Chapter 2110 Promotion all the way

Chapter 2110 Promotion all the way

“This battle must be won!” Commander-in-Chief Zhou Ming and Yu Datao were very happy to see this scene.

Almost in unison.

Wen Rensheng nodded.

Now it seems that the red-haired man is indeed at his wits end and has no choice.

Inside the port, there were fires and howls everywhere.

The sound of people, the sound of cannons, lights, oil and fire, it was chaos.

Life and death, iron and fire, blood and flesh, are all mixed together.

A chaotic and noisy picture.

It's almost like a big sporting event.

Wen Rensheng looked towards a large ship.

I saw that the big ship had exploded and caught fire.

The seven or eight water ghosts below are escaping from it.

One guy was very lucky. The bamboo explosive directly hit the opponent's gunpowder barrel, causing a big explosion.

This big ship has capsized and will sink soon, forming a terrible whirlpool at sea.

At that time, it was a dead end for everyone nearby.

No matter how good you are in water and no matter how strong you are, you can never resist the pull of the water flow.

Wen Rensheng had very good eyesight. He held a telescope he bought and with the help of the huge firelight, he could clearly see a water ghost swimming towards the direction he came from, panicking and excitedly.

In order to speed up, he has abandoned everything on his body.

Snorkeling is fast, but it consumes too much, so he was tired and chose breaststroke to escape.

His whole body stretched and contracted, and his legs pushed back as hard as he could.

From time to time there were stray bullets, arrows, and even wood hitting him.

Every time the water rises, it represents a brush with death.

What is that water ghost thinking about at this time?

He has a young face, probably around 20 years old.

If I can come back successfully this time.

The bounty alone is at least 200 taels.

They knew about the heavy reward that Wen Rensheng mentioned. It was usually at this price, which was about the same as climbing to the city first.

After all, this is destroying a big ship.

A large ship costs at least 50,000 taels of silver.

This reward is relatively not too high.

But for him, he can buy 30 acres of land south of the Yangtze River.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is not short of water, and 30 acres is enough for a well-off home.

You can marry a gentle Jiangnan woman and come and go every day.

He was paddling desperately, and the waves on both sides kept rushing.

"Come up quickly, Liu Er!" someone shouted on a speedboat.

The man also extended his pennies.

Under Wen Rensheng’s gaze, Liu Er grabbed Penny.

By reading their lips, he knew what they were talking about. It was in the local dialect, but Wen Rensheng could understand it just as well.

After all, this is not a technology or concept that is ahead of its time. He can learn it as soon as he learns it.

"I saved your life, and I will get half of your reward." The man said impatiently to Liu Er.

“I’ll give you five taels at most.” Liu Er gritted his teeth, grabbed his pennies, and was about to climb onto the boat.

At this time, the military judge on the ship was nervously scanning the surroundings, checking and recording the achievements of the water ghosts.

This is also the source of their morale and motivation.

Otherwise, if I try my best to blow up the ship, no one will prove that I blew it up. I am a fool. I want to blow it up?

Without a reward of 200 taels, who would be willing to take such a big risk?

"Only 5 taels, no, at least 50 taels." The two people bargained.

Wen Rensheng was not surprised when he saw this.

Although the people he selected are all loyal and brave men, everyone still has selfish motives, especially when a great achievement is completed, it is inevitable to steal the credit.

It was about to cause internal strife because of the reward. Fortunately, the military judge assigned by Wen Rensheng worked.

"What are you doing? Rescue the person quickly!" Military Judge A shouted.

The man rescued Liu Er unwillingly.

Wen Rensheng looked it over and found that Liu Er was very lucky. After being rescued, the military judge hurriedly asked the clipper to turn around and leave.

The big ship has lost its attack power, but there are still forts on the shore.

Now under the firelight, the figure of the Ming Navy navy is very clear.

As the ship burned more and more intensely, it was like a flare.

The fort’s attacks are becoming more and more accurate.

Some clippers have been smashed.

The man fell into the water and shouted.

There are still some Clippers who are not willing to give in. They want to play bigger.

That is the big ship that captured the enemy.

Under a Galen ship, ten clippers surrounded it.

Then it’s time to jump into gangs and chop with knives and axes.

The opponent fired a round of matchlocks, and then picked up the sword to attack.

But the soldiers on the clipper accounted for the absolute majority.

In this kind of close combat at sea, having more people has a huge advantage.

What's more, because they are big ships, they focus on naval guns, not the small French cannons.

If there is that kind of small cannon, there is still the power to resist.

At this time, we are at a disadvantage.

Soon the big ship was captured.

The sailors and captain jumped into the water to escape.

However, it was a pity that the prisoners were useless, because the people sent there did not know how to operate this kind of Western-style sailing ship. In the end, they could only rob the gold and silver coins inside and burn them on fire.

There is a lot of gain, at least thousands of taels of gold and silver are obtained, and the close battle is not in vain.

More and more people jumped into the water and began to swim towards the shore.

Because most of Galen's ships are already on fire.

The sound of artillery also became lighter.

Many people can only run away, otherwise they will be burned alive.

One after another they ran away like dumplings.

The artillery on the shore also began to fire desperately.

It's just that when shooting like this, accidental injuries often occur, either hitting the big ship or hitting the red-haired sailors who fell into the water, causing them to yell and curse.

In short, after a night of commotion, and until dawn, after fighting for more than three hours, Wen Rensheng ordered all the ships to retreat.

As soon as day broke, the cannons on the other side's shore were too accurate.

The loss would have been too great at that time.

The ship withdrew from the port four or five miles away.

Re-anchor in the distance, rest and replenish.

Then comes the bounty.

One silver box after another was opened.

100 water ghosts went, 54 bravely advanced, and 28 came back.

Of the forty-six people paddling, ten were killed by gunfire.

Wen Rensheng directly ordered that the thirty-six people who were stranded be beheaded on the spot.

For the 28 returning raiders, rewards ranged from 200 to 500 taels of silver depending on the degree of damage to the ship.

In one fell swoop, tens of thousands of taels of silver came out.

As for their seizures, they will all be distributed among themselves.

A ruthless hand and a rewarding hand made everyone feel excited and silent at the same time.

This is the only way to deal with the army, this behemoth, this killing machine.

The feudal team won't tolerate playing with tenderness blindly. If you are tender, they will flee before danger on the battlefield. Anyway, they won't die even if they run away.

Why were the Donglu able to defeat the Ming Dynasty many times?

To a large extent, military discipline is strict. Those who retreat are beheaded, and those who run away from the enemy are beheaded.

Of course this is also based on the fact that they can get heavy rewards through robbery.

If there is only military discipline and no heavy reward, then a riot is waiting to happen, just like Kong Youde's Wuqiao mutiny.

Others also have their own rewards.

Anyway, everyone was happy. "We burned and blew up five of their large ships, and only one survived by relying on the fort and could no longer capsize. We can besieged with peace of mind in the future." Zhou Ming said with a smile.

"Yes, we still have more than 10,000 people, and the soldiers on the opposite side, which are at most 500 people, are definitely no match for us."

At dawn , after the enemy lost the mobile artillery fire of the Galenic ship, they chose to land far away from the fortress artillery.

It's about 7 miles away.

Then the siege began.

3,000 people came ashore for the first time.

Approach the opponent's fortress from both directions.

It’s just that this approach has given rise to new problems.

The opponent relied on the shooting of red cannons and musket shooting on the fortress, making it difficult for the soldiers to get close.

After being beaten for a few rounds, he collapsed.

Wen Rensheng shook his head.

“Damn it, you were fighting so bravely at sea, but how come you turned into a weak shrimp as soon as you got to the shore?” Yu Datao said angrily.

He was about to order the beheading of the defeated soldiers.

Wen Rensheng stopped him.

"You can't blame them. This is different from before. We have already said it before. This time, they can only be beaten passively. They have to walk from 4 miles away to within 200 steps before they can launch an attack. It takes so long At such a distance, the opponent's cannon can fire more than ten rounds, which is simply unbearable."

"Then what should we do?"

Wen Rensheng shook his head and said: "We can only dig trenches. Block their external charge."

"Then we can surround the fortress from all sides and carry out a long siege."

"The other party's supplies are limited. Their island is too small and they don't have enough food at all. It will only take three or four months at most before they surrender."

Everyone nodded.

The opponent has red cannons and musket defense, coupled with the fortress, it is indeed difficult to break through.

Let alone their Ming army, even with the peak combat power of this era, it would be difficult for the Manchu and Qing armored men to break this kind of fortress.

Because the loss is too great.

Those soldiers still knew whether they could win the battle. If they couldn't forcefully charge through, they would of course be defeated.

In fact, Wen Rensheng knew a tactic to defeat this kind of fortress.

That is to use different trench digging techniques, use zigzag trenches, and spend a lot of time, more than 6 months, digging the trenches under the opponent's city wall.

Make the opponent's cannon useless and enter the blind spot where the cannon can shoot.

It is easier to enter the blind spot of the cannon. Send troops through the trench to shoot at the city, using more soldiers to consume the other side.

It's just that obviously he can't talk about this tactic.

This is already the trench tactic used against forts and cannons in the 18th century.

But now they use long-term blockade as the best method.

The simplest.

Soon the red-haired man inside tried to break out again.

They wanted to use the only large ship to evacuate the old, weak, women and children and reduce the loss of food and fresh water.

The breakout will naturally fail.

The only large ship was also captured.

They didn't burn it this time.

The sailors above surrendered.

Because they also saw that there was no way to win this time.

The other side has too many people, too many ships, and too many supplies.

One after another, grain ships and ships came from the land.

However, the people in the fortress still did not give up.

They also chose to attack in the middle of the night, hoping to defeat the Ming army with a night attack.

In short, you have to show your strength. In this case, there will be a good result during the negotiation.

It’s just that Wen Rensheng had already planned to dig a deep trench, and then used the dug soil to build a high fortress.

This kind of siege tactic was also practiced by the Qing Dynasty.

So it’s not advanced at all.

During the night attack, the enemy fell directly into the ditch and was stoned to death by the defenders on the mound in front of them, injuring many of them.

12,000 people can be stationed in turns.

This is the advantage of having more people.

You can rely on manpower to offset the opponent's military advantage.

And they also used a large number of their own firearms to attack the incoming red-haired people.

As a result, the red-haired people not only failed to succeed in the raid, but also lost dozens of people.

This greatly reduced their defensive success rate.

The three Galenic ships that escaped tried to break in to deliver supplies.

Then they were besieged by the Clippers again.

They found out in time that it was not possible and chose to escape again. Because it was full sail and in a hurry, the hit rate was too poor, and they only damaged a clipper in the middle.

Moreover, I heard that Rensheng had many baggage ships, and they had plenty of planks and nails with them.

Damaged Clippers are also being repaired quickly these days.

This is the advantage of the 17th century. If the keel and important parts of this wooden ship were not damaged, other parts of it could be repaired directly with wooden boards after damage.

Just bring a few carpenters with you.

It would be absolutely impossible to replace this with an armored warship.

The maintenance personnel on board can only use parts to repair some minor problems.

Damage suffered during battles often requires only some emergency repairs and thorough repairs at the shipyard before fighting again.

The last fleet purchased by the Qing Dynasty did not have the ability to repair itself, resulting in a single attack and no ability to attack again.

The reason is that you can only fight once.

Industrialization cannot be bought, it is a holistic system.

Only two months have passed.

The red-haired man made a request for negotiation.

They can no longer bear it.

This loss was much greater than the losses in their history.

So they quickly chose to compromise.

After all, they are still businessmen at heart, they are colonists under the corporate system, and trade profits are the most important thing.

Rather than face and territory.

If it is one country and one dynasty, face and territory may be more important.

Even if it loses money, it will take decades of losses before giving up the territory.

They won't do that.

They chose to retreat to Dongfan Island and gave up Pengdao again.

And compensated 120,000 taels of silver.

Of course they also get a benefit, that is, they have a trade quota of 800 tons of raw silk every year, and the trading location is located in Qingshi Port.

This is the land of Jianfu.

This is also Wen Rensheng's suggestion to Governor Wang. If he does not comfort him a little, things will not calm down quickly.

The imperial court is currently in a troubled state. If it is too ink, neither the emperor nor the elders will be happy.

So Governor Wang made great achievements by recovering the lost territory overseas.

The imperial court's own navy was used, which made the civil servants and military commanders very happy.

Let’s report to the court together.

The rewards came quickly.

“Wang Yi, the governor of Jianfu, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, and he also administered Shaoyin...”

The waiter is very heavy.

The next step is to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. Once you are the Minister, you may enter the cabinet, or be dispatched to a place, and be the governor of several provinces.

Of course Wen Rensheng knew very well that these were all false.

Only military power is real.

P is not counted as a governor or governor without soldiers.

If Chongzhen told him to go to jail, he would go to jail, but Zuo Liangyu did many evil things, escaped before the battle, and was a warlord with many military achievements. A moody monarch like Chongzhen was helpless.

And Wen Rensheng also rose all the way, and was recommended to Jianfu Army Preparation Road.

This is his actual position, and his official rank has indeed been promoted to the fifth rank of the Ministry of Justice.

Under normal circumstances, a person who reaches the fifth rank of Juren is almost at the top.

(End of this chapter)