The rise of the prince

Chapter 622 Follow-up Battle
When Xiao Qian regained consciousness again, the loud noises in his ears had stopped, half of his body was so painful that he was numb, he couldn't move, he was weak and weak, every breath was very laborious.

He vaguely saw five or six people standing in front of him, they were Jing Guo soldiers, and they were looking at him.

Xiao Qian was very panicked. He felt that it was getting more and more difficult to breathe, and he said with weak efforts: "I am the North Mansion of the Liao Kingdom (the Liao Kingdom has the North and South Mansions, and there are South and North Courts. Clan affairs) Prime Minister, I want to see your commander!"

Several soldiers looked blank, "What did he say?"

"I don't know, it's very pitiful for the old man to come to war at such an old age. It looks like he was hit by a cannon, his hand was broken, and a big piece of flesh was torn off. Even his ribs leaked out, and he bled so much. It must be impossible." One of them shook his head.

"Old man, your lungs are about to leak out like this. You will only die in pain. Please help me out. It is a crime to fight at such an age." The other person shook his head and pointed a gun at his head.

"Probably because the children in the family are not filial." The other person also shook his head.

Xiao Qian's pupils constricted, he couldn't feel the pain suddenly, he finally realized, how could Jing Guo soldiers understand his Khitan language, and shouted anxiously: "No, no, no, no!" But it was already too late.

"Crack!" There was a crisp gunshot, and blue smoke slowly rose. The Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion of the Daliao Kingdom, a veteran of the two dynasties, and a high-ranking official died on the battlefield. Unfortunately, no one recognized him.

In the face of death, all people are equal, so it is said that when the emperor is angry, he lays down millions of corpses, and when a man is angry, his blood splatters five steps, but the emperor is also afraid of the man.

Afterwards, a few soldiers pulled some thatch and leafy branches from the surroundings to cover the corpse, and continued to search forward. There were not many of them, and there was not much time, so there was no time to deal with the corpse. Search both sides of the river, open fire at random when encountering enemies, search north to the end of residential areas, search south to the edge of the woods, and do not enter the woods.

The progress on the north bank was very fast, because many houses in the residential area collapsed under the artillery fire, and there was no bunker to rely on. The exposed Liao army was vulnerable to the sudden firing of the guns. Fighting spirit, one after another fled desperately.

The south bank is more dangerous, relying on the woods. After fleeing from the river into the woods, the Liao army used the woods to organize a counterattack. It was difficult to find the enemy outside the woods and could not attack effectively. The Chinese shot an arrow.

Fortunately, in the face of this sudden situation, the new army has already had countless trainings. The two pulled the wounded back, and the rest kept shooting with sudden fire and throwing grenades into the woods for cover. Two flares were thrown in the general direction of the attack.

Rosin mixed with gunpowder, the violently burning orange-red flame, combined with a large amount of blue-black smoke, coupled with the clear weather and high visibility, gave the "Admiral Valiant Qirui" and "Admiral Qifang Qifang" docked on the river more than 200 steps away "The two fireships guided clearly.

The two fireships had a total of 24 guns facing the south bank, and they began to shoot continuously in the direction guided by the smoke. The overwhelming firepower knocked down the forest in this direction. If there were Tibetans inside, it would definitely be difficult to live.

After several rounds of shooting from the two fireships, several squads who were searching and moving around also leaned over to support them. After several rounds of shooting at the woods, they approached the woods. , The remaining dozens of people were all frightened and knelt on the ground and surrendered.

Di Zhi stood at the bow of the ship, observing the situation on both sides of the river from a distance. The third troop carrier "Dijian" was his flagship and the command center of the fleet going north.

This battle came in a hurry, but it was expected. After they went north from the mouth of the sea, they had seen suspicious people on the river bank several times. They were dressed as civilians, like the people around them, but they were riding good horses When you see a big ship, run away quickly.

Even a fool could tell that it was a scout from the Liao people. Di Zhi knew it at the time. Just as he guessed at the beginning, I am afraid that the Liao people would have known his route to the north, so after entering the Haihe River, he ordered two firepower ships to load and do Get ready to fire, and at the same time order some soldiers on the troop carrier to board the deck, ready to shoot at any time.

Sure enough, after turning a bend in the river, they encountered an ambush. Unfortunately, the bows and crossbows could not cause damage to the two fireships at the front, and their entrapment tactics seriously underestimated the displacement of the royal ship. The sentry tower of the lock was directly torn down by the leading "valiant general Qi Rui", and many Liao soldiers fell into the river and drowned.

And then the open plain area also allowed the firepower of the 48 guns of the two fireships to be fully utilized. The woods on the south bank were fine, and the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom ran into the woods after the first wave of blows.

It was miserable on the north bank. After being shot by the first wave, the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom ran to the houses on the bank to take shelter. The houses in these villages are not a problem at all to avoid bows and crossbows, but they can avoid artillery.
The artillerymen on the ship almost laughed out loud at the time, fearing they would miss them, but now they are better, hiding in a private house, the house is such a big target, it would be enough to just knock down the house, don’t worry if they miss them, they are all buried alive.

Therefore, the loss of the Liao army on the north bank was the heaviest. Most of them were earthen walls, thatched wooden roofs, and a few houses with tiled houses, which might be able to withstand the bombardment of artillery.

After less than half an hour (an hour) of fierce fighting, of course the fierceness was also one-sided. The north bank was already in ruins, and most of the Liao soldiers died under the rubble and ruins of the farmhouses they thought were safe.

Those who did not die also lost their combat effectiveness, some were injured, some were crushed by collapsed houses, etc., and were all shot dead one by one by the musketeers who landed later.

Di Zhi was very emotional. The Liao people knew they would come, but they still failed. As the prince said, it is not that they have no chance to fight back, but their backward cognition makes them powerless.

As for who told the Liao people that they would come, it was naturally those ministers in the court who did not want the prince to gain power.

While righteously denouncing the prince's Northern Expedition as a waste of the lives of the soldiers of the new army; at the same time, he secretly sent information to the Liao people through various small tricks, hoping that they would be buried in the Liao Kingdom.

The lives of more than ten thousand soldiers, the victory or defeat of the two countries, and the fate of the country are not as important as their own success.

Di Zhi was naturally indignant in his heart, the prince said he was smart, but the smarter he was, the more he understood the way of doing this, and the more he could detect the shady scene after the war, the more uncomfortable and angry he was.

(End of this chapter)