Chongzhen Ming Dynasty: Starting from Coal Mountain

Due to the astronomical tide at the beginning of the month, the sea water filled the trenches outside the gun platform, visually, the left and right gun platforms and Dagukou were divided into three isolated islands.

And in fact, this is indeed the case.

The left and right gun platforms have indeed become isolated islands.

Fortunately, both gun platforms stored enough supplies.

There will be no need for food and ammunition to be expensive within at least half a day and half a month.

Just as the two were observing the left and right gun platforms, there was another scream of shells tearing the air in front of them. The sharp whistle could really pierce the eardrums of people and even make people's heads explode.

"A thief." Chen Mingyu immediately cursed with a dark face.

"The red cannons of Jiannu are bombarding the left and right gun platforms again, and it's really not a stop."

Yan Yingyuan raised his telescope and said with a smile: "Gongchen, so many days have passed, are you not used to it?"

From the first day when the Ming army began to strengthen the guardrail walls of left and right gun platforms, Jiannu's Red Barbarian cannons never stopped. However, at the beginning, Jiannu's Red Barbarian cannons were small, so the firepower was sparse.

But starting yesterday, Jiannu's artillery firepower suddenly became much denser.

Needless to say, more red cannons must have been urgently transferred from Beijing.

However, since the slope protection had not been hollowed out by Jiannu at that time, no matter how many red cannons Jiannu had, it could not stop the Ming army from strengthening the guardrail walls of the left and right gun platforms.

It is even more impossible to prevent the reinforcement of the protective wall in Dagukou.

Because it was not to break through the left and right gun platforms first, Jiannu's Red Barbarian Cannon could not hit Dagukou at all.

But starting yesterday, as the guard wall outside the gun platform was hollowed out by Jiannu, Jiannu's Red Barbarian cannons could finally pour the projectiles on the guard wall of the gun platform.

Yan Yingyuan looked forward by looking far away,

I saw dust splashing from time to time on the front wall of the left and right gun platforms.

It was the dust splashed by Jiannu's shells on the guard wall. From time to time, pieces of soil would fly off the guard wall.

Although the strength of Sanhe Earth is far better than that of ordinary rammed earth, it is still only Sanhe Earth. After all, it will still be damaged by the Red Barbarian Cannons of Jiannu.

Fortunately, the damage is not serious.

It is impossible to collapse in a short period of time.

However, the piles on the top of the guardrail were seriously damaged.

According to Yan Yingyuan's estimate, there will be no problem if he persists for about half a month.

As for what to do in half a month, there is no need to worry too much.

First, the navy had already come back at that time, and second, the tide could not always be maintained at the highest level. When there is a high tide, there will be a low tide. After the tide is gone, it will only be a way to strengthen the slope protection.

Chen Mingyu was unhappy and asked with a dark face: "Yeheng, I took a look at it. Jiannu's artillery position is only about 800 steps away from the left and right gun platforms, and only 1,500 steps away from our artillery camp. This distance is actually within the range of the 4-inch field artillery of our artillery battalion. Why have you been slow to let the artillery battalion launch a countermeasure?"

The 4-inch field cannons of the Ming army were placed at Dagukou, and there were only ten tiger squat cannons on the left and right sides of the gun tables.

After a moment of saliva, Chen Mingyu said again: "Even if the red artillery cannons cannot be destroyed by Jiannu, they can at least force their artillery positions to move far away, which will pose a smaller threat to the left and right gun platforms."

Yan Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "No, it's not time to use the artillery camp."

"It's not time yet?" Chen Mingyu said anxiously, "When will we have to wait?"

"When it's time to use the artillery camp," Yan Yingyuan said nothing.

"I don't understand, what are you waiting for?" Chen Mingyu said angrily.

"Not only is it not for the 4-inch cannon to fight back, but it also deliberately installed half of the gunpowder in the previous battle, deliberately making Jiannu mistakenly think that our 4-inch cannon can only hit seven or eight hundred steps. What is your purpose for?"

"I can't say it either." Yan Yingyuan said, "maybe it will come in handy."

"Maybe it can come in handy?" Chen Mingyu smiled bitterly and stopped saying anything.

In any case, Yan Yingyuan was the main general of Dagukou and his immediate superior to Chen Mingyu.

Yan Yingyuan turned around and looked at the vast Beihai behind him and asked, "Gongchen, the navy of Duke of Min is almost supposed to go to the sea outside Dagukou, right?"

"It's probably already in the outer sea, because the North Sea has thawed a long time ago."

Chen Mingyu said: "I hope the Duke of Min will not rush to launch an attack. It is best to wait until the warship of the Jiannu Navy penetrates into the trenches of the left and right gun platforms, or suddenly launch an attack after the night. Only in this way can the Jiannu Navy be wiped out in one fell swoop, otherwise there will inevitably be fish that missed the net."

"You and I don't need to worry about you here." Yan Yingyuan said with a smile, "The Duke of Fujian has been roaming all over the world for many years, and has never seen any kind of formation? So he knows better than us what should we do to completely wipe out the Jiannu Navy."

"That's true." Chen Mingyu felt relieved when he heard this.

...

Just as Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu expected.

The navy led by Zheng Zhilong had already arrived at the sea outside Dagukou.

Even the Wei River has been thawed and opened to navigation, let alone the Beihai.

When Zheng Zhilong found that the North Sea had thawed, he led the navy to come as soon as possible.

Moreover, not only Zheng Zhilong's navy came, but also another navy led by Zheng Hongkui.

Zheng Hongkui's navy was originally working with Xu Yingwei to fight, but there was no enemy situation on the Gaizhou Guard. Xu Yingwei was idle and had even started to build a gun platform towards Haizhou Guard. He planned to build a gun platform on the east bank of the Liao River to block the traffic between the east and west banks of the Liao River.

Xu Yingwei was busy repairing the gun platform, so Zheng Hongkui brought the navy to attack Zheng Zhilong.

Although the two brothers did not take the Jiannu Navy, which was adapted from the Dongjiang Navy, there is a saying that the lions fight against the rabbits and try their best, so in order to ensure that the Jiannu Navy was wiped out in one fell swoop, the more troops the navy mobilized, the better. The two brothers did not even plan to leave a chance for the Jiannu Navy.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, when we arrived about 30 miles away from the sea outside Dagukou, Zheng Zhilong ordered to stop.

Zheng Zhilong has been circulating all over the world for many years, so he naturally knows that the sea level has a curve. As long as the bird boat with 400 materials is hiding 30 miles away, even its mast will be blocked by the sea level.

But once it enters within 30 miles, the mast will be observed on the shore.

If you enter within 20 miles, the hull of half a bird boat will be exposed to Jiannu's vision on the shore.

Of course, this refers to a bird boat of four hundred materials. A bird boat of two thousand materials needs to be anchored at a longer distance, otherwise it will be easily seen by the lookout of Jiannu or Jiannu Navy.

The Navy's more than 400 warships could only be parked 30 miles away.

However, Zheng Zhilong still sent Shi Lang to take several small boats to conduct close reconnaissance.

After noon, Shi Lang came back and reported to Zheng Zhilong: "Master, the Jiannu Navy has arrived at Dagukou now, and it is probably about to launch an attack on Dagukou."

"Okay." Zheng Zhilong nodded happily and said to Zheng Hongkui, "Fourth Lao, send orders to all warships anchor, and all the red cannons will load the ammunition first. Just wait until it gets dark and follow me to rush to Weihekou. After reaching Weihekou, you will lead a line of naval forces to block the Weihe River and cut off the retreat of Jiannu Navy."

"Yes." Zheng Hongkui agreed solemnly.

...

At this time, the atmosphere inside the Jiannu Central Army's tent was a bit stagnant.

Fulin looked around and found that whether it was Dorgon, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Hou Fangyu and other Han ministers, or Manchu generals such as Luke Dehun and Luo Luohun, they all seemed a little nervous.

Obviously, everyone, including Dorgon, was unsure.

So, Fulin deeply remembered the name Yan Yingyuan.

This Yan Yingyuan is not simple, but only five or six thousand partial masters, and they are trapped in a corner of Dagukou, which can actually make the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty so afraid.

The footsteps sounded, and Cao Eryu hurried in.

"Master, the flag directors of Zhenghongqi and the Green Camp soldiers have already met with the navy."

"Let's go, we'll go to the well railing." Dorgon turned around and walked out. Hong Chengchou and several Han ministers, Luo Luohun, Luke Dehun and other Manchu generals also quickly followed.

There are more than one well railing car that will be installed here.

When Dorgon led Fulin and others along the wooden ladder to the battle shed on the roof of the well railing, the twenty Niulu flag-doors of Zhenghong Banners and the 20th Battalion of the Green Camp soldiers had already boarded the navy's warship.

The navy had nearly 200 warships, and the bird boat with 400 materials carried an average of nearly 200 people, the Haicang boat with 200 materials carried an average of 80 people, and the Cangshan boat carried thirty people.

Azig's military talent is actually pretty good.

Given that there were 20 red-clothed cannons in Dagukou Town, Ajige did not rush to attack Dagukou, but first pointed his finger at the left and right gun platforms.

Obviously, Ajige planned to seize the left and right gun platforms first and break the Ming army's horns.

At this time, the outer trenches of the left and right gun platforms had been filled with sea water and were connected with the Wei River and the Beihai, so the warships of the Qing army's navy easily entered the outer trenches of the gun platforms.

The external trench, thirty steps wide, is equivalent to a river channel nearly 50 meters wide and more than 3 meters deep.

Nearly 200 warships loaded with Qing army flags and Green Camp soldiers soon surrounded the Ming army's two gun platforms.

However, what is bizarre is that the Ming army on the gun platform has not been moved, but instead allowed the Qing navy's warship to surround it. I don't know if it was because it was helpless or if there was another conspiracy?

Then, with the sound of a cannon, nearly two hundred warships of the Qing army leaned the bow to the guardrail of the gun platform at the same time.

The bow of the warship had just approached the guard wall, and the Green Camp soldiers who had been on standby for a long time jumped to the forty-five degrees of slope protection first, and then stepped on the slope protection to launch a back attack.

The Green Camp soldiers adopted a standard array.

The one who rushes ahead is always a knife player.

More than five hundred green camp soldiers carried heavy wooden signs and rushed to the guardrail.

At this time, the Ming army on the gun platform finally reacted. Thousands of Ming army musketeers stood up from behind the guard wall almost at the same time, held the self-generated musket and pulled the trigger. The smoke spread out in an instant.
Chapter completed!