Because there is no port here, it can only be transported by boat.
This results in a very slow disembarkation of materials and personnel.
So after some of the heavy troops arrived ashore, they began to build simple ship stacks using the wood they carried.
Even the simplest trestle is ten times faster than a boat transporting it back and forth.
As for why they didn't seize the port, it was entirely because Wen Rensheng wanted to take things by surprise.
The current port in Liaodong is not occupied by the Jurchens, it is still in the hands of Dongjiang Town.
But by this time, in the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong had died at the hands of Yuan Chonghuan.
The Dongjiang River is unstable.
Anyway, if you look closely at the end of the Ming Dynasty, you will find countless mistakes.
Similarly, the Jurchens also made many, many mistakes.
But one side cannot suck blood, and the other side can still suck blood to regenerate blood. Who wins and who loses is decided strategically.
Wen Rensheng was sitting on the flagship. He was not wearing official uniform at this time, but the blue clothes of the big boss.
Now he is involved in Liaodong affairs as a maritime merchant and maritime hegemon.
The teacher is unknown.
So it cannot be known by Dongjiang and the court.
The Jurchens have united the Mongols and have many cavalry.
Most of the mounted infantry fighting in formation wore two layers of armor, while the elite wore three layers of armor, and many even used expensive silk linings.
If something is damaged, it needs to be replaced.
This shows that Jurchen is getting richer and richer.
He completely regarded the Ming army as the transportation captain.
The opponent's maneuverability on land is greater than yours.
But the advantage is that its maneuverability on the coast far exceeds that of its opponents.
Even if they are defeated, as long as they stay close to the coast and rely on artillery bombardment, they can stand firm.
This is the invincible factor.
So this battle can be fought.
Wen Rensheng took action after considering the undefeated method.
In many cases, there is no such advantage.
He also ordered a partial division to go ashore from the west of the island country and the east coast of Kyrgyzstan after going around halfway.
This is called a two-pronged attack.
It is also convenient to use excess firepower.
Although it will disperse the troops.
But this time he is not here for a decisive battle.
But they are here to train troops.
He appointed the commander of the partial division as the second shopkeeper, named Liu Sigang.
He is loyal and honest, just like Grouchy under Napoleon.
Give him an order and he will complete it with great care, but don't expect him to see clearly the changes in the battlefield situation and then use his creativity and determination.
Therefore, Wen Rensheng's instructions were very clear: go ashore, build a castle, and use Western methods to build it. After it was completed, he began to stock up on food and buy it from the island country.
The island country also lacks food, and the price of rice is very high, but it can still be purchased.
It was impossible to buy them in the Eastern Dynasty, and they were all looted by the Jurchens.
After the shipyard was built, Wen Rensheng brought a total of 9,000 people, 3,000 musketeers, 4,000 pikemen, and 2,000 shield soldiers.
Among them, 1,000 musketeers, 1,000 pikemen, and 30 Western artillery pieces were allocated to the second shopkeeper.
He was injured and there were 2,000 musketeers, 3,000 pikemen, and 2,000 shield soldiers.
Shield soldiers use large shields.
There are hollow shooting holes on it, specially used to deal with Jurchen heavy armor soldiers.
As for why there is no car array.
The main reason is that Liaodong is not a grassland, but has many river systems, swamps, and mountains and forests.
This is also the reason why the Jurchens are a people of fishing and hunting.
Therefore, one must adapt to local conditions to become a famous general.
The Mullard mobile phone is not very powerful, but it can be carried on the back in an emergency. The cost of running a car is high, and there was basically no room for a car camp later in the Liaodong campaign.
Building a cart is expensive, unlike a giant shield, which can be made by chopping wood.
The 30cm thick wood is enough to block the opponent's heavy arrows fired flatly.
Even if it can penetrate, the power will be reduced sharply if it hits a person.
This is just like the Jurchens using large shield carts and putting soil, quilts, and water on them to resist firearm fire.
Because they have field advantages and are protected by strong cavalry, the infantry can move forward slowly without fear of being divided and surrounded by the Ming army and cutting off their logistics.
And among the 7,000 people in Wenrensheng, all of them have armor.
The pikemen have double armor, the musketeers have chainmail, and the shieldmen have triple armor.
It's not easy just to filter them out.
However, he has maritime trade, some money, generous rewards, and some brave men.
Westerners also occupy a lot of shield hands.
Especially those barbarians.
However, there is still another problem, and that is to be prepared for the Jurchens' artillery.
At this time, the Jurchens had artillery, but when they invaded, they had difficulty maneuvering, so they stayed behind.
If he sends troops to attack, he will face Jurchen artillery.
They already attach great importance to artillery.
It is very ironic that the Jurchens, who obviously started with cold weapons, relied on artillery to attack the dense formation of infantry and defeated the white-armed soldiers.
Without artillery, the tough Eight Banners could not bear the losses in a bloody battle against thousands of white-pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers.
Relying on surrendered artillery and gunners, the Ming Dynasty, which started with firearms, was defeated.
7,000 men and horses began to disembark.
The first is to set up a camp and cooperate with the ship stack to form a closed port defense.
Anyway, Wen Rensheng doesn't worry about time.
This invasion will take at least a few months.
It took half a month to build a simple camp, which mainly involved digging deep trenches and filling them with sea water.
After doing this, Wen Rensheng began to order the soldiers to divide into five teams, front, middle, back, left and right, and sweep forward.
And he did not direct it himself, but left it to his adopted sons.
He controls logistics, military pay, and the Military Justice Department, and has traditional checks and balances, so he is not afraid of anyone seizing power.
The five adopted sons control the five teams.
He communicated with them through fast horses.
Their route was from the temporary port all the way north to clear out the enemy's village.
After drawing the enemy out, quickly retreat to the temporary port.
Just like the game, stay close to your own side's logistics line. If it doesn't work, you can board the ship and leave at any time.
Engage the enemy in actual combat.
Soon the first battle began.
After walking 40 miles a day for 6 days, they finally met Zhuangzi, a Jurchen.
According to the report from the scouts: there are wooden fences and no trenches. There are more than a dozen old, weak, sick and disabled Jurchens stationed here, and there are more than 200 soldiers cultivating here.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Prepare for battle!" Yi Zijia presided over the vanguard, received news from the vanguard scouts, and made a decision immediately.
He sent more cavalry scouts to look for the situation around him.
The horses are transported from the ship, which actually takes up a lot of transportation capacity. One horse takes up the space of ten people.
The horses were too delicate, and more than half of them died during the bumpy journey.
The cost is too high.
So they only had 200 cavalry to serve as scouts.
When you see the enemy from a distance, you should retreat into the infantry formation.
It is impossible to fight against the enemy.
The biggest advantage is that with the Western telescope, you can see the enemy several miles in advance.
In this case, the enemy has little chance of catching up.
And they cannot break away from the infantry phalanx too much.
The cavalry quickly arrived around Zhuangzi to explore the terrain and the enemy's situation.
Soon the scouts reported that there were no ambush around.
This made Yi Zijia very happy.
It's not like they haven't seen blood before. They have fought pirates at sea before and fought red-haired men several times.
But there have really been few large-scale land battles, fought in phalanx formations.
"The prestige of our Kuaijun begins with this Zhuangzi!"
He then ordered the soldiers to divide into dozens of teams, and first cut off Zhuangzi's way out.
Then he sent bows and arrows to persuade them to surrender.
In short, just walk through the process.
Within Zhuangzi, there were more than a dozen Jurchens who were old, weak, sick, and disabled, but they were still very courageous.
"You Nikans, quickly take out your bows, arrows, swords and guns, and go up to the wall to defend!"
"You are not allowed to escape. Anyone who dares to escape will have his whole family beheaded!"
A strong Jurchen man with half an arm missing was waving a knife and directing the soldiers to resist.
These coaters are also trained.
The Jurchens are both soldiers and peasants. Even if they are soldiers, they have to undergo a small amount of military training at this time. At least they have not practiced it, but they have seen it every day.
Here, unlike the Ming Dynasty, practicing martial arts is what makes a master, and studying is what fools and slaves do.
After more than 200 wrappers, 80 people came out in the end. This ratio is already frighteningly high.
Many peasant women were also forced to fight.
They were all shivering.
But they didn't dare to resist those dozen old, weak, sick and disabled Jurchens.
It's very simple, they can kill their opponents, but once the Jurchens come back, they will be finished.
They saw the surrender letter, but Zhuangtou, the one-armed Jurchen, tore it into pieces.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't draw a strong bow with one arm, he would have shot back.
"I'll give you a good beating soon. These southerners are all weak dogs!"
"Just kill a few of them and they will be scared away!"
It's just that Yi Zijia didn't give them this chance.
Just use manpower to drag the six-pound cannons, place them on both sides of the phalanx, and shoot at the opponent's village gate!
These copper cannons were bought from Western cannon-making factories. They are expensive but of good quality.
Wen Rensheng required that the gunpowder must be loaded with three times the gunpowder, and it must be tested three times without exploding before buying it.
If it explodes, thousands of taels of silver will be lost.
One gun is calibrated and two guns are fired.
Under the fire of the well-paid Western gunners, and with the assistance of clever coolies among the refugees, after three rounds, they hit the village gate 200 steps away.
The gate of "Kacha" was directly opened.
A road clogged with large vehicles is revealed behind.
Behind the cart there were several Jurchens holding bows and arrows, all of them old men.
This is the ecology of Jurchens.
The weak ones are placed on the periphery, serving as scouts and cannon fodder.
And they also drive away the more vulnerable packers.
"Keep shooting!" Yi Zijia continued to shout.
Then came two more shots.
At this time, the Jurchens holding bows and arrows had already ran behind the wall next to them.
The shells shattered the cart.
Morale was boosted.
But it didn't cause any damage.
"Sure enough, artillery is best to attack infantry in dense formations. Otherwise, it will be a waste of money. One artillery shell costs dozens of taels."
At this time, they were all pure iron balls. The cost of an iron ball plus gunpowder was only three or four taels, but when transported over long distances, the cost increased a lot.
After all, merchant ships are required to transport them, and merchant ships can create profits.
The sergeant is a complete consumer.
You can only upgrade to an importer unless you are plundering.
"Stop the cannons, the first team of shield soldiers comes forward! The second team of musketeers follows!"
Soon soldiers holding large shields began to move forward in formation.
The musketeers also quickly entered the shield formation, accepted protection, and followed simultaneously.
The large shield is quite heavy, and the soldiers holding the shield also wear triple armor, and their mobility is quite poor.
The shield is tilted, tilted towards you.
The opponent can't even shoot his toes.
They moved forward slowly.
The heavy footsteps, the raised shield, and the approaching distance made the man on the wall tremble all over.
Some were holding short hunting bows, some were holding crude knives and guns, and some were holding farm tools.
The opponent, on the other hand, wore bright armor and a giant shield, and was followed by musketeers.
"Calm down, the Great Khan will send people to rescue us soon and crush all these Nikans!" The one-armed Jurchen had long known that he would die.
But it doesn't matter if he dies, his children are still slaves in Baylor's house, so they can't be harmed.
He was patrolling a section of wall with a knife.
At this time, the shield soldiers were already sixty steps closer.
Before that, someone tried to shoot an arrow, but not surprisingly, the arrow was blocked by the giant shield.
An old Jurchen used a light arrow to throw, which is a four-edged armor-piercing arrow that can be thrown a hundred steps away.
The prerequisite is a prime-age soldier.
He only shot more than 80 steps.
The arrow fell and was directly blocked by the shield soldier.
Shield soldiers are mixed with musketeers.
Basically, one row mixed with the other.
The gap in the middle is about two meters.
Prevent overcrowding and difficulty in changing formations.
After all, this is not the age of flintlocks. The more crowded the better. In the battle line, people are next to each other.
In this case, the rain of arrows can still hurt some people, but the few scattered arrows at this time have no power at all.
At sixty steps, the shields tilted and joined two by two, revealing the shooting holes.
It is a bit difficult to shoot people on the wall through the shooting holes.
But there are 150 people in this team, divided into 5 rows, with 30 people in each row.
That's 30 shots at a time.
Within sixty steps, the shooting accuracy is not high.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But the Western musketeers are still well-trained.
Combat effectiveness and morale are both acceptable as long as the military pay is sufficient.
"Prepare."
"Raise the gun."
"aim."
"shooting!"
The Western mercenary officers began to shout slogans according to daily training, and then began to shoot bullets under the protection of shields.
The first round of 30 bullets hit the wall until only dust came out.
Many wrappers have long since gone into hiding.
There are only one or two intimidated idiots who are not clever enough, and such people are often found in the crowd.
He was almost hit and screamed in fright. In the end, he was not killed by the bullet, but by the Jurchen's knife.
The noise in the formation shakes the morale, behead!
This is the Jurchen's strict military discipline.
It is simply beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
If a general of Ming Dynasty takes the initiative to escape before the battle, he will not be beheaded afterwards, but will be punished with a small salary.
This was absolutely unimaginable in the Manchus.
If you dare to take the initiative to escape, even if you are passively defeated, you will be beheaded.
Then, the second round of musketeers came forward, and the shield bearers did not rotate.
They quickly entered through the gaps between the soldiers.
Keep shooting.
The person on the other side still lowered his head.
The shooting effect is not good.
The officers quickly stopped this waste of bullets.
But the soldiers began to adapt to the atmosphere.
Obviously, they have the advantage.
At this time, the group of soldiers began to move towards the opened village gate.
The distance of 60 steps is getting shorter and shorter.
When they rush into the village, they can shoot the Bao Yi and the Jurchens from behind.
This is also a fact visible to the naked eyes of the Jurchen people.
"Block the village gate."
The one-armed Jurchen ordered several sackmen to carry the sacks. The sacks were filled with soil and were originally used to extinguish fires.
Now used for defense.
But this is bad luck.
The few wrappers holding the sacks became the first victims of this battle.
They were hit by musketry.
Western mercenaries don't have much sympathy. If they are soldiers selected from the refugees, they may have some sympathy for these coats.
