Chapter 133: The Battle of Beigang

Follow the coastline of Dongyong all the way to the north, but in half a day, you can reach Beigang.

Zhu Houhuang stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the blue waves under his feet, the sea breeze coming towards him, he didn't feel very happy in his heart, and asked Xu Dongdao: "How is the situation in Beigang recently?" ”

When Zhu Houhuang was reorganizing his troops and horses and preparing to go on the expedition, Xu Dong did not do nothing. He had already found out all the news and information in the entire Beigang, and this period of matter mobilized the relationship that had been re-verified for a long time.

Xu Dong said: "Your Highness, Beigang has recently fallen into the hands of a group of Japanese people. ”

"Wolver? What's going on? As soon as the word "widow" was mentioned, it stimulated Zhu Houhuang's sensitive nerves from later generations, and he couldn't help frowning slightly and asked.

Xu Dong said: "This was originally a group of pirates, but in fact, it was said that the pirates were just a place to supply the maritime merchants along the road. There is no force, and this group of Japanese people seems to have fled here after the defeat of the political struggle of the Japanese state, and robbed this piece of feng shui treasure. In fact, this group of Japanese people is simply dead, even if His Highness does not crusade against them, in a few days, they will definitely die. ”

"Oh, why?" Zhu Houhuang asked.

"Your Highness doesn't know, in the people who run the sea are divided into circles, and those who do business are generally in the Hui business circle, they are all business-oriented, and in the Fujian circle, they are brave and ruthless, most of them are pirates, as for the Liangguang circle, most of them go to the South Seas, and the East, and have little to do with it, not in these three circles, even if they are my Ming people, they can't enter the circle of the sea, let alone the Japanese people?" Xu Dong said.

"Really? Xu Qing: You're in that circle. Zhu Houhuang asked lightly.

Xu Dong is in the Hui business circle, and Zhu Houhuang already knows that this is a knowingly question.

Xu Dong shook his head and said, "The minister is an official of the imperial court. How can you make friends with these gangsters? None of the ministers' circles are there. ”

Zhu Houhuang smiled slightly and said: "Why should Xu Qing be like this, Lone is a plan to use people, I admire these heroes of the rivers and lakes very much, please Xu Qing take me to pass the word, and those who come will not be investigated." It will be a heavy responsibility. It's just that if you don't follow Lonely, don't blame Lonely, you're welcome, there can only be one overlord on the sea, and that is Lone. Don't be unpredictable. ”

Zhu Houhuang's words made Xu Dong sweat on his back, and he didn't dare to say anything, but just said resignedly: "Yes." ”

Suddenly, the coastline turned, and the fleet headed east. A column of smoke rose far away, and I didn't know if it was cooking smoke, but something else.

"Your Highness, Beigang has arrived." Xu Dong said with relief.

Zhu Houhuang raised his eyes to look, but the coastline was deeply sunken. This is a bay area, a natural harbor, if forts are set up on both sides, Zhu Houhuang's ships will not dare to approach here at all, but Zhu Houhuang does not have this thing now.

At this time, cannons, even in the Ming Dynasty, were a luxury, let alone in Japan, where the cannon had a mythical version of the name, called Guobang. It seems that a single shot can destroy a country. Zhu Houhuang didn't believe that a loser who escaped from Japan could carry such a thing.

"Let's attack." Zhu Houhuang ordered.

"Yes." With Zhu Houhuang's order, the entire fleet began to change formation, and the five-masted ships except for Zhu Houhuang's ship rushed to the shore in an all-round way. The cannon that had been prepared for a long time rang out with a bang.

These cannons were brought over by Zhu Houhuang with great effort, and there was only one cannon on a ship, and it was mounted on the bow of the ship.

These large general cannons look extremely powerful, but Zhu Houhuang can't look at them at all, without him the efficiency is too slow, I saw that after these ships opened their cannons, there were immediately more than a dozen people, and the entire cannon mouth fell. It's watering again, it's cooling again, and you're busy?

Don't be surprised, the cannon is like this at this time, one cannon is fired, and the second cannon doesn't know what year and month it is.

Zhu Houhuang secretly drew two words in his heart.

This problem is not only a problem of operation, but also a problem with the artillery itself, the material is not good, the temperature of the chamber is too high, if you don't cool it down, stuff it with gunpowder, he can blow it up for you. And there is also the problem of the reset of the artillery on the ship.

Sure enough, any bit of progress is based on the progress of the whole system.

Sure enough, after a cannon fire, all the guns in the bow of the ship entered a state of dumb fire. Numerous small boats rushed from behind, these small boats were only a little larger than the sampan, and they had been tied to the big boats, and they were all laid down at this moment, and there were a dozen men on each boat, each armed with swords, guns, bows and crossbows, rushing to the front. Kill the docks.

The Japanese people on the dock had actually discovered Zhu Houhuang and his party a long time ago, after all, there was no shelter on the sea, and today's weather was also very good, and the ships could be seen from a distance. It's just that they didn't expect two things, first, they didn't expect that there were so many enemies, they came so quickly, they didn't talk about any rules at all, and they started as soon as they came. And it's all big ships. The second is that I never thought that there would be cannons on these ships.

In the face of such a large ship, they did not dare to get on the ship, and above the sea, their small sampan was no match for such a big fortune ship, and they were about to die miserably. He just wanted to hold the dock, but he didn't want the cannon to fire.

The cannon was not accurate, only one of the ten shells hit the crowd, and the others either fell into the sea or missed.

But the power of just one shell was enough for them to withstand.

I saw a Japanese samurai with a bald head shouting, pulling out a long knife and slashing at the flying iron bullet.

The cannonball seemed to be slow and fast, and in the blink of an eye, it hit the long knife. The Japanese treasure knife made by Ming Craftsman was broken in an instant like a piece of paper, and before the person behind the knife could react, it was already broken into two sections.

This is not the end, but only the beginning, after the shell penetrates the human body, the castration does not decrease, and directly smashes the legs of the person standing behind, and then smashes heavily into the ground until it does not reach the top.

The land near the coast is much softer, and it is impossible to bear it at all, and there is no possibility of bouncing up again from the heavy blow of the shells.

Although only one shell was lethal, it scared the souls of these people.

In the dense crowd, there is a clear distinction, and it can be seen that the difference is coming.

There were more than a hundred Japanese samurai though they were taken aback. But he still didn't flinch, but some people behind him still flinched back.

The "boom" sounded again, this time it was nothing else, it was a tiger squat cannon. These large sampans could not be loaded with too large artillery, only one tiger squat cannon and more than a dozen tiger squat cannons were fired at the same time, and the momentum was not inferior to that of the general cannon.

Under the cover of the sound of the tiger squatting cannon, a crisp sound sounded, which was intermittent but continuous.

One bullet after another was fired, creating a sparse but constant net of fire.

Dozens of Japanese were knocked down at once.

They saw the firepower of the Yongjun army, and knew that it was not a way to defend like this, and they didn't know who shouted, and everyone retreated. I want to put the Yongjun ashore and fight again.

It's just that the Japanese samurai with more than 100 lives can still be maintained, but the soldiers behind him who come to make up the numbers have long lost the courage. The girl ran away.

Zhu Houhuang saw this scene, smiled slightly, and put away the telescope in his hand.

The first batch to rush up was Zhu Houhuang's personal soldiers, Zhu Houhuang was afraid that they would be blocked at sea and could not land, now seeing that the Japanese got out of the way, they naturally put their minds at ease, Zhu Houhuang secretly said: "The victory or defeat has been decided." ”

Beigang was originally a port, although the scale was a little smaller, but the port should have measures, the Japanese retreated, Zhu Houhuang's personal soldiers naturally would not let go of this opportunity.

Wu Ming was at the forefront, and with an order, several clippers docked.

Wu Ming led dozens of soldiers and had just landed in Beigang. Before the men came ashore, the cry of a wild beast came from somewhere. More than 100 Japanese samurai, armed with swords, strode out with clogs, and the snow-white sword light was particularly dazzling under the reflection of the sun.

"It's too late." Wu Ming secretly said in his heart: "They came too fast. There was no time for the firearms to be fired. ”