Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 185 Great Qing Wars Great Qing, Obai Fights Obai (Please subscribe, ask for a monthly ticket)
"Prefect Yu, the soldiers of the Shang family have set out to line up at the ferry!"

On the side of Guangdong Xiangbing, Yu Deshui was sitting on the horse tie, he was only a dozen steps away from the line of the parapet that was being built, and he was almost on the front line!
Two large flags stood behind him in the shape of flag gates, fluttering in the wind.The words tattooed on the left side read "Xiangshan County Yu, Alternate Prefect of the Qing Dynasty", and on the right side, there is a line of bright red characters "Revenge and revenge!"

Well, while still using the banner of the Qing Dynasty, but at the same time want to seek revenge from the Great Qing Pingnan King, this position is really casual enough.

At this time, on the flat ground outside the ferry crossing on the south bank of the Xiaolan Waterway, opposite to the Guangdong Township Soldiers, hundreds of flag soldiers wearing cloth face armor and gun helmets also waved their flags and pushed several vehicles. The temporarily built shield cars started to line up.

And a dozen steps behind these flag soldiers, probably outside the gate of the ferry, a big flag was also erected, and the big characters on the big flag read "Great Qing Ping Nan Wang Fan's subordinates are still in charge"!
When Kangxi saw this scene, he probably vomited blood with anger.

Both co-authors are from the Qing Dynasty!
Now that the Qing Dynasty is in danger, Wu Sangui's army has already begun to attack Qishan in southern Gansu and Yongzhou in western Hunan. Li Zicheng in northern Hunan has also begun to attack the city. In Guangdong, there are two big rebels, Oboi and Wu Sanwei. And the vassal guards in Guangdong Wang Shangkexi and the army of Wang Fuchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, did not go to help the king to destroy the thieves, but fought a civil war by themselves.

This Daqing. He is about to finish!
The commander of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion who was forced by Shang Zhixiao to fight looked at the banners of "Great Qing Yueyong" and Yu Deshui erected on the opposite side of the Guangdong soldiers' position, and was speechless for a while. Qing Zhengpai Zhifu (acting magistrate) commanded the army of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Qing Dynasty!
Has this King Pingnan already taken refuge in Wu Sangui?

But the problem is that he just came down from Dongguan where he confronted Wu Sanwei. If King Pingnan had already defected to Wu Sangui, he should have invited Wu Sanwei and Obai into Guangzhou City, but this is not the case!Dongguan is still fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and dividing troops to guard it!

Why does this mean that Chahan Timur and Boluo Timur at the end of the Yuan Dynasty did not fight the Red Scarf Army in the south and started a civil war by themselves?

When the counselor thought of these two "Timurs", his heart became cold.

But no matter how cold his heart is, he has to bite the bullet and attack, because the drums urging him to die have already sounded!
"dong dong dong"

Amid the sound of military drums, hundreds of elite bannermen from the Pingnan Palace, led by six shield chariots, formed a wide column and began to press on the front line of the Guangdong township soldiers.

The flag soldiers behind the shield chariot are all very elite. Not only are they all wearing armor, but they are also equipped with "two battles". In addition to bows and arrows for long-range shooting, shotguns and long spears for bursting out, they are also equipped with waist knives and Some of the most powerful ones even carried rattan cards on their backs.

Yu Deshui wasn't panicking at all. He was born as a "Master of Arms" and had also been a teacher of Jingwu Hall. Responsible.

He is all too familiar with the matter of setting up battle formations.

He is also very familiar with the tactics of the Eight Banners soldiers and the Green Battalion soldiers, and of course he knows how to deal with them - a large group of rebels in Yunnan who have fought against the Qing army and served as the Qing army gathered together to sum up experience and lessons , Do you want to exchange experience in killing captives?Moreover, Wang Zhongxiao later combined some of the tactics and tactics he knew from the Napoleon era and even the American Civil War era, and came up with a set of methods to restrain the tactics of the Eight Banners, and Yu Deshui also mastered them.

After seeing the Shang family army on the opposite side pushing out the shield chariot, Yu Deshui immediately thought of a way to deal with them.

He ordered Lu Yijia to immediately dispatch a team of heavy pikemen and two teams of light pikemen from the Guangdong township soldiers under his command, and under the escort of the same number of infantry using wolf sticks and knives, set out the unfinished sandbag parapet On the defensive line, a "crane wing formation" was set up in front of the shield chariots and flag soldiers of the Shang family army - that is, the heavy musketeers stood in the center and fought against the shield chariots!The light bird spearmen outflanked the left and right, and only picked places without shield vehicles to fight!
The so-called heavy shotgunners were shotgunners equipped with heavy muskets called turtledove blunderbusses.The turtledove blunderbuss was imitated after the Spanish heavy arquebus. Its power is quite reliable. The projectiles used are one or two weights smaller, and the shield car can't resist projectiles of this caliber!
Because the musket is too heavy, the recoil force is too great when firing, so it needs to be supported by a Y-shaped bracket to shoot.That's why the Cantonese call this musket the "turtledove foot gun" - the bracket looks like a thin turtledove foot, which is quite vivid.

This kind of musket was introduced to Guangdong more than 100 years ago, and the blacksmiths in Foshan would have been able to make it long ago, and the Portuguese also sold the turtledove footguns made in Foshan to Southeast Asia and Japan.That is, the northern line of the Ming Dynasty did not get many heavy shotguns "made in Foshan, Ming Dynasty" against the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.
But Wang Zhongxiao is not from Daming, and he has no place to make that kind of poor quality explosives.It's still the year of Kangxi, and that kind of explosive stuff hasn't been "redeveloped" yet!

As for the light shotgun, it is naturally a light matchlock gun, which was introduced to Guangdong during the Ming Dynasty. In the early years, the Qi family army was equipped with a large number of them. Among the more than 600 people in the Qi family army's infantry battalion, there were [-] of them. Shotguns accounted for about [-]%.

The light shotguns in Guangdong are also made in Foshan. The quality is quite reliable!

Most of these light and heavy shotguns are sold to the Tukechao clan in Guangdong for fighting with weapons. They are bought by private individuals. Can the quality be unreliable?
The battlefield of the Battle of Xiaolan Ferry is composed of an open official road and paddy fields with good crops on both sides of the official road-although it is winter, the paddy fields on the Guangdong side can still grow crops!The paddy fields with crops are not easy to pass, that is, Guangdong soldiers wearing straw sandals and trousers rolled up high run fast in it, and the old flag soldiers of the Shang family can only take the official road. How could it be possible for a master in a heavy and airtight cloth armor to fight a chasing battle with a group of lightly armed peasant soldiers in the muddy paddy field?

Now the sun is shining overhead!

So when he saw that the two wings were surrounded by a group of country soldiers, the leader was also anxious, and kept looking back at the ferry—he was waiting for Shang Zhixiao to withdraw his troops!

But Shang Zhixiao was not willing to call for gold, but instead made people beat the drums to urge death louder and louder!

In fact, Shang Zhixiao also had no choice but to ask for money to withdraw troops—because the Guangdong villagers watched the team come!

Cantonese still like to watch wars!In history, when the English called, many Cantonese were watching—maybe they were learning advanced international war techniques?The people there have a strong sense of clan, and there are great contradictions among the natives and tourists. From time to time, there will be fights over land and water sources, so there is no mistake in learning more when you have the opportunity.

In addition, the terrain on the coast of Guangdong is very "fragmented". These spectators are far away from the water, so they are not easily affected by the battle, which can ensure the safety of learning and observing.

And at this moment, there are many Shunde people watching the excitement gathered on the north bank of Xiaolan Waterway. The Xiangshan people next door are "beating Shang's house", so he can't take a good look?If the Shang family hadn't been beaten, then they would have to take revenge if they had any grudges!

Under the "supervised battle" of these Shunde people, how dare Shang Zhixiao show weakness?
"boom blah blah"

Just when Shang Zhixiao was biting the bullet and urged the drummers around him to beat the drum hard, after a piercing "Suona" sounded from the opposite side, twenty or thirty turtledove foot firecrackers had already fired!

Almost at the same time as the gunfire sounded, several bowl-sized holes appeared on the shields of the six slowly advancing shield vehicles dozens of steps away. The back of the shield car was splashed everywhere, just like shotguns, but not that powerful, but it still hurts when it hits people!If the beating is unlucky, a larger piece of wood hits someone's skull just right, and it is possible to bruise the head.

So after the gunshots, screams and curses sounded together.

However, the Shang family banner soldiers are not waste snacks. They can still bear this loss. Not only did they not retreat, but they accelerated forward. They are very confident. They feel that as long as they can push forward, they can beat a group of Guangdong soldiers with their martial arts. Isn't it easy?

"boom blah blah"

The gunfire rang out again!
This time it was the turtledove footgun that fired!Guangdong township soldiers also took turns shooting. They formed a front of 20 men on the official road and on both sides of the official road. A team of 200 shotgun soldiers lined up in ten rows, all of which were scattered. , step back to reload the ammunition and wait to fire.The rows of shotgunners in the back fired in turn to maintain the continuity of firepower.

However, the continuity of firepower and the density of firepower cannot have both. Therefore, although those shield vehicles were quickly beaten into holes, the Shang family banner soldiers who followed were of course still able to withstand small casualties. Head forward.

As long as you move forward a bit, you can shoot those unarmored shotgunners with bows and arrows, and you should be able to win!
But those shotgunners fought and retreated
On the one hand, they were fighting and retreating, and on the other hand, they were advancing step by step. At the same time, two teams of Guangdong soldiers with shotguns, under the protection of two teams of pikemen and sword soldiers carrying wolves, followed from Shangjia soldiers. The sides of the outflank came up.

Shang Jiabing also knew that they were going to be beaten on both sides, so they also made adjustments. They placed the soldiers with shields on both sides, probably because they wanted to rely on rattan shields to block bullets, right?

However, unlike the heavy fowlers who fired in groups on the front, those light fowlers seemed to be "stragglers". cover and quickly approach the target.

After getting close enough, he picked up the shotgun in his hand and took aim.After finishing the fight, they ran back in a hurry, running to the back of the wolf soldiers (also pike soldiers) and sword soldiers who formed a horizontal formation and slowly advanced to reload.

Their firepower is not dense, even a little sporadic, but the damage caused is not small. From time to time, a few Shang family bannermen were knocked down by the bullets fired by the shotgun, or were killed on the spot, or burst out while covering their wounds. scream
Shang Jiabing immediately fought back, and they also had muskets, bows and arrows!
But the effect is much worse. After all, the opponent has the cover of tall crops and ridges, and the formation is scattered, so it is not easy to hit.The Shang family's army marched in formation, a large group of people crowded together. Fortunately, the opponent did not have artillery, at least no artillery was seen so far, otherwise the loss would be even greater!
Although the loss may not seem large, it is a continuous loss. As more and more people fell, the morale of these Shang soldiers became lower and lower, and they also discovered a reality that frightened them—— The Guangdong soldiers relying on the parapet to defend were not shaken by their approach, but became more determined!
Needless to say, this must be a tough battle!

Just when the hearts of these Shang family soldiers were sinking, a few dull bangs suddenly sounded from behind the parapet in front of them. Before everyone could react, a huge fireball exploded above their heads, and then another Knowing that something slammed into the crowd, it killed and injured two or three "Shang Bing" on the spot!
"The sky cannon and the anti-thief have a sky cannon!"

I don't know who yelled that the "Shang Bing" who had been able to push forward would quit immediately. Why are there still guns?
There are guns and cannons, and they are quite accurate!Morale is high again!How can I fight this?
Just when their morale was shaken, a dull drum sounded behind the parapet defense line of the Guangdong soldiers.

"dong dong dong"

Then there was a shout of killing!

"Kill!"

"Hit to the city of Guangzhou! It's good to catch him alive!"

The counterattack of the Guangdong soldiers has begun!

At least [-] rural soldiers armed with knives, wolf sticks, and spears rushed out of the position like a tide.They did not charge from the front, but outflanked the Shang soldiers advancing along the official road from the left and right. Now the banner soldiers of the Shang family can no longer hold back!Who can bear to cheat?Once the back road is cut off, there will be no way out!

I don't know who took the lead and shouted, "I lost, I lost, run away!"

Hundreds of "Shang Bing" just let go of their feet and retreated to the ferry amidst shouts of killing and "defeated, defeated".
And the Shunde people watching the battle across the Xiaolan Waterway gave out waves of "cheers"!
"Shang Kexi lost!"

"The Shang family is coming to an end!"

When Shang Zhixiao saw this scene, his face was pale, the corners of his mouth trembled, and his face was covered with cold sweat. He could only hear him shouting: "Hold it! Hold it up, hold it up!"

But who will go to the top?
All the soldiers following Shang Zhixiao looked at each other in blank dismay.

At this critical moment, a "Beijing film" accent suddenly yelled: "Don't panic, Li Lanlai, the admiral of Guangdong, is also here. Mr. Lan is here too, what is there to be afraid of?"

It turned out that Li Lan, the dead man, brought his green battalion soldiers to the ferry on the south bank of the Xiaolan Waterway. This time, not many people came, only a few hundred people, but it was enough to stabilize the Shang family's shaky hearts and keep the people here. The crossing is not lost.

Shang Zhixiao also breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the ferry is not lost, the troops on the north bank will continue to come over with energy, and there will still be cannons coming back!
So this advantage is still with me!

Macau Market.

The atmosphere here has also begun to become tense!

People don't know what's going on in the Xiangshan battlefield in the north?
And rumors began to spread among the merchants in Macau and the landlords of the three counties who were forcibly relocated.

Some people say that Shang Kexi's soldiers have already occupied Xiangshan County!
Some people also said that Shang Kexi had defected to Wu Sangui, and now he was going to deal with Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao together with "Shen Aobai"!

Some people also said that the "deep Oboi" had sneaked into the Macau market and was about to raise his troops in Macau!
Some people even said that Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao took refuge in Wu Sangui, so the imperial court sent a large number of heavenly soldiers to crusade!
In short, I don't know who voted for Wu Sangui?I don't even know who the court is supporting this time?
But these rumors are not completely false, at least one of them is right, that is, "Deep Obai" has really arrived in Macau!
"Shen Aobai" is also He Tianran. On the same day that Wang Zhongxiao left Macau, he took [-] "iron soldiers" under Wang Zhongxiao's order and set off from Xiangdao and crossed the sea to Macau.

Now there are two Oboi in Macau city, but they are all fakes, the real Oboi has already been turned into ashes, and they can't come no matter what.

According to Wang Zhongxiao's instructions, he had to be in Macau after Wang Zhongxiao left. Once the "landlord Lao Cai" in Macau took the opportunity to make trouble, he had to bring [-] "iron soldiers" to help suppress it.

These [-] Iron Soldiers were all modeled after the elite Iron Soldiers of Yanping Fan, they were Wenzhou Iron Soldiers!But it is still very iron, and it has also been tested in actual combat!
At the moment, he is meeting in the Macau Castle to see the Third Prince Zhu, the chief rudder of the Tiandihui, Wu Xiaotu, Wang Zhongxiao's wife, Wu Xiaotu, his alternate concubine, and Yang Xiaohuan, Wu Xiaotu's nominal sister, Wang Zhongxiao's concubine!

(End of this chapter)