The court people in Ping'an Road and other places were often bullied and oppressed by the Qing captives because of the problem of cross-border ginseng collection and the accommodation of escaped slaves, and they were full of hatred towards the Qing captives.

Previously, the monarchs and ministers of the Li Dynasty and the officials of Ping'an Road all sided with the Qing captives, leaving them with nowhere to complain and redress their grievances, so they could only bury them deep in their hearts.

Now, General Yang Zhen of the Ming Dynasty led the army from Jinhai Town to capture Zhenjiang Fort in one fell swoop, and attacked Jiulian City, and burned the Qinglu Shipyard at the mouth of the Koha River. The news spread, and people's hearts were agitated.

Coupled with the fact that local officials like Liu Lin and Huang Yihao, as well as prominent families like An Kecheng, Cui Xiaoyi, and Che Liliang, suddenly stood up and raised the flag of anti-Qing and Guiming righteousness, the Koreans on the east bank of the Yalu River had accumulated resentment for many years.

And anger burst out all of a sudden.

In just a few days, under the call of local aristocratic families, they took up simple weapons one after another and gathered from the countryside in all directions to cities like Anju, Dingju, Uiju and Pyongyang.

They publicly arrested and executed those traitors who worked for the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, they also deprived the merchants and traitors of the Qing Dynasty of their property, and their ranks grew rapidly.

Correspondingly, Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan, who had been leading the fleet stationed near Dalu Island and wandering off the Yangtze River Estuary, were not idle either.

On the afternoon of September 21, they received news from Yuan Jin's fleet, which was sailing south specifically to pass through Dalu Island, that Yang Zhen had captured Zhenjiang Fort. That afternoon they sent a scout ship to Zhuangzhuang.

News from Hebao.

Yang Zhen had given them a word in advance. As soon as the battle at Zhenjiang Fort started, they could launch an attack at the mouth of Yanghe River and the north bank of Yingna River.

Naturally, Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan were jointly responsible for the Gushanzi Qinglu Banner Camp and Fort at Yanghekou.

As for the Qinglu garrison at Chengzi Mountain in East Korea on the north bank of the Yingna River, it was jointly held by Zu Keyong's Zhuanghe Regiment Yingma Infantry and the Grenadier Regiment of the Eastern Expedition Army led by Li Lu.

This was an arrangement Yang Zhen made before going to Zhenjiang Fort.

It's just that Zhenjiang Fort is a bit far away from Dalu Island, and even further away from Zhuanghe Fort south of the Yingna River. Therefore, the battle of Zhenjiang Fort that took place from the late night of September 18th to the early morning of September 19th, was far from Dalu Island.

Hezhuanghebao did not receive the news immediately.

Fortunately, they all knew Yang Zhen's plan and were already ready to send troops or fight at any time.

So in the early morning of September 22nd, Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan led the navy battalion from the sea, Zu Keyong and Li Lu led the Zhuanghe regiment battalion and the grenadier regiment from the land, and simultaneously launched an attack on the enemy in front of them.

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Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan led the combined fleet of the South and Middle Naval Battalions and had been wandering and reconnaissance in the waters of Yanghe Estuary for several days. They were familiar with the situation of the Gushanzi Fort, such as the range of the cannons, the blind spots for shooting, and the channel at the mouth of the river.

, the time of tide, etc., I can almost feel it.

As soon as the order to attack was given, Qiu Bixian, who already had experience in using heavy artillery to attack land targets from the sea, took the gunboats in the fleet equipped with heavy Hongyi cannons, along the channel on the south coast of the river mouth, from the side and rear.

Entering the blind spot where the Gushanzi fort was shooting, and steadily bombarding the Qinglu Gushanzi position from there.

Continuous heavy artillery bombardment continued until noon. After a series of violent explosions came from the direction of Qinglu Gushanzi Fort, the fire was completely silenced.

Qiu Zhenhai sent a scout ship deep into the river mouth. After several trials, he finally ordered the sails to be raised and the anchors to be raised. More than 200 large and small ships took advantage of the current and rushed up. They rushed through the estuary area blocked by the Gushanzi Fort and rushed into the lower reaches of the Yang River.

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At noon that day, the Jinhai South Road Middle Road Naval Battalion led by Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan occupied the Gushanzi Qinglu camp, which had been empty of forts.

Perhaps the Qing barbarians stationed at the Gushanzi Fort received a temporary order to retreat, or perhaps it was Qiu Zhenhai and his group's unyielding momentum that would not give up until they achieved their goal, which made the Qing barbarians here think that there was no possibility of victory if they continued to fight. In short, when

When Qiu Zhenhai and Yan Shengsan arrived at Gushanzi, there was no one in the Qinglu camp.

Moreover, not only were there no people in the camp, but even the two Tianyou Cheer General heavy cannons and the twelve General Cannons on the fort were all blown up on the original gun emplacements.

One look at the tightly blocked muzzle and the completely exploded barrel revealed that the Qing captives had deliberately destroyed the cannon before they evacuated, in order not to leave the cannon to the Ming Navy in Jinhae Town.

Qiu Zhenhai asked people to look for the ammunition depot in the Qinglu camp, but nothing was found. Only a large area of ​​ruins caused by a violent explosion was found in the camp behind the fort.

Qiu Zhenhai and the others did not capture any heads in this battle, nor did they seize food, artillery or ammunition.

However, they themselves did not lose a single soldier, and only spent half of the ammunition of several of their own heavy artillery to occupy the important military location of Yanghekou.

As for the situation encountered by Zu Keyong and Li Lu, it was completely opposite to the situation where Qiu Zhenhai and others did not even see the face of the enemy.

In the Qinglu camp on the Chengzi Mountain in East Goryeo, there are not only the Qinglu Xianglan Banner Mei Lezhangjing, but also the Qinglu clan's third-class auxiliary general Dahai personally led by more than two thousand Qinglu flag campers wearing armor on horseback.

Moreover, during this period of time, he had collected two to three thousand Baoyi Aha from the destroyed villages and villages nearby, totaling more than five thousand people.

I don’t know if it’s because Wudahai didn’t receive news from the direction of Zhenjiang Fort, or because he is simply arrogant and thinks that with his large number of people, he can compete with the Jinhai Zhenming Army in the direction of Zhuanghe Fort. In short,

He did not choose to retreat.

When Zu Keyong and Li Lu led the Zhuanghe regiment's horse infantry and the grenadier regiment of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, they suddenly crossed the Yingna River in the early morning fog and appeared on the outskirts of Chengzi Mountain in Donggaoli.

Not only did he not choose to stick to the camp, but he arrogantly chose to lead his army into battle.

Perhaps it was the legend that the Qinglu army was invincible against the Ming army in the wild for many years, which gave the third-class auxiliary general Wu Dahai, who was born in the Qinglu clan, an illusion that the Ming army was vulnerable, causing him to mistakenly believe that the Ming army was vulnerable to a single attack.

He thought that the cavalry soldiers with blue flags under his command could defeat the invading Ming army with just one attack.

Therefore, when Zu Keyong and Li Lu led a large number of troops under their respective armies to the foot of Donggaoli City, preparing to use the morning fog to launch a strong attack on the Qinglu camp, Wu Dahai actually gave up the terrain that was relatively favorable to him and led his troops

The armored horses and infantry under his command rushed down from the camp on the hillside and charged straight towards the grenadiers led by Li Lu.

Wu Dahai thought that the large number of infantrymen led by Li Lu were the soft persimmons in the Ming army. At the same time, they must be very tired after walking for more than ten miles from the south of the Yingna River to the foot of Donggaoli Chengzi Mountain.

In particular, even though it was already broad daylight, these infantrymen were still carrying torches, and they looked like they had little battlefield experience.

But what he didn't know was that none of the three battalions under the First Grenadier Regiment of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, whether it was the central battalion led by Li Lu, the left battalion led by Pan Xi, or the right battalion led by Zhang Tianbao, was

Soft persimmon.

They indeed trekked all the way from the Yingna River, but the journey was only a dozen miles, and it would not affect the subsequent battle.

As for the torches they all held, they only lit them collectively when they arrived at the outskirts of Chengzi Mountain in Donggaoli. It was a sign that the grenadiers were about to launch an attack.

It's a pity that Wu Dahai doesn't understand these things at all.

For this reason, he thought he was extremely brave in attacking, and his first kick hit the iron plate of the Grenadier Regiment of the Eastern Conquest Army commanded by Li Lu.

Facing the Qing soldiers in horseback, who were rushing towards them like a dragon coming out of the sea, Li Lu shouted, "Charge left and right in front of the wild goose formation", and then led the military camp of the Grenadier Regiment to quickly retreat on the spot.

At the same time, Pan Xi and Zhang Tianbao, who had already cooperated tacitly, led the left battalion to outflank the left front, and the right battalion to outflank the right front.

From the perspective of Wudahai galloping in on horseback, his strategy of leading the horsemen into the formation had obviously achieved results. The densely packed infantry formation with torches on the opposite side had indeed dispersed.

But from the perspective of the formations commonly used by the Eastern Expedition Army, Wu Dahai stepped into the trap laid out for him by the Grenadier Corps.

The wild goose formation is one of the ancient formations in China. There are two formations. One is to open the front and charge back, just like the "pin" shape. This is the offensive formation of the wild goose formation, with the tip forward and the two wings behind.

The other is to open your mouth and rush forward, just like opening your arms and chest to hug the opponent, like a concave shape. This is a typical flying goose formation outflanking formation.

When facing the Qing Dynasty cavalry led by Wu Dahai, Li Lu adopted a more bold outflanking formation of a wild goose formation.

For this reason, when the third-rank auxiliary general Dahai rushed forward in the mist and saw that the invading Ming army infantry formation was indeed loose, he was overjoyed and howled at the same time. Li Lu was also extremely happy.

While Wu Dahai was shouting, charge, charge, kill all the Nanbarbarians, Li Lu also blew a shrill iron whistle, and then shouted, throwing grenades to kill the Qing captives.

Soon explosions sounded, one after another, one after another, and the Qinglu cavalry team was blown up in an instant.

A large number of Qing soldiers in horseback brandished their sabers and charged in quickly, but in the end, before their sabers could reach the nearest grenadiers with torches to drop bombs, they were knocked off their horses by flying generals and light blasting canisters thrown by the opponent.

There were three battalions of the Grenadier Regiment led by Li Lu. Except for the central camp which had only two sentries, the left and right battalions each had three sentries. A total of more than 2,400 infantry grenadiers participated in this battle.

In terms of number, they were hundreds more than the Qinglu horse-armed soldiers led by Wu Dahai.

In terms of equipment, they carried sufficient flying generals and a large number of light explosive canisters.

In terms of backup, a large number of heavy cavalry from the Zhuanghe regiment led by Zu Keyong were on the way to adjust their deployment and outflank the Qing cavalry.

The Grenadier Regiment led by Li Lu only needs to blow up the Qinglu cavalry that had previously attacked at high speed, causing them to lose their impact speed, and then Zu Keyong and the others can take care of the rest.
Chapter completed!