1o-14 Tiger in the Corner

It is 100 miles away from the southeast of Tianjin Wei, the Bohai Sea in the east, the Haihe River Plain in the west, there is a strong city Dagu mouth across the river and Tanggu in the place, the geographical location is very dangerous, the so-called "the land is the nine rivers and Tianjin, the road leads to the seven provinces of boats and cars", since ancient times, it has the Beijing-Tianjin gateway, the sea 6 throat said.

Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the imperial courts of all dynasties have attached great importance to Dagukou, Tianjin is the gateway to Beijing, and Dagukou is the gateway to Tianjin. The Manchu Qing Dynasty was proficient in the 6th war, the sailors were weak, so they attached great importance to the construction of Dagukou, the fortress city was thick with high walls, and the soldiers had sufficient food and grass, and after learning that the Ming army was about to ascend from Tianjin to 6, they urgently strengthened the defense, recruited tens of thousands of local workers, and planted many wooden stakes on the bottom of the sea to resist the enemy ships.

As soon as the sky was bright, the Dagukou fortress looked upstairs, the Qing soldiers who had been on duty overnight were sleepy-eyed, rubbed their eyes, stretched a lazy waist and were about to yawn, suddenly saw something faintly between the sea and the sky, he opened his mouth wide and forgot to close, and put his head on the clairvoyant mirror to see, my God, the Ming army really came, the mast is like a forest, and the flag covers the sun, the soldier didn't have time to take a closer look, and hurriedly rang the alarm bell beside him.

The alarm bell rang for a long time, and the soldiers of the fortress who had been tense immediately got up from the bed, and they didn't need to wear clothes and shoes, they were wearing anyway, and they were wearing their weapons anyway, and they hurriedly rushed to the battle position, and the alarm bell was followed by gongs, bangzi, and the orders of each unit came and went, and the soldiers tightened the bowstring of the crossbow to defend the city according to the pattern of many drills, and the modified long-range catapult was also loaded, and the big stones were wrapped in leather dipped in fierce fire oil, and they were loaded in the bullet nest of the catapult, and the soldiers stood next to them with torches and waited for them, the archers of the brigade hid under the city walls, checking their bows and arrows, ready to enter the city at any time.

The preparation of the Qing army is very sufficient, the giant crossbow of Beijing City has been moved, thousands of arrows with the thickness of small trunks have been prepared, stone bullets, fire oil, **, grain, grass and ordnance are stuffed in the warehouse, there are 20,000 soldiers in the fortress alone, and there are 20,000 Mongolian cavalry in the rear who can provide support at any time, and there are 50,000 green battalions and countless baggage in Tianjin City, even if the Ming army fights for a whole year, don't want to break through Dagukou.

The Haihe River has been blocked by iron chains, and several boats have sunk in the river, and the ironclad boats of the Ming army can only fly in unless they have wings, and as for the airships that the Ming people are proud of, the Qing army has also prepared twenty highly mobile carriages, on which a bed crossbow with a large elevation angle is set up, which is specially used for air defense.

On the beach to the east of the fortress, there are many horses and thistles, and there are many pits that are like flat ground on the surface, and there are bamboo sticks smeared with poison in the pits.

Not long after the Dagukou fortress has been prepared, ready for battle, the generals are neatly dressed, climb the city tower to look at the enemy's situation, only to see that the sea is full of warships of the Ming army, one of the largest ships hangs the banner of the Ming Dynasty prince Shaobao Zhenwuhou Liu.

"And he did." General Tuhai put down the clairvoyant mirror and said. The previous information is not wrong, the direction of the main attack of the Ming army is in Tianjin, as the number one military general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Tu Hai has been a lifelong soldier, and his favorite is to compete with a strong opponent, a few years ago he was recuperating in his hometown due to illness, failed to follow the first emperor to the south, has been regretted, I heard that the country has a brave general, Rui Wang Ye died in his hands, Tu Hai is very unconvinced, thinking that all this is just a coincidence, the first two Qing army failures should be attributed to the lack of food and grass and Rui Wangye's illness has not healed, only to be exploited by the southerners, If he starts the battle in an upright manner, Liu Ziguang must not be an opponent.

All the generals of the Qing army have heard of Liu Ziguang's name, and when they see his banner, they can't help but be secretly frightened, Tuhai looked around, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled: "Let this son come and go today, Dagukou is the place where he broke his halberd and sank in the sand." The self-confidence of the main general infected the generals, and they laughed dryly one by one. The soldiers on the city wall didn't know why the generals were laughing, but when they heard the laughter, their hearts finally calmed down a little.

"Raise the wolf smoke, and act in secret." Tu Hai ordered in a deep voice that the wolf smoke alarm signal would be transmitted to Tianjin Wei and Beijing through the beacon tower, and the entire military system of the Qing Dynasty would run around Dagukou, all in order to repel the Ming army, and 200,000 people and 130,000 troops would be concentrated on this front.

A round of red sun rose from the east, reflecting behind the Ming fleet, Yao's Qing soldiers were dazzled and couldn't see clearly, and at this time, the artillery bombardment of the Ming army began.

An airship rose from the ship, but did not move forward, but stopped over the fleet to observe the target, guide and correct the shelling, one after another the battleship turned the hull sideways, the black hole of the gun muzzle pointed to the sky, a cloud of gunpowder smoke rose, a sharp howl came from the firelight, hundreds of shells crossed the sky, fell heavily on the beach, the rejection of horses, barbed wire smashed in a mess, the trap was also exposed.

Although Tu Hai didn't know how to fight with hot weapons, he understood that this was the preparation of the Ming army before boarding 6, clearing the obstacles to the 6th battle, and the Ming army fleet was still outside the strike distance of the crossbow of the fortress guarding the city, and could not return fire, so he could only wait for the enemy's next move.

Solid shells are not ideal on soft sand, shells do not stir up sharp stone flakes like they do on city walls, flying sand particles can not cause any additional lethality, only direct hits can knock down obstacles, the Ming army quickly showed this, began to move forward, extended the coverage of fire, and directly hit the Dagukou fortress.

The range of the artillery of the Ming army is farther than the crossbow of the Qing army, a burst of cannonballs smashed over, the soldiers who have not experienced the shelling do not know the concealment, but look at it blankly, the shells fall into the crowd, smash up a piece of flesh and blood, fall on the city wall, collapse countless angular fragments, the Qing army cried and shouted mother, Tuhai was pressed under the body by a quick lieutenant general a tiger, otherwise he would have to suffer a few brick and stone fragments.

Tu Hai lifted the lieutenant general who was pressing on him and shouted: "Defend the city crossbow shot!" ”

A series of bowstrings collapsed, and huge iron-core arrows roared towards the Ming fleet, but the arrows driven by physical force could not compare to the cannonballs driven by chemical force after all, and when the arrows fell on the warship, it was already the end of the crossbow, and most of them could not even shoot through the armor belt on the warship, leaving a white trace in vain and falling into the sea, and some arrows fell on the ship and caused some damage, but in general did not pose a threat.

The Ming army continued to adjust the firing angle, under the correction of the airship, the ballistic trajectory was extended to the inside of the Dagukou fortress, this time using flowering bombs and incendiary bombs, the bullets rained down, and only by hiding inside the solid fortress could they avoid being killed, General Tuhai was like thunder, and resolutely refused the adjutant generals' proposal to let him hide in the bunker, but personally climbed the height and beat the drum to encourage morale. When the soldiers saw the general beating the drum himself, they were moved to tears, and tried their best to shoot crossbow arrows to stop the approach of the Ming warships.

The Ming army fought very cautiously, only bombarding with long-barreled artillery with the longest range, and did not dare to approach with a salvo of small cannons and rockets.

Seeing the retreat of the Ming army, the Qing officers and soldiers crawled out from behind the bunkers, thunderous with joy, celebrating the repulsion of the first wave of attacks, and the adjutant generals also congratulated Tu Hai: "Congratulations to the general for his victory and killing the enemy's spirit." ”

Tu Hai waved his hand reservedly: "That's it, the big battle is still behind, hurry up and clean up the rubble, treat the wounded, and then ask General Nashun if the reinforcements have arrived." ”

After counting, I learned that the Ming army killed more than 100 soldiers in the shelling, and nearly 500 were wounded, most of whom were killed and wounded by stone chips, and the result of this casualty was still acceptable.

The Ming army retreated to a safe distance and began to rest, light a fire to cook, clean the gun chamber, the ships were lowered, the sails were lowered, big grin, proud, not afraid of the Qing army's counterattack, you must know that although the Qing army's naval division is weak, but after all, there are still a few warships.

Tuhai ordered the chess and card officer to play the flag and tell the sailors who were cowering in the harbor to fight, the officers and soldiers of the sailors were mostly Han Chinese, afraid of the enemy like tigers, and retreated, Tuhai barely fought under the three orders and five shen, and sent ten clippers to attack the Ming army, the Qing army's clippers resembled dragon boats, the hull was long and narrow, and the oarsmen on both sides were all oarsmen, and the rowing was also fast, the Ming army was attacking the enemy, and the artillery came to fight, but the Qing ships were very fast, and the hull was small, and a few cannons actually failed, only stirring up a high splash on the sea, and the Ming army saw that the shelling was ineffective, He sent a small destroyer of 500 materials to block, the Qing army was equipped with a fire crossbow, and the two fought into a group, and there were casualties among each other, but because the Qing army's sailors were mostly Han Chinese, and the courage was insufficient, they shouted when they saw that they could not win, turned the bow and withdrew, and several medium-sized warships sailed out of the Ming fleet to follow and pursue.

As everyone knows, the Qing army sailors have their own stunts, the defeated ship pushed out a large vat, fluttering in the sea, the Ming warship did not have time to dodge, ran into the vat, the cylinder was covered with a layer of gunpowder, on which a deep mouth was placed on the big bowl, the bowl contained the coals, gently swaying fine, if it hit the coals, it would turn into the tank and cause an explosion, this hand was a unique blow up the two warships of the Ming army, and the Ming army flagship hurriedly collected the troops.

After a day of fighting, the two sides won and lost each other, the Ming army could not attack the shore, and the Qing army could not fight the sea, so the final victor of the stalemate was still the Qing army, because the Ming army worked on an expedition and tried to win, and it was difficult to continue to consume grain and grass, and the soldiers were also miserable, and they had to retreat one way.

The Ming army is cunning, will not retreat easily, Tuhai was afraid that the enemy would attack at night, ordered people to light a pile of bonfires on the beach, monitoring the movement of the Ming army, fortunately there were no clouds that night, the bright moon was in the sky, and the Ming army did not act rashly.

In the early morning of the next day, the soldiers on duty in the Ming army appeared in the sea with a lot of red tasseled hats, it looked as if the Qing army swam into the water to attack, then sounded the gong to warn, the sailors saw this haha laughed, laughed at the stupidity of the Qing army, even the warship was reluctant to send, let the soldiers come to send them to death, simply wait for them to swim close and then shoot, how do you know that a burst of fire hit the past, the red tasseled hat was broken, but a large number of wasps flew out of it, shrouded in the warship sting, the Ming army stinged one by one like a pig's head, bee venom is not trivial, heavy will die, light will lose combat effectiveness, so the Qing army won another game.

The battle is like this, every day each other with cannons and crossbows to attack each other, the Ming army does not climb 6, put on a posture of never giving up if the Dagu mouth is razed to the ground, the Qing army is not in a hurry, tens of thousands of elite cavalry are waiting in the back, in case the mouth of the big Gu can not hold on, put the enemy in to fight, with cavalry to impact the 6 infantry is not like playing.

Tuhai is very proud, Liu Ziguang has no tricks in front of his copper wall, it turns out that he Tuhai is indeed the first general of the Qing Dynasty, brave and resourceful to turn the tide, the capital is also very satisfied with the war report, rewarded Tuhai, and gave him a dazzling crown.

On the fourth day, early in the morning, Tuhai was resting in the castle when suddenly Goshha rushed in and said, "General, it's not good! ”

Tu Hai said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking about, what's wrong?" ”

Goshha said: "The Ming army on the sea is gone. ”

Tu Hai was stunned when he heard it, and hurriedly climbed the city wall to watch, only to see that the sea and the sky were empty, only the vast sea water and a few seabirds were soaring, and the Ming army fleet that was still showing off its might yesterday did not even leave a sampan at this time.