The next morning, Cao Conglong boarded the ferry to Yiwu on the farewell of civil and military officials in Dongyang County and followed the Dongyang River down the Dongyang River. However, among the members, there was no shortage of the Jinhua County chief clerk Lu Wenlong, who had almost never left behind before. It was said that he was going to Yongkang to do some official business, but he had no idea what he was going to do.

Half an hour later, the soldiers from the Ming army's north and south camps far away in Longyou County, Quzhou Prefecture also used breakfast and were taking a break so that they could have a better state when beating the drums and sending troops.

The Ming army soldiers who went to fight were from Yiwu and Dongyang, and the two military barracks and some garrison troops selected, almost all participated in the consecutive battles in Jinhua Mansion last year. They had certain battlefield experience, so they seemed calm. This atmosphere also infected a very small number of new recruits, which made the somewhat nervous mood of the warriors who had been carefully selected to enter the military barracks also calmed down to a certain extent.

Fortunately, Jinhua and Quzhou are covered with water. They have heard of the great reputation of this Ming army in Zhejiang. Compared with the terrifying reputation of the Qing army that did not keep prisoners, they still believe in the statement that the local merchants brought back from Jinhua and did not violate the people. After all, this is something that has been seen with their own eyes for several days, and they can never make a false statement.

The rest time passed quickly. Under the reminder of the staff, Chen Wen put on a set of armor, put on a helmet, and hung a sword to announce the departure of the entire army. With the command of the commander, a large number of Ming soldiers came out from the self-operation.

It was almost May and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. The Ming army participating in the war was really inconvenient to fight in such weather in cotton armor, so they had to wear ordinary military uniforms and follow the camp and the team's organization. The civilians were wearing their own clothes, carrying the prepared bamboo rafts, and the boats followed closely towards Lingxi.

Lingxi "has a long source and can be used for rafts, a source of Nanxiang, bamboo, wood and rice, all of which are produced, instilling benefits and rivers, and are more popular in the land." It was one of the main waterways for the "Longyou Business Group" to trade with foreign countries in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was not until the beginning of the Republic that due to the excessive amount of forest deforestation in mountainous areas, serious soil erosion, silt in rivers, raised river beds, and sharp drop in water, they gradually lost the function of shipping. And by then, the afterglow of the "Longyou Business Group" inherited from the Ming and Qing Dynasties also disappeared.

At this moment, as the Ming army approached, the Qing army also ordered that all ships and rafts be stopped from the source to the west coast. Otherwise, they would be burned to avoid investing in the enemy. Such military behavior would inevitably affect the progress of trade. However, compared with those who are worthless and worthy of filial piety, defending Quzhou Prefecture is a matter of life and death for Chen Jin, so the work of firmly clearing the world can still be carried out.

The Ming army camp outside Longyou Town was not far from Lingxi, and the army quickly arrived there. Carrying the built boats and rafts, the Ming army quickly completed the assembly, and then began to board the boats and rafts in the order set by the staff.

With the Ming army's large-scale movement, the Qing army across the stream also ignited the beacon. Not only did the entire army begin to gather and move, but it also used this to inform the Qing army's water camp at the dock of Longyou County to assist in defense.

At this moment, the Ming army began to board the ship in an orderly manner, and the Qing army on the other side did not rush to the river beach, but arranged the artillery and archers while arranging the array to prevent the Ming army from forcibly landing.

Chen Wen looked from afar and saw that the banner of Quzhou Green Camp was mainly the one on the other side, and some troops from the Biao Camp in Jinhua Town were mixed in between. It seemed that the Super Biao Camp was very relieved to hand over this Lingxi to them and the Shui Camp to guard, and he was more focused on restoring his energy. But at this moment, he didn't care about anything more. Seeing that the estimated time was about to be around, he ordered the army to start crossing the river. And as his orders were issued one after another, the Ming army, who had already prepared, supported the poles and sailed to the other side.

The first batch of Ming troops came from Yiwu camp. Their mission was to seize a beachhead position as soon as possible in the order of crossing the stream, squeezing larger space for the subsequent Ming army to line up, thereby crushing the Qing army. In order to cross the stream this time, Chen Wen specially chose several infantry teams that could all be found in water, but the success or failure is still unknown.

The section of Lingxi is already in the lower reaches, not far from Longyou County, and the river channel is relatively wide. Since the Ming army crossed the river, the Qing army did not rush to open fire. However, after the Ming army crossed the center of Lingxi, the Qing army immediately started shelling.

At first glance, after the smoke of Qing army artillery passed, water columns would always arouse near the Ming army rafts on Lingxi, and some were even very close, so they poured the Ming army on the rafts into a drop of soup. However, the aiming technology of the Qing army gunners was not worthy of the artillery they used. In addition, the Ming army rafts were small, and most of them were so small that they could only carry one raft, so there was no casualties in the Ming army crossing the river.

Soon, the Ming army's fleet sailed to one-third of the distance from the river to the west coast, and sailed forward a little. When the stream was not over the knee, it was convenient to get off the ship and form a formation to land.

But at this moment, a few miles north of the Mingjun River Crossing Point on the east bank, a wave of warning horns came faintly, and at the same time, a thick black smoke emerged from the direction of the beacon tower built there.

"The Tatar water camp is here, retreat quickly!"

While the officers leading the team shouted loudly, the main position of the Ming army on the east bank also issued an order to withdraw troops from the Mingjin army. At this moment, the Ming army, who received the order, turned around and rowed back, trying to quickly return to the east bank. However, the Ming army's large rafts had not sailed far under the escort of water columns stimulated by the Qing army artillery, and the clutches of the Qing army's water camp appeared in sight and rushed to the crossing point at a very fast speed.

On the surface of Lingxi River, the Ming army's boats and rafts were trying hard to return to the east bank, while the Qing army sailed from the downstream, intending to destroy the Ming army's crossing forces.

Although the Lingxi waterway is not very wide, the slightly larger ships in the Qing army's water camp are not convenient for combat here, so the ones here are all slightly smaller ships. However, the so-called "slightly smaller" ships in the Qing army's water camp are also unmatchable behemoths compared to the Ming army's boats. And the most important thing is that this forced ferry is a feint attack, and there is no need to confront the Qing army's water camp.

"Attack the Tartar fleet and beat me hard!"

After receiving Chen Wen's order, the gunners lit the fuses of the long-loaded artillery under the command of the officer.

For a moment, the Ming army's position was as smoke as the Qing army on the other side of the shore, and shells ejected from the muzzle, marking parabolas. However, at this level of aiming, let alone moving targets, even fixed targets may not be able to be hit. After crossing the sky, the Ming army's shells also stirred up water columns on Lingxi like Qing army's shells.

The only difference is that the gunners of the Ming army seemed to be more accurate, and the number of sailors of the Qing army was poured into a drop of chickens, and that's all.

Unfortunately, the artillery on the river bank did not hinder the speed of Qing warships at all. When the Ming army's large rafts began to sail across the center of the river and arrived at the east bank at a faster speed, the Qing army's ships also arrived closer, and the attack method they chose was the most primitive impact!

The Qing army's ships were not big, but compared to the Ming army's small boats, bamboo rafts were still much larger. Without water war weapons such as poles, the most primitive impact of the Qing army was soon affected.

Riding on the horse, Chen Wen looked from afar and the fastest Qing ship aimed at a bamboo raft near the downstream of the Ming army and directly hit it. Seeing the Qing army's ships coming, the Ming army on the bamboo raft jumped into the water one after another, and the bamboo raft was immediately pressed by the Qing army's ships. Under the triple action of impact, buoyancy and pressure, it broke free from the constraints of the rattan, and instantly fell apart into individual bamboos. At this moment, the Qing army on the ship used long soldiers such as bamboo guns to slaughter the Ming army that fell into the water...

At the moment when the first bamboo raft was destroyed by the Qing army, more Qing ships sailed to this section of the river and launched an attack on the Ming army's ships and rafts in the same way.

"Continue to paddle, hurry up, don't stop!"

In response to Chen Wen's anxiety, the frequency of the Ming army's golden drummer's sound of gold suddenly increased, but the frequency of sound waves could not increase the speed of the Ming army's ships and rafts. Seeing that the ships and rafts were destroyed by the Qing army, the soldiers of the Ming army continued to fall into the water. Some were even fished onto the boat by the Qing army.

In addition to the soldiers carrying bamboo rafts on the rafts of the Ming army, the soldiers of the firearms team used bows and arrows and bird guns to fight back. The Ming army on the rafts that were approached by the Qing army also used their respective weapons to fight the condescending Qing army.

After a while, the Ming army's boats and rafts returned to the east bank one after another, and the battle on the river gradually began to calm down. Most of the Ming army's boats and rafts that were fortunate to return to the east bank were close to the upper reaches. However, few of the boats and rafts that were the first to face the Qing army could come back. Even the soldiers who fell into the water were successively fished up by the Qing army, and then beheaded to show their power.

In order to ensure the effect of the feint attack, the only officer who was injured in the army was arranged by the Ming army among the river crossing forces, and the other soldiers were unaware of it. Most of these people followed Chen Wen before the Battle of Xiaoshun Town, and there were even older veterans. These infantry should have fought with the Qing army on land, and even if they were killed in battle, they should not be killed on the Lingxi River when the tactical conditions of both sides became equal. However, when the Ming army's water camp was not enough to take on the task of escorting, they could only use force to cover up the troops who secretly traveled to Chen Cang, and they made the greatest sacrifice for this.

Although the Ming army, who were keen on water, tried to swim to the river bank, looked at the Qing army's powerful army, under the command of Chen Wen, who was so angry that the Ming army's artillery burst out again with the same anger.

However, the Qing army was not as lucky as before. Due to the impact of Ming army ships and rafts and the need to attack and kill Ming army fell into the water, the speed of the Qing army's ships was almost stagnant, but they were still guaranteed not to be drifted downstream by the water. In addition, it was much larger than the Ming army's ships, and the Ming army's artillery had been systematically trained for a month in aiming, and its hit rate was far beyond the past. It was still needed to further improve its hit rate. It has now become a living target for Ming army artillery.

The two sides were not far apart. The moment the Ming army's artillery opened fire, it continued to stir up water columns around the Qing army's ships, splashing the stream onto the Qing army. Almost as the Qing army discovered that the Ming army fired again, the Ming army's Fran machine cannon was replaced with a second sub-gun and continued to fire at the Qing army. But this time, the Qing army's ships lost their previous luck, and some of the unlucky ones were soon concentrated by the Ming army.

Under the bombardment of solid artillery shells, although the Qing army's ships were larger than those of the Ming army, they were still not enough to withstand such a blow. The ships hit by the Ming army's artillery shells were either the masts or cabins on the ship, or the bottom warehouse was smashed by the shells, and began to sink after entering the water, and the Qing army sailors had to jump into the water.

However, before other Qing warships arrived to rescue these sailors, the third sub-gun of the Ming army's Folang machine cannon was replaced and continued to splash the anger of the Ming army on the river bank...

After paying more ship losses, the Qing army's water camp had to retreat to the west bank in a mess, because they had no idea how many such sub-guns the Ming army had. As for the abandoned Qing army sailors, they had to swim to the west bank amid the desperate cry for help. At this moment, teams of Ming troops carrying bamboo rafts, and small boats sailed towards them one after another, replicating what they had done to the Ming army falling into the water!

Starting from the morning, in addition to lunch, the Ming and Qing armies were always in the rhythm of the Qing army's water camp Yaowu Yaowei and the Ming army's artillery counterattack. In the afternoon, the Nantang camp, which was ordered to secretly travel to the warehouse, also set off from the hidden assembly site and quickly arrived at the upper reaches of the Turtle Mountain area, preparing to sneak through Lingxi here, and then go north along Lingxi to cooperate with the main force of the Ming army to break through the Qing army's defense line.

There were not many ships and rafts collected along the way and made at hidden points. The troops that could only transport at most one infantry at a time. If the cavalry, artillery team, and other battalions were included, it would take a long time to transport the entire Nantang camp to the other side, and during this period, it would not be disturbed by the Qing army.
Chapter completed!