When the pirates landed, of course, they would not notify the Green Battalion in advance. The fleet sailed in some sections of the voyage and arrived close to the waters of Shandong in five days.

There are many islands and bays in Shandong that can shelter from the wind and waves, such as Zhucheng Zhaitang Island, Jimofu Island, Weihai Liugong Island, Zhifu Island (Yantai), Laizhou Sanshan Island, etc. More than 100 ships can be berthed on Fushan Island, 150 boats can be berthed on Zhifu Island, and 500 boats can be berthed on Sanshan Island.

The rest of the coastline, some of which are mountainous and dense, are difficult for ships to enter, and some such as the coast of Ninghai Prefecture are full of plains, and there is no safe harbor for ships to moor.

The green battalion soldiers guarding the pier platform looked at the masts lined up on the sea, and their faces were munby.

Not long after the Ding Revolution in the north, the south was still fighting all day long, and the soldiers of the Ming army still recognized the battle flags.

Not to mention the Hongyi cannons on these chimneys in the green camp, the Franc machine on the top of the platform opened fire, and even the platform was about to collapse.

Of course, the green battalion soldiers knew this, and they lit the beacon fire and crawled out of the pier and crawled out of the pier, looking for the flood land to report the general news.

Zhang Pengfei looked at Zhifu Island in the south, like Weihaiwei, Zhifu Island is the best coastal naval base in Shandong, at this time Zhifu has not yet been connected to the mainland, and is still an island in the sea. Both islands have fresh water, and if a fort is built on the island, it can control the coastline for hundreds of miles.

The current strength of Dongjiang Town is not enough, it is difficult to garrison Liu Gong and Zhifu Island, Zhang Pengfei put down the binoculars, that is his future goal.

The Ming army did not land on the coast and continued to sail westward.

Black smoke rose from the piers along the road, from the top of the mountain to Dengzhou, and the green battalion soldiers lit the beacon fire of half of the northern coastline of Lubei. The wolf smoke continued to extend westward, and in the distance, I didn't know where the end was.

The Ming army stopped in front of Dengzhou Water City, and the water gate, flat wave platform, and breakwater on the sea outside the city were all the same.

Zhang Pengfei is too familiar with Shuicheng, and he can find every detail of the fortifications with his eyes closed.

The water city is not large, wide in the south and narrow in the north, and is an irregular rectangle in the north-south direction.

The foundation of the water wall is built with stones, and the wall is made of rammed earth and covered with masonry. The north wall facing the sea is 300 meters long, about 9.4 meters high, 8 meters wide at the top, and 10 meters apart from the battlements. The water gate is also known as the overpass mouth, with a depth of about 11 meters.

As a coastal defense fortress, Dengzhou Shuicheng certainly has Hongyi cannons. There is a fort protruding from the wall on each side of the water gate, and when you raise your binoculars and sweep over, there are a total of 7 iron cannons of different calibers.

The sailors measured the depth of the channel, and Zhang Pengfei scolded secretly. Unsurprisingly, the siltation of the channel was severe.

Dengzhou used to be the main coastal defense fortress of the Ming army in the north, and of course in the past, large ships could enter and exit, which was the result of the Ming army's frequent dredging.

The coastal defense of Dengzhou under the rule of the Tatars fell into disrepair, and there were only more than 10 broken ships in Dengzhou Water City, and of course no one went to dredging.

The tide rises and falls, and the sediment is shallow. Zhang Pengfei roughly estimated that at least thousands of people would have to be invested in cleaning up for a month before Dengzhou Water City could resume the function of stationing large war ships, otherwise he would have to wait for the tide.

Ten years later, Zhang Pengfei didn't know what the shape of the seabed mud and sand was, and it was difficult for the sharp-bottomed warships and plywood ships to get close.

Zhang Pengfei had 20 gunboats with cannons in the bows, and Barnaby's six ships each had 8-10 4-pounder and 6-pounder guns.

Generally speaking, wooden ships are not suitable for artillery battles with coastal defense fortresses, but the Ming army has an absolute advantage in firepower, and against the open-air artillery positions such as Dengzhou Water City, several rounds of salvos are smashed over, and stone chips are flying, and the fort can be destroyed in half an hour at most.

Due to the siltation of the seabed, the fleet could not reach the city walls to bombard, and the most powerful tactics were useless.

The Tatars also had the advantage of not investing, and the mud and sand became their best fortifications. Through the city wall, Zhang Pengfei seemed to be able to see the ridicule of the guards of the green camp sailors in the water city.

Zhang Pengfei is not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if the shipping fleet can't get close to the shipping lane, the lack of Tatar troops is their most fatal problem.

Dengzhou Water City is negative mountain and controls the sea, and Danya Mountain in the northwest is surrounded by the city wall. The mountain is more than 50 meters above sea level, Penglai Pavilion is located on the mountain, it is the commanding height of the water city, and it is the natural waterway landmark and the lookout platform.

The famous Tian Heng Mountain is outside the city.

The Ming army changed to a sampan and landed on the west side of Tianheng Mountain.

One ship, two ships, three ships, Zhang Pengfei put down a total of 1,800 people, carrying 4 light guns.

It is now the southerly wind season, the sea is calm at night, and the two mountains of Tianheng and Danya, which are deep in the sea, block some wind and waves, and the fleet is anchored outside the landing site.

The Green Battalion did not send troops out of the city to counterattack.

Two days later, at high tide, seven sand boats took advantage of the tide to reach the water city.

The Fukufune Hirofune Bird Boat is shaped like a crescent moon with both ends upturned, while the sand boat has a much higher bow than the stern. The sand boat has a flat bottom, not afraid of running aground. The seven sand ships were equipped with 4-pounder cannons on the bow deck, for a total of 11 cannons.

The Ming army advanced by land and water, and the green battalion returned fire with artillery fire.

The Denglai soldiers in Dengzhou City are like pins and needles.

Dengzhou City is under the jurisdiction of the two Daotai, Xu Dayong is the Shandong Political Secretary to participate in the politics of the Qingdenglai Road in Laizhou, and Yang Yu is the deputy envoy of the Shandong Provincial Inspectorate to Denglai Road in Dengzhou.

The official position is higher than that of the deputy envoy, but the patrol is also more important in war. Without the governor of Denglai, the supreme commander of Shandong's coastal defense was Yang Xuan.

The order to ask for help from Jinan, Jiaozhou, and Linqing had already been issued, but the road was too far to slow down and urgent, and it was impossible to count on it for a while. The only thing Yang Yu could do was to recover the Dengzhou battalion stationed in the flood area outside the city, and transfer the second battalion of Wendeng and Laizhou to reinforce it.

Before the reinforcements arrived, there were only about 500 green battalion defenders in Dengzhou City.

The Shuicheng garrison cried blood for help, Yang Yu sent 80 people out of the city for reinforcements, and halfway through it was dispersed by a burst of arquebus and Francophone fire, and ran back to Dengzhou with rolling and crawling.

If this is the case three times, all the reinforcements have failed.

The Ming army was obviously powerful, and the wives and children of the Dengzhou battalion were all in the city, and the determination to go out of the city to reinforce was not strong.

The Ming army shelled the city wall and tried to attack several times.

There are 9 enemy platforms in the water city, 3 on each side of the northeast and west sides, and there are invincible platforms in the south city wall.

The green battalion's counterattack firepower was weak and weak, Gu Rong divided 400 troops to establish a front for Dengzhou Fucheng, and the remaining officers and soldiers attacked the city in 2 ways.

A row of spears and bows and arrows were fired at the tower, a wooden ladder was erected, and the head of the water wall was climbed in one day.

The earth-shattering cheers rang out from the water city, and the Ming army, whose cheeks were blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, raised their swords and guns and demonstrated in the direction of the capital city of Dengzhou. Didn't get a single response.

The Ming army opened the water gate, and Zhang Pengfei's sampan passed through the overpass and slowly drove into the city he was extremely familiar with.

The wharf is located on the inner edge of the inner harbor wall, and the garrison and the barracks of the Mizuki soldiers are on the east side of the inner harbor, between the inner bay and the eastern city wall.

Gu Rong, who led the troops to the water city, waited at the dock, saw Zhang Pengfei get off the boat, and greeted him and said, "Yu Shuai, the green camp garrison committed suicide in the mansion." ”

Zhang Pengfei sighed secretly, he had a little impression of this garrison, and he was also a member of the Dengzhou Navy Division of the Ming Army back then.

The military discipline of the Tatars was harsh, and the land guards were afraid of their families, and they generally did not dare to flee if the city was lost.

"How much was seized?"

"The inventory is being counted, and the situation is not very optimistic."

"What's going on?"

"It's worse than we imagined, the Dengzhou Navy Division Battalion has a strength of 346, and there are more than 200 officers and soldiers, of which the Nanxun garrison is far away in Jiaozhou Bay, and there are only more than 170 soldiers in the city, and there are very few supplies."

"Where's the ship?"

"Only 6 ships can run."

"Let the prisoners of war in the Green Battalion lead the water, drive a few sand boats in, and we will carry all the supplies that can be removed onto the ship."

"Okay." Gu Rong said as he walked, "Yu Shuai, a few captives said that they were your old acquaintances, and they hoped to join our army. ”

"Take it with you."

"What about the rest of the prisoners of war?"

"Men are slaves, and women are in the camp."

Whether it was the Ming army or the Tatars, this was a routine operation.

It didn't take much effort to beat the water city, and that night, the Ming army recruited people and escorted prisoners of war to drag the city's cannons and 24 guns of more than 6 pounder guns unloaded from the ship to the south gate.

Dengzhou Mansion City was built on the platform, because of the foundation, the shape is D-shaped. There are 4 city gates, with a circumference of 3 li, a height of 3 zhang 5, and a top width of 2 zhang.

The painting river passes through the city and flows into the sea on the east side of the water city. The river originally flowed into the inner harbor of Shuicheng, but the Ming Dynasty diverted the river in order to reduce siltation.

The Ming army did not besiege the city, and with the water city behind it as a support, the artillery positions under the city could be effectively covered.

The Dengzhou Green Battalion went out of the city three times to counterattack, but all of them were dispersed by dense platoon fire.

Two days later, the construction of the artillery position was completed, and Zhang Pengfei ordered that there was no need to spare ammunition and that the fire should be fully fired.

The Ming army stormed the northern city wall of Dengzhou.

The green battalions on the periphery of Dengzhou came to help one after another, but the Ming army did not control the rest of the city gates in Dengzhou, so it was difficult to estimate the number of reinforcements from the green battalion.

Zhang Pengfei judged from experience that there would not be many reinforcements in the green battalion, and the combat effectiveness of the 2nd battalion in Wendeng and Laizhou was very average, and they also had to leave troops to guard their hometown.

The nearest green camp field force is in Jiaozhou, separated by vast mountains, and it will take 10 days for Jiaozhou Town to be reinforced, which is Zhang Pengfei's minimum requirement for siege time.

The artillery positions under the city were divided into two pieces, and the 8-pounder and 12-pounder guns were placed outside the south gate of Shuicheng, and the 4-pounder and 6-pounder guns were pushed forward for a section.

Nothing to say, shelling.