Zhao Ming transferred troops overnight, and two thousand guards quickly arrived at the Acropolis, and then set off overnight, and the scouts were sent out and rushed to the right thousand guards.The Right Thousand Households is located in the east of the mouth of the Tamsui River, and is the only remaining stronghold of the Ming army on the east bank of Tamsui.This stronghold was left without giving up, because the stronghold was on the right flank of Tamsui Port, which could protect Tamsui Harbor and prevent the enemy from attacking from land, outflanking the right flank and rear of Tamsui Harbor, and the Ming army maintained a stronghold on the east bank of Tamsui Harbor, leaving a foothold to facilitate the Ming army's counterattack.On the sea not far from the right thousand houses, five Spanish warships were moored, and more than a thousand Spaniards were going ashore in small boats.Franco, the commander of the Spanish fleet, frowned slightly as he looked at the soldiers who had landed slowly.His target this time was the Tamsui port, which Spain was preparing to occupy and build a fortress near the harbor to control the nearby Chinese and force them to accept the rule of the Spanish Empire.To this end, he planned to first lay the fortress of the Chinese on the right flank of the Tamsui port, and then cut off the connection between the Tamsui port and the Tamsui Acropolis in a roundabout way, and attacked the gunboats by land and water to seize the Tamsui port.At this time, he was watching the soldiers come ashore, and a group of Spanish soldiers came in a hurry.The leading lieutenant came to Franco, turned over and dismounted, and saluted and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, we found that there are Chinese on the side of the Acropolis of Tamsui who have come out of the city to rescue, and the estimated number is more than 2,000 people!"
”Franco showed a surprised look on his face, but he did not expect that Chinese would dare to come to reinforcements.Franco sneered: "These Chinese are so bold that they dare to come to the rescue, or let them see the strength of the Spanish soldiers and defeat them all." ”In the past two years, the Spaniards often fought with the Ming army, and they found that these Ming troops were actually farmers, and their combat effectiveness was very poor, and the field was not the opponent of the Spanish soldiers at all, so they could only hide in the tunpu to defend.In the wild, unless they meet tens of thousands of Chinese, the Spaniards are not afraid at all.At this time, Zhao Ming led two thousand guards, and dared to go to the right thousand households overnight, and after determining the identity of the reinforcements, he let out a burst of cheers, "It is the governor who led the troops to help!"
”The Tun soldiers who climbed the fort wall to prepare for defense, saw the torch outside the city, but they didn't expect it to be Zhao Ming to help, and their hearts were moved.Zhao Ming did not let the army enter the city, but ordered the soldiers to camp outside the fort, wait for the arrival of the Spaniards, and ordered people to rush to make weapons and prepare for a decisive battle.This made the troops a little worried, they knew that the Spaniards were powerful, and they were afraid that the warrior brothers would not be the opponents of the Spaniards in the field.That night, due to the arrival of reinforcements, the Spaniards did not rush directly to the city after they landed.At dawn, after the Ming army had breakfast, the soldiers formed a military formation under the city.The two thousand soldiers who followed Zhao Ming to fight today were all Zhao Ming's guards, and they were the elite of the Ming army in the East China Sea.Zhao Ming rode a horse and stood under the Chinese army, and the soldiers quickly lined up into a battle formation, with not many people and horses, but the front and rear left and right squadrons were clearly formed, and the flags were displayed.More than 2,000 Ming soldiers, according to their duties, set up a good position, their clothes and armor are clear, spears are like forests, and the cars are sparkling and horses are Xiao Xiao, all of them are slaughtered.The Ming swords, shields, and spears were in front, the firecrackers were behind, and the cavalry galloped in front of the formation, raising a cloud of dust.At this time, a horse rushed to the Chinese army, and the cavalry turned over and dismounted, "Qiyu Dudu, nearly a thousand Xiyi, five miles away from here!"
”In a short time, several military formations appeared on the ground in the distance, the armor of the heavily armored spearmen, and the spears in their hands, shining silver in the oblique rays of the sun.Zhao Ming rode on the war horse, took out the clairvoyant mirror to look, and saw three Xiyi phalanxes, and the soldiers were neatly arranged and slowly advancing forward.These Xiyi phalanxes, the spearmen in the middle, form a quadrangle, the spears are erected like a forest, and at the four corners of the spear phalanx, there are four small musket phalanxes, making the whole phalanx like a moving fortress.The three phalanxes came slowly, and there were artillery accompanying them outside the formation, which was really offensive and defensive.Franco rode in the center of the phalanx, saw the Ming army in the distance, and saw that the Ming army was neatly dressed and armored, which was completely different from the Ming army he had encountered before, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.Zhao Ming looked at the Spanish phalanx for a while, and his face showed a solemn expression.At this time, the Spaniards' army stopped a mile away from the Ming army, and it seemed that they had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.Seeing that they were not moving, Zhao Ming made a wait-and-see motion, immediately waved his hand, and decisively ordered, "The front army is attacking!"
”As soon as the military order was given, the trumpet sounded, and the front army, with nearly 500 people, carried the shield cart and pressed on the Spaniards.Zhao Ming observed the Spanish phalanx and had to admire the Spanish phalanx, which did have its strength.Standing in the four corners, the musketeers can take advantage of the range advantage of muskets and artillery to shoot the enemy at a long range, and the enemy will have to suffer heavy casualties before they can rush over, and when the enemy army rushes over, they will face a spear formation like a hedgehog, which can be said to be defeated.The Spanish phalanx can be said to be the nemesis of the cold weapon troops, but Zhao Ming looked at it for a while, and glanced at it with his advanced gaze, and saw the shortcomings of the Spanish phalanx.Like any infantry formation, the Spanish phalanx was too thick and heavy, and if there were cavalry, they would not rush into formation, but would simply surround them and wait for them to show their flaws.In addition, the musketeers were divided into four groups, and although they could take care of all directions, they caused insufficient firepower on either side, and if the musketeers were pressed up and fired in rows, the Spanish musketeers would not be the opponents, and their spearmen would be targets.Zhao Ming's cavalry was still in training, so he chose the second method, where the soldiers pushed the shield cart close to the Spanish phalanx, and then the musketeers fired from behind the shield cart and shot the Spanish musketeers and spearmen.At this time, the five hundred Ming sergeants pushed the shield cart and pressed it up, the shield cart was in front, the arquebus and flintlock musketeers were behind, and Franco on the opposite side saw it and sneered and waved his hand, "Open the cannon!"
”The Spaniards methodically launched a bronze cannon and ten cannons, which appeared on both flanks of the frontal phalanx, with five cannons on each side, roaring at the same time."
Bang bang bang" a few cannon shots, the artillery retreated violently, and when the smoke of gunpowder rose, one after another shells brought up gunpowder smoke, roared out from the muzzle, and smashed directly into the front army of the Ming army.The cannonball fell to the ground, splashing a puff of dirt and hitting the shield cart, which exploded, flying sawdust, and the knife and shield of the escort cart and the musketeer behind it, fell into a piece.Zhao Ming saw that the muscles on his face were pulling, the Ming army also had artillery, but it was a Francophone cannon with poor air tightness, and the firing range was very close, this distance could not hit the phalanx of the Spaniards, but the Spanish artillery could shoot the Ming army.At this distance, the Ming army could only be passively shot, and the Ming soldiers continued to advance with the shield cart, and kept falling to the ground under the shelling."
Musket shooting!"
When the Ming army withstood the shelling and came into range of muskets, Franco gave the order again.A whistle sounded, and at the two corners of the front of the phalanx, there was immediately a "bang, bang, bang" sound, and the smoke of gunpowder rose up, and the projectiles whistled towards the Ming army.At this time, in the advancing Ming army, the Fran machine gun and the flintlock musketeer, while pressing forward, while returning fire, the formation also rose gunsmoke, but the firepower was obviously inferior to the Spaniards, and the Ming soldiers kept falling on the road.Zhao Ming's face was gloomy when he saw this, waiting for the soldiers to advance to fifty steps, waiting for the arquebusiers to join in the shooting and form a firepower advantage.Fifty steps soon arrived, the shield cart stopped, the arquebusier immediately raised the musket, and the "bang, bang" gunfire rang out, and the Ming army front was instantly filled with gunsmoke.Zhao Ming hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror to check the results, but found that in front of the smoke, few Spanish soldiers fell to the ground, but the Ming army was constantly knocked down by muskets.The Spaniards' muskets were powerful, piercing the Ming army's shield cart and injuring the Ming army's bird gunners behind, while the Ming army's bird guns were less powerful, but it was difficult to penetrate the heavily armored spearmen on the periphery.Zhao Ming's face was full of muscles, and he immediately waved his hand and shouted the order, "Order the front army to retreat!"
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