Li Chenggong, a guerrilla general of the Qing army in charge of the Shashan Fort, shouted: "Minggou is about to land!" Quick, before they put on their armor and formed a formation, go up and stop them! ”

The Qing army immediately formed a formation behind a wooden fence on the river embankment, with pikemen in the front row, archers, bird gunners in the back, and a few tiger squatting cannons. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf the Ming army landed, climbed onto the beach, and was bombarded by the Qing army's tiger squatting artillery, it could only charge quickly. The Ming army who had just come ashore had no armor on their bodies, and they had no long weapons in their hands, so they rushed to the wooden fence and could only use knives and axes to cut the wooden fence, and they would be killed and injured by the Qing spearmen behind the wooden fence.

Finding that the Qing army was forming a formation behind the wooden fence, Wu Haodong sneered: "It's a good time!" ”

More than a dozen clippers carrying swarm rockets, which are equipped with swarm rocket launchers, have approached the shore. In order to prevent the tail flame of the rocket from burning the ship, there is a diversion iron plate diagonally upwards behind the rocket launcher, which can direct the hot air of the rocket launch upwards and then disperse it to both sides, so as not to burn its own ship.

"Ignition!" Several Ming army officers shouted.

The Ming sergeant holding a torch on the clipper lit the fuse and quickly lay on the board.

The lead with powdered black [gunpowder] in it swished and jumped, gradually burrowing into the tail vent of the rocket, and then a bright tongue of fire erupted, one rocket after another spread its wings, like a series of fire snakes, with a tail flame several feet long and white smoke tumbling, whistling away from the clipper and rushing straight to the shore.

"Whoosh" countless fire dragons were stationed on the beach, on the embankment, the rumbling explosion and rolling thunder generally sounded on the shore, the tumbling flames bloomed and rose around the wooden fence, and the strong, scorching wind with fragments shot out on the embankment, and the dense Qing army was immediately disappointed. In the sound of the explosion, countless Qing soldiers' heads, stumps and severed bodies flew into the sky, and the wooden fence was also uprooted and shattered in the air, and the Qing soldiers in formation turned into blood and flesh.

More than half of the Qing soldiers who formed the formation suffered casualties, and the formation collapsed at once. In the era of cold weapons, the army that can withstand twenty percent casualties is already the elite, not to mention half!

Seeing the broken corpses everywhere and the wounded soldiers wailing in pools of blood, the Qing soldiers dropped their knives and guns and turned around and ran.

"Retreater, slash!" Li Chenggong, the general of the Qing army, personally led his own troops to press up.

Several Qing army officers raised their voices and shouted: "Minggou has no rockets!" Above! Don't let them ashore! ”

The Qing soldiers who retreated in chaos were cut down by the overseers more than 200 people, and the rest of the Qing soldiers had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to wait behind the broken wooden fence. However, the Qing soldiers were also frightened by the swarm of rockets, and they did not dare to stand up, but hid in the trench behind the wooden fence.

"There are four tiger squat cannons over there, pull them out!" A Ming officer on board shouted.

The twelve centipede clippers were not equipped with front-loading hexagonal rifled guns, but the 100-pound franc cannons on the ship were not vegetarian, and the twelve centipede clippers on the task of shelling the beachhead were equipped with four 100-pound franc machines, a total of 48 franc cannons.

The rate of fire of the Franc cannon is fast, and the fire bombardment of forty-eight Franc cannons cannot suppress a few Tiger squat guns?

"Fire!" The officer on the clipper shouted.

The Franco's cannons spat out tongues of fire, and shells whizzed and smashed onto the shore. In the blink of an eye, the four Qing tiger squat guns that had been lucky enough to dodge the fire of a swarm of rockets were all destroyed.

"Kill!" On the small boat near the shore, the Ming soldiers who landed shouted, jumped from the small boat one by one, and rushed towards the embankment above the beachhead.

"Minggou is here! Get on it! "The Qing army supervised the battle team with a knife to force the Qing soldiers to come forward to meet the battle.

Someone shouted: "Minggou didn't form a formation!" There are no long weapons either! Give it to me, kill them all! ”

Finding that the Ming troops who came ashore did not form a formation, nor did they carry long weapons such as spears, these Qing soldiers were a little bolder. However, someone found that the Ming army who landed actually had armor on them? However, it is neither leather armor nor cotton armor, nor iron armor, but a kind of armor that looks like rattan, and the one in his hand is also a rattan card.

Rattan armor is the best weapon for landing operations, and even if a soldier wearing rattan armor accidentally falls into the water or falls into the water during landing, not only will it not drown, but the rattan armor will provide buoyancy.

"Is it a rattan armor?" A Qing officer was stunned.

Li Chenggong sneered: "It doesn't matter what kind of armor he is, they don't have spears, they form a formation behind a wooden fence!" They can't get up! ”

The archers of the Qing army opened their bows and set up arrows, and rows of random arrows were shot, and the feather arrows hit the rattan card, which was blocked by the rattan card. Some of the feathered arrows hit the rattan armor and were also bounced off by the vine armor.

The Ming troops who had just come ashore had no long-range firepower, and they could not carry muskets when they landed, and their bows and arrows were afraid of water. The Ming troops who landed could only withstand the long-range weapons of the Qing army and charge towards the Qing formation.

"Bang bang bang" The Qing army pulled the trigger one after another.

There are still more than 70 steps to go, and at such a distance, the bird gun does not have much accuracy at all, and it cannot penetrate the rattan card, so it can only make a loud noise to welcome.

When the Jin army was outside the pass, the Ming army's bird gunners also pulled the trigger from a long distance in the face of the large-scale charge of the Qing army, and the bullets fired out not only did not hit the head, but also could not penetrate the cotton armor on the Qing soldiers. When you finish a round and rush to reload, you won't have a chance.

The current Qing army is in the same situation, the bird is finishing the bullet and is hurriedly loading. As long as the Ming army enters within fifty steps, if the Qing army can fire another round, it can pose a great threat to the Ming army. If the projectile hits the Fuji armor directly, it can be penetrated. If you hit the rattan card, although it cannot be penetrated, the impact is extremely powerful, and the arm of the Ming soldier hanging the rattan card will be injured.

When the Ming army rushed to fifty paces, the Qing soldiers had not yet loaded the projectiles and gunpowder.

"Reload!" The Qing officer shouted.

It is expected that when the Ming army rushes to about 20 steps, the Qing army can load the projectiles and gunpowder, and then fire at this time, which can cause great damage to the Ming army.

It's a pity that the Qing army didn't have such a chance, because when the Ming army rushed to thirty steps, I saw that these rattan armor soldiers took out a black thing from their waists, put it to their mouths, and bit it with their teeth.

"What's that?" The Qing troops stationed at the Shashan Fort had never been in contact with the Ming army, and they still felt strange when they saw those black iron bumps flying in.

"They threw stones at us?" Several Qing soldiers laughed.

Black things fell in the crowd of Qing troops, but they were seen emitting white smoke.

"Not good!" Someone shouted, "It can't be a national surname bottle, right?" ”

"Will the national surname bottle be so small?" Some veterans of the Qing army had fought with Zheng Chenggong's army before and had seen the national surname bottle, and they knew that the national surname bottle was not so small.

Before the words fell, a series of violent explosions were heard in the crowd, and the iron bumps that landed on the ground burst one after another, blooming into clusters of orange and scarlet fireballs, and suddenly shrapnel flew sideways, and white smoke rose on the Qing army's position.

These grenades are filled with a small amount of xiaohua gan oil and other additives added to the black [gun] powder, this black [gun] powder is known as the earth road explosives in real history, is a kind of explosive made by the Eighth Lu Army itself, the power is much greater than the simple black [fire] grenade, and the price is much cheaper than the regular explosives such as xiaohua starch and yellow se explosives, and it is much easier to manufacture, it is the big killer of the Eighth Lu Army back then.

Of course, this weapon is less powerful than a formal grenade, but it is already a very powerful weapon in this era.

A grenade made of an iron mold with grooves carved into the body of the projectile exploded, which could form forty-eight fragments, unlike a grenade thrown out of the dirt road and exploded directly into two.

As soon as the grenade exploded, the Qing army's formation was completely dispersed, and the remaining wooden fence was also blown up.

"Kill!" The vine armor soldiers had already rushed to the Qing army, quickly formed a formation, and slashed at the Qing army in groups of three.

This three-person formation is a formation created by Wang Yuyou after the birth of the grenade, which is a three-person group and cooperates with each other, and the three-person formation is easy to form, and it can be quickly transformed from the evacuation formation when charging quickly to a three-person formation, and after blowing up the opponent's position with a grenade, it can be killed into the enemy group and slashed.

The Qing army was blown to pieces, the formation had all collapsed, and most of the people dropped their weapons and turned around and ran. A few of the more daring Qing soldiers turned their heads and stabbed with their spears.

However, the three men of the Ming army attacked the formation, with one person blocking the spear with a shield, and the other two slashed from the two wings, and the Qing soldiers who tried to resist were cut off at once.

"Defeated! Defeated! "The Qing army, which was unable to form an army, fled in all directions.

The Ming army behind was all lightly armed rattan armor, running fast, and quickly caught up with the Qing soldiers who were lagging behind. As long as they did not kneel on the ground and surrendered, they were all beheaded with a knife.

The Qing soldiers who ran in front threw away their armor, knives, guns and various weapons, spread their legs and ran desperately, only hating their father and mother for giving birth to two legs for themselves. Those Qing soldiers who were left behind didn't have time to take off their armor, they just threw away their weapons, ran desperately, and tried hard to remove the armor on their bodies while running, but where was it so easy to remove? I couldn't run anymore, so I knelt down on the side of the road, raised my hands and surrendered.

"It's just vulnerable!" Wu Haodong, who was standing on the boat, looked at the chaotic Qing army formation and sneered.

The grenade is definitely a big killer against the cold weapon formation, a few rows of grenades have passed, no matter what the formation is, they have been blown up, and there are few people who can not run.

On the beach, the Ming army's ironclads, pikemen, and musketeers disembarked one after another, and the auxiliaries behind picked up their armor and weapons ashore. The Ming soldiers on the beach, with the help of the auxiliaries, put on their armor, took out muskets and bows and arrows wrapped in oilcloth, untied the oilcloth, took out ammunition and hung it on their bodies.

Later, rafts came from the other side, loaded with Don hippos and Mongolian horses. The heavy cavalry and dragoons of the Ming army crossed the Han River in small boats and set foot on the opposite bank.

In Chaozhou City, Xu Erxian, who was standing at the head of the city, saw the wolf smoke rising from the downstream direction, and was shocked: "Not good!" Minggou crossed the river from downstream! Why didn't our batteries hold the Ming Dog fleet? ”

Liu Hanzuo shook his head helplessly: "I don't know what Li Chenggong is doing to eat!" The fort with heavy artillery can't stop the attack of Minggou! What incompetence! ”

"Minggou goes around behind us, if we don't want to die here, let's abandon the city and leave! Before you leave, loot the city! Xu Erxian proposed.

Liu Hanzuo smiled bitterly: "The prince left you and me here, if we retreat without a fight, after we go back, can the prince let us go?" It's all because we didn't stand on the right team, if we knew so, we would have stood on the side of the world! ”

Xu Erxian said angrily: "Everyone knows the ambition of the prince and the wolf, and he has long been dissatisfied with the old prince!" The old prince is as kind to us as a mountain, how can we be ungrateful! ”

"That's it!" Liu Hanzuo sighed, "You and I can only fight to the death and repay the old prince with death!" ”

Upstream, the Ming army was also crossing the river.

The upper reaches of the Han River were not very wide, and the attention of the Qing army was attracted to the lower reaches of the river, where there were almost no Qing troops stationed.

When the Ming army reached the upper reaches, they immediately cut down trees and built rafts. At the same time, several people who did not collect at night smuggled across the river in the dark, and after going ashore, they easily dealt with the Qing soldiers on the beacon tower. When it was dawn, the Ming army, which had already controlled the beacon on the other side, did not receive the signal at night. Then the Ming army began to cross the river on a large scale.

The Ming army, which crossed the river from upstream and downstream respectively, soon arrived at the city of Chaozhou, and on the river east of Chaozhou, the Ming ships entered the river and aimed their guns at the head of the city. The Ming army, which had crossed the river, detoured back to the west of Chaozhou and blocked the retreat of the Qing army.

Looking at the dense Ming army under the city, Liu Hanzuo smiled bitterly: "General Xu, it's too late for us to leave now!" It seems that you and I can only die in Chaozhou! ”

"It's not so easy for Minggou to take Chaozhou!" Xu Erxian shouted, "Back then, Zheng Cheng attacked Chaozhou several times, and our army and people fought bravely to kill the enemy, Zheng Cheng was annoyed and ashamed, and slaughtered how many innocent people near Chaozhou!" The hearts of the people of Chaozhou are here! As long as the army and the people are united, how can they not hold Chaozhou? ”

Zheng Chenggong's massacre near Chaozhou that year was because when he attacked Chaozhou, the local people not only assisted the Qing army in defending the city, but also attacked the grain route of the Zheng army, and the locals in some places also formed villages against the Ming army. But Zheng Chenggong is not a benevolent person like Li Dingguo, and he slaughtered several stockades in a fit of anger.

But now the people's hearts are not on the side of the Qing army, and the people nearby are worried that they will be slaughtered if they help the Qing army defend the city, so few people are willing to go to the city to help the Qing army defend the city.

In fact, Chaozhou City can't be defended at all, and now Wang Xinyu already has a high-precision and powerful weapon like a front-mounted hexagonal cannon in his hand, as long as the eight new artillery pieces are concentrated in a little bombardment, they can easily destroy the resistance at the head of the city, and the Ming army can enter the city from a breakthrough.

What's more, the Ming army still has mortars in their hands, which are a sharp siege weapon, first use hexagonal cannons to suppress the firepower of the city, and then push the mortars up to forcibly blast open a section of the city wall.

The Ming troops, who arrived one after another, dug trenches, erected wooden fences, and built barracks. Some of the Ming army auxiliaries went to cut down wood to build siege weapons such as moats, bridges, shield carts, and improvised ladders. (To be continued.) )