Chapter 1363
Conquering Zhongzuo City
Chapter 1363 Conquering Zhongzuo City
Although the wave of the Golden Cavalry was coming fiercely, what greeted them was the Haihan position standing on the plain like a rock.After the intensive gunfire sounded, the wave was smashed before it even hit the reef.After the horses and cavalry who rushed to the front were shot and fell down, they were crushed by countless iron hooves behind them. The neighing of the horses and the screams of the fallen horses rang together, and the scene was very tragic.
However, the bullets fired by the Haihan army formation on the opposite side seemed endless. Even if the rear golden cavalry rushed with their lives, it would be difficult to push forward within a distance of [-] meters.Although Mutbu collected all the armor and shields in Zhongzuo City to equip this group of cavalry before departure, these protective measures still cannot withstand the bullets fired by Haihan rifles.These armors designed to resist cold weapons can only play a role of psychological comfort in this kind of battle situation.
The speed at which the Haihan army reaped their lives was no slower than the charging speed of the rear golden cavalry.These hundreds of horses rushed as fast as they died, so fast that Mutbu, as the commander, didn't even have time to give the order to turn around, and he saw the cavalry under his charge being shot row by row. fell to the ground.
The killing was completed almost instantly. Hundreds of golden cavalrymen did not make any waves in front of the dense musket formation. The battle line is still more than 20 meters away.Although this is only a few steps away for the cavalry, it can be reached in one breath, but it is also the distance between life and death. Although the post-golden cavalry has the heart to fight to the death, they do not have the ability to cross this space. Ability.
Gao Qiaonan didn't make a move himself, he just rode on horseback, stood behind the soldiers, and reviewed the whole battle process with a calm attitude.Now he seldom rushes to the front line as he did when he was a company commander, because he has gradually begun to understand that the value of his existence does not lie in how many enemies he has killed with his own hands, but in ensuring that the troops under his command Able to exert the strongest combat effectiveness on the battlefield.As a commander who influences the direction of the war, his value is far greater than that of him personally participating in the fight.What's more, as long as the victory of the war belongs to Hai Han, then the military exploits he has gained will be far greater than killing a few enemies with his own hands.
Although it is not clear how many remnants of late gold there are in Zhongzuo City, Gao Qiaonan can judge that the opponent's main force of cavalry should have been exhausted in the previous three battles, which is very important for Haihan's battle plan. Undoubtedly good news.As long as the cavalry force deployed by Houjin in this area is wiped out in sevens and eighties, then Haihan will have less worries about settling here, at least in terms of logistics supplies, he no longer has to worry about going from the sea to the city of Zhongzuo The issue of public security in these few miles.
"Clean up the battlefield!" Gao Qiaonan saw that the general situation was settled, and ordered to start cleaning up the work.As for the sporadic post-golden cavalry who escaped from the battlefield, he was not worried. There were troops from the cavalry battalion in the periphery to intercept and suppress.
Regarding the heroic charge of the post-Golden Cavalry to die, it must be a lie for Takahashi Minami to insist that he was not shocked at all. Among the armed forces of various countries that he has fought against in the past few years, the army that can achieve this level is really extremely rare.These people are savage and unafraid of death. Even facing an opponent with such disparity in strength as the Haihan Army, they will still launch a desperate charge. It is no wonder that Daming was beaten back and forth by such a group of seemingly primitive militants.
Gao Qiaonan remembered that before going north from Zhejiang, Qian Tiandun also emphasized that the enemies who would fight in the Liaodong area in the future were extremely fierce.Although he had fought several times with the Hou Jin Army in the past year, it was not until this attack on Zhongzuo City that Gao Qiaonan had a more profound and intuitive understanding of Qian Tiandun's words.
After receiving the order, two platoons of infantry held their bayonet-mounted rifles and began to clean up the battlefield in a long snake formation.For those Houjin soldiers who were seriously injured or trying to die, the Haihan soldiers would directly make up or kill them.The number of horses killed in these few battles today is already hundreds, even more than the horses owned by the cavalry battalion, which is probably enough to feed the troops who will be stationed here until the beginning of next spring.
Horse meat is not a kind of meat suitable for the public, and its own smell also has certain requirements for cooking methods, so many people stay away from it.However, Haihan has a unique technological advantage, that is, it has mastered a large number of spices produced in the southern tropical regions, but in this era, Northeast Asia is an extremely scarce resource.
For how to use edible spices to marinate horse meat, the logistics department has already had mature formulas and operating methods.After the horse meat is cleaned and cut into strips, add ingredients such as amomum, grass buckle, cinnamon, fennel, pepper, aniseed, nutmeg, cloves, fresh ginger, cooking wine, salt, etc., marinate it and then dry it to make it with a unique flavor. The horse meat was dry.You can also use local materials to fill the horse meat with spices, and the dried horse meat sausage is also quite flavorful.And fresh horse meat can also be braised in brown sauce according to the method of cooking beef, or made into barbecue.
However, so many horses were killed in the battle this time, even if they were handled according to the existing method, it would take hundreds of people to spend several days.There are not so many people in the logistics and cooking, so it is necessary to transfer some people from the combat troops to help.
"Battalion Commander, we captured a few Houjin officers, but one of them was seriously injured. Do you want to give medical treatment?"
The voice of his subordinates’ report awakened Takahashi Nan from his contemplation. In fact, he was not worried about the food supply of the garrison in the future. The Haihan Army had fought against enemies from various countries in the past and had never had any problems with supplies. This was the first time he had killed so many war horses during a battle, which made him feel that it would be a bit wasteful to just abandon the horse corpses, and he should try to make the best use of them.
Takahashi Nan nodded and said, "Bring him over to have a look first."
Although Haihan did not intend to treat the seriously wounded during the cleaning of the battlefield during the attack on Lushunkou, and even stipulated that as long as the wounded were incapacitated, the wounded would be dealt with directly, but the rules are not absolute. If the important person of the enemy is killed, it will naturally still have the value of treatment.It's just that Takahashi Nanlai personally controls the authority to handle this scale.
Soon the soldiers used a stretcher to carry a wounded Houjin general to Gao Qiaonan. The man was shot in the right chest. Although he was wearing plate armor, a hole was punched out by the bullet, blood Flows everywhere.Gao Qiaonan saw that he also had symptoms of bleeding from the mouth and nose, and knew that this person's lungs were seriously injured. Even if Chief Morgan came personally, he might not be able to save his life.
"Has the identity of this person been confirmed?" Gao Qiaonan asked the officer who escorted this person.
"Report to the battalion commander. According to the identification of the captives, this person is Jiala Erzhen Mutebu who commanded the local Houjin Army."
Gao Qiaonan nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and then looked at the Hou Jin general lying on the stretcher who was coughing up blood, thinking that even the commander had come out to fight, it seemed that he had indeed lost his family fortune. Cleaned up.However, this person was so badly injured that it would be a waste of resources to treat him, not to mention the news of the torture, so I asked him with a fluke mentality: "Do you know how to speak Chinese?"
There were quite a few Ming soldiers who surrendered in the Jin army, Mutbu could understand Gao Qiaonan's words, and he struggled to respond: "Mutbu, don't surrender!"
Seeing that he was so injured and still refused to give in, Gao Qiaonan was obviously determined to die, so he couldn't help praising: "He's a man, so I'll give you a good time!"
Gao Qiaonan immediately pulled out the pistol at his waist, told the soldiers next to him to step back, and shot Mutbu in the head, killing him.
"When burying him, dig a separate hole for him." Gao Qiaonan waved his hand, indicating that his body should be carried away, and the matter was considered finished.Although he respected the other party's courage and determination as a soldier, he would not put more energy into dealing with this matter.The commander of the Houjin Army was killed, but the battle around Zhongzuo City is not over yet.
Gao Qiaonan looked at the sky. Seven hours had passed since the start of the battle in the morning, and there were still about three hours before it got dark.Today, the Special Operations Battalion fought three consecutive battles with the Houjin Cavalry. Although they had a clear advantage, the combat intensity was already quite high, and there were also a certain number of casualties.If we continue to storm Zhongzuo City in the future, 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 post-golden cavalry that rushed over just now were eliminated, Gao Qiaonan could judge that there were not many armed forces in the city, and it was likely that the logistics support personnel mainly consisted of infantry.If Haihan launches an attack, the opponents in the city may not be able to resist.
Gao Qiaonan's judgment was verified before the rest of the special warfare battalion was over. Some cavalry found that the gate to the north was opened again. After leaving the city, a group of Houjin personnel went straight to the north. There were as many as six to seven hundred people. .
Gao Qiaonan's first reaction was that the defenders in the city had abandoned the city, and the destruction of the cavalry led by Mutbu probably extinguished the last hope of the defenders in the city.If they don't seize this opportunity to leave, it may be too late for the Haihan army to retreat after they break through the south gate.
Gao Qiaonan ordered the cavalry to continue to follow the opponent's retreat to the north, and then ordered people to enter the city through the north gate to check the situation.The cavalry who entered the city soon found that the city was empty, so they rushed from the city to the south gate, opened the crumbling city gate, and let the large troops enter the city.
Although a group of enemies were let go in the end, Takahashi Nan was not very depressed. During the siege process, the main force of Houjin's garrison was wiped out, and even its commander was killed. This has been done well. The tasks set before the war were fulfilled.Now that the defenders in the city are forced to abandon the city and flee, the own side has thus reduced unnecessary casualties, which is actually a good thing.
While Gao Qiaonan sent people to the beach to report back, he led the army into the city and arranged for people to check the status of the supplies in the city.
The circumference of Zhongzuosuo City is only two miles or less than three miles. Most of the original houses in the city were destroyed in the war between Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty, so dilapidated tents were built everywhere in the city, which looked like refugees. There are more battalions than armed strongholds.The post-gold garrison in the city did not have time to take away these belongings when they hurriedly evacuated, but the gold and silver were basically not taken away, and no spoils were left for Haihan.
The few buildings in the city that can shelter from the rain and sun have been transformed into stables to accommodate hundreds of war horses for the Houjin garrison, as well as to store and store hay for the winter.There are not even many metal objects left in the city, and there are only two earth cannons on the city wall for appearance. It may be because they are too heavy to carry, and the Jin army did not take them away when they evacuated.
"It seems that these forages are our main spoils of war." Gao Qiaonan came to a rather helpless conclusion after simply inspecting the situation in the city.In the past, whenever the Haihan army conquered a place, there would be a lot of gains. For example, in Penghu, Miyako Island, the Spaniard's Taipei Castle, and the Zhoushan Islands, the Haihan army gained quite a lot.It was the first time even the well-informed Takahashi Minami saw such a situation when an armed fortress was built like this, and there were only piles of fodder inside.
After the large army entered the city, they quickly divided up to clean up the facilities in the city.The stinky tents that the Hou Jinjun lived in were of course not acceptable. Gao Qiaonan asked people to gather them together, transport them out of the city on a cart and burn them directly, so as to prevent fleas and parasites from continuing to spread in the city.
The two wells in the city were blocked with stones by the Hou Jin army before they evacuated. Fortunately, it was too hasty, and this level of blockage is not difficult to solve, but it takes more time to remove the stones in 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 simple interrogation, it was determined that they were all Liaodong Han people. They were sent here as slaves by Hou Jin to work here. They also took advantage of the chaos before the Hou Jin army withdrew and hid in the haystack, and finally escaped safely.Although they didn't know which kind of god Hai Han was, they could always understand Chinese. They all cried out their tragic experiences immediately, hoping to win some sympathy.
Under the guidance of these Han people, the soldiers found the cellars used by the Hou Jin army to store grain in two places in the city, with a total of about three to four thousand catties of grain.It may be that the Hou Jin army left in a hurry and did not have time to destroy the stored food, or it may be that they took a chance and thought that the Haihan army would not find these cellars, but all in all, all these benefits fell into Haihan's hands in the end.And Gao Qiaonan, who was seriously disappointed with the harvested spoils, finally felt a little better after seeing these grains.
(End of this chapter)
Although the wave of the Golden Cavalry was coming fiercely, what greeted them was the Haihan position standing on the plain like a rock.After the intensive gunfire sounded, the wave was smashed before it even hit the reef.After the horses and cavalry who rushed to the front were shot and fell down, they were crushed by countless iron hooves behind them. The neighing of the horses and the screams of the fallen horses rang together, and the scene was very tragic.
However, the bullets fired by the Haihan army formation on the opposite side seemed endless. Even if the rear golden cavalry rushed with their lives, it would be difficult to push forward within a distance of [-] meters.Although Mutbu collected all the armor and shields in Zhongzuo City to equip this group of cavalry before departure, these protective measures still cannot withstand the bullets fired by Haihan rifles.These armors designed to resist cold weapons can only play a role of psychological comfort in this kind of battle situation.
The speed at which the Haihan army reaped their lives was no slower than the charging speed of the rear golden cavalry.These hundreds of horses rushed as fast as they died, so fast that Mutbu, as the commander, didn't even have time to give the order to turn around, and he saw the cavalry under his charge being shot row by row. fell to the ground.
The killing was completed almost instantly. Hundreds of golden cavalrymen did not make any waves in front of the dense musket formation. The battle line is still more than 20 meters away.Although this is only a few steps away for the cavalry, it can be reached in one breath, but it is also the distance between life and death. Although the post-golden cavalry has the heart to fight to the death, they do not have the ability to cross this space. Ability.
Gao Qiaonan didn't make a move himself, he just rode on horseback, stood behind the soldiers, and reviewed the whole battle process with a calm attitude.Now he seldom rushes to the front line as he did when he was a company commander, because he has gradually begun to understand that the value of his existence does not lie in how many enemies he has killed with his own hands, but in ensuring that the troops under his command Able to exert the strongest combat effectiveness on the battlefield.As a commander who influences the direction of the war, his value is far greater than that of him personally participating in the fight.What's more, as long as the victory of the war belongs to Hai Han, then the military exploits he has gained will be far greater than killing a few enemies with his own hands.
Although it is not clear how many remnants of late gold there are in Zhongzuo City, Gao Qiaonan can judge that the opponent's main force of cavalry should have been exhausted in the previous three battles, which is very important for Haihan's battle plan. Undoubtedly good news.As long as the cavalry force deployed by Houjin in this area is wiped out in sevens and eighties, then Haihan will have less worries about settling here, at least in terms of logistics supplies, he no longer has to worry about going from the sea to the city of Zhongzuo The issue of public security in these few miles.
"Clean up the battlefield!" Gao Qiaonan saw that the general situation was settled, and ordered to start cleaning up the work.As for the sporadic post-golden cavalry who escaped from the battlefield, he was not worried. There were troops from the cavalry battalion in the periphery to intercept and suppress.
Regarding the heroic charge of the post-Golden Cavalry to die, it must be a lie for Takahashi Minami to insist that he was not shocked at all. Among the armed forces of various countries that he has fought against in the past few years, the army that can achieve this level is really extremely rare.These people are savage and unafraid of death. Even facing an opponent with such disparity in strength as the Haihan Army, they will still launch a desperate charge. It is no wonder that Daming was beaten back and forth by such a group of seemingly primitive militants.
Gao Qiaonan remembered that before going north from Zhejiang, Qian Tiandun also emphasized that the enemies who would fight in the Liaodong area in the future were extremely fierce.Although he had fought several times with the Hou Jin Army in the past year, it was not until this attack on Zhongzuo City that Gao Qiaonan had a more profound and intuitive understanding of Qian Tiandun's words.
After receiving the order, two platoons of infantry held their bayonet-mounted rifles and began to clean up the battlefield in a long snake formation.For those Houjin soldiers who were seriously injured or trying to die, the Haihan soldiers would directly make up or kill them.The number of horses killed in these few battles today is already hundreds, even more than the horses owned by the cavalry battalion, which is probably enough to feed the troops who will be stationed here until the beginning of next spring.
Horse meat is not a kind of meat suitable for the public, and its own smell also has certain requirements for cooking methods, so many people stay away from it.However, Haihan has a unique technological advantage, that is, it has mastered a large number of spices produced in the southern tropical regions, but in this era, Northeast Asia is an extremely scarce resource.
For how to use edible spices to marinate horse meat, the logistics department has already had mature formulas and operating methods.After the horse meat is cleaned and cut into strips, add ingredients such as amomum, grass buckle, cinnamon, fennel, pepper, aniseed, nutmeg, cloves, fresh ginger, cooking wine, salt, etc., marinate it and then dry it to make it with a unique flavor. The horse meat was dry.You can also use local materials to fill the horse meat with spices, and the dried horse meat sausage is also quite flavorful.And fresh horse meat can also be braised in brown sauce according to the method of cooking beef, or made into barbecue.
However, so many horses were killed in the battle this time, even if they were handled according to the existing method, it would take hundreds of people to spend several days.There are not so many people in the logistics and cooking, so it is necessary to transfer some people from the combat troops to help.
"Battalion Commander, we captured a few Houjin officers, but one of them was seriously injured. Do you want to give medical treatment?"
The voice of his subordinates’ report awakened Takahashi Nan from his contemplation. In fact, he was not worried about the food supply of the garrison in the future. The Haihan Army had fought against enemies from various countries in the past and had never had any problems with supplies. This was the first time he had killed so many war horses during a battle, which made him feel that it would be a bit wasteful to just abandon the horse corpses, and he should try to make the best use of them.
Takahashi Nan nodded and said, "Bring him over to have a look first."
Although Haihan did not intend to treat the seriously wounded during the cleaning of the battlefield during the attack on Lushunkou, and even stipulated that as long as the wounded were incapacitated, the wounded would be dealt with directly, but the rules are not absolute. If the important person of the enemy is killed, it will naturally still have the value of treatment.It's just that Takahashi Nanlai personally controls the authority to handle this scale.
Soon the soldiers used a stretcher to carry a wounded Houjin general to Gao Qiaonan. The man was shot in the right chest. Although he was wearing plate armor, a hole was punched out by the bullet, blood Flows everywhere.Gao Qiaonan saw that he also had symptoms of bleeding from the mouth and nose, and knew that this person's lungs were seriously injured. Even if Chief Morgan came personally, he might not be able to save his life.
"Has the identity of this person been confirmed?" Gao Qiaonan asked the officer who escorted this person.
"Report to the battalion commander. According to the identification of the captives, this person is Jiala Erzhen Mutebu who commanded the local Houjin Army."
Gao Qiaonan nodded thoughtfully after hearing this, and then looked at the Hou Jin general lying on the stretcher who was coughing up blood, thinking that even the commander had come out to fight, it seemed that he had indeed lost his family fortune. Cleaned up.However, this person was so badly injured that it would be a waste of resources to treat him, not to mention the news of the torture, so I asked him with a fluke mentality: "Do you know how to speak Chinese?"
There were quite a few Ming soldiers who surrendered in the Jin army, Mutbu could understand Gao Qiaonan's words, and he struggled to respond: "Mutbu, don't surrender!"
Seeing that he was so injured and still refused to give in, Gao Qiaonan was obviously determined to die, so he couldn't help praising: "He's a man, so I'll give you a good time!"
Gao Qiaonan immediately pulled out the pistol at his waist, told the soldiers next to him to step back, and shot Mutbu in the head, killing him.
"When burying him, dig a separate hole for him." Gao Qiaonan waved his hand, indicating that his body should be carried away, and the matter was considered finished.Although he respected the other party's courage and determination as a soldier, he would not put more energy into dealing with this matter.The commander of the Houjin Army was killed, but the battle around Zhongzuo City is not over yet.
Gao Qiaonan looked at the sky. Seven hours had passed since the start of the battle in the morning, and there were still about three hours before it got dark.Today, the Special Operations Battalion fought three consecutive battles with the Houjin Cavalry. Although they had a clear advantage, the combat intensity was already quite high, and there were also a certain number of casualties.If we continue to storm Zhongzuo City in the future, 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 post-golden cavalry that rushed over just now were eliminated, Gao Qiaonan could judge that there were not many armed forces in the city, and it was likely that the logistics support personnel mainly consisted of infantry.If Haihan launches an attack, the opponents in the city may not be able to resist.
Gao Qiaonan's judgment was verified before the rest of the special warfare battalion was over. Some cavalry found that the gate to the north was opened again. After leaving the city, a group of Houjin personnel went straight to the north. There were as many as six to seven hundred people. .
Gao Qiaonan's first reaction was that the defenders in the city had abandoned the city, and the destruction of the cavalry led by Mutbu probably extinguished the last hope of the defenders in the city.If they don't seize this opportunity to leave, it may be too late for the Haihan army to retreat after they break through the south gate.
Gao Qiaonan ordered the cavalry to continue to follow the opponent's retreat to the north, and then ordered people to enter the city through the north gate to check the situation.The cavalry who entered the city soon found that the city was empty, so they rushed from the city to the south gate, opened the crumbling city gate, and let the large troops enter the city.
Although a group of enemies were let go in the end, Takahashi Nan was not very depressed. During the siege process, the main force of Houjin's garrison was wiped out, and even its commander was killed. This has been done well. The tasks set before the war were fulfilled.Now that the defenders in the city are forced to abandon the city and flee, the own side has thus reduced unnecessary casualties, which is actually a good thing.
While Gao Qiaonan sent people to the beach to report back, he led the army into the city and arranged for people to check the status of the supplies in the city.
The circumference of Zhongzuosuo City is only two miles or less than three miles. Most of the original houses in the city were destroyed in the war between Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty, so dilapidated tents were built everywhere in the city, which looked like refugees. There are more battalions than armed strongholds.The post-gold garrison in the city did not have time to take away these belongings when they hurriedly evacuated, but the gold and silver were basically not taken away, and no spoils were left for Haihan.
The few buildings in the city that can shelter from the rain and sun have been transformed into stables to accommodate hundreds of war horses for the Houjin garrison, as well as to store and store hay for the winter.There are not even many metal objects left in the city, and there are only two earth cannons on the city wall for appearance. It may be because they are too heavy to carry, and the Jin army did not take them away when they evacuated.
"It seems that these forages are our main spoils of war." Gao Qiaonan came to a rather helpless conclusion after simply inspecting the situation in the city.In the past, whenever the Haihan army conquered a place, there would be a lot of gains. For example, in Penghu, Miyako Island, the Spaniard's Taipei Castle, and the Zhoushan Islands, the Haihan army gained quite a lot.It was the first time even the well-informed Takahashi Minami saw such a situation when an armed fortress was built like this, and there were only piles of fodder inside.
After the large army entered the city, they quickly divided up to clean up the facilities in the city.The stinky tents that the Hou Jinjun lived in were of course not acceptable. Gao Qiaonan asked people to gather them together, transport them out of the city on a cart and burn them directly, so as to prevent fleas and parasites from continuing to spread in the city.
The two wells in the city were blocked with stones by the Hou Jin army before they evacuated. Fortunately, it was too hasty, and this level of blockage is not difficult to solve, but it takes more time to remove the stones in 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 simple interrogation, it was determined that they were all Liaodong Han people. They were sent here as slaves by Hou Jin to work here. They also took advantage of the chaos before the Hou Jin army withdrew and hid in the haystack, and finally escaped safely.Although they didn't know which kind of god Hai Han was, they could always understand Chinese. They all cried out their tragic experiences immediately, hoping to win some sympathy.
Under the guidance of these Han people, the soldiers found the cellars used by the Hou Jin army to store grain in two places in the city, with a total of about three to four thousand catties of grain.It may be that the Hou Jin army left in a hurry and did not have time to destroy the stored food, or it may be that they took a chance and thought that the Haihan army would not find these cellars, but all in all, all these benefits fell into Haihan's hands in the end.And Gao Qiaonan, who was seriously disappointed with the harvested spoils, finally felt a little better after seeing these grains.
(End of this chapter)