In ancient times, commanding night battles was a headache for any general.At night, it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe, communication is inconvenient, and the slightest carelessness may cause great chaos, so many generals try to avoid night battles.In particular, the side that already has the advantage is even less necessary to take such risks.However, at this time, Azig launched a night battle against the Ming army with an advantage.Because, Li Guo's troops were routed and trapped in a small area, and there was no risk for the Qing army to fight at night.At this time, in order to eliminate and capture the Qing army at the mouth of the old river as soon as possible, the Qing army, under the cover of artillery, was storming the Ming army from three directions."
Boom, boom!"
The Qing army was in an artillery formation, and the artillery roared.In the dark night, the Hongyi cannon flickered with cannon flames, and one after another shells whistled through the air, smashed on the river beach, sand and stones splashed, and the surrounding Ming army was routed, and it immediately fell down.On the river beach, stumps and legs were splattered everywhere, and there were dead bodies everywhere, and there were wailing soldiers.More than ten catties of shells smashed on the body, what is the feeling, the Ming soldiers have no chance to speak.Under the shelling of the Qing army, the river beach and the port were in a mess, and a large number of soldiers were crowded together, and there was no place to hide.During the artillery bombardment of Hongyi, the Qing soldiers rushed to the outer front of the Ming army in a frenzy, further compressing the activity space of the Ming army.For a time, near the old estuary on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the sound of cannons rumbled, and the firelight flashed and reflected the red sky.The two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought fiercely at night, and the Qing army compressed the activity space of the rout step by step, and it would not be long before more than 100,000 rout soldiers would be wiped out by the Qing army.On the hill on the outskirts of the battlefield, Azig rode a war horse and stood on the top of the mountain, like a wolf king, watching his subordinates hunt with wolves.Looking at the battlefield and the circle of the Ming army being pressed smaller and smaller by the Qing army, Azig couldn't help but smile and said proudly: "How?
”His smile was for Hong Chengchou, and his words were also for Hong Chengchou.Hong Chengchou said: "Lord Wang, attacking at night, with such a big movement of the army, I'm afraid the south bank will not be indifferent!"
”"If his subordinates are defeated, what is the king afraid of him?
Come on. ”Azig chuckled.Hong Chengchou lowered his posture and said, "Lord Wang, let's quickly defeat these remnants!"
”Azig looked unhappy, but Hong Chengchou was reasonable, after all, Jiang Shang was the Zhejiang Sailor, and he had to solve Li Guo before Zhao Ming made a move.Azig raised his horsewhip and was about to give an order, when on the dark river, there was a sudden loud "boom", and the white light on the river burst out, illuminating the outline of a battleship, and then a cannonball, rushing out of the violent white light, fell on the periphery of the Ming army.There was a loud bang, a violent explosion, and it exploded in the Qing sergeants' strokes, and the surrounding soldiers were suddenly thrown away.The Qing soldiers who were attacking, the offensive was sluggish, and Azig on the hill suddenly changed color."
It's a flowering bomb!"
Azig exclaimed.The flowering bomb was used very early in the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that the old slave Nurhachi was injured by the flowering bomb and finally died.Although Zhao Ming blocked the news of the flowering bullet, as long as this weapon appeared on the battlefield, it would not take long for the other party to learn about it.After Zhao Ming used the flowering bomb in Zhenjiang, with tens of thousands of defeated soldiers fleeing to Nanjing, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also learned the news of the flowering bomb and passed it on to Azig.Azig had seen the flowering bombs of the Ming Dynasty before, and felt that they were actually commonplace, thinking that it was He Tengjiao's incompetence, and in order to shirk responsibility, he deliberately exaggerated the effect of the flowering bombs.At this time, a cannon struck, and the explosion shook the mountain, and Azig was immediately shocked.On the river, several Ming gunboats, lined up, side artillery, roared in turn, one after another cannonballs jumped over the heads of the Ming army, smashed in the Qing army formation.The Qing army, which was violently attacking, was immediately blown up on their backs.Li Guo, who was commanding and resisting the Qing army, saw the Qing army in front of him, and his body was thrown away in the explosion, and the whole person couldn't help but be stunned.He looked back in disbelief, looked at the river, and saw one after another Zhejiang warships, pouring shells on the shore with full firepower.Seeing this, Li Guo was in high spirits, and immediately jumped up, brandished his knife and roared: "The musketeers shoot me!"
”The Ming sergeant, who had just been suppressed by the Qing army and couldn't raise his head, immediately picked up his musket and fired, knocking down the Qing army in the sound of "bang, bang, bang" gunfire.The archers of the Ming army, bending their bows and strings, and the arrows fell like flying locusts, and the Qing soldiers who were bombarded by cannonballs and were shot by muskets and bows and arrows immediately retreated like a tide.On the hill, Azig was shocked, and immediately said furiously: "Artillery, counterattack this king!"
”Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, use cavalry!"
”Azig hesitated for a while, the cavalry were all Manchurian elites, and as we all know, over the years, the Manchurian Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses and have not recovered.After the internal coup d'état of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Azig relied on the two white flags left by Dolroll and Duoduo, and if the two white flags suffered heavy losses, it would inevitably affect Azig's status in the Manchu court.Seeing the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, Azig was a little hesitant and unwilling to let the two white flags take the risk.Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the water division on the river opened fire, which means that Zhao Zamao has made a move, and the south bank will send ships at any time to meet Li Guo."
Now it is necessary to take advantage of the fact that the ships have not arrived, send out cavalry, directly rush the rout, and drive the rout into the river. ”Hearing this, Azig was entangled for a while, and at this moment, countless ships on the river came from the south.More than 100 Zhejiang naval warships were in front, followed by the cargo ships of Jiangnan merchants, grain ships on the canal, and even painting boats on the Qinhuai River.At this time, Li Guo and the Ming army on the shore looked back at the river and saw countless starry ships, and everyone couldn't help but cry.A Zhejiang army warship approached the Jiujiangkou wharf, and the sailors on it lowered the ship ladder, and the Zhejiang military management officer on board immediately shouted: "Brother of the forbidden army, hurry up and get on board!"
”On the north bank of the Yangtze River, the rout suddenly cheered.Seeing this, Azig on the hill turned hideous, gritted his teeth and roared, "Order the cavalry, charge this king!"
”At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the Qing cavalry gathered on the periphery suddenly pulled the reins of their horses and roared and charged.On the river, the warships of the Zhejiang Navy Division immediately fired cannons to stop them, and the shells exploded in the middle of the galloping cavalry, splashing the mud pillars, and the Qing cavalry was constantly thrown away in the explosion, and the war horses and cavalry rolled on the ground, splashing pieces of soil.However, the rate of fire of the cannon was slow, and after firing a cannon, the Qing cavalry quickly climbed over the hills, crossed the obstacles previously destroyed by the infantry troops, and rushed towards the rout, and once the cavalry rushed in, the artillery on the river did not dare to fire.When Li Guo saw this, he immediately roared, "The left army set up a temporary wharf so that the ships could dock, and the standard battalion and the right army followed the commander to block the enemy cavalry.Can't let the Tartars rush in!
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