Chapter 16: Life hangs by a thread
After the Qing army defeated the decoy Zhou Rui's fleet, some Qing boats began to land on the beach east of Xiamen, which is the area around today's Xiamen University to the Convention and Exhibition Center.
"The Tartars have begun to land!" The officers and men of Xie Yongchang's army division, who were guarding the island, and Chen Yaoce's water division, who were preparing to meet the enemy, shouted almost at the same time.
Seeing that the Qing convoy less than two miles away began to land, an officer said to Chen Yaoce: "Lord Chen, the Tartars are about to land!" We can't wait here, let's rush to meet it! ”
Chen Yaoce shook his head: "The prince doesn't allow us to catch up!" Let's wait here for the Tartar fleet to attack! ”
"My lord, the Tartar has come ashore, what will happen to my brethren on land?"
Chen Yaoce glanced at Kinmen Island not far away, and said confidently: "Don't worry, with Master Xie here, the Tartars can't get in!" Behind the tartars, there are Zheng Tai's Kinmen sailors staring! They will definitely not dare to stay for a long time under the attack of our army's naval division on two fronts! ”
Part of the Qing landing force approached the beach from the Huangcuo area, and the Qing soldiers on the small boat jumped into the water like dumplings, stepped through the waist-deep water, and advanced with difficulty.
When the Qing army waded into the water, the artillery that was lying in ambush in the woods ahead did not fire, but waited for the Qing army to approach their fortifications.
The Ming soldiers hiding behind the battlements of the low wall were loading the bird guns, the tiger squat cannons with gunpowder and shotguns, and the trebuchets with fire oil cans, the archers took arrows from their bodies and put them on the strings, and the auxiliaries prepared 10,000 enemies and released them just when the Qing army came up.
The Qing army approached step by step, and when it was about to approach the low wall, Xie Yongchang pointed to the command flag in his hand, and the Chinese soldiers waved the big flag.
Bullets, arrows, and shotguns flew down like water, and swaths of the Qing army fell like harvested rice.
Because they had to cross the sea and advance, the Qing troops who went ashore in small boats did not wear heavy armor, only light armor, if they were given heavy armor, in case they fell into the sea, the sea water increased the weight of the armor, and they could not even climb up, so they could only drown in the sea. Only the lightly armored Qing army was fired at by various long-range weapons, and naturally suffered heavy casualties.
The trebuchet fired a large area of ignited oil cans, which landed on the beach and exploded, instantly igniting a large number of beaches, and the Qing soldiers who were on fire let out heart-rending screams.
Several 10,000 enemies were thrown from the battlement, this is a wooden 10,000 enemies, which contains gunpowder, sulfur, thistle terrestris and other substances, the thistle terrestris is still rusty, and soaked with feces, once it hits the human body, it will cause infection, and in that era such injuries are certain death.
The 10,000-strong enemy exploded, and the thistles flying out with sparks swept across the Qing army.
The defenders' long-range weapons could shoot the Qing army continuously, and because the Qing army was attacking across the sea, whether it was a bow and arrow or a firearm, once it was stained with water, it would be ineffective, and it could only be charged hard with a knife player, and as a result, it was killed and wounded by the Ming army.
Finding this beach, the Ming army was very tightly guarded, and the Qing army found a beach without a female wall battlement to attack.
There was only a thin wooden fence in front, but this seemingly weak defensive line blocked the Qing army's attack.
The soldiers of the Ming army could hide behind the wooden fence and shoot the Qing army with birds, bows and arrows, crossbow machines, and tiger squat cannons, but the Qing army with only broadswords and shields in their hands could not hurt the Ming army inside. When the Qing soldiers rushed to the wooden fence and tried to destroy the wooden fence, the Ming army inside changed to pikemen and kept stabbing the Qing soldiers to death in front of the wooden fence.
When the Qing army changed to pikemen, they were shot into hedgehogs by the Ming army inside.
A small wooden fence became an insurmountable obstacle for the Qing army.
The beach near the landing site was too shallow for large ships armed with artillery to come up and provide fire support to the landing force; The big ships could not go, and all kinds of siege weapons such as shield carts, rushing carts, and artillery could not be brought ashore. Moreover, the beach was bare, and the Qing army could not make siege weapons from local materials.
In fact, even if the Qing army could break through the wooden fence, it would be useless, and the iron men of the Zheng family's army, who acted as a mobile force, could come to reinforcements by carriage at any time. Drive the Qing army back into the sea.
The Qing army's attack was blocked, and Huang Wu ordered the Qing army's naval division to rush through Chen Yaoce's fleet, which was blocking the road in front, to find a new landing site. If they could not break through the blockade of Chen Yaoce's fleet, a large number of Qing troops could only continue to fill oil at one point, and a batch would be wiped out, and then a batch of oil filling tactics would be used to kill people in vain. If you can't use your forces, you will never be able to take Xiamen Island. Only by spreading out the strength of the army can we give full play to the advantage of being outnumbered.
In order to deploy the landing army as soon as possible, the anxious Huang Wu ordered the sailors to launch a frantic attack on Chen Yaoce's fleet at all costs.
Small boats laden with hand-to-hand combatants rushed ahead, fire attack ships followed, and large ships supported behind with red-coated cannons.
Chen Yaoce's fleet was also equipped with weapons such as flowering cannonballs, chain shells and shotguns, and the Ming army avoided the Qing army's fire attack ships as much as possible, using flowering cannonballs against Qing army ships and fire attack ships, and using the two side of the Franc machine gun to fire shotguns against the Qing army's small boats.
The flowering cannonball hit the Qing army's attacking ship, and a single shell sent a ship to the bottom of the sea.
The heated solid shells were used to bombard the fire attack ships, and they also ignited the Qing army attack ships with one shot, so that the fire attack ships burned in the sea in advance.
Shotguns strafed the boat one by one, killing and wounding the Qing troops on board. When the Qing army's boat approached, weapons such as bowl-mouth guns, thunderbolts, bows and arrows also shot fiercely, hitting the Qing army's flesh and blood.
Seeing the approaching dinghy, the Ming army used all the chain bullets, but unexpectedly found that against the boats full of hand-to-hand combatants, the chain bullet attack effect was surprisingly good.
The chain bullets swirling in the air swept over the boat, and a neat large number of Qing hand-to-hand combatants were cut off their heads and their upper bodies, and only the Qing soldiers who shrunk their heads into the cabin survived.
The cannonballs fired by the big ships of the Qing army continued to hit the Ming warships, killing many Ming soldiers, and even small boats forced to get on under the cover of the fire of the big ships, and several fierce Qing saber and shield men climbed onto the boat, but in a blink of an eye, they were killed by the Ming soldiers on the ship. The red-coated cannons in the bow of the Ming army also fired fiercely at the Qing army's ships, using solid cannonballs at a distance and flowering shells at a close distance. With superb artillery skills, the Ming army's artillery shells continued to fall on the Qing army's warships, damaging many large ships and killing a large number of Qing sailors.
After a fierce battle for an hour, Chen Yaoce's fleet killed and wounded a large number of Qing troops, but the losses he suffered were not very large. But to the disadvantage of the Ming army, the flowering shells were exhausted.
"Report to your lord! Behind us, there was Zheng Tai's Kinmen fleet, and the flag number was Zheng Tai's fleet! A pro-soldier reported to Huang Wu.
"Regardless of Zheng Tai in the back, we will defeat the Zheng Rebellion fleet in front as soon as possible, deploy the landing force, and force the main naval division of Zheng Rebellion to fight a decisive battle with us!" Huang Wu yelled.
"Wow!" The pro-soldiers retreated.
Huang Wu turned around and asked Da Su: "General Annan, what about the sailors of Wu Liuqi in Guangdong?" They didn't attack Zheng Wei from the southwest, why didn't they have any news at all? ”
Dasu replied: "The island in front of you is blocking the view, and General Ben is not clear. Maybe Wu Liuqi has already fought against Zheng Rebellion's main force, right? ”
In fact, Da Su overestimated Wu Liuqi, this guy didn't encounter any Zheng Chenggong's main force at all, and there were only twenty medium-sized warships of the Ming Army in front of him. However, the Guangdong naval division of the Qing army, which had more than 200 large and small warships, did not dare to take a step forward to engage 20 Ming warships, but hid from a distance and watched. If Huang Wu's Quanzhou sailor came from the northeast, Wu Liuqi would take the opportunity to take advantage; If Huang Wu's fleet is not defeated, Wu Liuqi will see that the situation is not good, and he will return to Guangdong.
Who knew that Wu Liuqi did not wait for the main naval division of the Qing army, but saw a group of Zheng family army warships sailing out from the direction of Gulangyu.
"Not good! The thief ship is coming! Wu Liuqi was frightened.
More than 200 warships of the Guangdong Navy Division immediately turned their bows, hoisted their full sails, and fled the waters of Xiamen as quickly as possible.
"I don't know what's going on with Mr. Shi's side!" Da Su said to himself, "It should have been launched to cross the sea!" As long as General Shi goes ashore, 5,000 elite green battalions, and 1,000 Eight Banner cavalry, it doesn't matter if the Quanzhou Navy Division here is finished, take Xiamen Island and annihilate the main force of Nangou, this battle will be won! ”
In the waters north of Gaoqi, eight warships slowly sailed in the direction of Tong'an Bay.
Wang Xinyu and his three personal soldiers stood on the flagship helm tower, vigilantly paying attention to the movements in the surrounding sea.
Chen Peng's henchmen, and three Qing army warriors disguised as Ming soldiers stood behind, their eyes revealing fierceness, looking at Wang Xinyu and the three personal soldiers in front, like four hungry wolves staring at four tender fat sheep, ready to pounce and tear the fat sheep apart and swallow their stomachs.
In fact, when Wang Xinyu got on the boat, he had noticed that there were three more strangers on the boat, and the bearded man led by him obviously looked like he was wearing martial arts. Although Wang Xinyu does not belong to the sailors, the officers and soldiers of the sailors in Gaoqi have not looked up and looked down all day long, and some of them are basically familiar. Suddenly there were three more strangers, and Wang Xinyu felt a little pimple in his heart. But it is also possible that these three people were sent by King Yanping. Forget it, don't think about it so much, let's defeat the Tartar first, if you can kill Shi Lang, it will really be a great achievement!
Recalling that in his previous life, someone actually filmed a TV series called General Shi Lang, singing praises to this traitor and minister, and I feel disgusting when I think about it.
What does Shi Lang say about the merit of recovering Taiwan, and the recovery of Taiwan is the credit of this traitor? The first to establish power in Taiwan was Yan Siqi, but unfortunately few people know his name anymore. Later, after Taiwan was colonized by the Dutch, it was the Zheng family army who recaptured Taiwan with their own blood and lives!
If Shi Lang hadn't occupied Taiwan, maybe after the First Sino-Japanese War, the little devils wouldn't have dared to land in Taiwan! I believe that the bloody children of the Ming Dynasty will defend Taiwan with their blood and lives! Besides, Shi Lang's occupation of Taiwan was entirely for his own selfishness, for the sake of communiqué and personal vendetta, not for the territorial integrity of the motherland.
Just when he was thinking nonsense, someone suddenly shouted: "The Tartar sailor is here!" ”
In Tong'an Bay ahead, a dense group of small boats of the Qing army suddenly appeared, which was speeding towards the Ming fleet. The fleet of the Qing army's naval division played the banner of Shi Lang, and the land division played the banner of the Manchurian general Lu Hara.
"Here comes the Tartars! Let all the warships fight! Wang Xinyu turned his head and shouted at Chen Peng's henchmen.
But I saw that the henchman neither answered, nor gave the flag and command, and had that unpredictable smile on his face, which looked very strange; Then look at the three strangers standing behind the henchman, each with a sinister face and a vicious stare at him.
"What are you doing here?" Wang Xinyu asked in surprise.
The guy with a beard on his face and who had not spoken suddenly spoke coldly: "The surname Wang, you turn your head and look behind!" ”
Wang Xinyu and the three personal soldiers turned their heads to look at them, and they were immediately stunned: they saw that the red chess of the Ming army on their boat did not know when it was lowered, and a green flag of the Qing army was rising.
Looking at the other Ming warships, they also lowered the sun and moon red flags and replaced them with the green flags of the Qing army's green battalion logo.
However, there were two other Ming warships that did not change their flags, but quickly turned their heads, raised their full sails, and fled towards the waters of Xiamen at an accelerated speed. The sailors on the two Ming warships were unwilling to surrender, they killed Chen Peng's own soldiers on the ship, and prepared to flee back to report to Zheng Chenggong.
Wang Xinyu turned his head and glared angrily at Chen Peng's henchmen and the three people: "The surname is Lin, what are you doing!" ”
The henchman took off his helmet, revealing his bare head and the pigtails on the back, patted his head, and sneered: "Prince Wang, the Qing Dynasty is about to be decided, and the general trend of the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty has gone!" How many heroes in the world are willing to be martyred for this pseudo-Ming? We, Chen Shoubei, have already left a way out for ourselves, and are ready to follow the imperial court in the north to enjoy happiness! ”
The three Qing warriors dressed as Ming soldiers also took off their helmets, revealing the money rat tail on their heads.
The bearded man at the head laughed twice, and looked at Wang Xinyu coldly: "Prince Wang! If it weren't for the love of our commander-in-chief, you Chen Garrison would have chopped you up and thrown you into the sea to feed the fish! Now that the situation is clear, you should abandon the darkness and turn to the light as soon as possible, and follow us to share the glory and wealth with General Shi! ”
As he was talking, he saw more than a dozen Qing army sailor speedboats loaded with Qing sabers and shields rowing oars and approaching quickly.
"What glory and wealth? I'd like to see if the conditions are satisfactory! Wang Xinyu asked with a sneer.
The leader of the Qing army replied: "General Shi's battalion plans to go to the imperial court and give you the position of general!" If you can make a great contribution and satisfy General Annan, the general will also plan to take you back to Beijing, let you assist the Holy Monarch, and even carry the flag for you! At that time, you will have hereditary honor, not only for you, but also for your children and grandchildren! ”
"Then won't I become the big traitor that Qianfu refers to? Hahaha! Wang Xinyu suddenly laughed, and his hand was already holding the waist knife, "I'm sorry!" My Wang Yu's dictionary does not have the word traitor! I can't afford to enjoy such glory and wealth! I don't want to help the abuse leave a lasting infamy! ”
Although I don't know what the word traitor means, it can be sure that it is a curse. The leader of the Qing army shouted: "Take it!" ”
Chen Peng's henchmen and two Qing warriors pulled out their swords together and pounced on Wang Xinyu.
In the cabin, Chen Peng's twelve personal soldiers also rushed out, all wearing heavy armor and holding sharp blades, and pounced on Wang Xinyu's three personal soldiers.