Section 492 Displays of authority
It was another early morning, and the white crane sat on Molong's flagship and ate breakfast, which was a little Luzon breakfast.
Of course, this is also one of the delicious foods of the little Luzon people after combining many food characteristics of the Ming Dynasty. In modern terms, Shira's explanation is that whole wheat black bean milk roasted buns, followed by boiled eggs and stone-pressed cereal porridge.
Why is it said to be a bun, because the little Luzon people have only learned half of the high-end things such as baking bread, and naturally they are not as authentic as the Byzantines.
"It's dawn!" Wan Xue'er shook Qinghe, who was still in her dream.
Hua Mei had already gone out, and the armor that was originally hanging on the shelf was gone, Qinghe was still a little confused, and asked blankly: "What time is it now?" ”
Wan Xue'er was very strict, standing by the window and looking out.
The black battle flag of the Sagara Dragon King had been raised to the top of the mast, and fifty large ships and hundreds of small boats began to accelerate away from this sea area. Wan Xue'er picked up the binoculars and glanced into the distance, the distance here was still too far, twenty miles of waterway, and her telescope could not see the coast.
"Did they come down?" Qinghe also sobered up, straightened his long hair, and asked.
"Does it matter whether to descend or not?" After Wan Xue'er asked rhetorically, she realized that Qinghe was different from herself, and Qinghe preferred literature, art, and painting. And not blood!
So Wan Xue'er changed her tone and explained: "What the young master wants is not them, but just this place, and the route that this place can control, so it makes no difference whether they descend or not." If you drop here, there will be more coolies, and if you don't descend, there will be more corpses! ”
"It's cruel!" Qinghe regretted a little, he shouldn't have chosen to go to sea with him in the first place.
Wan Xue'er didn't explain anything, after all, Qinghe is Qinghe, a woman with a drop of dew stuck to the tip of Qingqing's lotus.
And themselves. Just like his name, I'm afraid that my hands will stick to the blood of thousands of people!
Hua Mei, standing at the bow of the ship, did not wear her own visor, nor did she wear a helmet, but only a turban on her head. With the sea breeze blowing her veil, Hua Mei's gaze was not in the direction of Temasek, but at the rising sun.
At this time, a cannon rang out and alarmed these people with their own thoughts.
Hua Mei still didn't look back, but just asked: "Ask me, how many have fallen!" ”
Someone did it, and these little things don't need to be told in too much detail.
On Mo Long's flagship, Bai Minghe was still tearing the so-called whole wheat milk bread in his hand slowly, and he didn't even raise his head when he heard the sound of cannons. just asked Mao Sheng in a low voice: "General Mao, when did you get used to giving orders to kill all the enemy troops?" ”
"From the first time Lao Tzu stood on the battlefield with a knife, Lao Tzu was used to it." Mao Sheng responded with a smile.
Shirana Crane put the bread torn in his mouth and bit slowly.
Mao Sheng asked Bai Minghe at this time: "You say, how many survivors will the other party have, do you want to gamble!" ”
"There won't be one!" The white crane didn't look up, and his voice was still slow.
Mao Sheng was stunned for a moment, but did not ask any further. He wanted to ask, but he preferred to see the results. Ask Shira-naka again why he said that.
On the beach of Temasek, 500 Little Tiger squat cannons are too powerful to the heavy artillery of the White Crane to entertain the Watts, but this thing has many benefits.
For example, if it is very light, two people can carry it and run, and three more people can form a small artillery team with gunpowder and shells. The range is not far. But it is a hanging shot, for a target within three or four hundred steps, even if you have a city wall, it is in vain, and the most particular thing about this thing is a dense covering attack.
And it is very easy to reload, which is very close to the way a musket is loaded.
Front-loaded. Stuff a greased paper bag in and press it tightly. The bolt, which was still flintlocked, but did not have enough power, was replaced with a small hammer, which required the person who fired the cannon to strike it accurately and with a certain amount of strength.
5,000 widows, squatting with 500 little tigers.
A single salvo shattered Temasina's wooden fence and killed thousands of enemies armed with primitive bows.
"Swap shots, muzzle low!" The leader of the Japanese shouted, almost the same as when they were training.
In the first round, as long as the enemy is not a stone wall, it can basically be easily taken, and the scatter bomb is exchanged to directly deal with the enemy.
After three rounds of firing, the large fleet had reached a position of about five miles to the sea. Temasek's pirates have raised the white flag, attacking with incredible speed and killing enemies. There is not enough time to give them emotion, or regret, and they have to make the choice of surrender in order to survive.
The leader of the Japanese took up his binoculars and glanced back at the fleet.
The flag of the Sagara Dragonlord was still at the top of the mast.
There was a smile on the corner of the mouth of the leader of the Japanese people, it was really painful to work with such a character, he took out his long knife and swung it forward vigorously: "Kill, all the qiē in front of you belong to us." Kindness has been given to them, but unfortunately they do not know how to cherish it! ”
At this moment, a small boat quickly approached the shore, and the supreme leader of the 30,000 Japanese jumped out of the boat.
"Are they allowed to surrender?"
Syllable! A slap in the face of the leader who led the battle, and then the general of the Japanese people spoke: "They have given up on surrendering, and if I sue you, this place needs to be completely cleared." One more important thing to note is that the big guy above thinks it's a very dirty place, don't let us stick to the disease. ”
The words were a little subtle, but the Japanese people understood them.
Once again, the order was passed on, and the melee began.
On the surface of the sea, this was already the distance that the telescope could see visually, and when Mo Long first saw the white flag, he thought that the battle was over. But the Japanese seem to be still preparing to attack, and Mo Long's reaction is that the Japanese are a little disobedient, and they should be taught a hard lesson.
When the Japanese lord came ashore, Mo Long thought that his guess was correct, and that he was asking the Japanese to withdraw his troops.
But he soon realized that he had mistaken it, and the Japanese lord had brought some supplies to start the fire, and soon the entire sea market was only engulfed in flames. Mo Long suddenly found that his outlook on life and values had changed qualitatively, and he also had some doubts in his heart, why these people were not allowed to surrender.
In the cabin, Bai Minghe held a cup of strong tea and sat with his eyes closed.
Mao Sheng sat next to Bai Minghe: "It seems that you guessed, but now that you think about it, this is a good thing." ”
In her eyes, people are divided into three types, one is relatives, and it can also be said to be a family. The other is a friend, that is, someone who can be trusted, such as a comrade-in-arms on the same ship. And the last one is the enemy, the so-called enemy is still safe when he dies, so that people can rest assured. I once joked about whether she had been bitten by a snake as a child, or why she was afraid of being watched by the enemy. ”
Mao Sheng laughed dryly, there was really no way to say this.
The officialdom is far more complicated than this, and Hua Mei can only do this because there is a white crane standing behind her.
Then she can live so simply.
"Lao Tzu thinks that this is deterrence. If any pirate dares to come here in the future, he must abide by the rules here. However, there is another question, what is a widow in Hua Mei's heart? Mao Sheng also guessed something in his heart, but he still wanted to hear Bai Minghe speak.
"I like bones, the kind that can take care of the home. The point is, I like bones, and I like leather whips! ”
Bai Minghe's explanation made Mao Sheng react for a long time, and asked in a low voice: "You taught?" ”
"No, this statement was taught by Banzai, and when he gave her this boat, Banzai used this method to describe it, of course, you have to keep it secret, this can't be spread nonsense. Of course, my original statement was just, that! Shirakawaru pointed to a war knife hanging on the wall.
Mao Sheng smiled heartily, knives and dogs have something in common, and of course there are differences.
Holding the table, Mao Sheng stood up: "Before I go back to Beijing, I will teach Mo Long's kid a lesson, I guess he doesn't understand this matter, and you will teach him in the future." I don't know who the new governor will be? ”
After seeing Bai Minghe nod, Mo Long walked out of the cabin.
On the deck, Mo Long stared at the sea of fire in a daze.
"There are two kinds of kindness, one is great kindness and the other is small kindness." Mao Sheng stood beside Mo Long.
After Mo Long's salute, Mao Sheng continued: "Little mercy is for you to accept their surrender and let go of those who are already afraid to fight anymore because of fear. The great mercy is that if you deter this sea so that everyone does not dare to resist, naturally there will be no more people who come to die. ”
"I don't understand, I remember that it was recorded in the books that the slaughter of the city was a very brutal thing?" Mo Long asked rhetorically.
"That's why you're not good at studying. Slaughtering the city, killing civilians, this is cruel. What kind of place is this, it's a pirate nest, and every one of them is a pirate, or related to a pirate. They are sinners themselves, they are not civilians. There is no need for petty mercy on the battlefield, for the sake of your men, as well as for the civilians of the enemy, only to the innocent, good civilians have the word mercy, and the rest do not, even including the innocent king, as long as you are the enemy! ”
Mo Long gave a deep salute, although he didn't fully understand, but Mao Sheng's explanation made him still understand.
At least on the points of war, civilians, and mercy, he had a new understanding.
As for why the innocent king, just because he is an enemy, does not need mercy, he still does not understand very well, and he believes that he will understand it in the future.
Finally the battle was over, and the six boats that were accompanying the Sagara Dragon King docked, and then began to send people to the shore in small boats. Both the people on the boat and the Japanese went crazy, because all the women who disembarked were geisha dressed as geisha. (To be continued......)