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Chapter 271 The Battle of Poyang Lake (5)

Nikan and Zuo Menggeng led 20 Qing troops to set up a formation on the west bank of Poyang Lake in the De'an area. Now they have to adjust their battle plan. It used to be offensive, but now it has become defensive, especially when they heard that Zhu Yousong When they personally supervised the battle on the boat, they were full of ambition again, and tried to use the 20 army to defeat the few with more, and wipe out Zhu Yousong's first batch of more than 1 horses who forcibly crossed the lake.

However, their biggest weakness now is that they have no fire support. Their artillery battalions are all deployed in the Jiujiang area, because according to their original plan, they will attack from here instead of defending. Their firepower on the battlefield here is mainly deployed on naval warships. , Now that the entire navy has been wiped out, it is too late to transfer the artillery battalion, which means losing the advantage of firepower.

Fortunately, they didn't fight a blocking war this time, they didn't stop Zhu Yousong's 1 troops from rushing to the shore to land. All the troops were wiped out on the shore of Poyang Lake.

This is of course the plan of the Qing army, but the plan often changes in time.In contrast, although Zhu Yousong has few troops, he has many advantages. First, he has won successive battles, and the morale of the soldiers is very high, especially in the battle in the lake just now. With 2000 sailors sent to the bottom of the lake, Zhu Yousong's troops became more confident. These traitors of the Qing army were nothing but paper tigers.

The second is that Zhu Yousong has a firepower advantage.Not to mention that the ten thousand horse infantry has five thousand imperial battalions, including five hundred light firearms battalions and one thousand heavy firearms battalions. Many warships are equipped with Francois cannons.

Francois is actually an early cannon, which was first invented by Europeans. It was introduced to China by Portugal during the Jiajing period, and was later imitated by the Chinese and equipped with the army. It became the main firearm for the army in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

According to weight and range, there are different models of Francophones. The heavy ones are called Qianjin Francophones, which weigh up to a thousand catties. The main guns are stone bullets and lead bullets, and the effective range of the main gun can reach two miles.There are generally four sub-guns, and their range and power are similar to those of fire guns and bird guns.

The power of Qianjin Frang was second only to the most advanced red cannon at that time, and it was mainly deployed on large ships for water warfare.

The light-weight Foliangji has no sub-guns, and its weight ranges from one hundred to two to three hundred catties. Most of them have a range of several hundred meters and can be equipped with sailors or artillery.

At this time, on the white lake, Zhu Yousong's fleet was sailing quickly to the shore of the West Lake.

It is worth mentioning that the Qing army had scouts, and Zhu Yousong also had scouts. Although the naval scouts were different from the shore scouts, they rode horses or walked on the shore, but the navy scouts took small boats or went directly into the water. It's just that the way of working or the means of transportation are different. Their duties are the same, and they are all responsible for the rapid and effective transmission of military information.

Therefore, when Zhu Yousong's command ship had just passed the center of the lake, the scouts sent by He Zhaoxiong who looked like water ghosts had already returned, and reported to Zhu Yousong the situation of the Qing army on the other side in detail.

Zhu Yousong knew what he knew, and then adjusted the formation of the fleet. The troop carriers and small boats were placed at the back, and several large ships equipped with a thousand-jin Francophone were lined up in front. Just outside the range of the crossbow arrows, but within the strike range of light and heavy artillery, Zhu Yousong ordered to fire.

All of a sudden, the light and heavy Francophones on the warship fired at the same time, the guns blared, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the gravel on the lake bank was flying, the smoke billowed, and the flames shot up into the sky. Some of them were pseudo-Tartars, who were blown to bits and pieces, flying in all directions, and fled in all directions. The threat near the lake shore was removed.

Under the cover of the artillery fire of the big warship and the accompanying protection of the small warship, Zhu Yousong's troop transport ship safely docked.

The first batch of [-] horse infantry soldiers successfully crossed Poyang Lake, including the [-] imperial battalion led by Liu Zhaoji, and the generals abandoned their boats and landed one after another.

But it is easier for other people to abandon the ship and go ashore. It is just a little trouble for the imperial camp. This is mainly the dozens of cannons in the heavy weapon camp, including ten red cannons, each weighing more than one ton. This guy is a huge monster. Loading on the ship is as laborious as unloading it on the ship, and each of the Francophones and tiger squat guns is also a bit heavy. Fortunately, there are many people and it is easy to work, and the job can be completed in less than half an hour.

Zhu Yousong also adjusted the strategic plan at the right time, and immediately sent an order to Li Quan and Liu Chunhong to lead a thousand sailors to return with large ships and some small war ships, because there were 4 horse infantry soldiers waiting on the other side of the lake. , They scored four times to transport the 4 horses. After the 4 horses crossed Poyang Lake, they had to cooperate with the [-] horses at the mouth of the lake to rush to Jiujiang Mansion. Crossing Pozu Lake by force is only one of the steps. Only after winning Jiujiang Mansion It is the purpose of this battle.

After the couple saluted Zhu Yousong, they set sail with their soldiers.

As soon as they left, earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded from a distance, just like the rising tide of the sea.Zhu Yousong led people to fly up to a high slope, and saw clearly that a large number of Qing troops surrounded him from all directions.

The reason is that the Tartars and traitors on the shore had just been fired from the bow of the ship, causing heavy casualties and fleeing in all directions.Now more Qing troops are rebelling against the original. They know that Zhu Yousong has not yet gained a firm foothold just after he landed, and they plan to seize this opportunity to wipe out Zhu Yousong's troops in one go. Therefore, the 20 million Qing troops include All five thousand real Tartars were dispatched, including copying them.

On the front, Nikan personally led his troops to kill, and on the left and right sides, Zuo Mengliang and Huang Shu each led a team of troops.

This is indeed a rare opportunity, which made it too late for Zhu Yousong's heavy artillery battalion.Zhu Yousong hurriedly organized to meet the enemy, and also divided his troops into three groups. He and Liu Zhaoji led the 3000 imperial battalion to meet Nikan's men and horses. He Xuanjiao led three thousand troops to meet Huang Shu's men.

Although Zhu Yousong's imperial battalion is strong in combat, heavy firearms are not available now, because there is too little time for cannons and aiming, but the enemy is outnumbered, and artillery must be used.

In order to buy time for the heavy artillery battalion to deploy the artillery, he asked Liu Zhaoji to press the light firearms and archers first, and the three thousand cavalry battalion was ready to charge at any time, and asked the heavy artillery battalion to step up their artillery. In fact, because this kind of heavy cannon is definitely not good in a short period of time, the main reason is to deploy the relatively simple and easy tiger squat cannon and light Francophone.

At this time, Zhu Yousong's imperial battalion forward exchanged fire with Nikan's Qing army. First, the Qing army's arrow rain came densely, and Zhu Yousong's five hundred firecrackers and bird blunderbusses rang like popping beans. Hundreds of archers also drew their bows and shot arrows at each other.

For a while, bullets and arrows shot through the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and the soldiers from both sides charging at the front would fall down in rows and batches.

If both sides are bows and arrows, the 1000 troops of Zhu Yousong's department at the front will definitely not be able to stand up, because the front is Nikan's troops. In addition to the [-] real Tartars, there are also tens of thousands of fake Tartars who are also shouting and charging. , There is too much disparity between the widow and the widow.

But among the 1000 troops there are [-] light-arms fighters, so the situation is different. Of course, firecrackers and blunderbusses are much more powerful than bows and arrows, which is like the power of machine guns and rifles. The casualties of the army were even more serious, and it really blocked the pace of the Qing army's charge for a while.

But the Qing army had too many horses, and each gun and bird gun could not be fired a few times. The bows and arrows quickly lost their power, and it was impossible to keep shooting. Without the suppression of firepower and bows, a large number of Qing troops rushed over again. , They charged while shooting arrows, mainly the men and horses of the Zhenglan Banner and Xianglan Banner of the Tartars.

Now it's time for Zhu Yousong's men and horses to suffer heavy casualties. Seeing that the 1000 men and horses could no longer withstand it, Zhu Yousong quickly ordered to retreat. He chased after him with his butt in his back.

At this time, Zhu Yousong got the report that twenty tiger squatting guns and more than a dozen light Francophones had been deployed on the spot. Zhu Yousong was overjoyed and immediately delivered an order: "Fire the guns!"

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