Chapter 217: Blossoming on All Sides
Speaking of this, Yu Xiaotian paused, the hall was silent, everyone listened carefully to Yu Xiaotian's every word, and when they heard Yu Xiaotian arrogantly say that he wanted to subdue the government, everyone became excited.
If Yu Xiaotian said this a year or two ago, then it is estimated that even if the people here do not say that Yu Xiaotian is crazy, at least they will feel that Yu Xiaotian is a little self-conscious, but when Yu Xiaotian said these words today, no one thought that Yu Xiaotian was bragging, because they are now very clear about the current situation of their sea wolf.
If Yu Xiaotian said that he would take the whole of Fujian, they probably thought it would be more difficult, but if Yu Xiaotian said that he would only take Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, they thought that this would not be difficult for them to do.
At the same time, they also realized that this time their attack on Fujian was no longer like before, one blow and leave, and they would withdraw to their nest after a handful, but not only to fight, but also to stay and gain a firm foothold, so that the government knew Yu Xiaotian's determination.
So after realizing this, these generals couldn't help but be completely excited.
"Great! Ha ha! These damn officials, they really don't fucking clean them up, they don't know how good we are! This time the big boss did the right thing, since he came, he couldn't go back lightly, this is a good place in Waitou Bay!
Whoever occupies this place, who will do business at sea in the future is who has the final say, no matter who wants to go to sea to do business in the future, without our nod, no one will fucking want to make this deal! As long as the red-haired people still want to do business, they have to listen to us honestly in the future! The first to lose his breath was the one-eyed dragon, who immediately laughed and said it.
Everyone else also laughed and nodded yes again and again, because as pirates operating in Fujian, who doesn't know the importance of Wai Tau Bay? Because of the storage of the moon port, coupled with the route to Japan, it is necessary to take this place to depart, and the importance of this area in the area of Weitou in terms of maritime trade is clear to everyone.
Now Yu Xiaotian is determined to control this belt in their hands, for them, it is undoubtedly a great thing, as long as the maritime merchants of Fujian want to go to sea to do business, without their permission, no one will want to go to sea.
"Don't be too happy first, although the Fujian Navy Division is no longer a problem, but where is the number of Fujian officers and soldiers, although they have suffered great losses on Nanri Island, but their strength is still there, we want to control it here, and the Fujian officials may not sit idly by."
As far as I know, now Zhu Yifeng has been unable to see things due to illness after the defeat of the official army on Nanri Island, but now the Fujian Political Envoy Division, the Inspectorate and the Command Envoy Department are jointly inspecting the affairs, and they are mobilizing the official army to rush to this area to deploy defenses, so the next army side, I am afraid that the pressure will not be small! Whether you can lay down Gaopu Qianhu and Tong'an County depends on your ability! Yu Xiaotian saw that everyone was a little carried away, so he gave them a preventive shot to make them sober up first.
But after listening to Yu Xiaotian's words, Li Dazui immediately stood up, straightened his waist and replied loudly: "Please rest assured, the last general dares to guarantee with his head, as long as our logistics and supplies can keep up, our army will definitely be able to take Gaopu and Tong'an County!" ”
"Good! As you say, then I will wait for your good news! When are you going to do it? Yu Xiaotian was waiting for Li Dazui's words, and when Li Dazui said it, he immediately slapped the table and asked loudly.
Li Dazui turned sideways and discussed with Meng Fei and Liu Tong beside him, and turned around: "Master Qiqi, now our army brothers need to take a short rest and replenish some ammunition and supplies, if we can, we will start attacking Gaopu City first in three days, and after taking Gaopu City, we can attack Tong'an County!" ”
Yu Xiaotian nodded and said, "Yes!" This attack on Gaopu and Tong'an County will be handed over to you and Meng Fei, and Liu Tong will return to Nanri Island tomorrow to deal with the prisoners of war!
As for the navy, the First Fleet stayed in Weitou Bay, and the Second Fleet and the Third Fleet also carried out operations along the coastline north to the Minjiang River estuary. ”
When all the generals heard this, they all immediately shook their spirits, and all of them stood up and said loudly: "The last general obeys the order!" ……”
Three days later, a large number of sea wolf warships began to sail away from Weitou Bay, and from Weitou Bay to the north, they launched an operation, and the first to be attacked was Fuquansuo.
Ma Xiao and the One-Eyed Dragon acted separately, the One-Eyed Dragon was responsible for leading the Third Fleet against Fuquansuo, while the Ma Xiao led the main force of the Second Fleet, continued to move north along the coast, and began to attack Yongningwei.
The two agreed to advance in a staggered manner, along the coastline, all the way to the north, and uproot the coastal official and military water villages and the port wharves of the coastal official and military guards one by one.
The generals of the two fleets secretly began to compete, and they all worked hard to prepare for a competition, who killed the most officers and warships, and who destroyed the most water villages.
In the next two months, the two fleets of the Sea Wolf began to follow the coastline of Fujian, all the way north, until they reached the mouth of the Minjiang River, and successively pulled out 12 water villages and seven military port wharves of the official army, and shelled the acropolis of 10 guard posts.
In two months, the two fleets destroyed and captured nearly 100 warships of the government's naval divisions, and captured more than 1,500 officers and soldiers.
In addition, they also hunted rabbits, mainly sailors in the fleet, and at the same time launched a large-scale raid operation along the coast of Fujian.
In two months, they conquered more than 40 forts along the coast, all of which were well-known and noble, and were usually well-known local figures and had a bad reputation.
These people have long been on the blacklist of the sea wolf, but the sea wolf was reluctant to touch them lightly before, but this time, since they have completely torn their faces with the government, the sea wolf will no longer be polite to them.
When attacking the water village of the guard along the coast, he took the sheep by the hand and cleaned them up.
Although the army did not participate in these battles, the navy's sailors were not as well equipped as the army, and although they may not be as coordinated as the army in land warfare, the sailors also had to receive some training in land warfare in peacetime, and their ability to attack fortifications was probably not as good as that of the army, but it was more than enough to deal with these coastal forts with their equipment level and combat effectiveness.
Although the big villages along the coast have organized regiments to train the villagers, form villages for self-protection, and have also purchased a lot of weapons, but their equipment level is now comparable to that of the sea wolf, the sea wolf sailors are equipped with a water flintlock rifle, even if it is a short version, the range power is far more than the few tattered guns they have at hand.
Not to mention the cannons, the cannons equipped by the sea wolf's navy are now the top level in the world, even if they are taken to Europe and compared with the cannons made by European countries, they are not inferior, how can these walled forts for self-protection be compared?
As long as the target is chosen, they will use the method of reducing ten cannons from the ship, and drag them to the outside of Zhuangbao.
Although some regimental exercises also have some people who are not afraid of death, and have some courage to fight to the end, no matter how high their martial arts are, they can't stop the volley of guns, so it is basically a day's work to capture these walled forts, and there has never been a walled fort that has lasted for a night.
And Ma Xiao and the one-eyed dragon also followed Yu Xiaotian's orders, as long as they captured the walled fort, they only killed the first evil in the village, and for the people in the village who depended on these big families to survive, as long as they did not resist, they would not be killed.
The property of these rich families is really amazing, and the worst ones are also in their homes, and they can copy out thousands of taels of silver and a large number of copper coins without any problem.
Among them, a large family surnamed Zheng in the area of Houlong Town, Meizhou Bay, copied out more than 20,000 taels of silver and thousands of catties of copper coins in one fell swoop.
These people have saved so much wealth, it is unimaginable in ordinary times, you must know that a middle-aged family can live almost a dozen taels of silver a year, but this big family has accumulated tens of thousands of taels of silver, how many years of accumulation does it take!
And this big family surnamed Zheng, the ancestor used to be an official, and it is said that he is still a Beijing official, and the official position is really not low, his family members rely on his power to do evil in the local area, and the magistrate usually has no time to stammer, and he does not dare to interfere with their family at all, and he will stomp his feet in the local area to be a three-level earthquake.
Over the years, their family has forcibly occupied fertile land and bullied men and women, so it is definitely the first evil in the local area, and this time they were targeted by the sea wolf, and their manor was broken in one fell swoop, and the wealth they had saved for several generations was swept away.
Of course, when the sea wolves do these things, they do not swallow all of them alone, they often only take valuable things, as for some bulky things that are not easy to move, they abandon them, and simply distribute them to the local poor, especially now that the spring is about to come to the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, and there is less rain in Fujian, and there will be a big drought and famine if it is not good.
Therefore, the sea wolf will break through a village, then release it on the spot, and the surrounding poor families, each family can get some food, which makes the local people have a good impression of the sea wolf, and feel that although the sea wolf is a pirate, it is a righteous thief, and it is a matter of robbing the rich and helping the poor, so some poor people who have enmity with these big families simply take the initiative to run to the sea wolf as a leading party when the sea wolf comes.