An hour later, Jiang Fenglie and Ouyang Guanhou, who had finished their talks with Hong Siniang, returned safely. Board the ship and report the results of the meeting with Zhao Lie and the Ma brothers and the origin of this group of Samba pirates.

"When it comes to Sanba pirates, we have to start with the incident of Chen Mingfu and Chen Gongfa brothers in the third year of Xianchun (1267). The Chen brothers are from Linchuan, Qiongzhou, and they raised hawksbill turtles in their early years and accumulated 10,000 gold. Shi Li Fang took advantage of the weakness of the Qiongfu soldiers and repeatedly invaded the city. The Chen brothers had a very close relationship with Li Fang, and they got a glimpse of the cheap, and they also had different hearts, so they started in the third year of Xianchun and built the 'Lianzhu Village' in Dongling, one hundred and thirty miles away from the Jiyang Military City. In its heyday, there were 10,000 people, more than 100 ships, more than 50 coastal towns, and it called itself the 'King of Sanba'. Take a double-dragon head ship, wear a king's suit, use a king's weapon, like a whale swallowing dance, haunt the coast, dare to steal the imperial court's ship, and become famous for a while. ”

Zhao Lie heard it with a sigh, it was really the emperor who was far away, and he dared to be the king. Then again, didn't I plan to do that in the first place? This Chen brother has the courage and strength, and he can be regarded as a hero.

Ma Nanbao is a hardcore royalist, and he hates rebellion and robbers the most, and he frowned when he heard the words: "Who knew about the affairs of Qiongzhou at that time?" Just let Chen Reverse run rampant? ”

Although Ma Nanchun's official position is lower than that of his brother, his deputy capital of the Privy Council is really poor, and his empty title of "Servant of the Ministry of Power and Labor" is very different from that of his brother, and he can have access to various situations in the Guangnan side of the Xingchao Dynasty, so he answered his brother's questions without waiting for Jiang Fenglie to respond: "The land of Qiongzhou is hundreds of miles overseas, and it has always been a place for officials to be matched, so naturally there will be no heavy troops. At that time, there were only five or six thousand weak soldiers in the state capital, and it was reasonable that they were invincible to thieves. ”

Jiang Fenglie nodded and said: "What Zhong Ping said is very true, and I know that Qiongzhou will report to the imperial court accordingly. At that time, the imperial court and Meng Yuan were in a fierce war, and they still didn't care about the affairs of Qiongzhou. Only in the sixth year of Xianchun, he sent Ma Chengwang, the Taishou of Qinzhou, to lead the army across the sea to quell the rebellion......"

"Ma Chengwang?" Zhao Lie seemed to think of something, "Isn't it Ma Chengwang, the deputy Wanhu Mansion in Mengyuan Qiongzhou, right now?" ”

Jiang Fenglie bowed: "Exactly." ”

Zhao Lie thought for a moment and waved his hand: "Shi Yi, please continue." ”

Jiang Fenglie continued: "Ma Chengwang took his eldest son Ma Fuji as his commander and horses, and in two years, he fought more than ten times, quelled the Zhuli rebellion, and restrained tens of thousands of displaced people. Because of the strong encirclement and suppression, in the eighth year of Xianchun, Ma Chengwang was appointed as the governor of Qiongzhou, and officially became the commander of Qiong, presiding over the encirclement and suppression of counterinsurgency. During this period, because Ma Chengwang mainly focused on state affairs and quelling the turmoil, and did not care about sea thieves, the Chen brothers dominated the South China Sea for nearly ten years. Until the tenth year of Xianchun, with the secret support of Er Chen, nearly Wan Li Fang committed crimes, Qiongfu shook, and things made a big fuss. Ma Chengwang then sent his eldest son Ma Fuji and his second son Ma Yinglin to control the military horses and fight against the Erchen Rebellion with Guangzhou Zhiyun Conglong. ”

Zhao Lie paid a lot of attention to Ma Chengwang's crusade against Er Chen, and asked, "Did Hong Siniang tell me in detail about this battle?" ”

Jiang Fenglie said: "Yes." The officers and soldiers set out from the sea in March, and their troops and ships were inferior to Erchen. From April to Sanba (now Sanya), Erchen met the battle with dozens of soldiers and ships, and the officers and troops met the attack, and the crossbowmen were mostly killed. The two sides fought fiercely for several months, and the thieves suffered heavy casualties, so they abandoned the boat and retreated into Lianzhu Village. The terrain of Dongling (now Luhuitouling) Mountain, where Lianzhu Village is located, is dangerous, and the official army cannot attack it for a long time, so they launch a sneak attack from the sea on the back, and first attack the weaker defense. Carrying elite soldiers from the eastern sea in light boats was convenient, and it coincided with the low tide drying up, so the elite soldiers were able to break through smoothly and occupy the outer gate of the thieves. After that, the east and west attacked Lianzhu Village, and took advantage of the victory to pull out its big village. The two Chen thieves were defeated and ravaged each other, and the dead were pillowed. Erma ordered the 'nest' to be burned for a whole day and a night......"

Ding Xiaoyi was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help asking, "Then the Chen brothers escaped?" ”

Jiang Fenglie said with a dry mouth, and was drinking water to moisten his throat, so Ouyang Guanhou continued: "No." Chen Gongfa was captured at Shangtong, and Chen Mingfu saw that the general situation had gone, so he defeated Huangliu by waterway and fled to Zhancheng. Soon after, they resumed recruiting troops and building ships to compete with officers and soldiers, but they were still defeated. When he returned to his ancestral home in Nancun and was about to flee to Jiaozhi again, he was captured at the same time as his grandson. Ma Chengwang showed Er Chen and his descendants and nephews to hang the spine and hanging poles, and then inflicted the punishment of hanging buns, suffocation, foot piercing, nailing, branding, and execution......"

Ding Xiaoyi sighed: "It's so cruel! ”

Zhao Lie said: "That Hong Siniang and her subordinates must be the remnants of Er Chen." ”

Ouyang Guanhou said: "Chen Mingfu is his uncle (father-in-law), and the grandson who was captured at the same time is the son of Hong Siniang. ”

Shi Yang smacked his lips when he heard this: "No wonder that Hong Siniang is so wary of us." Hey, she must have hated this Ma Chengwang to death. ”

Jiang Fenglie said lightly: "She hates both Ma Chengwang and the officers and soldiers. Therefore, Ma Chengwang, who is besieging the Jiyang Military City by the officers and soldiers of the lower dynasty, seems to her that it is the two tigers competing with each other, and she is happy to watch from the wall. ”

Zhao Lie was surprised: "Ma Chengwang is in Jiyang Military City? ”

Ouyang Guanhou said hatefully: "It is precisely because Ma Chengwang is in Jiyang Military City that Zhang Envoy and Su Dianshuai have not been able to attack for a long time. ”

Zhao Lie and the Ma brothers asked in unison, "What do you say?" ”

According to Hong Siniang, the Jiyang Military City was originally only stationed with 300 Han troops and 400 new annexed troops, which were guarded by a Mengyuan Dalu Huachi and a Han army of 1,000 households. As soon as the army arrived, the new annexed army had no fighting spirit, was ineffective in battle, and passively defended the city, and there were even soldiers who secretly connected customers in the city, wanting to open the door to welcome our soldiers. At that time, Ma Chengwang was ordered to surrender to the Eight Barbarians of Qiongzhou, and traveled to the Wan'an Army, and immediately led his troops into the Jiyang Military City at night when he heard the news. Ma Chengwang was originally the commander of the new attached army in Qiongzhou, but as soon as this person arrived, the new attached sergeant was afraid and did not dare to act rashly. Under the refusal of this thief, Zhang and Su repeatedly attacked the military city of Jiyang and failed to get down. ”

I see!

Zhao Lie finally figured out why the Jiyang Military City couldn't fight for a long time, and it was the unexpected appearance of Ma Chengwang that turned a good raid battle into a protracted war.

After listening to Jiang Fenglie and Ouyang Guanhou's narration of the incident, Zhao Lie touched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly got up, walked out of the cabin with his feet raised, and shouted to the Shuanglong warship that was sailing together: "Is Hong Siniang here?" ”

Hong Siniang's figure soon appeared on the Shuanglong battleship, and she clasped her fists from afar: "What do you have to say?" ”

"Hong Siniang, would you like to go with me to Jiyang and see Ma Chengwang give the head?"

"Engong doesn't know, the Jiyang military city is impregnable, easy to defend and difficult to attack, don't say 2,000 soldiers, even 20,000 soldiers can't beat it......"

Zhao Lie interrupted: "Hong Siniang, can you count the oath you made to Mother Li?" ”

Hong Siniang was stunned, seemed to discuss it with her subordinates, and said loudly: "The Li family has clear grievances, and if there is kindness, it will be repaid, and if there is revenge, it will be avenged." I'll go with Engong later. After this trip, the grudge was settled. ”

Zhao Lie slapped the bar with his palm: "Okay!" That's it. ”

Ding Xiaoyi was annoyed by his rudeness, glanced at the corpse of the old seventh Luodian hanging on the tip of the mast, and snorted: "Will there be revenge?" So what did Ma Chengwang say? What do you say about the spit that almost wiped out a boatload of you just now? I only know how to pinch soft persimmons. ”

Ding Xiaoyi just complained, and the volume of speech was not loud, but unexpectedly, Hong Siniang's ears were very sharp, and she laughed sharply when she heard the words: "Sister said it well, Auntie told you - the time has come, and the vomiting speed is dead!" ”

……

Just as Hong Siniang said this to Ding Xiaoyi, Tu Misu, who fled with the remnants of the defeated army, had just figured out that the deaths and injuries of his soldiers were caused by a small lead pellet that he had never seen before. Then the surviving soldiers and shipwrights were summoned one by one, and they were asked in detail to see what the weapon that would breathe fire and smoke and make an alarming noise was.

After listening to it, the frightened military and shipwright had a rough idea in their hearts, and they were keenly aware that the Song army was equipped with a new long-range weapon that had never been seen before and was powerful, which could completely replace the bow and crossbow, and the power was greater than that of the bow and crossbow.

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became, and then he returned to the cabin, and ordered the military record room to spread out the rice paper, study the pen and ink, and prepare to record what he had seen and heard, and present it to the ten thousand households in The Hague who had lost it. But as soon as he had said nothing, he found that the notebook was looking at him with a look of surprise on his face, and did not mention the record.

Tu Mi said angrily: "What are you looking at? Why not write it down? ”

The secretary ate and said: "Lord Baihu, you, your nose ......"

"What's my nose? You ......" Tu Mi scolded quickly, suddenly felt as if there was liquid flowing down his nose, and subconsciously wiped it - a black blood was shocking.

"This ...... This is ...... "The faster I vomited, the more blood I wiped, the palms and sleeves were dyed red, and finally the nosebleeds almost gushed out like a fountain, the front placket was dripping, and half of the body was naked, which was very terrifying."

"Guards! Guards! The recorder was so frightened that his feet went limp, and it took a while for him to call out.

When the guards rushed in in panic, Tumi was rolling up his sleeves, and saw that the inconspicuous small wound on his arm was now black, and the whole forearm was swollen and shiny, looking strange and terrifying.

"Damn thief witch ......" Tu Mi roared, and with his roar, a mouthful of black blood spurted out, staining the snow-white rice paper on the table bright red......