The shrapnel that Zhu Hongsan encountered was good. He advanced for two seconds after leaving the barrel. Then he slowly ignited the gunpowder to ignite the gunpowder inside the shell and detonated at an altitude of twenty meters from the ground (twenty meters in this era is also considered high altitude). Then the five sub-munitions inside the shell were blocked by the partitions and all moved downwards, that is, they were hitting towards the ground.

In this era, there was no light pollution at night, and it is still in the wild, so it is absolutely dark. When the shrapnel bomb exploded in the air, although the fire was not very bright, Zhu Hongsan and others could see clearly the secret Qing army on the ground.

Because they were rushing in the heavy rain, they did not have the complete logistics support of the Ming army. They all poured the November rain all over. If it weren't for the officers at all levels who were fighting hard, these guys would have run away long ago. Their original idea was to lurk at the edge of the Ming army camp in the dark and launch an attack, but the Ming army suddenly fired such a strange shell, and all their efforts were wasted.

After the shrapnel bomb exploded, the crowd below immediately screamed, and it seemed that the ammunition hit the person. Seeing this, the commander of the Qing army's rear squad was impossible, so he immediately changed to a strong attack. Anyway, the Ming army could not react to it now less than 500 meters away from the Ming army's camp. After the order was passed, the Qing army made a hungry wolf-like cry, and ran away his feet and rushed to the Ming army to kill him.

On the 27th, Hong Chengchou led the Qing army out of Maoshan and divided some people to ask Li Shutai to take him to Lishui County to arrest people. Hong Chengchou took most of the people to follow the Ming army.

Because the Ming army had no horses, the scouts' reconnaissance distance was limited, so they could only maintain safety within ten miles of the army. However, this was enough for the Ming army with all firearms. The distance of ten miles was enough to organize a defensive formation. The Qing army was all cavalry, and the reconnaissance distance was thirty miles. In this way, when the Qing army discovered the Ming army, there was no news at all.

The Qing army scouts found the Ming army's rear team twenty miles ahead and hurried back to report to Hong Chengchou, what should the general do?

It's daytime now and it's not raining yet, so naturally I have to wait for Li Rutai's cannon fodder troops, so Hong Chengchou ordered the scouts to follow from afar and not to fight with the Ming army.

By noon, it started to rain lightly, and Hong Chengchou was overjoyed. No matter how powerful the Ming army's firearms were, they could not exert their power in the rain. Now the Ming army will definitely be defeated.

But Hong Chengchou made a lot of calculations and did not do it less, that is the speed of the cannon fodder troops. According to the agreement with Li Lutai, Li Lutai would take the captured people to the Qinhuai River after dark, but it was already dark and Li Lutai had no sign yet. This was not Hong Chengchou's wrongful accusation of Li Lutai. You must know that the people are not trained troops and cannot walk thirty miles in one afternoon. In addition, the Eight Banners of Manchu robbed a lot of things in Lishui, and it was difficult for large and small vehicles to march in the rain. In this way, Hong Chengchou waited on the Qinhuai River until midnight, but Li Lutai still did not move.

However, in order to rush forward, Hong Chengchou did not bring any supplies, and some tents were thrown in Maoshan. The soldiers only brought dry food for two days. They could not live in the rain, and the dry food was wet by the rain. These hard days began to shake the morale of the Qing army.

The Yangzhou General Ma Degong came to Hong Chengchou and whispered: "Master, it's not a solution to wait like this. His subordinates have been wet in the rain for a long time. If they don't take action, they will have a great impact on morale!"

"General Ma, I know too, but Li Lutai hasn't arrived yet. Ming's arms are really powerful. If there is no cannon fodder in front of me, I'm afraid we won't be able to get in!"

"Sir, it's been raining for a day. No firearm can be used for such heavy rain. You should know that you have been fighting bandits all year round!"

Ma Degong was Hong Chengchou's subordinate at that time. He followed him to fight the peasant army in Shaanxi. Later, Hong Chengchou was transferred to Liaodong to fight the Qing Dynasty, while Ma Degong continued to stay in the pass to suppress the peasant army. It was precisely because of this friendship that after Ma Degong knew that Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he immediately captured Emperor Hongguang and surrendered to Hong Chengchou. Therefore, Ma Degong was considered a former member of Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou would not take some too much thoughts to heart.

Hong Chengchou felt so moved when he heard Ma Degong. Yes! He was scared by the Ming army's results in Jiangxi and was a little afraid of the enemy. Even if the Ming army was all heavenly soldiers and generals, even if their firearms were destroyed for dozens of miles in one shot, they would definitely be affected in such heavy rain. Can the Ming army's firearms still open fire in the rain? If that was the case, why would you fight? Just surrender!

Hong Chengchou made up his mind and called his personal soldiers to ask him to order the generals to start crossing the river.

The Qinhuai River is not very wide, and even after a night of rain, it only reaches the waist of the person, so it is nothing to cross the river. After crossing the river, Hong Chengchou looked at the lights two miles away and knew that it was the Ming army camp.

Ma Degong asked from the side: "Master, can you attack the Ming army camp?"

"No, the Ming army's south faces the river and has a wide view. It must be the area where they focus on defense. Let's go to the north!"

There is a forest in the north, which is suitable for hiding. When he came to the woods, Hong Chengchou asked, "It's midnight now, and the Ming army must have rested. Which general wants to take the lead?"

Xu Yong from Chuzhou was originally Gao Jie's general. Since Li Chengdong rebelled, Xu Yong was also excluded. He was eager to prove his loyalty. Now, after Hong Chengchou said this, he hurried forward and said, "Master General, I am willing to lead the troops to rush into the Ming army camp to open a gap for the cavalry!"

Hong Chengchou knew Xu Yong’s concern and said, “Okay, Deputy General Xu, you will lead your 5,000 troops from Chuzhou as the vanguard. If you rush in, you will be the first contribution! General Ma, you will lead 10,000 cavalry to follow behind. When you see the front team open a gap, you will rush into the Ming army camp!”

Xu Yong and Ma Degong bowed their fists and led the military order!

Xu Yong returned to his army and summoned several confidant captains and said, "Since Li Chengdong rebelled, our lives have become increasingly difficult. The military pay has not been allocated for several months. Now is an opportunity. I told the general that as long as we can attack the vanguard, it will be a great achievement. Do you have any confidence?"

These lieutenants were bandits back then and have always been brave and cruel people. After Xu Yong said this, they shouted: "Brother, this should be true. We cannot be bandits for the rest of our lives. Let General Hong see how powerful our old camp is!"

Seeing that the morale is available, Xu Yong shouted: "Okay! Come on, each person will give you two taels of rice wine to warm up. If you eat delicious food and drink spicy food in the future, it will be tonight!"

These Qing soldiers were soaked in the rain all night, and their bodies were a little stiff. Now, after drinking two taels of yellow wine, the heat was dissipated, and they felt much better. Under the leadership of officers such as Xu Yong, these Qing soldiers left the brigade and began to go to the Ming army camp two miles away.

Originally, Xu Yong felt that this mission was pinched with a handful, and the visibility outside of this heavy rain was less than 100 meters. If the Qing army had already been exposed to the tent, he would have been standing guard in such weather. So Xu Yong did not intend to hide his whereabouts, and led the team to run quickly, preparing to rush into the Ming army camp in one breath while the Ming army was not prepared.

Unexpectedly, human calculations were worse than heaven’s calculations. The shock of their running had already alarmed the Ming army’s guards, and then he fired a shrapnel under Zhu Hongsan’s command.

Zhu Hongsan took advantage of the light of the explosion of the shroud projectile and saw that it was less than 500 meters outside the camp, and the darkness was all the Qing army. Zhu Hongsan saw that it was not good and quickly shouted: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

At this time, three regiments had already risen in the Ming army's barracks to prepare for battle. When they heard about the situation at the North Gate, they rushed to the North Gate under the leadership of the officers.

Now the Qing army outside the north gate found that it was impossible to attack. Under Xu Yong's leadership, Sa opened his Ya and ran towards the Ming army's gate, hoping to occupy the gate when the Ming army did not react. At this time, the Qing army was less than 500 meters away from the gate and could reach it in a few minutes.

Just when Xu Yong felt that he could take the gate down in one fell swoop, the front team had already entered two hundred meters and began to step on the caltrops that the Ming army had sprinkled outside. No matter how this kind of quadrangle thing was placed, there was a sharp corner facing the top. The cast iron stuff was very simple, but no matter how ugly it was, it would work. The four sharp corners of this thing were ten centimeters. Not to mention people, it wouldn't be better if it was stepped on by horses. In addition, it rained all night, many caltrops entered the mud puddle, and they couldn't see clearly even during the day, let alone the dark night.

The front team of the Qing army was immediately stabbed in the soles of the feet after stepping on the caltrops. Dozens of soldiers in front were lying in the mud and screaming loudly. The screams of these wounded soldiers made the soldiers in the back team dare not move forward, and they could not figure out why the brothers in front were like this.

Xu Yong, who was behind, saw that the team stopped and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to move forward to drive the soldiers and then advance. However, the Qing army had lost the suddenness of the sneak attack. At this time, the soldiers who were reinforced in the Ming army camp had arrived, and the cannons at the shooting entrance were also equipped with shotguns. There were only six cannons here, and two were filled with rainwater from the muzzle, and only four could fire, but in this way, the four cannons also caused a large number of casualties to the Qing army.

Because the Qing army wanted to attack sneak attacks, the formations they shipped were dense formations. This formation was looking for death against the shotgun. In addition, the distance was only 200 meters, and the shotgun was blocked before it completely dispersed. The Qing army in the front rows were in trouble, and more than 100 people died under the Ming army's shotgun.

Zhu Hongsan lay at the observation port and saw the shotgun because the distance was too close and the shooting effect was not good. He quickly shouted: "Switch to solid bullets! Change to solid bullets!"

The second four cannons were replaced with solid bullets. It was a bit crazy to use solid bullets at 200 meters. The solid bullet hit the human body as soon as it was out of the muzzle, and all the power was released on the human body. Zhu Hongsan saw a solid bullet that actually penetrated more than 30 people, and shouted to the soldiers who were fighting the cannon: "Try two more solid bullets and change the shotgun!"
Chapter completed!