I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 134 Bombing
After two days and two nights of sailing, the 36 warships led by Hu Zongxian, capable of ocean-going operations, finally arrived near the Zhoushan Islands, and these warships were arranged in a tight battle formation from beginning to end, without revealing any flaws.

"Your Excellency, the Zhoushan Islands are ahead!" Qi Jiguang pushed open the door of the cabin and said respectfully to Hu Zongxian.

"Well, let me go up and have a look." Hu Zongxian said, looking away from the map on the table, and instructed.

"The last will obey."

As Qi Jiguang said, he closely followed Hu Zongxian's steps and boarded the deck together.

"Give me the monocular." Hu Zongxian ordered to the soldiers on the side.

After Hu Zongxian took the binoculars from the soldiers on the side, he looked into the distance, wanting to observe the deployment of Japanese pirates near the Zhoushan Islands.

After a long time, Hu Zongxian put down the binoculars and said to Qi Jiguang who was beside him: "The Japanese pirates' troops are very scattered, and most of the moored at the port are small boats, only a few are big two-masted ships."

"Order the ships to form a battle formation, and then use the cannons on the ship to sink all the ships docked in the port, as long as they are within range!"

"Yes!"

After Hu Zongxian's order went down, some soldiers climbed onto the mast, waving the flags in their hands, and sending messages to the rest of the ships.

Soon, 36 warships lined up in a line, and the cannons on the ships were aimed at all kinds of ships moored in the port.

There are many ships moored near Jintang Island. At this time, on one of the ships, everyone is exchanging news they have received in recent days.

"You guys don't know. I heard from people who came back that raw silk and medicinal materials are in short supply in Japan recently. We only need to transport some over there, and we can get several times the profit!"

"That's right, my brothers have been farming in the fields for a year. After deducting the tax paid to the court, the rest can't even provide food and clothing for the children in the family, and we have to be hungry all the time! "

"Right now we only need to go out for a trip every other month, and we can earn income that we couldn't earn in a year. I don't know why, but the imperial court just won't let us do business."

"That's right, this old emperor deliberately doesn't want us to live!"

While everyone was chatting, someone came out of the cabin and walked to the deck, wanting to get some air.

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a Ming army ship in the distance, and then hurriedly ran back to the cabin, shouting: "Look, there are suddenly many warships in the distance!"

"What!" When everyone in the cabin heard the news, they lost the desire to continue chatting.

Immediately afterwards, everyone came to the deck to observe together. The owner of the ship took out a monocular from his pocket and looked at the warship approaching in the distance.

"No, it's the Ming army! I've seen this kind of warship before!"

"Run! The Ming army is coming!"

The owner of the ship suddenly dropped the binoculars in his hand and jumped off the ship.

The moment he jumped off the boat, there was a 'boom', and the whole ship exploded immediately. Before the rest of the people on board could make a sound, they disintegrated along with the whole ship and sank into the sea.

"The Ming army is here! The Ming army is here! Everyone run!"

Panic will spread. Since the Ming army sank the first ship, more ships have been baptized by the Ming army's artillery fire. Soon, all the ships that were moored in the port were destroyed, and a few survived. The hunter also hurriedly swam to the shore.

"Report to the governor, all the ships within range have been destroyed by our army! Do you want to send soldiers to the island?" Qi Jiguang walked up to Hu Zongxian and asked for instructions on the next step.

"Don't worry, let all the ships move on, aim the cannons at Jintang Island, and give me a round of bombardment!" Hu Zongxian took off the binoculars and ordered.

"Yes, Governor!" After Qi Jiguang finished speaking, he passed the order to the soldiers in charge of waving the flag.

Just like before, this soldier climbed to the highest point, waved the flag in his hand, and passed the order to other ships.

"Your Excellency Governor has a new order. He said to aim at the island over there, and use the cannons on the ship to bombard it again!" After receiving the order, the soldiers who understood the semaphore hurriedly reported to their chief.

"Well, pass the order, all the cannons on the ship will be aimed at the island over there, and give this officer a hard bombardment!"

"Yes!" After the soldiers took the order, they quickly passed the order down.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining ships also fine-tuned their directions one after another, aiming the cannons on board at Jintang Island one after another.

"fire!"

The cannons on board fired a salvo, and countless shells flew towards Jintang Island.

'Boom boom boom! 'Most of the shells landed on the coast, blowing up the mud on the shore, and many people who couldn't escape were blown to pieces by the continuous shells. There were limbs everywhere on the beach, and even some people Even the ass was blown into a tree.

……

"It's not good, it's not good, the Ming army is calling!" Mao Haifeng hurriedly broke into Wang Zhi's residence and reported the current situation to him.

"What? Ming army! Where did the Ming army come from!" After hearing the report from his subordinate Mao Haifeng, Wang Zhi suddenly got up from his chair, and the vase in his hand fell to the ground without holding it firmly. ground fragments.

"Master Wang Zhi, it's true. The Ming army has dispatched dozens of warships. All our ships docked near the port have been sunk! Besides, the fleet of Dayou's family has not returned for the time being. Right now, our troops are empty. , it is simply impossible to compete with it.”

"Let's run away!"

As Mao Haifeng said, he knelt on the ground and begged Wang Zhi.

"Hmph, escape, where are you going? You just said that the Ming army dispatched dozens of warships! We were caught off guard. Judging from the current situation, the sea retreat must have been blocked. "

Based on the information provided by Mao Haifeng, Wang Zhi quickly analyzed the current situation.

"No, we have always lived in peace with the imperial court, and the well water does not interfere with the river water! Why did the imperial court send so many ships to attack us this time?" Mao Haifeng also immediately raised his own question.

"It should be that what happened in Fujian last time angered the imperial court, otherwise, they probably wouldn't have sent so many troops here!" Wang Zhi said, his eyes full of scorn.

"If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have listened to the nonsense of those landlords and gentry! I didn't get the benefits, and I didn't say anything, and the imperial court sent a large army to attack." At this moment, Wang Zhi's heart was full of remorse. He hated himself for not being so greedy at the beginning. Thus incurring such disasters to oneself.

"How many people are there on the island now?" After suppressing his chaotic thoughts, Wang Zhi asked Mao Haifeng beside him.

"There are about four thousand people, but most of them don't have decent equipment." After hearing Wang Zhi's question, Mao Haifeng gave the answer after thinking for a moment.

"Well, organize these people, then send them weapons, and rely on the terrain of the island to defend! At that time, as long as we drag the fleet of Dayou's family back, we still have a chance." Wang Zhi waved his hand , followed by instructions to Mao Haifeng.

"Yes, this subordinate will do it now." After Mao Haifeng answered, he turned and left.

……

At this time, Hu Zongxian put down the binoculars on the ship of the Ming army, and said in a deep voice: "Order down, stop shelling! Soldiers can land on the island."

"Yes!" Qi Jiguang was overjoyed when he heard the words, and immediately passed on the order.

Soon, under the cover of artillery fire, countless small boats slowly approached Jintang Island.

(End of this chapter)