Chapter 197: The Siege
In March, Zhoushan is beautiful and full of flowers, and the mood of Zhoushan General Huang Binqing is as beautiful as this scenery. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info He still feels dizzy, like in a dream.
Not long ago, her beloved daughter Huang Fengwu willfully took the fleet to Daishan to participate in the encirclement and suppression of Gu Rong, Huang Binqing sent someone to severely reprimand her and ordered her to leave and come back. This daughter was really disobedient, but instead of coming back, she really followed to encircle and suppress Gu Rong.
Mrs. cried in her ears all day long, and when Huang Binqing was upset, her daughter Huang Fengwu came back, not only returned safely, but also brought back the news of the big victory over the pirate Gu Rong, and even Gu Rong was captured alive and brought back to Zhoushan.
According to her daughter, in order to thank Huang Fengwu for participating in the battle to encircle and suppress pirates, Ren Siqi, the inspector of the Daishan Inspection Department, handed over the captured Gu Rong to Huang Fengwu and brought it back to Zhoushan, and the property seized from the bandits' nest in Sijiao Mountain was kept to make up for the lack of materials in Daishan.
Handing over Gu Rong to Huang Fengwu is equivalent to giving away the first merit of suppressing bandits, this Ren Xiucai doesn't know if he is really stupid, he doesn't know how many levels he can be promoted after making such a great achievement? What is the little bit of property seized from the bandits' lair compared to that?
However, in front of his daughter Huang Fengwu, he didn't dare to say bad things about Ren Siqi, Huang Fengwu now admires that talent extraordinarily. This Ren Xiucai looks good, and has a fame, although he has given himself the first merit in suppressing bandits, he also has participated in the suppression of bandits, and he should be able to be promoted to the next level after reporting, and now it seems that he is a good match for his daughter. Huang Fengwu is getting older and older, and the eighteen-year-old girl is not yet allowed to be married to others, which makes Huang Binqing worry enough. Now it seems that she likes that Ren Xiucai very much, and if it is said to be a family matter, it is also a matter of heart.
The messenger sent to Zhejiang to command the envoy has been gone for several days, and for some reason there is no news back? Huang Binqing had already made preparations, and as soon as the messenger returned, he personally escorted Gu Rong to Hangzhou by boat. With this great achievement, it is possible to be promoted from a staff general to a general soldier!
When Huang Binqing was dreaming, "Boom, boom", the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside.
Could it be that the Messenger has returned? Huang Binqing was overjoyed and hurriedly looked up.
"My lord, no, it's not good!" A soldier burst in panting, and fell to his knees in front of Huang Binqing.
"Bastard, what's wrong, speak slowly." The dream was interrupted, which made Huang Binqing very unhappy.
"My lord, the pirates are coming, and hundreds of ships have come to Zhoushan and have already landed." The soldier's words shocked Huang Binqing.
"Wasn't Gu Rong caught? And where did the pirates come from? What about our naval vessels? How not to resist pirates? Huang Binqing grabbed the chest of the soldier and lifted him up.
"Pirate ships, too, too many, at all, can't stop them at all!" The soldier was strangled out of breath and stammered.
Huang Binqing pushed him aside, raised his footsteps and rushed out.
"Order, all soldiers assemble, close the city gates!" As he walked, he gave orders, and soon the horn sounded, resounding throughout Zhoushan City.
Zhoushan City is three miles from the sea, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea, even if the pirates have defeated the Zhoushan army, they did not attack the city so quickly.
Huang Binqing got on the war horse, took a few personal soldiers, set off from the General's Mansion, and galloped towards the city gate. At this time, there was chaos in the streets, and the soldiers rushed out from all over the place, came to the streets, and ran towards the city, while the vendors who bought things packed up their things in panic, and the whole street was in chaos. When Huang Binqing arrived at the city gate, the city gate was closed, Huang Binqing turned over and dismounted, and went up the ladder to the city.
Standing at the head of the city, I saw that hundreds of sails gathered on the seaside, countless sailing ships were parked at the bay wharf, and the sun and moon flags on the warships belonging to Zhoushan had been lowered, and it was obvious that they had been captured by pirates. Countless pirates disembarked from the sailing ship and went to the shore. The entire coast was densely packed with pirates.
Huang Binqing gasped, there are so many pirates, I'm afraid there are not four or five thousand people! As for how many officers and men there are in Zhoushan, there are more than 2,000 people from about 1,000 households on the military register, but after the officers at all levels are paid empty salaries, the actual number of soldiers is more than 900, and the vast majority of them do not train once a month, and the real combat effectiveness is only more than 100 of their own personal soldiers.
Now that thousands of pirates have come to Zhoushan, can this city be defended?
Huang Fengwu stumbled onto the city, and frowned as he looked at the dense pirates who were approaching the city outside.
"Didn't you say that you destroyed Gu Rong's lair? Why are so many pirates coming to Zhoushan now? Huang Binqing asked.
"Daddy, don't panic, isn't it just a group of pirates, what are we afraid of him doing?" Huang Fengwu comforted his father.
"A group of pirates, you said light, that's thousands of pirates, how many soldiers we have in Zhoushan, and the total is less than a thousand!" Seeing thousands of pirates coming, Huang Binqing lost his temper.
"Daddy, now is not the time to talk about this, you should now order the recruitment of strong men in the whole city to defend the city, although we have few soldiers, but the people in the whole city add up to more than 20,000 people, and the pirates can't get in." After Huang Fengwu experienced the battle of attacking Sijiao Mountain, she grew up very quickly, and the thousands of pirates outside the city were not in her eyes.
Huang Binqing knew that her daughter's words made sense, calmed down, and began to arrange defense.
The pirates were approaching slowly from the seashore, less than a mile from the walls.
The city wall of Zhoushan City is one foot eight feet high, and the whole body is a brick and stone city. After all, it is a city on an overseas island, and when the city was originally built to prevent Japanese invaders, the fortification of the city cannot be compared with the big cities in the interior, not only does there be no moat outside the city, but there is not even a sheep and horse wall.
Looking at the pirates who were clamoring and violent, and then looking at the soldiers around him who were trembling with fright, Huang Fengwu knew that the morale of the officers and soldiers must be improved, otherwise this city would not be easy to defend.
"Daddy, we must go out of the city to thwart the pirates! Send me your own soldiers, and I'll take them out of the city and kill them for a while. Huang Fengwu asked.
Huang Binqing has been riding for half his life, so he naturally knows the priorities, but he is a little hesitant, Huang Fengwu is his most beloved daughter after all, what if there is a mistake?
"Daddy, when is it, don't hesitate." Huang Fengwu urged.
"Okay, you can lead people to kill for a while. Be careful! Huang Binqing took a deep look at her daughter and instructed.
Huang Fengwu bowed and saluted, turned around and went down the city tower.
A hundred soldiers stood quietly under the city wall, they were the soldiers with the strongest combat effectiveness in the entire Zhoushan, and their usual treatment was several times that of ordinary soldiers, and now it was time for them to contribute.
The city gate slowly opened, and Huang Fengwu slapped the white horse under his crotch, holding a spear in his hand, and took the lead out of the city gate. (To be continued.) )