563 naval guns bombarded

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Li Zixiao adopted Zhao Zilong's proposal and decided to first transfer the people of Zhenjiang Fort and his more than 20,000 soldiers to Phi Island.

Zhenjiang Fort is only about a hundred miles from Dandong, and the White Dragon Sergeant can arrive in one day in the form of a rapid march.

What is more troublesome is the migration of the 100,000 people, and their marching speed is far from reaching the speed of the White Dragon Army.

It is unlikely that they will reach Phi Island in one day, after all, they will have to cross a strait several miles wide in between.

That strait is not a big deal, Li Zixiao can give an order to let the officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army who rushed there in advance build a pontoon bridge, and it will be much easier and faster to pass.

Li Zixiao calculated in his heart that if 100,000 people were urged, they should all be transferred to Phi Island within five days at the latest.

And the distance from Jinzhou to lead the cavalry is much farther than the distance from Phoenix City to Shengjing City before Li Zixiao.

If an elite cavalry of the Tartars set out from Jinzhou and traveled day and night, it would take at least a week to reach them.

This time was just enough for him to complete the transfer.

"Very well, now you return to the ministries and prepare for the retreat immediately, without further ado, and the speed must be fast.

In addition, Dong Zhuanglai will be in charge of the relocation of the people, and a group of 20,000 people will start this afternoon.

During the day, I leave a group every three hours, and if it is dark to leave, I will change to the early morning of the next day, and anyway, tomorrow afternoon, I will see all 100,000 people migrate.

During this period, I will transfer 5,000 soldiers to you, Dong Xiang, the speed must be fast, understand? ”

Li Zixiao glanced at a circle of generals, then stared at Dong Zhuang, and said solemnly.

"Yes, General, my subordinates will definitely complete the task." Dong Zhuang shouted excitedly.

"Alright, you guys go back and prepare." Li Zixiao waved his hand and said.

Immediately, Li Zixiao began to move to Zhenjiang Fort.

Five days later, more than 20,000 soldiers of the White Dragon Army and more than 100,000 people all moved to Phi Island, and then they took tens of millions of ships to Tamna Island in batches.

However, this is still transportation, and it is estimated that there will be a long time.

And on the second day when Li Zixiao led his men and horses to move to Tamluo Road, a large cavalry force arrived at Zhenjiang Fort.

"Report, Lord Qiqi, Zhenjiang Fort is empty, and I haven't seen the Ming army."

A Tartar sentry came back from the direction of Zhenjiang Fort and came to Dolgon to report.

Behind Dolgon, a large group of blackened cavalry men and horses were coming in the direction of Zhenjiang Fort in the east.

"Continue to probe and see where the Ming army has withdrawn?" Dolgon's face grimaced, and he commanded the Tartar Sentinel.

"Wow!"

As the Tartar Sentinel rode away again, Dolgon's face was not very good-looking, and he whispered to himself: "Damn Li Zixiao, is this king still a step too late?" ”

In fact, Dolgon was not very happy that he was transferred from the Songjin front by Huang Taiji at first.

After all, at this time, all the Tartar teams were chasing and besieging the Ming army, and it was a good time to take credit and grab the spoils, and of course Dolgon didn't want to leave.

It's just that when he heard that he was here to deal with Li Zixiao, Dolgon's resistance was much less.

For Li Zixiao's hatred, Dolgon is not weaker than Duoduo, and Dolgon has always wanted to get rid of Li Zixiao.

Although he was still young at this time, he led the army alone and won many battles for the Tartars, especially against the Ming army, he almost never suffered a loss.

But a few years ago, he and his own brother suffered a big loss at the hands of Li Zixiao, which made him regard it as a shame in his life.

Duoduo wants revenge, Dolgon wants to be ashamed, and they both want to deal with Li Zixiao.

This time, when Huang Taiji appointed Dolgon to lead 10,000 Tartar cavalry to Zhenjiang Fort to deal with Li Zixiao, Duoduo even took the initiative to fight.

Duoduo wanted to deal with Li Zixiao more than Dorgon, but in the end, Huang Taiji was worried that Duoduo was not Li Zixiao's opponent, so he sent Dolgon.

Dolgon quickly whipped his horse and led 10,000 Tartar cavalry across the entire Liaodong Peninsula, and it took less than seven days to arrive at Zhenjiang Fort from Jinzhou.

It's a pity that he was still a step late, just the day before, Li Zixiao transferred all the soldiers and people in Zhenjiang Fort to Phi Island.

"Report, Qi Yu Wangye, found the traces of the retreat of the Ming army, they went to the west, crossed the river, and arrived at the Korean side.

The trail they left behind is still very new, and they should have just left, no more than a day at most. ”

The Tartar Scout returned and reported to Dolgon.

"West? Crossed the river? Keep chasing. In a day's time, they can't escape far. ”

Dolgon was unwilling, so he let Li Zixiao go, and directly took 10,000 Tartar cavalry, crossed the Yalu River, and chased him to North Korea.

Dolgon brought the Tartars to Iron Mountain, and once again received a report from the scouts that they had discovered the traces of the Ming army all the way south.

"Went to the south? They must have gone to the beach and were going to leave by boat.

However, we made it all the way.

Starting from Xiuyan City, to the east to this Zhenjiang Fort, we didn't see much people, and it is estimated that these people were all taken away by Li Zixiao.

With so many people, he will definitely not leave quickly, and Li Zixiao definitely does not have so many ships to transport more than 100,000 people at one time.

You continue to search to the south of the sea, and it is impossible for so many people to retreat that there will be no trace left behind, and you must find them for the king. ”

Dorgon was very wise and intelligent, and he made a more accurate analysis and judgment based on what he had seen along the way.

Thundered!

Dolgon was unwilling to let Li Zixiao go like this, and led 10,000 Tartar cavalry to the south of the sea.

When Dolgon led the Tartar cavalry and pursued all the way to the sea, he saw a large number of ships appear on the sea west of Phi Island.

If you look at the map, you will see that there is a small peninsula terrain from the Iron Mountain to the south, and the small peninsula in front of it extends to the south, and the southernmost point of the small peninsula is very close to Phi Dao.

From the south of Iron Mountain, this small peninsula protruding overseas, is surrounded by the sea on both sides, and the widest part is only a dozen miles wide, and the narrowest southernmost point is only less than half a mile wide.

With such terrain, Dolgon led 10,000 Tartar cavalry to chase after him at this time.

Let Li Zixiao, who was standing on the three-masted gunboat at this time, see it with a clairvoyant mirror, and couldn't help but say: "Dolgon, Dolgon, it seems that you are still fooled."

Then let you enjoy it, I have prepared a big meal for you. ”

Li Zixiao's face showed a sneer, and then he said to Lu Yuan on the side: "Have you all set up the fleet formation?" When the time comes, the tartars are in the urn, and the rest is up to you. ”

After hearing Li Zixiao's inquiry, Lu Yuan, who was on the side, grinned and said excitedly: "General, the First and Second Fleets of our Navy have long been prepared.

The two fleets, with a total of more than 50 warships, have already set up formations and are ready to launch artillery bombardments at any time. Now I ask you, do you want to start shelling? ”

"Let's start, don't be polite to the Tartars, and shoot all the shells you brought this time."

Li Zixiao raised the clairvoyant mirror again, looked towards the opposite shore, and urged Lu Yuandao: "Hurry up, the Tartar cavalry has stopped, Dolgon may have noticed that something is wrong, don't let the Tartars slip away." ”

"Yes, give the order to go down, immediately open fire, target the Tartar cavalry on the opposite shore, free fire, start!"

Lu Yuan turned around, looked at a naval officer, his face was serious, and he gave an order.

"Yes." As soon as the naval officer recorded the order, he ran down to give the order.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

The first to fire the cannon was naturally the three-masted gunboat where Lu Yuan and Li Zixiao were, which was also the flagship of the two fleets under Lu Yuan at this time.

The entire three-masted gunboat was purchased from Zheng Zhilong, and after improvement, this three-masted gunboat could carry 63 large and small guns at this time.

Among them, there was a 64-pound super-large caliber (about 200 mm caliber guns of later generations) naval guns, and eight 32-pounder guns.

What remained were twenty-four and twelve-pound guns, which were the most numerous.

And such a three-masted gunboat is on the sea a few miles away, and there is another one, this time Li Zixiao asked Lu Yuan to mobilize the two fleets of the White Dragon Army and the Navy.

In addition to the two largest three-masted gunboats, the rest of the more than 50 warships, large and small, were distributed over the sea more than ten miles west of this narrow peninsula.

And as the shelling of Li Zixiao's flagship began, other warships around immediately responded and launched a frantic bombardment of the Tatar cavalry that appeared on the shore.

Boom Boom!

The three-masted gunboat could only aim one hull at a time at the shore, and only half of the guns could be used, and thirty-two guns were fired together.

All the bombs and shrapnel were fired, and for a while, black gunpowder smoke rose from the sea, making an earth-shattering movement.

"Not good, where to shoot?" Dolgon was not fully aware of Li Zixiao's conspiracy at this time.

He just instinctively felt that something was not right, so that his cavalry slowed down the pace of advance, he could never have imagined that Li Zixiao would mobilize his two fleets and set up a posture to bombard them on the sea to the west.

In fact, the artillery of the Ming army was far inferior in the past, and at this time, the various types of artillery of the White Dragon Army made the Ming army's role in the use of artillery relatively simple and simple.

And an excellent Tartar general like Dolgon, although it is indeed very good to lead the army to fight, their ability to play artillery is not even as good as that of the Ming army.

Not to mention, compared to the White Dragon Army at this time.

Dolgon never thought that Li Zixiao would use this style of play against their cavalry.

For a long time, artillery and navy have participated in the war as auxiliary arms of the army, and the huge limitations of the navy make it difficult for him to deal with the army, after all, warships cannot be sailed ashore.

When had Dolgon ever seen that the navy was left alone to deal with the army, and it was against a cavalry of tens of thousands of people, Dolgon didn't think about it at all.

It's not that Dorgon is reckless, or stupid, it's a matter of vision.

This is the wealth brought to him by the extra three hundred years of historical experience in Li Zixiao's mind, which is also Li Zixiao's biggest golden finger.

This battle, from the moment the first shot was fired, was bound to be recorded in the history books and left the thickest stroke.

(End of chapter)