open sea

Chapter 171
The battle on Jiang'an was more difficult than Chen Mu imagined.

In the battle outside the Funan Gate of Guangzhou, the Xiangshan Banner Army had an absolute advantage and their morale was like a rainbow. Hundreds of families led the Banner Army to chase after them.

Bird guns and the like could no longer form a platoon of guns, and the marching gunmen raised their heads above their heads to avoid the flag army in front of their own side and hit the approximate location where the Japanese pirates fled. It can't cause many casualties to the enemy, it can only make them more panic.

But this is very good in Chen Mu's view. Even after a brief battle with the Japanese pirates, the banner troops of all ministries still maintained a square formation in the pursuit. The night made the banner troops more timid and made them more united. Offense and defense will become the standard of the Xiangshan Banner Army.

They can be called elite soldiers!
The good situation was maintained until the defeated Japanese pirates were driven to the shore.

As the uncrowned king of the South China Sea in the era after Wu Ping, it is not that Zeng Yiben has never fought against such a high-morale and extremely powerful official army. In the battle of Chaozhou Prefecture earlier, Yu Dayou relied on a slightly weaker battalion to rely on extremely strong soldiers. Only with a strong command can he create a more suffocating battle situation.

Zeng Ben knew what the officers and soldiers wanted to do—force his men into the river, seize his boat, and even capture him.

Innocent!

Although the purpose of looting the city of Guangzhou failed and a large number of pirates were sent to be shot and defeated by the officers and soldiers, Zeng Yipeng did not show much distress on his face. The sound of conch.

Even if he felt sorry for him, Zeng Yiben only felt sorry for the seven or eight hundred bird guns that fell on the shore, he didn't feel sorry for those pirates.

Most of the bird guns were snatched by him after he successfully attacked the government army along the coast in the past two years. In the hands of more than 3000 of his subordinates, there were more than [-] bird guns, which constituted a land firepower that could destroy the government army at a touch.

Now that at least half of them are left behind in Guangcheng, Elder Zeng must feel distressed, but it doesn't matter to him that those who died were not him.

Of the more than 3000 pirates, there were only [-] of the Zeng clan's troops, and most of them were on warships swimming along the shore. The ones sent to plunder and attack the city were just small pirates attached to the city, and it was not a serious injury.

Following the sound of the humming conch on the pirate ship, all the large ships hoisted their sails and anchored, and swam to blast the Fran cannons towards the shore, especially focusing on the few artillery pieces on the hillside that gave them a huge shock.

The sides of the warships in the river were all illuminated by fire. This was Zeng Benben's forte. It didn't matter whether they could hit a salvo with the Franco machine guns of the warship. No army could withstand flying in all directions. Cannon fire.

The pirates can't do it, and neither can the Xiangshan Banner Army.

Deng Zilong's Banner Army was repulsed after only one salvo of ship guns. At most ten shells actually fell into the formation, but the Banner Army was frightened by the artillery and did not dare to move forward. Even the army array retreated unconsciously.

The same is true for the pirates covered by shells, the only difference is that they retreated to the river, so even though many people were killed by their own ships, more pirates fled to the river, pushing the boats Jumping into the river, no matter what the big pirate ships were, they all scattered and fled.

This is a common tactic used by pirates. If they win, they will gather together like a herd of beasts. If they lose, they will all disperse.

The Haikoufu boat swam in a circle and bombarded the shore again with the Fran cannon. This time, the target was not the officers and soldiers, but the small boats still docked on the shore. Then sail away.

Deng Zilong was at a loss what to do, he could only angrily thrust his brow knife into the ground, and gritted his teeth at the shadow of the pirates walking down the river.

When Chen Mu arrived with his family soldiers, the night battle to seize the city was over. The flames illuminated the scattered corpses and weapons outside Guangcheng to the banks of the river, including the Xiangshan Banner Army and more Japanese pirates.

Undoing the iron armguard of his left hand, Chen Mu gave orders to the left and right: "Decree the hundreds of households in all ministries to eliminate the remnant thieves, not a single one will be killed! Send the wounded to Shao Baihu, take a break and assemble!"

He removed the armguard that had been deformed by the beating, and he threw the heart guard aside, and the forearm of his left hand was already swollen.

Chen Mu only felt his left arm was cold when he led the army to seize the door, and the pain became more unbearable when he asked Zhang Han for orders. At this time, when the armguard was removed, the whole arm was shaking with pain, and most of the bones were broken.

It’s not a big problem, I asked someone to find two pieces of wood to make a simple splint, and after a little cleaning up the wound that was cut by the armguard fragments, it will be cleaned up, and Chen Mu will have time to check other places... I feel dull during the war, so I have time to relax I only felt pain everywhere, but there was no serious injury, it was just that the right shoulder was hit by the family soldier when he was shot backwards by the Fran machine gun, leaving a bloody mark.

This was the heaviest casualty of his subordinates in several years. They were nearly collapsed by Fran's cannon, not many killed but nearly half of the wounded.

They basically didn't fight head-to-head with the Japanese pirates. Ninety percent of their deaths were directly hit by shelling, and a few were wounded and killed by their own artillery.

"Come and get this book."

While the Banner Army cleared up the battlefield and executed the remnants of the enemy, Chen Mu sat cross-legged and rested for a while. He asked the soldiers to take out his notes and write a line on it. Also improve the mount.

Seven cannons fought and there were three remaining. Only one was unlucky and was slightly deformed by the Japanese pirate ship cannon, and the remaining three were bombed.

The danger is too high, and this level of durability is not even as good as the artillery made by the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty.

The craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau are very serious in the process of forging the cannon. There is only one biggest problem. The closed cannon is too light and the cannon wall is too thin. The good effect shown in the test is not enough to maintain the greater intensity of the battle.

"Qianhu, the injured 370 and [-] of the Banner Army have been sent to Shao Baihu." With a sigh of psychological imbalance on his face, Fu Yuan complained to Chen Mu in a low voice: "Old Shao was promoted to Shunde Qianhu by the army... Chito, are you injured?"

This guy Fu Yuan was lucky. He was not injured at all in this battle. His subordinates got good results, but he complained a lot after the battle. As he was talking, he saw a big swollen arm of Chen Mu, so he hurriedly greeted the army The doctor is courteous.

"It's okay, go find me a heart-guard, and bring me a hat."

Anyway, everyone is the old mainstay of Chen Mu's subordinates. He just uses them when he catches them. After Fu Yuan brought the helmet and the heart mirror, he smiled and said, "That's a mang worm who has good luck earlier. These hundreds of households made great achievements in the two battles of Guanghai and Guangzhou, and they are at least a deputy thousand households in terms of merit after the war."

"Sooner or later!"

"Ask all the ministries if you have a good rest. After resting, we will go on the road with Mr. Chen. We will march eighty miles in a hurry, and we must arrive at Shunde before dawn!"

The arms in his hands were hung around his neck with silk cloth. The pain and exhaustion invaded Chen Qianhu's spirit, but at this moment he was full of motivation-the meritorious service of his subordinates was enough. He successively recaptured Guanghaiwei City, The retreat of the enemy in Guangzhou is enough to make another move, but it is not enough.

For him, if Zeng Yiben is not captured or killed, the battle will be for nothing!
"Let's go!"

　Good morning!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)