Zheng Mingying's plan was for the three armies to advance at the same time, leaving no opportunity for Hongyi to take advantage of. However, due to the eagerness of Zheng Guangying, who was in charge of the left wing, Guo Huaiyi failed to dissuade him. As a result, his army was much ahead of the other two armies, and even There is a situation of going deep alone.
On the contrary, his brother Zheng Haiying was taking a bored stroll on the shore. Because he guessed that Hongyi would not be stupid enough to stay on the beach and be blasted to pieces by big cannons, the thousand soldiers of Zheng on the right wing were facing no battle. An embarrassing situation to fight.
On the beach, even nearly a hundred steps deep into the land, there are gifts left by the storm, such as fish, shrimps, and kelp. The hard-working crabs are crawling all over the ground after coming back to life. The cooks in the team They are all considering whether to use local materials...
Some of the officers leading the team have already asked their men to go ahead and sweep the surrounding areas. They can just let them do this nonsense. They can stand on the shore and watch the fleet bombard the Red Yi Castle for the second time. This is better than aimlessly walking on the shore. Looking for Hongyi is much more exciting.
Zheng Haiying is no exception. Since Hongyi can't be found for a while, it's better to take a nap and gather enough energy before making further calculations. The soldier used a waist knife to split a huge coconut for the major general, so that Zheng Haiying, who was suffering from unbearable heat, could drink coconut juice to quench his thirst and relieve the heat.
Apart from the swaying tree trunks and leaves on the shore, as well as the smelly fish and rotten shrimps that could be seen everywhere, there was not even a shadow of Hong Yi. He even felt that his third uncle was a little too cautious.
I heard from Uncle Guo that there were less than 500 Hongyi on the shore, but he had 5,000 soldiers and horses ashore. How dare the Hongyi take the initiative to provoke his own soldiers and horses? They might have hid in the mountains long ago, so how about looking for a ball?
Rather than wasting time on the shore, it would be better to concentrate our forces and besiege the Castle of Geranze on the other side. As long as the Hongyi castle is captured and the leader of the Hongyi is captured alive, wouldn't the battle be over?
As for how to capture the Relanja Castle, Zheng Haiying didn't know how to do it. Anyway, with powerful naval gun cover and only a thousand Hongyi defenders, it was only a matter of time before he captured the Red Yi Castle. .
Zheng Haiying's men are also trying to persuade the Third Young Master to see if they can be transferred to Taiyuan Island to fight. However, although Zheng Haiying is young, he is determined not to be stupid. He wants to make military exploits but does not want to get injured. Talked about it with Wu Wong.
By the time the Hongyi people on the shore have all gone to the mountains, it will be extremely difficult to be surrounded and annihilated. As time goes by, maybe the third uncle Zheng Mingying will go to the eldest uncle Zheng Zhilong to give advice, and then he will no longer have to be miserable on the shore.
But if Zheng Haiying's appearance was seen by his third uncle, he would be scolded. The young man dismounted his horse, took off his armor, lay on a temporary bed made of palm leaves, drank coconut water, and enjoyed the sea breeze. He was simply on vacation.
Zheng Haiying also had a way of saying that when her elders saw her, she was deliberately showing weakness, inviting you to enter the urn, and imitating the fighting methods of the famous Three Kingdoms general Zhang Fei. Drinking alcohol is not allowed at the moment, but there is no rule against drinking coconut juice...
Today the wind is sunny and the visibility is excellent. In addition, the terrain on the shore is extremely flat and open. You can see the other side of the narrow gorge at a glance. Even if a red barbarian horse comes to investigate, it will be very conspicuous and will be immediately surrounded by everyone.
At least it was a perfunctory way to prevent him from returning empty-handed, but there was no tall, short, fat, and thin Shenzi Hongyi, and the searching soldiers did not find any clues about Hongyi. This made Zheng Haiying very disappointed, so he simply broke the pot. Broken.
The beach is actually very safe, because nearly half of the shore is occupied by Zheng army ships landing to transport cargo. There are only a few Hongyi cannons, but there are many Folang machines, numbering no less than a hundred.
Although this weapon has a short range, it is not as good as Hongyi's, and it is not as good as a continuous shot. However, it can still fire continuously at a distance of two to three hundred steps. If Hongyi dares to come, there is no hope that he can go back alive.
With the protection of his own big gun, Zheng Haiying was sure that Hongyi would not come to take the initiative to die, so he could rest on the shore without fear. Otherwise, he would have found a secluded corner to lie down.
"Whoosh...boom~!"
Just when the young man was enjoying his leisure time, suddenly there was a whistling sound in his ears. It was obvious that a bullet was coming. Zheng Haiying instinctively realized that he was in danger and immediately turned over and tried to run away, but it was too late. Night.
Fortunately, he was lucky, and the bullet almost flew past him and directly hit the mount tied to the palm tree not far away in two pieces. The minced meat, exposed sewers, and scarlet blood were sprayed all over. land.
"I...the dog-like Hongyi!"
Zheng Haiying was so frightened that she ran into the woods. But when she turned around and saw the tragic death of her horse, it was almost unbearable to look at it, and she started to curse again.
This horse is a high-quality horse. My father spent five hundred taels of silver to buy it. He likes it very much and often rides it for rides. However, this time he was shot to death by Hongyi. How could he not be angry?
"Third Young Master, retreat quickly! The red barbarian guns in the castle can reach us!"
General Ya has a lot of combat experience, so he was arranged by Zheng Zhipeng to take care of his son. If the young master had any shortcomings, especially when he was beaten to death by Hongyi with a big blunderbuss on the shore, he would only be able to go back. I can wipe my neck to apologize.
"Okay! Okay! Withdraw! Get everyone out!"
Zheng Haiying, whose face was pale, hurriedly agreed. As long as he could save his life, he could do anything. If he was shot again, there was no guarantee that everything on his body would be intact. He didn't have any heirs yet, so it was impossible. Living eunuch...
Most of the Hongyi cannons equipped by the Zheng Army are red Yi cannons ranging from 500 kilograms to 1,000 kilograms. In terms of weight, they are Western medium-sized artillery. Only the 2,000 kilograms of Hongyi cannons can be compared with the Western 18-pound cannons. Quite powerful.
It seems that the entire fleet has more than 300 Hongyi cannons, but in fact, there are very few heavy artillery that are truly capable of attacking fortresses and can cause serious damage to the buildings of the Castle of Relanja, accounting for less than 30% of the total equipment.
Although Zheng Zhilong purchased a lot of red barbarian cannons from the Franji people after the Battle of Liaoluo Bay, the total equipment of the Zheng army fleet is still not comparable to that of the Dutch red barbarians, and it is not even a fraction of the number of heavy cannons equipped by the Dutch navy. arrive.
The combat effectiveness of the Dutch East India Company's armed merchant ships is equal to or even greater than Zheng Jun's battleships. The East India Company's warships can completely defeat Zheng Jun's large ships.
If the East India Company can allow the Dutch government to mobilize active warships from the navy to support Dongfan, then the pure-blooded red barbarian plywood boats can really sail across the eastern waters.
For example, the "Hector", the flagship of the Grand Fleet, is at most a medium-sized warship in the Dutch Navy, and is completely useless, but it can run rampant in the eastern waters.
The powerful broadside firepower allowed it to ignore the siege launched by dozens of Zheng Army warships. Fleet Commander Captain Baker once threatened that by giving him fifty warships similar to the "Hector", he could get Zheng Zhilong to accept the company. New price list issued.
It is a pity that Batavia is not willing to invest so much money in Formosa. It is enough to continue to ensure the safety of the waters in Formosa, especially in the Netherlands.
The "Hector" battleship inherited many advantages of the warships built in the Netherlands, such as fast speed, fierce firepower, thick ship plates, shallow draft, and easy maneuvering. Its speed in both downwind and headwind is higher than that of the Zheng Jun warship.
In the eastern waters, no Zheng army warship can catch up with and defeat the "Hector", so Colonel Baker is willing to take his nine warships, plus six temporarily requisitioned armed merchant ships, to go to Ming Dynasty. Raid the empire's coastal waters.
The cannons equipped in the Castle of Geranze, especially the coastal defense guns used to block the waterways, all started with 18-pounders, and there were also a small number of 24- and 32-pounders.
Under good weather conditions, as long as it can hit the target, the 32-pound heavy gun can sink a Zheng Army's medium-sized warship, such as the Guangzhou Ship, in almost one shot.
Even Fengzhou, which has a huge displacement and extremely strong anti-attack ability, cannot withstand being hit by seven or eight shots from this thing.
At present, the Zheng Army fleet has been sunk by the defenders of Relanjia Castle using shore defense artillery to sink four warships.
The reason why Zheng Haiying was shot was because the Dutch officer in the castle could look directly at the target and found a fixed target like a fool. Fortunately, he missed the target...
The garrison's coastal defense artillery has its firing range and range measured in advance, and each elevation angle has a corresponding scale. The accuracy of shooting at a given target is very high, and generally speaking it will not deviate too much.
The shore where Zheng Haiying is located is within the range of the coastal defense artillery. Unlike the Zheng Army's Hongyi cannon, the Dutch defenders' heavy artillery has a range of up to seven or eight miles. It can not only block the Damuan waterway, but also cover half of Damuan Bay. .
This young man almost won the jackpot. Fortunately, God blessed him. He sacrificed a valuable mount and came back with his life. In this way, none of the Zheng officers and soldiers who were watching the fun on the beach dared to stay. , they are also afraid of being sent directly to the sky by bullets.
"Please cheer up and move quickly! As long as you catch a red barbarian, no matter life or death, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
Zheng Haiying, who was dressed neatly again, was sitting on the mount of a soldier, giving orders to his subordinates. He had to retaliate in kind after being shot. Otherwise, everyone thought that the dignified Third Young Master would be afraid of the hundreds of red barbarians on the shore and would definitely capture a few of them. Just come here to vent your anger.
"good!"
Everyone also became excited. Since the Third Young Master has an order, it is best to follow the order. As long as this young master is happy, that's better than anything else. It's all about coaxing the children...
As for Hongyi, who the hell knows where he went?
In a little while it will be noon, which is the hottest time. As long as you cope with it for a while, you can rest.
Many people in the Zheng army have a pirate-like logic. Just drive the enemy away. Don't chase the enemy, otherwise the enemy will bite you back, which is not worth the loss.
Since Zhen Haibo's goal is to capture the Relanja Castle on Dajuan Island, it doesn't matter if the red barbarians on the shore are alive or not. It would be better for them to take the initiative and save the need to look for it.
Zheng Haiying was eager to catch a few scapegoats, otherwise her third uncle would find out that he changed his mount because he was shelled by Hongyi while watching the excitement on the beach, and he would not be able to lead troops to fight in the future.
Everything stems from the damn Hongyi. If that's the case, then he should take care of Hongyi on the shore, lest he be the one to be taken care of by his third uncle in the end.
The third uncle gave him a chance to express himself for the sake of his father. If he screwed up, he could imagine the future. He would have to be scolded by his father when he went back. Zheng Haiying felt depressed even just thinking about it. .
It's just that his men and horses found nothing on the shore. It stands to reason that as long as Hongyi is not stupid, he will never run to the shore. Otherwise, a bunch of big guns from Zheng's fleet will blow up the hundreds of them to pieces, leaving nothing behind. It's lucky to have a whole corpse.
"Report~! My eldest son, there are a number of Red Yi soldiers found in the front, and their strength is less than thirty!"
Zheng Guangying first asked his subordinates to call him "Great General" so that he could be distinguished from his third son. However, this title seemed inappropriate and a bit presumptuous, and was not as appropriate as "Young General".
But "Young General" seems to be the lowest ranking in the family. There are two young masters in their family who lead troops to fight, which means that they are ranked behind the third brother. After thinking about it, they can only continue to let the soldiers continue to follow their own titles at home. .
"Ah? So few? Why don't you pursue me? Wait until Hongyi invites you to dinner???"
Although Zheng Guangying did not have much actual combat experience, he also knew that it would be difficult to deal with hundreds of well-trained Red Yi soldiers with his own troops. His third uncle Zheng Mingying and Uncle Guo Guo Huaiyi had experienced the power of the Red Yi soldiers. , otherwise I would never be so cautious.
But if there is only a small group of red barbarian soldiers, and I surround them with a thousand men and horses, is it not a matter of hand to encircle and annihilate them? A thousand Zheng's troops fought against twenty or so Red Yi soldiers. Even a man with a wine bag and rice bag could win the battle!
"Kill Hongyi! Get the money!"
Under the orders of the captains at all levels, the officers and soldiers of the Zheng family who had just been advancing in several columns immediately became excited and began to take action. Due to the short distance, the speed of each team was different, and they broke up as they ran. It’s not much different from herding sheep.
"Come on~!"
With so many people on our side, we can't defeat thirty Red Yi. With the strength of their numbers, everyone has nothing to be afraid of. To say that they are afraid, it should be the Red Yi, so they all follow Tan Ma forward. rush.
"over there!"
Two hundred steps away, a group of red barbarian soldiers escaping inland actually appeared. Seeing the enemy troops coming up like a tsunami, they were frightened and immediately sped up. Otherwise, they would run too slowly. They were eaten alive by this group of Eastern pirates.
"Quick! Don't let it escape!"
Zheng Guangying also saw it, so he naturally took the lead and rushed in front of the infantry. However, he was also worried that the Hongyi dog would jump over the wall and suddenly turn around to give him a shot, which would be a big loss, so he deliberately slowed down the horse and followed him. Tan Ma followed and pursued.
The eldest master was already rushing in front of him, and the dozen or so soldiers no longer dared to do anything perfunctory. They had to stick to the young master's side to protect him. Their small group of horsemen was quite impressive, and they were in the grass. Very eye-catching.
"Come up, general! Don't let Hong Yi escape into the woods!"
Zheng Guangying saw a row of relatively sparse woods about 300 meters away. Although they could chase them in, it was obviously easier to surround and annihilate these red barbarians in the open field. It was much easier than going into the woods to arrest people.
"Guangying, don't be impatient! Beware of Hongyi's ambush!"
As soon as Guo Huai saw his nephew rushing forward like he was desperate, he broke out in a cold sweat. He would be in trouble if something went wrong. He hurriedly caught up with his horse and whip to ask him to slow down.
"Uncle Guo! Hongyi is right in front, and he is about to run into the forest as soon as he sees it. How can I tell him to do whatever he wants?"
Zheng Guangying felt that this uncle was too cautious. He had so many troops and horses, a total of 1,500 people, and not a single one was injured. It was a fully-manned unit. No matter how bold Hongyi was, he would not An egg against a stone.