Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 234 Barricade, Stabbing in the Back

Shi Lang was shocked when he heard Gong Yonggu's shout.Then he stabilized his mind and thought to himself: "The garrison in Xiamen City plus the army brought by Gong Yonggu, there are only more than 500 people. The Xiamen garrison is nothing to worry about, and Gong Yonggu can only rely on 3000 people." people, and we have [-] people, why should we be afraid?"

"Gong Yonggu, as the commander of Jinyiwei, is a dignified third-rank official. If he is captured alive, we will have a hefty bargaining chip in our hands!"

Thinking of this, Shi Lang settled down, and looked at the fortifications on the street from a distance.I saw that these barriers were staggered one by one, extending from the street to the end of the street, forming horns of each other.

These barriers are made of bricks, stones, wood, soil, etc., probably due to the rush of preparation time, they appear a bit crude.

"Soldier, summon all our people, storm this street, and capture Gong Yonggu alive!" Shi Lang ordered.

According to Shi Lang's thinking, isn't this street fighting?Relying on the absolute superiority of our troops, our side broke through those simple and rough obstacles, and would surely kill the Ming army to cry their fathers and mothers.

When thousands of people came, Shi Lang couldn't wait any longer, raised his knife and said with a contemptuous smile: "Brothers, the official standing opposite us is Gong Yonggu. This person is the commander of Jin Yiwei, and he is an experienced spy. But he won't fight."

"Brothers, let's teach Mr. Gong how to fight in the street! Come on, capture Mr. Gong Yonggu alive and reward him with a thousand taels of silver!"

The pirates screamed wildly, and rushed up with their teeth and claws.They have dealt with the Japanese all the year round, and the army is equipped with a lot of Japanese swords, which they wield in their hands with great momentum.

Although Gong Yonggu was commanding a battle for the first time, he was not flustered at all.Just kidding, he was able to tidy up the Jinyiwei and make such a huge secret service agency into one body, which has already shown that he has extraordinary commanding ability.

When the first few pirates approached the barricade, Gong Yonggu said in a deep voice, "Shoot and beat to death!"

There was a loud gunshot, bullets flew out, and immediately several pirates were shot and killed on the spot.

"Just charge, don't stop!" Shi Lang roared, "After the enemy shoots, it takes a long time to reload the ammunition. This is our chance!"

How did Shi Lang know that the firearms of the Ming army had been upgraded. With the flintlock guns, the time for reloading ammunition was greatly shortened, and the shooting accuracy was higher and the lethality was stronger.

The most terrible thing is that the more than 1000 Ming troops in front of them are not equipped with ordinary muskets, but breech-loading flintlock guns.Soldiers don't need to stand up to load ammunition, they can complete a whole set of operations lying down behind the bunker.

Since Zhu Cihong developed the breech-loading flintlock gun, the Military Academy worked hard day and night to build it, and finally produced a thousand of them during the emperor's southern expedition and equipped them with the army.

The army that Li Cunming sent to Gong Yonggu was equipped with a breech-loading flintlock gun. Although the number was only 1000, they were the best equipped army in the Ming Dynasty!

It was the breech-loading flintlock that made barricade warfare possible!
Barricade warfare is very different from traditional street warfare. In the era of cold weapons, street warfare in the past was actually a hand-to-hand fight between the enemy and us in narrow alleys, slashing and killing each other with knives.

In barricade warfare, one side completely adopts defensive tactics, but because of the advanced muskets, it can block the enemy from a long distance, avoid tragic close combat, and destroy the enemy at a minimum cost.

Shi Lang and his men didn't realize that they witnessed the birth of a new type of tactics and the use of a new type of firearm today.

After hundreds of men were killed, Shi Lang suddenly realized something was wrong. It was strange, how could the Ming army load ammunition while lying on the ground?In this way, the pirates can only be beaten passively.

The soldiers of the Ming army not only hid tightly without showing their heads, but also fired very fast, which was several times faster than the previous muskets.The bullets rained like rain without stopping for a moment.

Shi Lang's face became more and more gloomy. He had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, but this operation did not achieve the expected goal, so he did not dare to order a retreat.

It seems that we can only wait for Zeng De to lead the troops to come to support. Shi Lang made a decisive decision, changed his strategy, and ordered: "Back back, each find a hiding place, confront the enemy, and hold them back!"

The pirates could not wait for General Shi to give an order to retreat. Hearing this order, they left hundreds of corpses of their comrades behind, hurriedly exited the street, or hid in the corner of the wall, or hid behind the pillars under the eaves, saying nothing. He refused to charge.

The pirates fired a burst of arrows, slightly suppressing the firepower of the Ming army.But they were also unable to attack, and the battlefield calmed down for a while.

Seeing this situation, Gong Yonggu laughed and said: "Is this the battle between the two armies? Oh, it's boring, it's really boring, what's the difference between this and an adult beating a three-year-old child? Hey, pirates on the other side, are you soaking in the sea water?" After a long time, have they all turned into turtles?"

Shi Lang scolded at the top of his voice, "You are the ones who shrink your heads. If you have the guts, don't dodge and fire your guns, and chop each other with knives!"

"Cut you a hammer, I only have a musket in my hand!" Gong Yonggu laughed even more happily, while laughing and cursing, he secretly waved his hands to signal the soldiers to climb out of the barricade and crawl forward.

Hundreds of people from the Ming army moved swiftly. They climbed to the intersection, jumped up suddenly, and fired guns in all directions.

The skin of the wall is peeling off, and the tiles are splashed.Gunpowder smoke choked the nostrils, and sparks flew everywhere.The pirates were caught off guard, and many died, and the rest turned around and fled.

Shi Lang shouted angrily: "No retreat, no one is allowed!"

But the Ming army had no choice but to adopt a linear tactic, marching forward with no flaws in the formation, and the muskets in their hands were so sharp that the pirates were powerless to fight back.

Shi Lang knew that he couldn't resist anymore, stomped his feet and cursed a few words, and ran wildly with his subordinates, asking as he ran, "Where are the messengers? Tell me, where is General Zeng's team?"

The messenger finally ran to Shi Lang's side, and replied: "No, General Zeng heard that we fought fiercely with the Ming army in the city, and there were heavy casualties, so he turned around and ran away!"

"What?" Shi Lang smoked, and cursed, "It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than failure, I know that bastard Zeng De is unreliable! Forget it, just pass it on, let the brothers run for their lives!"

Gong Yonggu walked forward step by step with his hands behind his back.He suddenly remembered something, and said to the guards beside him: "Oh, I was just thinking about having fun, and I forgot to ask, who is the pirate general who led the troops to attack Xiamen this time."

A guard ran out in a hurry, and soon brought back a dying pirate.Gong Yonggu lowered his head and asked: "Don't be in a hurry to see Lord Yan, tell me, what is the name of your general?"

The pirate was covered in blood, his breath was weak, and he couldn't speak.

Gong Yonggu stretched out a finger, poked it into the wound on his chest, and shouted: "Speak!"

"Yes...it's Shi Lang..." The pirate cried in pain and died in the blink of an eye.

"It's a bad thing! The emperor told you that if you encounter Shi Lang, you will try your best to capture him alive. Hey, why did I forget this?" Gong Yonggu patted his forehead, beckoned someone to lead the mount, jumped on it and said, " Chase, we must catch Shi Lang, and we cannot let him escape!"

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Shi Lang led the remnants of the soldiers and fled all the way to the seaside, where Zeng De was nowhere to be seen.What's worse, Zender only left him three boats.

Shi Lang cursed and ignored the others, he boarded a boat first, sailed into the sea in a hurry, and returned to Jinmen Island.

As soon as he landed on the island and jumped off the boat, Shi Lang was surrounded by hundreds of people.

"What are you doing?" Shi Lang asked in surprise.

One person said: "General Shi, you led the troops to attack Xiamen and returned without success. As a general, should you be responsible?"

"The defeated generals will naturally be dealt with by military law..." Shi Lang said, scanning his eyes, but realized that something was wrong. It turned out that these people were all under Zeng De's subordinates.

Shi Lang reacted quickly, and immediately guessed that it must be Zeng De who wanted to shirk responsibility, and the villain filed a complaint first.He said: "I want to see Brother Cai! Before you meet Brother Cai, you must not be presumptuous, get out of the way!"

"After losing the battle, do you still have the face to see General Zheng? Let's go, first go to the water prison!"

"What if I don't go?" Shi Lang said.

The man showed a fierce look in his eyes, and said viciously: "Then don't blame the brothers for turning their faces and being ruthless, it's going to be tough!"

Saying that, many people drew their knives and approached Shi Lang.Shi Lang's confidantes also drew their sabers at each other, and the two sides fought in a trance.

Shi Lang was angry and impatient, and shouted towards the island: "Brother Cai, that bastard Zeng De slandered me. I am naturally responsible for losing the battle, but Zeng De didn't come to support and fled without fighting. His guilt is even greater." big!"

Zheng Cai didn't respond at all, as if she didn't know what happened on the island.

There were constant shouts of killing around him, and in the shadow of swords and swords, Shi Lang was full of resentment. He saw his confidantes die one after another, and suddenly became furious, saying: "I won't serve you anymore, I'll go find Brother Sen!"

Then hacked several people to death, called his confidantes to seize a boat, raised the sails, and went to Dongfan Island.

(End of this chapter)