"Ah——!" A Zhejiang soldier was stabbed through the chest by a long spear. He held the gun in vain with both hands, and slowly fell down with unwillingness in his eyes. The country soldier next to him looked horrified, dropped his hook and sickle, and continued
He rolled and crawled backwards to escape. The same scene was repeated all over the battlefield, with officers and soldiers scattered and scrambling for their lives.
Not long ago, Zhejiang soldiers from the Zhongzuo Army and local regiment training soldiers arrived here and found the enemy they had been chasing for a long time lying on the ground. The murderer was clearly his accomplice. Personal grudges? Uneven sharing of the spoils? No matter what the reason for the enemy's rebellion, for them
It is a blessing. This not only means that the number of enemies has decreased, but there are still hundreds of heads waiting for them to collect. Of course, the premise is to defeat the enemies in front of them. Intuitively, this group of pirates is not an ordinary ragtag group, but the officers and soldiers are still interested in
I am confident of victory. If I can't even deal with the pirates who have landed on the shore, I might as well find a piece of tofu and kill them.
With this idea in mind, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy losses as soon as they attacked. Huang Chenfang had more than 20 general cannons, large and small Franchise guns, etc. On the other hand, the officers and soldiers came lightly armed and only carried a few small cannons with them. From the beginning,
They were completely suppressed. The Zhejiang soldiers pushed forward under the rain of shells, trying to get closer and defeat the enemy with their bird's beaks. Bird guns were originally Western artifacts. The Zhejiang people were the first to come into contact with them, the first to imitate them, and the first to use them. Their equipment rate was higher than that of other places.
It was a big mistake. Unfortunately, they were unlucky to encounter Huang Chen, who only had more guns than them. Not only did the Zhejiang soldiers not take any advantage, but they suffered heavy casualties.
The officers and soldiers relied on firearms as their specialty, but now they encountered repeated setbacks. They were deeply shocked and had no choice but to rely on hand-to-hand combat to win. However, they never expected that the pirates' melee combat capabilities were even better than firearms. In just a few moments, more than a hundred people were injured and killed.
Not as good as their opponents, it is not surprising that the officers and soldiers were defeated.
"Victory." Looking at the officers and soldiers who fled like a landslide, Huang Chen had a faint smile on his face. The victory was as he expected. Most of the pikemen were direct descendants of their old troops, and their performance was as stable as ever. The artillery was far away from the first place.
On the front line, the performance was neither good nor bad, and the only thing that was not very qualified was the gun soldiers. The land camp was established in too short a time, and he lacked manpower, so he had to use a large number of Ming soldiers to serve as firearms soldiers. The level of these people varied.
Qi, he had ulterior motives. The reason why he didn't go to Zhao'an was because he was afraid that they would take the opportunity to escape or even rebel before the battle. Huang Chen's worry was not unreasonable. The casualties of more than ten people in the battle just now made them uneasy. He really couldn't imagine going to Zhao'an.
Guo Dayan glanced at Zhang Xing beside Huang Chen and replied: "Leader Liu was hit by a stray bullet while killing the enemy."
"Liu Bin?" Huang Chen was slightly surprised, and Zhang Xing was also greatly surprised.
"yes."
Huang Chen frowned and asked, "Is there any hope?"
"The stray bullet hit the left chest..." Guo Dayan shook his head and said.
Huang Chen fell silent. Although Liu Bin was not his confidant, he occupied a special position in his team. It took him half a year to fully digest the legacy left by Wang Fengwu. It can be said that Liu Bin was the main reason. His mortal enemy
It was advantageous for Huang Chen to better control his ships, but many things cannot be based on interests alone. It is undeniable that Liu Bin was a bit unruly, but he never questioned Huang Chen's leadership and was always quite submissive. His accidental death
Huang Chen's original good mood was cast into a haze.
The battle situation on the west bank was determined. The officers and soldiers on the east bank of the river were shocked and did not dare to approach any further. They turned around and left quickly. Huang Chen had no time to pay attention to them. He chased and defeated the enemy for several miles and captured more than half of them before retreating. Huang Chen's recent power expansion has been extremely rapid, coupled with the battle losses,
Weapons were inevitably in short supply, especially matchlock guns. The seizure of more than fifty muskets in this battle temporarily relieved his urgent need. The only troublesome thing was that he had different types of matchlock guns, which was a great test for logistics.
Soon someone came from the east of the river. This time they were not officers and soldiers, but pirates. It turned out that the flag was that of Lao Zhou's men. "Big leader..." Zhao Hongyi hesitated to speak. The bodies of Lao Daban and others were not buried in time.
Lao Lin Qilao discovered that the consequences are not difficult to imagine.
Huang Chen knew what he was worried about, and said disapprovingly: "Taiban is always killed by officers and soldiers, what does it have to do with me?"
"..."
When he learned that Taipan Lao died at the hands of officers and soldiers, Lin Qilao immediately became furious and insisted that it was Huang Chen who murdered him. Lao Zhou was also very angry and said coldly: "Brother Lin, go across the river to find out the details. If Huang Liuruo dares to touch you,
I will kill him with my own hands today."
Lin Qilao hesitated to answer. After all, he was once the overlord of a party. He had often used this trick before. He was just using him as bait to catch Huang Chen, so as to kill two birds with one stone.
Old Zhou Zhou said displeased: "Why, Brother Lin doesn't want to find out the truth?"
"Of course not." Lin Qilao hurriedly denied.
"Then why are you hesitating?"
The eyes from all around were focused on him, and Lin Qilao was not allowed to take a step back. He braced himself and said, "Okay, I'll go." After saying that, he took Gunjianglong and a dozen of his followers across the river.
As soon as they arrived at the west bank, Lin Qilao couldn't hide the shock on his face. There were hundreds of corpses on the ground, most of them were senior squad officers and officers and soldiers. Huang Chen's men had very few casualties. When did he become so powerful?
Huang Chen sat on the horse and said condescendingly: "What are you doing here, Master Lin? I don't remember that you and I have the slightest friendship."
A wisp of evil fire burst out in Lin Qilao's heart, and he suppressed his anger and said: "What are Mr. Huang talking about? You didn't inform me of the death of Mr. Taipan. I came here to recover his body."
Huang Chen "suddenly realized" and said: "Master Lin may have misunderstood. I am just informing you out of politeness, but I have no intention of handing over the body of Taipan Lao."
"What does Mr. Huang mean?"
Huang Chen smiled coldly and said, "You and I know what it means, so why bother to break it."
The situation was stronger than the situation, so Lin Qilao couldn't help but bow his head and sighed: "Head Huang, death is the most important thing..."
Huang Chen interrupted him directly: "If you have nothing else to do, please go back."
Lin Qilao said angrily: "Huang Chen, I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Keep a tightrope in everything, in the future..."
"Get lost." Huang Chen said with a cold face.
Lin Qilao's face turned red and he left bitterly.
Without saying a word, Huang Chen ordered preparations for war. There was no doubt that now was not the best time to start a war with Zhou Lao, but the other party insisted on starting a war, and there was no reason why he should not respond.
Lin Qilao returned to the east bank of the river and reported the truth to Zhou Lao. The latter hesitated for a while. There was currently no direct evidence that it was Huang Chen who killed Taipan Lao. If he went to war with him, it would be difficult for the alliance leader Zheng Zhilong to explain it, so he could just let him go.
He also felt unwilling to give in. Huang Chen's strength had expanded too fast, and he was afraid that before long the opponent would no longer be someone he could kill if he wanted to.
The two sides faced each other across the river from east to west, yelling and provoking. The deadlock was not broken until the officers and soldiers from the east bank returned. Taking advantage of the melee between Zhou Lao and the officers and soldiers, Huang Chen led the troops to the north leisurely.
A few days passed by in a hurry. During this period, the officers and soldiers kept dispatching troops and generals. The counterattacks became stronger and stronger. The pirates were defeated one after another. Huang Chen defeated hundreds of Zhejiang soldiers head-on. The combination of rural soldiers and the following battles
It finally attracted the attention of the government, and then a large number of troops were mobilized to set up a siege. If the sentry had not noticed it in advance, Huang Chen would have shed a layer of skin even if he did not die.
The purpose of pirate land warfare is to attack the enemy with one's own shortcomings. Zheng Zhilong's move was just to attract the attention of the officers and soldiers. Seeing that the goal was achieved, on March 24, Zheng Zhilong recalled the leaders and jointly marched into the center and left.