A low soul-chasing cannon sounded, and then there was a flash of sword light.
The military judges in the army all swung their swords, and heads were separated from their necks one after another. Blood rose into the sky like a fountain.
The headless body fell to the ground, smeared with blood.
The smell of blood is very pungent!
Immediately afterwards, the heads of these rebels were hung on the high flagpole.
Those ferocious and desperate faces made people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.
The strictness and inviolability of military law have become deeply rooted in people's hearts in an instant!
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Hongyu began to arrange the aftermath.
On the one hand, returning the property stolen by the rebels to the people was on the one hand. In addition, Zhu Hongyu also paid a certain amount of compensation to the injured people out of his own pocket.
And the imperial court is responsible for the funeral affairs of those people who were killed!
It doesn’t matter how much you spend, the most important thing is to show an attitude!
He, Zhu Hongyu, is different from others. He has strict military discipline, keeps his word, and dares to take responsibility.
To put it bluntly, I just use money to gain a good impression of myself in front of the people in Jiangnan.
After arranging these things, Zhu Hongyu turned around and prepared to step off the platform and return to his tent.
At this moment, a group of sentry riders rushed into the Ming army's camp, embracing the cold wind.
"Report!"
"Urgent report!"
"The Qing Dynasty army has come out of camp and is attacking our army!"
"The forwards are all cavalry, and they are suppressing the range of activities of our sentry cavalry!"
"The front line of their troops is less than twenty miles away from our main camp!"
Zhu Hongyu looked surprised at the urgent report from the sentry cavalry, and was slightly surprised by the boldness of the Qing army.
The Qing army is very courageous?!
He also thought that facing the menacing Ming army, the Qing army should form a camp and focus on defense even if they left the city.
Unexpectedly, the Qing army dared to invade!
But being surprised, he was surprised, but it could not affect Zhu Hongyu's decision, and he immediately gave an order.
"Give the order, beat the drums and gather the generals. The whole army will be armored and ready for war. The cavalry will immediately leave the camp to fight against the Qing captives to buy time for large-scale military preparations for war."
"The navy is preparing to go up the river and enter the battlefield in advance to provide fire cover for the army!"
"..."
The Ming army prepared for war quickly, with drums and flags changing rapidly.
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Woo! Woo!
The horn sound was low and powerful, resounding throughout the battlefield.
Teams of elite cavalry galloped on the battlefield, and the horses' hooves made a roaring sound on the ground.
The elite cavalry of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were like two rushing torrents, converging towards one place.
Once they collide head-on, it will be like a meteor hitting the earth!
The cavalry galloped, bowstrings trembled, and muskets fired incessantly.
The cavalry of both sides did not collide with each other at the first moment of the encounter, but unanimously adopted the tactics of riding and shooting.
The two torrents passed by each other, arrows and lead bullets flew together, and the smoke filled the air.
One by one, the ignited grenades were thrown away and fell towards the Qing cavalry group.
Amidst the rumbling explosions, Qing cavalry were constantly being lifted into the sky by the shock wave.
The fire and debris devoured every living life. Broken limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere, and the entire battlefield was a mess of flesh and blood.
During the cavalry shooting process, the cavalry on both sides came into slight contact.
An armored knight stabbed with a spear and slashed with a saber. The sound of metal clashing was heard one after another, and from time to time someone fell off his horse.
Then he was trampled into a pulp by the galloping war horses.
Regardless of whether it is the breastplate commonly used by the Ming army or the cotton armor widely equipped by the Qing army, in a war of such intensity, the protection it can provide is quite limited.
All I can say is that it is better than nothing!
Whether it's a sword, a gun, or an arrow, with the speed of the horse, its armor-piercing ability is impressive.
As for firearms such as muskets and grenades, even without the blessing of horse speed, their armor-breaking capabilities are needless to say.
The cavalry from both sides kept in contact, fought, and then disengaged, riding around the battlefield to prepare for the next round of contact.
The number of the Ming army's cavalry was smaller than that of the Qing army, and their quality was not as good as that of the Qing army's fine cavalry.
But they have nothing to say about their willingness to fight!
No one dares to hesitate even under military orders!
Since the Ming army adopted a life-for-life strategy, everyone fought desperately from top to bottom.
He actually stopped the menacing Qing cavalry!
Soon, the battlefield was filled with corpses, and the blood even dyed a small area of the river not far from the battlefield red.
At the same time, the main forces of the Qing and Ming armies were also advancing towards the battlefield.
The Ming army's fleet moved up the Yangtze River, its black muzzles aimed at the south bank of the Yangtze River.
There was even a transport fleet that quietly passed the main fleet, carrying Zhu Hongyu's Guards Brigade, and headed towards Nanjing.
But their goal was not Nanjing, but to cut off the Qing army's return journey.
In order to achieve the final graveyard of this battle, the Qing army in front of us will be completely wiped out!
At the very least, they want to annihilate all the Eight Banners of the Qing Army!
For this kind of bypassing and blocking, the number of troops cannot be used too much. If there are too many troops, it will attract the attention of the Qing army.
The Ming army's layout has not yet been formed, the Qing army may withdraw, and the plan will fail!
But it cannot be too small. If the number of troops is too small, it will not be divided up to block the attack, but divided up to deliver food to the Qing army.
After taking many factors into consideration, Zhu Hongyu finally made a decision.
The most elite, most skilled, and most loyal Guards Brigade in the Ming Army was responsible for carrying out this extremely arduous combat mission of bypassing the enemy.
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It is the seventh day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of Yongli!
Not long after the New Year, another large-scale war between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was about to break out along the Yangtze River.
There are clouds of soldiers and armor, forests of swords and spears, and countless soldiers and horses from both sides are constantly gathering towards the Qixia Mountain area.
The banks of the Yangtze River in the Qixia Mountain area were selected by both sides as the main battlefield for this battle.
The navy of the Qing army sailed down the river, overestimating its capabilities and wanting to engage the Ming fleet.
However, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great. As soon as the Qing navy entered the battlefield, it was defeated and withdrew from the battlefield under the concentrated fire of the Ming army's naval guns.
At the foot of Qixia Mountain, the cavalry from both sides withdrew from the battlefield.
The entire battlefield was littered with corpses of men and horses, broken spears, fallen flags, broken armor...
The smell of blood fills the sky!
The main infantry forces from both sides entered the battlefield, and the first to speak was still the Ming army's naval gun group.
One after another, as if for free, the artillery shells were fired at the Qing army's infantry array.
The solid artillery shells rolled and rotated, bouncing and releasing their kinetic energy, plowing bloody paths in the Qing army's array.
Wherever the shell passed, bodies were broken and blood sprayed!
Because the Qing army's array was too dense, a single solid artillery shell could take away almost ten or twenty lives.
The cavalry of the Qing army entered the scene again, formed a large circle outside the battlefield, and charged towards the flank of the Ming army.
A famous cavalryman leapt on his horse and whipped his whip, and the bubble nails on his cotton armor reflected the sunlight.
The Qing army's artillery also began to fire back!
Boom! Boom!
Amidst the earth-shattering shelling, the Qing army's artillery had just opened fire when it was suppressed by the Ming army's naval gun group.