After wearing out the skin on their crotch several times and walking like a duck, the Xinghai instructors were finally able to sit firmly on the horse.
After a week of continuous rapid march, the new army arrived in the Ganzhou area.
From this moment on, all the eyes of the Xinghai Kingdom Senate were fixed on this place.
No way, everyone is very curious about how powerful the Qing army is in this era, and they want to see if the new Nanming army they have trained can deal with the Qing army, so as to evaluate the relationship between the naturalized civilian army and the Qing army.
The difference in combat effectiveness.
At this time, the Nanming army stationed on the front line of Ganzhou was a hodgepodge.
There are Li Dingguo and other Daxi remnant troops, there are Nanming troops that were originally defeated from Ganzhou and other places, there are Nanming troops sent from Guangdong, and some are bandits recruited nearby, etc. In addition, there are Zhang Jiayu, Chen Zizhuang, etc.
The rebel army gathered together, totaling 90,000 people.
On the opposite side was the Qing army's Pingnan general Dorobelle Lekdehun. After his massive counterattack in the Nanming Dynasty, he pacified the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huguang, and captured He Tengjiao, an important minister of the Southern Ming Dynasty. He made great contributions to the official entry of the Qing army into the Central Plains. Therefore,
He was later named one of the Eight Great Communists.
Of course, at this time, he has not fully shown his brilliance.
After Duduo led the army and returned triumphantly with Emperor Hongguang and other prisoners of war, Duoluo Beilek Dehun replaced Duoduo and became one of the main generals of the Qing army going south.
Well, it's not like Duduo led the entire Qing army going south, but he only led a separate Qing army.
This is not surprising. At this time, since Duduo personally led the army in triumph, the Qing army actually stopped its strategic offensive and shifted to temporary strategic defense.
No choice, Duduo took away most of the direct troops of the Qing court, leaving most of the Ming Dynasty surrendered troops for Duorobele Leke Dehun and other generals. The number of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers dropped to an extreme.
Let's put it this way, at this time, Dorobele Lekedhun was sitting on the front line, and he only had 50,000 troops under his command. Among these 50,000 troops, there were only three Niulu Qing Eight Banners soldiers and four Niulu Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers.
Calculated, there are only about 1,200 people.
Well, these 1,200 people are basically equivalent to the personal soldiers of Dorobele Lekhdehun, and they can't move easily.
In fact, it can be seen from here that there have been some changes in the history of this plane.
On this day, Dorobele Lekedhun was sleeping in the big tent. Suddenly he heard a loud noise, followed by a series of loud noises. When he was a little confused, he scolded his soldiers, put on his armor, and left the big tent.
I know the Ming army is attacking!
How dare the Ming army take the initiative to attack?
This news made Dorobelek Dehun suspect that he was still dreaming.
Since going south, Ming generals from all walks of life have surrendered like raindrops. Wherever the Qing army went, they were victorious and invincible. It has been a long time since Dorobele Leke Dehun felt like being actively attacked by the Ming army.
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So when he suddenly heard the news, he was a little excited.
"Come here! Prepare your horses!"
But before Dorobel Lekdehun arrived at the gate of the camp, he felt the power of the Nanming army's attack.
A round shell fired by a Napoleon cannon crossed the fence of the camp and flew directly through a group of Qing troops rushing towards the gate of the camp. In an instant, it crushed a bloody path among the Qing troops.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Qing soldiers fell to the ground, some missing arms and legs, or vomiting blood. Seeing Dorobe Leked, the corners of his eyes twitched.
"Where are our cannons?! Where is Geng Zhongming?"
Although Dorobelek Dehun was a relatively conservative faction in the Qing army, he also knew the power of artillery.
But when a Qing general under his command answered the question, he remembered that he had just arranged for Geng Zhongming to be thirty miles behind Ganzhou.
The reason is very simple. This Dorobelek Dehun dislikes those generals who surrendered in the Ming Dynasty. One is that he thinks those generals are disloyal, the other is that he thinks that the generals who surrendered share the credit for his achievements, and the third is that
He believed that the surrendered generals had little combat effectiveness and were far inferior to the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers.
It was out of this idea that Dorobele Lekdehun arranged the artillery unit that originally supported him, Geng Zhongming, to the back.
Don’t let Geng Zhongming get more credit!
It's that simple!
After all, in the view of Dorobele Lekedhun, even without Geng Zhongming's artillery, the surrendered troops under his command were enough to resist the Nanming army. After all, the Nanming army was weaker.
But this time, he seemed to have stumbled.
After arriving at the front line, the two crossing officers helped the Nanming New Army formulate a combat plan.
There were roughly two thousand New Army infantry in three lines, with five artillery pieces placed on each side.
Attack the Qing army's camps with artillery first to allow the new army to adapt to the battlefield environment.
The effect of this combat plan is still very good.
Although those ten Napoleon cannons have been castrated and their rate of fire and range have dropped to a certain extent compared to before, in this era, they are still weapons that are hundreds of years ahead of their time.
After ten consecutive rounds of shooting, the Qing army's camp was not only filled with blood, but was at least a mess.
Broken arms, legs or other human body parts can be seen almost everywhere. When the shells roll over, the damaged tents are also in pieces.
Before the Qing troops could line up and leave the camp, two crossing officers ordered the artillery to stop firing and let the gun barrels rest for a while.
After all, such a shooting is not actually very lethal. After all, the area of the Qing army's camp is not small. If you are hit by a cannonball, you are really out of luck.
In this case, it is better to wait for the Qing army to line up and continue shooting.
It was naturally impossible for Dorobele Lekedhun to avoid fighting. In the previous victories of the Qing army, every Qing army general had a firm will to fight.
In his opinion, no matter what, this Ming army blocking the entrance to the camp must be annihilated. Otherwise, the Qing army will lose face and he will lose face.
If this news spread back, the Qing Emperor might replace him.
After all, there are too many clan members who want to make contributions now.
The reason why he was able to replace his uncle Duduo and command an army was entirely because his father was Daishan!
In the eyes of those clan members who stayed behind in the Qing court, the Qing army was invincible and invincible. Even if it was led by a fool, it could win.
In fact, at this time, all the Qing generals who led the army on the expedition were placed on a high level, that is, they could only win, not lose.
It is precisely because of this that even though he knew that the opponent's artillery was fierce, Dorobel Lekdehun had to gather his troops and form a formation to leave the camp.
Fortunately, under the restraint of the Qing generals, those Ming Dynasty surrender troops were much braver than before they surrendered. Although most of them had their legs shaking a little when they formed the formation and left the camp, at least they did not make any attempt to run away.