Chapter 175 Up to fifty people
Two days later, starting from Chikan Town, Zheng Chenggong took eight thousand troops north to Wuxi.
Guo Huaiyi proposed to fight against the Dadu Kingdom, and more than a dozen foreign tribes sent together. Thousands of soldiers joined the Zheng army in the Wuxi area with wooden spears and bamboo arrows.
When they arrived at Wuxi, Wanjun obtained more detailed information. King Kamashazha had twenty-five tribes under him. He was the largest force on the island except Zheng Chenggong. The other tribes not under Kamashazha were often bullied by Dadu Kingdom on weekdays.
The big-beard country, which was still in the tribal era, was not the difference between soldiers and civilians. The man started to learn hunting and fighting with the strong men at the age of seven or eight. In twenty-five tribes, there were about 30,000 to 80,000 strong men.
The estimated span of the number of enemy troops was too large. Zheng Chenggong led only 8,000 troops. Wan Jun was a little worried. These foreigners were all deadly hunters in the dense forest and would die if they were not careful.
Fortunately, more than a dozen Fanmin tribes that fought in concert also provided nearly 3,000 elite warriors.
Wanjun decided to use the sermon to form the sermon, with the sermon as the vanguard, and went up along Wuxi to find the main force of the Dadu Kingdom to fight to avoid playing hide-and-seek with the other party in the dense forest.
In the lower reaches of Wuxi, Wanjun saw the slaughtered village, whose houses were burned by fire, and the killed soldiers and people had been buried in the southeast of the village, leaving only a bulging mound.
The troops stood silently here for a long time. Although the pioneers died, the pioneers' pace would not stop. On the ruins, the newly arrived Han people were rebuilding houses and reclaiming land.
The water flows downstream of Wuxi, with a river surface of more than ten feet wide, and large ships can easily sail in. The Zheng army's fleet's large ships are in front, and while surveying the depth of the river, they lead a new fleet forward. If the foreigners start war near the river channel, these warships can provide strong artillery support for the attacking Zheng army.
The fleet drove upstream from the village and went deep into several kilometers. In a river and bay with deep water and wide shores, Wanjun decided to make a big move here.
Three thousand Zheng soldiers and one thousand Annan prisoners disembarked here. Under the surveillance of the soldiers, Annan prisoners cut down large areas of dense forests, pulled the trees back to the river berth, and built a port for large ships to moor.
Then, neat wooden houses were built on the cut-out open space, trenches were dug along the edges, wooden fences were erected, and a forward base was built here with great fanfare.
The thin and thin Annan people are somewhat similar to the other people. In a humid and hot environment, after working hard for three days, a forward base has basically shown its appearance, and the low walls of civil and wooden defense have also stood up.
Wan Jun was so blatant that he had only one purpose, which was to attract foreigners. According to the combat plan, Zheng Chenggong's eight thousand soldiers and horses had been divided into three parts. It was just a bait to attract foreigners.
The three thousand warriors have scattered and quietly explored in the dense forest to investigate the distribution locations of the twenty-five tribes in Datu.
The real backing is the 4,000 hidden soldiers and horses carrying a large number of muskets and cannons. As long as the foreigners from Datu Country dare to show up, thousands of troops will guarantee that they will defeat Kama blind in one battle.
Until the fourth day, the fortifications were complete, and the three thousand soldiers and horses were able to defeat twenty times the enemy with this base, but the Dadu Kingdom did not appear.
Wanjun stood anxiously on the tower at the commanding heights and looked out
Looking around, I looked around and saw a lush and green area, without any sign of human activity.
When fighting the foreigners and the people are in a quick battle, and when fighting a large-scale decisive battle, the most taboo is to not find the other party's shadow. In the dense forest where wild animals are densely filled with miasma, they play hide-and-seek like hunting.
The Han army fought on the battlefield, one of them could fight six foreigners, but when you arrived in the dense forest, you might have been killed before you could see the other person.
Just as Wan Jun sighed and lowered his head to go down from the tower, a "bang" sounded, and an arrow just flew over his shoulder and nailed it to the tower behind him.
The soldiers beside him were quick-eyed and quick-witted. They grabbed Wan Jun and bent down, and shouted loudly, "Enemy attack!"
Wan Jun looked back and saw that the feather arrow was extremely powerful. It was nailed to the wooden stake in the tower, and the tail was still trembling. If he hadn't just happened to bow his head and prepare to leave, the arrow shot on his head would definitely be explained here on the spot.
Wan Jun hurried in the tower, where there were wooden boards on all sides to block it, but the ladder climbing down was more than ten meters. If he went down at this time, he would only become a living target for the foreigners.
There was a sound of firearm firing and bowstrings below the tower. It was obvious that the fight had begun. Wan Jun looked down from the gap in the wood and saw that outside the wooden trench, there were densely packed with French citizens, some were placing bows and arrows, while others were holding wooden spears and short swords.
When Wan Jun looked around, he confirmed that there was no one around except the trees. At this time, so many foreigners seemed to appear out of thin air, making Wan Jun unable to help but doubt his eyes. After all, they were from a soldier, and the hiding skills of these foreigners were really great.
Wan Jun was scared and became more determined in his mind. He must not go into the dense forest to play hide-and-seek with other people.
Under the tower, Zheng's army was suddenly attacked and rushed to the near the low wall to respond to the enemy.
The archers took the lead and shot against the archers of the French people. The archers of the French people were not as powerful as those of the Han army. However, the arrows were mostly poisonous, and they would basically fall to the ground quickly if they hit the arrows.
So many people suddenly came out, and the camp was in chaos. The soldiers were gathering in a hurry. Some of the Annan prisoners who were unattended squatted in place, and some actually jumped into Wuxi to escape, but no one could care about them at this time!
Wuxi River is deep and wide, with dense forests within a radius of dozens of kilometers, with various poisonous snakes and beasts appearing, and other people are also acting. These Annan people who escaped are basically in danger.
Zheng Chenggong saw the foreigners coming in full force. Although there were wooden fences and trenches on the low wall, they were too close to the dense forest. Many foreigners hid in the forest and shot arrows. Zheng Jun, who was beside the low wall, was constantly shot by poisonous arrows and fell to the ground. He hurriedly ordered his generals, "Guoxuan, withdraw the troops from the wall, gather in the open area here, and let the foreigners come in and fight the decisive battle!"
Zheng Army General Li Guoxuan took the order and left. Zheng Chenggong said again, "Lin Feng, withdraw the archer behind the house and don't shoot against the other people in the forest. That would be a waste of life!"
At this moment, the roar of artillery sounded loudly, "Boom boom boom", and the continuous sound of artillery sounded, and the fleet on the shore began to fire into the dense forest.
Wan Jun was on the tower, watching the cannon pass by a black shadow and fly into the dense forest. The broken wood flew across the tree, which was as thick as a waist, was directly interrupted to the ground with a crackling sound.
The French people were startled by the sound of cannons, but they were still attacking. Seeing that the soldiers next to the wooden fence and the low wall had retreated, there were French people.
Wow, more people jumped out of the woods and began to flip through the wooden fence.
Wanjun was condescending, and saw more and more people climbing over the low wall, waving their short swords and spears, making creepy howls in their mouths, and rushing towards Zheng Jun who were gathering in the open space.
Zheng Chenggong sneered, there was not a single piece of grass here. It depends on how capable the French people are. In this open space, they fought head-on with the Han army and waved their hands behind the house. There were 30 or 50 archers in teams, and the 50 and 6 archers flashed out from behind each house, and at the same time, they shot arrows at the French people. After one wave, they quickly took the arrows and then fired another wave.
Not to mention armor, these French people were almost naked, and shot an arrow into their bodies, and the arrow penetrated half a foot deep, and almost immediately collapsed to the ground and lost their combat power.
Five or six waves of arrows were released in a row, hundreds of people fell to the ground, wailing in pain or moaning continuously.
The archers pull the strong bow and fire the fast arrows, which consumes the most energy. After the six waves of arrow rain, the archers retreated to rest. The Zheng army, who were lined up, began to push forward, with swords and shield soldiers in front and spearmen behind, and soon fought with the rushing men.
Even though many Zheng Jun wore the simplest bamboo armor, the advantage was overwhelming in front of the naked French people. Zheng Jun slashed up with a knife, and the French people's body painted with strange patterns immediately gushed blood and fell to the ground wailingly.
Even if the Zheng army had bamboo armor, the short sword of the foreigners could often block it. When a single blow failed, the Zheng army's long sword had already stabbed into the abdomen of the foreigners.
Li Guoxuan was a senior general in the Zheng army. He wore bright iron armor and an iron helmet on his head. He rushed to the front with a big knife. He rushed left and right among the French people. The long sword flew over and killed the French people like chopping melons and vegetables. The French people risked their lives to pounce on them, and even a white seal was left on the armor with one knife.
Thousands of people died and injured, and began to retreat to the dense forest. Li Guoxuan chased him and fought to the low wall. The people were blocked and many were cut to death and injured.
When the foreigners hurriedly retreated into the dense forest, Li Guoxuan waved his hand to signal everyone to stop and stop chasing.
Seeing that the foreigners retreated, Wanjun waited for a while and confirmed that there were no foreigners ambushing him, so he hurriedly climbed down the tower.
At this time, from the wall to the middle of the open space, there were as many as three or four thousand people's corpses. Zheng Jun was checking them one by one, and the one who was not dead made up for another knife.
In the defense hall in the middle of the camp, Zheng Chenggong hurriedly came forward when he saw Wan Jun, "Is the Head of State okay?"
Wan Jun said, "I was trapped in the tower just now, but fortunately nothing happened."
Zheng Chenggong said, "So many people can actually approach the camp silently, which is really terrifying!"
Wan Jun himself looked down from a high place, but he didn't even notice that there were so many people lying under his nose. "The people of the world are used to living in the jungle and hunting skills. If they are in the dense forest, we are no match!"
Zheng Chenggong nodded, "Yes, if you want to destroy the Big Belly Kingdom, you can only be smart."
Wan Jun said, "Is there no news about the sent people yet?"
“Not yet.”
While he was talking, Li Guoxuan walked in, "Report to the Head of State, Prince, we have already found out. There are no two hundred and ten people in this battle, and there are 4,320 corpses of foreigners."
Zheng Chenggong sighed, "If I had retreated from the wall earlier, there would be fewer casualties, and I would have saved the bodies of the fallen soldiers and let me explain to my family when I go back."
Chapter completed!