Huang Yuanshou? Ma Du didn't have the slightest impression and asked, "How many Han people are still on the island now?" ”

Huang Yuanshou replied: "There were originally tens of thousands of Han people on the island, but most of them moved to the mainland due to frequent troubles on the island, and now there are only more than 10,000 people on the island. ”

Liao Yongan asked curiously: "You guys are only so many?" How can the Japanese not attack you, not to mention that they can't be defeated, there are thousands of them? ”

Ma Du said to him: "That's because they don't dare, the Japanese are robbing the people in my Ming Dynasty, but they rarely attack the government, and most of the officials and soldiers are also defeated at the touch of a button. ”

The army at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty was really tested by blood and fire, and it was able to drive the Mongols back to their hometown in Mobei, and it was needless to say that the combat effectiveness was needless to say, and the Japanese were afraid of the Ming army from the heart. It's a pity that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was transferred, and the Ming army's corruption and combat effectiveness were greatly reduced, and hundreds of Japanese robbers dared to attack the city and chase the Ming army in a guard post to run around.

Liao Yongan carefully read the booklet in his hand and asked Ma Du: "Can you have a plan?" ”

Madu asked rhetorically: "You seem to have an idea, why bother asking me." ”

"It depends on how you fight, whether you want to drive the pirates away and return the peace of Penghu, or do you want to kill the pirates on the island."

"Needless to say, of course, it is to kill all the Japanese on the island, and I don't dare to say that I will cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of the Japanese at sea, at least for a few years. There aren't many pirates like this, and if you let them run, you're afraid they won't be anywhere to be found. ”

Liao Yongan smiled hesitantly: "That's difficult, although the number of Japanese robbers is about the same as ours, there are more than 100 large and small ships, and we only have a dozen, if you want to stop them at sea, I'm afraid it's impossible." ”

Huang Yuanshou said suddenly: "My subordinates think that the governor can lead the army to land and go straight to the thieves' den!" ”

It's not that Madu hasn't thought about this idea, but it's too risky. If you only fight at sea, relying on sharp firearms is at least advantageous to be invincible, and if you rush ashore to fight a decisive battle against the Japanese invaders, there are more variables.

"Shangguan speaks, where is your share of interjecting at will!" Liao Yongan glared at Huang Yuanshou, "But what you said is still good, if you want to kill the Japanese on the island, the only way to do it is to land and fight." However, according to your intelligence, the Japanese seem to be very vigilant and constantly patrolling the sea, and I am afraid that if our army does not need to land, the Japanese will flee by boat. ”

Ma Du smiled: "That's not easy to say, let's not be in a hurry to kill people, first destroy the boat of the Japanese and then come to the urn to catch turtles, what do you think?" ”

It was nearly late autumn, the north wind blew on the sea, the wind was very strong, the torch on the bow of the ship was blown bright and dark, the dog sneezed heavily, and couldn't help but wrap himself in a loose kimono, it was really unlucky to have a patrol errand on a cold day, and he should lie in the warm quilt at night, and sleep with a woman in his arms.

Inuyohiro touched his shaved forehead and ordered, "Yamada, let's turn around and go back, it's too cold!" ”

Yamada, a thin young widow who was in charge of the sails of the patrol boat, said embarrassedly: "It's not yet an hour, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go back now, what if the Ming army comes to attack at night?" ”

As soon as these words came out, more than a dozen Japanese on the ship laughed, and one of the older Japanese robbers patted Yamada on the shoulder and said: "It is not so much that we are guarding against the Ming army, but rather against other pirates, the Ming army will not go to sea, at most there are a few sampan boats and Fujian back and forth." ”

Another would-be pointed to the side, "Look, the fire in the east has long since disappeared." Hurry up, even a woman can't grab it if it's a little later. The other pirates also chimed in.

Inuyohiro patted Yamada on the shoulder, "Go back quickly, I'll explain what happened." ”

"Alright then!" Yamada adjusted the sails with the help of another Japanese robber, and the ship immediately adjusted its course and headed southward, moving quickly with the wind, but after a stick of incense, he saw a little fire on the land in front of him, which was the gathering place of the Japanese in Penghu.

The reason why the Japanese invaders gathered here is because there is a semi-enclosed natural harbor, even if the waves are rolling outside, it is calm and suitable for ships to dock, and in later generations this place was called Keelung.

There were also faint fires coming towards the shore in all directions, and Inukai smiled hehehehe: "Yamada, you see I said a long time ago that they can't stand it, hurry up!" Don't let them get a head start. ”

Yamada nodded, and suddenly turned to look: "Inukai-kun, I feel as if there is a boat following us." ”

Inuyohiro turned his head to take a look, only to see that it was as black as ink behind him, and he couldn't even see his own hull clearly, so he mocked: "Yamada, you are too cowardly, I told you that the army of the country will not go to sea, as for most of the other Japanese robbers, most of them do not have the courage, don't forget that we have almost 5,000 people here, who dares to come and attack." ”

"Let's see if there's a boat behind you!" As he spoke, he pulled out the torch on the bow of the ship, and threw it behind him with all his strength, and the torch flew far away, and with a snap it seemed to hit something, and then sparks splashed everywhere, and a huge hull came into view.

Inuyohiro couldn't help but exclaim, "There really is a boat!" ”

The horse's head at the bow of the ship slapped the side of the ship, "I said a long time ago that I couldn't keep up with it so closely, but now it's been discovered!" ”

"Didn't I do that, but the wind won't listen to us!" Liao Yongan ordered: "What are you doing in a daze!" Full sails, full speed ahead! ”

The sails were painted black, and they were only half raised, and when they heard Liao Yongan's order, the sailors hurriedly raised all the sails, and the speed of the ship increased sharply.

"Ya Butterfly! Ya Butterfly! The patrol boat let out a terrified roar and was immediately knocked over, and more than a dozen of the ship's pirates fell into the icy waters at the same time.

Ma Du raised the telescope to the fire on the shore, and saw the scene in the harbor clearly, he handed the telescope to Liao Yongan, and said to Huang Yuanshou beside him: "You are really like a god, the ships of the Japanese are in the harbor at this time." ”

Huang Yuanshou bowed his hand, "I don't deserve the governor's praise like this, this is just a long-standing habit of the Japanese Invaders, when there is a storm and the Japanese Invaders will sail the boat here to avoid the storm, and the subordinates usually don't pay much attention to collecting information about the Wolves." ”

"Being able to collect such accurate information is already a big skill, you don't have to be modest." Ma Du said to Liao Yongan again: "Lao Liao will look at you below." ”

Liao Yongan snorted disdainfully, "Naturally, I looked at my father-in-law, and I didn't dare to count on you from the beginning!" ”

There was a strong wind blowing up the sails, and while the ship was already far from the shore, the light of the fire on the shore shone on the light of Madu's ship, and the patrol ship of the Japanese had already spotted it, and came this way, with a loud cry in its mouth as if to inquire.

Liao Yongan immediately issued a series of orders, and at that moment, a soldier on the flagship lit a torch and danced on the top of the cabin, passing his orders to the ships behind him. Immediately, two small fortune boats went to stop the patrol boats of the Japanese invaders.

The four Daifuku ships quickly advanced, and when they reached the edge of the harbor, they adjusted their guns to the entrances and exits, and at the same time, more than a dozen small boats were hoisted down with ropes, and one by one the soldiers with quick skills went down the soft ladder to the small boats.

There were only six men in one boat, four with oars, one with torches, and one with a bow and arrow. Tang Niu'er pushed the guy with the torch, "Stay away from me, you don't know what I'm carrying, if you're not careful, we'll all be finished!" What to do, don't hurry up rowing! ”

Because of his good performance in training, Tang Niu'er became a small flag and spoke very effectively, several soldiers immediately waved their arms when they heard this, and the small boat immediately rushed to the port, followed by other small boats.

The Japanese also had a sentry in the port, and they had already seen the scene on the seaside, and ran to warn them, and some people came to intercept them in small boats, and stood on them with swords and shouted to meet them.

Tang Niu'er took off a grenade from the armed belt around his waist and said with a smile: "Dog, look at grandpa to give you a greeting gift, catch it!" Before he could finish speaking, he pulled out the grenade and threw it over, and when it landed in the cabin of the Japanese with a bang, a boom was heard, and the flames were everywhere, and several of the Japanese on the ship were killed at once.

He was waiting to be proud, when several more patrol boats rushed towards him from the harbor, and Tang Niu'er regretted that he shouldn't have rushed so fast. Before he could make any moves, several rumbling cannons rang out behind him, and several black shadows scurried past his bow and smashed the boats to pieces.

On the Daifuku boat, Chang Mao, who was standing on the side of the ship, said to the soldier holding the torch beside him: "Tell him, no thanks, go forward!" Advance! ”

Mao Xiang on the side hugged his arms and said, "Will he thank you?" You almost sent him to the Hades Palace, and at this moment you are scolding your ancestor in your heart! ”

"That's because he doesn't know my Master Mao's ability to use cannons, where to shoot, it's not a waste!" Chang Mao picked up the monoculars and saw that the small boat at the front was about to rush into the port, and ordered again: "Let the third and fourth ships adjust the three-point gun ports, and I'd rather fight farther than hurt my own brother!" ”

"I'll fuck your ancestors!" Tang Niu'er couldn't help but curse in his mouth, the few cannons just now almost took him to the Hades Palace, it was no wonder that he was not annoyed. Who knew that as soon as he entered the port, there was another cannon sound behind him, Tang Niu'er couldn't help but feel a wild beat in his heart again, but fortunately, this time the impact point was far away from him, and most of the small half of the ships hit the Japanese and fell into the sea.

The natural harbor here is about three miles long and less than two miles wide, and more than 100 large and small ships are parked here, which is still very spacious. The Ming army took advantage of the dark moon and high wind to rush straight to the Japanese base to make such a big movement, and the Japanese were already awakened.

When they saw someone rushing into the harbor where the ships were parked, they knew that they were coming for the boat, and the pirates immediately blew up their nests, and if the pirates were without ships, they were still pirates.

The Japanese invaders immediately took action, and the people who lived on the boat immediately prepared to anchor and raise their sails, and the Japanese on the shore boarded the small boat and rowed to the big boat, and those who did not have a sampan did not care about jumping into the water and went to the boat.

It is simply unrealistic to expect to destroy enemy ships with solid bullets, and the best way is to set them on fire, which was tested in the Battle of Poyang Lake. Tang Niu'er took off the strong crossbow on his back, pulled the bowstring with his hands and feet, took out a crossbow arrow from his back and stuck it in the arrow slot, and then aimed at a big ship that was anchoring.

The ships of the Japanese are not the kind of small sampans that Ma Du thought, there are ships of all sizes, even the large ships are not a few, if calculated according to the total displacement, I am afraid that there are ten times that of the Ming Navy.

The crossbow doesn't need to be practiced for many years like the bow, as long as the bowstring is on and there is nothing wrong with the eyes, it will not be crooked, let alone such a big goal. As soon as the torch approached the tarpaulin on the arrow, it quickly burned into a ball, Tang Niu'er immediately pulled the trigger, and the rocket flew out with a whizz, nailed directly to a large ship.

Watching the rocket explode and turn into a rain of fire, after shooting three arrows in a row, Tang Niu'er shouted excitedly, "Lao Tzu is a hundred households!" ”

This task of theirs can be said to be the most crucial, but also the most dangerous, it is inhumane to let others work for their lives with empty mouths and white teeth, and they must give their dreams if they want to instill benefits, and not to mention that a soldier who is not like a general is not a good soldier.

"Lao Tzu is a hundred households!" Voices of excitement came and went.

The person in charge of lighting the fire also clenched his fists happily, "Lao Tzu is the general flag!" The rowers are also secretly rejoicing in being a little flag.

Some people were cheering loudly, others were screaming loudly, and a small boat of the Ming army suddenly burst into flames, and the orange-red flames engulfed all six people on board.

Tang Niu'er patted her thigh regretfully, "Second Wu, Second Wu, I told you a long time ago that you have to aim first and then ignite, this problem can't be changed!" ”

Burn your own people like this, not to mention the enemy, this kind of mixed oil refined from oil is very strong, as long as it is ignited, all the energy must be released before stopping.

The fire quickly swallowed up the whole ship by the wind, and then ignited the ships next to it, and one or two, along with the Japanese on board, were swallowed up, and in the blink of an eye there was a sea of fire, illuminating the huge harbor as bright as day.

"The boats are burning, and the pirates can't run now. Our mission is accomplished, let's go back! Tang Niu'er was about to return, but the soldier with the torch snorted and went straight to the boat.

Tang Niu'er looked down and saw a diamond-shaped short sword stuck in his neck, he didn't know how many times he went to the Wa Kingdom, and knew that this kind of thing was called shuriken, which was a common hidden weapon used by the samurai of the Wa Kingdom.

He turned his head to look around, only to see a small boat in the dark carrying a few pirates coming towards them, and a pirate with a Mediterranean hairstyle in the bow of the boat roared at him with a hideous face, "Baga, Ya Ya! ”

"Holy shit, I thought you were going to throw a hidden weapon!" Tang Niu'er took out a grenade again, pulled the fuse and threw it far away. He Tang Niu'er became a small flag because he threw the grenade accurately, and the kung fu in his hand was not given in vain, and after a bang, the small boat immediately flew flesh and blood.

Bah! Tang Niu'er spat out the blood that splashed on the corner of his mouth, and commanded with the bayonet in his waist: "Turn your head and land ashore!" ”

"Niu Tou, aren't we going back to the big ship?"

"My brothers have been killed, will you go back and live in peace!" He glanced back, "Didn't you see that the marines have already landed on the shore, a person has five taels of silver for a head, and now if you don't pick up the bargain, what are you going to do when you go back!" ”