Originally, the Qing army could still rely on its numerical advantage to compete with the Liberation Army on a neck-to-neck basis!
But as more and more Liberation Army troops descended on the city, the Qing army began to be suppressed!
Bang! Bang!
The sound of muskets sounded one after another!
Every time a gunshot was fired, a Qing soldier fell to the ground.
The grenadiers of the Liberation Army also rushed to the front line!
Hand grenades were thrown one after another, with black smoke rising from their tails, and fell into the Qing army's formation.
Amidst the roaring explosions, the city of Leizhou burst into flames.
The fragments easily tore apart the Qing army's cotton armor and penetrated into people's bodies.
The Qing army was suppressed and retreated steadily!
It has become a routine to use grenades to open the way, heavy armored infantry to break the formation, and musketeers with swords to kill the enemy.
The powerful hand-to-hand combat capabilities of the Liberation Army are undoubtedly revealed!
The Qing army was constantly being forced to retreat!
Finally, deserters appeared in the Qing army!
Several Qing soldiers could not withstand the pressure brought by the heavy armor of the Liberation Army, so they turned around and fled.
The supervising team wanted to kill the deserters, but these deserters would not sit still and wait for death, but chose to resist with swords.
The riots behind the formation spread rapidly, and the morale of a large number of Qing troops collapsed!
In just a moment, in another spontaneous charge of the Liberation Army, the Qing army finally collapsed completely.
The loud charge horn sounded!
The Qing Dynasty's Leizhou General Soldier still wanted to organize his troops to resist, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the charge of the Liberation Army.
The flag of the Ming Army is flying over Leizhou City again!
When Zhu Hongyu saw this scene, he was not excited at all.
In the deep pool-like eyes, there is only a calmness that seems to be eternally calm.
You've expected it, haven't you?
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When the Ming army took over Leizhou City, the first thing they did was to move the people in the city.
And ordered the people of the entire Leizhou Peninsula to evacuate!
After experiencing the wars between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Leizhou Peninsula was also very dilapidated.
Especially in terms of population, the losses were extremely heavy!
From 300,000 to 400,000 people at its peak, there are only just over 100,000 left today.
However, even so, there are not many people who are willing to obey the orders of the Liberation Army and move obediently.
A large number of people organized themselves into clans or villages and built towering earthen buildings to form strongholds for self-protection.
No matter what, I refuse to leave my hometown!
After persuading him to no avail, Zhu Hongyu had nothing to do. He couldn't order the artillery fire on the people and bombard the earthen towers, right?
He can only move the obedient people away and leave the disobedient people alone!
However, he was not worried about the safety of those people.
During the many years of war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, these people were able to survive because they had their own way of life.
Take the clan as a unit and form a stronghold to protect yourself.
No matter whose soldiers came, the whole family hid in the enclosure, and then sent representatives to pay the troops to reward them!
However, if those rebels still want to do something excessive, the men in the building are not just decorations.
The worst case scenario is a fight!
The earthen walled building was built very solidly, and there were a large amount of grain stored in the building, as well as earthen guns, cannons, bows, arrows, knives and spears.
It is impossible to capture an earth-enclosed building without killing hundreds or thousands of people!
Unless they are forced to do so, the rebels would not be willing to attack such a fortress.
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The head of the Wang family politely sent away the officials of the Liberation Army and gave them five hundred taels of silver.
But he refused the order to move!
"Our ancestors all lived here. Our family fields, ancestors' graves, and clan ancestral halls are all here."
"The roots of my Wang family are here!"
"I can't walk!"
The head of the Wang family sighed and said to his son.
How could he not know the current danger of Leizhou Peninsula?
The Leizhou Peninsula is about to become a war zone again. The Ming and Qing Dynasties fought fiercely, and the most casualties were often not the soldiers of both sides, but ordinary people.
But as he said, the roots of the Wang family are here, and they cannot leave even if they are killed!
"Ask the clan elders to send a message to each household, asking each household to move into the enclosure and prepare food and supplies in advance."
"Then ask every family to produce boys and train them all for me!"
"Get ready!"
The head of the Wang family said to his son.
Looking at the wilderness in the distance and the surrounding buildings behind him, the head of the Wang family sighed and said with a tone full of loneliness.
"When will this troubled world end?"
He was born in the Wanli year, and when he was a young man in his prime, he experienced the last prosperous age.
Compared with the current ruined world, the contrast is too obvious!
His son said from the side.
"No matter how chaotic the world is, it will end sooner or later!"
The head of the Wang family was slightly stooped from behind, but he just spoke.
"Order people to reinforce the surrounding buildings!"
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On the other side, the Qing army's messenger for help arrived in Guangzhou.
Shang Kexi received the news that the Ming army had invaded Leizhou and almost the entire peninsula had fallen.
The moment he heard the news, he became furious.
"Damn it, damn it!"
"Are you really arrogant? How dare you be so arrogant?"
Jin Guangzu said.
"These Ming thieves are really hateful. Taking advantage of their naval advantage, they unscrupulously harass our Qing coast."
"If my army doesn't arrive, they will unscrupulously cause trouble in the place. When my army arrives, they will react and cross the sea to leave. It's really annoying!"
Shang Kexi thought of his son's death and became furious. He took a deep breath and spoke.
"Then let them not react!"
"Send the cavalry to attack the Leizhou Peninsula and give the Ming thieves a powerful look before they have time to evacuate!"
Jin Guangzu also nodded in agreement.
The Qing court did not have a navy, so if it wanted to cope with the speed advantage brought by the Ming army's navy in marching in coastal areas, it could only use cavalry.
At this time, the Qing court had a large-scale cavalry group!
King Pingnan alone, Shang Kexi, has a cavalry team of 10,000 people!
The Qing court will only have more cavalry power directly under its control!
Shang Ke was so happy and angry that he ordered the troops to go out to recapture Leizhou.
An Eight Banners cavalry of more than 10,000 people quickly organized their troops and then headed south.
They have one man and two horses, do not carry artillery, and rely on local supplements and looting for their logistical supplies, thus avoiding the drag on the marching speed caused by logistics to the greatest extent.
At a speed of hundreds of miles per day, it is heading towards Leizhou Peninsula!
More than 10,000 cavalrymen were galloping on the ground. The scene was so dark that it could be said that the sky was covered with sunlight. The sound of horses trampling on the ground was louder than thunder.
Wherever the cavalry passed, there was a scorched earth!
Even within their own territory, the Qing army was clearing grass and valleys all the way south.
Although the Qing cavalry could not massacre the city for the sake of marching speed, the damage caused to the local area by more than 10,000 cavalry crossing the border was unimaginable.
Villages turned into seas of fire, and the living lives turned into cold and broken corpses in front of the sharp sabers.
The Qing army was all cavalry, one man and two horses, and they marched very fast!
In less than ten days since Guangzhou received the news of the attack on Leizhou Peninsula, the Qing army reached the front line of Gaozhou Prefecture.
However, the Qing army did not attack the Leizhou Peninsula immediately. Instead, they chose to rest in Gaozhou for a few days to restore their horsepower and physical strength!