The appearance of platoon gunfire speaks to the fact that the Dutch have already organized. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Liu Xiang knows that things are not good, but Liu Xiang is from a sea bandit, and he is very proficient in naval warfare, but he has no experience in land warfare, especially in siege. Liu Xiang had also seen the structure of the fortress in the city of Geranza before, but he didn't see anything too remarkable about this kind of castle full of sharp corners. The city walls of Relansha City are not high, not to mention that they are not too high compared to the walls of those big states and mansions that Liu Xiang has seen, or compared with the walls of the rich people in the countryside. And this city wall is not steep, Liu Xiang even thinks that this can only be regarded as a relatively steep slope, and he doesn't even need to hook up such a thing, as long as he is given a distance of dozens of steps to run, plus his hand on it, he can go up directly. Therefore, although he knew that the Dutch were already on guard, Liu Xiang decided to let his men continue to storm the castle.

"It's night, and those guys can't see it clearly, and besides, we have a lot more people than the Dutch, and their walls are so low that they are about the same as a dirt wall, maybe with a little more effort they can take down this castle." Liu Xiang, who had never had experience in attacking a city, let alone dealing with a fortress, hesitated to make such a wrong decision.

It is true that the walls of the bastion are not very high, and they are not steep. Because when bastions appeared in large numbers in Europe, muskets and artillery had become the protagonists of the battlefield. Steep and straight walls are likely to collapse under heavy siege artillery, such as the urban cannon used by the Turks to break through the legendary walls of Constantinople, while bastion walls, which are relatively low and closer to steep slopes than straight walls, are much more resistant to artillery fire.

The relatively low, non-straight walls seem to reduce the castle's defenses from some angles, but the bastion compensates for this deficiency in a different way, with no dead ends. The star-shaped bastion will allow attackers to attack from any angle, and will be able to face fire from at least two or even more than three directions.

Moreover, the muskets of this era and the long-range fire of various artillery guns are not comparable to the previous bows and arrows. Indeed, the smoothbore guns at this time still had many flaws, the shooting distance and accuracy were not necessarily better than the bow and arrow in the hands of a good archer, and the firing speed was much lower than that of the bow and arrow, and even slower than the crossbow. But as soon as this thing appeared, the bow and arrow were quickly eliminated, even the Turks who were good at shooting quickly replaced the bow and arrow with a musket, which of course had musketeers who were easy to train and muskets that were more labor-saving, but also a very important reason was that the lethality of muskets far exceeded that of bows and arrows. The lethality of bows and arrows, especially for armored targets, is very doubtful, and we see that some ancient records often have dozens of arrows in the body of fierce generals who can still cry out for battle, most likely because those arrows simply "failed to penetrate the enemy's armor". And because the kinetic energy is small, (even if it is a heavy arrow at close range, its kinetic energy is only close to that of the Red Rabbit Country in later generations. Zi complained that it was just the kinetic energy of the 64 small smashing cannon that couldn't even kill a dog) That is, in the mission, as long as it failed to hit the vital part, most of it was not enough to kill people immediately, and even many times it could not immediately make people lose their combat effectiveness. So at that time, there was a saying that "three arrows are not as good as one knife, and three knives are not as good as one shot (the lethality of a spear is higher than that of a knife slash)". But muskets are different, in this era, there is no armor that can block the blow of a musket and can make people put on movable armor, even the double heavy armor worn by my Qing Barutu is as fragile as a layer of paper within the effective range of the musket. This is basically no less than a spear with a killing effect, not to mention a person, even a war horse, and the torso is also dead.

As for the cannon, not to mention, although it can't do what a loyal minister said, "one cannon erodes dozens of miles", but at a relatively close distance, the cannon using a shotgun is almost like a big broom, which can knock a large group of people to the ground at once. A fortress that can make full use of long-range firepower, coupled with muskets and artillery with unprecedented long-range lethality, makes it extremely difficult to attack a fortress directly. The side that relied on the defense of the fortress also repeatedly created classic battles such as the Battle of Malta, in which the less won the more and the weak defeated the strong. In this era, even the most experienced troops in siege, facing the fortress, but unwilling to pay the disparity of casualties such as n to one, the only way is to besiege for a long time. In history, when Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, he relied on a long-term siege to finally take the city of Geranza.

The strength in Liu Xiang's hands and the experience of besieging the city naturally cannot be compared with Zheng Chenggong when he recovered Taiwan, so the result of his strong attack is naturally that he has lost his troops and gained nothing. Liu Xiang only hesitated, but with a stick of incense, hundreds of pirates fell under the city of Gelanza - these are Liu Xiang's descendants and elites. Without these people, even if Liu Xiang can escape this catastrophe, it will be very difficult for him to make a comeback.

"The big boss, you can't let the brothers rush anymore! What a miserable death! A pirate pulled Liu Xiang's sleeve and shouted to Liu Xiang with tears in his eyes.

Liu Xiang himself saw the tragic situation under the city, with the torches thrown by the Dutch and the moonlight in the sky, Liu Xiang could see more clearly that his subordinates were scurrying around in the Dutch's firepower net like headless flies, and then they were constantly knocked to the ground. The Dutch were very insidious, and their artillery blocked the passage between the two sharp corners of the fortress with their shotguns, knocking many people who tried to escape from the fire to the ground, and those people were not able to die for a while, and it was really creepy to be there with just a scream.

"Withdraw, let the brothers all withdraw." Liu Xiang said with difficulty, his voice stumbling, like an old sewing machine without oil.

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Although the order to retreat was given, not many people actually escaped from the fire net. The heavy blow overwhelmed most of the people, and almost all of them were waiting for Liu Xiang to issue the next order.

Liu Xiang had gradually sobered up at this time. He knew that the situation was very troublesome, and he had lost a lot of his lineage elite, which made his position in the whole team precarious. Now everyone is still waiting for him to come up with an idea, it's just because of the inertia that has always been, and there is no better way for those people now. He also knew that the orders he could give now were actually very limited, and at most he could only direct them on how to escape. If he still tries to command them to fight hard, I am afraid that these pirates from all over the world under his command will be blown up immediately.

"Brothers, this sneak attack was originally an adventure to survive." Liu Xiang said, "Since it didn't work out, the only way to do this now is to retreat as soon as possible." Everyone hurried to prepare the merchant ship to leave the port, if it was dawn, it would not be so easy to leave. ”

"Liu Da is in charge, where are we going when we leave the port?" A voice suddenly asked.

Liu Xiang turned his head and saw that it was Li Guozhu who was asking. He saw that Li Guozhu's eyes that had always been chaotic were shining. Liu Xiang couldn't help but be surprised, but this question was absolutely impossible to refuse to answer, so he replied: "Go out of the port first, and then go to Guangdong, there are so many islands over there, you can still find a place to stay." ”

After listening to Liu Xiang's answer, Li Guozhu just sighed in his heart and didn't say anything more. Because he knew that this question was not something that Liu Xiang could answer perfectly. If he really found a foothold, then why did Liu Xiang take the risk of attacking the Dutch tonight? There are indeed many islands on the South China Sea, and there are too many islands in Luzon to be counted, but everyone ventures out to sea for wealth, not to be a man at the top of the food chain on an island. This answer will certainly not satisfy everyone.

But Li Guozhu doesn't need to say anything, he will think like this, everyone will think like this, everyone will think that Liu Xiang is gone, so the people's hearts will be scattered, and the team will naturally be difficult to lead, and when he Li Guozhu wants to surrender, the resistance will be even less.

Liu Xiang more or less saw that Li Guozhu had bad intentions when he asked this, but now was not the time to turn his face, and he still misunderstood Li Guozhu, a Li Guozhu coveted his position without his own strength.

"Just rely on you Li Guozhu, the position of the big boss is given to you, and you can handle it?" Liu Xiang couldn't help but think in her heart.

However, Li Guozhu didn't say anything, which didn't mean that other people didn't speak, and suddenly someone in the crowd shouted: "Go to the South China Sea to find an island, and then fish there for a lifetime and catch turtles for a lifetime?" ”

"Who! Who the fuck bullshit! One of Liu Xiang's cronies shouted. But no one was brave enough to come forward.

Liu Xiang knew that it would be impossible for him not to say a few words at this time, so he spoke: "Brothers, listen to Liu Xiang." ”

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Liu Xiang continued: "Liu knows that today's defeat is due to Liu's poor command. And now we are in a difficult situation, and the rest of the day will not be easy. However, there are many ups and downs in the world, if you want to be rich, how can you not take risks, how can there be smooth sailing? Although we have lost today, there are many heroes in ancient and modern times who have suffered defeats. I think that Uncle Liu Huang was so defeated that his wife and children were taken away, and he didn't survive in the end. As long as we have one mind, we can always get through temporary difficulties. ”

The cronies next to Liu Xiang also said: "The big boss is right. The more this time, the more we need to have one heart. "Everyone is a brother who has drunk blood wine, so naturally they will not be unjust." It's just that apart from them, there aren't many responses.