There was a thunderous sound, and he knew what it meant best without seeing it with his own eyes - a large group of cavalry was coming at a rapid pace, but the problem was that although the Qing army had more cavalry, it lacked ships that could transport it.

, especially this time's sneak attack, all small boats were used, and the horses would never be transported. The only possibility is that reinforcements from the Ming army have arrived, and it is not the navy that he had expected earlier, but the navy.

cavalry.

cavalry!

His mind wandered, and at this moment, Qiang Shiju's heart fell to the bottom. Following the direction of the vibration, Qiang Shiju quickly turned his head and looked far into the distance. His sight extended from here to the sea, but

There was no sign of the Ming Army at all, but the shock was getting closer and closer.

Qiang Shiju knew very well what this meant. In the next second, just as he expected, the cavalry rounded the corner of the mountain forest and suddenly jumped into his sight. The red military uniforms and the flag raised high were also

Fire-like color.

"Li, Li Jianjie!"

On the flag fluttering in the wind, the huge Li Zizhao showed his identity as the commander-in-chief. Taking the lead, Li Jianjie pointed his spear directly, and the Ming army cavalry accelerated and ran wildly.

Speaking of which, the reason why he appeared here was due to the strategic layout of the Ming army. At this stage, Chen Kai had no plans to launch an offensive from western Guangdong, so in Qiongzhou Prefecture, Lin Cha's naval division and Du Hui's land division

As well as Cai Yuan's Changhua Association, these troops are enough. Li Jianjie's Huqizhen has been redundant since taking Qiongzhou Prefecture, and must have been transferred back to the Chaozhou battlefield. And Chen Kai got the news that the Battle of Zhaoqing was over.

After that, he immediately sent Li Jianjie back to Hong Kong to assist in the defense.

It will take time to return to Hong Kong, but it will also take time for Shang Kexi to prepare everything before he can have a chance to threaten Hong Kong Island.

After repelling Li Dingguo's army, Shang Kexi needed to watch Li Dingguo leave Guangdong before he could really feel at ease. At that time, when he returned to Guangzhou and saw the fall of Qiongzhou Prefecture, the main force of the Ming Navy was in western Guangdong instead of Hong Kong.

Military situation is no longer the time to win at Longdinggang on the eighth day of April, at least it has to be in late April. Next, Shang Kexi has to plan tactics and make preparations, everything is ready

It's already the beginning of May.

Speaking of which, this is because even if Lin Cha went to Qiongzhou Prefecture and Jiang Mei'ao was here in Hong Kong, the Qing navy still wouldn't have much advantage, and at most it would only delay things for a while.

The strait is a natural chasm, and the tactic the Qing army can use is to divert the tiger away from the mountain. Since it is a sudden attack, the number of troops will not be too many, and the strength will not be too strong. As long as it can overwhelm the defenders, it will be enough. Because of this, Chen

Kai transferred back Li Jianjie.

The storm at sea delayed the time for two or three days. Otherwise, he would have arrived a long time ago, and there would be no such hard battle. Or, as Li Jianjie thought at the moment, if Li Dingguo could persist in Zhaoqing for a few more days, he would be on track by the time he arrived.

When we return to defense, we are very happy that most of the time even the surprise attack plan will be cancelled.

The cavalry surged forward at a speed visible to the naked eye, attacking like an overwhelming force. More and more Qing troops noticed the Ming army's cavalry coming from behind. Although they were still far away, the reinforcements of the Ming army appeared, especially the cold ones.

The king of the battlefield in the age of weapons, the six to seven hundred soldiers at the moment are not small, especially several times more than the Ming army in front of them, but in front of the cavalry, what does it mean?

The cavalry of the Ming army roared in, and the Qing army was panicked and had no fighting spirit. The frequency of attacks slowed down, and Nie Niang and others could feel it the most. Once they had a chance to breathe, the aliens in the distance

The changes immediately appeared in front of her eyes. At this moment, Nie Niangdang let out a loud shout.

"Reinforcements are here, kill the Tatars!"

Nie Niang's voice was full of joy and desire for victory. The arrival of reinforcements could not be said to have given the Ming army a powerful shot in the arm, boosting their morale.

The situation reversed, and more than a hundred Ming troops began to fight against the Qing army. At this time, the Ming army's cavalry also quickly followed up. Qiang Shijue deployed some long gunmen to form an array, intending to resist the horses, but he could not

The man who had been in charge of the water division for a long time, how could he remember in this panic that with such a weak spear formation, how could it withstand the iron hoof of the Ming army?

The arrows soared into the air on the war horses, sweeping through the Qing army's spear formation at a speed faster than Feiyan. The formation was destroyed, but they were attacked from two sides. The Qing army immediately fell into chaos. All the soldiers and generals were in chaos for a while, and then

It was difficult to make up for it, so we had to use this dilapidated formation to compete with the Ming army's cavalry.

At the same time, as soon as the arrow was released, the well-trained Ming army directly stuffed the riding bow into the bow bag, and replaced it with the lance, waist knife, broadsword and even various alternative weapons used in mounted combat.

The cavalry was running with great momentum. Every second that passed, the courage of the Qing army became less and less frightening. When the horses rushed in front of the Qing army, even if it was a massacre like chopping melons and vegetables, the Qing army's spear array

They were broken through without even a slight resistance. Then one can imagine the fate of the short-handed Qing troops under attack from two sides by the Ming army.

Together with the Ming cavalry over there, they cut down the defeated troops. The Ming army defenders led by Nie Yi Niang had completely turned over. Looking at the sacrificed robes, there was no mercy at all.

Slashing with swords and stabbing with spears, the Ming army hacked and killed the Qing troops wantonly. Even those who wanted to kneel down and ask for surrender were killed without mercy. After a while, there were no more Qing troops standing on the battlefield, and some were left alone.

The two Ming armies gathered there to clean the battlefield, especially Nie Niang and the others. They didn't even have the energy to clean the battlefield, and they didn't finish until they ran out of energy.

"Qiang Shiju? Never heard of it."

After casually throwing away the dead head, Li Jianjie was left with an expression of indifference. Compared with the dead Qing soldiers, he was more interested in these Ming army defenders. As for the reason, it was just because of this

The leader of the group turned out to be a woman. It was really difficult not to attract attention.

"Are you from the ambulance team?"

Li Jianjie had heard that there was a female captain in the rescue team, but he never had the time to remember her name. Now that he saw it and asked about it, Nie Niang stood up quickly and bowed respectfully: "

Nie Niang, the leader of the ambulance team under the Hong Kong Island Defense Force, who has a humble job, has met Mr. Li."

Li Jianjie was very satisfied with Nie Niang's attitude. He nodded and asked why she was leading the team here. You must know that the more than two hundred Ming troops had a garrison, a thousand commanders, and a general commander.

The ranks of officers at all levels are airtight. Not to mention that she is a woman. Even if she is a man, there is no chance for her to stand out.

Before the words were spoken, a group of people shouted and rushed over from a little distance away from the town. A closer look revealed that they were the officials from the garrison and responsible for the payment and civil affairs of the island, as well as some government officials.

"The humble duty is here, the humble duty is here. This time Uncle Li has traveled thousands of miles to come to the rescue. On behalf of the merchants, civilians and soldiers on the island, I would like to thank Uncle Li for his life-saving kindness."

With a flattering look on his face, the guard immediately pushed Nie Niang and others aside. But seeing that Li Jianjie wanted to ask, the guard quickly explained: "When the Imperial Guards attacked, I was unwell.

When Beizhi learned that the Imperial Guards had landed on the island and came back, General Song Qian's side had already been defeated. Therefore, Beizhi had no choice but to order Captain Nie to take over the command temporarily and continue to delay the Imperial Guards to buy time for the reinforcements to rush back.

Then he went to inform the officials on the island to prepare to burn down the warehouses, and at the same time, he recruited these government officials to come to the rescue..."

In a few words, the garrison put the responsibility on General Qian's failure in leading the troops, and Nie Niang's counterattack turned into giving him instructions. As for escaping from the battle and running to the port to find a ship to go to sea, it became

Contact reinforcements.

At this moment, all the defenders present had angry expressions on their faces, especially the few rescue soldiers who were the first to follow Nie Niang in the counterattack. Now that only two of them were left, they were even more furious.

However, Nie Niang stretched out her arms to stop them, then shook her head, but did not deny it. She just said that the rescue team was responsible for their duties and the wounded needed medical treatment as soon as possible, so she left.

Shou Wei is a relative of Lin Cha, to be precise, he is the youngest son of Mrs. Lin's brother. Lin Cha was granted the title of Marquis, and the Lin family and his wife's family became powerful. The youngest son of this brother grew up in a pampered and pampered family. He was inferior to his father.

There are many brothers. In the past two years, Mrs. Lin's pillow has been blowing too much, so Lin Cha took him out for training. He was very honest when he was with Lin Cha, and he was very clever, and he was not bad in the army.

Therefore, Lin Chacai asked Chen Kai for the garrison position on Hong Kong Island so that he could gain more experience and become more effective. Originally, Lin Cha was fine when he was on the island. Who would have thought that once Lin Cha left, this would happen.

I dare to leave my post without permission.

However, Nie Niang knew the details of Fu Minghou's relatives and did not say anything. And the defenders were all angry but did not dare to speak. They simply did not give him a show here and followed Nie Niang directly.

, helped the wounded soldiers and returned directly to the military camp.

As soon as the defenders left, the ground immediately became quite empty. The guards were still there, but they couldn't care about the senses of Qiu Ba. On the contrary, the officials seemed to be very frightened by Cai Cai's surprise attack, but at this moment

Having Uncle Li, who is known as a wise and powerful man among the guards, is there, which makes me feel more at ease.

Within a moment, Jiang Mei'ao's fleet rushed back, and he was relieved to see Li Jianjie's troops cleaning the battlefield. Soon, Jiang Mei'ao's deputy general also brought the fleet and the captured ships.

He hurried back with the captured Qing army, but when he saw that the Ming army had already defended the island, his high-spirited heart finally fell.

"The general is incompetent and let Gai Yipeng escape. Damn, there are only two boats, just those two. Gai was already prepared. After I solved the resistance of the boat in front, he had already fled.

."

The deputy general was a little discouraged and couldn't help but worry. Jiang Mei'ao led the fleet to patrol the route according to the established schedule. He stayed here and had the responsibility of assisting the defenders. When the Qing army attacked, he fell into the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, so he had to bear the responsibility.

Yes, only military merit can try to balance the merits and demerits.

After a hard fight, the Qing navy was finally basically annihilated, which was considered a great achievement. When we returned, Hong Kong Island did not fall, and even the losses were much less than expected. However, less

Gai Yipeng is not beautiful after all, and his biggest regret is that he failed to do his best.

As the deputy general said, Li Jianjie and Jiang Mei'ao looked at each other. Both of them are Chen Kai's people. In terms of their relationship with Chen Kai, they are better friends than Du Hui and the Ke brothers, and compared with Lin Cha and Hong.

Xu, allies like Chen Bao who have cooperated for many years are indeed getting closer to the next level. There is no need to say anything at this moment, as long as this glance passes, there is no need to say anything more, everything is left unsaid. Only the defense

Still working hard on arranging the celebration banquet.

Speaking of which, his performance in this battle can only be described as a dead end. Whether he left his post without authorization or fled from the battle, it was a capital crime in the army. What he is holding now is that the defenders know his identity.

Dare to be angry but dare not say anything. At this moment, I am working hard to flatter you. I also place my hope on Li Jianjie, Jiang Meiao and others to say nice things to Chen Kai for him for Lin Cha's sake - I don't dare to think about credit or anything.

Yes, at least there should be one that balances the merits and demerits.

Identity was his greatest support. As for military morale, he also saw that whether it was Mr. Qian who died in the battle or Nie Yiniang, their words at the moment were more useful than him.

However, as far as he was concerned, as long as his official position was still there, he could suppress those Qiu Ba. But Nie Niang's performance really scared him. Especially when he thought of the rumors about this woman, especially when he recalled her

During this period of time, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat due to the rhetoric he had given me.

"Uncle, I heard that Captain Nie's deceased husband and brother followed Zhang Hanlin back then..."

Zhang Hanlin was naturally Zhang Jiayu, and that year, the main opponent of the Lingnan Sanzhong was Li Jianjie's adoptive father Li Chengdong. This was an old matter, and the guard mentioned it through the introduction of Nie Yiniang, but Li Jianjie couldn't help but look at him

One glance.

"I know."

The celebration banquet was a feast for both the guests and the host under the vigorous management of the garrison. Early the next morning, Li Jianjie wrote a letter, and the co-signer Jiang Mei'ao sent a ship back to Qiongzhou Island to report the news to Chen Kai. At the same time, Li Jianjie also led his troops

They crossed the Kowloon Strait and went straight to the Qing army camp a few miles away from the coast. However, when they arrived, the camp was already empty. In the words of the people who were woodcutter nearby, the Qing army in those camps yesterday said

The army auxiliaries all ran away.

Estimating the time, it was probably when Li Jianjie appeared. Calculating it, even if he killed directly at that time, he would only be able to catch up. As for the destination of the Qing army's auxiliary troops, it was nothing more than Xin'an County, where there was a town of Qing troops.

As the remaining strength of the Qing army encamped on the Kowloon Peninsula, among the Green Camp soldiers who carried out the sneak attack yesterday, in addition to Qiang Shiju's own troops, many were from the Green Camp of Xin'an Town.

"Set fire and burn this place down!"

Originally thought that it was just a forward camp under surveillance by the Qing army, and with Xin'an Town behind it, the Ming army firstly didn't care, and secondly, they didn't dare to rush to land for combat, so they kept letting the camp exist. This has been the case since Lin Cha's time.

, the same was true after Jiang Meiao took over this place. Who could have imagined that this place would become a forward position for the Qing army to launch a surprise attack, especially since the walls of the camp hid the tracks of those small boats, which really caught the Ming army by surprise.

The camp was burning, and Li Jianjie did not take his cavalry around Xin'an County. Speaking of which, on the one hand, they came from the floating sea, and there was a fierce battle yesterday. Both the soldiers and the horses needed time to rest; on the other hand,

This place is not too close to Xin'an County, especially since we have to cross the Mingxi River, which is later known as the Shenzhen River. The situation in the enemy-occupied area is unknown, and there is really no need to take risks for the time being.
Chapter completed!