Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 325 Anqing Water Battle
Little Carrot is really not exaggerating. Even if he was prepared, Song Qingshu was still a little dumbfounded. There must be too many here!
It's not a big ship, and there is no big ship in the Yangtze River. Even so, each ship must be more than ten meters to 20 meters long, and a large area of ​​sails ranging from three meters to five meters is densely packed, covering half of the sea. On the surface of the river, thousands of people paddled oars together. The splashing sound of the paddling sounded like sparrows raging in the forest, and the bright characters hanging in large format fluttered in the wind, which was truly mighty.

Even if you look at it roughly, there are still no less than five or six hundred warships, large and small. With such a count, there may be no less than [-] official troops coming to attack.

In fact, it is no wonder that the navy of the Ming Dynasty was not weak, and the regime structure of the Ming Dynasty was very special. There was also a set of Nanjing Six Departments in Nanjing. There are more than 39 prefectures and counties nearby, and [-] military guards. Song Qingshu is on the territory of Nanzhili, which is equivalent to facing an independent executive agency alone.

Moreover, compared with the soldiers of the local guards, the Nanjing Forbidden Army can be regarded as elite. When Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, a large group of nobles after the founding heroes were left here, just like the descendants of Wei Guogong Xu Da and others. Relying on Wu Xun to make a living, there are still some elite soldiers and cronies in his hands.

Although Song Qingshu did not cut off the grain supply, such an important transshipment town was captured by thieves, and Nanjing was not stable. It happened that the army supporting Fengyang a few days ago had not been completely disbanded. It was also gearing up, and such a large army was sent over.

Originally, he was quite confident in his fort, but seeing such a scene, Song Qingshu couldn't help feeling guilty.

"Marshal, how to fight, or return to the city?"

Now the begging army is not full here. After all, Yinghuo Mountain is not so stable, and according to the urgency of the court, it is generally impossible to make a decision within ten days and a half months, so Song Qingshu sent the first division first. Going back to Tiantangzhai to guard, followed by He Yilong's Gezuo Second Division, and now there are more than 6000 people from Huihui and He Jin, and the two divisions of Miao Mei and Liu Tichun. It is about half of the official army.

Lao Huihui is a hero on horseback. This is the most boat he has ever seen in his life, and he feels a little guilty when he sees it.

But as soon as these words were mentioned, Song Qingshu immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"No, absolutely not trapped in the city, don't forget, we are all thieves!"

The Ming Dynasty had a vast territory and thousands of troops. If there was money, the reserve soldiers were almost infinite. He did not have this strength. Once he was trapped in Anqing City, and there was another repetition in Yinghuo Mountain, the begging army would be over.

Rather than losing Anqing, Song Qingshu would not refuse to defend the city, as that would only continue to increase the advantage of the officers and soldiers. He looked back at Anqing City, which is still bustling with distress, and Song Qingshu gritted his teeth.

"Order all the army to withdraw from the city, and fight the official army at the Anqing Fort. The official army is all sailors, infantry, and basically no cavalry. If there is an accident, order Xing Hongniang, the leader of Liu Dazhuzi and the leader of Laohui Lead the cavalry to the rear, and the army retreats to the mountains!"

After Song Qingshu organized his subordinates into divisions, the cavalry was also dispersed to each division. Each division had almost 1000 cavalry, and the Gezuo Division of the old Huihui had more than 2000 Huiren cavalry, and they held more than [-] cavalry in their hands. However, against such a large-scale army, Song Qingshu still had some confidence.

If you can't beat it, you can also run it.

Following the military order, the gate of Anqing city was opened immediately, and a large number of beggars wearing paper armor rushed out. The cavalry did not need to fight in the water, so they directly formed an array in the open space behind the fort. Once the officers and soldiers rushed ashore, they immediately formed an attack , the remaining musketeers and tiger squatting gunners carried the guys to the front of the fort, and they were densely arrayed behind the masonry wall in front of the fort.

Fortunately, in order to preach in China, Tang Ruowang had acquired a lot of knowledge in the Great Library of the Vatican before coming here. He even brought the cement formula from the Roman Empire era with him. Otherwise, with the traditional rammed earth technology, it would be too late to build such a a fort.

In the time it takes to dispatch troops and generals, the huge Ming army navy has also completed the deployment, facing Anqing City, with its back against Hukou City on the other side of the Yangtze River, forming a formation.

Looking through the telescope, the formation is really neat. In the middle are small blessing boats and sentinel boats of 30 meters. With his scalp numb, the formation of boats split open suddenly, and a group of small boats with white flags came over first.

It is the tradition of the Chinese to take the opportunity to mobilize more troops, Song Qingshu did not order to fight, and waited for the boat to dock. These days, the civil officials also blamed them, saying that they protect the country and all kinds of unspoken rules, in order to protect their own class Interests, civil servants even hold the regiment and the emperor to work together, making the government a mess, but you can say that they are all mixed officials, and they are really strong at critical moments. This is the one who is going ashore now.

Guarding the central fort is Miao Meishi. Although the military power has been almost seized by Song Qingshu, most of the elite as the backbone are the peasant army under Wang Zuohang's command. They have never had a good impression of the government. The Qihuo army held the bayonet and gestured to push the official who came to negotiate over, but standing in front of Song Qingshu, the guy in his forties, wearing this fifth-rank official residence, and the guy with a thin beard was still the same. He proudly held his hands behind his back, just like in his own yamen.

"Are you a thief chieftain?"

Seeing this guy's raised beard, Song Qingshu was speechless, but he didn't get angry with him, and hummed angrily: "Song, I don't know if this lord is not enjoying the glory and wealth in Nanjing. What are the displaced people doing in this poor place like Anqing?"

"Song thief, do you not know that your death is imminent? Today, 20 soldiers have surrounded your little Anqing. In the north, Governor Lu led an army of [-] troops day and night. Your small land is in danger."

"Heaven has the virtue of good life! I'm here to give you a chance this time. Hurry up and surrender and surrender to the court. Maybe you can spare your life. If you continue to resist, the heavenly army will kill you sooner or later. You will kill them all, leaving no one behind!"

What this official said was murderous, full of majesty, and the audible Song Qingshu almost didn't spit out. It was said that these officials in ancient times were willing to brag. 20, and if there really was a governor Lu in the north with an army of [-], he would have beaten Wang Gao Yingxiang to the bum, how could he calmly dig up the emperor's ancestral grave, and walked away again.

Looking behind him, the last two battalions also entered the position carrying the tiger squatting guns. Song Qingshu hugged the officer who came to persuade him to surrender amusedly.

"My lord, when you really have an army of [-], Song promises to surrender. Today's situation is not enough for Song to surrender!"

"Okay, since you are obsessed with your obsession, there will be times when you will regret it!"

It's really chic, flicking his sleeves, the officer swayed back to the boat arrogantly, and returned to the formation of officers and soldiers without delay.With the sound of drums, 100 small blessing boats, the Cangshan boat led, followed by more than [-] small boats such as the sentinel captain boat, thousands of officers and soldiers paddled desperately, facing the Anqing mansion amidst the loud sound of water, The first round of attack was launched.

Looking around with the binoculars, Song Qingshu's eyes were also cold, pointing to the handsome little lucky boat in the middle of the fleet, and said with a cold snort.

"Pass the order down, ignore the other ships, let me cut him first!"

(End of this chapter)