Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 203 Flesh Mill (please subscribe!)

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There is still a long distance away from Jeju Island, Wu Yanchong and Zheng Zhichang's expressions became very bad!

Incheon Port has not been demolished, but it has obviously been rebuilt, no, to be precise, it should have been destroyed - ships can only dock at a small pier, and that small pier can never park too many ships at a time , if it is a large ship with a load of 2000 shi, it can dock at most four ships at a time. That is to say, if they land from the pier, they can land at most [-] people at a time. And the premise is that their ships can dock smoothly. In addition, many obstacles have been set up on the pier, which makes it impossible for people to pass quickly on it. There are also many fortifications, and the figures inside are shaking. Thinking with your heels, you can also imagine that this pier will definitely be a very difficult piece. More bones!

Zheng Zhichang asked Wu Yanchong: "Old General, what should we do?"

Wu Yanchong said: "First the salutes and then the soldiers, first send envoys to persuade them to surrender, and at the same time send sentries to find other places where they can land, check the terrain on the pier...prepare to attack from the pier."

"Attack from the pier? They are well prepared on the pier!" Zheng Zhichang said.

Wu Yanchong said: "Although the conditions for attacking from the wharf are harsh and there will be heavy casualties, the wharf is the only place that can be attacked. Marshal, please look at the shore."

Zheng Zhichang looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "Jingyong!"

Wu Yanchong said: "They guard the coast with highly mobile cavalry. We have no chance of landing from the coast at all. We can only seize this pier. If we can stand on the pier and move forward bit by bit, as long as we pass by This section of the pier, we can launch an offensive."

Zheng Zhichang swallowed dryly, and said, "How many soldiers will die?"

Wu Yanchong said indifferently: "Compassion does not control soldiers."

Zheng Zhichang was silent. For the first time, this was the first time he felt that he should not be the marshal.

Wu Yanchong glanced at Zheng Zhichang, and then said: "This persuasion letter still needs to be written by the marshal. We are all illiterate warriors, so we can't do such a big thing."

Zheng Zhichang did not refuse, and wrote a beautiful and sharp letter of persuasion when he picked up the pen.

At the same time, Wu Yanchong also began to have people arrange sentries to scout the way, people to arrange people to bury pots and cook food, people to prepare ladders, wooden mantles, and large shields, people to set up trebuchets on big ships, and people to arrange archers. , in short, prepare for a strong attack.

The warriors who sent the letter of persuasion to capitulate went fast, and died even faster—it took a while before their heads were hung high, probably because he didn’t even take out the letter of persuasion written by Zheng Zhichang. was cut.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhichang was furious: "Barbaric! You don't even understand that the two countries will fight without beheading their envoys!"

Wu Yanchong shook his head and said nothing.

Zheng Zhichang asked, "What shall we do?"

Wu Yanchong said: "Let's attack directly."

Zheng Zhichang, who already knew that the battlefield is not easy to play just by reading a few military books, said: "It all depends on the old general."

Wu Yanchong didn't talk nonsense, so he just left and made final preparations.

Wu Yanchong was indeed experienced. Instead of attacking during the day, he endured until dark, and then sent more than [-] small boats to disperse and approach the pier.

The boat was still some distance away from the pier, and the Korean soldiers on board released ladders to set up on the boat and the pier respectively, and then the well-trained Korean soldiers rushed up the pier with large shields and wooden curtains!

At first all went well.

But when Gao Libing stood on the pier, a shower of arrows shot out from behind a fortification.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out!"

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Before these Gaoli soldiers could stand firm, they were shot to death by Liangshan soldiers, and then fell into the sea!
It turned out that the Liangshan army fought well, you have all sorts of ingenious strategies, I have certain rules, I will use the horse army to guard the coast, and the infantry to guard the pier, regardless of the side.

Seeing this, the commanders of the own Koryo Army ordered to suppress the bows and arrows of the Liangshan Army with bows and arrows.

Koryo bows are mostly horn bows. This kind of bow is very famous. After the bow is bowed, the bow body is bent upward at 190 degrees, which makes it very elastic. In the world, only Koryo horn bows have such a curvature.

The horn bow is made of more than eight kinds of wood, such as bamboo, willow, pine and hagi (huzhizi), and buffalo horns. The production process is also very detailed and complicated, and it takes about three months.

But its bow length is less than one meter, very small,

Miraculously, it can shoot arrows over 600 meters.

According to legend, the power of the horn bow can penetrate armor 500 meters away.

Of course, this is just a legend.

In fact, because the horn bow is a soft bow, and the arrows are made of light bamboo and pheasant feathers, they can shoot far and very fast.

However, the Koryo bow also has a big disadvantage, that is, its power is small.

How small is it?
As small as seventy or eighty steps away, it is very difficult to break through armor, even paper armor and leather armor.

In other words, unless it is shot where there is no armor, it is not fatal.

Of course, this is not completely absolute. If it is replaced with a heavy arrow, its power will be considerable, but in this way, it will not be able to shoot very far.

In short, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

In addition, the Koryo bow has disadvantages such as cumbersome maintenance, poor stability, and poor handling.

But then again, although there are many shortcomings, in terms of suppression alone, there is really nothing better than Goryeo bows and arrows, especially when tens of thousands of people are suppressing at the same time.

This was something Deng Fei, the commander-in-chief of the Liangshan Army at the wharf, and Qiao Daoqing, the military adviser, had never expected. Not only them, but even Li Yan and others did not expect it.

It has to be said that this battle was too hasty, so hastily that Li Yan and the others didn't even study the strengths and weaknesses of the Koryo Army, and then made such a big mistake.

This also made Li Yan force every army, every battalion, every capital, and even every Liangshan army to hold a summary meeting after every battle.

Long story short.

Because of the advantages of bows and arrows.

The Korean army easily passed the most difficult level-going ashore and establishing a bridgehead on the pier.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhichang said happily: "It's done!"

Wu Yanchong said, "It's still early."

really!

It's the same as what Wu Yanchong said.

Because a bridgehead was accidentally established by the Koryo army, after discussing with Qiao Daoqing, Deng Fei and Qiao Daoqing took advantage of the night to demolish several fortifications at the front, and withdrew the defense force to a place where the long-range weapons on the Koryo ship could not be suppressed.

Next, the Koryo army who landed on the pier desperately charged towards the land!

The Liangshan Army, who originally wanted to hide it, did not dare to hold back any more, and took out all the god arm crossbows and bed crossbows.

The battlefield was overwhelmed by the pounding sound of trebuchets and the shouts of soldiers on both sides. The two sides seesawed back and forth and charged repeatedly.

During the day, the Liangshan army of the defending side relied on the power of Jiahao, God's Arm Crossbow and Bed Crossbow to show off.

At night, the Koryo army, who regarded death as home, risked their lives to kill.

The soldiers on both sides are all advancing but not retreating, there is no enemy but no self, if you fail, you will be benevolent.

The troops of both sides went into battle in turn, attacking and defending for five days and nights in a row.

The small pier has become a flesh mill.

Let's not talk about the heavy losses of the attacking side, but let's talk about the casualties of the Liangshan Buyi Army guarding the pier.

Each battalion must have been replenished at least twice.

Seventy percent of the Ma Lin Battalion, which suffered the most casualties, were recruits, and less than [-]% of the veterans remained.

The commander Ma Lin was killed in battle, the commander Peng Qi was seriously injured, the deputy commander Zhu Jing was slightly injured, and the commander was slightly injured.

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(End of this chapter)