Chapter 19: Battle of Haizhou
The cannon roared outside the ship, and Yuelian sat cross-legged with the old monk as if she were in a fixed position, her fingers gently caressing the scabbard. No matter how noisy it was outside, her heart was undisturbed.
Zhao Jiaren saved her that time, and for the first time in her life, Yuelian cut down a dozen pirates in battle. After venting her fear, anger, and confusion by slashing and killing the pirates, Yuelian felt dizzy and disgusted, and she just wanted to vomit. From then to now, Yuelian has cut about ten times as many people as she did that time. If you do too many things, you will feel bored, including slashing people. Yuelian felt that when she picked up the knife now, she was thinking about how to use the knife, and what she would do to cut the enemy into in the end was only the result of using the knife, not the purpose of using the knife.
The fourth team under her command has been expanded, from the original dozen to more than thirty people, and the fourth team has also changed from a small team to a squadron. Among these people, Yuelian felt that the four widows might be close to Yuelian's state. At least when the members of the team could not hide their excitement, the four widows leaned on the deck in a very comfortable state, their eyes closed to recuperate. This was the first time they had followed out on a mission, and Yuelian was not sure that her judgment was correct.
"Fourth team on deck!" The roar of the propaganda commissioner came from the staircase.
As if a wolf had been awakened, the four widows instantly opened their eyes and stood up calmly. Dressed in new cloth shoes, they walked steadily towards the hatch. Looking at their calm figures, Yue Lian had a thought. She suspected that the four widows might be short in stature and low in center of gravity to be able to walk so steadily. This is an example used in a physics class that ended just before the war to explain some of the theories.
On the deck, Yuelian was surprised to find that this naval battle was shorter than the last time, but the degree of damage to the upper floors of the Mongolian naval warship was much higher than the last time. As a squadron leader, Yuelian can finally participate in a relatively high-level meeting, and the content of the meeting is strictly confidential. At the meeting, it was told that the one-pound cannon on the ship this time became a two-pound cannon, and the three-pound cannon became a four-pound cannon. From the Mongolian ships, it can be seen that the new cannon is indeed much more powerful.
Still the same as before, Yuelian was the first to rush to the Mongolian ship. With the experience of fighting with the Japanese people, Yuelian was very vigilant in her heart. However, the tattered ship did not rush out of the masters, but the wounded Mongol sailors all over the ground. Just as Yuelian was observing, the four Japanese also rushed up, and they didn't talk nonsense, they slashed at the wounded Mongolian soldiers on the ground, and took the lead in killing in the direction of the cabin.
As if inspired by these four Japanese people, some of the uninjured Mongol soldiers also rushed out with weapons. Of course, Yuelian refused to let her subordinates be injured, and rushed up to fight with the tall Mongolian soldiers. The man on the other side was carrying a big knife, and Yuelian didn't want to compete with that guy, so she rushed up to fight in close combat. The two knives touched together, and Yue Lian felt a strong force coming from the knife. She quickly clenched the hilt of her knife and took a step back. Unexpectedly, the other party not only had great strength, but the retreat of the Moon Lotus inspired his will to fight. The guy swung his big sword like a windmill, and chased after him. Not only this one, but also a few other guys with spears rushed over to fight with the widows.
"Withdraw!" Yuelian shouted, and she took the lead in retreating.
After running back to the array of his troops, he turned his head to see that the four widows also deftly jumped back on the messy deck.
"Get on the troll!" Yuelian shouted, and let herself go aside. Three trolls with a caliber of about an inch and a half opened fire on the Mongol soldiers who rushed towards them. The rain of rubble hit the men all over their faces, and they all let out screams and lost their combat effectiveness.
A few moments later, the Mongols were all killed, and Moon Lian and the others continued to move forward to clear the ship of the enemy.
Maybe these are the elite of the Mongolian soldiers who counterattacked, after they were killed, Yuelian and the others never encountered such a piercing enemy again, and it took half an hour for the big ship to be searched from beginning to end. The entire ship was completely controlled.
The other ships were similar, and the battle was at noon, not in the evening. Five ships of the Mongol navy were captured, and Zhao Jiaren's fleet roared with joy.
Zhao Jiaren also symbolically raised his weapon and cheered a few times, and then he ordered the Mongol military ship to sail south first, and he and another ship went to the port of Haizhou to see the situation. More than half an hour later, I saw that there was a mess in Haizhou Port, so I put down the boat and went to inquire. It took another half an hour to know the current situation, and Li Pu, the governor of Shandong, suddenly sent troops to attack Haizhou, and at this time Haizhou City was under fierce attack. The ships in the port wanted to escape, but they didn't expect to be blocked by the Mongolian naval ships outside the port. Just when the people sent by Zhao Jiaren reported back, they learned that it was the ships of the Great Song Dynasty that had solved the Mongolian naval army, and the ships in the port raised their sails one after another and fled out of the harbor.
I'm worried that there might be some bad guys mixed up here, or maybe people who don't have long eyes. Zhao Jiaren went to the bow of the boat to watch, but saw that those boats were also interesting, and avoided Zhao Jiaren's ships from a distance. Looking closely, the strong men on each boat either steered the sails or rowed hard, just trying to get out of this dangerous place as quickly as possible. When the motherland was attacked, they did not come forward, did not choose to share the fate with the city of the motherland, but chose to flee first. Zhao Jiaren saw it in his eyes, and his heart felt uncomfortable for a while.
Now it is said that Shandong has a population of only two or three million, and the Han army in Shandong is numerous. The so-called Governor of Shandong, Li Pu, is only able to manage Shandong by name or above, and what he can really use is only four or five thousand troops under him. The strong guys on the fleeing ships were afraid that there were only a few thousand people, and in this era of cold weapons, if they were willing to defend the city, Li Pu would not be able to attack the city.
Sighing, Zhao Jiaren thought in his heart, this is how the Great Song Dynasty perished.
"Headmaster...... Mention it, let's go too. Li Hongjun said nervously.
Zhao Jiaren looked back at the nervous Li Hongjun, and then calmly replied: "Tell our fleet to come to the aid of Haizhou City with me." ”
"Yes!" Li Hongjun replied instinctively, and after a moment he understood the meaning of this order, his eyes widened like bells, and he stammered a little when he spoke, "Headmaster, Headmaster, let's ...... Why are we going to help? ”
In order to appease Li Hongjun, Zhao Jiaren smiled slightly, and then continued: "Because those Mongolian soldiers have nothing to fear. I personally led the team, and everyone killed them like chopping melons and vegetables. I'll just tell you that those who go to battle with me this time will get double rewards after the war. After getting off the boat, I will personally lead the team and rush to the front! ”
Seeing Li Hongjun staggering to give orders, Zhao Jiaren was also quite nervous in his heart. His men were trained in strict queues, and they also had spears and artillery to fight trolls. At that time, Zhao Jiaren told everyone that this was a training to conquer the islands occupied by pirates. Now that he suddenly orders everyone to follow him to the land battle, will everyone obey?
If they really resisted to the death, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help it.
Moments later, Zhao Jiaren saw his flagship raise the signal flag. The first signal carries the message, 'Follow the Lord!' ’
It didn't take long for other ships to approach. Zhao Jiaren's heart was relieved, at least when he was on the boat, everyone was still willing to follow. Two ships were left to control the five captured Mongol warships, and the other five warships lined up in a column and headed north of Haizhou City. Haizhou is bordered by the sea to the north and mountains to the south, and there are only two land gates in the east and west. The ships that fled escaped through the water gate to the north.
When the fleet approached the city of Haizhou, it was found that there were no Mongol troops to the east of the city. Anchoring in the port north of the city, Zhao Jiaren ordered again: "Leave twenty people on each ship, and each ship will carry four four-pound cannons and eight two-catty cannons, as well as all the trolls." Disembark with me to aid Haizhou. ”
Li Hongjun was speechless, and he gave the order. It didn't take long for Zhao Jiaren to see that all the ships had lowered all their dinghys and began to transport artillery and ammunition to the ships. Ships that did not transport artillery began to transport crews.
When Yuelian got off the boat, she had a lot of doubts in her heart, she didn't understand why Zhao Jiaren wanted to take everyone ashore to fight together. However, Yuelian didn't think much about it, all the guys in the students who received the charge order and didn't dare to patrol were sent to raise pigs and grow flowers. What's more, the order is clear, Zhao Jiaren personally led the team. If he went to land to fight, he would definitely die, and Zhao Jiaren would not do it anyway.
Seeing that the troops obeyed the order, Zhao Jiaren, who was full of joy, immediately got on a small boat and went to the east gate of Haizhou City. When I arrived outside the east gate, I saw that the soldiers on the head of the city were hiding behind the battlements and did not dare to show their faces at all. Zhao Jiaren ordered his subordinates to shout: "We are Zhao Jiaren's subordinates from Fujian Road Prison, and Zhao Jiaren has arrived in the city." We also helped Haizhou a few months ago, and if anyone who knew my family at that time mentioned something, he would come out and answer. ”
After shouting several times, someone from the city finally came out. He shouted at the top of his voice, "Wait a minute, I'll wait to report back." ”
After a while, someone finally came out of the city again and shouted, "I don't know which one is Zhao Tidian." ”
Zhao Jiaren took two steps forward and shouted, "I don't know who it is in the city?" ”
After another moment, I heard a joyful voice coming from the city, "Zhao Tidian, the next official is Hou ......Qi of Haizhou."
Zhao Jiaren was unhappy when he heard it, this guy stayed out of the matter when Xia Gui's subordinates snatched Zhao Jiaren's spoils, and he didn't even say a word of justice. Although he can understand his difficulties, Zhao Jiaren still dislikes it very much in his heart. But fortunately, this general judge has also met with Zhao Jiaren several times, and he will never fail to recognize people.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the east gate of Haizhou to open. Zhao Jiaren saw Hou Qi at the gate of the city, and immediately said, "Can you send some people to help me transport ordnance to the city now?" ”
Hou Yi was about fifty years old, and when he saw Zhao Jiaren actually come to help, the tears in his eyes slid down his cheeks, and he also knew that this was not the time to be polite at all, so he hurriedly said: "The soldiers in the west of the city are pressing the border......
"Send someone to show the way!" Zhao Jiaren replied immediately.
Yuelian and other melee troops stood behind Zhao Jiaren with trolls that were easy to transport, and soon heard the order, "Everyone only bring weapons, bring gunpowder canisters, and run and go." ”
Everyone immediately threw away all the marching equipment they carried, only brought weapons as ordered, and ran forward with Zhao Jiaren. At this time, every house in Haizhou City was closed, and the only sound of the footsteps of this team rushing to the battlefield in the west of the city was on the empty streets. When I arrived in the west of the city, I saw that there were not many Song troops on the city.
Zhao Jiaren didn't know how Jia Yidao arranged the defense system, and there were not many troops left in such an important city as Haizhou. He couldn't care so much at this time, drew his bayonet sword and took the lead to rush to the city. As soon as they arrived at the city, they saw that the Mongol soldiers had already set up a ladder at this time, and some Mongol soldiers put their shields on their heads and poked their heads out of the ladder.
A sword pierced from the edge of the shield, and the Mongol soldier screamed. Zhao Jiaren didn't care how injured the Mongolian soldier was, so he drew his bayonet sword and ran to the next ladder. This is not a handsome, but the Song army saw the ferocity of the Mongol attack, and was frightened and retreated. On the other side of the ladder, there were already Mongol soldiers climbing up to the battlement.
The Mongol soldier saw that there were many Song troops below, and he was afraid that he would fall into a siege after jumping off, so he brandished his sword and shield to scare the Song army in the city. Zhao Jiaren rushed up and stabbed the guy in the thigh with a sword. The sword in the leg, the guy naturally had weak legs and a crooked body. Zhao Jiaren stabbed a sword into the throat of that guy, and then with a pick, the sharp tip of the sword cut through the trachea of that guy.
Fencing and swordsmanship are considered elegant in the 21st century, but the sword is a murder weapon, and swordsmanship is the art of killing. No matter how it is embellished, the essence of fencing is up to everyone how to kill people effectively. After defeating the enemy, Zhao Jiaren shouted: "Powder canister, throw it down." Blow up the Mongol soldiers under the city first. ”
A minute later, a series of violent explosions rang out from below the city. The two ladders appear to have been blown up and have fallen crookedly. And the Mongols didn't even scream, they were already screaming from the bombing. The Mongol soldiers who climbed the city from the two ladders threw down their swords and shields in a hurry, hugged the battlements, and did not fall. At this time, someone swung a Japanese sword and slashed at the man's arm, and the Mongolian soldier let out a scream and fell from the city.
Even if the other ladders did not fall, many of the Mongol soldiers above were also shocked to stand unsteadily and fell down. Zhao Jiaren brought a large amount of gunpowder to the sea this time, and knew that the situation was critical at this time, so he threw it down three rounds in a row regardless of whether it was wasted or not. The Mongol soldiers under the city were killed and wounded all over the ground. There is no way to attack hard down the ladder anymore. Seeing that Haizhou City, which was about to be captured, turned into a safe place.
"Hide. Arrow protection. Zhao Jiaren saw that the archers began to gather below, and immediately ordered. As soon as the troops were hiding behind the city walls, a rain of arrows set up the city.
However, it was getting late at this time, and the Mongol soldiers reluctantly left behind many corpses and retreated a little. Zhao Jiaren sighed, this siege was probably repulsed.
Hou Yi went to the city with tears in his eyes, and after seeing Zhao Jiaren, he shouted from the bottom of his heart: "Zhao Tidian!" ”
Zhao Jiaren's face was cold, and he said straight to the point: "This time to defend the city, I want you to listen to my dispatch." Would you like to? ”
Hou Yi didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to be so arrogant, and he came up to ask for the supreme command of Haizhou City. As a local snake, Hou Qiden was speechless, and the emotion on his face turned into stiffness.
"The Mongol soldiers are under the city, are you willing to listen to my orders?" Zhao Jiaren asked.
"Does Zhao Tidian have a warrant from Jia Shumi?" Hou Qi finally began to speak.
"If you are not convinced, you can go to Yangzhou to ask Jia Xianggong now. Ask him if he asks you to do my bidding. Zhao Jiaren replied coldly. He could understand Hou Qi's mood at this time, but Zhao Jiaren couldn't accept such an ink at all. If Hou Yi continued to talk like this, Zhao Jiaren decided to leave immediately. It is not Zhao Jiaren's obligation to come here to help.
It could be seen that Hou Qi, who was about fifty years old, was struggling fiercely in his heart, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said loudly to eighteen-year-old Zhao Jiaren: "I will listen to Zhao Ti's dispatch." ”