Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 66

The transportation officer replied loudly: "Yes!" Immediately he stood up and walked down the steps quickly, while ordering loudly: "Anchor! Anchor!" Then he stepped up to the main ship next to the pier, with both hands Immediately reached out, caught the transport officer's hand, and pulled him up.

——The person who pulled the Liberation Officer was actually Hu Zongxian's book office in the governor's yamen!
Dozens of large ships weighed anchor and set sail down the canal to cover the river.

Zhao Zhenji was still standing there steadfastly, with a gloomy look in his eyes.

Outside the tent was the sound of heavy rain, but inside the tent was very quiet.Hu Zongxian stood in front of the big case and looked at Zhao Zhenji's official documents, his face immediately showed excitement, and then he raised his eyes to the drenched transportation officer kneeling in front of him: "It only took four days for such a heavy rain. Just sent the military supplies, you have worked hard!"

The transportation officer looked up and replied: "Zhao Zhongcheng has a death order, and we are limited to four days to arrive."

Hu Zongxian: "You take the escort officers and soldiers to eat and rest first, and return to Hangzhou after the rain stops. I have a reply to thank Zhao Zhongcheng."

The transportation officer kowtowed: "Yes." He stood up and walked out.

Hu Zongxian: "Come on!"

A few generals came in from outside the tent, dripping wet, and stood erect on both sides.

Hu Zongxian: "Military supplies and supplies have arrived. Immediately send them to General Qi's barracks, pass on my order, and follow the agreed deployment to attack the Wochao in Wenling!"

Several generals shouted in unison: "Yes!" At the same time, they rushed to the rain outside the tent.

It was raining heavily and the tent was dark. Hu Zongxian picked up the lamp on the desk and turned to look at the large military picture hanging on the tent.At this time, the captain of the personal army led the secretary and came in quietly.

The captain of the personal army called softly: "The department hall."

Hu Zongxian still looked at the map: "Say."

Captain of the personal army: "Wang Shuban is here."

Hu Zongxian turned around slowly, and the captain of the personal army quickly took the lamp from him and put it on the case.

That Wang Shuban knelt down, dripping all over his body: "Kowtow to see Master Butang."

Hu Zongxian looked at him closely.

The Wang Shuban raised his head: "Ministry, those old fellowships of yours didn't go away. I signed a contract with the Governor's Office and the Weaving Bureau's Office!"

Hu Zongxian's expression changed immediately.

The Wang Shuban immediately said: "This time the military supplies brought in are organized by the deposit that a few fellowships handed over to the governor's yamen."

Hu Zongxian stood there for a long time, then walked out.

The captain of the personal army hurriedly picked up his umbrella and followed.

Hu Zongxian walked out of the big tent and walked towards the rain curtain.The captain of the personal army hurriedly covered the umbrella, Hu Zongxian waved his hand, waved off the umbrella, and walked into the rainstorm.

The muzzle flames of the black holes are spraying!

The rain was pouring, and the clouds covered the land and the sea all the way to the distant sky.The artillery of the Japanese pirates was set up in the stockade on the shore, and on the warships on the sea, and continuously bombarded Qi Jiguang's forward position on land!

The artillery fire was in front of the officers and soldiers of the Qi family army, on their left and right sides, and some even exploded around them!But all the people crawled motionless on the rainy ground, and what was even more rare was that the horses also crawled motionless beside the people.

Qi's army's cannons had already been set up, and their muzzles had already been aimed at the Japanese pirates' stockade and the Japanese boats on the sea, but they were all silent at this moment, and none of the cannons fired.

In the heavy rain, Qi Jiguang's big white horse also lay quietly beside him, and the artillery fire exploded not far away, and the heavy rain made it close its eyes tightly.Beside the white horse, the soldiers held a large oil umbrella, under which Qi Jiguang knelt and squatted there, holding a binoculars binoculars and looking at the Japanese village and Japanese ships ahead.

In the monocular binoculars: You can vaguely see in the rain curtain that permeates the sky and the earth. Whether it is a Japanese village or a Japanese boat, the Japanese pirates are all hidden behind the cannons, and the ground and the ship boards in front of each cannon are full of bundles. The famous people of Ming Dynasty.

The gunner general bent over and ran over: "General, return the cannon! If we don't return the cannon, our casualties will be great!"

Qi Jiguang put down the binoculars and remained silent.

Perhaps it was to save gunpowder. Seeing that there was no movement from the Qi family's army, the artillery fire from the Japanese ship in the Japanese village gradually became thinner and stopped.

At this time, the rain is also gradually lightening, the dark clouds on the sea and sky are slowly dissipating, and the fog on the sea is slowly rising again.

Qi Jiguang stood up and said loudly: "The Japanese boats in the Wochao are all the people of my Ming Dynasty. In this battle, we don't want to capture the enemy to make meritorious service, but to rescue the people! Without my military order, we are not allowed to shoot or attack! Close the sea surface to form an encirclement before attacking in an all-round way!"

First, the officers and soldiers who were close to Qi Jiguang shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Immediately afterwards, the officers and soldiers scattered around shouted in unison: "Yes!"

The roar of thousands of people alarmed the Japanese pirates again, and the artillery fire came to this side immediately!
But at this moment, several pillars of flames burst out of the Japanese village, and then a Japanese boat was hit by two shells, and the flames burst into flames!Two naval fleets of the Qi family army appeared on the east and southwest sides of the sea at the same time, and they fired at the Japanese village and Japanese boats.

The camps and warships of the Japanese pirates immediately panicked, and many cannons turned around one after another to fight back against Qi Jiguang's naval warships on the sea.

The artillery fire from the naval warships seemed to be more intense, and a few more shells hit the Japanese ships. Countless people were blown up, and some fell into the sea from the air. There were of course Japanese pirates and civilians.Immediately, there were panicked cries from the people on the boat.

"Blow the horn, play the semaphore, and order them to stop firing the cannon!" Qi Jiguang yelled loudly while standing in the rainstorm.

The horn of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" and a few commanding soldiers on the top of the hill signaled to stop firing cannons to the naval warships on the sea surface at the same time.

"Stop firing the cannons!" Chen Hao, a hundred households on the naval warship, ordered loudly.

The naval warships of Qi's army in the East China Sea stopped firing their cannons.

"Stop firing the cannons!" Commander Hu Zhen ordered loudly.

The naval warships of Qi's Army on the southwest sea also stopped firing their cannons.

The Japanese pirates' artillery fire did not stop, and water jets still exploded around the navy warship.One shell hit a naval warship.There was a fire on board!

Navy warships were forced to retreat.

"General! You can't fight like this!" A big man knelt down on one knee to Hu Zhen and shouted.This man's face was blackened by the smoke from the gunfire, but he was not wearing a military uniform. He was obviously a righteous soldier of the people.

Many people followed up and shouted:

"How to fight without shooting!"

"We can't win if we fight like this!"

"Shut up!" Hu Zhen stopped them, "There are civilians on the Japanese boat, and there are military orders not to fire cannons."

The volunteer soldier was still kneeling on one leg and shouted loudly: "Then get close to the Japanese boat and rush up to fight!"

Hu Zhen looked at the volunteer soldier: "The Japanese pirates fired fiercely, how did they get close to the Japanese ship?"

The volunteer: "General, it's foggy, give us some fast boats, we can rush to the Japanese boats."

At the same time, dozens of volunteers from the common people knelt down:

"let us go!"

"We would like to go!"

Hu Zhen: "You are righteous people. It is not your specialty to sail ships and fight wars. If you want to go, you should go to the army."

The righteous soldier: "General, we are Sanghu from Chun'an. We have been sailing the Xin'an River canal and on the sea to escort raw silk. We know how to avoid artillery fire, and we can fight."

Hu Zhen was a little moved: "It's rare! What's your name?"

The righteous soldier: "The name of the little man is Qi Dazhu. General, our lives are picked up. If we die in battle, please tell our Haizhi County, and Qi Dazhu and my brothers will repay his favor!"

At this time, those faces and eyes that were blackened by the gunfire were shining, making people recognize that they were the righteous people of Qi Dazhu and Chun'an.

Hu Zhen looked deeply at these courageous people, and ordered loudly: "Move three fast boats for them! Order all the guns to fire around the enemy ships to cover them approaching!"

"Yes!" A team officer responded loudly.

At this time, the fog on the sea surface was getting thicker and thicker, and the warships that could be seen clearly were all shrouded in the vast fog.Afterwards, some people rumored that the sea here was under the protection of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva on Putuo Mountain, and the fog was caused by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's manifestation.It can be seen that the direction of the heart of heaven is also the direction of the human heart.

The oars flew together, and the three fast boats led by Qi Dazhu quickly rowed towards the big boat in the Japanese pirate water village in the thick fog!
The Japanese pirates in the Wazhai were obviously panicked by the sudden thick fog, and the artillery bombarded aimlessly in all directions.Some artillery fire fell on the sea not far from Qi Dazhu and his fast boat, hitting a jet of water soaring into the sky, and several boats shook violently in the waves.

The naval warship also fired, obviously reducing the range of the guns, and the shells also fell on the sea surface a few feet away from the Japanese ship, stirring up a column of water that soared into the sky.

The three fast boats were getting closer and closer to the big boat in the Japanese pirate water village.

On the first fast boat, Qi Dazhu held a steel knife in one hand and a long penny in the other, staring at the shadow of the Japanese boat that was getting bigger and bigger.

The artillery fire of the navy warship stopped in good time.The artillery fire on the Japanese ship was still bombarding the distance.The three fast boats have already rowed to the lower part of the Japanese boat.

The fast boat is small, and the Japanese boat is big. Looking up, the side of the Japanese boat is about one foot higher than the fast boat.

Qi Dazhu bit the steel knife between his teeth, and stood up abruptly on the bow of the boat with both hands holding the penny.

The volunteer soldiers on several boats put their knives in their waists, took up the long ropes with grapples in their hands, and all stood up.

"Go!" Qi Dazhu yelled loudly, the iron tip at the bottom of the penny pushed hard on the bow, and he jumped into the air following the bouncing penny, and fell towards the plank of the Japanese boat.

Immediately afterwards, the long rope in the volunteer's hand was thrown to the side of the Japanese boat, and the iron hook caught it, and the man grabbed the long rope and quickly climbed onto the boat.

Immediately there were roaring and killing sounds on the boat, the sound of weapons clashing, and the people's cries for help!

"Attack!" Hu Zhen from the southwest shouted, swinging his sword.

The naval warships here adjusted their sails and headed towards the Japanese pirate water village warships.

The officers and soldiers on the warship shouted in unison: "Kill the thief! Kill the thief!"

"Attack! Attack!" Chen Hao, the general in the east, also ordered loudly.

The naval warships here also immediately adjusted their sails and headed towards the Japanese pirate water village warships.

Echoing the southwest sea, the officers and soldiers on the warships here raised their weapons and shouted loudly: "Kill the thief!"

In the thick fog, Qi Jiguang immediately made a judgment, mounted his horse with a sword, and shouted: "Attack on all fronts!"

Numerous horses carried the cavalry of Qi's army and galloped towards the Japanese pirates' water village in the sea fog.

Then the infantry all over the mountains and plains rushed to the water village of the Japanese pirates.

The sound of killing, the sound of fighting was loud in the hazy fog, the sound shook the mountains and the sea!
In the summer of the 40th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, under the deployment of Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang led Qi's army, with the assistance of Zhejiang righteous people, to attack the Japanese pirates' water village stationed in the southeast sea of ​​Wenling from three routes from land and sea.In this battle, more than [-] people were rescued, hundreds of Japanese pirate leaders Wulang Rulang and Jian Rulang were captured and killed, and eleven Japanese ships were captured.Achieved the sixth victory against the Japanese that year.

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