"This battle will be won!" Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming and Yu Datao were very happy to see this scene.
Almost in unison.
Wen Rensheng nodded.
Now it seems that the red-haired man is indeed at his wits end and has no other solution.
Inside the port, there were fires and howls everywhere.
The sound of people, the sound of cannons, lights, oil and fire, it was chaos.
Life and death, iron and fire, blood and flesh, are all mixed together.
A chaotic and noisy picture.
It's almost like a major sporting event.
Wen Rensheng looked towards a large ship.
I saw that the big ship had exploded and caught fire.
The seven or eight water ghosts below are escaping from it.
One guy was very lucky. The bamboo explosive directly hit the opponent's gunpowder barrel, causing a big explosion.
This big ship has capsized and will sink soon, forming a terrible whirlpool on the sea.
At that time, everyone living nearby was facing a dead end.
No matter how strong you are, no matter how strong you are, you can never resist the pull of the water flow.
Wen Rensheng had very good eyesight. He took a telescope he bought and with the help of the huge firelight, he could clearly see a water ghost swimming in the direction he came from, panicking and excitedly.
In order to speed up, he has abandoned everything on his body.
Snorkeling was fast, but it consumed too much energy, so he was tired and chose breaststroke to escape.
His whole body stretched and contracted, and his legs pushed back as hard as he could.
From time to time there were stray bullets, arrows, and even wood hitting his surroundings.
Every time the water rises, it represents a brush with death.
What is that water ghost thinking about right now?
He has a young face, probably around 20 years old.
If I can come back successfully this time.
The bounty alone is at least 200 taels.
They knew about the heavy reward that Wen Rensheng mentioned, and it was usually at this price, which was about the same as climbing to the city first.
After all, this is destroying a big ship.
A large ship costs at least 50,000 taels of silver.
This reward is relatively not too high.
But for him, he can buy 30 acres of land south of the Yangtze River.
There is no shortage of water in the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and 30 acres is enough for a well-off home.
You can marry a gentle Jiangnan woman and go to the countryside every day.
He was paddling desperately, and the waves on both sides kept rushing.
"Come up quickly, Liu Er!" someone shouted on a speedboat.
The man also held out his pennies.
Under Wen Rensheng's gaze, Liu Er grabbed the pennies.
By reading their lips, he knew what they were talking about. It was in the local dialect, but Wen Rensheng could understand it just as well.
After all, this is not a technology or concept that is ahead of its time. He can master it as soon as he learns it.
"I saved your life, and I will get half of your reward." The man said impatiently to Liu Er.
"I'll give you five taels at most." Liu Er gritted his teeth, grabbed his pennies, and was about to climb onto the boat.
At this time, the military judge on the ship was nervously scanning the surroundings, checking and recording the achievements of the water ghosts.
This is also the source of their morale and motivation.
Otherwise, if I try my best to blow up the ship, no one will prove that I blew it up. I am a fool. I want to blow it up?
Without a reward of 200 taels, who would be willing to take such a big risk?
"Only 5 taels, no, at least 50 taels." The two people bargained.
Wen Rensheng was not surprised when he saw this.
Although the people he selected are all loyal and brave men, everyone still has selfish motives, especially when a great achievement is accomplished, it is inevitable to take the credit.
Internal strife was about to arise over the bounty, but fortunately, the military judge assigned by Wen Rensheng came into play.
"What are you doing? Rescue the person quickly!" Military Judge A shouted.
That man reluctantly rescued Liu Er.
Wen Rensheng took a look and found that Liu Er was very lucky. After being rescued, the military judge hurriedly asked the clipper to turn around and leave.
The big ship has lost its attack power, but there are still forts on the shore.
Now under the firelight, the figure of the Ming Navy's navy is very clear.
As the ship burned more and more intensely, it became like a flare.
The fort's attacks are also becoming more and more accurate.
Some clippers have been smashed.
People fell into the water and shouted.
There are also some Clippers who are not willing to give in. They want to play bigger.
That is the big ship that captured the enemy.
Under a Galen ship, ten clippers surrounded it.
Then there was the gang-hopping and slashing with knives and axes.
The opponent fired a round of matchlock, then picked up his sword to attack.
However, the soldiers on the clipper constituted an absolute majority.
In this kind of close combat at sea, having more people has a huge advantage.
What's more, because they are big ships, they focus on naval guns, not those small French cannons.
If there is such a small cannon, there is still the power to resist.
At this time, it was at a disadvantage.
Soon the big ship was captured.
The sailors and captain jumped into the water to escape.
However, it was a pity that the prisoners were useless, because the people sent there did not know how to operate this kind of Western-style sailing ship. In the end, they could only rob the gold and silver coins inside and burn them on fire.
There was quite a harvest, at least I got thousands of taels of gold and silver, and I didn't have to fight a close fight in vain.
More and more people jumped into the water and began to swim to the shore.
Because most of Galen's ships were already on fire.
The sound of gunfire also became lighter.
Many people could only run away, otherwise they would be burned alive.
One after another they ran away like dumplings.
The artillery on the shore also began to fire desperately.
It's just that when shooting like this, accidental injuries often occur, either hitting the big ship or hitting the red-haired sailors who fell into the water, causing them to yell and curse.
In short, after a night of noisy battles, which lasted for more than three hours until dawn, Wen Rensheng ordered all the ships to retreat.
As soon as day broke, the cannons on the other side's shore were fired very accurately.
The losses would have been too great at that time.
The ship withdrew from the port four or five miles away.
Anchor again in the distance, rest, and replenish.
Then comes the reward.
One cash box after another was opened.
Of the 100 water ghosts who went, 54 bravely advanced, and 28 came back.
Among the forty-six people paddling, ten were hit by gunfire and died.
Wen Rensheng directly ordered that the thirty-six people who were stranded be beheaded on the spot.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For the 28 returning raiders, the rewards range from 200 to 500 taels of silver depending on the degree of damage to the ship.
In one fell swoop, tens of thousands of taels of silver came out.
As for their seizures, all of them should be distributed among themselves.
One hand was ruthless and the other was rewarding, which immediately made everyone excited and at the same time silent.
This is the only way to deal with the army, this behemoth, this killing machine.
The feudal troops simply don't want to play with tenderness. If you are tender, they will flee before danger on the battlefield, and they won't die anyway.
Why were the Donglu able to defeat the Ming Dynasty many times?
To a large extent, military discipline was strict, those who retreated were beheaded, and those who fled when encountering the enemy were beheaded.
Of course, this is also based on the fact that they can get heavy rewards through robbery.
If there is only military discipline and no heavy rewards, then a riot is waiting to happen, just like Kong Youde's Wuqiao Mutiny.
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Others also have their own rewards.
Anyway, everyone was happy.
"We burned and blew up five of their large ships, and only one survived by relying on the fort and could no longer capsize. We can then besieged with peace of mind." Zhou Ming said with a smile.
"That's right, we still have more than 10,000 people, and there are at most 500 soldiers on the opposite side. They are definitely no match for us."
At dawn, after the enemy lost the mobile artillery fire of Galen's ship, they chose to land far away from the fortress artillery.
It's about 7 miles away.
Then the siege began.
There were 3,000 people who came ashore for the first time.
Approach the opponent's fortress from both directions.
But this approach has given rise to new problems.
The enemy relied on the firing of red cannons and the firing of muskets on the fortress, making it difficult for the soldiers to get close.
After being beaten for a few rounds, he collapsed.
Wen Rensheng shook his head.
"Damn it, he was so brave at sea, but he turned into a weak shrimp once he got to the shore?" Yu Datao said angrily.
He was about to order the beheading of the defeated soldiers.
Wen Rensheng stopped him.
"You can't blame them. This is different from before. We have already said it before. This time, they can only be beaten passively. They have to walk from 4 miles away to within 200 steps before they can launch an attack. At such a long distance, the opponent's cannon
To be able to play more than ten rounds is simply unbearable."
"Then what should we do?"
Wen Rensheng shook his head and said: "We can only dig trenches to block their external charge."
"Then we can surround the fortress from all sides and carry out a long siege."
"The other side's supplies are limited. Their island is too small and they don't have enough food at all. It will only take three or four months at most before they surrender."
Everyone nodded.
The opponent has red cannons, musket defense, and a fortress, which makes it really difficult to break through.
Not to mention their Ming army, even with the peak combat power of this era, it would be difficult for the Manchu Qing armored men to break this kind of fortress.
Because the loss is too great.
Those soldiers still had a good idea of whether they would win the battle. If they couldn't forcefully charge through, they would of course be routed.
In fact, to defeat this kind of fortress, Wen Rensheng knew a certain tactic.
That is to use different trench digging techniques, use zigzag trenches, and spend a lot of time, more than 6 months, digging the trenches all the way to the bottom of the opponent's city wall.
Make the opponent's cannon useless and enter the blind spot where the cannon fires.
It's easier to get into the blind spot of the cannon. Send troops through the trenches to shoot at the city, using more soldiers to consume the other side.
It's just that obviously he can't talk about this tactic.
This was already the trench tactic used against forts and cannons in the 18th century.
But now they are using long-term blockade as the best method.
simplest.
Soon the red-haired men inside tried to break out again.
They wanted to use the only large ship to evacuate the old, weak, women and children and reduce the loss of food and water.
The breakout was naturally a failure.
The only large ships were also captured.
This time they didn't burn it.
The sailors above surrendered.
Because they also saw that there was no way to win this time.
The other side has too many people, too many ships, and too many supplies.
One after another, grain ships and ships came from the land.
However, the people in the fortress still did not give up.
They also chose to attack in the middle of the night, hoping to defeat the Ming army with a night attack.
In short, you have to show your strength. In this case, there will be a good result during the negotiation.
It's just that Wen Rensheng had already planned to dig a deep trench, and then used the dug soil to build a high fortress.
This kind of siege tactic was also practiced by the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
So it's not advanced at all.
During the enemy's night attack, he fell directly into the trench and was stoned to death by the defenders on the mound in front of him, injuring many of them.
12,000 people can be stationed on a rotating basis.
This is the advantage of having more people.
You can rely on manpower to offset the opponent's military advantage.
Moreover, they also used a large number of their own firearms to attack the incoming red-haired men.
As a result, the red-haired men not only failed to succeed in the raid, but also lost dozens of people.
This greatly reduced their defensive success rate.
The three Galenic ships that escaped tried to break in to deliver supplies.
Then they were besieged by the Clippers again.
They found out in time that they couldn't do it, and chose to escape again. Because the sail was full and in a hurry, the hit rate was too poor, and they only damaged a clipper ship in the middle.
Moreover, I heard that they had a lot of baggage ships, and they had plenty of planks and nails with them.
Damaged Clippers are also being repaired quickly these days.
This is the advantage of the 17th century. If the keel and important parts of the wooden ship were not damaged, other parts of the ship could be repaired with wooden planks.
Just bring a few carpenters with you.
It would be absolutely impossible to replace this with an armored warship.
The maintenance personnel on board the ship can only use parts to repair some minor problems.
Damage suffered during battle often requires only some emergency repairs and thorough repairs at the shipyard before fighting again.
The last fleet purchased by the Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to repair itself, so it was unable to attack again after one sortie.
The reason is that you can only fight once.
Industrialization cannot be bought, it is a holistic system.
Only two months have passed.
The red-haired man made a request for negotiation.
They can no longer bear it.
The losses this time were much greater than those in their history.
So they quickly chose to compromise.
After all, they are still businessmen at heart, they are colonists under the corporate system, and trade profits are the most important thing.
Rather than face and territory.
If it is one country and one dynasty, face and territory may be more important.
Even if you lose money, it will take decades of losses before you give up your territory.
They won't do this.
They chose to retreat to Dongfan Island and gave up Pengdao again.
And compensated 120,000 taels of silver.
Of course, they also got a benefit, that is, they have a trade quota of 800 tons of raw silk every year, and the trading location is located in Qingshi Port.
This is a place of blessing.
This was also Wen Rensheng's suggestion to Governor Wang. Without some comfort, the matter would not calm down quickly.
The imperial court is currently in a troubled state, and if it is too ink, neither the emperor nor the elders will be happy.
So Governor Wang made great achievements by recovering the lost territory overseas.
The imperial court's own navy was used, which made the civil servants and military commanders very happy.
Let's go to the court together.
The rewards came quickly.
"Wang Yi, the governor of Jianfu, has been promoted to Minister of War, and has been appointed as Shaoyin..."
The waiter is very heavy.
The next step is to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. Once you reach the Minister's level, you may enter the cabinet, or be sent to a place to be the governor of several provinces.
Of course Wen Rensheng knew very well that these were all false.
Only military power is real.
Governors and governors without soldiers are not counted as p.
He was thrown into jail when Chongzhen told him to, but Zuo Liangyu was a warlord who committed many evil deeds, escaped before the battle, and had many military exploits. A moody monarch like Chongzhen was helpless.
And Wen Rensheng also rose all the way and was recommended to Jianfu Army Preparation Road.
This was his actual position, and his official rank was indeed promoted to the fifth rank, the Chief of the Ministry of Justice.
Under normal circumstances, a person who reaches the fifth rank of Juren is almost at the top.
