While Pang Gang was commanding the sergeants to line up out of the city, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart. There were nearly 800,000 people in the huge Yangzhou, and each of them could drown the Japanese pirates just by spitting. But now things were reversed, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were full of people.
There were only a few hundred Japanese pirates who blocked the gate of the city and did not dare to go out. From the former Minister of Rites, the prefect of Yangzhou, to the soldiers, they all allowed the Japanese pirates to plunder women and kill civilians outside the city. I wonder what such a government can do?
What is the use of the army coming?
No wonder that human tragedies like the Ten Days in Yangzhou will occur in the near future. When Shi Kefa was defending Yangzhou, the huge city of Yangzhou could recruit only more than 10,000 soldiers. Facing the attack of 30,000 Manchus, the soldiers defending the city were
At the beginning, they could still resist tenaciously, but with the murder of Shi Kefa, their morale immediately collapsed. Some people jumped over the wall and some fled. As a result, the number of people killed after the city was broken reached more than 400,000, which is comparable to that of Nanjing in later generations.
Massacre, thinking of this, Pang Gang felt a surge of anger.
The leader of the Japanese pirates attacking outside the city is Ohno Shun, a wandering Japanese samurai. Since his master failed in the battle with other daimyo in Japan three years ago, he has become a lonely ghost that no one wants.
So he, who was good at martial arts, recruited dozens of similarly poor samurai from Japan and came to the coast of China to become bandits. In this way, his power slowly grew, and at one time it grew to more than 500 people. Originally, he was
He plundered in the coastal areas of Fujian and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but the good times did not last long. Some time ago, he offended Zheng Zhilong, the maritime overlord in the southeastern coastal area, and was hunted everywhere, killing more than 200 people. His strength was greatly reduced, so he had to flee with his remnants.
In the Jiangsu area far away from Fujian, he was already addicted to robbing and even had the idea of Yangzhou City.
Of course, he would not be so naive as to think that a real man could capture Yangzhou City with hundreds of Japanese pirates, but it was still possible to plunder outside the city. Having been in the Ming Dynasty for several years, he knew that the Ming Dynasty
The combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers has been reduced to the extreme. In past battles, a few hundred of his men could kill thousands of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers at will like chasing ducks. The performance of Yangzhou City today did not surprise him at all.
The closed city gates and the silent Ming soldiers already showed that without the protection of this city wall, those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would not dare to stand in front of them.
Now Ohno Jun and a group of his men were sitting not far from the inner city gate, holding the snatched woman in their arms and laughing while looking at the fearful defenders on the city wall.
At this time, they were surprised to find that the city gate opened slowly, and a group of Ming troops came out of the city gate.
"Nani? Those cowards from Mingguo dare to leave the city?"
Seeing the uncharacteristic actions of the Ming army, Ohno Jun was surprised and happy, and said to a leader beside him: "Nakamura-kun, the Ming people are here to die, you immediately lead a team of warriors to kill them all!"
"Hai!"
The leader also showed excitement, drew his samurai sword, and charged forward with thirty Japanese pirates with a roar.
Some people may be surprised that the Japanese pirates are too rampant. Dozens of people dare to charge at hundreds of enemies. However, in the eyes of the Japanese pirates, this is normal. The difference in combat power between the Ming Dynasty army and theirs is huge.
As you can experience, their common characteristic is that they collapse at the first touch. Although the armor of the Ming army in front of them is brighter and the weapons are more sophisticated than the Ming army they have encountered before, but they are used to fighting with the Ming army.
In the eyes of the Japanese pirates, it does not mean anything.
At this time, after Pang Gang led his sergeants out of the city gate, they immediately formed a formation, with sixty gunmen in front, spearmen and sword and shield men in the back, and the heavy baggage troops formed a formation on the flanks.
Seeing the Japanese pirates dressed in strange shapes in the distance, screaming and rushing towards them, the Ming soldiers standing on the city wall all looked pale and their bodies were trembling, as if they were the ones facing the Japanese pirates.
On the other hand, the faces of the sergeants in Pang Gang's team had a faint look of expectation. Wanghai Fort's food and salary rewards were mainly based on seizures. For these sergeants who had gone through brutal training and the battle of suppressing bandits, there was nothing in front of them.
Far from being a threat, those Japanese pirates were their best source of wealth.
Pang Gang divided these bird gunners into three teams, one group loaded the ammunition, one group shot, and one team was on standby. This can greatly improve the efficiency of shooting operations. At this time, the sixty bird gunners stood in three rows, holding the guns in their hands.
The Rumi gun has already been loaded with ammunition, and the matchlock has been lit and loaded.
Seeing the Japanese pirates swarming in, Pang Gang, who was standing on the left side of the team, smiled coldly, "Japanese pirates are just Japanese pirates, they have no discipline at all. Such an army can only be regarded as a mob, no matter how brave the individuals are."
Pang Gang drew out his command knife and ordered the sergeant to raise the Rumi gun in his hand. Twenty bird gun guns were lined up and aimed at the Japanese pirates swarming in front. At this time, the Japanese pirates who were rushing forward also saw the Japanese pirates in front of them.
They didn't pay much attention to the cannon soldiers lined up in a row. They had seen too many Ming army firearms. They were not very effective in killing people, but they had seen enough in scaring people and blowing up themselves.
When they rushed to about a hundred steps, the dozens of Japanese pirates let out a loud scream, brandished their weapons, and rushed towards them screaming wildly.
"preparation!"
Pang Gang raised the scimitar in his hand, pointed at the Japanese pirates in front and gave the order. The gunmen all put their rifle butts close to their shoulders and aimed ahead.
After these Japanese pirates rushed into the distance of 80 yards, Pang Gang shouted loudly: "Shoot!"
"Snap, snap, snap!"
The twenty cannons in the front row fired in unison, spraying out a burst of projectiles and smoke.
Amidst the roar of gunshots, dozens of the fastest Japanese pirates were knocked to the ground at the same time and fell to the ground screaming loudly.
The Rumi gun is extremely powerful and can be lethal from a distance of 150 steps. How can the Japanese pirates who don't even wear armor resist it at a distance of 100 steps? In addition, although the lead bullets are not as sharp as the sharp bullets of later generations.
It has strong penetrating power, but the lead bullet will deform in an instant when it encounters resistance when it hits the human body, forming the effect of a dummy bullet. After hitting the human body, there will be a big hole, basically there will be death but no life.
"The first row retreats, the second row moves forward!"
"shooting!"
"Snap, snap, snap!"
"shooting!"
"Snap, snap, snap!"
After each of the sixty cannon soldiers fired one round, a burst of white smoke filled the front of the square formation, and screams continued to be heard from the front.
Soon, some of the stifling white smoke dissipated, and what appeared in front of everyone was the scattered corpses more than 80 steps away. They were lying staggering in front of the formation. The dozens of Japanese pirates who had been charging excitedly just now were all gone.
Fell to the ground.
This result shocked the Ming soldiers who were watching the battle on the city wall and Ohno Jun who was waiting to see the show. They all opened their mouths widely, as if they did not expect that the firearms of this Ming army were so powerful.
Before they could even get close to them, dozens of companions were all killed or injured in the blink of an eye.
However, although they were in a daze, Pang Gang was not. He raised the scimitar in his hand and ordered: "Everyone march forward in formation!"
"Dong dong dong dong..."
As the drums sounded, more than 200 soldiers, including 100 heavy troops, stepped on the drums and strode towards the Japanese pirates in front...