The scorching sun is in the sky, and the sea and sky are vast.

The southeast wind was unusually hot, and five 2,000-laden grain ships from the Tianjin Canal Wharf slowly approached the North Island Military Wharf, where they lowered their sails and anchored amid the foul shouts of the sailors and the defenders on the shore, waiting for Yao Xun, the late defender of Juehua Island, and Liao Meiji, the ambassador of Cangshou, to inspect and unload their cargo.

On the head of the city, which was two miles long and wide above the wharf, Li Gongyin, the inspector of the resident overseers of Juehua Island, shook his sweat-soaked official robe irritably, put his hands on the pergola, and looked at the hundreds of soldiers gathered on the wharf to unload their goods, and shook his head helplessly at this commonplace chaotic and slack scene.

Just when Li Gongyin wanted to leave the city to go down to have a look, he suddenly found a white sail floating in the northeast direction, Li Gongyin hurriedly crouched on the female wall and looked at it, and was soon startled by the fleet that was rapidly driving closer and closer and the huge ship type that he had never seen before, and hurriedly called the hundred households on duty who were lazy and sleeping in the city tower to come out, pointing to the uninvited guests less than two miles away from the wharf, and asked eagerly: "What is that?" Is it the fleet of Tartars? ”

The disheveled middle-aged hundred households had been so frightened that they had lost their sleepiness, and their eyes were wide open and frightened as they stared at the nine large warships that were adjusting their formations and approaching quickly:

"I have never seen ...... The whole north has never seen such a big ship, and the shape of the ship looks like the rumored Jiangnan Navy warship, but the flag hanging high on the mast looks like the battle flag of the new army stationed in Dongjiang Town or Liugong Island. ”

Li Gongyin was taken aback: "Can you be sure?" ”

Baihu hurriedly shook his head: "I'm not sure, I just think it's very similar, it seems that only the Dongjiang New Army and the Baoshan Wei Water and Land Army in the south use this kind of battle flag with red on the top and black on the bottom...... Oh yes! The fleet of the Four Merchant Houses, which had been escorted to unload more than half a month ago, also wore red and black flags, and now there are three empty ships of about 3,000 materials that have been detained there. Look, my lord, it is the three lucky boats moored side by side on the west side of the wharf, all of which were hung with red and black flags when they first arrived, and they were taken down by someone after unloading. ”

"It's over! It's over, and the revenge of the wild Taoist priest who will take revenge is coming......"

When Li Gongyin realized that something was wrong, there were bursts of exclamations on the dock. The nine battleships that were surging in the waters about 500 paces north of the pier dropped their mainsails and set up battle formations, and the three smaller brigs swooped straight ahead without slowing down, and then the two large warships slowed down and approached across the hull, revealing two rows of black guns on the sides of the ship.

Before the panicked hundreds of officers and men on the wharf could react, the three brigs were already within 100 steps of the wharf, and the officers and men of the Marine Corps wearing steel helmets and chain mail on the ships raised their muskets one after another and fired at the chaotic officers and men above the wharf and several grain ships.

Followed by. The sound of dense artillery rang out in the sky.

Dozens of shells destroyed the pavilion above the pier and the two rows of wooden warehouses in the depths in the blink of an eye, and the sudden and merciless blow did not mean to stop, although it did not kill a few people, but it destroyed the island's warehouses and barracks, frightened the island's defenders and all the boatmen, and even the saltworks coolies and farmers who were far away from the docks fled southward, and the entire island was shrouded in a terrifying atmosphere of war.

With the rumbling of cannons, the two brigs quickly approached the dock. Hundreds of musketeers rushed out to occupy the empty docks. The other two brigs barbarously plastered five grain ships waiting to be unloaded, and the heavily armed Marine officers and men shouted "abandon their weapons and do not kill" and jumped onto the grain ships one after another, and soon took control of the five grain ships loaded with soybeans, black beans, grain and oil, and a large amount of cloth.

Two other 700-ton transport ships followed, crashed headlong into the dense variety of small boats on both sides of the pier, lowered the gangplank, and sent thousands of heavily armed and murderous Marine officers and men to the pier.

Zhu Daolin, dressed in military uniform, stood on the side of the battleship "Qiulu" and watched the battle quietly. On the left and on the right are Zhang Deyi, who sighed, and Guo Zhongjun, who was constantly observing with a telescope.

The signal corps in front of the deck and on the mast were using signal flags to communicate with all parties, and the 550-ton flagship of the North Sea Fleet, the "Dongxue", was moored within 100 meters, and the signal corps on the high mast kept waving signal flags to the "Autumn Dew" in response.

"Report to the general, General Xu and Colonel Juan asked to stop the shelling. Led the 'Winter Frost', 'Winter Solstice' and 'Qiulin' to break away from the battle and sail to the predetermined sea area to the north to carry out the plan to attack the southern pier of Ningyuan City. The young lieutenant joined the army and stood straight and solemnly on Zhu Daolin's side and reported.

All the buildings above the pier had been bombarded into ruins by the continuous fire of heavy shells, and the terrified defenders fled into the city, closing the gates, and more than a thousand marines and musketeers on board occupied the entire pier, and there was no longer any need for a few more capital warships to be bombarded.

Therefore, Zhu Daolin readily agreed to Xu Wentao and Juan's request: "Send an order to General Xu and Colonel Juan, be sure to destroy all the wharves and all ships in the south of Ningyuan City!" ”

"Yes!"

The lieutenant joined the army and immediately ran to the front deck to relay the order.

Zhu Daolin turned to the small city with a closed gate deep above the pier again, and looked at the defenders who were hastily defending at the head of the city, his face full of disdain:

"Tell the marines, ignore the defenders in the city, gather the boatmen on all the large and small ships as soon as possible, select ten or eight eye-catching ships, and set the rest on fire to me along with the docks."

"Understood! I'll go and set it up myself. ”

Guo Zhongjun put away the binoculars and strode to the other side, called Liu Fu and several small shopkeepers of the firm who came with the boat, and turned to the waiting traffic boat below through the rope ladder to rush to the dock.

The cannon fire that lasted for more than ten minutes soon stopped, and the worried Zhang Deyi looked at the messy wharf from afar, and sighed with emotion: "Big brother, I'm afraid there are no less than 100 large and small cargo ships and sailor clippers moored in front of me, if they are all burned, and then destroy the south wharf and all the ships in the north of Ningyuan City, the coastal defense and waterway supply of the Guanning Army will be abolished, such a huge change is likely to cause the anger of the emperor and the court, if he is charged with rebellion, the foundation that the eldest brother has worked hard for several years will probably be in vain!" ”

The corners of Zhu Daolin's mouth turned up slightly: "Brother Xian, don't worry, just look at the northwestern provinces where rebellion is endless, Henan and Shanxi, which have just been scorched by hundreds of thousands of mobs, and then look at the 50,000 Tartar army that has gathered north of Xuanda, and Brother Xian should know how the current emperor and the Chinese military forces of the dynasty are decided." ”

"What's more, we have just won a great victory in Liaodong, cut off more than 4,000 Tartar heads, and made great achievements for my Ming Dynasty, and the heart of loyalty to the country is like the sun and the moon, how can we rebel?"

"The reason why I retaliated against the Guanning Army and the Dengzhou Navy Division was entirely because the interests of my Zhu Daolin and the Dongjiang New Army were shamelessly infringed upon by them, so I had to teach them a lesson, and it had nothing to do with rebellion, not to mention that I had already informed Zhao Huaizhong Zhao Gonggong before, and it is estimated that Zhao Gonggong had returned to the capital at this time and informed the emperor of the grievances I suffered."

"So, even if I go too far, it's forgivable, if I really dare to be charged with rebellion, it means that the emperor and the court are no longer worthy of my loyalty to him, what if Lao Tzu is against him!"

Zhang Deyi looked at Zhu Daolin in astonishment: "Big brother, you won't really rebel, right?" ”

Zhu Daolin laughed, patted Zhang Deyi's arm and comforted: "Don't talk nonsense, if I want to rebel, how can I give so much copper and artillery to the emperor again and again?" How is it possible to invest heavily in so many industries along the Yangtze River for many years in a row? How could they do their best to buy a water division to expand the territory for my Ming Dynasty, and pay huge financial resources and painstaking efforts to rebuild Baoshanwei and Dongjiang Town? If you are still charged with rebellion, then there is no heavenly reason. ”

Zhao Deyi breathed a sigh of relief, and gave Zhu Daolin a punch with a smile: "Don't brag about yourself, think about how to face the emperor's rebuke and the reproach of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, I dare to say that the shock caused by your brutal revenge will not be under the victory of Liaodong." ”

"Whatever, I don't rely on the court's money to eat, who can do anything to me?"

After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he looked at the wharf where the shouts were constantly busy, and saw groups of frightened boatmen being escorted to more than a dozen selected sand boats, treasure ships, and small warships in good condition, and the three lucky ships and five large sand boats that had not had time to unload grain and oil were slowly leaving the wharf, and the remaining hundreds of old cargo ships, rowing boats, dhows, and chaotic fishing boats were quickly gathered, and Zhu Daolin's 200 personal guards were moving from the 700-ton "Liu Gongdao" A tank of oil and barrels of gunpowder were unloaded from the transport ship.

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