Chapter 204: Annihilation of the Pirates

If there is a regret medicine in the world, Huang Binqing will definitely be willing to spend all the money to buy it again. www.biquge.info Because he fled from Zhoushan City at night, and reinforcements from Daishan came to the sea outside Zhoushan City in the early morning of the next day, and launched an attack on the pirates at dawn.

Most of the pirates camped on the shore, with only a few sleeping on ships. At dawn, when people were at their most sleepy, no one expected that a fleet would come from the sea and attack them.

More than 100 pirate ships docked in the sea near the dock outside Zhoushan City, which was originally the water camp of the Zhoushan army, although it was a water camp, but it was very simple and had no defense facilities.

The vast majority of pirate ships are empty, and no one likes to sleep on a ship that fluctuates. Moreover, Song Liben mobilized most of the pirates ashore in the name of siege, and there were not many pirates on duty on the ship.

Daishan's fleet departed from Jintang Island before dawn and arrived outside Zhoushan at dawn.

There were hundreds of ships moored on the coast in front, but none of them came to meet them, which made the officers and soldiers of Daishan feel very happy, and there was no need for Ren Siqi to order, more than 20 large and small warships rushed up.

The "Princess" and "Exocet" came to a halt at a distance out of the sea, their hulls sideways, their black holes facing the shore.

The oil canisters prepared by the Daishan military came in handy at this time, and the lit canisters were thrown on various pirate ships.

"Boom, boom", the guns on the "Princess" and "Exocet" opened fire, and shells smashed into the motionless pirate ship.

The silence of dawn was shattered by the loud sound of cannons, and chaos reigned throughout the pirate camp. Many pirates ran out of the camp naked, horrified to see the flames of the ships moored in the sea.

"The officers and soldiers are coming!" The pirates screamed in horror, more pirates were awakened, and the entire pirate camp was thrown into chaos.

The inspector finally came, and Song Liben was overjoyed when he heard the sound of the cannon. For a period of time, he has been trembling every day, first, for fear of being recognized by others, and for fear of misleading the plan of the inspector.

The pirates were in chaos, and Song Liben didn't care about it, letting them mess around.

Forty officers and soldiers from Daishan, led by Yamada Futaro, guarded around Song Liben, looking excitedly at the burning sea.

From time to time, pirates came to report to Song Liben and asked what to do.

Song Liben appointed a pirate as the leader, and asked him to take everyone to support the seashore and seize the ship he was on when he returned.

Pirates and pirates, what are pirates to talk about without ships, with Song Liben's order, all the pirates rushed to the sea.

The camp was only a mile from the sea, and when they reached the beach, they saw that most of the boats had been set on fire. The fire raged and devoured the pirates' ships, and the fierce sea breeze blew through it, and the wind fueled the fire, burning even more violently, and the whole camp was already in flames. A small number of pirates who remained on the ship rushed out of the cabin, some tried to extinguish the fire, some tried to drive the ship away, but the ship had already anchored and the sails were lowered, and it was impossible to rush the ship out of the fire. Soon, the pirates gave up their efforts to save the ship and jumped into the sea, fleeing to shore.

Seeing that the ship could no longer be rescued, the pirates let out an angry roar and shouted at the Daishan fleet in the distance, but a burst of artillery was ushered in.

Seeing a large number of pirates gathered on the coast, the gunners on the Daishan ship were naturally not polite, and more than a dozen guns fired freely, blowing up the pirates.

Seeing that all the pirate ships were burned, Ren Siqi ordered to prepare for the landing. All that needs to be done now is to wipe out the pirates on the island.

The flotilla sailed away from the burning seas and towards the coast to the north. The three-masted galleon was too big, and fearing that it would run aground and not be able to lean directly to the shore, put the boat down, and the soldiers rowed to the shore in the boat.

In addition to leaving the necessary manpower to operate the ship, Ren Siqi sent everyone else to the island, and he also disembarked from the ship to direct the next battle.

"The officers and soldiers want to go ashore, but they can't be allowed to come up!" Seeing that the Daishan army intended to go ashore, the pirates shouted one after another.

"What about Song Da Master? Why didn't you give the order to block it? "I didn't get Song Liben's order for a long time, and when some pirates tried to find him, they couldn't find any trace of Song Liben.

Without a leader, many pirates don't know what to do.

"The number of officers and soldiers is not large, everyone come with me, kill the officers and soldiers, and rob their ships." Chao Xin, the pirate leader of Lantau Island, shouted, and took the lead and rushed towards the official army.

Seeing that there were more than 500 officers and soldiers ashore, the pirates became emboldened, brandished their weapons, and followed behind Chao Xin.

In addition to the necessary personnel to stay on the ship, Ren Siqi could send more than 400 people to the island, and there were more than 3,000 pirates on the island. The difference in numbers from ten to one, looking at the pirates who rushed over with shouts, it was impossible for the soldiers to say that they were not afraid in their hearts.

However, after a long period of training, obedience has become their instinct. Although there were ten times as many enemies as their own, and although their feet were a little weak, the soldiers managed to straighten their bodies and point their weapons at the enemy.

Before joining the Daishan Inspection Division, they were all fishermen on the island, and although they said they would not go hungry, most of them were also very poor. Since joining the Daishan Inspection Division, not to mention the daily food, there is more than one tael of silver per month, which is really good for the fishermen who can't save two taels of silver all year round, which is why they are afraid but still try to stand.

The musketeers were in front, the pikemen were behind, and the four hundred Daishan soldiers lined up in a neat line with their backs to the coast. At the front of the line were two Franc cannons.

Fearing accidental injury, the ship's guns had stopped firing after a few rounds. The gunners of the two Franc guns poked the lit incense sticks at the guns of the guns.

There were two loud bangs, white smoke rose from the muzzle, and two lead bullets were pushed out of the muzzle by a strong thrust, smashing into the pirate array half a mile away with great kinetic energy.

The cannonball swept low and smashed into the middle of the pirates, then quickly bounced and rolled forward, flying flesh and blood everywhere it passed, plowed two lines of blood in the pirate array.

The spared Zi Gong was taken out of the mother gun, and then put it back in, and the incense stick was poked, and with a "bang", the cannon was fired again.

The Franc cannon of the Son and Mother Gun was extremely fast, and the distance of half a mile was a full five rounds.

Seeing the tragic situation of his accomplices who were killed and wounded by the artillery made the other pirates extremely frightened. In fact, there are not many pirates who die under artillery, but the power of artillery is really terrifying.

The pirates' ships had been burned, and there was no way for them to escape. The number of officers and soldiers on the opposite side is not very large, although they have powerful artillery, but as long as they kill the past and engage in close combat, their artillery will be useless!

Chao Xin, the pirate leader of Lantau Island, shouted and took the lead in rushing towards the officers and troops in front. The other pirates shouted as well, following behind Chao Xin.

The pirates belonged to the islands, and they had no training at all, and they could not cooperate, and more than 3,000 people were holding weapons one after another and only looking forward to it.

Closer, closer, I can already see the clear faces of the officers and soldiers in front, and I can see the officers and gunners drop the artillery and retreat.

One hundred steps, Jin Yufei, who was in charge of commanding the musketeers, silently estimated the distance of the pirates, and the hit rate of the musket at a distance of one hundred steps was not very high.

Eighty steps, Jin Yufei looked nervously at the pirate approaching from the opposite side, a drop of sweat flowed down his forehead, but he didn't bother to wipe it.

Sixty steps, fifty steps.

"Shoot!" Jin Yufei waved the long knife in his hand vigorously and gave the order to fire.

"Bang bang bang" With the swing of Jin Yufei's long knife, a bean-like gunfire rang out, and the pirate formation that rushed over was a meal, and thirty or forty pirates fell to the ground without saying a word.

The thirty or so musketeers at the front fired their guns and quickly retreated, revealing a second row of musketeers.

"Bang bang bang" bean-like gunfire rang out again, and dozens more pirates fell to the ground.

The second row of musketeers retreated again, and the third row of musketeers held their muskets against the array of pirates who were rushing towards them.

In each round of shooting, twenty or thirty pirates fell under the guns. But with more than 3,000 pirates swarming, these casualties were nothing.

Looking at the pirates who came clamoring regardless of casualties, Ren Siqi frowned, it would be good if there were three hundred musketeers, and the three-stage shooting carried out by the three hundred gunners was enough to block the attack of thousands of people.

The muskets had been fired four rounds, and the pirates had already rushed to the front, and the musketeers had only to retreat, through the gaps in the pikemen, to the rear of the formation.

The musket shot just now killed three or four hundred pirates, but three thousand more pirates were swarming and surrounding the Daishan army. The 400 Daishan army could only form a group with their backs to the sea hedgehogs, with the pikemen outside, exactly 100 people on one side, and the musketeers inside, continuing to reload ammunition.

The spear of one foot and two feet pointed straight ahead, and although the entire Daishan army array was small, it was like a hedgehog, and all that was exposed was sharp thorns, so that the pirates had nowhere to go.

Three thousand pirates surrounded the Daishan Legion, but in the face of sharp spears, they found that there was nowhere to go. Most of the pirates were armed with short weapons such as steel knives and harpoons, which were far inferior to the spears of the Daishan Army in terms of the length of their weapons, and they could not attack the body of the Daishan Army in a hurry.

"Right stab!" Monroe, the commander of the pikemen, gave the order to stab him in the right.

In the sight of the pirates, the outermost pikemen collectively turned forty-five degrees to the right and stabbed out the spears in their hands.

Originally, the pirates were guarding against the pikemen in front of them, but the officers and soldiers in front suddenly turned to the right, and some pirates were overjoyed and were about to take the opportunity to attack, and at this moment, the sharp spears stabbed towards the right ribs.

The vast majority of pirates were defenseless and knew that they had been pierced in the right rib by a spear and did not know where the attack was coming from.

There are also experienced pirates who feel the spear stabbed to the right side, and hurriedly swing the weapon in their hand to block it. However, most people hold weapons in their right hands, and it is more convenient to block the weapons in front or on the left, and it is particularly difficult to block the spears stabbed on the right.

Even if there were a skilful and clever pirate who dodged the spear that stabbed the right side, there was still a second row of pikemen to make up for it.

With this attack, the pirates surrounding the outside of the pike array fell down a layer in unison, revealing the stunned faces of the pirates behind.

Before they could react, the musketeers in the "Bang Bang Bang" pike formation opened fire in unison, and nearly a hundred pirates fell to the ground.

In just one attack, nearly four hundred pirates were killed.

Chao Xin, the pirate leader of Lantau Island, looked numb at the sight, he thought that his own people were nearly ten times the number of the official army, and only one attack could swallow the official army. Unexpectedly, as soon as they made contact, hundreds of people died on their side, but none of the officers and soldiers were injured! What kind of army is so strong? Chao Xin has been a pirate for nearly 20 years, and he has never heard of such a strong official army. Oh, it's not nothing, a few decades ago, the Qi family army was so strong, but the Qi family army has been destroyed, just ten years ago, the last Qi family army was destroyed in the hands of the Manchus in Liaoxi.

Just as Chao Xin was thinking, he saw the officers and soldiers on the opposite side slowly moving forward.

Under Monroe's command, the spears moved forward in unison, pressing towards the hesitant pirates. The pirates were forced to retreat slowly, trying to stay away from the sharp spears in front of them.

But the pirates in front wanted to retreat, and the pirates in the back didn't know what was going on at all, and were rushing forward, and the pirates' formation was a little chaotic at the moment.

"Right stab!" Under Monroe's second order, the pikemen on the periphery once again carried out the right stabbing tactic, and under Chao Xin's terrified gaze, hundreds more pirates fell to the ground.

The pirates in front of him had all fallen, and Chao Xin was horrified to find himself directly in front of the spear array opposite, which was his luck not to be shot by the musketeers in the array.

When he saw the spear array moving forward again, Chao Xin's courage disappeared all at once, and was replaced by deep fear, and he screamed strangely, picked up his accomplices around him, and turned around and fled.

These two rounds of slaughter have shocked the vast majority of pirates, no one dares to face the spears of the officers and soldiers anymore, one person escapes, a hundred follow, the entire pirate array collapses at once, and the pirates scramble to flee back.

Seeing the pirates fleeing, the Daishan army naturally would not let go, and Ren Siqi immediately stood up and ordered all the staff to pursue.

The Daishan army held a spear in hand, formed a small three-talent formation, and began to chase and kill.

The fleeing pirates did not have any formation to speak of, although there were still more than 2,000 in number, far above the officers and soldiers, but when the army was defeated, no one thought of resisting again.

But the ship they were on had been burned, and the city of Zhoushan had not yet been captured, so where could they flee to?

Many desperate pirates threw their weapons and surrendered on their knees, and those who did not want to surrender had no choice but to flee into the mountains of the island.

A fierce but short battle ended with the victory of the Daishan army. More than 3,000 pirates were killed, more than 1,000 surrendered, and the remaining nearly 1,000 fled into the mountains.

Ren Siqi led the army to the city of Zhoushan, and when he saw the battle flag of the Ming army still fluttering at the head of the city, Huang Fengwu finally breathed a sigh of relief. (To be continued.) )