There were roughly three types of naval weapons in the late Ming Dynasty.
Melee weapons include iron sickles, bamboo poles, fishing hooks, and shields.
Medium-range throwing weapons include pear-head darts, dart spears, and iron arrows.
There are relatively more long-range weapons and other miscellaneous tools, including cannons, falcons, pistols, crossbows, poison felts, firework paper balls, spray guns, Kowloon boxes, etc.
The iron sickle is a large sickle used to hook and cut the ropes of enemy ships or to hook and kill enemies. The bamboo pole gun is made of bamboo poles, similar in length to a spear, with an iron tip that can stab and kill enemies.
The hook can hook the enemy ship when it is on the board, preventing it from breaking away.
The purpose of darts and iron arrows is to throw them to kill the enemy.
The purpose of poison balls and firework paper balls is to be thrown onto enemy ships. The smoke produced by the burning will disrupt the enemy's vision and prevent them from counterattacking.
A spray gun can be understood as a large handheld spray gun made of bamboo tubes, and the flame can be sprayed several feet away. After hitting the ship's hull or sail, it can immediately ignite it. If poison is added to the gunpowder, the poisonous smoke can also poison and kill the enemy.
boom!
As the two ships sailed side by side, the four Portuguese guns on the Ming warships fired simultaneously. The hundreds of bullets turned into a dense rain of bullets, splashing towards Wang Fuchen's warship.
Immediately following.
The Ming army on the ship ignited, launched or threw out various long-range weapons such as poison felt, firework paper balls, spray guns, and Kowloon boxes.
The screams of the soldiers on the Dashi Army warships rang out one after another.
Although there were loud screams, not many people were injured because most of them hid inside the ship's side, and the sturdy hull blocked the small bullets fired by the Portuguese.
The navy often used hundred-bullet chain bullets in combat, because in the late Ming Dynasty, it was difficult to sink medium and large warships with artillery unless the red cannon was stuffed into the ship.
Even if the Red Cannon is loaded with large solid bullets, it can only cause damage to the enemy warship after hitting it, and it is difficult to sink it.
Most of the navy's casualties came from the flames when the warships were burned, as well as drowning.
Faced with the attack of the Ming army, the soldiers of the Dashi Army were not willing to be outdone.
Although they have few long-range firearms, they have many other medium- and short-range weapons.
While the Ming army's artillery was loading ammunition, the Dashi army fought back with bows and arrows, darts, stones, and clay pots filled with lime.
The two sides started fighting on the water.
After the long-range weapons had been thrown almost completely, the distance between the warships of both sides began to shorten.
Finally, the battle came into close combat.
After the hook caught the other side's hull, the soldiers from both sides gathered on one side of the ship and attacked each other.
Seven or eight Dashi soldiers were about to climb over the side of the ship, but were forced back by the Ming army with iron sickles and bamboo poles. The offensive of the Ming soldiers was also neutralized by the Dashi army with the same weapons.
"Burn their sails!" a Ming army general shouted to the soldiers holding blowtorches.
"Okay!" The Ming army soldier responded, lit the blowtorch in his hand, and aimed at the sail of Wang Fuchen's warship.
call--
Intense flames mixed with thick smoke gushed out, not only forcing the Dashi Army to retreat a few steps, but even the Ming Army on the boats could not help but bend down to avoid the high temperature brought by the flames.
Wang Fuchen was prepared.
Four or five Dashi Army soldiers were holding two long thick bamboo poles, with a thin quilt soaked in water in the middle of the poles.
The quilt was placed in front of the sail, blocking all the flames from the blowtorch.
"kill!"
While Zeng Ying was fighting with Wang Fuchen, another warship of the Dashi Army came to his other side. He hooked the side of the ship with a fishing hook and jumped onto the deck.
"The bandits are boarding the ship from the other side, brothers, come and help!" The Ming army fought back with weapons while calling on their companions for help.
Zeng Ying put down the bow and arrow, picked up the Hongying spear and rushed to the other side.
But just as they drove away the Dashi Army on this side, the Dashi Army on the other side rushed up again.
Faced with twice as many enemies, Zeng Ying was unable to take care of either side.
Just when Zeng Ying was engaged in a tough battle, his warship hidden upstream rushed down the river.
While the two sides were fighting, Wang Fuchen's navy also crossed the rapids one after another and arrived at the battlefield.
The key to naval warfare lies in warships.
Large warships have a natural advantage over smaller warships.
It can attack from a low position, or it can charge forward relying on the height and solidity of the ship.
Apart from throwing some burning objects at the larger warship, the small warship could only rely on its speed to dodge attacks.
More than a hundred warships engaged in a battle on the river.
While the navy was engaged in a melee, the infantry and cavalry on land had also begun to come into contact.
The terrain in eastern Sichuan is very complex.
The road was sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, making it difficult to line up in a horizontal formation to meet the enemy.
Most of the time, you can only fight in a vertical formation.
That is to say, only when the person in front dies can the person behind take his place.
This terrain is unfavorable to Zhang Xianzhong, but very favorable to Qin Liangyu.
The places where Qin Liangyu stationed her troops were basically of this type of terrain.
She tried her best not to fight with Zhang Xianzhong in open terrain. After all, the enemy had 200,000 soldiers and horses, and facing him head-on would only lead to death.
When the two sides met, they immediately went into battle without any hesitation.
Especially those Xidong soldiers, who shuttled through the mountains and forests as if walking on flat ground. Facing those Daxi soldiers without armor, the bows and arrows in their hands became sharp weapons for killing.
Every time the bowstring sounded, a Dashi soldier fell.
After all, these people are the elite troops under Li Dingguo and will not be easily defeated.
"There are Ming troops in the woods ahead, brothers, follow me!" A Dashi general rushed forward, shouting with a knife in hand.
"Charge! Kill!" The soldiers behind him picked up their weapons and rushed into the woods.
Faced with enemies that were several or even dozens of times their number, the Xidong soldiers turned around and ran.
They were extremely fast and graceful, and every three or five steps they would hide behind a tree and shoot an arrow.
The Dashi soldiers couldn't catch up at all.
Seeing their companions fall one after another beside them, the charging Daxi soldiers slowed down their pace.
"Stop!" The general of the Dashi Army calmed down. He found that a collective charge would not be enough to deal with the enemies in front of him.
"Where are the archers? You guys hold them in the middle, and the infantry will flank them from both wings. Those with armor will be in the front, and those without armor will be in the back. Move quickly!"
"kill!"
The Dashi Army launched another charge.
The Xidong soldiers simply ignored the infantry and focused on dealing with the archers in the distance with their bows and arrows.
whoosh!
Amidst the flying arrows, fresh lives fell one after another.
After shooting a few arrows, the Xidong soldiers turned around and fled again.
After chasing for several times and gaining almost nothing, the Dashi soldiers began to feel fear in their hearts.
This is totally a death sentence!
No one knows whether they will be the next to die.
The most crucial thing is that the main force did not catch up.
All these factors combined made the already terrified Daxi soldiers even more terrified. Seeing this, the Xidong soldiers launched a counterattack, and the Daxi soldiers abandoned their companions' bodies and turned around and ran away.
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