Chapter 1363 Conquer Zhongzuosuo City

Although the wave of the Houjin Cavalry came with ferocious force, what greeted them was the Haihan position standing on the plain like a reef. After the intensive gunfire sounded, the wave was already blocked before it even hit the reef.

Shattered. After the war horses and cavalry at the front were shot and fell together, they were crushed by countless iron hooves from behind. The screams of the horses and the screams of the fallen were heard together. The scene was very tragic.

However, the bullets fired by the Haihan military formation on the opposite side seemed to be endless. Even if the Houjin cavalry risked their lives to attack, it would be difficult to move forward within a hundred meters. Although Muteb collected the Zhongzuo city before setting off,

All the armors and shields were used to equip this group of cavalry, but these protective measures still could not withstand the bullets fired from Haihan rifles. These armors designed to withstand cold weapons can only be used in this kind of battle situation.

It just serves as a psychological comfort.

The speed at which the Haihan Army harvested lives was no slower than the charging speed of the Houjin Cavalry. The hundreds of men and horses died as fast as they charged, so fast that Muteb, as the commander, did not even have time to issue any further orders.

After giving the order to turn, I saw that the charging cavalrymen were shot and fell to the ground row after row.

The killing was completed almost in an instant. Hundreds of golden cavalrymen failed to cause any waves in front of the dense musket formation. The person who charged the most fiercely among them fell down far away from the Haihan Army.

The battle line is still more than twenty meters away. Although it is only a few steps away for the cavalry, which can be reached in one breath, it is also the distance between life and death. Although the Houjin cavalry has the risk of fighting to the death,

heart, but does not have the ability to cross this space.

Takahashi Minami did not take action personally. He just rode on horseback, stood behind the soldiers, and reviewed the entire battle process with a calm attitude. Now he rarely rushes to the front line like he did when he was the company commander.

Because he gradually began to understand that the value of his existence did not lie in how many enemies he killed with his own hands, but in ensuring that the troops under his command could exert their strongest combat effectiveness on the battlefield. As a person who controls the direction of the war,

The value of a commander is far greater than if he personally participated in the fight. What's more, as long as the victory of the war belongs to Haihan, then the military merits he obtains will be far greater than taking the lives of several enemies with his own hands.

Although it is still unclear how many remnants of Hou Jin are in the city of Zhongzuo, Takahashi Nan can judge that the main force of the opponent's cavalry should have been exhausted in the previous three battles. This is not suitable for Haihan's battle plan.

This is undoubtedly good news. As long as the cavalry forces deployed by Hou Jin in this area are wiped out, Haihan will have a lot less worries when settling here. At least in terms of logistical supplies, he no longer has to worry about the future.

The issue of public security along the several miles from the seaside to Zhongzuosuo City.

"Clean up the battlefield!" Seeing that the situation was settled, Takahashi Nan ordered the cleaning up work to begin. As for the scattered Houjin cavalry who escaped from the battlefield, he was not worried. There were men from the cavalry battalion on the outside to intercept and suppress them.

Regarding the Houjin Cavalry's heroic charge to death, Takahashi Minami must be lying if he insists that he was not shocked at all. Among the armed forces of various countries he has fought against in the past few years, it is really extremely rare for an army to be able to do this.

Rare. These people are savage and fearless of death. Even when faced with an opponent as disparate in strength as the Haihan Army, they will still launch a desperate charge. It is no wonder that Ming Dynasty was defeated by such a group of seemingly primitive militants.

Gao Qiaonan recalled that before heading north from Zhejiang, Qian Tiandun had also emphasized that the enemies he would fight in the Liaodong region were extremely fierce. Although he had fought against the Jin army several times in the past year, until this time

After attacking Zhongzuosuo City for the first time, Gao Qiaonan had a deeper and more intuitive understanding of Qian Tiandun's words.

After receiving the order, two platoons of infantrymen held rifles with bayonets and began to clean up the battlefield in a long snake formation. For those Houjin soldiers who were seriously injured or trying to fight to the death, Haihan soldiers

They were all directly dealt with finishing blows or killed. The number of horses killed in these battles today was already hundreds, which even exceeded the number of horses owned by the cavalry battalion. It was probably enough to be stationed here in the future.

The troops will have food until the beginning of next spring.

Horse meat is not a meat suitable for the general public. Its inherent smell also requires certain cooking methods, so many people stay away from it. However, Haihan has a unique technical advantage, that is, it has mastered a large number of products produced in

Spices are found in the southern tropics, but are extremely scarce resources in Northeast Asia in this era.

Regarding how to use edible spices to marinate horse meat, the logistics department has long had mature recipes and operating methods. After the horse meat is washed and cut into strips, amomum villosum, grass buckle, cinnamon, fennel, pepper, aniseed, and nutmeg are added

, cloves, fresh ginger, cooking wine, salt and other ingredients, pickled and dried to make horse meat jerky with a unique flavor. You can also use local materials to fill horse intestines with spiced horse meat, and then air-dry it.

Horse meat sausage is also quite tasty. Fresh horse meat can also be braised in the same way as beef, or made into barbecue.

However, so many horses were killed in the battle this time. Even if they were cooked according to the existing methods, at least hundreds of people would have to spend several days. There are not so many people in the logistics and cooking, and they must be prepared from the combat troops.

Just deploy some people to help.

"Battal Commander, we have captured several Houjin officers, but one of them is seriously injured. Do you think we should provide treatment?"

The sound of reports from his subordinates woke Takahashi Nan out of his thoughts. He was actually not worried about the food supplies for the garrison in the future. The Haihan Army had fought against enemies from various countries in various environments in the past, and had never had any problems with supplies. It was just this.

After killing so many horses during the battle for the first time, he felt that it would be a waste to just abandon the horse corpses, so he had to try to make the best use of them.

Takahashi Nan nodded and said, "Bring the person over first and take a look."

Although Haihan had no intention of treating the enemy's seriously wounded during the battle against Lushunkou, and even stipulated that as long as the wounded were incapacitated, they would be dealt with directly. However, the rules are not absolute. If found,

If an important person on the enemy's side has been killed, then naturally there is still value in treating him. However, the authority to control this situation is in the hands of Minami Takahashi himself.

Soon the soldiers used a stretcher to carry an injured General Houjin to Takahashi Nan. The man was shot in the right chest. Although he was wearing plate armor, a hole was still made by the bullet, and there was blood.

It was bleeding everywhere. Takahashi Minami saw that he also had bleeding symptoms from his mouth and nose, and knew that this man's lungs were seriously injured, and even if Chief Morgan came in person, he might not be able to save his life.

"Has this person's identity been confirmed?" Takahashi Nan asked the officer escorting the person.

"Report to the battalion commander, according to the identification of the prisoners, this person is Jia La Ezhen Muteb who commanded the local Houjin Army."

After listening to this, Takahashi Nan nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at General Houjin who was lying on a stretcher coughing up blood. He thought that even the commander came out to charge into the battle. It seemed that he had indeed lost all his family wealth.

I cleaned it up. However, the man was so seriously injured that it would be a waste of resources to treat him, let alone to torture him for information. So I took a chance and asked him: "Do you know how to speak Chinese?"

After the Jin army had already surrendered many troops and generals from the Ming Dynasty, Mutebu understood Gao Qiaonan's words and struggled to respond: "Muttebu, I won't surrender!"

Seeing that he was injured like this and still refused to give in, Takahashi Minami was obviously determined to die. He couldn't help but praise: "He is a man, so I'll give you a good time!"

Takahashi Minami immediately pulled out the pistol from his waist, asked the soldiers next to him to take a few steps back, and shot Muteb in the head, killing him.

"Dig a separate pit for him when you bury him." Takahashi Minami waved his hand, indicating that his body should be carried away, which was considered to be the end of the matter. Although he respected the other party's courage and determination as a soldier, he would not put more details into it.

He focused his energy on dealing with this matter. He killed the commander of the Hou Jin Army, but the battle around Zhongzuosuo City was not over yet.

Takahashi Nan looked at the sky. Seven hours had passed since the battle started in the morning, and there were still about three hours until dark. Today, the special operations battalion fought three battles with the Houjin Cavalry. Although they had a clear advantage,

However, the combat intensity is already quite high, and there are also a certain number of casualties. If we continue to attack Zhongzuosuo City, it will be a great test for the physical condition of the soldiers.

Of course, there is also good news for Haihan. After the group of Houjin cavalry that rushed over just now were eliminated, Gao Qiaonan can judge that there are not many armed forces in the city anymore, and it is likely that they are mainly infantry and logistics auxiliary personnel.

If Haihan launches an attack, the opponents in the city may not be able to resist.

Takahashi Nan's judgment was verified before the rest of the special operations camp ended. Some cavalrymen discovered that the north city gate was opened again. After a group of Houjin personnel left the city, they evacuated directly to the north. There were about six to seven hundred people in total.

many.

Takahashi Nan's first reaction was that the defenders in the city had abandoned the city. The destruction of the cavalry led by Muteb outside the city probably extinguished the last hope of the defenders in the city. If they didn't seize this opportunity

If you have the opportunity to leave, when the Haihan army breaks through the south gate, it may be too late to withdraw.

Takahashi Nan ordered the cavalry to continue tracking the opponent's troops retreating to the north, and then ordered people to enter the city from the north gate to check the situation. The cavalry entering the city soon found that the city was empty, so they rushed from the city to the south gate and opened the crumbling city gate.

, let the large troops enter the city.

Although a group of enemies were finally let go, Gao Qiaonan was not too depressed. During the siege, he had wiped out all the main forces of the Hou Jin garrison, including his commander. This was well accomplished.

The mission set before the war was completed. Now the defenders in the city were forced to abandon the city and flee, thus reducing unnecessary casualties on our side, which was actually a good thing.

While Gao Qiaonan sent people to the beach to report, he also led his army into the city and arranged manpower to inventory the material situation in the city.

The circumference of Zhongzuosuo City is only more than two miles and less than three miles. Most of the original houses in the city were destroyed in the war between Jin Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, so the city is full of tattered tents that look like refugees.

There were more camps than armed strongholds. When the Houjin garrison in the city hurriedly evacuated, they did not have time to take away these belongings, but the gold and silver were so soft that they basically did not take them away, leaving no loot for Haihan.

The few buildings in the city that could provide shelter from rain and sun were transformed into horse stables to accommodate the hundreds of horses that housed Hou Jin's garrison, as well as to stack and store fodder for the winter. There were not even metal utensils left in the city.

No matter how much they were lowered, there were only two earthen cannons on the city wall used for display. Perhaps because they were too heavy to carry, the Jin army did not take them with them when they evacuated.

"It seems that these fodder are our most important trophies." After a brief inspection of the situation in the city, Takahashi Nan came to a rather helpless conclusion. In the past, whenever the Haihan Army conquered a place, there would inevitably be many enemies.

Small harvests, such as in Penghu, Miyako Island, the Spaniard's Taipei Castle, and the Zhoushan Islands, the Haihan Army's harvests were quite generous. When an armed fortress was laid down like this, there were only mountains of fodder inside.

This is the first time even the well-informed Minami Takahashi has seen such a situation.

After the large army entered the city, they quickly divided up to clean up the facilities in the city. Naturally, they could no longer keep the smelly tents that the Jin army had lived in. Gao Qiaonan had people gather them together and transport them out of the city on trucks.

Burn it directly to prevent fleas and parasites from continuing to spread in the city.

The two wells in the city were blocked by the Jin army before they evacuated. Fortunately, they were in such a hurry that it was not difficult to solve this level of blockage. It just took more time to remove the stones from the wells.

Get them all out.

After further searching the city, the soldiers found several survivors hiding in the haystacks of the stables. After a brief interrogation, it was determined that they were all Han Chinese from Liaodong and were sent here to work as slaves by Hou Jin.

They also took advantage of the chaos before the Hou Jin army evacuated and hid in the haystack, finally escaping safely. Although they didn't recognize Haihan as an immortal, they could always understand Chinese, and they all quickly cried and told each other

A tragic experience, hoping to win some sympathy.

Under the guidance of these Han people, the soldiers found the cellars used by the Later Jin Army to store grain in two locations in the city. There were about three to four thousand kilograms of grain in total. It may be that the Later Jin Army left in a hurry and did not have time to destroy these stored grains.

It may also be that they were lucky enough to think that Haihan's army would not discover these cellars, but all in all, in the end, all these benefits fell into Haihan's hands. And Takahashi Minami, who was originally seriously disappointed with the trophies harvested, saw

After eating these foods, my mood finally improved a little.
Chapter completed!