Ming Zuo

Chapter 666 The Power of the Navy

The battle in Yushan has reached a critical moment.

Dorgon taught Yu Lichun a realistic lesson with his genius thinking.

Although in terms of age, Yu Lichun is older than Dorgon.But in terms of combat experience, Dorgon completely crushed Yu Lichun.

After all, Dorgon went to the battlefield at the age of nine, and has been fighting for more than ten years. What hasn't he seen?

Yu Lichun only arranged a company of troops on Yushan.

I originally thought that Yushan was right next to the city wall, and the artillery behind the city wall could also support the mountain, so I was not afraid of Houjin attacking the mountain at all.

But I didn't expect Dorgon to put smoke everywhere on the battlefield, so that the new army's sight was seriously blocked.

Covered by the smoke, Dorgon dispatched ten Niulu to launch the most violent attack towards Yushan.

Not only that, this time Dorgon also changed the tactics.

He let the Eight Banners infantry rush forward with shields, acting as human shields.

Shi Tingzhu led Wu Zhenchao and followed closely behind.

It is to shorten the distance with the new army and create opportunities for Wu Zhenchaoha.

In the past, the Han people acted as cannon fodder in the battles between the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, creating opportunities for the Jurchen elite to harvest the battlefield.

But this time in order to win, Dorgon had to go against his will.

Among the high-ranking officials in the late Jin Dynasty, Huang Taiji was the only one who really treated the Han people better.

The rest of Dorgon, Duoduo and others all regarded the Han people as pig and dog slaves.Although it doesn't mean wanton insults, it doesn't matter.

This is why Hou Jin was able to win a big victory every time he fought against the Ming Dynasty in the Huangtaiji era; and in the era of Dorgon and Shunzhi, it took decades to pacify Jiangnan.

Without the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading, the resistance of the Han people would not have been so fierce.

But this time in the face of reality, Dorgon also chose Congxin.

The 117th company is guarding Yushan.

They didn't know how many enemies were in front of them, anyway, they fired round after round.

He watched countless enemies fall, but more enemies rushed up again.

Even if they are condescending, the damage that more than a hundred muskets can cause is extremely limited.

The 117th Company also had two supporting mortars.

Despite the gunner's best efforts, the delivery of the shells was still a bit poor.

Finally, the Jurchen infantry rushed within fifty steps with their flesh and blood.

They quickly spread out to both sides, Wu Zhenchaoha bared his fangs.

Although this distance is far from the effective killing range of the Golden Fire Gun, the general commanding the battle has already ignored it.

Seeing so many Jurchen warriors die tragically, he was already a little scared.

Wu Zhenchaoha lined up row after row, and when he got out of the line, he ignored them and just fired upwards.

The new army above also desperately projected firepower.

For the first time, the new army and the rear army faced each other on the battlefield.

In the first round of confrontation, Wu Zhenchaoha had dozens of casualties, while the new army had several casualties.

Shi Tingzhu hurriedly gave the order, and Wu Zhenchao in the second row stepped forward.

But this rotation is still not as fast as the new army.

While the firecrackers in the second row were still advancing, the muskets of the new army fired first.

Seeing this scene, Shi Tingzhu's eyes were about to burst.

He really wanted to see what the new army's firearms were like, and why they were so brutal?

Fortunately, the number of new troops is too small, causing limited damage.

The second round of gunfire soldiers stood up, and after a meal of white smoke, the new army was sacrificed.

If the fight continues like this, the 117th company will run out of people sooner or later.

Just then, however, the navy arrived.

"It seems that Yu Lichun's life is not easy."

Standing on the command platform, Zhang Keda has a clear view of the battlefield situation through the telescope.

"Order all artillery to support that hill with fire."

Zhang Keda could see the importance of Yushan at a glance.

More than [-] warships slowly approached the shore, and when they were within range, all the heavy artillery began to unleash their firepower.

At a distance of more than [-] meters, although the Jurchens saw these warships, they had nothing to do.

The power of heavy artillery is much more terrifying.

Although the accuracy of more than [-] shells was mediocre, they still raged in the formation of the Jurchens.

It is not known how many people died under this shelling.

Anyway, Wuzhenchaoha's original tight three-row array was less than half left after the shelling.

The broken limbs and broken arms in mid-air were accompanied by blood, dyeing the entire space red.

Shi Tingzhu staggered up from the ground, his ears were filled with humming and roaring.His eyes were full of blood, and everything he looked at was shaky.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

This battle cannot be fought.

Although he knew that the new army on the hill had already suffered heavy losses, as long as they put in more effort, they would definitely be able to attack.

But the new army at the top of the mountain had the support of naval guns, and Hou Jin's strength could not be added anyway.

The painstaking plot was broken by the sudden arrival of the navy, and Dorgon vomited a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

He stared blankly at the huge monsters cruising on the sea, only feeling powerless.

After all, the Jurchens are just warriors in the grasslands and forests, and they are really powerless in the face of attacks from the sea.

"Withdraw the army."

Yushan was not captured, and no matter how fiercely the Jurchens fought in the front, they could do nothing to the city walls of the new army.

If the fight continues, the Jurchen's losses will only be greater under the attack from both sides.

Withdrawal became the only option.

In the sound of the horn, the Houjin soldiers came and went in a hurry, and quickly retreated to the camp of Yongxing Temple.

Yu Lichun, who was disgraced on the city wall, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing the warships on the sea, he couldn't help chattering.

"Grandma, it's still easy for these marines to shoot the Tartars away with casual cannons."

The person next to him said angrily, "Brigadier, adjust your deployment quickly. If it weren't for the navy, we would be ashamed today."

Yu Lichun wiped his face and quickly ordered more troops to Yushan.At the same time, let the whole army brainstorm and find a way to deal with the post-gold smoke array.

Zhang Keda didn't take it seriously to help the advance detachment going north to break the siege, but commanded the fleet to continue northward along the west coast of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The fleet staying here can only help the advance detachment going north to defend at most.

After that, Jin was free to fight or not.

The purpose of the fleet is to force Houjin to withdraw.

Houjin has also been monitoring the movements of this sudden fleet.

"Baylor, those southerners' boats have gone north."

Dorgon closed his eyes and meditated.

"What do they want to do?"

Azig was alert and experienced, so he immediately judged it.

"No, these southerners want to cut off our retreat."

Dorgon didn't know why.

"These southerners can still be arrogant on the water. If they are on land, how can they be the opponents of my Eight Banners warriors?"

Azig said angrily: "Can the Shandong New Army do the same?"

Recalling the scene on the battlefield during this period, Dorgon couldn't help but gasped.

"Quickly send an order to make Gaizhou Wei and Fuzhou Wei be careful."

(End of this chapter)