Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 395 Challenge
Ten large ships, nine of which have 230 cannons each of 200 tons, and [-] cannons on the flagship of [-] tons, a total of [-] cannons, and a salvo is more than [-] shells.

This cannon is not an ordinary cannonball. It is the most famous red-clothed cannon in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the red-clothed cannon is an imitation of the British naval guns in the Ming Dynasty. Someone picked it up and sold it to Daming.

More than 200 red-clothed cannons fired at the same time, not to mention the damage, the momentum alone was scary enough, only one cannon fired at a time, puffs of white smoke rose from the sea, and the battleship was pushed slightly by the reaction force. step back.

Then there was a loud noise, and the ground was really shaking.

More than 200 shells came, and the Qing cavalry marched in a tight formation. If such a large target was not hit by a single shell, it would be a miracle. Of course, the miracle did not happen. Three full shells hit them. Like thirty iron plows, plowed out thirty bloody furrows, killing or injuring no less than a hundred people.

This scene shocked Li Wuliu, who thought he was used to artillery battles.

Li Wuliu was shocked, not to mention those people riding horses.

Not to mention the people who ride horses, even the war horses they sit on are dumbfounded.

These horses may have seen cannons, but they have never seen ships. Looking at these house-like things, they suddenly spewed out puffs of white smoke, and then there was a loud noise. What kind of monsters are the horses? Dozens of war horses were frightened and threw their masters down, then neighed endlessly, despite the masters scolding and beating, they refused to move forward.

Those Qing soldiers whose war horses were not startled were actually not much better, and their masters were also terrified. What kind of thing is this? Why are there so many big cannons, and the momentum is still so scary. It sounds like a cannon in red.

The point is that the loss is too heavy, how many miles away from the opponent, this directly killed 100 people, how many people can survive if they rush over?
So after the shelling, the cavalry of the Qing army stopped at the same time after only advancing a few feet under the action of inertia. The officer hesitated for a moment, turned his horse's head and escaped from the area.

Seeing the Qing army fleeing in front of him, Li Wuliu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It was too thrilling. If the naval guns didn't scare the Qing army away, the consequences would be disastrous.

At this time, I didn't care about forming a formation, so I took a rest immediately, and assigned people to set up camp immediately.

This is a fishing village. I don’t know how many years the creation has accumulated sand, stones and shell debris. On the hill, there are a few small houses. There are a few broken fishing nets hanging in front of and behind the houses. People have long since disappeared. I am afraid it is the Qing army. As soon as they arrived, they hid in Haizhou City.

Li Wuliu immediately sent people into the village, and set up barriers at all entrances and exits of the village. The tables, chairs and benches in the fishermen's homes, and even abandoned broken boats became useful props.

Only then did Li Wuliu realize that the sea boat that had just helped them broke down outside the fishing village before leaving.

Lianyungang is the best natural harbor in northern Jiangsu in later generations. It is backed by Yunshan Mountain and faces Liandao. There are many islands in the open sea that can shelter the wind and waves.

It is enough to prove how superior the geographical conditions here are. Although the Ming Dynasty did not use this place as a seaport, it is simply too suitable for ships to shelter from the wind.

To tell the truth, these sailors were already very tired. They galloped thousands of miles in two days and one night. They didn't dare to do this kind of thing before. This time it was a military operation, so they didn't hesitate to take risks and advance at full speed at night.

But this also confirms a legend. There are records in the Tang Dynasty that it takes three days to sail from Mingzhou (Ningbo) to Japan. Nagasaki in Japan is actually two to three thousand miles away from the Yangtze River Estuary. If it is suitable and dare to risk their lives, their three-masted ship can actually do it.

However, whether it is the Zheng family or the Dutch, it usually takes about ten days to go to Japan every year. The wind direction and sea conditions are suitable. Said, the key is to hurt the ship, and the ship is the only support for the sailors at sea, no one dares to joke about this kind of thing.

After the sailor broke down, Li Wuliu had already brought someone over, so he thanked him.

The ship on the flagship told Li Wuliu to rest assured that if the Tartars dared to come, their naval guns would not be polite.

Li Wuliu is not hypocritical, these sailors are actually soldiers of the water battalion, and you are considered Brother Paoze.

At this time, in the Qing army camp, the generals looked at each other, a little at a loss.

They came to fight Haizhou only for the purpose of mobilizing Yang Chao. If Yang Chao dares to go north regardless of everything, then naturally Prince Yu Duoduo will compete with him in Huai'an. If Yang Chao is unmoved, then they will capture Haizhou .

The news from Huai'an was to tell them to stay calm, Yang Chao showed signs of taking the bait, so let them wait a little longer.

Therefore, the Qing army has only been harassing in the past few days, and has not really attacked Haizhou City, or even completely surrounded Haizhou, and only camped on Qu Mountain in the south of Haizhou.

With Turge camping on the flat ground and being attacked by Yang Chaoshui, the Qing army was more careful this time, and Zhunta made up his mind to camp on the mountain, and he would not go down the mountain even if he was killed.

Their camp was still set up near the former Turg camp. At this time, it was a temple of heroes, dedicated to the heroes and martyrs who died in the battle of Yang Chao.

The generals of the Qing army were still interested in visiting the Temple of Heroes and Martyrs. They did not destroy the iron armor stained with the blood of their compatriots in the Temple of Heroes and Martyrs. Yang Chao took a good look.

With this kind of relaxed attitude, the Qing army of Zhunta not only did not attack Haizhou by force, but even the soldiers who escaped from Haizhou did not stop them. Yang Chao, passed on to the small court in Nanjing.

Their purpose was to force the Ming army to rescue them, and it turned out that the Ming army did come to rescue them, but what they didn't expect was that the Ming army would come to rescue them from the sea, which caught them off guard.

In particular, the news that came out was that there were many cannons on the Ming military ships, and the red cannons on those ships were as many as those on the Liaodong city, killing more than 100 of them at once.

This unknown way of fighting made Zhunta have to be careful.

Although he commanded the Qing army in Shandong, his military strength is not strong. The real Eight Banners are only 4000 at best, of which 400 are Han Eight Banners, six hundred Mongolian Eight Banners, and only [-] Man Eight Banners.

The rest were surrendered soldiers brought from Shandong. The Manchus called them Green Battalion soldiers, totaling [-].

Although Zhunta claims to command [-] troops, he knows in his heart that only [-] can really fight.

It was these 100 elites who were bombarded today, and only these people were cavalry, so after discovering that there was a change in the sea, they were able to rush there at the first time, but they did not expect to be killed more than [-] people.

Zhunta is a soldier who can't afford to die.

So he gave up the rash attack. On the second day, Zhunta took people to investigate in person. From five miles away, he observed with a telescope, and saw the large ships with their muzzles still open, revealing black holes one by one.

And the reinforcements of the Ming army were in the fishing village only fifty feet away from the sea ship. Obviously, attacking these people would definitely risk the bombardment of gunboats, and those gunboats were said to be famous red-clothed cannons.

"Find a Han soldier to send a letter of war, saying that we are going to fight them in the field!"

Zhunta ordered the guards around him to send orders to find a green battalion soldier to send a letter to the Ming army. Although the Han Eight Banners could also speak Chinese, Zhunta was reluctant to let the Eight Banners take this risk. Citizens, but after entering the customs, the Manchus feel that compared with the surrendered Ming army, these people can be regarded as half of their own people.

"Eh, how could the Ming army agree!"

Zhunta's subordinates shook their heads and sighed, feeling that it was meaningless for Zhunta to do this.

Zhunta smiled and said, "I know the Ming army will not agree."

The subordinates were puzzled and said: "Then I really have to send someone there!"

Zhunta said: "The Ming army didn't agree, we just announced that the soldiers in the province were frightened by Yang Chao's name."

The subordinate said again: "What if the other party kills the envoy?"

Zhunta said: "That's even better, if you stimulate the green battalion soldiers, maybe this group of idiots who can only eat can also contribute!"

Li Wuliu is in the camp.

"Fight with Lao Tzu!"

Li Wuliu looked at the Green Battalion soldiers who came to challenge him, it was just too much for him.

After a night of recuperation and being down-to-earth, although his body has not yet fully recovered to his best condition, there is no problem with the formation of his soldiers. Li Wuliu has absolute confidence in his iron formation.

So he agreed immediately: "Go back and tell the chieftain that at noon today, I will fight with him under the city of Haizhou. Let him wash his neck and wait!"

The Green Battalion soldier obediently and hastily agreed. He thought he had received a mission to escape death. Who made him unlucky and got the lottery? Unexpectedly, this stupid Ming army agreed. He really thought that he could win the Eight Banners in a field battle.

The Jurchens are less than ten thousand and invincible. This prestige is established by the heads of millions of Ming soldiers.

The Green Battalion soldiers were full of confidence in the group of Eight Banners masters. Although Yang Chao was famous, they all won by surprise, and they had never defeated the Eight Banners soldiers in field battles.

After the Green Battalion returned to Zhunta, Zhunta did not expect that victory would not come so easily, but he would not miss the opportunity. Let's just assume that the Ming army fainted, or that the battle of Yangzhou made the Ming army crazy. Unwilling to let go of the hard-won night battle opportunity.

Soon Zhunta sent an order to the whole army to bury the pot and make food, and a decisive battle at noon.

To be honest, at this time Zhunta was really worried about whether the Ming army had lied to him and would fight at all. As for the battle itself, he was not worried, because no one in the Qing army would think that he would lose in a field battle.

On Li Wuliu's side, he delivered the order almost at the same time, and also seized the time to eat, and let the soldiers only eat six percent full, and then seized the time to rest.

After both sides had rested, they finally walked towards the battlefield at the same time at noon when the sun was shining brightly.

(End of this chapter)