Zhu Quan's heart was not made of stone, but he just forced himself to calm down.
For the benefit of the empire, in order to completely eliminate Chen Zuyi, control the Southeast Sea Route, and solve the problem of Japanese pirates, some sacrifices were made, which was a great martyrdom.
The raging fire burned, and the black smoke continued to stretch toward the sky, as if it was reaching out in pain, asking for help from the sky. A strong east wind blew, and the flames burned toward the battlefield to the north.
Chen Zuyi is not in a hurry about the burning of the shipyard. This is not only a shipyard, but also a port. Not all ships are in the dock. There are also sea-going ships moored here along the port. Although some of these sea-going ships need to be repaired, some It’s not as good as the Great Fortune Ship, but no matter how good it is, it’s still a ship. You can’t take the boats in the dock with you. Semi-finished products cannot be put into the sea. If they are burned, they will be burned. As long as the craftsmen are captured, many ships will not be built in the future.
Chen Erbao stood on the left side of Chen Zuyi, becoming an important figure in the Nanyang King Pirates. Watching the battle on the shore, he smiled and said: "The Ming army was really not on guard. They only arranged an army of sergeants in such an important place. It's pitiful." these people……"
Chen Zuyi shook his head slightly and said seriously: "The location of Yangjiang Shipyard is very special. Outside is the sea channel to the South China Sea, and there are many ships passing by. On weekdays, a group of big fortune ships cruise here, with no less than a thousand sailors. If we hadn't found out about the navy, It’s time to change defenses, and with the help of this sea fog, it’s difficult to get ashore. The Ming army was not negligent, it’s just that we chose a good time. Remember, never underestimate the Ming army at any time.”
The battle in the Penghu Sea Channel was unforgettable for Chen Zuyi.
Chen Erbao was taught, looked at the sea fog behind him, and reminded: "The interval between the Ming army's defense changes will not be too long. Although the sea fog delays it, we don't have much time after all, and the Ming navy has many ships. Hurry, once we get entangled with them, we will be in danger, and we need to fight quickly."
Chen Zuyi nodded in approval. He came to Yangjiang this time to rob the craftsmen and ships, not to fight head-on with the Ming Dynasty Navy. He winked at Wang Jiu, and Wang Jiu ordered someone to beat the drum.
When Chen Shiliang heard the sound of the drum, he pulled over Lu Daobao and Chen Dabao and ordered: "You lead people up the hillside from here, and you must intercept the craftsmen!"
"yes!"
Lu Daobao and Chen Dabao agreed and led the people to run uphill.
There is only one road from the hillside to the port, where the Japanese and the Ming army are fighting fiercely. But who stipulates that you can only walk up the hillside by road? The slope is not steep and you can climb up it.
Chen Dabao gritted his teeth when he saw the Japanese stabbing a sergeant to death. Seeing this, Lu Daobao shouted: "No matter how many Japanese people die, you don't have to feel bad. They are not our brothers."
"After all, they are here to help us..."
"Oh, he's just a scapegoat."
Lu Daobao looked down on the Japanese and directed the pirates to rush up the hillside. The panicked craftsmen only focused on shouting and running for their lives. Zhuang Zhengde and Yu Maoyan were behind the craftsmen's team. Seeing that the pirates were about to climb up, they quickly picked up a stone and threw it at them. He walked over and shouted: "Fight, don't run, fight!"
Zhuang Zhengde's voice was drowned by the shouts. The ferocious pirates and the bright light of the sword made many craftsmen confused and just tried to escape.
Yu Maoyan threw a stone and knocked down a pirate, but more and more pirates were approaching.
"Brother Zhuang, run!"
Yu Maoyan pushed Zhuang Zhengde, gritted his teeth, looked at the pirate who was about to climb up, shouted, and rushed down, hugged a pirate, and rolled up and down the slope, even knocking him down along the way. There were three or four pirates.
Seeing Yu Maoyan like this, Zhuang Zhengde's blood started to heat up. He glanced at the fleeing craftsmen and saw that the sergeant was entangled by the Japanese and had no way to come to support him. He pinched his neck and shouted: "If you can't escape, follow them." Fight!"
Zhuang Zhengde bent down and bumped into the pirate. The pirate was furious and swung his knife to kill the guy in front of him, but Chen Dabao kicked him down. Lu Daobao looked at Chen Dabao with sharp eyes, but Chen Dabao just Cursing: "They are all craftsmen. If one of them dies, are you going to build a ship? The King of Nanyang has repeatedly stressed that he must be alive. Are you deaf?"
When Lu Daobao heard this, he looked at his brothers who were rolling down and Zhuang Zhengde who was rolling in the air. He couldn't blame Chen Dabao and shouted: "Catch them alive!"
Zheng Zhun led his sergeants to stop the Japanese. They did not have an advantage in terms of numbers. The two sides fought to the death on both sides of the ramp. Seeing that the craftsman was about to be captured, he became anxious and slashed several times in succession, trying to force the Japanese back, but unexpectedly Hattori Shenmu did not allow Zheng Zhun to be distracted at all, and resisted repeatedly, and the soldiers issued an order to fight to the death and not retreat.
Facing the Japanese offensive, the Ming army sacrificed many people, but they could only defend them without being able to escape.
Chen Shiliang led the pirates up the high slope, and each craftsman was caught. He drove the craftsmen directly from the high slope, like a wild wolf driving a lamb, two different sounds mixed together.
Lu Daobao was smiling, suddenly staring into the distance, swallowing his saliva, and shouted: "No, not good, reinforcements from the Ming army have arrived!"
Chen Shiliang looked quickly and saw that there was indeed a team approaching in a hurry two miles away. The team was quite long, at least three thousand people.
Damn it, the Yangjiang Shipyard only has more than a thousand people guarding it. How could there be a guard hidden behind it?
Fearing that the fire in Yangjiang Shipyard attracted their attention, they rushed over with their troops.
"Take the craftsman away and retreat!"
Chen Shiliang saw that more than 200 craftsmen had been arrested. Although some craftsmen had escaped, there was no time to continue arresting them. If you don’t leave, you may not be able to leave!
The craftsman was captured and thrown to the bottom of the slope, and was forced by the pirates and driven towards the dock.
Chen Shiliang, Lu Daobao, and Chen Dabao stood watching from a high place. Seeing that the craftsmen in front had already begun to board the ship, and the Ming court reinforcements were less than a mile away from the shipyard, they quickly jumped down the slope and ran to the dock.
In order to ensure that the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty could be delayed, Chen Shiliang shouted to Hattori Shenmu who was fighting: "General, hold on for another half-quarter of an hour. When we send all the craftsmen to the sea, it depends on you whether we can retreat safely." ”
Chen Shiliang didn't understand what the abdominal sacred tree answered, but it was obviously not an order to retreat, and that was enough.
The Qingyuan Pirates on the right made even smoother progress and robbed more than 30 large ships and more than 20 small ships on the coast. As for the people left behind on the ships, they were either taken prisoner or jumped into the sea. Because they just wanted a boat and didn't kill anyone.
This is a robbery plan with a clear division of labor. The left wing captures the craftsmen, the right wing seizes the ship, and the Chinese army Chen Zuyi is responsible for suppressing the formation. While acting as backup, he also watches out for the Qingyuan Pirates.
When Chen Zuyi saw that Chen Shiliang and others had succeeded, a look of pride appeared on his face. His eyes turned to the right wing, and immediately became cold. He said to the people next to him: "If I had known that this operation would go so smoothly, there would be no need to fight with Qing Yuanhai." The thieves have joined forces. But now their strength has been revealed. There are only more than 400 people. After leaving here, we will find a way to deal with them. I want all these ships!"
After Lu Sancai heard this, a cruel smile appeared on his lips: "It's not easy to kill a mere Taoist thief."
Chen Erbao agreed: "Then find an opportunity to kill the Qingyuan Pirates. They know a lot about our whereabouts. It would be a disaster if we keep them."
Chen Zuyi never thought of truly forming an alliance with the Qingyuan Pirates. All he wanted was to have them act as scapegoats and pawns. It was initially expected that the attack on Yangjiang Shipyard would suffer heavy losses, but now it seems that the Ming army was not vigilant at all and did not have much resistance. The expected losses did not appear, so the expected dividends could not be implemented.
Zhu Quan on the right wing looked in the direction of the Chinese army, sheathed the wooden sword in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Chen Zuyi is already preparing to retreat, and ordered to turn the helm." "There are Japanese people on the shore. Chen Zuyi wants them to take the rear. He Aren’t you afraid that you won’t be able to explain to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu?”
Keshanyin said with a smile.
Zhu Quan snorted: "Hattori Shenmu himself requested to be a pioneer, no wonder others, not to mention Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will not fall out with Chen Zuyi, who owns a shipbuilder, in a short time."
"The sea fog is starting to lift."
Yang Shan observed the increasingly faint sea fog and said.
"Turn the helm."
Zhu Quan ordered.
The flag signal was sounded, and the fleet began to adjust and prepare to evacuate.
Chen Shiliang pushed the craftsmen onto the boat. He glanced at the high slopes in the distance and began to see the flags of the Ming court army. He quickly jumped on a boat and shouted: "Withdraw!"
Commander Shi Liuzhen watched Zheng Zhun lead his army in a battle with the Japanese and suffered heavy losses. He immediately drew his sword and shouted to the sergeant behind him: "It is our shame to let anyone go! For the dignity of Ming Dynasty, for the national prestige of Ming Dynasty, Kill me!"
"kill!"
Hundreds of soldiers rushed down the ramp armed with spears and knives.
Qianhu Zhaochun arranged for a group of sergeants to go down the ramp to intercept the fleeing pirates. Then he held up his right hand, pointed his thumb at the port and squinted at it. When he saw that the ship was out of range, he stamped his feet and pointed his thumb at the port. He crossed the road behind the Japanese and shouted: "Tiger Crouching Cannon!"
Rows of sergeants quickly took down the squatting tiger cannons they were carrying. After installing the legs, they smashed in the fixing nails.
"Adjust the angle, the maximum elevation angle is sixty, and aim at the position fifty steps behind the Japanese!"
"The angle has been corrected!"
"Fill the gunpowder bombs!"
"Filled!"
Zhao Chun stared at the armies of Liu Chen and Zheng Zhun. As Liu Chen joined in, the Japanese were indeed exhausted and began to retreat.
"Bang the gong!"
Zhao Chun shouted sharply, and the gong sounded loudly.
Liu Zhen and Zheng Zhun, who were about to chase the Japanese pirates, quickly stopped, and the Ming army began to separate from the Japanese.
"ignition!"
Zhao Chun shouted sharply.
A row of squatting tiger cannons trembled violently, and gunpowder bombs flew out of the air, following a parabola, hitting the retreating Japanese.
The fire exploded and the pieces shattered!
Each Japanese was pierced through the body by the fragments, bleeding and lying on the ground wailing.
"ignition!"
Another round of Tiger Crouching Cannon was fired.
When Hattori Shenmu saw this, he quickly lay down on the ground, listening to the shaking noise next to him, blood flowing all over the ground, and for the first time he felt scared!
"What kind of weapon is this? Could it be the existence of the legendary three divine weapons?"
Hattori Shenmu curled up, and when he saw that the sound had stopped and there were not many people standing around, he quickly got up, and the Japanese who were trying to escape hurriedly followed him.
"Bang the drum! Move the Tiger Crouching Cannon forward, we must destroy their ship!"
Zhao Chun gave the order and jumped down the slope.
The drums beat loudly, and the Ming army pursued them.
The Ming army at the front saw that the Japanese were short in stature and had short legs but could run fast. They couldn't help but get angry. They picked up the spear in their hands and threw it out, stabbing a Japanese to death. They chased to the front, pulled out their spears, and continued to chase.
Zheng Zhun was already killing the Japanese. When he caught up with the Japanese, he struck him with a heavy knife and almost chopped him into pieces. He kicked the corpse away and continued to chase.
Blood debts can only be repaid with blood!
Zheng Zhun stared at Hattori Shenmu who was about to run away and shouted: "Japanese pirates, let's fight again!"
Hattori Shenmu ran to the pier and looked back at the chasing Ming army. He still had the courage to challenge, so he raised his feet and was about to jump off the ship. Suddenly, a gunpowder bomb fell on the ship, and the ship's planks shattered. A piece of wood was It flew out and hit Hattori Kamiki's chest. Hattori Kamiki, who was jumping forward, was immediately thrown away by a force and fell into the sea with a scream...
