Win the Ding 1617

"The fire is enough! Signal! Tell Chen Peng and the others to move to the two sides and make way for the fire boat!"

Zheng Zhilong, who was watching the battle from his flagship, calmly and cruelly saw the situation on several Dutch warships clearly through the binoculars. He bent down and conveyed orders to the standard bearer standing below.

The two flag bearers waved the big flags in their hands, signaling the first wave of attacking Da Qingtou to step aside, and make way for the small boat in charge of the fire attack.

Chen Peng listened to the commander's order conveyed by his subordinates, and when he heard the commander ordering the ships to make way for the follow-up ships, he couldn't help but get angry from his heart, and grabbed the collar of the sentry officer, "Damn it! ! Falsely passing military orders, I will kill you!"

Looking at the shining sword in the hands of Sir General, the sentry officer reluctantly reported to him, "My lord, even if you have the guts, you don't dare to fake military orders. You can go and see for yourself, Commander-in-Chief!" Flags are still being repeated on board!"

Looking through the flames and smoke, the flag bearer on Zheng Zhilong's flagship was still waving the flag in his hand, "Get out of the way, the fire boat is ready to attack!"

"Damn it!" Chen Peng fiercely slashed the sword in his hand towards the railing, almost cutting off the thick railing.

"Signal! Let the ships fight again! This time, use solid bullets instead of shotguns! Suppress the firepower of the Dutch, so that the brothers of the fireboats can rush up!"

Twenty big blue-headed warships fired dense shells at the Dutch ships with anger, causing the Dutch to fight back in a hurry. When the smoke in front of them slowly dissipated, the twenty who had previously shot at themselves big boat.It is slowly moving to both sides. On the wide front, there are nearly a hundred boats densely packed, almost covering the sea surface!

The hundred ships that came were loaded with sulfur, saltpeter, straw, etc. What was even more frightening was that there were ten oil jars placed on the bow, and the soldiers on board were also holding oil jars in their hands and feet, almost one There are twenty oil jars on board.If you regard the oil jar as a jar of edible oil, you are very wrong!

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On the bow of the boat, the sharp barbed iron nails made of wrought iron become killers lurking underwater.

This is Zheng Jun's second attack formation, fire boat!

Encouraged by the wind, hundreds of ships rushed towards the Dutch fleet flying the red, white, and blue tricolor flag that the Kingdom of the Netherlands had just changed to.

"Guo Xi!" Chen Peng shouted loudly from his own boat to a person who was commanding the boat to move forward on the water. "Are you brave enough? If not, you can get on the big boat and I'll set the fire for you!"

That Guo Xi stood on his own sampan, made a sounding tube with his hands, and replied loudly to Chen Peng: "Old Chen, no need, I will take care of my affairs by myself! You wait for my brother to grab a foreign woman back for you." !"

The two teased each other, gradually drifting away in the sea breeze mixed with the smell of gunpowder and fireworks, "Hu Mei, Lin Cha, Chen Xiu, Chen Jingwu, Fang Ji, Yuan De! All ships and teams are on alert! Prepare to set fire to besiege the two leaders." A plywood boat!"

Seeing that the Dutch fleet was getting closer and closer, Guo Xi put away the relaxed expression when he was teasing with Chen Peng just now, and became serious.

"Master Guerrilla!" A sailor behind him struggled to hold the helm, "When will the fire be lit?!"

"How far is it from the Dutch ship?"

Ignoring the projectiles flying by from time to time, he stared at the huge Dutch warship that was getting closer and closer without blinking. Small boats behind him were hit by Dutch gunfire from time to time, and ignited on the sea. There were huge torches, and the ships behind were trying to control and dodge these ignited fire ships to prevent themselves from becoming the next one.

"It's about [-] steps back to my lord. If we light the fire, along with the wind, the boat can just rush up and nail the boat of these red-haired ghosts to death!"

Before he finished speaking, a shell flew across the air, hitting the sailor holding the rudder, and took his head away from his neck. The wound on his body was burnt due to the high temperature of the shell. , There was no bleeding for a while, but in an instant, the pressure of the blood vessels and the heart broke through the wound sealed by the high temperature, and a column of blood sprayed out, Guo Guerzhan's boat immediately lost its direction and started on the water. Turn around.

"Hold on!"

Guo Xi turned around and shouted.

A soldier rushed forward to stabilize the tiller, and supported the body of the fallen soldier along the way.

"Who knows the address of his home? Remember to send the reward to his home later!"

While speaking, the boat was less than 150 steps away from the Dutchman's first boat. Guo Guerzhan picked up an oil jar and smashed it hard on the bow deck.Immediately, fish oil was sprinkled all over the bow, and he took a torch, "Get ready to ignite!"

More than a dozen soldiers on the ship each picked up an oil jar and smashed it on the board of the ship, allowing the fish oil to be fully mixed with the straw, sulfur and saltpeter on the ship.

"About a hundred steps away from the enemy!"

The ships on both sides were getting closer and closer. Facing the obviously malicious boats, the fleet of the Dutch East India Company could only fire desperately. The Chen Pengs in the distance were also desperately supporting their brothers Paize with artillery fire.

"Eighty steps away from the enemy!"

Guo Guerzhe visually observed the distance and route. Right now, he and the ships behind him are less than [-] steps away from the Dutch fleet. No matter how the Dutch turn the rudder and adjust the angle of the sails, they cannot escape such a dense fireboat attack. up.

"You guys, dive!"

Guo Xi rushed to the rudder of the boat in a few steps, grabbed the rudder, and urged the dozen or so sailors to dive into the water.

The sailors put on the tripod made of thick moso bamboo with some hesitation. , "My lord, shall we dance together?!"

"You bastard, what are you talking about?! Get lost!"

Guo Guerzhan raised his foot and kicked a sailor into the sea. Seeing this, the rest of the sailors jumped into the water one after another.

Guo Xi gripped the rudder stock tightly with his legs, and tried to open his eyes, which were somewhat blurred by the sea breeze and smoke.Slightly aligned the direction.He lit a rag from an oil jar in his arms, the rag was soaked in oil, and the flames danced cheerfully, "You doggy red-haired barbarian!"

Guo Guerzilla cursed fiercely.He threw the torch and the oil jar in his hand towards the bow of the ship.

"boom!"

There was a muffled sound.A ball of fire rose from the bow.Following the explosion of the oil tank, Guo Guerzilla fell back, and the feeling on his body changed from hot to cool.He knew he was already in the sea.

With a few strokes of his hands and feet, he poked his head out of the water. The boat that had been ignited just now rushed straight into the Dutch warship. The hulls collided with each other, making a muffled thumping sound. A Dutch plywood!

The fire quickly spread to the entire hull along the side of the ship. Under the siege of more than a dozen fire ships, the Dutch warship turned into a huge fire, and there were bursts of desperate wailing and neighing on the ship.

"Good job!"

Guo Xi paddled the water leisurely in the water, observed the scene when the Dutch warship was set on fire, and didn't know whether he was praising himself or others.

A small boat of Zheng Jun passed by, and Chen Peng on the boat looked at Guo Guerzilla in the water with a smile on his face, "Guo Xi, do you think you would like to spend more time in the water, or come up?"

"Chen Peng, stop talking nonsense, I am swimming comfortably!"

"That's good! Swim slowly. The commander has spoken. He ordered me to take advantage of the chaos and attack. We must capture some of the Dutch's plywood boats. If we can capture some of his big bosses alive, such as the king of the sea Well, Governor Putmans and the like, that's a great credit!"

"Hey! Hey! Brother Chen, quickly pull brother up! Brother has to go with you to catch that king of the sea, what governor!"

However, Chen Peng and Guo Xi were not the only ones staring at this great achievement. Under Zheng Zhilong's command, General Xu Ze, Yang Geng, Chen Shengyu, Utility Commander Xu Nai, Guard Wang Siguan, Lin Xianzhong, Wuwei General Zhu Jiabin, Sentinel Chen Hua, Lin Sheng, Su Cheng, Wang Zhi, Wu Yu, Xie Xu, Chen Guo, Wu Liang, Zheng Zhihu's sentry officer Ou Lian, Xiangyi villager Cai Liang and others all drove their boats straight to the chaotic place. The Dutch fleet is now in position!

Supported by artillery fire from the battleship Daqingtou, the small boats used firecrackers to attack several Dutch plywood boats struggling in the smoke and flames.Putting down the boat and firing gunfire at the opponent's warship with sailors to kill the opponent's sailors and officers, this was originally a proud tactic of the Dutch, but today it was returned to him in the same way.

The gunners on the small boat calmly aimed at the swaying figures on the plywood boats on both sides of the ship, and immediately pulled the trigger when the figures became clearer. A round of projectiles flew to the opposite side of the ship under the push of the gunpowder.

Under the attack of dense shells and firecrackers, no one on the deck dared to lean out to operate the ship. Many people dropped their swords and firecrackers, knelt down on the deck, clasped their hands, and prayed to the Virgin Mary Send a miracle so that her people can escape from this sea of ​​fire and escape from birth.

"Zhibao, after this battle is over, you will accompany me to Nanzhong. I'm going to thank Li Shouhan face to face. If it weren't for the gunpowder and Dafo Langji he sold us, today's battle would have been impossible. How many people died! The sea is probably full of brothers' corpses!"

On his own ship Daqing, Zheng Zhilong already has the chance to win. What he needs to do now is how to expand the results of the battle and how to prevent Gao Yingyue, the deputy general manager of the South Road on the left, and Zhang Yongchan, the Quannan guerrilla on the right, from serving as guerrilla fighters. Penghu guerrilla Wang Shangzhong, the governor's confidant, the former deputy commander Liu Yingchong, and the former general Deng Shu's Chinese army, this group of guys who fought soy sauce in the melee at that time rushed forward to claim credit!

The progress of the battle at sea is like climbing a mountain. Once you climb to the top of the mountain, you will be unstoppable when you attack down the mountain.A series of battle reports were continuously sent to Zheng Zhilong through the flags and the sailors who reported the victory.

"The ships of Guo Xi, Hu Mei, Lin Cha, Chen Xiu, Chen Jingwu, Fang Ji, and Yuan De contacted each other and attacked and burned two red-haired plywood ships!"

"President Zheng Ran took the lead in attacking the red-haired barbarian flagship Meadeburg. He was shot and died!"

"Sentry Officer Zhang Wu, Qian Zong Zheng Cai, and the bandit Huang Shengtiao succeeded in capturing and beheading many Hongmao barbarians, and captured a plywood boat!"

Seeing his subordinates crazily biting the body of the Dutch fleet like tiger sharks on the sea, they separated the plywood ships surrounded by fire from the fleet, and blasted them on their backs with the small Frangler on the boat and the firecrackers in their hands. After killing the soldiers and sailors on the side of the ship, they threw ropes one after another, swarmed up, boarded the plywood ship and started hand-to-hand combat with the Dutchmen on board.And those Hongmaoyi people also knew that they had reached the final critical moment.They all gritted their teeth and fought desperately with the soldiers of Zheng Jun who boarded the ship.On the deck, on the gunwale, on the rigging, on the mast.The two sides used swords, short spears, firecrackers to fight, shoot and assassinate.Every body let out screams from time to time and fell to the ground.Or it fell into the water, and was swallowed by the sea water in an instant, leaving only a mass of blood on the sea surface.

Two small boats came sailing through the wind and waves on the sea.The sailors and officers on the ship held high the copper horns, loudly conveying Zheng Zhilong's new orders amidst the sea wind and waves shouting.

"The commander-in-chief has an order! Guo Xi, Hu Mei, Lin Cha, Chen Xiu, Chen Jingwu, Fang Ji, Yuan De, burn two red-haired plywood ships, and each reward 500 taels of silver! Sentinel Zhang Wu, Qian Zong Zheng Cai , Huang Sheng was captured, and a plywood boat was captured, each rewarded with 1000 taels of silver!"

The surface of the sea suddenly seemed to be boiling. The soldiers of Zheng Jun heard such rewards and moved forward desperately. The enemies in front of them had already been priced. A plywood boat was set ablaze, and sixteen people were divided into 200 taels of silver. If a Dutchman dies, he will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver; if he burns a plywood boat, he will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver; if he captures a plywood boat, he will be rewarded with 1000 taels of silver!

"Zhibao, take people there and tell Gao Yingyue, Zhang Yongchan, Wang Shangzhong, Liu Yingchong, and Deng Shu of the left-wing and right-wing rangers, and tell them that the Dutch red-haired rebellious barbarians are desperately trying to break through. They rushed to help!"

After pondering for a while, Zhilong gave such an order to his younger brother.

"Brother, this, the Dutch are almost finished! Let them come, isn't this a credit for them?!"

A ferocious smile appeared on Zheng Zhilong's face, "There is a saying in the art of war, what is false is true, and what is true is false. These guys, seeing us fighting with the red-haired barbarians, wished to hide far away until we died almost the same." From time to time, they will come up to pick up the ready-made credits. You see in the Water Margin, when Song Jiangnan went to the North and the North, did the officers and soldiers help him? They all picked up ready-made in the back."

"That's right! Now we say that the Dutch are desperately trying to break through the siege. It's the time when the beast is still fighting and returning to the army. With their broken ships and soldiers who drank the blood of their soldiers, how dare they come to this muddy water?!"

One by one, the messengers asking for support drove the clippers, took Zheng Zhilong's request letter, and headed towards the direction where the other four Ming army navy ships were berthed in the direction of the sea off Liuluo Bay.However, all the answers I got were, "Please rest assured, Mr. Zheng. After we have cleaned up Liu Xiang, Liu Jiu, and Li Dashe, the leader of the Savoqu Qu, we will go to support immediately. Please be sure to stand up, Mr. Zheng!"

Then the sea was silent.

"Hmph! I knew you would be like this!"

After listening to the reports of the messengers who "asked for help" from the four military horses, they also heard that Liu Xiang's fleet was sailing westward. After Xiang and the others fled, Zheng Zhilong's face became more and more ugly.

"This group of guys are not only timid in front of the battle, fearing the enemy like a tiger, but also greedy for Liu Xiang's bribes, intending to fight with thieves!"

Being friendly with thieves was a major feature of the army in the late Ming Dynasty. When the army saw thieves whose strength was almost the same as their own, they would deliberately open a hole and let them escape.Of course, in return, the thieves will leave some property as road money.This was called "he thieves" at the time, or "fighting peace".

There were bursts of thunderous cheers and roars suddenly erupting on the sea, mixed with the sound of firing guns into the air.

Zheng Zhibiao, who was on patrol around Zheng Zhilong's ship Daqing, jumped on board with a happy face, "Brother! We're sure to win!"

"Bastard! This is the army, there is no big brother! Return with military salute!"

Zheng Zhibiao, who was reprimanded by his elder brother sternly, hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "General, our army's front enemy has achieved victory!"

"speak!"

"The general Chen Peng, the guerrilla Guo Xi, the sentry officer Hu Mei, Chen Lin and others bravely killed the enemy, took the lead, boarded the plywood boat of the red-haired barbarians, and captured the puppet barbarian king Xia Yau alive!"

"Brother! There are eleven Dutch ships, but now there are only five! Do you want the brothers to work harder and kill them all in one go?!" Zheng Zhibao also looked ecstatic on the side.

The so-called king of the sea is the fleet commander of the East India Company, as the fleet commander of this military operation, but the position seems to be under Putmans.

"Zhi Bao! You immediately write a report to the governor!"

Zhilong thought for a while, and quickly made a decision.

"Reporting victory?! Our army completely wiped out the red-haired rebels in Liuluowan?" Zheng Zhibao speculated about his elder brother's thoughts.

"No! The report is written in this way, and it clearly explains our previous military exploits, especially the capture of Niyi and the fake king of Haiyi.

"and then?"

"Then? It is said that due to the sudden change of the wind direction at sea, our military ship was blown back by the headwind, which caused heavy losses to our fleet. My ship's commander's flag and sails were also rolled up by flames. The sailor saw this , the formation was a little chaotic, some rebellious people took advantage of the situation to make trouble, and it was rumored that Zheng was dead."

"Brother, this is not auspicious?" Zhi Bao hesitated.

"You can write whatever you want!"

Zhilong gave Zhibao a white look, and continued to dictate the general content of the report.

"Niyi took advantage of the force of the evil wind, smoke and flames, wolves rushing to the sea, and our army is chasing them, we must destroy them and eat them!"

"Zhi Biao, go find your brother Hu and tell him to open a hole so that the red-haired barbarians can rush out. Remember, the play can't be too fake!" (To be continued...)