Chen Guangfu was also experienced in battle formations. After watching it for a while, he felt that it was difficult - this was much more troublesome than fighting Huang County. At the beginning, Huang County did not have many weapons and morale was not high from top to bottom, so it was easy to be defeated. Now this is
Huo Xiangyong also won a battle in Baimatang, and both his fighting strength and morale are on the rise. I am afraid that he will not be able to take advantage of this.
It's clear that I want to break a hard nut.
But if they can't crack this hard nut, they won't be able to attack Laizhou with peace of mind. Whether it's easy or hard to conquer, Qimu Island must be conquered.
Mao Chenglu and Chen Guangfu discussed for a while and decided to launch an attack early tomorrow morning. Mao Chenglu led a large force to attack Qimu Island from the sand embankment to attract the attention of Dao Xiangyong. Chen Guangfu led the elite to bypass the ice and raid Qimu Island.
"Capturing Qimu Island is my first achievement." Mao Chenglu said with a smile on his face, "I heard that the people on Qimu Island have a lot of food and property. If we take it, our brothers will make a lot of money."
Mao Chenglu played a trick. He had already suffered a heavy loss from Qimudao Xiangyong in the Battle of Baimatang. Although he did not personally command at the time, he still knew from the mouths of the defeated troops who later escaped that the opponent's firearms were extremely sharp.
Not only did it shoot far, but it also fired quickly. After a few rows of guns, the soldiers couldn't hold on anymore.
If one person said this, Mao Chenglu could think that he was trying to shirk it, and if dozens of people said it in unison, the authenticity of this statement would be greatly enhanced.
So Mao Chenglu encouraged Chen Guangfu to lead his troops to make a detour, and he led a large group of troops to attack from the front. No matter how sharp the enemy's firearms were, they could not match his six Hongyi cannons. If he fired huge shells weighing more than ten kilograms each, his fortress would be strong, and his own huge
Under the artillery bombardment, and then letting the refugees rushed to fill the ditch, the enemy will naturally be disorganized. Then he will have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
As for Chen Guangfu, it would be best if he can attack the island. If he can't attack, it won't be a big problem.
Chen Guangfu didn't know his plan, and thought that because he was leading the reinforcements, Mao Chenglu wanted to give him a favor. He immediately agreed and said that if he captured Qimu Island, he would share the goods equally and never let Mao suffer a loss.
At this moment, we made a good plan and went back to rectify our troops.
Of the nearly 10,000 people brought by Mao Chenglu, only 1,500 could be called combat soldiers. The rebels in Huang County plus the reinforcements brought by Chen Guangfu totaled 5,000 people, although the rebels held hostage nearly 10,000 people in Huang County.
, claimed to have 100,000 troops, but there were no more than 3,000 soldiers among them. Mao Chenglu left half of the soldiers to guard the county. He took the other half of the soldiers and 2,000 auxiliary soldiers to attack Qimu Island, and most of the rest were coerced.
refugee.
Because the warehouses in Dengzhou are extremely rich, these 1,500 soldiers are fully equipped with weapons and equipment, and all have iron armor. Although the quality varies, at least everyone has armor. This is already a rare thing for the Ming Dynasty's army.
Many of the auxiliary soldiers also had cotton armor or leather armor. The most exaggerated thing was the firearms. In addition to the six Hongyi cannons, these 1,500 soldiers were actually equipped with 800 various guns and cannons.
, when it comes to the popularity of firearms, it was considered world-class at the time.
These huge assortments of firearms and ammunition were either mounted on handcarts or carried on people's shoulders, and were transported by kidnapped refugees. The six "big guns" were pulled by captive cattle and slowly headed towards the sand embankment.
The ones walking in the lead were the newly "recruited" refugees. They were called "soldiers", but in fact they were all old and weak. There were even women mixed in. As for weapons and equipment: most of them just held a wooden stick.
People simply have nothing. The rebels only use refugees as cannon fodder and labor force. Naturally, they have no intention of arming them, let alone any training.
Only after a few battles have been fought and most people died in obscurity, will the battle-hardened survivors be absorbed into the army and become a member of this team - this was among the various rebel armies in the late Ming Dynasty.
It is the most common growth mode. Those who survive in the end must be the strongest soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles.
In order to prevent the refugees from escaping, teams of servants on horseback constantly patrolled around the large group of refugees, using whips to drive them in the designated direction.
Chen Guangfu's team was quietly separated from the large group of people. He only led 500 people. Except for his retainers and some night warriors, the rest were all veteran ruffians with many years of experience. They were all extremely fierce and wanted money.
A desperate person. I heard that there is a village on Qimu Island with tens of thousands of refugees, all of whom have shining eyes. As long as they attack it, they will not worry about grabbing dozens of taels of silver and a few beautiful women.
At the foot of Dengzhou and Huang County, a human market has been formed because the rebels have robbed a large number of women. The rebels who went out to rob sold the women they snatched to their accomplices in the human market, and the business was very prosperous.
Everyone has horses: these people all have experience riding horses on ice, and the horses' hooves are wrapped with anti-slip cloth strips. Moreover, Chen Guangfu's purpose of equipping them all with horses is not to let them rush on the horse, but to pass quickly.
On the ice. After landing on the island, they immediately abandoned their horses and fought on foot - in fact, they were mounted infantry.
Although dragoons were developed in Europe, mounted infantry has always existed in China. Riding maneuvers and dismounted infantry fighting were not uncommon in the wars of the late Ming Dynasty.
Because they had to walk on the ice and heard that the opponent had many firearms, these people all put on cotton armor, which was lighter and more effective in resisting firearms. Their boots were wrapped with straw ropes. In addition to carrying swords and shields, each of them also carried
A javelin - In addition to being used for throwing before an assault, this javelin is also used to save oneself in case of falling into an ice cave: Dongjiang Army has been on the Liaodong Island for a long time and has relatively rich experience in ice combat.
In addition to weapons, each person also carries several small earthen bottles filled with strong fire oil and a slow-burning kindling. As soon as they break into the island, they will immediately set fires everywhere.
In his opinion, regardless of the large number of people on the island, as soon as his five hundred elite soldiers land on the island, the local heroes will cause chaos. By then, the entire Qimu Island will be at their fingertips.
The team stopped at the entrance of the sand embankment. Mao Chenglu's generals and generals were in a hurry to straighten the chaotic team and barely maintain order.
Mao Chenglu rode on his horse and walked slowly to the huge crowd, surrounded by his servants. He shouted loudly: "Everyone fought hard to enter the village. We can take whatever money, silk and food we want! Enough buns!" There was a sudden commotion in the crowd, and Mao Chenglu sneered.
With a loud voice, he said loudly: "There are thousands of women in the village, get as many as you want, as long as you can get them! In troubled times, human life is as cheap as paper, and everyone has passed today and there is no tomorrow. Do you want to
He is a man, let alone a woman who has never touched a woman’s breasts and is so horny!”
The crowd, which was originally a bit dull, actually let out a few cheers. Someone shouted: "If a man dies, a bird will look up to the sky, and he will not die for tens of millions of years! You have to eat well even if you want to die, and you have to die after you have had enough fun with women!" The crowd around them suddenly became excited.
There was a burst of wild screaming. Under the incitement of these few words, these poor people who were kind people less than ten and a half months ago, the primitive instincts in their hearts were exposed, their eyes turned red, and their morale suddenly skyrocketed.
Mao Chenglu knew that his words had had a great effect, and immediately ordered the entire army to advance towards the sand embankment.
The sun gradually rose, and there was a cold white light in the surrounding fields. On a winter morning in the first month, the wind was biting and cold, and the huge crowd of rebels rolled towards the sand embankment of Qimu Island like a flood. Tens of thousands of people walked on it.
The white gas ejected at that time is spectacular.
Chen Sigen stood on a watchtower on the wicker-edge bastion, observing the advancing rebels with a telescope.
The dense crowd made his scalp numb just looking at it - what made him even more distressed was that as Zhu Mingxia said, those walking in front were all poor people in ragged clothes and with faces as pale as vegetables.
They were all in rags, and many of them simply walked barefoot in the snow, their skin turning blue from the cold, knowing full well that they were going to die for a few empty promises.
Thinking of what Zhu Mingxia said to him, he knew that Captain Zhu didn't mind how many poor people he killed, and he was worried that he was being soft.
Even if he wanted to be soft, he couldn't do it. Chen Sigen thought to himself, with the formation in front of him, it would be impossible without a river of blood flowing in front of the willow branches.
The defenses along the willow side have been urgently reinforced. The original willow fence has had its crown cut off and its top sharpened. The cut branches were chosen to be thick and straight and tied horizontally between the willow trees. The smaller ones were used to create a grenade throwing distance for the deer village.
Go up. Just climbing over this fence will cost you a heavy price.
The artillery on the bastion was mainly deployed on the two wings according to Chen Sigen's instructions - it could focus fire on the enemy from the front, or shoot on the ice. After all, the sea on both sides of the sand embankment was frozen, and the enemy could descend to the ice.
Bypassing the obstacles on the willow side and attacking directly towards the bastion, a steep slope roughly one person high has been dug out on the coastline close to the bastion - most natural coasts have such eroded slopes. The detachment only repaired it and poured water on the steep slope to freeze it.
ice.
He noticed that six Hongyi cannons had been set up about 800 meters away from the wicker edge. Judging from the appearance of the cannons, they should be semi-snake muskets that fired twelve-pound shells. The effective range of this cannon was nearly
Erli is a very powerful artillery piece.
From the intelligence materials sent to him, Chen Sigen learned that the rebels were very sophisticated in the use of firearms, and had repeatedly used heavy artillery maneuvers, repeatedly defeating the officers and soldiers. In the entire Dengzhou Rebellion, the rebels' use of artillery was the most outstanding.
The gunners under Mao Chenglu are busy here. These six Hongyi cannons were all taken from Dengzhou City. These gunners were also trained by the Portuguese. A general was watching and giving out commands constantly.
The soldiers performed their duties, setting up gun emplacements and loading artillery, appearing very skillful.
A gunner raised a wooden ruler, closed one eye and looked at the wicker edge - they used a relatively simple and primitive parallax distance measurement. Even so, it was rare among the Ming army at that time.
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