It was September 22, the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen reign in the Ming Dynasty.
It was late at night, but the three fire dragons were still in the Zhangshui River and on both sides of the Zhangshui River, advancing hand in hand. The forwards had already broken into Dangyang County in Jingmen Prefecture.
As for these three fire dragons, it goes without saying that they are the Wu family's army marching through the night with torches and lanterns.
Zhuo Butai's guess was right, and Kangxi's feeling was also correct. Wu Sangui's current tactic is "it doesn't matter which way you come, Wu only goes one way"!
And this journey is amazing! Not only did Wu Sangui transfer 15,000 of the 20,000 troops stationed in Changsha and Hengzhou to Jingzhou, but Wu Yingqi of Yuezhou also quietly slipped out of the Yuezhou camp with 10,000 elite troops, three days ago Arrive at Wu Jun’s Jingzhou camp. Now there are only 20,000 naval troops left in Yuezhou who are still training.
Fifteen thousand people from Hengzhou and Changsha, plus 10,000 people from Yuezhou, plus 50,000 people brought by Wu Sangui to Jingzhou, Wu Sangui gathered a total of 75,000 troops in Jingzhou. Moreover, three thousand of them, led by General Gao Dejie, are currently going to Qianjiang to bluff, while another two thousand are led by Wu Yingxiong to stay in Jingzhou City.
The remaining 70,000 were all taken to Dangyang by Wu Sangui!
Although Geng Jingzhong's "madness" caused the eastward transfer of Qing troops from Wuchang and Hanyang, Wu Sangui did not take advantage of it to attack Wuchang and Hanyang. This is because the old thief Wu still doesn't know that "Geng Jingzhong is crazy." Geng Jingzhong himself doesn't know that he is "crazy." How can Wu Sangui know where to go?
According to the secret agreement between Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, in order to create an opportunity for Geng Jingzhong to attack Hukou, he had to fight the Qing army in the Jianghan Plain first. This was originally what Wu Sangui was most afraid of. Historically, he was beaten by Leer Jin. The few Eight Banners soldiers he led were too frightened to cross the Yangtze River.
However, the continuous flow of military white sugar and black gunpowder shipped from Guangdong, as well as the turtle-dove foot muskets made in Foshan, as well as Zhu Heji's victories in the Battle of Longtou Mountain in Guangzhou and the Battle of Dinghu Mountain in Zhaoqing, helped Wu Sangui gradually Overcame the fear in my heart.
After repeatedly testing sugar grenades, Wu Sangui finally realized the truth that "no matter how fierce the heavenly soldiers are, they are still afraid of thunder"!
Copper shell hand grenades filled with sugar pills are simply the nemesis of all kinds of Tatars! Even a Batulu will be turned into a pile of minced meat once the thunder explodes.
For more than three months after Wu Sangui crossed the river, the Wu army, equipped with sugar bombs and mines, still engaged in a series of small-scale conflicts with the Qing troops commanded by Leerjin, Dong E, and Eza on the Jianghan Plain. The Wu Jiajun's "victory" in these conflicts was as high as 80%. Even if they were defeated, the losses would not be great.
Moreover, in the few large-scale confrontations between the Wu Army and the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, the Wu Army's battle formations, which were only equipped with spears, turtle-foot muskets, bows and arrows, mines and shield vehicles, achieved quite impressive results - they would They used spears and shield vehicles to form a square formation, and then they fired guns, shot arrows, and threw grenades, making it impossible for the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers to get close.
At the same time, Wu Jun's infantry will send dead soldiers to use grenades to blow up the cavalry of the Eight Banners soldiers!
These dead soldiers do not need to form an array, nor do they need to push onto the shield cart. They only need to sneak up to find the assembly position of the Eight Banners soldiers and horses, and throw two grenades over.
Of course, the Qing army now also has sugar pills to explode mines. But Wu Sangui found that the Qing army's thunder bombs were quite strange...not to mention small in power and quantity, and they would also self-destruct!
Once during a match, when the two sides were fighting inextricably, there was an unprovoked "boom" in the Qing army camp and it exploded to pieces. So Wu Jiajun won inexplicably!
After winning, Wu Sangui was puzzled... The sugar-coated ammunition used in his army were all good and never exploded. Why did the Qing army explode on their own? Could this be the legendary destiny?
So the more Wu Sangui became more confident, the more he felt that the Qing Dynasty was about to end!
Moreover, Wu Sangui also discovered the problem of troop dispersion in the deployment of the Qing army, so he decided to launch a war on the Jianghan Plain when Kangxi arrived in Xiangyang City.
The reason why this time was chosen was because the attack was too early and Kangxi did not come. The Qing army did not have too many troops on the Jianghan Plain, and it was very likely that they would adopt a concentrated and huddled tactics in response.
If all the Qing troops on the Jianghan Plain retreated to the two large strongholds of Xiangyang and Hanyang, it would be difficult for Wu Sangui to defeat him.
And if the decisive battle is too late, the 40,000 to 50,000 troops brought by Kangxi are likely to be strengthened to Hanyang, Jingmen, Wuchang and other places. And Geng Jingzhong couldn't wait... so Wu Sangui calculated the time and chose a time when Kangxi had almost arrived in Xiangyang to launch the Jianghan Campaign.
"Boom boom boom..."
Several dull explosions came from outside the cabin of a huge official ship on which Wu Sangui was riding.
In the cabin, President Wu did not sleep, but was holding military discussions with senior generals and advisers such as Wu Yingqi, Xia Guoxiang, Hu Guozhu, Li Benzhen, and Fang Guangchen.
When the explosion came, the military meeting was temporarily suspended, and then the voice of Wu Sangui's guard commander Ma Bao came in: "President...the thunder came from the direction of Dangyang County, It should be former General Jinwu who used sugar bombs to blow up the city wall of Dangyang!"
Former General Jinwu was an official appointed by Wu Sangui to his adopted son Wu Guogui.
This Wu Guogui is a fierce general under Wu Sangui, and he is also a best friend. Wu Sangui has been the vanguard all the way out of Yunnan!
Jingzhou City was captured by Wu Guogui with 500 cavalry!
And this time in the Battle of Jianghan, Wu Guogui was the vanguard general, leading five thousand elite troops to attack Dangyang County. Baylor Dong'e of the Qing Army placed a full three thousand defenders in Dangyang County, and they were all "servile" "The green battalion soldiers have certain combat effectiveness.
Dangyang County has also been reinforced in the past two or three months, and the city walls have been thickened a lot. It would take some effort to destroy them with Hongyi cannons.
However, when Zhu Heji exported military white sugar to Wu Sangui, he also included the formula of sugar medicine, the method of making mines, and a set of hole-breaking methods - digging tunnels to bury mines!
That's an enhanced sugar pill explosion!
If a thunder strikes, no matter how thick the city wall is, it will collapse for you!
"Hahaha!" Wu Sangui burst out laughing after listening to Ma Bao's report. He stroked his beard and said proudly: "The nobles of the country are brave enough to deserve it. If the Dangyang city wall is blown down, it will not be able to destroy the city." It’s about tonight!”
"Father, handsome!" Wu Yingqi suggested with a smile, "We can win it immediately, let's attack Jingmen next! You give me 20,000 soldiers, and I will break Jingmen State for you in three days!"
"No rush, no rush..." Wu Sangui waved his hand, "Jingmen Prefecture is in no rush to fight. Ying Qi, tomorrow morning you will lead people to set up camp on the east bank of the Zhang River. Remember, you must not occupy The high ground of Xianglu Mountain must be given to Dong E."
"Dong E will occupy Xianglu Mountain?" Wu Yingqi couldn't believe it.
Wu Sangui said with a smile: "Most likely... Why didn't Kangxi come? He would have stuck to Jingmen Prefecture at most. But now that Kangxi is here, he has to perform well. And Kangxi must also want to stop us in Jingmen Prefecture. On the front line, so that he can calmly dispatch his troops to besiege us. Ying Qi, do you know how to fight?"
"I know, I know," Wu Yingqi said with a smile, "Let Dong E go up the mountain first... We have many people, so we will besiege him on three sides!"
Wu Sangui smiled, nodded and said: "You are still a good fighter! My father will be waiting for your victory on the west bank of Zhangshui River. Remember, don't beat Dong E to death with a stick. No one dares to come. Give him a little more breath, so that Kangxi will continue to increase his troops in Jingmen, and we can fight the Qing army in Jingmen. We have the support of water transportation from Zhangshui and Jushui behind us, so artillery and chariots All can be transported.
But the Qing army couldn't do it. They had to transport artillery and baggage from land to the Tianzhu Mountain and Xianglu Mountain areas, and the number wouldn't be too many. As long as we can open up and fight, using artillery, chariots, and fire mines, this battle will be won! "
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