Borrow the day to change the day

Just as the Dutch devils lineup was approaching the shooting range, the drummers and standard bearers in each line suddenly screamed "ah".At the same time, some small bosses were shot and fell to the ground one after another, leaving Putmans in the back stunned.

Without drummers and standard bearers, the Dutch devils didn't know what to do for a while, and while advancing mechanically, they turned their heads to find their supreme commander.

At this moment, the fence around the Ming army camp suddenly fell down.This surprised the charging pirates and Dutch devils.Why did the fortifications of the Ming army fall down by themselves? Could it be that the sky is about to destroy the Ming army?

Before finishing this thought, I saw those soldiers of the Ming army heaved a sigh of relief, as if the battle was over.

Facing the attacking direction of the Dutch devils, a lot of artillery suddenly appeared in the camp of the Ming army.Before the Dutch devils could react, the sound of "boom boom boom" sounded, and gunpowder smoke immediately rose into the sky in the Ming army camp.

Although these cannons are only field artillery, and their range is farther than that of the Hongyi cannon or the naval guns on the Dutch fleet, it is more than enough to bombard the Dutch devils who are currently lining up and rushing forward.

All of a sudden, there were many gaps in the rows of human walls, and those unlucky ghosts were basically torn apart.

Facing the sudden appearance of a large number of artillery pieces by the Ming army, the responses of the Dutch devils were divided into two diametrically opposed responses.

Those brave Dutch devils shouted and rushed towards the camp of the Ming army, trying to break through the range of the artillery, so that they could attack the Ming army with their matchlock guns.

Most of the other Dutch devils were not the regular Dutch army, but mostly sailors on board, and they started to flee after being bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army.

In the camp that was confused by gunpowder smoke, there was suddenly another continuous sound of gunfire.Among the charging Dutch devils, except for a small number of Dutch devils who stood up straight and hastily fired a shot with the already lit matchlock, most of the Dutch devils fell to the ground before firing.

The pirates who were charging at the back and side of the Ming army's camp, after seeing the movement in the Ming army's camp, their professional sensitivity made them wake up immediately, and they might have fallen for the Ming army's way.Many clever pirates changed their minds and prepared to escape in this short period of time.

Zhong Jinwei was at the height of Heita Ridge, saw through the binoculars that the formation of the Dutch was in disarray, so he ordered the horn to be blown.

A sharp "beep" sounded with a long sound, and rows of Ming soldiers rushed out of the Ming army camp filled with gunpowder smoke.

Facing the pirates, the infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion formed a charging formation, and under the cover of the fusiliers on both sides of the formation, they rushed towards the stunned pirates.

Seeing the spirit and spirit of the Ming army infantry rushing over, the pirates fought a cold war.Originally densely packed, the pirates scrambling to rush to the Ming army camp, scattered like birds and beasts, turned their heads and ran away with a frightened "Mom".

But the Dutch devils were not so lucky, because Zhong Jinwei arranged [-] death camp soldiers in front of them.

The Dutch Devils, who had been hit by artillery and flintlock guns for several rounds, turned around and fled, which happened to be a good opportunity for the five hundred soldiers of the death battalion to chase and kill them.

The soldiers of the death battalion raised the speed of the horse with the fastest movement, and the rumble of the horse's hooves scared the Dutch devils out of their wits and made them into a mess.

Some wished to have four legs and escape the pursuit of the Ming cavalry; some threw away the matchlock gun in their hands in despair and surrendered on their knees;

Everything they do is in vain.Rolling iron hoofs quickly passed through them, and then in front of them, they controlled the horse to turn beautifully and launched another charge.

The battle under the Heita Ridge was nothing to watch. Ever since the joint army of the Netherlands and the pirates set foot on the north shore, their current fate was already doomed.

Zhong Jinwei looked up into the distance, only thinking about the battle at the confluence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, not knowing what the outcome would be there!

Because the battlefield selected in advance was to avoid the range of the naval guns on the Dutch fleet and to have a suitable place to fight the battle, it was far away from the intersection.Zhong Jinwei stood on Heita Ridge, so he couldn't see the battle on the Yangtze River anyway.

He had no choice but to turn his eyes back to the battlefield in front of him, and saw four or five thousand pirates fleeing in all directions, driven by more than 1000 Fifth Army soldiers and fusiliers.Of course, most of them jumped into the river, and then fled to the direction of the Yangtze River after reaching the opposite bank.

Zhong Jinwei nodded secretly when he saw a boat leaving quickly in that river.He knew that Gu Dai had received Liu Xiang and completed the first step of the mission.

At this time, the five hundred soldiers of the death camp had finished their charge, and they were riding majestically on tall horses, leading the dejected Dutch captives towards the camp. They did not receive orders to chase down the pirates.

This is a strange aspect of this battle, which has become a focus of debate among later historians.Because at that time, if Marquis Zhongxing had let his pawns go to take care of the Dutch captives and dispatched the cavalry to hunt down and kill the pirates, so many pirates would not have escaped.

In addition, there is another strange thing, that is, after the Ming army defeated the pirates, logically speaking, even the infantry of the Ming army could scatter their feet to chase and kill the pirates.However, the attacking Ming army infantry kept a tight formation and moved forward slowly.

In this way, except for those idiots who are sick in their brains, regardless of whether they are north, south, east, or west, and bumped back to the front of the Ming army; there are also those unlucky people who have sprained their feet and can't run or were trampled and squeezed by their own people and fell to the ground and couldn't run anymore. Besides, other pirates can escape.

Later historians said that Marquis Zhongxing, who commanded the war at that time, was cautious because he was afraid of an ambush by the pirates;

In the official conclusions, including the history textbooks, it is said that the reason for Zhongxing Hou's wariness is the reason for this arrangement.

In the folk discussion, it tends to be that Marquis Zhongxing deliberately did this and let go of the pirates on purpose, which led to a series of subsequent incidents in Ming Dynasty.

As for the truth, only the parties involved know.

After about half an hour, the battlefield was cleaned up.Cao Wenzhao reported to Zhong Jinwei about the battle situation under Heita Ridge: "Master Hou, our army killed more than 530 pirates and captured 720 people, including five pirate leaders. Kill Hong Yi There were more than 23 people, and [-] people were captured, including [-] big and small leaders, including its governor Hans Putmans."

In other words, more than half of the pirates escaped, but the Dutch devils who came ashore were basically wiped out.

Zhong Jinwei nodded, and asked with concern: "How about the casualties of our army?"