Chapter 107: Hard bones(1/2)
Although Shuotuo felt that Duoduo defeated the landing Ming army and was sure to win, he was still trying every means to contact Kong Youde's troops stationed in Tieshan.
Only Kong Youde had a navy in his hands, and if he wanted to drive away the Ming army warships on the river, the navy had to take action. So Shuo asked people to take a boat and wanted to sneak to the other side.
But as soon as the boat reached the middle of the river, it was discovered by a warship.
The tragedy happened soon, and the warship did not even open the cannon and directly hit it. The small boat was knocked into two pieces, and the people on the boat also fell into the river, and were then shot and killed by naval soldiers on the warship with muskets.
A letter was found from the body, a letter asking Kong Youde for help. After receiving the report, Su Buheng immediately became alert.
"Although Kong Youde's navy was vulnerable, he had to be on guard. I don't know if the ten armed merchant ships led by Yan Shiliang had annihilated them. If it was not annihilated, it would be difficult to resist suddenly attacking us." Su Buheng estimated in his heart.
Now Su Buheng has only seven ships in his hands, and if he wants to block such a long river, it is naturally impossible to gather together, and it is very likely to be broken one by one.
For this reason, Su Buheng hurriedly sent a warship to patrol the river mouth. Once he found a brigade of Qing army naval divisions, he immediately fired ten guns to call the police. After hearing the alarm, he fired ten guns to pass them upstream one by one. After hearing the alarm, he should immediately gather on a wide river surface downstream.
On that wide river surface, there is enough space to set up a formation, but the import is very small, which is very suitable for combat. If the water battle is fought on the narrow river surface, Su Buheng cannot arrange the warships and warships.
Seeing that the small boat sent was sunk, Shuotou was furious and was furious. He ordered the red artillery artillery from Zhenjiang City to be brought out and mounted to the river bank to bombard the Ming warships.
As the rear of the attack on North Korea, Zhenjiang had more than 30 red cannons in the city, which were prepared to attack North Korea.
However, because the red barbarian cannons are too bulky, they are only placed in Zhenjiang. If the King of Korea refuses to surrender, then these red barbarian cannons will be transported to North Korea for siege.
The one responsible for blocking that section was the flagship "Qingdao" that Su Buheng was riding. Su Buheng saw the Qing Dynasty carrying more than a dozen red artillery cannons to the river bank in the telescope, and couldn't help laughing, "Jiannu is really arrogant and dares to set up artillery under our noses."
"They are not too stupid either. They didn't set up artillery piles." Wen Bangliang also laughed.
"Prepare for artillery bombardment~!" Su Buheng ordered the messenger.
After ordering, the shelling began soon. The Qingdao side cannon roared and the shells blasted at the cannon formation on the river bank.
In an instant, two red artillery cannons and dozens of runners were blown up. The cannon stand of one of the red artillery cannons was blown up to pieces, and the entire cannon body was blown up three or four meters, and then it fell down again... The artillery soldiers on the shore were so scared that they lay on the ground. After Niu Luezhen, who was supervising the battle behind, got up from the ground, he was furious and chopped down two Han artillery soldiers.
Under high pressure, the artillery began to fight back with great effort.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The Red Barbarian Cannon fired a deafening cannon, and the smoke filled the river bank. The Qingdao began to avoid shells on the river surface and retreated directly to five hundred meters away.
The effective range of the Red Armor cannon is only about 500 meters, and the farthest can reach more than 1,000 meters, but it will be powerless if it exceeds 500 meters.
The Qingdao was the captured Batavia, a warship made by Europeans from oak. The shells outside the effective range can only cause minor hull damage and will not affect combat at all. The soldiers on the ship can repair it without pulling them back to the dragon's mouth for repair.
Retreat five hundred meters away, the artillery had already loaded the bullets, and the Qingdao was stopped in place. Su Buheng issued an order for free artillery, and for a moment, the side-line artillery fired one after another.
The shells, like light balls, fell on the river bank and exploded dozens of large pits. Five or six red artillery cannons were hit. One of them was directly hit by the barrel. The barrel was blown up to a U-shaped shape, and it flew backwards for more than ten meters before stopping.
After the shelling, the Qingdao began to avoid shells again. Once the artillery was loaded, it would stop aiming again. This cycle continued, and in less than ten rounds of shelling, all the red artillery artillery on the shore were destroyed.
The Qing army could not take away these red and barbarian cannons in time. Thirty red and barbarian cannons were easily destroyed by the Qingdao. Shuotou looked at them from a distance and was crying.
The Red Cannon is a treasure! It takes a lot of manpower to cast a door, and the consumables are even more huge. So far, only 200 doors have been built. After he did this, thirty doors were gone. Shuotuo really wanted to swallow the Qingdao on the riverside at this moment, but unfortunately he is not a god and demon in mythology.
The messenger could not send him, and the artillery battle was defeated and lost. Shuotou had no choice but to wait for nightfall. This time he sent more than a dozen small fishing boats to sneak across the river.
It was very difficult to block the river surface at night, and Su Buheng could not intercept all these ships. This time Shuotuo finally sent the messenger to the other side and hurried to Tieshan for help from Kong Youde.
...But Kong Youde, when he saw a large-scale Ming army naval army arrive that day, he noticed something was wrong. After asking the navy to attack, the navy was indeed defeated soon.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Kong Youde took a warship and took a walk away. When he arrived at Tieshan, he felt a chill behind him, and this time it might be difficult to deal with.
Zhao Yan had a grudge against him for killing his father. If he was caught, he would definitely be worse than death. This made Kong Youde more determined to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, as soon as he arrived in Tieshan, he began to gather the remaining troops of the defeated navy.
Kong Youde's navy had two sources, one was the warship built by Yuan Keli and Sun Yuanhua, and the other was deceived by him when the governor of Shandong recruited him and grabbed dozens of them.
His warships once reached hundreds, but when he reached the Shuangdao Bend, he was attacked by Huang Long, the general of Lushun, and lost most of them. Now he only has more than fifty warships in his hands.
Previously, Pidao encountered the Ming Navy and lost more than ten more ships. Currently, there are only more than 30 warships collected, and there are still more than a dozen ships that have not been known where to go. It may be that they have been lost due to the collapse.
Nearly 20,000 people were lost on Pi Island, which reduced Kong Youde's troops to 10,000. However, these 10,000 people were his backbone troops. Most of the troops lost on Pi Island were recruits, and Kong Youde was not very distressed.
With only ten thousand people in his hands, he can still survive in the Qing Dynasty.
Just as he collapsed back to Tieshan, the messenger from Zhenjiang arrived.
The news from Zhenjiang surprised Kong Youde.
"The Ming army actually came from the sea? It also blocked the river surface?" Kong Youde shouted in vain. Combined with the Ming army's dispatch of troops to Pidao, Kong Youde realized the serious surname of the problem and immediately reported to Huang Taiji who was besieging Nanhan Mountain City. However, Kong Youde ignored the navy's support requested by Shuotuo and waited for Huang Taiji's decree first.
At the same time, in his report to Huang Taiji, Kong Youde exaggeratedly stated that the number of Ming troops supported by Pidao was 30,000.
That day, Yan Shiliang did not pursue the fleeing Manqing Naval Division because they wanted to cover the landing of the First Battalion of the Liaodong Army's Infantry Battalion on Pi Island.
After the first battalion landed, Yan Shiliang led ten armed merchant ships to head directly towards Tieshan. In order to attack Pi Island, the Qing Dynasty had gathered in Tieshan before, and this time he fled, he also headed towards Tieshan.
Yan Shiliang knew that his main task was to not allow the Qing Dynasty naval commander to enter the Yalu River. At this time, the First Fleet had already begun to block the Yalu River. If it went to Tieshan to encircle, the Manqing naval commander might have already gone to the Yalu River, or there were omissions in the encirclement.
Therefore, Yan Shiliang simply ordered to go to the mouth of the Yalu River to wait for the rabbit, which was the safest. Huang Taiji, as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was surrounded by North Korea and would inevitably break out of the siege at all costs. The Manqing navy would inevitably hit the gun.
...Just half an hour after the third battalion landed, Duoduo, who was stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula, also received news that the seven or eight thousand Ming troops had landed in Zhenjiang, and hurriedly gathered the children of the Inlaid White Flag to rush to Zhenjiang for assistance.
Duoduo's white flag was one person and two horses, and 100,000 people rushed to Zhenjiang in a hurry. The people and horses continued along the way, and finally took an hour to reach the location where the third battalion landed.
An hour and a half had passed, that is, three hours had passed. The Third Battalion had already arranged strict fortifications, and all combat supplies had been transported off the ship. After successfully landing, forty fleets of flying scissors and merchant ships returned to Longkou again, and the thirty merchant ships transported the first battalion of the Liaodong Army's infantry had also begun to return at this time.
These seventy ships were all the money Zhao Yanneng mobilized. All commercial activities were stopped this time and they were all involved in the battle against Liao.
Duoduo couldn't help but take a breath after seeing the fortifications of the Third Battalion.
"Prince Yu, they arranged caltrops in front and pulled up an iron net. There were three trenches and a low wall behind. If we rushed over, we would definitely suffer a great loss." Niu Lue, who had arrived before, said to Duoduo with a sweat on his head.
"It's hard to deal with." Duoduo's face was solemn, but he never looked down on the Ming army in front of him. Although he was young, the 50,000 troops led by Ajige would be defeated in the pass, and the Ming army would definitely have good combat power.
However, Taze decided to test it first. After resting for nearly half an hour, the horse had recovered. Then he ordered a Jialaezhen from the Inlaid White Flag to lead the team to attack the Ming army. The Jialaezhen was not afraid. After receiving the order, he asked the war horse to trot like a hungry wolf, and took the 1,500 people he led out of the array. He pulled the horse and then pulled out the battle knife and pointed forward: "Kill!"
Seeing that the Qing army sent an Ala to rush over, Li Ran knew that this was just a test and immediately ordered the musketeers to take their place, and the rockets and artillery ignored them.
In addition to rockets and artillery, Li Ran also has a killer weapon, which is the three warships hidden behind. These three warships can come forward to provide fire support at any time, but Li Ran did not want to be exposed too early, so he let the warships drive behind and hide them.
"The first row of preparations..." the commander shouted loudly, staring at the rushing Qing army. When the Qing army entered one hundred and fifty meters away, the flag in his hand fell heavily: "Shoot!"
"Bang bang..."
The gunshots like fried beans exploded, and three hundred musketeers pulled the trigger together. More than a dozen Qing cavalrymen who were charging in front fell off their horses and were trampled on by the horse's hooves behind them.
These Qing troops were all the Eight Banners of Manchus, and were the most elite troops of the Qing Dynasty. They were all wearing armor and cotton armor, and the bullets were not lethal enough 150 meters away.
After the first row of shooting, he quickly retreated, and the second row quickly stepped forward.
"Second row...shoot..."
"Bang bang..."
This time, more Qing soldiers fell, reaching forty or fifty.
"The third row...shoot..."
The previous round of shooting did not achieve much results. But when the first row of musketeers stepped forward and shot, the Qing Dynasty had already rushed within a hundred meters.
Within this distance, the cotton armor on the Qing soldiers had no defense. After the gunshots, hundreds of Qing soldiers fell off their horses.
The sprint stage had already entered the Qing army's charge speed and the Qing army suddenly increased its cavalry. When the second row of musketeers stepped forward, they had already rushed into the fortification area eighty meters away.
"Xilulu..." The war horses in front of them collectively cried out, and the spikes on the caltrops pierced into their feet, causing the war horses to kneel directly on the ground.
The momentum of the charge stopped suddenly. Within a distance of ten meters, there were densely packed with caltrops. Some were special caltrops inserted into the ground, and more were ordinary caltrops directly scattered on the ground.
The Qing cavalry trapped in this area was simply difficult to move forward. It was neither right to advance nor retreat. There was only one way to go forward. If you retreat, you were afraid of being sneered.
The Jiala'er was really ruthless and shouted from behind, ordering people to advance quickly. The Qing army seemed to be desperate and rushed into the area covered with caltrops. Horses kept piercing the ground. The Qing soldiers above were also thrown down, and then stepped on the caltrops and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
The shootings were continuous, constantly harvesting the Qing soldiers who rushed within 80 meters. For the Qing soldiers who stopped the charge, this was simply a nightmare. Hundreds of people were killed in each shooting.
Finally, more than half of the Qing soldiers were killed or injured and rushed to the barbed wire. Facing the barbed wire, it stopped again, and it completely stopped. The horses hit the barbed wire and could not fall at all. The barbed wire was hit by a wooden stake every five meters. These wooden stakes were deeply penetrated into the ground, so where could they be knocked down?
The sword in front of the barbed wire was slashing and trying to destroy the barbed wire. However, the barbed wire had no force. If you cut it down with one knife, you would have to spend a lot of force to cut off one, and the one below would usually bounce the sword up.
They wanted to destroy the barbed wire, but the bullets kept firing, and the bullets kept killing the Qing soldiers who dismounted and chopped the barbed wire.
Finally, the Qing army behind could not stand it anymore. The Jiala Ezhen fled directly with the defeated general. When she fled to the original formation, there were only more than 500 people left.
Thousands of people fell on the charge, and Duoduo's face twitched in pain.
It was just a test, and he paid such a heavy price. The strength of the Ming army on the opposite side was beyond his expectations.
It should be said that the Ming army's fortifications made him suffer a lot. As soon as he retreated here, several Ming army soldiers carried a large bag and came out from under the barbed wire.
I saw these Ming soldiers carrying bags and stepping on the bodies of the Qing soldiers, and the damaged area was covered with caltrops.
Seeing this, Duoduo did not make the Ming army feel good. He immediately ordered a hundred people to come forward and shoot.
However, just as these hundred people rushed into a distance of 300 meters, gunshots suddenly sounded. More than a dozen horses under the crotch of the Qing army neighed and fell to the ground. Several Qing soldiers were shot and fell from the horses.
"What's going on?" Duoduo couldn't help but be surprised. This was three hundred meters away! He said in surprise: "How could the Ming army's firearms hit so far?"
"Prince Yu is probably a big gun." Others replied that the Ming army used a very large musket, which was used on racks, just like a machine gun, but it was a single shot, and the firing was very complicated.
"Why haven't I seen it?" Duoduo said in confusion. He didn't see any big guns in front of the Ming army. He only saw dozens of Ming soldiers holding muskets shooting.
Just as they were talking, gunfire sounded again on the other side. Then more than a dozen Qing soldiers were shot and killed, and then gunfire sounds continued one after another.
Almost every shot, a Qing army was shot. This kind of bullet was very domineering, with no ability to stop even cotton armor from three hundred meters away.
This is a new musket developed by the Military Intelligence Bureau, equipped with a rifled gun with a meter bullet, with a range of 680 meters and an effective range of 500 meters to cotton armor.
To be continued...