Liang Biaoxiang, the chief officer of the Guangdong Naval Division, was born in the sea for many years, and was called the "Red Flag Sailor" by the Guangdong authorities of the Ming Dynasty because he loved to hang the red flag on the ship.
In the fourth year of Yongli and the seventh year of pseudo-Shunzhi, the Qing court ordered Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao to go south to attack Guangdong, Liang Biaoxiang and his righteous brothers Liu Longsheng and Xu Guolong accepted the surrender of the Qing army, and led 125 warships to participate in the attack on Guangzhou, and severely damaged the ships of Du Yonghe, the governor of Guangdong in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the ships of the naval division of the Ministry of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and cooperated with Xu Erxian, the chief soldier of the Shang Domain, and the 109 warships of the new water-making division of the Chinese army Sheng Dengke.
With these two merits, Liang Biaoxiang was appointed by the Qing court as the chief military officer of the Guangdong Naval Division, and led the naval division to be stationed in the eastern and western states outside Guangzhou.
After becoming the chief officer of the Guangdong Naval Division, Liang Biaoxiang changed the habit of bandits for many years, not only reorganized more than 2,000 pirates under his command into sailors, but also recruited more than 1,000 foreign sea bandits, plus the Ming army naval division that later surrendered with Du Yonghe, the governor of Guangdong in the Southern Ming Dynasty, in the heyday, Liang Biaoxiang had more than 7,000 troops and more than 300 large and small warships.
In order to make the sailors get the attention of the two feudal clans of Ping and Jing, so that their status can be higher to a higher level, Liang Biao practiced the sailors on the Pearl River every three or five times, the war drums sounded in unison, and the red flag was very majestic, so that Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao coincidentally played the inscription of the Qing court on the inscription and pasted it on the Dudao: "The Guangdong Provincial Sailor has Liang, the soldiers and the army are all neat, and the combat power is also strong. ” However, the good times did not last long, Liang Biaoxiang's majestic days only lasted but the year was hit hard by the Nanming army, Shunzhi ten years Li Dingguo first attacked Guangdong, in order to prevent the rest of the Southern Ming soldiers and horses in Guangdong from responding, Shang Kexi ordered Liang Biaoxiang to lead the sailors to sweep the coastal Ming army, but in Qinzhou Island was severely damaged by the Ming army Deng Yao, the loss of more than 100 warships, more than 2,000 soldiers.
Later, in the battle of Xinhui, Chen Qice, the general of Jinghai in the Southern Ming Dynasty, who broke into the mouth of the river from the open sea, was severely damaged in Jiangzhou, this time the loss was several times that of the battle of Qinzhou, and there were only more than ten large and small warships left in a huge Guangdong naval division, and the soldiers were not left seven, and Liang Biaoxiang's two righteous brothers Liu Longsheng and Xu Guolong were both killed in this battle.
Knowing the bad news of the defeat of the sailors, Shang Ke was so angry that he scolded Liang Biaoxiang for being incompetent, and was so frightened that Liang Biaoxiang hid on the warship on the river for several days.
Fortunately, Shang Ke was overjoyed, but he also knew that his subordinates were all northerners, and no one knew about water warfare.
With the idea that no matter how bad the sailor is, it is better than no sailor, and no matter how bad the sailor general is, it is better than the infantry general, Shang Kexi did not pursue Liang Biaoxiang's defeat, but since then, the investment in the sailor has also been greatly reduced, and he has never allocated money to the sailor division for several months to add new warships.
Liang Biaoxiang, who escaped the thunderous wrath of King Pingnan, was also very knowledgeable, and only stayed in his sailor camp all day long and did not go out, and only sent the deputy general to discuss anything in the camp that needed to be contacted with the outside world, even if Shang Kexi summoned him, he was also looking for all kinds of excuses to shirk, and over time, Shang Kexi also knew that this Liang was afraid that he would turn his face and deal with him, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, and let him be free in Jiangzhou, as long as he didn't pull the sailor to Touming, he would be up to him, and the existence of the left and right sailors could not change the situation of the war.
At best, it's just a façade, after all, he praised the sailor to the court as a flower, which will say that the sailor is not good, and he was beaten by Nanming's sailor, isn't that slapping his mouth.
When attacking Guangzhou, Liang led his troops to fight fiercely on the river with Nanming Du Yonghe and the water division, and they fought very easily, but now they have become like this for some reason, fighting a battle and losing a battle Pits, what fucking pits The two vassal kings did not know, that Du Yonghe was Li Chengdong's subordinate, greedy for life and afraid of death, when Li Chengdong led his troops north to Jiangxi to attack Ganzhou, this Du Yonghe in order not to let himself go to the front, he actually bribed his colleagues to find a left-behind ministry, as a result, Li Chengdong was defeated and drowned, but he returned to Guangzhou unscathed, and then went directly into the yamen to take the Great Seal of the Governor of Liangguang of Nanming, and finally Yongli also pinched his nose and recognized the self-proclaimed Governor of Liangguang.
After the fall of Guangzhou, Du Yonghe fled to Qiongzhou and Hainan with the remnants, and it didn't take long for him to lead his troops to surrender.
The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, what kind of soldiers can such a character bring, it is normal for Liang Biaoxiang to defeat his sailor.
And Deng Yao and Chen Qice are both famous generals in the Southern Ming Dynasty who insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, although the two were hereditary military attachés of the Ming Dynasty, but they are both proficient in water warfare, and their subordinates are also some people who dare to die Liang Biaoxiang took the bandits as the general soldier, had no integrity and two backbones, only knew that he was mercenary, and Du Yonghe, who was lucky enough to win less than him, became arrogant, and there was no one in his eyes, and he did not lose anyone Liang Biaoxiang, who lost the only thing left, knew that he was angry and tried to be strong when his grandmother didn't love his grandmother anymore, but his "every battle and every defeat" really made Shang Kexi not optimistic, without the support of King Pingnan, he wanted to regain his former glory, which is difficult to imagine.
Liang Biaoxiang, who could not get support, tried to restore the sailor by himself, and he ordered his subordinates to search for civilian merchant ships on the Pearl River to fill the sailor, and even the slightly larger fishing boats did not let go.
In this way, Liang Biaoxiang continued to roam on the Jiujiang River with his sailors of more than 300 "warships", fortunately, although his sailors could not defeat the Southern Ming Navy, the Qing army on land repelled the Ming army.
Without the cooperation of the Ming army on land, no matter how strong the naval division was, it would not be able to change the situation in Guangdong.
Deng Yao, Chen Qice and other Southern Ming sailors also withdrew from the estuary of the river after Li Dingguo withdrew his troops, and for a while, the river became the world of Guangdong sailors.
Liang Biaoxiang was originally a foreign pirate, and after he became the chief soldier of the navy, he also wanted to do great things, but God did not fulfill him, and after several defeats in a row, his previous ambitions were wiped out in an instant.
Without a goal, he naturally recovered his original nature, and led his subordinates to rely on the mountains and mountains on the Jiujiang River, rely on the water to draft water, rely on smuggling goods, collect protection fees and other ways to be happy.
If there was no Taiping Army, Liang Biaoxiang's happy life might have lasted until he died, but the appearance of the Taiping Army made him have to interrupt his happy life.
In view of the serious shortage of troops of the Qing army, and the fear that there would be a Nanming naval division to respond to the Taiping army, Shang Kexi ordered the Guangdong naval division to open to the river near Xinhui to undertake the task of intercepting the Southern Ming naval division, and at the same time transport grain and grass for the besieging army.
Compared with the previous request, Shang Kexi attaches more importance to the latter task, he does not expect Liang Biaoxiang to defeat the Nanming Water Division, he just hopes that he can transport the grain and grass in time.
After all, compared with land transportation, surface transportation is more convenient and can save a lot of manpower and material resources.
After receiving the order, Liang Biaoxiang scratched his head, he was really scared by Nanming Shuishi, but if he didn't go, King Pingnan wouldn't be able to pass the pass, and this time he couldn't call himself sick again.
In desperation, Liang Biaoxiang brought the sailor to the Tan River near Xinhui, but he was unlucky enough to really meet the Nanming sailor But this time, God took pity on Liang Biaoxiang because he was losing so much that he was almost gone, and the Nanming Sailor was not Deng Yaobu, who had defeated Liang Biaoxiang, nor Chen Qice, but Nanming's Haibei Dao Zhoubei Fengbu.
Strictly speaking, Zhou Beifeng's soldiers and horses were not sailors, and his subordinates were not regular troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty like Deng Yaobu or Chen Qice's troops, but righteous divisions, and the ships they brought were not warships, but some merchant ships.
Zhou Beifeng himself was quite national, and after the Qing army invaded Guangdong, he surrendered to him, but he refused to surrender, but scattered all the money and family wealth in the treasury to recruit people to persist in resisting the Qing Dynasty.
It's a pity that he is not a civil official who leads the army to fight, and like Liang Biaoxiang, he loses every battle, but after every defeat, he is not discouraged, and continues to recruit people to resist the Qing Dynasty, which has become a good reputation, which makes the Guangdong authorities have a headache for him, a righteous teacher, and offers a reward of 1,000 taels of silver to buy other people's heads.
Zhou Beifeng had no intention of learning the news of a major change in Xinhui City from a merchant ship, and without confirming what had happened, Zhou Beifeng resolutely led his troops into the river from the mouth of the sea, but he was a step too late, and was blocked by Liang Biaoxiang's Guangdong sailors on the river only more than 30 miles away from Xinhui.
As soon as the two sides came into contact at the beginning, Liang Biaoxiang judged that he was a weaker opponent than his Guangdong sailor, and immediately dispelled the idea of escaping, and tried to annihilate the opponent in every way, so as to justify his name in front of King Pingnan.
Over there, Zhou Beifeng found that there was a Qing army sailor blocking the way, and he knew that it was difficult to break through the blockade of the Qing army with his own strength, so he had no intention of responding to the battle, and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
As soon as the Ming army retreated, Liang Biaoxiang was overjoyed and urgently ordered the whole army to pursue, leaving him speechless, and the sailors with merchant ships and fishing boats could not catch up with the opponent who was also a merchant ship, and as a result, he only caught up with a few small boats of the other party and watched the other party disappear in front of him.
Several small boats are also boats Liang Biao did not blush and did not beat his heart to report a great victory to Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi, Shang Kexi received his Liang someone's victory, but he didn't believe it at all, but he still praised it with good words, and Liang Biao was so happy that he got drunk quite a night.
After this battle, which only sank a few small boats of the other side, there was no longer any appearance of the Nanming Naval Division on the river, and after a long time, Liang Biaoxiang also relaxed, and asked someone to get Jiangzhou Xiang into the army.
As soon as he, the Lord, is relaxed, and the people below will naturally be even more relaxed.
There are all kinds of sailors in the sailors, and there are even sailors who drive the "warship" out to fish, and this "warship" is a fishing boat anyway.
Naturally, the fishermen are the lowest soldiers, and the officers have a wealth of money, and for a while, the merchants in the sailor camp haunt it, and the prostitutes grab a handful, shouting and screaming for business, and the smoke is dirty, where is there a sailor.
At first, Liang Biaoxiang couldn't see it by himself, but after teaching a few subordinates, it didn't improve, and then he didn't bother to care, anyway, the Ming army sailors didn't dare to come, so he had to go down and mess around, so as not to say that he was a happy brother but bitter brother.
That night, as soon as he got out of the water, he didn't even draw his spear into the hole, and the camp was blown up outside. oshow7 t1706231537: