Chapter 895: Coastal Raid Breaking Shi Lang
Zheng Chenggong agreed, and then took Li Dingguo and others to take over the military camp grain depot on the island, and prepared to go to Jinxia with Li Dingguo to persuade Shi Lang and his 150,000 soldiers and horses to surrender after completing a series of handovers.
What Zheng Chenggong and others never expected was that when they were still handing over the barracks and facilities, the soldiers and horses of the seven towns of the Tang Army went all the way south from Zhejiang, and after taking over Fuzhou and learning about the movements of the Zheng army, the mayor of the town, Cao Bianjiaofu, immediately ordered that the soldiers of the whole army should resign from their hard work and immediately go south again and rush to Jinxia urgently.
Coincidentally, just when Li Dingguo and others went ashore and landed in Penghu, Cao Bianjiao's seventh town also came to the Changtai area on the periphery of Jinxia.
"Mayor Cao, look, there is the Jinxia Coast in front of you."
In the early morning sunshine, a personal soldier next to him pointed to the foggy coast in the distance with a happy face, and said loudly to Cao Bianjiao.
Cao Bianjiao sat proudly on the horse, he was dressed in bright armor, and hummed casually, which was a response, he held the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and looked at it intently for a long time before slowly putting it down, and the relief on his face was overflowing.
"Pass on my order, the whole army will go straight to the coast of Jinxia, completely block the Zheng army's soldiers and horses that have not had time to withdraw, and strive to catch them off guard!" Cao Bianjiao did not hesitate to give the order.
"Order!"
Just when the Tang army was marching rapidly towards the Jinxia coast, Shi Lang, the general of the Zheng army, who commanded more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, was running all the way to the coast, and his face was full of ambition and joy.
Well, these Zheng soldiers and horses from all over Fujian have finally been assembled, and they will always go to Jinxia at this moment, and then they can go to Penghu together.
Only the 50,000 soldiers and horses of their own family went ashore in Penghu, and their tasks were completely completed, and they could give Zhennanhou a satisfactory explanation.
Thinking of this, Shi Lang shouted and ordered: "All listen to the order, immediately rush to the coast, board the ship to Jinxia there, after arriving at Jinxia, Zhennanhou will arrange a boat for us to go to Penghu there, don't act too slowly, strive to arrive at Jinxia early, and then have breakfast." “
"Order!"
The generals under his command loudly agreed, and immediately began to dispatch troops, and the whole army began to move quickly, rushing to the sea together.
On the coast of Jinxia, I saw a large number of Zheng troops rushing to the seashore, and all the Zheng army ships that were still docked at Haiyan lined up along the shore, lowered their gangways one after another, and waited for Zheng Jun to board the ship from the shore.
On the beach of the entire Changtai port, people shouted and neighed, and there was a lot of noise, and Zheng Jun, who had just come to the shore, was full of curiosity and excitement, and there was a chaotic scene.
The actions of these 50,000 Zheng troops on the coast at this time were quickly detected by the Tang army's sentry cavalry, and they were immediately reported to Cao Bianjiao, the main general of the Tang army.
"Good!" Cao Bianjiao looked excited: "I didn't expect that our military came and caught a big fish with such good luck!" Listen to our military orders, the whole army detachment assault, and we will definitely destroy these 50,000 Zheng troops in one fell swoop! ”
"Order!"
No one noticed that from the north and south sides of the entire Changtai coast, two groups of about 2,000 Tang cavalry had appeared faintly on the horizon like magic, and were roaring towards each other.
Directly west of Taiping Harbor, a large number of Tang Army infantry was marching on foot, heading straight for Changtai Beach in the east.
That is to say, at the current Taiping Port, there are soldiers and horses from the seventh town of the Tang Army in the west, south, and north of the Tang Army, ready to give a fierce blow to Shi Lang's department, who had just arrived and was completely defenseless and busy boarding the ship, to catch them off guard.
The Tang army quickly approached, and the Zheng army, who was quietly surrounded in it, finally reacted.
At this time, all the Zheng Jun on the coast suddenly heard in their ears the chirping of a faint swarm of bees, mixed with a sharp and piercing sound in the dullness. It made him suddenly feel that the beach under his feet began to tremble slightly.
Shi Lang had been in battle for a long time, and he was suddenly shocked by this situation, and he subconsciously stopped. He knew in his heart that when such a situation appeared, there must be a huge change.
"Ahh Oh no! Cavalry is coming! ”
On the wide beach, a large number of Zheng soldiers screamed at the north and south ends.
Shi Lang turned his head to look, and a terrifying scene appeared in front of him in an instant.
He was horrified to see from the north and south ends of the city, as if by magic, large clusters of black clouds poured out. These surging black clouds turned into a distorting mass of cavalry almost instantly, and the combined number of cavalry of the two Tang armies was nearly four thousand, and they roared all the way, rushing towards the defenseless Zheng army on the beach.
When he saw this terrible situation from the clairvoyant mirror, and saw the flying Tang character military flags clearly, Shi Lang only felt that his breathing suddenly began to become difficult.
"The whole army obeys the order, quickly organizes defense on the spot, and must block the Tang Army's attack!" Shi Lang shouted hoarsely.
With horses' hooves rumbling, guns pointing at swords, and flags flying, these two assault Tang cavalry were like two black whirlwinds that suddenly appeared, and they were rushing to the beach to organize a defense on the spot, but there were like headless ants in a mess, rushing to kill them.
The two Tang cavalry, with the acceleration of the horses, quickly and skillfully turned into the usual wedge-shaped assault array, the Xuanhu heavy cavalry at the tip of the formation, these horses and horses are heavily armored, weighing more than 500 kilograms of steel monsters, are accelerating to the extreme of the terrible momentum, towards the Zheng army soldiers and horses that are in chaos, rambling.
Such transients have only happened in a very short period of time.
As if in the blink of an eye, a total of more than a thousand Xuanhu heavy horsemen at the tips of the two wedges, like steel tanks, mercilessly rushed in from both sides, and they were in the chaotic Zheng army's array.
Heavily armoured, the Xuanhu Heavy Rider, weighing as much as half a ton, was like a terrifying steel beast, rushing into the unsuspecting Zheng army with a fierce and high-speed attitude, and its impact reached an almost terrifying level.
Countless soldiers of the Zheng army were shocked by the iron horse and flew all over the sky like pieces of paper, and after crossing a long or short arc in the air, they fell to the ground with a snap, either dead or disabled.
And more Zheng Jun was knocked to the ground by this iron-armored heavy horseman, and then his head or stomach was trampled alive by the thick iron hooves that came one after another, and a terrible popping sound sounded on the ground.
The incomparable Tang Army's Xuanhu Heavy Cavalry, in the screams of the Zheng Army, from the chaotic Zheng Army's array, with violence and death, ploughed out a bloody road with blurred flesh and blood, covered with broken limbs and wreckage.
The Tang cavalry succeeded in one blow, and the Tang infantry attacking from the west, after being unwilling, accelerated the speed of the attack.
If you look down from the sky, you can clearly see that the infantry line of the Tang army, like a long thick black line, like a wriggling worm, is rapidly advancing towards the Tang army.
Seeing the Tang army rushing towards the sky, Shi Lang, who was already frightened by the impact of the Tang cavalry, was full of fear, and he roared hoarsely to make the whole army take precautions, but in such a chaotic season, his words were quickly swallowed up by a cacophony.
Soon, as the Tang infantry approached, as if by magic, above each of the large shields of the covered iron, next to each of the spearmen who were ready to attack, another musketeer with a flint and a rifle-haired muskete appeared.
They quickly prepared, and the black hole spearmen in everyone's hands immediately aimed at the Zheng army who was running in chaos on the opposite side.
The order flag in the hands of Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the Tang Army, waved down violently.
"Ready, fire!"
With the angry shout of the commander of the Tang army, 3,000 guns fired in unison, and a total of more than 2,500 shots were fired.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
Rows of bright red embers flew together, like a long bright red ribbon, as beautiful as hellfire, with a unique beauty like a death ritual. A large cloud of choking white gunpowder smoke poured up, and more than 2,500 tiny three-coin heavy mini bullets, like a swarm of death bees flying away together, let out a slight and cheerful chirp, and swooped down on the opposite Zheng Jun.
The flintlock rifle used by the Tang army has a maximum accurate range of 150 paces, compared to the current distance of 200 steps, of course, the accuracy is impossible, but in the case of such a dense charge of the Zheng army, as long as it is within the maximum range, even if there is no accurate intensive shooting, it can still create a terrible killing effect.
The roaring death bee swarm, chirping and smiling, quickly burrowed into the body of Zheng Jun on the opposite side.
The three-penny fine millet bullet drilled into the human body, broke bones, tore muscles, and the surging warhead churned the internal organs into a pulp, forming a terrible cavity effect, plus the almost incurable lead poisoning in this era, and the middle was killed instantly.
Zheng Jun in the front row, many people immediately bloomed like a trick, and the people who were hit fell on their backs as if they had been slammed with a heavy hammer.
The impact of this Mini bullet was so great that Zheng Jun, who happened to block the Mini bullet with a card in his hand, could not resist this huge impact, and they staggered backwards and fell. It's just that as soon as they fell, they were immediately trampled to death and injured by the Zheng soldiers who were scurrying around behind, and the scene was a mess.
The first round of shooting, although it was completely impossible to aim, also caused at least 700 Zheng soldiers to be killed and injured on the spot, making Zheng Jun's formation suddenly appear chaotic.
When the Zheng army's formation was scattered and the speed was slightly sluggish, the second round of fire salvos began again.
"Bang bang bang! ……”
The gunfire was loud, the embers were flying, and more than 2,500 guns were fired, and more than 2,500 Mini bullets roared out, causing more than 800 casualties among the Zheng army's soldiers as they got closer and closer.
The Zheng army's formation suddenly became more and more chaotic, and the speed of the impact became more and more reduced, and the original fanatical and bloodthirsty expressions on the faces of those Zheng army soldiers who rushed to the front began to fade, and many people showed extremely frightened expressions, because they didn't know when such bad luck would befall them.
Shi Lang, who was monitoring behind the battle, saw that his own soldiers were in the dense concentration of fire of the Tang army, and before they could reach the range, chaos and vacillation began, and the speed and strength of the impact were greatly reduced, and he couldn't help but be angry and full of sorrow.
Damn, damn it, how can this battle be fought!
"Withdraw! Evacuate! All withdrawn to the ship! Don't get entangled with the Tang Army anymore! Shi Lang's eyes were blood-red, and he roared with his sword.
With that, he took the lead in pulling his steps, striding backwards, and striding in the direction of the gangway.
The main general can try his best to escape under the protection of the guards, but the remaining 40,000-strong Zheng army infantry wants to escape, but it is not so easy.
Under the onslaught of the frontal Tang infantry and the fierce flanking of the Tang cavalry on both sides, they quickly all collapsed.
The retreat, which was barely a bit orderly, instantly turned into a goalless escape. They abandoned their weapons and fled loudly in the direction of the gangway, wailing. What's more, he took off his armor while running, in order to be able to die as much as possible in this escape competition, so that he could escape.
Seeing that Zheng Jun was like a retracting tide, and retreated back to the ship in a turbulent manner, the sailors and soldiers on the ship were also in a hurry, and there was chaos.
They were horrified to see that just as these Zheng troops were desperately fleeing, the Tang army behind them had already been killed, and a large number of Tang army spearmen, like tigers out of the mountains, were desperately pursuing the retreating Zheng army.
A sharp spear stabbed at Zheng Jun, who was retreating desperately, and one after another Zheng Jun, who had fled, fell to the ground and died.
"Quick! Remove the portholes! Don't let the Tang army attack the ship! Shi Lang, who had fled to the ship, stomped his feet and yelled at the stunned sailors.
The sailors were suddenly awakened from their confusion by his roar, and they hurriedly cut off the gangway, or simply threw the entire gangway into the sea, and the surging Zheng soldiers on the gangway fell into the sea screaming like a mass of scattered ants.
Immediately, a large number of sharks came smelling blood, and the soldiers of Zheng who fell from the sea were writhing and biting, and the entire sea was covered with terrible red blood waves, which made people palpitate.
Less than 5,000 Zheng soldiers and horses fled to the gunwales in a hurry, and escaped back to the ship with great luck.
When the Zheng Jun's ships hurriedly lifted anchor and fled, the entire blood-soaked beach resounded with the thunderous cheers of the Tang army.
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
At this point, this light-hearted, almost one-sided slaughter-style battle finally came to an end.
A total of more than 5,000 Zheng soldiers were killed on the spot by the Tang army in a way that was almost powerless, and the entire white shipwreck was full of blood and bones, which was very terrifying.
And after getting rid of the more than 5,000 people who ran away, there were nearly 40,000 Zheng soldiers, all of whom knelt on the ground and raised their hands, obediently becoming prisoners.
Tang Jun's triumphant song was played, full of jubilation, and the cheers went straight to the clouds, so that Shi Lang and others, who were taking a boat away from the coast, could smell such cheers, and the pain and sourness in their hearts were even more difficult to describe in words.
Fuck it! What kind of bird war is this!
It was completely beyond his imagination that this sudden battle would be so completely defeated.
Unexpectedly, the Tang army arrived so quickly and launched a surprise attack so quickly during this time when they were preparing to board the ship for Jinxia and the defense was the weakest, which can be said to have completely caught them off guard.
Shi Lang thought sadly, perhaps, with the Tang Army so well prepared and so cleverly concealed, the fate of himself and the 50,000 soldiers and horses was doomed from the beginning.