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Chapter 267 The Battle of Poyang Lake (1)

After hearing Xu Yong's expression of determination, Nikan and Boluo nodded in satisfaction.

Then the two princes of the Qing court started a battle of troops. This battle is very critical and must be won to boost morale. There are more than 30 people including the Tartars and the false Tartars. The two princes, Zuo Menggeng, Huang Shu, etc. People made a two-line battle plan.

Even the [-] troops left in the Jiang'an Fort outside Jiujiang City, including Ma Shixiu's artillery battalion and [-] sailors, were also deployed on the river's bank.After winning the victory at Poyang Lake on the southern line, they began to forcibly cross the river from here to capture the mouth of the lake.

Poyang Lake is the key battlefield. The remaining more than 20 troops, including 20 sailors and [-] Tatars, are all deployed on the shore of Poyang Lake in De'an County. , the remaining [-] people crossed the lake and landed on horseback, and swung their troops northward to form a siege around the mouth of the lake, making it difficult for Zhu Yousong to fly.

With this kind of two-front combat plan, Nikan and Boluo immediately mobilized nearly 35 troops. Except for the tens of thousands of puppet Tartars guarding Wuchang and other places, this is his and Zuo Menggeng's entire family property. It's all bet.

They smugly studied the detailed combat plan. After the deployment was finalized, more than 30 horses began to act according to the plan. It is the troops of the Qing army. The warships are sailing, and the horses are chirping, like soldiers.

Nikan and Boluo in full armor sat on their horses, and with their personal guards, they went out of Jiujiang Mansion to check the specific combat readiness of each battalion along the river and lake, and then the two princes also divided the work. , Boluo was specifically in charge of crossing the river outside Jiujiang Mansion, while Nikan came to the shore of Poyang Lake to command and supervise the battle. The two princes met in Hukou to join forces victoriously.

It’s no wonder that these two princes of the Qing Dynasty were frivolous and conceited. They learned that Zhu Yousong only had more than 5000 troops, and the ratio of the enemy’s army strength to ours was more than three to one. There are only [-] people in the navy, which is another five times the advantage over the enemy. If six or seven fight one, there is no reason why they can't win!

It is now the beginning of March, and it is also the season of warm spring and flowers blooming in March. Poyang Lake is located in the subtropical transition zone, with sufficient sunshine, and the earth is warming up very quickly. In March, the temperature can rise to [-] degrees.

The weather today is exceptionally sunny, the sky is blue, the air is fresh, and the visibility is very high. Standing on the hillside and looking at Poyang, you can see green mountains, green trees and red flowers, lakes and waters, and the water and the sky meet, like a fairyland Qionghai.

But what is incompatible with this picturesque scenery is the Chen Bing on both sides of the strait, with dazzling swords and guns, rolling banners, heavily armored and murderous.

On the west bank of Poyang Lake, more than 20 Qing troops were ready to go. Nikan wore a gold-winged melon skin helmet on his head. The red tassels on the helmet were particularly bright in the sun. With his mouth curled up, his eyes narrowed into a slit, he was looking across the misty lake, even though he couldn't see anything clearly.

Zuo Menggeng and Huang Shu, who were all in armor, accompanied each other, and Nikan's cronies and guards embraced each other.

On the lake, Xu Yong, the commander of the navy, was the vanguard commander of this battle. He was on a large command ship. There were [-] or [-] ships of the [-] navy, all of which were neatly arranged, and all kinds of flags on the ship were fluttering in the wind. , Covering the lake, the bow of the soldiers will all have bright armor, such as forests of knives and guns, crossbows, arrows, and artillery are all ready.

After receiving the instructions, Xu Yong gave an order, and the big warships started, and the small boats escorted left and right. Xu Yong's command boat was in the center and slightly forward, and several accompanying escort ships followed closely. Hundreds of large and small warships marched side by side. , Divided into several rows to form a battle formation, the boat took advantage of the wind, and the wind helped the boat to sail towards the other side of the lake.

When their fleet of battleships just sailed to the center of the lake, several small black spots, the size of ants, suddenly appeared on the distant lake surface, covering the distant river surface, gradually the small black spots became bigger, and the outline of the ship gradually appeared , but the size of a stack of paper boats is still unclear.

Xu Yong stood tall on the commanding bow, these toy-like boats came into his eyes, and he immediately ordered: "Get ready!"

With an order, the semaphore soldiers stood on the high place of the bow and waved the flag, and the small warships rushing in front slowed down one after another to make way for the big ships, and the dozens of large ships in the front row began to adjust the height and range of the artillery.

Each of these large ships is equipped with cannons, mainly Qianjin Flang machine and tiger squatting cannons, both on the bow and on both sides of the ship's strings.

At this time, the warships in front were clearly visible, but they were all small warships, each of which looked like dozens of people, without even any firearms, and there was not even a single large ship. Roughly, there were about a hundred of them.

Hunjun's navy even put all the small boats in front, where are their big boats?Xu Yong looked around for a long time and didn't see the shadow of the big ship, just a few broken ships?There are no more than 3000 or [-] people at best, and they rushed over.

At this time, he estimated that these small boats were within the shooting range of the gunfire at the bow, so Xu Yong lowered his big hand into the air and shouted: "Fire!"

In an instant, the artillery roared, the ground shook, and countless shells flew out of the air. Suddenly, the distant lake surface bloomed everywhere. The originally calm lake surface hit water columns, and then scattered.

Some shells exploded next to the boat, and the water waves caused directly turned the boat upside down. Some shells hit the boat more accurately and fell directly on the boat. With thick smoke and a ball of fire rising, the boat split into pieces. The fragments were scattered in the air and fell into the lake.

"Good fight!" Standing on the bow of the boat, Xu Yong saw the small warships of the imperial court being blown up or overturned in the lake. Amidst the huge waves and gunpowder smoke, most of these small warships of the imperial court turned into fallen leaves in the wind and waves. Yong was very excited.

His big boat continued to rush forward, and the artillery fired as it rushed, until at last there was not a single intact boat on the lake, but all of them were wrecked boats, capsized or sank, or disappeared into pieces, The shelling stopped.

The gunpowder smoke and flames dissipated, and none of the imperial navy on the lake disappeared. It seemed that all the troops were wiped out.

Xu Yong showed complacency on his face, and finally won a small victory, and continued to order the big and small warships to rush to the opposite bank, because he did not see the big ships of the imperial court, this battle could not be regarded as a complete victory.

At that time, he was still thinking, so what if Hunjun still has an ambush, we have all [-] sailors dispatched, and you only have a few thousand sailors to ambush at most, so what can you do to me?You must know that this is in the water, not on the shore. Where can you ambush, and what tricks can you ambush?How can we stop the steel fleet of the chief executive?The previous two small battles were for you to taste the sweetness, now it's time for you to suffer!

Xu Yong was trembling when suddenly a small school came to report: "Master, there is movement under our big boat, it seems that there is someone under the boat!"

(End of this chapter)