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On Salmon Island, a group of sailors are gambling in the barracks.

The army of the new Ming Dynasty was not allowed to gamble and drink alcohol during the military camp drills, but this Shamen Island was an exception.

The imperial court had already decided that these felons were not allowed to return to their hometowns to live a normal life, and at most a group of convicts would be allowed to go home to visit their relatives every year.

Unless, someone has made meritorious service and has been promoted to the fifth rank or above. Even generals below the fifth rank have to stay on the island honestly!

Even if the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, there will be a broader world in the future, and overseas is everywhere for them to play.

In the future, a policy will be introduced that as long as they do not commit the "ten heinous crimes", those felons who should have been sentenced to death and have extenuating circumstances can voluntarily choose to be exiled to Salmon Island to serve in the army.

A group of people who are destined to be unable to return to their roots, there is no need to put too much emphasis on military discipline, and there is some room to vent for them.

Therefore, one hour after the end of each day's drills, they were allowed to drink and gamble in the camp.

However, it is forbidden to make trouble, and in case of private fighting, it will be severely punished.

It is also forbidden to do it outside the prescribed time, much less during the march and battle. Also, it is forbidden to borrow money to gamble, and those who borrow money are severely punished with those who are borrowed!

Xia Yuqing was holding a piece of grass in his mouth, lying next to him and patting his belly, deaf to the sound of gambling.

"Xia San, why don't you come to play two?" Someone shouted.

Xia Yuqing said: "It's boring. ”

The setting sun shines on the sea, shimmering with golden-red sparkling waves.

Xia Yuqing sat up and enjoyed the beautiful scenery, whistling happily, his desperate life finally saw the light.

He is a scholar, although he has not been admitted to the Juren, but he has read the books of sages seriously.

There was nothing strange about him being convicted of murder, and his father took a fancy to a poor gentleman, not only subsidizing his education, but also betrothing his sister to this person. This scholar was admitted to the Jinshi and actually regretted his marriage, looked down on their merchant family, and instead married the daughter of a gentry from the same township.

Things are developing here, purely commonplace, and similar stories happen from time to time.

But for the sake of face, the gentry did not want to bear the notoriety of breaking the marriage contract, and secretly spread rumors that his sister had fornicated with others, so it was logical that the marriage contract would be annulled.

Xia Yuqing's sister was humiliated and hanged herself to prove her innocence with her death.

This kind of lawsuit can't be fought, and Xia Yuqing was angry and killed the father of the person who married the scholar.

Fortunately, the Xia family was in business, and they had money to atone for him and avoid death, and they frantically threw money to bribe officials, and changed the sentence to exile Hebei to fill the army. As long as you spend some more money, you can reduce your sentence in two or three years.

But the family of the person who was killed belonged to the Wang clan and had extraordinary connections, and the sentence was changed to exile on Salmon Island.

Xia Yuqing's family came over with money, bought off the Dengzhou officials, and promised to give money every year. As long as you receive a handwritten letter from your son in the first month of each year, you will definitely get the money again that summer.

In this way, Xia Yuqing survived on Salmon Island.

The wonderful days have just begun!

As the peasant army made a big disturbance in Shandong, and even Dengzhou was captured by the rebel army, Shamen Island became completely uncared for.

Food was no longer delivered, and they had no boat to leave the island.

The officers and soldiers stationed on the island first looted the islanders for food, and then ate the flesh of people who died of starvation.

The officers and soldiers became more and more cruel, thinking that the starvation was too unpalatable for the lack of meat, and even began to massacre prisoners for human flesh. The prisoners were forced to riot en masse, and the islanders were also called, killing hundreds of officers and soldiers on the island.

Officers and soldiers are also human beings, and there is meat when they are killed.

Of the more than 800 officers and soldiers, more than 1,000 islanders, and more than 4,000 criminals, only 2,000 were still alive after half a year.

Xia Yuqing had more than 20 friends, and they formed a small group and snatched a spear and a pair of light armor from the officers and soldiers. They took turns wearing this equipment, and the rest of the people were all armed with sticks, and they gathered together day and night to defend themselves. Sometimes he also took the initiative to attack, Xia Yuqing was responsible for formulating the attack plan, and immediately shared food to fill his stomach when he killed someone.

At that time, there was not a single innocent person on Salmon Island, all of them were cannibal demons with bloody hands on them.

More than a year after the Ming Dynasty took over Salmon Island, the food supply has long been restored, and people seem to have forgotten that unbearable past. But everyone retains a habit of eating,, and sleeping with weapons, and they can't sleep at all without something in their hands.

"Don't gamble anymore, go back to the barracks and sleep immediately, and go to sea early tomorrow morning!" The officers ran and shouted.

These officers were transferred from other places, and they also had prestige, but they really did not have much.

Seeing that those who can't persuade gamblers can only run to report.

After a while, the main general Shi Huan came over, clapped his hands and said: "We, the generals, are only responsible for training you, and we will be transferred to other places in the future." Tomorrow will cross the sea to harass the Jin country, and the first batch of meritorious service can be promoted to chief and captain. There will be a second and a third group in the future, and finally the chief general will be elected from among you. Think about it for yourself, whether it is interesting to gamble and make money here, or whether it is to recuperate and kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. ”

Xia Yuqing stood up and shouted, "It's all gone to sleep!" ”

His small group of more than twenty people immediately left with a grin.

The rest of the soldiers also left together one after another.

After sleeping all night with a weapon, Xia Yuqing got up early in the morning, packed up his things and lined up to board the ship.

Not long after, the naval ships in Dengzhou Port also came to meet with the army. Even the six large sea ships brought back by Xue Daoguang also set off together for this operation.

Shi Huan, who fled from Liao, led the way as a navigator all the way to the seaside salt works of Jinguo.

The whole process was unimpeded, and it was not until they saw the coastline that the Jiangnan naval army of the Jin Kingdom came up to meet them.

Jin Guo does not attach importance to the navy at all, and these Jiangnan naval forces are treated very poorly. And no new warships are built, they are all old warships, and many warships even have water seepage but are not repaired.

The distance between the two sides was still outside the range of artillery, and the Jin Navy fled directly.

Just kidding, who wants to fight a naval battle that is bound to be defeated?

Jin Guo moved the Jiangnan Navy Division from Jinzhou to the vicinity of the seaside salt field. As soon as Zhao Li, as the commander-in-chief, gave the order, the navy rushed into the harbor for a burst of artillery bombardment, and then fired thunderbolts and rockets, setting fire to the buildings of the Jin naval station.

Immediately, the army chose a suitable place to land in the salt pans, the infantry built a basic defensive position, and the cavalry all dispersed to sentry and investigate.

"Brothers, grab salt, money, and women!"

"Kill!"

The salt farms are not concentrated in one place, but are distributed more than ten miles along the coast. The landing site of the Ming soldiers was also divided into more than ten places, and it was not conducive to the landing of large ships, so they rowed small boats to the shore.

Xia Yuqing and two other small groups landed in a team of 100 people.

This year, the Ming army in the north has all changed its equipment and formation. The base is still the Mandarin Duck Formation, but the wolf mill and giant shield are no longer used, the wolf miller is changed to an archer, the rattan player is changed to a spearman, and a musketeer will be added in the future.

Xia Yuqing is now the commander of the army, and he is also the highest military officer that the cannibal demons can serve now.

They trotted with their weapons, but kept their distance, and could form a formation at any time when they encountered an enemy.

Not long after, a cavalryman who was born as a horse bandit rushed over and shouted: "There is a salt boiling field ahead, and my brother is riding a horse to stop and kill, so as not to let the salt workers escape at will." Hurry up! ”

"Grab the salt!"

The demons cheered.

Xia Yuqing followed the team and quickly reached the destination, where there were more than a dozen cavalrymen who were intercepting the salt workers who were trying to escape. Usually scared back, and if you really want to run, you rush up and kill it directly.

The saltworkers were driven together, and knelt there trembling.

Xia Yuqing gave his hundred generals an idea: "Divide these salt workers into twenty groups, and we will guard one group at a time." Ask Ma Jun's brother to burn down the house, don't want any floating money, just take away the salt! ”

"Great idea!"

The bastards immediately divided up their work and ordered the salt workers to hurry to the landing site with salt on their backs.

The cavalrymen lit torches and ran wildly, burning houses when they saw them, setting fire to everything that could burn. Even when they rushed to nearby villages, they burned houses when they saw them, and arrested young men, women and children when they saw them.

As for the old man, it can be left to the Jin country.

Anyone who dares to resist, or tries to escape more than twice, rushes straight up and slashes with a knife.

There was a roar of fire everywhere, accompanied by the cries of young men and children.

This sea salt field, which ranks second in the gold country, is basically abandoned. Even if the people are migrated, they may not necessarily boil salt.

"Woo woo woo ~ ~~"

A horn sounded in the distance, and it was estimated that Jin Bing had been found.

The cavalry roared at the people of Jinguo: "Go to the beach immediately, if anyone dares to run, we will not leave any of them when we come back!" ”

With that, they converged in the direction where the horn sounded.

Xia Yuqing sped up his actions, urging the salt workers to hurry up and carry the salt, and deliberately stabbed him to death with a single shot.

The enemy who rushed to hear the news was the troops stationed in Haibin County of the Jin Kingdom.

There are not many of them, because the Jin Kingdom does not regard this place as a front line. There were only twenty or thirty real Jurchen soldiers, and the rest hundreds were Han soldiers.

Dozens of Shandong cavalry went up to harass and delay, and as time went by, the cavalry gathered more and more.

These guys are all horse bandits, and they don't want to rush forward and fight hard, but they just shoot arrows repeatedly, and if they get a little closer, they will immediately open up the distance.

Gradually, the Jin soldiers were led to Zhao Li's seaside infantry formation (only a thousand soldiers).

"You lead the infantry army to rush and kill!"

After Zhao Li finished speaking to Song Jiang, he immediately rode to join the cavalry, and roared angrily: "This point of the enemy is also going to be brought over, don't you know that you can kill it directly?" Charge with me and destroy the enemy cavalry first! ”

This guy, who was shot like a hedgehog every time he fought, charged with cavalry without saying a word.

Song Jiang muttered, "Crazy! Grandpa didn't fight so hard when he rebelled. ”

Li Kui's eyes lit up, and he said, "Brother, I also want to be a cavalryman, and I am very happy to rush up!" ”

The troops stationed in Haibin County, even if they are Jurchen soldiers, belong to the second-line troops.

Seeing Song Jiang marching forward with the infantry, Zhao Li led hundreds of cavalry to rush forward, and more than 20 Jurchen cavalry immediately fled, and hundreds of Han infantry of the Jin Kingdom were all abandoned.

These Jurchen cavalry did not know the situation, and they did not know how many enemies had come. They were lured here by the Shandong cavalry, feeling that they had been ambushed, and planned to go back to defend the county seat immediately, and let the coastal chief sign the militia to defend the city.

As soon as the Jurchens rode away, hundreds of Han infantry also followed, and they were still confused until now, and they didn't understand why there was suddenly an enemy in the rear.

The last time the Great Song Dynasty fought across the sea was ten years ago, and it was a small force rushing elsewhere.

The military and civilians here seem to have forgotten that there is such a thing as a war across the sea.

Zhao Li took the lead, and the Shandong horse bandit cavalry behind him was also led by the main general to have a high fighting spirit. When they rushed closer, hundreds of Jin Han soldiers directly dispersed, and some even knelt down on the spot and surrendered.

"Those who surrendered, take the armor and go, and kill all those who are still on the run!" After Zhao Li gave the order, he rushed out again and slashed indiscriminately.

The Ming army came and went quickly.

In just three days, they took away salt, population, and livestock, and plundered the coastal salt works that stretched for more than 10 miles into white land. All that can be burned has been burned, not only the houses, but also the firewood hoarded in the salt works.

However, the coastal county town was so frightened that it frantically recruited militia to defend the city, and at the same time quickly asked the elite troops to come to support.

Recently, the elite gold soldiers were quickly mobilized, and they were afraid that other salt farms would be attacked, so a large number of troops were deployed to protect the salt farms.

Zhao Li returned to Dengzhou with the spoils of war, and was extremely satisfied with the results of this trip, and called Song Jiang, Shi Huan and others: "Those salt farms in the Jin Kingdom, there must be precautions next." Let's avoid the salt pans and plunder the coastal villages, robbing the young and the children there. Then burn down all the houses, leaving only the old people in the Jin Kingdom, and let these old people go to beg outside the state and county seats! ”

(End of chapter)