The smoke wave is motionless and the shadow is deep,
The blue color is not as deep as the green color.
Suspected to be the narcissus grooming place,
A snail indigo mirror center.
Junshan, also known as Dongting Mountain, stands like a green snail on the bank of Dongting Lake. According to legend, Emperor Shun's two concubines, Ehuang and Nvying, were buried here. Qu Yuan called it Xiangjun in "Nine Songs", hence the name Junshan.<
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Xu Yong's 10,000 defeated troops and Ma Jiaolin's 10,000 navy troops were stationed here.
The Ming Army of the Western Route led by Yan Zungao came to the foot of Junshan Mountain and saw that Xu Yong's camp was well organized and all the fortifications were complete. He frowned. This beast was well versed in the art of war and was not easy to defeat!
Encircle Junshan without attacking, but first capture Bailuoji downstream of Junshan.
One after another, civilian ships, escorted by warships, loaded with supplies, transported from Baling to Junshan.
Yan Zungao saw this scene and understood: if he wants to take Junshan, he must first attack and destroy the enemy's navy.
He summoned Longyang Water Camp Deputy General Tian Hu and General Shi Bi, and asked: "Vice General Tian and General Shi, can you two be confident of defeating the enemy Dongting Navy?"
Tian Hu replied loudly: "You are not sure of defeating the enemy, but you are determined to kill yourself and become a benevolent person!"
On January 19, the 23rd year of Chongzhen, General Tie Zhaorong of the Qing Dynasty and 10,000 navy troops of the Hei Yunchang Department escorted the supply ship to Junshan, where they met 7,000 navy troops of the Ming Dynasty.
The Dongting Lake water battle begins.
The main force of the Ming army was thirty Haicang ships and forty Cangshan ships (the smallest type of Haicang ship), as well as net shuttle ships, eagle ships, sand ships, carrier ships, fire dragon ships, red dragon ships, wheel boats,
A number of centipede boats. One hundred and fifty boats in total, divided into fifteen teams of ten boats each.
The Qing army had about 200 warships of various types.
"Turn the spotlight and turn the ship to starboard," Qing navy commander Hei Yunchang calmly ordered, silently calculating the voyage in his mind and judging the contact time with the Ming navy.
He was originally a Dongting water bandit and was proficient in water warfare. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was awarded the rank of naval officer. The Qing court both used and defended generals who were born as bandits. Above him, he was appointed a naval deputy general, Tie Zhao.
Rong takes care of him.
This Tie Zhaorong was originally a cavalry general who was transferred to manage the water division. Apart from being good at archery, he knew nothing about other water warfare skills. Therefore, although he was the chief general, he could only stare blankly and let Hei Yunchang give orders.
Tie Zhaorong is not stupid, he has his own little calculation in his mind: Anyway, I am the commander-in-chief. If the battle is won, it is because I commanded it well; if it is defeated, it is because you did not listen to orders and commanded blindly.
The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer. Tian Hu held a telescope and observed the enemy ships, his expression changed with horror.
I saw only enemy ships, united in formation, spread out for several miles, among which there were several huge ships, extremely tall, "as high as a mountain".
What's even more frightening is that the Qing navy was well-trained, and the helmsman skillfully adjusted the wind; the sailors took advantage of the wind to adjust the sails; the gunners, gunners, archers, and infantry all stood firm at their respective posts. In uniform order, hundreds of ships were like ships.
A boat, "handling a boat like a horse", flies as fast as flying on Dongting Lake.
The leader of the Qing army is a master of water warfare, and this battle is extremely dangerous! The eight-hundred-mile Dongting may be where I died for my country!
Tian Hu issued a semaphore, instructing each team to fire artillery first, then rockets, bows and muskets when approaching the enemy ship, and then use short weapons to fight when approaching the ship.
Seeing that the general issued a military order to "engage in battle", the Ming navy commander Shi Bi took the lead and led two teams of Cangshan boats, one team of centipede boats, and one team of wheeled boats, a total of forty boats, to bravely attack the Qing army's forward.
Shi Bi was originally one of the four pirates in Guangdong. Ever since he was summoned by Zhu Hengjia to Zhao An, he had always wanted to serve the imperial court. As soon as the battle started, he rushed to the front.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The gunners on the ship in Shibi were all old pirates who had traveled all over the world. Their cannon fire was fast and accurate, and soon a Cangshan ship of the Qing army was set on fire.
Seeing that the enemy ship was on fire, Shibi ignored it and went to find the next target, sinking an eagle ship and three net shuttle ships.
When I was ready to kill, I found another Cangshan boat.
"Turn right!"
With an order, the helmsman turned his direction, and the two Cangshan boats were parallel to each other.
"Anchor and stop the ship!"
"Shoot!"
"Bang! Bah! Bah!"
Both sides fired at each other with bows, arrows and fire guns, and sailors fell into the water from time to time.
The Ming army put up planks between the two ships. Shibi held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and was the first to board the enemy ship.
"Whoosh!"
A cold arrow came, Shibi held up his sign to block it based on his feeling, rushed in the direction of the wind, and chopped down the archer with one blow.
Seeing several Qing gunmen nearby who were about to light a fire and fire their guns, they rushed forward and stabbed them one by one.
Seeing General Shi's bravery, his subordinates' morale was greatly boosted. They rushed to the Qing ship and quickly killed more than fifty Qing troops on board.
A Ming soldier chopped off the "Qing" flag on the ship with one knife.
"Wonderful victory!"
There was cheering everywhere.
Hei Yunchang saw this scene with a telescope. He was furious: "Eight hundred miles away from Dongting, who doesn't know my name Hei Yunchang? How dare you stroke Grandpa Hei's tiger beard?"
Raise the flag: "All troops attack!"
Team after team cleared the boats, fought towards the team after team of open boats, and fought one after another.
The Qing army had more warships than the Ming army, and the Ming army's navy was gradually exhausted.
Hei Yunchang was so good at killing that he actually left his command position and took the lead with one ship. The Chinese army became the forward and attacked Shibi's warship.
Just now, Shibi fought too hard and offended General Black Ginseng's power. Black Ginseng will personally sink Shibi's warship.
Tian Hu, who was commanding the central army, was very anxious when he saw that his warships were being suppressed and beaten by the Qing army and were at a disadvantage.
Suddenly, I saw the enemy's flagship charging towards my own side, and it jumped very close to the front.
Don't miss this opportunity, it will never come back again!
Tian Hu raised a flag and led three groups of Haicang ships and a group of carrier ships to quietly approach Hei Yunchang's flagship.
After approaching, he ordered one group of Haicang ships to isolate the enemy ships on the left wing; another group to isolate the right wing; he led a group to block the enemy's rear route and surrounded Hei Yunchang's flagship in the middle.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Fierce artillery fire sank several Qing ships near Heiyunchang.
Hei Yunchang's flagship was four stories high and had many cannons. The Ming army's ship was small and difficult to attack from above, so it was difficult to sink it for a while.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Hei Yunchang quickly sent out a flag to order the Qing ships behind to rescue him.
"Fire attack!"
Tian Hu issued a semaphore to the parent fleet.
Ten carrier ships, fully loaded with gunpowder and firewood, sailed towards the Qing ships in the encirclement. Three rushed towards other Qing ships, and seven rushed towards Hei Yunchang's flagship.
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"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The sharp wedge in front of the mother ship is deeply embedded in the hull of Hei Yunchang's flagship, and it cannot be shaken off no matter how hard it is shaken off.
The Ming army lit the match rope on the mother ship and evacuated by boat.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The gunpowder and firewood on the mother ship was detonated and ignited, and the wind and fire quickly spread to Hei Yunchang's flagship.
Soon, the giant ship sank to the bottom of the lake amidst the fierce fire.
After losing their flagship, the Qing army was confused and their morale was greatly reduced, while the Ming army's morale was greatly boosted.
Tie Zhaorong, deputy general of the Qing Navy Navy, hurriedly hoisted the command flag and acted as the flagship.
But he had no prestige in the navy, and he didn't know how to fight on the water. The first military order he issued was actually to "fight separately."
Upon seeing that Vice Admiral Tie told them to "fight their own battles", the generals of the Qing army commanded their warships to "escape individually".
"Aim at the ship flying the Vice Admiral's flag and shoot for me!"
Shi Bi gave a vicious order and directed his ships to rush towards Tie Zhaorong's flagship, and soon set Tie Zhaorong's ship on fire.
Tie Zhaorong hurriedly took a boat to escape.
He was lucky enough to escape with his life, but his navy was not so lucky. Only three thousand of the ten thousand navy were left, and they fled back to Baling in despair, never daring to send supplies to Junshan again.
Yan Zungao surrounded Junshan, built high walls, mounted artillery, placed fences all over, and dug deep trenches. He did not attack the mountain, and trapped Xu Yong to death.
Xu Yong led his troops to break through the encirclement three times, but they were all repulsed. After more than a month, they ran out of ammunition and food and were forced to surrender. They strictly followed the imperial edict.
Xu Yong surrendered with his body exposed and knelt in front of Yan Zungao.
Yan Zungao joked: "I have heard for a long time that you have few ambitions. You boasted about being like Yue Wumu and serving the country with loyalty. But why did you surrender to the Qing Dynasty? After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, why didn't you be loyal to the Qing Dynasty and surrender to the Ming Dynasty again?
If Yue Wumu heard about your deeds, I wonder what he would think?"
Xu Yong was so ashamed that he could not express his guilt.
Yan Zungao reported Xu Yong's surrender to Zhu Hengjia.
Zhu Hengjia thought Xu Yong was of poor character and dismissed him as useless. He eliminated the old and weak from his troops and retained the strong to make up for the battle losses.
He also ordered his troops to cross the Yangtze River to meet. Tian Hu, Shibi's navy, blocked the Yangtze River waterway.
Once Junshan was lost, Baling City became more and more in danger. Ma Jiaolin had no choice but to look at the lonely city in the distance. He was very happy, and a letter asking for help was sent to Linxiang City like snowflakes.