28. The brave wins
The smoothest in the middle is Xu Dajia, who is not only smart, but also knows how to advance and retreat.
As soon as the morning dawns, at most half a day, officers and soldiers will surround from all directions, and this is not the sea.
She has only a few hundred people, and she can still fight when she encounters a local garrison of thousands of people, but if she encounters Yangzhou guards, it will be troublesome.
Since she entered Zhougang, she has been thinking about it, and she also has her own ideas, what she wants, and what things can be transported away, are all planned in advance and cannot be messed up.
Looking at the cart of belongings, almost two hours passed, and Xu Dajia knew that he should go.
In two hours, the sky will be light, and in any case, it is necessary to rush back to the sea before dawn, and the time is so tight that there can be no mistakes.
Xu Dajia called over and a leader asked him how the ship was loaded and how long it would take to finish.
When I heard that there were about two ships of grain, one hundred thousand catties, and several large ships of property, it was estimated that there would be another hour.
Xu Dajia knew that he couldn't be greedy, and the people under him were too smooth this time, and they were a little carried away.
Xu Dajia did not hesitate, and directly issued an order, so that all the bandits, no matter what they did, were all put down, and no property was allowed to be taken again, and all of them gathered by the river, and the violators were killed within a limited time.
After the order was passed, she herself did not delay, and directly took her personal subordinates to the Zhougang wharf.
Looking at his more than 20 boats on the river, Xu Dajia knew that there was still one last hurdle to break through, and whether he could enter the sea through the surface of the Songjiang River was the key, but I hoped that at this time, the Black Dragon King and several other bandits were still robbing, and the Songjiang government couldn't take care of himself.
The rain was pouring down, and the water was foggy, and it was impossible to see clearly after a few meters, and the old sailors among the pirates were accustomed to this kind of weather.
The river is not like the sea, it may be a fork when you walk, the river will not, go directly down with the current, out of the mouth of the river, at least it is safe, and at the same time they are familiar with the East China Sea, even if they encounter strong winds and waves, they can return to the nest.
Not long after Xu Dajiao got on the boat and left, the entire county recovered from the dead silence, looking at the magistrate who committed suicide and died in the county hall, the officials who survived the disaster cried loudly.
While arranging for the returning officials to go to various places in the county to appease and count the losses, and on the other hand, the county Cheng presided over the report to the state capital, and Zhou Gang slowly cried everywhere.
Although Zhougang was attacked and occupied by bandits, and the property was seriously damaged, only one person in Zhixian committed suicide, and the people were safe and sound.
Xu Dajiao's attack on Zhougang subverted people's perception of the bandits to a certain extent, and the biggest losses were actually some large households, and a lot of grain, gold and silver treasures were robbed, and of course, there was also a lot of silver and grain in the county government.
But the ordinary people have almost no loss, the time is too short, and the number of pirates is a little less, there is no time to attack the people, and some large families can't move here.
So for the people of Zhou and Hong Kong, the losses of some big households are irrelevant, at least they will not worry about their lives.
For a long time after that, the people of Zhougang seemed to have forgotten about it, and almost no one mentioned it again, they thought that the pirates were all like Xu Dajia, and they also thought that the pirates were nothing to be afraid of.
But they didn't expect that pirates were also bandits, and they would not be merciful.
When the day was about to dawn, Fu'an City finally did not block the black dragon king of the sea bandits, and most of the soldiers defending the city were killed.
Fu'an Zhixian with dozens of officials only resisted for less than half an hour, and the county government was captured by a group of bandits led by the Black Dragon King himself, and the county magistrate, officials, and officials were all killed.
The Black Dragon King and these people were all extremely vicious people, and without anyone to stop them, they suddenly began to loot all over the city.
At this moment, the people of Fu'an were in a bad situation, and if they resisted a little, they were directly cut to the ground.
Some of the big families in the city were able to resist a little, but they couldn't stop it at all, and where the bandits passed, there were dead bodies everywhere, and in less than half an hour, Fu'an killed and injured thousands of people.
Along the river to the east, the north bank of the estuary, Fu'an, and Tonghai are almost all on the side of the river, and the distance is not far.
Guangling is different, a little northerly, mainly because in that place in Guangling, the river just turned a bay.
Twenty miles away from Fu'an, at the mouth of Guxi, there were two battalions of garrison guards who had just arrived two days earlier, led by Wang's guerrillas.
Not long after the ugly hour last night, Wang Guerrilla received news that the pirates were attacking Fu'an.
If the guards were there, no matter who led the troops, they would definitely gather immediately to come to the rescue, but Wang Guerrilla did not dare.
He knew very well the details of the garrison, such a heavy rain, not to mention the difficult road, it was dark again, people had not woken up yet, they were all stunned, and more than 1,000 people were likely to be directly crushed by the bandits when they arrived outside the city.
But he knew that he had to save now, otherwise the people would definitely suffer, so as soon as the ugly time was over, he began to assemble his army.
Although the rain stopped, the road was as difficult to walk, almost a foot of water and mud, and I couldn't walk at all.
It took them two hours before they arrived at the city of Fu'an, and Wang's guerrilla heart suddenly became cold, and the city was broken.
The Black Dragon King was watching his subordinates carry the treasury silver in the county office, and one of his subordinates ran over to tell him that the officers and soldiers were coming.
The Black Dragon King was shocked in his heart, how could the officers and soldiers come so quickly.
"Can you see where the soldiers are? How many people are there? ”
"I can't see it clearly, it doesn't seem to be a guard, it looks like there are more than a thousand."
"Call the herring fish over and gather three hundred brothers, quick."
Soon, a tall and strong man ran over, disheveled and sweaty.
The Black Dragon King gave him a disdainful look.
"Look at your little bit of interest, quick, take your men to the north gate, the officers and soldiers over there are coming."
"We'll go straight from the south gate with our things, and you'll follow them after you've broken them down."
"Big brother, don't worry, those officers and soldiers are useless."
"Let's go in the direction of Tonghai, remember, we can't stay long."
"Okay, big brother, don't worry, we will definitely catch up."
The Black Dragon King watched the blue fish go away, and immediately asked people to clean up, and the others were gone, and they took the current things with them.
Immediately, I saw dozens of carts pulling things and starting to flee from the south gate to the river.
Besides, Qingyu was originally a foolish person, and he didn't have any ideas at all, so he took people and went to the north gate.
These bandits, they fight with one strength, and they don't care what kind of formation they are.
As soon as the guerrilla Wang arrived outside the north gate, he was thinking about how to fight, when he saw the pirates rushing up with a roar.
As for Wang's guerrilla, it's not bad, although he hasn't been in the border army, but he has been mixed in the guard army for many years, and he is somewhat familiar with the tactics of war.
"Array!" He was just a command.
More than half of the soldiers of Wang's two battalions have fought against pirates, but they have not fought much, and there are dozens or dozens of them that they usually face, and there are very few like today, hundreds like today.
The formation is much better, and if it is really scattered, it is estimated that half of it can escape.
There are two layers inside and outside a small circle, a hundred people, one is leading the team, the outside is a sword and shield, and the inside is a spear.
As soon as the battle began, both sides felt the pressure.
The bandits' single-man combat ability is very strong, and they are not afraid of such a formation at all, and they are also a group of more than ten people.
The bandits slashed and slashed in the circle, and the officers and soldiers in the circle resisted while pumping cold guns and sticking guns.
The pirates saw that they couldn't rely on swords and guns alone, and a few pirates directly charged them with big sticks.
Such a tough impact relies on a strong body and brute force, and the situation changes all of a sudden.
Although the officers and men said that the exterior was covered with shields, they could not stop the impact of the bandits. Fortunately, the inner circle was constantly filled, and with the cooperation of the gunmen, it was barely able to cope with it.
The herring fish is gone, and if they continue to fight like this, they will suffer in the end.
The herring fish held a large mallet in one hand, which was full of iron nails, about the thickness of an arm, and rushed up directly.
As soon as the two mallets were opened, the five or six officers and soldiers in front of them were directly swept away, and the circle was broken at once.
As soon as the formation of the officers and soldiers was in chaos, and if they wanted to fight the pirates again, they would immediately struggle with it.
Then the circle of two or three officers and men was broken, and the officers and men scattered and fled, merging with the other small circles.
"Gunkee, wrap up that big man." Wang Guerrilla saw that it was not good, and hurriedly brought more than 100 people around him to meet him.
These more than 100 people can be regarded as the strength of the king's guerrilla pressure on the bottom of the box, they are all spearmen, they are considered elite, and the quality of the big guns is very good.
Dozens of big guns immediately surrounded the herring and stabbed it in chaos.
Qingyu should be accustomed to such a formation, and he is not worried at all, the two mallets are opened, and the big guns of the officers and soldiers are smashed everywhere, and in a few breaths, the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
Seeing that the situation was not right, and his team was showing signs of collapse, Wang Guerrilla hurriedly turned the team into a head-to-tail formation.
"Change formation, fish scale array, fish scale array!" Wang guerrilla shouted.
The officers and men still reacted quickly, and the orders were forbidden, unlike the scattered bandits.
The officers and men slowly retreated, forming a grassroots fish-scale formation while maneuvering with the bandits.
Two rows of shield soldiers, one row of spearmen, the shield soldiers are staggered in front and back, blocking the front tightly, and the spearmen are pumping cold in the back and sticking out.
Such a formation is a good way to face a strong enemy, just like a turtle shell, which can't be moved at all at once.
Now almost the pirates are fighting around the officers and soldiers, the big sticks are constantly impacting, and the pirates are also stabbing with guns in the back.
However, in the face of two shields and three layers of human walls, it is indeed difficult to break up the formation if you want to break through.
Qingyu also knew at this time that the leader on the other side was not easy to deal with, but he was not really stupid, so many officers and soldiers, it was impossible to kill them all, just block them.
The two sides fought for another half an hour, and the herring looked almost over, and with a whistle, the remaining pirates turned around and ran away in the other direction.
In less than an hour between the engagement and the escape of the pirates, more than 80 officers and men were killed and wounded more than 100 on the spot, and more than 10 pirates were stabbed to death on the spot.
Wang Guerrilla looked at the fallen officers and soldiers, unable to speak for a long time, confronted the enemy head-on, made preparations, and fought like this.