Jin Shenghuan led a Ming army to easily capture the fortress without any effort.
Having tasted the sweetness, Jin Shenghuan wanted to do the same thing and said, "Master Jin, let's do it again."
Just as Jin Xuan was about to agree, a fast horse came galloping towards him: "Sir, Mongolian cavalry was found in the south, at least five hundred of them!"
"Jin Zongzhen, we have to leave. You can figure out what to do with these forts on your own." After Jin Xuan finished speaking, he got on his horse with three hundred cavalry and rumbled south.
The main task of their cavalry battalion is to protect the people.
Assisting the infantry in destroying the blockade is only a side task.
"You are a thief, you are not willing to help me with this small favor." Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to continue using the method just now.
Although he was still very afraid of the slaves in the forts, Jin Shenghuan was no longer as panicked as before, because he found that there were not many slaves in each fort, so he could only defend them.
From the outside, no reinforcements from Jiannu arrived.
Jin Xuan's cavalry has also been dispersed, so there is no need to worry.
So they can safely and boldly dig the fort wall slowly.
At that moment, Jin Shenghuan yelled: "dig them all for me, dig them to death..."
Under the cover of the shield wall made of wooden signs, Minzhuang sweated profusely and worked hard to dig into the rammed earth wall of the fort.
The Jiannu who were guarding the fort were aware of the danger, but they had nothing to do because their number was too small. If they broke out of the fort and counterattacked, they would definitely be overwhelmed by the Ming troops outside.
But there weren't many equipment such as rolling logs and stones on the fort.
Jiannu could only use large bows, but the Ming army was protected by a shield wall.
Finally, one of the fortress slaves could not hold back and launched a counterattack.
Jin Shenghuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately shouted: "The spearmen are arrayed!"
Hundreds of spearmen immediately lined up in six rows in front and back, pushing forward side by side with spears measuring four feet tall. As soon as the dozen Jiannu and the hundreds of soldiers rushed out of the stronghold, they bumped into each other.
In the Forest of Spears.
The dozens of coated slaves who rushed in front were stabbed into bloody sieves as soon as they met.
The dozen or so slaves hiding behind were so fierce and cunning that they actually split into two parts. One half bent down and tried to attack the spearman's lower body close to the ground, while the other half tried to grab the spear and jump to the spearman's spear.
On the pole, attack from the top.
However, the Ming army's spearmen also became more courageous, and their technical and tactical movements became extremely skilled. The two rows of spearmen in the front immediately squatted down and gave up their working surface, while the four rows of spearmen in the back thrust downward at the same time.
At this time, no matter whether Jiannu was on the upper road or trying to attack the lower road, he had no way to escape, and was stabbed into a sieve in an instant.
At the same time, Minzhuang finally dug through the rammed earth wall of the fort.
"Boom!" Along with a loud noise, the fort collapsed.
"Next!" Jin Shenghuan waved his hand and rushed towards the third fort.
At this moment, a young eunuch rushed over: "There is a will!"
"Thief!" Jin Shenghuan cursed in his heart and immediately stepped forward to greet him.
"Jin Zong Town." The little eunuch gasped, "The Holy One has the decree, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao. After the border troops of the three towns broke through the blockade ditch, half of the troops were left to attack the fortresses along the blockade ditch, and the other half of the troops immediately went to the west bank of the Yellow River.
When launching an attack from the Jiannu Fort, we must coordinate with the navy to completely destroy the Jiannu River defenses."
"I accept the order." Jin Shenghuan bowed his hands, turned around and shouted, "Let's go!"
Almost at the same time, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao's border troops from the two towns also broke through the Jiannu blockade ditch.
Immediately, Jin Shenghuan and other three-town border troops allocated half of their troops to attack the forts on the west bank of the Yellow River.
However, this time, the resistance encountered by the Ming army was much more tenacious, because the dozens of forts on the west bank of the Yellow River were garrisoned by the Eight Banners and Han troops, and there were quite a few Eight Banners and Han troops.
The good news is that the Ming army's confidence has also increased.
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At this moment, Chongzhen is at the No. 1 gun platform at the top of the ninth peak of Yunlong Mountain.
The view from Gun Platform No. 1 is very wide, and you can clearly see the battle situation in all directions such as the east of Yunlong Mountain, the south of Yunlong Lake, and the west of Xuzhou City.
In general, the Ming army's offensive can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.
The performance of the frontier troops in the three towns of Jin Shenghuan, Ma Huabao and Wang Zuntan was the most outstanding. They not only broke through the blockade, but also destroyed several fortresses along the blockade ditch.
However, the performance of the frontier troops in the Seven Towns in other directions was somewhat worse.
So far, the frontier troops in six of the towns have just broken through Jiannu's blockade ditch.
As for the remaining border troops, they almost made Chongzhen's nose angry.
Because the frontier army in this town actually collapsed. Yes, it was actually defeated by the Jiannu slaves across a blockade ditch. It was really embarrassing to the extreme.
I have never heard of a more cowardly army.
The frightened bird in the idiom and allusion is probably nothing more than this.
Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen with a dark face: "Wang Daban, whose military town is that?"
Wang Chengen said: "Go back to Long Live Lord, over there is Tang Yinghu Town, one of Gao Jie's generals."
"Tang Yinghu?" A flash of murderous intent flashed across Chongzhen's eyes. This man was already on his list of must-kill generals, and he would behead him to establish his authority as soon as this battle was over.
At this moment, countless lights suddenly lit up on the water of the Yellow River north of Yunlong Mountain.
"Father, the navy has begun to attack!" Upon seeing this, Zhu Cijiong immediately became excited, pointing at the navy warships that suddenly covered the water of the Yellow River, and said with great excitement.
Chongzhen also quickly raised his telescope.
Through the field of view of the telescope, one can clearly see the naval warships scattered all over the river.
There were about ninety bird boats, arranged in three warships at the front and rear, with thirty warships in each team, lined up on the river, and moved down the river under the influence of the stern rocking oars.
Zheng Hongkui was still very cautious and did not invest all the warships.
Instead, at least fifty warships were left to guard the upstream direction.
Because Guide Mansion in the upstream direction has already surrendered to Jiannu, no one knows whether the surrender troops in Guide City will recruit fishing boats to temporarily assemble a navy to assist in the battle.
There may also be naval forces among the Eight Banners Han Army.
After turning around the "7"-shaped river bend in the northeast corner of Xuzhou, the naval fleet was about to enter the firing range of the Jiannu cannon.
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Can't see.
This was to prevent the Jiannu forts on both sides of the Yellow River from taking aim.
Unable to see the naval warships in the darkness, Jiannu's Hongyi cannon could only fire blindly.
It is true that Hongyi cannons of this era did not have the concept of precise shooting, but they had sighting devices for a long time. Although these optical sighting devices are very simple and have terrible accuracy, they are used to aim at large targets like bird ships.
, the accuracy or hit rate is quite impressive.
Therefore, Zheng Hongkui did not dare to be careless.
When the navy's warships could no longer be seen, Chongzhen could only move the telescope's field of view southward.
Then, pontoon bridges appeared in the field of view of the telescope. The five pontoon bridges in front and back cut the Yellow River east of Yunlong Mountain into six sections, which also cut off the water transportation of the Ming army.
With the help of the beacon fire lit on the fishing boat pier,
You can vaguely see the slaves running back and forth on the pontoon.
After a while, the Jiannu forts on the east and west sides of the Yellow River began to fire cannons one after another.
In the darkness, dazzling red lights suddenly bloomed one after another, and it took a few breaths before the roaring sound of cannons reached the top of the mountain. This is because the propagation speed of light far exceeds the speed of sound.
The river on the north side was still silent.
The warships of the Ming Navy were not in a hurry to fight back.
Due to the rocking of the warship's hull, the accuracy of the ship-borne Hongyi cannon will only be worse than that of the shore-based Hongyi cannon, so it must be close enough to ensure the hit rate.
Chongzhen moved the telescope's field of view to the west bank.
The figure of the Ming army soon appeared in the field of vision.
However, they saw that Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao's three-town frontier troops and about 9,000 Ming troops were launching a fierce attack on more than 40 forts on the west bank of the Yellow River.
However, the fight didn't seem to go very smoothly.
Because the Han army in the fort had a large number of musketeers and even squatting tiger cannons.
Not only the Ming army had squatting tiger cannons, but the Eight Banners and Han troops also had squatting tiger cannons.
"Father, the firepower of the Eight Banners and Han Army is too strong." Zhu Cijiong said anxiously, "This cannot continue."
Xu Yingwei took the opportunity and said: "Your Majesty, please lead a thousand soldiers to attack, and we will assist Jin Shenghuan and other three-town frontier troops to destroy all the forts on the west bank of the Yellow River before dawn tomorrow!"
Chongzhen pondered for a moment and suddenly shouted: "Qu Shawei!"
Qu Shawei, who was standing outside the crowd, was stunned for a moment.
Xia Wanchun bumped Qu Shawei with his elbow and said, "Instructor, the Holy Father has called you."
Qu Shawei then came to Chongzhen with a grimace, bowed his hands and said: "Your Majesty, your loyal servant Qu Shawei is waiting for your call at any time."
"Thank you for your loyalty." Chongzhen smiled, then pointed to the battlefield to the east of Yunlong Mountain and said, "Take the artillery team of the Shizi Battalion to help the battle and use our Ming Dynasty's Hongyi cannon to destroy these forts one by one!"
"As ordered." Qu Sha waved her hand slightly and hurried down the mountain with Xia Wanchun.
When Chongzhen looked back, he saw that the naval warship had fired its cannon at the pontoon bridge on the river.
Zheng Hongkui faithfully implemented Chongzhen's combat intentions and did not blindly launch an artillery battle with the Jiannu forts on the east and west banks. Instead, he concentrated his firepower and prioritized destroying the five pontoon bridges on the river.
At this time, the naval warship was only fifty steps away from the first pontoon bridge.
Along with the red light blooming one after another, water columns rose into the sky one after another.
From time to time, shells hit the fishing boats that serve as pontoon piers. If they hit the bow of the boat, the bow will instantly shatter. If they hit the stern, the stern will instantly shatter. If they hit the middle of the hull, the entire fishing boat will immediately break into two pieces.
The beacon tower built on the fishing boat was also capsized, and the fire quickly spread to the hull.
After a while, at least thirty fishing boats began to catch fire, and more than a dozen fishing boats sank to the bottom of the river. The entire pontoon bridge was quickly broken into several sections, and the slaves on the bridge also fell into the water one after another.
But the Ming Navy also paid a heavy price for this.
Because when the navy fired its guns, it also exposed its position.
In less than two hours in total, at least ten warships were sunk.
