At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Zhenjiang and Guazhou are canal arteries.

In order to prevent pirates from invading the Qing army, they tried their best to prepare river defense fortifications.

There are iron chains connecting the rivers between Jinshan and Jiaoshan, floating trees are used to live in the river, and the Yangtze River is blocked by iron chains in series.

Hundreds of Western artillery were deployed on both sides of the river to cover the iron locks and block the river.

Giant trees were tied upstream to form rows, and the rows were covered with soil so that people and horses could walk.

Surrounded by tree fences, gun ports are reserved, with five hundred soldiers in each row, and countless gunpowder and cupping pots. It is called the wooden city.

Once it floats down from the upper reaches, the boat will break if touched.

Iron locks, artillery, and wooden cities formed a solid line of defense.

As soon as Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's navy arrived, they blocked them with iron chains and bombarded them with artillery.

Even if Zheng Jun fought hard and broke through Gunjianglong, the Qing army could still rush down with wooden city and directly smash Zheng Jun's warship.

I have to say that after one year of operation, the Qing army's Jiang Fang was in good shape.

However, this line of defense, which is crucial to our Qing Dynasty, has quality problems.

"What did you say!" Zhang Huangyan said with disbelief on his face as he looked at the Gunjianglong defense line in the distance on the warship.

"Zhang Shangshu, many places in the Tartars' Gunjianglong defense line are connected with hemp ropes." A righteous man said with an arched hand.

"This is true!" Zhang Huangyan said solemnly again.

"Zhang Shangshu, I am willing to pledge my head on my neck!"

The righteous man said quickly: "I also participated in the construction of the Rolling River Dragon."

"It is said that because the Tatars were in a hurry, the governor of Caojiang, Zhu Yishu, was afraid that his life would be ruined if the construction period was delayed, so he used hemp ropes painted black as iron chains. This way he was able to repair the river defenses within the stipulated date."

Zhang Huangyan took a breath when he heard this and looked at the chains again with his binoculars.

"Governor Zhu is a good man!" He sighed in his heart and couldn't help but laugh.

"Zhang Shangshu, God is really helping me!"

Gan Hui laughed loudly and said: "I didn't expect that the river defense fortifications that the Tatars worked so hard to do turned out to be like this. It seems to be God's will!"

"That's right!" Zhou Quanbin also laughed and said: "Replacing iron chains with hemp ropes, Governor Zhu has helped us a lot!"

"After we capture Zhenjiang and Guazhou, I will not kill him!"

"Yes, I still have to ask the feudal lord for an official for him!"

Gan Hui cupped his hand and said seriously.

"You two, the Gunjiang Dragon seems to be difficult to defeat, but it is actually vulnerable. It's just that the Tatar artillery and wooden city have to be carefully planned!" Zhang Huangyan said slowly.

The artillery of the Qing army relied on the Jin and Jiao Mountains and occupied a commanding position.

And the huge wooden city is a sharp sword hanging on the bow of the Ming army's warship!

Each wooden city has five hundred soldiers, and it is so huge that once it floats down, the Ming army's warships cannot resist it.

"Zhang Shangshu, why is this so difficult?"

Gan Hui said confidently: "As soon as the Gunjiang Dragon is defeated, our army will attack it with light boats and small boats."

"The light boat is flexible and will not be easily hit by the Tatar wooden city, nor will it become a target for the Qing army's artillery."

"When our army breaks through the Qing army's defense line, we will return to the east and attack Mucheng from both ends!"

"Okay! General Gan made this move in seconds!" Zhang Huangyan was overjoyed.

A few days later, after carefully investigating the Qing army's defense line, they obtained a large amount of intelligence provided by the Fuming martyrs.

Zhang Huangyan, Gan Hui, Zhou Quanbin and others launched an attack on the Qing army.

On the rolling river surface, the Qing army's artillery was dotted with stars and wooden cities were lined up. A total of six huge wooden cities were displayed behind the iron locks, and there were countless artillery pieces on Jinshan and Jiaoshan.

"Come here, let the water ghosts fight!" Zhang Huangyan ordered from the warship.

Hundreds of water ghosts jumped from the ship into the rolling Yangtze River.

These people are all people in the Ming army who are good at dredging water, and are especially suitable for carrying out special operations in the water.

I saw these people holding daggers in their mouths and swimming upstream in the river.

"What are the pirates doing?" Qing guerrilla Zuo Yunlong was confused.

Then just when he was wondering, Governor Zhu Yishu of Caojiang turned pale.

"Quick, fire!"

"Sir, they are just some water ghosts. Our defense line of Gunjianglong is so strong, what can they do?"

Zuo Yunlong said nonchalantly: "What's more, the water ghosts only have so many people. It is difficult for our army's artillery to hit them. Instead, they will expose their targets and make them known to the pirates."

Then after hearing this, Zhu Yishu not only did not stop the order, but shouted hysterically.

"Hurry up and fire, it's too late!"

The artillerymen of the Qing army were ordered to point their muzzles at the river and fire at these insignificant water ghosts.

A cannonball landed on the river, causing waves.

The artillery of the Qing army opened fire one after another, but a mere hundred water ghosts were like ants in the Yangtze River.

How could the Qing army's artillery hit?

Soon a water ghost came to the iron chain, then picked up the dagger in his mouth and slashed hard.

The dark 'iron chain' instantly split into two halves.

Then more water ghosts approached and cut the 'iron chain' with their daggers.

In an instant, in front of a mere dagger.

The Rolling River Dragon, which the Qing army claimed to be indestructible, was broken into countless segments, and all of them were scattered under the impact of the river water.

For a moment, the Qing soldiers and civilians on Jinjiao Mountain were dumbfounded and stood there with their mouths wide open.

Zhu Yisuke's eyes darkened, he stumbled and fell to the ground, almost falling over.

"Your Majesty the Governor!" The cronies around him were shocked.

"Hahahahaha, I'm dying."

Gan Hui on the warship was laughing so hard that his stomach almost twitched.

The Qing army's Gunjianglong defense line was said to be indestructible. After such a long period of propaganda, Zheng Jun was worried.

The result...is this?

"Fire artillery attack!"

On another warship, Zhang Huangyan gave an order.

A cannon shot rang out.

A large number of Ming army Qingzhou launched an attack.

"Fire, fire quickly!"

On Jinshan and Jiaoshan, the Qing army's large and small artillery fired simultaneously.

For a time, artillery rained down like rain, and the sound of cannons was loud all over the Yangtze River.

The sailors of the Ming army fought bravely to be the first, braved the artillery fire of the Qing army and went upstream to launch a charge.

Suddenly six wooden cities were lowered from the upper reaches and appeared in front of the Ming army along the river.

Boom boom boom——

Qing soldiers in Mucheng opened fire and fired artillery, killing and wounding many Ming sailors in a matter of seconds.

Bang.

A light boat collided with Mucheng. Facing the huge impact, the light boat instantly overturned and sank into the river.

In front of the huge wooden city, nothing seemed to be able to stop them.

"Fire!" an officer ordered.

The Ming army gunners on the canoe opened fire one after another, bombarding Mucheng with small artillery.

The more daring ones drove their canoes close to the wooden city and tried to throw fire pots.

In the fierce battle, seventeen Ming army light boats broke through the Qing army's firepower and reached the upper reaches.

Then the seventeen light boats quickly turned around and sailed down the river to counterattack Mucheng.

Bang bang bang—— The sound of broken jars sounded, and a raging fire ignited on a wooden city as the Ming army threw them.

The huge wooden city instantly turned into a sea of ​​fire.

With a splash, a Qing soldier screamed and jumped into the river, followed by more Qing soldiers.

This wooden city was completely burned down by the Ming army's front and rear attacks.

Where there is the first, there is the second.

Soon the second wooden city was ablaze.

The Qing soldiers were unable to catch him and had to abandon the city and flee for their lives.

Then came the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

Under the attack of the powerful sailors of the Ming army, all six wooden cities carefully prepared by the Qing army were burned down in a short time.

Except for sinking a few canoes and killing some sailors, the Qing's river defenses were almost useless.

Looking at the scene in front of them, the Qing army's civilian and military personnel in Jinjiao Ershan all turned pale.

With both the iron locks and the wooden city broken, is there anything else that can stop the 100,000 pirates?

Before they could continue to think, the Ming army's flag waved and a large number of ships swarmed up.

On Jinjiaoer Mountain, the Qing army's artillery continued to roar, but the Qing army was already panicked from top to bottom.

Sure enough, after the Ming army once again broke through the Qing army's fire interception and reached the upper reaches, many soldiers rushed to the beach and launched an attack on Jiaoshan from behind.

At the same time, a large number of Ming army troops attacked Jiaoshan from the front.

The morale of the Qing army had already plummeted. How could they be the match of the Ming army under attack from both front and rear?

The Ming army formed a formation to kill the guerrilla Zuo Yunlong, defeated thousands of enemy troops, and captured Jiaoshan.

In the afternoon of that day, Zheng Chenggong's main force rushed to the battlefield and captured Guazhou immediately. Zhu Yizhu, governor of Qingcaojiang River, surrendered.

In Guazhou City, a group of Zheng Jun soldiers and civilians couldn't help but laugh.

"Your Majesty! The villain is responsible for building the Gunjianglong Defense Line. The reason why he risked his life and replaced the iron locks with hemp ropes is because of today!"

Zhu Yishu cut off his braids and held his bald head with snot and tears: "If it weren't for Ming Dynasty, how could I do this!"

"Okay, you go down first." Zheng Chenggong suppressed a smile and said.

"Okay, please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best for Master Wang!" Zhu Yishu vowed.

"Okay, okay, if I ask you to go down, just go down." Zheng Chenggong said impatiently.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhu Yisuke kowtowed quickly and walked out of the lobby in a mess.

"King Yanping, Guazhou has been conquered. Our army should take advantage of the victory to capture Zhenjiang and then advance towards Nanjing!" Zhang Huangyan said with cupped hands.

"Young Master Sima, Zhenjiang is different from Guazhou. Reinforcements to attack Nanjing can arrive very soon." Zheng Chenggong frowned.

Zhang Huangyan said confidently: "King Yanping, I would like to lead my troops to Nanjing first. In this way, Guan Zhongzhong, Lang Tingzuo and others will have something to worry about, and King Yanping can attack Zhenjiang with peace of mind."

"That's very good." Zheng Chenggong smiled slightly and agreed with Zhang Huangyan's suggestion.

After conquering Guazhou, the Ming army divided into two groups.

Zhang Huangyan led his troops to Guanyinmen in Nanjing, while Zheng Chenggong led the main force to attack Zhenjiang.

On June 19, Zheng Jun's naval division arrived at Qili Port on the south bank of Zhenjiang.

On the 20th, the main force of Zheng's army landed and set up camp.

At this time, the Jiangnan Qing army, Liang Huafeng and Ma Fengzhi were still in Chongming and Songjiang.

In addition to the 4,000 garrisoned Eight Banners, there were only 10,000 armored men left in the entire Jiangnan.

Fortunately, Guan Zhongzhong and Kakamu tried their best to raise funds and go all out.

In the second year of Shunzhi, the Qing Dynasty established Nanjing Mancheng, installed four banners on the left wing of Jiangning, and stationed 4,000 soldiers under the Eight Banners.

Among them, half were the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han Army.

There are two members in Angbang and Zhangjing, and they are currently held by Kakamu and Guan Zhongzhong.

Perhaps everyone is not familiar with Aung Bang Zhangjing, but this official position was later designated as the general manager in Han Dynasty and then as the general.

In other words, both Kakamu and Guan Zhongzhong were General Jiangning, but one was General Man Jiangning and the other was General Jiangning Han.

In addition, there was also a commander-in-chief of the Han army in the south of the Yangtze River, divided into five battalions: center, left, right, front and rear. There were eight generals and four thousand soldiers, headed by Guan Zhongzhong.

Guan Zhongzhong was both General Jiangning and Admiral Jiangnan.

He controls most of the troops in Nanjing, so the favor of the Qing Dynasty cannot be said to be low.

After learning that Zheng Chenggong had invaded, Guan Zhongzhong did not dare to neglect. With the 4,000 garrisoned Eight Banners and his own 4,000 Admiral Biao Battalion as the core, he gathered the defenders from all over the Yangtze River, a total of more than 15,000 people, and rushed to Zhenjiang under the stars at night.

On June 21, the Qing and Zheng armies encountered each other at Yinshan on the outskirts of Zhenjiang.

Zheng Chenggong carefully explored the terrain and discovered that Yinshan was crucial to the outcome of this battle.

In the early morning of June 22, Zheng Chenggong launched a surprise attack with troops from fifteen towns.

At this time, the Qing army guarding the mountain was still sleeping. In a hurry, Yinshan was easy to defend.

When Guan Zhongzhong woke up from his dream, he sent troops to seize the mountain and led 4,080 bannermen to attack Zheng Jun's Chinese flag in an attempt to behead him.

However, what the Eight Banners soldiers need to face at this time is the Iron Man Army carefully built by Zheng Chenggong!

The Iron Man Army was the elite of Zheng's army. Everyone wore weighted iron armor, which could effectively withstand the hard bows and cavalry fire of the Qing army.

Zheng Chenggong set up left and right tiger guards, with a total of 6,960 iron soldiers.

When faced with the Qing cavalry assault, the Iron Man Army was not afraid at all and formed a formation to meet them.

The Qing army's bows and arrows had no effect on the Iron Man Army's special armor.

However, the hard bows and muskets in the hands of the Iron Man Army killed the Qing troops one after another.

For a time, the Qing cavalry was helpless against the Iron Army.

At this moment, facing the Qing cavalry, Zheng Chenggong gave an order, and the iron men picked up the Yunnan sabers in their hands and rushed towards the Qing cavalry.

I saw Zheng Bing running as fast as flying, suddenly rushing in front of the horse and killing people.

There are three soldiers in a group, one soldier holds the regiment card to cover two people, one soldier kills the horse, and the other soldier kills the man.

The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, which had dominated the world for decades, were immediately stunned.

Immediately afterwards, the Qing army attacking the mountain was defeated by the Zheng army. A large number of Zheng army came down from the mountain and pounced on the loyal Eight Banners soldiers.

In an instant, the Qing army's front line collapsed.

Because the roads were small and there were many ditches and rivers, they all ran for their lives, trampling each other to death, and the rivers flooded and filled up the ditches, and countless people died."

In this battle, almost all the 4,000 Eight Banners soldiers were wiped out.

Guan Zhongzhong said that he would send four thousand troops, but only forty were left.

But only a few people from the Iron Man Army died in battle!

After the Battle of Yinshan, Zheng Jun's reputation spread far and wide, and the Iron Man Army showed its talents.

Zhenjiang defender Gao Qian led his troops to surrender.

For a time, as word of the Zhenjiang victory spread, the entire Jiangnan region heard the news and responded.

On the first day of July, the Qing Dynasty defenders in Jiangpu County were scared away by eight iron men.

On the second day of July, Qianhu in Liuhe County and Pukou Town surrendered.

On the third day of July, Taiping Mansion guard Liu Shixian welcomed the surrender.

The fourth day of July...

Just when the battles between Guazhou and Zhenjiang were going on, Zheng Chenggong's name was resounding throughout the country.

A war of no less significance than Zhenjiang is about to begin.

"One sampan is replaced by one ship, and the reputation will be passed down through the ages!"

On the edge of the Yangtze River, Sun Kewang looked like he was recruiting nuclear weapons.

In front of him, a total of nine hundred sailors were wrapped in white scarves, with the five characters "Serve the Country with Loyalty" written on them.

Each of these nine hundred sailors showed determination and spirit!

(Sorry, I have something busy these three days. I can only use my mobile phone to code while outside. There is only one update every day.) (End of this chapter)