Chapter 130: Preparing for Siege
The first wave of battles on the shore is over, and the battle at sea is about to begin. At this time, the southeast wind was blowing, and this sea attack was very particular about a fast word. That's why the land and water battalions have to run to the southeast and then start the raid.
Due to the tailwind, one Daifuku ship and four No. 2 Fukufu ships reached a speed of 7,8 knots, which is about 15 kilometers an hour, which is already very fast. But the fastest is still the Longjiang, in three miles, everyone is still together, at this time, the Longjiang has begun to shoot, and the four Fu boats are still 500 meters away.
There are about 40 sailors on the Longjiang, 100 sailors on the flagship, and about 70 people on the other three No. 2 ships.
Although the pirates had already taken advantage of this time to get on the ship, there were a total of about 80 people on board, divided among the three lucky ships, and as deckmen, the number was somewhat thin. The boat has just started sailing, the speed has not yet risen, and more importantly, it is now a headwind.
The first to engage was a No. 2 Fu ship, Longjiang, with its fast speed and flexible operation, opened fire at a distance of more than 50 meters from this Fu ship. There were only about 40 people on board the Longjiang, and because the ship was relatively small, it was divided into two shots, and more than 20 people fired in one round. In the first round, it was the sailors who played the sails, and the distance was close, and 6 fell at once, and the deckers also poured 3. The whole sail of the East has this advantage, the sailman does not need to climb high and low, and can operate it under the mast.
The number of sail operators is relatively small, and now there are 6 fewer at once, and the speed of the boat immediately drops, because the sail has not yet been adjusted to the optimal position. The Longjiang fired another shot, this time mainly hitting the deckmen. "Bang bang bang" poured more than 10 people, and the deck was sparsely populated. Guo Chengzhi on the Longjiang didn't care about him, anyway, there were teammates behind him who would come to patronize him.
Moving on, there are more deckmen on this lucky ship, about 40 of them, and the pirate leader Wu Xiucai Yang En is also here. Yang En was still loudly scolding his subordinates, and when he saw the Longjiang coming, he immediately drew his bow and arrows and ran to the side of the ship. I have to say that Yang En is a capable person, he pulled the bow and arrows in one go, and there were still more than 60 meters away from the Longjiang, and the arrow was shot out, and he went straight to the more conspicuous Chengzhi who was standing at the bow of the boat. Guo Chengzhi also reacted quickly, picked up the rattan card at hand, obviously felt a shock to his body, and then looked at it, the arrow actually pierced the rattan card, revealing a half-inch arrow. The tail of the arrow outside the rattan card was still trembling, and he was first startled, and then ordered with some annoyance, "Shoot." ”
A burst of white smoke rose from the "Bang Bang Bang" Ship, and there were 20 hands and feet on the deck that were shot on the Fu Ship, and they were almost all hit. It's a pity that Guo Chengzhi is not satisfied, because the person who shot the arrow just now, that is, Yang En, was not shot. As soon as he finished shooting his arrow, he immediately hid behind the side of the ship. The musket bullets of this era were all lead bullets, which deformed when they touched an object and had no piercing force. A blow to the side of the ship will not hurt the person behind at all.
Just now, 1 bullet hit the side of the ship in front of Yang En, but he only felt a shock to the gangway, but it was not broken. As soon as Yang En saw that it was effective, he immediately shouted to his subordinates, "Hide behind the side of the ship." The subordinates did it immediately, but it was too late, and the second round of shooting of the Longjiang arrived. This time, more than 10 deckmen fell, and the strength of the lucky ship was greatly damaged. The sailman didn't dare to sail anymore, so he ran straight into the cabin and hid. Yang En also has a headache, the sail operator is a target on it, if you don't sail, the boat will have no speed, and it won't be able to escape at all, one word "tangled".
The side of the Fu ship is relatively high, and the Longjiang is more troublesome to shoot, but the current Haicang ship and Cangshan ship are different, and they are accurate one by one. Both boats suffered heavy casualties, and the occasional return bow and arrow either floated into the water or was separated by the rattan player, and more classically, a soldier caught a bow and arrow with little power in his bare hands. And this soldier is the former Shi Gongzi Shi Xiang.
Although the current Shi Gongzi still has that annoying appearance, his expression and eyes have taken off his previous impetuousness. If you want to say that Daddy Shi Quan is also a ruthless person, he really doesn't care about his son if he says that he doesn't care about his son. His wife, the old lady wanted to send something to Shi Xiang, but he stopped him, and the things sent by his uncle Song Renyuan were collected by his uncle the next day, because his father went to his uncle's house at night. Shi Xiang knew that his father didn't say it casually, and he panicked.
As soon as he entered the barracks, although his comrades-in-arms did not say that they were bullying him, they did not get close to him. Shi Xiang felt extremely lonely and helpless. But soon he didn't think so, not because he had made friends, but because the heavy training had kept him from thinking about these things. After training every day, the only thing I want to do is to go to bed quickly. There is only one feeling every day, and that is tiredness. In the first few days, he wanted to give up, but he would definitely not be able to come back when he left the barracks. Where else could he go out of here? Although Shi Xiang was a little mixed up before, he was not stupid, he knew that he was nothing without his high-ranking father. There's no way, grit your teeth and persevere, everyone else can do it, and there's no reason why you can't do it. Then progress day by day, grow day by day. The results of cold weapons are good, and the shooting ability of muskets is even more amazing, 110 meters of target, 9 out of 10 shots, and the entire small flag ranks first. I don't know if such good eyes were trained by observing beauties before.
The army worships the strong, and Shi Xiang has long lost the frame of the eldest young master, and soon he really made friends, and he can entrust his back to the other party's friends on the battlefield. Slowly, I also began to like the life in the barracks, the food was not bad, and there was a monthly money. Self-reliant, Shi Xiang feels that life is more down-to-earth than before.
I have been in the barracks for more than half a year, and I usually don't go out of the barracks, and I have accumulated money. So he wrapped 20 taels of silver in one day, wrote a letter, and put it at the gate of his house before dawn. The next day, the old lady went to the barracks. The water and land camps are allowed to visit relatives, and mothers and children see each other, hugging and crying. Originally, the old lady still felt sorry for Shi Xiang and wanted her son to go back and admit his mistake to his father, but this matter is over. As a result, Shi Xiang didn't agree, and told his wife how good the military camp was and how happy he was now.
Since then, although my father has not said anything to let him go home, my mother will come to visit every holiday. Seeing that their children are strong and strong, they are also steady, after all, this road is still walked by themselves, and parents cannot completely choose for their children. Shi Xiang now has a thought, that is, to make more military achievements, and then go home in a beautiful way.
Far away, after the first round of engagement on the Longjiang, the pirate's fleet soon welcomed the baptism of Wu Yiheng and other 4 sea ships. It is also a lucky boat, which is more convenient to shoot, especially Wu Yiheng's big lucky boat, which is basically condescending to shoot and has achieved rich results. After two rounds of fighting, the pirate ship came to a halt on the surface of the sea, and no one was seen on board, and all of them hid in the cabin. At this time, the Longjiang had already turned around with its speed and was cruising on the surface of the sea to see who dared to go on deck to operate the ship and immediately go over and shoot two rounds, leaving the pirate ship unmanned. Wu Yiheng and others sent troops on the pirate ship to eliminate all pirates who dared to resist and control the ships.
The battle at sea was basically a foregone conclusion, and Zhu Houwei also led more than 150 people to the pirate's nest on the shore. It's basically all the pirates who can still breathe, and the real ones are the majority. These wouldn't run in any other direction, after all, this is the Ming Dynasty, and wherever they go, they are the brightest stars in the night sky with their sharp figures, physiognomy and hairstyle, and they will definitely be recognized, and they don't know any other places, so they have to run back.
I was going to board the ship and run away, but when I saw the situation on the sea, my heart was half cold, and I didn't dare to board the ship. So what to do? At this time, the camp didn't even have a fence, so I couldn't prevent it. At this time, it is necessary to contribute to Liujiazhai, who is leading the way for the "Imperial Army".
The pirate's camp is northeast of Liujiazhai, and it takes less than 5 minutes to walk there. Didn't say it, let's move the big troops. I didn't enter the village before, because the village was too small to accommodate so many people, and another point was that I said that I couldn't enter the village, otherwise the village would be destroyed. But who cares so much now, a swarm of swarms ran over.
When they arrived at the gate of the village, the gate was closed and refused to let go. At this time, a small leader of the pirates said: "Master Liu, it's all at this time, what else is there to think about." We all know that there are people from your village to lead the way and report the news, so we are here. You won't be okay if we're done, you won't know what kind of crime it is to collude with pirates. ”
Liu Zhai, who was about 70 years old, looked at Zhu Houwei and the others who were a mile away, and then looked at the pirates under the wall. Sighing, "Leave it to your fate, open the door." "The gate was open, but it wasn't big enough, and the pirates were crowding at the door, and the door was slow to enter.
Seeing this, Zhu Yuan asked everyone to immediately speed up, and at a distance of 70 meters, the pirates were only less than halfway in. "Bang bang bang" gunshots rang out like a storm, and less than 100 people fell at the gate of the village again. Less than 150 pirates eventually entered Liujiazhai.
Zhu Houwei looked at Liu Jiazhai, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, there were pirates in Liujiazhai, otherwise this group of pirates would not have been able to pinch so accurately and serve the prefect and others in one pot. Liujiazhai is not big, the wall is paved with stones, about 3 meters high. It can be taken up from above, and it looks quite thick. Zhu Houwei didn't talk to the people on the wall, and directly asked 50 people to run to the camp abandoned by the pirates to see if there was anything that could come in handy.
Such a small village is very suitable for training siege warfare for land and water battalions. Zhu Houwei and Zhu Yuan were observing a suitable attack location. Several pirates and the lord of Liu Zhai were also observing these soldiers with sharp weapons on the wall.
Originally, seeing that there were only 100 soldiers left 100 meters away from the wall, Liu Zhai asked the pirate if he wanted to go out to attack, but the pirate was already scared and had no courage to go out. So when 50 people came back with a short ladder, the two sides still maintained a standoff.
The short ladder is actually not short, it is about 3 meters, but it is said to be short compared to the cloud ladder. The atmosphere became more oppressive, and the siege battle was about to begin.