Chapter 1331: A Spy in the Fortress?
Flags had already been erected at the landing place, and several Jianzhou Jurchen generals put on cotton armor under the service of the guards, and after putting them on, they walked towards the fortress of Yunshan under the support of the guards, and stopped three hundred steps away and did not move forward.
Zhao Song had already led the team to withdraw to the fortress, and Yun Shanxing's men were mobilized at this time, they took up arms and defended the fortress, and blocked the gate as soon as the brigade withdrew into the fortress.
Since the beginning of Zhao Jin to the present, every time the Zhao family army goes to war, every time it is a triumphant return, the officers and soldiers are all in high spirits, and this time there is no more, it is not to say that it is shocked, but everyone has a sense of escape from the force, the Tartars are really strong, the Zhao army's brazen and brave impact, not only did not collapse and escape, but quickly organized to attack, there was no suitable terrain to form a long spear phalanx, there was not enough fire to provide fire output, there was no artillery to make the enemy collapse, this battle was very miserable.
The first company led by Zhao Song killed 26 people on the spot and slightly injured more than 10 people, and the rest of the companies suffered a total of 35 casualties and 7 minor injuries.
The losses were not only killed and lightly wounded, but seventeen seriously wounded did not return, and in such a battle, it was difficult for them to return.
Zhao Song had a gloomy face, he just went to battle, Zhao Jiajun filled in almost a company, and the battle damage reached one-fifth, Zhao Jiajun had never fought such a battle, fortunately, the fire gun soldiers were killed and wounded only six people, because they were well protected by spear soldiers.
Luo Chen's face was already dark, he was even more anxious than Zhao Song, but Luo Chen's mind was not on the dead and wounded, he just asked in a low voice: "Yingzheng, at least six firearms and dozens of sets of armor are left outside, if the Tartar is used to imitate, this is a big disaster for our Zhao family's army, what should I do?" When will reinforcements arrive? Will reinforcements arrive? ”
Speaking of this, Luo Chen was also a little calm, and kept asking, Zhao Song slapped the low wall with his hand, and said in a muffled voice: "Master Jin said that Zhao Jiajun's firearms and armor are not at all, and even if others have them, they can't beat Xuzhou, not to mention, they can imitate a small amount of armor and firearms, but they can't make them in large quantities, don't worry about this." ”
With the strength of the Xuzhou Tianxia Coal and Iron Center, there was no way to manufacture firearms and armor in large quantities when they first started, until Zhu Xingshu brought hydraulic machinery, and then the craftsman greatly increased the output of wrought iron, which allowed the armor and firearms to quickly equip the whole army, and the Jianzhou Jurchen could not do it.
On the side of the port wharf of Phi Dao, it has become a lot quieter, the Jianzhou Jurchen brigade that landed on the shore has begun to march north, and the more than 1,000 people left behind are on guard while cleaning up the battlefield, the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers have more casualties, needless to say the lightly injured, the seriously injured are only there screaming and wailing, and the breath is getting weaker and weaker.
For the disposal of the seriously wounded, the Jianzhou Jurchen did not have any good methods, just to give a good time, Zhao Song looked at it quite nervously, for fear that some soldiers of the Zhao family army would be captured alive and then tortured and forced to ask, but the scale of the battle just now was small but tragic and abnormal, no one left their hands, and only now did they clean up the battlefield, and there are indeed not many people who can live.
After the corpses were piled up, the remaining Jurchen team moved closer to the fortress of Yunshanxing, but they still carefully stayed out of the range of the firecrackers.
The soldiers on the fortress of Yunshan have already loaded the two light guns, and a nest of fire assembled by more than a dozen guns has also been dragged up, seeing that the soldiers of the Jianzhou Jurchens are just within the range of the artillery, someone is about to ignite the cannon.
"Swap the shells for shotguns and follow my orders before firing!" Zhao Song said in a muffled voice.
The noise and shouting from the north shore grew louder and louder, and everyone in the fortress looked gloomy at the sound of the voice.
Dongjiang Town on Phi Island has tens of thousands, nearly 20,000 young and strong, and the Jianzhou Jurchens have only landed on the island in the thousands, leaving a thousand fortresses staring at Yunshanxing, but Zhao Song is very clear that these more than 3,400 Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses are enough to defeat all of Dongjiang Town
The soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town do have a bitter hatred for the Eight Banners of Jianzhou, and want to stay to take revenge and fight to the death, but after all, they fled all the way from Liaozhen to this side, and the sea around Phi Island is their shelter.
"Yingzheng, you take people on the boat first, how can our two ships take away two companies and go back for help." There was already fear on Luo Chen's face, but the words he said were still surprising.
Zhao Song smiled bitterly and said in a sullen voice: "Lao Luo, I know that you are for my good, thinking that I am the Zhao family, how can I save my life, but you still don't know the character of the master, if I go first, I will definitely be marched by the law of marching, as the main general, I will definitely lose my head, if it is someone else, there may be forgivable circumstances, but the Zhao family can't." ”
"Yingzheng, if we go on like this, we will be finished, Dongjiang Town will be defeated, and the Tartars will drive the captives of Phi Island to attack, although our side is complete, we can't stop tens of thousands of people from rushing over, what should we do? Yingzheng, Lao Luo, I already have a son, at your age, wealth is still behind, can't you explain it here! Luo Chen was really a little anxious.
This time, Zhao Song didn't have a smile on his face, but said resolutely: "There is no Zhao family army who escaped from the battle." ”
Luo Chen was just about to speak, but he heard someone in the fortress shouting angrily, there was a commotion, Luo Chen and Zhao Song were shocked, could it be that there was something wrong in the fortress?
"Catch him!" "Spies!"
The commotion quickly subsided, an outsider was caught in the fortress, no matter how orderly the retreat was, there was no way to take care of too much, when they came back, everyone was shocked, and now they recovered, in such a small circle full of Xuzhou system, it was easy to find outsiders.
"Yingzheng, this person calls himself Zheng Xiaoer, saying that he is a citizen of Dongjiang Town, who was arranged to be on duty on the east bank, and just now took advantage of the chaos to escape with us." A team is coming to report.
Zhao Song, Luo Chen, and the team that came to report were not good-looking, fighting so hard outside, such a big loss, and let the people of Phi Island take advantage of the chaos to get in.
"Jin Ye is wise! No wonder Jin Ye insisted that the helpers of the Phi Island Commercial House could only use people from Xuzhou. Luo Chen sighed there.
The most basic guys in Phi Dao Yunshan are all from Xuzhou, or non-Liaodong people who have been in the homeless grange for more than four years, and with such an identity, it also cuts off the possibility of being mixed in by Phi Dao related people or Jianzhou Jurchen spies, and now it is the same, in the case of chaos, then Zheng Xiaoer is a stick of incense kung fu was discovered.
"The little ones are also willing to fight hard with the Tartars, give the little weapons, and the little ones are willing to fight hard!" Zheng Xiaoer, who was caught below, shouted loudly.
Although the soldiers and men in the Merchant House Fortress were annoyed, they did not act rudely, after all, everyone had a common enemy, and under interrogation, this Zheng Xiaoer dared to risk his life to charge the Jurchen army just now, and this courage was admirable.
After understanding it clearly, Zhao Song no longer paid attention, but frowned and looked to the north, although it was blocked by the mountains and highlands, he couldn't see the situation over there.
"Lao Luo, the person we sent to deliver the letter hasn't come back yet, and Dongjiang Town hasn't sent anyone to help, is something wrong?" Zhao Song asked in a deep voice.
Without waiting for Luo Chen to answer, Zhao Song gritted his teeth and gave an answer: "Is Mao Wenlong afraid of affecting the morale of the army, and wants to repel the north bank and then deal with the east side?" Directly detained our people? ”
"Yingzheng, I know a little bit about the officers and soldiers, and it is possible that I ran away directly, I don't know if I have other thoughts, these generals of the Ming Dynasty can't fight, and they have more thoughts than one another!" Luo Chen's face was also ugly.
Since Zhao Song led the companies to block the Jianzhou soldiers and horses from landing, except for those young people on the shore who did not care about life and death, he had never seen a person from the north shore, and even the people sent out from this side were nowhere to be seen.
Zhao Song muttered and cursed, turned around and shouted below: "Make a fire and cook, the hard days are still to come!" ”
Someone below shouted the order, and everyone's face was not good-looking, but everyone who had been trained for a long time and obeyed the rules knew what to do at this time, and even the main team and the soldiers were now only left with the sorrow of missing their comrades, but they were not discouraged and desperate.
That Zheng Xiaoer was placed in a corner, and no one cared about him who was bare and in tatters, but the guy from the trading house took a piece of pancake and handed it over, there was still a bowl of broth left in the morning, and when the warm food was brought to him, Zheng Xiaoer's eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity.
The people who don't enter Dongjiang Town can't even eat bran, and here are actually grain cakes and broth, are these people in Xuzhou from heaven? Zheng Xiaoer was stunned for a moment and then cried, making the guy who gave him food inexplicable, and thought that he had done something wrong.
This scene is emotional, but the soldiers of the Zhao family army and Yunshan who came to Phi Island are from a homeless background, and they have seen a more miserable hell, and there will be no waves in their hearts after seeing it, but the guy saw Zheng Xiaoer crying and gobbling up, and couldn't help but say, "Eat slowly, there are still here, don't choke yourself." ”
After the establishment of the fortress of Yunshan Xingpi Island, enough supplies were stored, and all the personnel could rely on these materials to last for two months, and during this time, how could reinforcements come.
Because of these words, many people thought of the abundance of reserves in this fortress, and the expressions on their faces were somewhat relaxed, and the atmosphere in the fortress was slightly relaxed.
It's just that this relaxation was quickly interrupted by the sound from the north, and suddenly it seemed that there was a strong wind from that side, but after a little reaction, you could hear that it was the shouts of tens of millions of people, and the birds on the mountain of Phi Dao were all startled by this wave, they were already alarmed by the Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers and horses passing through, and now they were flying again, and the soldiers on duty at the head of the fortress wall could even see small beasts running out of the woods
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