Chapter 292: White Horse Harbor (Part II)
The first year of Hongwu, May 19, Hakuba Port.
The waters of Baima Port are wide, not frozen or silted, it is a natural sheltered harbor, corresponding to Guandu Port, becoming the corresponding port on both sides of the Yellow River, and the battle of Guandu on the earth is carried out here.
When you wake up in the morning, a layer of mist fills the river, and the river slows down a lot in front of Whitehorse Harbour.
Through the mist, you can glimpse the thick murderous aura that spreads on the surface of the river.
The Baima Port Naval Division got the news and sent 4,000 sailors and 20 warships to meet the Dacheng Naval Division that came to meet them.
At this time, the two sailors confronted each other from afar, Zheng Pingyuan was on the arrow tower of the handsome ship, looking at the ships of the sailors of Baima Port opposite, squinting slightly, and the strong and sturdy soldiers stood on the deck, surrounding the governor of the second fleet, their lord Zheng Pingyuan.
Zheng Pingyuan was defeated many times in the past, but it was because Wang Hongsan seized the opportunity.
He is still the commander of the first-rate naval army with dragon energy, and has his own set of means in governing the army and offensive and defensive warfare, and although Wang Hongyi lost Jingzhou and seized his dominance over the land, there are still tens of thousands of old troops, that is, the essence of the Jingzhou naval army in the second fleet to obey his orders.
I saw that on the ship he was on, there were a large number of people on board, except for the sound of orders, but they were silent, which shows the strictness of the whole fleet.
After looking at it for a while, Zheng Pingyuan said lightly: "The number of sailors in Baima Port is not bad, but it's a pity that the formation of the water watching army is chaotic, the ships are of different sizes, new and old, far inferior to our army." ”
One general looked at the front and said, "The governor of the capital is wise, and the last general feels the same way." This time, our Second Fleet will mainly attack White Horse Harbor, and when the troops are exchanged, the last general is willing to be the vanguard, and the Governor of the Second Fleet will be the vanguard!
As soon as his voice fell, the other generals were not to be outdone: "The governor of Tiandu, the last general is also willing to go with him!"
"The two generals can't monopolize the great merit, and the last general is willing to go together!" For a while, the generals asked for battle.
Zheng Ping originally thought that he would take advantage of this battle to play the prestige of the Second Fleet.
After listening to everyone's words, he glanced at it and couldn't help laughing: "The officers and men of my Second Fleet are so heroic, this battle will definitely be won!"
To be honest, although he had good treatment after surrendering, and had won many battles, there were no major victories that made the Second Fleet led by Zheng Pingyuan really turn over.
Seeing that Wang Hongyi ascended the throne as the emperor and established the foundation of the Dacheng Dynasty day by day, Zheng Pingyuan's original unwillingness gradually subsided.
Gradually, with the intention of making meritorious contributions, more great achievements, after the world assessment, I can also be crowned a marquis, right?
Although it is said to be surrendered, the time is early, and it is also a hero who has conquered the world with Dacheng Taizu, such as knighthood, his descendants. Future generations will have a méng shade.
Thinking like this, Zheng Pingyuan turned his head and said to the general who spoke first: "You will lead five warships to break through their camp!"
This will bow: "No!"
Plains deployed again, all in a very short time.
Seeing that his subordinates were full of fighting spirit, Zheng Pingyuan nodded with satisfaction and gave an order: "Attack!"
With Zheng Pingyuan's order, one after another warships sailed out one after another, the sails were full of shadows, and the figures on the deck were daunting.
And the faint mist, not only failed to block the shadow of the boat, but also gave people a sense of hope to break through the barrier and sweep away all the enemies on the river.
The battle was numbered, and the enemy was approaching.
The general commanding the battle shouted the order: "Lowering the sails on the riser!"
This is the iron plate on the ship of the Dacheng Sailor that can block the enemy's arrows and crossbows, and there are no cannons in ancient water battles, so it is difficult to fight from a distance, and it is difficult for arrows and crossbows to exert their power.
As long as it is a stone's throw away, even a boat battle.
A little away, with an iron plate, you can block the killing, don't underestimate this, it costs a lot of money.
The warships of the Tiancheng Naval Division, each of them cost sky-high prices and were piled up with money.
Soon, the drums sounded, and the command was delivered.
Not only did the ships in front do this, but the ships behind also took a defensive stance in turn.
Iron plates on each ship have been erected on both sides of the upper and lower bulkheads, which will greatly enhance the protection of the arrow-based rockets.
When the sail falls, the huge ship lù out of the hole, sticking out of the long pulp, which in the fight makes it easier to control the speed and angle than the sail.
And it is not easy for the enemy to destroy ships.
"Ignition!" Seeing the two boats approaching, with the sound of the general, someone immediately lit the torch and ignited the rocket.
"Shoot!" A large number of rockets were shot out at once, and these rockets drew a burst of fire over the river, and shot towards the Dacheng fleet in unison.
There was only a crackling sound, and most of the arrows were intercepted by the iron plates, but there were also rockets that hit the deck, and the flames suddenly burst out.
"Shoot!" Seeing this, the Dacheng army immediately shot back, and rows of fires erupted violently, only to see the firelight and smoke making a big fume, and there was a scream on the opposite side.
"Second platoon, shoot!" was another deafening deafness, and the second row of fire fired a volley, and the deck was filled with smoke.
At this time, when they got closer, blood splashed from the opposite ship, and they fell down in an instant, rolling down on the deck and screaming, and some even rolled off the deck and fell into the water.
When the two ships staggered, someone ordered: "Hand fire mine, up!"
At this time, ten strong men on the deck threw hand fire mines on it.
"Boom!" The ships staggered, the enemy ships had already sunk into the flames and smoke, the enemy soldiers screamed one after another, and even the soldiers with fire on their bodies jumped into the water.
If it is said that in land warfare, the range of fire and damage is only 40 steps, but the range of the infantry bow is 60 to 70 steps, it can be said that it does not show its power, but on the ship, the archers are few and wavering, but they are not as good as the fire system, which shows the power of the giant.
Zheng Pingyuan led the Second Fleet, with 100 ships and 20,000 people, although there were many sailors in Baima Port, how could they be compared with Dacheng Sailors?
In a moment, black smoke filled the air, caught fire, and the sailors of White Horse Port were already in chaos.
Zheng Pingyuan stood on a high place, his eyes swept away, and he knew that the victory was in his hands, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "If our army wins this time!"
The sailors he led could not match the First Fleet, neither in terms of sainthood nor fame.
In the past, he had been defeated by the First Fleet, which made him always have a knot in his heart, and he always felt that the Second Fleet he led was looked down upon by the officers and men of the First Fleet.
At this time, he finally raised his eyebrows a little, and half of the sailors he brought out this time were the new army, and the new army was still so capable of fighting, it seemed that the second fleet he trained was not inferior to the sailors of the first fleet.
Such a mood made a smile appear on his face, and at this moment, shouts of killing and screams filled the river, and on the entire river, as far as the eye could see, there were floating and unsunken wrecked ships and dead bodies everywhere, but if you looked closely, most of them were enemy ships, and this victory was very happy!
However, there are also stubborn resistance, and those who are obviously stronger than other warships are obviously the main force of the naval division of Hakuba Harbor.
"Governor, looking at their situation, what should we do if we want to drag our mortal fleet on their backs?"
Seeing that the ship would not retreat and was desperately trying to pounce on it, Zheng Pingyuan sneered: "Don't pay attention to it, they want to drag our fleet to the end together, and it depends on whether they have the ability to do it!
"No!"
At this moment, only the sound of "boom" was heard, and the ships staggered, and several rounds of hand fire and thunder directly hit a battleship, and the fire burst onto the fire.
Another battleship came up and surrounded the last enemy ship, and suddenly the wooden frame was erected, and a large number of soldiers came forward, only to see a volley of fire, and a thick smoke on the deck, and all the enemy troops who resisted fell in response.
The smoke cleared, and the enemy ship was already under the control of the Dacheng army.
Hundreds of soldiers surrounded the last mortals, and at this time the enemy general was gasping, his body was covered with blood, and all the soldiers who were also wounded surrounded in front of him, their faces were pale.
Zheng Pingyuan stood on top of the flagship, looked at it coldly, and directly ordered: "Take it!"
At this time, the mortal was powerless to resist, and when he saw the soldiers coming up, the general sighed and dropped his weapon first.
With him in the lead, mortals also dropped their weapons.
Zheng Pingyuan retracted his gaze and ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up.
Smoke billowed from the river, and the battle was over. The Dacheng army won a complete victory, and this was the time to fight the fire and save people, and for a while, the boats on the river were constantly coming and going.
At the same time, Zheng Pingyuan ordered to land immediately and occupy the port of Baima Port.
The sailors were defeated, the port was already in chaos, and the generals who went up first, with their people, put order in order, and if they resisted sporadically, a volley of fire was fired and settled.
The river was beaten on the water, but the harbor of Hakuba was not destroyed.
The warehouse of the Tianpian Wharf Workshop was intact, and because of Zheng Pingyuan's orders, there were doctors among the people who came ashore, and they immediately occupied the warehouse and camp as a temporary treatment center.
The boats hurriedly carried the wounded soldiers to the cleaned camp barns for emergency treatment.
With the collapse of the naval division, the garrison on Hakuba Port was also quickly lifted.
As a port, there are naturally small towns around.
"Metropolitan Governor!" Zheng Pingli stepped into the port, and someone greeted him.
"How's it going?"
"Grand Governor, the resistance in the harbor has basically subsided, and we have taken full control of the harbor. ”
"Well done. Zheng Pingyuan was about to say something, when a large fleet appeared on the river.
"Governor Fudu, the Governor of the First Fleet is here!" Hearing the report, Zheng Pingyuan raised his eyes and saw that the fleet was gradually approaching, and a flagship had landed in the port first.
A young general, surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers, came here, the two of them were facing each other from a distance, their eyes colliding in the air.
At this moment, the people who had gone up to the watchtower suddenly shouted, "There is an enemy attack!" @.