Chapter 70, decisive battle! decisive battle!
Just when the Ming Dynasty Jin Yiwei was intensively contacting the Tiandi Hui, White Lotus Sect and other churches in various parts of Guangdong.
March 9th.
Dozens of large bird boats entered majestically from the Pearl River Estuary.
The Ming Army's Second and Third Brigades have more than 7,000 people. The two artillery battalions, the Howitzer Battalion and the Large-Caliber Mortar Battalion, have a total of 38 large-caliber howitzers, 73 large-caliber mortars and hundreds of soldiers. Gunners, and more than 10,000 accompanying soldiers and civilians landed at Huangpu.
Of course, such an action could not be concealed from the Qing commander Fukang'an who was stationed a few miles away and relied on solid trench fortifications to confront the Ming army.
"There are a large number of people, at least more than 15,000 people, and dozens of cannons have been moved off the ship. It seems that Ni Ming does not intend to continue to waste it. They can't calm down!"
Sun Qijiao's voice was a little excited.
Daming Jinyiwei's actions are already civilized.
Since most of the Guangdong Green Camp troops were drawn near Guangzhou.
The surrounding defense forces in Dongguan, Shunde, Zhaoqing, Qingyuan, Huizhou and other places are relatively empty. Now some Tiandihui halls even openly display the sun and moon flag.
Put it off any longer.
Maybe Zhu Daohua's silver dollar offensive will continue.
Half of Guangdong will change its color.
Facing such an opponent, Fukang'an really had a headache - throughout the ages, there were basically no rebels richer than Zhu Daohua, and Fukang'an didn't expect it anyway.
Therefore, although Fukang'an is still determined to keep an eye on Zhu Daohua's main force in Huangpu, it is impossible to say that he is not worried about the situation in other areas of Guangdong.
Now the Ming army is increasing its troops.
At least explain...
Zhu Daohua is not going to delay it anymore!
The decisive battle between the two sides will begin soon.
And this time, the Ming army was the main attack, while the Qing army relied on fortifications to defend.
While on the defensive.
This battle... has some chance of winning.
However, Fukang'an did not rely heavily on it, but was still deploying troops.
Strong soldiers were drawn from the green camp garrison in various places, and at the same time, 20,000 green camp soldiers were drawn from Guangzhou to supplement the Huangpu camp.
Almost 90,000 soldiers and horses gathered at Huangpu Camp.
This is almost all the mobile forces that Fukangnan can mobilize - unless he ignores the defense of other parts of Guangdong and mobilizes all his forces to Huangpu.
But in this case, the Qing army might be surrounded.
Ninety thousand is already the limit.
There are 10,000 green battalions in Guangzhou City as a garrison, dispatched by Guo Shixun, the governor of Guangdong.
All other troops were concentrated in Fukang'an's hands.
Rely on absolute military superiority and solid fortifications.
Fukangan regained some confidence.
"If Ni Ming dares to come, I will let him meet and bleed in front of the military stronghold!"
.........
Just when both sides were deploying troops and generals to fill the small place of Huangpu.
People in Guangzhou are already in panic.
"Have you heard that Mr. Fu has prepared a hundred thousand troops and is going to fight the Ming army to the death in Huangpu?"
"The Ming army opposite seems to have only ten to twenty thousand troops. Mr. Fu has almost a hundred thousand troops at hand, so what are you afraid of?"
"Duan Na, you don't know yet? Now is the time when the Ming army is less than ten thousand and invincible."
"The Ming army is less than ten thousand, but it is invincible if it is full of ten thousand?"
"Didn't you hear? The two sides fought for the first time a few days ago. Oh, Yang Liufang, that bad guy with three thousand people, was defeated by two hundred people."
"Hush...shush, you don't want your life."
"What are you afraid of? Qingta is going to be doomed!"
There are many large and small teahouses in Guangzhou city.
Discussions in hushed tones could be heard from time to time.
Now all the green battalion soldiers who can fight in Guangzhou have been transferred to Huangpu Camp.
The power of the Qing court in Guangzhou is probably at its weakest since Shang Kexi came to Guangdong.
So much so that in Guangzhou, some bolder Cantonese dared to call them "Qing Tar".
"Have you heard? All the Tatars in the city are ready to run away. Yesterday I saw some old, weak, women and children leaving the north of the city."
"Have you ever heard of the HSBC bank opened by the foreign devil? I heard that HSBC bank has a British background. King Zhu Ming didn't dare to offend him. Those Eight Banners wealthy people all deposited their money in HSBC bank and exchanged deposit certificates for personal storage. When the time comes, just exchange the money back directly to HSBC.”
"Is there such a thing?"
"Hey, there are millions of taels of silver in the Thirteenth Bank. If the Ming army really invades, how can they take it away? If they don't deposit it in the bank, how can they give it to King Zhu Ming?"
The discussion in Guangzhou was fueled by the guidance of thoughtful people.
Now all the wealthy people in Guangzhou have heard about the HSBC bank owned by Rodriguez, a foreigner who is very close to Fukang'an. Even King Zhu Ming does not dare to offend easily.
.........
1790.
The 17th day of the third lunar month.
The last ray of sunset in the sky converged the last ray of light.
Night falls.
The bright moon is like a white jade plate hanging high in the sky.
The cold moonlight shines on the Pearl River, rippling with cold light.
It has been a month since the Ming army occupied Lantau Island and set foot in Guangdong.
This month, the two sides have gathered on the small battlefield of Huangpu and kept raising their stakes.
Now it has evolved into a decisive battle between the Ming army and the Qing Dynasty's Green Camp troops and Eight Banners garrisons in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guizhou provinces! !
"Long live!! Long live!! Long live the Ming Dynasty!!!"
The shouts of long live came one after another from the Ming army's stronghold a few miles away.
Fukangan felt upset for a while.
He was a little uneasy.
The Ming army tonight was a little too unusual.
Such clamor is not common.
The Guangdong Admiral Sun Qijiao beside him frowned.
"Commander Commander, Ni Ming may be taking action, beware of night attacks!"
Fukang'an looked at the bright moon hanging high in the sky. Although it was already night, the moonlight was bright and the night was like day.
A night attack under such conditions?
Fukangan shook his head instinctively.
But he still made people more vigilant.
after all.
Did the Ming army bring him too much subversion?
"Ni Ming has the advantage of guns and artillery, and is almost invincible in field battles. If we want to fight with Ni Ming in the field, we, the Qing Dynasty, also need to have explosive shells and mortars!"
Fukangan took a deep breath and said.
"After this battle, no matter what the outcome is, I will return to Beijing in person and declare my interests to the Holy One!"
When Sun Qijiao heard this, he couldn't help but look at the Ming army's formation in the distance where he chose the sun and moon flag.
This scene reminded him of a hundred years ago.
When the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners broke through the barrier and entered.
At that time, the Ming army faced the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers.
It's like the current Guangdong Green Camp soldiers facing the Ni Ming coming from Nanyang Fanhai, right?
........
"Long live! Long live!!!"
Under the beetles of the sun and moon.
Zhu Daohua rode on his horse and passed between the military camps.
He personally distributed rewards to each military camp, as well as food and wine.
It’s different from what Fukang’an imagined.
The Ming army did not intend to attack at night.
Rather, it should be done after a good night's sleep and a full night's rest.
on the second day.
That is March 18th.
With a majestic formation, they broke through the turtle shell of the Qing army and eliminated all the nearly 100,000 Qing troops who had worked so hard to gather in Fukangan.
"Fukangan has squeezed out all his capital, and there is no need to wait any longer!"
"Defeat the Qing army at Huangpu Camp, and then I can enter Guangzhou and take Guangdong with dignity!"
Zhu Daohua rode a horse and passed by the Ming army soldiers whose morale was extremely high, causing another wave of cheers.
tomorrow.
It’s the decisive battle!
