Chapter 185 Fighting

Compared with the progress of the left and right officers and soldiers, only Ding Qirui walked up the middle of the Yangtze River against the current, but after leaving the Jiujiang River, the progress was not smooth. At this time, Yang Kunshan, the water army of the Xingtian Army, had personally rushed to Ezhou to sit in the town, and the two warship battalions also strengthened their strength, stationed on both sides of Huangzhou and the Yangtze River respectively. He held the Yangtze River to death. When Ding Qirui began to go up against the river, a large number of government warships began to encounter the resistance of the Xingtian Army's water camp on the Yangtze River as soon as they left Jiujiangfu.

Although the Xingtian Army's water camp is not as many warships as the officers' navy, and there are not as strong as the officers' navy's ships, the soldiers and generals in these water battalions are very brave. When the two armies fought on the Yangtze River, the officers and soldiers began to be defeated in a row. In half a month, they lost dozens of warships and thousands of soldiers, and although the Xingtian Army is also Many ships were lost, but they were much less than those of the officers and soldiers, so that the officers and soldiers could not break through the rivers around Ezhou and Huangzhou to reach Wuchang Prefecture.

Ding Qirui actually expected this situation. In late March, he personally dispatched hundreds of warships against the current, trying to flatten the Xingtian army on the Yangtze River, so Yang Kunshan immediately led two warship battalions to fight, and the two sides launched a fight on the river in the area of Qizhou.

In this battle, the two armies fought for a whole day. It can be said that both sides have used all their strength to hit ships, fire cannons, launch rockets... and other tactics have been taken out. The river is even more swirling, and the shouts and screams have not stopped for a day. In the end, after paying a heavy price, the officers and soldiers still have no ability. After destroying Xing Tianjun's water camp, some soldiers began to turn around and flee, which triggered the collapse of the officers and navy. A large number of officers and warships turned around and fled along the current. As a result, the Xing Tianjun won a great victory in this battle.

It is said to be a great victory, but in fact, it can only be said to be a tragic victory. After this battle, Yang Kunshan took the lead, and the boat was in the commander in the center, which made his boat become the target of the siege of the officers and army. In the war, he did not know how long it was, and the soldiers on the boat were almost injured. Yang Kunshan went down one day. He was injured many times, but he still fought to the death. In the afternoon, Yang Kunshan knew that he was seriously injured and it was difficult to support, so he handed over the command to Liu Jiang, the deputy capital of the Yangtze River Water Camp, to take his command. Soon after, he was concentrated by a warship gun by the officer and army, and then he was hit by a large number of rockets and oil tanks. It burned into a fireball. Yang Kunshan was killed in battle with all his subordinates on the ship, and Yang Kunshan also became the highest-ranking general lost after Xing Tianjun became an army.

Fortunately, Yang Kunshan handed over the command power before his death. Liu Jiang raised the marshal flag on his boat in time and continued to command the fleet and the officers and soldiers to fight to the death. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the Xingtian military camp would end in failure.

The officers and soldiers also saw that the Xing Tianjun had never lost their command, and it seemed that the Vietnam War was becoming more and more brave. After the Xing Tianjun's warships caught fire, the sailors on the ship did not abandon the ship to escape, but bravely drove the boat to the officer's fleet, hooked the officer's ship with an iron hook, and burned it together. In this way, the officers and army Under the advantage of troops and ships, they have never been able to take the initiative on the river, and finally fled back to Jiujiang Prefecture.

However, after the defeat of the officer and navy, Liu Jiang's side also had no strength to cover up. The two warship battalions fought fiercely in one day, and the ship was damaged by more than 60%, and the casualties were more than half. Xing Tianjun's advantage on land could not be exerted on the river. It can be said that the reason why we can win this battle is all because of the lives of the soldiers of the water army. In addition to the death of Yang Kunshan, the two battalions were killed in the two battalions. The losses can be said to be great. Therefore, after the defeat of the officer's sailors, the Xing Tianjun side has long been unable to fight again. Liu Jiang only He can order the collection of troops and withdraw to Ezhou to repair the ship in case of another battle.

At this time, Ding Qirui was furious. He invited Shang Fang's sword and beheaded several sailors who had escaped from the battle to continue to attack Ezhou. However, at this time, the news came from the north that Xiao Xingtian was defeated the officers and soldiers in Yanggu County, and he captured Sun Chuanting, the governor, and Wu San, the general of Liaodong. Gui.

Ding Qirui was shocked when he heard this and suddenly cried in the camp of Jiujiang Mansion. He didn't expect that the officers and soldiers in the north would be defeated so quickly. In his opinion, Sun Chuanting is also a capable minister. Now, tens of thousands of elite soldiers have been transferred into the customs today. So many people and horses are enough for Sun Chuanting to deal with the criminal thief. He dares not say. Sun Chuanting must be able to defeat the Xingtian thief in the north. At least it is no problem to delay the Xingtian thief with his strength. In this way, he can get him considerable time to recover Wuchang Mansion!

But I didn't think about how long it would take! Sun Chuanting was defeated and captured, and tens of thousands of troops under his command were annihilated in an instant. Ding Qirui couldn't guess what Xiao Xingtian would do next.

From the perspective of Ding Qirui, now Sun Chuanting and a large number of officers and soldiers in Liaodong have been destroyed by the Xingtian Army. Next, if the Xingtian Army wants to destroy the Ming Dynasty, the number of officers and troops in the north is not enough to withstand the attack of the Xingtian Army. Xiao Xingtian can gather heavy troops to go north and directly attack the capital, as long as the capital is With one gram of division, then Daming can basically be said to be over.

But will Xiao Xingtian do this? He has another option, that is, after solving the threat of the northern officers and troops, he will continue to attack Nanzhili according to the previous plan. After taking Nan Zhili, he will go north to attack the capital. In this way, the Ming will be more completely destroyed.

After Ding Qirui analyzed, in the end, with insufficient information support, he could not judge what Xiao Xingtian would do next, so he sent someone to tell Huang Degong, so that he must conquer Huangzhou as soon as possible. At the same time, the left wing army also attacked Ezhou as soon as possible. After opening up the Yangtze River first, he sent troops to Wuchangfu, regardless of Anyway, he has to take Wuchang Mansion first. Once he takes down Wuchang Mansion, he can at least attack the momentum of the criminal thief.

So at the end of March, the officers and army began to launch a fierce attack on Huangzhou and Daye County. Huang De led nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses of the right-wing army. On March 27, he entered outside Huangzhou City, surrounded Huangzhou City and began to launch a fierce attack on Huangzhou City, and the left-wing army led by the general army Fang Guoan. The next attack on Daye County, the most dangerous war has been carried out in Huangzhou and Daye.

Under the guidance of Luo Rucai, the one sitting in Huangzhou was Lao Hui. After Lao Hui was previously ordered, he led a B battalion and two C battalions to enter Huangzhou. The number of troops was less than 4,000, but he was faced with the siege of more than 20,000 officers and soldiers such as Huang Degong, which arrived in the Huang De Power Department. After reaching Huangzhou, he immediately led his troops out of the city to launch a counterattack against Huang Degong. Huang Degong did not expect that Xing Tianjun would dare to go out of the city to fight in the case of insufficient troops. Therefore, he was defeated first. After learning that the old opponent who guarded Huangzhou was Lao Hui and Ma Shouying, he was even more angry. When he came to one place, he immediately dispatched troops and horses to attack the city.

Lao Huihui temporarily recruited a large number of surrounding people to help fight in Huangzhou City. The whole Huangzhou City was dug in advance, and a lot of cannons previously captured by the officers and soldiers were arranged inside and outside Huangzhou City. The officers and soldiers who attacked the city were bombarded day and night, and the soldiers under his command were repeatedly sent to counterattack. Or night attack, the war was very fierce. The number of firearms of the three battle camps in Lao Hui's hand was not large, but the fighting spirit was very strong. More than 3,000 soldiers took turns to guard and attack. Huangzhou City resisted the fierce attack of Huang Degong's headquarters for nearly ten days. Huang Degong was never able to advance outside Huangzhou City, and both sides suffered casualties. It was very big. On the tenth day, Lao Hui had less than 2,000 soldiers left, and the rest were only a few thousand to help the people. Therefore, Lao Hui also armed the Qing Zhuang of Huangzhou City. According to the city, Huang Degong finally attacked the city, but he still could not conquer Huangzhou.

At the same time, Ding Qirui sent 5,000 reinforcements and rushed to Huangzhou City by land to help fight. After receiving reinforcements from the reinforcements, Huang Degong attacked the city fiercely. When he returned, he personally went to the city to command the defense. He changed hands several times under the fierce battles on the city walls, but in the end, he was blocked by the old back.

On the eighth day of April, Luo Ru sent two battalions of people from Wuchang Prefecture to Huangzhou by boat, which blocked the fierce attack of Huangzhou by the officers and soldiers. Huang Degong saw that it was difficult to take Huangzhou City, so he had to order the withdrawal of troops back to Macheng to rest. At this time, the danger of Huangzhou was lifted.

However, the battle situation in Daye County is also very dangerous. It was He Guofang, a general under Luo Li's command, who guarded Daye County, and He Guofang was just an ordinary battalion general, and he led only a second-type battalion. When Fang Guoan led his troops to attack Daye County, Luo Ru sent two more C to He Guofang. The planting camp can give He Guofang the ability to defend Daye County.

You should know that Xiao Tianjian in Daye County attaches great importance to it. Iron ore is produced here. Before the New Year, Xiao Tianjian ordered to mobilise a large number of craftsmen to build a large-scale craftsman camp in Daye County to build armor here to provide equipment support for the next attack on Nanzhili. Therefore, the Daye craftsman's camp has begun after the New Year. In operation, a large number of craftsmen have initially begun to build armor here. Once Daye County is broken, Xing Tianjun will undoubtedly lose a lot, and the loss of materials can be afforded. Once so many craftsmen fall into the hands of officers and soldiers, it will not be irreparable in a short time.

He Guofang did not think that the position was not high, but he was well aware of the importance of Daye County. After learning that Ningzhou was destroyed by the officers and soldiers, he immediately began to prepare for the enemy in the area of Daye County. He ordered the surrounding people to be assigned to him, and mobilized a large number of people to dig trenches in the area of Daye County, and arrange deer, horses and other things. After wrapping up the whole Daye County, Fang Guoan led his army to Daye County.

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