Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 947 Robbery
Question: There is a serious shortage of labor force in Enze Coast, and there is also a shortage of animal power. What should we do?
Answer: Of course, grab it!
Instead of robbing, should Yang Yao and Yang Qin take the fleet to a nearby port to trade and buy?At present, no matter what means are used to raise labor force, the completion of the fortifications on the Enze coast is the first.

Although Ling Zhen has been "separated from battle for a long time", he still has this point of determination, and he is not a born virgin.After the initial security on the Enze Coast, he called for Yang Yao and Yang Qin, two generals. After some discussion, Yang Yao stayed behind, and Yang Qin led five warships and three supply ships to set off.

He will not travel far, just wandering around the east coast of the peninsula, and will not even go to the Gulf of Aden.

As far as Tianfang people's city defense level in this generation is concerned, Yang Qin feels that he only needs [-] soldiers to be enough.

In addition to being fully loaded with supplies, the ten warships and three supply ships carried two battalions of marines and two battalions of armored soldiers.Now Yang Qin only mentioned that he had slipped away to a battalion of armored soldiers.

Smash a few cities, grab some labor and various materials back, anyway, the territory within this range belongs to the Seljuks in name.

This is called eating at the enemy!

Yang Qin's goal is Hadramau on the south side of the Enze Coast.Its core cities are Shibam City and Mukalla City!

Among them, Mukala City is a seaside city. At first glance, it looks similar to Enze Coast, but in fact the temperature is much higher than that of Enze Coast.Because there is no vast plateau on its back to block the rolling heat waves in the interior of the peninsula.

Here is a typical tropical desert climate, with unbearable heat in summer and comfortable temperature in winter.

It was a piece of cake to carry five hundred armored soldiers on eight ships. In order to increase the speed of the troops after landing, they even carried one or two hundred camels and horses on board.

Because in Hadramau, where the yellow sand is everywhere, vehicles are useless. If the army wants to march to Shibam after landing, these large livestock will be even more needed.

Unlike Mukalla City, Shibam City is an inland city, 350 miles away from Mukalla City. It is located on a small hill in the middle of the Hadramau Valley, where several seasonal rivers converge.

This is an ancient city with a history of more than 1000 years. It is the inland trade center and commercial center of West Yemen, and has always played an important role in this land.

The large population and the prosperity of the city are also obvious.It is a place that Yang Qin cannot give up.

Having made up his mind, Yang Qin led his troops onto the ship and headed south.

A fleet of five warships and three supply ships crushed the resistance of Tianfang natives along the way. Before arriving at Mukalla, they successively broke through the three cities of al-Qaeda, Sherhat, and Seyr, leaving the empty There are some extra loads in the supply ship.

The fleet arrived at Mukalla on the third day. This is a city that is obviously larger than Al Qaeda and other small cities. Just looking at its size, it is even larger than Zufar!
But the city port is obviously not as big as Zufar, and the market is not as prosperous as Zufar. Standing at the bow of the boat, Yang Qin can even make another judgment: the crop planting here is far more monotonous than Zufar, and it seems that there are only dates. .Unlike Zu Fa'er, grains, fruits and vegetables, and all livestock are prepared.

The news that the Chinese occupied Zufar has long been known to the people here.

Mukalla City had already put on guard, and when eight large ships appeared outside the port, bright alarm bells sounded in Mukalla City.

The port was abandoned by them, and Yang Qin saw that a large group of Tianfang natives ran towards the city without their homes, and white flags were hoisted on the ships moored in the port.

In China, the white flag means surrender, and this rule has long been known to Tianfang people.

Across the port is the city of Mukalla... well, it's the wall.The height is about two feet, but judging by the texture, it is not the earth city or stone city he is familiar with, but a brick city.It is built of clay-fired bricks, which is the brick city that just appeared in the capital of Lu Qi Dynasty.

The strong men walking back and forth on the wall are the guards of Mukalla City.

They looked at the fleet of eight ships, and each one was very nervous.Because in the legendary Chinese army, not only is every soldier well-armed, but there are also extremely powerful weapons such as cannons.

It has been 20 years since Lu Qi officially founded the country, and the name of artillery has spread to Europe. People in Tianfang no longer regard it as a weapon of the devil, and have accepted it as a kind of weapon from the bottom of their hearts.

Even gunpowder has reached the heavens, but so what?

Only Sanjar knew the effectiveness and quantity of the artillery produced by the Seljuks. The Tianfang Peninsula where Mukalla City is located is too desolate. The natives here have never seen artillery at all. At most, they have only heard of its name. .

I don't even know how to defend against this weapon, how to face this weapon.

A large number of young and strong people gathered at the top of the city, Yang Qin watched and laughed, this is not a target for nothing.

When the ship arrived at the port of Mukalla, eight ships put down a large number of small boats to transport troops ashore first and also controlled the ships on the dock.

Yang Qin took out the binoculars from his arms, stood on the high poop, and took a good look at the wall. He found that these young men were generally equipped with spears, bows and arrows, and they didn't even have leather armor. The natives are not much stronger, and they are not opponents of the same level at all.But the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, of course he has no intention of underestimating them.

When the dock area was completely controlled and hundreds of camels and horses were pulled ashore, Yang Qin waved his hand lightly.

The city of Mukalla is completely within the range of the artillery of the warship.

"Boom boom boom!"

A series of thunder exploded, and then a large plume of smoke covered the warship, but it was quickly blown away by the roaring sea breeze, leaving only a faint smell of gunpowder smoke.

But the city of Mukalla was already in chaos.

Of course, the bombardment of dozens of shells could not completely hit the target. It can even be said that only a very small number of shells accurately hit the top of the city.Some of the shells fell into the city or fell outside the city, and some of the shells hit the city wall, making tabletop-sized cracks on the brick wall.Maybe only one-tenth of the shells actually hit the top of the city.Thirty or twenty people were killed or injured!
But this was a huge shock and blow to the strong men at the top of the city.

They can be attacked from such a distance, but they have no means of counterattack at all.And the dead and injured are so miserable, their bodies are broken, even torn apart...

This is completely beyond these people's understanding of 'war'.

There were screams and cries on the top of the city of Mukalla. Some people were so mad that they wanted to rush down the city. There were so many people and it was already a chaos.

The battalion commander in the port area waved his hand, and the two soldiers rushed straight to the opposite city gate holding the powder packets.

"Boom! Boom!" The wooden door burst open.

"Wei Sheng!" Ying Zheng shouted loudly.

Hearing a "huh", a man as burly as a black bear in heavy armor came up to him.

This is Wei Sheng, who is excellent in martial arts and is good at wielding a big sword. He is known as "Wei Dadao" in the army.

"Take the city for me, be careful, don't cause more damage if it is not necessary!" The people here are all laborers.

(End of this chapter)