Late Ming sea owl

Chapter 196 One is more stubborn than the other
"The best policy is to abandon the city and enter the bay. If the bandit Lin dares to invade, he will be buried at the bottom of the sea. If he doesn't come, the outer sea will be windy and the waves are strong, and the bandit Lin's navy will be stationed at the mouth of the bay. It will not last long. But I live in the bay, Zhangzhou Everywhere in Pu is served fish meat on the chopping block, so that everything is safe.”

"The central strategy is to hold on to the city. The Lin bandits have few soldiers and will not dare to attack the city. Once they hold on to the fortified city for a long time, their vigor will be lost and the soldiers will be exhausted. Moreover, the Lin bandits are guest soldiers from Zhejiang Province, so they will not be able to act like the master. Generally, there is no offense in autumn, but over time there will be conflicts with the Fujian officials and gentry. When they retreat, the master will go out of the city to cover the attack, and it will not be difficult to win."

"However, this strategy also has risks. If Yu Zigao, the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province, sees that the Lin bandits have won the first battle and mobilizes all the troops from Xiamen to reinforce Dongshan, then they will become more powerful. There are many unruly and unruly people under the leadership of the master. Once they are besieged for a long time, they will I am afraid that changes will occur in the city and disaster will occur within Xiao Qiang."

"As for this strategy, the commander-in-chief can immediately order all the Ximen Ao naval forces to abandon their ships and land ashore before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, and gather all the strength of the army to overwhelm the few and complete the victory in one battle. Although this strategy is fast, it is not guaranteed to be sure. If you win, only the master will take care of it."

Old Master Du talked a lot, but in fact he just wanted to persuade Zheng Zhilong to live in peace as much as possible. After all, the war was fierce and dangerous, and he didn't want to take risks with him.

In fact, he didn't know the combat power of Lin Hai's troops as well as Zheng Zhilong, but from his own selfish point of view, this analysis generally hit the mark. Zheng Zhilong felt as if the clouds were clearing and the sun was shining brightly.

"The old man's words were like enlightenment, which made the younger students enlightened. Please old man, please pay homage to me again!" Zheng Zhilong bowed to Du Ning again. At this time, he admired Master Du so much that he wished he could tie him up and serve as his military advisor. .

"What's the big deal about a trivial matter? I just don't know what the master will do?" Old Master Du looked calm and relaxed. In fact, he also wanted to know what Zheng Zhilong was going to do next and see if he wanted to find an opportunity to escape.

"The old man's best and middle strategies can actually be combined into one. The younger generation only needs to move the Ximen Ao Navy to the north of Tongshan City, and can evacuate from the city to Dongshan Bay at any time..." Zheng Zhilong was already determined at this time, and his thoughts suddenly became clear. Become clear.

Tongshan City is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and only the west side leads to the hinterland of Dongshan Island. Since Lin Hai does not have sea control over the inland sea, he cannot actually be surrounded, so there is no need to rush into Dongshan Bay.

"..." Du Ning was silent for a moment and then replied, "I'd better send one every day. I'm old after all."

As the third trumpet sounded in the early morning, the Chinese army fired a cannon, then blew the bolo, and all the officers and soldiers of the Army Department lined up to prepare for departure.

"General Manager Jiang Sanhu of the Fourth Bureau ordered you to personally lead the first and second posts of the headquarters to the rear. The third and fourth posts will be temporarily under the direct command of the Chinese army in preparation for ambushing the road during the march."

The old pervert suddenly changed the topic. Zheng Zhilong couldn't keep up with him for a moment. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly replied: "What the old man said is true. Wenbao has a total of five concubines, and they all admire the old man's talent just like Miss Wen. Later, Wansheng will be sent to the old gentleman's room together."

After Zheng Zhilong waited for him to go out, he said to himself: "I hope nothing happens over there at Wuliting."

"Let's go!" Lin Hai issued the last order before setting off. The flag of the Chinese Army and the identification flags of each unit began to wave, and the soft beat of drums sounded. Each unit marched out in sequence according to the previously issued military orders and the instructions of the Chinese Army Flag. The camp set off.

Lin Hai's strategy was the same as what he and Shi Bi said, which was to build a stronghold and fight stupidly, never giving the opponent a chance to launch a surprise attack.

The two thousand people brought out of the city by Zeng Wulao and Zheng Zhipeng were the elite of Zheng Zhilong's direct troops. It can be said that they were his biggest asset in suppressing Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang. If these two people were defeated, the future would be really bad. Very mixed.

On the march, whenever they encountered a fork in the road or other places where there might be an ambush, the general would arrange an ambush for the troops after Tang soldiers reported back, and the Chinese army would beat drums and the whole army would quickly pass through the danger.

"I will obey the general's order." Zhou Yifadu ordered the leader to step forward and take the arrow.

After the officers and soldiers of the Army Department finished breakfast, the faint morning light emerged from the transition point between darkness in the east. The Chinese army blew the second trumpet, and the camp began to lower the lights, fire cannons, raise flags, and play drums and music.

Then the trumpet blew three long swan sounds, and all the officers and soldiers of the War Department shouted in unison: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"

"The first round of the first round was launched on Monday, and ordered your troops to go out in front of the first and second posts. Each team is led by a captain, each with a five-square flag, and each pond is one mile apart. "Lin Hai sat behind the handsome case and issued the first command arrow of the day.

"Yes! Boss!" The confidant accepted the order and went to convey the military order.

Zheng Zhilong chose to stay in Tongshan City and Dongshan Bay. In fact, Lin Hai would not rush in. The advantage of Huiyou Company's Army Department lies in formation battles. It is difficult to defeat more with less in a chaotic battle, so there will never be any rush march to disrupt the position.

In fact, Zheng Zhilong was overthinking it. Wuliting was originally the army camp of Tongshan Commander, only twenty miles away from Tongshan City. It was not yet sunrise, and Lin Hai's men were still having breakfast on the beach in Gongqian Bay, still forty miles away from Wuliting.

"My subordinates take orders." Scarface stepped forward to receive the order arrow...

After sending Old Master Du away, Zheng Zhilong breathed a long sigh of relief, and quickly called his close confidants and ordered: "Immediately send my order to all the ships in Ximen Macao to retreat to the north of Tongshan City. In addition, I ordered Zheng Zhipeng of Wuliting Pavilion to retreat to the north of Tongshan City. We will return to the city immediately!"

"The master is indeed a genius, so I can sit back and relax in the city." Old Master Du said, "I heard that Mr. Wen, Mrs. Ru, is also a guest at the master's house now?"

"Open the camp!" Lin Hai ordered loudly, and the Chinese army fired three cannons.

After that, the chief officers of each bureau went to the Chinese military tent, reported to Lin Hai on the night patrol in turn, and received military orders. Except for a watchman who forgot to call the watch in the fourth game, all the reports from the 100th General Manager were "Nothing happened during the night patrol."

Every ten miles or so, a suitable place was chosen to fire cannons and sound gongs. The whole army sat on the ground to rest for two-quarters of an hour. At noon, Lin Hai ordered the camp to be set up.

On this day, the Army Ministry set up a wooden city, which was much stronger than the simple Juma camps such as Putrajaya or Rope Camp. The camp walls were made of wooden fences, and the density was such that a single person could not pass between adjacent wooden piles. Trenches were dug outside, and caltrops were sprinkled or sharp wooden stakes were buried.

There are four gates in the camp wall, and two large latrines are dug a hundred steps outside the gate for all the officers and soldiers to relieve themselves during the day. Inside the camp, there is still a small latrine for each sentry, which is used by the officers and soldiers of that sentry at night or when the enemy is approaching. .

In addition, soldiers must be sent out of the camp to chop wood and collect water, and they must take the military animals out to drink water. Every time the soldiers are sent out of the camp, the number of people must be counted after returning from the camp to prevent spies from being mixed in.

Since the march and camp went smoothly that day, and the outpost troops did not encounter any enemy sentries, Lin Hai estimated that Zheng Zhilong was planning to retreat and avoid the battle, so he did not send anyone to contact him about the exchange of prisoners, and simply waited for the large troops to advance to Copper. Let’s talk about it near the mountain city. On the second day, the Army Department set up camp five miles west of Tongshan City. Although it was still a wooden city surrounded by trenches, since it was not a temporary camp during the march, an archery tower and a watchtower were built this time, and defensive fortifications such as pits, antlers, and thorns were arranged.

In order to avoid being bombarded by enemy ships in Dongshan Bay, the camp was set up on the side facing the sea. However, because Tongshan City was on the tip of the right wing of the butterfly on Dongshan Island, it was considered to be the only land chokepoint for the city.

Until this time, Zheng Zhilong had not sent a single soldier out of the city, not even a sentinel. Lin Hai felt very depressed. He did not expect that Zheng Zhilong, who had ten times the strength of his troops, was more stubborn than him and just stayed in the city as a coward.

He knew that Zheng Zhilong was cautious by nature, but he didn't expect to be so cautious. If he had known this, he would not have chosen to attack Dongshan Island directly. Instead, he would have considered a long-term plan and found a way to let the Fujian officers and soldiers move first, lure Zheng Zhilong's main force to the sea or the wild, and then give him a one-hit kill.

That night, Lin Hai had dinner with Wu Guoyi and Viper in the Chinese army tent. He talked with these two people to sort out his thoughts: "Zheng Thief seems to have made up his mind to be a coward. Our army should next How about it, you all just share your opinions, it doesn’t matter what you say.”

"Don't we have an artillery bureau? Damn it!" Viper remembered the battle to rob the mission and took the lead.

"The artillery bureau only has Weiyuan artillery and Folang aircraft, which can only be used for field killing and are of no use in sieges." Wu Guoyi shook his head aside.

"Then bring a few heavy cannons from the navy ship over, and they will be able to blast the bird city wall." Viper continued.

"That's an idea. Tongshan City is built of stone and is not as strong as the rammed earth city wall that can withstand artillery fire. However, the Navy's heavy artillery that can effectively damage the city wall is also very limited, which is just the broadside cannon of the Dingyuan and Bowang." Lin Hai continued. Afterwards, Wu Guoyi and Viper had no idea about the damaging capabilities of heavy artillery, so he explained.

He continued: "To destroy the main body of the city wall, at least a dozen heavy artillery pieces need to be brought in, and the attack can last for several days. In this way, the Navy will need to lose a considerable part of its firepower, and it is difficult to transport. It is more realistic to pull Two or three heavy cannons came over and knocked down the battlements on the city wall."

"Even if the battlements are destroyed, with the strength of the Army Ministry, it is impossible to capture Tongshan City." Wu Guoyi continued, "In fact, even if the enemy opens the city gate and lets us in, our army should not rush in and fight in the streets. It is not good for our army that the Army Department’s troops are still too few after all.”

Lin Hai nodded silently. What Wu Guoyi said was indeed the truth. At the moment, he really didn't dare to fight in a street fight with pirates ten times his size. Even if he won, he would definitely pay a heavy price.

Viper did not expect that the discussion would end like this, and said with some frustration: "In this case, we have to wait for the enemy to leave the city to fight in the field, either for a long-term siege, or to find a way to provoke the Zheng thief to come out."

"A long-term siege is not enough. Tongshan City is backed by Dongshan Bay. Zheng Thief can plunder everywhere in Zhangpu County at any time. We can't trap him at all."

Wu Guoyi shook his head, and then said: "Now our army first defeated the Zheng thieves at sea, and then defeated one of them on land, which is enough to embolden the Fujian officers and soldiers. For the current plan, I think it is better to ask Marshal Yu to lead the army. We are here to suppress the enemy to strengthen our army's momentum. After all, Zheng's army is a mob, and there may be internal chaos, and then our army will have an opportunity to take advantage of it."

"What you all said makes sense, but I think Marshal Yu can take a break for now." Lin Hai gradually clarified his thoughts, "On the other hand, Viper just said that he would encourage the Zheng thieves to leave the city, so I think we can give it a try first."

Wu Guoyi said: "I'm afraid this won't work. I think Thief Zheng is completely frightened. He has probably made up his mind and refuses to leave the city."

"It's hard to say. You also said that the enemy army is just a mob, and the Zheng thief's foundation is unstable. Being unable to retreat is tantamount to destroying his own prestige. I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the crowd." Lin Hai replied to Wu Guoyi, and then said to Viper He said, "Speaking of which, what harm do you have in mind?"

"Write a letter scolding him and shoot it into the city, scolding him along with his men, and then imitate Zhuge Liang to provoke Sima Yi and give him a piece of women's clothes..."

"That's it? Zheng Zhilong got to the position by being Lord Rabbit, and women wear a lot of clothes." Lin Hai laughed when he heard this.

"If this trick doesn't work, I have another idea." Viper's cold eyes flashed with an evil light again, "Let the boss of the Xu family escort the prisoners over and take them outside the city. Give them Lingchi one by one and see if those bunch of birds can hold back."

"What a great Xiao Zizai, he is indeed very compassionate!" Lin Hai laughed loudly when he heard this.

He then said: "Guoyi, go and tell the Chinese army to learn literacy and write me a letter immediately. If you catch Zheng Zhilong and act like a rabbit, you will scold him to death. Just like what Viper said, even the turtles under him Let’s scold them together. It’s best to attach a few erotic pictures, mainly depicting Zheng Zhilong wearing women’s clothes and selling his butt…”

"Yes, I will do it right away." Wu Guoyi nodded in agreement, stood up and left.

"Isn't it too late?" Viper said from the side.

"Lingchi is a fart, we also have people here in the hands of Zheng." Lin Hai almost forgot about the prisoner exchange that Shi Bi was thinking about, and quickly called to Wu Guoyi and said, "Guoyi, wait a moment."

"Any other instructions from the chief?" Wu Guoyi stopped immediately after hearing this.

Lin Haidao: "It's better not to write a letter scolding the Zheng thief first, but to write a normal letter to persuade him to surrender, and then explain that if the Zheng thief refuses to surrender, he can send someone to our military camp to discuss the exchange of prisoners. Let's see how he responds first. Let’s talk again.”

That night, the Chinese army was literate and wrote a letter to persuade them to surrender. After Lin Hai read it, he ordered people to copy fifty copies overnight.

Early the next morning, more than ten soldiers who were good at shooting were selected from the army. They put on their armor and came to the outside of Tongshan City. They shot all the fifty letters of surrender into the city.

Soon, the letter spread among the pirates under Zheng Zhilong, and everyone gathered around the literate ones to listen to the contents of the letter.

Zheng Zhilong also took a letter of persuasion to surrender sent by his subordinates and was reading it in his study. Suddenly, his close confidants came to report that Li Kuiqi, Liu Xiang and other leaders came to see him.

(End of this chapter)