When a large group of newly affiliated soldiers, driven by the Mongols, walked through the mud and approached the dock, Huang Dagen also arrived with his people.
He personally led 400 soldiers ashore, 300 of whom carried supplies and 100 of whom set up defensive formations.
To say that this manpower is not enough to deal with the attacking new annexes and Mongolian cavalry, but don't forget that the warship behind them has enough artillery to equip twenty companies.
Under the bombardment of these artillery pieces, the new annex soldiers attacking on foot may be in trouble. Attacking forward was ruthlessly harvested by artillery fire. Occasionally, those who were lucky enough to rush to the front of the Perak Army were bombed by grenades and stabbed with spears; when they retreated, the swords and axes of the Mongolian war team were waiting for them.
Although there were many people and strength, it still took Huang Dagen's 400 people nearly an hour to move all the materials in the warehouse to the ship.
They even moved the horses that were killed by the Mongolian army onto the ship. These dead horses are precious meat and cannot be wasted.
Huang Dagen retreated calmly with his fleet, while the Mongolian cavalry crossed the river.
"Farewell". this
"Farewell" warmly brought fire - the Mongols fired rockets. Although the Jinjiang River is not as wide as the Minjiang River, most of the river sections are within an arrow's reach, and bows and arrows cannot hit ships.
However, under the attack of the Mongols from both sides of the river, the Pili army's warships were able to sail in the middle, and the distance between the two sides was shortened by half.
In this way, the Mongolian cavalry can attack the Perak Army warships with rockets. Important parts of the Pili Army warship are covered with thick wooden boards, and core parts such as the helmsman and gun positions are covered with iron sheets. They are not afraid of bows and arrows at all. The rockets nailed to the hull cannot cause much damage. Only a few sails were hit by rockets. It burned quickly and almost caused a fire. Fortunately, it was quickly doused with water. However, because it was going downstream, the lack of a few sails did not slow down the fleet.
The Pili Army artillery here is not a vegetarian. Although it is not easy to hit the moving Mongolian cavalry on a mobile warship, once it is hit by a shotgun, it will be a large area.
Seeing the Mongolian cavalry in distress under the artillery fire, there were brave soldiers on the boat scooping up river water to clean the horse meat, which made the pursuing Mongolian cavalry on the shore scream in anger.
However, after following and attacking for a long time, the Mongolian cavalry did not sink a warship but instead lost dozens of people. They had to ride their horses downriver in frustration.
When the fleet arrived at Pengshan City, the Mongolian navy did not come out to stop it. It's not that they don't want to come out or don't dare to come out, it's just that the water village gate was blown up and they can't come out at all.
It should be said that the navy left by Huang Dagen to contain Pengshan City did not have heavy artillery warships, and it was impossible to destroy Pengshan City's water gate with light gunships.
Huang Dagen asked Liao Nili, who was in charge here, to learn the cause of the matter. It turned out that after Huang Dagen went north, the naval forces in Pengshan City came out to attack several times. After being hit by artillery fire, they retreated into the water stronghold and even burned a escort ship with a fire warship.
Just when Liao Nili was angry but helpless, Xia Dagen beside him came up with an idea. After Xia Dagen arrived in the Pili Army, he grew a head within a few months due to adequate nutrition and was already a tall and thin boy.
He didn't like reading much, and after graduating from literacy class, he clamored to join the army. Unable to withstand his persistent pursuit, Liao Nilu had no choice but to ask Ouyang Xuan for permission to incorporate him into the company and take him with him.
Xia Dagen suggested to Liao Nilu that since it is difficult for artillery to hit moving targets, it is better to block them in the water fort and just blow up the water gate.
Liao Nilu followed Xia Dagen's plan and sent someone to sail a small boat loaded with gunpowder to the gate of the water village at night.
In order to prevent the water from washing away the boat, Xia Dagen also installed long iron thorns on its front. The iron thorn penetrated deeply into the wooden door of the water village under the inertia of the ship. Xia Dagen ignited the fuse in the bamboo pole and retreated quickly.
The gate of the water village collapsed due to the strong explosion, and rocks and trees on all sides blocked the water channels in and out. The huge wood became even heavier after being soaked in water, making it impossible to move it manually.
The Mongolian army had no choice but to send out a repair ship to try to clear the blockage. However, as soon as it reached the blockage, it was sunk by intensive artillery fire before any construction work was carried out, further aggravating the blockage of the waterway.
When Huang Dagen led the fleet back from Chengdu, Liu Heima sent a fast horse to notify Pengshan City's navy to stop them. Even if they scuttled all the ships and blocked the waterway, they would not be able to let Pili pass.
This order was so strict that the Mongolian generals in Pengshan City dared not neglect it, so they had to use their swords to force the navy to send ships to clean up. However, not only did they not dredge the waterway, but they sank two more ships, completely blocking the waterway.
Seeing that the Pili Army warships successfully passed through Pengshan City and headed upstream along the Minjiang River with a large amount of loot, the Mongolian cavalry who were following them had no choice but to leave.
The Minjiang River is much wider than the Jinjiang River. Bows and arrows cannot hit the ships in the middle of the river. Without the navy, there is no way to stop the Perak Army from returning.
After Huang Dagen arrived in Xinjin City, he immediately sent a clipper back to Hengyuan Fort to report the battle situation. He couldn't wait to let Ouyang Xuan know about the loot.
This sneak attack on Chengdu not only far exceeded the political effect Xuan Geer wanted, but also seized a large amount of food and military supplies, which really surprised Huang Dagen and others.
Due to the sudden influx of large numbers of refugees, the Perak Army faced the problem of food shortages. To prevent panic, this situation is not known to ordinary soldiers and civilians.
The extent of the food gap is obviously a core secret. Only a few senior military and political officials know it. Only a few people in the water camp, such as Huang Dagen and Le Quan'an, know.
On the way back, Huang Dagen had ordered someone to conduct a preliminary inventory of the loot. The amount of these spoils is truly astonishing. In addition to the more than 200 Mongolian army grain transport ships directly captured, a large amount of grain, salt, cloth, and even dried meat, wine, honey, silk and other items were also transported from the warehouse.
The accompanying ships were packed to the brim. In fact, these grains and materials were planned to be transferred to the New Lin Department in eastern Sichuan.
The Niulin tribe has 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and 15,000 new auxiliary troops. The food consumption of the personnel alone is extremely staggering, not to mention that the food consumed by the war horses is five times that of the personnel.
These seizures will obviously allow the Perak Army to have food security for a long time. Two days later, the clipper brought back Ouyang Xuan's order. He asked Huang Dagen to still stay in Xinjin City. In addition to strictly guarding against the Mongolian army's counterattack, he could take advantage of the rising river water in the rainy season to attack both sides of the river with a small force. As for the Mongolian army stronghold, most of the food and other spoils of war are stored in Xinjin City for other uses, and only a part needs to be transported to Hengyuan Town.
After Huang Dagen received the order, he immediately ordered Liao Niluo to escort the supplies back to Hengyuan Fort. Along the way back, there was also the field battalion company that assisted in guarding Xinjin City.
To say that Huang Dagen is a good comrade, in addition to only transporting back 30 ships of grain according to Ouyang Xuan's request, he also ordered most of the salt, cloth, wine, honey and other items to be transported back to Hengyuan Fort. He knew that there were more people in the mountains. There are more and more supplies are needed.
As for the dried meat and silk, nothing was left and all were transported back to Hengyuan Fort. There was also meat from dozens of war horses in the Shuijun camp. The meat was pickled with salt on the way back and was not spoiled. If you save it, you can still eat it for a while.
As for silk, it is used to sew the lining of armor, and it is a good thing to protect against bows and arrows. After seeing off the fleet heading to Hengyuan Fort, Huang Dagen immediately ordered a meeting above the company commander to discuss the implementation of the order to attack the Mongolian stronghold.
