Xiamen City is very small, very small. It is 436 meters long from north to south and 484 meters wide from east to west. Its actual circumference is only 1450 meters. The Fujian Navy Admiral's Mansion built by Shi Lang occupies the largest and most conspicuous position in Xiamen City.

To exaggerate, this Xiamen City is just a courtyard wall of the Fujian Navy Admiral's Mansion!

In 1663, when Shi Lang and others led the Qing army to attack the Xiajin Islands, Zheng Jing's efforts to clear the wilderness on the Jinxia Islands directly angered the Qing army, so the Qing army carried out massacres on the two islands, and no people left. After being slaughtered, Jinxia Island became an uninhabited island.

In 1680, the Qing army regained the two islands and canceled the border relocation order, and the islands became inhabited again.

Nowadays, although Shi Lang built a city on the island, there are still very few people on the island, but there are countless government offices.

Such as the Taixia Military Preparation Office, the Qiongzhou Prefecture Coast Guard Tongzhi Office, plus the largest Fujian Navy Admiral's Office, so many government offices are crowded on Xiamen Island, and the people are even more afraid to live here.

But this is a great good thing for the Ming army.

Under the cover of naval gunfire, the two forts deployed by the Qing army on Xiamen Island were blown into depressions, and then an infantry brigade of the Ming army successfully landed on the island.

The rest of the troops also landed in the south of Zhangzhou, Xiang'an and other surrounding areas.

As for the Qing fort groups on both sides of the Jiulong River estuary, the Ming Royal Navy fleet ignored them for the time being.

Why do you say?

If you can use infantry to attack from the side and rear of the shore fort, why should I fight you with the fire from the fort?

The last one, no, it was the Beiyang Navy of later generations. Didn't they park their ships in the port and put them under the protection of the forts? In the end, they were surrounded from the shore and the sea, and ended up being annihilated.

At this time, in the Navy Admiral's Mansion in Xiamen City, a group of Qing officials, large and small, were pacing back and forth anxiously.

"How can this be good! How can this be good!"

"Why did the Marquis lose? How could he lose!"

"Why did these remnants of the Ming Dynasty break in!"

Qian Pengpo, the Taixia Bingdao who was sweating profusely, said to himself.

In Shi Lang's absence, his fourth-grade official rank was the highest here, but now the official position is of no use. When the Ming army comes, the bigger the official position, the more difficult it is to save one's life!

This group of people originally knew that the Ming Army was attacking, but they also knew that the Ming Navy only had 100 warships, while the Fujian Navy under Shi Lang had more than 300 warships.

100 on 300!

Everyone believed that the victory was certain, so none of them evacuated the island-like city of Xiamen.

Of course, part of the reason, or the main reason, is that all the money they have earned over the years is in Xiamen City.

There was so much money and time was so tight that they simply couldn't transport the money away.

What was unexpected was that Shi Lang lost!And failed so miserably!

There are more than 300 warships left out of more than 30.

Now Shi Lang led the remaining fleet and fled to Haicheng, but they were left here.

At this time, these Qing officials really wanted to point at Shi Lang's nose and ask him what kind of war he was fighting?

If you can't beat 300 against 100, why should you have the dignity to sit in the position of admiral of the Navy!

"Several adults! The Ming army has surrounded Xiamen City!" At this moment, the Qing army commander Qian who was stationed in Xiamen City ran in and said in a panic.

Hearing this, the faces of all the Qing officials present changed drastically.

"Ming Army...Ming Army, how many people are there?" Qian Pengpo asked tremblingly.

"Initially, there are more than 3000 people, all equipped with firecrackers! And the Ming army also carries artillery!"

Qian Pengpo's heart was immediately chilled by the words of Qian Zongzong of the Qing Army.

3000 people!All equipped with muskets and artillery!

Although the Qing army was not equipped with firearms on a large scale, it did not prevent Qian Pengpo from knowing the terror of an all-firearms force!

During the San Francisco Rebellion, the Qing army was violently beaten by the San Francisco rebels armed with large-scale firearms from the beginning, and suffered heavy losses.

Although a few years ago, Kang Xi also formed the first independent firearms unit of the Qing Dynasty - the Han Army Flag Firearms Battalion.

However, a total of 25 Zuoling (Niulu) troops with 5000 troops were all stationed in the capital and Shengjing, but there was none in the south.

There is only one flood green battalion in Xiamen City, with more than 500 people. Even if we include the yamen servants from various government agencies, we can't even make up 700 people.

The equipment used is all swords and guns, and there is not even a cannon on the wall of Xiamen City.

700 versus 3000, swords and guns versus firecrackers and cannons. With such a huge disparity in strength, how should we fight this battle?

"Master Qian, how about we surrender?" Someone cautiously tried.

Qian Pengpo was a little moved, but it was just a move.

He dare not!

When the Tatars entered the country and massacred tens of millions of Ming people, now that the Ming Dynasty has not only been resurrected, but has also fought back, there is no chance that they, the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, could survive.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Just when everyone was still struggling, a rumble of cannons suddenly came from outside the city, followed by a deafening explosion in the city. The earth trembled, the space stirred, and the tiles overhead were shaken and rattled.

All the Qing officials suddenly turned pale.

"The Ming army is attacking!"

Thanks to Shi Lang building almost the entire city of Xiamen into the Fujian Navy Admiral's Mansion, this directly resulted in very few people living in the city.

The [-]st Infantry Brigade of the Ming Dynasty Royal Army, which landed, found out that the people in the city had already escaped from the city earlier, and gave the order to open fire without hesitation.

Emperor Zhu Da's standard infantry brigade, each infantry regiment is equipped with a fire support company equipped with 12 Type 90 82mm mortars.

The entire brigade has 36 mortars.

Although the number is not large, in this era, the 82mm mortar with ultra-high rate of fire and high-explosive bombs is definitely a super killer!

Today, these 36 mortars continue to pour shells into Xiamen City under the operation of their respective gunners.

For a time, the entire city of Xiamen was shrouded in smoke and fireworks.

The bombardment lasted for a few minutes and then stopped. Looking at the ruins of Xiamen City, the infantry brigade commander waved his hand, and all the officers and soldiers of the brigade came forward.

This battle against Xiamen City may be more appropriately called a running account. (dog head)

Throughout the battle, the officers and soldiers of the [-]st Infantry Brigade acted like a training manual, first covered by artillery fire, and then followed by infantry.

The Ming army's attack encountered almost no decent resistance, because nearly 8% of the Qing army's defenders were directly killed by the Ming army's artillery fire.

……

"Your Majesty, the 500st Infantry Brigade Commander You Bowen called. Commander You reported that they seized a large amount of money in Xiamen City. Preliminary statistics indicate that at least [-] million taels of silver were seized!"

"How many did you say???"

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