Chapter 12: The Estuary (Second Update, Asking for Support)
Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, whether it is Haicheng County in the north to govern the banner people, or Gaiping County in the south to govern the Han people, they have all been empty with the entry of the army, that is, because Xiongyue set up a deputy capital to govern the Manchus in all parts of the Liaodong Peninsula, and there are hundreds of banner soldiers, as for other places, they have long been empty.
However, although the garrison was small, the Qing army also set up a fort near the mouth of the river - this fort was newly built a few months ago, but there were only a few guns, but now this area has become the last barrier at the mouth of the Da Liao River.
The billowing smoke obscured the sunlight, and the roaring sound of artillery muffled the sound of tearing and killing. The only six great generals' guns of the Qing army on the estuary fort were either blown to the ground or on the verge of collapse. As for the fort, it was also full of holes, and the thick earthen walls were on the verge of collapse. Fragments of flesh and blood can be seen everywhere on the fort, compared to the solid bullets, the flowering shells that fall in the fort are the deadliest, pieces of steel, constantly tearing the soldiers' bodies to pieces, and the blood on the fort is more like a river.
For all this, the soldiers on the fort turned a blind eye. They carried shells and cannons to the gun emplacement, and then stood by the gun emplacement, either cleaning and cooling the gun chamber with clean water, or loading gunpowder and bullets, and then fired at the Han warships at sea again.
But their shelling was in vain - although they always hit the Han warships, they could clearly see the cannons being bounced off...... It was as if it had hit an iron wall, and it was catapulted dozens of feet away.
"Can't it be, this dog's ship is made of iron?"
Batu, who was standing on the fort, looked at the cannon that had been ejected, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of despair in his heart. Not only were there more than 20 warships of Ming Dog in front of him, but on the other side, there were Ming Dogs who were constantly landing, and there were tens of thousands of Ming Dogs, just like a divine soldier descending from the sky, coming here by sea.
"At the beginning, I really should have cast a few more general's cannons!"
Again, Batu regretted his original decision - at the end of last year, when the imperial court ordered him to build a fort at the mouth of the river, he still felt that there was no need for this, just to cope with the errand, he built the fort and then pulled a few old guns from the warehouse onto the fort, as for the Ming army, in his opinion, the Ming army could never appear here, but now, the Ming army came, not only came, but also so much.
How could the Ming army suddenly arrive here?
In Batu's view, the Ming army in the Central Plains should still be pinned down by the emperor's hundreds of thousands of troops. How could it be that so many Ming troops suddenly crossed the sea to attack Manchuria.
Of course, it was not without foreboding. In fact, the news about the appearance of unknown people and horses in the Lushunkou area reached him as early as a day ago. But as the deputy commander, he didn't believe the news at all.
After all, any normal person knows that the possibility of the Ming army directly sending troops to Liaodong from Jiangnan is almost zero, and if the Ming army occupies Shandong, then it is also possible for them to appear in Lushun, but the problem is that Shandong is now in the hands of the imperial court.
By the time he believed the news, the mouth of the river was already full of Ming gunboats, and then the battery was caught in a sea of artillery fire.
"Let's work hard, as long as we survive the day, the reinforcements from the imperial court will come, and when the time comes, we will be able to drive all the Ming dogs into the sea!" Again, Batu encouraged the soldiers around him with words that he didn't even believe, and with his encouragement, the exhausted soldiers shouted "Kill the Bright Dog" and went into battle again. Looking at the sea, looking at the enemy ships that covered the sea, Batu's expression looked a little desperate, he knew that this place could fall at any time, but he didn't know what was going on in the surrounding places, and he didn't know that Shengjing had received the news that Minggou had landed in Manchuria...... As for when the long-awaited reinforcements will arrive...... There could simply be no reinforcements. As the deputy commander, Batu knew very well that there would be no reinforcements here, and even after the shells were fired, the fort would fall. At that time, the Ming dog will go straight from the Liao River to Shengjing, the land of Longxing in the Qing Kingdom, and it will all belong to the Han people at that time. Daqing Kingdom, did you really play? Just as Batu was lamenting the end of the Qing Kingdom, he heard the gunners shouting in horror: "Minggou's boat is coming to the river!" Listening to the shouting, Batu hurriedly looked forward, and couldn't help but be even more surprised. Sure enough, at this time, the Ming fleet that was still watching on the sea had formed a column, and then sailed directly towards the Da Liao River, unlike other sailing ships, these boats were all with oars on the side, and the huge oars rowed the sea and rushed straight across the Da Liao River, in the face of the Ming fleet rushed into the estuary, the Qing army of the fort was like a mad and bombarded the approaching fleet, but the shells were like tickling, and most of them were bounced off the boat, and the flying cannons fell on the sea and hit a few water columns. "Hit, hit......" Suddenly, a burst of cheers sounded on the fort, and the mast of a warship of the Ming army was broken, which immediately caused a howl of excitement, but the battleships of the Ming Kingdom did not have the slightest intention of retreating, but sailed into the mouth of the Liao River in a neat queue, and after entering the mouth of the Liao River, the fleet lined up in a zigzag shape, and then used the starboard gun to bombard the batteries frantically. The almost devastating artillery fire instantly enveloped the already riddled battery in a sea of fire, and the dense artillery fire seemed to completely tear the battery to pieces, and the shelling on the battery was unusually pale compared to the devastating blow brought by the volley of a hundred guns. It only took a moment for the artillery on the turret to become mute. "Hey, Ding Dali is riveting this time, I want to perform well!" The flagship of the detachment looked at the attack of the Yangtze River Naval Division in the distance, and Zhao Puzhi, who was the chief soldier of the detachment, couldn't help laughing. "Thinking about it, they have also panicked in the past two years, and they also know that after this battle, it is estimated that there will be no Yangtze River sailors, so they will be so powerful." Seeing the fort shrouded in gunsmoke, Zheng Minghe on the side whispered why the sailor was so desperate. "Isn't that the case, once the world is peaceful in the future, there is still the possibility of the navy going to war with the Westerners or barbarians in the foreign oceans, but the Yangtze River Naval Division, at most, is strolling around the estuary, I'm afraid there will never be a chance to go to the battlefield again......" Zhao Puzhi paused here when he said this, as if he remembered something, and turned to Zheng Minghe and asked. Adjutant General Zheng, is our army full of ammunition? "Back to the general army, the detachment did not consume shells. However, according to the way the Yangtze River Navy Division fights today, it is estimated that their ammunition consumption will be relatively large. However, the commander-in-chief can rest assured that our army has sufficient ammunition in Lushun, Incheon and Jeju Island. The fleet can go to replenish supplies at any time. Zheng Minghe replied with great confidence. Preparations for the Northern Expedition began from the moment it was proposed, and the supply of the fleet and the expeditionary force was, of course, the top priority in the entire Northern Expedition plan. The leased land provided by North Korea not only gave the Chungyi Army a bridgehead to attack Liaodong, but more importantly, it was possible to set up a munitions warehouse there to ensure the logistics of the army. "Well, the order goes down. The captains of all ships are required to pay attention to saving ammunition, there is no waste of ammunition in such a place, and our army will build a fortress here after the estuary is laid, and then the sailors will go up the Liao River to smash the nest of the Qingyu in Shenyang! When the time comes, we will try to ensure their needs first. "Because the Yangtze River Naval Division will attack Shenyang with the Right Route Army, it is necessary to first ensure their requirements, at least the detachment of the navy - wait for the supplies from the rear to arrive. Just as he was finishing his words, a violent explosion suddenly came from the fort. Zhao Puzhi, who was interrupted by the words, immediately raised the telescope, only to see that the flames rolling on the fort at this time rushed straight into the sky, and the fort, which was already full of holes, would almost completely collapse, such a violent explosion was of course not the direct damage caused by the shells of the Loyal Army's sailors, but an explosive bomb ignited the powder keg when it exploded, and then caused a series of explosions, resulting in the complete destruction of the fort. And the explosion of thousands of pounds of gunpowder, for the Qing army that was already a trapped beast is undoubtedly worse, the Qing soldiers who survived the explosion were all frightened by the violent explosion, they all stood there in shock, and their expressions were even more panicked, finally, I don't know who took the lead and turned away from the fort first, and the other Qing soldiers saw this, and also fled from the fort. Seeing the appearance of the soldiers on the fort scattering and fleeing, Batu was angry and anxious, and immediately drew his knife, and then slashed over a deserter with a knife, and shouted loudly. "If there is someone who retreats from the battle, he will be decided!" But this trick no longer works for these soldiers. Everyone knows that staying on the battery now is a dead end. No one wants to throw their lives in this place, stay in this place, let alone end up with a whole corpse, and may even really be crushed for the Qing Dynasty. Even the knife in Batu's hand would not have been able to prevent the crowd from escaping. Just when that violent explosion almost leveled the fort, the infantry who had already climbed the land in the southeast of the fort also began to attack this seaside fort. In the midst of shouts and killings, thousands of loyal and righteous soldiers, under the guidance of the military trumpet, killed the fort like a tide. At this time, the fort was already wide open, and the Qing troops who escaped from the fort did not close the heavy gate at all, and the fast ones had escaped far away, but the slow Qing troops met this group of fierce and vicious loyal soldiers, and before they could react, the bayonets had already stabbed them in their bodies, and they didn't even have time to react, they had already become the ghosts under the bayonets. On the small fort of "killing the Tartars...... and "leaving no ......", there were many shouts of soldiers to kill, and the sound of guns came and went. Listening to the sound of guns close at hand, as well as the bursts of shouts and killings, looking at the Ming army that was surging like a tide, Batu, who was holding a waist knife, suddenly shouted loudly towards the south. After the cry of "Your Majesty's ......", Batu put the knife on his neck, and his eyes looked at the Ming army that had rushed in, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the slaves are incompetent, but that ......"
Just as the sharp blade was about to cut his neck, Batu didn't see that an infantryman in a red uniform had raised his musket and aimed it at him. Stay alive!
When he first joined the army, Wang Yushu's idea was just to live, but when he really went to the battlefield, in addition to surviving, there was another thought in his mind.
Kill the Tartars!
And at this time, this is even the only belief in his mind, maybe it is influenced by the environment, maybe the army has changed him, in short, he has also become enthusiastic.
Although he was a new soldier, he did not hold the firearm indiscriminately like the others, because he knew that after engaging the enemy, there was only one chance to fire the firearm. In such a scuffle, firing a gun is a waste of bullets, and stopping to reload is a dangerous move.
The bullet is a fool, the bayonet is a hero!
Reciting this sentence in training, Wang Yushu adopted the method taught by his commanders - approaching, and then starting a white-knuckle battle with the enemy.
The bayonet is red!
After entering the fort, there were more Qing soldiers around, although Wang Yushu was still charging ahead, but he didn't have the opportunity to fight with the Qing soldiers with bayonets at all, and the comrades who rushed in front of him were like tigers descending the mountain, sending bayonets into the enemy's chest one after another, and then ...... It's none of his business!
Just when he was anxious and afraid that he would "return empty-handed", a burly figure on the top of the fort caught his attention, the Qing army wearing blue cotton armor, at a glance, knew that it was an official, this man had already taken off his helmet, put the knife to his neck, and was about to commit suicide.
Can't be cheaper for him!
Although there were still more than 20 zhang apart, Wang Yushu still took a deep breath, then picked up the fire gun and pulled the hammer.
In the face of those Ming troops who came over, Batu, who had fallen into despair, didn't even have the courage to slash and kill the Ming troops who rushed over, and there were Qing soldiers who were killed by the bombing around him. With blood on his face and body, he stood there, staring at the rushing Ming army.
"Your Majesty, the slave has gone to ......"
Just as Batu was shouting, Wang Yushu also pulled the trigger of the firecracker. With a cloud of smoke from the mouth of the gun, the bullet pierced through Batu's armor and hit him in the chest, and the moment he was hit by buckshot, the knife fell from Batu's hand, and his body fell backwards, but his face was unwilling......