Chapter 575: Zhangzhou East Gate Rattan Soldiers

In Deng Minyue's view, the artillery contest is completely based on the number of artillery on both sides, the size of the caliber, there is no general artillery on his side, but there are more than ten general artillery, such a powerful firepower, how can the other side compare these guns, and do not worry, directly order the artillery to prepare for shooting.

The artillery in front of Zhangzhou City also began to roar, which was much smaller than the deafening roar just now, and many of the Ming troops who were desperately moving forward were giggling and laughing there, expressing their disdain.

However, what they didn't expect was that the shooting of this artillery fell on the artillery position on their side very accurately, and dozens of artillery pieces of the Ming army were lined up quite closely, and the other party's shells fell, often with great damage, and more than a dozen guns and the artillery on his left and right were destroyed.

Suddenly, it was a hurry to let this side be in a hurry, and the Qianhu who was in charge of operating the cannon was a little anxious, a few steps away from the artillery, and urged him to fire back quickly.

As soon as he was urged here, and looking at the tragic situation of his companions flying flesh and blood, his heart was terrified, his hands were not very easy to use, people panicked, and they made mistakes, there was an artillery that was filled with too much base medicine, and after igniting the fuse, there was a loud bang, the cannon exploded, and more than a dozen people died.

In a panic, the opponent's artillery is actually roaring again, according to the time interval between the Ming army's loading ammunition and firing, after the other party shoots out a cannon, it will take some time to launch, so the Ming army is also quite bold in the front of the position to prepare, the second shell landing point, more accurate than the first time, directly smashed in the center of the artillery position, this moment, the Ming army's artillery can no longer support.

I don't know who shouted in horror first, pulled out his legs and ran to the back, and the rest of the people who ran alone naturally followed suit, and ran away in an uproar, and the Ming troops who watched the excitement behind were already frightened, and when they saw the artillery running towards the back, they were also scared and wanted to run.

Deng Minyue, who was sitting in the center, saw that things were wrong, and hurriedly sent all the personal soldiers in his hands out, and those who retreated immediately corrected the law, and cut off the heads of more than a dozen people in a row, which was to stabilize the military spirit of the team.

However, this time they had already lost their sharpness, and the nail pulling in the morning was unsuccessful, and the artillery battle in the afternoon was even more inferior, and if they attacked again, the soldiers would not have any good results if they were listless, so they could only return to the camp first and then make plans.

Zhangzhou City can't help but trade during this year, so the surrounding terrain is also clear to the Ming army, knowing that the area with dense fortresses is only the right place, and then the direction of the east of Zhangzhou City by the sea is completely Pingchuan, and it is a prosperous commercial port, cut off there, that is, cut off the supply of Zhangzhou City.

Deng Minyue, the chief soldier of Fujian, also knew, but it was a little troublesome to go around to the direction of Zhangzhou City near the sea, for Deng Minyue and the Fujian officers, they felt that relying on the newly trained soldiers and superior troops, and so many artillery, it would not be a problem to take it in a dignified manner.

Who would have thought that the front of Zhangzhou City would be so difficult, looking at these fortresses and the divine artillery fire of the other side, if it was a frontal attack, there would be no result if there were many dead people, so there was only a way to figure out from the side by the sea.

In the city of Zhangzhou, it seems that there is no awareness of the movement of the Ming army outside the city, and those fortresses are also a posture that if you don't come to fight me, I won't fight you.

The current Ming army no longer has the momentum and momentum of victory that day, but has become trembling, detouring from a distance, seeing that the other party has no reaction, but is suspicious, to the east of Zhangzhou City, that is, the direction of the sea, this is to know that their worries are completely redundant.

The next day, when the sky was not yet dawn, the Ming army pulled out the camp early, taking advantage of the sea fog, and went around to the other side of Zhangzhou City.

When they arrived at the east of Zhangzhou City, they found that there were already people waiting there, because the other party didn't want to play any conspiracy with them at all, and they directly set up a face-to-face position, at the east gate of Zhangzhou City, three thousand so-called "Spanish" soldiers were already standing in front of the door, waiting for the Ming army who thought that the sneak attack was successful.

Deng Minyue arranged for his cronies to watch carefully, and made sure that there was no artillery in the other party's team, and he put down a lot of thoughts, and went out of the city to fight, not only did he have elite soldiers here, but also had an advantage in numbers.

In fact, Deng Minyue is just cheering himself up in his heart, and in the current situation, he can only tell himself that if he returns to Fuzhou after losing this battle, I am afraid that the governor of Fujian will invite the Son of Heaven to ask for the guilt, although the governor of Fujian will not end well, but the responsibility of the defeated general is the most direct.

He can only believe what he thinks, cheer himself up, and also cheer up his subordinates, of course, just 3,000 people on the opposite side dare to face tens of thousands of Ming troops, which is not a normal thing in itself.

Zhangzhou City is still a long distance from Zhangzhou Bay, which means that there is a large open space between it, but more than 30,000 soldiers of the Ming army are piled up here, which is indeed a little crowded.

At this time, the visibility is only a few hundred meters away, and unlike the excitement of yesterday, both sides are silently confronted, waiting for the battle to begin.

The officers in the front row of the Ming army received the order of the soldiers in the back row, and began to mobilize the infantry team, the routine of the Ming army is generally that the infantry team and the horse team rush first, disrupt the formation of the other party, and then start the battle, the horses in Fujian are some short mountain horses, the knight can not wear iron armor, otherwise the horses will not be able to bear, and it is the momentum of rushing once, the strength can not support for too long, about 600 horses gathered in front.

Behind the whistle sounded, the horse team sa girl is rushed out, Fujian's army is also by his local characteristics, the horse team moved, the back of the foot did not open the distance, directly to follow, these people hold the shield is all withered rattan soaked in oil weaving, two layers of rattan entangled, this is the so-called rattan card. It is thicker and more flexible than ordinary shields and iron plates, and it is lightweight, making it easy to carry and charge.

The rattan soldiers have always been known to be able to restrain firearms, and they have been tested with three-eyed guns and other firearms on weekdays, but they cannot be penetrated.

Seeing that the Ming army launched an offensive, the drums also sounded between the troops under the city of Zhangzhou, and the rhythmic drums were beating, and the soldiers rushed towards the horse team, and the foot soldiers rushed to the horse team without hesitation, and they still stabilized the formation, and it was not chaotic, this is really the sail of a strong army.

Although there is a fog and it is not clear to see, it still makes the officers of the Ming army gasp, and the Ming army has not had such a strong army for many years.

Step by step, the spears were laid down layer by layer, the first row of spears was flat, and the people in the back row pressed the spears layer by layer on the shoulders of the person in front, the rhythm of the drums slowed down, the pace of the soldiers slowed down, and the opponent's horse team also rushed over.

Fujian's cavalry rode horses to rush into battle almost none, and the other party still erected countless spear spikes, the horses subconsciously wanted to dodge, the soldiers on the horse were also in line with the horse's will, seeing the situation in front, no one was willing to pounce on the spear to die, simply dodge it!

More than 500 majestic horse teams were separated like the tide met a reef, and walked to both sides, Deng Minyue, who was watching from a distance, scolded viciously there, these horse teams were not soldiers he trained, and it was expected to escape, mainly to let the rattan soldiers behind him rush up, this is the elite soldiers he trained, but Deng Minyue also thought that these horse teams could rush, such a straw bag did not expect, and couldn't help but scold in his heart.

The horses separated, and although the rhythm of the drums was more gentle, the team did not stop moving at all, but the distance between the spearmen and the spearmen gradually widened, and the formation began to become looser.

The sword and shield soldiers rushed to the spear formation, and the most feared thing was that the opponent's formation was tight, as long as it was looser, so that the possibility of rushing in could be larger, and when they rushed in, the advantage of short weapons over long weapons was revealed.

The pace of the rattan soldiers quickened one after another, and the spears were not empty between the spears, and the firecrackers were already ready to shoot.

The rattan card can block the fire of the firearm, and every rattan soldier has such a concept, and then he heard the loud order of the officer in the opposite formation, and a roar began to sound. The rattan soldiers curled up behind the rattan plaque except for their legs, and the rattan plaque leaned against the rattan plaque to become a movable wooden wall, and their footsteps did not stop.

It was just a momentary thing, and the sound of popping kept sounding, and the rattan cards that claimed to be able to block the fire bolt were pierced and punched through one by one, and the people behind were also shot by the lead bullet.

Huazhou's standard firearm has also been tested, and it can shoot through half a minute of iron armor within 100 steps, and this iron armor is not much stronger than rattan brand......