Chapter 202: Raid on Shanghai
In the early morning of the next day, Yang Xin personally boarded the ship in Wuxi with a hundred Dangkou troops, marched forward at full speed by moonlight along the Xicheng Canal, and then boarded his pirate ship in Jiangyin in the early morning, and rode down the river with the low tide to Wusongkou.
Arrive in the evening.
"That's it!"
Before their boat could fully enter the Huangpu River, Salazar, who was accompanying him, pointed to the two large sailing boats in front of him and shouted downstream.
He meant to which those mercenaries belonged.
"Get over there!"
Yang Xin shouted to his subordinates at the helm.
The latter immediately turned the rudder and leaned to the other side of the channel.
However, the opposite ship obviously did not notice the abnormality, they should have got the news and fled in a hurry, from Wuxi to Songjiang on horseback to deliver the letter also took a day and a night, after all, it was also a distance of nearly three hundred miles, and it was impossible to use the post station to expedite it only by relying on the cooperation between the gentry, which was basically the fastest. That is to say, it can be delivered at noon today, but it is impossible for the messenger to send it directly to these people, so it can only be sent to Huating, that is, Songjiang Fuzhi, and then the Qian family there will send the letter to the Portuguese anchored in Shanghai.
The latter also found it difficult to say that they wanted to leave, after all, it still took some preparation time for this kind of sea ship to set sail, and they would not have expected Yang Xin to move so quickly.
In the end, the two sides collided.
But......
"Dear master, our ship is too small to be sunk by them."
Salazar said cautiously.
"Wouldn't that give you a chance to break free from the clutches?"
Yang Xin said with a smile.
"Well, honorable master, judging from the way you deal with your subordinates, I don't think it will be too hard to be a slave for you, not to mention that my life can be guaranteed with you first, but once the two sides fight here, at least more than half of them will probably die."
Salazar said.
"Ha, ha, you're a smart man!"
Yang Xin said.
"Chen Si, you should know how to communicate with the Portuguese at sea, right?"
He then spoke to his men at the helm.
"Back to the master, usually we will use the flag to communicate when we encounter at sea, so as not to worry about each other after getting close, after all, we often go to Macau to do business with them, and even go to Malacca, sometimes we will attack each other at sea, once we get close to each other, we are not at ease with each other. But in the end, they are all begging for a living at sea, and there must be a way to contact each other when they meet, and a few bosses set some simple flags with them in Nagasaki, and when they meet, they can identify each other. Generally speaking, some people who have friendships will not start, just distance themselves to the past, and those who really have good friendships may also rely on doing some business. ”
The latter said.
It is clear that in the nearly 100 years that the Portuguese have been in this area, the rules of the sea have already been born.
This person was under Chen Xinji, but now he is completely loyal to Yang Xin.
Because Yang Xin has promised to get him a Jinyiwei hundred households, he can cash it out when he arrives at Dagukou, so that he can wear the official uniform of Jinyiwei and go home one day in the future to glorify his ancestors.
I have to say that people at this time have official addictions.
Even this kind of outlaw who is a pirate regards a Jinyi Wei Baihu who is a sesame mung bean to Yang Xin as a goal to fight for, and even as a member of the Chen Xinji clan, he forgot that it was Yang Xin who killed his uncle, and completely regarded this actual enemy as his most respected lord, and even took the initiative to plan a future maritime trade route for him along the way.
"Tell them that Chen Xinji has good business to do with them."
Yang Xin said.
He's got to take a gamble.
After all, Chen Xinji's things that have nothing to do with the Portuguese may not necessarily be told to the Songjiang gentry in charge of liaison.
Chen Si immediately shouted at a sailor.
The latter hurriedly took out a couple of flags from the cabin, quickly climbed onto the mast and began to wave.
Salazar turned around and went back to the cabin to hide, he still couldn't be discovered, and the truth would be known with his compatriots on the other side here, which showed that he was still very simple in pit his compatriots, this kind of smart person was worth using, and he would have to have surgery anyway.
Yang Xin took the cloak handed by the soldiers behind him and wrapped the flying fish suit on his body.
Soon the Portuguese merchant ships on the opposite side also began to wave their flags, and then Yang Xin's ship continued to meet them, and the three ships gradually approached on the Huangpu River.
Yang Xin wrapped his cloak and watched the two ships quietly on the deck.
This is not a European soft sail.
In fact, these two ships are close to the red single boat he is going to build, but they are still a little different because of the difference in time.
The source of the red single boat is the Portuguese in Macau.
After they arrived in Macao, because the soft sail was not suitable for the changeable wind direction in the offshore waters, they finally chose a combination of Chinese and Western that was more suitable for the place, using Chinese hard sails and European hulls, and absorbing Chinese shipbuilding technology, so that this type of ship suitable for China's coastal areas was born, and gradually developed in the next two hundred years.
The same is true for weapons.
The Portuguese in Macau also hired a large number of Chinese craftsmen to use Chinese technology, and all the Hongyi cannons cast in Macao were actually participated by Chinese craftsmen.
And these two ships are more suitable for Yang Xin than Chen Xinji's.
This one was supposed to have been built in Nagasaki, and it still has some of the style of Japanese ships, which is a bit backward compared to these two ships.
Soon the ship in front approached.
"Where's Chen?"
A ghost guy in the bow of the ship, who was almost black, shouted with a smile.
Here he is not worried about being blacked out at all, after all, this is the Huangpu River and not the open sea, and there is actually a Ming army stationed next to it, in fact, it is a heavy garrison, Wusong Qianhu on the left of Wusongkou, and a thousand households in Baoshan on the right, two thousand households separated by thirty miles, this kind of heavy military treatment is also at the level of the Liaodong Theater, although these two thousand households rarely perform their duties......
There is no customs in Songjiang.
Theoretically, foreign merchant ships are not allowed to enter.
No one on the boat on Yang Xin's side answered him, and he looked for Chen Xinji's figure with some confusion, but Chen Si waved his hand at him, and this guy's brain was still somewhat paralyzed.
But that's just for a moment.
This kind of person's mind reacts quickly, and that's absolutely top-notch.
Immediately after that, his eyes fell on Yang Xin, Yang Xin, who had fine skin and tender flesh and white flesh, appeared here, and the painting style was obviously weird, as if the big white face of a female star on Skull Island was as abrupt as the big white face......
"Left full rudder!"
He didn't hesitate to yell.
The helmsman turns the wheel desperately as fast as he can.
But this is a ship and not a car, the distance of less than 100 meters cannot change the course at all, the ship still inevitably brushes to the port side, the captain quickly pulled out the short gun on his waist, and looked at Yang Xin who was getting closer and closer vigilantly, and the deck behind him was in chaos, and those sailors who had not thought of fighting were preparing their weapons in panic.
Yang Xin looked at him motionless with a smile on his face.
The captain was getting dazed.
Because he couldn't determine Yang Xin's identity, he didn't dare to attack rashly in such a place, in case of a misunderstanding that provoked the wrong person, then it would be difficult for him to get out of the Yangtze River, and Yang Xin's boat didn't seem to be abnormal, those sailors were busy with their own work, and Chen Si, who he knew, was still smiling at the helm.
Everything seems to be normal.
He looked at Yang Xin vigilantly like this......
Suddenly, Yang Xin's arms were raised, and the cloak on his body flew backwards, revealing the brand-new flying fish suit that had been sent overnight in a hurry for five hundred miles.
Before the captain could react, this guy had already taken off into the air, and then a rope flew out of his hand in mid-air, instantly entangled the ship's mast, and the captain fired without the slightest hesitation, and the bullet swept past Yang Xin, who was swinging like Mount Tai. The sailors on the deck hurriedly raised their guns, but before they could aim at the sudden enemy, the latter was already standing in front of the captain, who instantly drew his sword and slashed at Yang Xin's chest, the sharp blade slicing through his clothes with a spark......
"You ruined another Flying Fish suit?"
Yang Xin said dissatisfied.
"What the hell are you!"
The captain said as he looked at the exposed steel plate in amazement.
Yang Xin slapped him and flew him out of more than ten meters, and his head twisted strangely and fell into the Huangpu River.
"It's hard to explain!"
Yang Xin said.
The sailors on the other side were aiming in confusion.
But the next moment, Yang Xin crashed into the middle of them like a ghost, and the triangular pyramid of both hands reappeared, instantly piercing into the temples of the two sailors, and before he could pull them out, he dragged them into the opposite sailor, and then threw two dead bodies with both arms and smashed them over. Then he moved like a tiger slaying a lamb on the narrow deck at great speed, and the dead kept falling wherever he went, and in the blink of an eye there was a cry of wolves in the apocalypse......
The people in the back are stupid!
"Dear Mother, thank you for bless me for making the right choice!"
Salazar trembled and crossed in gratitude to the spirit in the sky.
It was then that he saw that the ship behind him was turning in a hurry, ready to go down the river away from this terrible demon......
"Turn the rudder, stop it!"
He yelled.
In this way, he completed a complete transformation of his identity.
Chen Si also came to his senses instantly, he turned the rudder as fast as he could, and this pirate ship, which was obviously one size smaller than the other party, took advantage of the tailwind to cross the channel, blocking the Portuguese merchant ship on the opposite side that was trying to escape, and even the Furlong machine on the deck hurriedly opened fire. The latter was just as fast as it was going down the river, and the Portuguese and Japanese sailors on deck also began to roll out their cannons to aim, and when Yang Xin killed the last crew member of the ship next to him, there was a dull crashing sound, and the two ships collided head-to-head......
"Kill!"
Chen Si immediately pulled out his short spear and shouted.
However, someone was faster than him, and Salazar grabbed the arquebus of the sailor beside him, and aimed it at the captain who was directing the attack on the opposite side.
The latter looked in amazement at the blood gushing from his chest.
Then he looked up again at his face, which was clearly his own countryman......
Salazar shrugged not unapologetically.