Along the entire Songhua River, villages large and small were surrounded by flames of war.
Along the front for hundreds of kilometers, smoke was rising everywhere, and every village, village, or village was set ablaze by the Jurchens from the East China Sea. A large number of Jianzhou Jurchens' vassal people were captured.
Among the Jurchens in the East China Sea, hundreds of people swarmed to raid a village. When encountering a large village, a few hundred households would join forces to attack. The Jurchens, the semi-farming Mongolians in the east, were all capable of resisting.
Although the walls of the village are generally only one person high, they can still withstand it for a while.
They hid on the wall and fired arrows. The East China Sea Jurchens also used the Mongolian horn bows they had just acquired to fight back. The archery skills of these East China Sea Jurchen savages were far better than these half-farming, half-fishing and hunting people.
They just didn't have good weapons. The previous weapons were very primitive, with many weapons made of bone and stone. Not to mention armor, which was definitely not available. Or Nurhachi could have given a chief four sets of armor.
Allegiance to a tribe.
Yang Fan had too many tattered Mongolian ridge armors and ring armors in his hands. He replaced the damaged pieces of armor and dismantled some of the seriously damaged ones to provide spare parts. He assembled a lot of armors, at least for officers of Xiaoqi and above.
Iron armor. Soldiers all have leather armor.
Wulong Caozhai is a village of fifty households, with a stone wall. At this time, all the people in the village who can shoot bows are on the wall, shooting wildly. There are many girls and wives who can also draw arrows.
Chief Li Guiye shouted loudly: "You all need to shoot as hard as you can to kill these bastards from the East China Sea. When they come in, your cattle, sheep, food, and wives will be robbed. Your children will also be used as slaves."
The attackers were men and horses from a hundred households, and the hundred households were called Ye Nai.
He spat and shouted loudly: "Marquis Dingyuan said that the cattle, sheep, grain, and property belong to you, and whoever grabs them belongs to him. He bought all the people, don't kill or abuse them. This is all money."
If you catch a Han, you should send him to the Marquis of Dingyuan as soon as possible. There will be a heavy reward. Let me know. If anyone accidentally shoots a Han to death, I will reward him with thirty lashes."
For a time, arrows were flying like locusts. Both sides were excellent shooters, and people were constantly being shot. At this time, the Donghai people with armor had the advantage. After a while, less than half of the people on the wall were dead.
Killed more than thirty people.
The Donghai people carried large shields made of small tree trunks and quickly approached the village wall.
Cui Naike, the clan leader in the village, used a good bow and arrow made from a yew tree to shoot two Donghai people in succession. Then a concentrated firepower counterattack was launched, and more than a dozen arrows flew in. Half of his exposed face was instantly nailed
He shot three arrows and fell down with a scream.
The Donghai people didn't even look at it, so they placed three logs diagonally on the wall. Then they jumped into the wall in large numbers along the slope. Immediately, there were shouts of killing and the sound of swords clashing inside the wall.
cry.
After a while, the village gate was also opened. Donghai people rushed in.
An hour later, the fighting stopped, and there were fires and smoke everywhere in the village.
Most of those who were in their prime and able to fight were killed, and their heads were cut off. This was the basis for receiving rewards from the Marquis of Dingyuan. The captured people were tied with ropes and sent to the camp of the Marquis of Dingyuan.
After being sorted here in the camp, they were sent to Vladivostok by steam truck.
There these people will be sent to work in factories, porters, and mines. Women will work in textile factories and food factories. Once these people are captured, they are still very obedient. Because they are in a slave society. Prisoners of war do
Slaves are the norm.
Yang Fan's large group of troops stopped advancing in front of a hill. Yang Fan, Xiao Niangpi, and Lin Yueru all came to the foot of the mountain and observed the village on the mountainside.
Yang Fan looked carefully and saw that this city was relatively large, with high stone walls ten meters high. Moreover, it was very dangerous due to the mountain terrain.
Kui Laoke and Chief Haertu stepped forward and introduced that this was the royal city of the Maoming'an tribe. There were seven thousand households in it. Moreover, during this period, the Donghai people were killing and plundering everywhere, causing the tribes in the Maoming'an tribe to move towards this city.
A collection of mountain cities. After all, there are solid walls here.
"Then surround them, cut off the water source, and make them thirsty to death." Xiao Niangpi looked at the bare mountains, there was almost no ice and snow, and suggested.
"Madam, I'm afraid it won't work. There is a spring on the mountain with a large flow, and a stone house is built on it. It doesn't freeze in winter. I'm afraid it won't work with a siege." Chief Hartu said quickly.
"If we fight hard, since we don't have siege weapons, I'm afraid the casualties will be huge." Lin Yueru looked at the terrain and frowned.
Seven thousand households, plus more than 10,000 households who fled in. It is probably not difficult to pull out 20,000 people who can fight. Relying on this terrain and strong high walls, it is very difficult.
Yang Fan smiled and said: "Look, the slope of the hillside is not too steep, not even 30 degrees. You can drive a crawler steam bulldozer or excavator up it and just push down the city wall. I will demonstrate it to you personally.
Very fun.”
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru became excited when they heard this. These two girls are very adventurous.
"Master, I want to go too. Can I be your co-pilot?" The little girl immediately started acting coquettishly.
"Master, I want to go to Ma. I'm very good, so I just watch from the side and don't cause any trouble to you." Lin Yueru also said coquettishly.
These bulldozers and excavators are all for military use, and have steel shutters outside the glass. They can effectively resist enemy arrows or musket fire. Because they are armored, small artillery is not a big problem.
Yang Fan didn't care, because it was really safe.
In this era, armor was made of thin iron sheets. These machines were all made of steel. It was trivial to defend against bows and arrows. There must be no artillery here.
"But we will not bully them. We will send someone to persuade them to surrender. As long as they surrender, I will guarantee their safety," Yang Fan said.
A Donghai man rode a mule and bumped away. Before he finished shouting, he was shot to death by an arrow. Suddenly, Sauron and Beishan Jurchen were furious. They immediately called for a fight and attacked the city immediately.
Yang Fan shook his head and said: "These people are ignorant and don't know the majesty of the heaven. Give them another chance. Bring me the gas tank cannon. Put ten rounds of incendiary bombs on them and see if they are still stubborn."
So, Donkey Dan and his servants took out a gas tank mortar from the car and carried it here again.
The gas tank mortar has a range of two kilometers and can be fired safely beyond the range of their bows and arrows.
The position where Yang Fan and the others are standing now is a full 500 meters away from the city wall. Even if they have a trebuchet, they cannot hit this far.
The artillerymen were very skilled at their job. They blasted holes in the ground and quickly arranged the gun positions. After setting up the guns, they first took some measurements, then took out the wind direction gauge and measured the wind speed and direction.
"Sir, are you ready to start fighting?" Liu Dagui, the artillery team leader asked.
"Come on, give me ten rounds of incendiary bombs to scare them first. If they are willing to surrender, it will save us trouble." Yang Fan said confidently.
After all, a gas tank incendiary bomb weighs forty kilograms and is filled with explosives, aluminum powder, and sugar. It burns extremely horribly, and the high temperature can melt steel.
This chapter has been completed!