Chapter 536: The First Battle
Five hundred warships, led by the Eternity, slowly sailed out of the harbor of the Lion City Island. The harbor was full of people sending each other off. They looked forward to the triumphant return of their emperor.
And Liu Yong didn't know how long this trip would be. Anyway, he knew that this first war had to be won. And the first place he chose to attack was Yashan. It was the place where he made his decision, and it was also the place where Youngyoung died, and he wanted to capture it to comfort Youngyoung's spirit in the sky.
This is on the one hand, and it is also the most important thing, because once this is a mountainous land surrounded by the sea on three sides, as long as it is snatched down, it is an easy place to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a very good place to be a base.
This is the breakthrough to defeat the Tarnus.
The terrain here is very clear to several veterans of the Dahua Dynasty. Liu Yong was the first to get a detailed report, and Nayashan did not have a lot of defenses. Because the Tartars wiped out Dahua here, they felt that there was no doubt that this place was safe. So it's easy to overcome.
This also made Liu Yong feel relieved. It seems that when they get to the place, a few cannons will be able to defeat the defenders there.
A huge fleet sails the seas with great momentum.
After two months, they approached the mainland. Only two dozen warships were needed to attack Yasan. But they had to wait until evening to get closer to Yashan.
In the evening, the commander-in-chief Wu Qing personally led twenty warships to quietly approach Yashan. At this time, Liu Yong's first shot was also a key shot. Wu Qing had to go out in person to ensure victory.
Under the cover of night, twenty warships slowly approached Yashan.
I can already see the lights on the shore.
Wu Qing felt that the distance was almost over, and twenty warships lined up and began to fire cannons on the shore.
The sound of cannons and fires woke up the night that was about to fall asleep, and there were cries and cries from the shore, which seemed to be in chaos. Wu Qingli let the warship approach, and the musketeers landed and directly attacked the guards.
For a moment, the fire flickered on Yashan, and it was the musket that was fired again, and there was a scream, and it was the soldiers of the Tarnu who were killed by the muskets.
Early in the morning, when Liu Yong climbed Yashan, this place had already been completely recovered. The enemy was annihilated by the division. It was 5,000 in all. Liu Yong immediately ordered the musketeers to attack the interior, and while the enemy was not alert, they captured several surrounding towns and towns, and then set up defenses.
Time is of the essence, so first set up the Yashan, build the city wall, and the city gate. Set up a fort on the city wall, which was Liu Yong's right-hand weapon. If the enemy comes to attack, let them taste artillery.
The Tarnu were really unprepared, and the musket army quickly took it, and the surrounding four cities, including Huacheng, Fengcheng, and so on, just surrounded Yashan and formed a line of defense. In this way, Yashan, as the first military base, was greatly safe, at least not directly exposed to enemy attacks.
Of the five hundred warships, only one hundred stopped in the harbor, and the rest were waiting for battle on the sea. Liu Yong's goal is to take the entire Dongguang Road first. This requires a dual attack on land and sea.
At this time, the Tartar slaves who had lost four cities in a row had already heard about the situation. The Privy Council (local military body) in Gwangseong immediately marched westward to recapture the four lost cities.
The Privy Council of Guangcheng had a total of 20,000 people, leaving 5,000 guards behind, and the rest were transferred to Fengcheng and other places in the west.
Liu Yong asked the spies to go and learned about the situation. Obviously, the Tatars did not know that Liu Yong had gathered four hundred warships at sea.
Just took advantage of the emptiness of Guangcheng to take this big city in one fell swoop.
Liu Yong immediately ordered four hundred warships to be sent to the sea, and one hundred of them were sent to attack Guangcheng. First, the signal flare is the main. Liu Yong calculated the distance, and now those warships are far away from Guangcheng and sail for half a day. Therefore, the distance between the more than 10,000 enemy troops on this side should prevail.
Everything was ready to wait, just waiting for the enemy to come.
During the day, spies came to report almost every hour to report the distance of the enemy.
When the stall reported that the enemy army was still fifty miles away from the reunion, Liu Yong ordered the flare to be fired. Over there, a hundred warships were ready to go and began to march towards Guangcheng.
Half a day passed, and the enemy army passed through to Fengcheng, which was located in the east. Liu Yong personally climbed the city gate tower to watch. It doesn't matter if you look at it, Liu Yong was taken aback. In the army of the Tatars, artillery also appeared. Although the number is small and the shape is small, it still surprises Liu Yong.
Seeing that the enemy army was coming, Liu Yong immediately ordered the artillery to be fired.
Bang bang......
Instantly knock back the enemy.
But Liu Yong knew that the Tatar slaves were only temporarily retreating, and they would attack them. And this time they will also use artillery. He thought to himself: "It must be because the Tatars tasted the power of artillery in that naval battle of Yashan, so they went back to study." After three years, it was finally studied. Ay! In addition to studying muskets over the years, I really should put more effort into artillery. ”
But since they also have artillery, let's compare who's better.
Sure enough, the enemy forces regrouped after the panic, and they put their artillery at the front and began to fire at the walls. But it became clear that the range of their artillery was not enough, and shells fell one after another outside the walls.
And the range of the artillery on Liu Yong's side is obviously a lot higher than theirs. Dozens of cannons opened fire on the enemy at once, immediately knocking them back again and again.
Liu Yong saw the opportunity and immediately ordered the city gate to be opened, and the musketeers pursued it.
The Huoqiang army was really powerful, and Liu Yong, who was standing on the city wall, watched the enemy soldiers fall to the ground one after another under the attack of muskets. The 5,000 enemy troops that came to attack were almost wiped out.
At this time, spies from the other three cities came to report that the enemy headquarters had been routed.
Liu Yong couldn't help but shout hello, it really didn't go so smoothly before the first battle. It was a good start to the war with the Tatars.
He immediately ordered that the main force of the army wanted to attack, and strive to take the entire Dongguang Road in one go. In this way, it can be said that it is a great victory.
This time, the 15,000 enemy troops who came to seize the city were annihilated. This was the place where the Tarnu defenses were weak, and they never dreamed that someone would attack them from the South Seas. Their focus was on the central and western regions, with the central part defending against the uprising of the Han Chinese, and the western part defending against the counterattacks of the Islamic and other countries.
The southern coast is not afraid, Dahua is dead, and the small vassal states in the south do not have the courage to attack the mainland. So the defense is thin.
Liu Yong's army went all the way to the east, and in two days it occupied most of the Dongguang Road. And Guangcheng was also taken. Liu Yong sat unceremoniously in the yamen of the prefect of Guangcheng, whom he was familiar with. This is his real home base.
500,000 men and horses immediately occupied the entire Dongguang Road and firmly defended it.
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