After the man with the goatee's beard said, he looked back and saw that the natives on the side were still noisy and there was no formation at all. He immediately frowned and said to the short native behind him: "Ada,
You go tell those barbarians to hurry up, I will see them attack within a quarter of an hour, otherwise don’t blame me for putting down my burden and leaving!"
The short, sturdy native stepped forward and said in an awkward tone: "Yes!"
Then he quickly walked towards the phalanx on the indigenous side!
After that, the middle-aged man with a goatee muttered and complained: "These native barbarians are really unreasonable. It takes so long to do such a simple thing!"
The young Arab man on the side stepped forward and said in the same awkward Chinese dialect: "Master, these barbarians are very stupid. It is normal for them to take a while to charge in formation!"
But at this time, the old white man said: "What kind of formation? Just because they still want to form an formation, as long as they can rush forward!"
However, this old-fashioned white man spoke Portuguese. What was rare was that although he spoke Portuguese, he could understand the conversation of the few people just now. The Portuguese he spoke was obviously different from those on the side.
I can also understand it.
Immediately, the middle-aged man wearing a Hanfu robe and a goatee nodded slightly and said: "William is right, these natives are not yet civilized, so we can't expect too much, just let them rush forward, as long as they can consume the fake Tang thieves
Just use the army’s ammunition and buy enough time for our artillery!”
While he was talking, Ada, a short and sturdy native, also came back. When he came back, he respectfully replied: "Sir, those Bazhang people said that if you give them some more time, they will be able to launch an attack soon!"
The middle-aged man with a goatee nodded slightly, and then said: "Let the artillerymen take their time, don't rush forward, wait for the natives to rush up and attract the firepower before they go up!"
After the order was given, the middle-aged man with a goatee squinted his eyes and continued to observe Wandan City in front of him with the monocular telescope in his hand. At the same time, his wandering career in the past five or six years also appeared in his mind!
His surname was He Mingding, and his courtesy name was Qiyun. He was from Changsha, Huguang. He came from a scholarly family and an official family. When the puppet Tang bandits were raging in Huguang, he and other people with lofty ideals fought against the many tyranny and chaos of the puppet Tang Dynasty.
, still led his clan children and villagers to defect to Zhang Yue, and began his magnificent career in the army to fight against thieves.
Although in the early years, Zhang Yue's troops suffered consecutive defeats, He Ding still had some fighting talent. With the help of hundreds of soldiers composed of clan members and fellow villagers, he was able to win a few small battles and accumulate merit.
Gradually he was promoted, and at one time he was promoted to the commander of the guards, and he had nearly a thousand direct descendants under his command.
But joining the army to fight against the thieves also allowed them to be discovered by the pseudo-Tang thieves. The result is self-evident. The Tang Dynasty at that time had never been merciful to die-hard elements. The He family was directly confiscated and exterminated, leaving only
He Ding and several of his family members are still there.
This kind of hatred of genocide will naturally not disappear. Even when Zhang Yue's supervisor was completely defeated in Huguang, he did not choose to surrender like others, but chose to lead hundreds of remnants to escape over the mountains and ridges.
Sichuan.
Later, Sichuan was also captured by the puppet Tang bandit army. He still did not choose to surrender. Instead, he fled south with hundreds of remaining soldiers, and finally entered Myanmar. He also looted several Burmese villages and towns, and finally ran all the way to the seaside to set up camp.
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After escaping to the Indian Ocean, he worked hard to support the soldiers who followed him through life and death and fled to Burma. Finally, he saw that the pirates in the Indian Ocean were living so well, so they directly captured a nearby pirate den.
After robbing two pirate ships, he suddenly became one of the many pirates in the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
Then it gradually grew, and after successively annexing several pirate gangs from all over the world, the pirate gang he led had expanded to more than a thousand people. He was no longer satisfied with being king in the Bay of Bengal, so he began to compete with the Western Pacific and the Indian Ocean and even
Like the pirates in other sea areas, he began to run to the extremely prosperous South China Sea.
In this sea area, maritime trade is prosperous. There are countless merchant ships that can be robbed, and there are many islands. Just find an uninhabited island to hide in. The patrolling Datang Navy or the Portuguese fleet want to catch them.
, that is still not easy.
He has been a pirate for a long time. By today in the 11th year of Xuanping, He Ding has gone from a former Ming Dynasty judge, supervising general, and traditional Chinese gentry to a well-known pirate leader in Nanyang and Nanyang waters.
:"commander"
He did not reveal his surname, let alone the status of his prominent family and the fact that he was a supervising general. He was not afraid that exposing these would attract the pursuit of the Tang Empire, but he felt that he had tarnished the family.
His reputation tarnished the reputation of Supervisor.
He even completely abandoned the previous supervising designations and chose a brand new name for his gang, a name that seemed very ordinary but had a special meaning, called 'Fourth Fleet'.
Fourth, this is the designation of his former direct unit. He used to lead the right guard as the deputy commander of the former army, and he was directly under the command of the Fourth Infantry Thousand Household Station. Now the Infantry Thousand Household Station can no longer be used.
He just changed it to the Fourth Fleet.
Using the word "fleet" is also a statement that he wants to continue to maintain military management!
The Fourth Fleet, among the many pirate gangs in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, can be considered a famous pirate gang. They pursue militarized management and are ruthless. They robbed the merchant ships of the Tang Dynasty and the ships of the Portuguese.
, not to mention those merchant ships in the Indian Ocean, Arabs and other areas.
They even robbed fellow pirates!
Basically, as long as they are interested in it and feel that they have the strength to take it, they will basically take action. In addition to robbing ships, they often go ashore to plunder.
According to reports from the Portuguese, last year, a group of pirates under the banner of the Fourth Fleet landed directly at a Portuguese trading station on the coast of Myanmar, looted all the property in the trading station, and naturally killed people.
Leave no one alone.
It can be said that the name of the Fourth Fleet is still very loud in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Their size is probably not even ranked in the top ten, but when it comes to ruthlessness and combat effectiveness with the same number, they must be ranked first!
And now, the defenders on the top of the city also saw the somewhat special flag erected behind He Ding. It was a red pennant. At the same time, there was a large irregular hole in the middle of the pennant. This
The flag was actually He Ding's former general's flag. However, the previous general's flag still had his last name in the middle: He. However, after turning into a pirate, he directly removed the word "He" in the middle. Not only did it not have the word, it was directly
Even the area where the words were originally printed was cut off directly, leaving only a big hole!
This kind of flag is rare in the entire Southeast Asia and even the Indian Ocean. The triangle is very common, and the red color is also common, but the flag with a big hole in the middle is unique!
This also means that the more than 500 people under this flag should be the famous pirate gang "Fourth Fleet".
People who stay in Wandan Mansion have naturally heard of the reputation of this pirate gang, because this pirate gang is so notorious that not only the Tang Dynasty Navy but also the Portuguese are wanted for this pirate gang.
Even other pirate gangs hated them.
Because this pirate gang is so arrogant, they dare to rob anyone!
Why did the pirates of the Fourth Fleet appear here?
Yang Hong on the top of the city couldn't understand it, and there was no need to understand it!
It's just a group of pirates. It doesn't matter to him what kind of gang these pirates are. What's important is to kill them all and defend Wandan City!
The pirate artillerymen stopped and began to walk slowly. Instead, the indigenous infantrymen began to rush towards Wandan City in disorder.
These natives were obviously well prepared. Many of them were carrying long ladders. Some of them were equipped with matchlocks and even some small-caliber shotguns. Many of them were wearing various clothing.
Various types of armor, many of which are even plate armor.
Looking at those bright plate armors, Yang Hong knew that they must be domestically produced plate armors. Looking at these, he couldn't help but curse the domestic arms dealers. All weapons, matchlock guns, and plate armors were sold for sale.
Damn it, I must write a report later and strictly review the export of ordnance, so that these ordnance cannot fall into the hands of the enemies of the empire.
His complaint is not without merit, because if the export of matchlock guns still needs to be reviewed, then cold weapons such as plate armor and swords are basically open for sale. Even domestic people can buy two sets of plates if they like it.
Armor piercing.
Of course, this kind of civilian and export-type plate armor is lightweight plate armor, and the materials used are ordinary steel. It is not a big problem to block cold weapons, especially bows and arrows, but if you want to block muskets, it will be difficult.
That’s enough!
The armies of the Tang Dynasty were all equipped with guns, and they used flintlock muskets. After large-scale equipment of medium-sized flintlock muskets with a caliber of 14 mm, they also began to install heavy muskets with a caliber of 18 mm.
Under the bullets fired by the 18mm caliber flintlock gun, no armor, including the heavy plate armor equipped by the Tang Army itself, can stop it!
Otherwise, why do you think the Tang Dynasty sells plate armor everywhere? In addition to the high price and high profits, it is also because the strategic role of this thing has been greatly reduced, not to mention that the ones they sell can only withstand cold weapons.
As for light plate armor, military-type plate armor that has a certain protective effect against bullets will still not be exported.
So although Yang Hong was cursing, he didn't feel any threat from these rushing natives.
If these natives could break through Wandan City by rushing forward like this, then they would have been able to break through it half a month ago, and Wandan City would not be able to hold on now!
"Free bombardment!" Since the enemy's artillery did not push up the artillery, then our own artillery naturally needs to move its muzzle to intercept the enemy's infantry!
The enemy continued to charge during the bombardment, and soon entered the range of the infantry muskets on the bastion. The officers on the top of the city gave the order to fire without hesitation: "First row fire!"
As the protrusions of the two bastions opened fire on the natives in the middle, the natives below the city fell down row by row like cut wheat!
At this time, they didn't even get close to the foot of the city wall, let alone put up a long ladder to climb up to the top of the city!