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Su Yuniang believed that the Qing soldiers were not afraid of musket fire, which was true. It was said that what they feared most was the opponent's hand-to-hand assault, and their favorite method of fighting was probably to fight the enemy from a distance with shotguns and rifles -

It's best to fight outside the effective range of both sides' firearms. It's both safe and lively. Why not?

At the foot of Baiyun Mountain, the Qing army gave up hand-to-hand charges on February 14, 1847, and instead used lively and non-dangerous firearms shooting. First they bombarded with cannons, and then shot with shotguns and raised guns.

The rebels guarding the mountain built parapet fortifications in the woods against Baiyun Mountain and fired randomly with foreign guns. However, considering that the distance between the two sides was three to four hundred yards, such shooting could only be a waste of bullets.

"According to the current fighting style, the Qing army will not be able to conquer Baiyun Mountain in another three years!" In Baiyun Temple, Zheng Hong walked back to his seat from the map, "And all the capable troops of the Guangdong Qing army were attracted here.

, the whole of Guangdong can be said to be empty everywhere. As long as Ming Gong defeats Lai Enjue’s naval bid, the day will not be far when the whole of Guangdong belongs to our Ming Dynasty.”

This was said with great confidence. A small civil uprising in Sanyuanli actually contained the main force of the Qing army in Guangdong and created a stalemate. It can be seen that the combat power of the Qing army in Guangdong is weak. Once the Guangdong Navy's bid is raised,

After solving the problem, Guangdong Province is still not in Zhu Jishi's pocket? Of course, the imperial court in Beijing is not an idiot, and will definitely send a steady stream of troops to the south...

Lu Siyuan was overjoyed after hearing this and asked: "Marquis of Yanping, is Duke Ming sure of taking the provincial capital?"

"Brother Lu, don't worry. We will definitely be able to see the sun and the moon shining together on the top of the Mount Guangzhou City. When the time comes, you and I will definitely be the first to regain Guangdong."

"After all, there are many Qing soldiers. If we really want to attack together, I'm afraid Baiyun Mountain won't be able to defend..." Lu Siyuan said with some worry.

"How many Qing soldiers are there?" Zheng Hong said with a smile, "How long can they gather outside Guangzhou City? Unless they don't want other territories in Guangdong and Guangxi." He lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, our Ming Dynasty has nothing but the Baiyun Mountain and the

In addition to the two troops on Lantau Island, there is also a group of troops ambushed in Yong'an Prefecture, Guangxi. The flag will be raised soon, and the Qing troops in Guangdong and Guangxi will not be able to handle it."

"There are still our troops in Guangxi? Are they also our Hongmen brothers?" Lu Siyuan was very excited when he heard this. Seeing that Zheng Hong did not reveal the details of the troops in Guangxi, he asked aloud.

"This people from Guangxi... Hehe, we still need to keep it a secret for the time being, so let me let this guy get away with it." Zheng Hong said confidently.

The people in Guangxi are naturally worshiping God. Hong Xiuquan's envoy Hong Rengan has now boarded an armed merchant ship from Nanyang Line, accompanied by Hong Xuanjiao, to Lantau Island to pay homage to Zhu Jishi.

By the way, the Qing fleet that was engaged in a random fight outside Tung Chung Harbor on Lantau Island has returned to Humen to transport troops under the orders of General Lai Enjue. The exchange of fire outside the Qing military camp in Tai O last night gave Lai Enjue a lot of confidence——

In his opinion, there must not be many people in Ni Ming, otherwise the robbery camp last night would have been a big fight

Since Ni Ming has fewer people on Lantau Island, the Guangdong Navy has a chance to win. So this morning, Lai Enjue ordered the navy fleet to return to Humen and escort the Xiangshan Association, Shunde Association, Xinhui Association, and Chixi Association

Wait for the Sixie Ma people to come to Lantau Island to help in the battle. Of course, they will also report the victory to Guangzhou City.

In the battle last night, the navy commander ordered three battalions to participate in the battle. They fought fiercely until dawn, with only dozens of casualties, and the camp was intact. It was obviously a victory. From this, Admiral Lai believed that the number of rebels on Lantau Island was not large, and they were not counted.

Brave and brave. Since the rebels against the Ming Dynasty on Lantau Island are nothing more than this, Admiral Lai certainly wants to defeat them and regain Lantau Island in one fell swoop.

So they mobilized troops from Humen and directed the troops to camp step by step, advancing along the northern slopes of Qiang Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain toward Dongyong City and Dadong Mountain.

"Ming Gong, Hong Rengan would like to see you."

When Jinyiwei sent Hong Rengan a greeting card, Zhu Jishizheng, Zuo Zongtang, Han Si, Su Yuniang, Lao Pierre and others were discussing something around the military map.

"The behavior of the Qing army is very strange. It seems that they are building a fortress on Phoenix Mountain, and the fleet at sea is also missing..."

"Colonel Peel, the Qing army's tactics are called 'step by step', which is equivalent to positional warfare in Europe. Their fleet... should return to Humen to transport troops, and they may need to add more troops to Lantau Island, right?"

"Positional warfare? But the walled city project on Fenghuang Mountain is too big, right? How many troops are the Qing army planning to station on that mountain? How will the water source be solved? And if their fleet really returns to Humen, then there will be thousands of Qing troops on Lantau Island.

Isn’t there no way out? Is this Manchu admiral really a fool?”

Of course he couldn't be a fool, but he definitely didn't know how to fight. He was probably just a martial artist. Zhu Jishi imagined in his mind the appearance of an old muscular man who danced with a sword and used a bow, then he reached out and took the greeting card handed over by Jin Yiwei and opened it.

After looking at it, he smiled and said, "Let Hong Rengan come here."

After Jin Yiwei turned around and left, Zhu Jishi smiled and said to the people around him: "Hong Rengan is here to explore the truth. If we can take Lao Lao'er's head in front of him, we will definitely kill him in Guangxi within a few months."

Get into chaos!"

Su Yuniang suggested: "How about going to the foot of Phoenix Mountain to challenge."

Zhu Jishi nodded, "Is Mr. Lai willing to go to war? His soldiers didn't sleep well last night, right?"

"How can you refuse?" Su Yuniang said with a smile, "He is condescending and has taken advantage of the situation. If he doesn't dare to fight anymore, he should have escaped last night."

"That's fine." Zhu Jishi was just about to give the order when two brothers, Hong Rengan and Hong Xuanjiao, entered the headquarters and both bowed to Zhu Jishi.

"Rengan, you came just in time." Zhu Jishi waved to Little Fatty Hong, "We are preparing to go into battle. How about you see how I take Lao Lao's head?"

"I would like to cheer for Ming Gong." Hong Rengan bowed and bowed again.

"Xuanjiao also wants to see the power of our husband." Hong Xiaomei also looked at Zhu Jishi with an expression of admiration.

"Okay, let's go together." Zhu Jishi knew that Hong Xuanjiao's daughter was from an unusual family and was very interested in spear dancing and stick dancing. After arriving at the Zhu family, he followed Luo Xiangju and Wang Yunjiao to practice martial arts and made rapid progress. He took her to the battlefield to experience

It doesn't matter for a while. Maybe in the future, like the Queen of the West in another time and space, she will become a female general of the Zhu family.

The terrain of Lantau Island is mainly hilly with few flat areas, which is actually not conducive to military campaigns. Currently, Zhu Jishi's troops are stationed in Tung Chung and Tai Tung Mountain, while the Qing army is building fortifications on Fenghuang Mountain opposite Dadong Mountain, forming a "structure"

Fortress, fight

However, the Jishi Army is not the Taiping Army in history. It has well-equipped weapons and equipment, and its training level is considered first-class in Asia in this era. The "hard stronghold" established by Ryan Jue on Phoenix Mountain is just a joke in the eyes of Jishi Army.

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Because the mountain road was too rugged, the artillery battery of Jishi's army was not dispatched. It stayed in Dongyong City together with the engineer company and baggage company. In addition, Zhu Jishi also left a company of light infantry to guard Dadong Mountain City. The remaining four battalions followed.

Together with Zhu Jishi, we set off to the foot of Phoenix Mountain. In less than two hours, they were all in place.

The terrain at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain is also not open enough. Although most of the tall trees on Fenghuang Mountain have been cut down due to the needs of Hong Kong, it is still inconvenient to deploy large horizontal formations, so Ji Shi's army used column formations to face the enemy. The Qing army's reaction

Sure enough, Rusu

As Yu Niang expected, Lord Lai En also ordered his troops and horses, left the half-built camp, and formed a formation on the mountain. However, Ji Shijun did not give them a chance to slowly form their formation, and three light infantry companies formed a column.

Under the command of Han Si, the first wave of offensive was launched.

To put it bluntly, light infantry tactics are to use the long range of rifled guns to attack outside the range of the enemy's muskets and cannon shot. In the Battle of Sindang, the Jishi Army relied on 70 light infantry to defeat more than 2,000 people.

The coalition forces suffered heavy losses. But this time, Zhu Jishi invested 360 light infantry at once, and was also equipped with Bessemer rifles using "bottom-expanding bullets", which can basically make a killing sound within 300 yards!

As expected, the Qing army was not afraid of musket fire. As soon as the light infantry of the Jishi Army opened fire, they also picked up their shotguns and raised their guns to fight back. As for the problem of the range being out of reach, they didn't care. The battlefield was suddenly filled with fighting, but the Qing army

The military side is messing with the guns, and the light infantry of the Jishi Army is firing volleys, but the scene seems to be evenly matched.

The casualties were, of course, one-sided. The Jishi Army's Besser gun shot far and accurately, and it was a volley of shots. It is not an exaggeration to say that the gun hit the flesh. The Qing army's shotgun could not reach 300 yards away.
Chapter completed!