651 Blocking, supporting, bloody battles

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"Byron, then what are you waiting for, didn't the governor tell you before, once you find out that the Zheng family is trying to land, you can order the battery to fire without asking me for instructions.

Now that you have the time to run to me, you might as well command from the battery.

By the way, why didn't you hear our artillery? ”

At this time, it was Paul's turn to be anxious, shouting at Byron, but in the end he showed doubts.

Seeing Paul's puzzled look, Byron in front of him finally showed a wry smile and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, our artillery can't beat the Zheng family's fleet!" ”

"How can you not beat ......?"

Paul said angrily, and just halfway through his sentence, he stopped abruptly, because he thought about why their artillery couldn't hit.

Although Paul entrusted Byron with the responsibility of military defense, it did not mean that he did not care, and when he first formulated the defense, Paul personally "pointed fingers" at it.

But the defense loopholes on Luermen's side are really not Paul's pot, even Byron didn't expect the Zheng family's fleet to pass through Luermen.

"So what do we do now?" Paul was stunned for a moment, then asked Byron.

"The Zheng family's fleet is following the river at this time, heading in the direction of Heliao Port, and I estimate that they will land at Heliao Port.

When the time comes, the forts of the city can cover the enemy, and presumably the Zheng family will definitely give the first choice to attack the city of the city.

At that time, we need to send troops to assist Commander Ding, preferably by sea at the same time to block the Zheng army, and then send a group of men and horses to the city of Pu Minsha to support Commander Ding. ”

Byron had been thinking about it for a long time on the way to Paul's governor's palace, and it was best to come up with this solution.

At this time, there were about 1,300 people in the Anping Castle, where Paul himself was sitting, but there were only 400 defenders on the side of the Red Embedded City.

It can be said that the Chiji City, which is difficult to describe, is seriously understaffed, and it is difficult for them to hold the offensive of tens of thousands of Zheng Jiajun.

And Anping City and Chiji City, the two castles of the same red-haired ghosts, are adjacent to each other, and their lips are cold, they must not watch Chichicheng being conquered by the Zheng family.

"Okay, Byron, you are in charge of this battle, and you must hold it."

Paul answered immediately after hearing Byron's words.

At this time, Paul was very panicked, how could he still think seriously about the problem, and at the same time he trusted Byron very much, and after Byron proposed a way to support by land and water, Paul easily agreed.

Soon, the Zheng fleet arrived at Heliao Harbor, landed there, and established forward positions along the Taijiang River, preparing to attack Chichicheng from the flank.

Thundered!

The fort in Chichicheng finally opened fire, and their artillery fire at this time was finally able to hit the Zheng family's fleet.

It's just that with the artillery attack of their castle, they can't stop the landing of the Zheng family's army in Heliao Port at all.

Paul and Byron's counterattack plan was to block the channel with the existing warships first, and they only had a dozen fireships in their hands, hoping to block the Zheng family's fleet.

Bruce led the departure of the red-haired ghost Far East fleet, in fact, the moment the Zheng family's fleet smuggled through Luermen Port, they had already lost control of the river.

On the other way, Byron sent an elite of 300 people, led by a red-haired ghost captain Drew, to land at the end of the northern line in a small boat and attack the Zheng family's army.

These three hundred men were all armed with flintlock pistols and were well trained, and according to Paul's arrogant words, these three hundred red-haired ghosts were enough to easily defeat 10,000 Ming soldiers.

There is also another red-haired ghost captain Buck, who led two hundred red-haired ghost soldiers to go to Chichicheng by boat from the south bank of the Taijiang River to try to support the red-haired ghosts in Chichicheng.

On the Zheng Jiajun's side, Zheng Zhilong has been sitting on the warship in this battle, and the battle was personally commanded by Zheng Sen.

In addition to letting the 3,000 men and horses who landed to attack Chiji City, he also left 2,000 soldiers at the end of the northern line to protect their flanks.

At the same time, the fleet was sent to directly open the southern channel to guide the fleets behind to ensure that their follow-up troops landed faster.

"Queue, queue!"

At the end of the northern line, the three hundred red-haired ghost elites who landed here, under the leadership of Captain Drew, were the first to engage the Zheng family's army.

The one who is responsible for staying here is Zheng Zhibao, and his two thousand elite soldiers are all the elite of the Zheng family's army, equipped with artillery, guns and other firearms.

However, compared with firearms, at this time, the proportion of archers in the Zheng family's army was still higher than that of firecrackers, especially in the landing force.

After all, not all the Ming armies can be like Li Zixiao's men and horses, making great strides towards the firearms army, and the era of cold weapons still has a far-reaching impact on them.

At this time, the three hundred red-haired ghosts who had just completed the landing were immediately discovered by Zheng Zhibao, and then he led his soldiers to launch an attack on the three hundred red-haired ghosts who had just landed.

Zheng Zhibao saw that although the number of red-haired ghosts was small, he didn't dare to be careless, even if the whole army attacked as soon as he came up, he didn't spare the slightest hand, and was ready to drive these three hundred red-haired ghosts into the sea again in one go.

Last year, Zheng Zhibao also participated in the attack on the two forts of the red-haired ghost, and finally failed, and was slightly injured.

At least, the red-haired ghosts' firearms are more powerful than their firearms.

"Don't panic, line up, and when these yellow-skinned monkeys rush up, you will fire me fiercely and kill all these yellow-skinned monkeys."

What we have in our hands, but our most advanced musket, no longer need a fire rope, you are all familiar with it during this time, we will win this battle. ”

The captain Drew on the red-haired ghost's side is five big and three thick, with a full beard, but his mind is extremely delicate.

After he landed, he found that the Zheng family army had been killed, and in the hurry of his subordinates, he did not forget to boost the morale of the soldiers.

"That's right, we will win, kill all these yellow-skinned monkeys!"

Sure enough, Captain Drew's words immediately worked, and his three hundred soldiers quickly lined up, calmed down, raised their flintlock pistols, and shouted.

"Kill!"

Here, the two thousand soldiers led by Zheng Zhibao also roared and killed.

Of the two thousand Zheng soldiers, half were ordinary foot soldiers, some of them were armed with swords, some with spears, and the other was average, with 600 archers and 400 firecrackers.

The guns used by the Zheng family are partly their own firecrackers, and the other is an improved firecracker bought from Jiangbei, which is still an arquebus anyway.

By the time Zheng Jiajun rushed to the three hundred red-haired ghosts at about seventy or eighty paces, those firecrackers were destined to stop and aim ahead.

And the archers slowed down, rushed out of the quiver behind their backs, and mounted them on the bowstring, ready to shoot.

However, the range of these archers was smaller than that of the musketeers, so they had to follow the foot soldiers and continue to rush forward for a short distance.

At this time, a thousand Zheng family foot soldiers still rushed close to the distance of fifty of the red-haired ghost, and completely fell into the best range of the red-haired ghost's flintlock pistol.

In fact, with the range of the red-haired flintlock pistol, at eighty paces, it is enough to have great damage.

But this captain Drew was stubborn, and put the foot soldiers of the Zheng family charge on fifty paces before giving the order to shoot.

Although Zheng Zhibao in the back also knew that the red-haired ghost fire gun was powerful, he could still only let these foot soldiers rush up as cannon fodder, so as to provide better opportunities for their archers and fire guns.

Because, Zheng Zhibao is also well aware of the shortcomings of the arquebus, even if it is a three-stage attack, as long as the number of enemies is larger, it can still kill them.

As soon as these heavily armed foot soldiers approached, the muskets were reduced to burning sticks, and the musketeers were only slaughtered.

"Shoot!"

With an angry roar from Drew's side, the three hundred red-haired ghosts who couldn't wait for a long time immediately fired at the Zheng family soldiers who rushed up in the form of a platoon of guns.

Bang bang bang!

The crisp sound of gunfire like fried beans suddenly resounded in this area, and bursts of pungent gunsmoke rose in front of the three hundred red-haired ghosts.

The gunpowder exploded, and the lead bullets shot out of the chamber of the gun were intensively poured on the Zheng family soldiers in front, and at a distance of fifty paces, the high-speed lead bullets were enough to break through the armor of the Zheng family soldiers.

"Ahhh

Suddenly, the screams on the battlefield sounded, and the Zheng family's foot soldiers, who were at the forefront, fell in pieces, and the undead let out a terrible scream.

"Rush, rush!"

A general of the Zheng family who was in charge of leading the team in front of him was still urging the infantry to charge desperately at this time.

The other Zheng family foot soldiers who followed closely behind, although they were afraid, did not retreat and continued to charge forward.

Because they also understand that at this time, only by rushing forward as fast as possible can they have a chance to win, and only if they win, they will not die.

At this time, if they turn around and run away and expose their backs to the red-haired ghosts, not only will they not be able to escape, but they will be punished by the Zheng family afterwards, and the family members who have died will not even get a pension.

Bang bang bang!

The continuous gunfire continued, and Drew commanded three hundred red-haired ghost elites to fire one after another at the Zheng family foot soldiers who charged over in a three-stage attack.

The triple shots, combined with the flintlock pistols they were armed with, gave them a faster rate of fire, which allowed them to keep their fire uninterrupted.

"Ahhh

More of the Zheng family foot soldiers who charged fell, and the Zheng family foot soldiers never rushed within twenty steps of the red-haired ghost from beginning to end, which made them feel desperate.

Fortunately, at this time, the Zheng family's firecrackers and archers behind had also launched an attack, and they also caused a lot of damage to the red-haired ghost soldiers in the line.

However, the shooting speed of the Zheng family's four hundred firecrackers is much slower than that of the red-haired ghosts, but the archers shoot arrows faster.

These 600 archers, in the form of projectiles, attacked the red-haired ghosts lined up, and those red-haired ghosts lined up happened to be the best targets.

In a short period of time, it also caused a lot of casualties to the red-haired ghost, and because the archers were following behind the footmen, the musketeers of the red-haired ghost wanted to attack them, but they couldn't do it at this time.

The archers, on the other hand, use projectile fire, and do not need to stay in front of the enemy like the gunner's flat fire.

"Impossible, the firearm in the hand of the red-haired ghost, why is the rate of fire so fast? I haven't seen their arquebuses, what kind of firebolts are these? ”

At this time, Zheng Zhibao, who was staying behind, also used the clairvoyant mirror in his hand to see the situation on the battlefield in front clearly, and shouted loudly.

But at this time, he was powerless about the situation on the battlefield in front of him, this kind of small-scale battle, all that was fought was morale, and once he retreated, it was a rout.

The soldiers of the Zheng family in front, although they suffered heavy losses, they could still fight, and in this case, Zheng Zhibao must not order a retreat.

At the same time, Zheng Zhibao at this time also knew that this time they planted it, but they didn't expect this kind of musket to appear in the hands of the red-haired ghost without lighting it with a fire rope.

In this way, it is really difficult to say who will win and who will lose in this battle, and it even seems that the Zheng family is more likely to lose.

"Peace, let the flag bearer say the flag, and let our warships shell the red-haired ghost."

At this time, Zheng Zhibao said with a gloomy face to a Zheng family general behind him.

"Third general, this shell will accidentally injure the soldiers attacking in front of us."

"Listen to my orders and let the warships shell."

Zheng Zhibao turned his face abruptly, glared at the Zheng family general, and repeated the order again.

"Yes."

The Zheng family soldier looked at Zheng Zhibao's eyes full of anger, but he still responded.

A moment later, the five Zheng family warships parked on the channel of the Taijiang River received the flag.

The generals of the Zheng family on the battlefield can also watch the battle situation between the two sides on the shore at this time through their thousands of miles of generals, and know that their side is in a weak position.

And the five Zheng family warships that appeared had already killed those ships that transported three hundred red-haired ghosts at this time.

Boom Boom!

After half the incense, the five Zheng family warships really launched an artillery bombardment on the red-haired ghosts on the shore.

Sou!

Dozens of shells, after cutting an arc in mid-air, fell to the area on the shore near the red-haired ghost's side, and exploded.

This kind of explosive bomb, the Zheng family originally bought it from Li Zixiao, and after half a year of research, they were able to produce it themselves at this time.

Thundered!

"Ahhh

After a round of shells fell, it exploded not far from the red-haired ghost array, causing damage to several red-haired musketeers.

"Oh no, the enemy's warships are coming." Captain Drew also turned his head sharply, looked at the sea, and shouted.

"Brothers, our warships are coming to our aid, rush, kill all these red-haired ghosts!"

The arrival of the Zheng family's warship rekindled the morale of the Zheng family's foot soldiers, which was almost destroyed.

Bang bang bang!

Boom Boom!

Ahhh

Subsequently, on this battlefield, the sound of artillery, muskets and screams were intertwined, turning into a symphony unique to the battlefield.

It's a pity that every second of this kind of battlefield symphony performance needs blood to water, death is the movement, and killing is turned into notes.

The support of the Zheng family's warship, while dealing a major blow to the red-haired ghost, was inevitable, and also caused a lot of casualties to the Zheng family's soldiers.

In fact, the artillery of this era did not have a very high degree of accuracy, and often when a shot was fired, the shells would deviate from the place they wanted to hit by more than ten meters, or even tens of meters away.

As a result, many of the shells fired by the Zheng family's warships will fall into the ranks of the Zheng family's soldiers, causing a lot of casualties to the Zheng family's soldiers.

This is a helpless way of supporting, if it weren't for the appearance of the red-haired ghost flintlock pistol, which caught Zheng Zhibao off guard, he would not be willing to give such an order.