When they arrived at a hill not far from the sea, they found that the soldiers were not lying, and the whole beach was densely packed with people, looking at the dress and banner, it was Li Zicheng's bandit Leizhou soldiers, and they were waiting to set up a defensive line for several days.

At the end of the beach, there are four boats in a row, which stretch neatly to the sea, and there is no end in sight.

Qin Yuan may not feel much, but Tang Fei and Wei Dayou are furious.

Li Zicheng resolved the original natural danger overnight, not only transported 5,000 troops over, but also waited for a long time.

What is the Navy doing?

And what about the army's coastal defense soldiers?

Didn't notice it at all?

The two were angry, but they also knew that this was not the time to settle accounts with the person who made the mistake.

Tang Fei, as the Minister of Military Affairs, hurriedly sent someone to quickly inform Fan Jinyan of the news.

Then he ordered people to recruit strong men to prevent the people from going to war when the war was unfavorable.

Just as he was about to personally lead the army to drive Li Zicheng's forward into the sea to feed Wang Ba, he was stopped by Wei Dayou.

"General, let's go to the last general, the last general is familiar here. Moreover, it is the last general who has no way to govern the army, and it is time for the last general to atone for his sins. Wei Dayou said.

According to their military ranks and positions, the three of them are all of the same level, but Tang Fei is also the Minister of Military Affairs. So on the surface, it is a little higher than Wei Dayou and Qin Yuan.

Tang Fei and Wei Dayou can be regarded as not knowing each other, and they have fought side by side many times, and their relationship is very good. So, I didn't say anything, nodded my head, and agreed.

Wei Dayou didn't thank him, just nodded firmly, and went down the mountain to gather soldiers to prepare to drive the Leizhou army on the beach into the sea to feed Wang Ba.

The Beida battalion under Wei Dayou's command had exactly 10,000 soldiers, including only 5,000 sword and shield men, 1,000 spears, 3,000 archers, and musketeers who had just raised 1,000, and none of the cavalry.

and on the beach, the Leizhou forward army led by Li Guo was half a catty.

However, it does not mean that Wei Dayou does not have advantages.

Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea, and relatively speaking, the navy is more important than the army.

But at the same time, coastal defense is also a top priority.

Since the equipment of the Beida Battalion is not advanced, there are a lot of artillery pieces used for coastal defense, and there are as many as 50 guns in Qiongshan City alone, not including the inventory of the Beida Battalion, if they are really put out, there are at least 200 cannons, and there are countless shells. They are all giant cannons equipped with wheels and easy to move, with an effective lethality of thousands of meters, which is definitely a weapon in this era.

The enemy was only discovered when he arrived at the door of his home, Wei Dayou felt disgraced, and thought, you Li Zicheng thousands of people dare to come to Qiongzhou, can Lao Tzu's cannon only fight mosquitoes?

In order to save a little face, Wei Dayou sent someone to drag out fifty cannons from the warehouse, and ordered another 5,000 troops to go to the beach to call for battle.

The soldiers of the Qiongzhou Army stopped at a distance of five hundred meters from the Leizhou Army, and Wei Dayou was too lazy to talk nonsense, and when the soldiers pushed the artillery to the front and rear of the formation, he directly ordered the artillery to be fired flat.

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

"Boom ......"

With a loud bang, the spherical shells weighing dozens of catties were crossed by Wei Dayou as if they didn't want money, and they were thrown into the defense line of the Leizhou army.

Stone bars can block ship guns, but only a single layer of stone bars is a bit dwarfed by trying to block giant cannons.

Once the cement-poured stone bar was hit by a shell three times larger than the ship's gun, it either broke off or was pushed into, crushing the enemy hiding behind it into a bloody blur and miserable.

Of course, the artillery shells of this era were solid, often with loud thunder and little rain, and their lethality was extremely limited.

More than a dozen rounds of continuous firing and nearly 1,000 shells killed and wounded less than 1,000 people, and although many were injured, it did not affect the continuation of the battle in the slightest.

It's really a cannon to fight mosquitoes, and it's beautiful to be left alone.

Half an hour has passed, Wei Dayou knows that it is not a way to go on like this, there are already soldiers on the boat behind, and when the people of Leizhou have all the stones, even if the naval warship arrives, they can only stare dryly.

Thinking of this, Wei Dayou ordered the soldiers to press forward, open the way with musketeers and archers, and then charge by the sword and shield soldiers, and fight directly with the white-edged combat.

Due to the open terrain of the beach, the 5,000 forwards led by Li Guo opened the defense very openly. This is the reason why the lethality of artillery is limited.

The artillery has no temper with them, and neither can the muskets and archers, not to mention the inability to inflict extensive damage and give the sword and shield men a chance to charge.

On the contrary, because the Leizhou Army had bunkers, it also caused a lot of casualties to the Qiongzhou Army.

Wei Dayou saw that the number of people on the other side was increasing, and his own naval warships had not yet appeared, so he couldn't help but stomp his feet in a hurry.

At this time, he couldn't care about the casualties, and ordered five thousand sword and shield men to brave the rain of arrows from the other party and forcibly attack.

"Kill ......"

The five thousand sword shield hand door, who had long been aggrieved, held a steel knife and a shield, and rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side with a heart-rending cry.

People kept being hit by arrows, people were falling, and the short 300 meters became a place of death. However, no one retreats, and neither can they retreat, because behind them is their homeland, their loved ones.

The sword and shield bearers with firm conviction stepped over the corpses of their comrades one after another, constantly shortening the distance between the two sides.

Soon, the two armies collided. At this time, all plans and calculations are false, and whoever persists to the end will be the winner.

Wei Dayou and Li Guo were in the same mood at this time, and the four words anxious represented everything

"Our minister is going to watch like this?" Qin Yuan, who was sitting under a big tree with a dog's tail grass in his mouth, glanced at Tang Fei, who was also anxious, and sneered: "If you don't dare, let Lao Tzu go up to the mountains!" It's been almost an hour, and I don't think it's a show. ”

Tang Fei glanced at him coldly, and said lukewarmly: "You'd better stay here honestly, there is a great chance of victory." ”

"Victory?" Qin Yuan smiled disdainfully, "I think it's a miserable victory!" Aren't you afraid that Fan Jinyan will punish you for your sins? There are few soldiers in Qiongzhou. ”

Qin Yuan is annoying, and few people like him, but Tang Fei has to admit that he is right, Qiongzhou has few soldiers and can't afford it.

Thinking of this, Tang Fei turned around and shouted at his own soldiers: "Pass the order, the whole army will attack, and quickly resolve the battle." ”

After the soldiers left, Tang Fei looked at the battle at the bottom of the mountain, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "Old Wei! Don't blame me, Qiongzhou is the most important! ”

(To be continued.) )