126.Battle of Dongning (3)
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A crescent moon was drowned in a thin cloud of smoke, and under the moonlight, a ghostly three-masted sailing ship quietly approached the Beishanwei Harbor, which was full of Qing warships. biquge.info Speaking of which, this 7,500 material (450 tons) three-masted sailing ship was not produced by the Boy Scouts or any shipyard under the name of the Zheng family, but was "sent" by the kind-hearted Yingguili people to support Ming Zheng. Of course, this large plywood ship with the largest tonnage of Zheng is an armed merchant ship, which is only equipped with more than 20 guns of various types, but if it is not captured in the port, it is impossible for Ming Zheng to defeat this commercial Galen, which is now known as Feiting and formerly known as Kraken, at sea.
Although Shi Lang repeatedly took care of his subordinates to be cautious, but due to the unprecedented victory in the Battle of Penghu, the Qing army was convinced that they had completely eliminated the sailors of Ming Zheng and obtained the long-awaited sea control in the Taiwan Strait, so except for some of the tubes that watched the ships, almost no one was on guard in the entire commercial port, and even these tubes had already fallen asleep after staying up for most of the night.
"Over there?" Standing on the deck of the Flying Thunder, Temporary Captain Gong Tian pointed to the place where the sound of golden drums, shouts and guns was heard in the distance and asked the pilot beside him.
"My lord, it should be the place where the Boy Scouts on the island have set up a fort." The water pilot, who was also a Boy Scout sailor, replied quickly. "It seems that the Qing dog is harassing the brothers, what a group of bad breeds, if you can't win, you will do all the bad tricks."
"What a bad move, doesn't there be a chapter on the tired enemy in any military book?" Gong Tian responded lightly. "But they're making a little fuss, let's give them a good look." Speaking of which, Gong Tian asked. "Can I make a U-turn in this position?" The water pilot took a closer look, the night is not better than the day, and a careless one will cause a stranding, and after a long time, he nodded, so Gong Tian ordered. "Turn the rudder left, and tell us that you can get ready to start."
After another moment, the massive Thunder turned sideways, the portholes of the left gun deck opened, and fourteen guns of the largest eighteen and smallest eight pounds were aimed at the unsuspecting enemy in front of them. Suddenly, the first cannon spewed out a stream of blazing fire, followed by the second and third
The thunderous explosion caused Wu Ying, who had fallen asleep, to bounce out of bed, and by the time he rushed to the window barefoot, the Scouts' gunners were already engaged in a second round of shelling. Due to the use of red-hot bombs, the Qing warships quickly burst into flames, and the sky-high flames scorched the stunned Qing troops with bursts of heat
"Wu Ying, you are guilty." By the time Shi Lang sent reinforcements, Gong Tian and they had long since disappeared, and the helpless reinforcements could only arrest Wu Ying, the unlucky ghost, and send him back, looking at this incompetent guy, Shi Lang, who woke up from a good dream, grinded his teeth coldly, and if there was something wrong, he would use the head of the general army to deter the whole army.
"Humble duty, conviction of sin." What else could Wu Ying, who was prostrate in front of the coach's door, say anything, at this time he could only hang his head and admit his mistake. "I also ask the military to give the lowly post a chance to make meritorious contributions."
"Take off his crown." Goha, who was not working hard, made a move, and Wu Ying took off his official hat tremblingly. "Since you have confessed your sins, this official is also appointing you to serve in front of the army to atone for your previous sins." Wu Ying, who escaped death, bowed to Shi Lang gratefully, this Shi Lang asked. "See how many ships are there?"
"There's only one big plywood ship of Hongyi." Wu Ying reported. "But there are far more cannons on board than there are more cannonboats and small gunboats on the sea." Wu Ying thought carefully. "The artillery was also accurate." But after all, he was in a commercial port, so he didn't know what was going on with the blazing bombs. "And with one blow and walking, obviously not daring to fight the reinforcements head-on."
"Of course." Shi Lang waved his hand and motioned for Goha to take him down, at this time his two sons Shi Shixiang and Shi Shiji looked at him puzzled, Shi Lang explained. "In the second year of the Reign of the Tomorrow Dynasty, the governor of Fujian, Nangong Juyi, burned the Dutch Yi ship in Siming, and in the sixth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qin's great-ancestor and Anhou Zheng Gongzhilong burned two Dutch plywood ships with 100 fire attack ships in Kinmen's Liaoluo Bay, sank two and captured one. Shi Lang thought for a moment. "It seems that news came from Macau that Zheng Yi had a falling out with Yinggui Li Yi and detained a merchant ship, it should be this one." However, Shi Lang knew that Zheng Kezhang had detained British merchant ships, and naturally knew that Zheng Kezhang had a self-built plywood ship. "Pass the order, all battalions will be on double alert, and if there is another successful counterattack by the sea, it will be killed!"
Maybe in Shi Lang's eyes, the plywood boats that can cross thousands of miles of waterways are nothing more than that, as long as they are careful and vigilant, it is naturally fine, maybe Shi Lang thinks that hundreds of them have been sunk, and Zheng Kezang's hands are only about ten imitation plywood ships are insignificant, but after the Feiting made such a disturbance, not only was the attack on North Shanwei Island forced to be suspended, but the Qing army also lost more than 40 boats and nearly 100 sailors, and morale was naturally frustrated.
In order to boost the morale of his subordinates, and to further lure the enemy, after another day of rest, on August 9, Shi Lang attacked the Dayuan South Passage with 100 ships, only to be attacked by Zheng's 1st Kun Battery. Zheng Kezhang was equipped with four four-and-a-half-inch (43-pound) guns, six four-inch (28-pound) guns, and four three-and-a-half-inch (12-pound) guns. The Qing army crashed headlong into the iron plate, and as a result, bullets rained down and the water column soared into the sky.
At noon, the Qing army broke into the southern channel at the cost of losing 12 ships, and was cross-fired by several 8,000-jin (old-fashioned guns, 36-pounds) heavy guns on the head of Anping City and four-inch guns on the fort of North Shanwei Island.
Shi Lang was not willing to accept the defeat in the morning, so he sent a thousand land troops and a cannon of General Wucheng Yonggu to North Shanwei Island again in the afternoon of the same day, hoping to put pressure on Zheng Kezhang on the northern front, in view of the artillery fire of the Qing army, the Boy Scouts took the initiative to retreat to the fort and confront it with a fortress that the Qing army had never seen before, although the Qing army reduced the range of activities of the Boy Scouts, but left another hundred and ten corpses in front of the fortress, and was forced to stop again.
Of course, it was not all good news on Zheng Kezang's side, and on August 9, when Zheng's artillery was beating the Qing army's boats and ships that had broken into the southern passage, a messenger sent by Wu Shu sent the news that the prisoners of the Haiqing Army had rioted. Although the rebellious Haiqing Army captured only 3,000 people, less than half of the recipients, and although the prisoners of the rebellious Haiqing Army were not fully armored and could only use farm tools to start the incident, because the local flood soldiers and veterans were transferred, it still caused a lot of damage, and more importantly, Wu Shusuo's troops were also pinned down because of this, and they could not go south for reinforcements for the time being.
"Damn it!" Zheng Kezhang cursed angrily, he was kind enough to pardon the hard labor of these people, but the reality is so ruthless, or the famous warrior in the later generations said well, the enemy should be as cruel as the harsh winter. "Sue sùding Xibo, after catching such a traitor who is desperate to serve the enemy, all of them will be hanged in front of Pai Jiatun."
The guards took the order, Zheng Kezhang sat on the chair and looked at the topographic map of Tainan that he was already familiar with: "What if the boy scouts didn't block Shi Lang on the inland sea?" Where will Shi Lang go ashore? ”
Although these issues have been discussed again and again, at this moment, Zheng Kezhang seems to be wrapped in a hard shell, and no one can trust him: "Come on, go and call Sun Guard." ”
Sun Youlao, who was transferred back to Anping to preside over the defense, soon appeared in front of Zheng Kezang: "Sun Qing, Yu decided to lead troops into Tianxing Prefecture. ”
Sun Youlao, who looked withered, couldn't help but be stunned, and listened to Zheng Kezhang say: "Once the Qing army breaks through into the Inland Sea, defending Anping will sooner or later be the end of defeat, and only defeating the Qing army in a field battle is the only chance to win, and the field battle must concentrate a force that can be concentrated, so Yu is ready to take away the remaining strength of the Boy Scouts and Luan Yiwei, and Mrs. and Baoguan will ask Sun Qing." ”
Sun Youlao admonished: "It is too risky for Shisun to do this, how can he fight a decisive battle with the Qing captives with those newly recruited soldiers of this domain?" It is better to stay in Anping, or you can force the Qing army to retreat when the food is exhausted. ”
"Running out of food?" Zheng Kezhang shook his head. "There is Fujian Province behind Shi Lang, and if Fujian Province is insufficient, it can also rely on Guangdong Province and Zhejiang Province to consume grain, we can't consume him, and once he calms down Chengtian and other places, we are just like the Dutch back then, no, the Dutch still have a way out, but we don't, maybe in the end, someone should use the rest of their heads to change a way of life."
Sun Youlao's face turned pale, he didn't know if Zheng Kezhang had said this intentionally, but he understood that Zheng Kezhang had obviously made up his mind, so he could only bow his head and take orders: "The minister will live up to the trust of the grandson, if the Qing prisoner wants to enter Anping City, he must first climb over the corpse of the minister."
"Okay, okay." Zheng Kezhang praised repeatedly, and then unsheathed the sword. "This is given by Zhu Shugui to Lone, Lone is handed over to Sun Qing today, if anyone dares to disobey, Qing can cut himself!"
Solitary? This is the first time Zheng Kezhang has called himself a lonely widow, Sun Youlao didn't dare to slack off, he knelt down to take the sword, and when he took the sword, Zheng Kezang waved his hand happily: "Sun Qing go by himself, Lone still has to explain a thing or two to his wife."
On August 10, Zheng Kezhang left Anping City, led the Boy Scouts and Luan Yiwei to arrive in Tianxing Prefecture, He You, Wang Jingong, Zhang Xueyao and others led their troops back to the division, Zheng Kezhang read the whole army, and then took Fu Weilin to sacrifice the banner of a man, swore never to give in to the Qing court, and the military heart was solemn for a while, but no one knew that at this moment Anping City had sung an empty city plan, except for Sun Youlao with a Luan Yiwei's heavy artillery mark, honor guard battalion and about 900 guards in Anping City to decorate the façade, all the bets were Zheng Kezhang bet on the unknown battlefield
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