The Great Bandit in Kangxi Year

Chapter 191 Naval Battle: Hurt for Life

That night, Yue Le hurried back to the Forbidden City, and when he came to the imperial study, his face was already purple and gold. He clicked his head several times in a row, and then said bitterly: "My lord, this slave deserves death, but Before you die, there is something you want to ask the Holy One to make a decision?"

Kangxi wanted to calm himself down, but when he thought of the more than [-] Manmeng children who died tragically, he squinted and roared: "Yue Le, what face do you have to see me?"

"The slave will die as soon as he finishes speaking, without further delay. Your Majesty, please move the capital. Since the Eight Banners entered the customs, the combat power has dropped sharply. It would be fine if the world was peaceful, but now the black tiger bandit army has risen strongly, with fierce weapons and fierce soldiers. Afraid of death, Manchu iron cavalry is not an opponent at all, please make a decision early, if it is too late, it will be too late."

Hearing Yue Le's harsh words, Kangxi became even angrier, and said with a sneer, "For the sake of your hard work and no credit, cut yourself off."

"Thank you Lord Long En!" Yue Le stumbled out of the imperial study room, his whole body seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, he couldn't help trembling, after another thought, even if the disciples of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty returned to the land of dragons, so what?

Could it be that the Black Tiger bandit army can still show mercy and not attack the Liaodong area?
Forget it, Yue Le gave a wry smile, and committed suicide in the rainstorm. Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, as if foretelling something.

After a while, the chief eunuch reported to Kangxi, who sighed and said with pain for a long time: "Graceful burial!"

"What should I do now?"

Suo'etu, Mingzhu, Tuhai and others on the side all shivered and said nothing. The one hundred thousand cavalry was finished like this. Could it be that Prince An is really incompetent?

"Are you all dumb? Ah!"

Hearing Kangxi's angry rebuke, Suo'etu knelt on the ground and said calmly: "My lord, now we still have 20 iron cavalry, 30 green battalion soldiers, and 20 militiamen in the Qing Dynasty. Now the bandit army has stopped in Qingzhou. The Qing will either fight to the death with the rebel army, or withdraw to the outside of the pass, it all depends on the Holy Majesty's decision."

"Huh! Trash!" Kangxi looked at Suo'etu closely and hummed heavily.

Suo'etu kowtowed again and again, and Tuhai sighed, "Your Majesty, this slave thinks that Qinhuangdao must be taken no matter what. Otherwise, even if my Qing Dynasty wants to retreat to the outside of the pass, there will be no peace."

"Oh, Tuhai, you also think that I have lost the Qing Dynasty? Are you going to withdraw from the pass?"

Kangxi said even louder and ferociously: "If the South is lost, Shandong has also given up. Is it true that I am full of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty? I am not reconciled. If you tell me, Tuhai, are you sure you can take down the bandit army in Qinhuangdao? "

"I'm not sure, the only option is to fight to the death, but now my disciples from the Eight Banners of the Manchu Dynasty have suffered heavy casualties, and I really can't bear the heavy casualties. I am willing to bring the green battalion soldiers there!" Tu Hai didn't think he was smarter than Yue Le, and said without confidence. .

At this moment, Prince Kang Jieshu ran over in a panic, knelt on the ground and lost his voice: "Your Majesty, the [-] cavalry under the command of the Mongolian Prince have returned to the prairie together. I ask the Holy Majesty to judge whether my cavalry of the Qing Dynasty should pursue it or not? "

"What! This group of wolves, I!" Kangxi said, feeling dizzy for a while, and almost fell to the ground.

"Long live Lord!"

Kangxi leaned on the imperial case with one hand, waved the other hand in disappointment, gritted his teeth, and said after a long time: "Forget it, Tu Hai, lead one hundred thousand green battalion soldiers over there, and we must take Qinhuangdao."

"tie!"

"Wait a minute, Prince Kang brought the princes and ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty back to the land of Longxing first, I won't steal the army, and I will not be reconciled to death."

Hearing Kangxi's cold words, Suo'etu, Jieshu and others couldn't help trembling. They could hear Kangxi's determination, but if the Qing Dynasty was defeated a few more times, the country would really be subjugated, but they had too many scruples, He didn't dare to advise.

As for Mingzhu, her eyeballs kept rolling, and she hesitated to speak in the end. After all, Longyan was furious at this time, so it was better to listen less and listen more.

"I'm tired, let's kneel down." Kangxi said with a haggard expression, and all the ministers retreated silently.

When Kangxi was the only one left in the imperial study room, he slumped on the chair and muttered to himself: "The thieves are only from grass bandits. Why did the Qing cavalry keep losing so many times? Why? Could it be that the Qing Dynasty was going to die in his own hands?" inside?"

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The next day, when the weather was fine, Tu Hai led the army to the outskirts of Qinhuangdao. Even though he was a veteran in the battlefield, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock, and murmured to himself, "It's unreasonable that you dare to let the Qing warriors die in the wilderness."

Immediately afterwards, he shouted sharply: "Kill, kill all the bandits!"

Immediately, one hundred thousand green battalion soldiers rushed over together.

At this moment, the familiar and tyrannical gunfire rang out together, and countless hot bullets rained down. Unstoppable, Tuhai closed his eyes in pain. He had the experience last time, and he could feel the pain of yesterday. Tragic, but also can foresee their end.

That being the case, why should there be unnecessary casualties? Tu Hai said coldly, "Ming Jin withdraws troops and builds a trench six miles away from the bandit army."

The commander-in-chief and guerrilla around him suddenly looked better, and they were puzzled: "What's wrong with Tujunmen today? Why are you so merciful?"

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The soldiers of the Marine Corps got into the muddy trench again. Jiang Wuji only deployed 6000 soldiers and horses in the trench this time, and many of them went into battle with injuries. The Qing soldiers, excluding the artillery, had less than [-] soldiers participating in the battle. The rest of the soldiers were either seriously injured in bed or had a high fever. The situation was very bad.

Unexpectedly, after a burst of artillery fire, the Qing army actually withdrew again, Jiang Wuji secretly rejoiced, and secretly said: "It stands to reason that the Black Dragon Fleet should also come."

That's right, the Black Dragon Fleet is here, but it's fighting against Shi Lang's fleet.

When Jiang Tao learned that the Qing army still had an expensive fleet, he paid great attention to it, but he was helpless. He knew that he had underestimated the enemy, and his intelligence work was not good at all.

The Qing army's fleet is always a serious problem, but the seal-class cruiser has not yet launched, so Jiang Tao had to let the Black Dragon Fleet take the risk to deliver supplies and soldiers to the First Army, and then try to destroy the Qing army after the seal-class cruiser is launched. navy.

The Black Dragon Fleet had already changed its course, but still encountered Shi Lang's fleet.

Chen Dajiang was extremely depressed, but this time he came prepared and ordered the supply and army fleet to retreat for 29 miles, while his [-] cruisers and [-] small gunboats rushed directly towards the opponent , leaving fifty hundred-ton gunboats in front of the transport ship.

This small warship has ten cannons, and it is a [-]mm cannon. For this battle, Jiang Tao raised a total of hundreds of ships and named them Haiyu class frigates to ensure smooth and safe sea routes.

Chen Dajiang knew that if the two sides had an artillery battle, they would not stop until they fought for a few hours. After all, the hit rate of the artillery battle was too poor, and it was difficult to tell the winner.

Although he didn't know the situation in Qinhuangdao, he didn't dare to neglect it. If Jiang Wuji and tens of thousands of brave soldiers were killed in battle because of the navy's late arrival, the navy would be ashamed.

So his move is a risky move, and what he wants is a quick decision, just like a knight confrontation, deciding the outcome with one move.

He has an advantage. According to the last match, the power and quantity of his own artillery are more than that of the Qing army.

Seeing this, Shi Lang sneered, and shouted: "Those who cower before the enemy, those who delay the military aircraft, those who don't obey orders, those who don't save when they are in danger - behead! Don't fight when you rush over, just attack the opponent's transport ship. Today is the day to make meritorious deeds. kill."

He also saw the huge fleet of the Black Tiger Army, and when most of them retreated, he immediately understood in his heart, he knew that the opportunity had come.

The two fleets fought together one after another. Before the cannons of the Qing Army Navy fired, more than [-] artillery pieces of the Black Dragon Fleet opened fire one after another.

More than 1700 shells smashed into the warships of the Qing army at close range.All of a sudden, planks flew, splinters splashed, and thick smoke billowed everywhere. More than 100 warships of the Qing army were smashed to pieces at once. Broken boards and corpses were everywhere on the sea, and more than [-] warships were seriously tilted. It won't be long before it sinks.

"fire!"

Shi Lang couldn't believe it, and shouted hoarsely.

dong dong dong...

Immediately, the warships of the Qing army also began to fire, and more than [-] lead bullets rushed towards the warships of the Black Dragon Fleet. Although the momentum was much smaller, it also caused great destructive power. Next to each other, as long as the cannon is fired, there will be more or less gains.

Seeing this, Chen Dajiang was not angry but happy. At this time, the sailors on the ship also started to fire the Mielu blunderbuss in their hands, crackling and crackling. He knew that if the fight continued like this, the Qing army's sailors would only die.

At this time, the cannons of the Qing army's navy rang out one after another. This was because the Qing army used the Buddha Wolf machine gun, which was a rear-mounted artillery, with several sub-systems, and had a faster rate of fire, but less power.

At this time, gunpowder smoke filled the sky and covered the sun, and Chen Dajiang's flagship was also hit by eight shells, causing more than [-] casualties, but the hull problem was not serious, so he had to make the ships fight each other, after all, they were fighting together at this time , bad command.

dong dong dong...

The artillery of the Black Dragon Fleet fired continuously, but this time the shelling effect was even better, because the Qing army was confused because they were fighting each other, and they loaded the shells and fired directly after aiming. The Black Dragon Fleet only sank more than a dozen Haiyu-class frigates. Although the 29 Seawolf-class cruisers were damaged to varying degrees, the artillery fire did not weaken.

A quarter of an hour later, the artillery battle continued.

At this moment, Shi Lang regretted it. He overestimated the combat power of his subordinates. Many warships escaped in such a fierce artillery battle. Ten gunboats were sweeping the formation.

The key point is that the main gunboat of the enemy ship seemed unsinkable. After dozens of shells were hit, the artillery fire was still more intense, while the own artillery fire was more than a little weaker.

He really wanted to fight to the death without retreating, but thirteen of the main gunboats under his command had sunk, and the rest of the gunboats were riddled with holes. The enemy ships did not take much damage.

"withdraw!"

Continuing the fight will only increase the casualties. Shi Lang thought for a while, and shouted weakly. After finishing speaking, he sat down on the deck and fell into a daze. Powerful, strong? Why is that?"

An hour later, Shi Lang returned to Bohai Bay, only to see that there were only more than [-] dilapidated warships left under his command, and he fainted from anger.

And Chen Dajiang was also frowning. In this battle, more than 5000 Haiyu-class frigates and three Seawolf-class cruisers were sunk. A total of [-] naval personnel participated in the battle, with more than [-] casualties. eye-catching.

There are also seven Seawolf-class cruisers that have temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.

Fortunately, however, the navy of the Qing army was finally disabled. Chen Dajiang sighed, hoping that it was not too late, and shouted: "Let's go immediately!"

(End of this chapter)