Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

After encircling and annihilating the Qing army in Jiangdong, Zheng Jun, who had completely controlled the river, used the heavy artillery carried by the gunboat to repeatedly bombard Guangjimen, Zhumumen and other city walls along the river.Although Zheng Jun's limited number of gunboats did not quickly shake the ancient and solid city walls, it made the Chaozhou defenders who had lost most of their troops tremble with fear.

On the sixth day of September, when the attention of the Qing army was attracted by the gunboats along the river, the main force of the Zheng army built a pontoon bridge on the front line of Qinglong Temple, and within three days the entire Zheng army crossed the Han River.Since Zheng Jun had already crossed the river, Wu Xingzuo was forced to flee to Huizhou in embarrassment along with Baiyin Dali, who had just escaped from Jiangxi, and the governor Biaoyi, in order to prevent the story of Fuzhou governor and general being captured together. Next, Li Linlong led more than [-] people to defend Chaozhou City.

Zheng Jun undertook a brief reorganization under the city of Chaozhou. After adjusting and supplementing the loss of the Zuojian division, Zheng Kezang ordered the remaining more than 1000 newly attached troops to launch a fierce attack on Chaozhou.Under the coercion of the eyeing Zheng Jun, the new attached army exerted [-]% of its combat power. Although it did not capture Chaozhou City immediately, the constant attacks day and night still made Chaozhou City's head tired.Just as Li Linlong's full attention was attracted by the new attached army in the south and west of the city, the tower of Xiashuimen was destroyed by a gunboat on the river.Facing the situation of being attacked from both sides, Chaozhou City, which lacks the governor and generals, is even more popular.

However, before the generals of the green flag soldiers in Chaozhou City took action, on the eighth day of September, Wu Xingzuo and Bai Yindali, who escaped from Chaozhou City in embarrassment, gathered reinforcements from Huizhou, Zhaoqing, Guangxi, Hunan and other places in Puning County. After a comeback.Facing the more than 3 Qing troops appearing in his abdomen, Zheng Kezang immediately decided to leave the Kunlun slave army and part of the navy to continue monitoring the enemy in Chaozhou.

"Hai Ni suddenly withdrew from the siege to the west. I think he must meet the reinforcements brought by the Governor." In Chaozhou City, Admiral Li Linlong summoned various battalion officials to discuss matters. Once Wu Xingzuo's reinforcements are defeated, the fall of Chaozhou is just around the corner. "That's why I decided to lead my troops to attack Haini with the Governor-General."

"Junmen, Li Junmen must not be allowed." Before the military officers with different expressions could speak, Chaozhou Mansion jumped up. "If the military sect leads the troops to leave, in case Haini comes back, how can we stop Haini's army just by relying on the people in Chaozhou?" Of course, the Chaozhou government considered it from its own point of view, but this The magistrate is not ignorant of soldiers, so he also said. "To mention Taiwan, in fact, as long as Chaozhou is defended, Haini's food roads will not be smooth, and sooner or later it will be defeated."

"That's right, Junmen, I think the prefect's words are very true. Instead of joining forces with the governor to attack Haini, it is better to defeat the rest of Haini outside the city." Su Siluo, the general soldier of Chaozhou, was unwilling to leave lightly. Own defense zone, so speak out to chime in. "As long as the grain road of Chaozhou is strangled, Haini will die if he can't fight for a long time."

The general of the post-supervising battalion did not want to stay in Chaozhou, a death place, so he strongly agreed with Li Linlong's decision: "The lower officials think that Haini travels smoothly, and defending Chaozhou will not ensure the closure of Haini's retreat, so the only way to win is to send troops. The way, the so-called waiting for the pirates to kill themselves is just a cowardly excuse."

Su Siluo was furious: "Master Ma, are you saying that I dare not meet the enemy? Don't you want to think about it, after days of siege, the whole army is exhausted and damaged, and a mere seven or eight thousand exhausted soldiers are used to copy Haini's back road. Leaving aside whether it will be successful or not, once Hai Ni returns to the division first to deal with the army, can he be stopped by talking big?"

Li Linlong waved his hand when he saw that the general who was supervising the standard wanted to refute, "Although all the ministries are exhausted, as Ma Canrong said, defending Chaozhou is an unsolvable problem. I have made up my mind, and the battalions will go back to rectify now, Mr. Zhifu And assist in arranging the military rations, you must send troops tomorrow, if you miss the court's important event, even if Chaozhou is defended, this official will also submit a book to join him!"

The face of the Chaozhou Mansion was slumped, of course he understood what Li Linlong was referring to, but now it is wartime, it is really not good for him from the fourth rank not to listen to the other party, otherwise the impeachment would be small, and he would die on the spot, he has nowhere to go Go to complain.

But if you want to get something out of your pocket, the Chaozhou government will naturally have to bargain a lot: "If you propose to send troops, the lower officials are not good at admonishing, but Chaozhou City cannot be without guards, and please be sure to leave the Chaozhou city guards." camp."

"Okay," Li Linlong didn't want to make trouble, so he immediately agreed. "Not only can the guard camp of Chaozhou City stay, but also the disabled battalion leaders can stay for rectification. It's just that the cost of repairs has to go from Chaozhou Mansion first."

The Chaozhou government has done the math. According to Li Linlong, there are three or four battalion leaders, at least a thousand people. These people cannot be aggressive, and it is still possible to maintain a simple defense, so they nodded in approval: "It should be so."

But there are still Zheng Jun active outside the city, so the Chaozhou Mansion Delong Wangshu asked: "There are thousands of seas lingering outside the city. This is a near-term problem in Chaozhou. I also ask the admiral to wipe them out before the attack."

Zheng Kezang arranged two Kunlun regiments in the south of Chaozhou City, one in Chenghai County and the other in Faguang Temple.These Kunlun slaves used to serve as logistics and hard labor in the center base, artillery and supply departments of each division and regiment. Among them, those who served in the center base post were the most brave, but no matter how brave they were It cannot be denied that it was originally an auxiliary force, and its combat effectiveness can only be described by Liao Sheng Wuyou, which cannot be compared with the Kunlun Biao of the boy scout period.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the two regiments and achieve the purpose of containing the defenders, Zheng Kezang deliberately left the navy's shallow water gunboats in Xixi River, Hanjiang to support the two regiments.In addition, the commanders, commanders, supervisors, and chief officers of the Kunlun Regiment are all from Boy Scouts and veterans of the Zheng Army. With them as the mainstay, although it will not make the combat power soar immediately, at least it will make Kunlun The regiment will not become a crumbling army.

On September 6000th, Li Linlong personally led [-] people to attack Faguang Temple. For this time, Li Linlong thought he could catch it with his hands, but he never thought that the Kunlun regiment dug three trenches in one go outside Faguang Temple and built them with the dug out soil and cement. With two short walls, the Qing army was forced to enter the unfamiliar stage of trench warfare.

"Rush up and fill the ditch." A guerrilla ordered, and following their orders, the unwilling Qing army began to withstand the lead bullets fired by the Kunlun regiment and declared war on the trenches.

Speaking of which, because it is a slave army, there is neither a gun nor a bow in the outpost of the Kunlun Regiment. All the long-range strike forces are equipped with nine Frang machine guns on the outpost. In order not to waste a large amount of gunpowder seized after the Fuzhou battle that did not meet Zheng Jun's specifications, it was specially used this time-since Li Linlong had the idea of ​​outflanking Zheng Jun's back, it was impossible to carry it. The heavy-duty artillery used for city defense, and the Flang machine guns and tiger squatting guns used by the Qing soldiers are a little more in number, but their ranges are similar. Therefore, Zheng Jun, who is protected by a short wall and has calibrated shooting circles, naturally accounts for a large part of the confrontation. Small and cheap --- After playing four rounds, the Kunlun regiment discovered that the Qing army that filled the trenches fell down as many as 80 NO.[-] after firing all the preset sub-guns

"Junmen, no matter how much manpower we have if we continue to fight like this, it won't be enough." Several battalion officers couldn't hold back when they saw their subordinates being blown up and screaming. "If we run out of soldiers, how can we outflank the main force of Haini?"

Li Linlong deeply agrees with the concerns of the battalion officers, but if he pats his ass and walks away now, the Chaozhou government, which is responsible for the logistics of the entire army, may not look good in front of him, so Li Linlong thought for a while and decided: "It is still Bluffing during the day, filling the trenches at night"

It must be said that the strategy of the Qing army was still very successful. In the dark night, the Zheng army could not detect the movement of the Qing army at all, so naturally it was impossible to block the actions of the Qing army with the Flang cannon. The army suddenly found that the Qing army was almost approaching the first short wall.In view of the superiority of the Qing army's strength and combat power, the Kunlun regiment, who did not dare to confront, voluntarily gave up this short wall. In this way, the Qing army exchanged time for space, and finally took a step towards success.

But the Qing army tried to repeat the same trick the next night but encountered obstacles. Among other things, this short but wide short wall caused great trouble to the Qing army. As a last resort, the Qing army could only use two sections to operate approach, but the efficiency is significantly reduced.In addition, the moonlight was bright on this day, and Zheng Jun's artillery fire could play a greater role. Therefore, the Qing army fought hard all night, not only costing dozens of lives, but also completing less than half of the workload of last night.

On the third night, the Qing army continued to fight in the dark. Although Zheng Jun's artillery fire was useless again, the approaching Qing army made Zheng Jun's other weapon play a role--the shocking bomb thrown by Zheng Jun from time to time. The Qing army, who was dizzy from thunder, had to delay the completion of the landfill operation again.

"Junmen, we can't delay any longer." The purpose of Li Linlong's departure from Chaozhou City was to pinch the main force of Zheng's army, but now he was inexplicably delayed for four days on the front line of Faguang Temple. "Based on the meaning of the mark, it is better to use one of the enemies in the thousands to monitor nearby, and the rest of the main force should be diverted to the right path."

Before Li Linlong could answer, there was the rumble of cannons on the river, and the powerful four-inch shells pierced through the air unscrupulously. Although most of them missed, the occasional one or two hits made the Qing army unbearable. Seeing this scene, Li Linlong, who was already thinking of retreating, finally made up his mind: "Order Su Zhen to lead Chenghai Camp Zuo Camp and Haimen Camp to station nearby, monitor Zheng Jun's actions, and the rest of the ministries will immediately rectify and go west with me!"