The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 292 The Art of War

Standing on a high slope, Zhao Shichao raised his binoculars to carefully record the position of the enemy's cannon - there was a heavy cannon on the east side of the earth barrier, and the projectile was estimated to weigh [-] catties.There are two smaller doors on the west side, about four catties.

But no matter what size of guns they have, they can easily cover a distance of more than 200 steps and hit the shore.

Zhu Jiadi, who was in charge of connecting and reinforcing the boats, did not insist at all. As soon as the gunfire sounded, he ordered the soldiers to quickly withdraw from the range of the enemy's artillery fire.

It wasn't until nightfall that he led his men to drag away the smashed boats, and at the same time dozens of newly recruited boats were tied together with iron chains.

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"960 two, 960 three..." Fausto's adjutant carefully "counted" the number of Ming troops on the other side, and finally stopped when he counted to 970.

He transferred the binoculars to another officer beside him, "970, three less than Nunes counted."

"Almost." The latter quickly jotted down the numbers, "The main force at the front is 100 people, the cover force on the two wings is 920, plus the 970 people left in the battalion, the enemy troops concentrated on the opposite bank have a total of... er, about 4000 around people."

He then ran to find Forstall and reported the result to the lieutenant.He has to do similar work every four hours to determine the movements of the Ming army.

"Sir, the number is consistent with the number in the intelligence, they should all be here."

"Okay." Fausto nodded while looking at the contiguous fishing boats in the binoculars, and then said to the adjutant, "Continue to monitor.

"Oh, by the way, tell those gunners to fire slowly. The enemy hasn't boarded the ship yet, so don't waste shells on these broken wooden boards."

"Yes, sir!"

It seems that the assistant king is going to make up his mind to force his way out.The corner of Fausto's mouth curled into a smug smile, "Did you see that the artillery fire on my side is weak? Come on, I will give you a 'surprise' when your soldiers board the ship."

He had three twelve-pounders in his hand, two four-pounders and two six-pounders each, but he only fired three of them, one large, two small, to show weakness to the enemy.

If the Ming army boarded a large number of boats to force the crossing, all the cannons on his side would be fully fired and shoot fiercely at the boats in the center of the river, which would definitely cause heavy losses to the unsuspecting troops crossing the river.

"No, it's still not enough." As an experienced professional military officer, he knew that he must try his best to wipe out the enemy in the Pearl River in order to maximize his victory.

"Song, come with me." He greeted the interpreter standing not far away, walked towards Tong Yizhen's military tent, and said to himself, "The gunboats on the river should be ambushed near here, and when the enemy is crossing the river Time to suddenly rush out and shoot..."

"Let these Easterners learn the art of war." He smiled triumphantly again.

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Zhang Jiayu looked around for a look at the terrain, took out a map for comparison, and quickly determined where he was.

In two nights, he led the team to drive for more than 80 miles. At this time, he had reached the upper reaches of the Pearl River. In this era, it was almost the limit of night marching.

This is basically the location chosen by His Royal Highness the Coordinating King.

He looked up at the sky and saw the first dawn, so he ordered the messenger beside him: "Stop marching, let everyone rest. The hussars went five miles forward to guard."

"Yes!"

When the brigade camped in the woods four or five miles away from the Pearl River, Zhang Jiayu called together several officers, and first said to Chen Yi: "All right, today will be up to your engineering company."

"Don't worry, I just looked at the river, and the water flow is much slower than that of Futun River. The bridge will be built at Shenshi, and the army will be guaranteed to pass before dark."

"Okay." Zhang Jiayu nodded, and then told Chen Xiongfei, "The artillerymen should also dismantle the gun mounts in advance, and cross the river first before it gets dark."

"Half an hour is enough to finish the demolition." Chen Xiongfei smiled, "The last time the artillery moved at Futunxi was the slowest. After we got back, we figured out a good way to drag the cannon across the bridge. This time, we promise not to delay things .”

Several people discussed the security arrangements when building bridges and crossing the river, and what to do if they encounter enemy patrol ships, and then they also went to rest.

Before the sky was completely dark that day, a pontoon bridge nearly one mile long miraculously appeared on the surface of the Pearl River.The hunting company ran across the bridge first, and set up a simple defensive position on the opposite bank of the river.Then Chen Xiongfei personally led the people, put the gun barrel on several wooden boards with small wheels, and slowly dragged it across the bridge.

At the time of the ugliness, all [-] soldiers of the Dragon Guards had crossed the river.Zhang Jiayu counted the number of people on the west bank of the Pearl River correctly, and without delay, he immediately led the team to rush south.

But Chen Yi worked tirelessly, and ordered the engineers to dismantle all the pontoon bridges, in case Tong Yizhen's people found out the clues, and he was busy until dawn the next day before calling it a day.

Two days later, Zhang Jiayu's troops rushed to the north of Guangzhou for more than ten miles, but they scattered and ambush by the river, waiting for the news from the assistant king.

The next day, it was just dawn.Fausto was dreaming that his Majesty the King granted him the title of baron because of his meritorious service in helping Portugal acquire Macau.

The governor was holding a knighting ceremony for him, when a piercing shout suddenly pulled him out of his dream, "Enemy attack!"

"The enemy is crossing the river!"

"Go and inform the lieutenant!"

He got up quickly, lost all sleepiness, and rushed out of the military tent in a few steps, took the binoculars handed over by the adjutant at the side, and saw nearly a hundred boats of all sizes on the river coming towards him with full sails.In the dim light, it can be seen that the Ming army in dark green military uniforms is full of people on the boat, and there are dense wooden oars protruding from the side of the boat on both sides.

"What are you still doing?!" He yelled at the adjutant, "Fire, fire me!"

Then he quickly ran to the fortifications and shouted to the drowsy mercenaries: "Get up! Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Not long after, Tong Yizhen's men also discovered that the Ming army was crossing the river. Suddenly, the sound of military drums rang out, and the soldiers of the Cantonese army hurriedly held their bows and blunderbuss, and looked out of the mound.

The next moment, the three twelve-pound guns behind the earth barrier were the first to roar.One shell fell into the river, while the other two iron balls accurately hit the front sand ship.

Bento vaguely saw the soldiers on the ship fall into the river like sacks, whistled triumphantly, and commanded his men skillfully to clean the barrel and reload it.

Afterwards, the four-pound and six-pound guns also started firing. In an instant, several [-]-foot-high water columns arose on the surface of the river.

However, the Portuguese mercenaries on the west bank of the Pearl River began to line up in an orderly manner, lit the fuse, and two hundred Spanish heavy muskets protruded out of the shooting holes in the earth barrier.

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