Eight huge ships with bulging sails and riding the wind and waves appeared violently.
On the mast, a blue flag fluttered in the wind.
This is not the red military flag of Datang, but it is still murderous.
On each ship, the company commanders of the Marine Corps were doing pre-battle mobilization, and in the cabin, one Marine was already wearing armor.
The breastplate armor produced by the armor workshop on an island in the Nanyang of the Li family is polished shiny, and the silver-white armor is the same as the navy blue plate armor produced by the Datang Armor Bureau, but the color is different, and the marks engraved on the plate armor are also different.
On the chest of these plates is a dragon that stirs up wind and waves.
Buckle up a lightweight, but sturdier steel helmet.
Carry your own backpack.
One last check on your equipment, and then it's time to check each other with your teammates.
The sailors of the artillery crew in the cabin were also preparing for the shelling.
Although they may not have to be bombarded, they must be prepared, which is the rigorous training they have always received.
There was also a group of very young teenagers in the cabin, all in their teens.
These are the trainee sailors on the ship, and there are also cadet officers.
Trainee sailors will become sailors when they grow up, but cadet officers are different, they are all excellent seedlings, and after more than ten years of training and probation on the ship, they will become adjutant or even prefects of various departments on the ship in the future.
It took more than ten years to study, which is also a peculiarity of the Navy.
On the sea, maneuvering a warship requires more professional skills.
This is no better than the army, pull it out and there will be a fight.
The imperial court has a sailor school, and it also selects excellent teenagers to train from an early age, but this fleet uses a simpler and more direct method.
The selected teenagers are directly brought on board and trained one-on-one by the officers.
For each position, it is the training of the counterpart.
"If you don't get on board, you can never be a good naval officer."
This is what Li Chao once said to Xue Li and them.
In fact, Xue Li is not a naval officer, he is also just a land soldier.
He is now the commander of this small fleet, but when he sails at sea, he actually follows the advice of his adjutant, and that is a good old captain.
A company commander drew his sword and shouted.
"What is our goal?"
"Money, Women" Such a slogan, but no one thinks there is anything wrong.
These soldiers are not official soldiers in themselves, they are a private army, a mercenary army at sea.
Coming from all over the world and with different identities, eating this bite of food is also risking losing your head. on the mast.
The lookout posts kept reporting the enemy's situation.
"The city seems to be in a panic."
"Someone came out to intercept it."
"There aren't many of them."
"About a few hundred horsemen, galloping towards the river."
The boat came from the mouth of the river, which was a wide river and the water was also deep.
Along the river, the city appears on the shore.
Hundreds of horsemen have already appeared on the shore.
"Ready to land" Xue Li looked at the hundreds of riders, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"I'm going to come to him with a few shots, so that they can see how powerful they are."
It is still very expensive to shoot artillery on a warship, and every time a cannon goes out, it is a money, but no one will be reluctant to fight, and they will fight when they should be hit, otherwise if the cannon is of any use, the gunner will not be able to practice.
The boat anchored in the middle of the river.
Shore.
Hundreds of horsemen were like enemies, and the ships were too huge, with the full sails, the slender hulls, and the strange creatures on the blue flags.
It's very hideous.
"Why did they stop in the heart of the river?"
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"Are they afraid to come to the shore?"
"These people are not here to trade?"
Just as these people were secretly guessing, there was a sudden loud noise.
I saw the orange light flashing on the side of the boat in the middle of the river, and then the sound of whistling from far and near.
Cannonballs fell on their side.
War horses neighed, and human voices screamed.
A cannonball finally missed again and fell into the crowd.
A horseman on a horse who was trying to control his mount suddenly lost his head, and his body was still being carried around by the warhorse, and blood was splattered.
But the head has been smashed off by a cannonball.
The cannonballs hit several horses in succession, hit the ground, and then bounced, harvesting two more unlucky ghosts, and finally losing momentum, rolling on the ground, breaking the legs of several horses.
The power is unbeatable.
Shoot a dozen shots, and hit one.
But this cannon harvested seven or eight people at once, and wounded many horses.
There was a scream and a wail.
Without a second shelling, they had already begun to scatter and flee.
Even those wounded companions did not have time to take them away, leaving them screaming there.
"What a gutsy fellow, forget it, stop shelling, save some shells.
Anchoring, docking, landing.
Let's our Marines, go clean them up. ” Ships docked.
The dinghy was lowered.
The Marines were heavily armed and shouted slogans.
Jumping into the landing dinghy on the rope ladder, filling a boat, and rowing to the shore.
In this process, there was no one to intercept it.
They went ashore with ease, not even getting their clothes wet.
The Marines didn't have horses, but it didn't matter, the city was not far ahead.
Assembled, squad platoon, company battalion.
The wounded soldiers on the shore were still screaming, not far away, but the team members who went ashore didn't even bother to pay attention to it.
They follow the rules of the usual training, establish a defense at the first time, and then assemble the whole team.
After taking control of this beach, they began to clean up the enemy in front of them.
"These guys are worthless, give them a knife and have mercy on them."
A platoon commander looked at it and shook his head.
The value in his mouth means that there is no disability, and if there is no disability, it can still be saved.
If you save it, you can sell it as a slave when you turn around.
In their mode of warfare, the spoils obtained are all returned to the public and finally divided proportionally, so the soldiers care about their loot very much and will not waste their loot.
But since it is worthless, there is no need to treat it, and it is a waste of medicine.
No matter how the wounded soldiers pleaded, no one paid attention to them, and they didn't understand them anyway.
After a few moments, the wailing was gone, leaving more than a dozen corpses on the ground, as well as some horses killed in battle.
"Divide the dead horse and gather the meat."
"The equipment of those corpses was taken away, and the corpses were thrown into the river."
Throwing it into the river saves the effort of digging a pit and burying it.
The corpse must be disposed of, the climate of the Golden Peninsula is relatively hot all year round, if the corpse is not disposed of, it is very easy to decay, and if there is a plague, it can be a big trouble.
"Look at this equipment, the craftsmanship of the leather armor is good, and there are even two pairs of iron armor.
And their spears and machetes, too, are ok.
It is estimated that what we have encountered is another small state.
It may also be engaged in trade, which is relatively rich. ” A captain reported to Xue Li.
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"Rich little states, well, I like it.
The cities of such small states are generally populous and wealthy, and this is what we want most from here. ” Nanyang is what Xue Li likes, the climate here is good, the land is also fertile, it is very convenient to grow food, and the harvest is good.
Because of this, the population here is also large.
It's not like the grassland and Liaodong, where the climate is bitter and cold, and the population is small.
And here, there are cities and towns everywhere, and what is especially popular is that there are no strong forces, and they are very scattered.
Three battalions of marines soon arrived under the city.
The walls of that city were not high, but the walls were not small.
The gates were closed.
"Push the cannon up, bombard it" This kind of small earthen city, if you attack it strongly, you have to pay a lot of price in the face of the enemy's bows and arrows and spears.
But Xue Li is a person with cannons, whether it is a small broken cannon or a flat cannon, or a relatively large siege mortar cannon, or directly transporting the long-barreled naval cannon to deal with the small earth city, it is more than enough.
There were no decent counter-weapons in the city.
The gunners, under the escort of the shield man, boldly pushed the cannon directly to a very close distance in front of the city gate.
At this distance, the accuracy can be greatly improved.
The cannon had already been erected, but the gates suddenly opened.
Several knights escorted a man who looked like a nobleman on horseback.
Xue Li sent someone over.
We talked for a while.
"They want to pay a ransom and want us to take the money and retreat."
"You can actually understand their words," Xue Li was surprised.
"They have Tang merchants in the city."
"How much money to give," Xue Li shook his head.
"This city has no resistance to us.
We can take this city without much effort, and the people and food in the entire city are ours, so why should we just take the ransom and withdraw the army?"
"General, they expressed their willingness to surrender."
"Surrender" Xue Li groaned at this time.
A captain on the side said, "General, this place is in a good location, close to the inland river port on the coast, the city is not small, the population is large, but the army is very weak.
They surrendered without a fight, and if they really wanted to, it would be good for us in the future.
Our goal is also to take control of the entire Golden Peninsula. ” Xue Li also made sense when he thought about it.
To control the entire Golden Peninsula, now they are short of population.
But if there are these natives who voluntarily join, that would be a good thing.
"Let the people in charge of the city come out and talk to me, and the Tang merchants in the city will also be invited."
The other captain said a little directly, "If you want me to say, it's much easier to just blast open the city gate and sack this city."
Such a big city, after we have sacked it, we can go back to Lijiapo directly. ” Xue Li smiled, "If you want to fight and wash the city, there is also a goal.
But there are not so many people who can know the times so well and are willing to surrender.
Let's talk first, if the people here are really willing to surrender, it will be a good thing.
It's just a matter of changing places and finding another target. ” "What if they're just a fraud?"
"They dare to surrender, let's fight again, what a big deal."
In front of the strong ships and cannons, who dares to tease them The word went out, and within a few moments the gates opened again, and this time a large crowd came out.
"Enter the city first, and then talk."
Facing those who came to surrender, Xue Rengui did not talk to them immediately, but directly led troops into the city.
The natives looked panicked, but they didn't dare to refuse, so they had to lead the way in front and ask Xue Rengui and their soldiers to enter the city. t1706231537: