The cannon roared, the fire on the river flickered, and countless shells smashed into the cavalry of the Mengbaqi. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The "Bang Bang" cannonballs fell into the crowd of the Mengbaqi, and the landed cannonballs ploughed out ravines on the ground, and after the shells landed, they bounced up again, crashed into the crowd of horses, smashed up a row of bloody rain and minced meat, and the screams of the Mongolian cavalry and the war horses were mixed together, and dozens of Mengbaqi soldiers were broken into pieces on the spot, and more people were injured.

"Let's go!" A leader of the Eight Banners shouted.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners put away their bows and arrows, stepped on their horses, whistled, and rode away.

Due to the distance from the shore and the poor accuracy of the artillery bombardment of the warships of the Ming Army, more than 300 shells went down, killing less than 100 Mengbaqi soldiers, and by the way, killing and wounding more than 100 horses.

Meng Baqi was originally harassing the landing of the Ming army, and it was simply impossible to prevent the opponent's landing within the range of the opponent's artillery fire. The Mongolian cavalry changed to a cavalry bow and kept coming and going, first rushing to the bank of the river, luring the Ming warships to open artillery bombardment, and when they saw the Ming warships spewing fire, the Mongolian cavalry immediately turned around and left.

The shell flew more than a mile and fell, killing several Mongols, which was not a big loss for the Mongol cavalry, and was completely within the range of bearing.

"The Southern Barbarians want to load their shells, take this opportunity to rush forward!" Someone shouted.

The Mongol cavalry rushed towards the Ming infantry on the bank of the river, but instead of rushing to the front, they shot rows of arrows with their cavalry bows more than ten to twenty paces away.

"Raise your shield!" The pig egg who came ashore shouted.

The Ming army raised the shield, most of the arrows were tied to the shield, it seemed that the Ming army position was like a piece of reed, some arrows passed through the gap, and a scream sounded behind the shield array, and many Ming soldiers were pierced with feather arrows and fell down screaming.

The successful Mongol cavalry whistled and rode away.

At this time, the artillery on the Ming warship was loaded, and a row of shells was fired at the back of the Mongolian cavalry leaving, leaving more than a dozen war horses and more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers by the river.

After a while, the Mongol cavalry turned back again and tried to repeat the old trick, shooting the landed Ming army with bows and arrows. But this time, the prepared Ming army drove a large group of small boats to the shore, and the bows and arrows, turtledove guns, bowl mouth guns and tiger squat cannons on the boats were fired together, and the Mongolian cavalry who rushed over fell one after another. At the same time, the big ships on the river behind also spewed fire, and the cannonballs fell into the Mongol formation like hail, hitting the Mongolian Eight Banner cavalry with blood and flesh flying and suffering heavy casualties.

"Let's go! Can't be in love! "Jumala asked Goshha to signal the flag.

Although the Mengba Banner is not full of Eight Banners, if all of them are lost on the riverside, it will be too big a blow to the morale of the Qing army, which is not conducive to the decisive battle in the future. Next, according to the plan of the Qing army, it was to launch a life-and-death decisive battle in Zhangzhou, and the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry was a very important restraining force at that time. They can shoot with their bows and arrows at long range, wait for the opponent's formation to collapse, and then draw their swords and charge.

"Nanren is good at boats, and it's true! If you leave this river, lake and sea, the Southern Barbarian will be nothing! Jumala looked hatefully at the sails on the Kowloon River, thinking that if there were no rivers, lakes and seas, there would be only plains in the world, and their cavalry could go wherever they wanted.

Seeing the cavalry of the Eight Banners fleeing in the wilderness, Zheng Cong, who was standing on the flagship, laughed: "Dog Tartar!" You know how powerful your master is, right? If you dare to come near the shore, you will be left dead! ”

"Lord Wang!" Suddenly, one of his own soldiers pointed two miles to the southwest, "The Tartar cannon is coming!" ”

Zheng Cong picked up the binoculars and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and sure enough, he could see that the Han Eight Banner Firearms Army of the Qing Army, two miles away from the shore, had entered the position and was preparing to set up a cannon.

"Our battleships can't hit that far, what should we do?" Zheng Cong said worriedly. The gunboat had a deep draft, and it was impossible to get too close to the shore. The artillery of the Qing army could hit the landing Ming army, but the naval guns of the Ming army could not hit the artillery positions of the Qing army, and a few guns could hit it, and the accuracy was also very poor.

"Let the brethren spread out in formation, and we will open artillery to bombard the Tartar artillery!" Liu Guoxuan, who was standing on the side, said.

Each Daifuku ship in the Ming fleet was equipped with a Hongyi cannon, which had a long range and could hit the Qing artillery positions. As for the problem of poor accuracy, it doesn't matter, so many naval guns fire at the same time, it is always possible to be blinded. The artillery of the Qing army was also far away, and as long as the Ming troops who landed scattered the formation, the artillery of the Qing army could not be accurate.

With an order, the Ming troops who had assembled and waited after the landing immediately dispersed their formations to reduce the damage caused by the Qing army's artillery bombardment. At the same time, the Hongyi artillery on the Ming warships began to shell the artillery positions of the Qing army from a long distance.

White smoke billowed from the river, and warships spit out fire, and the shells flew for three miles before falling on the artillery positions of the Qing army. However, because the distance between the two sides was too far, and the Qing artillery and artillery were also very dispersed, the hit rate of the shells fired by the Ming army was frighteningly low, and more than 200 shells were fired in one round of shelling, destroying only one artillery piece of the Qing army.

"Fire!" Xu Erxian, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, roared.

More than 20 Hongyi cannons of the Pingnan Wang Han Eight Banner Firearms Army roared, and the shells smashed into the Ming army's position.

The Ming formations had dispersed, and most of the shells sent by the Qing army did not hit the target. However, there were also a few shells that drilled into the Ming formation, and the human body hit by the shells was immediately torn apart, and the bouncing shells hit the arm, and the arm flew out; Hit the thigh, and the whole leg immediately detached from the body. There were not many shells that hit the Ming formation, but they still caused more than a dozen casualties.

Zheng Cong said worriedly: "Although the Tartar cavalry and artillery are not close, they are always harassing, and it is not a way to go on like this, and we will be very passive in the back." ”

"Let the auxiliaries go ashore and dig trenches! Arrange the riverside positions. Also, bring wire and thistle terrestris to go up, so as not to charge the Eight Banners cavalry! Wu Haodong replied.

"Good!" Zheng Cong nodded, "This king will let the auxiliary soldiers go ashore to set up the position." ”

The Ming army auxiliaries carried shovels, pickaxes and other tools and went ashore in small boats.

When the boat arrived on the shore, the Ming soldiers who had been waiting on the shore thought that they were sending armor and firearms, but who knew that they had sent a group of auxiliaries and tools.

"Don't worry, dig a trench first, and have a hiding place to stop the Tartars. Only if we can block the attack of the Tartars first, can we attack. Wu Zhudan, who landed on the shore, said to the soldiers.

As soon as the auxiliaries came ashore, they scattered a large amount of thistle in the grass on the periphery, and pulled up wire tripwires in the grass. The tripping rope of this kind of wire will not break, as long as three wires are pulled out, if the Qing army uses cavalry to charge, it does not know how many cavalry it will have to lose to rush through.

The land along the river was moist and soft, and it was very easy to dig, and the auxiliary soldiers quickly dug a trench three feet deep, three feet wide, and more than fifty zhang long, allowing the hundreds of Ming troops who landed to hide in the trench.

The second group of ships came ashore, and the armor of the soldiers was delivered, and at the same time another group of firearms men disembarked.

The Ming army auxiliary soldiers dug trenches, which reduced the lethality of the Qing army's artillery to their own side, and also played a role in blocking the charge of the Mengbaqi cavalry. With the deepening of the trenches dug by the auxiliaries, the positions of the Ming army on the shore gradually stabilized.

The cannonballs fired by the Qing army fell on the position, and the cannonballs drilled into the soil dug by the auxiliaries, and the kinetic energy was swallowed by the wet soil, and the shells could no longer bounce to cause secondary damage.

The constant artillery shells on the river caused certain losses to the Qing army. From time to time, shells fell in the artillery formation of the Qing army, and the Qing gunners were hit with flesh and blood, and the Qing artillery that was hit by the bullet immediately turned into scrap copper and rotten iron.

The news of the Qing army is indeed closed enough, and the trench tactics of the Ming army, which played a great role in the Battle of Jinhua, can make the Qing army at this time incomprehensible. The Qing army in Fujian also learned about the trench tactics of the Ming army through Di Bao, but Di Bao did not explain it clearly, and the Qing army could not understand the use of this trench tactic.

"Ming Dog doesn't attack the city, what's the use of digging trenches in the field?" Li Shutai could not understand the role of trench tactics.

"Arrange the troops in formation, completely meet the enemy in formation, if the formation is broken, the battle will be lost. Ming dog barbarians dig trenches, isn't that so that they themselves can't form a formation? Shang Zhi said.

Xu Erxian had just observed the effects of the shelling and found that the trenches had a strong effect against firearms. So he judged: "Minggou dug the trench, probably because he was afraid of the power of our artillery." ”

"If we go up with infantry, won't we break the trenches of the thieves?" Yang Guotai said.

Wu Ying said: "What if the thief shoots arrows in the trench? If our infantry gets closer, I'm afraid we'll suffer heavy losses. ”

"The trench is narrow, it is not conducive to loading bullets, and it is difficult to draw bows and arrows, and the thieves use the trench as a formation, which is their own restraint, how can they resist the attack of our infantry?" Yang Guotai sneered.

Li Shuotai said: "Okay, don't argue!" Now that the thieves are relying on the artillery fire of the warships on the river, how can your infantry get closer? Let's take one step at a time and see what happens next for the thief! If they leave the shelter of the naval artillery, our army will immediately attack and break the enemy in one fell swoop! ”

Wu Liuqi said regretfully: "It's a pity that it's winter now, and there is little river water, otherwise the thief infantry will be defeated if you attack it with water." ”

Zheng Chenggong had done the water attack before, it was the flood season in June, Zheng Chenggong opened the Jiulong River embankment and released water to flood the Qing army, causing tens of thousands of casualties in the Qing army. However, it is now winter, and the water volume of the Jiulong River has decreased, and the Qing army cannot carry out a water attack.

On the north bank of the Kowloon River, five Spanish galleons coming down from the north docked on the shore.

The people immediately stepped forward and removed all kinds of goods from the ship. Then a group of yellow-haired and blue-eyed Russian and Cossack mercenaries came down from the ship, and finally a group of officers and soldiers of the Zheng raid department led the tall Don hippopotamus off the boat.

"The ship is coming! A batch of war horses, meat, cotton armor, and three hundred Rakshasa mercenaries also came. Wang Yuyou reported to Wang Xinyuyu.

"The Rakshasa mercenaries are afraid of the heat, and in the summer they go back to the north, and in the winter they come down again. The arrival of this group of Rakshasa mercenaries has strengthened our army. Wang Xinyu nodded.

The so-called Rakshasa mercenaries were Russian musketeers and Cossack cavalry, both of whom were Russian soldiers captured by Zheng Zheng. (To be continued.) )