Chapter 167 One hundred thousand troops cross the Majiang River
On the north bank of Majiang River, there is the main camp of the Ming-Mo Allied Forces.
Gao Pangshi received two battle reports in succession, one happy and one worrying. The first one was of course the victory in the naval battle at Majiangkou and the capture of two Portuguese-made military Galenic warships. This was "a happy event".
But the second news was not so good. Shortly after entering Majiangkou, Gao Jing immediately discovered that the hydrological conditions were wrong, suspended the fleet's upstream voyage, and withdrew from Majiangkou, sending someone to contact the Chinese army.
What is the hydrological situation? The river is narrow and the water is shallow.
According to Gao Jing's report, although this Majiang River is known as a river, its channels are narrow. Most of them are only "less than a hundred feet" wide, and some river sections are even only "thirty feet" wide. The bottom of the river is sandy soil.
There are shoals and the river is turbid and sandy, making it relatively unnavigable for seagoing ships.
What's more important is that the water is now shallow - according to the accompanying Mojun naval navigator, the flow of the Majiang River is very changeable, and large boats can be used in the summer, but now it is still spring around March, and the water flow is not enough.
Only some small and medium-sized boats can go there.
As for why this problem was not discovered until Gao Jing entered the mouth of the Majiang River, it was because the Mozhi navy did not have large sea ships. According to their thinking, the Majiang River in spring is navigable...
Therefore, Gao Jing sent people now mainly to ask Gao Pragmatic to decide whether the entire fleet should give up entering the Majiang River, or whether the armed transport ships of Jinghua's main fleet should give up entering the river, and instead let the civilian ships carrying artillery and the Mozhi navy enter the river to fight.
It is impossible for the entire fleet to give up, otherwise this battle will become a head-on cross-river battle, which will be more troublesome. Gao Pragmatic hesitated for a moment, and ordered the second method: the main fleet lingered and waited at the mouth of the Majiang River, and followed suit.
The incoming artillery-carrying merchant ships and the Mok Navy navy entered the river to cooperate in the battle.
Two hours later, a fleet of mainly small and medium-sized ships entered Majiangkou. Gao Jing left Jinghua's main fleet lingering at Majiangkou, with Captain Liang Sancai under temporary command, while he boarded Boss Hu's gun-carrying merchant ship.
"Xinglong" is used as a temporary flagship to command operations.
For Gao Jing, although there were no large ships in this battle, these small and medium-sized ships were barely enough. Although the number of ship-borne artillery was reduced by more than half, they could still gather more than 600 large and small artillery pieces.
What’s funny is that among the more than 600 large and small artillery pieces, the Mok Navy only had more than 100. The other nearly 500 cannons were owned by the Ming Dynasty’s law-abiding and good maritime merchants.
It's really a waste if you don't become a pirate. Maybe the kind of "private ship" in Hongmao Fanzi's hometown that I occasionally mentioned before is very suitable for you to do.
His idea was really not a random idea. The famous Captain Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, when he was a pirate, was just a small galenic ship of about 300 tons, but it did not hinder him.
Famous in Europe.
Boss Hu's ship is a merchant ship with a thousand materials after all. It weighs 500 tons in total, which is much richer than Drake's capital.
Besides, there are 12 cannons on Boss Hu’s ship.
At noon (approximately 2 p.m.), the fleet, which had finally contacted Gao Pangshi, launched an attack.
However, there was really nothing worth mentioning in this attack. The Zheng army to the west of Majiang had already abandoned its position along the river and retreated after seeing the fleet. If it had not left a small number of sentries to observe the enemy's situation,
Now there is no one on the defense line along the river.
Gao Jing has already been notified of this situation by the Mo Jun sentry ship, but because his master has told him that no matter whether the opponent retreats or not, he must shell at least two rounds, so he does not intend to save money for Gao Pragmatic, and the command fleet is in its place.
, and then there were two rounds of fierce bombardment.
Thousands of guns were fired in unison, but the power of hundreds of guns was not too bad. Zheng Jun, who looked at the beachhead as if it had been plowed by cannons, had countless jaws dropped after a few miles - his mother
Can we still fight this battle? No matter how strong we are, we can't withstand the cannonballs!
High pragmatic results were achieved.
He not only wants to intimidate the Zheng army, but also the Mo army that has surrendered to him. Now, this "auxiliary fleet" without the main fleet has such an effect. If the main fleet with more artillery and larger guns comes in a round,
Volley, what is that concept?
The Red River is much wider than the Majiang River. If Beijing's main fleet comes in such a wave towards Thang Long City, the capital of hundreds of years will only be left in ruins in one afternoon, right?
Gao Pragmatic, who had already reached the other side of the Ma River to command, did not have to worry about his unreliable tactical command this time. He ordered with satisfaction: "Generals, listen to the order and launch the cross-river battle!"
A group of generals who were aroused by the artillery shouted: "I have the order!"
Among the generals whose faces were flushed with excitement, there were even three female chieftains including Huang Zhiting.
Some of the Mozambican warships without artillery and the Ming Dynasty merchant ships with only two guns had transformed into transport ships and began to launch cross-river operations under the cover of artillery fire from merchant ships carrying artillery.
Thousands of sails are racing, hundreds of boats are racing against each other.
Especially, now that the opponent has no resistance at all, what else is there to say? Under the command of the generals of the headquarters, they are rushing to get on the ship, ready to go and grab the credit!
There is no need for the highly pragmatic servants to step forward for the time being. The wolf soldiers have already crossed the river carried by Ming merchant ships. As for the surrendered Mo army, some of them still need to rely on some collected civilian ships or even small sampans to row across.
, in short, the opponent has no resistance now, so just fight to the other side of the Majiang River.
At the eleventh hour, the former army arrived at the beachhead and consolidated the beachhead position according to a highly pragmatic plan.
At this time, Zheng Jun had gradually calmed down under the shouts of his superior generals, and then rushed forward with all his might.
The wolf soldiers of Siming Mansion under Huang Zhiting received the best treatment and were carried by Ming merchant ships. They were the first batch of Ming troops to arrive. At this time, seeing that Zheng Jun dared to step forward, the eyes of these wolf soldiers were shining, really like
Like a hungry wolf, he howled and rushed forward to meet the enemy.
They had received a reward order from Huang Zhiting: the reward for this battle was increased by half!
Guangxi wolf soldiers from the Ming Dynasty fought against Zheng Jun for the first time.
These ordinary wolf soldiers don't know that Zheng Jun defeated Mo Jun some time ago. They only know that they are now the "soldiers of tomorrow", and the opponent is just a "barbarian barbarian". They have obvious psychological advantages. Especially...
Thinking about the rare high reward, in addition to killing people, I just reminded myself to remember to behead someone, and the rest... wasn't important.
No matter whether you are Mo Jun or Zheng Jun, you are all Annan soldiers anyway. The heads of Annan soldiers are actually becoming more and more valuable now. That's great. Whether this wave can develop depends on whether your heads are enough for me to chop off!
The characteristic of the wolf soldiers is that their organization is divided according to regions. Almost all of the comrades around them are from the same area or even the same village. They are all old friends who cooperate well and do not need too much command at all.
Spontaneously, they rushed forward in small groups.
Some time ago, Zheng Jun suppressed Mo Jun and gave him a good beating. They were already used to running away from the other side. Now they encountered an army that treated them as food. They were a little stunned for a while, but they immediately became angry and raised all kinds of weapons.
He came up to him.
However, these Zheng Jun who grew up in the plains, in terms of real combat effectiveness, how can they match the wolf soldiers who fought in the mountains of Guangxi? After fighting for a while, they realized something was wrong - why were most of their own family members killed?
At that time, a Zheng Army general rode a pony forward and shouted for death. Suddenly, he heard a voice shouting: "Where does this bitch come from that is worthy of riding a horse? Get out of here!"
He subconsciously turned around and saw a Ming army general who, although not very tall, seemed to be full of explosive power in every inch of his body, stepped forward and a short bamboo spear in his hand was suddenly thrown towards him.
The general of the Zheng army was shocked, but he had no time to dodge. He watched the short spear directly pierce him from the joint of his chest and abdomen, piercing him.
With a scream, General Zheng's army threw his head back and fell off his horse.
Huang Hu snorted coldly, turned around and shouted: "All the ministries of Siming Mansion, move closer to me, I am going to defeat the opponent's central army!"
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