Chapter 104: Bingfa Town Nanpu
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Looking at this small island shaped like a duck's beak, Zhang Dou couldn't help but sigh secretly, the place chosen by Liu Zhenhai's lair was really easy to defend and difficult to attack. The pier of Duckbill Island is located inside Duckbill, and a fort is set up on each side of Duckbill.
There is also a water village near the pier in the duck's mouth, and the whole island is as strong as a copper wall. Listening to the constant sound of gongs on the island, Zhang Dou knew that they had been discovered by Liu Zhenhai.
I saw that the island was crowded, many people ran to the fort of Duckbill, and some people rushed to the water village, and the whole Duckbill Island was in chaos.
Yuan Chonghuan was depressed for the past two days, and when he finally saw his destination, he asked, "Abatai is on this island?" ”
"Probably in!" Zhang Dou said.
Hearing this ambiguous answer, Yuan Chonghuan was speechless for a while. He couldn't help asking, "Abatai is not here, why are you attacking here?" ”
Zhang Dou glanced at Yuan Chonghuan and said, "This is the pirate lair who collaborated with the Koreans to rescue Abatai, even if Abatai is not on the island, someone will know Abatai's whereabouts." ”
"So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and attack! Yuan Chonghuan said eagerly.
Zhang Dou shook his head speechlessly, now was not the time to be angry with Yuan Chonghuan, he immediately ordered an attack. More than a dozen large and small guns on the sea ship roared towards Duckbill Island.
Shells rained down on the duckbill battery, which was nothing more than old artillery. Being able to hit 3 miles is already burning high incense, and their biggest role is to block Haikou and prevent enemy ships from breaking into the duck's mouth.
When they encountered the artillery of Changsheng Island, they were instantly defeated, and their artillery could not be hit accurately, nor could it hit. You can only be beaten, but you can't fight back.
The Changsheng Island Navy will not be polite to the pirates, and the shells continue to smash on the fort of Duckbill Island. It was better to be hit by the 3-pounder guns on the bird boat, and the battery was just smashed to the ground, and it was able to hold out for a while.
But it would be tragic for them to be hit by the 6-pounder guns and 9-pounder guns on the sea canopy, and a single shell could knock off a large piece of masonry from the battery. If there were successive hits, the turret would collapse in an instant.
The duckbill battery on the south side was hit by 9-pounder guns one after another, and this battery collapsed with a bang after only 3 shells. None of the pirates inside escaped, and they were all buried alive in the battery.
The pirates in the north fort saw that things were not going well, and just as they were about to flee, they were hit by the cannon that was firing from the artillery. The battery was in chaos in an instant, and then there was an explosion. The entire fort was blown up into the sky by the gunpowder inside, and the pirates who didn't have time to escape flew into the sky with the fort.
The sea ships of Changsheng Island sailed into the duck's mouth, and the wooden water village was even more vulnerable. Just two rounds of shelling tore apart the wooden wall, and the pirates inside fled in all directions, and there was no one left to defend the attack on Changsheng Island.
The Changxing Army cleanly took the dock of Duckbill Island, and Yuan Chonghuan, who watched the battle, was dumbfounded. For the first time, he felt that the artillery was so easy to use, if he placed dozens or hundreds of artillery pieces at the head of the city, even if Jiannu came, he would return with a feather.
Not to mention Yuan Chonghuan's careful thinking, Zhang Dou commanded a thousand Changxing troops to set foot on the land of Duckbill Island. The Changxing Army quickly cleared Duckbill Island in units of 100 people.
The well-trained Changxing army was a one-sided slaughter against this group of pirates, with each hundred-man squad led by 20 spear and shield men.
When they encounter resistance, they stand their shields in the ground, and then put their spears on their shields, focusing on defense. Behind them, the 60 musketeers will quickly line up in three and fire at the pirate, basically killing the pirate wolf in a single round.
If the pirates are too dense, the 20 Swords and Shieldmen standing in the rear will turn into grenadiers. They will use grenades to break up pirate attacks, making it easier for the Musketeers to eliminate the pirates.
When attacking, the spear and shield men will carry their shields behind their backs and chase after the pirates with their guns in both hands. They don't talk nonsense at all when they chase pirates, and a shot will definitely be a bloody hole.
After all, 300 assassinations a day were not practiced in vain, and assassinations became almost an instinctive reaction to them. To treat a rabble like pirates is a one-sided massacre.
Yuan Chonghuan had been observing the battle of the Changxing Army, and at this moment he really felt the strength of the Changxing Army. Such an army is the most elite Guan Ning army of the Ming Dynasty, and it is no wonder that Zhang Dou can achieve so many victories.
He looked at Changxingjun's eyes and gradually became eager, and his thoughts about taking Changxingjun for himself became heavier and heavier.
The one-sided massacre lasted an afternoon, and by the end of night, the resistance on Duckbill Island was largely over. In this battle, only 3 people of the Changxing army were killed, and dozens were slightly wounded. The pirates on Duckbill Island were almost slaughtered by the Changxing Army, and the rest were some old and weak women and children.
A man dressed as a scribe was brought to Zhang Dou and Yuan Chonghuan, and the man saw Zhang Dou "Poof! He fell to his knees and kept saying, "The student is guilty of a capital crime, please be merciful!" ”
"Huh?" This man claims to be a student, that is, he has a meritorious reputation, how can a scholar be in the company of pirates?
"Lord Zhang! It's better for the official to ask about the case, after all, the official has been the magistrate of the county for several years, and he has asked more cases than Master Zhang has ever seen! Yuan Chonghuan finally found confidence in front of Zhang Dou, he stared at Zhang Dou and said.
Zhang Dou didn't speak and made a gesture of please, and Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but be proud when he saw Zhang Dou soft for the first time.
He slapped the table and shouted, "Who are you?" Why join the pirates? If you don't recruit from the truth, if you have half a lie, beware of your head! ”
The man was on his knees, his eyes grunting. He hesitated and said, "My lord! The student Du Ziteng is a member of the Golden State Guard, and Jiannu attacked the Golden State student family and wanted to leave the Golden State by boat for Denglai. As a result, he was robbed by Liu Zhenhai, a thief, on Duckbill Island halfway and became the bookkeeper here! Please be gracious! Students are forced to become thieves! Whining!! ”
Listening to this person's cry, Yuan Chonghuan's heart softened a little. After all, he is also a scholar, so he naturally has a lot of good feelings for Du Ziteng, who is also a reader.
Yuan Chonghuan said: "Du Ziteng, you got up and replied, and it is understandable that you were forced to be a thief. As long as you honestly explain Liu Zhenhai's whereabouts, this official will definitely open up. ”
Du Ziteng was just about to get up when he was interrupted by Zhang Dou, and Yuan Chonghuan felt that he had been greatly insulted. He was just about to reprimand Zhang Dou when he heard Zhang Dou say, "Du Ziteng, right! ”
"Back to the general's words! Student Du Wisteria! Du Ziteng hurriedly kowtowed to Zhang Dou.
"Do you know how Ben likes to deal with liars?" After Zhang Dou finished speaking, he looked at Du Wisteria with a pale face.
"No~ I don't know~ The students don't know!" Du Ziteng felt that the general's smile was so terrifying, and he trembled as if he was being targeted by a hungry wolf.
"First of all! He would have ordered the liar's hand to be placed on a large stone and his finger to be broken inch by inch with a hammer. First your hands, then your feet, do you want to taste that? Zhang Dou's voice made Du Wisteria's soul rise.
Du Ziteng immediately lay on the ground and said, "The student remembered wrong! The student went to Denglai a year ago to study and was robbed by Liu Zhenhai and went to Duckbill Island to be a bookkeeper! ”
"Oh?" After listening to Du Ziteng's words, Zhang Dou looked at Yuan Chonghuan with a smile. At this moment, Yuan Chonghuan's face turned the color of pig liver, and just now he kept saying how he asked about the case, but he was slapped in the face in a blink of an eye, and he was just about to go berserk Zhang Dou spoke again.
"Du Wisteria, don't worry, Ben Jiang hasn't finished talking yet!" Zhang Dou continued.
"If the man who smashed his hands and feet continued to lie, he would have dug a big hole in the ground. Bury the man in a pit so that only one head is exposed. Then he slashed the top of the man's head with a sharp blade and poured mercury through the wound.
This person will be extremely itchy and tormented all over his body. He will swish when he has nowhere to go! came out of the wound on the top of his head, and the person who came out like this was bright red all over, without any skin and flesh, like a lamb that had been skinned...... "Before Zhang Dou finished speaking, Du Ziteng couldn't stand it.
He felt that his whole body was itching, and he said in horror: "The student was originally from Jinzhou, but he had to flee to Denglai because of adultery with the wife of the big family Wang Juren. It has been more than 2 years since Liu Zhenhai was robbed to Duckbill Island halfway, please be gracious! ”
Looking at Du Wisteria, who was trembling all over, Zhang Dou looked at Yuan Chonghuan playfully and said: "Lord Yuan is really in a daze for solving the case, I will admire and admire it!" ”
Listening to Zhang Dou's sarcastic words, Yuan Chonghuan felt that if there was a gap in the ground, he would get into it by himself. He could only vent his anger on Du Ziteng's body, and shouted: "Where did Liu Zhenhai go? It's not really recruited! ”
Du Ziteng didn't dare to hide it, and said truthfully: "Three days ago! The big boss brought some North Koreans back to Duckbill Island, and also brought back an injured distinguished guest. I was going to leave immediately, but the guest suffered a serious leg injury, and he only left yesterday after resting on the island for two days. ”
Zhang Dou and Yuan Chonghuan's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Yuan Chonghuan asked eagerly, "Where did they go?" Say it! ”
They didn't tell the students either, but they heard them mention the name Zhennanpu. The students guessed that they might have gone to the North Korean town of Nampo! ”
The town of Nampo was the city of Nampo in later Joseon, and it was an important port and shipbuilding center in North Korea. Once Abatai is transported here, he can return to Liaodong by land, and then don't think about taking him back again.
"Set off overnight, Bingfa Town Nanpu!"