Chapter 2115 The First Attack
Liaodong.
Somewhere in the bay.
A long fleet of ships anchored here.
Because there is no port here, it can only be transported by boat.
This results in a very slow disembarkation of materials and personnel.
So after some of the heavy troops arrived ashore, they began to build simple ship stacks using the wood they carried.
Even the simplest trestle is ten times faster than a boat transporting it back and forth.
As for why they didn’t seize the port, it was entirely because Wen Rensheng wanted to take it by surprise.
The current port in Liaodong is not occupied by the Jurchens, it is still in the hands of Dongjiang Town.
But at this time, in the second year of Chongzhen, Mao Wenlong had died at the hands of Yuan Chonghuan.
The East River is unstable.
Anyway, if you look closely at the end of Ming Dynasty, you will find countless mistakes.
Similarly, the Jurchens also made many, many mistakes.
But one side cannot suck blood, and the other side can suck blood to regenerate blood. Who wins and who loses is decided strategically.
Wen Rensheng was sitting on the flagship. He was not wearing official uniform at this time, but the blue clothes of the big boss.
Now he is involved in Liaodong affairs as a merchant and a maritime hegemon.
The teacher came from Wuming.
So it cannot be known by Dongjiang and the court.
The Jurchens have united the Mongols and have many cavalry.
Most of the mounted infantry fighting in formation wore two layers of armor, while the elite wore three layers of armor. Many of them were even lined with expensive silk.
If this thing is damaged, it needs to be replaced.
This shows that Jurchen is getting richer and richer.
Completely regard the Ming army as the transportation captain.
The opponent's maneuverability on land exceeds yours.
But the advantage is that its maneuverability on the coast far exceeds that of its opponents.
Even if they are defeated, as long as they stay close to the coast and bombard them with artillery, they can stand firm.
This is the invincible factor.
So this battle can be fought.
Wen Rensheng took action after considering the undefeated method.
In many cases, there is no such advantage.
He also ordered a partial division to go ashore from the west of the island country and the east coast of Kyrgyzstan after going around half a country.
This is called a two-way attack.
It is also convenient to use excess firepower.
Although it will disperse the troops.
But this time he is not here for a decisive battle.
But here to train troops.
He appointed the commander of the partial division as the second shopkeeper, named Liu Sigang.
He is loyal and honest, just like Grouchy under Napoleon.
Give him an order and he will complete it very carefully, but you don't expect him to see clearly the changes in the battlefield situation and then use creativity and determination.
Therefore, Wen Rensheng's instructions were very clear: go ashore, build a castle, and use Western methods to build it. After it was completed, he began to stock up on food and buy it from the island country.
Island countries are also short of food, and the price of rice is very high, but it can still be purchased.
It was impossible to buy them in the Eastern Dynasty, and they were all looted by the Jurchens.
When the shipyard was built, Wen Rensheng brought a total of 9,000 people, 3,000 Western musketeers, 4,000 pikemen, and 2,000 shield soldiers.
1,000 musketeers, 1,000 pikemen, and another 30 Western artillery pieces were allocated to the second shopkeeper.
He was injured and there were 2,000 musketeers, 3,000 pikemen, and 2,000 shield soldiers.
Shield soldiers all use large shields.
There are hollow shooting holes on it, specially used to deal with Jurchen heavy armor soldiers.
As for why there is no car formation.
The main thing is that Liaodong is not a grassland, but has many river systems, swamps, and mountains and forests.
This is also the reason why the Jurchens are a people of fishing and hunting.
That’s why you have to adapt to local conditions to become a famous general.
The Mullard mobile phone is not very powerful, but it can be carried on the back in an emergency. The cost of running a car is high, and there was basically no room for a car camp in the Liaodong battle.
Building a cart is expensive, unlike a giant shield, which can be made by chopping wood.
30cm thick wood is enough to block the opponent's heavy arrows fired flatly.
Even if it can penetrate, the power will be reduced sharply if it hits a person.
This is the same as the Jurchens using large shield carts and putting soil, quilts, and water on them to resist firearm fire.
Because they have field advantages and are protected by strong cavalry, the infantry can move forward slowly without fear of being divided and surrounded by the Ming army and cutting off their logistics.
And among the 7,000 people who heard about Rensheng, all of them have armor.
The pikemen are in double armor, the musketeers are in chain mail, and the shield soldiers are in triple armor.
Just filtering them out is not easy.
But he has maritime trade, some money, and some brave men under heavy rewards.
There are also many Westerners in the hands of shields.
Especially those barbarians.
However, there is another problem, and that is to be prepared for the Jurchens' artillery.
At this time, the Jurchens had artillery, but when they invaded, they had difficulty maneuvering, so they stayed behind.
If he sends troops to attack, he will face Jurchen artillery.
They already attach great importance to artillery.
The irony is that the Jurchens, who started out with cold weapons, relied on artillery to attack the dense formation of infantry and defeated the white soldiers.
Without artillery, in a bloody battle, facing thousands of white-pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers, the tough Eight Banners could not bear the losses.
Relying on surrendered artillery and gunners, they defeated the Ming Dynasty, which started with firearms.
7,000 men and horses began to disembark.
The first is to set up a camp and cooperate with the ship stack to form a closed port defense.
Wen Rensheng doesn’t worry about time anyway.
This invasion will take at least a few months.
It took half a month to build a simple camp, which mainly involved digging deep trenches and filling them with seawater.
After doing this, Wen Rensheng began to order the soldiers to divide into five teams, front, middle, back, left and right, and sweep forward.
And he did not direct it himself, but left it to his adopted sons.
He controls logistics, military pay, and the Military Justice Department, and has traditional checks and balances, so he is not afraid of anyone seizing power.
The five adopted sons control the five teams.
He communicated with them through fast horses.
Their route is from the temporary port all the way north to clear the enemy's Zhuangzi.
After drawing the enemy out, quickly retreat to the temporary port.
Just like the game, you are close to your own logistics line, and you can get on the ship and leave at any time if it fails.
Exchange fire with the enemy in actual combat.
Soon the first battle began.
Walking 40 miles a day, 6 days later, they finally met Zhuangzi, a Jurchen.
According to the report from the scouts: there are wooden fences and no trenches. There are more than ten old, weak, sick and disabled Jurchens stationed there, and there are more than 200 packmen cultivating here.
"Get ready for battle!" Yi Zijia presided over the vanguard and made a decision immediately after receiving the news from the vanguard scouts.
He sent more cavalry scouts to look for the situation around him.
The horses are transported from the ship, which actually takes up a lot of transportation capacity. One horse takes up the space of ten people.
The horses were too delicate, and more than half of them died during the bumps along the way.
The cost is too high.
So they only have 200 cavalry to serve as scouts.
Shrink into the infantry formation when you see the enemy from a distance.
It is impossible to fight against the enemy.
The biggest advantage is that with the Western telescope, you can see the enemy several miles in advance.
In this case, the enemy has little chance of catching up.
And they cannot break away from the infantry phalanx too much.
The cavalry quickly arrived around Zhuangzi to explore the terrain and enemy situation.
Soon the scouts reported that there were no ambushes around.
This made Yi Zijia very happy.
It’s not like they haven’t seen blood before. They have fought pirates at sea before, and they have fought red-haired men several times.
But there have been really few large-scale land battles, fought in phalanx formations.
“The prestige of our Kuaijun begins with this Zhuangzi!”
He then ordered the soldiers to divide into dozens of teams, first cutting off Zhuangzi's way out.
Then he sent bows and arrows to persuade them to surrender.
In short, just walk through the process. Within Zhuangzi, there were more than a dozen Jurchens who were old, weak, sick, and disabled, but they were still very courageous.
“You Nikans, quickly take out your bows, arrows, swords and guns, and go up to the wall to defend!”
"No escape is allowed. Anyone who dares to escape will have his whole family beheaded!"
A Jurchen man with half an arm missing was waving a knife and directing the soldiers to resist.
These coaters are also trained.
Jurchens are both soldiers and peasants. Even if they are coated, they have to receive a small amount of military training at this time. At least they have not practiced it, but they have seen it every day.
Here, unlike in the Ming Dynasty, practicing martial arts is what makes a man superior, while studying is what fools and slaves do.
More than 200 people were wrapped, and 80 people finally came out. This ratio is already frighteningly high.
Many peasant women were also forced to fight.
They were all trembling.
But they did not dare to resist the dozen old, weak, sick and disabled Jurchens.
It's simple, they can kill their opponents, but once the Jurchens come back, they are finished.
They saw the surrender letter, but Zhuangtou, the one-armed Jurchen, tore it into pieces.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't draw a strong bow with one arm, he would have shot back.
"I'll give you a good beating soon. These southerners are all weak dogs!"
"Just kill a few of them and they will scare away!"
It’s just that Yi Zijia didn’t give them this chance.
They directly used manpower to drag six-pound cannons, placed them on both sides of the phalanx, and fired at the opponent's gate!
These bronze cannons were bought from Western cannon-making factories. They are expensive but of good quality.
Wen Rensheng required that the gunpowder must be loaded with three times the gunpowder, and it must be tested three times without exploding before buying it.
If it explodes, thousands of taels of silver will be lost.
One gun is calibrated and two guns are fired.
Under the fire of the well-paid Western gunners, and with the assistance of clever coolies among the refugees, after three rounds, they hit the village gate 200 steps away.
"Crack" the door was opened directly.
The road blocked by large cars is revealed behind.
Behind the cart there were several Jurchens holding bows and arrows, all of them old men.
This is the ecology of the Jurchens.
The weak ones are placed on the periphery, serving as scouts and cannon fodder.
And they also drove away the weaker coats.
“Keep firing the cannons!” Yi Zijia continued to shout.
Two more shots followed.
At this time, the Jurchens holding bows and arrows had already run behind the wall next to them.
The shells shattered the cart.
Morale was boosted.
But it didn’t cause any damage.
"Sure enough, artillery is best to attack infantry in dense formations, otherwise, it will be a waste of money. It costs dozens of taels to fire one artillery shell."
At this time, they are all pure iron balls. The cost of an iron ball and gunpowder is only three or four taels, but when transported over long distances, the cost goes up a lot.
After all, merchant ships are required to transport them, and merchant ships can create profits.
The sergeant is a complete consumer.
You can only be upgraded to an importer unless you are plundering.
"Stop the cannons, the first group of shield soldiers comes forward! The second group of musketeers follows!"
Soon the soldiers holding large shields began to advance in formation.
The musketeers also quickly entered the shield formation, accepted protection, and followed simultaneously.
The large shield is quite heavy, and the soldiers holding the shield also wear triple armor, and their mobility is quite poor.
The shield is tilted, tilted towards you.
The opponent can't even shoot his toes.
They moved forward slowly.
The heavy footsteps, the raised shield, and the approaching distance made the man on the wall tremble all over.
Some people were holding short hunting bows, some were holding crude knives and guns, and some were holding farm tools.
The opponent has bright armor and a giant shield, followed by musketeers.
"Calm down, the Great Khan will send people to rescue us soon and crush all these Nikans!" The one-armed Jurchen knew that he would die.
But it doesn't matter if he dies, his children are still slaves in Baylor's house, so they can't be harmed.
He patrolled a section of wall with a knife.
At this time, the shield soldiers were already sixty steps closer.
Before that, someone tried to shoot an arrow, but not surprisingly, the arrow was blocked by the giant shield.
An old Jurchen used a light arrow to throw. This is a four-edged armor-piercing arrow that can be thrown a hundred steps away.
The prerequisite is a prime-age soldier.
He only shot more than 80 steps.
The arrow fell and was directly blocked by the shield soldier.
The shield soldiers are mixed with the musketeers.
Basically, one row mixed with the other.
The gap in the middle is about two meters.
Prevent overcrowding and difficulty in changing formations.
After all, this is not the age of flintlock guns. The more crowded the better. In the battle line, people are next to each other.
In this case, the arrow rain can still hurt some people, but the scattered arrows at this time have no power at all.
At the sixtyth step, the shields tilted and joined two by two, revealing the shooting holes.
It is a bit difficult to shoot people on the wall through the shooting holes.
But there are 150 people in this team, divided into 5 rows, with 30 people in each row.
That’s 30 shots at a time.
Within sixty steps, the shooting hit rate is not high.
But the Western musketeers are still well-trained.
Combat effectiveness and morale are both possible as long as the military pay is sufficient.
"Get ready."
"Raise the gun."
"Aim."
"Shoot!"
The Western mercenary officers began to shout according to daily training Exit number, and then, protected by a shield, began firing bullets.
The first round of 30 bullets hit the wall until only dust came out.
Many wrappers have long gone into hiding.
There are only one or two idiots who are not clever enough and are shocked. Such people are often found in the crowd.
I was almost hit and screamed in fright, but I didn’t die from the bullet, but died from the Jurchen’s knife.
The noise in the formation shakes morale, kill!
This is the Jurchen's strict military discipline.
It is simply beyond the imagination of Ming people.
The generals of the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to escape before the formation, but they could not be beheaded afterwards, but they would be punished with a certain salary.
This is absolutely unimaginable in the Manchus.
If you dare to take the initiative to escape, even if you are passively defeated, you will be beheaded.
Then, the second round of musketeers came forward, and the shield bearers did not rotate.
They entered quickly through the gap between the soldiers.
Keep shooting.
The other side still lowered his head.
The shooting effect is not good.
Officers quickly stopped this waste of bullets.
But the soldiers began to adapt to the atmosphere.
Obviously, they have the advantage.
At this time, the group of soldiers began to move towards the opened village gate.
The distance of 60 steps is getting shorter and shorter.
When they rush into Zhuangzi, they can shoot the Baoyi and Jurchens from behind.
This is also a fact visible to the naked eye of the Jurchen people.
"Block the village gate."
The one-armed Jurchen ordered several sackcloths to hold the sacks. The sacks were filled with soil and were originally used to put out fires.
Now used for defense.
But this is bad luck.
The packers holding the sacks became the first victims of this battle.
They were hit by musketry.
Western mercenaries do not have much sympathy. If they are soldiers selected from the refugees, they may have some sympathy for these coats.
(End of this chapter)