Chapter 191: Burning the City
Pirates are a general term for maritime bandits active in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia.
Before Chen Zuyi appeared, piracy in Southeast Asia was already very rampant, and he even robbed ships to and from the South Seas to do business.
From the South China Sea of the Ming Dynasty to the South China Sea in the east and the Indian Ocean in the west, the entire range runs through the entire Southeast Asian seas.
But most of these pirates are fighting on their own, and each pirate occupies an island and reigns supreme.
They will also swallow each other, after all, one less pirate will have less competition, not only to grab more merchant ships, but also to take all the wealth of that pirate for themselves.
However, pirates are ultimately a group of bandits, who have no long-term vision, and will not pay attention to any morality, and their interests are current, and they will immediately draw their swords against each other, and they will not care who the other party is.
Even if it is his beloved relatives and friends, he will kill him if he says he will kill it.
Therefore, although there are many pirates in Southeast Asia, they are scattered after all, and there is nothing to worry about.
It wasn't until Chen Zuyi went to sea from Chaoshan, Guangdong, that he was born out of thin air, and in just a few years, he integrated the pirates in the South China Sea.
Subsequently, it marched into Southeast Asia and recovered all the pirate forces in the South Seas, and its power expanded dramatically.
Since then, a super large force has emerged in the coastal areas of Southeast Asia, the pirate group under the command of Chen Zuyi.
After becoming powerful, Chen Zuyi not only robbed passing merchant ships, but also robbed the surrounding small countries, which made all countries in Southeast Asia fearful.
However, Chen Zuyi's power expanded too quickly, and most of his subordinates were actually pirates who surrendered.
There are many factions of these pirates, although they still obey Chen Zuyi's words, but that is because Chen Zuyi is strong, and he has always been able to lead them to victory and plunder everywhere.
Following Chen Zuyi can make a big deal of fish and meat, these pirates are naturally willing to follow Chen Zuyi and obey Chen Zuyi's orders.
Now the pirates are desperately trying to capture Fuzhou City, and Chen Zuyi wants to prevent the pirates from entering the city and plundering, which makes his pirates resentful.
After all, blocking people's financial paths is like killing parents.
In addition, Chen Zuyi had promised before the war to capture Fuzhou and slaughter the city for three days.
It is precisely because of Chen Zuyi's faith that the pirates gathered together, if Chen Zuyi himself destroyed the character he had set up, then the 100,000 army under his command was afraid that it would collapse immediately.
And the pirates who had entered the city before were already satisfied, and there was no danger at all, but they robbed a lot of money.
If Chen Zuyi stops the pirates now. I am afraid that it will immediately arouse the disgust of the pirates, and even eventually cause the pirates to mutiny.
Chen Zuyi finally got out of the way and stayed outside the city with his henchmen.
The pirates behind him saw that there was no one to stop them, shouted and rushed towards the city without hesitation.
At this time, what could be more exciting than a large-scale looting?
Isn't it just for this moment to enjoy the thrill of plundering their wealth when they go to sea to become pirates?
Although Chen Zuyi had already issued a warning, the pirates who came out of the city first had confirmed that there was no danger in the city at all.
Some are just endless riches, waiting for others to plunder.
When the pirates entered the city, the whole city of Fuzhou seemed to be boiling, and there were excited pirates everywhere, breaking down the doors and entering the house, and going to plunder.
Chen Zuyi stood outside the city and watched coldly, motionless, he firmly believed that there was definitely an ambush in the city, otherwise Deng Yu would not have given up the city wall so easily.
He didn't move, and the henchmen pirates behind him naturally didn't dare to move, all of them looked at their fellow pirates rushing to the city with jealousy.
Chen Zuyi waited quietly, waiting for the moment when the ambush soldiers in the city appeared, and then he would lead people to rescue the pirates who were ambushed and turn the tide.
But a full quarter of an hour has passed, and Chen Zuyi still has not received any news of the appearance of the enemy.
More and more pirates returned from the city, gold, silver, silk, food, and all kinds of strategic materials were all robbed by these pirates, piled up outside the city, and then turned back and entered the city again to plunder.
Chen Zuyi's eyes were puzzled, could it really be that he was wrong in his prediction?
was suspicious in his heart, and the pirates under his command all looked at Chen Zuyi.
After all, it is too uncomfortable to watch others loot and make a fortune, but you can only stand on the spot and watch.
Chen Zuyi also noticed the change in the attitude of his subordinates behind him, but Chen Zuyi still decided to wait and see for a while, after all, there must be demons when things go wrong.
Chen Zuyi's gloomy temperament makes him never afraid to speculate on the other party with the greatest malice.
Just when Chen Zuyi was still thinking about it, the spies sent into the city to investigate finally returned.
"Report to the general, Deng Yu retreated to the inner city of Fuzhou, and all the people in the outer city were transferred to the inner city."
When the spy reported, he was full of money, and at a glance, he knew that he had done some side business when he was investigating the military situation.
Chen Zuyi didn't pursue it, but his heart suddenly opened up.
No wonder Deng Yue wanted to withdraw, it turned out that he wanted to hide in the inner city and continue to resist stubbornly.
Chen Zuyi thought that he had found the reason, coupled with the pressure of his subordinates behind him, he immediately stopped stopping it, waved his hand behind him, and shouted:
"Brothers, go to town!!"
"Whew!!"
The pirates screamed, and they were finally ready to enter the city and plunder.
Chen Zuyi led the army straight into the city, until Chen Zuyi entered the city, the pirate army of 100,000 had all poured into Fuzhou City, ready to plunder and slaughter the city.
But not long after Chen Zuyi entered the city, the houses near the city gate suddenly burst into flames, blocking the roads into and out of the city.
Then the entire outer city of Fuzhou City was completely ablaze.
The fire came very suddenly, and at the same time it was very violent, and the flames soared into the sky, engulfing the entire city into flames.
The heat wave on the face even roasted people.
The moment Chen Zuyi saw the fire, he sensed that something was wrong in his heart, and immediately wanted to take people out of the city.
But the way out of the city has been wrapped in fire, and if you want to get out of the city, you must pass through the sea of fire and die.
Just when Chen Zuyi hesitated, the city was already full of beacon fires, burning everywhere, and the entire outer city area was engulfed in flames.
Along with the 100,000 pirate army that entered the city, it was swallowed up.
These pirates no longer have the excitement of entering the city, only the despair of facing the sea of fire.
They don't know where the fire came from.
They only knew that this fire, from its appearance to its spread, took less than half a cup of tea.
As far as the eye can see, the entire city is set on fire, and 100,000 pirates are languishing in the flames.
The front road is blocked by the inner city, and the back road is already full of fires, and the only way to save yourself is to save yourself.
On the wall of the inner city of Fuzhou, Deng Yu looked at the fire in the outer city with a cold face, holding a bowl of rice wine in his hand.
With a slight flip of the wrist, the rice wine gradually scattered to the ground.
"Brothers, go all the way!"
Of course, this bowl of wine is not for the sake of the damned pirates, but to commemorate the Ming soldiers who served as death squads.
All parts of the outer city were poured with fire oil, and as long as the pirates dared to enter the city, they would definitely be burned into roast chickens by the Ming army.
In order to ignite the oil, it is necessary to leave a death squad, and after the pirates enter the city, they quickly ignite the oil from the hidden place where they are hiding, and die with the pirates.
This is what Xu Da said in his letter to Deng Yu last night, which is the plan to burn the city.
It's just that in order to make the fire burn more quickly, Deng Yu selected hundreds of daredevils.
These people ignited the fire oil in the outer city at the same time, and they were definitely able to spread the fire quickly, and the pirates had no chance of escaping.
In the end, as Deng Yu expected, after being surrounded by a sea of fire at the city gate, it meant that these pirates could only passively survive in the fire in the city.
Fuzhou is close to the sea, and the sea breeze with the smell of fish is constantly raging in the city of Fuzhou.
The fire that had been ignited, with the help of the sea breeze, rushed towards the pirates even more ferociously.
The fire borrowed the wind, the wind helped the fire, and for a while the city of Fuzhou was in flames, and soon after, the Ming army standing on the inner city wall smelled a scorching smell.
It was the smell of pirate corpses being burned, but the smell of burnt fire was enough to tell the number of pirates who were burned.
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At the same time, the waters of Fuzhou.
Black smoke rose from the direction of Fuzhou City, and Xu Da, who had been waiting in the sea for a long time, knew that the plan had begun when he saw this smoke.
Immediately the order began to be given, and the whole army was dispatched and marched towards the port of Fuzhou to prepare for a landing operation.
And Xu Da's first target to solve was to lead an army of 10,000 troops to be stationed at the port on the order of Chen Zuyi, responsible for intercepting Chen Zuxiao, who had brought back the pirates.
Of course, Chen Zuxiao also saw the black smoke rising from Fuzhou City, but without Chen Zuyi's order, he didn't dare to leave his post without permission, so he could only send someone to check it.
But before the spies could return, someone under them reported that dozens of large ships had broken into the harbor, and it seemed that the people who had come were not good.