Chapter 64: The Monkey Island Commercial Port Was Attacked (Middle)!
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"Strange!" Shimazu Hisao muttered to himself with some doubts. Since the discovery of the first patrol boat, two patrol boats have been found one after another along the way. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the mouth of the Minjiang River, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Young Master, what's wrong with you?" The personal guard next to him, Togo Shigeji, saw that Shimazu Hisao was in a daze, and asked out loud.
"Shigeji, have you noticed those three patrol boats we met one after another! It's all dhows, and they're fast. And I also found in the clairvoyance mirror that the three patrol ships are equipped with clairvoyance mirrors, which is not simple! ”
"Huh?! The Geng family is so rich, and the patrol boats are equipped with clairvoyance! Togo Shigeharu grew his mouth in surprise, and they couldn't find twenty clairvoyant mirrors in the entire Satsuma Domain, and only one was distributed on large warships. You can't touch a soldier like them, let alone have it.
"So we can't be careless, I always felt that the Zheng family didn't tell us the truth, and now it seems that the Geng family on the other side is definitely not that simple, maybe they really have the strength to defeat the fifth uncle." Shimazu Hisao narrowed his eyes and said slowly.
"Shall we plunder it here?" Seeing his young master's stern expression, Dongxiang Shigeji tilted his head and asked.
"Rob, why don't you rob, even if the strength of the Geng family is not weak, young master, I am not afraid of him, let's be careful." Leave it alone and move on. ”
From Shimazu they saw the mountains on the mainland from a distance, and it took another quarter of an hour to sail close to the shore, and the mouth of the Min River was in front of them. "Young master, this is a port, but it doesn't seem to have been completed yet."
"Yes, this is indeed a port under construction, and there are still a lot of stones and other materials on the ground." After speaking, he turned around and said to the flag commander on the ship: "Pass my order, the warship approaches the port, and then turn the bow of the ship and aim at the place that has been built for me." ”
Dongxiang Shigeji looked at his young master with some puzzlement, and then asked: "Young master, forgive your subordinates for talking too much, why are you bombing this port, if you want to bomb this piece to pieces, it is estimated that it will consume a lot of ammunition from us!" ”
"Chongzhi, what did my father send me for? Revenge is also for the sake of showing the retainers. The inner channel of the Min River is not wide, and it is likely that the Geng family also built a fort in it, we are completely unfamiliar with this place, and it is too dangerous to rush in. The location of this port in front of him is very good, and the Geng family must have spent a lot of money to build it. Now that I've ruined it, young master, do you think the people of the Geng family will vomit blood in anger! ”
"Young Master is wise!"
Since the Monkey Island Commercial Port is newly built, the port side is only two kilometers away from Langqi Island on the opposite side, but no defense facilities have been built. If forts were erected on both sides of the harbor, and low walls and other defensive facilities were built wherever small boats could land, except for the harbor, there would be no fear of the enemy attacking from the sea. But at this moment, Shimazu Hisao's fleet was lined up in a long line on the side, and the guns on the left side were all aimed at the newly built part of the port.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the newly built Houyu Port had collapsed everywhere, and even the makeshift houses on the shore had been plowed to the ground. Although the shells weighing dozens of pounds do not explode, their destructive power is also quite amazing. Shimazu's warships were so close that they were no more than 100 meters apart, and a single cannonball smashed down into a large crater, and the successive large pits led to the entire shattering of the embankment and collapsing into the sea.
"Damn, these bastards, have the ability to go ashore and fight with Lao Tzu with real knives and guns, and bombard the port where no one is around, I'm really angry!" Zhou Fengqi, who was still hiding in the woods not far away, shouted loudly, and his right hand clenched into a fist and smashed to the ground hatefully.
Li Biao was also very angry, ignoring Zhou Feng, his eyes looked straight at the devastated port in the distance, and he felt distressed. In order to build this port, the prince spent a lot of money; Besides, they have been here for nearly four months, training and maintaining the construction site, and they already have some feelings for this place. The hard work of the workers for several months was wiped out in an instant, which was really not a good feeling in my heart.
"Lao Li, you have to say something, these guys in the navy haven't been here yet, they really fucking eat dry food! I'm in a hurry! ”
"Just stop, don't you see so many cannons? If you can't bear it, rush out on your own and see if your brothers can find your bones. Li Biao glanced at him angrily, didn't care about Zhou Feng's unsightly face, and continued: "Wait a minute, our signal has already passed, and the navy brothers are almost here." They are different from us, we pick up our guns and go immediately, they have a lot to prepare before they set sail! ”
"I said Lao Li, when did you learn to speak so tricky? It's so suspenseful that it chokes me to death! Brother, I'm not in a hurry, as for hurting me like this? Hey, you're right, let's wait. As soon as they get ashore, hey, I'm going to cut off that pirate leader's ear and drink! ”
"Hmph, when they get ashore, it won't be your turn!"
After several rounds of shelling, the port area was already miserable, and Shimazu Hisao was very happy with the result.
"Chongzhi, order all ships to land in small boats, the port here has not been built, there must be a lot of people nearby, go up and loot, Fuzhou is very rich here, hahaha!" Shimazu Hisao smirked, as if he had seen a large number of goods and women being snatched onto the ship.
"Hay!"
The first batch of fifty or sixty small boats quickly docked, and this batch numbered about a thousand people. After a simple queue, they began to move inside, and the boat turned back to meet it. In the woods not far away, Zhou Feng and Li Biao immediately became excited when they saw this scene, and hurriedly asked their soldiers to prepare.
"Damn, call those guys in the Navy to be slow, this first credit belongs to our Marine Army! Brothers, give me a good fight, show our prestige, and don't let the brethren in the navy look down on you when you turn back. Sue them with the knives and guns in your hands, and our marines can clean up the guys from the sea! The musketeers stepped forward and approached to give me a hard time! Zhou Feng excitedly ordered behind him.
The musketeers, which Geng Jingzhong specially equipped to guard the port, although there were only a hundred people, came in handy at this moment. Hearing Zhou Feng's order, the musketeers immediately stepped forward and came to the front of the crowd, each of them standing next to a tree and biting off a piece of paper shell ammunition and starting to load.
The "pirates" who came ashore followed the dense footprints on the ground and marched in the direction of Puzhu Temple, whispering a burst of bird language that no one could understand. Some wielded the swords and axes in their hands, and some held all kinds of firearms in their hands, their expressions were rich, and their emotions were obviously very excited.
Unaware, the "pirates" continued to trot forward, unaware of the approaching danger. Zhou Feng saw that the "pirates" were less than 100 meters away from them, so he shouted without hesitation: "Shoot!" ”
"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ”
A hundred musketeers immediately began to fire. After more than a year of training, these professional musketeers are not all sharpshooters, but they are also very good at their hands, and the muzzles of their guns continue to burst into flames, accompanied by a burst of gunsmoke. After the first shot, the musketeers immediately bit open the second cartridge and began to reload, then fired again. For them at this moment, it is still okay to shoot four bullets in one minute!
The gunfire continued, instantly breaking the lively "pirate" ranks. Cone-shaped lead bullets whizzed towards them. The harbor had been being built in this place for months, and there was nothing but piles of stones and cement on the seashore, and the "pirates" who had just come ashore had no shelter on this spacious and flat ground, and they became a live target for musketeers to practice their guns.
"Puff puff!"
Dozens of "pirates" were caught off guard and fell on the spot.
A large group of "pirates" searched for traces of the enemy in all directions, but they couldn't stop seeing the people around them fall.
"Ambush!"
When the guns rang out, all the "pirates" knew that it was the sound of muskets, and they themselves were equipped with quite a few of them. It's just that they didn't expect that someone would ambush them here in this small place! What a surprise to the "pirates"!
Some time ago, they also went ashore to loot, and they also slaughtered East Dog Island and West Dog Island, and they didn't encounter any resistance at all, and they were so frightened that they fled in all directions. Unexpectedly, now I actually hit someone else's ambush circle headlong! They are no longer recruits, and everyone can imagine with their heels what the consequences of being ambushed by others in a strange place will be!
"The enemy is in the woods, there are not many of them, rush!"
One of the leaders of the lead pointed to the place where black smoke was rising in the direction of the woods, and hurriedly shouted to his men. This leader was one of the retainers of the Satsuma Domain, whose name was Kawakami Takuhisa, who had followed Shimazu Tadashi, and had very rich battlefield experience and outstanding military achievements. Although he is now in his fifties, he is still very strong.
He is also one of the most active people in sending troops to avenge Shimazu Pingshan, and after coming to fight the Fujian border, every time he goes ashore to plunder, he is the first to log in, and he is extremely fierce. Hearing the dense gunfire at this moment, Kawakami was also shocked by the whole body. In a short period of time, they have killed nearly two hundred people, and they have not even touched the hair of the enemy, what is this concept? This shows that there are a lot of enemies, and they are very fierce, which means that they are annoying.
"Archers, release the arrows! If you have a musket, hurry up and return fire! Others rush me! ”
"Whoosh!"
"Bang bang bang!"
The archers and musketeers of the "pirates" constantly fired and shot arrows in the direction of the woods.
But Zhou Feng and Li Biao were hiding in the woods, and the musketeers who were standing at the front and kept shooting were surrounded by big trees, and the bullets and bows and arrows of the "pirates" were basically blocked by the big trees, and only a few unlucky eggs were hit by stray arrows and let out a miserable scream.