Chapter 1361 The troops are approaching the city

After this short but extremely fierce battle ended, Takahashi Minami ordered the troops to pause their advance, rest on the spot, gather the team to clean the battlefield, and send the wounded and prisoners to the beachhead on the seaside.

Although the special operations battalion cleanly defeated the Houjin Cavalry in the previous battle and caused great damage to them, their own side also suffered a small amount of battle damage. This is not because the Houjin Cavalry broke through the infantry.

Instead of the firepower network, the enemy fired a round of arrows in a projectile manner from a distance. The Haihan Army did not have protective equipment such as armor. In this case, several people were inevitably injured by the arrows. This is also

Fortunately, the opponent was shooting arrows while riding on horseback, so there was not much accuracy. If he had been killed at a relatively close distance, the number of casualties might have been much higher.

In comparison, some of the Hou Jin Cavalry equipped with armor are actually not much better. The safe distance for Haihan infantry to fire is based on precise calculations to ensure that the bullets are powerful enough to penetrate the Hou Jin Cavalry.

The armor that can be equipped. Moreover, the power of the Haihan Army's almost non-stop intensive firepower output is completely different from the sparse mounted attack of the Golden Cavalry.

The Hou Jin soldiers who were directly hit by bullets and fell from their horses had only half their lives left even if they were not dead. Only a few Hou Jin soldiers who fell to the ground because their horses were shot were saved, but these people believed that they still had a chance to fight.

After falling from their horses, they still tried to fight, but what waited for them was not the Haihan infantry who rushed to fight, but several rounds of hot bullets. The soldiers of the special operations battalion received instructions to kill as many enemies as possible.

army, so when they saw the enemy soldiers trying to resist, they did not try to persuade them to surrender. Instead, they directly shot and knocked down the opponents in accordance with the instructions they received before the battle.

For the seriously injured enemy soldiers, the special operations battalion did not intend to waste resources on treating them, and directly dealt with the prisoners who had lost the ability to move. In the end, there were not many survivors captured and taken away by Haihan. In total,

There were only about ten people. But this was not the biggest gain of this battle. After hundreds of golden cavalry rushed out, they left nearly half of their intact horses. The cavalry quickly gathered these horses together, and then collected the remains of those who died in the battle.

The corpses were piled on horseback and taken to the beachhead for placement and processing.

The logistics force also quickly transported another batch of ammunition from the beachhead position to supplement the battle consumption. At the same time, Qian Tiandun sent dozens of soldiers to fill the vacancies left by the casualties. During the battle just now,

, he never put down his hands holding the binoculars, paying attention to the fighting situation throughout the whole process. Fortunately, this time the soldiers did not disappoint him as always, and they neatly eliminated the hundreds of golden soldiers behind the cavalry.

The course of the battle was not much different from Qian Tiandun's expectation. Although the Houjin cavalry were brave, they still seemed unable to adapt to this new tactic they had never seen before. The consequences of blindly charging brutally were just that the Haihan soldiers

There is one more opportunity for live ammunition and target shooting training. If it were not for some masters of mounted archery among the Houjin Cavalry, this infantry and cavalry confrontation might even result in zero casualties. For the special operations battalion, this kind of

The tactics are applied to actual combat for the first time, and the current results are enough.

However, Qian Tiandun also noticed that the number of cavalry troops deployed by the Jin Army outside the city this time was significantly larger than before. This may be one of the reasons why the opponent came out from hiding in the forest with no fear. They probably thought that these cavalry troops were enough.

To overwhelm the advancing Haihan infantry array, they did not expect that this was a tactic laid by the Haihan army to lure the enemy. And the other party dared to deploy so many cavalry outside the city, which shows the strength of the Houjin troops stationed here.

It should have increased as well.

However, based on the city defense situation here, it is not practical for the Later Jin Army to station too many troops here. After all, what they want is to defend this armed stronghold on the north side of Lushunkou. If Haihan captures this fortress, then

Even if they had several times the strength here, they would not be able to take back the place from the Haihan people - in terms of the ability to defend the city, the Hou Jin Army knew that it was far behind the Haihan Army, which was equipped with a large number of firearms.

, there is no chance of winning at all.

Winter is coming soon, and even if the Hou Jin army is cold-resistant, they will have to live in a fortress to take shelter from the wind and rain in order to successfully survive the severe winter test. Considering the scale of winter supplies that can be stored here, Qian Tiandun judged based on this, the Hou Jin army

The number of troops deployed by the army in Lushunkou should not exceed 2,000. Counting the logistics personnel and family members accompanying the army, the population of Houjin inside and outside the city where Zhongzuo is located is at most 3,000. And the Haihan expedition here this time

There are already more than 2,000 combat personnel. It can be said that the opponent is basically guaranteed to be defeated. It just depends on how many tricks are needed to achieve the goal.

However, Haihan did not carry many heavy artillery in this cross-sea battle, but mainly used light field artillery. Even the artillery only came with one company. When Qian Tiandun was conducting shooting tactics, he had no intention of using heavy artillery.

To destroy this stronghold, Haihan still had to rely on this place for defense after taking it from Hou Jin, so he couldn't destroy it too much, otherwise he would have to spend time repairing it afterwards.

The use of infantry to attack cities has been a customary method in the past dynasties. However, Qian Tiandun did not intend to let his soldiers climb the walls on ladders and risk their lives to fight hand-to-hand with the Jin army. He planned to use other methods to attack the city.

fortress.

After resting in the battle zone for about an hour, the Haihan Army set off again and slowly continued to advance towards the center-left city. At the same time, behind the infantry, several artillery carriages also appeared behind the Jin Army under the pull of pack horses.

In the field of vision, compared to the weird muskets that can be fired continuously in the hands of Haihan soldiers, the shocking effect of weapons like artillery is more direct. Even Muteb, who had always been calm, looked confused when he saw the appearance of these artillery pieces.

He couldn't help but quickly become gloomy.

Muteb did not have much experience fighting against the Haihan Army, but his predecessors spent many lives of soldiers summarizing the experience. That is, the artillery of the Haihan people is extremely powerful and must not be confronted head-on. Although the Haihan Army took the initiative this time

They left the fire cover of the naval guns, but they had already moved the artillery ashore and advanced with the infantry.

Originally, the Hou Jin army had no way of restraining this routine. During the battle against the Ming Dynasty, the Hou Jin cavalry was almost invincible in the wild. The Ming Dynasty had no idea of ​​allowing artillery to advance so easily, and could only use a large number of armed forces to fight against it.

They need to be escorted. But the Haihan infantry has just proved that they are not inferior in the face of the Houjin Cavalry. If they want to break through their defense and destroy these artillery carriages, I am afraid it will not be so easy to accomplish. Moreover, Mutebu is also worried in his heart.

I very much suspect that the reason for the appearance of these artillery carriages is to induce them to send out cavalry to actively attack, and then let the Haihan infantry take the opportunity to harvest a wave of heads.

Of course Muteb was unwilling to be trapped in the city, but if he continued to send out cavalry, he would easily repeat the same mistakes and continue the tragedy. While he was hesitating, the Haihan Army was getting closer and closer to the city and entered the artillery fire.

It is within the range. Of course, this artillery range refers to the artillery of the Haihan Army. There are only two cannons symbolically set up on the top of Zhongzuo City. It is hard to say whether they can be fired.

Muteb did not dare to try to use these two cannons. There were clearly visible cracks and gaps everywhere on the cannons. If he loaded them with explosives, his own men might be destroyed first. These two cannons were still used when he came to take office.

His superiors assigned him equipment to stabilize military morale, and he was also given very clear instructions not to use it unless absolutely necessary to avoid any trouble.

Looking at the artillery carts getting closer and closer outside the city, Muteb could not help but utter a series of curse words in his heart. Apart from a group of archers, he had no other long-range attack methods at his disposal. This required

How to deal with the Haihan Army? Should we use our flesh and blood to block the mouth of the artillery?

Muteb remembered that there were many muskets and artillery among the surrendered Han troops, but those Han troops, including their men and equipment, were transferred to the direction of Shanhaiguan to fight. On the Liaodong Peninsula, only people like him relied on old weapons to fight.

Defense troops. This was enough to deal with the small-scale harassment battle in Dongjiang Town, but when facing an opponent of Haihan's level, Muteb also understood that the situation of his troops was really not good enough.

The Haihan Army had stopped advancing and began to set up a position a hundred feet outside the city. Even if Muteb used archers at this distance, it would be useless. Even if the bows and arrows in their hands were thrown, they would not be able to hit the opponent's position.

It was impossible to create any threat to the Haihan people at all. And the opponent's infantry had begun to gather and gather. At this time, sending the cavalry to charge into the formation would probably be more difficult than before.

Seeing the opponent unhurriedly begin to unload the artillery carts and set up artillery positions, Muteb became even more anxious as if he was on fire. Although he didn't quite understand Haihan's tactics, he also knew that as soon as the shelling started, he would be responsible for guarding it.

The fortress was afraid that it was going to be cold. In desperation, he could only order three hundred more cavalry and let them go out of the city to charge. However, this time Muteb specially told the leading officer that if the situation was not good,

Instead of attacking the front, you can try to attack its flanks or rear in a roundabout way.

But the ensuing battle once again poured cold water on Muteb. This group of cavalry who rushed into the battle encountered an extremely dense hail of bullets. Before they could figure out what was going on, they saw the cavalry at the forefront.

The dozens of cavalrymen in front seemed to be blown down by a hurricane, and no one was spared. The cavalrymen who followed quickly changed their direction and tried to go around the flank of Haihan's position first.

There is nothing wrong with this approach, but the Houjin cavalry clearly did not judge the range of the Haihan rifle accurately enough, so they paid the price of dozens of cavalry when passing by the flank. But even so, they were not able to find it.

This is an opportunity to outflank the rear of Haihan's position, because there are hundreds of Haihan cavalry waiting for their arrival.

When Niu Luerzhen, who was leading the charge, realized that there was no hope of getting close to the Haihan soldiers, he decisively chose to leave the battlefield. Fortunately, the decision was made quickly enough, and the more than 300 cavalrymen who went out to fight in the city only lost close to 100,000 soldiers.

Most of the 40% of the men and horses did not fall in like the two cavalrymen before.

Takahashi Nan observed the battle calmly and issued some simple instructions to the messengers from time to time. He did not order the cavalry to pursue the fleeing enemy troops. Splitting the troops was still a very dangerous move for Haihan, not to mention the city controlled by the opponent.

Just a hundred feet away, maybe another cavalry group in the opponent's city is waiting for them to split up their troops to pursue them, and then wait for an opportunity to leave the city and charge again.

Qian Tiandun gave him the instruction to consume the opponent's cavalry troops as much as possible. So far, this task has been completed quite well. After two battles, four to five hundred Houjin cavalrymen fell to Haihan's guns.

Below. In all the battles in the past year, the Haihan Army has never achieved such a large number of results.

The existence of the special operations battalion outside the city itself can play a role in attracting firepower. The first attack after the attack was unable to withstand the temptation, and the second attack was unable to withstand the pressure. Takahashi Minami wanted to see what if

If we continue to exert pressure on the Hou Jin army in the city, what kind of response will they make? Will they continue to send cavalry outside the city to carry out such a near-death charge?

Taking advantage of the time to clean up the battlefield, Takahashi Minami went to the gun position in the middle of the position and had a brief communication with the artillery company commander. Although these guns on the front line are all small-caliber artillery, if used properly, their power is also very powerful.

It should not be underestimated either. What Takahashi Nan wants to do is to use small cannons to make big things happen.

The shooting accuracy of the Haihan artillery at this distance is quite good, so the artillery fired directly at the south gate of Zhongzuo City, which is directly opposite the position. The artillery lived up to their expectations, and the first artillery fired directly hit the city gate.

Although the cannonball was too small to tear the city gate into pieces, the muffled sound when it hit the city gate made all the Houjin troops in the city feel nervous.

They really had no idea how many shells this three-inch-thick wooden city gate could withstand, but everyone understood that it was impossible for this city gate to withstand the constant bombardment of the Haihan Army.

It is only a matter of time before the city gate is blasted open. At that time, whether everyone should rush out together or stay in the city and wait for the Haihan people to attack and fight to the death. This is a difficult question to decide.

Muteb was standing in the square behind this city gate. Hundreds of horsemen and horses had gathered around him again, but now the south gate could not be opened, and the city gates on the east and west sides had long been sealed with stones.

If you go out of the city from the north gate and go around, you have to run at least two or three miles more, and the effect of the surprise attack is completely lost. If you don't go out of the city to fight, after the Haihan army blasts open the city gate, there will be so many cavalry crowded in the city.

He couldn't do anything, so he had to dismount and fight on foot. This was undoubtedly a way to break his own arm. What should he do? Muteb couldn't help but once again fell into a dilemma.
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