1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1099

At a combat distance of about [-] feet, the performance advantage of the Haihan artillery is unimaginable to the Wanjia Army. The more powerful artillery had no defense against the sudden artillery attack, and almost lost its position the moment Haihan launched the artillery attack.

The shells fired in the first round accurately hit the vicinity of the four artillery positions that the Wanjia Army was trying to set up in front of the formation. The bandits tore into bloody pieces.Those who survived had no time to figure out what happened, so they turned their heads and ran away in panic, colliding with the battle formation behind them.

Wan Meng reacted fairly quickly, as soon as he saw the chaos in the front army, he immediately ordered the supervisory team to step forward to stop it.In this battlefield environment, there is only one way to quickly stop the collapse of the troops, and that is to execute deserters immediately and on the spot.

Wanmeng's supervisory team were all equipped with armored swords, and anyone who ran into them who turned around and fled back would be stabbed in the head.After cutting down more than 20 people, the defeat of the Wanjia Army finally stopped.

Of course, this wasn't just the effect of the supervising team's painful killing. In fact, only one round of shelling was carried out at the Haihan position, and Chen Yixin ordered to stop the active attack.This is not because of his kindness, but because Harugong's cavalry has not yet fully outflanked. If the Wanjia army collapses and flees after a single shelling, there may be many escaped fish who escaped into the nearby forest and left behind. Unnecessary hidden dangers.So when he saw that the opponent's attempt to set up artillery was destroyed by his own side, he immediately stopped and waited for the Wanjia Army to recover from the chaos and organize the second wave of offensive.

Wan Meng was also a little confused at the moment. Obviously, there were powerful weapons such as cannons in the opponent's formation, but why there was no more after only one round of firing? Could it be that the killing distance was only about a hundred feet like that of his own side's Zhenshan Cannon? The army retreated for a while and it was out of reach?
There are still a few cannons in the Wanjia army's formation, but they are mounted behind, and the range cannot reach the opponent's position.It's just that when I tried to set up the artillery positions just now, I was bombarded by the opponent for a round with heavy casualties. At this time, it is impossible to send my head to the cutting board for the opponent to chop again, so these earthen artillery have become decorations.However, Wan Meng dared to mobilize troops to take the initiative to attack again after the previous defeat. The biggest psychological reliance was the local cannons that the Wan Family Army was famous for. We must continue to fight to the death with our opponents.

Wan Meng really wanted to ask the military adviser for advice, but Pu Xueguang stayed in the stronghold outside the county seat and did not go into battle with him.Of course, even if Pu Xueguang was present, it would probably be difficult to respond quickly and effectively to this sudden change. At most, he would suggest Wan Meng to preserve his strength and fight again in the future.

Wan Meng looked at the deathly quiet Haihan position in the east, and wondered why the opponent didn't take advantage of the momentum just now to attack. This opportunity was fleeting, and after readjusting the formation on his side, the advantage would be gone.Wan Meng thought that it was not the opponent's command error, but that he could not attack for some reason. However, the reason he thought of was quite different from the real situation. He believed that the Haihan army should be short of troops, so as to avoid being surrounded by the Wanjia army after the attack. He chose to hold his ground.

Of course, this may also be a trap set by the Haihan people, but it took the Wanjia army two days to mobilize troops and supplies from the nearby mountains. If they withdraw immediately after being frustrated, Wanmeng's prestige will definitely be greatly damaged.The Wanjia Army can lose this battle, but it can't be lost in the form of retreating without a fight, but if it wins this battle, the Wanjia Army's income will be considerable.Wan Meng quickly made a decision that he still had to fight the Haihan people again.

Wan Meng reorganized the army formation, and then ordered to advance again, but he also thought that there might be large killers such as artillery and almost magical firecrackers in Haihan's formation, so he ordered his men to disperse to avoid dense crowds. The formation will become a living target for the opponent's artillery fire.

However, Haihan's position seemed to have no reaction to the approach of the Wanjia army, and it was still dead silent. This made Wanmeng more sure of his previous guess that Haihan should be playing tricks because of insufficient troops.Wan Meng saw that the vanguard was no more than five or sixty feet away from the opponent's bunker, so Dang even ordered to speed up the march, and at the same time ordered the cavalry to attack the opponent's defense line in front of the infantry.

"When the enemy enters a distance of 30 meters, open fire freely!" Chen Yixin saw that the opponent had made a real move, so he gave orders to the companies on the defense line.

If the opponent was a regular army, Chen Yixin would not dare to fire at such a close distance, but the Wanjia army's equipment and combat level are relatively amateurish, and there is also a lack of long-range weapons in the formation, so it is difficult to charge Haihan at the same time. The position forms a fire suppression, and it can effectively increase the hit rate when it is placed close to it.With the firing frequency of the Haihan army and the trenches, horse-repelling and barbed wire fences set up in front of the formation, it is difficult for the Wanjia army to find loopholes to exploit.

The Haihan Army has already made ground markings at different distances outside the defense line to facilitate the defenders to judge the accurate firing range.When the cavalry of the Wanjia army stepped into the 30-meter range, gunshots erupted immediately in Haihan's position, and the artillery that had already been replaced with grape bullets also roared again, and within a few seconds, the Wanjia who rushed to the front Most of the soldiers and horses fell down.Fortunately, Wan Meng ordered the team to disperse in advance, otherwise, after this round of shooting, there might not even be a single person left alive within the distance of tens of meters in front of the defense line.

This time, Chen Yixin did not order a ceasefire. The guns fired at the panic-stricken Wanjia army in turn, and the battlefield immediately fell into a scene of howling ghosts and howling wolves.

Of course, Wan Meng soon realized that his own collapse was irreversible, and this time he did not go forward to intercept the defeated army, because even the members of the supervisor team had already started to turn around and run away.Knowing that the situation was over, Wan Meng immediately turned his horse's head and prepared to flee back to the county to join Pu Xueguang.However, he soon discovered that there were hundreds of cavalry rushing towards the rear of the Wanjia Army from the west, and this cavalry unit was obviously not his own.

"It's over!" Wan Meng couldn't help flashing this idea in his mind, lifted the rein, and ordered loudly: "Brothers, follow me to the west to break through!"

If he wanted to escape back to his lair in the mountains, he had to go west, and it was inevitable that he would have to confront this sudden cavalry.Wan Meng had sent most of the cavalry to charge the battle just now, and now there are only thirty or so cavalry around him who can break through with him.He no longer cared about reorganizing his troops and retreated calmly. The Haihan people deployed the cavalry behind their buttocks to encircle them. Obviously, they wanted to wipe out the Wanjia army. If they didn't flee now, let alone when.

Harukon had been staring at the small group of cavalrymen in the Wanjia Army for a long time. Although he had never met Wanmeng, the leader of the Wanjia Army, he could deduce based on his common sense that this group of cavalrymen hadn't scattered yet, and there were some people among them. Holding the number one, Wanmeng should be surrounded by him if he wants to come.To capture the thief first, Harugong naturally focused on this group of people.

The two cavalrymen soon met in the wilderness. The confrontation with cold weapons that Wan Meng expected did not happen. With a distance of more than 30 feet, he saw the cavalrymen on the other side raised their guns instead of sabers. .Wan Meng's heart sank, and he immediately thought of the burst of fire that the person who escaped from the battlefield said the day before. Before he could react, the two sides quickly approached. A stagger fell forward, throwing him over the horse's back, and he fell hard to the ground.

"Take this man down!" Harugong had already noticed the armor on Wan Meng's body. It was not a crudely made thing by the people, but the standard armor of a Ming army general. It was extremely conspicuous among this group of enemy cavalry. unusual.There were still a few cavalry who tried to snatch people, but they were all wounded by Haihan cavalry with muskets. Seeing this, Haru Gong confirmed that this person was an important figure in the Wanjia army.

After smashing the cavalry of the Wanjia Army, the Haihan cavalry quickly formed a formation to drive the bandits who were trying to escape in all directions, and drove them back together.Those who tried to resist either ate bullets or were cut down by sabers, but it was basically impossible to surpass the cavalry's control.

At this time, Chen Yixin also let some infantry attack from the defensive position to participate in the pursuit and encirclement.Although the Wanjia Army is still superior in strength, its military quality is relatively amateurish. After this kind of defeat, it has lost its command and organization, and it has completely become a mess.To deal with this already one-sided situation, the special warfare battalion was quite familiar with it, when even someone took out the shackles of a group of ten and started to lock up the prisoners who had surrendered.

And some people who tried to resist were severely suppressed. Anyone who tried to resist by force was basically shot at the first time. In the current battlefield environment, there is no way to get medical treatment in time after being shot, even if there is no shot The possibility of death is very high.This is because Chen Yixin issued an order to his subordinates to control the battlefield as soon as possible, and Haihan's troops are relatively small, so they can only use the most direct means to reach this point.

There were almost no new recruits in the participating troops of the Haihunt Battalion, and there was no psychological obstacle to carrying out such orders. As long as someone did not put down their weapons, they would shoot and shoot down immediately.Under such merciless repressive measures, the discerning people who realized that they had no chance of turning the tables decisively gave up resistance and tried their best to save their lives first.

"This... is this the end?" Zhang Pucheng, who was watching the battle at Fushan County, was still quite surprised that the ending came so quickly.He originally thought that if the Wanjia Army had increased its troops by thousands, even if they still couldn't beat the Haihan people, at least the battle would last for two or three days or even longer. In less than half an hour, the Wanjia army was already defeated. Under the pursuit and siege of the Haihan cavalry, few people could escape from the battlefield. The difference in strength between the two sides in the battle was too great. Some.

"Awesome! It's really amazing!" Huang Qu was also amazed. Unlike Zhang Pucheng, a layman, he could certainly see that the Haihan people put a lot of effort into setting up the formation before the battle, and deployed artillery on the formation early. , and sent the cavalry far away, and waited for the Wanjia army to attack before they came over to buy the bottom. It was completely dug a big hole and waited for the Wanjia army to jump into it.From a strategic point of view, the Wanjia army was already eaten to death by the Haihan people before the war started.

Of course, this kind of advantage cannot be achieved by relying on prior arrangements. Huang Qu himself is also a soldier, so it is natural to see that Haihan's victory is actually based on his excellent strength. The infantry that appeared on the stage were all far superior in strength to the Wanjia army. Even if the two sides switched positions on the battlefield, Huang Qu firmly believed that Haihan's side would still win in the end.

Zhang Pucheng sighed: "I don't know if Wan Meng, the bandit leader of the Wan Family Army, was captured by Hai Han. If Hai Han can kill this beast, it will be really good news for this county."

Huang Qu replied: "The people of Hai Han are so well prepared, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Wan Meng to escape, and he may have died in the chaos. After this battle, it should be very difficult for the Wan family army to regain their strength."

Zhang Pucheng slammed his fist on the city wall, and said angrily: "I knew that the Wanjia army was just a sham, and I shouldn't have made a deal with Wan Mengxu at the beginning. If I can take his head, it's okay." Report to the Terengganu government and ask for a reward, hey, missed the opportunity!"

Huang Qu looked at Zhang Pucheng's confident expression, and couldn't bear to beat him with words.The Wanjia army is certainly not enough to look at in front of the Haihan people, but if it uses force against Fushan County, then with the garrison in the county, the time it can probably last is no better than the performance of the Wanjia army in front of the Haihan people go.If you want to win more with less like the Haihan people, you have to have that ability first.

Huang Qu was thinking about another thing at this time. Since Haihan had captured the Wanjia Army, there really was no force in Fushan County that could restrain him. If the Haihan people planned to do something next Some out-of-the-ordinary things-for example, replacing the county government to control the local government, the county government really has no way to counter it, and even interference is very difficult to do.Zhang Pucheng is still fantasizing about whether he can repay the credit, but he doesn't know that his current situation is already allowing Hai Han to get whatever he wants.

"Master Zhang, we'd better get in touch with the Haihan people as soon as possible to confirm their results...and their plans for the future." Huang Qu reminded.Although the Haihan people sent 500 taels of silver before, and Huang Qu also got a share, and today the Haihan people wiped out the main force of the Wanjia army, but this is not enough to make him think that Haihan is a good person, and he always treats him Be vigilant.

(End of this chapter)