Ye Bilong pulled out his famous Ye Bilong waist knife which was kept in the Qing Palace for later generations.
This sword has a green scabbard. Qianlong once gave the sword to a descendant of Yi Bilong and ordered him to commit suicide as an insult and to show that he had disgraced his ancestor's reputation.
Ju Bilong raised his knife and shouted loudly: "Disperse, disperse immediately."
Erbilong, Niu Hulu clan, was a Manchurian Xianghuang Banner. He was the grandson of Nurhaci, Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, and the sixteenth son of Eyidu, one of the "Five Founding Ministers". His mother was Princess Mukush of Heshuo.
At this time, he was still a twenty-year-old young man, but he was born into a noble family and was entrusted with an important task by Huang Taiji. This time, he escorted the captured humans and animals back to Liaodong.
Although he is young, he is very knowledgeable. He knows clearly that if these beautiful and outrageous Great White Fleets open fire, more than a hundred heavy cannons bigger than the Luzon Big Bronze Cannon at the head of Shenyang City will give him The cavalry of 3,000 men caused a devastating blow.
The only way is to disperse immediately.
Unfortunately, no matter how fast the cavalry dispersed, it was not as fast as the firing speed of the naval gun.
These naval guns are all long guns, with a range of more than two kilometers. Thanks to the advanced maroon propellant and long barrels, everything on the shore for more than three miles is within range.
Boom boom boom!
Ye Bilong watched as the heavy cannons fired one after another on the side of each big white ship.
The muzzles of the guns retreated into the gun windows one by one. Flames and thick smoke spewed out.
Although these ships were half a mile away from the shore, the huge sound of cannons still made people's ears numb.
The cavalry's horses were greatly frightened, and they stood up with a loud roar, causing many knights to fall off their horses.
These three thousand people were in chaos. They were not regular Eight Banners in the first place, but strong men who came temporarily to follow.
When the Eight Banners went to war, they allowed Yu Ding, that is, strong men who had not served in the army, to voluntarily follow them to fight on the battlefield. These people came voluntarily to make a fortune.
Their discipline is far inferior to that of the regular cavalry of the Eight Banners. These people are the youngest sons of the family, or sons of concubines, and are not qualified to join the Eight Banners as regular bannermen. They can only farm, herd, manage and work at home.
If these people want to stand out, they can only join the auxiliary army that voluntarily follows the army with the consent of their families.
In fact, this situation has existed in the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times. Many famous generals in the Han Dynasty accompanied the army to the battlefield as sons of good families and made great achievements. Since ancient times, strong men have been allowed to voluntarily follow the army to the battlefield.
Because their dense formation was right on the water's edge, they were ready to cross the river at any time. Therefore, they were all within the range of the grapeshot.
Grapeshot can hit farther than grapeshot, but the barrage is not as dense as grapeshot. Generally speaking, grapeshot can only deal with enemies within three hundred meters, and the effect will be bad if it is farther away.
Grape bullets can hit enemies within 500 meters. Spherical solid bullets can hit targets within 1,500 meters. And cylindrical round-headed or pointed-headed shells can reach or exceed a range of 2,000 meters.
Each Beitang-class cruiser has 18 203mm long guns in the side gun bay.
As for other clipper ships, because they initially implemented the principle of small steps and fast running, starting from the more than 100-ton Star, each one was enlarged, until finally the warships were finalized into a 1,500-ton cruiser and an 800-ton frigate.
Two ship types.
These clipper ships vary in size, and each one has different characteristics. They are the product of accumulated technology. Their naval guns used to be relatively mixed, but after the navy's naval guns were unified, they were all replaced with 155mm long guns.
Now the 13 ships have a total of more than a hundred broadside guns, plus 54 cruiser heavy guns, the firepower is very fierce. Moreover, after one side has been attacked, the other side has the same number of guns.
It's just that Yang Fan's artillery fires quickly now, and reloading is much faster than turning around. Therefore, it won't turn around to bombard the other side.
In a very short period of time, nearly 5,000 rounds of grapeshot bullets flew densely towards these cavalrymen. They were covered before they could disperse.
There was a popping sound, and the entire group of cavalry seemed to have been smashed by a hammer and deflated. A bloody mist filled the shore.
Ye Bilong felt a sound of wind blowing in the grass, ringing in his ears. This was the sound of artillery shells or bullets that came very close to people.
He felt his left arm go cold, and he screamed and fell off the horse. When he landed, he was shocked to realize that his left arm was gone. A grapeshot bullet took away his left arm.
One mile away, seven thousand infantrymen were guarding half a million captured young men and women of the Ming Dynasty. Those who could make it here alive were all physically strong people. Those who were not healthy would have died on the way.
They ate very meager food, and under the whips and swords of the slaves, they traveled for more than a thousand miles, sleeping in the open air. Some fell ill and died along the way, and were tortured to death. Others were left behind and were eaten and dragged by wild animals.
I don’t know how many left.
They knew that when they reached the edge of the Liao River, they crossed the Liao River and reached the boundary of Liaodong.
The crowd was crying and feeling gloomy.
Once they cross the Liaohe River, they can never return to their hometown or see their relatives.
Moreover, many of them had no relatives for a long time. Under the killings and looting by the Jian slaves and the Mongols, all but the youngest and strongest people were killed or fled.
They were ordered to squat on the ground and not move, waiting to cross the river one by one.
But something unexpected happened suddenly, and the sound of artillery came from the Liao River ahead. The sound was so loud that their ears almost buzzed.
At this time, listening to the rumbling sound of cannons, they were even more frightened and trembling like quails.
"Don't move, otherwise I will kill you!" Some banner men of the Han army, who were in cahoots with the tiger, pointed their spears at these people and threatened them. A few who tried to take advantage of the chaos to escape were immediately shot.
At this moment, there was a strange movement from behind. They felt the earth shaking.
After they came out of the customs, they had been walking on the grassland, which had been cleared by Yang Fan and was deserted for thousands of miles. They knew that this kind of shock could only be caused by large-scale cavalry. Could there be another cavalry coming from behind?
The seven thousand infantrymen in custody immediately became nervous. They knew that a large-scale cavalry was approaching.
Zhao Shuigen was riding a tall Arabian horse, looking at the dark crowd in the distance, and let out a sigh of relief. Before he had time, they were blocked by the fleet and could not cross the river.
Behind him were more than 30,000 militiamen, half of whom were Mongolians and half of whom were Han. Each of them had two horses. They came day and night after receiving Yang Fan's order.
Niu Hulu Ilden didn't know how his sixteenth brother Ebilon's cavalry was doing. But listening to the rumble of cannons, he felt that things were not getting better over there. He probably shouldn't even think about crossing the river.
He is a Manchurian Xianghuang Banner. He is also the tenth son of Edu, one of the five ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty.
"Form up immediately and fight against the cavalry. Hurry up." He shouted loudly.
He only has 7,000 infantry in his hands. These people are not infantry, but the remaining soldiers sent by each banner. These captives are the common property of the eight banners. Naturally, each banner has to send people to follow them, mainly to watch.
