May 10, 1655, morning, mist.

Amid the rumbling cannons, with Xie Qian's order, a large group of officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division in the roaring military uniform jumped off the boat, then waded in the knee-deep muddy water, and rushed straight to the beach. On their left, a small inland gunboat that was swept black smoke carefully drove to a reed marsh. The gunners stuffed the cannon barrels with broken iron pieces, gravel and iron nails, and then suddenly fired them out. A large number of screams suddenly came from the reed marsh that were scattered by people on the opposite side. On the distant river surface, orange-yellow fire flashed from time to time in the morning mist, and a pile of old-fashioned Chinese hard sailboats were beaten to death and fled.

This is Madang Town, an important node for Qing army control to block the river. It has been stationed in a medium-sized Qing army naval army for many years. The total number of naval troops in land and land is more than 7,000, which is considered a military center in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. But today on May 10, with more than 37,000 naval troops in land and land, Madang Town is actually in a storm...

"Reported that Captain Junior has led his troops to land in Xiangkou Town downstream and defeated the Qing army's first battalion (about 500 people). Du Chong's troops overcome all difficulties and have basically all arrived ashore and completed their departure preparations. More than 300 vanguards have searched westward and advanced. The main force is coming in sequence and will soon join our troops and firmly surround the Qing army." Second-class staff officer Peng Yuanzhi just received this battle report and immediately ran over to report to Liu Haiyang.

After receiving the war report, Liu Haiyang only took a quick look and lost interest. It was not the main line of defense of the Qing army. It was very common for him to be broken by the new army on the east coast. What should be paid attention to now is the front landing field. The Tatars, who were not sure where they got several cannons placed on the top of the city and were directly opposite the river. Although limited by the range, these cannons could not pose a threat to the dense East Coast ships on the river, but they were to the east where they landed on the beach.

The shore army caused some trouble, of course, it was just a trouble. The threat that a total of six cannons (two of which seemed to be river defense cannons, but the range was completely impossible to reach the east coast ships floating in the center of the river) could be caused by a limited threat. Under Xie Qian's desperate supervision, the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division, with a population of more than 2,000, opened a loose front and then covered the landing of the army field artillery in the rear. The Qing army only caused dozens of their lives and injuries.

Three hours later, all 5,000 people from the Sixth Division of the New Army had landed, and they built a starting position in front of the formation, repelling two raids from the Qing army in the city. As many as 16 army field artillery pieces were also in place one by one, and began to fight the Qing army on the top of the city with their guns raised. The battle became more and more intense.

Dutch-born Korean Park Yan and a dozen followers stood on a shaking small fishing boat, silently watching the large and wriggling yellow figures on the beach ahead. These people were holding cold weapons and lined up in loose formations, silently heading towards the fortress guarded by the Qing army ahead. The shells fell around these people from time to time, causing waves of riots in the team. But generally, they still maintained a certain order, which was already very good.

In Park Yan's view, at least 2-3 cannons used by the Qing garrison in Madang Fortress were sold by the British. He estimated that they should have been sold by the Dutch East India Company. Then, in order to strengthen the defense of the Madang Fortress (also served as a navy camp), the Qing army placed it on the top of the city. However, how could this small cannon of 4 pounds and 6 pounds be able to defeat the 12-pound light field cannons like the East Coast people? Not to mention that they also had 12-pound long-barrel heavy cannons specially cast for siege. There are 4 of these cannons in total. Now, with the efforts of more than 100 Korean masters, they have been pushed to the built-up artillery position. There should be no suspense in the result of the artillery battle with the Qing army. Six small-caliber artillery cannons cannot resist the enemy of 16 army field cannons plus 4 long-barrel siege cannons, and it is only a matter of time before they lose.

In fact, this is true. At 11 o'clock that day, when more than 3,000 officers and soldiers of the 8th Division of Du Chong, who came from the east, arrived near the nearest and defeated a Qing army troops out of the city with the cooperation of artillery, the artillery battle that brought together 26 artillery pieces came to an end: the people on the east coast completely destroyed three Qing army's cannons and injured one. The Qing army itself exploded one, and the last one seemed to have exhausted all the shells, or some minor failure, in short, it was still silenced.

After clearing the threat of Qing army artillery, the artillery on the east coast quickly turned the gun head and blasted the wall of Madang Town. It was just surprising that the Qing army seemed to have focused on strengthening the wall of Madang Town to prevent yellow-clad thieves. More than a dozen cannons gathered fire and blasted for several hours, and only some small cracks appeared in the city wall; the change of bombing the city gate was not successful, because the Qing army seemed to have piled up a large amount of earth and rocks behind the city gate, and the shells were difficult to penetrate. As a last resort, they had to change the wall again.

Fortunately, everyone had enough time. Since the southeast wind broke out in late April, more than 30,000 troops attacked Jiujiang without any obstacles. This area at the junction of Chizhou prefectures was mostly due to the continuous harassment and attacks of the Qing army along the river, making the entire Yangtze River the safest back garden on the east bank. The Qing army had poor connection between the north and south battlefields, and the situation was quite hindered by such a quick and decisive military operation. The Qing army naturally had no way to resist. To put it bluntly, at this time, the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan still had no idea whether it had left Nanjing City. This undoubtedly gave everyone plenty of time to besiege the fortress of Madang Town.

On May 15, after six consecutive gunfires, a section of the city wall of Madang Fortress finally collapsed irresistibly. The gap was more than ten meters long ago. Thousands of East Coast officers and soldiers who were already ready immediately pushed the cannon forward. After a fierce battle, they finally killed the formation that surrounded the Qing army and officially broke into Madang Town.

At night that day, the clan members of the Qing army chief in the city, Shen Yongzhong, who was the leader of the Qing army in the city (Shen Zhixiang died of illness, lived several years more than in history. Xu Shun Gong's title was inherited by his nephew Shen Yongzhong), the general Shen Cheng, died in the camp. More than 4,000 Qing troops still died in battle, more than 2,000 were scattered, and most of the remaining nearly 2,000 were captured. As for the two thousand Qingshui soldiers outside the city, they were defeated as early as the first day, killing and wounding more than 1,000 people, which basically damaged the Qing army's naval power in Jiangxi. In this battle, the newly formed 6th Division, the Eighth Division and the Artillery Unit that fought on the east coast also lost more than 500 people. This shows that if the Qing army was determined to fight, relying on the solid city could cause considerable trouble to the people on the east coast.

After capturing Madang Town, Liu Haiyang immediately ordered the 12,000 Korean masters who accompanied the army to act quickly, collect materials to repair the city walls, improve fortifications, and move his command center into the city. At the same time, he also dispatched the second battalion of the elite forward team to the naval camp of the Qing army, and collected a large number of small boats (mostly King Lu, and Zheng was sent by the army due to mercy, so he did not go to war, and specially transported materials, with a large number of more than 400 ships in total) into the water camp. As for the main warships on the east coast, the sailing transport ships could only be parked in the deep water near the coast, and the naval gunboats were guarded around to prevent the Qing army from raiding. Of course, the possibility of the Qing army was slim.

Madang Town is a naval camp that the Qing army focused on building since the last battle of the Yangtze River. The land fortress was also quite strong and was considered a strong city in the era of cold weapons. Unfortunately, it was encountered by the Yellow-clad Army with "sharp guns and cannons". It was a pity that he encountered the "sharp guns and cannons" and was captured less than a week. The navy was also seriously injured and suffered half of the casualties and was unable to fight again in a short period of time. The first battle after the people on the east coast entered the Yangtze River caused the Qing army to be hit hard.

After conquering the hub node of Madang Town, Dongliu and Jiande in Chizhou Prefecture to the east, Wangjiang and Susong in Anqing Prefecture to the north, Pengze and Hukou counties in Jiujiang Prefecture to the west, fell within the range pointed by the soldiers on the east coast.

On May 17, the East Coast army, which had been resting for a day, was divided into two groups, one of which was the main force of more than 10,000 soldiers (the Fifth Division of the New Army, the Sixth Division, and two thousand Korean bird gunmen) advanced eastward, and as planned, the main flow of Chizhou Prefecture and the villages of Jiande County were plundered as planned, with the focus on collecting population and materials. Of course, if you have the opportunity to conquer the county, you can try it, but this is not the focus; the other was the two relatively elite soldiers led by Zhang Guangcui and Zhang Jingchun of Dashun, and more than 4,000 troops of Hao Shangjiu, the troops of Xintai Hou of the Southern Ming Dynasty, plundered the rural areas of Pengze and Hukou County, and the focus was still on collecting population. At this time, the main force of the Qing army in Jiangxi was attracted by the offensive launched by Guo Sheng's troops and was attracted in Nanchang Prefecture. These two groups of people should not encounter any strong resistance in the short term, and they can be assured to arrest people in the countryside.

Starting from the 20th, teams of people were escorted to Madang Town by the officers and soldiers of the East Coast. More than 3,000 people from the Eighth Division of the New Army immediately broke up and reorganized (of course, try to use family as much as possible), and then escorted dozens of people onto a small boat that was parked in the water village, and escorted some naval gunboats downstream and headed straight towards Chongming Sha (there were also people who were receiving the support there, and 3,000 people from Sun Shouzheng's unit of the Third Division of the New Army were stationed there), and nearly a thousand people were sent away that day.
Chapter completed!