Hundreds of combat ships rushed down the river like tigers, and started a fierce battle with the Poyang Lake Navy at the mouth of Hukou.

Under the overwhelming attack from rockets, artillery, and trebuchets, the Poyang Lake Navy's formation was in chaos, and its defeat soon appeared.

The fire-breathing ship took advantage of the situation and attacked bravely. Taking advantage of its small size, flexibility and speed, it rushed into the enemy's formation, spitting fire dragons one after another, causing the enemy ships to rise in flames and light up the sky.

The Poyang Lake Navy could no longer parry and was completely defeated. They hung up their sails and fled. The remaining defeated troops fled into Poyang Lake.

The Ming Navy pursued them mercilessly, sinking and damaging more than a hundred enemy ships, and forced to land more than a hundred ships. Only a few dozen enemy ships managed to escape.

There were three battalions of the Ming army attacking Meijiazhou. After landing, they attacked quickly and bombarded with rocket artillery, burning three wooden cities built by the Qing army one after another. Three thousand defenders suffered casualties and retreated in panic, fleeing to Jiujiang City.

At dusk, the Ming army had already arrived at the south gate of Jiujiang City. They set up camp while the earth camp surveyed the soil and soon began to dig tunnels.

Wang Shengzu, the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi Province, stood on the city and looked at the powerful Ming army outside the city. He no longer felt calm and calm.

"To be so brave, no wonder he was able to cross Huguang and destroy the Eight Banners." Wang Shengzu looked ugly and swallowed hard.

"Sir, that is the flag of the false prince." An officer pointed at it and said in a low voice: "The sun and moon flag in the blue sky, I heard that he is the only one using it."

Wang Shengzu's hand shook imperceptibly, and he stared at the fluttering flag, speechless for a long time.

As a horse galloped over, the Qing troops on the city turned their attention to it, waiting for Wang Shengzu to issue an order.

Wang Shengzu seemed to have heard nothing and stared blankly, without issuing any instructions.

The rider approached about a hundred meters from the city wall, suddenly drew his bow, shot an arrow towards the city, then drew his horse and left quickly.

In a short time, the Arrow Book was delivered to Wang Shengzu. After reading it, his expression changed, and he finally gritted his teeth and threw the surrender letter over the city wall.

Wang Shengzu turned around and said loudly to the officers and soldiers: "The reinforcements are on the way and should have arrived in Anqing. Jiujiang city defense is strong, and we will definitely be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive."

The officers all agreed and their mood cheered up a little, which made Wang Shengzu feel a little comforted.

Outside the city, Huang Li was already sitting in the tent, praising Hu Maozhen, "General Hu has trained his troops well and fought very bravely."

Two of the five battalions were adapted troops from Huguang. The officers were basically changed, but they still belonged to Hu Maozhen in name. Because his family had been moved to eastern Sichuan, Huang Li felt more at ease with him.

Hu Maozhen concealed his excitement and hurriedly bowed and said humbly, "Your Highness has given you the award. It is all due to His Highness's bravery and bravery, and the soldiers have served loyally."

Now, these original green soldiers can still fight against the wind.

What's more, the Ming army had strong firepower. By the time the infantry attacked, the enemy was close to collapse, and there was no fierce fighting.

Of course, to reach the standards in Huang Li's mind, we still need to continue to integrate and train. Actual combat is the fastest way.

Soon, the navy reported preliminary statistics of battle losses and results. As Huang Li expected, the losses were not large, or even very small.

The Qing navy only had three types of combat weapons: large ships equipped with artillery to provide long-range fire; bows and crossbows used to launch rockets in close combat, or spray cans sprayed with oil and then ignited with fire.

Needless to say, the artillery is front-loaded with a smooth bore and its accuracy is impressive; as for the spray gun, the Ming army already uses flamethrowers, so what are you doing with a water gun?

The Ming Navy has formed a triple strike of rocket launchers, artillery, trebuchets, rockets, and flamethrowers, and it also has the advantage of upstream.

Because a lot of ships were captured, many small boats have been transformed into arson boats, with broken sails hung and suitable for sailing down the river. They have not been used on a large scale yet!

Such weapons and equipment, and such tactics gave Huang Li the confidence to defeat the Qing navy, instead of being arrogant and arrogant.

"When the city is breached tomorrow, I will lead my troops to attack first." Hu Maozhen already knew Huang Li's arrangement. Although he didn't know what means to use, he still continued to show off.

Huang Li pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said, "General Hu, don't take any risks. Your troops will enter the city first."

Duke Guangxing of Jing Kingdom laughed and said jokingly: "Old Hu, if I ask you to take command, I'm afraid you will be stunned and miss the opportunity to fight!"

Hu Maozhen laughed and said: "The last general has also been in battle for a long time, so he will not be so unbearable."

Just flatter the horse, but don't belittle yourself, let the third prince look down on you, and ruin your future.

It was also because of his low-key approach to patting horses that Prince Guangxing of Jing State was very pleased with him and had a good impression of Hu Maozhen.

Wang Guangxing sighed and said: "The power of His Highness Huode was so shocking that the Eight Banners were destroyed on the spot. How have you ever seen it before?"

Hu Maozhen hurriedly and low-key, bowed and said: "His majesty is beyond the imagination of the generals. It is not surprising that he was stunned on the spot."

Huang Li found it quite boring, waved his hand and said: "General Hu is right to study more. Our army's fighting style is different from before. It is only through innovation and progress that we can win repeated battles."

"Yes, yes, I will humbly ask for advice, and I would like to thank His Highness for your teachings." Hu Maozhen showed his posture, and he did not feel embarrassed at all towards His Highness the Crown Prince.

As they were talking, the soldiers came in to report, and Yidu Houta Tianbao led three battalions to come for reinforcements.

Huang Li was slightly surprised that Ta Tianbao came faster than Yuan Zongdi, so he hurriedly asked him to enter the account.

Ta Tianbao quickly entered the tent, bowed and saluted, and said with a relieved smile: "The general hastened quickly, and finally caught up. Your Highness is going to attack Nanjing, how can he be without the general?"

"Who said I wanted to attack Nanjing?" Huang Li laughed and said: "The Qing troops from Liangjiang dared to invade. If I don't teach them a lesson, wouldn't I learn from them in the future and dare to come to Tai Sui to stir up trouble?"

Ta Tianbao was stunned for a moment, then resumed his smile, and said with a wide grin: "Let me just say, if His Highness wants to attack Nanjing, he must not leave behind the last general."

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Huang Li stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down and talk, and asked: "Where is Marquis Yangcheng, but he is still in Dongting Lake?"

Ta Tianbao said: "At the end of the day, he had finished his operations and was leading his army back to Yueyang. I couldn't wait any longer, so I left a battalion of troops in Yueyang and came with my troops."

Huang Li smiled and nodded, and said: "If the Duke of Jing and his army arrive quickly enough, I would like to send the Marquis of Yidu to Nanchang for a visit."

The Poyang Lake Navy was defeated, and most of the Jiangxi Green Camps were in Jiujiang. Entering Poyang Lake, you can go directly to Nanchang along the Gan River, and even sweep through surrounding towns.

In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Nanchang became the center of anti-Qing forces and was massacred, but it soon recovered.

In the Qing Dynasty, Nanchang Prefecture governed seven counties and one state. It was famous for its developed town economy, dock trade, and abundant products. It was a rare heavily endowed area outside the Yangtze River Delta.

At that time, Nanchang had an external condition that was very conducive to development, and that was the Ganjiang National Highway, which led directly to Guangzhou. The foreign trade of the Qing Dynasty was basically conducted through Guangzhou Port, which had a huge impact on the economic development along the Ganjiang River.

Jiangxi is not only known as the "rice town in the south of the Yangtze River", but also has the Jiangyou merchant gang, which is as famous as Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants and has been in China for more than 900 years.

There are more than 1,500 Jiangxi guild halls all over the country, and there is even a folk proverb in Huguang and other places, "There is no market without Jiangxi merchants", telling the glory of the Jiangyou merchant gang.

Now that he has the conditions to easily take over Wuchang and other places, Huang Li has no intention of letting it go. He will grab enough and survive in eastern Sichuan and western Sichuan for a year or two, and he will almost have enough food and grass supplies.

Where there is a river, there are boats, and sailors and boatmen are indispensable. Eastern Sichuan and Western Sichuan not only need manpower, but also skilled personnel like this are welcome.

Regarding Huang Li's arrangement, Ta Tianbao smiled and said: "It is better for the Duke of Jing to go to Nanchang to plunder, and the general will be at your Highness's side to listen to you."

Huang Li blinked his eyes, smiled, and agreed.

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From the scale of the battle to the big battle, Huang Li felt that he couldn't help himself and that he couldn't hold back.

Maybe it's a strategic need, maybe it's greed, or maybe it's a bit arrogant because of repeated victories.

But these are not important. What is important is that he still has rational analysis. He is relatively objective and accurate about the strength of the enemy and our armies and the judgment of victory or defeat.

Although Huguang and Liangjiang did not hear about the war for only five years, the decline of the Qing army was an obvious fact.

This may be related to the fact that the Qing government "poorly raised" the Green Camp soldiers. Without fighting, there would be no external wealth. With those meager wages, the Green Camp soldiers could not support their families.

Being "poorly raised" is not enough, and the "rich" Eight Banners soldiers look even worse. Apart from stupid arrogance and sophisticated equipment, Huang Li sees no other advantages.

Perhaps cavalry and archery can still be seen, but judging from the post-war seizures, there are very few Eight Banners soldiers who can shoot hard bows. This can also be seen in some aspects the obvious decline of the Eight Banners soldiers' combat effectiveness.

So, why did the Green Camp soldiers perform so bravely during the San Francisco Rebellion?

In Huang Li's view, firstly, the Qing government paid enough to boost morale; secondly, the Green Camp officers encouraged or acquiesced in the soldiers' looting, burning and killing.

Huang Li has watched the TV series "Emperor Kangxi", in which Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong summoned the slaves of the Eight Banners to conquer the rebellious Chahar tribe.

Because of the lack of salary, he publicly announced to the slaves that they could loot as much as they wanted during the war, and all the proceeds would belong to themselves. So, the gang of slaves rushed forward, crazy for looting and slaughter.

"Sure enough, there is a reason for the corruption of military discipline. In order to boost morale, many generals will regard the common people as ants. Their lives and property are the best stimulants."

Huang Li sighed and strengthened his belief that he would never do anything for the purpose. He must maintain his conscience, although in such an environment, it will become less and less.

Of course, if the bottom line is given up, the process of the war will be greatly accelerated.
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