Chapter 252: Landing on the Island and Attacking
Under the fierce blow of the Ming army's naval division, which suddenly arrived, the Qing army's naval division was quickly defeated. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Qing army's 10 Tong Keshen ships and 10 Korean Ma ships were all destroyed and sunk by the Ming army, and at least 50 or 60 of the other 80 small boats were sunk, and only 20 or 30 fled to the shore.
And the casualties of the Ming warships that attacked them were simply insignificant. In fact, only two small boats that had surrendered in Dongjiang Town were hit by the Qing ships that were approaching in a panic, and they were hit by the tail and slightly injured.
And those soldiers of the Qing Army's sailors who were struggling and crying in the sea, wailing and shouting for help, the Ming army did not rescue them at all, and watched them coldly drown in the sea after struggling at sea.
At this point, the Qing army's naval division was completely destroyed, and the entire one-kilometer-wide strait connecting mainland Korea and Ganghwa Island was completely blocked by the Ming army.
Li Xiao, the commander of the Ming army, who was dressed in stainless steel armor and wearing a bright red woven flower cloak, stood like a statue on the bow of the Shenglong, and was very satisfied when he saw the tragic situation of the complete destruction of the Qing army's naval division in front of him, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The ancient Roman poet Virgil once wrote: "There is nothing more pleasant than watching an enemy in the water struggle to die in the sea at sunset." Now, Li Xiao has the same impression in his heart.
At this time, in his heart, he was once again very glad that he was able to arrive at Ganghwa Island in time on the landing day of the Qing army today.
Being able to smoothly rush to the battlefield at this crucial point that determines the course of the war cannot but be said to be the favor of heaven.
Beside him, the deputy chief of the naval division, the Dutchman Joseph, also looked at the wreckage of the Qing army's naval division with a happy face, his mouth blowing a brisk whistle, and a pair of blue eyes full of excitement.
"Master Li, it seems that we came in time and did not miss the banquet time. In my opinion, the dessert and aperitif of this banquet tasted good. The corners of Joseph's mouth curved into a pleasant arc, and he said to Li Xiao, who was standing solemnly at the bow of the boat, with a smile.
Li Xiao smiled and nodded: "Yes, it tastes very good." However, now that the dessert before the meal has been eaten, the next step is for our army to start eating the main meal. ”
Immediately, Li Xiao ordered that the general soldiers of Chifeng Battalion A and B immediately land on Jianghua Island, put up a long gun and shield battle array, and directly approached the Qing army that was attacking the city of Jianghua Island.
When the spearmen and shieldmen came ashore, 600 Xuanhu heavy cavalry, 600 flying harriers, 600 rampaging heavy infantry, and the newly formed 900 Manchurian cavalry sentinels also landed.
After a large number of Ming cavalry went ashore, they quickly slashed and killed more than 100 Qing army auxiliaries who stayed on the coast and guarded the baggage, and after capturing a large number of Qing army baggage, they immediately divided into left and right wings to protect both sides of the infantry, and pressed towards the Qing army besieging the city together.
At present, only the 1,000 auxiliaries on the ship are still on standby, and the rest of the infantry cavalry has been dispatched.
"Withdraw, withdraw quickly, the Ming army that entered the dog is attacking!"
After seeing the black Ming soldiers on the coast, they began to attack in their own direction ashore, and the miserable Abatai urgently called the gold and asked all the siege troops to retreat to resist the attack launched by the Ming army from behind. At the same time, he ordered a large number of Bakash soldiers to rush around the south, north, and east walls, and shouted loudly to make the Qing army that had attacked the city retreat.
Hearing Mingjin's voice coming from the rear of the square, the Qing army at the head of the city couldn't believe their ears.
What's going on?
Seeing that Jianghua Island City was about to be captured immediately, and seeing that the treasures and women in this city would belong to him, why would a large number of Ming troops suddenly attack in the rear formation?
This, how is this possible?!
Seeing that the Qing army was about to break the city, everyone was suddenly full of resentment, but they were helpless, and they cursed and climbed back along the siege ladder.
Seeing that the Qing army had retreated, the Korean defenders, who had been suffering heavy casualties at the head of the city and were on the verge of collapse, suddenly relieved. However, they were frightened by the Qing army, but they did not dare to take the opportunity to chase and kill the retreating Qing army, but stood in place one by one with staring eyes and panting, watching the Qing army retreat from the city.
Li Renzhan, a general who was already injured in many parts of his hand, back, and legs, was still fighting desperately when he saw that the Qing army suddenly retreated to the city like a flood ebbing, and he was immediately shocked.
Through the heavy rain curtain, he could vaguely see the vague figures of dozens of large ships outside the coastline of Ganghwa Island at the end of his eyes, and he could vaguely see that there was an army that was lining up in a neat battle formation, pressing towards the Qing army under the city.
In Li Renzhan's originally dull and depressed eyes, a spark of hope suddenly began to beat violently.
Reinforcements are coming!
Reinforcements are finally here!
The reinforcements that have been called for for a long time and have been thinking about it day and night have finally arrived smoothly when Ganghwa Island City is about to fall into the hands of the enemy!
"Bring the clairvoyant mirror!"
Li Renzhan yelled loudly at the guards who were also stunned on the side.
The guard next to him hurriedly handed him a bronze clairvoyant mirror, and Li Renzhan snatched it, stretched his neck to look at the neatly coming army, and looked carefully.
"Haha, it's the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty! Ben will know that a heavenly kingdom like the Ming Dynasty will never give up the state! ”
Seeing clearly the many bright sun and moon flags fluttering in the rain in this army, Li Renzhan's joy in his heart was incomprehensible.
"General, the Great Tomorrow soldiers have arrived, can our army cooperate with them, fight out of the city, cooperate with them inside and outside, and flank the capture together?" One of the guards asked.
Li Renzhan groaned slightly, then shook his head; "No, our army has been fighting until this point, and the strength of the soldiers has been exhausted, and if we want to go out of the city to fight the Qing army again, it will only be difficult to hold on. It is still important to hold on to Ganghwa Island City. ”
Li Renzhan paused, wiped the rain on his face, and said with a laugh: "Judging from this general, the Ming army that came here is extremely imposing, and the battle formation is rigorous, and it should be an elite division." I'll be in the city, and I'll watch the great soldiers of the Celestial Empire destroy these hateful Tartars. ”
About 100 steps away from the eastern city wall of Jianghua Island City, the Qing army had already urgently set up a formation. The Ming army, which maintained a strict formation and kept advancing, finally arrived at a place only about 200 steps away from the Qing army after more than two quarters of an hour's march.
When he saw this ironclad and bright Ming army from a distance, like a neat machine, he was keenly aware of a hint of danger.
He quickly thought in his heart that this Ming army, which was full of murderous and coercive power, should be a rare elite in the Ming army. It's just that the elite of the Ming army is limited, and there are only a few of them that can leave a deep impression on Abatai's heart, so whose troops will the Ming army come this time?
When the Ming army on the opposite side approached, Abatai, who was carefully observing through the clairvoyant mirror, saw the fierce tiger roaring Japanese flag that he had seen in Jintang City, as well as the Li Ziqi with many big faces, he finally knew which Ming army came to rescue this Jianghua Island City.
Fuck, Li Xiao, who is a dog, will be with you, what a fucking enemy has a narrow road!
Abatai, who put down the clairvoyant mirror, gritted his teeth loudly, and immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle and fight to the death with the Ming army coming from the opposite side.
Abatai quickly assessed the strength of both sides.
Now the 9,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Abatai, after this siege battle, about 300 Qing troops were killed and wounded, which can be said to be a big problem. However, because this time the sea was mainly for siege operations, there were fewer cavalry in the Qing army, but more than 600 people, of which half were Manchurian cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, and the rest were more than 8,000 people, all of whom were infantry.
And the Ming army on the opposite side, as they marched, Abatai saw that the infantry of the Ming army, about 3,000 shield soldiers, more than 6,000 spearmen, wearing heavy three-layer armor, the whole body was wrapped in the armor, only two eyes were exposed, and there were 600 heavy infantry like mecha beasts.
The cavalry of the Ming army was about 600 heavy cavalry with heavy armor, 600 light cavalry wearing cotton armor, and about 900 cavalry wearing pure white Manchurian armor.
The appearance of this Manchurian cavalryman, who was wearing white flag armor, was like a sharp knife, which deeply pierced Abatai's heart.
He suddenly thought that this must be the Manchurian soldiers and horses of the Zhengbai Banner Department who followed Ilgen Jueluoa Mountain and went to Jinzhou that day, but he didn't expect that they who originally thought they had all died in battle, but they hadn't seen each other for nearly two years, and these elites of the Qing Dynasty had taken refuge in Li Xiao to fight for this lowly and cunning Han dog.
Abatai immediately remembered that on the bank of the Tangquan River on Xuanfu North Road that day, he watched Li Xiaojun shoot earth-shattering thunder at the head of Jintang City, killing more than 1,000 of his own soldiers.
Also, Li Xiao, a thief, later pretended to be a Qing army, captured Fangshan County, shot the commander of the Qing army, Yangguli, and used deception to capture and eliminate thousands of elites of the Zhenghuang Banner, and owed a lot of blood to the Qing Dynasty.
This Li Xiao, his hands can be said to be stained with the blood of Qing Dynasty soldiers, and this person's official title was obtained with the heads of loyal and brave Qing Dynasty soldiers!
"Li Xiao, who entered the dog, was going to cut off your head to use it as a urinal, so as to relieve my hatred!"
In his heart, Abatai used up all the filthy dirty words and scolded Li Xiao bloody.
In the vast rain, the Ming and Qing dynasties slowly moved their battle formations, and finally reached a distance of only more than 80 steps from each other, and stood still.
In such a torrential rain, the firearms and bows and arrows were all invalid, Abatai did not have to bear the firearms of the Ming army, and Li Xiao did not have to worry about the Qing army being able to shoot arrows, so the two sides could travel to such a close distance from each other.
A general of the Ming army, with a typical face of a Manchu, rode a white horse, slowly rode to the front of the Ming army, and then shouted loudly to the Qing army in Manchu.
"Who is the commander of the army, who is it, come out quickly and answer."
Seeing this man shaking his head and shouting on his horse, Abatai's eyes were full of anger.
, isn't this guy the Karamu of Yanguli's men!
Unexpectedly, this person, as a close subordinate of Yanguli, did not die in the battle, but he had betrayed his benefactor and surrendered to the enemy for glory, and his real sin was unforgivable!
Abatai's anger rose from his heart, and he quickly rode his horse to the front of the phalanx, and pointed his horsewhip at Karamu in the distance, and scolded sharply: "Karamu! You betrayed the Qing Dynasty, a traitor seeking glory, and you still have the face to shout in front of the battle. If it weren't for the heavy rain in the world, the bow and arrow would not be used, and Ben Shuai would definitely shoot you to death with an arrow! ”
Hearing Abatai's thunderstorm drinking, Karamu was taken aback, and his face suddenly burned inexplicably. After seeing clearly that the commander of the Qing army on the opposite side was Abatai, he coughed lightly twice, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said: "Oh, it turns out that the commander of the army is Rao Yu Beyler, I'm Karamu, but I haven't recognized it at a glance." ”
Before Abatai could reply, Nakaramu's face changed, and he suddenly shouted loudly: "Abatai! Listen, now that your sailor has been destroyed, you have become a turtle in an urn. Our Tiger Army has a large number of troops and a strong fighting force, but it is easy to destroy them. I will advise you to recognize the situation as soon as possible, surrender to the Ming Dynasty, my family Li Dudu, and still spare a dog's life. If you don't obey and resist the heavenly soldiers, you will definitely be killed on the spot, and you will be cut by a thousand knives! ”
Hearing Karamu's words, Abatai was almost angry, and his beard trembled, and he yelled loudly: "Karamu, you shameless dog minion, Hugh is here to make a lot of nonsense!" If you want to persuade the general, it's really a dream! Today, I, Abatai, will fight with you dogs to avenge the Qing soldiers who died that day! ”
Abatai brushed the ground and waved his knife, pointed forward with the tip of the knife, and shouted loudly: "The warriors of the Qing Dynasty, all listen well, but anyone who can kill the Ming army will be rewarded, and those who kill their generals will be rewarded with a future, if they can kill Li Xiao, they will be crowned princes!" ”
"Kill!"
"Rush!"
Listening to the words of the commander-in-chief, the Qing army suddenly felt like a chicken's blood, and 8,000 infantrymen, each brandishing their swords, shouted loudly, and rushed towards the gun and shield battle formation of the Tiger Army lined up in a straight battle formation on the opposite side.
At this time, Karamu had already retreated to his own position, and Li Xiao, who was in the back, quickly played the flag and beat the war drums, so that the Ming army also hedged over.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
In this purely cold-weapon battle, in addition to armor and weapons and equipment, hidden factors such as courage, determination, training, and cooperation on both sides are the fundamental factors that determine the victory of the battle.
In these aspects, Li Xiao has sufficient self-confidence that the soldiers, armor and weapons on his side are far more elite than the Qing army on the other side, and after many battles with the Qing army and victory, psychological factors such as confidence and courage are significantly higher than those of the Qing army.
Come, Abatai, open your dog's eyes and see that the Han army, even in pure cold weapon warfare, will completely defeat you, so that you can have a good experience of the pride and strength of the Han people!
From the perspective of the world, under the rain curtain and the gentle green grass, two black straight lines of almost equal length slammed into each other with a muffled bang.
The two sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties quickly strangled into a ball.
The shield soldiers of the Tiger Army, who were in a straight row, with no head or tail in sight, collided fiercely with the Qing infantry who were rushing straight ahead.
Dozens of Qing infantry couldn't dodge, and they were immediately pierced by the two rows of stainless steel spikes on the big shield, and quickly lost their breath. The Qing soldiers who died on their shields were like frogs strung together.
"Bang!"
A row of shieldmen in the center struck a blow and immediately tied their shields to the ground, forming a large line of shield defense. At the same time, a long row of spearmen behind immediately stabbed the three-edged steel 4-meter spear that had long been full of hatred and strength in their hands with all their strength and fiercely stabbed the Qing infantry who couldn't hold their feet. Almost instantly, the 4-meter spears that pierced with all their might, like poisonous dragons flying over, flew out from above the shield with a cruel smile, and in an instant, more than 20 Qing soldiers who could not dodge, or on their faces, necks, or chests, immediately gushed out blood and fell to the ground with a wail.
Heavy rain, the sea and the sky, on this gentle slope of this small island, human beings fully demonstrate the cruelty and cruelty of their kind. The two sides fought desperately, the sound of swords slashing, the sound of guns and shields clashing, the dull popping sound of spears shooting into the human body, and the screams of the dead and wounded soldiers, stretched and intertwined, like the laughter of death. (To be continued.) )