Chapter Twenty-Nine: Shimazu Hirayama's Unwillingness

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"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Win!"

As the pirates laid down their weapons, the two escaped boats sank to the bottom of the river. It means that this war is completely over. All the Mawei Navy cheered, this was their first battle, the first battle was won, it is really impossible to describe their mood at the moment. It is only now that they have truly recognized the Navy and established themselves as members of the New Mawei Navy in their hearts.

On the other hand, on the pirate side, there are probably more than a thousand pirates still alive, and they are all mournful and gray-faced. I don't know what fate awaits me, and I feel anxious in my heart.

Many pirates, in the Ming Dynasty, would not have been killed if they surrendered, Qi Jiguang did not kill back then, because Confucianism does not advocate killing, and the book of war also says that the killing of prisoners is unknown. It's different in Europe, as long as you are a pirate, once you are caught, whether you surrender or are caught, you will be hanged or beheaded. And the corpse was to be hung for public display. Therefore, these Western pirates are the least calm.

"Sweep all this place clean, slowly drive the ships that can still move to the harbor and stop, and all the prisoners will be taken ashore!" The corners of the navy's vice commander Wang Zhenbang's mouth rose, and he ordered happily. In the boarding battle just now, he took the lead in boarding the pirate ship, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers behind.

The navy is under his command, and such a great victory will definitely be indispensable for the reward of the prince. Let the Tiger Army brothers on the other side of Fuzhou City envy it!

One by one, the pirates were loaded onto fishing boats and taken to shore. Some of the pirates were still wailing with broken arms and legs. Wang Zhenbang looked at these people, and it was basically difficult to survive, so he ordered to give them a good time. There are really few pirates who can be escorted away, including Shimazu Hirayama, who are intact.

"I'm Shimazu Hirayama, the head of the pirate group, and I ask to see your lord!" Shimazu Pingshan is very unwilling, he now wants to take revenge on the people of the Zheng family, he has become a prisoner, and he can only avenge himself with the help of the strength of the Geng family. Now he is going to die, and he has to drag the Zheng family fleet behind him to be buried together! However, he didn't know that all the troops were in charge of Geng Jingzhong, so he directly proposed to see King Jingnan.

Hearing Shimazu Hirayama's self-revealing identity, the surrounding soldiers immediately took him directly onto a fishing boat and headed for Geng Jingzhong. Capturing an ordinary pirate and capturing the leader of a pirate group are two different concepts, and the credit for them is very different! Therefore, several naval soldiers did not delay for a moment, and immediately went to Wang Zhenbang to ask for credit!

"See the general, a few small people have caught this man, he claims to be the head of the pirate regiment! He wants to see the prince, and we don't dare to make decisions on my own, so I ask the king to decide. ”

"Oh, that's good, you're done!" Wang Zhenbang praised a few soldiers, and then turned his head to Shimazu Hirayama.

"You're the leader of this pirate group? What is your name? Wang Zhenbang asked Shimazu Hirayama.

Shimazu Hirayama raised his head: "You are not the king of Jingnan, I ask to see your prince!" ”

"Yo drink, the general of the defeated army dares to be so arrogant! Go, and you will take him to His Highness. A qiē is determined by the son. ”

The soldiers behind stepped forward and kicked: "Hurry up, you, you are still so arrogant in front of the king!" I'm tired of living! ”

At this time, Geng Jingzhong and Huang Dazhong had already returned to the temporary command tent, and they didn't need to worry about cleaning up the battlefield. What they are more worried about is whether they will drink too much and become unconscious at the celebration party tonight!

A few people were talking in the big tent, and the guards outside came in to report: "Report~, report to the prince, the king sent someone to report, they captured the head of the pirate group, that guy asked to see the prince, so the king commander ordered someone to escort the head of the pirate group here!" ”

"Captain of the Pirate Regiment? When I arrived, I wanted to ask him why he suddenly attacked me in Fuzhou! Geng Jingzhong listened to the report, and his face turned cold. Bring him in! ”

On the way back, the soldiers were not as polite as they had at the beginning, punching and kicking along the way, Shimazu Hirayama was dismantled by the whole cloak, and the wolf was unbearable, and there was no longer the previous arrogance.

"You're the head of the pirate group? It's not tall, why are you so bold to dare to come and pick up the tiger's whiskers! Geng Jingzhong slapped the table and asked loudly.

"Contemptible man, Shimazu Hirayama, from the Shimazu family of Japan, is the head of this pirate group. Greetings to His Royal Highness the Prince of Jingnan. ”

"Oh, Woko? It doesn't look like it! Geng Jingzhong was strange for a while. In his impression, the Wako should have looked very obscene, with an ugly mustache, wearing a kimono, and holding a katana. The dress of the person in front of me doesn't match it at all.,It's just that this little guy is quite in line with the characteristics of the Japanese.,I guess I've been misled by the TV dramas and comics of later generations.。 "Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, I haven't heard of a Japanese raider coming to China's coastal areas to plunder, where did you come from!"

"Our regiment never thought of attacking Fuzhou at the beginning, nor did we want to provoke the Qing Dynasty. It's just that a few days ago in Taiwan, it was Taiwan's Zheng Jing who said that you bought a few large warships from Europe here, and you still lack a naval army, so the battleships can only stop here first, so invite us to grab them together. Shimazu Hirayama honestly poured beans into a bamboo tube and persuaded everything in one go.

"Wow!" With a bang, Geng Jingzhong stood up from his seat: "You mean, the Zheng family also sent a sailor over?" ”

Shimazu Hirayama replied hatefully: "Yes, the leader is Liu Guoxuan, who has sixty warships. They stopped around a small island off the coast, let us attack first, it turns out that he already knew that your strength is strong, and let us be cannon fodder to consume your strength. ”

Geng Jingzhong was stunned, "I'm strong?" What are these words. Entertain me! "I muttered in my heart, I guess it was this Shimazu or something, it should be that he himself was too greedy and wanted to eat these five battleships first, so he broke in first. Who knows, he, Geng Jingzhong, has already laid out his pockets, just waiting for them to rush in.

"Shizi, all the brothers we sent out to patrol have already returned, and now I'm not sure if what he said is true or false!" Huang Dazhong said immediately on the side.

Geng Jingzhong shook his head: "Whether it's true or not, we can't slack off." If he tells the truth, we will suffer a big loss if we are not prepared. ”

"Your Excellency, I am willing to help you bring in the Zheng family's fleet." Shimazu Pingshan is bent on revenge at the moment, anyway, it's already like this, it's better to take the initiative to ask Geng Jingzhong for help, on the one hand, you can take revenge, and on the other hand, you can live!

"Oh, how did you bring them in?" Geng Jingzhong raised his eyebrows and asked.

"It's already night, Liu Guoxuan doesn't know the situation and definitely won't dare to come in, tomorrow morning, let my cronies go to deliver a letter to him, just say that my team has grabbed the battleship and defeated you, but there are some losses, let them come in to answer." I don't think Liu Guoxuan will doubt it. ”

"Shizi, be cautious, this guy may not have surrendered sincerely!" Huang Dazhong leaned over and whispered into Geng Jingzhong's ear.

Geng Jingzhong walked back and forth in the big tent a few times, and roughly finalized a plan in his head. So he said to Huang Dazhong: "Dazhong, it's worth a try, no matter what, if the Zheng family really sends a water master, they will attack us at dawn tomorrow." In that case, it's better to hide it and close the door and beat the dog when he enters! Go and gather all the generals, and let's sum it up together. ”

The celebration banquet scheduled for the evening was gone, and all the soldiers who received the order quickly got busy. The speed of cleaning up the battlefield has also been sped up.

Although it was already dark and every soldier was already very tired, no one complained, and one by one they still cheered up, lit torches, and were busy quickly.

At this time, all the pirate ships on the river moved to the port and stopped, as for the sunken several armed merchant ships, they were not too big, and sinking sideways would not affect the waterway, so no one cared about it.

In the big tent, all the soldiers had stern faces. I thought that I could take a good rest after this big victory, but I didn't know that there was an even more powerful enemy behind me. Just this wave of pirates caused a lot of losses to the Mawei Navy.

In the process of bombardment between the two sides, although their results were brilliant, they took advantage of the fort after all. However, the Fran machine artillery near the river suffered many losses, and the gunners and auxiliary soldiers also suffered many casualties. Almost half of the more than 100 Furlong guns were scrapped, and the soldiers suffered more than a thousand casualties. In addition, there were many soldiers who died in hand-to-hand combat. After this big battle, the entire navy suffered nearly one-third of the casualties, and those who were lightly injured were fine, and those who were seriously injured were basically difficult to survive.

"Let's talk about it, how should tomorrow's battle be fought? According to Nashimazu, the sailors from the Zheng family have sixty warships. As you have heard about our losses just now, we have eliminated more than 3,000 pirates, but we have also lost nearly 2,000 ourselves. And we don't have too much ammunition either. The Zheng family's warships must be much stronger than this wave of pirates, and the artillery must be much stronger. Sixty ships, it is estimated that there should be no less than a thousand large and small artillery pieces. ”

There was silence among the generals. In the face of the grim form, they all ran out of ideas for a while.

"What are you afraid of, just fight, even if you can't beat him, we have to fight with him and bite off a piece of his flesh fiercely. Moreover, the sailors of the Zheng family may not dare to go ashore. If they come ashore, we will not encourage him. Huang Dazhong loudly broke the peace, today's artillery casualties made him very distressed, and he still wanted to avenge the dead brothers. Although Zheng Jiaqiang, he is not afraid of death.

"If you want to think of a way, don't use your brain. Where is all your usual intelligence? Geng Jingzhong glanced at him with displeasure on his face.

"Shizi, why don't we sail the battleship to the depths of the Min River to avoid the limelight of the Zheng family. What Commander Huang said later also makes sense, the Zheng family can only dominate on the ship, and if he gets to land, he will not be able to return. "Deputy Commander Wang Zhenbang proposed his own proposal.

As soon as he finished speaking, Steve said: "No, Your Royal Highness, I have explored the waterways of the Min River, and if you go inside, there is no place to anchor at all." Moreover, there are several bridges on the river, which our battleships cannot drive! ”

"Since the odds of winning a hard fight are not great, can you think about it?" Geng Jingzhong asked.

"Outwitted?" Everyone was muttering these two words, wondering if there was a way to outwit them.

Suddenly, a general came up with a sentence: "How to outwit, outwit the Birth Gang?" ”

Suddenly, Geng Jingzhong's eyes lit up!