Faced with the attack of the Ming warships and artillery, the Qing fleet fell into a situation of passive beating at the beginning.

The Ming ships were still miles away, and the bows and arrows were of little use. In the face of the overwhelming number of shells, Lu Guangzu, Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and other green battalion generals found themselves helpless, and could only hope that the two sides were approaching, relying on the advantage of their own ships and large number of people, to start a broadside battle.

The two sides were moving opposite each other, and the Qing ships were going down the river, and the two sides approached quickly. After enduring great sacrifices, more than 20 warships were sunk by Ming artillery, and hundreds of soldiers were killed, and the Ming ships were already close at hand.

Lu Guangzu, Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and others each led a fleet and rushed towards the Ming army's naval division, and there were hundreds of ships distributed on the four-mile-wide river.

The two sides were about to pick up, at this time the artillery of the Ming army also stopped roaring, the Qing soldiers were in high spirits, roaring and shouting, raising their swords and guns, waiting for the upcoming battle, many people were holding back to avenge the suppression of the artillery bombardment just now.

To fight against the Ming army, the green battalion soldiers who were born in the Ming army were resolutely not afraid, their own people were overwhelming, and there were eight banners behind him, and he was afraid of him. In order to avoid demoralization, Azig ordered a strict blockade of the news of the defeat in Yangzhou, although Lu Guangzu and other general soldiers vaguely knew something, but they did not dare to spread it casually.

Therefore, in the eyes of the vast majority of green battalion soldiers, the Lord of the Eight Banners is still so invincible, and the Ming army is still as demoralized as before, so they have a natural psychological advantage over the Ming army as the two Tartars.

"Archery!" With the orders of the generals of the green battalion who were in charge of the command of each boat, the green battalion soldiers drew their bows and arrows, and shot arrows at the Ming army ships, many of which were rockets, and then saw several fires burning on the Ming army ships on the opposite side, and some soldiers were busy fighting the fire in panic.

However, before the Green Battalion could be complacent, the roar of artillery sounded again from the warships of the Ming army, and then countless projectiles came overwhelmingly.

"Tiger Squat Cannon!" A green battalion general exclaimed, the tiger squat cannon is very popular in the Ming army, and many people are naturally familiar with its sound.

Each warship has at least two to three tiger squat guns, this kind of shotgun with a short range is very popular with the Pingnan army, firing hundreds of projectiles at a time covering a width of more than ten zhang, and the infantry warship can be used for battle.

Naturally, there were tiger squat cannons in the Green Battalion Army, but no one thought of moving the artillery to the ship, because they were not professional sailors, and the ship was not a special warship, but just a means of transportation.

The Ming ships marched in unison, staggered with each other, the Qing ships rushed into the Ming army fleet array regardless of it, the Ming army countless door tigers squatted and fired, the projectiles swept the Qing ships all over the world, and countless green battalion soldiers screamed and fell on the deck. The decks of many ships close to the Ming army were empty!

Lu Guangzu, the commander of the Green Battalion, was shocked to see that as soon as the two sides came into contact, their ships fell into a situation where they could only be beaten and unable to fight back.

From the artillery when they were three or four miles apart, to the squat cannon close to the rear tiger, and then the dense firearms and crossbow arrows, the Qing ships were completely in a state of passive beating, and the imaginary broadside battle did not happen, because the green battalion warships had no chance to get close to the Ming ships, and the soldiers on the deck suffered heavy casualties.

Occasionally, a brave ship approached the Ming warship, and before the flying claws could be thrown to hook the two ships together, countless 10,000 enemies were thrown from the Ming warship, and exploded on the Qing ship, and then the Qing ship fell into a sea of fire.

This was an asymmetrical battle, and the green battalion soldiers, who were not weak in combat, had no power to resist on the ship, because the firearms of the Ming army were too fierce. In order to defeat the Qing army on the Western Road, Chen Yue had already emptied the treasury of the Yangzhou Ordnance Division, and most of the musketeers of the whole army were concentrated on the ship, fighting the idea of annihilating the Qing army fleet in a war.

The battle began in the morning, and when it was noon, the Qing army could no longer support it, more than 40 ships were sunk by the Ming army, more than 20 ships were caught in the sea of fire, and more than 50 ships were captured by the Ming army.

Although the number of Qing ships still exceeded that of the Ming army, the Qing generals were already frightened, and they unanimously ordered to turn the bow of the ship and flee in the direction of the water camp.

On the narrow river, the battlefield where hundreds of warships were fighting, it was so easy to escape safely, under the command of Lu Tai, the Ming army launched a pursuit of the Qing army, and the warships followed closely behind the Qing warships, and the artillery and rockets rained down on the Qing ships.

At this time, the Zheng family's naval army also exerted its might, relying on its skillful boat skills to bite the fleeing Qing army warship, hooking it with flying claws, and then began to jump to the gang to fight.

The Zheng soldiers were accustomed to sailing on the turbulent seas, most of them were barefoot and unarmoured, but their bodies were extremely agile and they could walk freely on the turbulent planks. And the green battalion soldiers are far behind them, as long as they are jumped on the boat, they are all killed.

In a big battle, the Qing army was defeated and lost, the Qing army dispatched more than 300 warships, less than 100 ships escaped back to the water camp safely, in addition to the general soldier Lu Guangzu, Zhang Yingxiang, Chang Deng and other green battalion generals are missing, more than 30,000 green battalion soldiers are dead or missing. Relying on the interception of hundreds of artillery pieces on the shore, Lu Guangzu took the remnants to get rid of the pursuit of the Ming army and entered the water camp.

Azig was furious at the defeat of the Green Battalion and ordered Lu Guangzu to be pushed out and beheaded. The general soldiers Xu Ensheng and Hao Xiaozhong have always been friendly with Lu Guangzu, and under the sadness of the dead rabbit and fox, they knelt down to intercede for Lu Guangzu, but they still couldn't extinguish Azig's anger.

At the critical moment, Tan Tai, the general of the Eight Banners, stood up and interceded with Azig, who promised to spare Lu Guangzu not to die, but ordered to push out forty military sticks.

"Rice bucket, incompetent!" After drinking the generals of the Green Battalion, Azig was still yelling and scolding angrily in the tent. The defeat in the first battle made him extremely irritable.

Coupled with the increasingly hot weather, if the Ming army in Wuhu cannot be defeated quickly, this battle will only be in vain!

"Lord Wang, you shouldn't be like this." Tan Tai sighed.

"What, did I do something wrong?" Azig looked at Tan Tai with red eyes.

"Lord Wang, our Eight Banners warriors can't fight in water, if you want to defeat the Ming army and attack Nanjing, you still need these green battalion generals to contribute, and your subordinates think that you should treat them well and not make them have different intentions!" Tan Tai persuaded bitterly.

"Alien hearts? Which of them dares to see this king? Azig roared angrily.