The Red Mansions

Chapter 804 Such a victory, an eye-opener!

Chapter 804 Such a victory, an eye-opener!

Tongzhou Weigang

Jia Heng came to Weigang by boat, and distributed the firecrackers brought by the boat to Zhenhaiwei in Daying Jiangnan. More than ten thousand sailors in Weigang, Tongzhou, were ready to go with flags and banners fluttering.

After Jia Heng assigned the generals, he said to Chen Xiao who was on the side: "Let someone inform Xie Zaiyi's troops to collect the ships of Suzhou Guard and Taicang Guard, and intercept and kill the returning soldiers."

Chen Ling responded, and then walked quickly.

The second eldest of the Zhen family, Zhen Shao, the fourth eldest, Zhen Zhu, Zhen Jue, and Zhen Lin were all on the boat, looking at the young boy in python uniform who ordered the general to use soldiers with complicated eyes.

Meanwhile, some generals and schools of Jiangnan Daying looked at the Zhen family members who were wearing filial piety uniforms suspiciously and curiously.

The Zhen family, instead of keeping a filial piety at home, what did you come here for?

At this moment, Annan Hou Yezhen raised his eyes to look at the tall warships moored in the port, and said in a low voice: "During this time, the warships have been repaired a lot, but there is no need to worry about the lack of ships."

Shui Yu, the governor of Jiangbei Daying, said with a smile: "In the past month or so, the Ministry of War has allocated a lot of money to repair ships and replenish ordnance. The sailors of Jiangbei Daying in the south of the Yangtze River have changed."

As he said that, a pair of tiger eyes secretly looked at the warship not far away, and his eyes lingered and lingered on the firecrackers looking across the board.

This is Hongyi's cannon?Seeing that the nozzle of the cannon is thicker, I don't know how powerful it is?

At this moment, there are one or two hundred naval warships in the Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps, ranging from blessing boats, building boats to patrol boats, all of which are equipped with guns.

Of course, not all Hongyi cannons were installed, only fourteen of them were equipped with Hongyi cannons, and of course they were also equipped with a lot of Francophones, which were used as armor-piercing vanguards Jia Heng used to defeat the navy led by Duoduo.

In the eyes of everyone, the black holes of the guns and guns on the boats look very mighty and handsome.

Jia Heng withdrew his gaze, and said to Liu Jixian in a low voice, "Let's go."

"Boom boom!!!"

As the command flag waved, the war drum made of cowhide rumbled and spread along the water surface to the distance. Nearly ten thousand sailors from Jiangnan Daying braved the wind and waves to push towards Chongmingsha.

At this moment, if you look down from a high altitude, you can see ships of all sizes riding the wind and waves, echoing back and forth, and the flags are flourishing like forests.

In the evening, the navy of Jiangnan Daying arrived 35 nautical miles west of Chongmingsha from Weigang, Tongzhou.

It is worth mentioning that Chongmingsha has once again been occupied by the North Korean navy under Duduo as a supply base for fresh water and resources.

Chen Ling was dressed in a flying fish suit, with willow-leaf eyebrows, her clear eyes were cold, she pressed the embroidered spring knife on her waist, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to send a war invitation to Duoduo?"

Jia Heng nodded and said: "That's not necessary, wait until the Jiangbei Daying Navy joins up and join forces to attack, so as not to overwhelm the snake."

If you make a battle invitation, it looks like you are bound to win, and you may surprise Duo Duo.

This kind of famous general who can achieve great fame in history has a very keen intuition in war. It is very likely that because of a whim and an unusual transfer, he can penetrate the fog of war.

For example, he thinks of him going to Haojing, thinks of Yuehai Navy, and then connects with Hongyi, firearms...

In short, it is not appropriate to add superfluous things now.

At this moment, Jia Heng looked around and saw the silhouettes of masts and sails faintly visible on the vast and smoky sea, and the cypress planks painted with tung lacquer were washed by the river water, and they were shiny and black, and the light can be seen.

A red flag with the word "Han" hangs high above it, shaking with the autumn wind from the southwest.

It was a support fleet sent by Wei Che, led by Annan Hou Yekai and Jia Fang, a young general of the Jia clan, who approached the navy of the Jiangnan camp and quickly waved the flag to Jia Heng's fleet.

Jia Heng ordered the soldiers beside him to wave the command flag as well, and after a short while, they saw the ships sailing into the front and rear guarding flag ships, and a group of generals took off their helmets and armor, and stood on the bow of the boat holding their swords.

Putting down a grasshopper boat, after a dozen or so soldiers paddled like flying down, Ye Kai and Jia Fang, a young general of the Jia clan, sailed into the ring-shaped area divided by warships, and boarded the flag ship.

Ye Kai and Jia Fang pulled the lowered rope ladder to the deck, they couldn't help but see excitement on their faces, they walked a few steps quickly, cupped their fists and said, "The general has seen Yongning Bo."

Jia Heng nodded towards Ye Kai and Jia Fang, stretched out his hands to support each other, and said loudly: "The two generals are excused."

Ye Kai looked serious and resolute, and said: "General Wei has been waiting in front, and has tentatively fought with the Jurchen navy, and fought and retreated. Division combat."

Marquis Annan Ye Zhen frowned, fixed his eyes on his son, and asked, "How many ships and soldiers are there in Jurchen?"

Anyway, he didn't believe that Jurchen would have [-] sailors. Otherwise, the problem of military supplies would not be solved, so why fight?

At this moment, all the generals also looked at Ye Kai with curiosity in their eyes.

Ye Kai replied: "There are 83 Jurchen warships and [-] patrol boats. It is roughly estimated that the number of soldiers should be around [-], but the exact number is unknown."

The two sides fought initially, and they naturally knew each other's military strength. In the eyes of the veteran generals, they couldn't hide it at all.

The generals exchanged glances.

Shui Yu said: "[-] sailors, that's twice as many as our army."

Jia Heng pondered and said: "The Korean navy should not have so many, there are still many pirates colluding with the enemy and cheering for it. The main reason is to defeat the Korean navy, and the victory is established."

Shui Yu nodded, and asked: "Nephew of the Ye family, what is the combat power of the Korean navy? How is it compared to our army? Are there any real Jurchens? How many are there?"

The Jurchen Eight Banners elite soldiers are all sharp.

Ye Kai said: "The Korean Navy's combat power is comparable to our Jiangbei Daying water battle, but they are all equipped with the armor of the Jurchen army, and it is hard to tell how many Jurchen soldiers are there."

At this time, Cai Quan said: "Regardless of the real Jurchen or the fake Jurchen, in the naval battle, our Han army will destroy it together!"

Jia Heng nodded and agreed: "What General Cai said is true. In the last sea battle at the Jiangbei camp, three hundred female real Baiqi Xiaorui were wiped out. As long as the generals fight the enemy bravely, the Jurchen are no different from the Korean Navy. There will be no superfluous."

Everyone heard that, although some generals were still worried, it was not good to mention this matter again.

Jia Heng told Ye Kai, "Tell Wei Che, join us, rest overnight, and fight the enemy tomorrow."

This naval battle will completely resolve Dodo!

And just when Jia Heng dispatched his soldiers, across the Chongming Sands hundreds of miles away, in a temporary tent built with reeds and wooden beams, the generals gathered together. The Jurchen soldiers and horses were arranged by the gang members of the Nujiao Gang, Nujiao Gang, and Jinsha Gang.

"Everyone has seen it before. The Han army's combat power is not so unstoppable. As soon as Fang meets the enemy, he retreats to the rear after a short fight. Moreover, the Han army has few soldiers and ships, so they dare not fight our army in full scale." Duoduo said in a rough voice.

Shang Guanrui, the head of the Nujiao Gang, looked worried and said: "My lord, I heard that the Han army has mobilized the Denglai Navy and the Fuzhou Navy. Should we avoid the limelight first, so as not to be encircled by the Han army and attack back and forth?" ?”

Qin Dong, the leader of the Four Seas Gang, opened his mouth and said: "Old leader Shangguan, the navy in these places is even more rustic, not worth mentioning. How about the Sanwei Navy in the Zhejiang capital earlier? Wasn't it defeated by our army? Even if the navies of Lai and Fuzhou came to their aid, it would be nothing more than sending them to their deaths.”

Yan Qing, the head of the Jinsha Gang, listened to Liang Dong's words, but his face was solemn. The sight of this familiar arrogant soldier really made people feel a little overwhelmed.

However, Duoduo smiled and explained: "The head of the Shangguan family is too worried. If Jia Heng's children were able to hide in the navy port before, now the children have no other way to go. They can only choose to fight as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, he glanced at the generals and schools, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the three guards of the capital of Zhejiang have been defeated, the city of Jinling has been in panic all day long. I heard that the memorial to the impeachment of Jia Heng's son has been delivered to the Emperor of Han in Shenjing. The old man's desk is under pressure from the government and the opposition, and the young man's plan to wait for me to run out of food, grass and water, to cover up and attack, is just daydreaming!"

He said, looked at several people, and said: "If you don't fight, Denglai Navy, Fuzhou Navy, and their combined forces will be no more than [-] to [-] at most, and they will still be defeated by our army quickly."

In the cabin, the generals exchanged glances at each other when they heard the words, nodded, agreed and said: "My lord is right, as long as he dares to retreat again, he will be powerless to contain our army, and he will be defeated by our army one by one."

But at this moment, a soldier wearing Zhengbai flag armor came from outside, walked quickly, cupped his hands and said: "Master, the Han army has greatly increased its troops, and the naval reinforcements from Tongzhou Weigang have arrived."

This seemed to confirm Duoduo's inference, and suddenly sparked heated discussions among Lu Peng.

When Duoduo heard this, the tiger's eyes shone brightly, and he said with a smile: "Good job! I'm afraid he won't come!"

As he said that, he looked at the generals in the cabin and said, "You don't have to worry, this little Jia Heng dare not hide any longer, and has already started to go out of the city to fight."

Qin Dong, the leader of the Four Seas Gang, said with a smile: "My lord is really good at predicting things, it seems that this little Jia Heng can't sit still."

When everyone heard the words, they were all chattering, and they all agreed.

The next day, the sky was bright, and today is a sunny day. Although the sky is a little cloudy, compared with the continuous rain in the past few days, the field of vision and visibility are undoubtedly much clearer.

The [-] soldiers and horses of the Jiangnan Jiangbei Daying Navy on Jia Heng's side have all eaten their meals, and the warships of each department have entered the fighting state.

On the flag ship, Annan Hou Yezhen looked towards him and said, "Uncle Yongning, the ship is now equipped with more guns, and we can attack from a long distance after a fight."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "That's exactly what I mean. The captive ships are divided into three groups, and we will only divide our troops into two groups. One route is to watch the pirates on the left, and the middle route is the North Korean Navy. With the North Korean Navy as the main force, they want to defeat our army in one fell swoop."

It can be said that Dodo has learned the lesson from last time, and this time the North Korean navy is the main force, supplemented by the pirate fleet.

The generals of the army were discussing that as time passed, ships full of armor and guns were sailing towards Chongming Sand. At noon, they could clearly see the Top military tent.

And Jia Heng held a binoculars in his hand, looking at the formation of the Jurchen naval warships.

The North Korean navy is well-arranged. At this moment, the ships are formed in threes and fives. They line up according to the layout of the north and the south, and the center is slightly sparse. It is clear that they want to create a tendency to attack from far and near.

Because of the topographical distribution of Chongmingsha, it is like a wedge inserted into a hollow, with pores on both sides.

In this way, the Jurchen pirates could flee to both sides of the island, while the Han army could not see them well, so it could be defended and attacked.

"Send orders, form a mountain formation." Jia Heng put down the binoculars, and said in a deep voice with a decision in his heart.

The orderly beside him waved the order flag.

Then, accompanied by the dense drumbeat of "Boom, Boom!!!", the sound of the drums rumbled like thunder, almost resounding within two or three miles of the entire sea surface.

Following Jia Heng's order, the ships of Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps lined up in a T shape in order to exert the power of the guns. At this moment, they were still about five miles away from Duoduo's fleet.

The ships approached the Jurchen fleet slowly and swiftly like galleons.

Just like that, five miles, four miles, three miles...

When it was close to Erli, with the wave of the command flag, the speed of the Han Dynasty Navy slowed down and began to change the formation.

As time passed, Duoduo was standing on the flag ship of a warship, and standing on the deck above the mast, he could already look at the flag on the Han army ship, and even subconsciously drifted to the flag with the word "Jia" hanging on it. flag ship, and found that familiar figure.

"Master, the Han army is approaching." Deng Biao reminded with a solemn expression.

Duoduo's face was gloomy, and he shouted: "Here's an order to let Li Daoshun line up to fight."

In fact, Duoduo is not good at water warfare, or his understanding of water warfare is not that deep, but Li Daoshun is undoubtedly an expert in water warfare. At this moment, relying on the superior formation of the terrain, it is Li Daoshun who arranged it.

"Boom boom!!!"

The North Korean navy also began to beat drums, and the drums of the ships were intertwined. For a time, the drums were as dense as raindrops on the empty sea, and the deafening sound also concealed all the tension and apprehension. throbbing and exhilarating.

At the end of the [-]th and [-]th centuries, Chinese water warfare, as mentioned above, was still dominated by fighting with cold weapons. Except for shooting bows and crossbows in pairs, the combat methods were still dominated by collisions with ships and side-to-side battles. It highlights the personal bravery of generals, such as Chen Youliang's general Zhang Dingbian, who rushed to Lao Zhu's flag ship.

After Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the installation of Flang machine guns and firecrackers changed the combat mode of this cold weapon to a certain extent, because Franco machine guns and firecrackers can already be used as a powerful supplement for long-range attack.

That's why Yu Dayou said "many boats are better than few boats, and more guns are better than small guns".

Therefore, any war cannot be separated from the weapons and formations at that time. Therefore, in the cold weapon era when the two-five system was generally adopted, any three-three system is generally nonsense.

At this moment, Duoduo looked at the officers and soldiers lined up two miles away, his complexion moved slightly, and he was faintly uncomfortable.

At this moment, Li Daoshun frowned and said, "Master, are our ships coming to meet you?"

Doduo felt irritated, and after a moment of silence, he said in a cold voice, "Divide into several lines, cut and encircle the officers and soldiers, and their ships and manpower will be much less."

Now that Feng Shui is turning, the sailors led by Duoduo have to go more, and at a glance, the buildings and boats are like a city, which is quite spectacular.

Li Daoshun nodded yes, and then ordered the soldiers to wave the command flag. After a while, the boats and boats all set out to approach the Han army.

According to the long-range attack arrows and guns of both sides, they should bombard and shoot at each other in Lixu.

However, at this moment, Duoduo was startled and his face changed drastically. He saw flames flickering on the side of government ships one after another in the distance.

"Not good!" Dodo said in shock.

"boom!"

The speed of sound was indeed not as fast as light. After Duoduo screamed, a violent roar exploded in his ears, almost resounding through the entire sea.

Among the fourteen warships of the Han army, the 28 Hongyi cannons on one side of the ship were all fired at this moment, and they had already hit the North Korean navy head-on.

Even the Guangdong navy had lost more than a dozen warships in chasing and evading the Portuguese's Hongyi cannons in the vast sea, not to mention the North Korean navy in the narrow waters of Chongming Island.

At this moment, the ships of the Korean navy and pirates, hundreds of warships are now covered by the artillery fire of 28 Hongyi cannons.

And caught off guard, the shells were seen falling from the sky, and then accompanied by the screams of the soldiers, the flames blazed, and quickly ignited from the bullet point to the surrounding wooden cabins.

Amidst the rumbling gunfire, even the sound of drums stopped.

Doduo was standing on the deck under the mast of the cabin of the flag ship at this moment. Because the flag ship was slightly behind in the formation, it was protected from the first round of artillery fire, but he saw the ships on the left and right wings protruding under the fire. Thick smoke billowed, and one side of the ship sank into the water.

Doduo felt that his eyes were turning black and his limbs were cold.

At this moment, Jia Heng, who was standing on the bow of the boat in the Jiangnan camp, saw the scene of howling and screaming under the gunfire, his eyes flickered, and he secretly thought that there was something inside.

It's a pity that there are still too few guns, otherwise a hundred guns will be fired, and the caliber will be justice!

"Tell the ministries, don't worry about the shells, destroy the warships of the North Korean Navy, and keep them immobile in the river mouth." Jia Heng said in a deep voice with a serious expression.

At this moment, Annan Hou Yezhen also stared at this scene in disbelief.

It can be said that this was more shocking than the chasing artillery battle between Guangdong Navy and Hongyi, because at that time, the ships of both sides would not gather together in the vast sea!

The range of the Hongyi cannon is far, but how can the accuracy be guaranteed?

But the Jurchen Korean Navy and pirates with hundreds of ships, large and small, are stuck at the mouth of the sea in front of the small Chongmingsha.

Of course, this arrangement was not a problem before.

Because even the Franco cannon is not powerful enough, and it can't be blasted a few times at all, and then the two sides enter the fighting rhythm of "bumper boats and side-to-side battles".

And this is the advantage of Jurchen's large number of soldiers and ships will be quickly highlighted. At that time, the Chen Han Guanjun Navy will be defeated, and they will be divided and surrounded.

And even if the officers and soldiers resist tenaciously, the Jurchen Korean navy can still cover and let the pirates flee to both sides, which to a certain extent guarantees that the formation of the Korean navy will not be impacted.

But now the Hongyi cannon fired from a distance of one or two miles away, and directly knocked out the ships of the Korean navy and pirates.

At this time, there is no need to consider too much accuracy, because the pirate fleets are not far apart, and this is not a vast sea, and the fleet can be quickly dispersed.

It can be said that the terrain at this moment has caused the dimensionality reduction blow of long-range firearms to the era of cold weapons to some extent.

In any case, under the cannon, how dare they get together in one place?

Duoduo looked at the sea of ​​flames around him and felt cold hands and feet. Who can tell him why the range of the Han army's firearms is so far?

In the parallel time and space of Daming, Yuandudu shot Nurhachi into the air with a cannon shot from Hongyi, and achieved a great victory in Ningyuan.

And at this moment, as the ships of the pirates and the Korean navy were shredded by artillery fire, the morale of the Korean navy and the pirates also collapsed rapidly.

Before they met the officers and soldiers, they were beaten by guns and couldn't find the north, and more than 30 warships were reimbursed immediately.

For a moment, the sailors and pirates ran for their lives frantically, as if they were dumpling dumplings, they put grasshopper boats on them, and fled towards the rear with all their might.

Li Daoshun is worthy of being a famous naval officer on the North Korean side. Seeing that the situation is not good, he waved his command flag and planned to avoid the artillery fire of the Han army from both sides of Chongmingsha.

But it was too late, as Chen Han's army won the victory of long-range guns, they quickly approached the Korean navy and pirates.

What's more terrible is that the forces of the Four Seas Gang, the Nujiao Gang and other pirates collapsed first, and they frantically fled towards both sides of Chongmingsha by boat.

Seeing this scene, Duoduo said: "Hurry up, get out of here!"

At this moment, Duduo's decisiveness appeared, however, it was suddenly accompanied by a sharp roar, followed by "Boom!"

"Master!!!" An urgent cry came from beside him, it was Deng Biao's voice.

Doduo fell down on the deck with a thud, only felt the ear-piercing humming made his heart palpitate, and immediately, the sky spun, and he couldn't hear the surrounding sounds at all.

It's like a bomb in a chicken-eating game, and then I feel my heart beating non-stop, and my voice is thick and rapid. I lie on my stomach and look for cover everywhere, but finally a few wisps of green smoke rise from my body and turn into a small box. The teammates licked the bag with tears in their eyes.

In front of Duo Duo's eyes, there was a flurry of shoes, and he couldn't see them above the calf.

"Master! The ship is going to sink!" Deng Biao said anxiously, dragging Doduo's body, and was about to disembark, but there was a lot of noise around him, and all the generals were running for their lives.

At this moment, looking down from a high altitude, the ships of the Four Seas Gang and the Nujiao Gang were the first to flee in chaos, and fled to both sides of Chongmingsha, while the North Korean navy, which was used as the main force, naturally fell at the end. Put the Fran cannon.

But it is far away, except for a few waves on the sea, there is no result of the battle.

Until a quarter of an hour passed, as the official and army ships approached, the generals of the navy began to fight back. The North Korean navy was also equipped with Franco cannons. Craftsmanship passed down.

"boom!!!"

The guns were fired at once, and the two sides entered into a normal bombardment.

But once in a while there was a deafening sound, like the roar of spring thunder in the wake of the stungs, the hull of the North Korean navy was hit by a cannon, and a raging fire ignited all over the body.

Most of the 61 large and small warships of the North Korean Jeollado Navy were damaged at this moment, and the entire battle process only took half an hour.

Jia Heng stood on the boat at the moment, looking at the [-]-material warships of the Korean navy that were emitting thick smoke, and the grasshopper boats that were lowered from the boats were struggling to escape to the shore.

Annan Hou Yezhen stared at the ship ahead, his heart was filled with shock.

At this moment, Zhen Shao was dumbfounded, and a strong thought came to her mind, this is the water battle!

What kind of bumper boats and side boats look so ridiculous.

Hang Chi Hang Chi fought for most of the day, with few victories.

The water battle at this moment has the advantage of the terrain, just like the firearms and artillery battle movies of later generations, just a few extra shots are enough to shock people's hearts.

And Zhen Zhu's hand holding the treasured sword at his waist trembled because of the forceful grip.

This firearm is so sharp?

How will he fight to the death later! ?

Well, this fourth master of the Zhen family came here with the will to die.

The tiger's eyes under Shui Yu's thick eyebrows showed a trace of bewilderment, which is the feeling of being slightly shocked by the three views of water warfare in the past.

I thought of a lot at once, with this cannon, wouldn't it be unnecessary to fight face to face?

And this kind of bewildered look also flashed on the faces of many navy generals, and they were all ecstatic immediately.

Such a victory, an eye-opener!

Chen Xiaoqing's frost-like jade face is calm, and he has seen it in Haojing before, but he has never seen Guangdong Navy and Haojing arrange ships so densely on the sea.

The girl's heart moved slightly, and she couldn't help taking a peek at the boy in python, but saw that boy's face was as calm as water, the soft sunlight on the sky reflected on his brows like swords, casting a cluster of shadows in his cold eyes, the lips under the bridge of his nose were like Evoked a touch of coldness.

Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat, she didn't dare to look any further, the familiar tenderness seemed to flow from her lips again, she frowned, and quickly smoothed out a strange ripple in her heart.

Jia Heng said: "The armies are fighting against each other, don't run away from Duoduo!"

At this time, don't waste the shells of the Hongyi Cannon.

Cannonball is really not rich.

But at this moment, upon hearing Jia Heng's order, Zhen Shao and Zhen Zhu disembarked the flag ship and headed for a nearby ship.

Wei Che, Shui Yu, Ye Kai, Jia Fang and other generals on the other ships led the fleet and headed towards the officers and soldiers.

"Don't run away, Dodo!"

At this moment, amidst the heaven-shaking shouts of killing, the sound of each sound was extremely strong.

Chen Xiao worried: "Duo Duo's boat was shot, so he won't escape again, right?"

Jia Heng looked at Chongmingsha in the distance with a binoculars, and said: "Xie Zaiyi has already contacted Suzhou Wei's boats to intercept and kill them from both sides, huh? It seems that Duoduo's followers have all boarded Chongmingsha."

Doduo's flag ship probably wanted to fight him one-on-one, and it was listed just before Chongmingsha. At this moment, there were ships fleeing pirates on both sides, which blocked the way instead.

In other words, except for the North Korean Navy that is still struggling to resist, the entire pirates are running away.

(End of this chapter)