Chapter 506: Zhangzhou City Gate

Under the threat of naval guns, although the private soldiers of the maritime merchants are known to be brave and unparalleled on weekdays, none of them dare to come forward to fight at this time, they are far away from the range of the naval guns, and the soldiers on the ship are very calmly lined up and lined up.

A team of 400 men, 150 musketeers, 250 spearmen, five battleships and the merchant ships behind them, a total of about 800 men.

After putting the people down, except for the merchant ships that specialized in carrying soldiers, the warships with strong guns slowly left the dock and sailed to the open sea, where it was more convenient for them to turn around, and now there were only 800 Western soldiers lined up in the port.

Seeing these soldiers, as well as the warships gradually leaving behind these soldiers, the maritime merchants and private soldiers who had retreated far away also had some other ideas, they felt that in such a situation, they might not be able to fight, under the orders of several leaders, the Japanese who had always been the vanguard quickly gathered together.

The people behind also sorted out the formation, and slowly leaned forward, these people stationed in the port had a lot of long-range bows and firearms in advance, and they were all taken out to be ready to fire, and now the private soldiers of these maritime merchants were already frightened by the artillery just now.

Before the action, he carefully looked at whether there was artillery in the opponent's formation, and after making sure that all the infantry was infantry, he gave the order to attack.

The range of their crossbows and firearms was much worse than that of the firearms in the opponent's hands, and as a result, in order to be able to hit and get closer, the muskets of the Spanish phalanx suddenly opened fire, and the brigade slowly pressed towards the front under the rhythm of the drums.

Not to mention the battle without suspense in the port, in this era, the speed of message transmission is basically equal to the speed of the horse galloping, as for the flying pigeon transmission of such a very poor reliability is not considered, although the area of Yuegang and Changle Bay has been overturned, but Zhangzhou City still knows nothing.

Because Zhangzhou City is arranged intentionally or unintentionally by the maritime merchants, there are no soldiers, and everything is done by the officials of the Zhangzhou Prefect's Yamen to be busy, and dozens of officials are simply unable to take care of such a large city, so according to the tacit practice of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, many helpers are hired, in fact, not to mention a small mansion, even if it is a large yamen in the Dongchang of Beijing, many people do not eat official meals, they are all raised by the commanders and officials of the Dongchang in name of their own money, called stalls and the like, As for the local yamen, such people are called helpers.

This Zhangzhou City is also similar, there are at most dozens of helpers around a servant, although he is also wearing the yamen's uniform, but in fact, it has nothing to do with the government, and the government helpers in Zhangzhou City are a little different from those in other places.

Of course, these people are also under the orders of the salt merchants, in Zhangzhou City, many gang leaders, even the officials have to be treated politely, and they have to listen to the orders of the other party, which is also a means for the maritime merchants to control Zhangzhou City.

Even the city gate is guarded by these people, the goods of the maritime merchants are naturally unimpeded, the so-called inspection and tax collection are empty words, if the maritime merchants are in need, the city gate can even be opened in the middle of the night, this Zhangzhou city has no national laws, but the position of the Zhangzhou prefect is a first-class fat shortage in Fujian, as long as it is in the position of the Zhangzhou prefect for three years, if you only make 100,000 taels, it is a rare Qing official.

These helpers guarding the city gate, although they take the money of the maritime merchants, but they always have to make up for it, and the goods that are not the maritime merchants of Yuegang are the objects of their extortion, and when each cart enters and exits the city gate, there will always be some scattered silver coins in hand.

However, on this day, these helpers guarding the city gate, especially these people at the south gate, felt very unlucky, because the goods came and went, not to mention, and encountered trouble, a group of fishmongers from Haicang came to Zhangzhou for the first time to sell fish, and Zhangzhou was close to the sea.

There is no profit at all for this fish and shrimp and other things, even after the ban on the sea, the price has risen a little, but this thing is a good object for extortion, when encountering these fish and shrimp dealers, these guards of the city gate said loudly, are you this thing caught in the sea, this is simply nonsense, these fish and shrimp are of course fished out of the sea, and the next threat is that you have violated the ban on the sea, but you have to lose your head.

Speaking of which, the fishermen who were scared to death must have the money to eliminate the disaster, which is already the norm of the Zhangzhou city gate, and now there is no need to say too much, as long as you say that your fish and shrimp are caught in the sea, someone will stuff some silver money into them, and then take some fish and shrimp caught in the sea water to these guards of the city gate to fight tooth sacrifices.

But the fishmongers who came here today came for the first time, but they really didn't get in the oil and salt, and it seems that the poorer the place, the more stingy the people are, and in any case, these people are not willing to pay a little money, but they argue loudly there, saying that when they entered the city yesterday, they saw that the people in the city were selling fish there, and those who sold fish were not caught in the sea, and those who sold fish did not violate the order of the forbidden sea?

These gangs guarding the city gate are angry and want to beat people, but these fishermen also have more than 100 people, all of them are sturdy men, each of them is very unruly, and I am really afraid that there will be a conflict after doing it, even so, the two sides are there to push each other.

There is endless scolding, that is, because these people are gangsters, if they are in other prefectures and counties, at this time, the soldiers guarding the door have already stabbed with spears or slashed with knives, but these gangs can still beat and scold on weekdays, but at this time, they may not dare to kill people, for fear that they will live an uneasy life in Zhangzhou City in the future.

The fishmongers came to the city gate at noon, and the two sides were endlessly bargaining, scolding and noisy, and it had been two or three hours, and these helpers were also extremely impatient, and they were all stimulated, thinking that mother, Lao Tzu would not let you enter the city.

At this time, the weather is gradually getting hot and humid, and these fish and shrimp will stink the next day, and you will die for those of you who are not long-sighted.

Whether it's noisy or scolding, such a scene actually happens every day, and it is also a part of life, and many people watch around with great interest, and suddenly, someone runs wildly, and in broad daylight, such a wild run is too eye-catching.

And there the idler asked:

"It's broad daylight, it's because I saw the hell in the back!"

When the man was running, he was grabbed by someone and wanted to break free, but he didn't expect the idler's strength to be small, and the man panted and said:

"The GIs are here, and there are a lot of them with knives and guns!"

Since the Japanese were absorbed by the Fujian merchants, the people of Zhangzhou City have a very weak memory of the war and chaos, hearing that this soldier is coming, the people around are stunned, and they look into the distance, but they see that in the direction where the person is running, there are many people rushing over.

The smoke and dust slowly rose on the horizon, and the murderous troops slowly appeared in everyone's field of vision, and these helpers guarding the city gate didn't care about quarreling, and glanced at each other, if there was such a troop movement, the people guarding the city gate would definitely be notified in advance.

But now, I don't know who reacted first, the idlers who were watching the excitement around were all running towards the city, and the people guarding the gate didn't care about the fishmongers, they were all about to close the city gate, but they didn't expect that the fishmongers who had been there noisy and entangled, pulled out their sharp knives from their baskets and baskets, and cut them mercilessly towards the helpers who were about to close the door.

Until the first person fell under the sharp blade, blood splattered everywhere, and the gangsters, who had not seen blood for many years, suddenly panicked, who cared about closing the door, they were all running around, avoiding the fierce slashing of those 'fishermen'.

These fishermen quickly dispersed the guards at the gate, but unlike the pirates and pirates in the past, they did not rush into the city to burn and loot, but firmly guarded the city gate.

However, the various maritime merchants also had private soldiers and guards in the city, and knew what kind of risks they would have to take if they were entered by soldiers of unknown origin from outside, so the chief of the guards in the palace of the maritime merchant chieftain gathered these people and rushed to the gate where the 'fishermen' were enhancing, and prepared to disperse the fishermen so that the city gate could be closed.

Those 'fishmongers' outside may not have thought that a city without soldiers in Zhangzhou City could respond so quickly, just at the city gate there was a little preparation, these private soldiers in the city have already arrived, the private soldiers are all on horses, they also know that now is a time of great emergency, as soon as possible to close the city gate there is a hope of saving their lives.

The fishmongers were only holding short weapons in their hands, and in the hurry of a few people in the city, they straightened up and wanted to make a move, but the knight on the horse who rushed quickly and cut off their heads directly with a knife, but the death of their companions did not make the people behind flinch at all, and a few people behind them just held short knives, jumped up and rushed towards the horses, such an action, the knights on the horses could easily flash over, but the horses were frightened by this action and neighed and stood upright.

At this time, the leaders of the private soldiers in the city finally understood the matter, and these "fishmongers" were ready to kill the city gate to open it......