Chapter 43: Killing
At this time, Ren Siqi was taking Cao Changjiang and other Luzon Han people to row a bamboo raft in the sea.
In the evening, when Mao 18 proposed a night attack, Ren Siqi was unwilling to simply carry out a night attack according to Mao 18's method, after all, the Dutch are not fools, and people who dare to camp on the beach without returning to the boat must have something to rely on!
Due to Fu Chun's serious injury and coma, Ren Siqi discussed with Mao Shiba, Fu Bin, and Sima Nan and several leaders to discuss the enemy's strategy. Everyone agreed to attack at night, but Ren Siqi suggested that the soldiers attack in two ways, one is that Mao 18 leads everyone to attack the Dutch from the stone cliff, and the other way is to go down to the sea from the other side of the stone cliff, cut down the bamboo forest on the island and set up a bamboo raft, and go around the stone cliff from the sea to the beach where the Dutch are, and then attack the Dutch from behind.
Because it takes time to cut down bamboo and build a bamboo raft, Ren Siqi suggested that Mao 18 repeatedly attack and harass the Dutch as a tired strategy, and then attack at dawn to flank the Dutch in front and back, and will definitely be able to destroy the Dutch in one fell swoop.
Ren Siqi's sneak attack plan is of course much more detailed than Mao Eighteen's simple sneak attack, after Ren Siqi's repeated explanations, everyone agreed to Ren Siqi's plan, of course, Ren Siqi took the initiative to lead the Han people in Luzon around the sea to sneak attack is also the reason why everyone agreed, after all, Ren Siqi rushed to do it, and others had no reason to object.
Of course, Mao Shibai led the crew of the original Fuchun to constantly harass and harass, and many people complained.
After a defeat on the beach, five Han Chinese from Luzon died, and the rest of the people complained very little, firstly because Ren Siqi was kind to them, and secondly, they all knew that only by eliminating the Dutch could they have any hope of returning to Daming. The experience of hiding in the jungles of Luzon for more than a year to fight against Spain has given them far more patience than ordinary people, and this hardship is nothing to them.
There is a bamboo forest on the edge of the island, Ren Siqi took Cao Changjiang and others to cut down the bamboo with the knife in their hands, the toughness of the bamboo is really high, and there are no axes and saws and other tools in their hands, it took a lot of effort for more than 20 people to cut down enough bamboo, and then cut off the branches and forks, and tie them into a raft with the rope brought out of the Fuchun.
The group worked in the faint moonlight, and it was not until midnight that the raft was tied.
Three bamboo rafts were released into the seawater, and Ren Siqi took everyone on the bamboo raft, supported the land under the sea with bamboo, and rowed the bamboo raft to the beach where the Dutch were.
The distance from the rocky cliff to the beach where the Dutch are located is only more than two miles, but the coast on the other side of the rocky cliff is far away, five or six miles.
As the saying goes, there is no wind and there are three feet of waves, and the stone cliff more than 100 meters high stands in the sea water and there is no land to walk on, so everyone can only carefully slide the bamboo raft against the edge of the stone cliff to avoid being swept into the sea by the waves.
Fortunately, the night was calm, and the group made it to the rocky cliff before dawn and came to the beach where the Dutch were.
"Be careful, don't make a fuss!" Ren Siqi warned everyone in a low voice, but the sound of the waves overpowered his voice, and the others couldn't hear what he said at all, so Ren Siqi was relieved, the sound of the waves could well hide everyone's movements.
I got off the raft, jumped into the thigh-deep water, and walked cautiously towards the beach. There was no movement on the beach opposite, and the faint moonlight could be seen in the afterglow of a campfire and the outline of the tent behind the campfire.
Feet left the sea water and stepped on the beach ground, Ren Siqi stretched out his hand and pressed down, and everyone leaned down and climbed onto the beach.
If you listen closely, you can hear the faint snoring sound of the waves, and as far as the eye can see, you can faintly see the figure of a person lying on the beach in front of you. It turned out that the Dutch did not live in tents at all, but behind the ambushes!
After seeing the figure of the Dutchman lying on the beach in the distance, everyone gasped, if it wasn't for the fact that everyone followed Ren Siqi around the sea and launched a sneak attack directly from the stone cliff, they happened to be ambushed by the Dutch!
It was agreed with Mao 18 that the attack would be launched at the moment of dawn, and everyone lay quietly on the beach, quietly waiting for that moment.
The crooked crescent moon finally disappeared into the western sea, the sky suddenly became much darker, the waves were still tirelessly lapping on the shore, and the rhythmic sound made the tired people relax their bodies and fall asleep.
Ren Siqi pinched his thigh, and strongly suppressed the exhaustion that swept in.
"Bang", "bang" two gunshots rang out, disturbing everyone's upcoming good dreams.
Mao Eighteen's attack was about to start, and Ren Siqi and the others suddenly shook their spirits and clenched the weapons in their hands.
The shouts of killing came from the other side of the cliff, duffling the sound of the rolling waves.
This moment was the darkest moment before dawn, and even if you looked at the opposite side hard, you couldn't see the figure of Mao Shibai and the others.
Not far ahead, the Dutchmen finally moved, and they all stood up, raised their muskets, and quietly aimed at the campfire.
"Move forward!" Ren Siqi ordered in a low voice, raised the short gun in his hand and took the lead to touch the Dutch in front, and sixteen Luzon Han people followed Ren Siqi on both sides.
The sound of the waves drowned out their footsteps, so that they were so close to them that the Dutch did not even notice.
Nervously observing the opposite Jared suddenly felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously looked back and found that a long black shadow was close at hand.
"Who?" Jared exclaimed, there are only a few people left on the Shark, there is simply not so many, where did these people come from? Jared hurriedly twisted his musket aim.
"Bang" The musket in Ren Siqi's hand rang out, and there was no reason to miss it at such a short distance, and he saw that the Dutch on the opposite side were overthrown to the ground by a strong thrust.
"Kill!" Cao Changjiang held his long knife high and took the lead in rushing towards the Dutch.
Under the flickering light of the snowy knife, the panicked face of the Dutch was reflected, the sharp long knife was swung down, and the big head of the Dutchman on the opposite side rolled down the beach.
"Ahh The Dutchman screamed and threw down his musket, and was about to cover the wound with his hand, but where he could, the blood could not stop flowing from his long wound and between his fingers.
Chen Sheng rushed over and thrust the bamboo gun into his chest, ending his pain.
The Luzon Han people did not carry weapons when they boarded the Fuchun, so the weapons on the ship were not enough for everyone to share, and many people had to sharpen bamboo into spears, but this weapon was also very useful.