Nanming Yiming

Chapter 186 Bloody Battle in Nanchang
Previously, He Luohui also led the army to besiege Nanchang for a long time. At that time, he saw that Nanchang City was extremely strong. After trying a few times, he gave up the strong attack and turned to the siege method. He wanted to wait until Tan Tai broke through Poyang and join him. They joined forces to attack Nanchang together, but they didn't expect that what was waiting was not Tan Tai's army, but the news that his entire army was wiped out.

He said to Bo Luo: "The defense of Nanchang City is extremely strong, and the Ming army has a large number of troops. I am afraid that our army will have to pay a high price if we want to attack."

Boluo naturally knew that Nanchang was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the "Battle of Hongdu" in the early Ming Dynasty was a typical example.

Although the Qing army's siege of Nanchang was unfavorable in the first battle, they paid the price of thousands of people for just one tentative attack.But the one who died was the Green Battalion soldiers after all, and the core Manchurian Eight Banners had no casualties, so he was still full of confidence at this time.

Bo Luo said: "Although Nanchang is difficult to fight, almost all of Jin Shenghuan's main forces are in the city. As long as Nanchang is conquered, Jiangxi can basically be pacified directly. The other Ming armies are nothing to worry about, only Qian Moqi's troops in Zhejiang are fighting. Powerful. Now that Prince Su is leading an army of 10 to the south to entangle Qian Mo, we must make good use of this opportunity to conquer Nanchang City as soon as possible."

Soon tens of thousands of Qing troops pushed their chariots and charged towards Nanchang City, and the Ming army quickly fired at the Qing troops below the city.

Facing so many Qing troops, the artillery on the city seemed a little insignificant. After the Qing army lost a few chariots, they rushed to the edge of the moat. Seeing this situation, Wang Deren quickly ordered the Ming army on the city to fire arrows and firecrackers .

Although the Jiangxi Ming army was not equipped with Lumi guns, they had bought a lot of bird guns from Qian Mo before. Of course, they themselves were equipped with bird guns.

Soon the blunderbusses, bows and arrows of the Ming army greeted the Qing army below the city. Those chariots wrapped in cowhide were still very strong. It cannot cause harm to the Qing army behind.

Only the bird guns equipped with granulated black powder purchased from Qian Mo could barely penetrate the chariot; however, the firing rate of the bird guns was too slow, and it would stop for a long time after firing one round.

The archers of the Qing army hiding behind the chariot immediately counterattacked Nanchang City. The Qing army's arrows rained on the top of the city one after another, and many Ming soldiers were directly shot and killed by the Qing army.

Then the Qing army took the ladder and jumped directly into the moat. For a while, the two sides entered a stalemate. Although the Qing army in the moat was constantly shot and killed by the Ming army; Small casualties.

In just half an hour, two batches of archers have come to the city to support.

Wang Deren looked anxiously at Qian Ning and said, "Commander Qian, let the brothers from the Shenji Camp take action, otherwise the Qing army will soon break through the moat according to the current situation!"

Although Qian Ning brought the 2000 Shenji Battalion to help defend Nanchang City, the gunpowder and bullets carried by the Shenji Battalion are limited after all. It's not as good as a fire stick.

So until the critical moment, Shenjiying will not make a move.

Qian Ning said: "Jianwuhou, stay safe and don't be impatient. The reason why Boluo attacked regardless of casualties is to use these green battalions to consume our ammunition and defense materials. Now the Qing army is only a tentative attack, and it has not yet come to us. It's time to play the hole card!"

Originally, Wang Deren wanted to use the Lumi blunderbuss of the Shenji Camp to trap the Qing army in the moat, but what Qian Ning said was correct, the battle had just begun, so the Lumi blunderbusses of the Shenji Camp should be kept to deal with the Manchurians Eight Banners.

Looking at the thousands of Qing troops who were climbing ladders inside the moat, he sneered.Said lightly: "These Qing soldiers seem to have not figured out why there is a moat outside Nanchang City instead of a moat?"

"Send me an order to open the gate and release the water!"

Following Wang Deren's order, the Ming army on the gate of the Ganjiang River pushed the wheel very hard. With the sound of "creak, creak", a gate was slowly pulled up, and the raging water of the Ganjiang River seemed to be running out of control. Wild horses generally poured into the diversion canal, and the surging river rushed directly to the moat through the diversion canal.

Bo Luo, who watched this scene directly, was dumbfounded. How could the cunning Ming army still have such a hand?
At this time, the Qing army in the trench was fighting fiercely with the Ming army. These were from the northern green battalion in Shandong, most of them were landlubbers. Most of them were swallowed up by the sudden flood, and sank after struggling. After entering the water, only a few people managed to climb ashore.

Of course, the Ming army on the city was not idle, and took advantage of the stunned effort of the Qing army to release arrows, but the Qing army on the shore had no morale, and was quickly suppressed by the Ming army.

Originally, the Qing army had faintly suppressed the Ming army in the city, but the sudden flood directly declared the defeat of the Qing army, and Boluo had to withdraw his troops.

The Qing army lost more than 7000 people in World War I today, and more than half of them were directly drowned in the moat by the flood. This way of dying is really embarrassing!
What is even more depressing is that there is now a 33-meter-wide moat in front of Nanchang City. The amount of work to fill this river is much larger than breaking through the moat.

At this time, He Luohui said: "Although the Ming army flooded the moat and prevented our offensive; but judging from today's battle situation, as long as we arrange enough archers under the city, we can attack the Ming army on the city." Suppression, the archers of the green battalion can even fight the Ming army archers to a tie, and my Eight Banners athletes are better at riding and shooting, so I will definitely be able to completely suppress the Ming army in the city."

Zu Zerun also said: "Our Han army's inlaid white flag can also provide fire support with firecrackers to ensure that the Ming army on the city can be suppressed."

Seeing that He Luohui and Zu Zerun said this, Bo Luo was also very relieved, and then agreed to the two to play.

The next day, a large number of Qing troops appeared under the city of Nanchang again pushing their chariots.The difference is that this time they are followed by 3000 Manchurian archers with white flags and 3000 Han army gunners with white flags.

After being attacked by artillery fire from the Ming army, the Qing army advanced smoothly to the moat.A large number of Qing troops carefully filled the moat from behind the cart.

Soon the Ming army on the city began to shoot arrows, and some Qing soldiers fell directly into the river after being hit by arrows.

The moat is 50 steps away from the city wall of Nanchang. At this distance, the blunderbuss of both sides can still hit each other.

At this time, the musketeers of the Han Army Banner also began to shoot at the city, and the moat was filled with white mist.For the first time, Qian Ning discovered that the firecracker can also be used for this purpose. The white smoke left after shooting can block other people's sight.

Suddenly, a Ming soldier next to Qian Ning fell down holding his own throat.

Wang Deren shouted: "Commander Qian, the Eight Banners of Manchuria have already been dispatched. These Tartars are very accurate with their arrows. Every arrow hits the vital points of our brothers. Now we are completely suppressed by the Qing army under the city."

These Manchurian Eight Banners in white armor were too conspicuous in the crowd, and soon attracted Qian Ning's attention. Now that the Qing army had dispatched the main force, the gunners of the Shenji Battalion naturally could not stand idly by.

Relying on their accurate arrow skills, these Manchu soldiers were unwilling to hide behind the chariot and shoot blindly, but chose to shoot arrows directly at the Ming army on the city.

Soon hundreds of musketeers boarded the tower of Deshengmen, and greeted the white flag inlaid with white armor.

"Bang, bang, bang"

After a sound, dozens of Eight Banners soldiers fell to the ground.

Soon the Qing army noticed that the firepower of the Ming army on the tower was extremely fierce, and all the firepower was fired towards the tower for a while, and several Ming soldiers who were unable to escape in time were directly shot by the Qing army.

Taking advantage of the diversion of the Qing army's attention, the Shenji Battalion on the city wall seized the opportunity to attack. The 1800 people were directly divided into two groups, and it was a 2-combo attack against the Qing army below the city.

The bullets passed through the chariot directly, and a large number of Qing troops were directly shot by the Ming troops, and the ground was wailing for a while.

In order to prevent technology leaks, the Shenji Battalion did not carry the most advanced rapid-fire rifles this time; however, the 90-step armor-piercing distance of the Lumi gun is enough to beat the Qing army, but it takes about 30 seconds after each shot Only then can it be launched again, and continuous shooting cannot be formed.

After the Lumi blunderbuss shot, the archers of the Ming army on the city immediately made up for it, and shot arrows at the Qing army below the city, so as not to let the Qing army have a chance to breathe.

At this time, the archers of the green battalion and the musketeers of the Han army banner had been stunned by the Ming army, and they hid behind the chariot, throwing a few arrows towards the city from time to time.Only the archers with white flags were fearless and still took the risk of being hit to shoot at the Ming army.

Soon the Qing army's arrow rain also flew to the top of the city, and many Ming army archers were also shot and killed by the Qing army.But after all, the number of people is much smaller, and the suppression power of bows and arrows is insufficient.

Immediately, the Shenji Battalion launched a second round of shooting on the city wall, and the city was filled with howls and howls.On the other hand, the Shenji Battalion on the top of the city tower is condescending, carrying out fixed-point elimination of the Manchu Eight Banners.

After a few confluences, more than half of the 3000 Xiangbaiqi directly suffered casualties, and the Qing army began to be completely suppressed by the firepower of the Ming army.Those Han army flags holding bird guns suffered heavy casualties. After all, archers could hide behind the chariot and throw them towards the city, but the gun guns had to expose themselves first if they wanted to aim.

The Qing army persisted for less than half an hour before retreating. The Shenji Battalion had 2000 musketeers, and the chariots were completely unstoppable. Every time they shot the Qing army, hundreds of people would be killed or injured. Who could stand it?
What's more, under such a blow, they couldn't fill the river at all.However, the Qing army could only throw bows and arrows towards the city from the back of the chariot. The damage to the Ming army was limited, and staying under the city was tantamount to giving away the head.

Today the Qing army killed more than 6000 people, although not as many as yesterday, but 2000 of them were Manchuria-studded white flags, and 1000 were Han army flags, which made Bo Luo feel distressed.

Especially when he thought that the firearms of the Ming army were so sharp, he couldn't help feeling a little worried. It seemed that reckless fighting would not work.

At this time, He Luohui said: "General, don't worry too much. Now that our army is besieging the city, the Ming army's firearms have a limited service life, and it is difficult to replenish ammunition. That's why the Ming army refuses to use it lightly."

"The casualties of filling the river during the day are too great. We might as well fill the river at night. The hit rate of bows and arrows and firecrackers will be much lower at night, and more ammunition of the Ming army will be consumed."

It has to be said that the bows and arrows of the Qing army were not built. In the past two days, the Ming army first flooded the moats, and then dispatched the Shenji Battalion to barely repel them.But the Ming army's own losses were not small, with nearly 2 casualties, and even the Shenji Battalion lost dozens of people.

The Qing army only invested 3000 Manchu Eight Banners. If tens of thousands of Manchurian Eight Banners were invested at one time, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

But soon Qian Ning realized that his worries were unnecessary. He was afraid of the casualties of the Shenji Camp, and Bo Luo didn't dare to fill the river with the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

The Qing army could not be seen during the day, so they dispatched to fill the river at night.It seems that the Qing army is not stupid. It is pitch black at night, and it is almost impossible to aim under the city. At this time, firecrackers are obviously better than bows and arrows.

But in this case, firing towards the city is a waste of ammunition, and the Shenji Battalion will definitely not participate.

Fortunately, the Ming army still had some common bird guns, and the Qing army and the Ming army began to smear and shoot each other.Although the commotion was quite loud, the results of the battle were very limited.The Ming army suffered hundreds of casualties here, and the Qing army only left three or four hundred corpses on the bank, but the moat was filled by the Qing army for several meters.

Within a few days, Wang Deren discovered that his gunpowder and blunderbuss bullets were consumed too quickly, so the Ming army had to switch to bows and arrows; after all, they could also recover the feathered arrows that the Qing army shot into the city, and the blunderbuss bullets were used less and less .

But after seven or eight days of work, only the last few meters of the moat are left.

As usual, the Qing army started soil work in the dark.Since the Ming army switched to bows and arrows, their casualties have been even smaller, and they have almost completed filling the river with only a loss of 3000 green battalions.

A general of the Qing army shouted: "Everyone, work hard, there are only a few meters left, and try to fill up the moat tonight. The general will reward you a lot."

After hearing the shouts of the generals, these Qing soldiers worked even harder. Although their companions were shot by the bows and arrows of the Ming soldiers from time to time, it did not affect their progress in filling the river.

At this time, Wang Deren led 500 death squads of the Ming army to quietly touch down the city wall through ropes. These are all the captains of the Ming army in Jiangxi, and everyone is skilled in martial arts and good at water.

Soon they swam across the moat and quietly walked outside the Desheng Gate.

Wang Deren shouted: "Brothers, follow me to kill the Tartars."

At this time, the Qing army's attention was focused on the city, and they never expected that the Ming army would come from behind.Wang Deren held a big knife, like killing a god, where the blade passed, the Qing army wailed.

The Ming army behind him was also an elite in all battles, and the Qing army had no power to parry at all, and they were defeated as soon as they fought.

The battle drums sounded even more on the city, and the shouts of "kill the captives, kill the captives" came and went one after another, making the Qing army instantly terrified.The Qing army didn't understand the situation and thought it was the main force of the Ming army attacking. How could they care about filling the river at this time?
Just run away.

Then a miraculous scene appeared, a total of six or seven thousand green battalion soldiers were killed by Wang Deren's 500 men and fled in all directions.

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