According to previous impressions, under the cover of the carriages, although some carriages may be lost, most of the carriages can effectively block the Ming army's firearm attacks. If they get close to them and then engage in close combat, the Ming army will generally rout.
The casualties on the Qing side were basically in the process of approaching the Ming army. Of course, if the Ming army was a mob, there would be no need to go to such trouble. The cavalry only needed to lure the Ming army into chaos, and then they could defeat the Ming army with a single charge.
However, these Ming troops in front of them are obviously the elite of the Ming army. It is also for this reason that Jianlu will use their most cautious and sure way to attack as if facing a formidable enemy.
One after another, the ground carriages were getting closer and closer. Seeing that Jianlu's archers were already preparing and were about to start firing arrows, the Ming army's side carriages suddenly rang out "Boom". "Boom boom" sound of artillery.
Of course, the artillery on the front of Gaizhou was bombarding, and at this time, the artillery on the flanks also opened fire. There was no sudden feeling. At most, it felt like the roar of the artillery was a little denser.
The artillery deployed on both sides of the Ming army included only a small number of Hongyi cannons, and most of them were medium-sized Franco cannons.
Although the muzzle does not seem to be too many, the Fran cannon has a fast rate of fire. It does not need to be loaded with ammunition, as long as it has a musket.
Therefore, on the battlefields on both sides, an unimaginable number of iron bullets hit Jianlu's car like a downpour.
"Wow..."
Although most of the carriage rafters are thick enough to withstand musket fire, they are not strong enough to withstand artillery bombardment.
Each of the closer carriages was hit by a few iron bullets, as if they were made of paper. They were either smashed to pieces or simply penetrated.
The Jianlu who was behind these chariot carriages was hit by an iron bullet that had not yet exhausted its force. He immediately lost his arms and legs, without any ambiguity. Those Jianlu who were not hit also lost the cover of the carriages and were suddenly exposed to the sight of the Ming army.
All the pikemen in the car camp, except for the busy artillery, took up their bows and set arrows, no need to aim, they all shot arrows in a covered manner, and they shot arrows as fast as possible. In this way, if the previous rain of bullets was a bit exaggerated, then the current rain of arrows is really not an exaggeration at all.
The Jianlu, who had no cover from the carriages, were still thinking about hiding behind other carriages, or whether they should just ignore the situation and charge forward, when they felt that the sky was darkening, as if dark clouds had covered the sky. Before they could recover from what was going on, they heard countless "puff-puff-puff" sounds, and all of them turned into hedgehogs, eyes wide open, and they refused to close their eyes.
Huang Degong looked at this scene, shook his head and said to Cao Bianjiao with a smile: "Tell me, are we two too wasteful?"
Just the consumption of ammunition and arrows just now is a huge expense. In the past, this would have been unthinkable.
It’s really because of the emperor’s full support that we can spend money so generously! The two commander-in-chiefs had this in mind.
The three major battalions under the Yuma Supervisor were trained according to Qi Jiguang's military training method. And Qi Jiguang was very particular about long-range weapon attacks, so even the pikemen were equipped with bows and arrows. It does not require accuracy, but requires killing the enemy to the greatest extent before engaging the enemy.
This concept can be said to be to use money to reduce the casualties of our own soldiers, which is a people-oriented approach. And this is exactly the same as the view of later generations. Emperor Chongzhen therefore worked hard to make money and implement this concept.
This battle of Gaizhou was actually carried out for the first time. It should be said that these Gaizhou built captives were beaten to death with money, which was considered a worthy death!
With such a fierce offensive, the two invading Jianlu armies were stunned. They are also human beings, and of course they are also afraid. How can a body of flesh and blood break through the double blow of bullets and arrows?
Without giving any orders, the two Jianlu troops retreated with a roar. How fast you came, how fast you go back.
Seeing this, Huang Degong sighed again: "It seems that our fusiliers are useless!"
The original combat arrangement was that Jianlu would continue to rush over and try to fight melee. At this time, it was time for the fusiliers to take action to make up for the lack of artillery strike surface. If Jianlu had his life and could rush to the car camp again, that would be the time for the pikemen to take action.
But now it is obvious that these next few steps have been saved.
At this time, Cao Bianjiao looked at the dense arrows stuck in front of the carriage camp, as well as the dilapidated carriages that were smashed by iron eggs, shook his head and sighed: "We are really ruined!"
Then, he smiled again and said, "But it's really enjoyable!"
"Haha, spending money, and spending so much money, of course it's fun!" Huang Degong laughed after hearing this, but he quickly and abruptly put away his smile and said to Cao Bianjiao, "How do I feel? In the future we will No matter how well you practice martial arts, I’m afraid it won’t be of much use!”
"..." After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao became unusually melancholy. He didn't say anything, but just thought to himself, could this be the advanced civilization that the emperor said?
They are all like this, not to mention Jianlu who just went through it. Looking at the corpses lying on the ground, the soldiers of the two armies building the army outside the city were all frightened and felt that they almost wouldn't be able to come back. This Ming army is so extravagant and wasteful!
The army attacks on both sides completely ceased. At this time, outside Gaizhou City, only the frontal Ming army artillery was still bombarding.
"Boom boom boom..."
And what goes with it is the sound of "crashing..." coming from time to time.
Finally, the Ming army's artillery needed to cool down, and the sound of artillery finally stopped.
After the gunpowder smoke and dust dispersed, the wall on the south side of Gaizhou City looked like Wang Hemp Seeds. There were pits one after another, and it was a bit disgusting to see them.
On the top of the city, many battlements were gone. Without the protection of the battlements, the defenders on the top of the city would only be exposed to the sight of the Ming army outside the city.
After the sound of cannons stopped, the Jianlu who were hiding at the base of the city wall all went up to the top of the city again. Looking at the current condition of the city wall, they were all silent. It can even be said that there is no sound in the entire Gaizhou City.
Compared to them, the Ming army outside the city seemed much more relaxed. The pikemen who had nothing to do in the middle of the car camp were all pointing to Gaizhou City and talking in a low voice with a smile.
After a while, the Ming army's artillery cooled down, and then the shelling began again.
"Boom boom boom..."
Gaizhou City is like a helpless little daughter-in-law who is bullied but dare not fight back. The so-called Gaizhou offensive and defensive battle was actually completely a one-sided performance by the Ming army.
If the Ming army could pay some casualties and start organizing an assault on the city during the bombardment, it would definitely be possible to capture the city wall within a day. But it was obvious that the Ming army had no such plan. On the first day after arriving at Gaizhou City, it was just a day of shelling.
As dusk approached, the Ming army's intermittent shelling finally stopped. The southern wall of Gaizhou City is even more terrible. It's also a credit to the city's builders that they blocked the city gate with mud in time. Otherwise, it would have been absolutely holed, and at least the original gate would have been extremely rotten. Also, the arrow tower on the top of the south gate city has completely disappeared.
The Jianlu on top of the city continued to look silently at the Ming army outside the city. Even the most ferocious among them were still a little scared. The Ming army had already consumed a lot of gunpowder just for the day's shelling. ? Could it be that the Ming army really had so much money that they could waste it like this? After such a day, the gunpowder and other things should be almost consumed, right? As long as you persist, you will have to rush to the city to fight hand-to-hand next, right?
They were thinking about it. Suddenly, the sharp-eyed Jianlu saw another group of Ming army soldiers arriving in the direction of the sea. Not only were there many people, but more importantly, among the newly arrived Ming army soldiers, there were actually There are cars one after another, the same as before.
Suddenly, all the Jianlu wanted to scold their mothers. What was the Ming army doing, wasting their fortunes like this? Are they going to use firearms to blow up Gaizhou City? Crazy?
The Jianlu garrison in Gaizhou was the most worried. He didn't expect that the Ming army during the day was not all there. Maybe it was just the vanguard of the Ming army. Such a large-scale attack could be carried out by the Ming emperor himself. This time Are you going to seize Gaizhou, Haizhou and other places? Otherwise, how could there be so many artillery pieces and so much ammunition to waste?
As a result, the new messenger for help galloped out of the north gate and disappeared into the north at a high speed.
Seeing the arrival of new reinforcements, the Ming army temporarily retreated two miles, and still swaggered to meet and set up camp within sight of the Gaizhou city. Of course, it is also indispensable to guard the perimeter of the camp and not collect anything at night.
Jianlu didn't know that most of the Ming army that came over in the evening were actually just soldiers of the navy, and they sent over the remaining sidecars that the Panshi camp specially left on the ship. When it was late at night, we quietly left the camp and returned to the boat.
The reason why the whole thing was done was to give the impression to Gaizhou Jianlu that Ming Dynasty was attacking on a large scale!
If the scale was small, how could there be so many artillery, and how could there be so much gunpowder to waste? The shelling alone lasted a day, and it was all money! No matter how wealthy the Ming army was, it was impossible for only ten thousand men to consume so much gunpowder!
After dawn the next day, the Ming army had a feast and then approached the gate of Gaizhou City.
Jianlu repaired the Xia Gaizhou city wall overnight. It can be seen at a glance that the repairs are extremely inconsistent with the original city wall, and they are not repaired with bricks, but with wooden boards, mud bags and the like.
"Come on, come on, keep throwing money!" Huang Degong said to Cao Bianjiao with a smile, "Keep on spending money!"
So, the Ming army, just like yesterday, bullied Gaizhou City because there was no Hongyi artillery, and began to set up artillery positions in a ostentatious manner, and then started shelling again.
"Boom boom boom..."
This time, the Jianlu soldiers in Gaizhou did not send out flanking troops at all, because they knew that even if the flanking troops attacked, they would not be able to contain them. The Ming army outside the city was so shameless that they would kill people with money. With the posture, there is no way to fight. We can only wait for the reinforcements to arrive, or wait until the Ming army outside the city has used up all the gunpowder, or the city is broken...
However, what they did not expect was that this time the Ming army's shelling had new tricks.
After the bombardment began, only observation posts remained on the top of Jianlu City. They were surprised to find that a rack of counterweighted catapults had been assembled in the Ming army's vehicle formation. It's not very big, so I pushed out of the car formation and headed towards the city.
No matter what the Ming army wanted to do, the situation was quickly reported to the guard general Jianlu. However, looking at the battlements on the top of the city that were constantly being blown down, what could the Jianlu guards do? There was no way for people to stand on the top of the city, so they could only follow what the Ming army did, and wait for the Ming army to board the city. , let’s fight again.
In fact, the catapult did not get very close to the city head, and stopped just a stone's throw away. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Army immediately took action. Large frames were brought from behind, with balls fixed inside. After lighting the fuse, he put it on the catapult and started firing towards the city.
This framed spherical object is a powerful weapon for defending the city against thousands of enemies. At this time, it was used by the Ming army to attack the city.
I saw tens of thousands of enemies being thrown out by catapults, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, crossing the city wall, and falling into the city.
Although the Ming army could not see the situation inside the city, they could observe the thick poisonous smoke in the city and the frightened shouts of the Jianlu prisoners heard in the gaps between the cannon fire.
Haha, let you hide inside!
"Drive the Jianlu away, and in the afternoon, we can attack the city and occupy the city head." Cao Bianjiao smiled and said to Huang Degong, "Before, I was responsible for the rear. This time, it is my turn to attack the city first!"
"..." When Huang Degong heard this, he was stunned and said, "Otherwise, Gaizhou will be mine, and Haizhou will be yours!"
"That won't work!" After hearing this, Cao Bianjiao immediately shook his head and said, "Maybe if we don't attack Haizhou, the emperor's will will be fulfilled, and I won't do it!"
In the decree given by Emperor Chongzhen, it was said that this side will land and attack Gaizhou, Haizhou and other places with great fanfare. However, the emperor will send the decree in time according to the changing situation. When the time comes, they must retreat in time without any delay.
While the fighting here in Gaizhou was very lively, the cavalry of the Dongjiang Army finally began to appear on the stage and perform the performances they were supposed to perform.
Thanks to the fact that Jianlu sent some 300 ships to the Dongjiang Army Navy, the Dongjiang Army had enough ships to not only transport troops to Gaizhou, but also to the Yalu River.
Li Dingguo's two thousand cavalry troops had already reached the west bank of the Yalu River. However, they did not attack immediately, but let the horses rest for a long time before diving into the hinterland of Liaodong.
At this time, everywhere in Liaodong is green and full of life. There are also wheat seedlings and other things growing in the farmland. Jianlu supervised the plundered Ming people and was taking care of the land. Whether you will eat chaffy vegetables or go hungry this year depends on the harvest this time.
Li Dingguo's cavalry army came here for this.
