Chapter 33: Crossing the Sea for Reconnaissance
Huang Sheng began to meditate again, this time he could not also use gunpowder as a bomb to set up an ambush. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info Jiannu's troops stationed nearby don't know if there has been a change of guard, and Huang Sheng has no way of knowing.
They had just been lured and annihilated more than 20 people in Lianshanyi, and they should not be easily fooled again, and they would definitely not be fooled by a team of Ming troops.
It seems feasible to cross the sea to attack, but I don't know anything about Jiannu's defense along the coast, and I don't know much about the mountains and rivers there.
"Cao Hucheng, are you from Gaizhou?" On the training ground, Huang Sheng, who was meditating hard, saw Cao Hucheng and asked.
"Back to the adults, the small ones are the military households in Gaizhou."
"Then you should be quite familiar with the mountains and rivers around Gaizhou?"
"Adult, the small one is indeed very familiar, how can you not be familiar with the place where you grew up from a small to a large one, but it's a pity that it was occupied by Jiannu." Cao Hucheng was a little sad, probably thinking of his family who used to live together in Gaizhou.
Huang Sheng looked at his face and said, "I'm going to take you to Gaizhou for a trip to see if I can find a place to start, and run away for Jiannu." β
Cao Hucheng's eyes lit up immediately, and he said excitedly: "My lord, Gaizhou is a very big place, and it is close to the sea, we now have a big sea ship, we can find a place to go ashore anytime and anywhere, Jiannu is invincible, and it should be safe to kill Jiannu with the guerrilla method of adults." β
Huang Sheng said: "Oh? Do you know that a big ship like ours has to dock, and it is too inconvenient to have no dock, where Jiannu should control the dock area. β
Cao Hucheng said: "My lord, Gaizhou Wei is very big, there are too many docks, how many people can Jiannu, they can't fortify everywhere." Our boat could dock from the south, where there were many hills by the sea, and it should not be easy for Jiannu to spot us. β
Huang Sheng nodded, and then called Huang Dongshan and said, "Dongshan, you go and find a few people from Gaizhou." β
Huang Dongshan knew that the adults might have to calculate and build slaves again, and Le Zizi went to pass the word, and it didn't take long for a few family members to come to the living room, Huang Mingli, Heihu, and they also learned that the adults might have to assign tasks to join in the fun.
Huang Sheng said: "Tomorrow I am going to take everyone to Gaizhou by boat, the purpose is to reconnoiter the deployment of Jiannu along the coast of Gaizhou, as for whether to decide to attack, we will wait until the reconnaissance returns." β
Huang Dongshan said: "My lord specially called a few of you Gaizhou people to discuss the situation there, don't be nervous, everyone in our Huang family can speak, it doesn't matter if you are wrong." β
Huang Dongshan has adapted to Huang Sheng's way of working, knowing that he likes to use his brains to his subordinates, cheering up a few newcomers so that they don't have any worries.
Cao Hucheng had already talked to Ma Cheng, a fellow sailor in Gaizhou, and of course Ma Cheng wanted to go home to see, he knew the situation on the seaside in Gaizhou well.
After listening to Huang Dongshan's words, he immediately stood up and said: "Returning to my lord, the little one often has the opportunity to go to the seaside of Gaizhou when he is a sailor on Juehua Island, where there are actually very few Jiannu, and they also learn from our Ming Dynasty, and deploy the men and horses in the dungeon fort, if they find the situation, use wolf smoke and beacon fire to warn, and then the Jiannu cavalry quickly supports." β
Liu Liangcai, who is also a Gaizhou Weiren, also stood up and said: "Report to my lord, the small home is on the seashore thirty miles south of Gaizhou Wei, there are too many places where our sea ships can be quietly moored, there are many hills there, and the Jiannu cavalry patrol cannot pass through, and it is impossible to find it." β
Ma Cheng also echoed: "My lord, it's true, it's no problem to find a small bay behind the mountain bag there, hide dozens of boats, Jiannu doesn't have too many manpower, and they will generally come very little where the cavalry can't gallop." β
Huang Sheng decided to take someone to see the situation there, although he already had a plan in his heart, but every military operation is related to the safety of his own life and that of his family, and he must not take it for granted, he must know the enemy's movements in his chest, and the plan must be carefully thought out to minimize casualties.
Huang Sheng said: "You guys are ready to supply now, and we will set off for the waters of Gaizhou early tomorrow morning, this time everyone is on the boat, not to go ashore to fight, but to see who of you is still seasick." β
The black tiger immediately stood up and said: "My lord, the little one has been practicing for many days, and the day before yesterday I went to the boat for a long time, and I don't seem to be dizzy, but our boat is parked on the shore, and the little one is not very sure." β
Li Dagang smiled: "It doesn't matter, we'll know tomorrow night if you're dizzy or not." β
Huang Sheng's 'Guangning' has no problem running a short distance with more than 100 people, and this time, of course, all of them are dispatched, even if there is no war, it is good to let the family members infect the battlefield atmosphere.
In the evening of the next day, the 'Quang Ninh' had already arrived at the coast of Gaizhou, and it was only sixty or seventy nautical miles from Juehua Island to Gaizhou.
Huang Sheng has been testing the power of the ship all the way, and the soft sail effect is good, but a few sailors are still a little scrambling, probably not yet adapted to the use of pulleys. This requires more practice, increasing the operation time and the accumulation of experience, and it is impossible to rush.
Now it has reached the speed of level six, and if you add two propellers of your own design and add more than 20 people to pedal drive at the same time, you should be able to reach the speed of level eight.
Two copper-core iron cannons supervised by Sun Yuanhua have been installed on the ship, which should be four-pounder guns, Huang Sheng weighed the iron cannonballs, about three catties more than one, and one catty in the Ming Dynasty was not 500 grams, but close to 600 grams.
Lord Sun Yuanhua promised to help find a few good gunners, and he had already sent a letter to his friends at Shanhaiguan, where several gunners who escaped after the fall of Guangning were punished for hard labor, and now he was repairing the Shanhaiguan wharf, and he was ready to give these people the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for their crimes.
When Huang Sheng went to the warehouse on Juehua Island to receive the supplies, the old acquaintance Cheng Guan Warehouse took the initiative to be courteous and selected six Ming guns, which can be used as a war defense gun, shooting three or two large projectiles, with an effective range of one hundred and fifty steps, but unfortunately it is too heavy to load and inconvenient, and it is the best choice to install it on the ship.
When Lord Huang Sheng signed the paperwork, he specially asked him to write it down, and he recommended Huang Sheng to use his carefully selected and well-maintained carrying gun, and also taught Huang Sheng's subordinates how to use it.
This Guan Kuan is self-motivated, thinking that Huang Sheng can make meritorious service again, and he will also be praised for it, but he has been promoted to the rank of commander, and he should not be able to be promoted, and he still has to take credit, I don't know what he thinks?
Huang Sheng actually doesn't care about being used, he thinks that people who can often be used by others show that he has the ability, at least there is a use value, and you will give some sweetness when others use it, and even Chengguan Ku has given himself a gun that can be used as a small cannon.
A few seasick people have slowly adapted to sailing, especially the black tiger, he is so happy that he shouts that the lord is really good, he simply knows everything, and he simply turns his head on the bar every day to keep himself from being seasick.
Huang Sheng knew that it was not his own way to be good, but that the hard work paid off, these guys were afraid of being left at home, and they practiced hard every day, and recently they were staying on the boat in order to adapt to drifting at sea.
The Quang Ninh cruised along the coast of Gaizhouwei, and all the telescopes and telescopes were used for observation. After observing here for three days, Huang Sheng chose a fire road pier of the former Ming army near the sea as the target.
Liu Liang knew that place, Wanli Nian was the beacon tower used by the Ming army to observe the situation of the Liao Sea, called Wanghaidun, usually there was a small flag of the Ming army with their families stationed here, and he often went there to play when he was a child.
Through observation, everyone preliminarily determined that there were about ten people stationed in Jiannu here, and some Aha were in Tuntian, because Huang Sheng saw Aha leading a horse from the east and carrying a hemp bag back to Haidun, and it was obvious that it should be filled with wheat.
The location of this place as a military fortress is really good, the geographical location is relatively good, on a lonely hill less than two miles from the sea, four or five miles away from the hills and hills in the north and south.
To the east is an endless field of land, and it seems that Jiannu did not have the labor to cultivate all the large areas of fertile land here, but only selectively cultivated some of them.
The view here is wide, and people and horses should be close. A few miles away, they would be discovered by the lookouts on the mound, and if they lit a beacon fire, as long as they held out for half an hour, their attack plan would be ruined.
Because there were more than 30 Jiannu cavalry stationed in Caotai Fort less than 20 miles north of here, they saw the wolf smoke, and with Jiannu's mobile ability, they should arrive within half an hour.
I had to retreat in advance with my family, because there was still more than a mile to run to the beach, and it would take time to get on the boat.
Wanghaidun south of the hilly area and there is another Liujiabao, where there are also dozens of Jiannu, they rode horses to come to reinforcements need to bypass the mountains, and they can reach the battlefield in an hour.
Huang Sheng decided to start here, the general plan has already been decided, and the specific attack needs to be ashore for a few more days to make a final decision.
Even if the attack fails, he is not afraid, as long as he finds that Wanghaidun is lit with a beacon fire, he immediately gives up the attack plan and flees to the ship quickly, Jiannu can't catch up at all, and the guns on his ship are not vegetarians.
With a warship, Jiannu is simply passively beaten, as long as he does not go deep into the hinterland, he will be invincible, at when, where, and what method can be used to give full play to everyone's imagination, Jiannu will definitely be overwhelmed.
Back in Ningyuan City, everyone began to make intensive preparations, the three ships given by Wu Xiang were already in place, and the equipment on the No. 3 Fu ship was indeed left.
There are four thousand pounds of Buddha Lang machine, three bowls, and six guns in the Ming Dynasty. However, these equipment are usually poorly maintained and have rusted.
There was another episode when Wu Xiang came to hand over the sea vessel.
When the long-legged general handed over the ship the next day, he found that there were only a few Huang Sheng's family members who had come, and he was quite unhappy, thinking that he was polite and thoughtful, and that eight-rank petty official was too good at being a man, and he didn't even understand the minimum etiquette.
The leader of a family named Gu San, who had a somewhat lame leg, seemed to be their leader, and he stepped forward to salute Lord Wu Xiang, who was wearing the regular uniform of a fourth-grade military attachΓ©.
Wu Xiang said with a gloomy face: "Your family is so busy, it seems to be too unkind, right?" β
Gu San had already received Huang Sheng's instructions, and he said unhurriedly: "Lord Wu, my family is indeed very busy, he took a boat to Gaizhou early this morning." β
Wu Xiang said: "Go to Gaizhou, did your adults really go to Gaizhou today?" Wu Xiang's gloomy face began to smile, he understands that people who are vigorous and resolute are often not ordinary people.
Gu San said with a smile: "That's still false, the adults said that they should know the rules of Jiannu's activities, so that they can know themselves and their opponents." The reason why my family is able to succeed every time is because he will do everything himself. β
"That's true, Lord Huang is really extraordinary, I don't have to worry about it!" Wu Xiang's face was already full of sunshine at this time, he smiled and rewarded the family who came with a tael of silver, and happily handed over the three boats to Gu San.
As soon as Huang Sheng came back, he assigned Gu San's task, which was to select sailors among the refugees. This is also a decision after thinking, although there are many sailors on Juehua Island, they can also dig people directly, but the sailors under them are all from the Daming Juehua Island sailors, I am afraid it is not appropriate, this arrangement is still a purpose, prevention is not enough.
Gu San found someone to have a set, but unlike the last time, he took a few craftsmen to understand from the side through familiar people, and finally found six men who had nothing to worry about.
A man about twenty years old is alone, of course, thanks to Jiannu. When these six people heard that they were the ones who dared to compete with Jiannu Lord Huang, everyone was overjoyed.
The reputation is too important in these years, the story of Huang Sheng's killing of Jiannu has been circulated in Ningyuan, and everyone has finally depicted Huang Sheng's image as the Ming version of Zhang Fei, what leopard head rings eyes, holding a Zhangba snake spear in his hand, and stabbed to death a Jiannu Baya Layunyun ...... with a spear.