Chapter 167: Sweeping the Mining Area II

The night was dark, and Zhu Houhuang was still thinking hard.

This time it was also a difficult problem for Zhu Houhuang. He had never encountered or trained in the subject of warfare in the mountains. The elite soldiers under his command all practice fighting in formation, and they may not be much stronger than the mountain people for fighting in the mountains.

The only thing that made Zhu Houhuang feel fortunate was that the mountain near Beigang was not too steep. Although in the middle of the mountains, it is very difficult to deploy troops. The advantage in training and weapons will be offset by the geographical advantage, and the only thing to be thankful for is that near Beigang, it is impossible to call it a natural danger.

Even so, it was a tricky problem for Zhu Houhuang. Zhu Houhuang couldn't help but think secretly in his heart. Turning around, he asked, "Yu Dayou, you said that this group of people in this mining area is not transported through Beigang?" Do you suspect they have another port? ”

"Exactly." Yu Dayou emphasized this very much.

There is gold in the mining area though. But one cannot survive on gold alone. Even if they mine gold, they have to buy and sell it. This is inevitable, Yu Dayou did not find a sufficient amount of materials coming in and out of Beigang, either these people have already established a self-sufficient system in the mining area, or they have another port.

Zhu Houhuang has been cultivating wasteland in Dongyong and knows how difficult it is to establish a self-sufficient system on a desert island. He never believed that a group of bandits could do what Zhu Houhuang did not do in a few months with far less resources than Zhu Houhuang, so there is only one truth.

The mine also has a port that opens to the sea.

Zhu Houhuang looked at the simple map he had drawn. Beigang was later known as Taipei City. The Taipei Jinguazi Gold Mine is just east of Taipei, not far from the coastline. There is definitely a chance to get a small port by the sea, there is no need to have such conditions as the North Port, as long as you can park some small boats, it is enough.

Zhu Houhuang thought about it for a while, and finally decided to divide the troops into two ways. Zhu Houhuang said: "Yu Dayou listens to orders. ”

Yu Dayou said loudly: "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Let you have five hundred households, stationed at the bottom of the mountain in the mining area, and no one shall be ordered to go down the mountain." ”

Yu Dayou said: "The minister listens to the order. ”

It's not that Yu Dayou underestimates these people, if they dare to fight with King Yong's own soldiers, they will face each other head-on. Even if there were only five hundred people in Yu Dayou's hands, even if there were thousands of people on the other side, he was confident that he would defeat them head-on.

The size of the gap between the rabble and the regular army can be seen from the fact that in the early days of the peasant rebel army, it was repeatedly defeated by thousands, or even hundreds, of officers and troops.

Zhu Houhuang continued: "The rest of the people followed Zhu Gu and continued to move by boat, searching the coast to see where their port was hidden? ”

Zhu Houhuang paid attention to the two-sided attack, and took the siege as a stop. The supplies in the mountains had to be supplied from the outside world, and Zhu Houhuang cut off their port. and let Yu Dayou cut off the road through Beigang, for a long time, the mountains can't hold on, this is the anti-guest policy, the only trouble is to delay the time. There is no quick fix.

However, Zhu Houhuang knew that his foundation was shallow, and he would rather be stable than take risks.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houhuang left Beigang by boat. The fleet searched eastward along the coastline little by little.

Sailing at sea should not be too close to the coast, lest you be hit by a reef in the sea. Now, because we have to search for the port, we can't be too far from the coastline, otherwise there are many small bays, and the river can't be seen clearly. Therefore, it is quite difficult to sail, let alone too fast.

It took a whole afternoon, and in the evening, someone on the mast shouted: "Your Highness, you have found it, you have found it." ”

Zhu Houhuang was overjoyed, and immediately pulled out the clairvoyant mirror to look at the coast. Immediately I noticed that a curling smoke had risen. It was the smoke that exposed them.

Without Zhu Houhuang's explanation, the big boat slowly approached the shore. When he was still more than a mile from the coast, he stopped. The rest had to change to a small boat to get ashore.

This place does not have the conditions to be a port, but Zhu Houhuang saw that the cooking smoke was near here, but he didn't know where it was for a while.

At this moment, the sky was over, and it was inconvenient to sail at night, so he had to stop at sea, Wu Ming hesitated again and again, gritted his teeth and said: "Please go ashore tonight to explore." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Now the enemy situation is unknown, go up now." The danger is not small. ”

Wu Ming didn't know that there was a lot of danger, but he was rich and dangerous, and now his position was in jeopardy. He thought to himself, without the talent to lead troops, more than a thousand people were enough for him to worry. No matter how much it is, it can't be managed. In terms of martial arts, it is also high or low. Compared with ordinary soldiers, he is a good player, but compared with a master like Li Liangqin, it is fundamentally different. Wu Ming in Zhu Houhuang; I can't find my position around me, I want to continue my position by Zhu Houhuang's side, how can I do it if I don't want to fight hard.

Wu Ming said: "Serving His Highness, although he has no regrets in death. ”

Zhu Houhuang actually had no idea what the situation was on the shore, Wu Ming was so eager to ask for battle, Zhu Houhuang nodded and said, "Since this is the case, this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Wu Ming was overjoyed in his heart and said, "I will live up to His Highness's trust." ”

Wu Ming immediately went down to prepare. Changing boats at night, little by little towards the shore.

The moonlight is good tonight, although it is not a full moon, and the moonlight seems to be a light veil. The whole world is enveloped, and even if you don't light a torch, you can see the outline of the coast in front of you.

Wu Ming brought a hundred households. Divided into several boats ashore, everyone was immersed in the dangerous atmosphere before the action, and heard only the sound of the oars hitting the water, and nothing else. The distance from transfer to landing is not far, but it is just a pillar of incense. But Wu Ming had already pinched a cold sweat.

Wu Ming is a native of the north, and he has a natural fear of the sea, and swimming only stays at the stage of meeting. Plus the unknown dangers on the coast. The nerves that made Wu Ming tense were almost broken.

Fortunately, along the way, there was no danger. Except that when they got to the shore, they couldn't take a boat, so they had to wade upstream. There were no other surprises.

Wu Ming went ashore and was down-to-earth. He breathed a long sigh of relief, though he wasn't seasick. But he's on the ship, and it's good that he can't exert three parts of his strength. As long as it's on land, it's his home turf.

Wu Ming immediately ordered to search everywhere.

After a while, there was a discovery.

It turned out that there was a bay in the middle of this coast, and the exit was very small, and it was not facing the sea, and it was almost invisible from the sea. But in the middle of the bay, there is a space for several boats. But enough for those in the mining area.

Wu Ming took a hundred households and came to the side of the river along the coast.

From the light of the fire, in the midst of the incessant jumping, three boats were anchored in the bay, and there were four or five houses on the shore, all in the style of the southern stilted houses.

Wu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, he knew that there were not many people here, three or five hundred at most. As soon as Wu Ming thought of the combat effectiveness of those outlaws, he smiled contemptuously in his heart, and with a wave of his hand, he came out first, his body fell slightly, and he rushed out like a cheetah. Silently.

But the soldier behind Wu Ming didn't have such good skills as Wu Ming. Behind Wu Ming, the sound of mixed footsteps immediately sounded.

"Who?" Immediately someone shouted.

Wu Ming hadn't thought about not being discovered, and at the same time as he was discovered, he had just jumped up and pounced out like a tiger, and the long knife in his hand didn't know when it had been unsheathed. The sword light seemed to be a practice, cutting off the shouting person with a knife, and the blood rose to the sky, and a round thing flew out of the sky. It was the head of this man.

Wu Ming shouted violently between his tongues: "Kill." The soldiers behind Wu Ming shouted at the same time, desperate to pass.

A vicious battle has begun.

Wu Ming's side came prepared and well-trained. With tacit understanding, the overwhelming advantage of living as soon as you make a move. On the other side, although there are more people, they are a rabble. It was attacked again. What kind of results will be, I don't need to go into details, but I can understand.

Before the battle took time to make tea, the victory or defeat was completely decided.