Horse on the World

Chapter 658 Offense and Defense on the Coastline

"Stupid!" Zheng Zhiyuan was furious, raised his leg and kicked the dejected Song Ming to the ground, still not relieved, picked up the helmet he put on the table, and raised his hand to smash Song Ming.Although Zhong Jing on the side looked worried, but seeing that Zheng Zhiyuan's helmet seemed to be smashed, and Song Ming didn't dare to dodge, he must be injured.Immediately, he took a step forward, raised his hand together, and lightly poked Zheng Zhiyuan's elbow. Zheng Zhiyuan's entire wrist went numb, and the iron helmet fell off immediately. Place lightly on the table.

"General Zheng calm down, Song Ming is also eager to make meritorious service and kill the enemy. Although there are faults, it is not unforgivable."

Zheng Zhiyuan looked at Zhong Jing with some suspicion, didn't Zhong Jing abolish his martial arts, why did he just poke lightly, and the strength in his hand completely disappeared.

Zhong Jing understood the doubt in Zheng Zhiyuan's eyes, and said with a smile: "It's just small skills. Although Zhong Jing has no martial arts, these small skills can be used with ordinary people's strength. The kung fu of fighting with knives and knives, such small tricks are not elegant."

Zheng Zhiyuan laughed, "Small tricks can solve big problems! Can General Zhong teach me such skills when he is free?"

Zhong Jing smiled, "As long as General Zheng is interested, we can compete at any time!"

Zheng Zhiyuan turned and looked at Song Ming, "Get out, if General Zhong hadn't interceded for you, I would have beaten your mother so hard that you wouldn't recognize you today, you bastard, so I exchanged a few broken boats for a thousand-year-old warship. Dozens of brothers have lost their lives, and your previous military exploits are all gone. If you make another mistake, I will take off the general’s uniform and become a soldier.”

"Thank you General Zheng, thank you General Zhong!" Song Ming got up, thanked the two of them repeatedly, and ran out of the cabin in a hurry.

In a night battle in Yangjiao Bay last night, more than 30 small fishing boats left by Zuo Fu were sunk and nearly [-] were sunk. On the side of the Dingzhou Navy, the stranded thousand-material warship was burned. After repelling Zuo Fu, the Dingzhou Navy tried their best. After rescuing the eight-ox crossbow, trebuchet and other heavy weapons on the ship, they could only watch helplessly as the warship burned slowly and sank.

This exchange ratio annoyed Zheng Zhiyuan greatly.

At this time, in the three directions of the harbor area controlled by the Dingzhou Navy, the opponent has assembled a large number of troops, the number of which is as high as tens of thousands. According to previous intelligence, it can be expected that more troops will gather here , Forming huge pressure on the Dingzhou Navy.Although most of the opponents are not regular troops, and are even farmers and fishermen carrying hoes and harpoons, they are tens of thousands of people after all, not tens of thousands of sheep. For a period of time, there will be great difficulties.

Zheng Zhiyuan had temporarily given up his intention of marching forward. The only troops he could use to go ashore for combat were 500 marines. Once caught in the enemy's vast ocean, it was still a matter of whether he could come back. Besides, Zheng Zhiqiang took away another 8000 troops. Of the [-] marines, there are only [-] left in my hands at this time. Although I have drawn some people from the sailors to join the marines temporarily, it has only expanded the landing combat force to [-].

Before receiving further instructions from Li Qing, Zheng Zhiyuan decided to use the position in the port area and the strong support of the warships at sea to effectively kill the enemy.Try to let the opponent be nearly retreated due to large-scale losses.

He knew that it would only be a matter of time before the army organized for a moment of bloody bravery would be disbanded after the bloody blood was killed, and after the bravery was killed. Perhaps at that time, it would be time to attack by himself.

And the first stage of this war will be the most difficult stage.

On May 28th, the weather was excellent. On the blue sky, there were white clouds, the sun was shining, the sea breeze was blowing slowly, the calm sea was swaying, and the scales of light came from a distance to the coast, hitting the shore side, making a crackling sound.There are seabirds flying freely on the sea surface, and from time to time, they shoot straight into the water like arrows. When the bird's claws are lightly grasped in the water, fish, big or small, will be lifted up in the air, and a series of water drops will fall in the air. The light penetrated and turned into colorful pearls, falling down one after another.

Where the coast and the sea connect, a turtle the size of a sea bowl crawls leisurely on the beach, leaving footprints along the way, and crabs the size of a fist shuttle back and forth between the gravel.A waterfowl landed and walked gracefully in front of the slow tortoise, stretched out its long beak, and knocked on the thick tortoise shell. The tortoise retracted its head and lay down quietly. On the sandy beach, the sound of beaks hitting turtle shells is very clear.

Quiet, an eerie silence between heaven and earth.

Boom, boom, boom!

An extremely monotonous drum sounded suddenly between the sky and the earth. The waterfowl that was sprinting towards the sea drew a beautiful arc, and then flew up into the sky again, circling back and forth. Turning to the direction of the sound, the busy crab among the gravel suddenly stopped.

Boom, boom, boom!

The drums still sounded again and again. Gradually, ten big drums and a hundred big drums thumped at the same time, and the sound shook Jiuxiao.

The birds circling on the sea immediately fluttered away, and the waterfowl knocking on the shell of the turtle also soared into the sky, and the slow tortoise poked its head out immediately, turned around and ran towards the sea as fast as it could, breaking into pieces. The crab between the stones also moved, looking for a gap in the stone that could cover itself, trying to squeeze itself in.

The world seems to be boiling suddenly.

"Protect my homeland, move forward! Protect my wife and children, move forward!"

A roar came from the mouths of tens of thousands of people, and people all over the mountains and plains approached the line of defense step by step. Just looking at their appearance, these people were not soldiers. They were dressed in various clothes, and some were holding There are big knives, some are holding spears, and some are just holding hoes and carrying harpoons.They swarmed up without fear.

At first they maintained a certain formation, but as they began to run, they became disorganized at all, some places were dense, some places were sparse, and some places were even out of line.

The only thing they have in common is the determination on their faces.

Tang Hu held his two knives, frowned, and looked at the opponent who was approaching from the other side of the line of defense. "I've seen his mother's living ghosts. These are ordinary people. Why did they come here? Isn't this seeking death?" Tang Hu's hands trembled slightly as he looked at those faces, old or young.

He turned his head and looked at the Izumo ship moored in the harbor, where Zheng Zhiyuan's headquarters was located.On the command deck of Gaogao Izumo, there were two people standing on the side of the ship, they were Zheng Zhiyuan and Zhong Jing.

The high tower of the Izumo allowed them to see the situation on the opposite side very clearly. Zheng Zhiyuan's eyes flashed coldly, "Driving the common people into battle, this kind of thing can be done. After we take this place, we can come up with such a thing." Pay attention to the person who comes, I will cut him into pieces."

Zhong Jing also frowned slightly, "The two armies are fighting against each other, and they will do everything they can. General Zheng, maybe in their eyes, we are all hateful invaders. Is there any other way? It's a massacre! Perhaps we can withdraw from the line, retreat to the sea, and think of other ways."

Zheng Zhiyuan glanced at Zhong Jing in surprise, this is a well-known ruthless character in the investigation department, why did he suddenly feel compassionate? "This is impossible. The arrow is on the string, and we have to launch it. Anyone who attacks our defense line is our enemy. Let alone retreat to the sea, even a step back. The Dingzhou Army has never been coerced by anyone."

"General, enter the range of the trebuchet!" The watchman shouted loudly from the tall lookout building.

"Launch!" Zheng Zhiyuan raised his arm high and dropped it violently.

The sound of collapse and collapse sounded, and dozens of trebuchets on the Chuchen launched stone bullets at the same time. The roaring stone bullets swept across the sky, crossed the harbor defense line, and smashed heavily among the running crowd. Zheng Zhiyuan clearly saw that someone was hit Flying far away, the person was in the air, and the bright red blood sprinkled down like raindrops. The stone bomb landed, bounced, knocked down the second person, landed again, bounced again, and rolled all the way, forming a blood path.

With the firing of the Izumo, all the warships in the harbor were fired at the same time, and the stone bullets covering the sky blocked the sun, forming a large shadow on the ground, falling among the crowds all over the mountains and plains, and the dense formation A large expanse of blank space leaked out.

When the warships in the harbor opened fire, the eight-ox crossbows on the defense line also sounded at the same time. The unique screaming sound of four eight-ox crossbows could not be concealed even on the battlefield where the sound of killing was overwhelming. It is too dense, and the crossbowmen don't even need to aim, just load the crossbow, trigger and fire, each crossbow arrow will always string the people on the opposite side into a string, and once the crossbow goes out, several people will die.

"Rush forward, rush forward!" A Taiwan military officer shouted hoarsely, "A further 100 meters forward, the trebuchet will not be able to hit us!"

The attackers heard the officer's roar, which made them see hope in their despair. They ran desperately and ran forward, 100 meters, which was the boundary between life and death.

Seeing that the enemies in the front line were gradually getting out of the attack range of the trebuchets, Zheng Zhiyuan on the Izumo smiled coldly and gestured to the signalmen on the mast. Following a series of flags, some warships immediately lifted anchor and retreated , After retreating a certain distance, the trebuchet launched again, covering the opponent who had just rushed into the dead corner.

Song Ming held a cooked copper stick in his hand, which was his weapon, and stared intently at the enemy rushing towards him.Zheng Zhiqiang led the team away, and Tang Hu was a hands-off general who only cared about killing people and didn't care about commanding. He took full command of the highest command of the coastal defense line.

Seeing the enemy fell in pieces, he shook his head, "Damn, this is not a war, this is a massacre, these idiots, without the suppression and counterattack of process weapons, this kind of attack is completely self-defeating. Yipin Bow, Prepare!"

Although he said words of pity in his mouth, he didn't feel the slightest pity in his heart. Seeing that a group of enemies had completely escaped the range of the ship's catapults and entered a blind spot, he immediately issued an order.

"At a 45-degree angle, throw!"

The buzzing sound was endless, and arrows like locusts leaped out from above the defense line, enveloping the enemy.

(End of this chapter)