1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 290 The Iron-headed Annan Man ([-])

"Fire!" At the head of Xinshengbao, Hu Pingjiang saw that the village soldiers and immigrants under the city had already lined up, turned his head and shouted a few gunners.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The six cannons at the top of the city fired at the same time, and several bullets smashed into Annan's soldiers in an instant. After knocking down more than ten people in a row, they fell to the ground, bounced and rolled backwards, There were several blood trails.

Annan's soldiers immediately became chaotic, pushing and crowding each other, trying to stay away from the few bloody roads.Many Annan officers tried their best to prevent the chaos of the soldiers. They held short knives and beat the soldiers running around with the back of their knives, trying to restore the tight military formation.

"Forward!" The commander of the township barracks waved the long knife in his hand before the battle, and the musketeers held muskets and rushed towards Annan's army at a fast pace.

"Musket shooting array! Musket ready!" When there were still more than 200 meters away from Annan's soldiers, the township barracks in Xinshengbao slowed down, formed a musket shooting formation, and leveled the muskets, facing the Annan army formation in front.

"Let go!" The captain of the village soldier in the first row estimated that there was a distance of more than 100 meters. He saw that the Annan soldiers on the opposite side were able to charge under the command of the officer after two rounds of artillery bombardment, and immediately slashed the long knife in his hand. Swipe down hard.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." More than 40 muskets fired in the first row, and the soldiers of the Annan Ruan family who were charging forward froze in formation, and more than 20 soldiers fell to the ground immediately.

The first row of musketeers immediately began to reload ammunition, and the second row of musketeers crossed the first row, and under the order of the squad leader, fired a second round of salvo.

To the ears of Annan's soldiers, the musket shooting like fried beans was undoubtedly a Sanskrit sound urging them to die.The soldiers charging ahead fell down row by row, and the artillery at the top of the city fired another round of shelling.Not to mention that the ordinary soldiers had already started to break down and flee, even their commander Ruan Shaolong and the lieutenant who led the team had already turned their heads and fled to the shore during the fourth round of musket shooting.

The commander of the barracks outside the city of Xinshengbao looked at the retreating Annan soldiers, and was at a loss for a while.It took only five rounds of musket shooting, and there were no more than 200 casualties on the other side, so why did they escape?

"Rush over and kill them all!" Hesitating for a moment, the commander of the township battalion gritted his teeth, raised his long knife, and swung forward.

The rural soldiers and immigrant elite who had been out of the city to fight all seemed a little nervous, and they were a little afraid of Annan's army.After all, one or two years ago, they were just one of the many starving people in Daming, fleeing from their hometown, traveling across the ocean, and came to this small island.

Although Xinsheng Castle gave them enough food and was equipped with muskets and swords, the opposite side was also an army of a foreign court.Whether it is a village soldier or a strong immigrant, they have never seen the experience of killing the enemy.Even if some of them have been training for more than a year, or even two years, if they really go into battle, it would be a lie to say that they are not afraid.

However, less than 15 minutes into the battle, the muskets fired five rounds, and Annan's army on the opposite side actually retreated.The blood of the soldiers and immigrants burst out immediately, and their adrenaline surged rapidly. They raised their muskets and weapons, shouted, and rushed towards the retreating direction of Annan's soldiers.

"They just met each other, and they retreated so quickly in defeat?" Major Carsten Kuritz, the commander of the Dutch East India Company Squadron, said incredulously, holding a monocular and opening his mouth wide.

"It seems that our original estimate of the armed forces on this small island controlled by Hanzhou was relatively objective." Major Carsten Kuritz shook his head, then turned his head and ordered: "Let the few ships in front The warships moved forward, bombarding the shore, and covering the retreat of our partners back to sea."

"Major, do we still need to attack this island?" A Dutch officer next to him asked,
"Oh, Lieutenant Steve, how many of those Annan soldiers do you think can escape?" Major Carsten Kuritz said with a wry smile: "Even if they can escape half of them, do they have the courage to return to fight again?...We It may be necessary to temporarily block the island pending further instructions from Batavia."

"Every time the Hanzhou people occupy a place, they like to build that place into a fortress." Lieutenant Steve said: "Their building material called cement is indeed a good thing. We used to, we should Leave them to us."

"Well, maybe we won them, and we can get this thing called cement." Major Carsten Kuritz nodded, "But the war has lasted for five months, and we haven't seriously injured them once. No way Not to mention, Hanzhou is a very difficult enemy!"

As the Dutch armed merchant ships approached the coast of Xinsheng Island and began shelling the Xinshengbao soldiers and immigrants who were chasing after the shore, the panicked Annan soldiers fled to the small boats on the shore and quickly rowed towards the sea.

After climbing onto the big ship, Lieutenant General Annan and several officers who led the team to land found that their commander-in-chief Ruan Shaolong had not escaped back, but was lost on the island.Immediately they looked at each other in dismay, their Marshal Ruan was the cousin of King Guangnan, the so-called "relative of the emperor"!

Then check the soldiers who escaped, and the lieutenant looked even more bitter. There were only more than 800 soldiers who fled back to the ship, so there were more than [-] soldiers trapped on the island.This has to return to Guangnan, how to explain to the king.Did the Ming people on this small island escape from Daming?This is clearly a well-trained army, and it is also an elite army with many artillery and guns.

From the top of the city, He Liba saw the village soldiers and immigrants from Xinshengbao defeat Annan Ruan's army in such a powerful way, he couldn't be more excited.In the past when facing them occupying the city, Annan Ruan's army was extremely fierce, constantly invading the villages and towns they occupied, looting their people and property, and even covering Annan civilians to seize the land occupied by the city.Even Champa, a small and weak country, was bullied by Annan Ruan's family, and was in danger of being wiped out at any time.Now, under the attack of the Hanzhou army, they are so vulnerable.

When the people of Champa learned that the Annan Ruan clan was going to send troops to attack the island, He Liba was sent urgently to find potential allies to inform the Hanzhou people on the island to prepare for the attack of the Annan Ruan clan. .At the same time, I also want to take the opportunity to find out how powerful the Hanzhou people on the island are.Although we know that there are some big ships in Hanzhou, and the navy has some combat power compared with Zhancheng, but their ability to land battle and city defense needs to be further confirmed.

However, when Heliba and his entourage arrived near Xinsheng Island in two small boats, he saw four large Dutch barbarian boats swimming nearby, and they seemed to have a strong hostility towards the Han people on the island. .So, taking advantage of the dark night, they docked at a remote beach to look for Hanzhou people.

After being brought back to Xinshengbao by patrolling soldiers from Hanzhou Township, Hu Pingjiang was informed that the Annan Ruan family led more than [-] soldiers, joined forces with several Dutch warships, and was heading towards Xinsheng Island.

When Hu Pingjiang heard that the Annan Ruan family only sent more than 600 people to attack the island, he was both fortunate and dissatisfied.Who does this look down upon?I have organized more than 1000 township soldiers here, more than 20 immigrants are strong, with solid and complete city defense facilities, and more than 2000 cannons. If you come with [-] people, you want to seize our Xinsheng Island!
Seeing the full confidence of the lord in Xinsheng Fort, Heliba wanted to remind him that Annan Ruan's army still had a certain fighting capacity, and there were many firearms purchased from the Portuguese.Finally, after thinking about it, even if the Hanzhou people on the island couldn't defeat Annan Ruan's army, they could still protect themselves with this strong castle.

Today, Annan Ruan's army had just landed, and before they were ready to launch an attack, they were repelled by a burst of artillery and muskets from Hanzhou soldiers in the city, and they chased them all the way to the shore.If it weren't for the artillery bombardment of the Dutch barbarians at sea, maybe Annan Ruan's attacking troops could be wiped out in one go.

He Liba was excited and excited.The soldiers of Hanzhou have sharp firearms and brave soldiers. Even if they encounter the troops in the north of the Ruan family, they can win the battle if they think about it.Then we Champa, can we form an alliance with them and invite them to help us fight the Annan people?Or, sell us some firearms?
"You want firearms?" Hu Pingjiang looked at Heliba, the Champa envoy who often came to Xinsheng Island, and said with a smile: "I don't think so at the moment. Didn't you see that there are Dutch warships blocking our Xinsheng outside?" Island? I’ll talk to you about the sale of firearms after we’ve finished fighting the Dutch.”

Thinking that Xinsheng Island has already fought against the Annan people, so it really needs an ally to fight against Annan here.According to those Annan people who were fishing, the Ruan family occupied nearly half of Annan's territory, with a population of one million and an army of thirty to forty thousand.If the Dutch have been driven to use them to come to the island to attack, it is really a serious threat.

"Third brother, I can't tell, the Hanzhou sergeants on the island are pretty good at fighting!" Song Qi sat at a table, holding a bowl of sorghum shochu from Hanzhou, sipped slowly, and looked sideways. Looking at the Annan prisoners escorted by Xinshengbao township soldiers on the street, "In less than an hour after the battle, almost all the invading Annans were wiped out."

"Nonsense! The Hanzhou army has artillery on the top of the wall, and muskets in their hands. I heard that they followed the immigrants who went out to fight and trained for four or five months. It's easy to catch those Annan monkeys!" Liang Sanyi He drank the sorghum shochu in the bowl in one gulp, then grinned and took a deep breath.

"Brothers, I heard that the soldiers on the island are not the serious soldiers of Hanzhou, but the local soldiers organized by themselves here." A sailor from the Zheng family interjected: "Their serious soldiers should fight against the Dutch in the south." People are fighting!"

"Hey, you guys said that this Hanzhou hasn't developed much for a few years, and it's actually able to fight with red-haired ghosts. They probably don't have many people now."

"That's not right, this meeting, there must not be many people in Hanzhou." The Zheng family sailor named Liang San said, "You may have been harassed by those small officials in Hanzhou in recent days."

"Yes, they are all persuading us to join Hanzhou and follow them."

"I don't know if what they said is true. If you go to sea, you can get five or six taels of silver a month, and you will be given land and a house." A sailor said: "If you are short of a wife, you will be given a share." little girl."

"How do the brothers think about it?"

Five or six sailors looked at each other, but no one spoke.Everyone used to be a member of the many sea forces incorporated by Zheng Zhilong, and it really doesn't matter whether they are loyal or not to the Zheng family.It's nothing more than taking money and food and helping to do things.

Now, the people from Hanzhou on the island are constantly lobbying them to leave the Zheng family and follow Hanzhou instead, and the price is still very high. It is a lie to say that they are not tempted.But among the many sailors, good and evil are mixed, who knows if there is any eyeliner arranged by the Zheng family.Therefore, all of them ate their mouths, eating small dishes and drinking soju, but wondering in their hearts that they were all desperate for money, whether they should change to a more generous master.

(End of this chapter)