The naval battle near Xiamen Port to the west, landings and anti-landing operations in the east and southeast, and the Ming army broke out fiercely in the long distances of four fronts. Gaoqi was the smallest in scale, the latest outbreak, and the Qing army had the greatest advantage, but this was also the fastest battle to end.

In just half an hour, the Qing army was completely defeated, but Chen Mang and his companions rushed to the beach and looked at the enemies who were abandoning their armor and struggling to swim into the sea, they were all incredible about winning so easily.

When the Ming army launched a counterattack and defeated the Qing army step by step, the Qing army ordered the eight warships that had just fallen into their hands to participate in the battle and shelled the Ming army that was fighting on the coast. Without the cover of the warship, Chen Mang and others rushed to the uncovered near-coast, which was undoubtedly a very reckless move. However, they did not think too much at the time, and just simply fought with the Qing army.

But after seeing that the Ming army, which was only one-fifth of the opponent's armor, bravely launched a counterattack, five of the eight surrendered Ming warships hesitated and refused to open fire at the Ming army. When the other two were urging the Qing army to approach the coast, two more sailors on the Ming army warships launched an uprising, regained control of the warships, and fought with the three ships close to the coast. Soon the Qing army was defeated, and three bystanders also joined the Ming army's battle. The three warships still controlled by the Qing army also turned into covering the defeated army to evacuate from Gaoqi, and one of them fled from the battlefield desperately.

Under the pursuit of the Ming army, more than 3,000 Qing soldiers jumped into the sea. Qing soldiers with good water properties climbed onto the ships. If they were not good water properties or were not lucky, they would float in the sea. The worst water properties were the Eight Banners of the Three Hundred Forbidden Brigades. As the last group of landing supervising teams, only a very small number of horses passed through the beach. Most of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigades had no chance to ride horses and were hacked to death by the Ming army in the sea, let alone forming a combat formation or playing the role of supervising combat.

Since the Ming army, who came with the idea of ​​fighting to die, did not expect to win in the end, they had never considered accepting surrender. Ordinary Qing army officers and soldiers would be ruthlessly killed even if they beg for mercy. The Green Camp soldiers, like the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade, could not escape their lives. After Chen Mang and the others realized the victory, only dozens of very lucky Green Camp soldiers survived, and the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade were not forgiven. Only the commander of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade and the commander of the Qing army, Lu Hala, was not executed by the Ming army immediately after surrendering, but tied up to offer prisoners to the Prince of Yanping.

Under the attack of five warships that returned to the Ming army sequence, the other two Qing army warships were also injured one after another. Although these two ships were difficult to turn back, they had no intention of protecting the Qing soldiers from retreating and fighting to the end. In order to avoid being severely damaged and unable to evacuate, the two Qing army warships also left the battlefield one after another and retreated in the direction of Tong'an.

The Ming army's ships began to turn around and attack the retreating Qing army ferry. From time to time, the Qing army's ferry was overturned, or the sails caught fire under the attack of the Ming army. Chen Mang watched Qing soldiers jump into the sea again from the ship that had lost power and swam northward. They might be able to arrive, or they might be swept into the deep sea by the receding tide. If it weren't for the Ming army's warships that were only half of which had been delayed for a long time, although these retreating Qing army escaped the big swords in Chen Mang and others' hands, they would be difficult to escape from the pursuit of Ming navy.

Half of the more than 3,000 Qing troops who escaped were killed on the sea. At this time, Chen Mang and the others also counted 1,600 heads, including 300 heads of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade. Almost everyone of the nearly 1,000 Ming army armored soldiers who participated in the battle had been captured, and the auxiliary soldiers also achieved a large number of results. Several Ming army auxiliary soldiers who were in front even obtained more than two beheadings - even for the armored soldiers, this was a record that was enough to boast. Compared with the 1,700 officers and soldiers who were killed and captured, the commander was captured alive, and more than 1,500 people were drowned during the retreat, the Ming army suffered only a few pitiful fifty people.

Shortly after the battle, the messengers who came to inquire about the situation arrived at the scene. They were sent by Zheng Chenggong to reconnaise why Gao Qi was suddenly angry. What they saw were the enemy soldiers' heads piled up and seized equipment all over the mountains.

"Does Chen Peng plan to rebel and join the Tartars?" After the news was confirmed by a large number of soldiers, Zheng Chenggong's messenger turned gloomy and no longer had any respect for Chen Peng. The headed officer came to Chen Mang - he had learned from many soldiers that the former was the key to the reversal of the situation in Gaoqi's battle: "Please let Mr. Chen Qian look at the rebel Chen Peng first, let's go back and report to the king."

After hearing this request, Chen Mang shook his head repeatedly. Victory made him and his other companions feel sad, puzzled: "Why does the general want to surrender to the enemy with such a vulnerable enemy?"

There was a personal soldier of Chen Peng standing beside Chen Mang. He had obeyed Chen Peng's orders and assisted in calling for the entire army to rebel, but just now he fought side by side with Chen Mang and killed three enemy soldiers with his own hands.

"General Chen was just confused for a moment. He did not cause any evil consequences. I dare to report this to the king. I will give it a lighter reason for General Chen's past achievements." The personal soldier said and knelt down at the messenger. In any case, Chen Peng was always his benefactor.

"I am also asking the king to give General Chen a lighter sentence." Like his personal soldiers beside him, Chen Mang was taught to repay kindness since he was a child, and he himself firmly believed that this was a bottom line that cannot be violated.

Many Ming army also issued the same request. They were all officers and veterans under Chen Peng, and were also the main force and heroes of Gaoqi's battle. These Ming soldiers were willing to use their military achievements just now to gain a chance to deal with Chen Peng's lenient treatment - it was impossible to escape and die, but there was a big difference between cutting into pieces, shooting arrows to death or beheading, and Chen Peng also had relatives and wives.

"Your lords' meaning is to tell the king truthfully." The envoy also knew that this army was brought out by Chen Peng, and loyalty to the chief was also the virtue encouraged by Zheng Jun. Seeing that Chen Peng's subordinates did not forget their roots, the envoy was also moved. He clasped his fists to Chen Mang and others and said, "You are beheading more than 1,600 levels and seized four or five thousand armors. With such great military achievements, there will definitely be no problem in asking for a grace for Chen Peng, just don't worry."

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At the same time as the battle in Gaoqi ended, Huang Wu's main fleet was also in chaos, and Zheng Chenggong personally led the fleet to launch a raid. Zheng Chenggong was not in a hurry to jump to the gang to seize the large number of giant ships of the Qing army, but instead used rockets and artillery to attack their sails. Regardless of whether they succeeded or not, the Ming army would pass through the Qing army warships at high speed and continue to attack the Qing army warships behind, and still use sails as the main target.

Both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties had hundreds of warships. If the purpose of destroying the opponent's warships was to be destroyed, the battle would become very long. It was difficult to make hundreds of warships lose their combat effectiveness. Even if Zheng's army was eager to fight and the Qing army was relatively exhausted, this would not be possible in a short time.

Zheng Chenggong believed that if conventional combat was adopted, although a good exchange ratio might be achieved, the most likely result was that after the Qing army lost part of its fleet, the main force was saved and returned to Quanzhou from the battle. Before the war, Zheng Chenggong set a goal to completely wipe out the Qing navy, and of course he refused to accept such results. Therefore, Zheng Chenggong once again adopted novel tactics, not facing head-on like the tradition, but using tactics similar to cavalry hedging to launch a melee on the sea.

"First, he fell down the anchor, then rushed in and fought in a mess." If he hadn't seen the familiar Zheng Chenggong's banner with his own eyes, Huang Wu would have thought that his opponent was a novice and a rookie who had no understanding of naval combat. Because the opponent's two sets of tactics violated the basic principles of naval combat - naval combat is more important than land combat, "It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers."

In land battles, it is impossible for injured soldiers to recover their combat effectiveness after a short rest. Serious injuries and deaths also lose all combat effectiveness. The combat effectiveness of three soldiers caused by minor injuries is not far from one death. Therefore, there is no need to pursue killing the enemy one-sidedly. Sometimes the damage has better effect than killing - such as Zhao Tianba's strategy when Zhong Xiang defends the city wall.

However, in naval battles, especially in the era of sailing warships, it is difficult for sea ships to be sunk. As long as they are not captured, a ship can quickly recover its combat effectiveness by repairing it when it exits its combat effectiveness. If the sails and decks are only slightly injured, it will take less than half an hour to restore all combat effectiveness; even if the mast is slightly injured, it can be repaired outside the battlefield quickly, and it will not take too long to restore most of its combat effectiveness; even if the mast and the rudder are severely damaged, as long as it can leave the battlefield under the cover of a friendly ship, the sailors on it can be saved - these soldiers can be transferred to other ships to fight, and the severely damaged warships can also be repaired in the port. In any case, repairs are always much faster than rebuilding the ship.

Therefore, the most important thing in naval battle is to capture enemy ships. Capturing one ship will cause a much heavier attack on the enemy than to more than a dozen or twenty enemy ships. For example, the Zheng army's persistence just now caused twenty warships to be captured by the Qing army and lost all the officers and soldiers on it. The Qing army's losses were just a minor injury to some ships and exhausted soldiers. When they saw the Zheng army's tactics just now, Huang Wu couldn't believe that such a stupid tactic would have been carried out by Zheng Chenggong's men.

Now Zheng Chenggong's tactics still shocked Huang Wu. The promotion of formation warfare is also based on the same reason - focusing on destroying far exceeding injury. Through formation warfare, we concentrate firepower, completely eliminate those severely damaged enemy ships, or cover each other, so that the injured ships on our side can have the opportunity to retreat to the formation for repair.

Now the Ming army fleet is like a charging horse team, passing through high speed around the Qing army fleet or between spaces, and will never reduce its speed in order to increase its hit rate.

"This is just a death." It didn't take long for Huang Wu to make a judgment on Zheng Chenggong's new tactics. Unlike the high-speed Ming navy, the Qing army fleet lineup was relatively stable and the cooperation between them was closer. This cooperation could even offset the Zheng army's physical strength and combat skills to a considerable extent. Although the Ming army was full of spirit and had the advantage of ocean currents, the Qing army did not have to respond to them by the greater harm they caused to the Qing army. The injured Qing army was protected by the fleet, and the Ming army was away from them at high speed. The Ming army was at high speed.

Passing through, it did not stop and continue to attack. In this case, it was nothing great for the ship to be damaged. When the Ming fleet returned again, they would be repaired to a certain extent; while the Ming army's injured ships were different, and the sails were also damaged, which would immediately reflect the speed and control of the ships, causing them to be unable to keep up with the fleet, and would be hit by the Qing army's ships in the future. If the sails were severely damaged and the Ming army's ships stopped, it would fall into the Qing army formation and be hit from all directions...

Therefore, Huang Wu's first view was that Zheng Chenggong was crazy and adopted a tactic of deliberately sending death, which was much bigger than the tactical mistake just now.

But after a moment, Huang Wu discovered that things didn't seem so simple. The Qing army fleet was composed of naval troops from several provinces from all over the world. Except for a small number of Fujian navigators, everyone lacked understanding of the ocean currents and wind directions near Xiamen. Even the Fujian navigators had insufficient understanding of the hydrology around Xiamen. After all, they had not had the chance to appear near Xiamen for so many years. Among the Qing army, only Huang Wu and Shi Lang were familiar with Xiamen, and the other officers were unqualified.

The injured Ming army ships could escape from the battle and the large forces and find suitable places to repair, but the Qing army could not do it at all. The commanders of each ship had no idea where there would be undercurrents or reefs, nor did they know if there were islands that could be moored nearby, or whether the islands had shelter suitable for mooring. Near Xiamen, Qing army ships did not have the ability to escape alone, and could only survive in the fleet.

If this is the case, it is not inevitable. Huang Wu just needs to maintain a strict formation, which is consistent with the basic principles of naval battles.

But the trouble is that the Qing navy, which had been gathered in a hurry, still lacked trust between each other. While Huang Wu was thinking, several Ming warships rushed towards his flagship. The Ming army should not have any chance to approach Huang Wu's tightly protected flagship, but this still made Huang Wu's heart tighten. He knew that his flagship must be the target of Zheng Chenggong's key attack, and if the flagship was damaged, Huang Wu would not dare to guarantee that the surrounding warships would stay to protect him. Huang Wu had no prestige in the Qing navy. He could command everyone just because of Dasu's authorization. When it went smoothly, everyone could obey Huang Wu's command, but if the battle situation was in a disadvantage, Huang Wu was sure that others would definitely leave him and escape without any psychological burden.

Moreover, Zheng Chenggong may suddenly stop this high-speed impact tactic, but slow down the speed and concentrate on attacking Huang Wu's flagship. This is nothing. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to defeat the fleet's flagship and its escort. At this time, the friendly fleets around him have already rushed forward, which can completely prevent Zheng Chenggong from stealing chickens and losing rice. However, Huang Wu dared not bet that the frigates around him would defend himself to the death, nor did he dare to put his treasure on the matter that the Qing army navy in several provinces worked together to rescue the flagship.

Since this is the case, Huang Wu dared not take the risk of taking the concentrated attack that Zheng Chenggong might have: "Rise the sails." Huang Wu pointed to the approaching Ming fleet in front and ordered the flagship to retreat and maintain a safe distance from the Ming army.

Huang Wu's flagship retreat caused a chain reaction. Although he ordered to continue to maintain the formation, the Qing army warships in each province had their own warships. They timidly followed Huang Wu's flagship, and bravely began to avoid the Ming army's attack fleet. These Qing army naval commanders knew as well as Huang Wu that the injured and single Qing army warships were unlikely to survive in this unfamiliar waters. Whether they were single or single does not depend entirely on themselves, but also on what their companions around thought. Since the flagship could order the front team to remain the same while taking the guards to avoid the enemy's edge, then it would be a luxury to expect the flagship and companions not to abandon themselves; it was not that the injury was easier to grasp, as long as they avoid the Ming army's warships.

As a large number of Qing fleets began to avoid, Zheng Chenggong customized the tactics for Huang Wu and Shi Lang, which seemed to be a tactic that died. With just one impact, the entire Qing navy was shaken.

After seeing the movements of the companions behind, the Qing army in the front row refused to stay and die. They no longer tried to attack the Ming fleets that fell into the Qing army formation, but instead pulled up the sails and wanted to leave the battlefield before their companions.

After the Ming army took advantage of the favorable currents to rush out of Xiamen Port, the main force of the Quanzhou Navy commanded by Huang Wu fell into full chaos. After retreating to a safe distance, Huang Wu stopped the ship and ordered the entire army to stop retreating and restore the formation. But when he saw Zheng Chenggong chasing, no other ship was willing to leave the edge of the Ming army. The damaged Qing army ships in the front team were now deeply encircled, and no one was willing to follow their footsteps.

From evading in all directions to escaping from their own escape, the powerful Quanzhou navy collapsed in the assault of the Ming army, and there were extremely rare naval battles, similar to defeat and pursuit in land battles.

From time to time, the Qing army navy was caught up. As long as their sails were damaged, they would fall into a siege. No friendly ship would turn around and try to cover them. All the Qing army warships were covered with sails, and they wanted to run past their companions on both sides. The one who took the lead was Huang Wu's flagship.

But when Huang Wu fled to the southeast of Xiamen, the pursuing Ming Navy and the fleeing Qing Navy were already mixed together. More than 300 of the 400 warships commanded by Huang Wu were surpassed by the Ming army's vanguard. These Qing warships that had lost their formation were actually trapped in their own battles and needed to rely on their own strength to try to return to Quanzhou.

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An hour later, the landing fleet located in the southeast of Xiamen, commanded by Dasu was also affected by Huang Wu's defeated army and was defeated. The ferry responsible for the transport troops was frightened and did not care to pick up the 15,000 infantry and cavalry who had landed, so they began to retreat west with Dasu.

From Xiamen to Jin and Xiamen Strait, there were sounds of artillery everywhere across the distance of dozens of miles. More than 800 warships from the Ming and Qing armies were mixed together and heading west together, fighting in chaos across the entire line.

At this time, Zheng Chenggong's flagship had also crossed the coastline of the east coast of Xiamen. His flagship sent a signal that the Ming army warships whose sails were damaged during the pursuit turned to prevent the Qing army warships from retreating behind. Some wanted to get close to the shore - there were dense Qing army landing troops above. Not long after they landed, the navy was defeated. They neither broke through the Ming army's defense line nor retreated on the ship. They were now crowded on the beach. The Ming army navy would carry out simple repairs on the shore while shelling the enemy troops on the shore.
Chapter completed!