After three days of sailing, the Manchu and Han soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, who were appointed by Ma Futa and Shen Zhixiang as the chief and deputy generals, took 62 ships from the original Dongjiang Town, and arrived at Haiyang Island smoothly in the early morning. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

When the fleet approached Ocean Island, the main general Mafuta held a clairvoyant mirror and looked at Ocean Island with a greedy expression.

He saw that on this ocean island, along the coast, patches of lattice-shaped salt pans had been developed, and on the flat land on the island, more farmland had been developed, which was planted with winter wheat that was being filled, and everywhere he could see, it was green.

On the top of the steep peak of Ocean Island, Shiyan Mountain, a square castle with a gray appearance has been built, and soldiers can be vaguely seen patrolling back and forth on the city wall, which should be the location of Li Xiaojun's main fortress and barracks.

The most conspicuous and eye-catching thing is that on the side of Taiping Bay on Ocean Island, Li Xiaojun has built a huge shipyard here, and on the wide and flat dock, there are a large number of workers assembling several ships whose keels have been formed.

"! Li Xiao's guy has built this originally remote ocean island well. The Lord put Mafuta down the clairvoyant mirror, and his heart was full of envy.

"Hmph, Li Xiao, who entered the dog, waited for Lao Tzu to go to the island, but he wanted to kill you by surprise! Let the island you have worked so hard to build become a piece of fat in my mouth. Maforta smirked and was ruthless.

Mafuta, who originally thought that this would be a perfect sneak attack, did not expect that when his fleet was about four or five miles away from Ocean Island, on that island, the terrible sound of conch horns was loud, and the workers and farmers who were originally busy in the shipyard, salt pans, and fields threw away their tools one after another, and then turned around and ran wildly towards the castle on Shiyan Mountain.

", let Akito find out!" Through the clairglass, Mafuta saw the sentries on a high watchtower on the shore of Ocean Island, and the sentries who kept blowing and waving their conches and waving their flags were very annoyed.

However, in his heart, he felt very strange.

Now he is riding on the ship of Dongjiang Town in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also under the banner of the Ming army, it is said that these Li Xiaobu soldiers should be defenseless, why do they know to flee as soon as they see their fleet coming?

Ma Futa, who was full of doubts, immediately called the deputy general Shen Zhixiang to inquire.

"Master Mafuta, presumably because, every time my Dongjiang Town sends a fleet to Ocean Island to deliver goods, it is not such a large-scale, and the main general guarding the island, when he suddenly sees such a large fleet coming, he must be suspicious, so he orders all the soldiers and civilians to retreat to the castle on the top of the mountain."

Shen Zhixiang thought about it for a while, and reported this reason to Mafuta for what he thought was the most appropriate.

The strong sea breeze blew the newly knotted pigtails on the back of Shen Zhixiang's head and shook them, with his sneering expression, like a clown.

Mafuta glanced at him with disdain, then sighed and said hatefully: "Damn, this chief general guarding the island is really a guy who is more suspicious than a fox, Li Xiao still has a lot of vision when he chooses this person." ”

Shen Zhixiang hurriedly interjected on the side and asked: "Master, since Li Xiaojun has discovered the traces of our army and avoided gathering in the fort, what should our army do next?" ”

Mafuta's face was hideous, he gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph, the monks can't run the temple if they can run, since they have retreated into the castle, our army will attack the island directly, and completely burn and loot this ocean island!" ”

"Order!"

Not long after, the Qing army anchored and stopped the ships in Taiping Bay, and then disembarked one after another, and began a brutal campaign of plundering and burning.

Li Xiao's shipyard was set on fire by the Qing army and burned to the ground, and the ships that were being built were also burned to ashes. In addition, all the salt pans, brick factories, cement factories, etc., were completely destroyed by the Qing army, and only ruins remained. The immature winter wheat that was being filled in the fields was burned by the Qing army, and the fields that were originally green and full of vitality were suddenly scorched and black and lifeless, with thick smoke billowing everywhere, and the air was full of pungent scorching smell.

At this time, Jin Tongwu, the main general of the island guarding the steep and steep Zhenhai Fort, who led the crowd to guard the peak of Shiyan Mountain, and a group of soldiers and civilians, saw that the Qing army had such a result of their hard work, but it was so inhumane and completely destroyed, everyone's hearts were full of anger.

Seeing that the shipyard that he had worked so hard to build and the ships that were about to be assembled were completely destroyed and burned to ruins by the Qing army, Lin Dazhuang, director of the Ocean Island Shipyard, and a group of shipyard workers all burst into tears of regret.

When the farmers saw that their winter wheat, which would have been harvested in the last month, was burned in one fell swoop, many of them began to weep bitterly.

"it! The Tartars who entered the dog dared to pretend to be the Ming army to come to my ocean island to burn and loot, and sooner or later Lao Tzu will ask you to pay for your blood debts! Jin Tongwu gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

After the Qing army destroyed Ocean Island, Mafuta and the others did not have much joy on their faces.

Because, although the whole island has been ruined, the harvest is very little.

Mafuta thought hatefully, the gold and silver treasures on the island must have all been hidden on the castle on the top of the rocky mountain, it seems that if he doesn't take the castle and destroy all the Li Xiao troops who are guarding the island, he will really not gain much from this trip.

After sweeping all the buildings on Ocean Island, Ma Futa and Shen Zhixiang led their troops to the foot of Shiyan Mountain.

When they saw that the Zhenhai Fort built by the Ming army on the top of Shiyan Mountain was so steep and difficult to climb, they couldn't help but gasp.

It turns out that this rocky mountain is actually an extremely steep bluestone mountain range, the rock wall is as steep as a knife, and there is only one intestine road straight up to the top of the mountain, the top of the mountain has been cut into flat ground, and a steep castle with a circumference of 2 miles is built on it.

Mafuta noticed that near the top of the hill, there was a natural crack nearly ten meters long, and there was a suspension bridge connected to the Zhenhai Fort built on the top of the mountain.

Mafuta tapped in his heart, he knew that the Ming army was guarding such a precipitous castle, and if he wanted to conquer it in one fell swoop, he couldn't do it at all.

Mafuta decided to first persuade the soldiers and civilians defending the island to surrender.

It would be best to get these guys to surrender voluntarily, avoiding a sword fight and a difficult siege battle.

After a little discussion with Shen Zhixiang, it was decided that Shen Zhixiang and a Han Chinese who were accustomed to shouting words of surrender would take a group of guards to the end of the mountain path and shout to Zhenhai Fort to persuade him to surrender.

"The commander of the Ming army in the fort, please go up to the city tower to answer!"

With the loud shouts of the Han people, a general dressed in fine iron armor and wearing a bright red cloak came to the city, he glared angrily at the Han people, and shouted: "You wait for the Tartars, invade my ocean island, destroy my factories and fields, I hate to kill you and others!" Now what nonsense is there to say to Ben General! ”

The Han people pretended to cough lightly, and squeezed out a smile on their faces: "The two armies are fighting, and damage to property and equipment is inevitable. ”

"Hmph, you bastard who betrayed your ancestors and betrayed the country for glory, open your dog's ears and listen well, I will not change my name, I will not change my surname, Jin Tongwu, the deputy head of the Chifeng Battalion, is also!"

"Oh, it turned out to be General Jin." A sneer crossed the face of the Han general, and then shouted: "The soldiers and civilians of the Ming Kingdom in the fort, you listen well, I will treat the surrendered people in the Qing Dynasty favorably, as long as you wait to surrender out of the fort, I promise you that if you don't kill a person, you won't rob anything, and the generals and generals will be rewarded generously." If you don't come to your senses, after I break the city in the Qing Dynasty, I will kill all the soldiers and civilians in the fort, and the chickens and dogs will not be left, and you will regret it too late! ”

The Han people shouted loudly to the city, but there was silence when he answered him.

At this time, Shen Zhixiang on the side sighed lightly and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Ming Army, a certain family is Shen Zhixiang, the former deputy chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, for the sake of you and me, both of them used to be Ming Army. Please General Jin and all the soldiers, listen to the general's words, now the ocean island has been firmly occupied by our Qing Dynasty, and you have few soldiers and soldiers, trapped in the lonely fort, how can it be for a long time? If after the city is broken, the jade and stones are burned, and you die under the sword soldiers, will you not be wronged? He also asked General Jin and all the officers and men to have a clear understanding of the situation, not to act in vain, and to put the lives of the whole army and the people at risk. If you are willing to surrender, Shen can guarantee that all the soldiers and soldiers will have their own rewards, and as for the main general, General Jin, I will definitely reuse it. ”

What Shen Zhixiang didn't expect was that as soon as he finished saying this, the angry shouting and scolding of Jin Tongwu at the head of the city immediately sounded like thunder.

"Phew! Shen Zhixiang, you betrayed the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Tartar for glory, and you dare to come to persuade you to surrender! Our army is full of loyal and righteous people, how can a traitor like you who is inferior to a pig and a dog be able to move! Shen Zhixiang, as the deputy chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, you didn't want to serve the country and died in battle, but for the sake of Lilu's power, you led the army to surrender and surrendered, which is really shameless! Hmph, judging from this future, you must be in order to present your name to Qinglu, thinking that you are the step of promotion, so you will come to earn my Ocean Island. Phew, you are not ashamed of anything, but my family Li Du is more important to you, trade with you, and call each other brothers. Unexpectedly, Li Dudu's sincere heart turned out to be fed to a traitor white-eyed wolf who had no conscience at all and turned his face and did not recognize people! Shen Zhixiang, wait for nonsense, don't say anything, if you have the ability, just attack my Zhenhai Fort, Lao Tzu and the whole army will fight with you to the end! ”

Shen Zhixiang was scolded by Jin Tongwu and blushed, he gritted his teeth tightly and stopped talking.

The Han people on the side were furious, and he shouted: "Jin Tongwu! If you don't show off your mouth, when my Qing soldiers break this fort, they will definitely cut you with a thousand knives as a punishment! ”

Jin Tongwu listened to him like this, and did not answer, but took out the bow and arrow casually, wound the arrow, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, the position where the Han people were standing, although it was outside the range, but Jin Tongwu shot quite accurately, and the arrow actually grazed the shoulders of the Han people, and the clothes on the shoulders were torn by the arrows, which frightened this guy and screamed, and hurriedly turned around and fled down the mountain.

Shen Zhixiang stared at Jin Tongwu, who was so angry and distorted at the head of the city with complicated eyes, sighed lightly in his heart, and also turned around and went down the mountain with the guards.

"What! How dare the Ming army that entered the dog not surrender?! ”

Mafuta, the main general who was rewarded, looked furious.

"Master, these Ming troops are horizontal and hard, and the arrow is so ruthless that the slave almost can't come back. Actually, where are they shooting minions, they are clearly shooting adults in the face. The Han people cried to Mafuta with an aggrieved face.

"Shut up!"

Mafuta yelled fiercely at the Han people, and the guy was so frightened that he immediately fell silent.

"General Shen, you say, now that this Ming army is holding on to the fort, how can our army capture it?" Mafuta looked up at the castle on the top of Shiyan Mountain and asked Shen Zhixiang hatefully.

Shen Zhixiang thought for a while, and then replied: "Master, if you want to capture this fort, I think it is here, but two plans can be used." ”

"Speak!"

"This plan is to besiege this fort, so that the food in the fort will run out, and the Ming army will collapse. If this tactic is used, our army will not need to reduce its strength, and it will be able to sit back and watch its defeat. Shen Zhixiang paused and hesitated: "The disadvantage is that it takes a long time and delays time, but I am afraid that the officials above will not be patient and hold them accountable." ”

"What about the second plan?"

"These two plans are to build large-scale siege equipment such as siege towers and siege ladders, so that our army can attack the fort wall directly from the foot of the mountain, if so, it will take time to build siege equipment first, and then after a bloody battle with the Ming army defending the city, we can defeat the enemy. In this way, the loss of our soldiers is inevitable, and the money and utensils in the fort will also be damaged, and the advantage is that it does not take much time, which can be a quick victory. ”

"Then take your second plan, my Qing army is sharp, compared with those Ming troops who only dare to hide behind the city, it is not a problem to be afraid of one enemy and ten enemies, why do you need such hardship." Ma Futa paused, raised his thick beard, and then ordered Shen Zhixiang: "You can cut down all the trees on this island for the purpose of building siege equipment." If the timber of this island is not enough, you can ship big wood from Liaodong, and you must capture this island as soon as possible, and report your merits to the Qing Dynasty and Prince Yu! ”

"Yes, under orders!"

In the following days, the open space on the island was busy, and thousands of Qing troops and craftsmen transported from Liaodong were busy day and night on the ocean island, stepping up the construction of siege weapons.

And Jin Tongwu and the others, except to stick to the fort, there is no other way.

Tian Wei, the commander of the Chifeng Wei battalion stationed in Chifeng City, has received bad news one after another during this period of time.

First of all, the second general of Jin Riguan Chu Jigong, came to report the loss of Phi Island, Shen Shikui, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, was killed in battle, and Shen Zhixiang, the deputy chief soldier, led his troops to surrender, and now because of the ships that went to Ocean Island to send supplies, they were driven away by the ships of the former Dongjiang Town Sailors besieging Ocean Island, and came to report the news that he was trapped on Ocean Island.

Tian Wei looked at the direction of Ocean Island at the end of the northeast sea and sighed.

Due to the lack of water divisions, Tian Wei, the commander of the Chifengwei battalion, was unable to send reinforcements at all, even though he was anxious.

Tian Wei, who had nothing to do, could only hope that the 1,000 soldiers on Ocean Island would succeed in holding on to the danger.

After nearly 20 days of careful preparation, the Qing army, which had built a large number of siege ladders and siege towers, began to attack Zhenhai Fort in the early morning of the same day. (To be continued.) )