King Ning marched with the whole army, and Wang Yangming did the same, and the two sides met at Longtougang.
King Ning claimed to have an army of 100,000, but it was actually less than 60,000. Many of them escaped quietly last night. However, there were countless warships. Because the Gan River was not as wide as the Yangtze River, it was difficult for large-scale naval forces to deploy their formations. They lined up densely along the river for several miles.
Wang Yangming captured nearly a hundred large and small warships from the vanguard Ling Shiyi. Seventy-eight thousand men were sent out on land and water, with only three thousand elite troops on board, and the rest of the troops were on the shore.
The personnel composition of both sides is very interesting, so I won’t go into details about Prince Ning’s side. Under Wang Yangming’s command, 90% of the troops were led by civilian officials, and more than 90% of the temporary soldiers were recruited.
They don't know much about fighting, and the quality of the soldiers is poor.
"hiss!"
The civil servants looked through the telescope and saw the navy lined up for several miles, and all took a breath of cold air.
Wang Yangming was quite confident, and said with a smile: "How wide can the Gan River be? Prince Ning can only form a long snake formation, and no matter how many navy he has, he can only fight stupidly. Colleagues, our army will win!"
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If it had been half a month ago, these civilian officials would have been scared, but Wang Yangming conquered Nanchang in the first battle and defeated 20,000 forward troops in World War II. Whether it was the civilian officials who led the army or the motley crew, they had already built up their morale and confidence.
At this moment, Wang Yangming said, "Our army will win", and everyone actually chose to believe it.
The large general cannon at the head of Nanchang City was transported along the river by Wang Yangming. However, ordinary ships could not carry it, so they had to be moved to the shore during the battle and fixed on a small hill on the shore.
The general's cannon has not yet been deployed, but Prince Ning has already taken action.
The navy, which was difficult to deploy at the rear of the rebels, was sent by King Ning to form a formation on the shore. After some adjustments, the soldiers on the shore attacked first, hoping to capture the forts that had not been set up by the officers and soldiers.
Wang Yangming personally waved the flag, and Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, immediately led his troops to attack the enemy.
Wu Wending was born in a scholarly family, and his father served as a counselor in Zuo, Guizhou. He had also conquered bandits before, but only as a civilian official, supervising generals to fight in the front, and he had never done so by himself, leading troops and carrying swords to kill people.
This gentleman brandished a wild goose feather sword and rushed forward with thousands of local warriors, killing a bandit on the head.
Who says civil servants can't practice martial arts?
The evaluation of Wu Wending in historical books begins with the words "If you have strong arms, you can use bows and horses."
Wu Wending was wearing a fourth-grade official uniform. He felt that the hem of the clothes was in the way, so he had already tied it on his waist. With a wild goose feather knife in his hand, he killed several people in a row, and the thieves in front of him all fled.
It's a pity that most of the local heroes are good people, but they can't compare with the bandits after all!
Wu Wending killed more and more fiercely, but his soldiers were of no use. Only a few dozen of these country warriors died, and they turned around and fled in fear, leaving Wu Wending alone.
"Master, leave quickly, our army is defeated!" the servant who was following Wu Wending shouted.
Wu Wending turned around subconsciously, and was suddenly so horrified that sweat broke out on his forehead. He quickly turned around and fled with the defeated troops.
Wang Yangming originally commanded the troops to circle behind and attack from the side. Seeing this situation, he immediately changed the command flag and asked the law enforcement team to go up and suppress the formation.
"Behead those who escape from battle!"
The law enforcement team was all Wang Yangming's personal soldiers. They killed their own people even more fiercely than the rebels. They killed more than ten people in a row. Finally, these local warriors got scared and ran back to fight with the rebels.
When Wu Wending saw that his soldiers were back, he immediately stopped retreating and continued to charge forward with his sword.
The officers and soldiers had just completed the encirclement, but before they had time to flank, thousands more rebels landed and fought with the encirclement troops led by Linjiang prefect Dai Deru.
"fire!"
King Ning's navy suddenly launched an attack, firing volleys of crossbows and artillery at the navy, including twenty ship-mounted Fran cannons.
Many warships of the government and army were hit, but they were only damaged and not sunk. Only more than 20 soldiers were shot to death.
"Mr. Yangming, the fireship is ready." Wang Wei, the official of Ji'an Prefecture, came to report.
Wang Yangming said: "Set the boat on fire."
More than fifty small boats loaded with firewood were poured with kerosene and instantly ignited, drifting towards King Ning's navy.
The Gan River merges into Poyang Lake from south to north, and Wang Yangming is located just upstream. However, the water flow here is not fast, so behind each fire ship there are soldiers who are good at water pushing it.
"Stop the fire ship!"
The rebel general who commanded the water battle was none other than Ling Shiyi, who had been defeated in the previous battle. He was the leader of the water bandits in Poyang Lake, so he naturally became a naval general. In terms of professionalism in water warfare, he was undoubtedly the first person in the two armies.
Under the command of Ling Shiyi, the rebels had more than ten large ships in front, trying to rush over for a boarding battle. The other warships frantically provided fire cover. As for the government and military fireships, they were all pushed away by the rebels with long poles.
None of them worked.
The ship-borne catapults of both sides kept firing at each other, and both used rockets.
After hitting the opponent's ship, some of the flames extinguished, some gradually burned, and soon many ships were set alight.
The navy of the army was a little unable to bear it, and Wang Yangming was also a little nervous. He was not good at water fighting!
Finally, the fort on the shore was set up.
More than a dozen old antique general cannons built in the early Ming Dynasty fired salvos at King Ning's ship. These weapons were extremely powerful and had a very long range. King Ning's Franco machine guns were unable to fire back at all.
"Boom boom boom!"
Cannonballs came one after another and landed around Prince Ning's ship, causing countless splashes of water in an instant.
There was an auxiliary ship next to it that was particularly unlucky. A big hole was blown out of the hull by a cannon. The cabin was flooded with water and was just waiting to sink. There was no way. This kind of large general cannon was originally used for siege. How could a wooden hull withstand it?
live?
Prince Ning was startled and hurriedly said: "Get back quickly!"
Li Shishi immediately dissuaded him: "Your Majesty, no! If the fleet retreats, the whole army may be in danger of being defeated!"
Liu Yangzheng held up his telescope and said: "The enemy navy is about to be defeated. Your Majesty only needs to hold on for a moment longer, and our army will win a great victory."
Before the government navy was defeated, the rebels on the shore were defeated first.
However, when the two armies were in a stalemate, Ganzhou Du commanded Qian Shi Yu En and suddenly joined the battle group with a thousand elite soldiers. These were well-trained regular soldiers, and they were much braver than the bandits and villagers who had fought poorly before.
It was much more powerful. With such a sudden attack at the critical moment, the thousands of rebels in front of them collapsed instantly, and the thousands of rebels on the flanks also collapsed.
A side-to-side battle has begun on the river, with the bandits suppressing the officers and soldiers.
Xing Xun, the prefect of Ganzhou Prefecture, was also a civil servant who could kill people. There were big thieves in Ganzhou. Xing Xun found out that this man had a chivalrous heart, so he went to the bandits' den in person to recruit him. He didn't bring a sword or a guard, and only wore a Confucian shirt.
He obeyed, and two servants followed him, and actually persuaded the giant bandit from Ganzhou to join the imperial court.
At this moment, the rebel navy had boarded the ship, killing the officers and soldiers and retreating steadily. Xing Xun swung his sword to kill two people, and shouted: "Gentlemen, our colleagues on the shore have won, we must not be embarrassed. Follow me.
Kill these rebels off the ship!"
For a time, the officers and soldiers on the ship were full of momentum and followed Xing Xun in a counterattack.
Ling Shiyi did not know how to use the command flag and was accustomed to using a whistle to command. Before the whistle sounded, the second batch of warships came over and the other side of Xing Xun's ship was also picked up. They attacked from both sides and killed Xing Xun directly.
Retreat into the cabin.
Many military and military warships were treated like this, and the whole army was about to be defeated.
Wang Yangming and Wang Yuan were worthy of being masters and disciples, and they both liked to take risks when fighting. Regardless of the situation on the river, even when his own ship was flanked, Wang Yangming did not order a retreat, but instead fought with the rebel navy with his sword.
"boom!"
The general's artillery on the shore finally received its second salvo.
King Ning's warships were so numerous that there was not much room for them to maneuver and dodge. Moreover, the rebels' military morale was unstable. King Ning did not even dare to move his ships, because random movement might lead to a rout.
Targets were fixed and more than ten artillery pieces fired in volleys.
In the first round, all the shots missed, and in the second round, two shots hit. A guard next to King Ning was directly hit by the shell, and half of his body was lost.
"Hit!"
"Prince Ning is dead!"
At first, dozens of officers and soldiers on the shore shouted in unison, and then thousands of people chanted "Prince Ning is dead." Coupled with the defeat of the rebels on the shore, the rebel navy actually chose to flee due to their absolute advantage. Ling
The third batch of warships sent on October 11 retreated directly.
Seeing this situation, King Ning, regardless of life and death, hurriedly shouted: "I'm fine, kill the enemy quickly... I'm not dead, so you are not allowed to retreat!"
"kill!"
Xing Xun was forced into the cabin with only about 40 people around him, but he chased and killed more than 200 rebels. Those rebels had no fighting spirit and thought that King Ning was really dead.
Jump directly into the river.
Liu Yangzheng looked unwilling and said: "Your Majesty, withdraw and reorganize the army. This battle cannot be fought."
The rebel navy quickly retreated, and the government navy suffered heavy losses and had no confidence to pursue them.
However, of the tens of thousands of bandits on the shore, only two or three thousand escaped back to the ship.
When King Ning returned to Qiaoshe Town, the first thing he did was to connect the warships together. Of course he had read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and knew what it was like to burn Red Cliff, but he couldn't do it without connecting the warships together.
, warships would escape at the slightest sign of trouble.
In fact, if the ships are not connected, countless warships will escape tonight!
The barbecue grill has been set up by King Ning, and he is just waiting for Uncle Wang to come and set it on fire...