Iron blood Suiming

()ps: Thank you book friend 'Zhang Shuiqing' for your valuable monthly vote, thank you!

In the sound of Zheng Jun's bombardment, the Haicang ship of the Lingshan Guards turned around deftly, avoided dozens of ships, and headed for the troop carrier.Although the Ming army noticed the Haicang ship, there were dozens of Haicang ships in Zheng Jun's fleet, and no one saw it and didn't think about getting on the enemy ship.Just kidding, even if you eat bear bile, it is impossible to sneak into the battle fleet with only a small Haicang boat. Isn't this courting death?

Therefore, the Haicang ship of the Lingshan Guards was in the blind spot of the Ming army, gradually approaching the troop carrier guarded in the middle of the fleet.The [-] Ming soldiers who were looking forward to Zheng Jun's firing had no idea that a killing god had approached them.

On land only forty miles away from Zheng Jun's fleet at sea, a woman covered in black veil suddenly felt startled. She was very surprised. What happened?With my own cultivation, this kind of situation shows that danger is approaching her, but she is surrounded by the camp guard of [-] Ming troops, what danger can she approach?

Could it be that Li Guo discovered it?The woman in black gauze had ups and downs in her heart, but the feeling of danger was getting stronger and stronger, so strong that it made her restless.The woman in black gauze couldn't bear it any longer, she got out of the tent, looked at the bright moon in the sky, the moonlight was falling softly on the earth, the snoring of fifty thousand Ming soldiers kept coming and going, the camp that stretched for several miles was obviously impeccable.Is there an ambush?

The woman in black gauze took a light step, and flashed out of the camp like a wisp of smoke.After an hour, the woman in black yarn returned to the original place, frowning and thinking, she had already checked the route in the direction of Lingshanwei, and there was no Lingshanwei at all.But the feeling of danger is still getting stronger and stronger in my heart, could it be... .

The woman in black gauze was shocked suddenly, could it be that there was something wrong with the Ming army at sea?No, Zheng Jun's warship will send him off.The [-] Ming army is much safer than the [-] land army.But where is this dangerous feeling confirmed?

The black gauze woman really overestimated Zheng Jun's strength.According to common sense, there is indeed no navy that can threaten Zheng Jun's warships on the earth at this time. Even the maritime overlord Netherlands was defeated by Zheng Zhilong last year, losing the interests of the East Asian sea.But for a sea giant whale, although there are no other beasts that can threaten it on the surface, for a long spear gun, it can still directly kill it.

Zheng Jun's battleship is the giant whale at sea, and Li Kaiguo is the spear gun.And this spear gun has been dispatched.Doing a fatal blow.

The Haicang ship of the Lingshan Guard finally saw the huge troop carrier.The so-called troop transport ships are actually wooden transport ships from Fujian, which are the same as the wooden transport ships used by Li Kaiguo to transport horses from the Tartars.

Li Jianguo frowned and looked at the huge and strong wooden ship, and then looked at the four thousand-jin Franco cannons on his own ship, how many shots would it take.To sink a wooden ship?

He thought for a while, then suddenly said: "Huang Hailong. Is there any fuel oil on board?".Huang Hailong was startled.Said: "My lord, there were originally, but you said that they were all replaced with shells, so they all moved down."

Li Jianguo nodded and said, "Then we can only take it from Zheng Jun's ship." He pointed to a three-masted gunboat about seventy feet away from them and said, "Let's go."

Huang Hailong was startled, and quickly said: "My lord, are you going to set fire to the boat?"

Li Jianguo said: "It can only be burned with fire. If it is hit with cannon, when will it sink?"

Huang Hailong said tremblingly: "But my lord, that is a three-masted gunboat. There are countless Zheng Jun soldiers on it. If you want to set fire, it is more appropriate to grab the fireboat."

Fireboat?Li Jianguo's heart moved, and he said, "What does a fire boat look like?"

Huang Hailong immediately pointed to the sailing ships that were smaller than medium-sized ships and larger than sentry ships following the troop carrier, and said, "Look, my lord, those are fire ships. The Zheng army is good at using fire ships. Use shelling to cover, hit the enemy ship with a fireboat, rivet the bow of the enemy ship, and then set it on fire. The ship has gunpowder, sulfur, and fire oil all year round. There are three people at the helm on each fireboat. From time to time, they follow the fleet, and when there are strong winds and waves, they hoist to the big ship to avoid it."

Li Jianguo counted the fire boats, there were more than 50 ships, and he immediately understood that the fire boats Hai Dongguan said were powerful when he came.Among other things, these more than 50 fireboats were released together. Even if the three-masted gunboat found it in time and bombarded fiercely, it could not escape the attack of the fireboat.

When Huang Hailong said this, embarrassment appeared on his face, and he said: "My lord, it is not difficult to grab one or two fireboats, but the difficulty is that after one or two, the sound of killing will be heard by the sailors on other fireboats." It was discovered that the whereabouts were exposed."

Li Kaiguo smiled, and said: "Don't be afraid, first find a fire boat to go over there, and I will take the boat and show you." He kept urging.

Huang Hailong was still hesitating, but the sailors of the Haicang boat had already turned the bow and leaned on a fire boat. Zheng Jun on more than 50 fireboats were watching the gunboats in front of them constantly shelling. They were very nervous, thinking that they had hit a large group of enemy ships.They are all waiting for orders to go out.

At this time, a Haicang boat suddenly came towards them. Zheng Jun on the fire boat was not nervous, thinking that the generals of Zheng Jun had sent a message.At the moment, there are still soldiers of the fireboat coming out, waiting for someone to send a message.Unexpectedly, the Haicang boat had just approached, and suddenly a long rope in the darkness rushed towards him like a long snake, wrapping around his head and tightening it in an instant.The fireboat soldier was shocked, and just about to reach out to grab the rope, the rope around his neck was tightened suddenly, and he felt a huge pain in his neck, and his neck was strangled in an instant.

Before he fell into darkness after death, the fireboat soldier saw that the necks of the other two comrades on the boat were also tied with ropes. A flash of thought flashed in his mind, 'they will not survive', and then fell into a long-term depression. dark.

The Lingshan Guards and Huang Hailong on the Haicang boat stared dumbfounded at the 30-meter-long rope. Suddenly, as if they had spirits, they rushed to the fire boat ten feet away like lightning, and wrapped around the necks of three Zheng Jun sailors. To strangle their necks alive.If the other end was not in the hands of Li Jianguo, Huang Hailong dared to swear that he would jump into the sea and escape immediately, and he would keep shouting, "The rope has become a monster, the rope has become a monster."

Although Li Jianguo has shown a lot of miraculous powers, the magic of the rope is still unacceptable.The distance of ten feet.For some peoples on horseback, it is not very difficult to put a rope around a person's neck.Even if it is more difficult to trap three people's necks at the same time, it is not impossible for no one to do it.

But the premise that this can be done is to throw the rope out and then catch it.Instead of using the rope like Li Jianguo, Li Jianguo didn't see Li Jianguo's hand, nor did he twist his waist, but just held one end of the long rope, and the long rope was shot out.Like a spirit, he bent a good angle in the air, wrapped it around at the same time, strangled the necks of the three people, and then the neck bones of the three people were broken.

Huang Hailong was startled and said: "My lord's move is really beyond human resistance. My lord's astonishing skill is really..." He was about to continue taking pictures continuously.Li Kaiguo interrupted and said: "Don't talk nonsense. Hurry up and send a soldier down, and wait for the order of Hou Benfu. As long as the ship fires four shots in a row, they will all light the fire and rush to the wooden ship."

Huang Hailong and the Lingshan Guards should be there together, but Huang Hailong hasn't waited for anyone yet.A sailor stood up and shouted: "My lord, I'm going." With a splash, he jumped off the Haicang boat and swam to the uncontrolled fireboat.

Li Jianguo didn't go to see him either.Said: "Speed ​​up, don't let the fire boat escape." The sailors on the Haicang boat immediately shouted loudly, picked up the wooden oars, and helped the Haicang boat turn and speed up.

Just now this one was a single fire boat, but this time it was five connected fire boats.Seeing this, Huang Hailong immediately shouted: "Quickly pick up the musket and prepare to shoot." He was afraid that Li Jianguo would not be able to kill fifteen soldiers on the fire boat at the same time, and the fire boat would escape.

Li Kaiguo shouted: "You can't use muskets. Once you use them, you will startle other ships. You don't have to do anything. You can kill them all with one touch. You divide the good guys and prepare to jump down to pick up the ship."

When Huang Hailong and Lingshanwei soldiers heard what Li Kaiguo said, they all put down their muskets and began to assign sailors to take over the ships.This is a good assignment, but it has been confirmed in a blink of an eye.Seeing that there were still 500 feet away from the five fire boats, Li Jianguo stretched out his hand to hold the two [-]-foot-long cables again, and his energy burst out. In an instant, the energy of [-] people was completely exhausted.

But it was not in vain. Fifteen fireboat sailors had their necks broken by the ropes that came silently in the darkness. escape the fate of death.

If he hadn't seen the rope extending in Li Jianguo's hand, in the darkness, unless he was close at hand, no one would have noticed the deadly rope approaching the sea.Therefore, this silently killed all the sailors on the five fire boats, but no one noticed.

This time without Li Kaiguo's opening, the Haicang boat turned again and headed towards the densely packed fire boat. Five sailors on the Haicang boat jumped into the sea in the dark and went upstream to the dead fire boat.

In this way, relying on Li Kaiguo's elusive rope to kill people, an unbelievable miracle was born. Under the eyes of Zheng Jun, it took less than a quarter of an hour, and all 57 fireboats were controlled by Lingshanwei sailors. .

And the sailors on the Haicang boat had already been dispatched, leaving only the sailors who could barely control the Haicang boat.Fortunately, the four cannons had been loaded with ammunition. Li Jianguo sneered and aimed at the three-masted gunboat closest to him.Four cannons were fired in a row, and four cannons rang out, and the three-masted gunboat broke three masts in response, and the remaining one hit the tower, killing many Zheng Jun sailors.

With four bursts of cannon fire, 57 fireships suddenly opened their mainsails, and driven by the sea wind, they rammed into twenty troop carriers. On average, each troop carrier could get two fireships.The speed of the fireboat dedicated to the same end is very fast, and can reach a speed of thirty miles per hour.Not only are they fast, they are also small. They bumped into the wooden boat continuously in the dark. The rivets on the bow were deeply driven, and the Ming army on the wooden boat didn't notice it, because all the noises were covered up by Zheng Jun's continuous cannon fire. And they were in the middle of the fleet, and they didn't expect the enemy to attack them at all.

It wasn't until the Lingshan Guard sailors ignited that the gunpowder quickly ignited sulfur and fierce kerosene, and the soaring fire ignited the wooden ship, which was discovered by the Ming army. Only at this time, the Lingshan Guard sailors had already slipped into the sea to meet their troops. Haicang boat swims.

There were [-] soldiers in each log ship, and countless supplies, weapons, and artillery.The generals of the Ming army panicked when they suddenly discovered that the wooden ship was on fire. They were not sailors, but all land soldiers. During the four days since they were on board, most of the soldiers lost their combat effectiveness due to seasickness. This time, they caught fire for no reason.That was very bad.

Although they are all soldiers from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, two-thirds of the soldiers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can't swim. What should we do?The generals of the Ming army yelled loudly, shouting: "Fire, fire." They did not lack water, but they lacked water diversion tools. Originally, there were water dragons on the wooden boats, but they were dismantled for the purpose of transporting troops. I can only watch the endless sea water but can't do anything.

The fire of the fireboat filled with fuel oil and sulfur was very strong, and the wooden ship was quickly ignited.The Ming army on board was forced to retreat.

At this time, Zheng Jun on Zheng Jun's warship also found that something was wrong with the troop carrier he was protecting. Why did the twenty troop carriers suddenly catch fire?The governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who was alone on a three-masted gunboat, was shocked, and quickly recruited the general soldiers of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to ask them what was going on?

Jiangsu General Soldier was sweating profusely.He shouted: "My lord governor, now is not the time to ask the reason. The most important thing is to contact Zheng Zhihu immediately. Let him send people to put out the fire and transfer the soldiers, otherwise the [-] soldiers will be finished."

Only then did the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang understand, and shouted: "Aren't you going to find Zheng Zhilong quickly?" The two general soldiers did not dare to neglect, and immediately went to Zheng Zhilong.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong has already started to send people to put out the fire and save people.He lives at sea all year round, and playing fireboats on the sea is his Zheng family's specialty.He knew better than anyone how fierce the fires of these fireships were. As soon as the fire of 57 fireboats came into view, Zheng Zhilong's head buzzed. He didn't understand where there were so many fireboats.

He hadn't thought of it yet.These fireboats were all his own.The word ghost ship first came to his mind at this time. Could it be that he encountered a legendary ghost ship?Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the bombardment that hit every shot, and the fireboat that appeared silently.

But no matter what, he was very clear that the twenty wooden boats were lost and there was no way to save them.At least 160% of the Ming army on board must die, and all the supplies, weapons and artillery are gone.It's not that they can't save in time, but that his warship can't hold 1 soldiers.Even though he has nearly [-] warships, there were sailors of the Zheng family on them. Now, with all their strength, they can only save [-] people. The rest can only be left floating in the sea, waiting for the first wave The warship came back to the rescue.

However, the water in the distance cannot quench the thirst of the near, and when they send people to find the first wave of warships and come back, they will freeze to death.Although it is already February, the temperature of the seawater at night is no more than six degrees. After soaking in the water for half an hour, the body temperature will lose a lot. If the body temperature is lower than ten degrees, everyone can be frozen to death.Zheng Zhilong ordered again and again, first to put the three three-masted gunboats on alert, and all other large warships to rescue the Ming army on the wooden boat, and then sent the fastest sentry boats to find the first wave of ships to come back for rescue.Although it was of no use, the gesture had to be made so that he would have something to say in the future when the court was furious.

It is conceivable that the imperial court will be very angry about this incident. Maybe the Zheng family will have to resume their old business and return to their old profession of pirates.Zheng Zhilong only kept three three-masted gunboats and small and medium-sized warships on guard, just thinking that the enemy ship that set fire to the ship must have achieved its goal and left.But the reality is more cruel than Zheng Zhilong imagined. What he estimated just now was the best result without enemies, but the reality is that there is a heaven-defying haicang ship staring at them in the dark, ready to take them away at any time. Send it to hell.

The Haicang boat picked up the Lingshanwei sailors who had set off the fire at the maximum speed. During this period, Li Jianguo spared no effort to use a long rope to roll up the sailors who swam over one by one and pull them back to the boat.

Every sailor who was pulled up was shivering from the cold, and the water temperature was only six degrees, which was too cold. If Li Jianguo hadn't pulled them up with a rope, they would have drowned in the cold because of cramps in their hands and feet. In the sea, even if they were rescued, it was the experienced sailors who beat their cramped hands and feet with their fists to stop them from the severe pain.

Li Kaiguo immediately ordered them to take off their wet clothes and change them. Fortunately, there are replacement clothes on the Haicang ship all year round, and these clothes and food are both stored and not moved down, so these sailors have clothes to change .

After the Lingshanwei sailors regained some vitality, Li Kaiguo shouted: "Do you still have the ability to fight again?" Although the sailors were physically exhausted, they were energetic.With just one ship, they broke into the enemy fleet, captured 57 fire ships, and drove [-] Ming troops into a desperate situation.

"As long as the little ones are not dead, you can fight again, please give the order." The Lingshan Guard sailors shouted in unison.

Li Jianguo nodded, laughed loudly, and said, "Okay, you are worthy of being Ben Fu's soldiers, and your courage is commendable. Today, those who follow Ben Fu to fight will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver each, and the soldiers who go into the water will add another five taels of silver. will be issued immediately.”

The morale that was already very high was even more high, and the sailors on the entire Haicang ship excitedly said in unison: "Thank you for the reward, and I am willing to die for you." Everyone's face was full of excitement.This is 55 taels of silver. It is not a small amount to buy seven acres of good land, or to build three brick houses with yards.

Although Huang Hailong didn't care about the 55 taels of silver, he cared about military exploits, and he surrendered as a pirate, so he cared even more about military exploits. He was no more serious than Hai Dongguan, a navy general with red seedlings, so he had to be careful about everything.Therefore, although Li Jianguo did not say that he would be rewarded extra, he knew in his heart that Li Jianguo knew his performance well, so he was also very excited. (to be continued...)