Chapter 83: Pirates
Driving along the east and west of Yibei Port for two or three days, they did not encounter Hongmaoyi again, and more than 500 soldiers practiced every day, and gunpowder and weapons were in urgent need of replenishment. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
I heard that Daming built a port and set up officials, and the personnel from all over the world assisted in the focus, and people moved into the port every day, scattered to more than 500 households, and recruited 100 soldiers, and the fleet reached more than 600 people!
Ding Yi returned to the port, called Fu Laojiu and Li Xiunian, told them to take precautions, and left 100 new soldiers, with Fu Daguan as the chief and Li Sanlang as the auxiliary, and selected two veterans from Lao Lin's subordinates to serve as the flag commander, train and guard in the port, and supervise the prisoners to work.
Fu Daguan is the nephew of Fu Laojiu, thirty-one years old, powerful, likes to shoot and hunt, and has a good archery skill.
Ding Yi ordered the senior official Fu to prepare horses, go out a little farther to investigate, once he found the Hongmaoyi and the ships, he immediately entered the mountains and forests that had already been explored, and he wanted to go back to Fuzhou to replenish supplies, and also told the admiral, bring a large army to help, strive to plow the court and sweep the holes, and clear the Hongmaoyi at one time!
Returning to the mainland, all the sailors were ecstatic and cheered, the Daming Navy Division has not been out of the ocean for a long time, they are all dangling in the coastal sea, and it is not a short time to run to the ocean for half a month!
The three warships were about to march to Fuzhou with their sails in tow! Suddenly, scouts who had been released from afar came from the east on horseback, and reported that they had found ships fighting on the sea east of Yizhou!
On the sea, there are three ships of about 30 meters fighting, two ships are hanging big flags, one left and one right are tightly wrapped around a merchant ship with hooks, and the wooden ladder with a hook at the front end of the conversation is set up on the merchant ship, a group of guys of all kinds of hair shapes and various costumes are jumping into the gang, some are pulling ropes and flying in the air, some are juggling and running from the wooden ladder, some people fly directly over, on the side of the ship, dozens of people are holding bows or holding muskets and constantly shooting at targets on the merchant ship!
On the boat, someone was shouting: "Pour it in, pour it in, brothers come on, drink wine in a big bowl, eat meat, get this ticket, take three days off, and send money to go to the kiln!"
Someone shouted: "Don't worry, little Taohong hopes that you can't sleep, the brothers will help you rob her!"
The big boss laughed and scolded: "Little cubs, hurry up, don't wait for the sun to go down!"
The merchant ships were in a ball on the side, the feathered arrows were flying in the air, the thudding sound was incessant, and from time to time someone who jumped into the gang fell into the sea, and the crew could not stop it, and kept retreating.
At the door of the cabin of the merchant ship, a middle-aged man in his thirties with thick eyebrows and big eyes was shouting: "Resist, resist, don't let them stand firm, Boss Huang, hurry up, it's up to you!"
"Chen Dongzhu, I can't stand it, the enemy has guns and arrows! Think of another way!" A man in his twenties who was wielding a knife in the middle of the boat to direct the fight suddenly stepped forward, slashed at the enemy who had just landed in the air, and retreated, shouting loudly in response to the middle-aged man.
"Open the cannon, open the cannon!" Boss Huang turned his head and shouted, only to see that several sailors who were operating the cannon had already been cut to the ground!
"The boat can't keep you Dahe Gang to accompany you! Drive them down!" At this time, there is still a way for Chen Dongzhu to do it, the pirates are killing people and overselling goods, and they are not the ones who can surrender, only desperate!
A feather arrow suddenly hit Boss Huang's shoulder in the chaotic crowd, and Boss Huang scolded "!", grabbed the shaft of the arrow, pulled it off and threw it aside, and pounced again, this time regardless of it, he killed the enemy and never retreated.
Huang Boss's martial arts skills are good, as soon as he shoots, he will cut down two people, but unfortunately the crew of the merchant ship is much worse than him, they are all retreating, the enemy is extremely brave, cut down one and pounced on two, on the shaking merchant ship like walking on the ground, they are all veterans of killing people and goods, the knife is deadly, and after a while he hung five or six colors, Huang Boss is desperate, today is over!
"Boom, boom!" The column of water stirred up by the two shells fell not far from the three ships that were entangled! About twenty meters, it was already very close!
Three fifty or sixty-meter big ships were full of sails, and the evil tiger slaughtered them!
The roar is endless, every cannon is not at the place where the three ships are fighting, the landing point is very close, the other party is not unable to hit, but does not want to fight at all, the warning meaning is very strong!
Pirates and merchant ships are entangled, all kinds of hooks and cables are tightly entangled, and they can't be separated for a while, the battle was too tense before, and the enemy ships entered the firing range without finding it, and the two sides in the battle were stunned, the three warships pounced closer and closer, and the bright sun and moon flag hunted and fluttered in the sunset!
"Saved, haha, my Ming warship, saved!" The merchant ship crew roared with joy, Chen Dongzhu pounced out of the cabin, lying on the side, regardless of whether the Ming warship could see it or not, kept waving his hand! A pirate beside him was holding a short axe, and he could send Chen Dongzhu into the sea with just a slight wave, and at this time he was lost and did not dare to make a move!
Three huge warships approached and parked dozens of meters away, dozens of cannons aimed at the two pirate ships, this position and angle, there is no reason, on both sides of the cannons on the side of the ship, there are people standing with muskets and bows and arrows, on the mast lookout, there are flag bearers who keep waving the flag: "Surrender and die!"
The pirate captain Zhang Shouyi tied his hands, put down a small boat, and ordered someone to row in front of the flagship Yue Fei, knelt on the bow of the boat and shouted: "Zhang Shouyi, a righteous thief at sea, please surrender!"
"Righteous thief, murderer and overachiever, hum, put gold on his face! Pull him up!" Ding Yi, who was sitting on the chair of the Taishi at the bow of the ship, holding a monocular, smiled contemptuously, said disdainfully, and the soldiers responded, and hurriedly ran to the side of the ship to give an order, and pulled Zhang Shouyi up!
Ding gave the order, and the flagship Weishi, Zheng He and Sun Bin stepped forward to surrender.
Pushing all the way, Zhang Shouyi staggered and knelt on the deck in front of the bow of the ship, and when he looked up, there was only a Taishi chair and his back: "The righteous thief Zhang Shouwei has seen the adult!
"Oh, are you arrogant?" Ding Yi slowly stood up and turned around, and Fu Jia, the personal guard, hurriedly moved the Taishi chair behind Ding Yi, and Ding Yi slowly sat down and said, "Tell me, what's going on!?"
Zheng He and Sun Bin leaned in, the two huge warships were very tall, and the sides of the ships were full of soldiers with guns and bows, more than 200 guns and more than 100 bows and arrows, dozens of cannons pointed at them, and the pirates' scalps were numb.
A brave guy shouted: "**** mother!" Just about to raise the bow, he heard four or five gunshots from the opposite side, this guy fell softly on the board of the boat, several holes appeared in his body and a few arrows were inserted, and the rest did not dare to move lightly!
The soldiers who rushed down from the Ming warship shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, kneel! Kneel!" A few people knelt slowly, and they were shot down in the blink of an eye! The pirate ships and merchant ships were full of pirates!
The soldiers rushed to the merchant ship and shouted: "Kneel, kneel!"
The crew members of the merchant ship all looked at Chen Dongzhu and Boss Huang, and responded a little slowly, and two gunshots rang out, and the two crew members located on the side of the outer ship were shot and fell down.
Chen Dongzhu hurriedly shouted: "Kneel, kneel, kneel!" The merchant ship also knelt together.
A soldier shouted: "Who is the owner of the merchant ship, my lord orders to see him immediately!"
Ding Yi glared at Zhang Shouyi who was kneeling on the board, a big man, wearing a soft armor, half covered by a green robe, half of his hair was shaved, and the other half was only short stubble, a little nondescript, I don't know how he was dressed there.
Zhang Shouyi replied to Ding, claiming that he could not learn to learn, learned to do business, was hired by maritime merchants, was robbed by pirates, fell into a gang of thieves, and had to join the pirates. His gang of pirates has five ships!
This time, the five pirates and 27 ships besieged the 12-ship merchant fleet, because one ship ran away alone, Zhang Shouyi calculated very well, he could first take a ship of goods steadily, and leave three to participate in the siege, and you can also divide the twelve ships, you must know that the twelve merchant ships also have artillery, and the battle will be burned, and there is no certainty that how many ships can be captured!
Ding Yi ordered Zhang Shouyi to be tied up and taken into the bilge, where he would later interrogate the other captives before determining what to do.
At this time, the two pirate ships and the merchant ship were in control, and the pirates were forced to tie up each other, kneel on the deck, and have their own prisoners taken for interrogation.
Ding Yi issued a series of orders, two pirate ships were named Yue Yun and Zhang Xian by him, and the two flags under Lao Lin Yuan were appointed as captains, and the deputy commander was the title of general, and then he would file after seeing Yun Du, one of these two people was Lao Lin's relative named Lin Dong, and the other was called Yuan Jian, and twenty people from each of the three ships were transferred into the two ships, and the prisoners were scattered into five ships, and one ship was only ten people. ordered Lao Lin to appoint two people to serve as the flag chief.
The soldiers reported the news, and the merchant ship owner Chen Yuetian asked to see him, and Ding Yi's life was passed on.
Chen Yuetian was pulled onto the big ship, saw Ding Yi, sighed that the sailor Qianhu was young at the same time, knelt down and thanked for saving his life, and said that he was going to the Wa Kingdom to travel merchants, the fleet was composed of Jiaying Chen, Lin'an Qian, and Fuzhou Pi, and there were twelve merchant ships, and eleven were besieged at this time.
Ding Yi was noncommittal, he had to find out the situation.
The flagship sailed to the side of the merchant ship that had been separated, Ding Yi stood at the bow of the ship, looked at the two small cannons smoking from the muzzles of the Chen family's merchant ship, frowned and asked: "Taizu Yu ordered: Pieces of board are not allowed to go to the sea, you Chen not only go to the sea to trade, but also dare to buy arms privately, what crime should you be guilty of!"
Chen Yuetian was a little embarrassed and a little unhappy, going to sea to do business, but he didn't give the silverfish of the government a tap, the merchant ship loaded with cannons, and purchased firearms and crossbows, which are all secrets that everyone knows, what is this sailor Qianhu loading?
Chen Yuetian pondered his words and said: "My Chen family has dealings with Nanjing and Fuzhou officials, Fuzhou Navy Supervisor Lu Gonggong is a friend of my family, this time the general saved me a boat, I will let the head of the family go to the letter Lu Gonggong, express gratitude, the general here, willing to repay the tattoo five hundred taels of silver, and hope that the general can gather the fleet and go south with me, if the rescue is timely, there will be heavy thanks!"
Ding Yi is displeased, this ship's cargo has to be at least 100,000 taels, take Father-in-law Lu to pressure himself, Father-in-law Lu is now only in charge of the city, the sailors have been unified under Yundu, the formation of the South China Sea Sailors, and they have to open up their financial resources, these maritime merchants are the objects in their minds, and they can save a shipload of goods, only five hundred taels, which is ridiculous!
Chen Yuetian only mentions Father-in-law Lu, indicating that the Chen family is not good in the background, Nanjing has big officials who can be backstage, and the Chen family only looks for Father-in-law of Fuzhou Road, which is the object that can knock on the bone and suck the marrow!
Ding Yi is not familiar with maritime affairs, Xianzong Dynasty only opened one city in Fuzhou, the so-called current official is not as good as the current official, Ding Yi will be wrong, thinking that people are using the road to press him, but this matter has nothing to do with the overall situation, it doesn't matter!
Ding Yi ordered Chen Yuetian to provide the sea charts to the Wa Kingdom, Chen Yuetian shirked in every possible way, the sea charts are the secrets of these merchants, not to mention Ding Yi wanted, even if the emperor wanted, they would definitely shirk it, Ding Yi sneered, and ordered his subordinates to rummage directly on the merchant ship, and sure enough, they were quickly found, and the mark was still very detailed, and they were taken away directly! These merchants are just for their own selfishness, where there is the righteousness of the country, Ding Yi is young, forge ahead, so he doesn't care about offending people!
Ding Yi ordered Chen Yuetian to retreat first, and ordered Xiong Daxiong to take more than 20 soldiers to guard the merchant ships and go south with the brigade.