Standing on the soft grass by the river, Haise looked at the cannons on the east bank with a stern expression as they spewed flames and smoke from the city, and his heart was irritated. Their two guns had a long range, and the more than 200 armor soldiers of Huerha and Sauron who accompanied the artillery advance suffered a lot of casualties, and so far more than 20 have been killed or wounded, but they have not even hurt a single hair of the enemy.

Except for a small number of soldiers assigned to monitor the other two stockades, almost all of the main force was used to deal with the enemy's main village in the middle. He is well versed in the truth that greed does not bite out, and intends to solve it one by one. However, judging from the current situation of the battle, it was clear that he had underestimated the enemy's firepower and determination to fight, as well as the strength of his own patchwork of soldiers, and that he should have attacked the other two weaker-looking stockades first, rather than attacking them under their fire. But the matter has come to this point, and I can only fight hard!

There was a noisy voice in front of me, and the sea looked fixedly, but it was several yellow-clothed thieves shouting in unison, which was nothing more than words that shook the heart of my Qing army. For example, they found a few soldiers from the savage Jurchens such as Sauron and Huerha, and used their hometown dialect to abuse the compatriots who were besieging the city to "recognize the thief as their father", and actually "groveled" to Bogd Khan, who had slaughtered their relatives, and "acted for the tiger" and "was not ashamed".

Haise was a Mongol, and the Mongols were once the target of Bogd Khan's conquest, and when he heard the yellow-clothed thieves who couldn't spit out ivory from their mouths cursing "recognize the thief as their father", Haise himself was a little unnatural. However, he is the deputy general in charge of the defense of Ningguta, and Huan Hai has been trained for many years, so he naturally filtered out these words as a cloud of smoke at this time.

The enemy's artillery fire became more and more accurate. It's frighteningly accurate. In particular, the flowering shells that they hit above the attacking troops. Although one of the two shots may not be able to explode. And the explosion may not be a volley explosion (the most lethal), but the attacking troops still suffer a lot of casualties. Niu Lu Zhang Jing Xifu, who was in charge of leading the attack just now, has already sent someone to report that the casualties of the forward troops have exceeded forty, so please do your best to invest in the follow-up troops to attack the other walled walls to share the pressure they are under.

To be honest, Haise has not fought many battles over the years, and his ability to sit in the position in front of him is nothing more than his early surrender, quick opportunity, ability to come, and frequent gift-giving, but his level of marching and fighting is actually average. In particular, he was still a Mongol, and he was not very proficient in foot combat. Not to mention these modern wars in which shells are flying everywhere and projectiles are everywhere. Therefore, after receiving Xifu's request, Haise hesitated slightly, but still ordered the Oroqen, Daur, and Hezhe tribesmen who gathered along the road to dispatch, these people have some grudges with the yellow-clothed thieves, and some of them may have relatives slaughtered, so their will to fight should be okay.

Hundreds of tribesmen in disheveled clothes rushed forward with wooden spears, bone arrows, and iron knives, and the formation was so terrible that Haise felt that they might be even more unbearable than the Mongols fought on foot. But fortunately, the enemy is huddled in the city at this time, and there is no need to worry too much about being counterattacked by them.

Haise was worried that his troops would be counterattacked. But he didn't know that Li Renjun, who was standing at the head of the city, didn't dare to send out the soldiers of the Temple Street garrison under his command at all. These people are also quite steep in their tribal habits, in addition to being well-equipped. They had only been hastily trained for a few months, and their individual combat effectiveness was strong enough, but the level of engagement in the array was also miserable. He didn't want to send his men out to fight with people, it didn't make sense, and he would be attacked by the enemy's cavalry.

The enemy tribesmen charged quite fast, carrying a few hastily made ladders, first running in small steps, and finally rushing straight at them with a shout. The uneven terrain in front of the stockade greatly affected their performance, but they didn't care, and rushed straight up stupidly.

"One row, two rows, half of the left turn, quickly step flat and put marksmanship, raise the gun, aim, prepare, put!"

"Three rows, four rows of forward squats, five rows, six rows of standing, four rows of volleys, ready, put!"

"Seventh, eighth, and ninth platoons fired freely, focusing on hitting enemy artillery formations! The grenadier platoon puts on armor, holds ammunition, checks the tinder canister, and is ready to throw at any time! ”

The crisp sound of musket shooting sounded at the head of the city, and the smoke of gunpowder continued to rise, and every soldier on the east bank who finished shooting immediately began to skillfully clean the barrel, charge, and reload, and the tribesmen who rushed over with their shots seemed to have encountered an invisible wall, and a large number of them fell straight down on the way to the charge, according to the statistics of the officers who observed the war, under the continuous blows, the enemy may have killed or wounded forty or fifty people.

The smoke of gunfire enveloped the entire city, and the musketeers on the east bank could no longer even see the situation below, but were driven by inertia to shoot in the direction they thought the enemy might appear, and the battle had evolved into free fire!

A quarter of an hour later, a low trumpet sounded, and the Qing army finally retreated. It was clear to them that the Yellow Thief's firepower was too fierce to the point that they had never seen before. Seeing this, Captain Li Renjun immediately ordered dozens of Xuanfeng who had been waiting behind the walled gate for a long time to go out of the city to cover up the killing. The formed troops did not dare to send them out, but it was still possible to select forty or fifty elite fighters who were good at fighting alone to go out of the city to expand the results of the battle.

The drafters are from the Temple Street garrison, and they are basically from savage Jurchen background. Dressed in leather armor and armed with sharp blades, they slashed and slaughtered the retreating tribesmen, further exacerbating the confusion of the enemy. The artillery at the head of the city also fired warning shots at the enemy's imminent cavalry.

Xuan Feng quickly caught the Qing soldiers who were dragging the two Furlong cannons back, they first drew their pistols at their waists, fired at the dozens of Sauron soldiers guarding the artillery, and then rushed forward with a roar while they were being beaten, and beckoned the swords and axes in their hands.

At this time, Captain Li Renjun at the head of the city immediately regretted how he was so stingy before, and only sent a few elites out of the city after seeing that Xuan Feng intercepted the enemy's artillery very smoothly. However, at this time, it was not too late to make amends, and Li Renjun immediately ordered the 105th Company of the Army and the main force of the Temple Street garrison to go out of the city to line up. Take back both of the enemy's guns.

The 105 officers and men of the 240th Company stuck a 41-year-old steel bayonet at their waists under the barrel. Then walk out of town in small steps. First, a volley of guns killed the last dozen Qing soldiers who were still guarding the artillery, and then formed a thin hollow phalanx to guard against the more than 200 cavalry that the enemy had already activated. The more than 200 soldiers of the Temple Street garrison, dressed in iron armor and armed with spears, also entered the battlefield after them.

The commanders who recaptured the two Furlong cannons had already turned their guns, cleared their chambers, and then fired at the fleeing Qing army, causing them to mourn all over the field. However, their actions were quickly stopped by the East Coast Army, and they were asked to reload their guns and immediately shoot at the Qing cavalry that was charging towards them.

The sound of gunfire, artillery, and bombs came and went. The Qing cavalry that rushed over was under the fire of two furlong cannons loaded with scattered bullets and more than 200 musketeers, and dozens of people fell from their horses, and only then broke through the formation of the musketeers on the east bank. However, they soon encountered the flank fire of the few musketeers from the Temple Street garrison, and had to turn their horses and withdraw again. And the people on the east coast followed behind and fired two more cannons, so that they could collect their troops and return to the village.

At this point, the first battle between the two sides was basically over, and the people on the east bank slowly retreated into the village with the two furlong cannons they had captured. In this battle, the 105th Company of the East Coast Army killed 6 soldiers and wounded 12 people, and the Temple Street garrison (including Xuanfeng) killed 19 people and wounded 33 people, with a total of 70 casualties. And as their opponents the Qing army. According to conservative estimates, the casualties should be about 300, of which about a quarter of the casualties of the Eight Banners with blue flags were lost. The Qing army should have understood the weight of their opponent by this time.

In the next few days, Haise, who had lost his artillery, had no choice but to gather his troops and attack the other two stockades. However, the morale of the officers and soldiers on the east bank who had already seen the Qing army suffering in the main village was greatly boosted, and they united to defend the two villages. At the same time, the main force of the East Coast Army in the No. 2 main village continued to support the two stockades with artillery fire, and the Qing army could only return in vain after leaving three or four hundred corpses behind.

At this point, Haise understood that he couldn't take down the yellow-clothed thieves in front of him, and the tribesmen and Sauron soldiers under his hands also suffered heavy casualties. And just when Haise was still hesitating to continue the attack, on September 15, eight gunboats of the East Coast Navy suddenly appeared near the pier, and dozens of artillery fired a spectacular salvo, sinking most of the flat-bottomed wooden boats that the Qing army had gathered on the side of the pier, and feeding Wang Ba with all the grain and grass stored by the Qing army.

When the way was cut off and the grain and grass were destroyed, Haise finally couldn't control the army at hand. First of all, the tribesmen, who took all their valuable belongings and scattered; Then came the Sauron and the Huerha, who had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and left Haise and the other blue-flag soldiers in place in the early morning of the 16th without saying goodbye.

The trees are falling and scattering, which is the situation that Haise is facing at this time. After realizing that he was no longer able to return to the sky, Haise discussed with Xifu and simply retreated with his troops. However, under the cover of the main force of the Heilongjiang Security Regiment, a new force entering the battlefield, they killed and wounded nearly 100 people, and only then did they escape by luck at night.

With 2,200 people to kill violently, but unexpectedly suffered a blow to the head, not only killed and wounded seven or eight hundred people before and after, but also artillery, horses and other baggage were all taken away by the yellow-clothed thieves.

And just when the yellow-clothed thieves were defeating the Qing army in Ningguta head-on in the Heilongjiang Valley, far south in the Yangtze River Valley, a small landing raid and disturbance battle commanded by Admiral Liu Haiyang was also in full swing. In addition, they also took the initiative to contact the Zheng fleet, which was floating in the waters of Fujian and Guangdong, and while giving them military funds, they invited them to carry out landing operations along the southeast coast in order to coordinate the actions of Li and Jin in Guangdong and Jiangxi.

In addition, Liu Haiyang also led the fleet into the lower reaches of the Yangtze River several times to block the Manchu and Qing Cao transportation, making it inconvenient to communicate between the north and the south, all of which effectively delayed the pace of the Qing army's deployment of troops and generals, and greatly reduced the pressure on Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, Li Chengdong and others anyway. Not only that, but he also found a way to contact the Southern Ming court through the Zheng family, and sold them four 8-pounder long-barreled cannons that he had eliminated at a low price of three hundred taels of silver each. Each cannon has a life of a few hundred shells, and if they use it correctly, they should be able to play a big role before the end of the cannon's life, such as breaking through the walls of Ganzhou.

The situation faced by the Manchus at this time was much more dangerous than in history! If there are any more moths in the north at this time, the Qing army, which has almost no troops to adjust, will have to sit on wax. At that point, shrinking the front and giving up part of the territory they had already occupied became an inevitable choice, and this was obviously something they did not want to see. (To be continued......)