Chapter Seventy-Six, The "Tessie Pirates" Who Took Advantage of the Fire to Rob (4)
However, Kameda and the others did not get a chance to fight ten, because when the tide rose, Captain Jack took his Fubo to shoot a volley, and after making several large holes in the wall of the stockade, before Kameda could draw his knife and lead his men to pounce, they saw the gate of the stockade open, and a group of Korean soldiers ran out of it and ran directly in the direction of Jeju City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"That's it? I haven't fought yet...... but Kameda quickly reacted, and now there is no more battle, but there is still a pursuit battle.
"Catch up with me and catch those guys!" Kameda suddenly thought of the above explanation before leaving, saying that he wanted to catch alive, and the living could work, which was better than the dead, so he hurriedly added: "Catch the live, don't kill indiscriminately!" At the same time, he unsheathed his sword from his waist and inserted it into it, so that his sword could be used as a stick.
In fact, it is not difficult to catch up with this gang of North Koreans, because of physical fitness, more precisely, because of protein intake, the running ability of these North Korean troops is actually very average. On the contrary, in the past six months, those members of the Zheng family have trained intensively because of whale meat to eat, and they naturally have advantages in terms of physical endurance. So despite wearing armor, Kameda and the others were still able to catch up with those North Koreans easily. (Kameda, in fact, is also a member of the Zheng family.) )
Kameda easily caught up with a North Korean soldier, and he gently swung the sheathed sword in his hand and slashed at the man's back, who suddenly screamed and fell to the ground. Kameda stepped on the man's back, hung the sword back on his waist, ripped off the belt of the North Korean trousers, tied his hands behind his back, and then threw the man aside and went after the next North Korean.
The wharf is not far from Jeju City, and Li Zhoumu can see the battle on this side from the city wall, seeing that these Japanese robbers actually have so many such big ships, his face is already pale, and when he looks at the warships of those Japanese robbers actually have dozens of cannons, and only one round of shelling broke the stockade, he is even more frightened. Now seeing those Japanese robbers brandishing their weapons and chasing those defeated soldiers straight towards Jeju City, he panicked even more, and just shouted: "Shoot arrows, open fire, don't let the Japanese rush in!" ”
Some of the defeated soldiers had already run under the walls, shouting at the city, asking them to open the gates and let them in for shelter.
"You can't open the gates! You can't open the gates! Don't let the pirates rush in! Li Zhoumu shouted. And the judge Li Loulou, who was on the side, also ordered: "Let them fight the Japanese under the city by themselves, and they can't open the city gate!" ”
Kameda chased a North Korean until he reached the bottom of the walls of Jeju Castle, and suddenly an arrow came from nowhere, and it was shot on Kameda's chest, but Kameda was wearing heavy armor, and although the arrow was shot on the armor, it did not penetrate, but fell to the ground with a ding.
"Yaga!" Kameda cursed, rushed up, and with a knife, or rather a stick, knocked the Korean soldier unconscious, and dragged him backwards. They don't have anything to siege the city, so it's not a good idea to stay within range of someone's bow and arrow.
"Bang, bang, bang......" There was also the sound of muskets from the city wall, but they didn't hit, but Kameda knew that the muskets were not up to his armor, but he felt that at this distance, the threat of muskets to him was still very limited.
"It's so far away, even if there's a whale here, they won't necessarily hit it." Kameda thought as he continued to drag the fainted captive backwards. The other "pirates" also withdrew from the range of their bows and muskets.
"Bodhisattva bless! The Wako retreated. On the city wall, many North Korean soldiers let out a long sigh.
However, Li Zhoumu was not happy about this, because he knew that there were definitely more than such a few people on the other side, as could be seen from their boats. And if there are more Japanese people, then a certain weakness of Jeju City is too obvious. This weakness is that its walls are too long.
In the case of Jeju Castle, there are not only dwellings in the walls of Jeju Castle, but also woods for residents to chop firewood and fields for residents to cultivate. However, the other problem with this is that not to mention the army alone, but to put all the men, women, and children in the city on the walls, which will still be completely uninhabited. And as long as the attackers find such a place, they can easily enter the city.
In addition, it is also because the city wall is too long, which brings another problem, that is, if you want to ensure the quality of the city wall, the cost of the entire city wall will be terrible high, and North Korea has never been a country with too much money to spend, and if you want to make the city wall so long, then the quality of the city wall is of course very average. For example, the walls of Jeju City are basically built with local volcanic rocks, these stones basically maintain their natural original appearance, and are not cut into neat strips of stone, so there are places everywhere that can be stepped on by feet and climbed by hands, and the height of the city wall is only less than four meters.
In addition, the thickness of the city wall is also very problematic, and the two of them are very nervous on the wall of Jeju Fortress, so even if it encounters a typhoon, there is a possibility that such a thin city wall will be blown down, let alone face the bombardment of artillery. However, after the construction of the city wall, the Koreans also took advantage of the annual agricultural slack season to successively strengthen these walls, and the reinforcement method was to pile up earthen walls of comparable height on this side of the city. It would be nice if the North Koreans could tamp the soil into a solid one. It's just that rammed earth is very labor-intensive. The wall is too long, so with the few people in the city, don't even think about using rammed earth. Therefore, the earthen wall behind the stone wall is basically pushed up directly by ordinary soil. After a long time, and a little rain, the earthen walls inside the city wall collapsed into slopes, and the attackers only had to climb the city wall and go down from the direction of the city, and they could run down directly, and there was no need to capture any more passages under the city wall.
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If there were cannons, Kameda was sure that in less than a morning, they would be able to take the city. However, although the pier on Jeju Island has been captured, the North Koreans do not have machinery on the pier that can lift heavy things such as cannons, and the strength of the pier cannot carry cannons. Therefore, in order to move the cannon off the ship, you still need to do a lot of things: install the lifting pulley set you brought over, reinforce the trestle, and get the whole set of things down, and you don't have to think about it for two or three days.
And the pace of this era has always been slow, and two or three days is quite fast. Moreover, the entire "Taisi pirates" gang had two regular plywood warships, each with 30 cannons, and 15 temporarily converted whaling ships, each with eight guns, plus 45 Chinese transport ships carrying more than 2,000 soldiers, which had formed an overwhelming advantage over the Korean army on Jeju Island. For three days, the North Koreans couldn't play any tricks at all. As for saying that the Koreans on Jeju Island sent people to ask the Korean court for help, it is even more of a joke, firstly, the distant water cannot quench the thirst of the near, and the reaction speed of the countries in this era is generally very slow, even if there is no other interference, when the Korean court reacts, it is estimated that Jeju should have fallen a long time ago. Second, the strength of the North Korean naval army is very average now, (Mao Wenlong and Sun Yuanhua both borrowed ships from North Korea back then, and there were hundreds of them borrowed, and what was worse was that they all borrowed and did not pay back.) So the North Korean sailors don't have many ships in their hands now. And the performance of these ships is not at all comparable to that of these Tessie pirates. Thirdly, and most importantly, now that North Korea is under attack by the Manchus and is in danger of extinction, where is the strength to take care of an island overseas?
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"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows the situation in China, although we have sent people to risk going to sea to ask for help in China, but it is difficult to count on domestic rescue. Looking at the posture of these robbers now, it doesn't seem that they will go by themselves. What are the best strategies for you to retreat from the enemy? ”
In the official office, Li Zhoumu said this to his subordinate officials.
"My lord, the Japanese are powerful, and if they defend to the death, they will be broken sooner or later. Xia Guan felt that it was better to choose the brave men to attack the camp of the Japanese at night and set fire to their supplies, which might force the Japanese to retreat. A young man said.
As soon as the man's words fell, someone immediately retorted, "My lord, by all means. The Japanese are brave, the armor is strong, and the wilderness is a wave battle, absolutely not. In today's battle, we all saw on the city wall, our army is really difficult to defeat the Japanese in the field. Besides, the Japanese invaders came from afar, where could their camps be defenseless, we went to sneak attack, I am afraid that we were falling into the trap of others, and the Japanese camps are all on the seaside, today we have all seen the cannons on other people's ships, we went to the beach to fight with the Japanese invaders, but didn't we go up to people in vain to bombard people's artillery? One shot down, eroding for several miles, isn't this going to cost our daring soldiers in vain! Jin Quandou, let me ask you, if it is a night attack, how many people will be needed? Can less than a hundred be successful? Our troops are already insufficient, if we fall into the trap, these soldiers who dare to fight will be damaged like this, how can we rely on to defend the city! My lord, the Japanese are coming from afar, and the benefits are in a quick battle. Our army has a city to rely on, and the benefits are long-lasting. Is there a reason to sacrifice one's own strengths and use one's shortcomings to fight against the enemy's strengths? ”
"My lord, what Mr. Cui said is reasonable, the wild wave battle must not be!" Someone chimed in.
"If we defend it, when all the pirates come ashore, cut down trees, build ladders and other equipment, and then attack the generals, will we be able to stop it?" That Kim Quandou was obviously not convinced.
"Doesn't it take time to cut down trees and build ladders? There is no seven or eight days, it will definitely not work, there is this time, we can gather the volunteers on the island, and at that time, we will naturally be able to hold it, if it is like you said, tonight the night attack will lose all the soldiers who dare to fight, and tomorrow this Jeju city will be broken! Mr. Cui also retorted sharply.
"Cui Yongzhe, you are afraid of the enemy like a tiger!" Jin Quandou scolded.
"Jin Quandou, you are greedy for merit!" Mr. Cui also scolded.
"Jin Quandou, this is the place for you to speak wildly!"
"Jin Quandou, you know a fart, when Mr. Cui and the Japanese were fighting, you were still in your mother's womb!" More people also cursed.
The North Koreans discussed and discussed, and the final result can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the sentence that Fu Zuoyi used to fool Chen Changjie back then: "If you insist on holding on, there is a way." It is said that when 001 hit Tianjin, Chen Changjie wanted to surrender and asked Fu Zuoyi what to do, but Fu Zuoyi gave Chen Changjie such an instruction. Later, Chen Changjie became a prisoner, entered Qincheng, and told him to insist on holding Fu Zuoyi rebelled and became a minister. It's just that I don't know if the results of these North Koreans will be worse than Chen Changjie's.