196 [Ganzhou water battle] (temporary vacancy for the leader
The commander-in-chief of the Southern Expedition was Fei Ruhe. When faced with the officers and soldiers crossing the river, he did not make any reaction.
Huang Yao, Li Zheng, Jiang Dashan and others leading the troops will definitely take action immediately, recruit local farmers as auxiliary troops, and then engage in a big battle with the officers and soldiers to prevent more people from being slaughtered by the officers and soldiers.
But who is Fei Ruhe?
The eldest son of the Fei family in Ehu and the eldest son of the Fei family!
To this day, although Fei Ruhe agrees with the theory of Datong and feels that he can conquer the world by doing this, deep down in his heart, he is still the son of a noble family. No matter how many people die, it is none of his business.
What's more, when the Fujian soldiers went to plunder the countryside, the real sufferers were the landlords, and the common people were just killed incidentally.
Gu Jianshan, Li Hui, Fan Chao, Wan Bangyan and other navy generals were called to a meeting by Fei Ruhe.
Fei Ruhe pointed to the map and said: "The officers and soldiers secretly crossed the river on the upper reaches of Gongshui River. The main force crossed the river in a big way and sent troops to plunder the countryside. If he did not take us seriously, the local general was either a fool or deliberately
You're trying to lure me over. I'm not worried about the land division. How should you fight your naval division?"
Wan Bangyan was a concubine from a wealthy family in Linjiang Prefecture. His family took the initiative to donate two boats and converted them into warships, so he became an officer in the Navy.
Although this man was not a scholar, he was still a child. He immediately analyzed: "If the officers and soldiers only want to rob property, they can just cross Zhangshui and go to the west to rob. There is no our army in the west, and there is no peasant association we have formed.
Since the officers and soldiers crossed the Gong River to the east, their robbery was incidental, and their real intention was to lure us into sending troops."
Li Hui was a fisherman from Yongyang Town. He scratched his head and said, "The river topography here is exactly the same as Linjiang Prefecture. Will the officers and soldiers learn what we did last time?"
"Definitely," Gu Jianshan said with a smile, "I prepared fire attack boats in one river and ambushed the navy in the other river. I just waited for the enemy to come over and immediately attacked from both sides. I was fully prepared in Ganjiang River and Yuanhe River.
Wang Siren's officers and navy were not fooled, and in the end they had no choice but to take advantage of the rising water to attack with fire. The Ganjiang River here is wider, so a forced attack with fire will not work. Our navy must be lured over."
Wan Bangyan pointed to the map and said: "Fujian soldiers are good at naval warfare, but their ships cannot be transported to Jiangxi. The ships recruited in Fujian cannot go to Jiangxi. Therefore, the number of warships of the navy is very large.
They are all organized and trained in Jiangxi. The officers and soldiers swaggering across the river are nothing more than to lure our navy into Gongshui. Once we fall into the trap, all the fireboats will inevitably come out. The officers and soldiers in the direction of Zhangshui will also come to intercept it. At that time,
, we were hit by fire ships in front, and blocked by officers and soldiers in the rear, we couldn't escape even if we wanted to."
"So," Fei Ruhe understood clearly, "Gongshui must have a large number of fire attack ships ambushed, while Zhangshui must have ambushed the main force of officers and soldiers."
"It's obvious," Fan Chao said with a sneer, "We Poyang water bandits have used this kind of little trick a lot, but we can still get confused and run away to die? The commander-in-chief of the officers and soldiers treats us as fools."
Li Hui said: "Then let's do the opposite, regardless of the officers and soldiers in the direction of tribute water, only go to Zhangshui to destroy the main force of the officers and soldiers of the navy!"
Wan Bangyan shook his head and said: "You can't go directly to Zhangshui, otherwise the officers and soldiers will definitely escape, and then all your efforts will be in vain."
"Then bring out the officers, soldiers and navy!" Gu Jianshan said.
"How?" Wan Bangyan asked.
Gu Jianshan said: "Send thirty or forty grain transport ships, disguised as warships, and sail into Gongshui. Release the fire attack ships with officers and soldiers. When the officers and soldiers and the navy come to kill from behind, our navy will kill them again! The officers and soldiers copy
Let’s take the retreat, let’s also take the officers and soldiers’ retreat!”
This is equivalent to sending thirty or forty grain-carrying ships to let the officers and soldiers burn slowly. The boatmen don't know how much they can survive.
Fei Ruhe immediately made the decision: "Call the boatmen, I want to recruit dead soldiers. Those who are willing to use the boat to lure the enemy, whether they die in battle or escape, will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver. Battle merit will be counted separately, and pension will be counted separately!"
Wan Bangyan said: "Just sailing into Gongshui, nine boatmen per boat are enough."
That would require two to three hundred dead soldiers.
Gu Jianshan, Wan Bangyan and others immediately went to convey the military order.
There are really many boatmen who came to sign up, because it is not a fatal mission. When the opponent's fire attack ship is sent out, they can jump off the ship and escape from a long distance away. Although it is the high water season, there is no flood. The water speed is difficult
Don't back down the boatman.
Of course, it is difficult to swim back to the shore quickly. It is easy to be attacked by the officers and soldiers from behind while swimming.
It can only be said that these suicide squad boatmen have at least a 50% chance of survival.
And in their own opinion, their chances of survival are at least 90%, because they all rely on their superb water skills.
In early July, it was the fourth day when the Fujian soldiers crossed the river and plundered.
Thirty-six grain transport ships disguised as warships suddenly rushed from the Gan River to the Gongshui Basin.
The whole play was performed, and Fei Ruhe cooperated in dispatching troops. The main force of the army set off along the river bank in advance, giving the illusion of advancing on both land and water.
The eight-mirror platform in Ganzhou City gave a clear view of the surrounding situation and immediately lit up smoke as a warning.
"The rebels have fallen into a trap!"
On the upper reaches of the Gong River, Chen Ting smiled broadly and ordered: "Wait until the rebel navy approaches, and give the navy on the Zhang River side enough time."
At the same time, Chen Tingdui commanded the land troops and planned to fight the main force of the rebels on the river bank.
There are more than 10,000 people among them, while the rebels only have a few thousand.
Moreover, he also has a thousand firegun troops, which he brought over from the Fujian ship.
Chen Ting also sent spies to Ji'an Prefecture. Since the rebel uprising, only a few archers have not used firearms. They kept two rounds of volleys and fired them, which scared the shit out of these Jiangxi rebels!
"Stop!"
Fei Ruhe turned his head and looked at the smoke in Ganzhou City. Since his plan was successful, why would he send troops?
After waiting for a moment, Fei Ruhe's entire army turned around and returned to the camp at the foot of Egong Mountain.
When the officers and soldiers in Ganzhou City saw this, they quickly waved signal flags.
From such a long distance, it is impossible for the naked eye to see clearly.
But Chen Tinghui saw it clearly immediately, because he had a telescope, which he bought from the Western Red Mao Yi with a lot of money.
This is where Chen Ting's confidence lies. Not only does he have superior military strength, but he also has overwhelming equipment.
He has a telescope, he has an army of firecrackers, but Fei Ruhe does not have these.
The number of firecrackers under Zhao Han has increased to more than a hundred, all led by Li Zhengheng. They are now hiding in Linjiang Fucheng to guard against Zhu Xieyuan's sudden dispatch of troops from Nanchang.
In Fei Ruhe's hands, there really was no firearms unit, only a thousand newly trained archers.
"Have the rebels withdrew their troops?"
Chen Ting put down his telescope and was a little confused. He couldn't figure out what the rebels were doing.
A young man beside him suddenly shouted: "Master Taishan, quickly order the navy to go back!"
The speaker was Huang Hanliang, Chen Tingdui's son-in-law, who was historically considered a patriotic figure in the fight against the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, it was said that he could write at the age of nine and was a well-known child prodigy. He recruited thousands of soldiers to fight against the Tatars, and was eventually shot in the eye by the Qing army.
And die.
Chen Ting reacted immediately and hurriedly ordered: "The Navy retreats, the Navy retreats!"
The herald immediately rushed to the riverside and waved flags frantically.
There are also telescopes on the Eight Mirror Platforms in the city, and there are even telescopes for officers and soldiers to observe the situation. The speed of information transmission is countless times that of Fei Ruhe.
However, it's too late.
Fei Ruhe estimated that there would be enough time to withdraw the troops, and that there would be enough time for the officers, soldiers, and navy to fight out from Zhangshui. Because if they did not fight out, they would not be able to form an encirclement, and those officers, soldiers, and navy were not mentally retarded.
In fact, more than 600 fire attack ships have been lit and rushed quickly along the tribute water.
Thirty-six grain transport ships, each with nine boatmen, one at the helm and eight at the oars.
Seeing this, Shanxi immediately shouted a warning. Three hundred and twenty-four dead soldiers and boatmen ran out of the cabin and jumped into the river to escape.
More than 600 fire attack ships quickly collided with the 36 grain-carrying ships. The officers and soldiers of the navy also rushed from Zhangshui into Gongshui, blocking the retreat of the 36 grain-carrying ships.
In order to make the performance realistic, the bilges of these grain transport ships were even filled with rocks and soil to prevent the officers and soldiers from seeing flaws in the shallow draft.
With the mantis stalking the cicada, and the oriole behind, Gu Jianshan led the navy, with only small and medium-sized speedboats, and quickly attacked the navy from the Gan River.
"Turn around and retreat quickly!"
Before Gujian Mountain reached the confluence of the three rivers, the officers and soldiers of the navy had already realized that something was wrong, and they panicked and tried to escape.
The two sides collided at the wide mouth of the river!
The formations of the officers and soldiers were in chaos. Hundreds of fire attack ships and thirty-six burning grain transport ships were drifting over from the south. To the north, there was a real anti-thief navy.
Fortunately, they had already sailed out of the Gongshui Basin, and they all turned towards Zhangshui to escape.
In the panic, there was even a ship collision, and several ships blocked each other.
"kill!"
The navies of the two armies finally connected. The shipboard equipment of the officers and soldiers was lagging behind. After all, they were all temporarily refitted warships in Jiangxi.
Gu Jianshan, Fan Chao, Li Hui and other naval generals all led their troops to attack the enemy.
After all, Wan Bangyan was a nobleman from a wealthy family, so he would not risk his life. He would just command his warships to circle to the southwest at full speed and outflank them, preventing any enemy ship from escaping into Zhangshui.
Chen Ting, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, was observing the battle through a telescope and was completely stunned.
Once the navy was destroyed, he personally crossed the river to serve as bait, and the tens of thousands of Fujian soldiers he brought over would not be able to cross the river and return to Ganzhou City. Although he still had more than a dozen troop transport ships, he did not dare to cross by boat again.
They will definitely be attacked by the anti-thief navy midway.
More than 10,000 Fujian soldiers cannot return to Ganzhou City...
Of course, if the water battle is not over yet, if we set out immediately, we can still save thousands of dollars.
But who passes and who stays?
The soldiers who were left behind might mutiny on the spot.
Son-in-law Huang Hanliang said quickly: "Master Taishan, we must make a decision as soon as possible. First, abandon the three thousand defenders of Ganzhou City and immediately retreat to Xingguo County or Yudu County; second, quickly send troops to attack the main camp of the rebels!"
Our navy has been completely wiped out, and it is no longer possible to withdraw to Ganzhou City. There is no third option. If we continue to delay, our morale will collapse sooner or later."
"beat!"
Chen Ting's eyes were red, he had more soldiers, and he also had a thousand firecrackers.
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