More than two thousand soldiers of the Polu Army began to line up at the Anping Pier.
They disembarked from more than twenty Galen merchant ships.
Since merchant ships were very abundant, each Galen merchant ship carried two hundred people.
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There are also nearly ten warships carrying more than a hundred war horses and twenty marching cannons to go on the expedition.
These are all powerful weapons to assist the attack and are of course indispensable.
It also takes a long time to disembark these various soldiers and horses, especially war horses and marching guns.
Landing these objects is extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming.
At this time, the formation of the Polu army has not yet been formed.
It is said that it is the time when the Zheng family's army is besieging the enemy, and the enemy is not yet stable.
This is the truth.
The Zheng family members also rushed out with blood.
Of course, they knew that this was a good time to attack.
However, the Polu army's giant cannons had very well guarded the vicinity of the dock.
If they wanted to break through the bombardment of hundreds of giant cannons, Breaking into the dock is simply an impossible task, and the Zheng brothers are not sure about it.
So more than 3,000 soldiers of the Zheng family formed a team five or six miles away from the dock.
Apart from the cavalry of a hundred soldiers, the Zheng family had no other cavalry.
They mainly fought on foot, which was very important in the south. universal.
Most of the war horses in the south are short and cannot be used in battle, and the imported Mongolian horses often get sick and lose weight due to the climate.
Therefore, there are really not many soldiers and cavalry in the south.
However, these Zheng family soldiers are to protect the Zheng family's lair, so many of them are the nephews of the old Zheng family, and there is no question of their loyalty.
The Zheng family also spent a lot of effort on these soldiers.
All the soldiers were wearing iron armor, regardless of whether it was fish scale armor, pierced armor, or chain mail.
Anyway, they were all protected by iron armor.
This armor is in the south.
It is also the first in the army.
Zheng Qiu is responsible for commanding this army of more than 3,000 soldiers, and they have also completed their formation.
Among the more than 3,000 people, there were hundreds of gunmen and infantry archers, and the others were spearmen and sword and shield wielders, all of whom were extremely strong and powerful in combat.
But this is not the most powerful person around Zheng Zhilong.
Zheng Zhilong has more than 800 ronin warriors recruited from the Japanese country.
They are all from samurai families, or they have lost their fiefdoms and wandered because of the demise of their master's family or the failure to conquer the superiors.
There are quite a large number of them in the Japanese country, but there are not that many.
The host family is available for service.
For example, Choshu Domain has reduced its 3,000 retainers to less than 1,000 due to difficulties.
It is conceivable that if the other vassals continue to support a large number of samurai, it will arouse the suspicion of the shogunate.
Moreover, each domain does not have the financial resources to support it.
So this kind of samurai ronin wandered around the Japanese country, looking for opportunities, waiting for the day when the family name and Miao name could be reestablished.
It is not unusual for Zheng Zhilong to recruit a large number of warriors with the help of his cheap father-in-law from the Japanese country.
Moreover, because these people were in the Ming Dynasty, only Zheng Zhilong could protect them.
The other Ming Dynasty officials and people hated the Japanese pirates, so they were quite loyal.
There is also a group of more than 300 Kunlun slaves purchased from the Spaniards.
They are black people.
They are tall and extremely flexible.
They do not know fear or shrink at the same time.
They can be said to be very brave.
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Here, Zheng Zhilong gave them sufficient wages and money, and they had no worries about food and drink.
It was a paradise for them.
Of course, they felt no pressure to work for Zheng Zhilong, and they were even quite brave.
In order to defend the house here, Zheng Zhilong also spent all his money.
Only the five hundred guards around him were not sent out.
In fact, there is really no need to protect a house that has been destroyed for most of it, but there are more than one million silver coins in the cellar of the house, which is the key to whether the Zheng family can revive.
Although there was a fire in the house, the cellar was safe, so Zheng Zhilong had to fight for the more than one million taels of silver.
Of course, Zheng Zhilong also made two-hand preparations.
While sending troops to resist, he ordered his servants to collect valuables from home despite the fire.
Now even a tael of silver was important.
The soldiers of the Polu Army gathered at the dock and began to move northeast, where the Zheng family's residence was located.
There was really no trace of people along the way, and all the people were staying at home to avoid the military disaster.
There is a large open space at the west gate of the Zheng family compound.
The Zheng family's military formation is arrayed here.
You must pass here from the dock to reach the Zheng family.
Zheng Qiu led more than 3,000 people to wait here.
The Zheng family soldiers sent out several large formations, composed of soldiers, Japanese and Kunlun slaves.
The reason why Zheng Qiu dared to form an array here was because the enemy's troops were approaching.
Zhao Lie's navy's warships would never dare to fire rashly, otherwise they would hurt one of their own.
The smoothbore cannons of these days are so accurate.
It can only be described roughly.
Boom boom boom, the sound of neat footsteps came from the distance.
The pace was not fast, but extremely neat.
Then fluttering battle flags fell into view, and a group of soldiers wearing black and red armor and uniforms marched towards the Zheng family's military formation.
Zheng Qiu squinted his eyes and looked at all the soldiers on the opposite side.
These soldiers were all dressed in Ming army uniforms, but their spirits were completely different.
If the general Ming army encountered a battle formation and moved forward with one step and three moves, this Ming army simply stepped onto the battlefield fearlessly.
With a high head, powerful steps, and an aura of contempt for all opponents, he rushed towards his face.
A powerful enemy, definitely the most powerful enemy Zheng Qiu has ever encountered, bar none.
When the two armies were two hundred steps apart, the Polu army stopped and began to form an array.
Then ten nine-pound cannons and six-pound marching cannons were pushed forward.
As soon as these ten artillery pieces were pushed out, Zheng Qiu felt a chill in his heart.
Five small bronze cannons were also placed in front of the Zheng family's military formation, which were used to fire shotguns to destroy the enemy's formation when the enemy approached the battlefield.
But the range of this small cannon is less than a hundred steps, or more than sixty steps to be exact.
However, the range of the opponent's artillery was one mile away, and the distance between the two sides was only 200 steps.
The current situation is that the artillery of the Polu army can easily hit Zheng Zhilong's infantry, but the range of the artillery under Zheng Zhilong's command is too far.
Seeing the gunners of Zhao Lie's department on the opposite side starting to clean up the artillery and about to launch a bombardment, Zheng Qiu had no choice but to order the Zheng family soldiers to advance towards the Polu army, otherwise the formation would be broken up by the Polu army's artillery.
The soldiers of the Zheng family quickly moved towards the Polu army's formation.
When the soldiers of the Zheng family approached and were still a hundred steps away from the Polu army's formation, they received a sudden blow.
The musketeers in the front row of the Polu army actually opened fire.
After the bang bang bang sound of firecrackers sounded, the soldiers in front of the Zheng family's army fell to death.
The Zheng family's military formation was also modeled after the Portuguese and Spanish, with three rows of gunmen.
However, the matchlocks they purchased from the Portuguese had a maximum range of only seventy steps, which was still far behind a hundred steps.
Zheng Qiu couldn't understand why his opponent's fire cannon had such a long range.
At this time, without any urging from the general, the soldiers of the Zheng family began to move forward quickly in order to reach their own shooting range.
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This kind of people can only take a beating without being able to fight back.
It was such a hard time.
But when they reached the seventieth step, they just stopped and prepared to fire.
With a bang, ten artillery pieces and the second row of gunmen of the Polu Army fired.
Thousands of projectiles rushed into the first row of the Zheng family's formation, almost wiping out all the gunmen in the first and second rows.
Many Zheng family soldiers were beaten into sieves and lay on the ground howling.
The screams were terrifying.
In this way, only the third row of gunmen from the Zheng family entered the shooting range, but unfortunately only half of them were left.
In the third row of exchanges of fire, both sides suffered casualties.
However, the absolute advantage in the number of Polu gunmen also determined that the Polu army's front row firegunners suffered few casualties.
Even if the Zheng family's archers continued to attack, the Polu army's gunmen would not suffer much casualties.
There are not many soldiers wearing full armor to protect themselves from casualties.
However, the continuous attacks from the gunmen in the third and fourth rows of the Polu Army almost wiped out the Zheng family's gunmen and infantry archers.
The Zheng family's army had already lost six to seven hundred people before they collided with the Polu army's army.
This was a huge casualty.
The Polu army on the opposite side only suffered dozens of casualties.
Zheng Qiu could only rely on the two sides to fight in close combat.
The Zheng family's soldiers could defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
Of course, he still had something to rely on.
At least in the past, the Kunlun slaves and the Japanese were really fierce in close combat, and their opponents were often defeated quickly.
After the two sides fought, the formation of the Zheng family was relatively loose, which was reflected in the lack of coordination.
The individual soldiers of the Zheng family were relatively brave and dared to fight, but the formation was relatively loose.
This point was immediately seized by the soldiers of the Polu army.
Now, The soldiers of the Polu Army are experienced in many battles and will take advantage of the enemy's weaknesses as soon as they appear.
The soldiers of the Polu Army relied closely on the formation to cooperate in fighting, and the Zheng family's soldiers soon paid the price.
In addition, the soldiers of the Polu Army were relatively tall and had longer spears than the Zheng family.
These weaknesses accumulated together, and the Zheng family's soldiers suffered heavy casualties. , the front also began to retreat back.
At this time, Kunlun slaves and Japanese people joined in, and their brave fighting methods temporarily withstood the Polu army's offensive.
However, the new force behind the Polu Army also replaced the exhausted spearmen in the front row.
Then the Kunlun Nu and the Japanese gradually became unable to resist.
Their bravery could not withstand a rigorously operated killing machine.
The Polu Army The tight cooperation between the soldiers shattered their offensive and began to crush them.
The Zheng family soldiers continued to shout and fell to the ground wounded.
Zheng Qiu could see from behind that the situation was extremely bad, so he immediately sent people to the rear to reach Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao, and immediately evacuated Anping.
The message he sent out was very crucial.
In just a few seconds, the soldiers in front of the Zheng family army could no longer withstand the cold-blooded attack of the Polu army and collapsed like an avalanche.
The Polu army began to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and Li Lu issued an order from behind that no one should be left alive.
Yes, the navy and troops of the Polu Army competed with each other, causing some conflicts, and they looked down upon each other, but that was an internal matter of the Polu Army.
In Li Lu's words, the navy of the Polu Army was a bit arrogant. , but it can only be taught by the Polu Army troops.
Who are you, the Zheng family, if you dare to stretch your claws at the Polu Army Navy, then you will chop them off without any hesitation
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