After the Manchu scouts left, the factory guard team raised the orange alert level after the Manchu clearance to red. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAccording to Zheng Sen's analysis, the trade point in Jinghai would definitely be a target for the Manchus. Not to mention anything else, just by virtue of the unfriendly attitude of the Zheng family and the Dutch East India Company towards the Manchus, the Manchus did not let go of this stronghold.

The appearance of the Manchu scouts also attracted the attention of Wang Zhixian, and it was not until a month ago that the last section of the ruined city wall in Jinghai County was rebuilt, (in fact, it was just barely piled up with soil, and the solidity was not guaranteed at all) But Wang Zhixian knew that relying on this to block the Manchu attack was almost a joke. Therefore, as soon as the Manchu scouts left, he hurriedly ran to the vicinity of the Zheng family's camp with his family and a group of others, and asked to enter the camp to discuss with General Guo how to strengthen the defense of Jinghai.

And with this head brought by Wang Zhixian, the residents of Jinghai City naturally follow suit. Originally, there was not much population in Jinghai County, but since the opening of the trade route, the population in the city has increased a lot, especially some merchants, in order to facilitate trading with the Zheng family and the Dutch, they have established shops in Jinghai City. Although ten days earlier, when the news of the Manchu army had broken through the border, the Zheng family and the real and fake Dutch immediately stopped all trading activities, and warned the merchants with whom they traded that the place would soon become a war zone. But these businessmen have not completely withdrawn either. Because the time was too short, it was impossible to transport the goods they brought for trading in time, and many merchants were still stranded in Jinghai. And when Wang Zhixian ran directly into the Zheng family's stronghold, these people immediately panicked, threw down their goods, ran to the Zheng family's stronghold, and begged the Zheng family to take them in.

The Zheng family's stronghold on the shore of Jinghai was actually very small, and it was impossible to accommodate so many people. And it's a battlefield right away, and it's impossible to let so many messy people in, otherwise, if there are spies from Jianshen mixed in, there will be problems.

So these people were blocked out of the stronghold. The soldiers of the Zheng family shouted loudly for them to take refuge in the south immediately, and warned them that if they acted aggressively, they would be attacked. But the crowd still refused to leave.

"General Guo, see if you can ......" Wang Zhixian seemed a little unbearable.

"Your Excellency." Guo Huaiyi replied, "The last general heard that Jianshen is the best at mixing spies among refugees, and many cities have fallen because of this. The last general will not dare to be unguarded! In case ......"

Wang Zhixian listened, thought for a while, and said: "I see that there are still some small boats on this dock, plus your big boat, it should be able to fit these people." Why not put all of these people on a temporary ship? In this way, there are spies among these people, and they can't come in directly, they just get on the boat, and these Jiangi, when they get on the boat, can they still afford to make any waves? ”

To assist in the defense, the "Dutch" sent a cruiser nearby, where the 18-pounder gun could be used to cover the flank of the position. In addition to the cruiser, several old warships of the Zheng family were also docked here. Zheng Sen planned to use these ships to withdraw his troops as much as possible when the position was difficult to hold. In addition to these large boats, there are also some small boats for work. After all, this was the first time he had encountered the Manchus, and Zheng Sen didn't have any real understanding of the comparison between his own combat effectiveness and that of the Manchus. In addition to these boats, Wang Zhixian is talking about these ships now.

Guo Huaiyi knew that he didn't have time to hesitate, he thought about it for a while, considering that many of these people had business relationships with the Zheng family, if these people were lost, it would also be a loss to the Zheng family. Considering that if it was squeezed, and the Dutch cruisers could be temporarily loaded with a group of soldiers, he replied: "I can't control the Dutchman's boat, I'm afraid it won't move." As for the boat in my hand, I will keep a large one, and the others may be lent to the adults. ”

So someone directed the merchants to the sea and boarded the ships. Because the boarding operation was carried out on the tidal flats, there was a lack of port facilities, so only small boats could be used for transfer, which of course brought about the problem of slow boarding, although the number of evacuees was only more than 1,000, but it took a lot of time, but there were still many people who did not have time to board the ship.

At this time, yellow dust rose high in the sky in the distance, which was a sign of the approaching army. The rest of the people were in a mess. Some of them didn't care about the order and squeezed into the small boat, while others simply jumped into the sea and swam in the direction of the big boat.

The Manchu troops were still some distance from here, and it took a quarter of an hour for the vanguard of the Qing army to appear in everyone's field of vision.

By this time, the people on the beach had barely gotten into the boat, but the big boat was already full of people, and the last of them had to huddle on the small sampans. Fortunately, there is no wind at sea, otherwise I am afraid that many people would have to fall into the sea and drown.

The number of troops sent by the Manchus was actually not very large, probably more than 1,000 people. However, the number of the team was quite large, in addition to the soldiers, there were thousands of civilians who were coerced, and coercing the civilians to attack the city was a common method used by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

For the attack of the Manchu Qing Dynasty against civilians, it was also considered when the factory protection team collectively formulated the battle plan, and formulated relevant plans. However, whether this plan will succeed or not, and what kind of effect it can have, everyone is not very sure.

The Manchu army stopped about a thousand paces or so from the first trench, and after some time, the first civilians began to approach the trench under the pressure of the Manchu army. They first entered the stake area, where they stopped and began to pull out the stakes.

In order to guard against a possible resistance, the Qing army did not give the civilians any tools, they had to pull out the stakes with their hands, and the Qing soldiers stayed about twenty paces away from them to monitor their movements. At this distance, arrows or muskets fired near the trench were generally not enough to threaten them. Of course, those civilians were slow to pull out the stakes, but the Qing army didn't care, anyway, there was no threatening Ming army mobile force nearby, they had the time.

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At one of the corners of the first trench, there was a slightly higher mound of earth, which seemed to have been caused by the excavation of the earth when the Ming army was digging the trench. But in fact, it was not a mound of dirt, but a well-concealed artillery bunker. Beneath the exterior of the mound was a timber-made fighting compartment with a small three-pounder gun, which had been used to train artillery and infantry when Zheng Sen's factory guard was first built, but had now been gradually replaced by six-pounder guns. So now it is placed at the very front line, which can be regarded as waste utilization.

"The enemy's position is in the 2-12 zone, and the artillery crew is ready for two-thirds of the charge shotgun fire." Just when the civilians coerced by the Manchus approached the wooden stakes on the periphery, Zhang Chao, the leader of the artillery group, received such an order.

Now Zhang Chao, who is hiding in the artillery bunker, can't see the outside situation at all, and the firing port of the artillery bunker is still blocked by hay, and he can't see anything. But that didn't stop him and his crew from aiming the 3-pounder gun at where the Kengs were, a position where he had trained more than once to aim the muzzle at a predetermined area and fire an accurate shot without being able to look out. The power of the three-pounder gun itself is limited, and the two-thirds charge further reduces the power, which further reduces the muzzle velocity of the shotgun it fires, thus making the trajectory more curved, and the position of the artillery position is already slightly higher than that side, so that the shotgun they fire can just pass the civilians in front of them and hit the Jianzhi who is supervising the battle behind.

"The Gills are in the 2-12 area, and a total of four 3-pounder guns have the range to cover this area. We waited until the civilians they drove approached the rejecting horses in front of us, and then fired another round of rapid fire to disrupt the Tartars behind us. The order was sent to Hou Guoqiang, and after the artillery was fired, he immediately took action to control the group of ordinary people into the trench. Run along that trench towards us, all the way into the quarantine. Then we'll keep them there for the time being, and we'll screen them after we've repelled them. Departments are ready to follow this plan! Lucien said to his herald.

After hearing this, the herald quickly repeated the order, and then, at Lucien's signal, left the headquarters and ran along the communication trench to the front.

After receiving the new order, Zhang Chao carefully observed the actions of Jian Yan from the observation hole. By this time, the civilians had approached the rejection.

"Prepare to fire!" Zhang Chao shouted.

One of the artillerymen used a push lever to push away the hay covering the firing port, and at the same time, several artillerymen pushed the 3-pounder gun along the guide rail on the ground, allowing the black hole of the gun to stick out of the firing port. Then there was a "boom", and the cannon fired.

The recoil of the artillery shot pushed the gun back more than two meters along the slide, and Zhang Chao and the others didn't care about the result of the shooting, so they hurriedly rushed over and began to clear the chamber and charge......

Before the cannon fired, Tolhan, who was in charge of leading the team to supervise the battle, faintly felt that something was wrong, because the other party's reaction was too quiet. Generally speaking, at this time, the defenders have either begun to use long-range fire to eliminate the cannon fodder that is clearing the wooden stakes, or they should come out to counterattack to rescue those civilians, but the opposite side is so quiet that he can't help but feel a burst of hair in his heart.

"The more you fight, the less courage you have." Seeing that the civilians were already approaching the trench on the opposite side, and there was still no reaction from the other side, Tolhan couldn't help but think so.