Chapter 430: The Decisive Battle (8)
"I, Bai Bohuan, was born as a technician in the Hongji Gun Factory, and was received by Liu Shuai many times because of his outstanding performance during the work, and received a bonus of 160 taels. Β€Later, during the Battle of Foyi in the second year of Longqing, he obeyed the command of Mrs. Zhang and bravely participated in the defense of Yizhou, directly participating in the front-line battle, suffering three minor injuries and one serious injury. Later, he participated in the 6th battle of Kyushu Deng, served as a member of the selection team, was injured in seven places, and in the battle of Iwami Ginzan, he set the highest record of single daily silver mining. But because some villains maliciously slandered, they changed my background to the White Lotus Demon Sect's white-clothed army, which completely ruined my future. My comrades who participated in the war during the same period have either been promoted to 100 households, deputy 1,000 households, and 1,000 households, or transferred to the sixth grade of the Ministry of Industry, and from the sixth grade. And I still hold the post of Xiaoqi of the Japanese garrison troops, and there is a huge difference in treatment with my comrades-in-arms. Hopefully, for the sake of my past achievements, I can rearrange my use and improve my treatment. Hopefully. β
"Let me tell you, I originally thought that Mrs. Zhang was just good-looking, but I didn't know until that day why she was the head of the Liu family. The Liu family has today, and Mrs. Zhang's credit accounts for at least eighty percent. β
Most of the soldiers who accepted Zhang Ruolan's reprimand that day later described Zhang Ruolan in this way. Others simply took Zhang Ruolan as a reference to teach their mother-in-law a lesson: "You are a loser, look at Mrs. Zhang, and then look at you, can you compare to others?" β
The main troops of Yizhou have already participated in the sea operations, and there are very few people left behind, and the main 6 warbands are the five general flags formed by the local aborigines, with 200 actual soldiers and 200 Zhejiang soldiers. It's pitiful.
However, there are a large number of technicians, small craftsmen, blacksmiths, and masters on the island, and these non-combatants and special forces can gather thousands of manpower. Zhang Ruolan mobilized even the slightly wounded. They were all gathered and waited for her to make arrangements.
In the warehouse, the stored shotguns, nine-headed birds, thousand-son thunder cannons, imitation Franc machines, flint guns, single knives, spears, and iron armor all went down. Hastily arm this ragtag army. These people also knew that something was wrong on the island, a group of Hongmaoyi had already landed6, and those natives' troops seemed to have suffered a big loss after the battle, and they didn't know what to do.
Zhang Ruolan's face was like frost, "You all know the situation in Yizhou now. I won't say anything superfluous, I just tell you that the entire family of the East India Company is in Yizhou. If Yizhou loses it, the company will collapse. So everyone else can go, I can't go, I have to guard this family property for my man. You are not soldiers, so I will not stop anyone who wants to leave. But if anyone is willing to stay, who is the benefactor of my Liu family, and his name will be remembered for the rest of my life. I will remember the names of his family for the rest of my life. I prepared 300,000 pieces of silver to repay my benefactor. Willing to stay. Take up your weapons and rush to the front. If you don't want to stay, you can leave now. There are no men left in my fortress, this city. Only women are in charge. If you are defeated, I will wait for them in this castle. If I can't keep it, I'll go to the west with this castle. β
When she said this. There were twenty powder kegs beside him, and the one in his hand was holding a lit candle. Everyone was afraid that she would make a mistake, so they set the powder keg on fire. Now there are not one or two women in the castle. In addition to Li Yanqing's women, the women and children of the island's families were forcibly detained in the fortress by Zhang Ruolan. If she really loses the candle here, it will be the wives and children of these people, the old lady and relatives, all have to follow to the west.
This time, even if someone wants to leave, they have to consider the problem of killing the whole family. She promised a reward of 300,000 yuan, and many people's hearts came alive.
Besides, the East India Company was already on the right track, making money every day, and the income in a few months was tens of thousands of silver. If you just go like this, you are indeed a little reluctant.
"Mrs. Zhang, my name is Bai Bohuan, I am from the white robe team, I don't know if you believe me or not. If you believe me, give me a quick gun, and I'll fight with the Buddha. β
"Here today, there is no white-robed team, they are all good subordinates of my East India Company, and they are good sons of my Liu family. I've believed in everybody. You don't need to fight hard, you just need to defend the line. You know best how much labor and material resources were spent on that line of defense. Believe me, the Spaniards will not take that line easily. But if that line fails, fend for yourselves. I won't put a man in my fortress, and no one will want to get in. You just need to remember that if you are defeated, you have to let your wives and children fight the enemy, and leave nothing else. β
"Yes, if we lose, it will be up to our wives and children to face the Franco. Fight hard, as long as you resist this time, you will have all the glory and wealth. β
With money in one hand and death threats in the other, this improvised group of men exploded with extraordinary courage and took up arms and rushed to the front line of defense. Liu Yeqing waited for the army to come out before asking: "I said eldest woman, are you really sure that you rely on us women to defend the castle?" β
Zhang Ruolan put down the candle at this time, "Call sister, such an unruly title, don't call it again." We have a lot of women here, and this women's fort may not be able to defend it. Besides, in the words of Xianggong, although success is uncertain, Chengren has determination. If you can't hold it, I'll light a fire, and I can't let you be taken advantage of by foreigners. β
"That's good, I've always been unconvinced by your big woman, but today I heard your words in my temper. If I can pass the test this time, I will recognize you as a sister. You can just leave the ignition to me, and I promise that I won't make a mistake. β
Garrisoned on the Yizhou defense line were about 20 Zhejiang soldiers and more than 30 indigenous troops. These indigenous units have just been defeated from the front and are not very useful. They did not lack courage, but they were still a little lacking in skill, and a flank charge crushed them all. Wang Rulong, the commander-in-chief of the Zhejiang soldiers, looked at the more than 20 people around him, and said in his heart: I didn't expect to die on the battlefield of the anti-Japanese war, but I have to explain here, I don't know if I can ask for a posthumous official position.
But his face was calm, and he ordered: "Everyone set up the nine-headed bird and the fast gun, and Foyi will come up again later, ready to fight." At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, but he saw more than a dozen brocade guards running over.
Jinyi is not a soldier, on the battlefield, a dozen brocade clothes can be used as six soldiers at most, but for him, six soldiers are good. But when he saw the appearance of the reinforcements clearly, he turned his face, "Xin Liezhi, you are crazy!" You are the protector of the lady, why did you come to me, I have no shortage of people, all of them will go back to the fortress for me. β
"General Wang, this is Madame's arrangement, and we all have to obey orders. Now the fort is guarded by all the women of the island, and Madame has named the fort the women's fort. Men are not allowed to enter, or they will be cut down. There are fifty Zhejiang soldiers in the back, all of whom are pulled up. β
"Fifty? Are there really fifty of them? "Wang Rulong didn't care about Zhang Ruolan's boldness, he was just interested in reinforcements." If there were fifty of them, I would be able to arrange a counter-assault. Since there are fifty people, then I don't need you, I will all be scouts, and you are good at this. Find out the situation between the defense line and the fortress, and if the Buddha Yi bypasses, we will go and rush out directly. β
Only 70 people dared to fight a counter-assault on a force of 700 people, this is the Zhejiang soldiers, and they are the invincible Zhejiang soldiers in the world.
Diego, on his part, was extremely depressed. The damned priest, who was not much more familiar with the road than he was, had lost his way at least twice during the march, and now he had barely managed to find such a way, and it turned out that there was such a strong line of defense in front of him. Even if this kind of defense line is bombarded by artillery, it will take half a day to open it.
However, none of their infantry guns were carried, and the difficulty of attacking the fortification was too great. Although the defenders were limited in number, the commander was a brave warrior who praised the opponent's command skills even when he was on a hostile side. The weak force was used perfectly, so that his two attacks were in vain.
The weapons on the opposite side were also not easy to deal with, and the rifle was more powerful than its own fork gun, and even if the troops wore armor, they could be pierced. And the iron sand fired by the artillery can bring down several people at a time, and this kind of artillery is really a trouble.
Just as he was about to launch a third wave of the offensive, there was a cheer from the opposite position, followed by more and more scaffolded muskets and small cannons of that kind appeared on the position.
"Hell, they've increased their troops." Although it is not clear how many reinforcements there are, it is difficult for the other side to reinforce ten people in this kind of battle. The troops had limited ammunition to carry and fought a stalemate, which was not good for them. He grabbed the guide and put his pistol to the other's head, "Father Il, didn't you say you know the way, and I now ask you to take me another way, to bypass this line of defense." β
"Less...... I want you to understand, Mr. Major, that although I am here to preach, I do not know many paths. The Lord will show me the right direction, so I rarely explore the paths......"
"May the Lord continue to guide you in heaven." A gunshot rang out, Father Il fell to the ground, and Diego shouted, "For the sake of Your Majesty, for the sake of the kingdom, and for us to live, this line of defense must be conquered this time." Only by fighting can we find the warehouse and get supplies. β
On the opposite position, a loud and vigorous singing voice sounded at this time. (To be continued!)
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