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Chapter 173

This time Zheng Chenggong brought three or four hundred large ships to Shanhaiguan to transport military supplies and grain.But at this moment, the fleet approaching Bijiashan Beach is actually less than a hundred.

Because as long as this small ship is enough to accommodate [-] landing soldiers, plus sailors temporarily transferred to reinforce them.

The [-] large ships of the rear army, each with ten sailors to ensure the minimum navigation requirements, are almost empty ships.At this moment, they are still wandering more than ten miles away from the open sea, trying to hide for as long as possible, lest the target group is too large and the suddenness of losing the sneak attack will be exposed in advance.

These [-] ships will wait for the end of the battle to grab the beach and seize the port, then they will dock in batches, pick up the defeated Ming army to be transported away, and then run away immediately.

During the last ten miles, Zheng Chenggong quietly touched for a quarter of an hour, and gradually approached the wharf camp on the shore. They had already entered the range of the Hongyi cannon, but the defenders at the wharf were still at a loss.

Today's Hongyi cannons have a short range of only one or two miles, and the furthest range is more than three miles.

In the darkness, they didn't even notice the huge fleet appearing on the sea two or three miles away.Zheng Chenggong couldn't help feeling that he was lucky, and even a little surprised.

But at this moment, Zheng Chenggong suddenly saw that the fires in the camp on the shore were a little dazzled, and then the light and shadow of a group of torches meandered out.

Everyone under Zheng Chenggong was a little nervous, thinking they had been discovered by the enemy. Even Zhang Mingzhen, who was on the boat, was also a little nervous, and asked with a slightly anxious expression: "Should we fire the gun?"

Before joining Shen Shuren, Zhang Mingzhen served as a coastal defense officer for eight years, and his combat qualifications and experience certainly far surpassed that of Zheng Chenggong.But he was relatively poor during the eight years in Ningshao and Zhoushan. At most, he only touched the Flang machine and never used the Hongyi cannon, so his experience in using the Hongyi cannon was not as good as that of Zheng Chenggong.

It can only be said that the son of a rich family naturally has an advantage in accessing high-tech equipment.

Zheng Chenggong's thoughts were also turning quickly at this time. After evaluating nervously, he persuaded responsibly: "Don't worry! It may not be that we have been discovered! Besides, there should not be too many cannons from the Tartars and Red Barbarians. The extent to which docks are deployed.

If they had only Franglers, we could close to the last mile before firing!The range of the Franc machine is only one mile at most!Even if they found our army, it is impossible to fire on our army in advance!The most we can do is to line up on the beach to defend against the enemy, so we can't wait for that, before we grab the beach, we can directly bombard the crowd with red cannons! "

Zhang Mingzhen was right when he thought about it. Even if the enemy found them, it would be impossible for them to know that they had brought the Hongyi cannon with them.In Wu Sangui's army in Shanhaiguan, there is no example of moving Hongyi cannons to warships.

On the one hand, the cannons in Shanhaiguan are also very precious, and on the other hand, they are too heavy and difficult to transport and change defenses, so they will not be fired all year round if they are thrown on the fort on the wall.

So the longer this firepower is kept secret, the better the sudden killing effect will be.

And only a few minutes later, Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong were stunned to discover a new trend of change:
Although the Qing army in the Bijiashan camp was clamoring and lighting torches, they did not come towards the shore, but left the camp and meandered towards the northeast.

Zheng Chenggong heaved a sigh of relief, and felt more and more rejoicing: his forbearance actually led to a more favorable situation, and the enemy actually divided up and left when they were about to be robbed of the beach!
He and Zhang Mingzhen looked at each other, and both sides quickly realized that Zhang Mingzhen hit his right palm with his left fist, and suddenly realized and shouted:

"It must be the troops of Cao Bianjiao and Cao Junmen. They are already on the way! They were discovered by the enemy first! The Tartars of Bijia Mountain, this is to divide part of the troops to block Cao Junmen!"

Zheng Chenggong also thought about it, and responded quickly: "It must be so! Cao Junmen is more than 40 miles away from here, and he must have set off before midnight. It is estimated that he has walked on the road more than one time now! It must be with the Tartars. The scouts had a fight and were discovered by the Tartars, so even the defenders of Bijia Mountain were transferred."

Both of them were very excited, and hurriedly told the news to the soldiers on the same ship as much as possible, and everyone's morale became more and more high-it's a pity that it was impossible to use semaphore to signal other friendly warships in the dark, and the wind and waves were loud at sea, so shouting It's useless, so that such morale-boosting news cannot be known to more soldiers on the ship for the time being.

I can only hope that the officers on the other ships, seeing the enemy soldiers going away with torches, can figure this out for themselves, break them up into parts and boost their morale.

After the excitement, Zhang Mingzhen had more than seven or eight years of military experience than Zheng Chenggong, and he quickly discovered a problem: "No! If the Tartars on Bijiashan were temporarily transferred to block Cao Junmen, it means that they just discovered that Cao Junmen was trying to They broke through! But they didn't judge that Cao Junmen wanted to break out and came to Bijia Mountain!

Otherwise, if they knew that Bijia Mountain was the final destination of Cao Junmen's attack, wouldn't it be more sure to stay here to defend the camp and rely on the favorable location to wait for work?
In other words, the Tazi officers on Bijia Mountain mistook Cao Junmen for breaking out in another direction?He only judged the act of breaking through the siege, but misjudged the direction of the breakout? "

Although Zheng Chenggong didn't think of this just now, he was reminded by Zhang Mingzhen, and he realized it immediately. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't help saying in admiration:

"General Zhang is really well versed in the army, my little brother didn't think of this! So, could it be that they encountered the enemy in a hurry, misjudged that Cao Junmen was just running out of food in Xingshan City, and wanted to retreat and join forces with Li Junmen on Tashan Mountain?" one place?
So, the Tartar guards of Bijia Mountain did not guard against Cao Junmen going straight to Bijia Mountain, but went out to the field to intercept and intercept Cao Junmen's retreat to the confluence road of Tashan?We also looked at the map at Li Junmen yesterday. They don't plan to reinforce Beitun between Tashan and Xingshan, do they? "

"It's very possible! God is helping me! Immediately attack the whole army!"

When Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong analyzed these situations clearly, the fleet had already approached to less than one mile from the shore, and the Ming army finally launched a general attack.

It was also because of the noise on the shore just now, the dispatch of the Tazi reinforcements, the noise was very loud, and the situation on the sea became more and more neglected. The Ming army approached them within a mile, but they did not see so many ships on the sea.

In fact, the Qing army cannot be blamed for this, because it is difficult to see clearly in the dark where there is fire in the dark.Only when looking from a dark place to a place with fire can it be very clear.

"Boom! Boom!" With bursts of loud noises, dozens of Hongyi cannons of the Ming army finally fired at the same time.All of a sudden, the camp on the shore was blown to pieces, and seven or eight tents and barracks collapsed.

The soldiers sleeping in the tent screamed and wailed, got up and ran wildly in a panic, and frantically tore off the tent cloth buried on their bodies.

The soldiers who slept in the barracks were not so lucky.The roof of a wooden house is much heavier than a cloth tent, but when a house is knocked down, the power of the wooden beams falling down is no less than that of rolling logs and rocks thrown from the top of the city during a siege.

The soldiers who were smashed hard didn't even have a chance to scream, and they were directly smashed to death.

The first batch of warships of the Ming army also took advantage of the chaos of the shelling to charge up to the pier trestle, and there was no beach grab, and they rushed directly from the trestle to the shore in groups.

When landing in a place with port facilities, the unloading efficiency of troops is much higher than that on the beach. Just by leaning on it, a hundred or ten warriors can go ashore and gain a firm foothold within ten seconds.

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At the same time, inside the Qing army camp on Beacon Mountain.

Stationed here is another Jialazhangjing under the command of Azig, the leader of the Manchuria Xianglan Banner, named Yonggui.At that time, he was tightening his armor, inspecting and urging several battalions of soldiers to get on their horses and hurry, and sent three Niulu reinforcements to Beitun.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong's guesses are really close to each other.

Only ten minutes ago, Yonggui had just been notified by several scout cavalry of the Qing army who had fled from the direction of Beitun.

It is said that between Beitun and Xingshan, they encountered a Ming army breakout force suspected to be led by Cao Bianjiao.

In fact, the Ming army did not take the main road all the way, because when the Qing army scouts encountered them, they were located south of the main road between Beitun and Xingshan——

It is a pity that this important "south" information was not interpreted by the Qing army as "the Ming army retreated to the south because they wanted to come to Bijia Mountain".

Jialazhangjing Erbi, who was stationed in Beitun, interpreted it as "the Ming army just wanted to bypass Beitun, where they were encamped, sneak across to Tashan, and join forces with the remnants of Li Fuming."

Beitun originally had a Jiala army, although it may not be able to defeat Cao Bianjiao, after all, no matter how fierce the Qing army is, it is difficult for more than 1000 elite cavalry to fight hard against the tens of thousands of Ming troops.

However, it is more than enough to hold tens of thousands of people with more than 1000 people, monitor sluggishly, and wait until the cavalry of the friendly brigade arrives.

But it's a pity that at this moment, Erbi doesn't even have more than 1000 elite riders.Just the night before, he sent two Niulu to the south of Tashan to see if Li Fuming wanted to abandon his army and break through.

Later, when he learned that his subordinates had killed "Li Fuming" who led only a hundred cavalrymen, he became more determined and firmly believed that fleeing to Takahashi by land to the south was the real choice for the Ming army after they ran out of food, so he sent an additional ox Lu bypassed Tashan and set up an ambush to the south to delay.

Therefore, when Cao Bianjiao was dispatched tonight, Erbi had only two dissatisfied Niu Lu in Beitun.All in all, there are less than 500 Manchurian cavalry, and there are some Mongolian and Han flags who guard the camp and do miscellaneous soldiers. The number does not exceed 500.

It was impossible for Erpu to rely on [-] Manchurian cavalry to resist Cao Bianjiao, so he immediately sent an emergency messenger to Yonggui at Bijia Mountain, [-] miles to the south, and Master Azige at Machang Town, [-] miles to the north. .

It was under such circumstances that Yonggui sent troops to reinforce the friendly army.

It is estimated that the main force of Azig in the north will set off in another quarter of an hour.

However, shortly after Yonggui organized the reinforcements to leave the camp, the heavy artillery of the Ming army on the sea rang out again and again, which directly shocked Yonggui.

He had never seen such a violent salvo of Hongyi cannons before.

Even in the last lunar month, when I followed my master to Songshan City for a tentative siege, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the Southern Dynasty in the city, did not have so many cannons to bombard at the same time.

"How could there be so many heavy artillery on the sea?!" Yonggui was a little confused for a while, and then noticed that the tallest and strongest barracks in the camp, which was built with giant logs, had been completely bombarded and collapsed.

It is estimated that the target was too conspicuous, and was stared at by at least a dozen heavy artillery pieces of the Ming army.Yong Gui couldn't help but feel a shudder:

If he hadn't gone out to the camp to urge the ministries to assemble and reinforce Erbi, but was still sleeping in that barracks at this moment, maybe the round of shelling just now would have buried him alive even if he hadn't been killed!

And his personal guards who stayed behind in the Chinese army barracks might have been bombed to death and buried a lot by now!

"Call back all the soldiers and horses that reinforce Beitun! The barbarians are attacking Bijia Mountain! The barbarians have so many warships, they must be retreating from the sea to meet Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming!"

It was also at this moment that Yong Gui, after being briefly stunned, finally made the most correct decision.He finally helped Master Azig to judge the real direction of the barbarian's main attack.

The dozens of cavalry messengers under him immediately divided into several teams and went out of the camp to chase after them. The cavalry unit that had left just now had only traveled less than three to five miles, and it would take less than half an hour to chase them back.

After dispatching the messenger, Yonggui got on his horse and drew his sword. This required him to organize the only [-] cavalry in the battalion and hundreds of mixed Han and Mongolian soldiers to attack together. While there were not many Ming troops ashore, they attacked halfway across the river. Annihilate the enemy on the beach.

An officer of Niulu of the Han army under his command timidly suggested: "My lord, the artillery fire of the Ming army is fierce, and it looks like there must be a lot of troops! Let's just stick to the barracks and wait for the three Niulu to turn around before gathering troops. Get out!"

Yonggui was furious, and directly chopped off the timid traitor with a single knife: "How dare the dog slave disturb our army's morale! Wait for another quarter of an hour, how many more barbarians will go ashore! How can they fight when they have gained a firm foothold! Pass my military order , mount the whole army, and follow me to the pier! Those who are afraid of the enemy will be killed immediately!"

Yong Gui's decision was not wrong. When he assembled his team and launched a recoil, Zheng Chenggong's side did land about ten boats of soldiers, because there are only a few trestle berths on the pier, and it is impossible for all the boats to dock at the same time. shore.

Only after a batch of ships have been unloaded and the soldiers give up their berths can the follow-up ships come up to unload.

If you still think the landing is not fast enough, you can only let those lightly armed and unarmored soldiers jump over the side of the ship and jump into the water, swim a few tens of meters and climb ashore-but this unloading method is ineffective for soldiers who use heavy equipment. The soldiers drowned when they entered the water, and could not float at all.

However, the fact that there are not many soldiers going ashore does not mean that there are not enough long-range support firepower in range.Bijia Mountain is a good deep-water port. There is no berth, and ships can sail no more than a few dozen steps away from the shore. With the range of the latest firearms troops of the Ming Army, they can completely cover the beach.

Yonggui organized hundreds of people to counter-charge, and the momentum at the beginning was indeed astonishing. Hundreds of Manchurian cavalry rushed forward, scaring Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Mingzhen's soldiers into the water and fleeing——

These soldiers, a total of 5000, were selected from the "elite soldiers" who had been trained in Huangzhou by Shen Jiading and Shen Shuren for two years.It's a pity that these so-called "elite soldiers" were only elite soldiers who could win the battle with Ge Zuo's Fifth Battalion, and even fought against Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng. They had never fought against a large-scale cavalry charge before.

It was the first time that he was charged and bitten by the Tazi cavalry group that had been shaking the world for many years, and panic was still inevitable.

"Don't retreat! All the soldiers are in accordance with the code of practice, and the bayonets are stacked outwards! Those who retreat will be cut! Those who push their companions into the water will be cut! The firecrackers on the ship will also reinforce us! The Tartars won't last long!"

Zhang Mingzhen, who had already landed, also tried his best to organize defense on the beachhead with a roar.

A considerable part of the five thousand "Shen Jiajia Ding" was brought by him to fight Erhe last year. They can be regarded as generals who know soldiers, soldiers who know generals, and have a considerable foundation of trust.

Seeing that Vice General Zhang also went ashore to supervise the battle, Shen Jiajiading finally stabilized the bayonet formation after a short period of panic and being damaged by the charge.Rows of firearms roared, and they also began to reap the lives of the Qing soldiers on the opposite side.

"These savages still dare to line up with their backs?" After Yonggui's troops were shot by firecrackers for a while, some troops were slightly injured, and their momentum was also slightly suffocated.

The absolute casualties of the cavalry of the Qing army were actually not many, because the Qing army in Chongzhen's 15 years was already very well equipped.

Relying on the fact that the Ming army has been the "transportation captain" for more than ten years and was annihilated and seized by the Qing army, the Qing army has a very high equipment rate of Tieza cotton armor.Especially the cavalry of the Eight Banners, almost everyone is equipped with iron-coated cotton armor.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong also knew this information when they came this time, so they didn't dare to equip the firecrackers team with fixed-loaded shotguns that can kill all directions when fighting thieves. slug projectile).

Only this kind of large projectile can penetrate the Qing army's Tiesha cotton armor.And after the projectile becomes larger, the drop in firepower density is also very obvious. There used to be seven or eight or more small leads in one shot, but now there are only two, and the hit rate drops sharply.

The firepower of the platoon guns is not enough to directly repel the enemy, and the charge speed of the Qing cavalry is much faster than the enemies encountered before.Landing Ming troops soon had to fall into constant hand-to-hand combat.

After practicing the bayonet tactics for more than a year, he also underwent a thorough high-stress test for the first time.

The servants of the Shen family were stabbed by sabers and lances, and fell down screaming, and soon follow-up friendly troops came to fill them up.

The front line was loosened several times, but fortunately, Zhang Mingzhen personally organized and led a new force to block the opening.

"Our army is at least ten times stronger than the enemy's! The advantage is mine! The Tartars are about to lose their hold!" Zhang Mingzhen shouted hoarse, and finally maintained order.

Gradually, as more and more Shen family members came ashore, and the musketeers on the ship were still firing at random in the distance, the Hongyi cannons were also firing towards the enemy's rear, trying to isolate the follow-up enemy troops from entering the battlefield. The situation finally gradually reversed.

A few minutes later, there were at least 3000 to [-] Ming troops who landed, but the first echelon under Yonggui's command suffered heavy casualties, and the three Niu Lu sent by Yonggui before had also been chased back.

Seeing that the melee combat failed to completely break the group of savages, Yong Gui had no choice but to take advantage of the situation and retreat a little, join up with the three Niu Lusheng forces behind, and then reorganize the attack.

However, the cannons of the Ming army were afraid of accidentally injuring friendly troops because the two sides were twisted together, so they did not dare to fire at the front-line enemy troops under their noses.

At this moment, Zheng Chenggong, who saw Yonggui retreating a little while still on board, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered four or five boats on the left and right to concentrate their firepower and blast towards the position where Yonggui regrouped his troops.

Perhaps it was Yonggui who hit the cannon—historically, he was supposed to be shot dead by the Ming Dynasty's former garrison army with red cannons when the Qing army broke through Qiantun next year.

Now, Zheng Chenggong has assembled more than 20 cannons to serve them intensively at one time, and the artillery has been calibrated for multiple rounds of firing before, and after another round of violent fire, the Qing army suddenly became chaotic.

Yonggui is going to the formation to repeat the Mercedes-Benz admonishment and arrange how to charge for a while.A bunch of shells flew over, but they didn't hit him directly, but one of them bounced off the ground, forming a ricochet, and hit his waist directly from bottom to top.

Yonggui screamed without pain, and went straight in with his left waist and out with his right liver. A big transparent hole was smashed into his torso, and his whole body was torn into two halves by the huge force.

"Master was killed by barbarians! Avenge master! Otherwise, the banner master prince will not let us go!"

The cavalry of the Qing army was terrified, but they had no way of retreating. After a short period of fear, they could only bite the bullet and charge up even more fiercely.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zheng Chenggong didn't know that the Qing army had been shot dead, so they could only fight steadily and continue to push back. They promised Li Junmen and Cao Junmen that they would take down the Bijiashan Wharf, and they would definitely do it, otherwise they would have to do it in the future. How to mess around in the rivers and lakes!
The Ming court may not have credit, but those who work with Shen Futai must have credit!

(End of this chapter)