The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 704 Pirates
Southwest of the Yellow Sea.

The sea was filled with mist, and it was impossible to see anything beyond six or seven nautical miles. The cargo ships of the Daming Ocean Caravan seemed to be driving in a fairyland.

Suddenly, the main mast of the escort flagship Shaowu heard rapid knocking, and the lookout shouted loudly, "Police! There are two, no, three big ships six nautical miles to the west, at least three hundred tons!"

Immediately, more than a dozen escort warships sounded the sound of drums preparing for battle.

Shi Lang frowned even more, six seas away, almost sticking to his face on the sea.Three large ships of more than [-] tons suddenly appeared. If they were pirates or Helan warships, the consequences would be disastrous if they were not handled properly!

He raised his binoculars to look for the target in the area mentioned by the lookout, and calmly ordered his adjutant, "Shaowu, Weiqing, and Zhang Yichao are blocking the west side of the cargo ship. Fuzhou, Guangsignal, and Ji'an lead the rest of the light frigates and The battle line formation is inserted from the southwest, facing the enemy on the starboard side."

"Yes!"

Soon, the naval escort warships separated the six cargo ships from the unidentified ships, and eight other warships, including the Fuzhou, approached. As long as there was anything wrong with the three ships, they would be sunk immediately.

However, Xu Jie, the captain of the Fuzhou, was taken aback suddenly. In his binoculars, the military flags of the Daming Navy were raised on the three ships not far away.Not long after, Yang Yehao, who was relying on help to check, issued a semaphore to release the police.

Xu Jie still ordered his men to maintain the line of battle and sail to the side of the three ships, and then the messenger of the Yang Ye brought people over in a small boat, saluted him, and said, "General, those three ships came from Dongjiang Town. .”

A middle-aged man immediately stepped forward to salute, "Xia Yangrong, Lieutenant of the Zhaoqing, has met the general."

It was only then that Xu Jie remembered that one of the three boats was very similar to the Zhaoqing.He sent someone to report to Shi Lang first, then he raised his hand and said in return, "I don't know how the battle is going on at Phi Island?"

Xia Yangrong hurriedly said: "Return to the general, the naval infantry just attacked Jinzhouwei, Fuzhouwei and other places eight days ago. They fought consecutive victories and captured nearly a thousand captives! Now Lord Youwuwei is planning to attack Gaizhouwei. "He looked quite proud, "The last general is going to report victory to Beijing!"

Jinzhou and Fuzhou guards are located in the area of ​​Dalian in later generations, while Gaizhou guard is the northernmost side of Dalian, and it is less than [-] miles away from Shenyang, which is Shengjing in the Qing Dynasty.

"Reporting victory?" Xu Jie was a little surprised, "Why did you send all the Zhaoqing back?"

There are not many warships stationed in Phi Island. Although the Zhaoqing is a large ship, apart from the Jianning, a [-]-ton Galen ship, it is already the most powerful warship in Dongjiang Town.Generally speaking, two small boats of more than [-] tons are enough for the Baojie Pai.

Xia Yangrong smiled wryly and said: "To tell you the truth, the Koreans themselves are busy fighting among themselves, and they promised that our food and rice have not been delivered in time many times. If the naval infantry hadn't collected some of the Jianlu's food, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to sustain.

"It's just that Fan Dorgon transported most of the grain to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Tartars on the Liaodong side didn't have to eat it themselves, and we couldn't find much grain and rice. That's why Lord Youwuwei sent me to wait on the Zhaoqing ship." Go to Chongming, and ask for some military rations to bring back."

"So that's how it is." Xu Jie pulled him to sit down, ordered the sailors to serve tea, and asked carefully about the details of the naval infantry's battle in Jianlu's hometown with great interest.

Xia Yangrong was even more radiant, "The attack on Liaodong this time is very different from last year's attack."

Xu Jie nodded. He himself participated in the battle when the navy entered the Bohai Sea to attack the enemy's rear last year.At that time, because of the haste and lack of troops, we only fought a tough battle in Tianjin, and after that we always adopted the strategy of the enemy advancing and we retreating.

Although Jianlu was really flustered for a while, it did not cause too much damage to him.

Xia Yangrong continued: "Currently Dongjiang Town has [-] troops stationed, and more than half of them are naval infantry who specialize in landing and attacking the enemy. With Phi Island as their support, they have fought a few tough battles solidly. .

"The naval infantry just defeated the Dabatai tribe in Fuzhouwei, and captured nearly 700 people! A total of more than ten villages were captured before and after, and the Tartars in Jinzhou and Fuzhouwei fled to the northeast. There are [-] to [-] people. Now there are roughly only Han people left in these two places."

"Okay!" Xu Jie laughed loudly, "According to this trend, it won't be long before the Tartars in Liaodong will be in chaos!"

What he said was not exaggerated at all. Jianlu had a small number of people, and 4 to [-] people fled all of a sudden, and almost half of the southwestern coast was about to lose control.

While the two were talking about the battle situation in Dongjiang Town, five dark gray ships were floating aimlessly on the sea more than ten nautical miles south of the Daming Ocean Caravan.

The larger ones were unremarkable, all Fuchuan of [-] to [-] materials, with one or two six-pound or nine-pound cannons mounted on the bow.

But the ship with the smallest size looked extremely fierce. The gray-black soft sails on the three masts were blown by the wind. There were more than 20 gun ports on both sides of the ship's side. It was a nearly [-]-ton Galen ship!

A fat young man with a round face on the bow deck poured a glass of wine into his mouth in boredom, and picked up the chicken on the side plate. It was Zheng Zhilong's second son Zheng Du.

Since the defeat of Laizhou Port, he has been a pirate in the southwest area of ​​the Yellow Sea.

Relying on the Galen warship "Xuwei" in his hand, together with a large number of "old subordinates" of the Zheng family who were from pirates, he managed to make a living. Not only did he defeat other pirates in the nearby waters, he even captured three ships. Fill your own fleet.

It's only been three or four months, he has robbed merchant ships a dozen times, and he has robbed nearly 20 taels!

However, he has been unlucky recently, drifting for half a month without even encountering a passing merchant ship.

He was thinking about going to the Ryukyu area to try his luck, when he heard the sound of clappers above his head, and then a sailor ran over excitedly and said, "Master, there are several big ships in the west!"

Zheng Duteng jumped up, raised his binoculars and searched carefully on the sea surface, and soon saw three thousand material blessing boats drilled out of the mist, and there were no cannons on board, and the draft was extremely deep, obviously they were merchant ships fully loaded with cargo!

He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and ordered his subordinates: "Quickly, let Hei San and Lao Liu divide from north to south to surround, and Uncle Hong and I will charge straight up. After finishing this, let's go to Ryukyu to enjoy a few days of happiness!"

"Master, look! There seem to be a few boats behind."

Hearing the reminder from the adjutant beside him, Zheng Du hurriedly looked further west, only to see two more ships appearing from the sea fog.

Five boats!
Such a large piece of fat, but it is difficult to eat it all...

Zheng Du licked his lips, feeling very regretful in his heart, so he turned around, picked up his saber, and stood at the bow of the boat to direct the robbery.He is confident that with the "Xu Wei", even the ten lucky boats are no match for him.

It just so happened that the escort of the Daming Ocean Caravan went to surround Xia Yangrong's three "unidentified" ships. They were all on the west side of the cargo ship at this time. But Zheng Du couldn't see any trace.

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