Chapter 289: Landing on the Island
When the rows of Qing prisoners were escorted into the Ming army's bird boats and returned to the fleet, several Ming army generals frowned.
"My lord, there are some things that have been interrogated from the mouth of the Tatar Qing soldiers." A co-president reported.
"Oh, come on." Yang Yandi and Zhao Zhen hurriedly said.
"These Qing soldiers are the officers and soldiers of the Yazhou battalion in Qiongzhou Prefecture, five or six days ago, they received an order from the Yazhou Qing army garrison to arrest a group of illegal businessmen, but they encountered strong winds and waves shortly after going to sea, and sank one on the spot. The assistant commander gave the words that came out of the mouths of the Qing prisoners to several generals present.
"Bring that guy up." Zhao Zhen said.
Soon, Huang Shangquan, who was beaten by the Ming army to only one eye, was dragged to the deck by the Ming army.
Before Huang Shangquan could react, a basin of cool seawater poured down.
"Ahh
Huang Shangquan let out a scream like killing a pig, and he woke up in an instant.
The salty wet water soaked his bloody eye sockets, and he was in pain.
"A few good men spare their lives, and a few good men spare their lives." Huang Shangquan rolled on the ground in pain, but he kept begging for mercy.
Obviously, until now, he hadn't reacted to what he had encountered.
"If you don't want to die, just tell me how many Qing troops there are in Yazhou?" Zhao Zhen stepped directly on Huang Shangquan's body, spit on it, and said ruthlessly.
Huang Shangquan saw clearly at this time that these people in front of him were all dressed in armor.
"Ahh
Seeing that Huang Shangquan was stunned and insisted on not saying anything, Zhao Zhenfa directly chopped off Huang Shangquan's left arm with a knife.
"Next time, it's the other arm, and then it's your head." Zhao Zhen picked up that arm and patted Huang Shangquan's head.
Yang Yandi looked at Zhao Zhen with a depressed face, "Anyway, I have also been a pirate, how do you feel that you are a pirate better than me." ”
"In these days, those who wear official uniforms at sea are sailors, and those who take off official uniforms are pirates." Zhao Zhen spat and said viciously.
He was right, at least thirty percent of the sailors in the Ming Army's sailors were pirates.
Therefore, compared with the officers and soldiers of the Qing Army's Naval Division, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army's Naval Division had more ferocious energy.
"I said, I said......" Huang Shangquan was also frightened by this ruthless man.
"We have one battalion in Yazhou, and there are 800 people when it is full, and 400 are our senior brothers, this time we brought out 150 people, and more than 200 people stayed on the shore." Huang Shangquan cried and mourned, the salty and wet sea water and blood mixed with his body dripped, he was already weak when he spoke, obviously not for long.
"Very good, very good...... Zhao Zhen nodded, and then cut off Huang Shangquan's head with a knife.
"Why did you kill him now?" One of the generals lost his voice.
"Why, do you think a mere leader can always show us the way?" Zhao Zhen sneered and washed his knife with the water on the side.
"Hang his head on me, and make sure that all the Qing prisoners can see it." Zhao Zhen sneered.
"Naturally, someone will show us the way." Zhao Zhen said coldly. …
When Huang Shangquan's head hung on the main ship, all the Qing prisoners exploded.
One by one, they knelt there and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"A good man, spare your life."
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to go to Yazhou to rob? I can lead the way. Several Qing prisoners hurriedly crawled over and said to the Ming army generals.
A few leading small leaders were also smart, and they told the general direction of the current fleet, and shouted that they would take the fleet to avoid the Qing army on the island and plunder.
"A bunch of rats, you really think we're pirates." A squad leader pursed his lips and looked at the Qing army prisoners kneeling in front of him with great disdain.
The officers and soldiers of Shuishi Town did not reveal their identities, and a large number of officers and soldiers of the left and right battalions on the ship were not armoured, so these low-level Qing prisoners mistakenly thought that these people were simple pirates.
Soon, the Ming army learned the general direction of Yazhou and the location of the Qing army's garrison from these Qing prisoners.
"If nothing happens, the fleet can arrive in Yazhou within five days, so that the officers and men of the left and right battalions can be ready." Zhao Zhen said.
Yang Yandi nodded, and then looked at the Qing prisoners kneeling on several bird boats not far away.
"What about these captives? How can it be said that there are also fifty or sixty people? Yang Yandi said.
"It's just a waste, the leader hangs his head on the mast, and they dare to rebel?" Zhao Zhen sneered.
"Pressing them all to the land and sea merchant ships behind, the Admiral has spoken, I can't wait to kill prisoners indiscriminately, and now the Ming court is too short of Han people." The marine battalion guerrilla Wang An was afraid that Zhao Zhen would cut people again, so he hurriedly signaled the officers and soldiers below to send the Qing prisoners to the Fu boat in the rear.
"Yazhou is full of 800 Qing troops, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the Navy Division and the warships will be solved by our Navy Town, can General Yang, the hundreds of Qing troops on land, be annihilated within one day?" Zhao Zhen looked at Yang Yandi coldly and said.
"Okay, within a day after landing on the island, I will break through the Yazhou camp of the Qing army." Yang Yandi gritted his teeth and said.
In just five or six days, it was fleeting.
Like the intelligence that the Ming army had previously investigated, the Ming army's naval division never encountered the Qing army's patrol fleet again along the way.
Obviously, the Qing army did not pay much attention to the coastal defense in the southern part of Qiongzhou Island.
^0^ Remember for a second
The Qing army fleet encountered by the Ming army was purely like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Sixth day, early in the morning
The sea was hazy, and the soldiers on board were still asleep in the cabin.
Suddenly, there was a trumpet.
"My lord, I have seen the land." The shouts of sailors were heard from the lookout post, followed by heavy drumming from the deck.
"Prepare for war now, quickly." In the troop transport cabin, the officers and men of the left and right battalions climbed up one after another, dressed in a panic, picked up their respective weapons, and lined up under the leadership of their respective flag officers.
"How's that, do you see the land?" Yang Yandi hurriedly ran down from the shipbuilding.
At this time, the sea is still gray.
I don't know how the brother at the lookout post has such good eyesight.
"Half a mile ahead is the beachhead, but according to the confession of the Qing prisoners, it will take a day to reach the Yazhou battalion garrison." Zhao Zhendao.
"Now the fog is too big, and there are reefs offshore, why don't you send the left and right camps here and let the left and right camps land." Yang Yandi said.
Now the fog is very big and the Ming army sailors have never been to Qiongzhou Island, if you rashly go around the island, I am afraid that you will hit the reef off the coast.
"In this way, the officers and men of the left and right battalions will set off immediately on the bird boat, the bird boat boat is good to turn around, the draft is shallow, and they are not afraid of reefs." Zhao Zhen said.
Soon, more than 800 officers and soldiers of the battalion and Liwu Town took more than 20 small bird boats and sneaked along the coastline under the guidance of the Qing prisoners.
Dear, this chapter is over, happy reading! ^0^