Chapter 253: Total Victory
Zhang Jingxian's boat was stopped by the Daishan army's sailboat before it arrived at the Dinghai Customs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhang Jingxian identified himself, saying that he was the elder of General Ren of the Daishan Army, and he was entrusted by the Ningbo Government to see Ren Siqi. was only released by the vigilant Daishan sailboat.
Zhang Jingxian got off the ship and was led to Dinghai.
Although he captured Dinghai City, Ren Siqi was unwilling to live on the top of the mountain, and it was very troublesome to climb up and down, so he set up a large camp on top of the city. Leaving 1,000 infantry to defend the city, most of the sailing ships were sent out, led by Mao 18, to reinforce Cen Harbor and encircle and suppress Wang Zhiren's fleet.
I heard a report from my subordinates that a man named Zhang Jingxian came. Ren Siqi went down to the city and went to greet him in person. Then let Zhang Jingxian into the Chinese military tent.
Zhang Jingxian walked all the way, and saw the energetic, fully armed soldiers of the Daishan Army standing solemnly on the top of the city, all the soldiers he encountered stood solemnly and solemnly, not moving at all, and there was no loose appearance of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court in the past. Although Zhang Jingxian does not know soldiers, he can also see the elite degree of the Daishan army.
Ren Siqi has such a strong palm, if he really has a rebellious heart, who in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can match him? Zhang Jingxian walked with anxiety in his heart. It wasn't until he entered the Chinese military tent that he settled down.
"I just arrived in Dinghai, everything is simple, and I hope my uncle won't be surprised." Ren Siqi asked people to serve tea and said apologetically.
"I don't know what advice my uncle has when he comes to Dinghai?"
Zhang Jingxian found that when he came to Dinghai this time, Ren Siqi was much calmer than before, and there was no longer the resentment caused by the divorce in his words.
Everything is polite, but polite but detached. It seems that he has looked down on the past, which makes Zhang Jingxian feel relaxed but also a faint sense of loss.
"Virtuous nephew don't have to be polite, I came this time to be entrusted by Lord Zhu, the same governor of Ningbo Mansion, to ask the virtuous nephew's next step, where is the Dinghai Chief Soldier Wang?"
"I'm afraid that my uncle is not entrusted by the Ningbo Mansion, but by the Yang family's Tu family, to ask me about my next step, right?" Ren Siqi said lightly.
Seeing through his identity, Zhang Jingxian picked up the teacup and covered up his embarrassment by drinking water.
"Tell my uncle the truth, Wang Zhiren was instigated by the Ningbo gentry to attack Cen Harbor, his fleet has been attacked by our Daishan military fleet, I believe that Wang Zhiren will be sent to Dinghai soon."
"As for the next step, since the family has already attacked me, they should think about the consequences. When my fleet defeats Wang Zhiren, I will lead the army up the Yongjiang River and march to Yinxian! ”
"You, you, you ......" Hearing that Siqi was going to attack Yin County, Zhang Jingxian suddenly panicked, "Virtuous nephew, don't!" You are also from Yinxian County, how can you bear to let your hometown be miserable. Besides, openly attacking the city, this is a great rebellion, this is a rebellion! ”
"Rebellion? Who rebelled? Wang Zhiren did not have the will of the imperial court and brazenly sent troops to attack Cen Gang, he was a rebel! Those families first violated the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty and went to sea to communicate with the Japanese, and after I confiscated the sea vessels, they colluded with Wang Zhiren to attack my station, and they rebelled. Ren Siqi said angrily.
"Hey, virtuous nephew, virtuous nephew is angry."
"Virtuous nephew, we are all understanding people, so let's just say what we say. Although it is said that the sea ban is an ancestral system, who has the strength not to go to sea in these years? It's your nephew, didn't you go to Japan last year? ”
"Everyone makes their own voices, and it's good that the well water doesn't interfere with the river water, but how can you intercept other people's sea boats? This is cutting off other people's financial routes, so how can you blame other people for thinking about you? ”
"It's better to settle the grievances than to settle them, and the energy of those people is not what you can imagine. The virtuous nephew should accept it when he sees it. ”
Zhang Jingxian persuaded hard.
Since Zhang Jingxian said this, Ren Siqi is no longer making a look of righteous indignation.
"Uncle, you are an understanding person, and in that case, I will tell you the truth. I must go to Ningbo, it is already like this, if I don't teach those people a profound lesson, they won't be honest. These gentry are used to being arrogant, annexing land, monopolizing sea trade, and one by one they have a lot of money but never want to pay a little tax to the imperial court, and they simply think that this Ming Dynasty is their world. ”
"This time, I'm going to let them see, in Daming, it's not that they can do whatever they want!"
Listening to Ren Siqi's words, Zhang Jingxian sighed uncontrollably, he didn't expect Ren Siqi to become so arrogant now, and he wanted to go against all the gentry!
"Uncle, why should you worry, I'm not targeting you this time. Besides, if I destroy those families, it will only be good for you, and there will be no harm at all! ”
"What's in it for me?" Zhang Jingxian asked weakly.
"Of course there are benefits, in Ningbo, the Zhang family can only be regarded as a second-rate family, but if I exterminate all those first-class families, won't the Zhang family be among the first-class?" Ren Siqi said with a smile.
"Virtuous nephew, don't be funny." Zhang Jingxian couldn't laugh or cry.
The reason why the Yang family and the Tu family are first-class families is because of their heritage. Successive generations of high-ranking officials, generations of people have been promoted among people.
As for the Zhang family, Zhang Huangyan, who is now the most promising in the Zhang family, is just a lifter, and he is far worse than others.
While the two were talking, a soldier came to tell him that Daishan's fleet had arrived in Dinghai. Ren Siqi laughed when he heard this.
"Uncle, maybe you will be able to see Wang Zhiren soon!"
Standing on top of the city, I saw that on the vast sea, countless sailing ships were riding the wind and waves, coming towards Dinghai.
The sails are like clouds, the masts are like forests, and more than 100 sailing ships gather on the sea surface of the Yongjiang River estuary, and their momentum is very majestic. Zhang Jingxian looked at all this with a complicated expression.
Mao 18, Sima Nan, Olier and other generals took a small boat into the Yongjiang River, got off the boat on the bank of the Guanxia River, and went up the Guancheng along the stairs.
"General!" All the generals stood in a row and bowed to Ren Siqi.
"Everyone's worked hard!" Ren Siqi laughed and told everyone to get up.
"Tell me, what's going on? Has Wang Zhiren ever been caught? ”
Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and when Mao Shibai was about to answer, he was preempted by Sima Nan.
"General, let's say it, after all, I started the war with Wang Zhiren first, and Eighteen and Olier went late, and there are some situations that they don't understand."
Ren Siqi nodded and motioned for Sima Nan to tell the matter again.
"General, we won a big victory, but Wang Zhiren didn't catch it."
Sima Nan told the story of the incident, first telling the story of his raid on Zhang Kui and then on Wang Zhiren.
He and Wang Zhiren fought on the west side of Jintang Island for a long time, and whenever Wang Zhiren wanted to leave the battlefield and rush to Cen Gang, he went up to entangle, and when Wang Zhiren was angry and wanted to fight him, he began to flee again. From time to time, he also forcibly gained the upper hand and dealt a blow to Wang Zhiren's fleet.
Wang Zhiren was entangled and exhausted, but he couldn't get rid of it. Just when the two sides were entangled, Mao 18 led the fleet to the battlefield and gave Wang Zhiren a blow from behind.
Mao 18 and Sima Nanhai's style of fighting was completely different, leading the team to attack and fight fiercely, completely ignoring casualties. led more than 30 sailing ships and rushed directly into Wang Zhiren's fleet, and Sima Nan also reflexively cooperated and launched an attack on Wang Zhiren's fleet.
The Mao 18 and Sima Nan fleets together had more than 60 sailing ships, including 13 three-masted ships. Wang Zhiren has 100 sailing ships, nearly 20 three-masted ships, and one four-masted giant ship.
If you only talk about warships, the Daishan Army and the Dinghai Navy are still a little behind. However, when it comes to the quality of soldiers, it is reversed.
The soldiers of the Daishan Army were all fishermen and pirates, these people were extremely fierce and accustomed to naval warfare, and they were trained by the Daishan Army for several months, and they were better than in the past.
On the other hand, in the Dinghai Navy, its naval soldiers do not train once a month or two, and the officers are deducted from their salaries, and many soldiers do not have enough to eat, let alone combat effectiveness.
At the beginning, the Dinghai Navy could still rely on its numerical superiority to fight evenly with the Daishan Army.
But when the war entered a tragic stalemate, many fixed navies could no longer withstand it. The soldiers of the Daishan Army are not afraid of death, and they have terrifying fire attack tactics.
Countless fire canisters were thrown onto the deck of the Dinghai sailing ship, and when the Dinghai sergeant was busy extinguishing the fire, the soldiers of the Daishan Army grabbed the Dinghai sailing ship with their flying claws and jumped over to engage in a broadside battle.
The soldiers of the Dinghai Navy were crushed by the brave onslaught of the soldiers of the Daishan Army, and many soldiers jumped into the sea in panic.
The battle lasted from evening to night, and twenty sailing ships were burned and fifteen were captured.
Mao Shiba's flagship "Flying Fish" aimed at Wang Zhiren's four-masted sailing ship at the beginning, broke through the interception of more than a dozen sailing ships, and sailed close to the four-masted sailing ship.
On board the Exocet there were twelve guns, which were more powerful than the four-masted galleon.
Less than a mile apart, the "Exocet" and the four-masted giant ship launched a confrontation. Cannonballs rained down on each other.
In sea operations, the hit rate of naval artillery is extremely low, and the quality of artillery is even more tested.
The gunners of the Daishan Army have been trained for a long time, and the rate of fire and the hit rate of the artillery are far higher than those of the naval gunners, and the hit rate can reach two or three out of ten shots, while the hit rate of the fixed naval artillery often does not hit one shot in ten shots.
In less than half an hour, the four-masted galleon could not stand it anymore, its hull was pitted by the guns, the deck was full of holes, and many soldiers lay on the deck screaming.
Wang Zhiren saw that something was wrong, and immediately ordered to flee the battlefield, but at this time, it was dark one night, and the Daishan army couldn't catch up, so he let him escape.
In this naval battle, the Daishan army won a complete victory, including the 50 sailing ships of Cen Gang Zhang Kui, the Daishan army captured more than 50 sailing ships, burned and sank more than 70 ships, and Wang Zhiren only escaped with more than 20 sailing ships.
After this battle, Wang Zhiren lost most of the warships, and the old nest of Dinghai was lost, and its strength could no longer threaten Daishan.
Looking at the imposing Daishan sergeants and soldiers, and looking at the countless Daishan sailing ships in the bay, Zhang Jingxian could only leave gloomily. (To be continued.) )