Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 148

Sijiao Mountain has a radius of ten miles, with undulating hills and mighty blue waves.

As the main island of the Chengsi Islands, it is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River estuary and the Qiantang River estuary. It is the meeting place of the Zhejiang Navy and the South Zhili Navy.

In terms of water distance from the land, Sijiao Mountain is closer to Songjiang Prefecture in South Zhili.However, judging from the division of territory of the Southeast Navy, the Chengsi Islands are the sentry area of ​​the Zhejiang Navy. Or, to be more precise, the sentry responsibilities here are divided between the right sentry of the middle camp and the left sentry of the middle stream under the Zhejiang General Corps. Responsible.

According to the rules of patrol posts in the Ming Dynasty, the higher-ranking officials were responsible for the sentry areas farther from the land.But as early as the Wanli period, no navy warships had gone as far as the Chengsi Islands.

Even after Hong Chengchou took office in Zhejiang Haidao, the sentries in Yuanhai were still in a state of neglect. After all, the status of Taoist officers was below the chief soldier and above the deputy chief soldier.

Due to its distance from the land and lack of fresh water, Sijiao Mountain has not had many residents in the past dynasties. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has been repeatedly moved inland by the imperial court.Today, the huge Sijiao Mountain has long been reduced to a den of thieves, and there are absolutely no good people who haunt it.

On this day, a two-masted bird boat went north from Zhoushan. After passing Daqushan, a huge flag was hung on the boat.The flag with red stripes on a black background fluttered in the sea breeze, and three bloody dragons with fangs and claws danced in the wind, as if they wanted to choose people to devour.

After rounding the northeastern corner of Sijiao Mountain, the bird ship flying the blood dragon flag changed sides with the wind and sailed westward in the southeasterly wind. The huge rocks and white sandy beaches swept back quickly outside the port side.

Soon, the ship approached Houtan Bay and broke into the eyes of two pirates who were standing guard high in the harbor.

"Look, is that the Big King's recognition flag?" One of the pirates rubbed his eyes. This flag was familiar to every sentry, but they had never seen it on the sea.

"Three blood dragons, yes, these are the flags of the old king. Go and report to the boss." Another pirate said and walked down the mountain.

This is a newly emerged pirate gang whose members are mainly Japanese. Since they have never gone ashore to rob, and they rarely even kill merchants and steal goods at sea, this group of pirates is still not well-known in the coastal defense yamen.

But among the water bandits and fishermen operating in the Chongming Zhusha, Chengsi Islands and Daqu Mountain areas, the vicious reputation of this group of pirates is unknown to everyone, because one of the things they do most often is to steal from others and to attack surrounding areas. Bandits and fishermen collect water reports.

In just over three months, five or six water bandit gangs with hundreds of people have been annexed by this group, and it is said that the fighting situation is one-sided.After all, the water bandits in this area almost exclusively rely on cold weapons to rob, and are completely unable to fight against this group of foreign pirates with many ships and cannons, and all the early members are very skilled.

Although these early members were almost all Japanese, they were led by a Han Chinese named Yuan Yong. This man was younger than the weak crown. He claimed to be the son of Yuan Jin, the King of Jinghai under the Japanese throne, and the chief military officer of the Hongyi Front. The number sounds a bit bluffing.

This person is of course Zhang Yong, who left Tamsui more than three months ago. This set of bluffing names was learned by Lin Hai and Lin Qi's old men who were destroyed five months ago.

Although it sounds a bit ridiculous to insiders, it is still very easy to fool coastal fishermen and some local gangsters. In short, it is just a matter of how you fool people, and you must make people feel that you have a strong overseas background.

After all, the Japanese under Umino Zuobei were real, and Yuan Jin's reputation for colluding with Hong Yi to rob angels was well known. It would be a waste if we did not take advantage of these two points.

At this time, outside Houtan Bay, a sand boat met the bird boat coming from afar.

"Pure sea and smooth waves."

"Blood and fire come from the same source." After matching the code, the sand boat guided the bird boat into the water village built on the edge of the bay, and docked next to a wooden trestle.Lin Hai got out of the cabin, followed by Viper and Feng Yidao.

The reason why he brought Feng Yidao here was because Lin Hai wanted to see how Zhang Yong and Umino Zuobei's headquarters were developing now, in order to decide whether to let the Security Department help them.

As for the Zhoushan Camp, Lin Hai didn't want the regular army to do such dirty work, because what Zhang Yong and the others wanted to do was shady.

After getting out of the cabin, Lin Hai first glanced at the water village where he was currently.The shape of this water village is quite simple. It is just a wooden fence and a water gate. The wall on the bank is also made of bamboo and wood. It looks very old. It is obvious that Zhang Yong and others are occupying the magpie's nest and robbing others. Camp.

Parked in the water village is a three-masted Japanese ship more than ten feet long. It was a ship brought by Umino Sahei from Nagasaki. It was bought from the Sueji family's shipyard with Lin Hai's money. There are ten swing engines on the ship. , also obtained through Sue Heizang, the acting official of Nagasaki.

The Japanese country is currently in the age of peace, and the shogunate has very strict control over firearms. It is quite difficult to obtain these artillery pieces.Lin Hai bought a total of [-] cars at that time, half of which were given to Umino Zuobei, just to allow him to quickly expand in the Chongming and Zhoushan areas.

In addition to this Japanese ship, there are also seven or eight sand ships and bird ships of different sizes parked in the bay. Obviously, these are the trophies of Zhang Yong and Umino Zuobei.

"It seems that there is a high probability that the Security Department will not need to take action." Lin Hai thought to himself as he walked onto the trestle. If possible, he did not want to use the Security Department. After all, these people were all fishermen recruited by Lin Hai from Zhoushan. He didn't want to expose his relationship with Zhang Yong and the gang of thieves so soon.

"Brother, do you have a mission?" Zhang Yong asked after seeing Lin Hai, still going straight to the point as always.

There were only five people present. In addition to Lin Hai and Zhang Yong, they were Viper, Feng Yidao and Umino Zuobei. Lin Hai nodded and said: "Yes, I need you to attack a city."

"Attack the city?" A trace of surprise flashed in Zhang Yong's eyes, and his face, which had always been paralyzed, changed when he heard these words.

Umino Sahebei on the side also changed his face when he heard this. He was born in the Umino clan, one of the three Shino clans of the Higashi Shinano wealthy family. His father, Umino Rokurobei, was the first of the so-called Sanada Ten Warriors. He once defeated Tokugawa in Ueda Castle. Hidetada, together with the family leader Yukimura Sanada, were killed in the Osaka Summer Battle.

Umino Saabei had personally experienced these two wars. He knew how difficult it was to capture a city. For a moment, he doubted whether Lin Hai was a military idiot.

"Lin Sang..." Umino Zuobei was about to speak, but was interrupted by Lin Hai reaching out.

"Don't worry, I just defended the city in Xiamen, and I still know how to attack and defend the city." Lin Hai said and added, "I came here this time to see your current strength. If you are not more than [-]% sure, this matter I won’t leave it to you to do alone.”

Zhang Yong felt a little relieved after hearing this. He still had confidence in Lin Hai, and immediately asked: "When? Which city will we attack?"

"The specific time has not been determined yet, but it should be within a month or two." Lin Hai came to Sijiao Mountain the day after meeting He Rubin, and Ruan Mei had just set off for Shanyin Wu Mansion. At present, He could not yet confirm the timing of the transaction.

As he spoke, he took out a map from his sleeve, pointed at the east bank of the Cao'e River outlet with his finger, and said: "This is right here, the city where Linshan Guard Lihai built the city. The target is the fifteen hundred loads of raw silk in the city."

　Thanks to Lao Zhuwu for the reward of 5000 taels!Thanks for tipping 500 taels!Thanks to Chen Xixiang for the reward of 500 taels!Thanks to the King of Time Hill for the reward of 500 taels!
　　Lao Zhu thanks everyone for your love. I can only finish writing this book with my heart. As my book friend Paul Wang said, stick to yourself and never forget your original intention.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)