Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 279 Revenge from Britain

As the Ming army received the order and began to retreat in an orderly manner, the fierce battle outside Fuzhou City also came to an end.

The Qing army began to collect the corpses and clean the battlefield.

Soon, the specific casualties of the Qing army in this battle were counted and then sent to Kuilun, the Fuzhou general.

Kuilun looked at the reports from his subordinates about the specific casualties of the Qing army in this battle, and his expression turned slightly gloomy.

Because, in the fierce battle just now, the Qing army in Fuzhou suffered losses of less than a thousand people.

Among them, the death squad led by Hengxiang encountered an ambush from the Ming army and was completely wiped out!

The remaining casualties occurred during the back-and-forth battle between the Ming and Qing armies for positions in the east of Fuzhou City.

In this regard, Quillun's heart is full of solemnity now.

You know, there are only six to seven thousand defenders in the entire Fuzhou City.

As a result, he lost a thousand dollars on the battlefield in one night.

If people die like this every day, Fuzhou City will collapse within a few days.

There is no way to fight this battle!

Kuilun really can't think of a way to solve the current situation Fuzhou is facing...

Quillun began to reflect inadvertently.

In tonight's battle, maybe I was reckless.

If he had not sent people out of the city in an attempt to sneak attack the Ming army's camp, the army's battle losses last night would not have been so serious.

It seems that in the coming battle, it is better for me to be cautious!

Quillen quietly made up his mind.

……

On the other side, the Ming army was counting prisoners of war.

A Qing prisoner was unarmed, stripped of his armor, and then tied up with ropes in groups of ten.

At this time, the foreigners among the Qing prisoners of war were highlighted.

How should I put it, among a group of Chinese people with black hair and yellow skin, mixed with a few yellow hairs, it would be difficult not to be discovered.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were responsible for counting the prisoners of war were not polite. They singled out several foreigners among the prisoners of war and prepared to interrogate them first.

At this time, China has not experienced the darkness of a hundred years of decline in history, and the arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom has not yet been overthrown by foreigners with strong ships and cannons. Ninety-nine percent of Chinese people look down on foreigners to their core.

Even foreigners have made some pretty impressive achievements in firearms, navigation, astronomy, etc., which are worth learning from the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Chinese people's evaluation of foreigners has only changed from yellow-haired brats who are not considered human beings to barbarians who can barely be considered human beings.

Still don’t treat foreigners as equals!

This is the pride of the Heavenly Kingdom!

It is precisely because of this that when the Ming army officers and soldiers interrogated prisoners of war, they would not show superiority to them just because they were foreigners.

On the contrary, it is possible that these foreigners will be given "special care"!

Who told them that they have yellow hair and blue eyes and look different from human beings?

Well, it's pure discrimination, nothing else.

Soon, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty obtained valuable information from the interrogation of these captured foreigners.

How should I put it? Those Eight Banners prisoners of war captured by the Ming army might grit their teeth and endure the torture and confessions of the Ming army in order to save Fuzhou and their families, without confessing anything.

But those foreign prisoners of war are just a group of mercenaries.

The kind who get paid to do things!

They really have no reason to keep secrets from our Qing Dynasty, right?

Facing the interrogation, the Ming army had not yet punished them severely. They had just whipped them a few times to warm them up. These foreign prisoners of war poured out beans from a bamboo tube, confessing everything they could and could not.

These Ming soldiers who were responsible for interrogating prisoners of war immediately chose to report to Zhu Jing'an.

……

After ordering the withdrawal of troops from the front line, Zhu Jing'an returned to the cabin to rest.

He fell asleep in a daze and was woken up from his sleep by Zhang Jin.

"Your Highness, wake up, there is an urgent military situation..."

Zhu Jing'an was woken up, but he was not angry or annoyed.

Because it was wartime now, his sleep was very shallow. He said he was sleeping, but in fact he was mostly closing his eyes to rest.

What he was afraid of was that there was an emergency military situation on the battlefield, and he was too asleep to make a decision.

Zhu Jing'an looked at Zhang Jin and asked.

"whats the matter?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jin took a deep breath and spoke.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, our soldiers received a piece of news from the foreigners when they were interrogating the prisoners of war. The soldiers below felt that the matter was very important, so they reported it."

Hearing this, Zhu Jing'an took a deep breath and asked.

"what news?"

Seeing this, Zhang Jin didn't show off and said directly.

"When I got back to Your Highness, those foreigners told me that most of them are British."

"The reason why they came to Fuzhou to assist the Qing army in fighting the Ming Dynasty was because they were assigned by the British East India Company."

"According to the accounts of those foreign mercenaries, it can be seen that in addition to selling foreign guns and cannons to Fuzhou City and sending mercenaries to assist the Qing army in fighting, the British East India Company also sent envoys to the capital, hoping to form an alliance with the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Fight against me, Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jing'an fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Previously, when the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, it chose France as its ally and used the power of France and the Netherlands to jointly fight against the British and drive away tigers and devour wolves.

I want to use this to expel British power in East Asia!

Then, the British suffered a small loss in the Battle of Macau.     Clearly, the British did not intend to sit still and wait for death.

Instead, they chose to collude with the Manchus and use the power of the Manchus to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

So far, the British plan is undoubtedly successful!

They did cause a lot of trouble for Ming Dynasty in Fuzhou.

The Manchu Qing's new Eight Banners Army was probably only trained with the help of the British.

If the Ming Army launches the Northern Expedition in the future, this new Eight Banners Army trained by the British will undoubtedly be the biggest obstacle the Ming Army will face.

Moreover, in order to train the new Eight Banners Army, the Manchus probably also gave the British a lot of benefits...

The Qing Dynasty and the British are working together in collusion!

Zhu Jing'an was a little unhappy about this, but just a little.

He had previously united France and the Netherlands in Guangzhou to create a blockage for the British. How could the British not retaliate.

Of course, the British could retaliate.

But I hope they are ready for Zhu Jing'an's subsequent revenge!

He, Zhu Jing'an, is very vengeful.

In this world, it’s not just the British who can be troublemakers, the Ming Dynasty can do it too!

Zhu Jing'an is willing to help the Mughal Empire stand up, is willing to help Egypt and Australia get rid of the colonial rule of British imperialism, and is willing to provide whatever help he can for the national independence and liberation of Ireland and Scotland.

Well, isn't it just to stir things up? It's like no one knows how to do it.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jing'an spoke.

"Recently, piracy activities have been rampant in the South China Sea and East China Sea, which have seriously damaged the normal commercial exchanges and economic activities around Ming Dynasty, and threatened the economic development and maritime development of Ming Dynasty."

"As the leader and defender of the Eastern order, Ming Dynasty can no longer sit idly by and ignore the situation. It is necessary to launch a Ming Dynasty-led convoy operation to clear maritime order."

Zhu Jing'an's meaning is very clear, he wants to fight pirates!

As for how to tell who is a pirate?

Of course, those who fly the British Union Jack are pirates.

Otherwise?

Is it possible that my Ming navy can still be a pirate?

Zhang Jin seemed to understand the meaning of Zhu Jing'an's words and said with fists in his hands.

"I understand!"

Zhu Jing'an nodded slightly.

"By the way, let's not rush this matter. Let's report it to Guangzhou first and let the cabinet make a decision."

For Ming Dynasty now, the most important thing is the war in Fujian.

Now the navy of the Ming Army is still in Zhu Jing'an's hands, preparing to fight in the Battle of Fuzhou.

As long as the Battle of Fuzhou is not over, the Ming army will not be able to spare the time and troops even if it wants to fight the pirates.

Zhang Jin heard this, clasped his fists and left.

……

At dawn the next day!

The Ming army continued to prepare for the offensive against Fuzhou City.

After completing the landing, the Ming army continued to build camps and dig trenches.

The Z-shaped trenches are getting closer and closer to Fuzhou City.

In order to block the Ming army's offensive, the Qing army aimed their guns at the Ming army digging trenches from several forts inside and outside Fuzhou City, and then began to fire.

But unfortunately, when the Ming army dug trenches, most of the soil work was completed below the ground.

Sandbags were also placed on both sides of the trench to resist shelling.

Therefore, the effect of the Qing army's shelling was not obvious.

The Ming army's trenches were still advancing rapidly towards Fuzhou City.

Time passed quickly, three days passed by, and the Ming army's trenches were finally dug.

The trenches lead to the Qing army camp outside Fuzhou City!

The Ming infantry could directly pass through the trenches, advance to the outside of Fuzhou City, and then launch an attack on the Qing army camp outside Fuzhou City.

In order to avoid as much as possible the threat of Qing artillery that the Ming army had to withstand when advancing towards the Fuzhou city wall.

Reduce the killing effect of Qing army artillery!

In addition, the Ming army also sent mortars capable of firing explosive shells to the front line of the battlefield, preparing to use them to provide fire cover for its own offensive troops.

Although the Qing army's forts in Fuzhou were reinforced with sandbag fortifications, most of them were open-air forts.

The Ming army's explosive bombs can still cause some damage to it.

During this process, the Qing army sent troops out of the city several times in an attempt to prevent the Ming army from digging trenches.

But they were repelled by the Ming army one after another!

The Qing army had no other achievements except for leaving corpses in different forms of death outside Fuzhou City.

……

The battle begins soon!

Amid bursts of shelling, the Ming army officially launched an attack on Fuzhou City.

Mortars were placed in the trenches.

Accompanied by bursts of shelling, a shell was pushed out of the barrel by the thrust generated by the burning of gunpowder, and fell towards the Qing army's camp.

The flower bomb landed on the ground and exploded with a bang.

The gunpowder smoke mixed with the firelight spread rapidly driven by the air waves.

Countless fragments flew freely in the air, and everything they passed was invincible.

Screams and wails sounded immediately.

Explosions were heard one after another, and the Qing soldiers in the camp in the east of Fuzhou City were so suppressed that they could not even raise their heads.

(End of this chapter)