When they heard that there was going to be a battle the next day, the officers and men were very excited, and if they had fought the Franc or the Woko, they might have fled faster than anyone else, but now they were going to fight a group of pirates who didn't even have many weapons, and they were all like chickens. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although the merit of killing a pirate cannot be compared with killing a pirate, the officers and soldiers have a rare opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and if they kill a few more, they may be added to the rank of knight, and they can't wait to be rewarded for their achievements.

Shangchuan Island is a relatively large island off the coast of Guangdong Province, later generations have the name of "the South China Sea blue waves out of the hibiscus", there are many charming beaches around the island, on this day Shen Xi led the Chinese army soldiers and horses to rest near the flying beach in the east of the island.

When the soldiers and horses arrived on the island, Shen Xi found that the island had actually built a walled city on the part of the southwest harbor, and there were many foreign devils in the walled city.

At some point, the island became a transit point for the Franc Robot on the coast of Guangdong Province, where Almeida's main fleet was trading between Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Luzon and Malacca, otherwise Shen Xi would have wanted to come to him and ask why he had invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Ming Dynasty forbids the sea, there are many Ming people on the island, on the surface, the Franc machine people and the people of the Ming Dynasty live in harmony, but Shen Xi how to see the Franc machine people are all pirates, these Ming people are estimated to be from all over the coast to the island to serve as slaves and miscellaneous servants.

Zhu Hong came up and was ruthless, and said: "My lord, just fight with these foreign devils, this island is easy to fight, bring hundreds of people to rush up, keep and kill him without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Shen Xi glanced at Zhu Hong, your father asked you to fight with me, not to let you fight bravely and be a general...... You've done a lot of robbing homes, and even I became your prisoner at the beginning, but you have the experience of commanding troops on the battlefield? So let you charge into battle with your soldiers, and finally return with a fiasco, who will bear the responsibility for defeating the battle?

As far as Shen Xi is concerned, there is no room for failure in the war to exterminate the coastal bandits, and no fault is a success, and once there is a large loss, it will be exaggerated by the local yamen, and no matter how great the credit is, it will not be easy to make up for it.

Shen Xi said: "Don't care about Shangchuan Mountain first, this island is too big, let's not figure out the reality for a while, and then decide whether to attack the island when we return." Now you can prepare to attack the Black Pig Mountain! ”

The fleet docked on the eastern coast of Shangchuan Island, and on the deep mountain col of the island, the Francophone constantly sent spies to spy on it, obviously raising vigilance, and a big war was imminent.

The Franco-Rang people knew that it was easy to be retributioned for playing Yang and Yin with Daming, but they never expected that their secret base would be discovered by the Daming government so soon.

After a night of fear, the Ming army did not send troops to attack their walled city, and the next morning, Shen Xi's fleet was assembled, set sail, and headed for Wuzhu Mountain in the southeast of Shangchuan Island.

Less than an hour after sailing, the Black Pig Mountain was already in sight.

Wuzhu Mountain is a small island covering an area of about five or six square kilometers, it looks deserted from afar, but there is a very good harbor here, there are fresh water resources on the island, and someone built a temple on the island in the Song Dynasty, which is a landmark island on the main route from the Ming Dynasty to the South Seas.

Shen Xi studied the navigation chart and decided to launch an island landing operation from the shallows in the north of Wuzhu Mountain, with small boats going first and large ships circling Wuzhu Mountain, on the one hand, to prevent pirates from slipping away by boat, and on the other hand, to wait for an opportunity to shell military targets on the island with artillery.

Of course, in the absence of conclusive evidence, Shen Xi was worried that the previous information was wrong, if there were no pirates and pirates on the island, just a group of civilians who came to take refuge, then they might have to kill in vain.

Shen Xi sent Ma Jiu and others to the island, and they must be investigated first.

Soon after the soldiers landed on the island, a beacon fire broke out on the island, indicating that not only were the enemy and us already fighting, but the battle may have been somewhat tragic. In the harbor south of the island, a few small boats had just left the shore when they were surrounded by warships of the officers and soldiers, one of which resisted stubbornly and was burned by the torches thrown by the officers and soldiers, while the rest of the ships chose to surrender.

Shen Xi's attention is all on the island at this time, there are 300 officers and soldiers on the island, and they are well-armed, Shen Xi has calculated, it would be good to have a hundred pirates on this small island, and no matter how you calculate it, you will not suffer.

After waiting for half an hour, Ma Jiu came to Shen Xi's command ship in a small boat and said, "My lord, the island has been taken, more than 20 pirates have been killed, and more than 40 ...... have been captured."

Shen Xi asked, "Are you sure it's a pirate?" ”

"Yes."

Ma Jiu said with certainty, "It has been determined that in addition to the looted goods, there are still some traded slaves in the thieves' den. ”

Shen Xi nodded, and then took a small boat to the island to check. The houses on the island were all made of wood and bamboo, and the captives included men, women, and children, but most of them were men, and there were few women, children, and the elderly.

Of the more than forty captives captured, more than twenty were slaves.

Wuzhu Mountain has only been occupied by this gang of bandits for more than a year, and their manpower and material resources are limited, so they can only rob some lone merchant ships, and basically do not dare to go inland to rob the villagers.

Wuzhu Mountain is very close to Guanghaiwei, and if you want to rob people, you have to go farther, and they don't have big ships, so they can't reach them, and most of these slaves are exchanged for goods.

There was not much money seized on the island, gold, silver, jewelry, and copper coins, which added up to about seven or eight hundred taels, which allowed Zhu Hong and his people to control it.

"My lord, the bandit leaders have all been killed, how can these people be dealt with?" Jing Yue came over and asked for instructions.

Of course, Shen Xi would not do anything to kill prisoners, but he didn't have many ships, otherwise there would be no need to divide the front and rear middle armies, the front army and the rear army are still on the land now.

Shen Xi said: "Escort to the ship and transfer it to Guanghaiwei!" ”

Wuzhu Mountain is relatively close to Guanghaiwei, and when it is sent to Guanghaiwei, Shen Xi has less trouble transporting prisoners.

After loading everyone onto the boat, Jing Yue couldn't think about it, and went to Shen Xi's cabin to ask for instructions: "My lord, is this woman staying on the ship for the time being?" ”

In these years, all women and children belonged to the "spoils of war", whether these people were relatives of the bandits, or they were taken captive here, after returning to the shore, the captives were all reduced to lowly status, and the motivation of the soldiers to rush and kill was basically to grab food, money, and women, and the purpose of the officials and bandits was basically the same, that is, to plunder war resources and obtain rewards.

But Shen Xi would not let the soldiers mess around, and said categorically: "All the old, weak, women and children will be released on the spot after they get to the shore!" ”

Jing Yue was a little dissatisfied: "My lord, you didn't leave people on the boat, didn't you cheapen those rabbit cubs of Guanghaiwei for nothing?" ”

You don't want anyone else to ask for this spoil, if you let people go, the officers and soldiers of the guard post at the other end will arrest people, whether they are used as slaves or sold to other places, they can make a sum of money for nothing.

But Shen Xi, as a civilized person, would never allow the ** captivity to happen in front of his eyes, and shouted: "This is a military order, rewards and military merits are indispensable to you, with silver, why worry about no women?" ”

Although Jing Yue was reluctant, he still had to accept it.

In general, military merit is more important, even if these women and children are brought back, they will be confiscated by the imperial court and distributed, and will not become their private property, military merit and reward are different, military merit can increase the salary, the reward can get land and silver, can be exchanged for wives and concubines, which is a visible and tangible reward for soldiers.

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The first battle was won, and this battle was fought in a mess, not to mention the regular army landing on the island, even if a group of yacha were sent, the task could also be completed.

These pirates were completely vulnerable in front of the officials and soldiers, and there were too many warships and soldiers brought by Shen Xi, so they frightened the pirates on the island as soon as they came, and their first thought was not to resist, but to escape.

It was noon when the people and goods were escorted onto the ship.

Counting the loot, apart from money, the seizures were minimal, mostly crockpots and porcelain. This is the proceeds of the robbers who robbed the merchant ships, and they could not sell them, but could only use them as daily life and production tools, because the island was not big, the land was barren, and the crops were only planted with a little radish and cabbage, and the food and materials needed on the island still had to be exchanged with the people of Kamikawashima by the looted things, and those slaves also got it in this way.

Only then did Shen Xi know that the Francophiles not only traded with the Ming Dynasty, but also continued to be their pirates, and even traded with the pirates and pirates along the Ming coast.

Jing Yue was indignant when he heard this, and suggested to Shen Xi: "**** mother, isn't it Shangchuan Mountain?" Keep the hill flat for him before dark. What do you think, my lord? ”

It's not that Shen Xi doesn't have confidence in the group of soldiers under him, he is afraid that the dog will jump off the wall after the Franco machine man learns that the transit base has been bulldozed. Tang Yin is still in their hands, and the other thing is that if they anger the Franc people, they will invade the coastal cities of Daming in warships, and once they cause heavy casualties, then he, the governor of the three provinces, will not be able to eat and walk around.

Moreover, the Franc machine ship has strong guns and obvious advantages in sea operations, Shen Xi does not want to immediately confront it, at least before the warship is replaced with Franc machine guns on a large scale, it is still necessary to focus on forbearance.

Shen Xi asked, "This island is so big, can you guarantee that there are no fish that slip through the net?" ”

"This ......" Jing Yue was embarrassed.

Shangchuan Island is not Wuzhu Mountain after all, such a big island, there are hundreds of islanders, and the people who burrow into the woods are gone, who dares to guarantee that they will all be annihilated or captured?

If anyone escapes and spreads the news to Almeida, Almeida will retaliate, unless Shen Xi immediately retreats to Guangzhou, but he can hold Canton, but he cannot guarantee the peace of Fuzhou or the rest of the coastal cities.

The best way is to wait for Almeida to return to Shangchuan Island with the fleet, and Shen Xi will be served with the ship of the Franc machine and their base.

With a plan, Shen Xi said: "Send someone to the island to contact and send some pottery and porcelain in my name!" ”

Shen Xi seized a lot of ceramics in Wuzhu Mountain, these things are heavy and not easy to sell, no one is a treasure in Daming, but the Franc machine man likes it to death, Shen Xi first took these ceramics to "show goodwill" to the Franc machine.

You see, our Ming Dynasty pays the most attention to affection, as an ally, not only does not attack you, but also sends gifts, you can rest assured, we will always be friends, and Daming will never destroy the "friend" affection!

Sent people to the island to send gifts, and Shen Xi also ordered a few rounds of air cannons to be fired at the sea, so that the people on the island thought that even the Franc machine gun was handed over to me by your Governor General, and I just repaid him a little interest. After the cannon was fired, when Shen Xi's fleet withdrew, the Franc machine people on the island swarmed out and ran to the reef to shout at the fleet.

Shen Xi was annoyed when he saw it, and he couldn't wait to immediately order the bow of the boat to turn around and blow Shangchuan Island to pieces.

Mistaken? Occupying our Daming island, is it still so arrogant? You wait, Lao Tzu will go out and come back, and then I will clean you up!

Sailing north more than 20 miles from Shangchuan Island, we arrived at the station of the Guanghai Guard.

When the ship entered the harbor and looked at the beacon tower on the land, Shen Xi was very strange, why could Guanghaiwei be so short away from Shangchuan Island, why could he watch the Francophile occupy Shangchuan Island and ignore it?

Thinking about it carefully, perhaps the Ming Dynasty has a prejudice that non-inland places do not need to be governed by kings, and in the context of the forbidden sea, Shangchuan Island, a large island covering an area of up to 160 square kilometers, was abandoned.

In addition, the Ming coastal guard generally lacked ships used in naval warfare, and if the real sword and gun were on the line, with the fleet of Guanghaiwei, it would not be able to compete head-on with the Franc machine.

The imperial court didn't care about it, and if Guanghai Wei was not able to catch it, he pretended to be deaf and dumb, and ignored the things in the ocean more than 20 miles away in front of him.

The first thing Shen Xi did after he went ashore was to call the commander of the Guanghai Guard and question him properly.

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ps: Today, the Son of Heaven rode an electric car to run errands, and was hit by a taxi, and the person flew out and sat on the ground, and the soft tissue of the tail vertebrae was contusion......

In the next chapter, I don't know if I can get out of the next chapter before the morning, but there will be anyway!

I feel that after entering the second half of the year, the Son of Heaven is unlucky, and now pray for a quick transfer, otherwise the Son of Heaven will be driven crazy! Tears! (To be continued.) )