Chapter 317: Rainstorm Water Dividing Pass III

Zhang Ting's subordinates placed the simple river crossing planks made of the prepared long ladder on top of Baixi, but the casualties paid for this were very large, and many soldiers even fell into the rushing Baixi after being shot and arrowed.

However, from a few miles behind him, the sound of the whole team of foot soldiers could be clearly heard, and if his 23rd Brigade did not rush under the gate as soon as possible, it might be shot by his teammates behind him.

Zheng Zhilong's eyes were round, but now for a while, he did not have the ability to organize a large army to repel this sudden Songjiang army, he was surprised to find that the firearms in the hands of this unknown number of men and horses were unusually sharp, and after each shot, the soldiers under his command died directly, and even his own soldiers were directly broken by the projectile.

Zheng Cai pulled Zheng Zhilong, who was in a daze: "Uncle, go to the camp of Tongshan Fort." ”

The city of Fenshui Pass is not large, and it can only accommodate less than 3,000 people to garrison, but the reserve soldiers can be stationed in the town behind the gate, because it is a residential house, and the Tongshan Fort military camp closest to Fenshui Pass is where Zheng Zhilong's 30,000 troops are stationed.

Zheng Cai is right, that is, there are still more than 15,000 troops in Tongshan Fort, plus 10,000 Zheng's private soldiers, a full 25,000 people, and there is no problem at all to rely on the water division pass to fight the opponent.

Xin Laosan only had 1,000 people, and after going down the mountain, he and the regiment commander Xu Tao each divided 500 troops to outflank them from the left and right directions, although the heavy rain and the dark night brought them real cover, but the disadvantages also appeared, many enemy troops were in the camp tents, and they could not judge which direction the opponent's main force was in the camp, let alone where the Chinese army camp was located.

It was precisely because of this that Zheng Zhilong was able to go out of the Nanying Gate under Zheng Cai's reminder and lead the people straight to the Tongshan Fort camp ten miles away.

When Chen Cao rode his horse to the front of the battle in the rain, the people of the engineer battalion had already blown open the gate of the water dividing pass, and the forward department of the eighth division had already rushed in, and the division commander Yan Chun rode his horse to Chen Cao Ma and saluted: "Lord Qiqi, our division has entered the water pass, but the enemy resistance in the pass is extremely tenacious, and the forward is blocked. ”

Chen Cao returned the salute, and then said: "The headquarters of the First Division sent people into the city to assist the Eighth Division in clearing the recalcitrant enemy in Guancheng. ”

"Yes..."

The battle was extremely fierce, and Zhang Ting suddenly found that the uniforms of the defenders guarding the city were pitch black, and their bodies did not look like those of the Ming Dynasty, and he was immediately surprised: "Could it be that the Kunlun slave on the city?" ”

Thinking of this, he recalled that he had heard from the division commander Yan Chun that Zheng Zhilong had a firearms unit composed of Kunlun slaves under his command, and that Zheng Zhilong had defeated the Portuguese in Hao with this black force last year, thus signing a series of military agreements with them.

"Raise a gun and fight the Kunlun slaves on the head of the city."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

The two sides launched fierce firing from top to bottom, and with the addition of the other two brigades of the Eighth Division, they were powerless to fight back the Kunlun Nu on the head of the city for a while.

However, the casualties on both sides immediately produced a sharp contrast, the condescending black army hit Zhang Ting's troops under the head of the city, and the relationship between the torrential rain, strong winds and dark night, both sides were shooting indiscriminately, all by luck.

"They have shields."

Zheng Zhibao is not stupid, he left himself a back road after getting the military order to delay the opponent as much as possible, so that the Kunlun Nu army with high combat effectiveness can fight the front, Zheng's private soldiers as personal soldiers in the west of the pass road near Yandang Mountain guard, once the water pass can not be held completely, he will rely on the not wide passage of the pass to retreat to the pass road in order.

What's more, they are on the Guancheng Tower with a roof, so they don't have to worry about the problem that firearms can't be fired in the rain, and the only road to the city has been blocked by broken stones, and if they want to attack the city, they must attack it.

"Boom... Knock knock..."

A series of several cannon sounds, Zhang Ting was shocked, this cannon sound is very familiar, that is the cannon sound of the tiger squat cannon, the southeast has resisted the Japanese for many years, the Fujian official army to fight the Japanese Kou The biggest weapon is the tiger squat cannon used in close combat, Zhang Ting led the army to attack when the artillery battalion did not enter the city at all, and the current cannon is definitely not his person.

At this time, the soldiers with guns in front of him fell to the ground and wailed one after another, seeing that Zhang Ting was furious.

Yan Chun looked up at the city and shouted coldly, "Bring the fierce fire oil." ”

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'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

In the Zheng camp after the city, Xin Laosan's department, which originally took the lead, did not know when it was surrounded by the opponent in the camp, and Zheng Zhilong, who hurried back to Tongshan Fort, did not immediately retreat and retreat, but ordered the Zheng family to come with 10,000 reinforcements.

Xu Tao was forced to retreat from the east camp to the center, just as Xin Laosan approached the center: "Brigade seat, the enemy army is surrounded, and there are at least 3,000 people in this camp. ”

Because of this weather, the scouts on both sides have deviated from the degree to which they can find out the opponent's military situation, Zheng Zhilong's 30,000 guards, plus 10,000 Zheng's private soldiers, plus 20,000 Zheng's sailors in Pumensuo Bay, are 60,000.

In the camp of Fenshuiguan, 15,000 people were allocated, 5,000 in Guancheng, and the remaining 10,000 people were in the army camp behind Guancheng.

In the southeast of Fujian, it has been at war with the Japanese for a long time, the people are fierce, and the Weisuo army is not like the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River in the Central Plains, and it is impossible to talk about surrendering at every turn, so that at the beginning of the big defeat and loss scattered, but after Zheng Zhilong came with reinforcements, he regrouped and counterattacked.

There are still nearly seven or eight thousand people in the camp, and Xu Tao's judgment is not yet halfway.

"Our rifles have the advantage, although their firearms are flintlocked, but it seems that the enemy army does not have paper shells, and it should be no problem for us to defend until the army comes to help."

After Xin Laosan finished speaking, he looked around in the rain, and then commanded: "Xu Tao, immediately arrange for people to fence off the surrounding fences, rely on the Chinese military tent to form fortifications, and move their grain over as sandbags." ”

A series of arrangements were orderly, and it was also thanks to Xin Laosan's rich combat experience, otherwise he would have to choose a direction to break through at this moment, but Xin Laosan had his own plans, and he was determined to use his own regiment of 1,500 troops to support Zheng Zhilong's army, so as to give the main force time to encircle and suppress them.

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After dawn, the typhoon and rain finally stopped, but there was still drizzle in the sky, and Chen Cao stepped on the head of the water-dividing city after the blood and mud, and there was no place for the leather boots on his feet to put his feet.

Black corpses lay in the aisles of the city walls, stenching from the smell of burning.

Chen Cao frowned, and saw Yan Chun walking up: "Lord Wang, the guard general Zheng Zhibao has evacuated from the small entrance of Guancheng in the west and entered the mountain, and the last general has already sent someone to chase him." ”

Chen Cao didn't care if he could catch Zheng Zhibao at all, he was just a small role under Zheng Zhilong: "These are these Africans?" ”

"Africa?"

Where have the generals who followed it heard this word, blacks have been called 'Kunlun Nu' since the Tang Dynasty, and thus used to this day.

"What happened to the casualties of the Eighth Division?"

In the face of Chen Cao's inquiry, Yan Chun clenched his fists: "Back to the prince, it was the 22nd Brigade of our division that was responsible for the main attack before, and it was not until the 23rd Brigade was replaced that it stabilized its position, and by the time the previous battle was basically over, the 23rd Brigade suffered more than 3,000 casualties in the whole brigade. ”

"More than half of the casualties?" Chen Cao was indeed a little nauseous, and the smell of blood and mud mixed with rain and burning spread together, making him retching even more.

The sergeants who were cleaning the battlefield in the front departments walked back and forth, but Feng Zhongping, who was in charge of the pursuit, rushed back from the front line: "Lord Wang, the last general is incompetent and let Zheng Zhilong run." ”

"It's okay," Chen Cao took a mint leaf from Zhao Xin's hand and chewed it, after the mint was entered, the entire nasal cavity and cerebral ventricles resonated, and the person instantly sobered up a lot: "What about the surprise attack troops?" ”

"Xin Laosan, the commander of the Second Brigade under the command of our division, led his troops to resist Zheng Zhilong's reinforcements all night, and most of the casualties in the whole regiment were killed, and only more than 300 people were alive, and everyone was wounded."

Xin Laosan was able to survive purely because of the advantage of the rifle, and there was heavy rain to help, after Zheng Zhilong's reinforcements arrived, the bow and crossbow arrows could not be fired, that is, they shot with a strong crossbow, but in the wind and rain, the accuracy and lethality were greatly reduced, until Zheng Zhilong finally transferred the throwing gun, which began to cause a lot of casualties to Xin Laosan's department.

"Hmm..."

Chen Cao habitually responded, and then said: "Xin Laosan has meritorious service, and the military master Bo will remember it first, and he will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds in the future." ”

Feng Zhongping said again: "After the last general led his troops to pursue, Zheng Zhilong's remnants retreated to Tongshan Fort, but they had already prepared, and they ambushed our army on both sides of the road and caught our army off guard.

Chen Cao felt that he had heard this sentence somewhere, but he couldn't remember it, so he asked, "Zheng Zhilong escaped into the sea?" ”

Feng Zhongping nodded: "The forward scout has detected that Zheng Zhilong's army has entered the bay of Pumensuo, and it must have also boarded their Zheng family's warship now." ”

Chen Cao immediately asked people to arrange the map and looked at it on the detailed map of Fujian: "The coast is not safe, they go along the sea, and it is estimated that they will go south to the capital of Funing Prefecture." ”

Cao Shixiu, the commander of the second division, said: "Lord Wang, please see, after Tongshan Fort, the way south to Funing Prefecture is unimpeded, and if the Zheng family is trapped in Funing Mansion City, it is tantamount to sitting on the ground and waiting for death." ”