Chapter 209: Gone in Smoke
Blood spurted from his cut wound, and Chen Wencan looked up at the sky, the color of the sky turned gray in his eyes, and gradually began to darken again, until he fell into complete darkness, and his body fell from his horse with his back facing the sky.
The reason why Chen Wencan was defeated was because he had no way to retreat, although Nanri Island did not look small, but no matter how big it was, it was only a few dozen square kilometers, and now the sea wolf had defeated the sailors, completely turning Nanri Island into an isolated island.
Now the officers and soldiers he finally commanded have been completely defeated by the sea wolf, and as the main general, he led the officers and troops several times more than the enemy, and he actually fought the battle into such a virtue.
Escape? With such a big Nanri Island, where can he escape to? Now that he has run out of food, what awaits him is only a matter of time before he perishes, and in two or three days at most, the official army will be completely finished.
And if he doesn't die, he will be responsible for this battle in the end, and he will be implicated in a black pot on his back, and even his family will be implicated at that time, so it is better to make a decision at this time and end himself, so that he can get a good reputation afterwards, and the court will more or less give his family some pensions afterwards.
So in such a situation, whether Chen Wencan was for the sake of fame or for the benefit of his family, he finally chose to kill himself with a knife when he was defeated, and he also achieved his reputation as a loyal monarch.
Under the advance of the sea wolf infantry, the officers and soldiers completely collapsed, the general Chen Wencan committed suicide, and the rest of the officers and soldiers were scattered, Li Dazui saw the defeat of the officers and soldiers, so he did not delay any longer, and immediately ordered the phalanx to be disbanded, and began to pursue the officers and soldiers with the company as a unit, including Yu Xiaotian, and also ordered the two infantry companies left in the camp to attack and began to join the ranks of the pursuing officers and soldiers.
Immediately, a chase battle was staged on Nanri Island, and about 2,000 sea wolf infantry, armed with bayonet muskets, began to pursue thousands of officers and soldiers all over the mountains, until the officers and soldiers were chased by wolves and fleeing everywhere. ‘
Although the sea wolves have no cavalry, which is a bit troublesome for them to pursue the enemy army, there are also not many horsemen on the official side, and when it comes to two legs, there are really not many people in this world who can outrun the sea wolf infantry.
The infantry of the sea wolf even includes the sailors, in the usual physical training, long-distance running is the most common training method, before the end of the recruit camp, all recruits must be able to achieve, carry a weight of 30 pounds, and run ten miles within 25 minutes, otherwise it will be a failure!
In addition, the sea wolf tribe eats well, the nutrition can keep up, the physical fitness is definitely much better than ordinary people, and the endurance is much stronger than that of the officers and soldiers.
On the other hand, on the side of the officers and soldiers, most of the soldiers are trying to find money all year round, and they don't train a few times a year, even if they use the strength to escape at this time, they are not as fast as the sea wolf.
The Seawolf infantry defeated the officers and soldiers in a battle, and suddenly their morale rose to the peak, and with Li Dazui's order, several companies were all disbanded, and under the leadership of their respective company commanders, they scattered their feet and chased after the officers and soldiers like a whirlwind.
These sea wolf infantrymen were familiar with the terrain on the island and had a good body, and once they began to pursue, they were really imposing, and they chased the officers and soldiers several miles away in one breath.
The officers and men who ran slowly were soon stabbed to the ground by the infantry of the sea wolves with spears or bayonets, and they did not dare to slack off under their feet, and they ran around like crazy, but their bodies were limited, and after the big camp was taken last night, they did not have much to eat, and they could only find something to fill it up, and when they got up in the morning, everyone only drank some thin rice soup, and they were already hungry and weak.
So not long after the rout, they ran exhausted, panting like a bellows, and their hearts were beating as if they wanted to jump out of their mouths.
Behind them, there were the shouts of the sea wolf tribes, which made them even more overwhelmed, some people were really tired, they couldn't run, they simply threw away their knives and guns, and lay on the ground with their backs facing the sky.
For these guys who lay down and stood up, the sea wolf tribe did not kill them, while rushing past them, continuing to pursue the officers and soldiers who fled in front, while ordering them to return to the shore camp to assemble, as long as they surrendered, the sea wolf did not kill the prisoners.
These officers and soldiers who lay down and waited for death were somewhat relieved, thinking about it carefully, this is an island, even if they run, where can they run? Their officers, soldiers, and sailors have all been defeated, even if they flee to the mountains, what to eat and drink? Sooner or later, they will be starved to death, so if you want to understand this, since the sea wolf said that they will not kill prisoners, then they can only accept their fate, and it is at least better to be a prisoner than to be killed or starved to death.
These officers and soldiers have no loyalty to the Ming Dynasty at all, most of them are soldiers just to eat, and now the officials are dead, who are they still serving!
So a large number of officers and soldiers saw that they couldn't run away from the sea wolf troops, so they had to kneel down and surrender, and they were escorted to the beach to assemble, occasionally some generals saw that they couldn't run away, and took their own soldiers around them, turned around and tried to resist, but in front of the sea wolf's guns and bayonets, even if they were strong in martial arts, they had no effect, and they were slaughtered by the sea wolf infantry in a while.
In the end, seeing that they couldn't run away, some of the thousands of generals simply stopped running, and followed the soldiers, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy in order to survive.
The whole pursuit battle lasted until it was dark, and it was officially over, and more than 5,000 of the 7,000 officers and soldiers who landed on the island finally chose to surrender, and more than 1,000 people were killed by sea wolves when the war began, and only three or four hundred people temporarily fled into the mountains.
For these remnants of officers and soldiers, the sea wolves did not go into the mountains to search, because these routed soldiers, when they entered the mountains, they did not even bring a grain of food, and at this time it was winter, and there was nothing to eat in the mountains, and in less than two days, these people would come out hungry and surrender by themselves.
Therefore, this battle ended with a complete victory for the sea wolves, and the officers and soldiers on Nanri Island were almost wiped out in this battle, and it was only a matter of time before the rest was resolved.
At this time, the battle of Nanri Island between the sea wolf and the official army could be regarded as a perfect end, but it was a pity that Yu Zhigao, as the commander of the official army, finally escaped.
After Yu Zhigao led the fleet to fight with the sea wolf fleet, it was wiped out by the sea wolf's fleet, and finally only led less than 20 ships to escape to the Nanri Waterway, down the wind, and fled in the direction of Quanzhou.
However, more than a dozen flying clippers of sea wolves relied on the advantage of fast speed to catch up with Yu Zhigao.
Yu Zhigao led the remnants of the defeated army and fought and retreated, and later saw that the ships he brought were killed by the sea wolf's fleet one after another, and he knew that it was impossible to escape back to Quanzhou.
So Yu Zhigao turned his heart sideways, and simply led the crowd straight to the shore, parked the boat on the beach, and then led the remnants of the defeated army to abandon the ship and flee ashore.
As a result, the entire official army and sailors who stayed on Nanri Island were completely destroyed after Yu Zhigao abandoned the ship and went ashore, and only dozens of ships led by Zhang Jiace finally escaped the destruction for the time being because they had to go back to land to deliver supplies.
However, when the Sea Wolf Tribes were cheering and celebrating on Nanri Island, Yu Xiaotian told them something, and they knew that this time the battle was far from over.
When the news of the annihilation of the officers and soldiers on Nanri Island reached the ears of Zhu Yifeng, who was waiting for the news in the governor's yamen, Zhu Yifeng almost fainted on the spot.
A day ago, he was still personally writing a chapter to the imperial court, preparing a big book, this time he sent troops to recover Nanri Island, not seeking merit but no fault, at least not let the Wei Party find his fault.
However, this successful recital had just been sent out this morning, and at noon I received the news that Yu Zhigao's fleet sent by Xinghua Prefecture had been attacked by the sea wolf fleet on Nanri Island and the whole army was annihilated.
Such a sudden news almost blinded Zhu Yifeng, he almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked the person who reported the news three times in succession before he was sure that he had heard correctly.
The report was from Xinghua Mansion, he was on the Xinghua Mansion, mainly responsible for protecting the wharf at the mouth of Mulan Creek, a naval warship of the official army fled there with injuries, and informed them of the news of the annihilation of Yu Zhigao's fleet.
So suddenly Xinghua Mansion was in a mess, and for a while I didn't know what to do, so I hurriedly sent someone to Fuzhou to report the bad news to Zhu Yifeng.
When Xinghua Mansion reacted, Yu Zhigao also fled to Xinghua Mansion with the remnants of two or three hundred officers and soldiers, and was even more sure of the news.
In this battle, almost all the Fujian officers and military sailors gathered on Nanri Island were exhausted, and less than a dozen of the more than 200 ships of all kinds finally escaped.
At this time, the officials on land were even more panicked, and hurriedly ordered Zhang Jiace to strengthen the defense of the coast of Xinghua Mansion, and prevent the sea wolf from raiding Xinghua Mansion with the power of a great victory.
After Zhu Yifeng learned the news, he had a feeling of being beaten with a stick, he never thought that the sea wolf would suddenly kill a horse pistol, and after giving up Nanri Island first, he suddenly returned to Nanri Island, and annihilated the official army and sailors in the area of Nanri Island in one fell swoop.
That's more than 200 boats! It can be said that it is the essence of the entire Fujian Navy, almost all of which are on Nanri Island, but after the first battle, the huge sailor was actually wiped out.