Chapter 467: The First Battle

February 11 of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty (965 AD)

A huge fleet of ships appeared on the sea off the coast of Hangzhou Bay, and more than 100 ships of various types sailed to cover the sky and the sun, heading west towards Hangzhou City.

The vanguard position of the fleet consisted of twenty-five warships, and An Dalang and Du Dalei stood at the bow of the first ship, facing the warm spring breeze, and commanded the fleet to move forward with high spirits.

Seven days earlier, the two of them had led a fleet south and attacked the camp of the Quanzhou Navy Division at night. Under the terrifying power of burning ~ burning ~ bombs, except for a few warships that escaped, the rest of the ships of the Quanzhou Navy Division turned into blazing torches, illuminating the dark sky.

The next morning, after confirming that Chen Hongjin's sailors had been nearly wiped out, Du Dalei sent a sternly worded threatening letter to Chen Hongjin.

Chen Hongjin was frightened after seeing it, it turned out that this group of pirates was the same ruthless people who destroyed Wu Yueguo a few months ago!

Chen Hongjin looked at the fleet of the Seven Seas Company on the sea, sent a large amount of real money, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and said that he would never be the enemy of the Seven Seas Company in the future, and help the Great Song Dynasty deal with the Seven Seas Company.

An Dalang and Du Dalei achieved their goal, and led the fleet back with great ambition. Then they joined the main fleet led by Zhao Zizhong and Boris off the coast of Hangzhou Bay and killed Hangzhou City together.

Soon, the fleet entered the Qiantang River, and from a distance, the blue-black city wall of Hangzhou was already in view.

An Dalang held the binoculars and observed for a while, and sighed: "Hey, the soldiers are in danger!" This Qian Hongxin is really a ruthless person, and he has almost turned the outside of Hangzhou into a scorched earth! ”

Du Dalei took the binoculars and was shocked by what he saw, the area around Hangzhou City, which was densely populated, had become a ghostly place. It is littered with rubble and flocks of wild dogs, gnawing on carcasses that have not been buried.

In the place close to the city wall of Hangzhou, a continuous series of rebel camps surrounded the city of Hangzhou.

"Da Lang, arrange the landing, hurry up and slaughter Qian Hongxin, otherwise I don't know how many people will die."

Soon, more than a hundred guards were able to go ashore at the site of the last landing and establish a defensive line there.

As time passed, more and more people and equipment came ashore, and Qian Hongxin's rebels also discovered the landing operation of the Seven Seas Company, and the rebel camp began to stir.

Half an hour later, the door of the rebel camp opened, and a large number of troops poured out of it, quickly advancing towards the landing site.

"Hehe, it's really Too young, too simple, just such a few people, it's not enough for Lao Tzu to stuff his teeth, and Qian Hongxin is too stingy." Du Dalei put down the binoculars and pouted.

An Dalang looked at the Qian Hongxin rebels who were marching, and couldn't help but shake his head: "I can't even maintain the most basic formation, these people are a rabble, so you don't have to worry about it at all." I will go ashore now, and you will urge the follow-up personnel and equipment to land as soon as possible. ”

More than ten minutes later, An Dalang went ashore with his personal guards and took over the command. At this time, more than 700 guards had formed a tight military formation. An Dalang gave an order, and the military formation began to slowly advance towards the south soil gate of Hangzhou City.

Ten minutes later, the army advanced about 500 meters to meet Qian Hongxin's rebels.

The rebels on the opposite side stopped about 200 meters away from the Nanami Company's military formation, and amid the shouts of officers at all levels, huge shields were erected in the front row, and spears stretched out from the gaps in the shields, ready to meet the impact.

The Seven Seas Company's military formation did not stop, slowly but surely moving forward. It was not until they were about fifty meters away from the rebels that the formation stopped.

Du Dalei saw through the telescope that the military formation on the opposite side consisted of about 2,000 people, with shield bearers and three rows of pikemen in the front row. Behind the pikemen, there was a dense crowd of sword and shield soldiers, and at the back were several rows of crossbowmen.

At this time, the rebel crossbowmen began to prepare for firing, and the archers drew their longbows one after another, and the tips of their arrows pointed at the sky in front of them at forty-five degrees.

"Put!"

With a shout from the rebel general, a black cloud rose from behind the rebel formation, and then quickly rushed towards the Seven Seas Company's military formation.

"Duh, Duh, Duh, Duh......"

Arrows rained down on the shield, and the pikemen and hoplites standing behind the shield also received a heavy blow.

But the pikemen and hoplites wore full-body plate armor and wrapped themselves in tin cans, largely unwounded.

The rebel archers fired three rounds, but the Nanami Company's formation remained unmoved. Several of the rebel officers looked at each other, and they were all a little frightened.

The equipment of the pirates on the opposite side was too luxurious, and the soldiers in the first few rows were all wearing swarthy full-body iron armor. Under the blow of arrows like a storm, no one had any, only a few soldiers were only shot in the eye by the tricky arrows and carried down.

At this time, behind the Nanami Company's military formation, the assembled ballista was pushed up, ready to be fired.

An Dalang gave an order, and the ballistas were quickly fired, and more than a dozen clay pots wrapped in rope nets flew towards the rebels' military formation.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Violent explosions resounded through the sky, and the rebel army on the opposite side was shrouded in smoke.

There were bursts of terrible howls, frightened shouts, and hoarse shouts from officers of all ranks.

The ballista was quickly ready to be fired, and more than a dozen explosive ~ bombs flew towards the opposite military formation.

After the explosion, the rebel formation on the opposite side loosened, many soldiers turned and ran, and some threw knives and guns, lying on the ground and crying.

The rebel overseers hurriedly stopped the soldiers who wanted to escape, and cut off more than a dozen heads, only to deter these guys who had lost their fighting spirit.

Under the coercion of officers and overseers at all levels, many of the rebel soldiers reluctantly took up their weapons and moved forward tremblingly.

Soon, Seven Seas' ballistas fired another round, causing a bloody storm among the rebels.

An Dalang shouted, the shield array cracked, and more than a hundred armored infantry came out.

These tall guys wore full-body plate armor and carried the cold and shining Mo knife, and they moved forward with firm steps.

The rebel soldiers shouted in fright when they saw these god-like creatures.

The hoplites lined up in a horizontal formation, about three meters apart from each other, and slowly advanced forward.

Behind the hoplites, pikemen erect their spears and follow the footsteps of the hoplites.

The rebel officers shouted, and the surviving crossbowmen fired at the heavy infantry, clanging arrows only on the plates of the heavy infantry and pikemen, but the arrows fell to the ground with no effect.

Soon, the hoplites were closing in front of the rebels.

"Woo......"

A low horn sounded, and the hoplites raised their swords one after another.

The rebels in the front row shouted in terror, and many of the soldiers turned and ran.

"...... Uproar"

Mo's sword slashed at the rebels' formation like lightning, instantly splitting many soldiers in half. The mutilated limbs slowly fell, frightening the rebels behind them to retreat one after another.

The pikemen behind the hoplites quickened their pace, rushed out from the side of the hoplites, and plunged their spears into the rebels' ranks.

Then the pikemen drew their spears and retreated behind the hoplites.

About 300 people fell in front of the rebels, and the rest of the soldiers began to crowd behind.

The hoplites raised their swords and continued their advance, slashing wildly. The pikemen behind them followed the flanks of the hoplites, holding their spears flat and stabbing any rebel soldiers who tried to attack the hoplites.

Seeing that the attack was going well, An Dalang gave an order, and the sword and shield men protected the bombardiers and attacked from the flank of the military formation.

About a hundred sword shield men protected a dozen bombardiers, and soon circled the right flank of the rebels, and the bombardiers immediately lit the bomb~ bomb, exerted force at the waist, picked up the rope net with both hands and began to spin.

After a few turns, they threw the bombs in their rope nets towards the rebels.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Explosions rang out again in the rebels' ranks.

This time the rebel formation completely collapsed, the soldiers shouted and fled to the rear, and the overseers rushed up to intercept them, but they were scattered by the tide of people. Many of the Overseers' soldiers were pushed to the ground by the rebels and trampled to death.

Seeing that the rebels dispersed in a hurry, An Dalang unhurriedly controlled the rhythm and commanded the heavy infantry and pikemen to continue to advance.

When Du Dalei saw that the battle had been won in the front, he hurriedly conveyed the order to the follow-up personnel to speed up the landing.

An Dalang led the army to advance about 300 meters and then stopped.

He told everyone to rest in place for a while, waiting for the follow-up personnel and equipment to catch up.

Heavy infantry and pikemen pushed their armor one after another, pulled out the water bottle they carried, and gulped down water to quench their thirst.

At this time, the soldiers who fled back to the rebel camp were blocked at the door of the camp by the rebels who poured out one after another.

More and more rebels came out of the camp and dispersed the fugitives blocking the door.

A large silk embroidered with the word "money" appeared at the door of the rebel camp, and many rebels cheered.

An Dalang looked at the general riding a black horse and wearing gold armor under Da Xu, and pouted disdainfully, it seems that this guy should be Qian Hongxin.

This golden-armored general was not tall, and he looked at the Nanami Company military formation opposite, raised his long sword and shouted.

The rebels soon formed a horizontal formation and began to advance slowly.

An Dalang saw a steady stream of rebels pouring out of the camp, escorting Daxu forward.

These rebels were numerous, with a tight formation of about four or five thousand men.

An Dalang looked back at the landing site, the follow-up personnel and equipment were going ashore, and almost more than 500 guards had already lined up and set off under the command of Du Dalei to reinforce here.