Chapter 95: Fighting the Thief God Machine Howitzer
"Lord Wang, General Leiersheng hopes that you can let them go, and they are willing to pay 800,000 taels of silver in compensation.!"
In front of the Hongmucheng Fortress, Pan Xiubi said to Lu Yan respectfully.
Now the morale of the Dutch soldiers inside the fortress is close to collapse.
Although the enemy did not fire a single shot at the fortress, no one thought they would be able to win.
The enemy's works are nearing completion, and defeat is only a matter of time.
Therefore, Lei Ersheng had to send Pan Xiu to come to the peace talks, hoping that Lu Yan would let them go.
"Tell him that I can accept their compensation. But they must leave Penghu Island under our watch. ”
Lu Yan said with a smile.
Hearing this, Pan Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Let the Dutch leave the fortress of Mahogye Cheng, how is this possible.
In case Lu Yan changed his mind and launched a surprise attack on the Dutch who had left the fortress, wouldn't this send sheep into the mouth of the tiger?
No matter how stupid Raison is, he will never agree to this condition.
"Lord Wang, General Leiersen has rejected this condition, and he is very sincere in conducting peace talks with you."
Pan Xiu said.
"Am I not sincere? He has killed so many of our people, and I have agreed to let them go, isn't it sincere? ”
Lu Yan couldn't help but say angrily.
Lu Yan's tone was very harsh, and anyone could see the murderous aura in his eyes, and Jia Xu couldn't help but shake his head.
The lord is too good at acting.
Lu Yan is now a battle-hardened general, and he doesn't know how many dead people he has seen, and he has a murderous aura all over his body.
This anger immediately frightened Pan Xiu into a dispossession, and the sensitive Pan Xiu found a look of disgust in Lu Yan's eyes.
These disgusts were not directed at those Dutchmen, but against him.
This made Pan Xiu feel extremely regretful, he should not have coveted the money of the Dutch to do things for them.
But now there may be a chance to make amends, I saw that he rolled his eyes, and then he knelt down with a thud, kowtowed a few heads fiercely and said: "I don't know if the prince is willing to accept the villain, the villain is only coerced by them to translate for the Dutch, and he has long wanted to submit to the prince, but he has been suffering from no way." ”
"Hahaha!"
Hearing this, Lu Yan suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
His laughter made Pan Xiu's heart tremble, and he knew that Lu Yan definitely didn't laugh because he was in a happy mood, it must have been because he didn't know what angered Lu Yan.
"Do you know what I hate most in my life?"
Lu Yan asked.
Pan Xiu shook her head.
"What Lao Tzu hates most in his life is traitors!"
Lu Yan said with a sneer.
As soon as he thought of so many people scrambling to betray the country, Lu Yan felt extremely disgusted.
It's just that some traitors can still get a lot of people to kneel and lick!
Just like that bullshit Go master What Qingyuan, obviously people say that he is Japanese, not Chinese, and has left Chinese nationality several times to become Japanese nationality.
After the death of this big traitor, the major domestic media also mourned collectively.
Kneeling and licking traitors can kneel and lick like this, which is rare in the world.
As soon as he thought of this, Lu Yan was so disgusted that he couldn't eat for a few days.
"Pull it down and cut off his head."
Lu Yan said without thinking.
"Lord Wang! Don't! I'm just a translator!! The two countries are at war without slashing!! ”
Pan Xiu couldn't help but exclaim.
Soon two of his own soldiers dragged him down, ignoring his pleas for mercy.
It didn't take long for Pan Xiu to be beheaded.
"Maybe we should ask him about the inside of the fortress."
Jia Xu said with a sigh.
"No, how can a small castle be so rare for me."
Lu Yan waved his hand and said.
Lu Yan looked at the sky, it will be night soon, and the Hongyi cannon will be put on the city tonight, and the city will be attacked tomorrow.
At this moment, a cavalry pegasus came over in the distance.
Lu Yan took a closer look, isn't this blindfolding?
Since the typhoon had passed, a few days ago he ordered Meng Tian to transport 2,000 soldiers to Quanzhou with a fleet to reinforce the local troops, and now there must be news.
"What a victory! What a victory!! In Zhangzhou Prefecture, the prince of Qingji defeated the Guangdong and Fujian coalition forces of about 40,000 with 6,000 troops, and killed countless enemies. ”
Meng Tian said loudly before he got off the horse.
Hearing this, there was a commotion among the soldiers around.
Lu Yan was also overjoyed.
"Really?"
"That's right, I took the team to Zhangzhou Mansion just in time for this battle."
Meng Kuo said.
So he gave the general situation of the battle.
At that time, when he rushed to Quanzhou Mansion with his soldiers, the army of the imperial court was carrying out a fierce attack on Zhangzhou Mansion, but unfortunately it was not captured for ten consecutive days.
Those generals of the Ming army felt that this was not a thing, 40,000 troops were here, it was really a waste, just so many troops ate and drank Lazar a day.
So the troops were divided into two routes, leaving some of the men and horses to continue to march on Zhangzhou, and the rest of the men to recover other places.
As a result, soon after the imperial court divided the troops, the prince of Qingji led the army to take the initiative to go out of the city and fought a field battle with the Ming army outside the city.
He gathered a large number of artillery pieces and bombarded the Ming army's military formation.
As a result, I didn't expect that under a fierce bombardment, the Ming army was actually blown away.
Qingji Gongzi was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the iron cavalry to charge into battle.
In the end, he chased and killed the defeated army, killing countless enemies along the way.
After defeating the Ming army, he took advantage of the great victory to attack the Ming army that was heading to Quanzhou Mansion.
At this time, Meng Kuo also happened to come to Quanzhou with a large army.
So under the attack of the two phases, the Ming army on the south road was finally broken.
Later, in the words of Qingji Gongzi, those Ming troops did not have much field combat ability at all, and they were so frightened that they ran around in fear when they encountered artillery bombardment.
Knowing this, he led the army to kill him directly, and he would not defend the city at all.
Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Qingji Gongzi is really not polite at all.
"Prince Qingji has sent the 2,000 soldiers I brought and another 2,000 soldiers to Wenzhou, Zhejiang, where I heard that the fighting is very fierce."
Meng Kuo said.
Lu Yan nodded, Zhejiang soldiers are the real strongest soldiers in the world.
During the Hunhe Field Battle, the Jurchens lost a large number of troops and did not take the 3,000-strong Zhejiang barracks.
In the end, the artillery of the Han army was transferred and bombarded the Zhejiang barracks, only to break through the Zhejiang soldiers' camp.
However, Lu Yan had been prepared for this for a long time, and the Qi family army itself was equipped with a large number of artillery.
Moreover, Lu Yan also specially transferred some Hongyi cannons for them, so it must be no problem to be able to withstand the attack of those Zhejiang soldiers.
As for the soldiers of Nanzhili, they are not good, those soldiers have been peaceful for a long time and have not experienced much war.
No matter how many there are, they can only cause some trouble for Li Jing and them.
After receiving reinforcements from the prince of Qingji, he believed that Li Jing would definitely be able to break the army of the North Road.
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The next morning, Raelson's eyes were red and he looked at the opposite position.
In the distance, a cannon had been erected on top of the city.
Seeing this, Raelson's face was heavy, and the moment of the decisive battle had finally arrived.
Last night, the horns of the soldiers on the opposite side raising their artillery were sounding all night, and the Dutch troops in the fortress had already been alarmed.
For this reason, Raelsen ordered the artillery to fire more than a dozen guns indiscriminately, but it was too dark to know what results had been achieved.
"Tell the soldiers to get ready for battle."
Raelson said.
Upon receiving Raelsen's order, a haggard-faced Dutch soldier soon walked up to the city.
A few days ago, Jia Xu proposed to Lu Yan and asked Lu Yan to send people to beat gongs and drums day and night to prevent the Dutch from sleeping peacefully.
Lu Yan immediately became kind, and as a result, it was nearly ten days later, and it was very lively here both day and night.
It was another gong and drum beating, and another cannon was fired, just like a festival.
It's just that the Dutch inside have suffered so much that they haven't slept well at all.
Everybody's eyes were red and bloodshot, like they had pink eye.
Coupled with the tremendous psychological pressure caused by the siege, each of these Dutch soldiers had a fire in their hearts.
Due to the fact that the fire was too strong, there were often fights and brawls in the castle over trivial matters.
On several occasions, he almost caused large-scale fights, which caused Raelsen to be distressed.
But now they know that today is the most critical battle, and as long as this battle is over, many of them will have to go to God.
However, some people even have the idea that this is also a kind of relief, and this kind of life without even sleeping is really unbearable.
So as soon as the sky was bright, the two sides didn't even eat, so they set up the carriages and horses, and began to bombard each other.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
“……”
I don't know which side fired the artillery, but the artillery of both sides began to roar early, and heavy shells kept falling on each other's walls.
However, in general, it is still Lu Yan's side that has an absolute advantage.
This was not only because there were more artillery on Lu Yan's side, but also because there was a thick earthen wall composed of soft mounds in front of Lu Yan's fort.
During the construction of the fort, the earthen wall was constantly thickened and raised in order to protect the soldiers from enemy shelling.
The Dutch hated this earthen wall, but they bombarded it with no less.
But the attitude of the Ming army is that if you like to bomb, you will bomb, and if you bomb this, we will repair the walls of other places.
When you knock down the wall, or if you are tired of the bombing, we will pour some earth nearby, and then it will be an intact earthen wall, and the cost is outrageously low.
After a few bombardments, the Dutch were also tired.
In this way, artillery bombardment will not produce anything, but will waste ammunition.
Now that they are surrounded, ammunition is still spared, after all, it is not known how long this battle will be.
After the cannon was erected, the highest part of the earthen wall was stripped away so as not to affect the range of the artillery.
But the main part of this earthen wall remained there and became the first barrier of the wall.
In other words, if you want to hit the fort, you must break through the earthen wall in front of you.
And the fort was behind this earthen wall.
However, this earthen wall is very loose, very soft, and very thick, and once the cannonball hits it, it can completely absorb its impact.
It's hard to break it down!
Therefore, Lu Yan's artillery was very relieved to shell the enemy's batteries, and if they wanted to destroy their batteries, they would first penetrate the earthen wall in front of them.
Although Lu Yan's artillery occupies an absolute advantage, it is definitely not the artillery that determines the outcome of the war, but those grenadiers.
Shortly after the bombardment began, some Wei soldiers were sent to the front two trenches.
One of the two trenches was 30 meters from the city wall and the other was 40 meters from the city wall.
These Wei warriors were all real strongmen, and in the trenches they could easily throw grenades onto the city walls or even into the fortresses.
The grenade of the Ming Dynasty is not called a grenade, but a "thief god machine howitzer".
It is made of pig iron and is shaped like a pomegranate, the size of a bowl.
There is a hole in the shell that can be filled with toxic gunpowder and fume, and when used, it can be thrown into the enemy line and explode.
It not only has the function of a grenade (fragments can kill), but also has the function of ** and smoke bombs.
Being able to blind the enemy is a must-have weapon for killing.
Not long after the war began, these Wei warriors did not immediately start throwing all kinds of grenades, but hid them first.
The Iron Eagle Sharps, the Sharps, the Archers, and the Musketeers in the trenches behind suppressed the enemy's musketeers.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
“……”
The musketeers hid in the trench and then extended their muskets through an artificially set gap in the mound in front of the trench for firing, and fired incessantly at the enemy musketeers on the walls.
This gap is somewhat like a shooting hole in later generations, but it is different, it is long and narrow, and the top is empty enough to put down the musket.
Both sides are completely reinforced dirt that can withstand shotguns or lead pellets fired by the enemy.
To shoot the musketeer, it is necessary to pass through this narrow gap.
The projectiles hit the walls and splashed a large amount of dirt, so frightened that the musketeers on the walls did not dare to come forward.
In addition to this, there are also those Iron Eagle Sharps who are also constantly shooting arrows at the enemy.
Now they are completely within 100 paces of the enemy, and although they can't do 100 shots, they can still do it with 3 shots and 1 hit.
Then there were screams from the enemy's walls.
But the most powerful is Yoyuki, who stands in a trench about 120 paces, and shoots an arrow at an enemy when he sees a rising, which is basically the death of an enemy.
Raelson's face was ugly.
Originally, the defending side should have an advantage, but now it is the besieging side that has an absolute advantage.
The enemy beat their soldiers so that they did not dare to raise their heads.
Watching one soldier after another be wounded or killed and carried down, Raelsen was furious.
"Shotgun! Let those damn bastards who only shoot cold guns know we're awesome. ”
Raelsen commanded loudly.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Soon, the guns changed their ammunition and changed direction.
Fires shotguns at enemies below the castle.
After a rain of bullets, the muskets finally stopped.
As soon as the enemy fired the first shotgun, the musketeers went into hiding.
Coupled with the blockage of those mounds, in fact they did not suffer many casualties.
But Raelsen was satisfied, because the enemy attack was finally suppressed.
Although this allowed the enemy artillery to fire one more round at their artillery.
At this time, a large number of thief magic machine howitzers were thrown in.
Seeing this, Raelsheng couldn't help but be stunned.
What are these things?
But before he could react, more thief pomere howitzers were thrown in.
Those Wei soldiers were instructed to throw as many grenades as they could into them as quickly as possible.
"Not good, these are ......"
Raelsen seemed to remember the usefulness of these things.
But it's too late now.
Those thief magic machine pomegranates exploded one after another!
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Thank you very much for seeing me ~ riding prostitutes for the flowers and plants and the reward that flies with the leaves.