be for our army! Although the second tactic is safe, even if Zhao Guozuo is eliminated, it may still destroy Anqing. Scared away, and since Zhao Guozuo dared to go north, he must be prepared for a hard fight. If he is not careful, he may be double-teamed by the dogs who have successfully crossed the lake, stealing chickens without losing money! There is only the third tactic, although Radical, but best for our military!"

Fatty Lu still has a bit of prestige. Seeing that Fatty Lu has made up his mind, all the generals of the Wu army stopped arguing and asked for orders, "General is wise, please give orders!"

"Gao Dejie listen to the order!" Fatty Lu picked up the command arrow and shouted: "With you, eight hundred rockets, one thousand grenades, ten thousand infantry, five thousand cavalry, and four generals, Gao Hongchen, Wu Yonghua, Gao Qi and Li Xiongfei, head south Dagutang, stop Zhao Guozhuo's troops! Remember, Zhao Guozhuo is never allowed to break through the blockade and reinforce the Meijiazhou battlefield. If he fails, military law will follow!"

"The last general will obey!" Gao Dejie agreed loudly, took the command arrow and returned to the queue.Fatty Lu said loudly again: "Wang Xu, Hu Tongchun, Quanjie, Han Yuanren, and Qin Yong listen to the order! Five of you are ordered to assist the commander in leading an army of [-], with [-] cannons, and go east to Meijiazhou to stop the attack." Crossing the lake is full of dogs! Han Daren and Li Tianzhi stay behind in Jiujiang City!"

All the generals agreed together, and Li Tianzhi added, "General, is our army's eastward force too weak? Excluding the navy, our army still has 8000 to [-] troops that can be mobilized. The left and right are full of dogs and cannot threaten Jiujiang for the time being." Why don't you let the last general lead another army to assist the general in killing the enemy?"

What Li Tianzhi said was the truth. The Fatty Army had 7000 troops when they set off on the Eastern Expedition. Although they suffered a lot of losses in the battles of Ruichang, Jiujiang, and Jianchang, they also captured and surrendered many troops from the Green Army of the Qing Army. There is no reduction, and the size of the army has actually reached [-], and there are indeed enough troops to go to the Meijiazhou battlefield.

"I know you want to make contributions." Fatty Lu smiled, and suddenly said surprisingly: "But are you so confused that Man Gou really only intends to open up two battlefields? You can't prevent Man Gou from fighting between these two battlefields." In addition, highlight the surprise soldiers and open up the third most deadly battlefield?"

"Is there a third battlefield?" Except for the brothers of the Han family who had already known about it in advance, all the generals in the Wu army were taken aback.

"Of course." Fatty Lu smiled again, and ordered: "Li Tianzhi, Li Guodong, Han Daren, and Rong Yu'er, the four of you listen to me, I have a clever plan to explain." Li Tianzhi, Li Guodong and the others looked at each other, and hurried together In front of Fatty Lu, listen carefully to Fatty Lu's whispered explanation...

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This battle, for the Wu Jun East Route Army and the North Jiangxi Qing Army, was actually a decisive battle that bet on the military luck of the own army.For Wu Jun, if his own army wins, it will not only gain a firm foothold in northern Jiangxi, but also threaten Jiangnan, and enter this fat and oily place at any time-a really fat and oily place, The wolves, tigers and leopards in Wu Jun's army have no good place where they don't covet.

For the Qing army in northern Jiangxi, this decisive battle may be even more important. Now that the Wu army is attacking from six directions, there are beacons everywhere in the north and south of the river, and the Qing army is in a hurry everywhere. The entire army was wiped out. Once the Qing army in northern Jiangxi could win, it would not only drive the Wu army out of the northern Jiangxi battlefield, but also threaten the hinterland of Pianyuan, the only grain-producing area of ​​the Wu army, and then reduce the pressure on the Qing army in other battlefields.

It is also because of this that no matter who the coaches of the two sides are in this decisive battle, they all attach great importance to it. Prepare.Therefore, although the time for the Qing army to cross the lake to attack the city was slightly underestimated, after Fatty Lu's arrangement was completed, not long after that, two armies came out of Jiujiang City, one led by Lu Fatty himself, and one Led by General Gao Dejie of the Wu Army, carrying Miyoshi rockets, a field weapon that he has been reluctant to use since the Eastern Expedition, as well as various firearms and weapons, they rushed to their respective predetermined battlefields aggressively. pond.

At two o'clock, the East Route Army led by Fatty Lu himself arrived at the Meijiazhou battlefield first, leading a small force here to monitor the movements of the Qing army. , It was found that the Qing army had basically boarded the ship, but has not yet launched an attack across the lake. At the same time, because of the tight blockade of the Qing army's navy, the Wu army's scouts could not detect how many troops the Qing army could carry across the lake at one time.Fatty Lu nodded and asked Kong Fanlin to continue to monitor the movement of the Qing army fleet, and then settled down to carefully observe the terrain of the battlefield.

Meijiazhou is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. It is as narrow and long as a dagger, piercing directly into the river. It is the narrowest area on the water surface of the entire Poyang Lake.In terms of terrain, it is not an ideal position to prevent the Qing army from crossing the lake and landing, because there is only about three and a half miles of waterway. Even if the boarding time of the Qing army is calculated, the Qing army ferry can take about two hours. Within a short period of time, transporting a Qing army to the west bank will not be conducive to the Wu army's landing and eating up the Qing army one by one; at the same time, the terrain surrounded by water on three sides can also allow the Qing army's superior navy to harass and attack the Wu army. Its flanks and rear are very unfavorable for Wu Jun's full resistance.

"General, our army should destroy the Meijiazhou wharf immediately and hold on to the embankment." Wang Xu suggested: "Without the wharf, the Mangou fleet can only be unloaded on the shore, which is not conducive to the rapid landing of the Mangou army, which is convenient. Our army defends by relying on the embankment."

"No!" Fatty Lu categorically refused, and said seriously: "Don't forget, there are more than 200 warships in Mangou. Although we don't know how many cannons are on board, no matter how small it is, it is enough for us to drink a cup. It’s too bad. Moreover, Meijiazhou is surrounded by water on three sides, and the pier is not the only place where we can land. We will defend the pier at all costs. It is useless to us if Mangou successfully lands in other areas.”

"Then what should we do?" Wang Xu asked hesitantly.

"Retreat the troops for two miles, get out of the wharf and the embankment battlefield, and let Mangou land smoothly!" Fatty Lu said decisively: "Luring Mangou to put the main force into the wharf battlefield, and deal with the enemy on the pier!" Wang Xu stopped talking and hurriedly According to Fatty Lu's instructions, command the army to retreat, give way to the docks and dams, make room for the enemy to land, and at the same time quickly build temporary fortifications.

The main force of the Wu army made such a big move, so it was naturally difficult to hide it from the scouts of the Qing army. After the spaceship report arrived in front of Xiergen, the coach of the Qing army, Xiergen first sighed that Fatty Lu really had enough courage, and then Asked about the movement in the south, and when he knew that Wu Jun had dispatched about [-] troops to Dagutang to block the attack, Hilgen no longer hesitated, stood up and said: "Zhao Guozuo's response is not expected, but it's okay. , as long as he can hold Wu Gou on South Road for a day."

After all, Hilgen ordered categorically, "Order Shi Jiabao to lead the army across the lake to the landing site, Meijiazhou Wharf! Our navy, do our best to cover Shi Jiabao's landing!"

"General, why don't we divide our troops into two groups, one to land at Meijiazhou Wharf, and the other to land at Dongsheng Embankment four miles southwest of Meijiazhou Wharf?" Zhangtai Beizi came out to show his shame and said with a smile: "Dongsheng Embankment is also a very A suitable landing place, our army landed in two ways, wouldn't it make Wu Gou feel uncomfortable?"

Hilgen glared at Zhangtai Beizi, wishing to kick this idiot Beizi to death in the important town of Jiujiang and then let the main force of the Qing army in northern Jiangxi be in a dilemma. After a while, he smiled and sarcastically said: "Beizi, since you are familiar with Read military books and have a deep understanding of strategy, so please analyze it for me. Not counting cavalry, our military ships can only carry about [-] infantry across the lake at a time. After landing in two groups, how to stand firm on the ground , how to stop Wu Gou from counterattacking, how to persist until the second wave of our army crossing the lake succeeds in landing?"

After all, Hilgen ignored Master Zhangtai Beizi's face that was redder than a pig's liver, turned around and shouted: "Beat the drum, cross the lake!"

The earth-shattering war drums finally sounded, and the long-prepared Qing army sailed across the lake. The warships followed, and there were more than [-] large and small ships, densely packed and mighty, paddling and paddling. When the weather was fine and the southeast wind was strong, the ships took advantage of the wind, and the Qing fleet in the southeast traveled faster. In less than two quarters, the vanguard warship had arrived at Meijiazhou Wharf.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" It was the navy warship of the Qing army that fired the first shot. Hundreds of escort warships lined up right in front of the Meijiazhou pier, aiming at the blocking position of the Wu army. Luckily, Fatty Lu had made the Wu army retreat for two miles. The artillery on the Qing army's warships could not hit the Wu army brigade, but could only destroy some temporary fortifications that the Wu army had hastily built, and hurt some Wu army soldiers who could not escape. Great expense, but little gain.

Probably because he saw that it was a waste to continue firing. After half an hour of bombardment, the deputy captain of the Qing Army Navy, Gent Baturu, who led the escort fleet, ordered to stop firing and let the troop transport fleet dock. Landing, Shi Jiabao, the commander of the Jiangnan Commander of the Qing Army who had been waiting for a long time, waved his hand, and the troop transport fleet went up at full speed, and quickly approached the pier.However, Fatty Lu, who holds the two major killer weapons of Miyoshi rockets and mother-child cannons, is not in a hurry. He just uses a telescope to carefully observe the situation of the Qing army's troop transport fleet and estimate the Qing army's troop transport capacity.

"Master, why don't we fire?" Seeing that the Qing army fleet is about to dock at the pier, Fatty Lu is still observing the enemy's situation calmly. Even Xiao Erlang, who has changed his mind and stopped talking nonsense now, is a little anxious , couldn't help reminding of the recurrence of the old illness: "It's the right time to fire now."

"Don't panic." Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "Firing the cannon now will have an effect, but it won't be big. It may also cause the Mangou navy to fire again, which is not good for our army. Let some of the Mangou go ashore first, and then fire. The man-dog sailors don’t dare to be too arrogant.”

Xiao Erlang nodded half understanding, and stopped talking.At this time, the troop carriers of the Qing army had already docked at the pier, and the soldiers of the Qing army shouted and scrambled to jump onto the land or into the shallow water, and quickly rushed up the embankment to form a formation, but Fatty Lu was still observing and calculating, calculating and calculating. Army troop capacity.It wasn't until almost half of the Qing army boarded the pier that Fatty Lu turned to Xiao Erlang and said, "The messenger artillery team, hit the boat without hitting the embankment, fire at the maximum range, and hit me hard! No order, don't stop!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" After Xiao Erlang rushed to pass the order to the artillery team, Wu Jun's twenty sub-cannons finally started to show their power, making loud noises one after another, spraying flowering shells one after another into the sky, Along the parabola, they crossed over the top of the Qing army team that was gathering on the embankment, and fell into the densely packed Qing army troop fleet. Immediately afterwards, there was an earth-shattering explosion, and the Qing army ships full of soldiers were on the ground. In the fierce explosion, the mast was broken, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the casualties were quite large.

"Boom! Boom!" The sound of new shelling rang out, and the fleet of the Qing army, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, quickly fired back. Unfortunately, after they moved away from the channel and the pier, they were farther away from the blocking position of the Wu army, and it was not only more difficult to hit. In the Wu army brigade, there were still many shells that fell on the Qing army team due to insufficient charge, and the range became shorter and fell on the heads of the Qing army team.Shi Jiabao, who had already successfully landed, cursed even more, "Hurry up and tell that idiot in Ghent, stop shooting, Wu Gou can't hit anyone, just hit us!"

After finally raising the flag to stop the Qing army's navy from firing, the Wu army's artillery was still roaring, desperately pouring shells into the Qing army's troop transport fleet, sinking and injuring many Qing army troop transport ships.Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Jiabao understood that the Wu army was deliberately weakening the carrying capacity of his own army, so he had to shout and order: "The rear army continues to land, the sooner the better, the front army that has already landed will charge and press Wugou's position." Go back and cover the landing of the rear army! Kill!"

"Kill!" In the roar, about [-] Qing troops who had already landed and assembled into an army took the lead in charging towards the Wu army's blocking position. Unfortunately, the horses occupied a much larger area than the soldiers on the ship, so The cavalry of the first Qing army to land was extremely rare, and the speed of the charge was naturally not that fast.But Fatty Lu remained calm, and just ordered: "No attack is allowed, strictly guard the blocking position, and suppress the dogs with bows, arrows and muskets."

The order was conveyed, and the Wu army, which was already eager to launch a counterattack, held its ground and waited patiently. When the Qing army rushed within the distance of the bows and muskets, the Wu army waved the flags, and the bows, arrows and muskets fired together. Lead bullets fell overwhelmingly on the heads of the Qing army, and immediately shot down dozens of Qing soldiers.The soldiers of the Qing army in the back kept walking, and they just charged crazily, trying their best to close the distance with the Wu army's position, but what these Qing soldiers who were already familiar with the firing speed of the muskets never dreamed was that the firing speed of the Wu army's muskets It turned out to be far beyond their imagination. It was almost continuous and never stopped. No matter how fast the soldiers of the Qing army rushed, they still could not break through the musket blockade of the Wu army.

Wu Jun's musket firing speed is so fast, which is naturally due to the third-line shooting tactics that Fatty Lu emphasized. Tactics were taught to the Wu army under his own command, and they were practiced strictly. Although this will be used collectively, although it is still a bit rusty, its power has already exceeded the experience and imagination of the soldiers of the Qing army, and it has also caused a fatal blow to the soldiers of the Qing army.

The soldiers of the Qing army were not all reckless. They saw their companions in front of the Wu army's muskets falling down in rows like cutting wheat. Like filling bombs, under the timidity, many soldiers of the Qing army stopped one after another and gradually began to retreat, while the follow-up troops rushing to the front saw that the rear army did not dare to keep up, so they also turned around and ran back to the Qing army near the pier. The first wave of attack on the Wu army's blocking position at the army's assembly point was thus declared a failure. Shi Jiabao, who was in charge of commanding the first wave of Qing army's landing, cursed loudly, but had no choice but to do anything.

At this time, the first troop fleet of the Qing army had already unloaded all the soldiers it had carried across the lake. After paying the price of four large ships being sunk by the Wu army's artillery and more than ten large and small ships being damaged by the Wu army's artillery, they turned around again. Return to Hukou Ferry.Seeing this scene, Fatty Lu smiled, first ordered the artillery to stop firing, and then shouted: "Hutongchun obey the order!"

"The end is here!" Hu Tongchun, who had waited impatiently for a long time, clasped his fists and agreed loudly.

"Lead [-] infantry." Fatty Lu pointed to the pier position in front of him, and shouted: "Rush up and mix with the Mangou who landed, so that the Mangou sailors will not dare to fire, and let the old fox Huergen continue to invest in this battlefield Forcing him to fight for refueling tactics! But remember to pay attention to Mingjin's voice, once you hear our army Mingjin, retreat immediately."

Amid the joyful promise, Hu Tongchun hurriedly took the order and left. A moment later, four thousand Wu army infantry came out, brandishing sabers and axes, which are good for hand-to-hand combat. Landing troops to the firmly established Qing army.Shi Jiabao, who had no way to retreat and was short of long-range weapons, had no choice but to order the whole army to countercharge, using close combat to obtain the time for the rear army to land. The sound of fighting also splashed out countless waves of blood.

At the same time, on the east bank of Poyang Lake, after watching Wu Jun launch a charge with binoculars on the high ground, the old fox Xiergen couldn't help but sighed again, and said with a wry smile: "If you don't want to make the oil lamp add fuel, it won't work, this Lu Yifeng Dog thief, you really have a fucking skill. Send the order, let Sanger and Ya Lai get ready to board the ship and land, and as soon as the troop carrier lands, board the ship and land immediately, and reinforce the battlefield at Meijiazhou Wharf! The sooner the better !"

The herald took the order to leave. At this moment, Hilgaqi, Hilgen's deputy, hurried up to the high ground and whispered in Hilgen's ear: "Report to the general, the humble officer sent to contact Han Daren brother The courier has already got in touch with Itanbu in Tuanshan. Itanbu told our army courier that Lu Yifeng's dog thief committed suicide and only carried Korean won to go out of the city to fight. Han Daren was left in Jiujiang by Lu Yifeng's dog thief Guarding the city, currently in Jiujiang City, there are only about [-] Wugou garrison troops, of which there are [-], which are the direct line troops controlled by Han Daren!"

"Okay." Hilgen showed joy, and asked quickly, "Did the old man's order be handed over to Itambu?"

"The humble confidant has already delivered the general's letter order to Itanbu, and Yitanbu has already returned to the city. I believe that within half an hour, the general's order will be delivered to Han Daren! "Har Gaqi answered truthfully.

"Very good!" Hilgen was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered in a low voice: "After the second wave of our army's army crossing the lake lands, the troop carrier and escort fleet will return to the ferry at the mouth of the lake again, and you can board the escort ship. The flagship of the fleet, lead all the warships of the escort fleet to Zhongshan, join forces with the main fleet of E Nai, and act according to the plan. I will entrust you to break the stalemate and surprise the battlefield!"

"Zha." Hargaqi respectfully agreed, and then asked in a low voice: "General, you let the humble officer take away all the escort warships, that side of the ferry..."

"Don't worry, Wu Gou doesn't have warships here, and our troop carrier is safe." With a wave of Hilgen's hand, Halgaqi didn't dare to neglect, and quickly took orders to leave.

(End of this chapter)