The Ming army that fired the cannon did not think that its firepower could cause a lot of casualties in the dark night, and in fact it did not hit a few targets, but now there was a great chaos outside Guazhou City.

In order to prevent the bombing of the camp, the experienced Green Battalion generals had already sent Jīng's troops to keep an eye on the Minfu, and their main jīng forces were concentrated on their own camps rather than on the riverside. On the riverside, there are just some men and horses pretending, shouting twice, setting off two fires, and they will return to the camp before dawn, and report a loss tomorrow, with the help of the Yamen, the governor of Caoyun, to cover up, not only the silver, but also the merit of killing the thief.

After the appearance of the Sichuan Army's sailors, the first unlucky ones were those troops dressed as the Ming Army, they originally just wanted to pretend, and the serious people changed their clothes and prepared to leave them behind after the acting; And the sloppy ones danced wildly with a few red flags, and the military uniforms issued to them were not put on their bodies, and they were thrown directly on the ground along with the flag guard of honor. Even in the dark of night, such a careless disguise was immediately seen through by the Sichuan army, and Jiang Nan's subordinates, who had a preconceived idea, began to attack without hesitation.

I just wanted to carry out a simple masquerade parade, but suddenly the shells hit me without a head, and these extras of the green battalion immediately exploded, shouting: "The Ming army has come to kill us!" "Run to the troops of your neighbors or to the interior.

At this time, the Ming army began to extend the attack, and after not finding friendly troops nearby, Jiang Nan and Wu Baoping invariably ordered their subordinates to attack all moving targets in order to disrupt the deployment and rhythm of the Qing army.

The extras on the shore were in confusion after the raid, and the officers and soldiers in the battalion who were watching the people looked at each other, and they all heard the sound of artillery and the noise, but no one could come out to explain what was happening. And those people who were guarded and imprisoned were already highly nervous, and the sudden encirclement of officers and soldiers tonight made them even more frightened, and after the cannon sounded, the long-accumulated terror broke out completely.

"The Ming army has come to kill us!"

Some of the people thought exactly the same as the officers and soldiers of the Green Battalion by the river outside. However, there are still many people who don't see it that way, because the Ming army has been amiable to the people in the south of the Yangtze River all times, which is completely different from the fierce and vicious Liangjiang and Huguang Green Camp. In particular, the people who had been recruited from the areas along the river preferred to believe that this was a sign that the officers and soldiers were going to kill them instead of believing that the Ming army would slaughter them.

"Officers and soldiers want to kill us!" Many of the people roared angrily.

"I want to blame the Sichuan army."

"Officers and soldiers want to kill good people and take risks!" Some people with better brains immediately thought of merit and silver: "They want to rob the silver, and they want to blame us!" ”

In fact, this is very close to the truth. Originally, the battalions had received orders that if there was any noise, the officers and men who were watching should immediately rush in and drag the agitators out of the crowd and put them to death. But when the battalions began to be agitated, the officers and men of the Green Battalion, who were watching them, did nothing on the side, because they were also in a panic, and the sound of artillery was not part of the script, and they also did not understand what was happening on the river.

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"Is it really a bombing camp?" The sky had turned into silver ash, and seeing the noise in the Qing army camp and the light of the fire, Jiang Nan felt that his brain was a little insufficient.

As early as Deng Ming had just left Kunming and sent an open letter to Wu Sangui to declare for the first time that he wanted to fight with the other party, Deng Ming and his seventeen companions began to study this issue. Although it was not applied to actual combat on a large scale afterwards, some secret experiments were still carried out on the territory of Huguang and Liangjiang.

With the accumulation of conquests over the years, coupled with the reverse derivation of the methods that have been handed down to prevent the roar of the battalion, the special training and special equipment units -- the special forces for short, have developed a relatively mature theoretical system and effective methods of inducing them. As a high-ranking officer of the Imperial Army, Major Jiang certainly had the opportunity to read these theories, and he even contributed some experience.

"The sun will come out of the mountain soon...... "If it weren't for the fact that the sky had begun to turn gray, Jiang Nan would not have seen the movements of the Qing army camp so clearly. And according to the research of the special forces, this is the most unlikely point in time when the phenomenon of bombing the camp will occur. Because it will soon be dawn, there is not much time left for the rebels, and most of them will be suppressed before they have time to make a disturbance. And there are also psychological reasons, the special forces believe that the fear of ordinary soldiers reaches its highest point after midnight, and the tension of people will be relieved when the dawn is approaching, and when the sky begins to turn white, it is almost impossible for anyone to rebel against the authority of the officer because of the tension, and the prerequisite for the occurrence of the camp roar is a large-scale outbreak of tension and dissatisfaction.

"And the other party also has a jǐng ring." Jiang Nan muttered softly again, and the special forces' practical research pointed out that the battalion not only needs dissatisfaction and tension, but is also affected by the control of the green battalion officer corps. Even if the conditions are met in terms of time and circumstances, if an officer intervenes at the very beginning stage and leads the guards to hunt down and kill the troublemakers, the battalion will be nip in the bud -- in order to spread rumors and buy off the troublemakers, the special forces have spent a lot of money, and in order to prevent the actual target from finding the mastermind behind the scenes, so as to affect the harmonious relations between Chengdu and Wuchang, Nanchang, and Nanjing, the special forces often need to spend an extra amount of money to spread suspicions, so that the green battalion can be suspicious. will also suspect that it is the enemy who retaliates on this road.

The enemy camp along the river was clearly guarded, and the officer corps was not sleeping, so even though it was night, the control force was still strong. One time, one control force, the two decisive factors that the special forces think will inevitably prevent the appearance of Ying Xiao are there, but Ying Xiao still happened in front of Jiang Nan's eyes.

Large crowds rushed out of the camp and fought around the camp. These fighting people do not have a clear camp and battle line, but blindly attack the people next to them, and basically after a battle, they will immediately start a new confrontation with the idle people around them. However, if a person is idle and finds that everyone around him is too busy fighting his opponent to have time to worry about him, the idle person often chooses not to help one person gain an advantage, but chooses to flee the camp - until he meets another idle and a new battle breaks out.

Seeing this kind of large-scale, without a clear purpose, almost everyone was under the control of self-preservation instinct and started fighting, Jiang Nan was convinced that the teaching materials of the special forces needed to be changed. The rules they hold up as the golden rule have been falsified. Although he couldn't understand the situation in front of him, Jiang Nan was determined to capture a few prisoners for a while to study how this bizarre camp incident happened.

Wu Baoping's reaction was more positive than Jiang Nan's, and the Qing army on his side also bombed the camp. And after making a fuss in the middle of the night, Dang Shousu also rushed to the canal with his army. After discovering that the Sichuan army had entered the war, Dang Shousu had the same misunderstanding as Liu Tichun, but he thought that the main direction of attack of the Qing army was Liu Tichun's position in the west.

Wu Baoping and Dang Shousu watched in amazement as the Qing troops of each battalion killed each other in front of their eyes, the Caoyun escort officers and soldiers of Huguang and Liangjiang attacked each other, the green battalions of Jiangnan and Jiangxi met each other, and the soldiers in the same barracks also fought together.

"It seems that they are not trying to sneak up on our army." Wu Baoping was completely confused about what was going on with the Qing army on the other side, but he suspected that his artillery bombardment was a bit reckless, which had exacerbated the confusion of the Qing army -- if the Qing army had never taken military action against the Ming army, then even if there was fire between them, it would have nothing to do with the Ming army.

"Protect the grain." After seeing the chaotic fighting spread and threatening the transport ships docked around the Guazhou camp, Wu Baoping finally ordered the Ming army to land and intervene in the conflict. At the same time, he sent a signal to the Party Shousu Division, asking them to help suppress the rebellion in the Green Battalion and restore normal order around Guazhou.

In Wu Baoping's view, his actions today are a bit reckless, which may affect Deng Ming's strategy, if he withdraws his hand and coldly watches the war between the green battalions destroy the grain, then Deng Ming's strategy to avoid a decisive battle in Jiangnan will be closer to failure. Therefore, Wu Baoping planned to make up for his mistakes and help the generals of the Green Battalion restore normal military order, at least to send troops to ensure that the boats were not looted and burned by the chaotic soldiers.

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When Wu Baoping landed, the sun had already risen in the east, and Jiang Nan in the upper reaches saw that the Ming fleet downstream was surging towards the vicinity of Guazhou, and a large number of small boats were also put down. There is no doubt that these Ming troops landed in a combat state, because they wanted to suppress the rebellion and capture and protect the Caochuan water camp on the shore.

"There's still a war on Major Wu's side." Seeing this, Jiang Nan came to the conclusion that although the Qing army on his side was not able to pose a threat to the Ming army because of the bombing of the camp, there was undoubtedly a fierce battle in the downstream, otherwise Wu Baoping would not need to risk landing on the beach, and it was likely that the party was in a bitter battle.

Regardless of the situation in the lower reaches of the war, the immediate priority is to defeat the enemy in front of them, so as to draw part of the attention of the Qing army to themselves, so as to support the friendly forces in the downstream battlefield.

"Landing in." As soon as he saw the landing of the Ming army upstream, Jiang Nan made a decision, saving the soldiers is like fighting a fire, and he can't afford to delay for a moment: "Anyone who resists our army will be killed." ”

The Qing army in front of him was in chaos, giving the Ming army a chance to land safely.

After seeing that Jiang Nan and Liu Tichun had both raised the military flags of the assault operation, Wu Baoping also changed his mind and ordered the landing force to attack and advance, reinforcing the friendly forces upstream.

After seeing that the Ming army had sent a battle signal on the entire front, Li Laiheng and others on the south bank were also shocked and angry, and they loudly issued orders to "put on armor for the whole army" and "cross the river quickly".