The Menhaitian stayed in Kaohsiung for three days and did not meet the expected indigenous leading party, and Zunping did not stay longer because of the limited time, and pulled anchor and set sail to continue north.

After a day's sailing, he berthed at Haitan Island in Fujian Province, 68 nautical miles north of the main island of Taiwan, that night. Haitan Island is the fifth largest island in China, with a maximum length of about 27 kilometers from north to south and a maximum of about 18 kilometers from east to west, with an area of 309 square kilometers.

According to the information provided by the Great Library, Haitan Island has been developed since the Song Dynasty, and what is even more surprising is that the Song Dynasty set up a pastoral supervisor here to graze horses. It can be seen that the water and soil climate here is suitable for horses to live and reproduce.

Haitan Island already had a population of 40,000 or 50,000 in the Ming Dynasty, which was larger than the Nanao Island they passed through in terms of scale. The Haitian spent two days here, and as on Nan'ao Island, as soon as they landed, the soldiers and civilians on the island were heavily guarded, but no one tried to expel or eliminate them. Let them swim on the island.

The Haitian entered Hangzhou Bay on June 2. Disembark at anchor near Haining. At dawn the next day, Li Ziping commanded the Haitian to approach the turtle gate and prepare to enter the Qiantang River. Follow jihua. The Kama demanded that the Haitian explore the channel in the Qiantang River so that naval vessels could sail directly into the Qiantang River if needed.

The main channel of the Qiantang River estuary has undergone many changes in history. The biggest change is taking place in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Historically, between Xiaoshan Niche Mountain on the south bank and Haining on the north bank, there are three passages into the sea, which are called "three gates": the river road between Niche Mountain and Zheshan is about 62 kilometers wide, which is called the South Gate. The two mountains face each other like a door, and it was called Haimen in ancient times. There is a small hill next to the niche mountain, which is shaped like a turtle, and is placed in the sea gate, so it is also called the turtle gate. The river road between Zheshan Mountain and Hezhuang Mountain is about 17 kilometers wide, called the small and medium-sized gate; The river road between Hezhuang Mountain and Haining Haitang on the north bank is about 105 kilometers wide, and it is called the North Gate. The main trough of the river road has undergone three periods: first taking the south gate, then taking the small and medium-sized gates, and moving the north gate third. When the Haitian came here, it was when the main trough of the river road passed through the south gate, and the terrain of the turtle gate was dangerous, and it was a dangerous place for the mountains and mountains to sandwich a river. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the first gateway for Hangzhou to prevent Japanese troubles. If you control the turtle gate, you can prevent intruders from entering the Hangjiahu area. During the Jiajing period, Zhejiang set up six guards to prepare for the Japanese, and the sea gate guards were responsible for the defense here.

Li Ziping didn't know how many defense facilities there were in the area of Turtle Gate, but he was not worried about the firepower of the Ming army, but worried that he was not aware of the local waterway conditions, in case it ran aground on the river, the firepower was limited, and the Haitian with insufficient troops would become fish and meat under the sword.

Therefore, Li Ziping was very cautious, and when he approached the turtle gate, the whole ship was already on alert, and at the same time, all the rowing boats and small hair boats on the ship were put down, and the rowing boats were in front of the water to test the water, and the small hair boats were cruising back and forth in all directions to cover the navigation of the boats. He carefully ordered to maintain the air pressure of the boiler, the water flow in the river and the sea was unpredictable, the hydrological data was insufficient, and if there was not enough mechanical power, it was easy to run aground and hit the rock.

According to the intelligence information obtained from reconnaissance and collection: there are Ming troops in Turtle Gate, as well as fortresses and batteries. The sudden appearance of the Haitian caused a general alarm in the surrounding area. But as with the people along the road, no Ming sailor ships came out to try to expel them. Apparently, the Ming army was wary of such a typical European ship as the Haitian, and they knew from their years of dealing with these European pirate traders that the firepower of these ships was superior to that of sailor ships that had fallen into disrepair. Therefore, they adhered to the policy of responding to all changes with the same attitude, and held on to the fortress and never moved.

Qian Shuixie led the team to make a tentative landing, and after about two kilometers of deep penetration into the coast, several villages along the coast had already escaped.

"They ran fast" Qian Shui Association was greatly disappointed, originally he was counting on arresting a few people and levying a "reasonable burden", but there was no one in the village, and it could be seen that they were in a hurry, and they did not even take away pigs, chickens and ducks.

Liu Zheng said, "Why don't we catch all the chickens back...... "I have been floating at sea for a long time, and I have been eating grass rations, except for sometimes some fishermen selling vegetables and eggs to them, I have not eaten fresh meat for a long time." Get a few fresh and delicious grass chickens, and it will definitely taste delicious.

"Then we're not going to be Japanese devils." Qian Shuixie shook his head, this is a disciplinary matter. There are policies and procedures for levying reasonable burdens, and now they are stealing things when they take things, and the quality is quite serious.

The team continued to move forward for one kilometer, and there was a faint noise of people in front, Qian Shuixie ordered to stop advancing, and sent people to reconnoiter After a while, the scouts came back and reported: More than 1,000 armed men gathered less than a kilometer ahead, about local officers and soldiers and village warriors. I don't know if I'm going to defend or I'm going to rush over and destroy them in one go.

The Qian Shui Association decided to retreat, and their task was to test the local defenses, not to capture Haining with twenty men. He ordered everyone to turn back and retreat towards the rowing boats on the beach.

But at this moment, there was a sudden rush of gongs and drums, followed by the roars of thousands of people. Qian Shui Xie knew that the enemy was clearly preparing to pursue them.

It would be unwise to race with them now, there are still about 3 kilometers to go from the coast, and even if you run all the way, it will take you more than ten minutes. The exploration team members also carried heavy surveying and mapping equipment on their backs, so they would definitely lose their weapons and equipment if they ran away.

He looked at the terrain around him, and there was a small hill at most five or six meters high on the outside of the corner of the road, which was densely wooded, and there was a river under the hillside, and there was a lot of vegetation to facilitate concealment and retreat.

Set up an ambush at the corner of the road, once the enemy encounters a fire attack from one side of the road, they will subconsciously flee in the same direction on the other side of the road, and the ambusher can concentrate fire and follow the fire without changing the shooting angle.

Qian Shui Association immediately discussed with Liu Zheng and decided to escort the exploration team to continue to retreat by half of the class, and Qian Shui Association led a squad to break off.

"Be careful, don't make dumplings here." Liu Zheng warned.

Qian Shuixie nodded: "No, the surrounding view here is very good, and their roundabout actions can't hide from me." I led my men to fight here for a while, and as soon as the enemy retreated, I quickly brought men to follow. On the way, you call the Haitian to answer you. ”

"Okay, take care." Liu Zheng knew that this was not the time to talk nonsense, so he took people away.

"Machine gun!" He shouted, and the shooters in the squad with M77B automatic rifles with modified bipods immediately came out of the ranks.

"You go to the top of the hill, and as soon as I shoot, you shoot." Qian Shuixie said, "First hit the front of the team with a long point shot, then hit the rear of the enemy team, and shoot with a short point." ”

"Understood, sir."

He then placed one of the most proficient grenadiers as his machine gun deputy. Ten grenades were collected for him from other soldiers. Snipers were likewise assigned to the hills.

Because the sniper was a chaotic Xiang Yong, the sniper did not have a clear priority target, and Qian Shuixie ordered him to fire freely from the moment the enemy entered the effective range.

The team unfolds along the corner of the road. Qian Shuixie's intention was to defeat the pursuing enemy through a fierce ambush, and take advantage of the situation to defeat him, so that he would lose the ability to pursue.

The Heavy quickly found a suitable firing position on the hill, and he carefully knocked the special cartridge case collection bag into the shell throwing mouth, which was a real original load, and was an interior accessory for the M77B automatic rifle. The sniper carefully fitted his Mosin-Nagan rifle with improvised scopes, and Zuihou checked the chamber for bullets.

The "grenadiers" opened the lids of all the grenades, tore through the oiled paper used to protect them from moisture, and pulled out the cables. He surveyed the dirt road in front of him, figuring out where he could reach the maximum distance he could reach, and then he stood up again and gestured to see if there were any branches and bushes that would hinder his bombing.

Wang Jiashan held a bird gun and walked with the team of people and horses.

The sun shone on Wang Jiashan's body, warm. One of his arms and half a shoulder luǒlù was outside through his tattered gown. The gown couldn't tell what it was for a long time, and it hung on his body one by one, and he barely maintained it by tying it with straw rope in his waist.

He was naked, wore a pair of straw sandals, and would have been no different from an ordinary local beggar if it weren't for a tattered leather helmet on his head, a bird gun on his back, and a leather bag for gunpowder buckshot in his eyes.

Wang Jiashan is a military household of the Haimen guard, although the system of the Ming Dynasty has long been corrupted, but there are still some soldiers in the guards who practice on weekdays. Wang Jiashan is one of the "Cao Jun".

As a military operator, he can get some food and salary intermittently, and he doesn't have to work and farm for the commanders, thousands of households, and hundreds of households all day long.

In front of Wang Jiashan was his neighbor Li Shanmin, a middle-aged man with a sad face, and he had seven children, from Damin to Qimin. Even if anyone who can walk is on an errand, the food is never enough to eat, Li Shanmin's fifteen-year-old eldest son, Li Damin, who is wearing tattered clothes, carries a wooden gun and walks in front with great interest, as if he is going on an outing.

Compared with the old, weak, sick and disabled military households, the villagers are still neater, and they are all young and strong. Morale is also good. They were regimental drills in several nearby villages and towns, led by the deputy regimental commander, and went with the officers and soldiers to expel the "pirates."

In the hard-hit areas along the coast of Zhejiang, where Japanese pirates were rampant in the past, after the Japanese under the banner of Japanese pirates basically disappeared, they were replaced by "sea bandits." However, Zhejiang no longer had an important foreign trade port in the Ming Dynasty, so there were no sea lords like Zheng Zhilong, Zhong Bin, and Liu Xiang in Fujian and Guangdong, but there were still many small bandits scattered and small. Officers and soldiers and village warriors often clashed with such bandits who came ashore to plunder.