Landing operations are far less difficult than later generations. At this time, the wooden boats had a shallow draft and could just rush directly to the beach.
If the enemy has a defense line on the beach and will counterattack the Ming army that has just landed, it will be more difficult. The artillery, archers, gunmen, etc. on the ship must cover and shoot. The shield bearers went to form a formation first and escort the infantry to land.
It's just a pity that in this era, there is no concept of landing operations, and there is no defense against landing operations. Even here in Liaodong, where the Ming army had maritime superiority and a large navy, Jianlu did not deploy troops along the coast.
It's not that Jianlu is unwilling to deploy, it's that Jianlu only has so many troops and can't deploy them. If they are deployed here in Gaizhou, and then the Ming army lands elsewhere and is outflanked by the cavalry, the troops on the beach will be outflanked, which can only be to the advantage of the Ming army.
As a result, on the seaside near Gaizhou, countless Ming navy transport ships rushed to the beach, and the infantry troops who had been waiting for a long time jumped off the ship. Some immediately moved forward to set up warning positions; Start helping the people on the boat to transport the equipment down.
It can be said that the originally quiet seaside suddenly became extremely noisy.
Huang Degong was on Zheng Zhilong's flagship. He did not rush to the beach. He stood on the bow and looked at the noisy scene in front of him. He felt high-spirited. After laughing for a while, he turned to Zheng Zhilong and said with a smile: "Old Zheng, what a shame." Thank you for your kindness, but what about your boats? Do you want me to let them push them into the sea for you?"
Zheng Zhilong smiled after hearing this and replied: "No, when the tide comes back, you will naturally return to the sea. I envy you. You have military achievements to make, and you are right in front of your eyes!"
When Huang Degong heard this, he felt proud and laughed again.
As a soldier, don’t you just want to achieve military exploits?
However, Cao Bianjiao, who was silent, smiled and said to Zheng Zhilong after hearing this: "No matter what, the battle this time was due to the lack of watermen. Of course, the watermen also share the credit. And..."
At this point, he paused and did not continue immediately.
Zheng Zhilong is a good person. He knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, so he asked, "What else is there?"
Cao Bianjiao felt comfortable and told him: "I heard the emperor said that in the future, you navy will have many meritorious services. At that time, I feel, let alone you, it is your son who is now in the capital. You can even be granted the title of marquis and general!"
In fact, Emperor Chongzhen had told Zheng Zhilong about this before. He even revealed that even at the end of the sea, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is flying.
After the Liaodong Jianlu are destroyed, it will probably be the beginning of the emperor's conquest of the sea, right? Zheng Zhilong thought about this more than once.
In the past, I heard how powerful the Liaodong Jianlu were. However, Zheng Zhilong has seen clearly during his years in the north. Liaodong Jianlu is indeed powerful, but if the emperor becomes serious about it, what if Jianlu is powerful? I estimate that in just a few years, as long as the emperor is willing, he can destroy all these rebels! Then……
To be honest, Zheng Zhilong was really looking forward to it. Those Western Yi came all the way to the Ming Dynasty, so couldn't he go to see them and see the exotic customs?
His thoughts were a little far away, so much so that Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong didn't come back to their senses when they were talking to him, so they had to raise their voices.
"Ah..." After Zheng Zhilong came back to his senses, he felt a little embarrassed, and immediately raised his fists and said to the two generals, "Then I wish you two a good start and win Gaizhou as soon as possible!"
Huang Degong laughed and said: "No problem, that's it. If we still can't win Gaizhou, I'll run into Gaizhou City and die!"
Cao Bianjiao didn't say anything, just showed a confident smile, and together with Huang Degong, clasped their hands in fists, returned the salute, and then got off the boat.
Huang Degong stepped on the beach with his feet and stepped hard. He smiled and said to Cao Bianjiao, "I still feel so at ease!"
Cao Bianjiao nodded, responded with a smile, then turned around and looked around.
There were Ming army officers and soldiers everywhere, all busy. The most important thing is to hoist the Panshi camp's sidecar or something from the ship. Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know how the emperor thought of it. Now that I'm here, I feel a lot more relaxed."
After hearing this, Huang Degong turned around and saw that what he was talking about were sidecars, which were fixed with ropes on the ship and then unloaded from the ship through the pulleys. Suddenly, he couldn't help but sigh. : "I heard from the emperor that this comes from the knowledge of physics, do you understand?"
"Me?" Cao Bianjiao heard this, shook his head with a smile, and then replied, "My sons are already studying, so I'll forget about it. Before I came out last year, I warned them that if I go back and don't see them get the first prize, Those who are waiting for results will be taken care of by family law!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Degong was not surprised at all, and said with a smile: "Haha, heroes think the same thing. I also told those in my family that if you don't have first-class results, you will be served by a military stick!"
In fact, he originally decided to be in the second grade. Now that he heard that Cao Bianjiao's family wanted first-class people, he didn't want to lose face, so he changed his mind and said that he was also first-class.
As they were talking, they suddenly heard a familiar voice nearby: "咴咴咴..."
When he turned around to look, he saw that many war horses had already disembarked from the boat. These war horses were all suffocated on the boat, and as soon as they reached the beach and put their feet on the ground, they couldn't help but scream with joy. Their owners, the cavalry officers from the Brave Guard Battalion and the Panshi Battalion, were comforting them with their hands and observing their condition to see if they could go to the battlefield immediately.
After a while, most of the war horses, carrying their masters on their backs, ran happily away into the distance. Without their obstruction, Cao and Huang saw artillery pieces being moved off the ship.
Smaller artillery pieces, such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Fran Machine Cannon, were carried or carried down by the soldiers in the artillery battalion. The heavier general cannons and Hongyi cannons are also fixed and loaded and unloaded with pulleys.
Further away, there are other Ming army soldiers, busy with other things, all transporting things from the ship.
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After watching the grand scene on the beach for a while, Huang Degong saw that his war horse had been led by his guards, so he walked over in a few steps, jumped up, tightened the reins, and said to Cao Bianjiao: "I'll go see Gaizhou first. , I’ll leave this to you!”
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Cao Bianjiao's reply, he jumped out with a "drive" sound and hurried away.
Seeing him like this, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but shake his head, and didn't care. He would sit here and set up a camp first.
In this way, the Ming army was busy for almost a whole day, and more than 10,000 troops, together with equipment and supplies, etc., were all unloaded from the ship.
On the coast, a combination of side vans was used to form a wall, which served as the fence of the camp. On the outskirts of the camp, there were Ming troops scattered throughout the night to serve as a warning to the camp.
After it got dark, although there were more than 10,000 people, it was silent except for the rhythmic sound of the waves.
The ship that was originally stranded has returned to the sea after the high tide and stopped at the shore camp.
At this time, only at the main camp of the camp, the two generals were still discussing matters.
"We can arrive at Gaizhou City tomorrow." After Cao Bianjiao explained the situation in the camp, he looked at Huang Degong, who returned after dark, and said, "How do you feel over there in Gaizhou?"
After hearing this, Huang Degong laughed and said: "What else can I do? They are all scared. I can see very clearly that the Tatars on the top of the city all look like they are facing a formidable enemy. This is enough to show that they have a guilty conscience!"
At this point, he paused and then added: "If you don't close the night, let it go. As long as Jianlu can't massively reinforce it, there will be no danger at all in Gaizhou. We have enough time to capture Gaizhou!" "
"Yes, what we are most afraid of when we attack Gaizhou is the large-scale reinforcements of the Jianlu Cavalry." After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao nodded and said, "Fortunately, the emperor transferred all the Jianlu Cavalry away, otherwise, we would still have come here No."
After Huang Degong heard this, he also showed admiration and said to him: "Sometimes, I feel as if Jianlu is being commanded by the emperor, and he can do whatever he wants! This time, Jianlu actually behaved obediently. They transferred the cavalry away, haha, and even said they were going to conquer Sauron's tribe in the north. They thought they could deceive us, but in the end they could only deceive themselves!"
After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao shook his head, feeling sad for Jianlu. How could Jianlu win such a war?
After sighing for a while, the two of them said nothing else and began to discuss the specific battle plans for tomorrow again.
After dawn the next day, under the cover of Panshi Camp, the Ming army set off and finally appeared within the sight of Gaizhou Jianlu.
The chariot formation is in front, the infantry is behind, and the cavalry flanks, just south of Gaizhou, are rolling in with great momentum.
The Ming army did not have enough soldiers to besiege the city, so it completely abandoned several other directions in Gaizhou, just that side.
The Jianlu soldiers in Gaizhou City also sent out troops from several other gates and lined up on the left and right sides of Gaizhou City. If the Ming army dares to attack Gaizhou City, the captive armies on both sides will inevitably attack from a pincer attack. And if the Ming army were to attack the armies on both sides first, they would have to divide their forces. The Jianlu can engage in battle if they advance, and retreat into the city if they retreat.
Generally speaking, the attacking army must be larger than the defending army to be able to capture the city. But now, the generals of the Jianlu garrison made such arrangements to bully the invading Ming army, which was not as numerous as the garrison in the city.
However, neither Cao Bianjiao nor Huang Degong cared about it. Huang Degong was even in a mood to smile and said to Cao Bianjiao: "According to what the emperor said, let these barbarians have a taste of the power of advanced civilization!"
"I said, Lao Huang, do you know what the emperor means by this advanced civilization?" Cao Bianjiao asked casually after hearing this.
Huang Degong was stunned for a moment after hearing this. After he came to his senses, he said shamelessly: "How do I know? That's what the emperor said anyway. I guess it should be the difference between firearms and swords and guns!"
Cao Bianjiao also understood this, nodded and said: "Then let's start?"
So, under the command of the two generals, the Ming army began to move.
The sidecars of the Panshi Camp were connected end to end again, and they followed the combat method of the car camp to protect themselves. The artillery in the sidecars was set up door by door. Most of the heavy artillery such as the Hongyi cannon and the general cannon, The muzzles of the guns were aimed at the head of Gaizhou City.
Seeing the movements of the Ming army, Jianlu's face turned green immediately on top of the city. Is the Ming army really crazy? So many heavy artillery? Just a rough estimate, there are hundreds of them. With so many artillery pieces, if they were fired, a layer would be cut off from the top of Gaizhou City, right?
They didn't know that if the Ming army was willing, they could mobilize more artillery from Zheng Zhilong's warship at sea. It's just that the Ming army felt that these artillery pieces were enough.
"Quickly, block the south gate, block it with mud!" Gaizhou garrison gave up his plan to send troops from the south gate to cooperate with the armies on both sides to counterattack the Ming army, and immediately shouted loudly, looking anxious to give orders. I almost shouted at the top of my lungs.
At the same time, through the transmission of the order flag, the military order was also transmitted to the armies on both sides of Gaizhou City.
As a result, the armies on both sides of Jianlu also began to attack. As long as the Ming army dared to attack the city, these two armies would attack the Ming army from the flanks.
The Ming army turned a blind eye to their movements and was still busy with their own affairs.
There was a "boom", and a Hongyi cannon was tested. The shell passed over the city head and hit the city. It raised a cloud of dust and seemed to smash a roof.
Immediately, on the Ming army's side, an artillery battalion commander shouted loudly, asking the artillery to adjust the elevation angle.
The Jianlu on the top of the city, their legs were a little weak, turned their heads to look at where the guard was. Fortunately, the military order was quickly passed down, and except for the observation post, others could hide under the city wall and wait for orders.
Logically speaking, if this is the case, the Ming army's siege troops should attack the city to contain the defenders on top of the city. However, this time, the siege troops did not attack, but just watched the artillery performance.
An earth-shattering scene finally happened.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Hongyi cannons and general cannons facing Gaizhou Nancheng spewed out smoke and iron bullets, and the entire front of the Ming army's carriage camp was suddenly filled with gunpowder smoke.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
On the top of Gaizhou City, iron bullets hit it one after another. In the blink of an eye, there were big craters. Even the battlements in many places were destroyed by the iron eggs. The power was astonishing.
It has to be said that heavy artillery such as Hongyi Cannon is not actually used to defend the city, but is best used to attack the city.
The armies on both sides of the Jianlu army began to move when they saw that the Ming army began to bombard the Gaizhou city.
I saw these Jianlu, pushing carts one after another, holding swords, guns, swords and halberds. Of course, archers were also indispensable. They hid behind the carts, slowly increased their speed, and attacked the Ming army. From a distance, it looks like many moving sections of city wall.
Their cavalry also began to move to contain the Ming army's cavalry and prevent them from harassing and delaying the infantry's attack.
The Gaizhou War has officially begun.
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