Chapter 30: I was blown up

"Obedience!"

Speaking of this, Xu Li was already difficult to ride a tiger at this time, and he could only grit his teeth and salute Zhu Yifeng with a fist, and called a few thousand households under his command to prepare to attack and take back the center and left.

Yang Yingqian did not speak at this time, and the combat effectiveness of these soldiers under Xu Li was probably not as good as that of some sturdy people, so he rushed up like this, I am afraid that he was delivering food to the Dutch.

Zhu Yifeng arranged it like this, of course, because he had his own considerations.

At this time, the 3,000 battalions of Fuzhou also rushed to support under the leadership of Bao Xianyong, a general on the left side of Fuzhou, and the Ming army gathered here plus Xu Li's team had nearly 6,000 troops, and they had an absolute advantage in numbers.

However, although Zhu Yifeng has served as the governor of Fujian for many years, and has also commanded the local officials and troops to suppress bandits several times, it is the first time to fight with the red-haired ghosts, and he does not know much about the combat methods of these red-haired ghosts, so it is necessary for someone to lead troops to test the combat power of the red-haired ghosts.

Zhu Yifeng would never use his battalions to carry out this kind of task that was clearly to send the enemy's heads, and since he arrived in Fujian, he found that it was difficult to rectify the erosion of the guards in various places, so he recruited and established a force of 6,000 men in Fuzhou, commanded by two generals, in order to maintain law and order in the surrounding prefectures and counties of Fuzhou.

These 6,000 people are Zhu Yifeng's old background, and he is reluctant to let his soldiers go to death when the enemy situation is unknown.

Of course, the main reason is that the behavior of the commander of Zhenhaiwei to make him feel disgusted, which is also the reason why Zhu Yifeng did not let Yongningwei go directly.

Yang Yingqian also roughly guessed a little bit of Zhu Yifeng's thoughts, but let such a group of people rush up and have no other effect than to give their lives in vain, so he immediately walked up to Zhu Yifeng and said: "My lord, now that the red-haired ghost is ready, the officials and soldiers rushed forward like this......"

Zhu Yifeng stared at Yang Yingqian for a moment, an elusive smile appeared on his face, and then he looked at the Zhongzuo Institute not far away as if he was thinking about something.

"Lord Yang, Ci is not in charge of the troops, this Xu Li, as the commander of the guard, has run the guard to such a point, not to mention, the invasion of foreign invaders dares to face the enemy and fight cowardly, since he is afraid of death, this official just let him lead people to rush ahead!"

Listening to Zhu Yifeng's words, Yang Yingqian couldn't help but secretly say in his heart that this Zhu Yifeng looked polite and polite, and he was also a ruthless character when he started doing things, and sure enough, those who could achieve the position of governor were not ordinary people.

At this time, Zhenhaiwei had already completed the assembly, and nearly 1,000 Zhenhaiwei officers and soldiers also formed three loose phalanxes behind the three artillery positions built by Yongningwei, and most of the Zhenhaiwei officers and soldiers had panic and anxiety on their faces, if they were not sandwiched between Yongningwei and the battalion soldiers from Fuzhou, I am afraid that they would have dispersed in a hurry.

Seeing that his officers and soldiers had been assembled, Xu Li came to Zhu Yifeng again and bowed down on one knee.

"Lord Futai, more than 1,000 officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Zhenhaiwei have been assembled, please show me!"

Zhu Yifeng said lightly with an expressionless face: "Let's start!" ”

Xu Li stood up with his hands and waved his hand behind him, and several generals wearing thousands of military uniforms said something to their team, as if they were preparing to attack.

"Lord Xu, there is an open field in front of the center left, and the army is afraid that it will not be damaged if it rushes over like this, I think there will be my cannon bombarding the red-haired ghost on the shore for a while, and your army is taking advantage of the situation to attack!"

Seeing that Yang Yingqian actually took the initiative to help, Xu Lizi was very happy, the governor let Zhenhaiwei take the lead obviously to let him remember for a long time, this battle must be fought, but Zhenhaiwei has no artillery and no guns, so let his subordinates rush forward, which is a live target.

Although Xu Li usually has a lot of harsh criticism of the military households in Weizhong, but he can't bear it in his heart, and now Yang Yingqian takes the initiative to help, but he can save the lives of many soldiers in Weizhong, Xu Li can't help but have a good impression of Yang Yingqian.

"Lord Yang, thank you so much!"

There were six large drums in the open space not far away, and at this time, two sturdy soldiers stood before and after one drum, only to see the herald flag behind Zhu Yifeng waving, and the twelve officers and soldiers waving the drumsticks from slow to urgent, and the drum beat sounded like muffled thunder.

The war drums sounded, and Luo Li, who was standing on the artillery array at this time, also waved the command flag, and now Luo Li is not only responsible for the production of guns in the firearms workshop, but also the chief instructor of the firearms battalion.

The fifteen Hongyi cannons brought by the firearms battalion this time were all heavy artillery that could hit more than five miles, and Luo Li added sights to each cannon on the original artillery-making technology, which further improved the accuracy of the artillery.

Judging from the distance between the left and the center at this time, it was somewhat difficult to hit the Dutch battleship directly, but it was still possible to bombard the Dutch on the left and the beachhead.

"Solid bullets, reload!"

Following Luo Li's order, the two loaders on each gun position skillfully stuffed the medicine bag into the muzzle of the gun, and then tamped it, and then put a solid iron bullet weighing seven or eight catties into the muzzle.

After the artillery was loaded, the calibrators of each cannon began to calibrate the target, and then Luo Li waved the command flag down violently, and with a shout of "open the cannon", the fifteen Hongyi cannons suddenly made a loud noise, and the center and left station several miles away were instantly submerged in the artillery fire.

Although the Hongyi cannon fired solid bullets, the power was still not to be underestimated, and fifteen projectiles flew into the Dutch position.

After last night's battle, this group of Dutch soldiers obviously did not take the Ming army into account, let alone expect that the Ming army would have such a powerful artillery, and the shells flew into the crowd, and dozens of people were smashed and separated in an instant, and the screams were suddenly endless.

When the cannon sounded, Zhu Yifeng and the others, who were watching not far away, suddenly felt that the ground trembled suddenly, and then they saw a section of the city wall and dozens of red-haired ghosts in the middle and left not far away being blasted into the sky.

Zhu Yifeng couldn't help but be taken aback: "What kind of cannon is this?" The power of the cannon is so huge, it is far beyond the Franc machine! ”

Yang Yingqian was also surprised when he saw the launch of the Hongyi cannon for the first time, and smiled slightly: "This is the Hongyi cannon imitated by Luo Li, the instructor of the firearms battalion under the humble position, and two Western priests, and today is also the first time to test the edge!" ”

Zhu Yifeng looked at Yang Yingqian with approval and nodded slightly: "Lord Yang has done such a thing in the short time since he took over Yongningwei for the first time, it's rare!" ”

It's just that this sentence is extremely harsh in the ears of Xu Li on the side.

During the conversation, Luo Li commanded and fired two cannons, which still caused great casualties to the Dutch soldiers on the shore, and the four Dutch gunboats on the sea also began to fire back at this time, but the power and range of the naval guns were obviously inferior to the artillery of the Ming army, and they could not reach the position of the Ming army at all.

After several rounds of shooting, the area to the coast where the center left had reached was already in a mess, and Yang Yingqian ordered the shelling to stop.

Zhenhaiwei's leaders saw Yongningwei's several rounds of artillery bombardment, and the red-haired ghost on the opposite side seemed to have no strength to fight back, and they might be able to catch a few alive when they rushed up at this time, so they immediately pulled out their waist knives and shouted, rushing towards the Dutch position.

After several rounds of shelling, less than 30 percent of the Dutch soldiers on the shore remained, and most of them did not recover from the bombardment just now.

Also shocked was the commander of the fleet, Filberg, who couldn't understand why the Ming army, which had been like a flock of sheep last night, had such a powerful firepower in just one night.

"Your Excellency, the artillery used by these Ming people is far more powerful than our naval artillery, could it be that it is their emperor's Praetorian Guard who is attacking us now?"

Sheatrey, who was standing on the sidelines, stammered, he really couldn't think of any other reason to explain it.

"The Orient is really full of magic! Fairberg was already a little worried at this time, and he now regretted that he had come so recklessly to provoke Daming.

Not far away, there was already an army of the Ming Kingdom, it seems that after the shelling, the Ming Kingdom has been preparing for close combat, maybe it was not the regular troops of the Ming Kingdom who fought with them last night, after all, if the powerful cannon like just now was mounted on the battleship, it would be a nightmare for them.

Thinking of this, Filberg couldn't help but have a cold war, and hurriedly turned his head to Schuffle beside him and said: "Damn, this war will seriously damage our interests if it continues, Schiffer immediately asked the ships to fly the white flag, and we have to negotiate ........"