Chapter 1344: Knife Test
Under the early morning sun, more than 30 large ships floated inside and outside the port of Phi Dao, like a city fortress floating on the sea.
Although he had been looking forward to it for a long time, after really seeing it, Zhao Song still didn't believe his eyes, stretched out his hand and rubbed it, and saw the Zhao family's military flag fluttering on the mast, it was really here!
Zhao Song's eyes suddenly became blurred, he brandished his halberd, wanted to shout and cheer, but found that he couldn't shout, he lost his voice under the excitement, the music of the plucked strings was still coming, and immediately there was an angry scolding: "You ghost, don't play the piano, where to play cotton, Lao Tzu will throw you into the sea!" ”
The music of plucking the strings stopped abruptly, and the people in the fortress position may have similar reactions to Zhao Song, and they could not shout out until this time, and the cheers finally sounded, shaking the heavens and the earth, the soldiers of the Zhao family army laughed, and Phi Dao Qingzhuang still felt incredible, this Xuzhou actually sent people here, and sent so many big ships, we were saved, we were able to escape.
As soon as he calmed down, Zhao Song looked at the Jianzhou Jurchen camp opposite, the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses naturally knew that they couldn't let the fleet dock, and they had to block it anyway, they thought that there were no ships coming back, they thought that the soldiers and horses in this fortress were lonely, who would have thought that there were really ships coming, and there were so many.
Originally, it was the defenders of the Yunshanhang Fortress on Phi Island who wanted to block the landing, but now it is the Jianzhou Jurchens who want to do it, and what is even more troublesome for them is that the port and dock area is already within the scope of the fortress position, and it will take a lot of effort for them to capture it. "All companies are in position, block the attack of the Tartars, we are about to win, and after blocking, it is time for us to take revenge!" Zhao Song shouted on the fortress, and the people below were cheering and agreeing, how to defend it, everyone already knew their respective positions.
And Luo Chen was shouting over there for the teams to clean up the docks, there were also fortifications and obstacles built over there, which would definitely hinder the speed of the team's landing, and the Jianzhou Jurchen camp on the opposite side had begun to stir, the flags were shaking, the camp gate was wide open, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners were rushing out quickly to line up, they knew that it was difficult to attack, but they had to attack, because if the fleet landed, it would be a dead end.
The sea fleet has already begun to move, there are two big ships are about to approach the dock, but the speed is not fast, put down the sampan in advance to clean up the wreckage and garbage in the sea, while the other big ships are not in a hurry to dock, first put down the sampan, you can see the soldiers of the Zhao family army who are not wearing armor climb down the rope net hanging on the side of the ship, pick up weapons on the sampan, and row to the shore.
Everyone kept cheering, even if the voice was hoarse, it continued, seeing the big ship and the dense sampan, everyone knew that victory was imminent, no, everyone knew that revenge was imminent, it turned out that they could really kill all the enemies on the other side, and kill all the brutes who didn't treat the Han people as people!
The big ship docked, the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses had rushed to the outer wall, although the victory was imminent, the battle between the attack and defense was still cruel, the defenders had no long-range weapons, the Jianzhou Jurchens had enough bows and arrows, when the two sides engaged, the defenders had to endure the throws of bows and arrows, even if the people in front were wearing armor, the probability of death and injury was still very high.
The arrival of reinforcements is certainly a great morale, but everyone is not willing to die when the reinforcements arrive, finally victory came, it is too worthless to die at this time, as soon as the battle broke out, the original impregnable outer wall position was rushed in, fortunately, a chaotic battle in the position, relying on the fortifications to prevent bows and arrows, this did not let the situation collapse.
Zhao Song, who saw this scene, scolded loudly, and was seen by the brother troops This humiliating scene, the hard work of the previous 20 days was all in vain, and it was extremely humiliating.
After the two large ships docked briefly cleaned the dock, they began to push down the gun carriage and gun carriage, and assembled the guns on the dock, all the ones that could do this were two-pounder guns, and the ammunition and everything were sent down together, the power of the two-pounder guns was indeed limited, but the two ships unloaded a total of ten guns and gunners.
After the artillery was assembled, Luo Chen hurriedly arranged for several teams of young men to go over to help, and under the command of the gunners, the artillery was pushed to a position where it could be fired, and then the gunners began to load ammunition.
Slightly adjust the angle of the muzzle, there is no need to aim too accurately in front of you, just smash the shells past the defenders to the opposite side, the Jianzhou Jurchen queue is very dense, and they put a lot of strength in order to block the landing battalion head as soon as possible. "Fire!" Someone shouted, the artillery roared, the roar of the two-pounder cannon was not very shocking, it was not a salvo, the roar here was even muffled by the sound of killing.
The cannonball whistled and flew over, falling into the unsuspecting Jurchen army formation, about two catties of metal projectiles fell, whether the Jurchen foot soldiers were holding shields or not, whether they were wearing armor or not, they were all able to block the power of the projectile, they were hit in the upper body, the upper body was broken, and they continued to fly forward, the cannonball took away the bodies of those soldiers behind without hindrance, and then landed, bounced up on the hard ground that had already been trampled, cutting off the limbs of everyone along the way, and when it stopped, the route of the cannonball's flight was already a bloody road.
And it's not just one shot, and it's not just one round of fire, after the first shot of the two-pounder light gun warms up the gun body, the next reload and fire frequency are accelerated, and the cold climate of Phi Island can cool down the gun body as soon as possible, which makes the interval between shots shorter.
When the ten artillery pieces were fired, the ten shells completely crushed the Jianzhou Jurchen offensive, more than 100 casualties to the army of more than 3,000 people is nothing, but the morale is extremely low, originally the artillery of the defenders of this fortress gave them a headache, I thought that the defenders' firearms would not have to worry so much after they ran out, I thought that the defenders' firearms were just an accidental phenomenon, but I didn't expect that the reinforcements had more firearms, and the reinforcements' firearms were stronger, how could this be fought!
After seeing this, Zhao Song, who had been depressed for a long time, was overjoyed, brandishing a halberd and shouting there: "Open the cannon!" Fire! ”
Luo Chen, who was busy answering there, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then laughed, waved his fist and shouted: "Open the cannon, open the cannon!" ”
Zheng Xiaoer looked at everything in front of him in amazement, resisted Phi Island, thought he was in a desperate situation, never believed in the revenge described and expected by the people of Xuzhou, but he didn't expect it to be true, as soon as the reinforcements arrived, it was so devastating, it was not a real knife and a real gun fight, it turned out that there were more firearms, it turned out that Daming, no, it turned out that Xuzhou still had such a strong force, he was stunned at first, and then felt shocked, and finally couldn't help but shout: "Open the cannon, open the gun!" ”
There were more and more people shouting in the fortress position, some were laughing and shouting, some were crying and shouting, some were red with excitement, and everyone was shouting: "Fire!" Fire! “
Under the cheers of everyone, the artillery of the ten guns became more and more energetic, while shouting and pushing the cannon forward, while falling into position to load and fire, the shells continued to fall in the Jianzhou Jurchen army formation, the Jianzhou Jurchen front pushed down, originally had to observe, the shells fell, and there were casualties, they could only retreat again, the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses did not even dare to withdraw from the battlefield, if the strength of these more than 30 big ships all went ashore, they had nowhere to escape, and they were destroyed.
They didn't want to retreat, but the artillery forced them to retreat, if they didn't retreat, they only died, no matter how brave you were in front of the shells, there was no way to resist, no one wanted to insist in the roaring and screaming, only retreat, only continuous retreat, and finally it became a rout, the maximum range of the two-pounder cannon was only more than 300 steps, and it didn't take long for there to be no Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers within a distance of more than 300 steps, only corpses and wounded remained, and the wounded howled loudly, but no one dared to come to the rescue.
Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses did not even dare to line up outside, they have seen that the ten small artillery pieces have been pushed out, getting closer and closer to them, such light artillery can maneuver on the battlefield, encounter corpses and potholes, a few people can move with force, this time the Jurchen generals who led the troops all wanted to seize the firearms of the Xuzhou people and go back to imitate, but they have not succeeded, which is also one of the reasons why they have besieged until now, the firearms of the Xuzhou people are too coveted.
"Yingzheng, do you want to pursue!" Seeing that the Jianzhou Jurchen was defeated, the soldiers and young men were excited to ask for instructions, but Zhao Song did not agree, the most important thing now is not to expand the victory, but to receive the fleet ashore, as long as the landing is smooth, the victory will definitely be worry-free.
There were already more than 400 people ashore, they did not rush to line up, but to help carry the next supplies, wearing armor, guns and ammunition, these must be transported ashore first, a strong man in iron armor was giving orders over there, Zhao Song walked over quickly, the strong man ordered the people around him, and hurriedly greeted him.
"Zhao Yingzheng has worked hard! Jin Ye asked me to bring a message to Zhao Yingzheng, this time you have made a great contribution, it is the glory of our Xuzhou! It is the glory of our Zhao Jiajun! The strong man in armor and Zhao Song saluted each other, and then spoke.
Hearing this, Zhao Song's body shook, and he wanted to say something, but his lips trembled and he couldn't speak, he turned his head to look around, looked at the dilapidated fortress position, looked at the haggard and weak soldiers and young people, only felt a hot breath hit his eyes, and he wanted to cry in a daze.
But this time Zhao Song did not shed tears, at this time, the soldiers of the Zhao family army should not shed tears, he lowered his head and raised his head to take a deep breath, finally calmed down, and then said in a muffled voice: "It turned out that the deputy of the Qi regiment came to help, this is to save the lives of thousands of people on Phi Island!" “
The person who came was the deputy of the Haizhou Garrison Regiment and the brigade of the Salt Patrol Brigade Zheng Qi Erkui, who had a conflict with Zhao Jin because of the private salt business, but now he has become a military general on the side of the town.
Qi Erkui had already seen the tragedy of the battlefield at the port of Phi Dao, and saw the hard work of Zhao Song and his subordinates, and couldn't help but sigh a little, but he still said with a smile: "Not only our regiment is here, but also the maritime teaching regiment is here, Zhao Yingzheng, let's kill the Tartars together!" ”
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