Chapter four hundred and twentieth eight general attack Quanzhou
wOn the sixth day of May in the twelfth year of Chongzhen’s reign in the Ming Dynasty, the most worrying thing for Quanzhou still happened:
The Huben Guards began a massive attack on Quanzhou!
Those artillery pieces that had been set up long ago, with their ferocious mouths opened, erupted with the strongest roar. The earth trembled, and the sun and the moon were dimmed.
On this day, the Huben Guards began to bombard Quanzhou!
Countless cannonballs fell one after another on this city that was peaceful on the surface despite the turbulent waves underneath. The cannonballs landed on the city walls one after another, splashing countless rubble.
Smoke and gunfire instantly enveloped the city
In fact, the Huben Guards did not use all their belongings, and they did not use many artillery against Quanzhou. Although Ding Yunyi wanted to use this opportunity to defeat the Zheng family's forces, he did not want to destroy the city of Quanzhou, which would be his future
territory!
But when this was about to happen, the bombardment still shocked the soldiers of the Zheng Family Army greatly.
The Zheng family navy roamed the sea, but they had never experienced such a city offensive and defensive battle: cannons roared, flags fluttered, and countless infantry and cavalry were ready to go. At a glance, the momentum outside the city was so majestic.
And more importantly, the group of subordinates who once followed Zheng Zhilong across the sea are old and dead. Now, more of the Zheng family's army are new recruits who have never been on the battlefield.
Even Zheng Zhilong has not been on the battlefield for a long time.
Opposite them, the world-famous warrior Boding Yunyi galloped on the battlefield countless times. From the Central Plains to Liaodong, from Liaodong to the sea, and from the sea to the Satsuma Domain.
As for his subordinates, most of them had just returned from the Satsuma Domain. They were elite troops who had experienced the test of war. Zheng Zhilong had heard his brother talk about their various performances in Japan countless times.
The sound of cannons was still ringing, and everything was so creepy.
As Zheng Zhifeng had judged, just like when they bombarded Tsurumaru Castle, the Tiger Guards did not rush to attack the city. Instead, they repeatedly bombarded the city with artillery fire to reduce the determination of the soldiers in the city to defend.
The soldiers of the Zheng Family Army were squatting under the city wall, covering their ears and not daring to move, for fear that a shell would fall on their heads.
If the first day was just a tentative shelling, then on the second day, when the large siege artillery newly developed by the Taiwan Firearms Bureau appeared, Quanzhou was forced to face even more brutal shelling.
The overwhelming artillery shells fell on and below Quanzhou City. Zheng Zhifeng once cheered for the bombardment of Tsurumaru City, but never imagined that such bad luck would befall Quanzhou in such a short period of time.
He found that only on the second day, military morale began to show signs of fluctuation.
Although some soldiers have adapted slightly after experiencing the shelling on the first day, they are still talking about something in a low voice. Whenever an officer passes by, they will immediately shut up, as if nothing happened.
Nothing happened in general.
Zheng Zhifeng knew very well what they were talking about there
"Mang Er, do you think our Quanzhou can be defended?" Zheng Zhifeng suddenly asked.
Zheng Zhibao was stunned for a moment and said without thinking: "Of course, my Zheng family has been running rampant in Fujian for so many years. Who have we been afraid of? Ding Yunyi is just a yellow-haired boy."
When he said this, he seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing. Zheng Zhifeng had just become Ding Yunyi's prisoner. Now that he said this, wasn't he saying that Zheng Zhifeng was not even as good as a yellow-haired boy?
But now Zheng Zhifeng has no time to be angry!
Zheng Zhibao has never fought face-to-face with the Tiger Guards. He will never know the terrifying power of the Tiger Guards.
With a sound of "Boom -", a cannonball flew up the city wall, and the two soldiers who had no time to avoid were immediately blown into the air. When they landed on the ground, they had turned into two corpses that were difficult to identify. This suddenly made it even more difficult.
It aroused fear among the soldiers of Zheng Jiajun.
It's terrible, really terrible. I never thought that people would be blown up like this, and I never thought that artillery shells could be so powerful!
Fear quickly spread among the soldiers of the Zheng Family Army. Everyone was talking in horror. The number of casualties would only increase.
Listening to the rumbling sound of the cannon, Zheng Zhifeng seemed a little helpless. He sighed longly in his heart, and then shook his head slightly helplessly.
Zheng Zhibao began to take action. He organized hundreds of elite men and rushed out of the city in an attempt to forcefully attack the Huben Guards' artillery. However, all of this was of no effect in front of the Tiger Guards who were closely guarded.
The Hu Ben Guard musketeers who had been waiting for a long time were fired at indiscriminately. The army that Zheng Zhibao had worked so hard to organize was quickly bombarded back into the city, leaving only dozens of corpses.
And all this is just the beginning
When the day's bombardment ended and Quanzhou could finally breathe a sigh of relief, something even more panicked for the Zheng family happened at this time.
Several notices that had just been taken off were placed in front of Zheng Zhilong. These notices stated how the court treated the Zheng family so favorably, but Zheng Zhilong did not know how to repay him, and he was treasonous and rebellious. They also said that if Zheng Zhilong could be captured alive, it would be an official promotion.
Level three is the people’s bounty of a thousand taels, etc.
"Brother, I will send people to check from house to house. I swear I won't be a human unless I catch these people who are deceiving the public with their monstrous talk!" Zheng Zhibao said angrily.
"Mang Er, why are you still so impulsive now?" Zheng Zhilong frowned involuntarily: "Since those people can quietly post these things everywhere in Quanzhou, they must have been prepared. Do you think you can catch them?
If they can't catch it, it must have been done by Ding Yunyi's men."
Zheng Zhifeng looked worried: "Brother, it seems that Ding Yunyi has been prepared for a long time. The continuous artillery knocking down is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that such notices are posted all over the city, which can easily cause panic among the soldiers and civilians in Quanzhou, and the most terrifying thing for me
It’s not just these things that I worry about.”
He was silent for a while: "Since those people can do it without anyone noticing, then these notices are posted all over the city. It shows that their actions are extremely covert and their numbers are large. Just in case they are in Quanzhou when we don't expect it.
If civil strife breaks out in the city, I'm worried that if we focus on one thing and lose the other, Quanzhou won't be able to hold on for long."
Zheng Zhilong nodded slowly, his brother's thoughts were exactly the same as his own.
Ding Yunyi has already made arrangements. God knows how many people he has planted in Quanzhou. If those people launch a surprise attack, he may even be in danger of being captured alive.
"Fourth, what do you think should be done?" Zheng Zhilong asked after thinking about it for a while.
Zheng Zhifeng immediately responded: "Brother, what I mean is to organize the defense battle of Quanzhou, and at the same time be prepared to evacuate to the sea immediately if the war is unfavorable."
"Evacuate to the sea?" Zheng Zhilong remained silent.
This is the situation he least wants to see. He has worked hard in Quanzhou for so many years, so should he just lose it to Ding Yunyi? With his huge family business, Quanzhou is everything to him. But, he knows Zheng Zhifeng
The worry is not unreasonable
At present, the Tiger Guards are so powerful that they have an absolute advantage in terms of artillery fire. If only from the perspective of infantry, the Zheng Jiajun is definitely no match for the Tiger Guards.
The biggest advantage of the Zheng family is that it is above the sea.
"Brother, our advantage is at sea." Zheng Zhifeng expressed his brother's thoughts: "On land, we may not be the opponent of Tiger Guard, but at sea, we have an overwhelming advantage. Ding Yunyi for his
The Huben Guard Navy has put a lot of effort and energy into it. If we can give up what we are not good at, put all our strength into our strengths, and look for opportunities to defeat the Huben Guard Navy on the sea, I believe we can capture Quanzhou again.
There’s still no problem!”
"Yes, what the fourth child said makes sense!" Zheng Zhilong finally made up his mind, and his voice suddenly rose: "Quanzhou, we still have to continue to defend it. But we must also be prepared for the worst. Once the worst happens, we will
If you don’t want to see the situation, then evacuate Quanzhou immediately, gather all the navy, and fight to the death with Ding Yunyi at sea!"
Although Zheng Zhilong made this determination, in fact, from this moment on, he was not very sure about whether he could hold Quanzhou.
If a coach shows such lack of confidence, how can he ask his men to fight to the end with a fatal determination?
A precarious situation has emerged throughout Quanzhou
The shelling has never stopped for several days, which is what troubles the Zheng brothers the most. And once night comes, those damn "ghosts" begin to move around frequently again.
Military morale and morale were declining little by little. By the fifth day, no one thought Quanzhou could continue to be defended.
The artillery shells of the Tiger Guards seemed to be endless. They fired from morning to noon, and from noon to sunset. They seemed to be absolutely unwilling to stop until Quanzhou was razed to the ground.
In fact, the Huben Guards' artillery shells are almost running out.
They are not an inexhaustible warehouse. Although the road from Taiwan is not far away, it still consumes a lot of manpower and material resources. And from the beginning, Ding Yunyi had no intention of destroying Quanzhou.
the meaning of.
This place will be his territory in the future
However, after five days of shelling, Quanzhou's originally weak city wall had been blasted with several large holes. The soldiers of the Zheng Family Army who had no intention of fighting just repaired it hastily with wood.
God knows whether such wood can stop the enemy's attack.
The last few shells from the Huben Guards were all aimed at these gaps. As a result, these gaps were torn apart again, and the gaps became even larger.
The general offensive of Huben Guards has begun!
The horn sounded "woo woo", the flags fluttered in the wind, and the swords and guns faced the sun and gave off a frightening light!
"Headquarters, all our ministries have completed preparations!"
"Let's get started." Ding Yunyi said calmly.
"Attack! Attack!"
When the red flags were waved, generals at all levels roared like this.
On May 12, the twelfth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Wu Liebo, the Fujian General Army, the Hu Ben Guards commanded by the Husband General Ding Yunyi, launched the most ferocious attack on Quanzhou!
This was a battle without much suspense. After five days of continuous bombardment, the morale of the Zheng's army in Quanzhou had already dropped to the lowest point. They were not willing to waste their lives here in vain.
Therefore, under the overwhelming attack of the Tiger Guards, despite the constant urging and shouting of the leaders of the Zheng Family Army at all levels, they still could not stop the enemy's attack.
The Zheng family's situation in Quanzhou has begun to collapse.
Looking at the surging subordinates, Ding Yunyi's mouth showed a smile: "The Battle of Quanzhou is almost over. I think Zheng Zhilong has run away by this time."
"Yes, he must have run away." Hou Lu said on the side: "Zheng Zhilong always believes that his advantage lies at sea, and he must want to start a final decisive battle with us at sea!"
Ding Yunyi sneered disdainfully.
At sea? Since he could defeat the Zheng family on land, he could also defeat the Zheng family at sea. The biggest mistake Zheng Zhilong made was that he was too superstitious about his superiority at sea.
No matter what kind of army, if it wants to win, it must have a reliable base.
When the Zheng family was a pirate, Taiwan was their base. Later, after they accepted the invitation, Quanzhou and other places became their most reliable base. But now, what will happen if they give up Quanzhou?
This is only the first point. The remaining most important point is that the Zheng family completely ignored the power of the Huben Guard Navy!
They blindly believed in the so-called "advantage" of having more than 3,000 warships, but they did not rely on their original good foundation to develop further.
On the contrary, although the number of warships of the Huben Guard Navy is far less than that of the Zheng Family Navy, the quality of their warships and cannons are completely unmatched by the Zheng Family.
Naval battles are no longer an era where victory can be won simply by relying on numbers. Soon, the Tiger Guards will let the Zheng family understand what a true elite maritime force is!
Xie Tian walked over in a hurry. Ding Yunyi glanced at him: "What happened?"
Xie Tian took a deep breath, and then said word by word with great difficulty:
"Hong Chengchou was defeated by Huang Taiji in Songshan. Even Hong Chengchou himself became a prisoner. Now that Liaodong is in chaos, the situation in Ming Dynasty is already in danger!" Welcome to your support, which is my biggest motivation.m