"Brother Xian, I don't know if you are interested in following me to Weihua Island and meeting with Wu Jicheng and other generals?"

Li Kan, who was full of excitement, made a decision in an instant: He wanted to take this opportunity to observe the combat effectiveness and new tactics of the Dongjiang New Army at close range, learn from the Dongjiang New Army General Academy with an open mind, and take this opportunity to establish a closer and more cordial cooperative relationship.

"What did you say!?"

Zheng Jinyi never thought that Li Kan, the main opponent in the army, would show favor to him, he was stunned for a moment and nodded heavily, and then grabbed Li Kan's arm very kindly, and asked nervously: "Brother, do you know where General Zhu Daolin, the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town, is?" ”

Li Kan hurriedly stopped, raised his hand and pointed to the southwest: "At this time, it is estimated that General Zhu Daolin is leading most of the naval warships and 6,000 elite soldiers to attack the line of Dagushan in the west of the Yalu River estuary. ”

"On the seventh day of the first lunar month, General Zhu Daolin said to Brother Yu that the main battlefield of this battle is in Jiulian City opposite us, and the other battlefield launched at the same time is Dagushan by the sea."

"Within a radius of 50 miles from Dagu Mountain, there were four large towns and a large horse farm, and no less than 80,000 Han people in Liaodong were used as slaves to farm land and raise horses for the Houjin nobles.

"Brother Yu estimated that General Zhu Daolin would not let go of this powerful Houjin army, let alone allow this army to reinforce the battlefield of Jiuliancheng, so he personally led the main force of the naval division and the remaining 6,000 elite soldiers to attack Dagu Mountain, where the terrain is flat and open, which is more suitable for landing operations."

Zheng Jin was taken aback.

He never dreamed that the scale of this battle would be so large. There were so many troops participating in the battle, and it took a while before they said quietly:

"I'm afraid this war will soon shock the world......"

"Although the 50,000 main force of the Houjin army is far away in Mongolia, thousands of miles away, there are no more than 10,000 left-behind troops in Liaoyang and Shenyang, and the Houjin civilians can go on horses to fight as long as they put on their armor and pick up weapons, and Jiulian City is more than 500 miles away from Liaoyang and Shenyang, and the fast horse can complete this journey in two days and one night."

"At this moment. I am afraid that the Houjin reinforcements in Liaoyang and Shenyang have already received the news that the Dongjiang New Army is attacking Jiulian City in a big way, and they will drive to Jiulian City in a big way in less than three days. ”

Li Kan had the heart to pay attention to Zheng Jinyi's worries, laughed and pulled Zheng Jin to take a big step down the city, and comforted optimistically as he walked:

"Brother Xian, I don't think you need to worry too much......"

"If the Dongjiang New Army is defeated and retreats, it will also withdraw to Yizhou first, and then Brother Yu and Brother Xian will ask them to defend the city of Yizhou together."

"The Dongjiang Army has so many artillery muskets. There are so many powerful warships, no matter how strong the Houjin army is, it can't cross the Yalu River, at least not until the river freezes in winter, haha......"

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It was noon, and the five miles along the coast of Dagu Mountain were already filled with gunsmoke and a mess.

Located on the west bank of the Spoon River, the Gushan camp and the surrounding houses have been in ruins, and the corpses of soldiers and civilians and fallen war horses can be seen everywhere.

THE 24 80MM FORGED STEEL GUNS, WHICH WERE QUICKLY SET UP ON THE EAST BANK OF THE SPOON RIVER AFTER LANDING, SOON JOINED THE BOMBARDMENT. Together with more than 40 large and small warships cruising on the river and near the sea, they launched artillery bombardment on the Tatar cavalry and vassal Han troops fleeing in all directions in the deep area.

7 musket battalions led by Jiang Yulong 4. 000 soldiers, under the cover of artillery fire, crossed the west bank in large and small boats, and 600 soldiers of the cavalry battalion slashed along the west bank of the Spoon River, all the way to the horse farm 15 kilometers north of Gushan Town.

A town at the southern foot of Dagu Mountain. It has long been in chaos.

Thousands of out-of-control Han people fled with their families to the mountains to the north, while terrified Tartar officials and nobles rolled up gold and silver and drove on horseback. Flee the town and run north.

Up and down the loess ridge on the west bank of the Spoon River, it has been occupied by Zhu Daolin's 200 personal guards, and five generals including Zhu Daolin and Guo Zhongjun, who are wearing steel helmets and chain mail, hold binoculars in their hands and observe carefully.

Seeing the fleeing Tartar cavalry regrouping in the open area 5 miles southwest of Gushan Town, Zhu Daolin couldn't help but smile happily:

"Azig is really a brave and unscrupulous fool, no wonder his brothers didn't take him to Mongolia to make a fortune, at this point he didn't even hurry up and run for his life, vainly trying to gather the remnants, call more than a thousand Tartar civilians, and set up a battle to the death outside the range of our artillery."

Guo Zhongjun put down his binoculars, glanced at the officers and men of the artillery battalion under the ridge who had stopped shelling and organized the crossing of the river, and finally looked at the large battalion on the other side of the bank, and said his opinion with regret:

"Although the continuous shelling of more than 100 artillery pieces was fierce, the fires were all solid shells, and the lethality was really enough...... If it weren't for the 3,000 Tartars led by Azig who were frightened by our momentum and gathered in the camp to try to fight with bows and arrows, we would not have been able to kill nearly a thousand enemies. ”

Zhang Deyi, who rushed to Phi Daodao before the battle to continue to follow Zhu Daolin, echoed loudly: "Senior Brother Guo is right, solid ammunition is indeed not comparable to the rockets that the East China Sea Fleet has just equipped with large warships, and the four-barrel rocket launchers that the East China Sea Fleet has just equipped can shoot a rocket 1.2 meters long and 14 centimeters thick 500 meters away. ”

"After the explosion, hundreds of lead pellets and iron beads were fired, and there was no living mouth within a radius of ten meters, if more than a dozen powerful four-barrel rocket launchers could be mobilized, and only three salvos would be needed to raze the large battalion on the opposite bank to the ground, and none of Azig's 3,000 Tartar soldiers would be able to escape."

"Have you ever seen multiple rocket launchers?" Zhu Daolin asked in surprise.

Zhang Deyi looked at Zhu Daolin with a resentful face: "If it weren't for the fact that my younger brother was fortunate enough to rush to Liugong Island on the newly launched 800-ton transport ship of the East China Sea Fleet, I am afraid that he would still be kept in the dark......

"The new armed transport ship with the port number 707 is not only equipped with six large-caliber guns and two mortars, but also has four rotary-firing quad rocket launchers installed on the front and rear sides of the ship."

"On the way north, the brothers on the ship carried out live-fire training, and easily blew up the two small islands off Jiaozhou Bay, and the younger brother knew that the eldest brother had such a powerful killing weapon."

"The captain proudly said to the younger brother that when all the warships of the East China Sea Fleet are equipped, it will be the turn of the North Sea Fleet, and then the army departments, and at least five years there will be no need to count on all friendly forces."

Only then did Zhu Daolin and Guo Zhongjun understand the resentment in Zhao Deyi's heart, looked at each other and smiled, and did not give any explanation very tacitly. (To be continued.) )