Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The sound of thunderous shelling was still echoing in his ears, Zhao Dagui, who knew something was wrong, hastily dragged the 300 or so people who had crossed the river and fled into the distance.But maybe the bombardment just now was too shocking, or maybe Zhao Dagui had withheld too much military pay so that his soldiers were not in good health.Therefore, when the panting Qing army stopped and counted the number of people again, Zhao Dagui found that there were less than [-] people left in the Fubiaoqian battalion in his hand.

Wu Qingfeng, who was beside Zhao Dagui, also suggested: "Sir, do you want to send someone to pick up the brothers who are behind?"

In Wu Qingfeng's view, it is impossible for Zheng Jun's patrol fleet to stay in one place for too long. When they leave, our side will have the opportunity to contact the people who have not yet crossed the river in the north of the river. The front battalion can also recover.

"Extremely stupid!" But Zhao Dagui scolded his head and face when he met the donkey's liver and lungs with good intentions. Maybe he felt that this was unfair to his confidants, so Zhao Dagui explained after scolding. "You still want to contact Jiangbei. I don't know about those bastards. Maybe Hai Ni's cannons would have fled back to the camp as soon as they fired. No, no," Zhao Dagui denied himself. "The fallen lord beheaded the entire battalion. These bastards will definitely not escape from the camp. They probably either fled home or fled to Xiangyang." Zhao Dagui's words were not random speculation. Although after years of fierce fighting, the fighting power of the Huguang Green Camp is 30 times stronger than that of Kangxi. The period of peace before and after was much stronger, but it was still only possible to fight with the wind. If you encounter setbacks, you must run faster than a rabbit. "As for sending people to gather up the rout, don't even think about it. Firstly, when Haini gets the letter, it's uncertain when they will gather around. Secondly, maybe we send these bastards out on the front foot, and they will disperse on the back foot. gone."

Wu Qingfeng was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to roll his eyes, and asked carefully: "My lord, what should we do now?"

"What to do, you ask me who to ask." Zhao Dagui said in a bad voice, and then lowered his voice. "Do you know how much food we still have?" Wu Qingfeng was shocked, yes, although everyone had a little dry food, but the food carts were left at the back, and now they were all thrown in Jiangbei. "At this moment, we can only rush to Jingzhou before Haini." Seeing that Wu Qingfeng understood, Zhao Dagui explained his intention. "Otherwise, within two days, we will have to break up."

Wu Qingfeng also lowered his voice: "If you go to Jingzhou, you're going to die."

"If you say you are confused, you are really confused." Zhao Dagui shook his head. "Jiangling City is well-defended, and General Sha has tens of thousands of men in his hands. It will be no problem to guard it for ten days and a half months. Calculated in this way, even if the generals cross the Han River from Jingmen, they will have climbed to it. Why don't Haini withdraw our troops, then, even if we haven't completed the task of harassing Haini's grain road, we still have the credit for rescuing Jingzhou, so we've saved everything."

Wu Qingfeng was still a little worried: "Then what if the Jingzhou Banner Camp forces us to go up to the city to fight against Haini?"

"Bullshit, instead of waiting to die here, it's better to rush to the city of Jingzhou. Even if you are sent to the top of the city, it will be considered military merit anyway, and it's better than starving to death." Speaking of this, Zhao Dagui said decisively. "That's the matter, tell the brothers, after a short rest, we will travel day and night, and we must arrive at Jingzhou before the food runs out."

Not to mention that if Zhao Dagui tried to find a way to survive, here, the news of the failed smuggling of the former battalion supervised the bid soon reached Sahacha's ears. He became excited like a chicken blood: "Since Haini Customs is tightly guarded and smuggling is impossible, then let's come and fight hard."

Sahacha ordered Lieutenant General Hu, who had been seized by him, to say: "Master Hu, it is our naval battalion that can turn things around now. The tasks assigned by the officer have been completed. When will the naval battalion be able to attack?"

It is reasonable to say that the rank of the deputy general is from the second rank, and his status is far above the first-class shrimp of the third rank, but the deputy general Hu is actually the deputy general who is recruited to supervise the naval battalion, which means that his title of deputy general is actually false. , so naturally it cannot be compared with Sahacha, who is the imperial guard and holds the order of the general who conquered the South.More importantly, he is a Han Chinese. In the order of Manchu rule, he was not as good as a banner man, not to mention that Sahacha was born in the upper three banners of Zhengmiaohong and Zhengbaiqi.

Therefore, when he heard Sahacha's question, he replied respectfully like a subordinate official: "The words to return to Master Sa are already prepared. As long as the Lord gives an order, the navy battalion can go out. I was also sailing in the dark night, but I couldn't find the exact place to moor the boat, so I think it's better to attack during the day."

Lieutenant General Hu actually said something that was not true, that is, the green battalion is not as good as the banner battalion, and the Huguang green battalion naval battalion established in Wu Tong's era is even less lucrative than the Jingzhou Qiying naval battalion, which has long held the right to inspect the Yangtze River waterway. Many sailors in the camp have night blindness and are not suitable for attacking at night.

Sahacha is also a person who knows all seven senses and knows nothing about six senses. At this time, he was fooled by Vice Admiral Hu and felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said, "If that's the case, let's set sail tomorrow and defeat Hai Ni in one fell swoop."

There was nothing to say all night, and it was dawn in a blink of an eye.He Cai, who led the fleet back in Mianyang at night, left behind a small boat to communicate with the second team, and urged other ships to continue westward, and soon re-entered the Hanshui River section under the jurisdiction of Tianmen County, and Non-stop forced to the front line of Qianjiang.

When he got near Yuekou, He Cai suddenly noticed that the situation in front of him was different.I saw that the river was covered with various boats, large and small. When these boats saw the arrival of Zheng Junhong's single boat, instead of rushing away, they took advantage of the current and wind direction to speed up.

"I'm really not afraid of fighting." Qian Chi, the deputy ship manager of the [Oriole] beside He Cai, commented disdainfully. "It's still here to die."

"Death?" He Cai shook her head. "Marshal Qian, you have lost your eye. Look clearly, he has picked up the old routine we used in the early years, but the river is so narrow, it must not be careless."

"The old routine used in the early years." Qian Chi was taken aback, then observed carefully with a telescope, and soon he let out a breath. "It's really not bad. I have the heart to burn hundreds of boats. The tartars are really big."

"What a big deal, it's just that we saw our battle routines a few days ago and thought we could take advantage of it, so we fought to the death." Speaking of this, He Cai ordered. "Show the flag, the bow guns of each ship are free to fire." He Cai sneered amidst the rumble of guns. "People think highly of us, so at least we should sing along with them twice."

Zheng Jun's artillery fire formed water columns soaring into the sky on the river, and from time to time, one or two Qing army ships fell apart in the prison formed by the water columns.But the Qing army rushed in against Zheng Jun's artillery fire, and the cannons on the sentry ships and division ships that rushed in the front also crackled back. Although there was no effect, at least the momentum was not inferior to others.

"You self-righteous idiot, you think this is a place where you can't advance or retreat, you can let the fire attack ship show its power." He Cai laughed at his opponent, and then he issued another order. "The front team has changed to the rear team, and the rear team retreated at the same speed as the Tartar fleet, opened the distance, and continued to teach them with bow guns."

Zheng Jun's ships began to turn around one by one. Although there were ten large and small warships in a row, the Han River at this time was wide enough for Zheng Jun to complete the dispatch in turn. The large-caliber short cannons on the side fired at the opponent. Although they might not be able to hit the opponent, they stopped the speed of the Qing army's rushing ships.

"The sea is inverse, the sea is inverse, how can you retreat." It was Sahacha's original intention to repel the Zheng army's navy, but the Zheng army was not defeated but shifted its shooting position. The situation of being beaten. "Hu, Master Hu, tell me, what should we do now?"

Looking at the exasperated imperial guards, Deputy General Hu felt relieved, but if the naval battalion was defeated, he would also be at the top of the ranks, so he had to try his best to think of countermeasures: "Two ways, the first is to get as close as possible. Opponents, Hai Ni cannot never make mistakes, as long as Hai Ni is forced to the shallows, that is our chance."

Sahacha's eyes lit up, and he asked as if he had found a treasure: "Shoals, that's right, as long as you force the sea reverse to the shoals, you will have a chance, but Mr. Hu knows where there are shoals in this section of the Han River."

"This, this," Deputy General Hu said falteringly. "Perhaps there are sailors in the battalion who were fishermen along the river. You can ask them." Sahacha was immediately discouraged, but Vice Admiral Hu had a second strategy. "We can also get the warship out of the way and send the arsonist boat behind to the first row."

"What kind of solution is this?" Before Sahacha's words fell, there was a cheering sound in front of him. He fixed his eyes and saw that the shoal predicted by Lieutenant General Hu really appeared, and the two Zheng Junhong single boats that turned around accidentally It ran aground on it, and among them was a large ship of the [-] material level. "Opportunity, rush up"

The voice of Sahacha, who was at the back of the convoy, naturally could not reach the ears of the Qing army on the front line, but seeing that the opportunity had come, they naturally would not turn a blind eye.As a result, several Qing warships that rushed forward dispersed one after another, revealing a few arson ships that had already lit the fire behind and rushed straight away.

"Damn it!" He Cai cursed. In his line of sight, although the two stranded ships repeatedly used heavy artillery to destroy the Qing army's arsonist ship ahead, it took time to reload the artillery, so it couldn't stop more arsonist ships from encircling them. come over. "Send them the signal to light the gunpowder and abandon ship."

In fact, there was no need for Zheng Jun to light the fire, the flames were already blazing on the stranded red single boat.

"It's done, it's done." Sahacha, who saw this scene from a distance, was very excited. "We won!"

Won?It was Deputy General Hu's dismal face that responded to Sahacha: "My lord, run away quickly, there are still dozens of boats in the sea, but our boats are almost burned out."