Chapter 149
The Dutch in Chichicheng did not react until dawn, and their own fortress was actually served in one night. It was almost impossible, and a fortress like Spain held the French back for three months. You know, it was a battle between a few hundred Spaniards and 18,000 French soldiers.
The other party took it in one night, how did he do it? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty sent soldiers? Impossible? With such a large-scale build-up of troops, it is impossible not to receive news.
I don't know how, but Halsey knows to retake the fortress as soon as possible.
The fortress and the red city were horns of each other, and now half of the horns were broken. The Red Embedded City is lonely and difficult to support, although it is said that the Red Embedded City has more troops. But there is no supply at sea, in case the family adopts a siege strategy. The Netherlands is far away, and there is not even a messenger here, and it is not necessary to starve to death.
The warships were gone, and a dozen small boats were hastily gathered. I want to take advantage of the opportunity of the bright sky to quietly touch and do a vote. Who would have thought that the artillery of the opposite fortress roared.
Although the destructive power of the solid projectile is relatively small, it cannot hold up the fortress, and there are as many as twenty guns on it. There was a wild bombardment, and three of the dozen small boats were killed, and the rest ran back in a hurry.
The skills of escaping are not bad, and two ships were killed by chase. The rest of the ships escaped intact, pitiful to the heavily armed Dutch soldiers, even if they could swim. was also dragged down by the heavy equipment on their bodies, and many people were dragged to the bottom of the sea by the equipment they carried before they had time to take off their equipment.
Halsey had no choice at this time, the warship was killed, and there was really no ship. Bypass ...... by land!
It's a damn island, and you have to swim over it at low tide, and you expect the soldiers to swim there with guns on their shoulders? Are all the people in the fortress blind?
The sky was overcast and there was no sun in the sky. Dark clouds covered the sky, and Halsey's mood was even darker than the sky.
The enemy on the opposite side of the fortress seemed to be very patient, and did not take advantage of the victory to attack his own Chiji City, and did not know what to calculate. Halsey couldn't figure out what the other party was up to right now. He couldn't even figure out who his enemy was.
"Mr. Zheng, you said there will definitely be no typhoon tonight?" Li Xiao watched the soldiers drive the Dutch prisoners of war into the cellar, and asked Zheng Zhiyuan with some concern.
In case this dude is mistaken, God knows how many days the typhoon will blow. I am in a hurry to return to Liaodong, how can I have time to grind here with the Dutch.
"It will definitely rain, but definitely not a typhoon. After so many years in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, I can vouch for it with my head! Seeing Li Xiao questioning his prediction, Zheng Zhiyuan was a little anxious.
Pirates live by watching the dragon lord's face at sea, if they don't have a judgment on the weather. Without the enemy doing anything, he was blown to the bottom of the sea by a typhoon.
"It's raining?" Li Xiao's eyes lit up, it was a good thing that it rained.
"Let's rest during the day today and attack at night."
"At night? My lord, if you don't chase after the victory during the day, how to fight in the dark at night. If it rains, it's too dark to light a torch. Zheng Zhiyuan was a little anxious, how could he not work during the day, but waited for the night to do it.
"Yes, big brother, don't take advantage of the sunny weather to do it. At night, I braved the rain to attack, and the guns couldn't be fired. Li Hu was snorting on the side.
"I want the gun to not go off." Li Xiao gave a long yawn after speaking, and he didn't sleep last night. It's been a terrible sleepy morning!
"Can't it hit?" Li Hu still touched his head and didn't understand.
"You idiot, what do you rely on? Isn't it a sharp firearm? It's raining all day, and our firecrackers can't go off. Their firecrackers can't fucking go off. Besides, the rain does not affect our grenades and mortars. In the end, fighting them on a rainy day will give us a lot of benefits. Li Xiu slapped Li Hu, and then walked away with the old god behind his back, looking disgusting and high-spirited.
Facts have proved that Zheng Zhiyuan has not been in vain along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang over the years.
It was just noon when it started to rain. At first, it was just a light rain, and after noon, it turned into a torrential downpour. At this time, the sea surface is like hell, the waves are surging, purple thunder and lightning keep hitting the sea, rising puffs of white smoke, torrential rain, pouring down.
The big raindrops of soybeans smashed into the sea, and the huge sound of the waves could not hide the sound of the raindrops colliding with the sea. The world seems to have entered a silent movie, and the ears are full of whirring wind.
The ship lowered its sails early, and I was happy to see the five-masted ship drifting in Luermen Harbor. Lao Tzu finally has a ship that can be called a combat ship, and it was a little terrifying when he pulled out the corpse from the warehouse this morning.
The pirates treated the corpses in a similar way, throwing them into the sea. You can still see corpses drifting in the sea.
The waves pushed the corpses and threw them high. Then press the reef, and the oysters on the reef are as sharp as knives. At first, the corpse was only cracked, and it didn't take long for the broken bones to be revealed. A whole corpse is estimated to disappear in the evening.
Li Xiao swore that he would never eat the crabs on the beach again, and the oyster locusts, which were said to be very good for men. Eating that stuff is no different from eating human flesh.
Although he doesn't have a good impression of the red-haired ghost, Li Xiao is still disgusting and eats human flesh.
In the past, the impression of the Dutch was still in the legal red light district, and there were still legal big things. Ajax, and the windmills in the fields.
But after the fortress was laid, Li Xiao's impression completely changed. Zheng Zhiyuan's subordinates searched out a box, and when he opened the box, Li Xiao saw that the box was full of people. There are adults and children. Some have calluses on their hands, and some are only a finger long.
Seeing the manpower of this box, Li Xiao immediately forgave Zheng Zhiyuan for the cruelty of suffocating people to death. In fact, Li Xiao felt that the cruelty to them was not enough. Maybe torturing the prisoners of war in the cellar will make you feel better.
Since there is blood on his hands, how can he do it without paying the price?
"Isn't it a little too damn raining?" Li Xiao, who had slept all morning, stood on the spire of the fortress, and the rain curtain in front of him blocked the view. I can't even see the red castle on the opposite side of the inner harbor!
"It's okay, big brother! Even if the mortar is useless, the grenade is still fine. You said kicking the door open and throwing a grenade in it is a terrible trick. The shampnel flew horizontally, and there were no dead spots in the whole room. As long as there is an explosion, you will not even be able to check it. Li Hu happily nibbled on a large piece of ham.
This red-haired devil's ham is very good, chewy, but the sweet steamed buns are not good. I ate a lot at noon, and I was hungry again after a while.
"On this rainy day, the fire gun can't be used, and the advantages of Zheng Dangjia's subordinates are revealed. Big brother, are we also practicing martial arts or something? Our soldiers are fighting in close combat with others, and they are simply beaten like meat buns. It's a shame to hand over. "Li Xiu has been messing with Zheng Zhiyuan and them for a long time in the past few days, and he is very envious of the good skills of the Zheng family.
"People have been robbing homes and houses at sea all year round, and a good kung fu is the ability to eat. Those who can't practice kung fu well have all gone into the stomachs of fish and shrimp. How do you practice? Also let people go to sea to be pirates? ”
"Uh......!" Li Xiu had nothing to say, although he envied the good kung fu of others, he still didn't do it as a pirate.
"I know that there is a place called Cangzhou in Beizhili, where people have been practicing kung fu since childhood. There are many folk masters, and I will serve in Shanhaiguan when I go back. It's no problem to recruit one or two thousand people in Cangzhou. It's all our silver, and Cui Chengxiu still has to give me this face.
If you want a soldier who knows kung fu, it's easy to say. When the time comes, you can go to Cangzhou to recruit yourself! Li Xiao sat down on the chair, tore off a banana and peeled it.
"Really!" Li Hu immediately threw down his big elbow.
"Cheng, I'll recruit soldiers then." Li Xiu was very happy, any general would want to have a group of highly skilled subordinates.
"I'll go too! I'll go too! Li Hu swallowed a large elbow with difficulty, choking and rolling his eyes.
Glancing at Li Hu, Li Xiao began to eat bananas happily.
There is a war and a rain break!
Zheng Zhiyuan's pirates expressed full understanding, after all, they were also begging for a living at sea. Knowing that this weather is not suitable for travel, although it is a desperate business, the safety of navigation must be guaranteed.
The fortress didn't grab any special benefits, but fortunately, Li Xiao promised to give Zheng Zhiyuan two cannons and more than 100 Dutch flintlock pistols. Zheng Zhiyuan, who had just lost a little, was immediately not lost.
Although gold and silver are real, weapons are even more real. Ten taels of silver can buy grain for a year, but if you buy a firecracker, you can eat it for a lifetime.
Zheng Zhiyuan, who has been robbed from childhood to adulthood, of course knows the Tao here. Love it when you see those cannons!
There were not only men but also women among the captives. There are hundreds of big men, and suddenly a few blonde girls appeared, and the ghosts know what they do.
Since the Dutch can use it for the public, there is nothing wrong with sharing it for your own people. Drive all the Dutch girls to the house outside the fort and let them have enough. After all, people's nervousness is also to be vented.
As for his own soldiers, Li Xiao placed them on the dock.
They are all their own brothers, so you can't trap them. Li Xiao knew that the bayberry sores were transmitted from the West, and they were absolutely imported. These girls haven't had a physical examination, so the ghost knows if there are any other problems. In case of infecting your own soldiers, it's bad.
The pirates were quite appreciative of Lord Lee's friendship, and came out of the house with their pants on. patted his chest and said that he would go and take down the Red Embedded City at night. Catch all the red-haired girls there, Master Li can pick them first, which is a little respect for the brothers.
What a simple man!
Full of grabbing money, food, and women, Li Xiao feels that they are the purest group of people who live. A word grabbing runs through their entire life!
If you have no money, go grab it. If you don't have any food to eat, go grab it. If you want to sleep with a woman, go and grab it. The head is pinned to the waistband of his trousers, and he is killed alive. There is today, and there is never a tomorrow. What kind of bird thing is the future, I don't bother to think about it.
So Li Xiao found that the pirates were happy, and they ate meat and drank wine. Never thinking about anything other than today, and living every day as if it were the last day of life, is not something that everyone can have.
I played with the Dutch girls, drank all the wine in the cellar, ate all the bread and sausages, and slept hard. Sneak attack? In this kind of weather, big ships can't go to sea, and small boats want to row across the bay, that's death!
The pirates who woke up were back in combat, because they felt that since they had eaten and drunk enough, they were really sorry for not robbing.
The wind and waves on the sea finally lightened, and the devil knows what time it is. Anyway, the sea is dark and the sky is dark. The Red City in the distance was also very dark, and the only light was like the eyes of a giant beast.
Even though the beast's eyes are a little small!
Then replace it with acne, and the lights in the distance are like acne on the girl's face.
The two boats did not dare to open their sails, and rowed forward with manpower. I finally got to the dock and found that there was no one at the small pier.
The nervous Li Xiu looked around with a telescope, but he didn't see a single figure. Zheng Zhiyuan took the tanuki cat off the boat and took the people to grope in the dark for a long time. It was concluded that the small dock, which could only accommodate two or three boats, had been abandoned.
There's not even a single red-haired ghost on the dock!
"Up!" Li Xiu gave an order, and Shunzi went up with the commando.
These men were all carrying bags of explosives wrapped in oilcloths, which they were going to use to blow open the gates of the Red Castle City tonight. The raindrops smashed on the coat and made a rustling sound.
After running a short distance in the rain, Junko felt like her lungs were pulling bellows. I can't hear the whistling wind, I can only hear my own "whoosh" and "whoosh" panting.
There was a box made of rubber in his bosom, and in it was a box of matches. From time to time, Junko would press the position of his pocket, for fear that the precious thing would be lost on the way. Not to mention matches, the rubber box is also a precious thing.
In the muddy water, the more you run, the more fucking tired you get. The two legs end up like they're filled with lead, damn red-haired ghosts. How did you build the city gate so far, and it's fucking uphill. Can't you build it closer?
Finally getting under the city gate, Junko felt slimy. I don't know if it's rain or sweat, but I'm wet anyway. A dozen men touched the walls in the darkness, and they heard the barking of dogs in the city, and the sound of the Dutch talking on the towers.
There was a "crackling" sound behind him, and I don't know how many of Zheng Zhiyuan's subordinates followed. Anyway, the sound of the waves and the heavy rain, and the occasional distant thunder, drowned out all the sounds of the world.
When you find the city wall, you can only walk along the side and grope for the city gate. Fortunately, this is the coast, and the Dutch don't have any moats or anything like that.
After groping for a long time, I finally found the city gate.
Stopping the pirates from moving on, Junko and his men went under the gate and began to stack explosives.