Before nightfall, the Zheng Jun fleet completed the encirclement and annihilation of the enemy in front of them. The warships that had not yet been sunk or destroyed had raised white flags, indicating their willingness to surrender.
Although there were a small number of Eight Banners soldiers on the Qing army's troop transport ships to supervise the battle, most of them were Han sailors and gunners, and their resistance to resistance was far weaker than that of the land division.
After seeing many "successful examples" around them, everyone realized that their side was far from being a match for Zheng Jun. In order to survive, they had no choice but to surrender or land ashore as soon as possible and seek help from the Army Division.
I originally thought I had a chance to win, but unexpectedly, I was attacked from both sides by barbarians on the beach. The psychological gap among the Xituku troops can be imagined...
As a large number of barbarian warships gradually approached the shore, the entire mile of the beach became a bombardment area, making it almost impossible for the armored soldiers of the Qing army to escape.
It was gratifying to be able to defeat the Donglu fleet as soon as possible, but Zheng Chenggong did not feel a little happy. His family originally made his fortune by begging for food at sea, and the dog Tatars were not good at naval battles, so it was only natural to gather them and annihilate them.
The most troublesome thing right now is that as night falls, visibility is greatly reduced.
Except for the burning Donglu warships on the shore and the flares that kept rising into the sky, it was almost impossible for the landing troops to visually search for the enemy.
If you dare to let the Army Division immediately launch an attack on the Donglu, the naval guns will not be able to cover it, otherwise your own soldiers will most likely be accidentally injured. Without artillery support, the soldiers of the Army Division will have to fight hard against the Donglu.
Otherwise, we have to wait until dawn. But if we let the Donglu flee inland, how can we annihilate them if we lack war horses?
What's more, if Donglu makes a desperate move and launches a night attack on the capital of Fuguo, and his troops are forced to go to rescue, a three-party melee will occur at night, and friendly troops may be accidentally injured.
Thinking of this, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and he even thought of the celestial resume that his master, a certain new emperor, had shown him.
When approaching the southern capital occupied by the Donglu, why did he hesitate so much that he missed the opportunity and failed?
Zheng Chenggong thought about this matter many times and found it unbelievable from beginning to end. Now when he came to the battlefield in the North, he encountered a similar situation.
An immediate attack would undoubtedly result in the loss of a large number of soldiers. Zheng Chenggong couldn't bear it, and his respected master also repeatedly warned his soldiers not to make unnecessary sacrifices.
But when daybreak comes, if the blessing of the country is lost and the Donglu are allowed to occupy their capital and resist stubbornly, wouldn't they be self-defeating by then?
After much thought, Zheng Chenggong didn't make up his mind. Instead, Zheng Shao came up with an idea.
It's very simple, that is, send someone to take a detour to the city, contact the defenders, and find out the actual situation in the city before making any calculations.
Zheng Chenggong thought his proposal was very good, so he sent his own soldiers as reconnaissance cavalry to take on this important task.
As long as the defenders in the city can hold on for a night, their troops can relieve them by the early morning of the next day.
Due to the shelling on the shore, the armored soldiers of the Qing army had been bombarded and fled in panic. They had long forgotten to continue to besiege the defenders in the city.
This allowed the personal soldiers sent by Zheng Chenggong to break through the blockade and reach the city without much effort.
Yang Zhan and others also saw the fleet on the sea and what happened on the shore.
With Zheng Chenggong’s token as evidence, he was not suspicious.
The other party sent a message to let their side hold on until dawn. At that time, they can attack from inside and outside to defeat Donglu.
After discussing with Luo Dai and Tang Tong, Yang Zhan believed that this plan was feasible and briefly explained the situation in the city in his reply.
Without further ado, let Zheng Jun's reconnaissance cavalry return quickly so that Zheng Chenggong can prepare early.
Now Zheng Chenggong has brought 10,000 land divisions, plus the defenders in the city, the Ming army has a strength of no less than 20,000.
On the opposite side, there were six thousand Donglu troops ashore, giving us at least three times the strength advantage.
In addition, there are cities on the shore and fleets on the sea, but Donglu only occupies the beach, and neither geography nor people have advantages.
After Zheng Chenggong received his reward, he felt at ease. Yang Zhan's troops were firmly guarding the capital of Fuguo and there were sufficient troops, so he did not have to rush to launch an attack.
In view of this, Zheng Chenggong is now even more worried that Donglu will jump over the wall in a hurry, launch a night attack, and invade the city at any cost.
However, guard Yang Zhan and others expressed their confidence to hold on to the city, so that they did not need to worry and could only concentrate on dealing with the Donglu soldiers who had become soldiers.
Zheng Chenggong's main goal this time was to gather and annihilate the invading Donglu armored soldiers. None of them could be allowed to escape easily.
According to the prisoners' accounts, there were about three Jiala in the Donglu Army Division this time, nearly 4,500 people, which was quite a lot, almost an infantry brigade of the Donggong Guards.
If he could successfully annihilate the enemy, it would be considered a small victory. Since it was not difficult, Zheng Chenggong felt that he had to take advantage of it.
So Zheng Jiaqi was ordered to be responsible for the safety of the fleet and to guard the sea to prevent the invasion of Donglu.
Zheng Ju and Zheng Shao commanded 3,000 soldiers respectively to serve as the left and right wings. He personally led about 4,000 soldiers as the center army and was responsible for the main attack.
If the Donglu do not launch a night attack, the entire army will launch a general attack in the early morning. Otherwise, it will depend on the specific situation.
After assembling the tanks, the Zheng army soldiers were no longer afraid of the Donglu armored soldiers.
With tanks, even the Donglu cavalry would become a target.
Although these tanks are not driven by steam engines and rely entirely on human power, they are still the natural enemies of the dog Tatars!
The difficulty faced was simply that the sandy soil on the shore was soft and it was easy for wheels to get stuck, so iron plates had to be laid to pass.
The good news is that after the Dog Tartars fled inland, all the shores were occupied by the Zheng army. Even the stove pits did not need to be dug. They could just use ready-made ones, some of which were still warm.
Adhering to the concept of respecting teachers and paying attention to logistics, Zheng Chenggong was also willing to treat his soldiers well, and the food they brought ashore included fish and meat.
In view of the decisive battle with the Tatars tomorrow morning, it is even more necessary to make up for the soldiers.
There were tanks and warships on the shore. Zheng Chenggong did not think that the dog Tatars would come to die on their own initiative.
If the other party really dares to come over, it will save our troops the trouble of having to kill them on foot.
At this time, Zhengbaiqi Melezhang Jingxituku had no intention of eating at all.
God knows where a barbarian force appeared from and interfered with his good deeds.
Seeing that he was using the banner of Zheng, he might be the soldiers of that barbarian Zheng Zhilong.
No matter who comes, as long as they are not the King of the Qing Dynasty, they are enemies and need to be eliminated.
It can be said that seeing the number of soldiers and horses in his army becoming less and less than that of the barbarians, Xituku no longer had the idea of an easy victory.
Right now, we are being attacked from both sides by the barbarians. We are attacked from both sides. It would be great if we can win.
And you have to move quickly. If the barbarians take advantage of their numbers and attack your own troops tomorrow, you will be in big trouble.
The plan for now is to attack the barbarian camp at night and cause chaos, so that the Qing heavenly soldiers can take advantage of the chaos and win.
There is nothing we can do about this. If the night attack fails, we will not be able to defeat the dog barbarians after dawn.
The three armored soldiers will withdraw to the interior. The winter in the north is colder than outside the pass.
If we don't build wooden houses on a large scale, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in the army until spring.
Due to the appearance of barbarian reinforcements, Xituku could not sleep for the first half of the night. At midnight, he simply got up and ordered his soldiers to prepare for a night attack on the barbarian camp.
"Kill the barbarian!"
"Come on!"
"Enter the stronghold and be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
Just after midnight, Xituku led nearly 4,000 armored soldiers to storm the capital of Fuguo. Suddenly, there were shouts of killing, and a large number of flares and fires made the night suddenly brighten.
Yang Zhan and others didn't sleep at all, because tonight was the only time the Dog Tatars could win, so they had to be extremely vigilant to prevent the Dog Tatars' armored soldiers from attacking the city.
The soldiers are divided into three squads to ensure that there are always alert manpower, and they all have to rest on the defense line. If something happens, they can wake up immediately to defend against the enemy.
None of the three had much experience in dealing with Donglu. Yang Zhan had dealt with indigenous barbarians before, which was very different from the Donglu armored soldiers.
Regarding the defense of the capital of Fuguo this time, they were cautious and did not underestimate the enemy in the slightest.
Even if Zheng Chenggong's tens of thousands of reinforcements were already on the shore, it would be impossible for all his troops to leave the city to fight before dawn.
The fact that the Dog Tartars came to attack at night was not unexpected by Yang Zhan and others. Since the other party came to die, they could accept this filial piety.
Since the defenders in the city knew that Emperor Haojing had sent ten thousand people from his disciple Zheng Chenggong to land, their morale was greatly boosted. Even in the face of a fierce attack by Donglu armored soldiers, the resistance was very tenacious.
With reinforcements outside, the Tatars were just around the corner, and no one thought about what to do if they couldn't hold the city.
The ammunition in the city is still sufficient for the time being, and it will be no problem to deal with several dog Tatar attacks.
Under this circumstance, the Qing army's attacks in all directions were repeatedly frustrated.
They were constantly and violently blocked by aircraft, mortars, bullets and grenades, causing a sharp increase in the number of casualties.
Even if they managed to get close, they would still be waited upon by bows and arrows from the hunters in the city, and they would be outnumbered.
The performance of the Qing army's tanks is similar to that of the Ming army's push tanks, and it can play a considerable role in siege.
However, when the defenders' firepower exceeded that of the attackers, these tanks were either destroyed by artillery fire halfway, or the infantry accompanying them were killed and injured.
Even if they reached the trench, they were forced to stop because they could not cross the trench, let alone two trenches outside the capital of Fukuoka.
At first, King Fu Zhu Changxun felt that one trench was not safe, so he ordered two trenches to be dug.
After the two trenches were completed, I saw that there was no danger and felt that it was a bit redundant.
But sending people to fill it out again would be a waste of manpower, and in the end we had to give up.
After so many years, I never thought it would come in handy now.
The outer trench is responsible for blocking the Donglu battlefield, while the inner trench can be used as a trench for the defenders.
As a result, it would be difficult for Donglu's chariots to continue advancing, and if their armored soldiers approached, they would be killed by grenades.
The defenders hiding in the trenches to defend themselves against the enemy can avoid unnecessary casualties and can form crossfire with their brothers on the wooden wall behind them.
This time, Yang Zhan led his troops to take charge of the most dangerous side near the sea, while Tang Tong and Luo Dai were responsible for both sides, and King Fu himself was responsible for the side adjacent to the inland.
Yang Zhan believed that the Donglu would most likely not attack King Fu's side, because if they did, it would be equivalent to allowing the defenders to join the Zheng army, and the siege would be in vain.
Just as the Qing army was fighting fiercely with the defenders, bursts of artillery fire and shouts of killing came from behind. After the Zheng army took action, they launched an attack on them.
After discussing with Zheng Ju and Zheng Shao, Zheng Chenggong decided to adopt the strategy of immobilizing the enemy if the enemy does not move, and to use movement to brake.
If you attack the city, I will attack you and make it difficult for you to look after you!
After receiving the words and deeds of his respected master and accompanying him to experience several battles, Zheng Chenggong was no longer what he used to be.
There is still a big lack of strategic and tactical decisive battles, but when it comes to small-scale battles, such as battles, you won't feel overwhelmed.
This time the Wang Division had advantages in terms of firepower, troop strength, and positions of both sides. Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Ju, and Zheng Shao all felt that it was not difficult to defeat the Donglu. The difficult thing was how to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces during night battles.
So it was decided to strictly order the advancement speed of each department. Donglu would not attack the city, and his troops would not open fire. Only after Donglu fought with the defenders, his troops would attack Donglu again.
Because it had been discussed with Yang Zhan before, any soldiers who dared to stop the king's division in the wild at night must be enemies, and they could all be killed.
"The barbarian is coming from behind!"
"Hurry to meet the enemy!"
After discovering that the Zheng army had launched a sneak attack on their own side, Xituku had to send three Niulu armored soldiers to block it, lest the army would really be attacked by the dog barbarians from both front and back and be destroyed here.
But a team of less than a thousand people, mostly armored soldiers of the Han army, was completely unsatisfactory when facing tens of thousands of Zheng soldiers, all of whom were elite soldiers who had been trained in the capital. They were defeated without holding on for a single round. Array is coming.
Zheng Jun's style of play is quite simple, which is to work with tanks and tanks to push horizontally.
If they are far away from the Dog Tartars, they will use tank guns and muskets to fire, otherwise they will throw a large number of grenades.
Before setting off, everyone had their bayonets fixed and ready for hand-to-hand combat.
Zheng Chenggong personally supervised the battle on the front line, using the company and platoon as a unit to fight steadily and advance layer by layer.
After special training, these scattered soldiers have become well-trained, and they have become well-organized for attacking at night.
Although the scale of the battle was not large, the prince was by his side to supervise the battle, so no one in the Zheng army dared to slack off subjectively.
This is the first time that the Crown Prince leads an army alone, and it is of extraordinary significance. Anyone who dares to mess up must bear the consequences.
Fortunately, the large number of flares fired into the air made most of the night fade away, and the situation a hundred or so steps away could be clearly seen.
Zheng Chenggong's troops are all equipped with flintlock rifles, and the platoon leader level is even equipped with revolvers. Even the speed and output of the three-stage attack are quite terrifying.
Any dog Tatars found attacking during the attack, regardless of their number, will be killed.
But after nearly one Niulu armored soldier was killed or wounded, the remaining Qing soldiers no longer dared to fight desperately.
Facing the densely packed barbarian soldiers, few of the remaining people planned to continue to be loyal to the emperor and live one more day.
Although Situku repeatedly ordered Bagala to supervise the battle and execute those who deserted immediately, he was defeated like a mountain and could not stop him.
In the end, they could only take the remaining defeated soldiers and flee inland, and then worry about it after gathering them.
In less than two hours, Zheng Jun joined the defenders.
Since Zheng Chenggong had made preparations for contact with Yang Zhan's troops in advance, there was no accidental injury during the rescue process.
After the two soldiers and horses merged, it was equivalent to opening up the connection with the shore, and they no longer feared the threat of Donglu.
The remaining task was to chase the fleeing dog Tatars. Due to the serious lack of horses, the pursuit became very difficult.
However, as the harsh winter approaches, without a wooden house for heating, even with a tent, it will be extremely difficult to survive the slow cold winter in the wild.
These dog Tatars who were defeated and fled into the forest area eventually died of injuries, diseases, freezing to death, or being eaten by wild beasts.
You may also encounter Rakshasa soldiers who appear from time to time, and their ending should be very "happy"...
