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Chapter 336 Return to Zhejiang (5)

 "Look, the tide is coming!"

With a shout, a seawall in the southeast of Yanguan Town, Haining County boiled. People pushed forward hard, and adults put their children on their necks so that they could see clearly.

They are watching the tide: Qianjiang Tide.

The Qianjiang Tide is world-famous for its majestic momentum and spectacular scenery, and the "line across the river" is even known as a "wonder in the world".

Tide watching on the Qianjiang River began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In the past, the best place to watch the tide was around the Sanlang Temple in Hangzhou. After the Song Dynasty, due to the changes in the river course, the best spot to watch the tide moved eastward to Haining. Every year on the 18th day of the eighth lunar month

The most spectacular day of the Haining tide. In addition to this day, there are more than 150 good tide watching days in a year.

This section of the seawall in Yanguan Town is the best place to watch the tide. The tide is strongest here, and they are all lined up. You can see the "Haining Pagoda Tide".

The water fortress of the Zhejiang Navy of the Qing Army was also built not far from here. Today, the tide is so fierce that all the warships have entered the fort to take shelter.

In addition to this section of the seawall, Babao, sixteen miles east of Yanguan Town, is also a good spot for tide watching. After the sea tide rises into the river mouth, it is divided into two sections, the south tide is fast, and the north tide (east tide) is slow.

The tide rushes towards the south bank and is swept back, turning around to the north to catch up with the belated north tide (east tide), resulting in the spectacle of the two tides colliding.

In addition, you can enjoy the "returning tide" at the old salt warehouse twenty-four miles west of Yanguan Town.

"Shopkeeper, all the goods have been purchased," a man dressed as a waiter said to a gentle and elegant middle-aged businessman on the seawall in the southeast of Yanguan Town.

This businessman also has an identity, he is Qianhu Xiaoshan, Jinyiwei, Zhejiang.

The so-called "cargo" refers to the number of warships in the water stronghold of the Qing army, including Guangzhou ships, Dafu ships, sentinel ships, Haicang ships, bird ships, and fast ships; the waterway conditions of Hangzhou Bay, when the tide rises,

When does the tide ebb, when is the wind strong, when is the wind light, what month does the wind blow, etc.

The so-called "acquisition is complete" naturally means that all the intelligence data has been collected.

"Yes," Xiao Shan nodded with satisfaction, "sell these goods quickly."

The so-called "sold" means handing this information to Lin Cha, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy of the Ming Dynasty.

"Yes", the waiter responded, turned around and left.

"Don't be anxious," Xiao Shan smiled warmly, "Now that you're here, let's go after watching the tide. This is a rare sight."

"Thank you, shopkeeper," the waiter said gratefully, staring at the tide with bright eyes.

A white line across the river flashed across the horizon, accompanied by a rumbling sound, like rolling thunder. The tide came from far and near, flying in. It was like hundreds of millions of swans lined up in a line, swarming and fluttering their wings.

.The tide pushed against me, and the roar became stronger. In an instant, a wall of water more than ten feet high rose up in front of me. Standing upright on the river, the waves poured down, spraying beads and splashing jade, like thousands of horses galloping. The tide came to

The seawall even raised a tidal peak three feet high.

Facing this violent wind and huge tide, Xiao Shan actually took out a folding fan from his arms, held the fan in his right hand and struck it with his left hand, and slowly chanted: "The Zhejiang tide starts from Haimen, splashing and flying for thousands of miles. The old dragon fights hard

The waves of the sea are like six men's rage breaking through the waters of the Tianhe River. Thousands of horses are galloping and people are frightened. Thousands of warriors and warriors are unable to stop them. The turbulent waves are emptying from the sky, and they are destroying rivers and seas."

The waiter An Le on the side, our shopkeeper is good at everything, but I just like that, arty.

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The situation in Xiaoshan was sent to Lin Cha, who had a thorough understanding of the strength of the Qing Navy's Zhejiang Navy and the water conditions in Hangzhou Bay.

On October 18, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Battle of Hangzhou Bay began.

Lincha, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, led Pingyi Marquis Zhou Hezhi, Min'an Marquis Zhou Rui, Danghu Bo Ruan Jin and other troops with 30,000 naval troops and 450 large and small warships to attack the Qing army's water stronghold in Haining.

In the water stronghold were the Qing Zhejiang Navy's Admiral Zhang Jie, Commander-in-Chief Yang Guanglie, Deputy General Xu Yuan, Lin Guangyuan's 25,000-strong navy, and 400 warships.

Yang Guanglie and Lin Guangyuan were originally the commander-in-chief and deputy generals of the Poyang Lake Navy of the Qing Dynasty. After Jiangxi was lost, they abandoned their ships and went ashore and fled to Zhejiang. Chen Jinqi pieced together some ships and incorporated them into Zhang Jie's command.

After receiving reinforcements from Yang Guanglie and Lin Guangyuan, Zhang Jie's troops increased to 25,000 and his confidence greatly increased. He was a habitual general and knew that the Poyang Lake Navy had only fought in the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake and lacked experience in naval battles. Therefore, these few

For the past few months, I have been hiding in Hangzhou Bay, concentrating on training in the navy.

After training for several months, I thought my soldiers were excellent and capable of fighting.

A few days ago, he received a military report from Xiao Qiyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, that Chen Jin, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, was killed by a domestic slave. Feeling the kindness of Chen Jin to him, he couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Jie is a kind person, and kind people often

Repay kindness. Yes, he is very kind. On the one hand, he kills people like crazy, but on the other hand, he believes in Buddhism and actively donates money and materials to the temple.

Chen Duxian, go all the way, and I will eventually defend Hangzhou for you!

Zhang Jie was feeling grateful for Chen Jin's kindness, and his subordinates came to report, "Commander, the sentry ship has discovered that the main force of the Ming Navy is coming to Haining."

"Send the order, raise the sails and sail out of the harbor to face the battle."

Four hundred warships left the port and had just formed their formation. Before they had time to seize the limelight, the Ming navy had arrived.

Zhang Jie was secretly annoyed. He thought that the Ming army did not know the water conditions of Hangzhou Bay. Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived, the east wind blew up and took the limelight. What a piece of shit luck! In fact, it was not luck. There were a lot of secrets, and the martyrs informed Hou Lin of the Ming Dynasty.

The water conditions in this area are very clear, and there will be no east wind.

"Turn right and move forward at full speed," Zhang Jie waved the flag, trying to cross the Ming fleet and then turn around to seize the limelight.

"Hmph, you are worthy of being Zhang Jie in order to seize the limelight despite being bombarded." Lin Cha secretly praised and also raised the flag, "Turn left, shell the broadside! Prepare for a broadside battle!"

The two fleets fought in a "V" shape, bombarded each other, and then fought parallel and side by side.

This is a strange naval battle. The generals on both sides want to seize the limelight. It starts with a boarding battle.

The Ming army had the advantage of being downwind, so the artillery shells from the rear formation could hit the Qing army. However, the Qing army was against the wind, so the range of the artillery shells was shortened, and the rear formation could not hit the Ming army.

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When Zhang Jie saw something bad, he raised his command flag and said, "Turn left and attack at full speed." Since the Ming army had the advantage in the wind direction, he simply rushed into the Ming army's formation. I am among you and you are among me. No one can

Can't gain the upper hand.

This kind of dogfight is the greatest test of the ship's maneuvering ability and the courage of the sergeants. Zhang Jie has confidence in the navy he has trained.

"Zhang Jie is a fierce general who dares to fight with me. Anyway, when the two armies meet, the brave one will win! I will do what you want." Lin Cha also hung up the flag and said, "Turn right, each team will fight on their own."

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With this order, the Ming army rushed towards the Qing army in units of eight or ten ships.

The two sides are fighting together, with you and without me, with me and without you, to the death.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"

Guns and artillery were flying, and the fierce naval battle lasted for five hours, from sunrise to sunset.

General Yang Guanglie of the Qing Dynasty was killed by a cannon, and his deputy Xu Yuan was killed by an arrow.

Wei Bin, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, was hit by artillery and died.

"Boom, boom, boom", Qing deputy general Lin Guangyuan's warship hit the ammunition compartment of a Ming army Dafu ship, causing a series of explosions.

Lin Guangyuan was rejoicing when Hu Bo Ruan Jin, the Ming Dang Dang, set his sights on him. As soon as the two ships were handed over and the planks were put up, Ruan Jin made a knife on his left and jumped onto the enemy ship at high speed, "swishing, swishing, swishing", and the swords were bleeding.

Before Lin Guangyuan could react, Ruan Jin was in front of him and killed him with a single blow.

Lin Cha ordered his flagship to rush into the enemy formation and fight.

Seeing the flagship approaching in person, the generals Zhou Hezhi, the Marquis of Pingyi, and Zhou Rui, the Marquis of Min'an, all braved artillery fire and charged to the death.

The Ming army had a slight advantage in terms of warships and troops. After consecutive battles and victories, its morale was higher than that of the Qing army, and it finally won the naval battle.

Zhang Jie led 12,000 remnant troops and 200 warships to escape into the water stronghold, using the forts along the coast to survive.


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