Chapter Fifty-Seven: Another Master

The shouts of the Green Battalion soldiers reached the hiding places of the villagers, and it was terrifying. The villagers, who were hiding in the grass, held their breath and did not dare to make a sound. There are also women who cover the baby's mouth for fear that the baby in her arms will cry.

The shouts of the Qing soldiers gradually faded away, and when they couldn't hear the sound, the three strong men who were responsible for leading the people to escape turned to the villagers and said, "Folks, Hu Zhuangshi led the Tartars away!" Let's go! ”

The villagers jumped out of the grass and ran towards the forbidden sea. When they reached the ditch, the young men jumped down and took the old man, the woman, and the child. After crossing the trench, the three strong men climbed up to the earthen city first, looked at the safety of the surroundings, and then signaled that everyone could come up. The young men in the trenches dug several pits in the earthen city with shovels and hoes, and then climbed up first, and then pulled the women, old people, and children below to the earthen city. Then, the three strong men led the villagers to jump off the earthen city, through an open field, and quickly burrowed into a weedy field that grew more than a person high.

"Everybody bend down! Don't let the Tartars find out! A strong man whispered.

Hearing the shouts of the Qing soldiers in the distance, a girl in tattered clothes who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, but who was quite handsome, asked worriedly: "Hu Zhuangshi's side will be fine, right?" ”

"No!" The strong man replied, "Brother Hu's martial arts are strong, these Tartars, I can't help him!" ”

When it comes to martial arts, Emperor Hu Dedi has absolutely nothing to say, he is also a peerless master, and kung fu will never be under Hong Xiguan.

At this time, more than a dozen Qing soldiers were introduced into the woods by Emperor Hude.

Emperor Hu Dedi hid in a tree, and the Qing soldiers who chased into the woods could not find anyone, so they separated to search. When the two Qing soldiers probed their brains and passed under the big tree where Emperor Hu Dedi was hiding, Emperor Hu Dedi jumped from behind the tree like a leaf, raised his knife and fell, and cut off two heads cleanly!

"Haikou! In the back! A soldier noticed movement behind him and shouted.

Emperor Hu picked up the spear from the headless corpse of a Qing soldier on the ground, threw it hard, and the spear flew out like lightning, piercing through the front chest of the shouting Qing soldier and piercing through the back.

"Let's go together! Kill this pirate! A man who looked like a junior officer of the Qing army shouted.

At that time, the Qing soldiers of the green battalion were still very powerful, and when they heard the shouts of the officers, the remaining eleven Qing soldiers immediately formed a formation, with two sword and shield men in the front, three short swordsmen in the back, three pikemen in the back, two archers in the back, and finally the officer pressing the formation. The Qing soldiers formed a formation and killed Emperor Hude.

"Whoosh" two feathered arrows were fired, and Emperor Hu Dodge and hid behind the big tree, dodging the two arrows that came from him.

In fact, the woods were not suitable for formation attacks, and Emperor Hu Dedi used his agile skills to take the Qing soldiers around in a few circles, which made the formation of the Qing soldiers chaotic. Then he went around to the side and rushed out quickly like a cheetah, and before the Qing officer could react, he saw a flash of the knife, and the Qing officer felt a chill on his neck, and then felt himself flying. He subconsciously lowered his head and looked down, and found that only his head was rising in the air, and his body was still on the ground, and a red fountain erupted from the broken neck. Then, the head of the Qing army officer lost consciousness, and the body left on the ground shook a few times and fell heavily to the ground.

Emperor Hu Dedi did not give the two Qing archers any chance, he raised his sword and fell, and two heads fell to the ground.

A Qing spearman who was left behind turned his head, found the enemy behind him, and quickly turned his spear and stabbed at Emperor Hude.

Emperor Hu Dedi was not in a hurry, and when the spear was about to stab him, he knocked the spear away with his knife, and then grabbed the barrel of the spear with his left hand and pulled it hard, pulling the pikeman to him, and the ghost head broadsword in his hand fell down, cutting off the head of the Qing army's pikemen.

In the blink of an eye, four people were killed, and the most important officer was killed, and the remaining seven Qing soldiers could no longer care about forming a formation, crying and fleeing from the woods.

Emperor Hu Dedi picked up the bow and arrow on the ground, fired arrows at the back of the Qing soldiers, and shot four Qing soldiers in succession.

The three Qing soldiers escaped from the woods, pointed to the woods behind them, and shouted at the Qing soldiers in other places: "There's a giant over there!" Kill several of our brothers! ”

When the Qing army commander heard the shouting, he immediately rushed to the woods with his people.

"How? What about the fifth? Why didn't he come back? "The Qing army always asked a soldier who had fled.

"The fifth is dead! Eleven of our brothers were killed by that giant! The soldiers who came back cried and shouted to report the situation.

"Thirteen! Thirteen brothers died at the hands of that giant coward! "The Qing army always hated the way. At this time, he was eager to capture Emperor Hu Dedi alive, send him to Yamen, and sentence him to death with Ling Chi to avenge his slain brothers.

The Qing soldiers in other places didn't care to chase after the other two strong men, and they all rushed one after another.

"Rush forward! Whoever kills the giant will be rewarded with ten taels of silver and promoted to one level! Those who capture the giant alive will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver and promoted to two levels! The Qing army commander shouted and ordered his soldiers to go into the mangrove forest.

The nearby Qing soldiers were all diverted by Hu Dedi, and when the villagers passed through the fifteen-mile no-man's land, they were not intercepted by any Green Camp Qing soldiers, and arrived safely in a forest by the sea.

"Quick, get the raft out!" A strong man in charge of protecting the villagers shouted.

The three wooden rafts that had been hidden in the woods by Emperor Hu and them were carried out by the strong men and carried to the beach. Then the villagers pushed the wooden raft into the sea, and everyone climbed on the wooden raft in an orderly manner under the command of three strong men. At this time, the other two brothers of Hu Dedi, because Hu Dedi led away the Qing soldiers, they escaped safely, and also ran to the beach, met with the villagers, and prepared to evacuate together.

"Big brother, can Hu Zhuangshi come back safely?" After the wooden raft left the beach, the girl raised her head and asked with a pair of shining eyes as she looked at the strong man who was holding the wooden raft away.

"Don't worry! Brother Hu's martial arts are much higher than ours! He must be fine! ”

The wooden raft was in the middle of the sea, and a strong man lit fireworks and gave off a signal. Soon after, several boats hidden behind an uninhabited island approached and put the fleeing villagers on the street.

The villagers, who knew they were safe, hugged each other and shed tears, tears of excitement: finally escaped! In the future, you can go to the sea to fish openly, and you don't have to worry about being chased and killed by the Qing soldiers when you go to the beach, and your family will not starve to death.

"Heroes, let's wait for Hu Zhuangshi here!" An old man with gray hair said.

"Yes, wait for him, Hu Zhuangshi saved us! We can't leave him behind! Another villager also said.

A strong man who came to answer said: "Folks! We need to get out of here! Otherwise, the Tartar sailors are coming, and we will all die! ”

"What about Hu Zhuangshi?" The girl asked.

A strong man in a blue coarse cloth shirt replied: "Don't worry, Brother Hu is very watery, he will be fine!" ”

Another strong man also said: "Brother Hu jumps from here and can easily swim back to Nanao Island!" ”

Boats laden with villagers gradually moved away from the coastline and headed for the nearby island of Nan'ao. The girl sitting at the stern of the boat prayed silently in her heart, hoping that Hu Zhuangshi would come back safely.

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Big ship! The big ship of the Tartars is coming! ”

Looking in the direction of the man's finger, he saw ten Qing army oars rowing fast boats on the sea, galloping towards his side. The speed of the Qing army's fast boat was significantly faster than that of the villagers' boats, and in a short time, the Qing army was less than three miles away!

I just had the hope of living, but I was ruthlessly shattered.

On the Qing army's fast boat, a sailor sneered: "Chase me and kill them all!" cracked such a big case of Tonghai, and took the head to Chaozhou Yamen to receive the reward! ”

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the commander of the Qing army seemed to see that he had been appreciated by Wu Liuqi, rewarded with silver, and promoted to an official.

Just when the Qing army's sailors were always dreaming of yellow sorghum, a cannonball that fell in the sea pulled him back to reality.

A column of water rose on the surface of the sea, and the clipper of the Qing Army's sailors was pushed and swayed by the stirred waves.

"The Great Ship of the Sea Bandits!" Someone exclaimed.

On the sea, eight warships flying the flag of the Ming army's sailors appeared, and they were killing the Qing army's speedboats.

"The giant is here! Run! The Qing soldiers screamed one after another.

At this time, all the Qing officers and soldiers didn't care about any silver rewards and dreams, so they just turned the bow of the ship and fled desperately to the shore.

In stark contrast to the panicked Qing soldiers, there were ordinary people who had escaped death, and they applauded when they saw the big ships flying the battle flags of the Ming army coming.

The Qing army rowed fast boats and fled in all directions, and everyone rowed desperately, trying to run back as soon as possible.

But how could Wang Xinyu let go of these murderers whose hands were stained with the blood of the people? He gave the order to raise the full sails and pursue them at full speed.

The southeast wind is blowing on the sea, and the big ship that happens to be downwind is much faster than the oared fast boat! Soon, Wang Xinyu's ship caught up with the first Qing army boat, and the big ship mercilessly collided with the Qing army boat, knocking the boat into two, and the Qing army sailors and soldiers on the ship fell into the water one after another.

"Help! Help me! "The soldiers in the water floated and fell on the sea, struggling and shouting for help.

The big ship of the Ming army ignored the Qing soldiers who fell into the water and continued to chase the small boat of the Qing army. Soon after, another small boat was caught up and directly crushed to the bottom of the sea by the big ship, and several Qing soldiers on the boat who had no time to jump into the water were directly swept to the bottom of the boat by the big ship, and were heavily pressed to the bottom of the sea, and went to the Dragon Palace to report.

Some of the soldiers on the small boats of the Qing army reacted relatively quickly, and before seeing the big ship of the Ming army crashing into them, they turned in a direction and avoided the impact of the big ship. But they dodged the impact, but they could not avoid the bombardment of the Franc artillery shells on the side of the ship.

Looking at the boat that had dodged the impact, Wang Xinyu shouted: "Fire!" ”

The thousand pound franc machine spewed out a ball of fireball, and the shotgun spewed out in a fan-shape, sweeping a bloody storm on the small boat, and the Qing soldiers on the ship were beaten into a sieve.

The archers and bird gunners on the big ship fired again, killing all the remaining Qing soldiers on the small boat.

Although most of the soldiers on these Ming ships have been transferred to the navy of the Nanyang Company, there are not enough people left on the ships, but it is still a piece of cake to deal with these small ships of the Qing army, just like a heavily armed adult slaughtering babies.

Eight large ships of the Ming army chased and killed the Qing army boats on the sea, knocking and sinking the boats to the bottom of the sea, or bombarding them with shotguns. In a short time, the ten Qing army boats were all wiped out, and the Qing army sailor, who dreamed of making a fortune, was also beaten into a hornet's nest by shotguns.

Next, Wang Xinyu commanded the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division and began to salvage the Qing soldiers who fell into the water.

"Help! Help me! The Qing soldiers struggling on the sea shouted desperately to the Ming ship. Although they know that it is certainly not so easy to be a captive, but human survival instinct, they would rather be captives than die in the sea.

The 120 Qing sailors who came out in pursuit by boat were all wiped out, and all but 53 were captured, and the rest were either killed or drowned.

"General, there's a Tartar over there!" A soldier pointed to the sea not far away.

Wang Xinyu picked up the telescope and looked, only to see a person on the sea holding a plank, struggling to swim towards his big boat.

"Fish him up!" Wang Xinyu ordered.

When the boat approached, the soldiers on board lowered their ropes and scooped the man out of the water.

Just as two soldiers stepped forward to tie the man with a rope, the man cried out, "I am not a Tartar!" Let me go! ”

"Be honest!" A Ming sergeant struck the prisoner who had just been fished out with the hilt of his sword, and then two soldiers came up and prepared to tie up the man and take him to the bilge.

"Call your generals! I'm not a Tartar! The man struggled desperately, shouting loudly.

"Less nonsense!" One of the soldiers whipped him hard, and the man's clothes were torn.

The man was visibly angry, and struggled to break free from the two Ming soldiers who were about to tie him up, and kicked the soldier who had beaten him over on the deck.

"Dog Tartar, you dare to rebel!" Three soldiers surrounded him.

But this person was so good at martial arts that the three Ming soldiers were all knocked over on the deck in a blink of an eye. can float in the sea for so long, and can still be so powerful, he is indeed a master.

"Dog Tartar! No violence! Be honest! Someone shouted.

The warrior turned his head and saw more than a dozen Ming soldiers with bird guns surrounding him, and the arquebus was still sparking, and as long as the soldiers pulled the trigger, they could beat him into a hornet's nest.