Chapter 283: All plants and trees are soldier, but they cannot be defeated

Although the production of Haizhou salt farm has been restored, the imperial army was stationed behind him, and if there was a disturbance, he could come to rescue him in time.

They were extremely panicked at that time. Afterwards, these Haizhou people recalled the scene at that time, but found that the other party might not have too much intention to kill people and rob money. Destruction of the salt field was the main purpose of these people. After having this idea, they could be considered as comforting themselves. Anyway, if the "Japanese pirates" come again, they will run away, and their lives should be worry-free.

Moreover, in order to speed up production, salt merchants also need to take care of delicious food and drinks. While processing money to stimulate the salt workers, the salt workers really gained some benefits. Some people look at it for a long time and say that they want the Japanese pirates to harass them so much. Wouldn't this job be ruined?

Although there are all kinds of strange ideas, the salt workers working on the beach have some new habits. For example, in the past, salt workers worked in the salt fields. If they turned their heads to look at the beach, the supervisor and the foreman would definitely shout loudly. When they encountered a bad temper, they would just take a whip and whip it.

Now the salt workers dig a few times and have to look towards the beach, but the supervisors are not as strict as they used to be. Even their own thoughts are more on the sea.

Although the salt merchants were extremely anxious, the speed and output of salt production still decreased significantly. How can workers produce more things if they don’t concentrate on their work?

Everyone in the salt field in the salt field became frightened birds. A ship appeared on the sea. The people working in the salt field immediately fled and returned to production for three days. The next day, two fishing boats appeared on the sea, and they were fishermen fishing on the large island stationed in the East China Sea.

As a result, someone in the salt field shouted "The Japanese pirates are here again", and they dispersed and ran towards Haizhou City one by one. What was even more ridiculous was not the salt workers working on the front line, but the soldiers guarding the city gate. With such chaos on the shore, these soldiers guarding the city responded no less and immediately closed the city gate. Even the salt merchants who supervised the work there were locked outside the city, and were so angry that they cursed under the city.

All kinds of farces are really ridiculous.

People have an adaptation process. A few days later, the strait between Haizhou and the East China Sea simply forbidden ships, and the salt workers gradually felt at ease.

The salt merchants stationed in Haizhou City were relieved. At the current speed, they could finally make up for the gap caused by delays.

However, eight or nine out of ten people in the world are unsatisfactory. On October 28, the fleet that scared the salt workers and became uneasy appeared between the straits again.

The situation this time was much better than the last time when the situation was shocked and then reacted. The soldiers who were watching and warning on the high platform in the East China Sea lit the beacon. Of course, the beacon was just a message to Haizhou City on the other side. The people in charge of the warning on the auba beat the drums and drums desperately.

The people working in Yantian and around him, without saying a word, threw down the tools in their hands and ran away. The city gate would open for a short time, and it would close later.

The officers and soldiers stationed outside the city can barely be called elite. After all, they are large troops stationed in Xuzhou, and there is a hub and a place where military strategists must compete for. The soldiers and horses stationed there are more dedicated training than those in other places.

Their mission here was to protect Yantian and annihilate the Japanese pirates. The more than 5,000 people were not sure, but after coming to Haizhou City, they got some accurate information, such as those "Japanese pirates" at most were only 1,700 or 800 people, and they had a three-fold advantage on their own and had a great chance of winning.

Hearing the warning from outside, the soldiers outside Xuzhou City also began to set up a team and prepare to go out to fight. It is said that the soldiers are very fast and should enter the battlefield as soon as possible. However, outside the camp, there were salt workers fleeing in panic and laborers on the side of the Yanhe River. If these people don’t leave clean and line up the army, they may be in danger of being washed out. The guerrilla who was originally leading the army wanted to empty the salt fields near the low dam near the sea, put on dirt, and rotate hundreds of soldiers to garrison there. This is the front line. If the other party lands on a boat, these soldiers can stop them as soon as possible.

However, after this suggestion was put forward, it was rejected by salt merchants. One piece of salt field was one less product. At present, the gap was so large, how could it be reduced?

In this Haizhou City area, the salt merchants' words are imperial edicts, and the guerrillas who led the team are also sensible people. They thought that this is not my own industry anyway, so why bother to argue about these useless things?

But the consequences of not having a dispute will appear at this time. Of course, the civilian slave workers working outside the city did not know any evacuation training or other ways, but they knew that they were running towards the Haizhou city gate. The soldiers of the Haizhou city gate were also panicked. Those important figures, such as salt merchants, their shopkeepers, accounting offices, etc., were all close to the city gate. When something happened on the beach, they were the first to enter the city.

As soon as these people entered the city, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not care about how many people there were behind them, and they just closed the city gate. The salt workers outside couldn't react for a while, and they were all hugging the city to open the door, which added to the chaos. The common people were always in chaos and unorganized.

But their chaos indirectly prevented the soldiers in the military camp outside the city from leaving the camp, and many people were trampled in the crowd and chaos, and minor injuries and even deaths appeared.

The pirates on the sea this time were much faster than last time. When the salt workers and laborers were still making noise under the city gate, the pirates were already quickly approaching the shore.

It seems that the news about these pirates is quite flexible. They should be that they know that there are officers and soldiers on the shore. After they got ashore, they did not destroy the salt field, but quickly assembled on the dry land.

The large number of pirates were already gathering on the shore. The civilians under the city didn't care about crying and asking for trouble to enter the city, but scattered and ran in other directions.

It was not until this time that the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city dared to come out of the camp to form a formation. The guerrillas led the team were really sure this time, because there were a lot of firearms in the military camp. At best, the pirates had a few old fire door guns, and the rest were just big swords and spears. They would definitely suffer in front of the officers and soldiers' firearms.

These firearms are not juggling goods such as poisonous muskets and thunder guns, but practical weapons such as tiger squat cannons, with an effective range of fifty steps and can fire iron sand and lead balls, which is most effective against enemies with intensive charges. Moreover, according to the situation described by the defeated soldiers last time, these pirates were wearing thin clothes, basically without armor, and no long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, which made the guerrilla's grasp a little more.

However, after the army left the camp, the pirates had already gone ashore and crossed the Yantian, and they had almost finished line-up. Such speed made the officers and soldiers feel a little nervous.

However, these soldiers from Xuzhou were indeed much stronger than those of the abandoned garrison soldiers in Haizhou City. Under the leadership of officer leaders at all levels, they soon formed a formation and slowly advanced.

The two sides are so close together, but there is still a long enough distance. Both sides are constantly making adjustments. In fact, according to the guerrilla's idea, dealing with such pirates with city fortifications to fight against the guards is the safest way. However, the salt merchants cannot allow the other party to continue to destroy the salt warehouses and ships on the Yantian and the Yanhe River. In order not to delay production, fortifications cannot be built near the Yantian and the Haute Dam.

Later, the two sides had only one way to go for field battles outside the city. The guerrillas who led the troops had already realized that something was wrong. The "Japanese pirates" on the opposite side looked scattered, but in fact they were very strict and more orderly than the soldiers under their command.

Seeing this scene, he became more cautious. After the officers and soldiers entered the open area, they immediately stopped. The soldiers quickly concentrated various firearms in the first row, including tiger squat cannons and bird guns, and began to load ammunition and prepare for firing.

However, the pirates on the opposite side did not charge or speed up their pace. For some reason, they slowed down, but the atmosphere on the battlefield became more and more serious. At this time, they didn't even play the trick of President Qian's sudden illness, so they simply stayed in the door and sat down to watch the friendly forces fight.

"Whose firearm is first launched, military law is engaged in it, and you will get close to fight!!"

When the enemy was not approaching, the firearms were placed randomly, and as a result, they entered the range. Instead, the firearms became hot and could not be used, and they were like waste. The officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty naturally knew this, but this kind of situation occurred in Liaodong when fighting this firearm.

Faced with the pressure of the Qing army slowly approaching, most people could not control their emotions. When they shot them out, they always felt a little safe.

But the pirates in front of him did not put such great pressure on these Xuzhou soldiers. The officers and leaders also shouted loudly to stabilize the mentality of their soldiers. In fact, if the opponent rushes into the range of the firearm in front of him, a volley will cause the opponent to be in chaos. At that time, a formation of a counterattack will inevitably lead to a great victory.

Xuzhou soldiers were also considered to be an army that had been on the battlefield, so they naturally understood this. Moreover, seeing the opponent's slower and slower, they should be a little scared of their own formation.

As the distance was closer, you could vaguely see what the pirates were dressed up from a distance. At this time, the soldiers of Xuzhou finally understood that this was not a Japanese pirate at all. It was clearly the costumes of the Han people in the Ming Dynasty. The big swords and spears they held in their hands were not the style of Japan.

Seeing this clearly, Xuzhou soldiers were relieved from top to bottom. In the past, they had heard that the Japanese pirates were as fierce as beasts, fighting bravely and fighting to the death. If our own pirates in the Ming Dynasty might not have the ability, let alone the sea surfaces of Nanzhili and Shandong have been quiet for so many years, and so many pirates came out, maybe some fishermen gathered together.

As the tension faded, the officers and soldiers were more stable. The leaders of the team saw this posture and felt a little more confident.

But the performance of the pirates on the opposite side was indeed very wrong. Although the speed of approaching was slowing forward, there was no sign of chaos in the team. There were four teams in total, and although each small team was in chaos, it could not be dispersed. This was strange.

Moreover, the one walking in front should be the leader of the pirates. The sword was carried on his shoulders and walked forward with great confidence. Could it be that he was confused or looked down on the officers and soldiers who were waiting for him in a strong manner, perhaps because he was ridiculous or had any support.

The salt merchants and related personnel on the city fled into the city. After calming down a little, they hurriedly went up to the city to watch. The battle under the city was related to the production of salt goods.

When the distance was about 150 steps, the soldiers on both sides raised their weapons and prepared for battle. At present, the Xuzhou soldiers were looking forward to the pirates on the opposite side to charge, so using firearms would inevitably give the other party a headache.

But when he walked about a hundred steps, the pirate led the lead raised Park Knife in his hand, and the entire team immediately stopped after taking a few steps forward.

The pirates' reaction was shocked by the Xuzhou soldiers. A general immediately went to the guerrillas to ask:

"Sir, let's let the horse team come up and rush forward. The soil here is quite solid."

There are more than 400 cavalrymen in this army, but most of them are soft sand and soil on the beach of Yantian. Horses are not only unable to speed, but also easily hurt horses.

"You go and transfer the horse team. If these pirates stay there again, let the front team rush to them!"

The general who came over to question the question nodded and turned to make arrangements. At this moment, he saw that the pirates' team suddenly dispersed, and some people shouted and pushed and dragged something up.

Seeing this, the Xuzhou soldiers' relatively stable formation was immediately in a state of chaos. The other party actually had artillery and was always placed behind the team so that the officers and soldiers could not know.

Now, the officers and soldiers' tiger squat cannons and other firearms cannot be so far away, but the opponent's cannons must be fired here, which is probably not a big problem.

A total of five cannons were pushed out, and these cannons looked like they were 300 to 400 kilograms. If they were calculated in Western countries, they would be at most two-pound cannons, and they might not be able to hit this caliber.

Pushing the cannons to the front and back of the formation, the pirates pushing the cannons took wooden poles and pounded them into the cannon chamber a few times. It seemed that they had already loaded gunpowder, and then threw them into the cannon chamber with lead bullets.

After everything was over, someone from behind the cannon inserted it into the fire gate with a burning iron chisel. The Xuzhou soldiers opposite had also seen the cannon loading, but they did not expect that the other party could do such a fast speed. Before they could react, a "boom" sound, the shot put flew out with a roar.

The firearms and soldiers of Xuzhou soldiers were also ready to fight back and charge at any time. The formation was quite dense, and the distance between the two sides was only less than a hundred steps. When the shell flew over, although the soldiers in the direction of the shell wanted to disperse, they were too crowded around them and there was no time at all.

Hearing a few screams, seven or eight soldiers had already fallen down. The two-pound cannon shells were actually not very powerful. They had no effect of jumping on such a soft sandy land. However, the unlucky guy who was hit in the air was the first to be hit naturally opened a big hole on his body, and his companions behind him were not as good as that.

Seven or eight soldiers were killed or injured, which was not considered a major casualty, but the shock to the soldiers around them was unparalleled. After the pirates fired, two more cannons followed and remembered that more than a dozen people fell down in the Xuzhou military formation, and it was finally a little messy.

The soldiers didn't care about the officers' pre-constraints and orders. The tiger squat cannons and bird guns fired. For a moment, a roar was roaring in front of the formation, and smoke filled the gun. However, the range of these firearms was only a few dozen steps. For the pirates opposite, it was enough to block the face with their arms.

But the firearm volleys of these hundreds of people were really amazing, and the pirates' team was obviously a little scattered. Although there were no casualties, the leaders of all the pirate teams angrily scolded and restrained the team.

However, after the smoke of gunpowders dissipated, the pirates found that they were fine at all and their courage became stronger again. However, they were not as quiet as before, and they all shouted and shouted at the other party. The pirates' five cannons fired one after another. Each cannon sounded, and someone from the Xuzhou soldiers fell down screaming.

But after firing six guns, the six guns were just loaded with ammunition, but did not fire. The gun body swung slowly under the control of several gunners.

The array of Xuzhou soldiers on the opposite side of the Ming Dynasty changed constantly as the cannon swings. Wherever the black gun mouth pointed, it would spread to both sides desperately, for fear of becoming a wronged ghost under the cannonball.

The soldiers holding bird guns and firing tiger squat cannons didn't care about the firearms, because they were the soldiers standing in the first row and the group of people who were most likely to be hit by artillery. Although generals at all levels were desperately trying to maintain order, they could no longer control their soldiers.

Yang Si stood behind the artillery and looked at the officers and soldiers opposite him, and he couldn't tell what he felt. In the past, he led one or two hundred subordinates and didn't even dare to enter a slightly larger village, let alone beneath the city like this, and there were thousands of officers and soldiers facing each other.

Now he has thousands of powerful men and several cannons under his command. The officers and soldiers on the opposite side are already in chaos. Even if he dreams of the scene, he has never dreamed of it.

Thinking about the majesty of commanding thousands of people and scattering across the sea during this period, Yang Si couldn't help but have an idea that this time, his life would not be in vain.

He also knew in his heart that so many people could become a powerful and usable force in such a quick time. Without the people sent by Jiaozhou Camp and so many gold, silver and weapons funded by the people sent by Jiaozhou Camp, there was no way to gather so many forces. Although he is the leader at present, the leaders and subordinate small leaders of the teams below were all sent by Jiaozhou Camp. Moreover, this time he went to sea, Jiaozhou Camp sent more than 300 elite troops.

Among the thousands of pirates under his command, the ratio of soldiers sent by the Jiaozhou Camp to ordinary pirates was almost one to three. Yang Si knew that even if he wanted to do something, he would not have any chance to achieve it. He would still do what the other party ordered. It would be enough to gain a future in the Jiaozhou Camp.

The five cannons were always swinging slowly there. The gunners responsible for controlling the cannons were already sweating because of the cannons, but they still let the cannon body swing back and forth. This was like the situation before the poisonous snake attacked, and their necks were swinging back and forth, looking for the opportunity to get down. This was also the most terrifying time.

"Brother Yang, you can rush now!"

A man dressed in a small leader stood behind Yang Si and whispered to remind him. Yang Si took a deep breath. He just dared to fight to the death. His judgment of the situation on the battlefield also depends on the officers sent from Jiaozhou to warn and remind him. Since he told himself that he could rush, it means that he would almost win if he rushed up.

Yang Si handed the big knife on his shoulder in his hand, and then he heard the leader behind him commanding:

"The first cannon on the left is set first, and the second cannon, and the smoke from the first cannon is cleared, then fire the cannon. The other three cannons point to the center of the opposite side. Do not fire the cannon. After the second cannon sounds, the whole army will charge!!"

This order is quite complicated, but the gunners are naturally soldiers from Jiaozhou Camp, so this order can naturally be executed.

The artillery has not been fired yet, and the officers have relied on the desperate suppression of the troops to stabilize the formation. In this case, we can no longer be so beaten. We must move forward to make the situation come back. The Qianmao below cannot wait for the instructions of the guerrilla master. Anyway, there is no need to escape at the moment, so it is better to go forward and rush forward.

The soldiers began to move forward slowly, but in this moment, the cannons that had not been moved for a long time were loudly roaring, and screams were heard again. The Xuzhou soldiers' advancement suddenly slowed a little bit. While the little officers were shouting loudly, the second cannon fired again.

Before the screams stopped, the remaining three cannons were aimed at the center of the military formation. The soldiers in the center could not care about anything and immediately dispersed.

Yang Si raised his sword with both hands and shouted at the top of his throat:

"Young people, kill me!"

The pirates who had been slow suddenly rose up quickly and rushed towards the center of the Xuzhou military formation...

The momentum is often used to describe the situation in front of you. The pirates led by Yang Si have one advantage over other mobs, that is, they know how to hang out in groups during battle.

The pirates knew that they would assist each other with their companions and did not leave the brigade easily to fight. Although the team was not fast, it was difficult to stop moving. In addition, the officers and soldiers were already panicked by the guns. The thickest formation in the middle was already loose and chaotic.

Yang Si led the man and rushed in directly. Yang Si was born as a pirate leader and had his own skills. The storytelling book often said that a hero in the green forest was waving his weapons like a windmill. It was impossible for an idle person to move in. Park Knife needed to hold it with both hands and was not light. If he waved like a windmill, his arms would probably be broken.

The movements of the Pu sword in Yang Si's hand are extremely simple, mostly poking, and the tip of the knife is used more than the blade. Even if it is chopping and other actions, the amplitude is very small.

The officers and soldiers on the opposite side often could not withstand a round and were killed by Yang Si on the spot. As for those who had to withstand a round, they would be killed by several people around Yang Si holding spears and swords. After breaking through the third row, the Xuzhou soldiers also knew that they could not resist the opponent's edge and retreated to both sides.
To be continued...