Nanshan is located in the northwesternmost corner of Kinmen Island, and after receiving the jǐng report from the outpost, Zheng Taibu, who was stationed here, entered the jǐng ring state, except for a small number of soldiers who stayed behind in the water camp, the rest of the soldiers boarded the battleship and were ready for battle. After seeing the Qing army's fleet, Zheng Tai did not attack their vanguard, but remained motionless.

After seeing the Ming fleet on the flank, the vanguard of the Qing army was also a little hesitant, and after receiving the report, Huang Wu no longer stayed on Dasu's flagship to give advice, but rushed to his ship by speedboat to prepare to command the battle. Since the Ming army did not exert any interference on the Qing army, the Qing army soon found out that the Ming fleet near Nanshan had a total of more than 100 warships, and such a large number of ships were located on the side of the Qing army, which of course brought a lot of pressure to Shi Lang and Huang Wu.

The Qing fleet did not continue to move westward, but slowly turned as the flag began to turn and pressed in the direction of Nanshan, Zheng Tai did not show any appearance of wanting to stay in Shuiying Fujian to hold on, and immediately withdrew south with the entire fleet, always maintaining a posture of imminent departure from the Qing army.

After chasing the Ming army to the south for some distance, Shi Lang stopped the pursuit towards Dasuti: "The thieves obviously want to lure us to the deep sea, and the commander must not fall for their plan." ”

Da Su nodded slightly, before the war, Shi Lang and Huang Wu had already explained the hydrology of Xiamen to him, knowing that if they fought Zheng Chenggong before noon, the advantage of the Qing army would be maximized, and Zheng Tai's style was obviously delaying time. Da Su glanced at Nanshan not far away, and asked Shi Lang, "Do you need to send a few boats to attack this thief's camp?" ”

"The last general thinks that there is no such need, there are a few cannons on Nanshan, if you want to avoid these cannons to climb 6, you need to take some detours, and if you see that the shape is not good, these thieves on Nanshan will definitely flee back to Kinmen County, and it is useless for us to take Nanshan." The most critical problem is as Shi Lang said, it is useless to take Nanshan, if you do not send a large number of troops, you will not be able to attack the county seat of Kinmen, and if you send a large number of troops, it will not only waste a lot of time, but also inevitably let the fleet stay here, scatter the troops and delay time: "Zheng Cheng will not leave too many troops in Kinmen, and it is unnecessary to mobilize the army." ”

After pondering Shi Lang's words for a while, Da Su agreed with his judgment, Zheng Chenggong's main force must be gathered on Xiamen Island, as long as Xiamen is captured, the Ming army on the surrounding islands will definitely lose the fighting spirit to resist, and Kinmen can go down without a fight; As for Zheng Tai's fleet, there is no need to be led by his nose at all, as long as he attacks Xiamen with all his strength, Zheng Tai will naturally return to the division for reinforcements, because if Zheng Chenggong's main force is defeated, Zheng Tai does not seem to have a second way to go except surrender.

After thinking that the fleets of Kinmen and Zheng Tai were delaying time, Dasu did not hesitate and ordered the fleet to go back to the west, ignoring Kinmen Island and the detachment of the Ming army - fortunately, the Qing army left early, and they did not have much time to delay.

After the Qing army stopped the pursuit and sailed towards Xiamen again, Zheng Tai did not follow, but continued to lead the sailors back to Kinmen Island. If Da Su didn't have a plan, then Zheng Tai would continue to raise jīng and wait for the decisive battle in the afternoon.

After returning to the Nanshan Water Camp, Zheng Tai saw that the Qing army's sailors would not look back, so he ordered half of the soldiers to go ashore to rest - although the Zheng army's sailors would not get tired even if they stayed on the ship for a long time, this was an unnecessary waste of the body, and there were still about three hours before Zheng Chenggong's scheduled decisive battle time, Zheng Tai told the soldiers to rest at ease and continue to accumulate body for the big battle.

The fleet of the Qing army approached the east coast of Xiamen without any obstacles, and saw that the sea was empty, and there was not a single warship of the Zheng army, and Shi Lang of the Chinese army and Huang Wu of the former army were a little surprised.

"It's weird, where is Zheng Zhi's sailor?" Shi Lang couldn't help but look back at Kinmen again, a question rose in his heart, and he said to himself: "Could it be that Zheng Cheng hid the sailor in Kinmen?" ”

If Zheng Chenggong's sailor came out of Kinmen, then he would appear behind the Quanzhou sailor and take away the advantage of hydrology from the Qing army. Shi Lang could not help but take precautions against this, and under his construction, Dasu ordered the Quanzhou fleet to be divided into two, one part staying on the east bank of Xiamen, and the other part being led by Huang Wu to the south, forming a horn trend, so that if Zheng Chenggong suddenly pounced on the back of the Quanzhou naval division, the Qing army could still attack him on both sides.

However, after adjusting the formation, the Qing army still did not see any shadow of the Ming army's sailors, which made Shi Lang's doubts become heavier, and even gave birth to an extremely strange thought: "Is Zheng Chenggong going to abandon Xiamen and escape?" So where will he go? ”

Although he was very puzzled, the Qing army could not do nothing, and with Dasu's order, the Qing army in the north began to march to the east bank of Xiamen.6 The Qing army was very cautious at the time of the 6th day of the board, and only sent some small boats tentatively, while the main jīng force was still used to guard against the Ming army sailors that might appear at any time.

When the first group of Qing soldiers jumped off the boat and set foot on the land of Xiamen, Shi Lang was still looking left and right on the flagship. There has been no trace of the Ming army in the Kinmen sea area in the east, and there is nothing abnormal in the north, Shi Lang looked at Gaoqi, always suspecting that a large number of Ming troops would suddenly appear in the next moment - if Zheng Chenggong's main force bypassed here, the surprise attack in the direction of Gaoqi would not be successful, but as long as the main force of Zheng Chenggong's naval division was identified, Shi Lang would be able to completely put his mind at ease, which meant that the other directions would be safe, and Zheng Chenggong, who was attacking from the northwest, did not say that he was facing the sun, The geographical advantage was still on the side of the Qing army.

But the Ming army sailors still did not appear, Shi Lang shuttled back and forth on the deck of the flagship a few more times, he saw that the Qing infantry had begun to walk to the depth of 6 places, but the damn Ming fleet still refused to appear.

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Early in the morning, the Ming army on the east bank saw the Qing army fleet coming from the sea, when the Qing soldiers began to board the 6, the Ming army was still hidden in the defense line and did not move, watching the Qing soldiers wearing their whole bodies holding weapons, after walking down from the boat, the Ming army did not counterattack the enemy soldiers on the beach. Dressed in heavy armor, these Qing soldiers walked step by step from the coast to the hinterland of Xiamen, but after they left the coast, a simple fortification made of a fence appeared in front of them.

After shouting a few times at these fortifications, the Qing army officer who led the team shouted loudly and took the lead and rushed quickly towards the fence. It was not until these Qing troops rushed to a distance of twenty paces from the fence that the Ming army, which had always been lying behind, stood up, and the first to appear behind the fortifications were the Ming army armed with bows and arrows, and a small number of musketeers, who carefully aimed at the attacking enemy soldiers, and fired a volley of fire at them.

The Zheng army was not equipped with many firearms, and their main long-range weapons were still bows and arrows, and the proportion of firearms alone may even be lower than that of the Jiangbei army in the Hongguang period. However, Zheng Jun's firearms did not include equipment such as three-eyed and fast guns, and all of them were bird guns or rì-type iron cannons purchased from rì. These firearms are far less shè than three-eyed guns, and they are much more troublesome to reload, but they are more favored by Zheng Chenggong, who attaches great importance to the armor-piercing effect. However, due to the troublesome training and low production, the proportion of Zheng's firearms was also low, and even the Iron Man Army, which Zheng Chenggong relied on the most, was equipped with bows and arrows instead of firearms.

This time, because they came by boat, the Qing army was all armored soldiers, and the bows and arrows only interfered with the formation of the Qing army, while the fire guns killed and injured some enemy soldiers who rushed to the front.

When the shè was finished, the musketeers stepped back and reloaded, and the pikemen stepped forward. The losses suffered by the Qing army in this round were not large, and with contempt for the Ming army, they rushed to the fence without hesitation and began to try to climb over the fence, while the Ming pikemen hid behind and did not hesitate to stab the enemy on the opposite side with their guns. Instead of trying to stab the enemy through the fence, the Ming veterans who led the group plunged into the legs of the climbing enemies, most likely targeting their calves, as the defenses here were weaker.

There are some new armored soldiers of Zheng Jun beside the veterans, and the soldiers who are in battle for the first time are a little nervous, although they have explained before the battle, they still instinctively stab each other's chest and abdomen when they see the enemy, but the veterans take the lead in piercing the enemy's calves, while shouting loudly, asking the recruits to follow their example to attack the unarmored parts of the enemy soldiers. The more nimble recruits quickly followed the example of the veterans and carefully aimed their stabs in the legs and feet of the enemy soldiers, while those who, because of their nervousness, did not listen to the orders clearly and forgot their prior instructions, and still wasted their first few shots on the armoured parts of the opponent - basically in vain, and it was better to push the enemy away from the fence than to kill and wound a few enemies.

Under the constant attack of the Ming soldiers, the Qing army was never able to break through the wooden wall, they did not have an advantage in numbers, and there was no geographical advantage, many people thought that the Ming army was vulnerable in 6 battles so they moved forward bravely. As time passed, more and more Qing soldiers were injured and retreated, and the new recruits of the Ming army became more and more relaxed, and they gradually realized that the Qing army, which was dominated by sword and shield soldiers, could not pose a great threat to them, and could calmly carry out aiming and attacking work.

After the initial vigor gradually dissipated, the Qing army no longer recklessly tried to climb over the fence, but let their pikemen come forward and stab the Ming army through the fence, covering their companions to destroy the wooden fence. At this time, the Ming army's musketeers and archers stepped forward again, and at close range, almost with a long spear, they struck the enemy on the opposite side of the fence.

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Dasu and Shi Lang, who were on the ship, did not have an intuitive understanding of the battle on the shore, only knew that the first batch of hundreds of Qing troops who boarded the 6 were blocked by the Ming army, and after waiting anxiously for a while, the Qing army that attacked the 6 retreated to the shore. The defeated Qing army reported to the flagship that they had encountered a defensive line made of a wooden fence, and dozens of Qing troops were killed and wounded by the Ming army using this cover, and the Qing officers who led the team were either killed or wounded.

"A wooden fence?" Dasu felt a little headache, such a rudimentary fortification would not be able to stop the Qing army's attack under normal circumstances, but today it was not a normal 6th battle, but a 6th battle on Deng. The Qing army did not have the cover of artillery, rushing vehicles, and shield vehicles, and the coast was bare, even if the Qing army wanted to cut down trees, there was no material to make primitive collision equipment.

In addition to the use of equipment, the use of group charges is also a way to break through this rudimentary line of defense, the defense line composed of wooden fences can neither provide too strong a covering effect, nor can it withstand destruction, as long as the Ming army is insufficient, the Qing army can quickly poke a few breakthroughs in the defense line. However, it was still because of the Deng 6 battle, and if the Qing army wanted to send thousands of soldiers here, they needed to transport them up in small boats, which took a long time.

During this period, the Ming army could draw troops from other parts of the defense line and wait behind the fence - although this time weakened the defenses of other places, if it was a regular 6th battle, the Qing army could take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the area where the Ming army was transferred and form a breakthrough. But at present, the Qing army could not detect where the Ming army was the weak link, and even if it remembered to test the attack, it would take a long time to send the soldiers ashore first. The most important thing is that even if a breakthrough is achieved by chance somewhere, it is very troublesome to move heavy troops to the breakthrough - the various suitable locations for boarding 6 are separated by cliffs and dangerous shoals, and the troops need to get on the ship first and then disembark to get from one place to another at 6 o'clock. Dasu's Qing army was not the American army in World War II, they did not board the 6 boats, and it was extremely difficult to engage in this kind of maneuver, and it was far from being comparable to the Ming army that relied on the 6 to maneuver.

Shi Lang didn't have any good way to do this, in his original idea, Zheng Chenggong's naval division would come out to engage the Qing army's five provincial naval divisions, once the position of Zheng Chenggong's naval division was determined and dragged down, then the Qing army could widely climb along the coastline6, and use the advantage of troops to comprehensively attack the Ming army's defense line, and there were always some places where a breakthrough could be made.

But now Zheng Chenggong's sailors are still hidden in the shadows, and if the Qing army is widely boarded6, the sailors will be diluted along the long coastline, and when Zheng Chenggong concentrates his sailors to launch a surprise attack, the Qing army will become very passive.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Shi Lang still didn't dare to take risks, but instead sent additional troops to try to attack again.

More Qing soldiers boarded small boats and headed for the coast, and some huge trees and vehicles were also hoisted off the sea boats and transported to the shore together. After assembling into a simple rushing cart, a large number of Qing army armor soldiers held a one-man high shield, pushed it through the rocky beach, and attacked the Ming army's defense line again.

Boom, boom!

A few of the Qing army's rushing cars approached the wooden fence, Shi Lang heard the rumbling cannon sound on the island, just now after the Qing army began to send reinforcements, the Ming army began to assemble to this line of defense, when the Qing army crane disembarked, the Ming army also dragged over two cannons. Long before the Qing army assembled the rushing car, the Ming army had properly placed these two guns on the nearby high slope, and the rushing car that was slowly pushed over was the best target, and they approached the wooden fence on the way, the Ming army kept greeting them with shells, and no car could get close to the Ming army's defense line, and soon the Qing soldiers who were clustered around the rushing car were smashed to the ground by the cannonballs.

After seeing the dense Ming army behind the wooden fence, several times more than just now, the Qing army, which had lost its rushing car, did not have the confidence to brave the artillery fire to force an attack. After the officer returned to the beach with his soldiers, he again asked Dasu's flagship for help, asking for a few guns from the warship to be unloaded and sent to the shore to bombard the Ming army's fence.

However, the difficulty of loading and unloading artillery is greater than that of loading and unloading the rushing vehicle, after all, the rushing vehicle is not afraid of water, and the artillery is different, once it has been immersed in seawater, it is useless. The Qing army did not board the 6th boat, only a small boat, and there were no people who could carry heavy artillery to walk over the water, so Shi Lang refused the request of the 6th unit without thinking.

The Ming army was still hiding behind the defense line deep on the shore, without any intention of attacking, looking at the Deng 6 troops in a dilemma on the beach, Shi Lang was also in trouble. If the Ming army attacked, the artillery of the Qing army's naval division would be able to wield its effect, but like now, the Qing army's powerful naval division would not be able to wield it.

"Zheng Wei has less than 20,000 veterans, could he have deployed more than 10,000 along the coast? Doesn't he want to fight a naval war with us at all? Shi Lang felt a little confused about Zheng Chenggong's thoughts, but time passed minute by minute.

"Marshal, withdraw the troops first, and then we will attack Xiamen Port directly." Zheng Chenggong, the director of the water master who has not appeared for a long time, is bound by his hands, originally he thought that there was nothing wrong with his plan, but now there are still big loopholes.

A direct attack on the port of Xiamen seemed to be the best way to solve the problem, and if Zheng Chenggong really dispersed his entire force along the entire coastline, then the Qing army could defeat the Ming army and seize the port of Xiamen. After taking this port, the Qing army's sea ships could directly dock and quickly send troops, horses, artillery and other equipment ashore. However, Shi Lang did not think that Zheng Chenggong would really give up the port of Xiamen and victory, so he would need to send sailors to fight the Qing army.

"As long as Zheng Chenggong can send the sailors out to fight, I can disperse my forces and fully ascend to 6." Shi Lang pondered in his heart and felt that this could indeed perfectly solve the current predicament, no, it was trouble - Shi Lang couldn't think of any good way for Zheng Chenggong to do other than dispatch the main force of the naval division, and as long as the Ming army's naval division appeared, the war would still be on Shi Lang's predetermined track, and the Ming army's resistance was just some trouble encountered by the Qing army before the victory.

"And now attacking Xiamen Port, the ocean current is also very favorable, maybe he can defeat his sailors in one fell swoop." Shi Lang thought, thought, and was once again full of information of victory, and when the Qing army's 6th unit began to withdraw to the sea, Shi Lang glanced at the north again: "When Zheng Chenggong has no time to defend Xiamen Port, a surprise attack on Gaoqi will be a matter of course." ”