Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

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Although Shi Kefa is very unreliable, no matter in history or in the present, he belongs to the kind of person who is relatively capable... Yes, the small court in Nanjing in the late Ming Dynasty had such a cheater, such a person who made war a joke , who only thought about dying vigorously and going down in history, never thought about how to defeat the opponent, at least let the opponent pay enough price before he fell, and the scholar turned out to be a rare talent, so it is not difficult to imagine the late Ming Dynasty How rotten is the Nanjing small imperial court?It is precisely because of this rare talent that after the news that Yangzhou, which he was defending, had changed hands within a few days reached Nanjing, all the civil and military officials in Nanjing were as if the end of the world had come. yelling:
"Idiot! What an idiot! 4 people defended Yangzhou and lost it in a few days. You are really stupid!"

"When this scholar took the initiative to invite you, the old man said that he was too young but too talkative. He couldn't be trusted, and he couldn't be reused. You all want to give him a heavy responsibility. Are you all dumbfounded now?"

"Hey, back then everyone thought he was a rare talent when they saw his eloquence and literary talents. Who would have thought that he would be so useless, and he would lose Yangzhou in a few days!"

"It's not that he's incompetent, he's just stupid! Knowing that Yangzhou won't be able to hold onto it, he won't withdraw, and it's fine if he doesn't withdraw. At least he will burn down Yangzhou's grain depots and silver depots. Now it's a good thing. The grain and fodder I raised after all my efforts are all cheap. Kill that old thief Qi Hu!"

"What's the use of talking about this now? Hurry up and find a way to remedy it!"

"How to remedy it? How to remedy it!"

"Hehe, it's still remedied! Anqing is lost, Tongling is lost, Hefei is lost, Huzhou and Suzhou are lost, and now even Yangzhou is lost. Today's Nanjing is like a stripped whore. You can play however you want, even if Sun Wu is reborn, Wu Qi is reborn, I am afraid there is nothing you can do!"

"My lord, I know that you are angry, but speaking obscene words like this is simply insulting!"

"Bah, my life is almost gone, yet you are so polite!"

"Starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter. No matter when it is, the integrity and demeanor of a scholar are still important!"

"Stupid! Old-fashioned! Our great career is ruined by you people who are as stupid and stubborn as Shi Kefa!"

"Hey, why are you scolding people!"

"It's you nerds who are scolding!"

Well, in the end, the quarrel turned into a group fight, and a group of civil and military ministers fought in front of the emperor, and the scene was extremely chaotic.And their puppet—Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yihai sat motionless on the Dragon Throne like a mud bodhisattva, watching all this dumbly, without the slightest intention to stop, anyway, even if he spoke, they would pretend they didn’t hear it .Zhu Yihai had seen this kind of scene many times, every time these ministers would fight over some trivial matter, tearing each other until the sky was dark, he, the emperor, couldn't control it at all.When they are tired, someone who suffers will naturally come to him, the emperor, to judge and ask the emperor to make decisions for them, but once the emperor makes a judgment, they will not listen at all... Alas, this puppet is really tiring!
Good thing...

Zhu Yihai carefully looked at the ministers who were pulling each other's beards and tearing their clothes into a ball, and a bit of bitterness flashed in his heart: The days of being treated like puppets should not be many, right?He will be free soon!

Zhou Yanru also watched the officials tearing each other coldly, without the slightest intention to stop.He has already vomited blood several times, so he is really too lazy to deal with it. If you want to make troubles, let you make troubles. Anyway, there is not much time for you to tear up!

The fall of Yangzhou was an extremely fatal blow to the small court of Nanjing, which meant that Nanjing lost the last city that could echo each other and was about to become an isolated city.In order to save the defeat, Lu Weiqi, Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing, guarding Zhenjiang, tried his best to mobilize a group of warships, and launched a counterattack to Yangzhou by land and water, trying to take Yangzhou back.Naturally, Qi Hu warmly welcomed him. He only left 2000 troops to guard Yangzhou. The main force also marched by land and water to Zhenjiang. The two inevitably encountered each other in the Yangtze River, and a bloody battle broke out immediately.

The bloody battle first started on the Yangtze River, because Qi Hu and Lu Weiqi knew very well that it was not the gains or losses of a certain city that really determined the outcome of the Jiangnan battlefield, but the navigation rights of the Yangtze River waterway. And the side that was expelled from the Yangtze River had only one dead end.For this reason, Lu Weiqi even took out his old books, and four hundred warships, large and small, sailed down the river, with banners covering the sun and sails like clouds, which was a magnificent sight.Qi Hu's side is much poorer, there is no way, the main force of the Daming Navy is in the Northeast, and it won't be able to return for a while, and he only has a small squadron of the Transformers Fleet, a total of twelve frigates , the rest of the warships belonged to Zheng's fleet, and more than half of Zheng's fleet was fighting the hateful Taihu water bandits in Taihu Lake, so now he can mobilize only a mere sixty or so warships, a difference of nearly ten times.But they were not afraid, raised the black tiger flag, and rushed upstream with full sails!
On both sides of the Yangtze River, in those villages and towns that were still under the control of the rebels, everyone rushed out to watch the battle. When they saw their own fleet mighty and mighty, but when the Ming army’s fleet was few in number, many people laughed proudly. A scholar in white waving his fan, shook his head and said, "The old thief Qi Hu's warship is only [-]% of my king's fleet, and it's against the current, yet he dares to face it brazenly. It's really a mantis' arm, I don't know how to write the word dead!"

Several scholars laughed out loud: "Wang Shi's fleet is in full swing, and it is going down the river, and there are millions of Jiangnan people cheering. The right time, place, and people are in your hands, and the chances of winning are in your hands! Let me wait and relax. Let's see how Lu Shangshu smashes that old thief Qi Hu and pulls off that old thief's beard!"

A scholar said in a low voice: "That old man is not easy to deal with... Lu Shangshu... I'm afraid he is no match for him!" His voice was so soft that only he could hear it. others hear.

He was Shi Kefa who wanted to die, but was thrown out by Qi Hu.Originally, he wanted to go back to Nanjing by way, but he was attracted by this amazing water battle.Seeing a group of scholars who have never even touched a knife shaking their heads and talking nonsense here, Shi Kefa, who has already been on the battlefield and witnessed the horror of war, only felt a burst of chest tightness!
At this time, the distance between the two fleets was already very close. Several huge rebel ships opened fire at the same time. The thick and short barrels sprayed out balls of fire. It is quite spectacular to smash out a row of drainage columns, but unfortunately it is useless.But the group of scholars applauded loudly, and the white-clothed scholar even said: "It's very good to be the first to scare the enemy before fighting, very good!"

Some people wondered: "After firing so many guns, I didn't even scratch the sails of the enemy ships. Is that good?"

The white-clothed scholar glanced at the guy, and snorted coldly: "This is called showing weakness to the enemy! This is called showing that you can't, using it and showing it's useless, understand?"

The man was even more puzzled: "You said just now that you wanted to take the lead, why did you suddenly turn into showing weakness?"

The white-clothed scholar: "...I can't explain it to a rough person like you!"

Boom boom boom!

The Ming army fleet also opened fire, it was the twelve frigates.These warships of only about [-] tons can be said to be like ducks in water in the Yangtze River, and they are extremely flexible. Six of them are lined up in two rows, and each battleship is separated by hundreds of meters. Boom!Of course, no matter how fierce it is, there are only a few cannons, and the momentum is far from that of dozens of cannons fired at the same time by the building. So when the frigate fired, the people watching the battle on both sides of the strait laughed and shouted: "You Yankees are poor!" You can’t even afford the cannons? What a ghost with just a few cannons, kneel down and surrender, we’ll give you money to buy cannons!”

What responded to them was a mass of fire rising from the boat.Although the number of frigate artillery is small, the rate of fire is much faster than those unlucky front-mounted breech guns. As for the lethality... How lethal is a solid lead bullet compared to a high-explosive incendiary bomb filled with high explosives?Are you out of your mind?As soon as the fire was exchanged, the large building ship that played the vanguard was shot repeatedly. The shells penetrated several decks and exploded inside the battleship. The unlucky ones who were closer to the explosion point were immediately blown to pieces. Don't be too busy to rejoice, the picric acid explosive exploded and caused a fire, which immediately set the hull on fire!The six frigates smashed violently in one round, and the large ship that could accommodate nearly a thousand sailors was immediately blazed into the sky and exploded again and again. Many sailors rolled from the deck into the river with a fire in their bodies. Hairy bone suddenly.The people on both sides of the strait who were applauding loudly became dumb at once, and many of their eyes fell on the white-clothed scholar. The scholar was a little embarrassed and insisted, "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. We have hundreds of warships." , it’s just the loss of a building ship, why should you care?”

Obviously, Lu Weiqi also thought the same way. He commanded the fleet to push forward in a group, intending to kill Qi Hu by numbers——No matter how powerful your naval guns are, there are only a few guns, and my warships will soon have more shells than yours. Come on, let's go over in a group, if you don't believe it, you won't die!
Qi Hu smiled: "Want to compare the numbers? I'll accompany you!" With a wave of his hand, the flagship played a red semaphore.

Immediately, the twelve frigates in the front row stopped firing, and quickly lowered the small boats one by one with the pulley block.The two ends of the boat are pointed, the length is only one zhang, and it is quite narrow. There seems to be a person sitting on it...

Lu Weiqi yelled in horror: "It's a rocket ship! It's a rocket ship of the Heluo Bandit Army! Withdraw quickly! Withdraw quickly!"

As soon as they heard that it was a rocket ship, the rebels were frightened, and the fleet, which was still somewhat organized, was in chaos in an instant!There is no way to avoid chaos. In the battle of the Haitan Strait, Yang Menglong's extraordinary soldiers stood out and released a large number of terrifying rocket ships. In one fell swoop, they wiped out the Zheng's fleet that was several times larger than his own. The rocket ship whizzing by with long flames was blown into two pieces!This scene has become the nightmare of all fleet commanders, no matter how superb command art you are, no matter how powerful your fleet is, facing this group of rocket ships rushing towards at tens of kilometers per hour, it is difficult Who would want to fight such a crazy opponent only for being smashed to pieces?Anyway, the rebels don't want to!

But now they can no longer tolerate their unwillingness. The river is only so wide, and hundreds of warships are huddled together. It is okay to move forward, but it is a bit difficult to retreat. Everyone wants to leave this place of right and wrong quickly and avoid the rocket ships. The kiss of death, the inevitable collision in the panic, the sound of the hull breaking was endless, and their losses had skyrocketed before the rocket ship offensive was launched.And Qi Hu did not waste such an opportunity. With an order, the rocket ship was ignited. The people on top looked fanatical and shouted "Long live". They controlled the small boat loaded with dozens of kilograms of explosives and flew across the river with sharp arrows. One by one, they plunged into the river. The rebels disappeared from the center of the chaotic fleet.

The loud rumbling explosion sounded like a thunderstorm.

Explosion flashes are dazzling like holiday fireworks.

Pillars of fire rushed up holding large pieces of the ship's hull.

Flames shot out from inside the cracked hull.

The rebel navy, which attempted to kill Qi Hu through sheer numbers, faced the most terrifying nightmare. Their formation was so tight and chaotic that the attacking rocket ship could hit a warship with its eyes closed. Once hit, dozens of kilograms of explosives exploded, and most of the warships were blown up in half!Those sailors also tried to shoot at the rocket ships with naval guns and fire rockets at the rocket ships, but it was of no use. The rocket ships rushed over one after another with shouts of "Long live" and blew them up all over the sky. !

Blood and flames stained the surface of the river red, and the Jiangnan people watching the battle on both sides of the Yangtze River watched this terrible massacre in dumbfounded silence.As for the scholar in white who seemed to have read a few military books, he had long since become dumb, staring blankly at all this, unable to utter a single word.If you look closely, you will find that this guy's face has become as white as his clothes, and his legs are shaking more than cotton...

There was also the sound of rumbling guns on the river bank.do you remember?Both sides are advancing by land and water, and now the infantry is also colliding head-on.The rebel infantry had been terrified by the massacre of the fleet on the river, and they turned back and walked in unison. Unfortunately, the Ming army did not intend to let them go, and bombarded them with 120mm lightning cannons. The rebels were bloody and bloody.Eight thousand Ming army infantry pressed forward in a neat formation. When they advanced to only 70 meters away from the rebels, the rebels were scared to collapse by the thunderbolts and their overwhelming momentum. !Facing this kind of opponent, the Ming army even avoided the routine queuing and shooting. The commander roared "Chong", and all the soldiers roared in unison, and directly charged with bayonets!

The first reaction of the rebels was to jump into the Yangtze River... Yes, they would rather jump into the river than face the walls of swords rushing towards them!
(End of this chapter)