Chapter 1582 Landing in Yu Country
After an unexpected encounter between both sides, the fleet headed towards the northern Gulf again.
At noon the next day, Yun Zheng received a message sent back by someone from the front army.
The front army is organizing a landing, but the enemy has seized the advantageous terrain and is using it to block their landing troops.
But Zhao Liuliang issued a military order to defeat the enemy's blocking forces before dark.
Upon receiving this news, Yun Zheng immediately ordered the follow-up troops to speed up and move closer to the troops in front, while at the same time being prepared to guard against sneak attacks by enemy warships.
On the gunboat, Zhao Liuliang put down the telescope in his hand and a sneer flashed across his face.
The enemy clearly wanted to attack them halfway across the river!
However, he would never give the enemy this opportunity.
"You organize the people to land first!"
Zhao Liuliang instructed Sanada Takeshi: "Remember, don't rush too far. Just seize the beach ahead and build a defense line there! I will order the gunboats to cover you!"
"Yes!"
Takeshi Sanada received the order and immediately went to organize people for the landing.
After Sanada Takeshi left, Zhao Liuliang immediately gave another order: "Order Zhang Du's warships to move the cannons in the cabin onto the deck and prepare to cover the landing army! The rest of the warships, immediately give up the attack position!"
Many of those tower ships were equipped with muzzle-loading cannons.
Although that kind of front-loading artillery is a little troublesome to load, its range is longer than that of naval guns, making it perfect for covering landing troops!
As Zhao Liuliang's orders were issued, their warships began to move.
Soon, several ships entered the attack position, the cannons in the cabin were moved onto the deck, and they began to adjust the shooting angles.
The landing troops organized by Takeshi Sanada were also ready to go, waiting for the order to start landing.
On the shore, Minamoto Nagamasa personally went to the front line to command the troops for defense.
Although he had not received any battle reports from the navy, since a large number of enemy warships had appeared here, it meant that the navy led by Yuan Qianxiu had been defeated.
Now, the navy can no longer be relied upon.
They must stop the enemy here and never let the main force of the enemy land.
Minamoto Nagamasa looked at the warships on the sea and ordered those around him: "Order Uesugi Yu, do not launch an attack without my order!"
"Yes!"
The messenger immediately took the order and left.
Minamoto Nagamasa's eyes never left the sea.
His many years of fighting career have enabled him to accumulate extremely rich combat experience.
Although they only have 20,000 troops here, he still has absolute confidence that he can prevent the enemy from landing!
Since the navy cannot defeat the enemy, then don't rely on the navy to fight!
They can slowly consume the enemy!
As long as the enemy's supplies are exhausted, the enemy will naturally retreat!
Under the watchful eyes of Minamoto no Nagamasa, landing ships filled with soldiers arrived on the beach.
The moment the small ship approached the beach, someone lowered the ladder that had been prepared long ago.
This long ladder is also made of wood, but it has been reinforced and has wooden boards nailed on it.
This is a long ladder specially used for landing.
From Takeshi Sanada to the Shintsu Navy, they had no idea how many times they had practiced this kind of landing battle.
At this moment, the effect of their usual training immediately became apparent.
Although there were many warships, there was no sign of chaos.
All soldiers landed in an orderly manner according to their usual drills.
When the first batch of 3,000 soldiers completed landing, the troop transport ship immediately retreated to pick up the next batch of landing soldiers.
And Sanada Takeshi also quickly organized his soldiers into a formation.
"It's now!"
Seeing those warships begin to retreat, Minamoto Nagamasa was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "Attack!"
After receiving the order from Minamoto Nagamasa, Uesugi Yu, who had been unable to contain himself for a long time, could not help but shout excitedly: "Attack! Kill!"
"kill!"
"Kill!"
Following Uesugi Yu's order, ten thousand Yuguo soldiers immediately rushed towards the Daqian soldiers who were still forming a formation, howling.
Minamoto Nagamasa put down his hands that were blocking the sunlight and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
He has confidence in Uesugi Yu!
Uesugi Yu has followed him for more than twenty years and is one of his most trusted generals.
Although the 10,000 soldiers under Uesugi Yu were not the most elite forces under his command, they were also strong soldiers.
They have an absolute advantage in numbers and can easily wipe out the enemy's small number of troops.
After they have eaten up this part of the enemy troops, they can wait for the next part of the enemy troops to come and die!
The enemy is simply seeking death by landing in such a stupid way!
But soon, Minamoto Nagamasa discovered something was wrong.
Faced with their large-scale sudden attack, the enemy was not at all panicked.
Is it...
For some reason, Minamoto Nagamasa thought of the weapons on the enemy warships.
However, judging from previous battles, that kind of weapon shouldn't be able to shoot that far, right?
The reason why he did not directly advance to the coast to block the enemy was to guard against the enemy's weapons.
The enemy's large ships are so far away from the coast, it shouldn't be possible for them to reach here, right?
But soon, Minamoto Nagamasa's doubts were answered.
Just as Uesugi Yu's army was roaring and rushing forward.
There was a sudden loud noise in his ears.
boom!
Immediately afterwards, a shell exploded in front of the charging army.
The sudden explosion frightened the soldiers who had never seen such weapons. The group of soldiers in the front subconsciously lay on the ground and dared not move forward.
The soldiers in the rear also stood there at a loss as to what to do.
Although the explosion did not cause them any damage, the loud noise made their scalps numb.
"Dong dong dong..."
It was not until the rapid sound of war drums came from behind them that the soldiers came to their senses.
"Dong dong..."
The sound of war drums continued to ring, urging the soldiers to launch an attack.
"kill!"
"Kill them all!"
Urged by the sound of war drums, the soldiers came to their senses and charged forward again under the leadership of a young general.
Soon, they reached Daqian's landing troops.
The archers in the rear have already started shooting arrows.
boom!
Another loud noise came from the sea.
Boom boom...
Immediately afterwards, deafening noises continued to be heard.
One shell after another fell from the sky and landed among the charging troops.
At the moment of hitting the ground, several shells exploded directly.
Boom boom...
Explosions continued.
One by one, the soldiers of the Yu Kingdom were knocked over by the shock wave generated by the explosion.
The flying debris indiscriminately killed people around.
One soldier was still opening his mouth stupidly when he suddenly felt something flying into his mouth.
When he subconsciously took the object out of his mouth, he found that it was a piece of finger.
There were also a few duds that did not explode, but they hit the foreheads of the Yu soldiers, causing them to suffer head injuries and bleed.
Under the bombardment of this unprecedented weapon, the morale of the Yu soldiers quickly collapsed.
"Run!"
"Run!"
I don't know who shouted in the crowd, and then everyone rushed back.
"Dong dong dong..."
The sound of war drums continued to sound from the rear.
But unfortunately, these soldiers who were frightened out of their wits ignored the sound of the war drums and ran back crying for their parents, fearing that if they ran too slowly, they would become like the soldiers lying on the ground.
Looking at the army's sudden collapse, Minamoto Nagamasa felt dazed.
He wanted to give an order, but he couldn't speak...
"fire!"
"Blast these sons of bitches!"
"fire!"
Zhang Du stood on the ship, roaring furiously, his eyes filled with the flames of revenge...
