In the east of Zhenjiang City, on the east bank of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, there is a dense crowd of people.More than 15,000 Qing troops were arrayed here, such as the spears of the forest, the dogs and teeth were intertwined, like a steel forest, and the flags of each general hunted and hunted, exuding bursts of murderous aura.The three Qing soldiers who had been waiting for a long time each held their weapons tightly and looked coldly at the figure of the Ming army that appeared in the distance.These Qing troops lined up in front of the Franc cannon and a large number of arquebusiers, then archers with longbows and quivers at their waists, and soldiers with shields and spears in the back.The Qing army was in a small formation of more than 100 people, and there was a gap between the formations, which could be used for the archers and musketeers in front to retreat, and also for the cavalry at the rear to rush out.After the archers, before the spearmen, three warriors in iron armor, iron helmets, and black cloaks rode proudly on their horses.Seeing the Ming army coming in the distance, the Qing generals showed contemptuous gazes.Just as Li Chengdong knew the strength of the Qing army, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong, and Yang Chengzu also knew the strength of the Ming army.The civil officials in Nanjing, when they heard that the army had entered the Yangtze River, panicked to death, but as military generals, they were not panicked.Governor Hong made it very clear that it was Li Chengdong and Zhao Ming who came.Li Chengdong's details, not to mention Yang Chengzu, who also belongs to Gaojie Town, is clear, even Tian Xiong and Ma Degong have also fought with Li Chengdong.When Gao Jie was ambushed by Xu Dingguo, Huang Degong wanted to take the opportunity to merge Gao Jie's department, and the two sides fought each other, both of them were acquaintances, and everyone knew that the other party had a few catties and taels.If you practice alone, maybe none of the three of you are Li Chengdong's opponents, but today the three brothers are together, and they still don't beat Xiao Li out?
Besides, that Zhao Ming has a very good reputation recently, and he is also very arrogant, it is said that his courage is extraordinary, and he is the enemy of ten thousand people, but this kind of person is also the courage of the horseman, the fight of dozens of people and hundreds of people, maybe it is still a little useful, the battle of ten thousand people, it is useless to rely on the courage of the horseman.Xiang Yu and Lu Bu are not fierce, they are not destroyed by others, Liu Wei and Liu Dadao of the Ming Dynasty, a big knife of more than 100 catties, rotate like flying, and they also died in Salhu.In the past, he was careless, and he didn't know that Zhao Tiebang was brave, but now he knows, and before he got closer, he shot a row of muskets.The three Qing generals were very clear about the combat strength of the Ming army, and the Ming army took Chongming by luck, but that's it, Zhenjiang is the end of their trip.Tian Xiong glanced at the Ming army in the distance with contempt, and said contemptuously: "It's finally here!"
”Yang Chengzu was a little surprised: "I thought he wouldn't come." ”Ma Degong said with a smile: "Do you want to take advantage of Xiao Li's unstable foothold and directly crush him." ”When Tian Xiong heard this, he was eager to try, and Yang Chengzu hurriedly said: "Have you forgotten Hong Zhongtang's explanation?"
Let's set up a formation here, waiting for Li Chengdong and Zhao Tiebang to hit their heads and break the bloodstream!
”Ma Degong said disdainfully: "What if they see that our army is strong and do not dare to attack?"
”Yang Chengzu said: "No, Hong Zhongtang said that the purpose of their entry into the Yangtze River is to fight all the way to Nanjing, and then to Zhenjiang, if they don't fight, they will admit defeat."
Besides, if they don't attack, we will consume it like this, and when Hong Zhongtang mobilizes troops and horses from all over the country, they will die. ”While the three Qing soldiers were talking, the Ming army vanguard had already stopped.Under the banner of Daxu, Li Chengdong's face was gloomy, and the Ming army's forward deliberately showed weakness, wanting to lead the Qing army to attack, and then defeat the ambush and fight a counterattack.On the side, Zhao Ming was holding a mace, looking at the array in front of him, and the soldiers who were waiting for him became serious.This time, his goal was to make enough moves for Duoduo to retreat, and the only way to do that was to fight all the way to Nanjing.It's like a game, capturing Chongming, entering the Yangtze River is only the first level, and now Zhenjiang is the second level, if he can't get through, then he will lose.Therefore, he could only break through the obstacles all the way to the city of Nanjing.At this time, the Ming army saw that the Qing army did not take the initiative to attack, nor was it hiding its strength, and the soldiers quickly set up a formation.10,000 Ming soldiers will be here against 15,000 Qing troops, but fortunately, there are not many annoying cavalry on the battlefield, and the main force on both sides is infantry.Li Chengdong hit his horse out of the battle, and Zhao Ming also rushed out, came to the front of the Qing army, and two miles away, reined in the horse's reins and looked at the Qing army's formation.Li Chengdong saw that in front of the Qing army, the Francophone cannons were lined up, and the archers and bird gunners were lined up, and knew that the Qing army had made up its mind to let him take the lead in attacking.Li Chengdong watched it for a while, pulled the reins of the horse, and ran back to the main formation, and Zhao Ming could only follow the gallop back.Zhao Ming did not have the experience of commanding nearly 10,000 horses in frontal battles, so how to fight, he still had to listen to Li Chengdong."
At this time, a defensive counterattack formation, the Qing army is so arranged, just waiting for the commander to attack.If there was a frontal hard attack, the Qing army was bombarded by artillery, and three rounds of firearms and bows and arrows were fired, the front army would have suffered all casualties. ”Li Chengdong's face sank like water.Li Yuanyin also said with a calm face: "Our army is less than the enemy, and if the casualties in the charge are too large, it will be even more difficult to win." ”The Qing army had far more soldiers and horses than the Ming army, and they also put on a defensive posture, so they really had no hope of winning.Seeing this, Zhao Ming said: "Then according to the previous plan, either let the naval artillery bombard the enemy position, or attack now, first fight with the Qing army, let the fleet suddenly rush into the canal, and kill the rear of the Qing army!"
”There was no hope of victory at all, and it was impossible for Li Chengdong to send troops, although the strength of the Ming army was inferior to that of the Qing army, but the Ming army was not without reliance.Li Chengdong squinted at the Qing army, "There is a fort at the entrance of the canal, and the canal is narrow, so the ships are vulnerable to attack, and we can't pin our hopes on the warships rushing into the canal."
Let the gunboats bombard the clearing position first, then the army charges, and the warships rush into the canal!
”In the Qing army's formation, the three generals looked at the Ming army in formation, Tian Xiong frowned and said, "Why didn't Li Chengdong attack?"
”Ma Degong said with a smile: "Maybe they are still preparing, maybe they can see Zhao Tiebang leading the charge later!"
”When the surrounding Qing generals heard this, they couldn't help but laugh one after another......
Everyone was laughing, Yang Chenzu turned his head to look at the river, and saw that among the dense ships, a warship was particularly eye-catching.When he looked at it and carefully identified the warship, his face changed slightly, and he said to the two: "Don't laugh, deal with it carefully!"
”Tian Xiong and Ma Degong obviously didn't understand the situation, and asked sideways: "What's the matter?"
”"Look at that ship, there are so many cannon windows!"
Yang Chengzu pouted.The two turned their heads to look, and sure enough, there was a large ship in the middle of a warship.The ships were generally surrounded by small boats, and the side of the warship was covered with cannon windows, and one cannon after another was pushed out of the cannon windows, and the expressions of the two suddenly changed.…… (Thank you for your support, ask for a monthly pass, recommend, subscribe, people are in the car going home, the next chapter may be a little later) ()