Chapter 1269: Ploughing the Court and Sweeping the Cave (4)
Boom Boom!
The unlucky Zheng Xiao was not able to take the artillery position, but now the soldiers of the amphibious battalion controlled the artillery position, directly loaded the shells, and hit the Zheng army.
In just one wave of shelling, more than a dozen shells fell on Zheng Jun's position, setting off huge bursts of smoke and dust, and Zheng Jun was blindfolded when he landed!
How did all your own artillery fall on your head? At the most critical moment of resisting the Ming army, the artillery suddenly gave itself a slap in the back, and the Zheng army retreated one after another, avoiding the threat of shells.
There was a panic on Zheng Jun's position, and He Bingfeng and Zhao Yan on the opposite side keenly captured the fighters!
"Order, the whole army assaults, kill it!"
He Bingfeng and Zhao Yan took the lead, leading the army to rush straight towards the Zheng army, the sound of muskets rang out, and now the infantry battalion that rushed to the beach has more than 2,000 people, plus the soldiers of the amphibious battalion, the strength is already on par with the Zheng army, and now the morale of the Ming army is high, but the Zheng army has fallen into a strong enemy that is being flanked, where can it withstand the impact of the Ming army?
"Retreat, retreat!"
Tagawa Nanazaemon lost his troops, he really couldn't withstand the opponent's attack, so he had to start retreating into the distance, anyway, the whole island is dozens of miles long from north to south, and twenty miles wide, and the peaks are dense, so it is not difficult to find a place to hide.
Later, the strength of the infantry battalion finally rushed to the island, pressed up towards the Zheng army, and pursued closely, the two sides fought fiercely until dawn, Tagawa Nanaemon had more than 2,000 troops and was beaten only a few hundred people, most of them had been killed or injured in the hands of the Ming army, Tagawa Shichizaemon was surrounded by a mountain peak, and there was no way to retreat.
Tagawa Nanazaemon's heart is full of despair, once he is captured, he is definitely the end of a thousand cuts, one by one, one by one, he just robbed the Ming court, no less than three or four times, each time it caused serious losses to the Ming court, how could he let himself go? Brother Cai, I regret not listening to you......
Now Tagawa Nanazaemon thinks of Zheng Cai, but as everyone knows, Zheng Cai has also fallen into a crisis.
Tagawa Nanazaemon was in a panic and despair, and above the sea, a dense cannon suddenly sounded!
At sea, when Zheng Haotian and Du Xin Shilang were inspecting the sea area, they suddenly found that several warships appeared faintly in the southeast.
Shi Lang's fleet was at the outermost periphery and was the first to discover.
Shi Lang raised his eyebrows, warship? At this time, where did the warship come from?
Well, it's the banner of the Zheng family! Whatever, since they're here, let's serve them in one pot!
Shi Lang gave an order, and the entire right army battalion took action, two first-class battleships and fifteen second-class battleships, killing them from three directions.
On the opposite side of the warship, Zheng Cai came with the wind, this time to Yizhou, or achieved a lot of results, has successfully persuaded the rest of the two Zheng clans to belong to the official party, Yizhou has a vast area, a large population, far better than the current Ryukyu Islands, if Yizhou is used as a base for future revenge, then he and Tagawa Nanazaemon will have more room for maneuver.
When Zheng Cai was happy in his heart, he suddenly found more than a dozen warships in the distance, and he was stunned, and then panicked - the giant ship of the Ming Dynasty, this appearance is too conspicuous, and it is difficult for the entire East Ocean to find such a huge battleship!
How did the Ming fleet get to the Ryukyu Islands?
Zheng Cai's heart panicked, tens of thousands, thousands of things must happen, now the main force of the Zheng army and the fleet of the Zheng family are all on this island!
However, it is obvious that these dozen or so warships are here for themselves and face the battle, but they are afraid that they will be sunk by the artillery of their own small warships just after the battle......
"Quick, the order, the warships retreat to the southwest, enter the waters of the Ryukyu Islands, and retreat specifically towards the dense places of the islands, their warships are too big to enter the places where the islands and reefs are too dense!"
Zheng Cai reacted very quickly, and with an order, the warship fled frantically in the southwest direction, but at this time, it was so easy to run where he wanted to?
Far away from Zheng Cai's warship, there were still seven or eight miles away, Shi Lang's battleship began to fire, and the bow guns of the first-class battleship and the second-class battleship all opened fire, smashing towards Zheng Cai's warship overwhelmingly!
The warships led by Zheng Cai were only six or seven hundred in size, all of them were very small ships, and once they were hit head-on by artillery, it would not take a few shells to let these warships all be buried in the sea!
Zheng Cai saw the soul of the dead, and kept shouting that the warship would speed up its escape, only if he saved his life, he would be able to say anything else, once he died at sea, then everything would be over!
After a short time, several warships around Zheng Cai were all hit by flowering bullets and fell behind, sinking into the sea, and there was only one warship left, Zheng Cai couldn't care much about it, and he drove the warship towards the Ryukyu Islands.
However, Shi Lang didn't plan to give him a chance, the two first-class battleships fired together, and more than a dozen shells flew again, hitting the stern of Zheng Cai's warship, blowing up the rudder of the warship to shreds, without the rudder to maintain balance, Zheng Cai's warship was directly across the sea, and the sea water continued to pour in, and now it was not far from the islands, Zheng Cai could even hear the clear and dense gunfire on the islands!
Zheng Cai is full of despair, what did Tagawa Nanazaemon do? How did you reveal your position so quickly? Bastard, damn bastard, needless to say, so many Ming warships appeared, it was definitely the main force of the Ming fleet that arrived! His own fleet is far inferior to the Ming fleet, but I'm afraid that they have been surrounded and annihilated by others now, right? Now that the ship can't move, it's just going to die......
Shi Lang looked at Zheng Cai's warship motionless from a distance, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, what he was waiting for was this moment, Tian Chuan died if he died, it was not a pity at all, but Shi Lang knew that this Zheng Cai was a rare general in the naval battle, with excellent ability, he must catch one alive and see if he could surrender Zheng Cai, anyway, now even Zheng Sen and Zheng Hongkui have surrendered, and the two of them and Zheng Cai are close relatives, so it is not impossible for the two of them to come forward to persuade them to surrender.
"Order, immediately approaching the warship, remember, I want to live Zheng Cai! Don't want a cold corpse! ”
Shi Lang shouted coldly, and several warships approached the warship, and the sailors jumped on the battleship one after another by taking advantage of the deck.
"General Zheng Cai, why resist to the end, now that Prince Zheng Sen and Lord Zheng Hongkui have surrendered to the imperial court, why do you have to protect this evil Tagawa Nanazaemon to the death?"
(End of chapter)