Chapter 075: Relief for the People

Chen Cao stood at the bow of the boat, watching the black and headless people on the side of the estuary beach, and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

Later generations only heard how the Manchu Qing Dynasty slaughtered our Han people, and it was just the beginning of the moment, and it was so brutal, what Yangzhou ten days, Jiading three massacres...

"He killed their Hetuara every day, and Lao Tzu also ordered that the sword should not be sealed for ten days." Chen Cao said silently.

Zhao Xin stood by the bow of the boat, and he could hear Chen Cao's words clearly, so he said: "Uncle, if you don't seal the sword for ten days, based on the number of their Jurchens, I'm afraid they will be killed in less than seven days." ”

"Order, prepare the tiger squat cannon and advance with a small flag; Ning Guoxing was ordered to watch carefully and put the cannon into the cavalry team of the Tartars. ”

"It's Uncle..."

At the mouth of the riverbank, a wounded soldier was bleeding from the upper shoulder, and a middle-aged woman next to him tore off the corner of her hemp skirt and bandaged it during the pushing.

The wounded soldier said: "No need, the Tartars have to be killed, it's useless." ”

The woman said, "My lord, are so many people going to die?" ”

The wounded's eyes were empty, and from the panicked crowd and the screams, the Tartar could be heard wielding his sword.

"My lord, look at the sea."

With the shouts of the women, the wounded soldier looked at the sea, his eyes moistened from time to time, and he trembled: "The imperial court... It's the sailor of the imperial court..."

Chen Cao's ship is a large sea ship of 3,000 materials, calculated by 300 catties of a material in the Ming Dynasty, 3,000 materials weigh 900 tons, in terms of ancient wooden warships, except for Zheng He's treasure ship, this is already the largest wooden warship.

After driving on the sea, close to the coast, you can see it clearly five miles away, not to mention that Chen Cao's boat is now less than three miles away from the coast.

"The sailors of the imperial court have rescued us..."

As soon as the wounded soldiers shouted, the people on the beach immediately boiled and began to shout.

Suo Hai was ordering people to cut down the people, and suddenly when tens of thousands of people began to shout, they suddenly felt bad, and Cherge's servants arrived and shouted at him: "My lord, the fleet of Ming Dogs is on the sea. ”

The cavalry of Ada Hai rushed forward, and then with a large army of foot soldiers, dispersed the people on the side of the river beach, and lined up on the edge of the beach.

"Brother," Ada Hai looked at Cherge, "Minggou is coming ashore." ”

'Knock knock...'

On the surface of the sea, it was obvious to see the fire from the artillery, Cherge's eyes widened, and Suo Hai, who was supervising the formation in the distance on the beach, saw several black dots flying in the distance in the sky, and then smashed into the military formation in front of him.

"Minggou has artillery, and the cavalry is all scattered... Spread out..."

Although the order was given, the speed of the order was not as fast as the flight of the cannonballs.

'Boom, boom...'

A violent explosion sounded, and it was clear that this time it was a fire-fire bomb, which was extremely powerful.

The explosion sounded, and the people panicked and scattered in all directions.

"Order, artillery cover, Nanjing right guard, take the lead in landing on the shore."

Seeing that many small boats appeared on the sea, Cherge understood that the Ming army was about to land, so he shouted and ordered his troops to drive away the people and prepare to stop them.

Chen Cao was against the Tiger Squat Cannon, and the Tiger Squat Cannons made before the departure were all melted, but the Tiger Squat Cannons transferred this time were all finished products from before, and there were still thirty of them, plus the new gunpowder and the steel ball scattered bombs installed, which were extremely powerful in close defense within fifty steps.

Yan Chun was the survivor of the 1,000th household, but his 100th household team was only alive with Xin Laosan and Zhang Ting, two general flags and twenty-four people, who were now riding on a small boat, carrying tiger squatting cannons and rushing towards the beach.

"Baihu, the Tartars have released their arrows."

"Raise your shield to cover..."

The boat could carry more than forty people, Yan Chun was on this boat, except for the people of their own team, there were other people, fortunately, the boat was not large, and the big shield transported could completely block the arrows released by the Tartars and the meteor hammers, axes and other projectiles in front.

Dozens of small boats marched in unison, and occasionally some of the unlucky ones were injured by arrows or other projectiles.

"100 households, thirty steps from the beach." Xin Laosan shouted.

Zhang Ting was holding the tiger squat cannon in his arms, and behind him were several soldiers supporting him with their bodies, so as not to push him down due to the recoil of the tiger squat cannon.

Yan Chun could already see the Tartars' foot soldiers on the beach clearly, and then shouted, "Ignite the fire and open the cannon." ”

'Boom...'

With a muffled sound, the recoil of the Tiger Squat Cannon stalled the moving boat, and then rushed towards the beach again under the paddling of the sailors.

And the scattered bombs fired at close range at 30 paces, driven by the new gunpowder, flew towards the foot soldiers on the beachhead like densely woven mesh.

For a time, there were a large number of people who were shot, and the disadvantage of the tiger squat cannon was that it was loaded, and the residual drug residue in the barrel should be cleaned up after each shot, and then loaded with gunpowder and lead bullets, which was also the reason why Chen Cao was reluctant to use the tiger squat cannon, although it could be used by a single soldier or three people, but the speed of reloading would take at least two minutes to calculate carefully.

If it weren't for the fact that Bi Maokang and several missionaries developed a finished medicine bag, Chen Cao would really be reluctant to use this thing.

Zhang Ting didn't care about the danger, turned the muzzle of the gun, and stuffed the medicine bag into it regardless of the high temperature of the muzzle, and then put a medicine wire from the mouth of the medicine room with the help of his deputy, and turned the muzzle again: "Ignition..."

'Boom...'

Two scattered rounds were fired, and a large area of the beach was immediately vacated, and the sailors stopped the boat less than ten paces from the beach, and then ran aground, and it took time to retreat into the sea, and the follow-up troops had to land one after another.

After going ashore, Xin Laosan immediately instructed his soldiers to place the big shield as a cover, and then Yan Chun continued to let Zhang Ting fire the cannon.

The new Tiger Squat Cannon must be cooled down after three medicine packs, which is already the limit of the muzzle temperature, if it is the old Tiger Squat Cannon in the past, it must be cooled with water after the first shot, otherwise the second shot will explode 100 percent.

Zhang Ting held the feet of the tiger squat cannon, and immersed the already red tiger squat cannon directly into the seawater, and a puff of white smoke came out of the sea.

The flotilla of the various ashore boats operated exactly the same way, and from time to time they carved out large safety areas along the beach.

The right guards who landed on the shore were not idle, and after going ashore, they formed a small flag to shoot their guns at the Tartars' foot soldiers in an orderly manner, because of the limitations of the beach, and the fact that there were still a large number of people on the beach and the shore, the Tartars who were shot at one time were 100 percent.

The wounded soldier saw that a Tartar beside him was about to run, and immediately took advantage of his own injury, and rushed over, throwing the clothed Han soldier to the ground, and the two began to scuffle, and a group of scrawny young men in the distance followed the wounded soldier and rushed to help the wounded soldier kill the Tartar foot soldier under him.

The wounded soldier picked up the Yanling knife from the ground, raised the knife and shouted: "This official Daming Yizhou Guard General An Jiadong, all the people of Liaodong, the imperial court reinforcements are blocked on the beach, if you want to live, pick up what you have in hand, drive the Tartar away, open a way for the officers and soldiers, let them go ashore safely, kill..."

When death comes, as long as someone raises his arms and shouts, there are not many people who respond, An Jiadong raised his knife and shouted, so that those old and weak women and children and the wounded soldiers who were defeated and captured in Liaodong picked up the stones and sticks on the beachhead one by one, and hit the standing Tartar foot soldiers.

For a time, the chaos on the entire beachhead became even more serious.

With An Jiadong's sudden change, Tang Kainian, who had already set foot on the beachhead, immediately arranged for his subordinates to go forward to avoid those people being killed by muskets as much as possible.

"Uncle, the right guard has attacked," Zhao Xin said with a frown, standing at the top of the deck.

Because of the sunshine, Chen Cao had to squint his eyes when he looked at the past, and now he is getting more and more anxious to get a pair of binoculars, so as not to watch the battle so hard: "Order, let Song Jiangwei catch up." ”

Because he couldn't find Tian Xiaonian, Chen Cao simply directly ordered Wang Xiaojie to temporarily act as the commander of Songjiangwei, and Songjiangwei was reorganized, most of them were former Liaodong soldiers, and many people were afraid of being beaten by the Tartars, but seeing that the Nanjing Right Guard took the lead in attacking the beachhead, the mood of beating the water dogs was generated, and under the leadership of Wang Xiaojie, they got on the boat one after another, ready to rush up to kill them without leaving a piece of armor.

"Uncle, the Tartars have withdrawn..."Zhao Xin shouted.

Chen Cao looked at the tens of thousands of people on the beach who had all washed ashore in reverse, and felt that this trip was not a loss, and then turned his head and said: "Order, go down, carry baggage, and the whole army will go ashore..."

...

"The Great Liao River is a total of fifty miles away from Guangning City, and the cavalry can arrive quickly in more than two hours, and if the foot soldiers are in a hurry, it will take two days at the earliest," Xing Shenyan bowed his hand to Chen Cao: "Uncle, while the Tartars have all retreated, our army can quickly occupy Guangning City." ”

Chen Cao frowned and looked at the map, without saying a word, he had said before that he didn't trust anyone when he came to Liaodong, he only believed in his own judgment, although Xing Shenyan's words were reasonable, but he also had to judge the situation according to the actual situation.

"Uncle," Zhao Xin walked into the temporary tent at the beachhead: "An Jiadong brought it." ”

An Jiadong's actions Chen Cao heard about it after he went ashore, and felt that this person could be used, so he asked Zhao Xin to find it, and as soon as he entered the big tent, An Jiadong knelt down to Chen Cao: "The lowly Yizhou guard general An Jiadong, I have seen Uncle Dingwu..."

"How did you end up here?" Chen Cao asked.

"The Tartar pursuers rushed to Yizhou, the guerrilla general Shuguang first organized us to resist, the traitor Li Yongfang came to persuade him to surrender, the general denounced him as a traitor, there were only 3,000 people in the city of Yizhou, we resisted for five hours, and finally the Tartars broke through the city wall, and the general was killed," An Jiadong's wound on his body had just been bandaged, and the blood soaked the gauze as soon as he spoke, and he bared his teeth in pain.

"You have injuries on your body, speak slowly, and Benber won't blame you." Chen Cao comforted him a few words.

An Jiadong continued: "After the city was broken, none of the brothers in Yiju surrendered to the Tartars except for those who died in battle, and they retreated because they were shot by the Tartars' barbed arrows because they were blocking the enemy on the city tower, and they were captured. ”

"Today you behaved very well, and Benber appreciates it."

"Don't dare..."

Chen Cao said: "Yizhou Wei is gone, so you can temporarily enter my camp." ”

"Commanded by a lowly position..."

"Uncle..."Xu Kaixian walked into the big tent: "The spies sent out have returned, and the Tartars have retreated. ”

Xing Shenyan immediately suggested: "Uncle, it is not safe to the east of the Great Liao River, it is better to retreat to Guangning, hold on to Guangning City, and wait for the reinforcements from the imperial court to come again." ”

Chen Cao stood up, wandered around in front of the map for a few times, and then said: "The army will be drawn immediately, take all the people with you, and go to Quang Ninh to try to change him, and order all the fleets of the sailors to go to the mouth of the Daling River and wait for orders." ”

"Yes..."

It was simply unrealistic to arrive in Quang Ninh in two days, because there were tens of thousands of people in the procession, and it was impossible to walk fast at all, and it took three days to reach the city of Quang Ninh.

However...

What caught Chen Cao's eyes was the city of Quang Ninh, which had been burned to ruins by the fire, and the corpses in various parts of the city, those women were all naked// naked and hung on the branches, the death was very miserable, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, so frightened that the people did not dare to enter the city, and some people in the city of Quang Ninh saw that their hometown had suffered such a catastrophe, and even fainted.

"Tartar is really not a thing..."Where did Xing Shenyan, as a civil official, see such a scene, and kept wiping his tears with the sleeves of his robe.

Chen Cao frowned and walked around the city before leaving the city, and then said to Song Che on the side: "Guangning is abandoned, if you want to rebuild, it is impossible to rebuild without three months." ”

"Why don't we go south to Jinzhou directly?" Song Che asked rhetorically.

Chen Cao kept his mouth shut and didn't speak, asked Zhao Xin to take out the map, looked at it carefully on the map, and said after a long time: "According to the report of the rout soldiers who returned along the way, there are many people from the Tartars who are in front of Guangning to the Zhongzuo in Ningyuan and still occupy various cities and forts along the way.

There is Lu Mountain around Luyang, this mountain crosses the place north of Guangning, and there are more than 20 fortresses around Guangning alone, if it were not for Wang Huazhen's wrong employment, Nurhachi still has some difficulties in occupying Guangning City. ”

"YCIS, what do you think?" Song Che looked at the dark Guangning City Wall.

"This time Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen lost Guangning, both of them could not escape death, but that Wang Huazhen is attached to the eunuch party, I am not good at talking, today we saved tens of thousands of people, and reoccupied Guangning City, aside from the commendation, the court will definitely use us," Chen Cao was very serious when he spoke: "But I don't know what the court thinks in the end, after all, I am a eunuch, I am afraid it is not enough to be the chief soldier of Liaodong, and my qualifications are not good, it is better to insert a nail in Liaodong, and let them know that I Chen Cao is not a good stubble." ”

"I understand, you mean that we occupy Quang Ninh City, and we don't care about the rest of the matter?" Song Che somewhat understood what Chen Cao meant.

Chen Cao turned his head and shook it, and then said with a wicked smile: "No, it's not enough to occupy Guangning," Chen Cao said, pointing to the map and said: "With Guangning City as the fulcrum, we will go to Lushun by boat in the near future, I will let the DPRK remove Zhang Pan's post, and then capture Jinzhouwei, as long as there is a landing point at Lushunkou, even if the Tartars occupy the entire Guangning, I have a way to enter Liaodong safely." ”