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

Qianlong took a deep look at Qinggui, but had no objection.

Because in his opinion, this is really not a big deal.

Anyway, it’s not like we, the Qing Heavenly Soldiers, have never done anything like looting places and massacring people.

Now it's nothing more than returning to his old job. Qianlong really doesn't have any psychological pressure.

Qianlong nodded slightly and spoke in approval.

"Qinggui's three strategies are very pertinent..."

After finishing speaking, Qianlong said with a rather worried tone.

"I just don't know what the war is like in Jiangbei now..."

The news of the fall of Xiangyang City and the news that Feng Sheng'e led his army south to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army in Yangzhou while the Ming army was empty were almost sent to the capital at the same time.

After Qianlong learned these two pieces of news, he realized that it was actually a helpless move for Feng Sheng'e to lead his troops south to the north of the Yangtze River to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army.

After the fall of Xiangyang City, the Qing Dynasty lost half of its war in the Central Plains.

Because once the Ming army occupied Xiangyang, it formed a semi-encirclement situation for Huainan, Huaibei and other places.

Once the elite Ming army returns from Hubei and joins its main force to launch an attack from the north of the Yangtze River, the Qing's defense line in the direction of Huainan and Huaibei may collapse at any time.

If Feng Sheng'e didn't want to sit back and wait for death, taking advantage of the elite Ming army in Hubei, going south to Jiangbei and proactively seeking a decisive battle with the Ming army in Jiangbei was his only choice.

On the surface, it seems that if the Qing Dynasty uses its main force to attack Jiangbei, where the Ming army is empty of troops, the victory rate should be quite high.

But when he thought that Feng Sheng'e was going to face the Ming thief prince this time, Qianlong couldn't help but feel worried about the situation on the battlefield.

Without him, Zhu Jing'an's reputation on the battlefield was too great.

Qianlong now has a bit of PTSD. When he sees Zhu Jing'an's name, he subconsciously thinks of the word defeat.

……

Outside Yangzhou City, the battle continues.

As time passed, the Qing army's trenches were finally dug.

They dug to a place only two to three hundred meters away from the Ming army's forward position.

Of course, it's not that the Qing army doesn't want to dig forward anymore, but that this distance has already entered the effective range of the Ming army's mortars.

The Ming army's mortars that fired explosive shells were almost able to achieve 23 out of 10 at this distance.

If the Qing army wanted to continue digging forward, they would have to carry out soil work against the Ming army's mortar bombardment.

That number of casualties is probably much greater than the casualties that the Qing army would have to pay to charge directly towards the Ming army's position and rush through the two to three hundred meters.

Therefore, the Qing army's trenches can only go so far!

Jin Dazhi and other Korean soldiers had just put down their shovels and before they had time to rest, they received a military order from Feng Sheng'e to let them pass through the trenches and launch an attack on Yangzhou City.

At the same time, the Qing army pushed the artillery pieces one by one to the reserved gun positions in the trenches. After a few simple test shots, they began to deliver firepower.

One after another artillery shells were fired towards the Ming army's forward position!

Under the cover of the shelling, the Korean soldiers in the Qing army also held swords and spears, gathered in the trenches, and prepared to charge towards the Ming army's forward positions.

However, at the same time, the straight-firing mortars on the Ming army's position were also ready to fire.

The gunners skillfully adjusted the shooting of various elements and loaded the artillery.

War is about to break out!

……

Cui Yongxiu came to the front line of the battlefield to inspect. He patted Jin Dazhi on the shoulder and said warmly.

"Brother, take care!"

"Brothers and you came to the Qing Dynasty from North Korea together, so we must go back together. You can't be abandoned on the battlefield."

Hearing this, Jin Dazhi nodded vigorously and grinned.

"Brother Cui, don't worry, little brother, my life is tough!"

"When I first arrived in the Central Plains, I haven't had time to make any achievements yet. How could I die?!"

Cui Yongxiu patted Jin Dazhi on the shoulder again and said.

"Take care! As long as you don't die, you will be able to get ahead sooner or later."

However, just as Cui Yongxiu finished speaking, the horn sound representing the march sounded.

Jin Dazhi hugged Cui Yongxiu and prepared to lead the charge personally.

But at this moment, the shelling started in the direction of the Ming army's position.

Boom! Boom!

Amidst the deafening roar, a black shell was thrown out, drawing a beautiful parabola in mid-air and falling towards the Qing army's trenches.

The artillery shells landed, although most of them fell outside the trenches, but a large number of artillery shells happened to fall inside the trenches.

The next moment, the fuse in the bomb burned out, and an explosion sounded.

Clouds of gunpowder smoke rose inside and outside the trenches of the Qing army, and while sand and soil were flying, stumps and broken arms were flying.

In the narrow trench, the moment the explosive bomb exploded, the fragments and air waves quickly spread to both sides.

Jin Dazhi had no time to react, and his whole body was blown away by the air wave.

The moment he landed, there was a burning pain on his back. He opened his mouth and vomited out a mouthful of blood. There were very obvious internal organ fragments in the blood.

Just now, the internal organs in Jin Dazhi's body had been shattered into pieces by the shock wave generated by the explosive bomb explosion.

He definitely won’t survive!

Cui Yongxiu next to him was even more unlucky. A fragment flew and hit his head.

In an instant, his head exploded like a watermelon hit by a sledgehammer, and pink brains were scattered everywhere. The trenches of the Qing army have narrow terrain. In such terrain, once the Ming army's explosive shells explode, the killing effect will be extremely shocking.

Amidst the rumbling explosions, the Korean soldiers gathered in the frontline trenches were blown away and turned upside down.

Heavy casualties!

The Ming army's mortars fired several rounds before they stopped firing.

Just as the sound of shelling stopped, the next moment, the ear-piercing sound of the charge horn sounded.

Soldiers from the forward battalion of the Ming Army, armed with swords, spears, and guns, jumped out of the trenches and killed the Korean soldiers facing them who were turned upside down by explosive bombs.

On the battlefield, the Ming army wearing red armor was like a burning flame, invincible wherever it passed.

The Korean soldiers dispersed almost in a rush, running around without their helmets and armor, using their backs to meet the Ming army's swords and spears.

However, before the Ming army could expand its results, a rumble of horse hooves could be heard on the battlefield.

The Qing army's cavalry galloped into the battlefield, hoping to annihilate the Ming army's forward battalion soldiers who jumped out of the trench.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the forward battalion of the Ming army could only temporarily stop chasing the fleeing Korean soldiers of the Qing army and quickly withdrew from the camp.

The situation on the battlefield changed drastically in an instant, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties once again fell into a confrontation.

……

Zhu Jing'an held a telescope and observed the battlefield.

He commented.

"I am very satisfied with the power of those new blooming bullets. With the same charge, the explosion power is almost two or three times that of the original blooming bullets using black powder."

"It's a pity that those new gunpowders cannot be mass-produced for the time being..."

After speaking, Zhu Jing'an asked thoughtfully.

"By the way, where are the reinforcements from Hubei now? When will they arrive in Jiangbei?"

Zhang Jin heard this and spoke.

"Your Highness, please be relieved. The latest news I just received is that our troops from Hubei direction have arrived in Wuchang and are preparing to move eastward along the river."

"In three to five days at most, our army's reinforcements will arrive in Jiangbei."

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he nodded slightly and said with a rather sighing tone.

"I'm afraid the next three to five days will be difficult!"

The battles in the previous few days could only be regarded as tentative attacks at best. Neither the Ming army nor the Qing army used their full strength.

Therefore, after these days of fighting, although the Ming army repeatedly defeated the Qing army's attacks, Zhu Jing'an was not very happy.

Because he knew that these confrontations seemed fierce, but they could only be regarded as small fights.

Although the Qing army was defeated and frustrated, its main force was not damaged.

The Ming army's reinforcements were about to arrive in Jiangbei. If Feng Sheng'e didn't want to, he would retreat back to Huainan in such a dejected manner, and then wait for a slow death.

He will definitely be working hard in the next few days.

By then, the Ming army will probably suffer a lot of casualties.

……

Outside the city, Feng Sheng looked at the Korean soldiers who had retreated again.

A face full of hatred that iron cannot become steel!

But he finally continued to give the order.

"Send the order, transfer the Gansu and Shaanxi Green Battalion to supervise the battle, take the Korean soldiers as the forerunner, and continue to attack the west of the city. There must be no mistakes!"

Although Fengsheng'e did not receive any specific news, he estimated that Ming army reinforcements would soon arrive in Jiangbei.

He must conquer Yangzhou City before then!

Feng Sheng'e's military order was issued, and the drums of the Qing army's civil war sounded again.

Then there was the roar of artillery fire!

The Korean soldiers who had just retreated were reorganized, supervised by the Ganshan Green Battalion, and rushed towards the Ming army's forward position in the west of the city.

Boom! Boom!

The roar of heavy artillery resounded.

The heavy artillery of the Ming army spit out gunpowder smoke wantonly, and dense clouds of shotgun shells formed a barrage, sweeping everything on the battlefield.

Several Qing soldiers had just rushed out of the trenches and were about to rush towards the Ming army's forward position, when they were beaten into pieces by shotgun shells.

The battlefield is filled with smoke!

The Ming army was filled with gunfire, the artillery was spitting out gunpowder smoke, the mortars were firing explosive shells, and the musketeers fired orderly volleys one after another.

A dense fire blockade formed on the battlefield!

Although the forward battalion of the Ming army did not have flintlocks to equip, there were still a lot of shotguns captured from the Qing army.

Although these shotguns have a shorter range and poorer quality, they are still effective in killing a group of unarmored targets.

Soon the frontline battlefield where the two sides fought was filled with mutilated corpses.

The distance of two to three hundred meters between the Ming army's forward position and the Qing army's trenches has turned into a scene like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Countless Korean soldiers were on the battlefield, swaying their blood wantonly for the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, the sacrifices of these Korean soldiers were not in vain.

As more and more corpses piled up on the battlefield, the Qing army's front continued to advance.

Some Korean soldiers could no longer bear the casualties and wanted to retreat, but what they received was a merciless blow from the supervising team.

Under the supervision of the Ganshan Green Battalion, these Korean soldiers could only continue to move forward. (End of chapter)