When Jierhalang first heard the rumbling of artillery on Waihua Island, he was also confused and very dissatisfied. He thought that Geng Zhongming's handling of this matter made too much noise and there was no need to go to war and use heavy artillery like this.

But he still firmly believed that Geng Zhongming could handle the internal disputes between Huaishun Wangbing himself.

Therefore, when he heard the sound of artillery the first time, he did not send out his Bagala Battalion and Alihachaoha Battalion to assist Geng Zhongming in "counterinsurgency".

Instead, he only sent a few Bagalas on duty to ask them to go and see the situation, and at the same time asked them to remind King Huaishun not to go too far in eliminating dissidents.

By the time a few bagaras he sent out hurried back to report the news, allowing him to finally figure out the truth on Waihua Island, less than half an hour had passed.

When Jierhalang sent a large number of Baya soldiers and the main force of Alihachaoha's horse armor soldiers from the Qinglu camp in the west of the city, they detoured to the north of Zhenjiangbao and arrived at the Yajiang River. The three Qing camps on Weihua Island

, have all fallen into the hands of Yang Zhen's troops.

Under the bombardment of seven heavy artillery pieces commanded by Song Guofu and Shi Mingxiong, and at the same time by the indiscriminate bombardment of dozens of soaring cannons commanded by Sun Dengxuan, a large number of Qing captives with blue flags and horses arrived on the ice of the Yajiang River, only to attack the intimidating

Huadao launched an attack and retreated very "smartly".

Because in the darkness of the night, they could not figure out how many soldiers and horses under Yang Zhen's command, they only felt that there were shouts of killing everywhere.

At the same time, Yang Zhen's soldiers and horses have occupied a favorable terrain on the island. Not only do they have the camp on the island as a barrier, but they also have seven heavy artillery and dozens of sky cannons at their disposal.

Not to mention the large number of grenadiers led by Yang Zhen and Pan Xi who are best at relying on fortifications to defend and counterattack.

Therefore, after the Qinglu Bagala and the horse soldiers who came to support the Qing camp on Waihua Island launched another offensive, they had no choice but to leave a group of casualties and retreat far away.

Just as Xianglan Banner Minister Piangu, who was leading a team to rescue the Qing camp on Waihua Island, realized the danger and weirdness of the situation on Waihua Island, and was about to send someone back to ask Prince Zheng Jierhalang for instructions on what to do next, he suddenly stopped.

When they arrived at Jilhalang, the messengers were sent out urgently.

The Qinglu camp in the west of Zhenjiang Fort was attacked. Prince Zheng ordered him to immediately give up the rescue of Waihua Island and told them to return quickly!

At this moment, Xianglan Banner Minister Pian Gu suddenly realized what he was doing. He beat his chest on his horse and looked up to the sky, lamenting that Prince Zheng and himself had fallen into Yang Zhen's scheme.

However, things have come to this, and by the time they react, it is already too late.

Zhang Chen led various troops to attack the Qing camp in the west of the city. After the battle started on Weihua Island, they realized that the internal leaders of Weihua Island, Shi Song, did not act in full accordance with Yang Zhen's plan. At that time, they themselves simply followed the plan.

, adjusted the deployment of operations.

After Zhang Chen, Li Lu and Yang Shen discussed it, they did not immediately launch an artillery attack in the west of the city.

On the contrary, they very boldly released the troops who were attacking the Qing camp in the west of the city. Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery coming from Waihua Island in the east of the city, and under the cover of the thick night after dark, they managed to reach the west of Zhenjiang Fort.

Near the Qinglu Camp.

Zhang Chen led his musketeers in six posts, more than 1,800 people.

Li Lu led five grenadier posts, more than 1,500 people.

Yang Shen personally led his towering artillery battalion with dozens of skycannons and more than a thousand gunners.

Including Jin Yukui's more than 700 troops, the entire team totaled more than 5,000 people. It took nearly half an hour to leave the city in batches, winding across the wilderness shrouded in darkness, and deployed to the Qinglu camp in the west of the city.

Under the nose.

It wasn't until Yang Zhangchen and the others heard the roar of horse hooves with their own ears and saw groups of Qinglu horse-armored soldiers leaving the camp and detouring north of Zhenjiang Castle to support Weihua Island that they suddenly blew the whistle for the attack and exploded.

They collapsed the fence surrounding the Qinglu siege and rushed towards the unsuspecting blue-flag camp.

For several months, the Qing captives built long forts and fences surrounding Zhenjiang Fort on three sides: west, north, and south, completely surrounding Zhenjiang Fort.

However, during the few months when the long fortress and fence were built, Yang Zhen's troops in Zhenjiang Fort never left the city to fight.

The plan of siege and reinforcements originally envisioned by Huang Taiji, Jierhalang and others was completely in vain, because not a single bit of reinforcements came to relieve the siege of Zhenjiang Castle.

As a result, the long forts and fences built by Jilhalang and others, which they spent a lot of manpower, material resources and time on, actually had no effect at all.

At the same time, the existence of these long fortresses and fences that besieged the city actually became obstacles that prevented the Qing soldiers and horses outside the city from attacking the city from other directions or patrolling.

At least in the previous siege operations, the long forts and fences in the west of the city became obstacles for the Qing soldiers and horses to retreat during the siege. As a result, the soldiers and horses were crowded at the exit and were killed and wounded by the heavy artillery at the head of Zhenjiang Fort.

A large number of people arrived.

Since that incident, the long forts that besieged the city have become useless, and the Qing soldiers and horses outside the city have relaxed their efforts to reinforce and maintain the long forts and fences that besieged the city.

At the same time, because the soldiers and horses in Zhenjiang Fort did not go out to attack the Qing camp even when Huang Taiji, Jierhalang and others led the army to conquer the Li Dynasty and suppress the rebellion of the Li Dynasty in the north, they returned from the Li Dynasty squadron.

Jierhalang, who was stationed in the west of the city, was even less concerned about the danger that Yang Zhen's troops might leave the city and attack his camp.

In his opinion, even if the soldiers and horses in Zhenjiang Fort were too brave and dared to go out to fight, they would definitely choose the east direction of the city.

After all, there were no deep trenches and long fortresses to build a siege, and there were no log fences on the long fortresses.

Moreover, if they really dare to go out of the city to fight and attack the Qing camp on Waihua Island, a large number of horse-armored soldiers with blue flags under their command will arrive in an instant, and they will definitely make it impossible for Yang Zhen's troops to come back.

It was precisely because of this consideration that after learning that Zhenjiang Fort had sent troops to Waihua Island, Jierhalang, who thought he had finally caught a chance, immediately sent almost all the elite Baya La soldiers and Alha Chaoha horse soldiers to support

They fought in the hope that Yang Zhen's main force would be wiped out on the frozen river in one battle.

However, what he never expected was that Yang Zhen's courage, or rather the courage of Yang Zhen's generals and soldiers, would be so great that they dared to attack from both sides!

When Zhang Chen, Li Lu and others, using the flying generals carried by Zhang Tianbao's grenadiers, used explosive tubes to clear the way, blew up the fence wall of the Qinglu camp in the west of the city, and broke into the camp in large numbers, Jierharang's

There were only a few Bagalas who followed him in the camp.

The only soldiers and horses responsible for guarding the camp in the Dazhi Camp were the large number of newly-organized Goryeo Niulu under the Xianglan Banner.

There are as many as 25 people in this batch of Goryeo cattle records compiled by young people from the imperial court, and they are all fully compiled, with a total of more than 7,500 people.

But the people of the court are the people of the court. Although there are many people in these newly compiled Goryeo niulu, they are also among the carefully selected young men of the court. However, they have been weak for a long time, which is not a simple matter of shaving their hair and changing clothes.

can change their status and character.

In addition, they are all newly compiled Niu Lu, and they have no war horses, no good bows, and no sharp firearms to use.

They were incorporated into the flag and then affiliated to a certain Niulu. They did not undergo any formal training. They usually followed the battalion with the blue flag and were responsible for the tasks of standing guard, patrolling at night, and even doing coolie labor.

Encountering the well-prepared Zhang Chen, the elite troops led by Li Lu and others naturally collapsed at the first touch and fled in all directions.

In this way, under the bombardment of the sky cannon and under the guidance of the grenadiers, Zhang Chen led more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Qing camp in the west of the city. It also took only more than half an hour to sweep the Qing camp in the west of the city.

The large camp turned this Qing camp upside down, with flames shooting into the sky.

Around Xu o'clock that night, Peng Gu, who was supporting the Qing camp on Weihua Island, hurriedly led a large number of cavalry and horse teams. They had just bypassed the north of the city and were about to return to the division to rescue the camp in the west of the city. They saw the disheveled Jierhalang in Bohe.

Guarded by Tuo and dozens of other Baya soldiers, they came forward.

The shocked and embarrassed Jierhalang took over all the soldiers and horses led by Pang Gu on the spot.

And as soon as he heard that Waihua Island had fallen into the hands of the enemy and that the life or death of Huaishun King Geng Zhongming was uncertain, he immediately gave up leading his army to counterattack the lost camp, and instead chose a road directly to the west, leading his army in the direction of Phoenix City

Rush away.

The melee on the seventh night of the first lunar month of the 14th year of Chongzhen was an extremely significant turning point for both sides in the battle for Zhenjiang Castle.

For Yang Zhen, he succeeded in taking the risk. With his troops divided into two groups and an all-out attack, he broke the blockade of the Qing Dynasty camps in the east and west of the city in one fell swoop, and won the final victory in the battle for Zhenjiang Fort.

Of course, in this process, the troops who carried out the two-pronged attack also suffered their own losses.

Especially the soldiers and horses led by Qiu Zhenhai who attacked Weihua Island. Although they broke the leaderless Qinglu camp on Weihua Island in the first wave of fierce attacks, in the melee that followed, their individual combat strength was greatly reduced.

The relatively weak Korean troops and horses suffered considerable losses.

In particular, several commanders of the Zhongyi Army under An Yingchang were placed at the leading position by Qiu Zhenhai when they broke through the Chinese army camp on Waihua Island.

Jin Mingguo, one of the commanders of the Loyalty Army who rushed to the front, was seriously injured and died of his injuries the day after the war ended. All his troops also suffered heavy casualties.

As for the team that followed and broke into the Qinglu Chinese Army Camp on Waihua Island, the number of casualties was greatly reduced due to the cooperation of the grenadiers, musketeers and sky cannons that followed.

But even so, the troops who attacked from the east and west, the losses of the troops were counted the next day, and the total casualties were less than 1,000 people.

Of course, for Jierhalang who fled to Phoenix City in a hurry, he never imagined that a small accident that happened to Geng Zhongming's men would actually lead to his complete defeat outside Zhenjiang Fort.

Although he retained most of the strength of the Xianglan Banner, such as the Bajala camp soldiers of the Xianglan Banner, and the main force of Alha Chaoha's horse armor soldiers of the Xianglan Banner, he lost the opportunity to recapture Zhenjiang in the short term.

Fort's last chance.

What particularly pained him was that a large amount of grain and grass supplies he had obtained from his expedition to the east of the Li Dynasty, as well as gold, silverware, silk and cloth worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, were also left behind in Zhenjiang Fort in the chaos of war.

In the camp in the west of the city.

As for the large number of people and livestock captured by Xianglan Banner, of course they also fell into the hands of the soldiers and horses of Jinhai Town who invaded their camp.

The only thing that gave him a little bit of comfort was that Melezhangjing Xindali, who was born in the imperial court, did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he arrived in the evening of the next day with a large number of newly-organized Korean niulu servants with blue flags.
Chapter completed!