Chapter 720: The Attack and Defense of Gandor Harbor (I)
Gantoli Harbor, the usually busy port has already been empty, the entire port except for a few ships that have not had time to escape, the other ships have all fled to the port, the bold ship is a few miles away to watch, the timid have long run away, because just yesterday, the army of the Buddha Kingdom finally arrived from the sea.
However, the army of the Buddha Death Kingdom did not rush to attack, but sent envoys to meet Dong Qing and others, asking them to hand over the port, and to offer ten ships of goods to the Buddha Death Kingdom to plead guilty, and hand over the person who was in charge of attacking the port in the first place, so that the Buddha Death Kingdom could let others live.
Dong Qing didn't even look at the ultimatum issued by the Buddha Death Kingdom, and directly let the army prepare to meet the enemy, but he didn't plan to fight a naval battle with the Buddha Death, although the Buddha Death person's ship was small, but the Buddha Death people relied on the sea to eat the sea, and they were very proficient in naval warfare, plus Dong Qing They were blocked to the port, and the water area was very narrow, which was not conducive to their big ship operations, so it was better to lure the enemy to land, and they would give the other party a head-on blow.
Time passed minute by minute, the Buddha on the sea finally consumed patience, with the order of the main general, hundreds of small boats went together, the Buddha deceased people's warship is long and narrow, the ship can generally only carry a dozen natives, but it is very flexible, if it is surrounded by these natives on the sea, it is difficult for ordinary merchant ships to get rid of them.
However, Dong Qing didn't wait for this time, Zhou Liang's men were originally veterans who had retired from the army, and they took advantage of this time to create some defensive weapons, the most of which was trebuchet, this thing has a simple structure, and the wood used can be seen everywhere, the disadvantage is that it is too bulky and has a limited range, but it is enough to deal with these natives.
"Put!" With Zhou Liang's order, dozens of trebuchets were thrown together, and the trebuchet could not only throw one projectile, in fact, if the trebuchet was replaced with a leather bag, dozens of small stone projectiles could be thrown at a time, and these stone projectiles were thrown into the air, and after gravitational acceleration, they were also like raindrops smashed into the flotilla of the natives.
Although these stone projectiles are not large, at most the size of an adult's fist, it is still no problem to deal with the small boat of the natives, even if they can't smash through the bottom of the boat, but falling on the heads of the natives can make them lose their combat effectiveness instantly.
Although there are also natives who raise their shields, most of their shields are designed to defend against bows and arrows, and they are generally not very thick, after all, the natives are short, and they can't lift too heavy shields, and now they have suffered a big loss, and the thin shields can't stop the heavy stones at all, and the shields are constantly broken by stones.
The Buddha died obviously didn't expect Dong Qing's counterattack to be so sharp, and they were also caught off guard for a while, and the first batch of attacking natives also screamed again and again, and many people even jumped into the sea to avoid the stone bullets above their heads, which made the Buddha deceased generals in the rear also roar angrily, but he had no good way, he could only urge the ships to speed up, as long as they rushed to the dock and started a hand-to-hand battle with the other party, the trebuchet was useless.
The Buddha has mobilized 10,000 troops this time, which is already a very large army for an indigenous country in Nanyang, after all, the population of the Buddha Kingdom is not large, although it has not been counted, but it has only survived a million people, and a large part of them are just their vassals, and they can't be mobilized at all.
The tactics of crowds are sometimes very useful, and soon there are natives who rush through the blockade of trebuchets, and the bow of the ship rushes to the dock at the fastest speed, and then there are small natives wielding knives and guns to kill the docks, but they are greeted by a dense number of bows and arrows, even if there are shields in the way, but there are still natives who fall from arrows from time to time, and the whole dock becomes a slaughterhouse for natives.
"General Zhou, are you sure, if you can't hold it, let me know as soon as possible, as long as we get on the boat, I'm sure to escape from the pursuit of the Buddha's deceased!" Dong Qing asked Zhou Liang next to him with apprehension at this time, since the beginning of the war, he has been staying with Zhou Liang, and at the same time, the ships on the other side of the dock have long been prepared, as long as the war is unfavorable, they will immediately get on the boat and leave here, after all, Li Zhang did not give them a death order at the beginning.
"You are too timid, the combat power of these natives is extremely low, let alone 10,000, even if I double it, I can defend the port!" Zhou Liang glanced at Dong Qing lightly and replied, after this period of getting along, he and Dong Qing can be regarded as having some friendship, although he is still very cold, but at least there are more words.
"Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, Hou Ye didn't let us guard the port, even if we lose it, it's nothing, it's a big deal to fight it down later." Dong Qing said again in a serious tone, it was not that he didn't believe in Zhou Liang's ability, but he wanted the other party to know that holding the port was secondary, and preserving strength was the most important thing.
Zhou Liang actually understood what Dong Qing meant, but he didn't bother to say more to the other party, and the reason why he took the initiative to attack before was also to see the combat power of these natives, after all, it was too easy to take the port before, at that time he thought that the natives in the port were lax, and they took advantage of the sneak attack, but with the later fight with the natives, he found that the combat power of these Nanyang natives was indeed very low, with the strength in his hands, as long as the opponent's strength did not exceed ten times his strength, he had no need to back down at all.
As he spoke, more and more natives also rushed to the dock, although the natives on the dock suffered heavy casualties, but more and more natives rushed ashore, and even many natives broke through the blockade of bows and arrows with shields, and they were about to meet the defenders of the port.
"Retreat!" Zhou Liang did not hesitate to order at this time, obviously he did not want to start a hand-to-hand combat with the natives at this time.
Military orders are like mountains, how effective an army is, a large part of it is manifested in their implementation of military orders, a wolf is not terrible, sometimes a wolf can't even beat a dog, but if it is a group of wolves, even tigers have to retreat, because wolves have a strong organization and discipline, in other words, wolves are actually the army of the animal kingdom, and wolves have almost no natural enemies in the animal kingdom, except for human beings, of course.
With Zhou Liang's order, the defenders defending the pier also immediately retreated slowly, retreat is actually the most test of an army, because a careless, retreat will become a rout, then there is no need for the enemy to charge, just the stampede and cannibalism when the army is defeated can lead to the defeat of an army.
The defenders retreated, and the Buddha and the deceased were all in good spirits, and the main general immediately ordered the whole army to press, so that there were more and more natives who landed, and soon a natives army of 3,000 people gathered at the dock, and chased the defenders to kill the past, and the natives in the rear also began to go ashore in a steady stream.