"Are the thieves in Jiangnan so powerful? Hong Chengchou deserves to die!"
Upstairs in Wujin County, Changzhou Prefecture, Kang Kara looked at the Ming army gathering outside the city. His scalp went numb and he was very frightened. He led his army south and walked along the canal. He never expected that at the junction of Changzhen and Zhenzhen,
This important town in the south of the Qing Dynasty would still be attacked.
When the attack occurred, it was very sudden.
Countless Ming army ships rushed into the canal from several canals near Benniu Town, cutting off the canal up and down. Countless rockets and artillery bombarded the baggage fleet that followed Kangkara southward. There were hundreds of boats, large and small, and a large amount of food, grass, swords, guns and arrows.
The arrows and even the artillery he carried were all on board.
Being suddenly surrounded and bombarded, before Kangkara on the shore could react, his baggage fleet was destroyed. A large number of ships were set on fire and sank to the bottom of the water. A small number of ships were directly approached by Ming warships and captured by gangs.
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There were no soldiers on the fleet at all, they were all government officials and civilians recruited from Jiangning, Zhenjiang and other places. Facing the overwhelming Ming army, these people had no intention of resisting and either jumped into the river to escape or surrendered directly.
The Ming army moved very quickly.
By the time Kangkara received the report and arrived with his cavalry, the matter over there was already over.
Most of his supplies, military supplies, and artillery were burned, and some fell into the hands of the Ming army.
The angry Kangkara sent people to shoot arrows at the ships on the canal, but who would have thought that this would stoke a hornet's nest. The Ming army, which had just won a battle on the canal, actually had cannons on board, not transport cannons, but gunboats, and they shot directly at them.
Then they started banging, banging, banging.
Unprepared.
Those who were bombarded by the Qing army fell on their backs.
The soldiers and horses were scattered, and after finally retreating and stabilizing their position, the Ming army actually came ashore. Many Ming army ships docked, and a large number of Ming troops landed ashore. Gunboats lined up in the canal to bombard and cover behind.
To be honest, Kangkara followed his grandfather to conquer Mongolia and Korea, entered the customs many times, and fought many fierce battles, but he never fought such a battle as the one before him.
The dignified Meilezhangjing, the deputy commander of the military and political affairs of Yiban, was actually beaten so badly by the Ming army. Although not many people were killed, it was very aggrieved.
After regaining consciousness, Kang Kara angrily ordered the entire army to mount a charge and cut down all the Ming soldiers who dared to go ashore to seek death.
But he underestimated the Ming army, and they came well prepared.
After landing, they quickly formed a square formation, and they were able to pull out a lot of horse resistance. They formed three walls of horse resistance directly in front of the formation, and then dropped a lot of caltrops.
What's even more outrageous is that these Ming troops who had the upper hand actually lit piles of smoke in front of the formation.
Smoke rose everywhere, and soon the battlefield was filled with air everywhere. The Ming army was covered by the smoke.
But Kangkara still firmly believed that the elite of the Eight Banners could not be defeated by these Ming army's small moves. He had 4,500 cavalry under his command, of which 2,000 were full of Mongolian Eight Banners and 2,500 Han infantry.
But Kangkara has never read any books and doesn't understand what it means to be prepared.
Since they came prepared, the Ming army had a very thorough battle plan, and even had Plan B, Plan C, and Plan D to deal with various unexpected situations.
The one who commanded the troops on the shore was Yuying Shizhongying. After the former commander-in-chief Zhang Mingyang was transferred to Guangdong as admiral, his brother Zhang Mingbin, formerly from Jinwu Town, came over and took over the post of commander-in-chief.
Among the four Zhang Mingzhen brothers, Zhang Mingzhen is loyal and brave, Zhang Mingyang is calm, Zhang Mingjia is not good at military affairs, and Zhang Mingbin is the most brave. He fights like a gust of wind and is as fast as the wind.
Facing the counterattack of Kangkara's infantry and cavalry, they had already anticipated it and dared to form a formation with their backs against the water. They relied not only on courage, but also on the boats on the canal, as well as the artillery, archers, and gunmen on the boats.
The strength of these fire support was beyond the imagination of the Qing army.
The smoke in front did not affect the support, because the archers only needed to launch fire, and the artillery had already locked its position, using shells to bombard the front of the array.
Of course, that's not all.
Kangkara's counterattack began, and the infantry and cavalry advanced. The smoke affected their sight. The superb shooting skills of the eight Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were useless, and they could only rely on the cavalry to attack in front.
Try to rush to the front of the Ming army's formation, use bows and arrows, throw spears, or directly use cavalry to collide. Although this type of cavalry hitting the infantry formation is too stupid, it depends on the situation. Kang Kara believes that the Ming army is vulnerable, so
It is also possible for cavalry to collide with infantry formations.
But when the artillery on the canal boat continued to roar, and from time to time shells whizzed down around them, and even hit them directly, they panicked.
When they rushed to the front of the Ming army in the thick smoke, they were blocked by three horse-rejecting walls. They wanted to hook or split them, but then they discovered that there were many musketeers and archers in the Ming army behind them.
The horses slowed their momentum and put out all their power from afar.
It was hard to see clearly in the smoke, but the flying lead bullets were very real.
When they suffered casualties, resisted the arrows with their shields, cut down two horse-repelling walls in succession, and were about to rush into the Ming army and drive them into the river, suddenly there was the sound of cannon and gunfire from behind.
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It turned out that Wu Yi, the governor of water transport, led the cannons to land from the other side. Under the cover of smoke, he also carried some small cannons on horses. He quickly gathered troops behind them and opened the way with guns and cannons.
Misfortunes never come singly. Lu Xiangguan of the Zhongsu camp also led troops to outflank the enemy from the other side. They shouted bluff and attacked the Han infantry behind the Qing army.
Kangkara personally wore double armor and carried a sword and slashed in front. As a result, the green camp soldiers behind him collapsed in fear.
The green battalion soldiers heard the sound of cannons filling the sky, and there were shouts of killing from all directions. They heard the Zhongsu battalion keep shouting that they were surrounded, and the nine kings led the imperial battalions to visit, etc., and panicked.
Some people were afraid of death and ran away, and then more and more people ran away.
Even the officers of the Green Battalion saw that the situation was not good and immediately ran away with their elite servants. As soon as they ran away, the entire Green Battalion completely collapsed.
After all, these people have always been like this. They followed the Qing army to fight with the wind. They were very brave, but like this, they showed their true colors.
"We've lost, we've lost." Some guys actually shouted while running.
Then the Ming army took the opportunity to follow suit and shouted.
Kangkara finally cut down the last row of horses, although the cost was that many of his men fell. His mount even stepped on a piece of iron caltrop and was injured and fell to the ground. He had to dismount and fight on foot.
But I still think victory is within sight.
Unexpectedly, what greeted him behind the horse was the explosion of rows of firecrackers.
He had a layer of cotton armor on the inside and a set of iron armor on the outside. The double layer of armor was actually unable to protect against this musket. The distance was too close and he was shot in the thigh and bled profusely. Fortunately, the two layers of armor blocked most of the damage, otherwise it would have been like this
One shot at close range and the leg would probably be gone.
The shouts of killing came from all directions, and the green camp behind them fled again.
When the soldiers saw that he had been shot, they quickly picked him up and fled with him on their backs.
He gritted his teeth in great pain and reluctantly gave the order to retreat and break out of the encirclement. Finally, he grabbed a horse and finally led his troops to break through the encirclement and ran into the capital city of Changzhou in one breath.
After counting the troops, in addition to the 500 forwards who had arrived in Suzhou, he had 4,500 soldiers, and more than a thousand civilians and a large amount of supplies transported. Now the civilians and supplies were all gone, and none of the 2,500 green battalion infantry were missing. His
Two thousand Manmeng rode on foot, and followed him back with a thousand and eight men.
Without Xiao Erbai, some people may have become dizzy and lost their way, but some must have been killed or captured.
As soon as he asked a doctor to bandage his leg, the Ming army caught up and surrounded Changzhou City.
Looking at the flags of the Ming army, he now hated Hong Chengchou extremely, and also hated Jiangnan Green Camp. They were so damn incompetent.
