Chapter 422: The Wokou Retreats

After the baptism of heavy artillery fire, the pier was almost abandoned, the thick fog was also dispersed by the artillery fire, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder and black smoke. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Princess, do you want to keep bombing?" A Japanese samurai asks for advice from a gloomy princess.

"Smack!"

The princess slapped her backhand with a slap, directly beating the warrior to the corner of her mouth, and shouted viciously: "Don't you see that there is no one on the dock at all?" Elm head, get down! ”

"Yes!"

The Japanese warriors did not dare to have any dissatisfaction, and obediently stepped aside.

"Everyone is ready to land on the shore, drive all the captured Qing soldiers in front, and use them as cover to attack Tianjin City." After a little hesitation, the princess immediately ordered.

"Yes!"

A dozen or so Japanese warrior generals were ordered to disperse.

Soon after, the ships of the Seven Princes were driven ashore first by the Japanese Invaders, and the Japanese warriors followed closely behind and began to advance deeper into the docks.

Su Can and Li Chengke frowned, looking at Ye Shaolong behind them, not knowing whether they should order to shoot those subordinates of the Seventh Prince.

The corners of Ye Shaolong's mouth rose slightly, and he snorted coldly: "What else do you have to hesitate about, they are originally some damned people, give them mercy, they don't deserve it!" ”

Su Can and Li Chengke were slightly moved, but after thinking deeply, they felt that Ye Shaolong's words were reasonable.

These Qing soldiers, who are forced to be used as 'human shields', should reflexively fight to the death of the Japanese if they have the backbone, instead of being at the mercy of others as they are now.

"Surely these people are not worthy of mercy." Su Can said silently, and then his eyes gradually became firm.

After making eye contact with Li Chengke, the two nodded to each other and immediately ordered the musket battalion to shoot indiscriminately. In the end, Su Can also ordered the artillery battalion to open fire.

Ten cannons at close range, shooting shots, so the power is greatly increased. The casualties are a large number of casualties, and the dock, which is already full of devastation, is like hell on earth.

"Boom...... Rumble....... ”

Ten cannons were divided into two echelons, firing in turns, with almost no gaps in pause. One by one, the black shells smashed into the rushing Qing soldiers, and they exploded into a large area.

Screams, wails, everywhere. The Japanese warriors did not give the Qing soldiers a chance to run back, and whoever rushed slowly would not hesitate to slash them to the ground.

Finally, under the strong pressure of the Japanese invaders, the Qing soldiers had rushed to less than 100 meters of the second line of defense of the Yejiabao army.

At this time, the musket battalion began to shoot, and the Qing soldiers were once again devastated by the gunfire, and none of the more than 3,000 people survived, all of them died on the way forward.

Without a human shield, the Japanese immediately began to suffer a large number of casualties, but the distance between the two sides was only about twenty meters.

The musket battalion's gunfire gradually decreased, and a group of cavalry, wielding broadswords, rushed out of the second line of defense, and stabbed into the Japanese army like a sharp knife.

The iron tower is still in the lead, and every time the iron rod in his hand is swung, he can always see a large area of blood bursting.

The cavalry battalion of the Yejiabao army faced the defenseless Japanese infantry, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and instantly tore the Japanese warriors into several pieces, and then surrounded and killed.

Li Chengke's eyes flashed with green light, and with an order, all the Wuqian infantry rushed out, cooperating with the cavalry battalion of the iron tower, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the Japanese warriors.

Two thousand Japanese warriors and three thousand Qing soldiers were slaughtered in less than half a pillar of incense. The docks smelled of blood, and mutilated corpses littered the ground.

The face of the princess on the sea was uncertain, and the two thousand of the most elite subordinates were completely destroyed before they could hold up a single pillar of incense in front of the Yejiabao army.

Faced with such a result, the princess suddenly had the idea of retreating. She doesn't see any hope of victory if she continues to fight, and there may be even greater losses.

Although her subordinates have four invincible warships at sea, they can only be majestic at sea, but they are completely overwhelmed by the Yejiabao army on land.

If this stalemate continues, it will inevitably be the princess herself who will lose, and the people have Tianjin City as a support, and materials can be continuously transported from other places.

And she is at sea, not to mention food, even fresh water is a big problem. After some careful consideration, the princess finally gritted her teeth and ordered the army to retreat.

When the princess left, her forces were no longer able to drive away the Qing Dynasty's landing ships, so she could only leave with the remaining four warships.

During this trip, although she captured the Seventh Prince and a number of subordinates, she got a lot of money. But he also lost the lives of a warship and more than 3,000 subordinates, compared to these, the little money of the Seventh Prince is really nothing.

Seeing the warship turn around and leave, Ye Shaolong breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a pity. If there were the same warships, they would be able to easily take down this Japanese army.

Fortunately, Ye Shaolong also got one more or less, although he paid a great price, but in the end, this battle was not dangerous. And this battle made Ye Shaolong urgently want to get the navy and more warships, and if he wanted to get these, he would inevitably go to Guangdong and Fujian.

This time, he must get on the itinerary as soon as possible, and he will never allow a situation like this to happen in the future. can only be beaten passively, but cannot pursue, which is too embarrassing.

The wharf of Tianjin City can no longer be used, it has been completely destroyed by artillery fire, and it will take too much manpower and material resources to rebuild, obviously, the Yejiabao army in front of it cannot afford it.

Ye Shaolong simply ordered the entire dock to be closed, docked all the ships obtained this time at the bay, and left a thousand soldiers to guard there.

In this battle, more than 3,000 Japanese warriors and more than 3,000 subordinates of the Seven Princes were killed. Ten warships and one warship were captured, and a navy could be formed, but unfortunately there were no real naval generals in the Yejiabao army at present, and the matter of this navy could only be put on hold for the time being.

The Yejiapu army lost nearly 1,000 dead in this battle, and nearly 1,000 were wounded. Although the victory was won in the end, it was not easy to win.

But it's still worth celebrating, Ye Shaolong announced to the whole army to celebrate for three days. Except for the necessary guards, the rest can eat and drink to their heart's content during these three days.

The Japanese navy failed to take Tianjin City in this battle, let alone the foreigners who had been on the sidelines of the Yejiabao army, and this would have completely stopped.

No one dared to act against the Yejiabao army at will, and the entire north ushered in a temporary tranquility, and all forces did not dare to provoke trouble easily, and all stayed quietly on their own territory, seeking development with peace of mind.

When the Yejiabao army celebrated the next day, Ye Shaolong received news from Yejiabao. Su Xiaocao gave birth to a big fat son, and after Ye Shaolong got the good news, he rushed back with dozens of guards to visit.