Just as the Dutch soldiers' queue was approaching the shooting range, the drummers and flag-bearers in each queue suddenly screamed "Ah". At the same time, some small bosses were also shot and fell to the ground, leaving Putmans behind the formation stunned.
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Without the drummer and flag bearer, the Dutch soldiers didn't know what to do for a while. While advancing mechanically, they turned around to look for their top commander.
At this time, the fences outside the Ming army's camp suddenly fell down. This surprised the charging pirates and Dutch devils. Why did the Ming army's defenses fall down on their own? Could it be that God is going to destroy the Ming Dynasty?
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Before he could finish this thought, he saw those Ming soldiers before him heaving a sigh of relief, as if the battle was over.
Facing the direction of the Dutch army's attack, a lot of artillery suddenly appeared in the Ming army camp. Before the Dutch army could react, a "boom, boom, boom" sound sounded, and gunpowder smoke immediately rose into the sky in the Ming army camp.
Although these artillery pieces were only field artillery and had a longer range than the Hongyi cannons or the naval guns on the Dutch fleet, they were more than enough to bombard the Dutch Japs who were currently in formation and rushing forward.
Suddenly, many gaps appeared in the rows of human walls, and those unlucky ones basically ended up being torn apart.
Faced with the sudden appearance of a large number of artillery pieces by the Ming army, the Dutch soldiers' reactions were divided into two completely opposite reactions.
Those brave Dutch devils shouted and rushed towards the Ming army camp, hoping to get out of the artillery range and attack the Ming army with their matchlock guns.
The other Dutch devils, most of whom were not regular Dutch troops, but mostly sailors on the ship, began to flee after being bombarded by the Ming army's artillery.
In the smoke-filled camp, the continuous sound of musketry suddenly rang out again. Except for a few of the charging Dutch Japs who stood up straight and hurriedly fired a shot with the already lit match rope, most of them
The Dutchman fell to the ground before he could fire.
The pirates who were charging behind and on the sides of the Ming army's camp saw the movements in the Ming army's camp. Their professional sensitivity made them immediately wake up, fearing that they might have fallen into the trap of the Ming army. There were many smart pirates,
In this short period of time, he changed his mind and prepared to escape.
Zhong Jinwei was at the height of Heita Ridge and saw through the telescope that the Dutch formation was in chaos, so he ordered the trumpet to be blown.
A sharp "di" sound was heard with a long sound, and rows of Ming troops immediately rushed out of the smoke-filled Ming army camp.
Facing the pirates, the infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion appeared in a charging formation. Under the cover of the fusiliers on both sides of the formation, they rushed towards the stunned group of pirates.
Seeing the energy and energy of the Ming army infantry rushing towards them, the pirates shivered. The pirates, who were originally densely packed and rushing towards the Ming army camp, dispersed like birds and beasts. They were so frightened that they turned around and ran away with a cry of "Mom!"
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The Dutch were not so lucky, because Zhong Jinwei arranged 500 death camp soldiers in front of them.
The Dutch soldiers, who had been hit several times by artillery and flintlock muskets, turned around and fled, which was a good opportunity for the five hundred soldiers of the death camp to pursue them.
The soldiers of the death camp raised their horses as fast as they could, and the rumble of horse hooves frightened the Dutch devils out of their wits, and they became a mess.
Some wished they had four legs to escape the pursuit of the Ming cavalry; some threw away the matchlocks in despair and surrendered on their knees; some turned around in despair and wanted to fight to the death.
Everything they did was in vain. The rolling iron hooves quickly passed through them, and then in front of them, they controlled the horse beautifully to turn, and launched the next charge.
The battle at the foot of Black Tower Ridge was nothing to watch. Ever since this joint force of Dutch and pirates set foot on the north coast, their current fate has been doomed.
Zhong Jinwei looked up into the distance, only thinking about the battle at the intersection of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River. He didn't know what the outcome would be there!
Because the battlefield was selected in advance to avoid the gun range of the Dutch fleet and to have a suitable place to fight the battle, it was relatively far from the intersection. Zhongjinwei Station on Heita Ridge was the best place to fight in any case.
You can't even see the fighting on the Yangtze River.
He had no choice but to return his gaze to the battlefield at hand, and saw four to five thousand pirates, driven by more than a thousand soldiers and fusiliers of the Fifth Army Camp, fleeing in all directions. Of course, the most people jumped into the river.
Then after reaching the other side, they fled towards the Yangtze River.
Zhong Jinwei saw a boat leaving quickly in the river and nodded secretly. He knew that Gu Dai had received Liu Xiang and completed the first step of the mission.
At this time, the five hundred soldiers of the death camp had ended their charge. They were riding majestically on their tall horses, escorting the dejected Dutch prisoners towards the camp. They had not received orders to pursue the pirates.
This is a strange feature of this war, which has become a focus of debate among later historians. Because at that time, if Zhongxing Hou had let the infantry guard the Dutch prisoners and dispatched the cavalry to hunt down the pirates, so many pirates would not have escaped.
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Another strange thing is that after the Ming army defeated the pirates, logically speaking, even the infantry of the Ming army could go after the pirates. But the infantry of the Ming army attacked.
However, they kept a strict formation and advanced slowly.
In this way, in addition to those idiots who are mentally ill and bump into the front of the Ming army regardless of east, west or north; there are also those unlucky ones who have sprained their feet and cannot run or are trampled and squeezed by their own people and fall to the ground and can no longer run.
Besides, other pirates can escape.
Later historians said that Marquis Zhongxing, who was in charge of the war at that time, was cautious, fearing an ambush by pirates; others refuted it on the spot, saying how could the pirates have an ambush and it would be too late to escape. The two parties argued endlessly about this.
In official conclusions, including history textbooks, it is said that the reason why Zhongxing Hou was cautious in fighting was why he arranged it this way.
In the public discussion, it is tended that Zhongxing Hou did this deliberately and let the pirates go deliberately, which led to a series of subsequent events in the Ming Dynasty.
As for the truth, only the parties involved know.
About half an hour later, the battlefield was cleaned up. Cao Wenzhao reported the relevant battle situation at Heita Ridge to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Marquis, our army killed more than 1,500 pirates and captured 530.
Twelve people, including five pirate leaders. They killed more than 1,300 Hongyi people and captured 721 people, including 23 leaders, including their governor Hans Putmans."
In other words, most of the pirates escaped, but the Dutch soldiers who came ashore were basically wiped out.
Zhong Jinwei nodded and asked with concern: "What are the casualties of our army?"