Jinyi Night Walk

The battle on Shuangyu Island started on the fourth watch and lasted until noon the next day.

At first, the navy officers and soldiers who attacked from the South Island were discovered by the pirates, and then the alarm spread, and the navy ships were also found on the North Island, but the pirates guarding the North Island discovered it later. When they found out, half of them had already The centipede boat sailed through the most dangerous area, and the stone beating didn't work, and because the pirates lived on a damp island, they were equipped with few bows and arrows, so the centipede boat erected a wall-like scull shield. The lethality is very limited.

The navy officers and soldiers who passed the dangerous area quickly landed, and launched an attack on the pirates guarding high places before going to rescue the pirates." The pirates had difficulty taking care of both ends. After paying a certain price, the subsequent centipede ships finally all rushed to the beach After landing, the pirate reinforcements on the island also arrived at this time, and they immediately fought with them.

The officers and soldiers of the Nanyu Navy suffered heavy casualties, because they were discovered early, and the pirates were guarding high places. The huge rocks could fall from the sky at any time. After paying the price of three centipede boats and a full ship of officers and soldiers, the officers and soldiers could only dispel the attack. idea.But at this time, the commotion created by Xia Xun, Su Ying and others in the heart of Shuangyu Island had an effect.

Xiao Chu came out of the cave naked, with two knives in his hands, and was about to rush to the beach to command the battle, when he saw a fire broke out in the place where the supplies were stored, he couldn't help being shocked. If the food and grass on the island were burned, the officers and soldiers would No need to fight, just surround the island, and tens of thousands of pirates will starve to death." Xiao Chu immediately led his men to the cave where the supplies were stored, hoping to grab some food.

Xiaomi hurriedly put on his clothes and came out. Seeing the fire in the feeding cave, he had the same idea as Naifu and rushed there immediately. Without these two thieves, the Chumi gang had no leader, and lacked a unified and effective command of the Hangzhou Guard's navy officers and soldiers. The resistance to be endured is much smaller.

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the third navy waded ashore from the rocky beach that was insurmountable for the big ship. Since the guards on the shore had been eliminated by Su Ying's people, they reorganized their team and calmly launched an attack in depth.

First, a fire broke out in the place where the supplies were stored, and then the Ming army appeared on the island, but the two leaders could not be contacted. The navy has occupied the whole island and immediately gave up holding on. "Both boarded ships to break through, and the sailors and soldiers who came to Nanyu also took advantage of the situation to land." Finally, it turned into a land battle between officers and pirates. Li Jinglong's main navy did not participate in the battle because He is waiting for a more terrifying enemy, Chen Zuyi, the king of the sea who is famous and mighty in Nanyang.

Chen Zuyi came, ten pirate ships against Li Jinglong's fifteen warships.The Hangzhou Guard has fifty ships in total, the centipede speedboats that have already entered the island, ten large ships are listed outside the North Islet, and the remaining fifteen main battleships are all in the South Islet, facing Chen Zuyi's warships outside .

The barriers of both sides, Senming, can clearly distinguish the imperial navy from the pirate ships from the sails.The sails of the pirate ships were colorful and dirty, and they were tattered and stitched with a lot of patches, while the warships of the guards were all white and full of sails. "The two sides met each other and began to mobilize the ships" to seize the upper hand and prepare for battle.

Naturally, Chen Zuyi personally commanded. On the main ship of the navy, Li Jinglong and Tie Xuan were all dressed in military uniform, but it was Luo Yu, the commander of the navy, who actually commanded the battle.After all, Li Jinglong is not an expert in water warfare. He is the supervisor of the battle, not the main battle. Standing on the balcony of the big ship, seeing the ten pirate ships opposite are constantly changing and adjusting their formation, angle, and speed. Commander Luo made this water warfare expert feel The opponent is powerful, so I feel a little nervous." But thinking that his own ship is more than the opponent, the weapons and equipment are better than the opponent, and he is waiting for work with leisure, he feels a little relieved.

The three warships headed out by the banner commanded straightly towards Chen Zuyi's battleship formation. In ancient times, it was not easy to mobilize warships, and it was not convenient to transmit military orders. Go straight to the core and don't worry about being surrounded by the enemy. On the contrary, it is easy to disrupt the opponent's formation. Before the two sides approached, the cannon roared, and the artillery fire on the navy ship began to roar.

At that time, the Daming Navy had already been equipped with firearms, and each ship was equipped with sixteen "Wankoutong four-doors", twenty muskets, twenty fire arrows, fire forks, and magic arrows each, and fire thorns. Ten guns.

The daily combat rule is to fire the firearms first and then the bow and crossbow, while the near boat jumps to help fight, combining hot and cold weapons.

The roar of the artillery killed and injured some pirates, and then the fire attack arrows, fire forks and magic arrows caused a second wave of damage to the pirates, and smashed the sails of the pirate ship like a sieve, and the speed of the pirate ship immediately slowed down , the navy battleship immediately cut to its flanks, firing arrows to suppress the pirates" while the gunners began to prepare to fire the caltrops.

This Fire Tribulus Cannon is not actually a cannon, but a more appropriate name is a grenade. It is a spherical bomb with barbs, spikes and hooks on the outside, and a gunpowder bag inside. There is a rope on it, because it is too heavy, you need to grab the rope and fly in the air Take turns, and then throw it out of your hands, in order to throw it further." Naturally, the pirate ship does not have these advanced firearms, and in such a rapid handover battle, their catapults and limited crossbow arrows are also ineffective. Their strengths It is a melee combat.

Fortunately, the firearms at this time have a large area of ​​damage, but the damage is small. It is easy to injure people, but difficult to kill them. They braved the artillery rockets of the Ming army to approach forcibly, and the hulls of the two ships collided violently, and then rubbed violently. When they got up, the two large ships tilted violently. The officers and soldiers of the navy staggered and fell to one side, while the pirates, who had experienced far more wind, waves and turbulence than the officers and soldiers, stood barefoot. Steady, the two ships have not recovered their balance, they rushed towards them like a wounded tiger, with blood and gunpowder all over their bodies, fighting with the navy officers and soldiers...

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Xu Hu copied Nanlu Island, then successfully copied Xiaojiao Island, killed all the people Chen Zuyi stayed on the island, robbed him of all his supplies, and transported them all back to his own Chen Qian Island.

At this time, the subordinates asked about the next move, and it is reasonable to say that they have already torn faces with Chen Zuyi and the Chumi gang. "He should rush to Shuangyu immediately." The inertial thinking formed by playing the game of catching bandits with officers and soldiers made him very worried that the government would kill him like a dog. Once he fought with Chen Zuyi, he would be eaten by the treacherous officers and soldiers as soon as they fought Chen Zuyi. pile of credit.

This kind of possibility not only exists but also greatly exists, so after a little hesitation, Xu Hu issued an order to "walk slowly, don't approach, and watch the situation", so his warship only hoisted a sail and slowly moved towards it. Sailing to Shuangyu Island. Unexpectedly, far away from Shuangyu Island, he saw ten pirate ships sailing towards them with full sails.

Although Chen Zuyi may not know that he has turned against him now, but he can no longer pretend to be a snake. His ship appeared from this direction, which itself is an unexplainable loophole. What's more, Chen Zuyi will immediately find out the truth once he returns to Xiaojiao Island. He was surprised.

Chen Zuyi is really old and cunning. Seeing that the battleship Xu Hu, who was supposed to be fighting with the officers and soldiers Liao Zhan in Beiyu, Shuangyu Island, suddenly appeared here, he immediately raised his caution, and saw that he saw his warship approaching, and he actually raised all the sails. "Speed ​​up and come up" immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately ordered to avoid its edge and go around to the flank.

But it is daytime now, and the wind is blowing towards the mainland. "Xu Hu's warship is a downwind ship, and it is much faster than him." The fleet sailed in an arc, and eight warships sailed out of Xu Hu's attack circle. The boat was hijacked, and after a hard fight, Chen Zuyi sent his troops back to rescue the two boats. He didn't want to fight at all, so he hurried out of the battle circle and sailed south.

This is a rare opportunity." Chen Zuyi is powerful, but he didn't bring too many warships to the north this time, and his supplies were all taken away by himself. There will never be a lot of food and water on the battleships. If you chase after them, it is possible to eliminate the troubles forever. Xu Hu didn't want to waste his strength, so he could only chase after him with all his strength." The two fleets went forward and chased in the vast expanse of ocean.

In all fairness, even though Chen Zuyi roamed the seven seas, but he was required to fight head-on with the court navy, and with the same ships and soldiers, "he couldn't really take advantage of it. In the past, when he had occasional confrontations with officers and soldiers, he used them to take advantage of them." His familiarity with the ocean and the vastness of the ocean can easily get rid of the reputation he earned by playing tricks on naval warships.

Now the Hangzhou navy has five more warships than him. They are equipped with all weapons and sufficient personnel to fight head-on. He only has ten ships. When the officers and soldiers heard that Nanyu was at war, they immediately dispatched five warships and rushed towards them aggressively. Seeing that the enemy ships were about to double in size, Chen Zuyi resolutely broke away from the battle group and fled the battlefield. As a result, he encountered Xu Hu again.

Where is Li Jinglong to the fleet?

Lost it!

Although the navy also trains frequently, the water battle is not ambiguous. The problem is that their ships rarely go out to sea. I am not familiar with the vicinity of Shuangyu Island. "Small islands and hidden reefs" are dotted around, at least there are hundreds of them. Chen Zuyi's pirate ship Lu Jing came to the East China Sea and was more familiar with the terrain than them.

Luo Yu asked Li Jinglong for instructions on advancing and retreating. At this time, news came from Shuangyu Island that the entire island had been basically controlled. The bandit leader Xiaomi was killed and Xiao Chu was injured. "Leading a group of pirates was trapped in a cave, and failure was inevitable. The outcome of the island was decided, and Li Jinglong immediately made a decision: "Continue to fight on the island." As soon as Xiao Chu, Xiaomi, and Ling Potian were captured, the thieves who were bound to win were taken to land immediately. Seeing the corpse, the main navy continued to chase Chen Zuyi.

He also knew that Chen Zuyi would not have much supplies on board "and if Chen Zuyi fled back to Nanyang, the lowly officers and soldiers in Zhang, Quan, and Fuzhou had already been ordered to go to sea" and intercepted along the way. He was captured alive, which was a hundred times more glorious than just capturing Ling Potian and destroying a Chumi gang.

Unfortunately, what about Shuangyu Island?

Tiepin said to Li Jinglong: "The Duke of the State" has done his best to get rid of the evil. This Shuangyu Island is a place where pirates live. Since the island is here and the Shuangyu Gang is here, once the officers and soldiers leave, this place will definitely become the home of pirates again. "

Li Jinglong still had suspicions against him because of the last quarrel, so he said angrily: "Don't you know that you are the Lord of the country? But now the pursuit of the thief Chen Zuyi is the top priority. How can the Lord of the Country have the spare energy to stay on Shuangyu? It depends on the people on the island." , Those small boats, can they deal with the Shuangyu Gang who are familiar with everything here? If they don’t let them leave after the battle, when the Shuangyu Gang comes back, I’m afraid even they will be folded here.”

Tie Pin one is one, and the other is two. He is not a person who abolishes the government for personal reasons, but he still patiently explained his proposition: "Duke, what I mean by the next official is not to ask the soldiers who are staying on the island to be killed based on how many people they have. The ten centipede speedboats fought against the elite of the Shuangyu Gang who were waiting for work. The officials saw that the Shuangyu was indeed dangerous, with many hidden reefs underwater and cliffs on both sides. If someone who is not familiar with the water conditions of this pond can accurately choose the reef In the deep water area among the bushes, it is difficult for large ships to pass through.

But there is one thing, our warships are huge, and the draft of the pirate merchant ships traveling north and south is deeper than our warships. If there is no deep water area between these reefs, "they will also be unable to enter and exit."

Li Jinglong was eager to catch up with Chen Zuyi, and said impatiently, "What do you want to say?"

Tiepin said: "My lord, if we block the waterway", this natural good port will be scrapped. Pirates can't rely on it to collect and distribute goods. Will they steal this island closest to the land and be threatened by our navy all the time?If pirates stay away from the mainland, "our coastal officials and people" will be less harassed.

Li Jinglong's eyes lit up at first, and then he remembered that he wanted to fill the sea, and he didn't know how huge a project would be needed." He didn't have enough manpower and material resources now, so he pretended to hesitate and said: "This." As long as they don’t commit any serious crimes, let them live, and doing this...doesn’t it break their promises and make them fat?”

Tie Pin said sternly: "Your Majesty's words are wrong! We are officers and soldiers, what kind of loyalty should we have with pirates who do all kinds of evil? The so-called gentlemen are not tired of loyalty and trustworthiness: in battle" they are not tired of deceit.In order to eradicate pirates, we are just pretending to be a coward with the Shuangyu gang. "To destroy this island now is for the sake of the country and the people. What is righteousness? What does it mean to renege on your word and get fat?"

Li Jinglong showed his face and said: "But, is it easy to fill the sea?"

Tie Pin said confidently: "It's not difficult. Although I don't practice naval warfare, I suddenly thought of a way. The pirates of the Chumi gang left many large ships in Shuangyu Harbor. As long as we load these large ships with big rocks, we will wait for them When the officers and soldiers evacuated from Shuangyu Island, they would "sink these large ships filled with boulders underwater" to block the waterway, and the sunken ships stuffed with boulders would form reefs of their own after a long time, and Shuangyu was abandoned from then on, never to be seen again! "

Li Jinglong was overjoyed when he heard the words: "The trick" is really a trick! "

He immediately ordered the officers and soldiers on the island to take the prisoners back to Hangzhou Bay to wait for orders as soon as the fighting was over. At the same time, the pirate ships were gathered and filled with huge rocks and sunk in the key points of the north and south waters of Shuangyu Island. Luo Yu gathered all the warships and chased Chen Zuyi in the direction where he was escaping...! ~!